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...sort of Quizzard of Oz, he had also developed Quiz Kids and Stop the Music. Thoughtful, well-read Lou Cowan ran CBS with due regard for public affairs programs (Ed Murrow) and serious drama (Playhouse go), but remained strongly identified in the trade with quiz shows. And the wind that blew him down last week stemmed clearly from the TV scandals. Cowan missed testifying before the Harris subcommittee last month when he developed a thrombophlebitic leg, but told investigators in his hospital room that he left his $64,000 packaging firm seven weeks after the show went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Quizzard's Exit | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

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