Ross reports -- television index. (1961)
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MONDAY SEPT 25
THIS WEEK NETWORK DEBUTS
NBC
NBC
5 -5 :05pm NYT DEBUT
FIVE-A-WEEK SERIES Open Time
NBC
910pm NYT & LAT DEBUT
WEEKLY SERIES Replaces Whispering Smith, 9-9 :30pm, last show Sept 18; and Concentration. 9:3010pm, last show Sept 11 (preempted on 18).
TUESDAY SEPT 26
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM (Cont'd from previous page):
The course will be taught by Dr. Peter H. Odegard, professor of poli¬ tical science at the University of California at Berkeley.
SPONS: None, sustaining, public service. Presented by NBC and the American Assn of Colleges for Teacher Education with financial grants from Radio Corp of America, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp, others. Other professional sponsors of the American Government course are: American Political Science Assn and National Council for Social Studies.
PKGR: NBC -TV and the American Assn of Colleges for Teacher Edu¬ cation; Program Coord Dr. John Kelley; Prods Marilyn Knapp Camp¬ bell, Marvin Einhorn; Dir Marvin Einhorn.
HISTORY: Debut, October 6, 1958; during school season each year.
STATIONS: Approx 170 stations net.
BURR TILLSTROM'S KUKLA & OLLIE TAPE, recorded in NY
Puppeteer Burr Tillstrom returns to TV in a new series with his Kuklapolitans and once-a-week visits from their old "live" girl friend, Fran Allison.
SPONS: Miles Laboratories, Inc thru Wade Advertising, Inc (Chi).
PKGR & Prod Taynod Productions, Inc (Chi); Exec Prod Burr Till¬ strom; Prod & Dir Lynwood King; Assoc Prod William Rittman;
Music Dir Billy Goldenberg
HISTORY: Debut, Sept 25, 1961.
STATIONS: 92 stations net and delayed.
87th PRECINCT FILM
Mystery-suspense dramas based on 87th Precinct books by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter), starring Robert Lansing as Steve Carella; Ron Harper as Bert Kling; Gregory Walcott as Roger Havilland and Norman Fell as Meyer Meyer; all detectives working out of the fictitious 87th Pre¬ cinct in a New York-like setting; with Gena Rowlands as Teddy Carella, Steve's wife.
SPONS: Warner Lambert Pharmaceutical Co thru Lambert & Feasley,
Inc (NY). § Sunbeam Corp thru Foote, Cone & Belding, Inc (Chi).
§ Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co thru J. Walter Thompson Co (NY).
§ International Latex Corp thru Ted Bates & Co., Inc (NY). § Helene
Curtis Industries, Inc thru McCann-Erickson, Inc (Chi).
PKGR: Hubbell Robinson Productions, Inc (LA); Film Prod Revue Pro¬ ductions, Inc., at Revue Studios, Universal City, Cal.; Exec ProdHubbell Robinson; Prods Boris D. Kaplan, Winston Miller; Prodn Coord Jo Swerling; Dirs Various; Dir of Photog Lionel Lindon;
Music Morton Stevens; Art Dir Howard E. Johnson; Costume SupervVincent Dee; Writers Various (based on the Ed McBain characters).
HISTORY: Debut, Sept 25, 1961. (Two one-hour programs based on the 87th Precinct characters were presented as part of Kraft Mvsterv Theater on June 11 and June 25, 1958).
STATIONS: 146 stations net and delayed.
CBS i i
9-9:30pm NYT & LAT RETURN New time WEEKLY SERIES Eleventh Season; Ninth on CBS.
Replaces Comedy Spotlight, last show. Sept 19.
CBS
9:3010pm NYT & LAT DEBUT
WEEKLY SERIES Replaces first half-hour of Playhouse 90. 9:30-llpm, last show. Sept 19.
THE RED SKELTON SHOW TAPE, recorded in LA
Comedy show starring Red Skelton in a variety of characterizations and skits, with top name guest stars.
SPONS: (Alternate Weeks): § S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc (Waxes and Polishes) thru Foote, Cone & Belding, Inc (Chi); TV Acct Rep Ted Williams. § Best Foods Division (All Products), Corn Products Sales Co thru Lennen &. Newell, Inc (NY); TV Acct Rep Jack Strang. PKGR: Sursum Corp (LA); Prod Cecil Barker; Assoc Prod Howard Quinn; Dir Seymour Berns; Music Dir David Rose; Writers Ed Sim¬ mons, Dave O'Brien, Martin A. Ragaway, Arthur Phillips; Special Material Jack Lloyd.
HISTORY: NBC Debut (on film). Sept 30, 1951. CBS Debut (live). Sept 22, 1953; summer hiatus each year.
STATIONS:
ICHABOD AND ME FILM
Comedy series, starring Robert Sterling as Bob Major, former N ew York newspaperman, now running a newspaper in a small New England town, co-starring George Chandler as Ichabod Adams, who owns most everything in town, with Christine White as Adams' daughter Abby. Jimmy Mathers plays widower Major's six-year-old son, Benjie.
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TELEVISION INDEX
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