Word: network
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...department-otherwise known as the censors. Ever since the brothers started their Sunday-evening variety series a year ago, they have been pressing for satire with a strong social comment or, as they describe it, "put-ons with a point." Very often the points are too cutting for the network and it insists on doing some cutting of its own. Dickie is understanding about it, but Tommy is outraged. In one of his frequent debates with network biggies, Tommy growled: "Dick and I are the only ones who really know what young people want. When was the last time...
...sports telecasts, the biggest network doesn't necessarily win. CBS crowed last week that its Super Bowl coverage pulled nearly 70 million viewers, the largest TV audience ever for a sporting event. But that had less to do with the quality of its coverage than with the irresistibility of the attraction...
...contrast, CBS's Super Bowl coverage was unimaginative and, worse, cluttered with cliches and network promotions. One "promo" actually ran right through a kickoff. Paid commercials also got in the way-but it was easy to see why. Commercial time for the Super Bowl telecast sold for an unprecedented $150,000 a minute...
Sparing the Court. At first glance, ABC had plenty of reason to be disappointed. The No. 3 network behind NBC and CBS, it has been sorely strapped for capital to complete its switchover to color television programming, will need additional funds for coverage of this year's national political conventions. To help out its prospective partner, ITT last year advanced ABC $25 million, which must now be repaid-with interest-within a year...
Nonetheless, ABC greeted Geneen's news with what Vice President James C. Hagerty called "a sort of relief." After all, the ITT deal pretty much constrained the network from seeking other sources of help. Now free to maneuver, ABC may well issue new securities to raise the capital it needs. More likely, it will seek out new merger partners. Two possibilities: General Electric Co. and Litton Industries, both of which expressed interest in the network before ITT came on the scene...