tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post1806812958919163463..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's (not) on TV? Saturday, June 8, 1968Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-83546240812610394272017-07-12T17:32:32.116-04:002017-07-12T17:32:32.116-04:00I remember, although I don't know that I have ...I remember, although I don't know that I have an example handy, that KCMT used to record three or four ABC Saturday morning cartoons and replay them in the after-school timeslot, along with <i>Welcome Inn</i>, the afternoon "variety" show. They'd show a different cartoon each day, and that was how they covered both networks' Saturday morning fare.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-12000043737447718802017-07-09T19:24:53.546-04:002017-07-09T19:24:53.546-04:00HELLO! Has ANYONE noticed the switch at all?! Geor...HELLO! Has ANYONE noticed the switch at all?! George of the Jungle was an ABC show, not NBC-vice versa with Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel. What kind of scheduling were they doing? All tho, with KCMT, they could have switched to ABC at 10:30 for George, and then return to NBC at 11 AM for Cool McCool. Thereby airing AA/SS during a weekday afternoon slot, as was the case with dual network affiliates. Of course, had it not been for RFK's funeral, it all would have gone down like clockwork.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-33247714562619493692017-06-19T22:05:20.132-04:002017-06-19T22:05:20.132-04:00John, 'CCO had a movie - in this case, "T...John, 'CCO had a movie - in this case, "The Mouse That Roared." They must have done that every week. Better ratings, perhaps?Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-47477748741250666002017-06-15T17:33:48.741-04:002017-06-15T17:33:48.741-04:00Good research! That all sounds about right for tho...Good research! That all sounds about right for those days; I wonder how things would be different nowadays, when the union has so much more clout? Quite a bit, I suspect.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-26408554036749406122017-06-14T00:07:58.301-04:002017-06-14T00:07:58.301-04:00WCCO scheduled Cimarron Strip Sat 3:30-5:00. It a...WCCO scheduled Cimarron Strip Sat 3:30-5:00. It aired on CBS Thu at 6:30 CT. What did 'CCO air in its network timeslot?John Adkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-79644945984547262382017-06-13T23:38:10.665-04:002017-06-13T23:38:10.665-04:00Annemarie Huste worked for Jackie Kennedy after sh...Annemarie Huste worked for Jackie Kennedy after she left the White House and relocated to New York City.<br />And I'm not sure Alan Burke could have produced a themed show and get it out to his stations in time, in those pre-satellite days.Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-81971208619322420692017-06-13T09:38:43.411-04:002017-06-13T09:38:43.411-04:00The Indianapolis 500 wasn't moved to same-day ...The Indianapolis 500 wasn't moved to same-day until the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The post-production commentary was controversial as we learned in 1981 when it was discovered during an investigation into Bobby Unser's incident exiting pit road. It was not on the radio broadcast, it was added in post-production on television. USAC initially called the penalty based on what happened in post-production.<br /><br />Rugby, which has long been split into Union and League, is now split into three codes -- Union Fifteen, Union Sevens (for how many players participate), and League. All three are aired on television, with NBC carrying on the broadcast network Union Sevens both international and domestic club competitions. (Sevens matches last 20 minutes, and multiple matches are played in one setting; shortened matches are often prominent with these "exotic" sports; cricket is known for its limited overs matches, with the most prominent Twenty20, and both golf and tennis are adopting similar formats first trialed in Australia, Super6 and Fast4.)<br /><br />Seems it wasn't until the late 1980's to early 1990's that the summer series have risen back to prominence. It made sense for special situations for shows to go to live specials regarding the seriousness of the incident. Bobbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-56176655559881659632017-06-12T20:08:47.164-04:002017-06-12T20:08:47.164-04:00The scheduled taped showing of the Indianapolis &q...The scheduled taped showing of the Indianapolis "500" on "Wide World Of Sports" (taped nine days earlier on May 30th) finally aired the next week, June 15th.<br /><br />After two more years (1969 and 1970) of showings about a week later on "Wide World", ABC began showing the Indy race on a same-day basis (in prime-time that night, about eight or nine hours after the race began) in 1971.<br /><br />At first, the taped showing was two hours (commercials included), eventually expanding to three hours (again, including commercials).<br /><br />Finally in 1986, ABC got to finally televise the race live.<br /><br />One interesting footnote: During the years ABC aired Indy on a same-day tape-delay basis, Jim McKay and either Jackie Stewart or (in the mid-eighties) Sam Posey would call the start (about the first 15 laps) and finish (again, the last 15 or so laps) of the race live as they happened, but would do the commentary of most of the race as the edited tape was being broadcast.<br /><br />It probably would have made a smoother broadcast that way, as McKay and company wouldn't have ended-up referring to something (had they called the whole race as it happened) edited-out of the final tape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-89127964977933962882017-06-12T14:38:15.682-04:002017-06-12T14:38:15.682-04:00Mitchell, I did some more research into this, and...Mitchell, I did some more research into this, and found an interesting tidbit on the Reds/Cards game in Cincy. The Cardinal players did not want to play, but would have to forfeit if the Reds players voted to play. Milt Pappas was the Reds player rep, and didn't want to play the game. An initial vote was 12 to 12 with one player abstaining. A second vote was 13 12 to play, so the Cardinals not wanting to forfeit agreed to play. Reds manager Dave Bristol labeled Pappas as a trouble maker and he was traded the next week to the Braves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598321249896138287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-34080133908972072442017-06-12T13:53:23.957-04:002017-06-12T13:53:23.957-04:00Good info, Randy. Based on what I've been able...Good info, Randy. Based on what I've been able to find out (in addition to what I remembered), I think the postponements were in fact due to players not wanting to play the day of the funeral. I noticed that neither New York team played, which makes perfect sense.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-41828036692519018682017-06-12T13:45:32.726-04:002017-06-12T13:45:32.726-04:00BTW, after the JFK assassination, NFL commissione...BTW, after the JFK assassination, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle decided that following Sunday's games would be played as scheduled - a decision he regretted for the rest of his life.<br />They had no choice but to cancel post-9/11, all air travel was grounded, pretty much making it impossible for most of the games to be played.YIHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149048850538200399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-36869474277651503012017-06-12T13:31:30.981-04:002017-06-12T13:31:30.981-04:00''One of the grand prizes was a new house ...''One of the grand prizes was a new house worth more than $40,000, plus $7,000 to purchase the land. I wonder how much that would be worth in today's dollars?''<br />$47k in '68 = $330,247.93 <a href="http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/</a> comes in handy at times.YIHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149048850538200399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-36425099201351175182017-06-12T12:35:24.225-04:002017-06-12T12:35:24.225-04:00According to baseball reference, the Twins and Sen...According to baseball reference, the Twins and Senators played a DH on Friday, and a single game on Sunday. Perhaps, they played the DH on Friday, instead of the Saturday game. Attendance for Friday was 16,334 with a nice crowd on Sunday of 33,977. There were only six games played on that Saturday (I don't know why there were postponements). The Tigers behind Mickey Lolich beat the Indians and Sam McDowell 3-1.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598321249896138287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-39150204419129927932017-06-12T12:32:44.001-04:002017-06-12T12:32:44.001-04:00Interesting question, and it provides a story that...Interesting question, and it provides a story that could be an article of its own. Several of the owners and/or teams were determined not to play on Saturday out of respect to RFK. Then-Commissioner Eckert, in what the <i>Chicago Tribune</i> would later call "an attempt to please everyone," moved the start time of afternoon games to the evening, presumably after the funeral had concluded.<br /><br />As we all know, the funeral was <i>not</i> done by early evening, which meant that games not played on the West Coast did indeed start before the events had concluded, and this caused a lot of problems - for example, Reds player rep Milt Pappas resigned over Cincinnati management's determination to play even though a majority of the players wanted to wait. The Mets refused to play the Giants, and the game was postponed until another day. The Astros said they would refuse to play the Pirates both Saturday <i>and</i> Sunday.<br /><br />Bottom line: no games were played during the day, several games were played at night but before the funeral was over, and some games were postponed outright (including the Twins-Senators game). It was that kind of vacillation that caused the owners to oust Eckert as Commissioner, eventually replacing him with Bowie Kuhn. <br /><br />Today, I suspect the answer would be straightforward, and similar to 9/11 - all games cancelled until further notice.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-5262957289138292662017-06-12T10:34:08.627-04:002017-06-12T10:34:08.627-04:00The Prisoner:
- The obvious summer replacement f...<i>The Prisoner</i>:<br /> - The obvious summer replacement for Jackie Gleason's show would have been Dom DeLuise's variety hour, which was owned and produced by Gleason's company (and taped in Miami Beach, "the Sun and Fun Capital of the World!").<br />As I recall, that was how the show was originally announced to air.<br /><i>The Prisoner</i> was a late addition to the summer schedule; nobody at CBS had any idea what it would be about.<br />This is guesswork: somebody at CBS remembered that Patrick McGoohan's <i>Secret Agent</i> had been a mild success on Saturday nights a couple of years before, and made the switch accordingly - after all, who the heck watches TV in the summer, anyway?<br /><br /><i>Dream House</i>'s normal ABC timeslot was Wednesdays at 7:30 CDT, in between <i>The Avengers</i> and the ABC movie.<br />You might want to check and see what these ABC affiliates thought would draw better than the game show.<br />By the way, when fall came around, this timeslot went to the second weekly segment of <i>Peyton Place</i> (the first one was Monday, same time), in what proved to be its final season.<br />But that's another story ...<br /><br /> - If memory serves, Major League Baseball did not cancel its schedule for this Saturday.<br />I don't know what Channel 11's deal was with the Twins, but my guess would be if the Twins were playing, ch11 would be covering the game as scheduled.<br />I'd also guess that DC Stadium, where the game was to played, would have been packed, regardless of national mourning.<br />Correction welcomed, if necessary.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.com