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ROSS REPORTS -TELEVISION INDEX
PROGRAMS • ADVERTISERS • TALENT
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THIS WEEK - NETWORK DEBUTS & HIGHLIGHTS
Mond ay ( June 22 )
NBC 2: 30 -3pm NYT & LAT, Mon thru Fri; DEBUT The Court of Human Relations
TAPE, recorded in NY; to the net. (Replaces Haggis Baggis, last show June 19). § A. L. Alexander is moderator for a panel of three mediators who attempt each day to settle the conflicts of persons who come "before the unofficial court. Alexander draws out the versions of "both complainant and respondent, then the mediators state their opinions of the case and then Alexander sums up with the "court's" recommendations. The disputants agree beforehand to abide by the de¬ cision, in each case. Two cases are presented each day. The program is based on Alexander's radio series, which started on the air in the 1930's.
§ Sustaining.
§ PKGR NBC-TV with A. L. Alexander; Exec Prod Roger G-imbel; Prod A. L. Alex¬ ander; Dir Ted Nathanson; Assoc Dir Larry Owen, Jr.; Prog Anncr Fred Collins; Sets Kathy Ankers.
Friday (June 26)
ABC llam-12noon NYT, this date only; SPECIAL St. Lawrence Seaway Dedication LIVE via CBC to the ABC net. § Telecast of the ceremonies at which U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain dedicate the new St. Lawrence Seaway, at the St. Lambert Lock near Montreal, Quebec.
§ Sustaining.
§ PKGR Canadian Broadcasting Corp; production personnel from CBC.
CBS 10am-12noon NYT & LAT, this date only; SPECIAL St. Lawrence Seaway Dedi¬ cation LIVE & FILM; to the net. § Telecast of the dedication ceremonies of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The program will include airborne views as well as the formal ceremonies. Filmed portions of the program covering the scope and history of the seaway route are recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
§ Sustaining.
§ PKGR Canadian Broadcasting Corp with CBS News; CBS Prod Paul Levitan;
CBS Dir Vern Diamond; CBS Commentator Walter Cronkite .
NBC 1-1 :30pm NYT & LAT, this date only; SPECIAL St. Lawrence Seaway Dedica¬ tion TAPE, from CBC feed from Montreal; to the net. § Telecast of the dedication ceremonies of the St. Lawrence Seaway, with NBC News correspondent Sander Vanocur as reporter.
§ Sustaining. .
§ PKGR NBC News; Prod George Heineman; Dir James Kitchell.
NBC 8 -9pm NYT & LAT; this date only; SPECIAL The Fourth Coast TAPE & FILM & LIVE from Chicago; 113 stations net and delayed . (Preempts Ellery Queen).
§ News and documentary exploration of the immediate problems and long-range po¬ tential of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The program will include a filmed voyage thru the docks aboard the British freighter Pinemore, showing Seaway operations. NBC correspondents Alex Dreier and Sander Vanocur will do the program commentary.
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JUNE 22-28, 1959 VOLUME 11 NUMBER 25
EDITOR: Jerry Leichter
WEEKLY REPORT