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...Manhattan, ABC happily reported that the reruns of Disneyland TV shows were winning even more viewers than had the originals. Disney's Operation Undersea had a Nielsen rating of 43.4 on its original run, jumped to 47.4 on the repeat; Seal Island soared from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Busy Air, may 2, 1955 | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

...plunge into TV] hinges on the profits." Major clue to Hollywood's interest in TV deals lies in the booming success of ABC's tie-in with Walt Disney (TIME, Dec. 27). Since its start last October, Disneyland has been in the top ten in the Nielsen ratings; one of its songs, The Ballad of Davy Crockett, is a frequent No. 1 on the Hit Parade. Plugged on the TV show, Disney's movie 20,000 Leagues under the Sea is the nation's top-grossing picture, all without much added overhead. Said Walt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Who Pays the Alimony? | 4/25/1955 | See Source »

...years: a permanent group of 16 dancers and twelve singers, and such top professionals as Scene Designer Frederick Fox, Costume Designer Paul Du-Pont, Music Director Charles Sanford and Associate Producer Bill Hobin. With this well-coordinated team, Liebman has landed eight of his twelve color spectaculars in the Nielsen top ten TV shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Tingle & Cringe | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

...pace for the first three-quarters of the mile run, then burned up the boards of the Madison Square Garden track in a last-quarter dash that brought him home in a meet-record 4:07.9, three yards ahead of his persistent rivals, Denmark's Gunnar Nielsen and Private Fred Dwyer. Earlier, on the Garden's crowded infield, Lieut. Parry O'Brien put the 16-lb. shot to a new world indoor record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Feb. 28, 1955 | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

Santee was finished; Nielsen was fading fast. While the two leaders had run themselves rubber-legged, Dwyer had timed himself perfectly. He crossed the line in 4:06.2, a new Baxter record. Some 65 yards back was Nielsen, the world's fastest indoor miler. And three yards behind him staggered Wes Santee. the Kansas cyclone that had blown itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The One to Win | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

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