Word: topping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pressed the button controlling the lights on a 30-ft. blue spruce and 50 smaller trees around it, one for each state. But for the first time since Calvin Coolidge began the tradition in 1923, the big tree did not burst into light. Only the white star on its top and the tiny blue bulbs on the smaller trees blinked on. "Amy has lit 50 trees-one for each American hostage," explained President Carter to the 7,500 surprised onlookers. "We will turn on the rest of the lights when the hostages come home." The crowd was silent...
...past few seasons, television insiders have tended to talk mostly about two networks-front-running ABC and third-place NBC. Last week all that changed. After the 1979-80 season's first Nielsen sweeps, second-place CBS quietly rose to the top of the ratings. It was the first time since January 1976 that ABC had not won the network numbers game...
...decline is largely a result of corporate overconfidence. In an effort to bolster the few weak spots on its schedule this fall, ABC broke one of TV's sacrosanct laws: it moved winning shows to new time periods. Such traditional Top Ten hits as Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy have all suffered from being shifted. Some have at times fallen to the bottom half of the Nielsen chart. Made-for-TV movies and miniseries, usually a strength for ABC, have also proved poor draws this season...
...schedule on Sunday, the night when the greatest number of TV sets are in use. With the powerhouse 60 Minutes as a lead-in, such tired CBS sitcoms as Archie Bunker's Place, One Day at a Time, Alice and The Jeffersons are consistently near the top of the Nielsens. Trapper John, M.D., a dim hospital drama, is the season's biggest new hit, mainly because it caps CBS's winning Sunday lineup. CBS has shown other new signs of life: modestly successful shows like Dallas, WKRP in Cincinnati and The Dukes of Hazzard have started...
...been broken "playfully" by Pete; Moon continued his spiritual dedication to rock-'n'-roll excess, working almost as much havoc on his own body as on the rooms he inhabited during tours. A hotel manager once appeared in Moon's room when he was playing a cassette at top volume and insisted he turn down "the noise." In a flash, Moon reduced the room to splinters, announcing, "This is noise. That...