tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post4482641719371942643..comments2024-03-17T18:19:49.076-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: June 12, 1965Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-58078702089876190152014-06-22T20:37:54.587-04:002014-06-22T20:37:54.587-04:00Mitchell, I liked your take on "Blacklist.&qu...Mitchell, I liked your take on "Blacklist." Did you know it won two Emmys? For Ernest Kinoy's script and Jack Klugman's performance. I'd like to see THE DEFENDERS, and this episode in particular.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10763366292191076059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-16631740201220493052014-06-22T16:27:34.558-04:002014-06-22T16:27:34.558-04:00I knew you'd have an answer! See you later on...I knew you'd have an answer! See you later on at the new post!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-7373663819410811292014-06-21T20:59:26.963-04:002014-06-21T20:59:26.963-04:00Last things first:
- Mike Douglas was always on ...Last things first:<br /><br /> - Mike Douglas was <i>always</i> on some station in Chicago, going back to the '50s.<br />He was a local boy; his break came in Chicago when he joined Kay Kyser's band just after WWII.<br />After some years of touring, he returned to Chicago and hosted many local shows on the various stations, singing and talking with guests.<br />When Douglas moved to Cleveland and began his syndicated show for Westinghouse, WGN-ch9 was one of the first buyers; the Douglas show was popular enough that ch9 would move it to mornings in the spring and summer (baseball) months, then back to afternoons in fall and winter.<br />There was a stretch in the '70s when channel 5, the NBC station, outbid WGN for Douglas; in the latter part of its run, the show would go back and forth between the two stations. I'm fairly certain that Mike Douglas finished his syndie run at ch9.<br /><br /> I'm getting busy with the new post; I don't have that issue but I do have the one just before and the one just after, for context.<br />I note from your text that ABC was not really represented in your area; that aspect is something I'm going to have to dig around a little for.<br /><br />More To Come! .... at that post.Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-10914890833945958222014-06-21T13:42:54.349-04:002014-06-21T13:42:54.349-04:00Hey Mike,
I thought long and hard about the Sherm...Hey Mike,<br /><br />I thought long and hard about the Sherman article, finally decided against it, but you're right that he was a wonderful humorist. Even though I was fairly young when he died, I was quite sorry about it. <br /><br />I don't always have the latest issue at hand when I'm reading the comments, but I did this morning, and turned to grab it when you mentioned "The Defenders" - I'd forgotten that. Wonderful casting!<br /><br />Can't believe that about Channel 7 pre-empting "Burke's Law" particularly considering the state of Chicago sports. But you're right; this kind of thing used to happen all the time.<br /><br />Question for you if you're reading this (and I'm sorry I didn't get to these until today) - do you by chance have a Chicagoland TV Guide from November 1965? If so, was any station there showing Mike Douglas? I'm checking for a reader who asked.<br /><br />Thanks!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-47866360997797686212014-06-21T13:36:27.106-04:002014-06-21T13:36:27.106-04:00Didn't know that about "Charlie's Ang...Didn't know that about "Charlie's Angels," David. I would have enjoyed that series much more. Not, mind you, that there weren't enjoyable features to "Charlie's Angels" - I speak, of course, of John Forsythe.... :)Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-42289938250431675642014-06-18T22:21:32.377-04:002014-06-18T22:21:32.377-04:00I spent a few days looking over this issue (Chicag...I spent a few days looking over this issue (Chicago edition, of course), along with the one from the next week (for context).<br /><br /> - Surprised that you didn't mention the first of two excerpts from Allan Sherman's just-published autobiography, dealing with his days at Goodson-Todman, where he created and produced <i>I've Got A Secret</i> for the first years of its run.<br />Very funny inside TV stuff; I still have the book after all these years (mass-market paperback, falling apart).<br /><br /> - What local stations used to do:<br />Channel 7, the ABC station, pre-empted <i>Burke's Law</i> on Wednesday night for a local special called <i>Chicago: Sports Capital of The World</i>. This was pretty nervy in 1965: The Cubs were perennial second-division finishers at this point, the White Sox were still mostly also-rans (even with the Yankee collapse starting up), the Bears were still behind the Packers, the Black Hawks were up-and-down in a pre-expansion NHL, and the Bulls didn't even exist yet.<br />(I may be hazy on some of the dates here; corrections welcomed.)<br />Ch7 ran the <i>Burke's Law</i> episode as a make-good on Saturday, after prime time.<br />In the old three-network days things like this happened quite a bit - less and less as time went on.<br /><br /> - <i>The Defenders</i>:<br /> The "Blacklist" episode came close to not getting on - because one of the actors in it was still on the list.<br />That's from the writer, Ernest Kinoy; he didn't name the actor, but noted that Jack Klugman was the last-minute replacement.<br />(Oh, and did you notice who got the part of Klugman's wife in the episode? Probably just a coincidence ... ;- D)<br /><br /> - Channel 9, the independent station, had the biggest movie library in town, which it put to varied use all over the schedule.<br />On Friday nights in summer, ch9 supplanted Frazier Thomas's <i>Family Classics</i> with <i>The Ray Rayner Theater</i>, which was all classic comedy, mainly Laurel & Hardy - in prime time.<br />This particular Friday night (the 18th), the ads touted Stan and Ollie as usual, but the movie was <i>Zenobia</i> - which has Ollie but not Stan ( it was filmed while Stan Laurel was in a contract dispute with Hal Roach, Babe Hardy was put into this one while his contract was still in force).<br />I didn't happen to see this showing; I've always wondered how exactly Ray Rayner handled the discrepancy.<br /><br />Loads of other stuff here, and I may be at my character limit.<br />Any questions?Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-89851749731589241202014-06-16T15:10:04.474-04:002014-06-16T15:10:04.474-04:00"The Rogues" is a wonderful show. Creato..."The Rogues" is a wonderful show. Creators Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts wrote the pilot movie for "Charlie's Angels" in the same style, and that was their vision for the series - sophisticated cons, but this time with female operatives. Spelling-Goldberg opted for something less urbane and more titillating. David Hofstedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288510542472710879noreply@blogger.com