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...slaughter on Sixth Avenue, Manhattan's Network Row, was more a sign of desperation than desire, however, and the truth of the matter is that Silverman had only two choices: to kill the shows one by one or en masse. Freddie chose the latter, and off will go Lifeline, Sword of Justice, Dick Clark's Live Wednesday, Eddie Capra Mysteries, Grandpa Goes to Washington, Who's Watching the Kids? and David Cassidy-Man Under Cover. An old show, Project U.F.O. will also be dropped. Two programs, W.E.B. and Waverly Wonders had earlier been dispatched to Silverman Hill...
...Fred Silverman sweeps out all of NBC's new shows...
When Fred Silverman took over NBC last June, the fall lineup was already firmly in place, and the question was: When would the network's programs really be his? The answer came last week. In an unprecedented day of carnage, Silverman killed all seven of his predecessors' remaining new programs, or about a third of the entire nighttime schedule. Starting in January, when the shows he personally picked go on the air, NBC will officially be the Network that Freddie Built...
...This is the greatest cancellation in the history of television," says Mike Dann, a TV consultant and Silverman's onetime boss at CBS. "What forced Freddie's hand is the fact that ABC has nine of the top 14 shows and the only runaway hit of the new season, Mork and Mindy. In modern broadcasting, ABC is the greatest network ever, and CBS and NBC are so far behind they can only fight for second place. Freddie was an integral part of the ABC steamroller, and now it's going faster than ever, rolling over both...
Under the present faculty housing plan, the University rents housing that it already owns to faculty at favorable rates with the option of buying, Robert Silverman, vice-president for property management, said...