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...spokesman Robert Silverman refused comment on the case yesterday...
HILL STREET BLUES (NBC) Being the network of Real People has its disadvantages. For the past few years, viewers have shown less interest in the exploits of the characters in NBC series than they have in the perils of its president Fred Silverman. While Silverman's face adorned the front pages, the network's ratings and profits plummeted. Now, though, as NBC finally unveils its new fare, Silverman may have something to crow about. Two shows-Flamingo Road, a sultrier Dallas, and Harper Valley P. T.A., featuring Barbara Eden in a smile and a wet T shirt-have...
...good, strong man breeding an ulcer while trying to do a tough job. At the end of every crisis-strewn day, each superb show, Furillo struggles home in an uneasy truce with his job, his willful woman (Veronica Hamel) and himself. Doubtless, he feels very much like Fred Silverman. Viewers will do him and themselves a favor by visiting Hill Street as often as possible...
Words Least Likely To Be Remembered: NBC President Fred Silverman's statement July a year ago, that if he could not raise ratings significantly by Christmas 1980, someone else should be given "a shot at this job." As of last week NBC was a distant third in the ratings, further behind, in fact, than it was last Christmas and the Christmas before...
...Silverman did urge the hiring of Actress Mariette Hartley, best known for her sassy role opposite James Garner in the Polaroid commercials. She was brought in last summer to substitute for Pauley, who was getting married to Cartoonist Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury). Though no one said as much, it seemed clear that if Hartley had done well, the job might have been hers. She did not impress NBC, however-the result of sabotage from the staff, according to Hartley-and Pauley's contract was extended three years...