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Groucho Marx, Dragnet and some others. The other fovir shows rated “excel¬ lent” indicate better the promise that TV holds for presenting new ideas and a fresh approach to program con¬ tent and techniques. Victory at Sea, NBC’s 26-week telefilm series of our Navy’s role in the Second World War, was an exciting and monumental doc¬ umentary. Edward R. Muirow’s See It Now is blazing the trail for a new type of journalism grooved to TV’s unique capabilities. Murrow’s Person to Person takes full advantage of the miracle of TV to present intimate close-ups of important, as well as just average, people. And Nothing But the Best, the Ekldie Albert show that unfortunately left TV after its summer run, presented one of the few new ideas in TV variety shows since Milton Berle squirted his first seltzer bottle on camera. The list of shows reviewed as “good” represents a sampling of TV’s better side. Dramatic programs like Robert Montgomery Presents and TV Play¬ house; variety shows as presented by Milton Berle, Dave Garroway and Bob Crosby; and comedy shows {even situation comedies) such as Ethel and Albert and My Favorite Husband can vie successfully with entertainment in any other form of show business. —Robert Stahl. How TV GUIDE scored them: EXCELLENT—Victory at Sea, See It Now, Nothing But the Best, Person to Person, Make Room for Daddy • GOOD—Montgomery, Berle, Homicide Squad, Wisdom of the Ages, Name's the Same, Johnny Jupiter, T-Men, News Caravan, Fireside, Amateur Hour, This Is Your Life, Chance of a Lifetime, Danger, Ethel and Albert, Douglas Edwards, Ford, Adventure, TV Playhouse, Music Show, Masquerade Party, Goldbergs, TV's Top Tunes, Jeep, First Person, Mirror Theater, Down You Go, Video Theater, Bob Crosby, Jamie, Favorite Husband, Loretta Young, Topper, Col. Flack, Garroway Show, Circle Theater, Jack Paar, Excursion • FAIR—^Time to Smile, Freedom Rings, Eye Witness, Arthur Murray, Eddie Fisher, Bob & Ray, Sat. Night Review, Orchid Award, Opera Vs. Jazz, I'll Buy That, Name that Tune, John Acton, Break the Bank, Medallion, Place the Face, TV Soundstage, Pentagon, Judge for Yourself, Paul Winchell, Bonino, Where's Raymond?, Schiidkraut • POOR—Your Account, Ladies Choice, Take a Guess, Tales of the City, Date with Judy, Jessel Show, Mr. McNutley, Pride of the Family, Comeback, Leave It to the Girls. FINE TUNING By OLLIE CRAWFORD T elevision stars adopt New Year’s resolutions. Some of the round-table shows, for instance, are turning over a new leaf. • Julius La Rosa apparently has re¬ solved to become the country’s hum¬ blest millionaire. • There are some others. Dagmar (of the Mama show)—^To grow up to be a big girl, but not that big. Robert Q. Lewis—To be my own summer re¬ placement. Gabby Hayes—^To dye my beard and get into the cough drop business. Perry Como—^To try to re¬ lax more, without falling down. Muggs—To become an NBC ex¬ ecutive and quit monkeying around. • Bennett Cerf—To put out a book, using only my own jokes. Ramar—^To marry a white goddess and quit the doctor business. Oliver J. Dragon—To develop as many teeth as Jack Les- coulie. Mark Stevens (Martin Kane IV) —^Try to get something steady. • Fred Van Deventer—Find some¬ way to fool a wife who can find out anything in 20 questions. • Bill Bendix will make no resolu¬ tions. He’s living the life of Riley. 14