Ross reports -- television index. (1960)

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THIS WEEK (Cont'd) Wednesday(September 28) NBC 7:30-8 :30pm NYT & LAT, Weekly; RETURN Wagon Train FIIM; 187 stations net and delayed. § Fourth season begins for the Western adventure series starring Ward Bond as Wagonmaster Seth Adams and Robert Horton as Scout Flint Mc¬ Cullough, with Frank McGrath as Charley Wooster and Terry Wilson as Bill Hawks; with a top name guest star in each week's episode. Stories concern the dangers and problems of the early settlers in the West. Summer reruns, June 29-Sept 21. § SPONSORS 1) (one hour, alternate weeks) Ford Division, Ford Motor Co thru J. Walter Thompson Co(Detroit). 2) (half-hour, alternate weeks) National Bis¬ cuit Co thru McCann-Erickson, Inc (NY). 3) (half-hour, alternate weeks) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co thru William Esty Co., Inc (NY). § PKGR MCA -Revue Productions, Inc with NBC -TV; Film Prod Revue Productions, Inc., at Revue Studios, Universal City, Cal.; Prod Howard Christie; Dirs Various; Dir of Photog Benjamin H. Kline; Art Dir Howard E. Johnson; Writers Various; Casting thru Revue. NBC 10 -11pm NYT & LAT, this date only; SPECIAL Astaire Time TAPE (COLOR), recorded in LA; 150 stations net and delayed. 5 Dane e and song revue, star¬ ring Fred Astaire, with dancer Barrie Chase, Count Basie and his band with Joe Williams, the Hermes Pan dancers and David Rose and the orchestra. § SPONSOR Chrysler Corp thru Leo Burnett Co., Inc (Detroit & Chi). § PICGR Ava Productions, Inc (LA); Prod Fred Astaire; Dir Greg Garrison; Assoc Prod & Choreog Hermes Pan; Prodn Coord Gil Rodin; Music Dir David Rose; Art Dir Ed Stephenson; Costumes Grady Hunt; Jean Louis (for Miss Chase); Assoc DirJules Seidman. Thursday (September 29) ABC 7:30-8 :30pm NYT & LAT, Weekly; DEBUT Guestward Hoi FILM; 123 stations net and delayed. (Replaces Steve Canyon, last show Sept 22). § Situation comedy series about a New York family that goes to New Mexico to operate a dude ranch, but finds that life is complicated by Hawkeye the Indian, starring Joanne Dru as Babs Hooton, also starring J. Carrol Naish as Hawkeye, with Mark Miller as Bill Hooton and Flip Mark as Brook, Babs' and Bill's 10-year-old son. § PKGR & Film Prod Desilu Productions, Inc at Desilu Studios, Hollywood, Cal.; Exec Prod & TV Creator Cy Howard; Prod David Heilweil (premiere only, Jerry Thorpe); Dirs Various; Asst Dir Ted Schilz; Dir of Photog Lucian Andriot; Art Dirs Ralph Berger, Howard Hollarder; Writers Various; Stories based on book by Patrick Dennis and Barbara Hooton. § SPONSORS 1) Ralston Purina Co reals) thru Guild, Bascom & Bonfigli, Inc (o.F.). 2) Seven-Up Co thru J. Walter Thompson Co (NY). ABC 8:30-9pm NYT & LAT, Weekly; RETURN The Real McCoys FILM; 169 stations net and delayed. § Fourth season begins for the situation comedy series about the McCoys of West Virginia now settled in California's San Fernando Valley, star¬ ring Walter Brennan as Grandpa Amos McCoy, with Richard Crenna as Luke, Kathy Nolan as Kate, Lydia Reed as Hassie, Michael Winkelman as Little Luke and Tony Martinez as Pepino. Summer reruns, April 21-Sept 22. § SPONSOR The Procter & Gamble Co thru Compton Advertising, Inc (NY). § PKGR Brennan-West gate Productions with Marterto Productions, Inc(LA); Film Prod Desilu Productions, Inc., at Desilu Culver Studios, Culver City, Cal.; Prod Irving Pincus; Assoc Prod Norman Pincus; Dir David Alexander; Dir of Photog Lothrop Worth; Writers Various. ABC 9-9 :30pm NYT & LAT, Weekly; DEBUT My Three Sons FILM; 165 stations net and delayed. (Replaces The Jeannie Carson Show, last show Sept 22). Family comedy program concerning the varied events in the life of a widowed aeronautical engineer, his father-in-law and three sons, (Continued on next page) TELEVISION INDEX 9/26/6O--IO/2/6O Page 111 (MORE)