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...intrepid Mather House resident invited David and Patricia Herlihy, co-masters of Mather House, to a cocktail party which was scheduled during the Super Bowl. Unfortunately, the Herlihy's had a previous engagement with NBC...
...billion. The merger will combine two of the most famous names in corporate America, familiar to anyone who has ever bought a GE light bulb or an Elvis Presley hit on RCA records. By acquiring RCA, GE will strengthen its electronics and defense businesses and take over the NBC television and radio networks. Says GE Chairman John Welch, 50, who will head the combined companies: "We will have the technological capabilities, financial resources and global scope to be able to compete successfully with anyone, anywhere, in every market we serve...
Another area of concern is that GE might interfere with NBC News. On that score Welch offered reassurance. Said he: "The traditional independence of NBC's news operations will be maintained." Nor is GE likely to second-guess Tinker's judgment about what TV shows Americans will be watching. Tinker welcomed the merger, suggesting that GE's financial resources would help NBC in the battle of the networks. "We had a supportive parent in RCA," he said, "and now we'll gain an even stronger parent." Of course, NBC is merely returning to the parent that helped nurture it more...
...that disappointment almost inevitably swept the land. When Spielberg's Amazing Stories debuted on NBC, the reaction from critics and viewers was a widespread yawn. The show's ratings, along with those of NBC's Alfred Hitchcock Presents and CBS's The Twilight Zone, settled into the lackluster middle of the Nielsen pack. A fourth anthology entry, George Burns Comedy Week, was canceled. Some revolution...
Well, expectations are past, reality has set in, and it is time to give the anthologies a modest round of applause. Though hardly big hits, the three surviving fantasy-suspense shows have done well enough to win renewals at least to the end of the season. (NBC has already committed to two full seasons of Amazing Stories.) Moreover, as network executives point out, the shows' audiences are weighted heavily with young, urban, upscale viewers, the sort that advertisers most prize...