Word: season
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Paranoia has been running at a high level in the executive suite for months, and last week's events were hardly likely to reduce it. The final Nielsen ratings for the regular 1978-79 television season gave NBC its worst average in more than a decade. Johnny Carson, the brightest star in the insomniac firmament, was keeping network nabobs awake at night wondering whether he would indeed quit the Tonight Show before his contract runs out in April 1981. An embezzlement scandal was boiling, affiliate stations were restless and gossip was rampant. Parent Company RCA laid...
...demands for higher earnings will undoubtedly grow during the fall season unless ratings are on the upswing. By then, Fred Silverman, 41, NBC's $1 million-a-year president, will have had ample opportunity to work his programming magic, if he has any left. For Silverman, who made his reputation at CBS and ABC, the task is formidable. Past NBC programmers failed to foresee the impact that the post-World War II baby boom would have on the industry. When the network belatedly went after the youth market in 1974, it managed to alienate a goodly portion...
...Cornell on Friday and omnipotent 7-0, 6-2 sweep of Army on Saturday proved one loss too many to catch first-place Navy (10-4) for the Eastern League baseball crown. The "finest lads" of the EIBL, who had groped for consistency worthy of their potential all season long, are now without a season, without a goal, without a bus ride until next year...
...squad was loose. "The dogs" were indeed still able to laugh at themselves and others: The afternoon proved one long Crimson punchline. The efficiency with which the batsmen mustered the Cadets, welcomed amidst its tardiness, was a stylish and pride-filled way to end the season...
...NOTEBOOK: Kelley got a hit in each of the Army games to finish the season with a fifteen-game streak....The highlight of the return bus trip was the intense competition in the home version of "Family Feud." The team of Kelley, Stewart, Pearce, and Dan Doctoroff took the championship, while M.C. duties were handled by Mike "Our survey said!" Stenhouse...