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Invigorated by Silverman's frenzied aggressiveness and unorthodox tactics, ABC?television's perennial also-ran in ratings, revenues and prestige???has all but obliterated its competitors in evening prime time. Last spring, at the end of the 1976-77 season, the network had the nation's four top-rated shows and seven of the top ten. CBS, which had been the premier network since television came of age in the '50s, managed to squeeze only two into the top ten. NBC, the granddaddy of all the networks, was able to place only one on those elevated rungs...
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