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Hamlet. (1969) PBS opens its new "Humanities Film Forum" series with director Tony Richardson's cinematic adaptation of his London stage production of the Shakespearian tragedy. Nicol Williamson stars as the Prince of Denmark, portraying Hamlet as an anti-hero in a markedly modern interpretation of the role. CH.2. 8 p.m. Color...
Under the new CPB management, local stations like WGBH often have found themselves out in the cold, starving for funds. Loomis's leadership has upset all previous procedures of operation and assumed for itself powers previously held by PBS and the public TV stations. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass.) has even accused CPB of being "inviolation of the limitations imposed by the Public Broadcasting...
...Rice put it, "When Loomis came in, he precipitated a development which the Board had been wanting for a long time." Rice said that Loomis brought under CPB control "those (discretionary) functions in national programming that PBS had been exercising: 1) the primary choice of what is to be funded and 2) what is scheduled over the interconnection system which links all public TV stations, whether or not it has CPB funds in it." Under the new agreements, when it comes to supervising or trouble-shooting any problems in production, i.e. editorial bias or misreporting, CPB now has ultimate power...
...IRONY is that Loomis, Curtis, and many other Administration officials close to public broadcasting policy don't even watch PBS. Loomis lives so far outside of Washington that, until he installs a high-powered antenna, he has to rely on cassette video-tapes of PBS shows in order to see them at home...
Within the past two weeks, the three major TV leadership groups merged into a new PBS in order to confront CPB as one united body. The new group has proposed the creation of a "monitering committee"--representing various factions in public TV, including CPB--with power to decide disputes over "balance and objectivity" in public affairs programming. They also reiterated that CPB must not assume control of the scheduling function of PBS. On April 13, CPB will announce whether or not it will accept this compromise. WGBH's Rice contents that. "The next two weeks may be the most crucial...