Variety (November 1963)

"By ROGER WATKINS London, Nov.-5. Making. with the most eagerly. awaited news since the Pilkington | Repert en leton Greene, | the BBC, has. outli and styie. ‘of BBC-2, the. Conners tion's $100,006.00 UHF.tv ty network which Breems in Londen next April. Committed to inaking the secoud | day. (). The affils. nbdng the seg ‘ment, titled “Who Do: You Kill?”, ; déaling . with a. love affair of a BBC tv outlet a “genuine. choice” Yor the local viewer—who, ineidentally, is currently served by BBC*s . national video web and: the com-. ‘petitive commercial. network—. ‘Greene indicated to the Radio In. dustries Club luncheon last week that BBC-2, as it is now seen, is a complete departure. from existing | | ‘station’ s2id. the Segment was: pre| vempted b¥ a local “political. broad; ; east. Greene, was suffering a threat, tee} BBC programming philosophy. (Aetual speech was delivered by BBC pub head ‘George. Campey, as Second web schedules, covering -wp to 3¢ hours of prime time a week, Will assume an “all evening” words, tt night on BBC-2 wilt have “ar aelib | 8 erate of programm out | -. put instead of the more orthodox} saecession of. contrasting pro-} Quoting the Monday-te-Sunday 7 | patterns in turm Greene, ; 1 teners". Programs a planned service of adult. education, and will ‘range from series for teachers te. series aimed at increasing: popular awareness of the problems of .science and economics and technology. (Says Greene: “For.the first time the public wil] be served ' with | gos education through tv at peak hours | that’ for. a whole evening and it: sentaze | Simi ascinating see Ww percentage | in: ef the potential audience’ makes : ye 2 use | of f is to be peserved as “yerun. nigh during which BBC will play off for. a-.second time programs from B BBC-i and BBC-2 (Continued on page. »40) NBC-TV. under Recording Arts . and bemeficary of. Show. is avoiding the awards’ type format in favor of per-f formances by: top: disk names ‘who [ hg won “Grammies” in: the past. Fach performer will be intreduced by. a separate personality. The |: hests, whe ‘are working cuffe for include Frank Sinatra, .& NARAS, Bob. Newhart, Allan Sherman, . Sammy: Davis Jr.,. Les Brown, Bilk} Dana, Eddie. Arnold, Dean Martin { and Mahalia Jackson. ‘They: . will introduce performances by Steve. Lawrence &.Eydie.Gorme, Peter. ‘Nero, Peter, Paul & Mary, Tony Bennett; Henry Mancini, Vaughn Meader, Christy Minstrels; Homer & Jethro and Connie Francis. Bing Crosby will also appear on the show to receive the first annual NARAS award for an outstanding lifetime. contribution to the disk industry. ‘will -henceforth be known as the “Bing Crosby ‘Award.” George . ‘Schlatter, who] Tecently exited: the Judy _¢ show on CBS-TV, is producing; jachman is writer: Whitmore director; . and Brown is. musical direct or. “Pagan Pate va Seti New WV. aly 10%, U.S. Content | Sern Stations Bump | after an affil screening of Montd@ay's (4). “East. Side, West Side” ‘segment notified ‘the metwork’ of | | their. plans not to carry the hour. were WAGA-PY, Atlanta, /KSLA-FV, ‘national program dealing nrealistically with a love.affair of a Negre | Met eain pledged. only if the spe| tity within specifie.“program-| ‘been. asked bythe Saskatchewan [, feommand ef ‘the Carmadian Legion | ; [to cancel ‘any. future telecasts of a television drama titled “Two Sol-| ; dieys” : |George Ryga. Show was seen on|| “Quest,” the. weekly | CBC. series, | 7 annual: ‘Convention Lasking: ‘for "eanicellation ‘a future a | showings . on the hasis that “the! 9 ‘acting ‘and dialog of. the play-| | ‘tended. to. ridicule and. contempt. ‘Service. im Canada’s peacetime} |} telecast ‘pled that homosextal .. commonplace: in the: armed. serv . ‘tefeeast: of “Two. Soldiers,” . |ting “Jonathan. White Vernon, described ‘the ‘drama as focessing, on “the. ‘theme. of loneli 7 Sanit | play grew out of his thoughts ox ‘the futility of ef traditienal armies in “The Best On Record,” the. disk | industry’s tv showcase which. “Weill -be telecast as a special Nov. 24 om; mor is a to became ar ta} [completely snip, ue e an annual | complet fall event. National, Academy of | location. Sciences . is} a show which has been packaged. by | T mann, ‘exee: producer of}... fenna ‘systems, called Vaneouver [l. a --SeripterCablevision, Ltd, which. .sow|F 7 serves. 37,000: subscribers’ in mete Wax. WILK ‘S. Jones, CBS: Television Stations (frst venture in ‘out-of-the-country‘fF community antenna systems, Syd-[i Garland } ests, does. have a minority tat interest Dean. t Les} ae ‘Venezu CS Vi pl ed “What's My; Line.’ $5 _ ‘East Side West Side’ S “Two Southern: stations: soon: “Affil. screening took place. Fri|. have made the arrival time. of the plane and the footage in N.Y.’s Negro couple in the Harlem ‘slums; and : Shreveport, La. The. Atlanta. affil said it exercised its. Tight to elect not. to carry a. netairtime. . ae work... program. | ‘The. Shreveport. | ‘f Teheran, due at Idlewild at 6 p.m. ‘The. Arnold. Perl scripé. as | Meanwhile, | billed: by the producers as the first. suranee Co. was secured as sponsor for the “instant” news special, couple. — ‘eial wae telecast at 16:30:p.m. Sun “hen, “word: was: . received: that . _|Paris airport. The : “Winnipeg, Nov. 5 » Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has 4. feed. the ‘speci by Alberta-born ‘writer. night ‘Vietnam: news ‘special. _ Delegates to the Legion's 22nd AN ‘Letters were directed tal vision & Radio Artists will be re army.” efficials, | suming negotiations for 2 new.con f | Churs.) armed | _.Convention. delegates alleged the ; | ed wtih anticipated ‘direetly or indirectly im. ices. A CBC press release. prior to the starand. John York .tomorrow.: Talks with: the -‘webs,. which had. reopened. last |. week, were Fecessed last Friday | votes the. results: of the. ‘strike _Wote. ! Wnion "spokesmen, meantime, ‘called the webs’ counter-proposals | “retrogressive.” They Weresaid te: have. involved ‘cats im pay scales and am inerease ‘in the number of. work hours ‘before overtime ‘Writer Ryga claimed the|-« a nuclear age. CBC” considered... ‘the telecast be| variety. shows with better breaks all along the line-for actors, an " Jiand-it does not Took as if any -Fagreement will be reached by that | ‘t deadline. Talks, -. {-with retroactive provisions. | | tv. webs, ABC, NBC: and. ‘covering © ‘Bouncers. ; CES ‘bas acquired. an option for | web's an-{ eebsiantial interest in one. of} Vancouver area. | The option, picked up by Merte | hee written | e ‘sentimental Division’ prexy, expired Jan.I, Lament ‘for Lost Eoré e. 1964, If exercised, deal marks CBS ‘ney N. Welsh, Vancouver Cable-[F. vision. prez, said that the associa-{f ooo ‘tion with CBS. wovld enable Van-if couver Cablevision to expand its A operations substantially, CBS, among: is foreign inter-| a in a Trinidad ‘station.. ; also: owns studio facilities eo ‘Buenos: da Lima, Pera. ‘and 1 ™ ~~ As Pan Am Gets a‘ | _A flat. tire on a Pan Am ‘plane ee Paris ‘nearly. tripped’ up CBS} : ‘News’ Sunday » (3) ‘night special onf{the Vietnam coup, whieh Preempt-| |; On: Saturday: (2, Peter, ‘Kalisher | finally. got through ona: voice line | tte Heng Kong and. ‘informed CES} ‘News. that he. had ‘ample. footage | on’ the « Saigon | coup’ ‘detat; the} footage: encompassing the Saigon | ‘fighting and the aftermath which{ saw the overthrow of. President |= Diem: He said he -would pat. the | footage.om a Pam Am wosid. flight going eut of Saigon, which wauld|™ Idlewild airport at ‘9. p.m. Sunday | —just an. hour. and: @ half before f In order: to give N.Y, more time| f tor editiug, the footage was: trans-| ferred to another Pan Am plane in|, itan Life In-} ‘ule en Thanksgiving Day has scrapped for parades and feotball. From 1¢@ to noon, web will have | Say. Uri dark. reom facilities atl parades, picked. up from ‘various | ae te de. fed. frem the| | the footage ‘bearing Pan Am plane | was delayed by 2 a. flat tire at the: delay ‘was three} . |heurs. ‘The plane came in at Idle | American Federation’ ot Tete | Fe geles . yest | Chicagé: today (Wed.) and. iz New| will : we singers, specialty acts, | ‘Current: pact” expires Nov. 15f. ; however, can con-{ “| tinge: Deyend the expiration date |. = AFTRA is talking with the three | CT | with. Mutual” . Radie fora pact | Here's the Tep. 18: Donna Reed (ABC) ... . Petticoat. Junction. (CBS) — Ed Suflivan: (CBS) Candid Camera (CBS) _ Dr. Kildare (NBC) ~ = “eee eoene @eerawefaeces nees wee eereer ress es ote ‘weer | Week Ending Oct. 27)" NBC-TV teek four nights of the week (Monday, riareaay: “day and Saturday)‘in. the new mukti-city Nielsens for. the. week ending” Oet. 27. On average audience rating, CBS -was ‘im the dead. » “WE 18-7, but with NEC. hot in pursuit. at: 28.5. ABC had. 16.1 Fre oaswalne es ae So, ge. F Beverly. rfillbillies (CBS) ade ieee ke. Bonanza (NBC). (ae ee ee ae ses eee Se wees afeae wee 30.9: Diek ‘Van: Dyke (CBS) eoeeceene. es ° ‘e ° wee » . ° ws es ve ce ‘e 2 -_Eob Hope (NBC): 2. ome oe oa ae eee eenwae ae ea es eee « a 285. Mon. Nite Movies (NBC) ..cee cee dec ee eee e nee b eee ee 27.3 pt deen eee 269 cee eeesesens wie see tecese Sr ee ee "sk Th Parade 1 Grid CBS-TV’s regular daytime sehed two hours af Thanksgiving Day | elfies. Them there will be a: foat -balt double-header, starting with. National Football -League’s. Green Bay Packers vs i Lions, fellewed by the “NCAA’s the ‘vs.. Detroit. University. of. Texas vs. ” Texas A & M.. “ ° |Trout was hurried te 2dlewild tel ‘do the narration. Ft ‘was decided | the. darkroom—and by winging it: oon that way CBS News had’ its Sunday a is | Chicago, Nov. 5. Twe. medical. groups will carry om a precedential intercontinental f television exchange of professional —_ information. tomorrow. ‘when the American, ting in. “Ghicage. con: fabe with “nee Royal College. of ‘Surgeons in Lendem via the twe LES. communications satellites in [what amounts te the first use off. _ outer space for educational teevee.| . The first segment of the tv. | dialog starts at 9 am. in Lendon 1 (4 am.. im :Chieage). The British} .| group ‘will see an hour. videotape of information fined with Ameri , tean physicians. From 10:10-to. 16:30: ,;am. (London), the English doctors ask live questions: of .the ‘American doctors as Telstar II ‘makes. its pass over the. Atlantic ; ‘from America to Europe. | . The roles will be reversed during a. pass 12 hours later by the Relay |: [satellite (9 a.m. in Chi, ‘London), ‘The English-European |. ‘videotape will be shown to the grave meeting at the Palmer House } in Chicago and will be. followed by questions from the Americans. | The two hourlong videotapes ‘Tt were directed and produced. by Dr. Frank Z.. Warren in the U.S. and ‘England this past stimmer. Co -operating . were the National. Aero(Continued en. ‘page. 36) ‘Looks Like a Met Life TV Sponsorship Reprise. [coment Anesthesio ty. chief, . pews eolumns”. He went on: ‘monotonous regularity this: infor-. mation represents the BBE as-get-. ting the worst of it, and the BBC’s. | autumn.programs as failing to. ‘ata | tract. Ht isn’t; and they aren’t. I’m . not. “impressed: by this whistling to. the figures up. I do not want . 4 pm. inttg be provoked into .retaliation,. At has... On CBS ‘Years of Crisis’! ‘Talks are on for Metropolitan.| @4 BUS Kennel ‘hin Re Re Rang a Frenzy: Time We All Grew Up’ London, Nav. 5..: imisontaters over audiences. is ‘infertile. and unfunny”. % | phis is Kenneth Adam’ s Yeason ‘for ‘not. ‘pitching into-a “ratings... with. Television : Audience. oe i Measurement, Ltd. the. UKs pubbeen | licity-eanseious independent rating. organisation. which compiles: audi-.. ‘ence statistics for the commercial war” ‘Stations and. local ad agencies. “Addressing the annual dinner: of. the Radio andTelevision Retailers. Assp. in. London, BBC’s Director ‘of. Television said. ‘that .in the past few months. there had been’ a: ‘noticeable inerease: in the diver-. gence between” BBC’s own audifigures: and. those. a ‘by TAM. Fer. example, ee last published. TAM. ‘figures. . [fer the July/September -quarter ‘gave BBC-ITV a2. 38%‘share to the commercial netwerk’s awdience 62%. BBC's own assessment over | the same period set. the difference. at 45%. to. 55%: The ‘discrepancy, he’said,‘ was alarming. ~ ; { In.-anether case; TAM’s tep: 20. * | list. containedenly ene BBC. skow, ‘wamely a» short program featuring Margot let. Henderson, which: BBC ‘ra in 4,644,000 ‘homes, or in the region. of. 12,000,000. people}. ‘On the ‘same . night as MissHendersen’s. show, BBC-TV’s (Adam, racked | -Up-an audienee of. . 14,750,000. viewers by. Corperation ‘ealculation, but this’ show mever “ZL Cars”... uct in ‘the aforesaid’ TAM. top “at this | point”, temperate rash of ‘FAM : in “With though I would not be in the Feast afraid of it—and in the face ‘of aggression it isn't always: easy to. a ‘hold back one’s own ranks”. .. Questioning the relevance or im: : portance of the ratings lists so far as the viewer is concerned; he said: “Ft doesn’t matter whether “World ‘In Action”. (Granada) ‘Is: beating. + “Panorama”—it -isn’t—what does . matter is whether BBC has any thing to learn. from that brilitant ‘| show ("World 1 In’ Action”), which 7 . What. matters in. 7 competition is that by action and. ‘He. added: {Continued on page 38y... ‘Life Insurance to pick up thelRE ‘sponsor tag again this year on| }CBS-TV's . “Years. of Crisis’ tele[ ie “Years of. Crisis,” tithe network featuring a .round-] |) table discussion by CBS correspon-| dents on world affairs, ‘won't bef travelled. this year. CBS News g performance. of its correspon from : of. the. National Foot ciate Te OTS ret lle a Lae ee anni show: of} | | -the circuit: bit taking too} | much time away from the workARef rrlag te the ts bere. date “Years of Crisis” is scheda : fluled te ‘be telecast Jan, 1, .BE'E:30 te 8:30 p.m | Another yearend show, “uk TeleAlbum,” is slated. for either er Dec. 29, dependent on 27, L-be | made. up ¢ of “Mattel Toys, via the. Carson. Reb2 erts. ad ‘agency, Los Angeles, hag. renewal placed* a 52-week firm April 4, 1964 through ‘March ton of the’ Yukon.” Buy ts for a | Peported $1,200 Two benkrallers “are. "up : Compton is as. pulling 4,000,000. “people. (TAM caloulated that it was seen: said . said the BBC’ “discrepancy ‘becomes a. “. Adam also registered the. fact ° that he was disturbed: at. the *in| ‘3965, . in NBC-TV's: Saturday . morning. ‘kid block.of “Dennis the. Menace,” “Fury” and “Sgt... Pres-. on .the new. “Lieutenant” tories, 7 ‘Schiek is in minutes for.'13. weeks, “beginning Jan, 4,.and R. J. Rey: n-|-nolda has taken: a renewal ef ita es | minute. a: week forthe first quarter .. |-with options to. continue. till Sept. 5 next year. Wm.° . Esty’ is the Rey ‘Holds’ agency, : : agency. for Schick