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Mr. District Attorney What with TV’s reliance on crime, punishment and private eye shows to provide the major share of program¬ ming, it’s strange the medium took so long to catch up with Mr. District At¬ torney, one of the oldest radio shows of that genre. But now Mr. D.A. is on TV and all’s right with the world —particularly since it’s a good little show. At this late stage, it would take a minor revolution to produce a revolu¬ tionary new crime show for TV. Thus, Mr. D.A. won’t win any awards for originality. But thanks to some good writing, a fine star in the person of David Brian and excellent telefilm production and direction, the show can hold its own in any present TV company. It’s straight fiction, but oc¬ casionally it captures a documentary flavor that builds extra excitement into the scripts. Other shows have re¬ FINE TUNING By OLLIE CRAWFORD Army-McCarthy hearing end leaves gap on TV. Seems like they ought to have a summer show: “The Best of Grouchy.” • The Senate is now planning a new investigation to find out what they accomplished. • The hearing ran up 2,000,000 words in 36 days, which is a new male ree- cord. A word to the wise is sufficient, which seems to prove something. We couldn’t get that many words in the world Scrabble championships. • It’s nice to have our Senators weigh their words, but not by the ton. • One guy’s wife spent so much time glued to the TV set, his belt buckle was glued to his backbone. His last square meal was a bouillon cube. He figured there was something fishy about the hearings because he had tuna sandwiches for 36 straight nights. • This boy didn’t know what was cooking, but he knew it wasn’t his dinner. • . He could see that it was a panel show, but he couldn’t figure out which one was Dorothy Kilgallen. 23