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336 THE PROGRAM ANGLE Closed-circuit operation has tremendous possibilities for televi- sion programming. With a live show, once it has commenced, the producer is on his own. True, he has a floor manager, but at best he is only a relay position, and if the actors are not watching him (and they should not be, otherwise it will show in the picture), it may be a few minutes before the floor manager's frantic signals to speed up, slow down, turn to the microphone or camera, or cease blocking another actor are seen and acted upon. Or lights may get out of position due to actors not following their rehearsal in- structions. When a show is on the air live the producer is editing from second to second instantaneously with the pictures from three or more cameras blinking at him. Sometimes he makes a mistake and calls the wrong shot, sometimes the technician makes a mistake and pushes the wrong button, or is slow or early in performing an operation with the result that some of the smooth- ness and perfection of the show is lost. Films have been accepted as the best possible way of present- ing the commercial message to the viewers due to the certainty of operation of the articles demonstrated therein and the practical impossibility of anything going wrong with the presentation. The majority of people who see them either do not know they are films, or if they do know they do not care because the transition to film and back to live is well done. Many people think that films offer the best medium for entertainment because so many more effects are possible. After all, most people regard television as the ulti- mate entertainment medium and buy receivers for that reason alone. Very few buy them for educational reasons or purposes, except, of course, institutions for learning and for therapeutic work. It has been argued that the appeal of television is its im- mediacy, i.e., the faculty of seeing action at a distance. This may be so, but it is the author's opinion that entertainment is the rea- son most people buy receivers. Nothing in the theatrical field is more popular than movies, and many of these are old enough, goodness knows! Given the choice, most people would choose a perfect, well-photographed, high-definition movie on television in preference to a live show with a number of fluffs and errors; this