Word: nbc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last-place NBC derails Silverman and hires Grant Tinker...
...court ruled that broadcasters must give "reasonable access" to candidates for federal office who wish to advertise. The issue arose when the three major television networks turned down then President Jimmy Carter's request to purchase a 30-minute political ad in December 1979. ABC and NBC said it was too early in the campaign season, while CBS demurred because it feared that all his rivals would want to buy time and thus disrupt programming...
SUPERTRAIN (NBC, daily, 7 a.m.-2 a.m.) Last show of the series. The Supertrain is commandeered by Freddie, a brilliant but unstable technician who rearranges the schedule, fires the porters, loses most of his passengers and nearly derails the crack RCA Express. Freddie: Fred Silverman. Executive discretion is advised...
Anticipating Borg's demise, our intrepid interpreter commented, "The archangel is about to have his feathers plucked." Several games later, the Swede had recovered in Collins' opinion: "He stepped out of the electric chair for a moment." And even NBC's cutesy description for the Wimbledon finals experience -via-satellite took on new meaning as it spilled out of Collins' ever-active lips: "Breakfast at Wimbledon--be careful of the spoon at breakfast--don't hurt yourself...
...explanations are heard. One is the reassuring personality of whoever is the viewer's favorite anchorman. The second is the visual appearance of actuality-even when what is shown on television is an edited, or staged, reality. Reuven Frank, the crusty, capable veteran news producer at NBC, regrets that nowadays "what television does uniquely, the transmission of experience-what was it like?-is a rare and accidental accomplishment. Television has become something to listen to from the next room. So has television news." Frank scorns "split screens and zooms and star bursts and insets and flip-overs" to give...