Variety (November 1963)

AS ‘the. World. Turns; ” CBS-TVs daytime: weaper, whick lésés | he panes 1: em the daytime rating” parade, has. the. distinction of cutrating toe 4d. oe | “Jerry Lewis Skew” and.a flock k of ether major new nighttime pro7 ON ‘" ocording te the new. ‘National: Nielsens, the souper: ‘trem. 130} z/. = ez pm., drew an ‘Average 13.8 for its "Monday threagli Friday {.-py e GEORGE ROSEN 7 i Danny. Thomar” ota ‘gtatement he wrip. That 13.8 average 2 weher on ‘Six and a half hours of «TA one of ana. LETO $.)-18a 4 plans to retire from his 11-year-old grime time shows on er \ of these. every-now-and-. gle a meakented halfane | Oo ; “As the World Taras” outranked the. following NBC entries: | then. flashes of showmanship, _it| gmedy se a projected. helfhour: | this season ‘brought an_ immediate “Mitch. Miller, rea Dene anne OT aad cee Stee aes _ . $08.1 nas been shelved, Screen. Gems: James T.Aubrey Jr.—an ‘expresore as wi c. es ‘ 1Or nas signed the comedian te. sion of hope. that “Thomas will tetal of 51% hours. As compared to. ABC: the CBS daytimer had: a ym >, , exclusive three-year pact.fer aay change his mind. eigher rating than.five hours of ABC programs, including such’ | the itably.| tv: vestures that come up. The} “ Aubrey . commented, “We can ‘gee Week,” and “Serry. Lewis Show.” ies ; te | ferred. pecause of his commitment only trope that Danny will change “As the: Me oa tures” emt ra Peat ue CBS ss ! Sea cea a Seni a found nd) 1 ee nTonsway.. Musical, Alines to the network and in iran ; Sunday. night © ‘Jeay Garland Show.” = : 1g : Thing.” “Idea may be re jgeneral. We'd hate to see this : a ey: Say lt Ain't So Hollywood, Nov. >.. out many years ago—that the key: wived. later. ~ per-. —. elements (of. action, ’ suspense, sex,|. Screen “Gems _ is. now moufiing: former, he is 8 pope {ha oreo’ jana. tense grams can ‘spell’. ae: two 90-minute ‘specials with Mosnas notified Edwin Ebel. | ice when ‘wrap tel t to -be done in New York. Gone oods ad veepee. in: the ‘velvet robe. of | the. Holy} Teor | Geatsion, “inee at has Sjomored a my o Thee gene nace nie fer! 4 him for the past seven seasons on mi | ext year’s B in-tv.. ] CBS-TV, and weeks ago had told ‘DL. Hearings Getting Polite Brashett From __ [running higk {Thomas it wanted to reaew him | _ Networks; Only NBC: pspond _ | —_ ee st ef bal Gs iby Tat 0 ‘wilt join it with: an’ intriaing as Sas Sed i cel i bog mulled ret ‘a. camel, O'Brian will] wpe 7 ig eancelling telecast’ plans include six _ wf ariille i ra a te erun: of the. Judy. Gar es | Sehties the “bed. pans" in| of the: -Blie-Gray Bowl. game, aN-|'to ‘gmake several motion pictures, "the Heuse pad Ae roll “sub land starrer. is slated fer.Jan. 8: suspense a resu in ‘pur-jawal football. ‘contest. between col-| impessible until. now because of | commnittee will. be NAB prez Le} 1964, Sunday night from 6 te 8) statice of. the DeMille tradition, |Jege stars of ‘the nerth and seuth] his active tv sked. He alse will Rey: Collins. His. testimony sched-ipm., with Procter & ‘Gambie © Plc See funders peppered with +aw played. at Cramton Stadium, Most-) spend more time on other series. ‘uled for Friday (8) wil provide the’ ing ep. the full. tee. a jand fundamental sex, == .. a “Ala... -with th Yr in which he is involved and to final yelley of comment on the Sill | aa > | Zemery, ow e. axing re-| creating new properties for Tél. . | , . most |pertedly over the issue of segrega-; ‘Productions, in’ which be aad ‘ch: tion. in the stands. | Sheldon Leonard are partnered. — i): Slated for Dee. 28, the game was| . T&L shows are “The Andy Grit {$8 to: be” “sponsored: ‘by. ‘Gillette, vial | Show. * i Seer 53 0 of Sebcommittee. chairman Rep. | wy * Walter. Rogers (D-Tex.). preventing |. “FCC. from ‘imposing COPMRETTI ial | time Temits. : ke networks. are giving the} : hearing . varying. “degreés oS “prushoft. Only one ‘web, | ‘N@C; plans to send a witness. That | ‘will be Peter Kenney,. their: Wesh| y nt the ‘segregation issue, with the net-| Yiy Favorite Mactians”. and ‘the. sly : work following . this ‘week. on the’ new. Walter _Breaaaa: series, “The: img res has comied the telecast. .WSyeoon” ¢ oe 4. Web. has carried the game yearty{ ‘Tomas. aid he regretted the. ‘bad days’ before _ smbcommittee | Samages for alicged harm deae te} identified years back with the suc| the members Oren Harris (D-Ark.) and | tle . touring. Meseow State “Circus. eessful network: radio version fly years John. Moss (D-Calif.).° The former {by the Oct, 27.Ed Sullivan net-}“Gr Ever. Tela”). _ Fcc > Chairman will talk as general: work: Russian. circus tv ‘show, a| | "wece is te. “counsel vf.the Maryland-D:C.-/ still larger amount may be asked] fee. of $150,000. in. black-&-white. pertedly, ‘over segregation “in the] “Defaware Broadcasters Assn. | Wher _the ‘suit goes te trial. _| or $170,000 in tint (how contd you |stands. Game is a-chartty rea by: The subcommittee. has a atlotied | _ This was revealed ‘here ‘by sees ‘de jews: by Joseph's cont of many ithe Blie-Gray. Association ae Rinna Sed day. to FOU) _{Contiawed on. page 36)" d " {Continued on page: 2) Agemery. hoe ot i KCOPTV. § The one group owner. y eeociying | ue witl be Payson Hall, ‘Drexy. of Mere| oath: Broaticasting. a 4 : Several of ‘Chairman. Regers’. fellow. Texans ‘will appear: at the hearings. Among them will be John j. Coyle, prez ‘of KVIL, Dallas. and “Jim. Terrell of rell of KIVT; Fort ‘Fort ‘Wayne. 2 3 ‘3 3 a i : Lie ELTA. T Bee | Bi BRAS: wages J ge . +a Pe. a . ao -_ pow . oo . ’ .wee a ‘ ' . . oy ea sagt ha yeu consider yourself, ‘or ‘your company, i”, qualified for, or ‘moving toward the big time of ‘show ‘business; ‘yeu cannot ‘afford to stay out of the eld _year-new year, tive-prospective compitation of fume aad the | feasens— 7 ‘therefor which és the purpose, end subsianes of “yet, it Jooks like Jack Paar agree to an extension ef. his y night show to:90 minutes, . { sranning the Friday night 9:38: te 40 “Harry’s Girls” period, te perit Colgate the half-hour sponsor This is the second NBC-TY casu| arty thus far this season. Previ-. #{ ously the network announced it ‘was bumping “Redigo.” An expected, “Giynis” becomes. | the first CBS-TV casualty of the new season. New Alien Funt show _ is. slated for the Wednesdays half eg | | hour peried starting at 8:30 p.m. * Replete with facts ‘and: A figures; color and personality, erganized with an } | sotactts Oe te es tok bee its. traditional. reputation as a useful, ‘preservable, offen delightful jf rer, are being given first crack -. special eccesion, this Edition: presents. you. with a ‘chance to be counted among. 4§).xt the. Funt project, the working ~ . “th : : Jaf tle cof which is ‘People &Me ae who count: hin enfertairiment. 4j Places.” New Funt show is slated’ j to. kickoff shortly after Jan. 1, "taf ae Ry a sas inoepmysinenctehisinianiintinntiisinapaihansiandlttanensteniaticbeiate os a . tw; -4n. ‘what. is. . believed to be. an. @litime ‘record. for “any. nebwork, | CBS-TV: has achieved a-100% day| time sellout for the fourth quarter | ‘of ‘this: year and. the’ frst ‘quarter 1 “of 1964. . The sellout. Hot only’ includes the} : afternoon. .programming. bloc, but’ the: morning. minute span from 10. a.m. to. noon. The. daytime sales |. _achievement: also is matched. by the daytime Nielsens. which. fiads |: CBS-TY posting 10 out of the ‘Tep |! 10, and. 13 ‘out. of. the’ Top -20,ac1 : ‘cording to the. dast National ‘Niele: sen ‘report. . oe! Desi’ 5 “Hooray” " Hollywood, Nov. 5s “Desila ‘Studios is. ‘preparing 1 rs . new ‘half-hour. comedy: telefilm. “Se-: . -Ries, “Hooray for. Hollywood,” and’ Barty: Shear hasbeen signed to }: produce. the show. Shelley Kel-: ler is: scripter and Don Sharpe’ is] | 1964. : . Contact Your Nearest Representative: 7” Au Pi : . pee wea | it Pontiac Rune With a ‘NEW YORK 10036 ‘HOLLYWOOD 90028 -. CHICAGO: 60611 i Dere's ABLTY Spee . : al Sumet Bivd.. ; | am * “ * | 09 ™ Mickiges ave. Pontiac ig returning to ABC-TV “LONDON; SW. : ?P ARIS 7 wal ROME 215. AIH with its onve-a-year Victor Borge as we special which will be shown Jan. 2. “8O-St: Jemet’s Street 66 Ave. de Brotonii ‘Stampa Estere UFereiga Pres Cieb) {ij}. Bill Hobin, who recentty ankled } ‘Flocadilty a Via della Mercede 55 48] his directorial assignmeat on the exec. producer, with stidio pro-]| ve 7 | ate | Judy Garland show this Friday (8, duction: chief ‘Jerry Thorpe" as Ry... a oe | jhas been. inked to. produce ; ond ‘overall’ supervisor, : ee .. At —— — 3 ———— eo —— direct: the Borge hour. ; ws : _ ed _ aT eee Se Cee ee eee ee eo |. eee ma "WT WO OW oe oe * ems 8 ee = oe. > mm... Bs.