tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post6082126501129513960..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: May 29, 1971Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-89737860167397840052021-06-23T09:16:42.998-04:002021-06-23T09:16:42.998-04:00Cronkite's lead solidification came after 1967...Cronkite's lead solidification came after 1967, however slim it was up to Huntley's retirement, in part due to the aftermath of the 1967 AFTRA strike (never mind that during same, on CBS, Cronkite was replaced with one Arnold Zenker - remember him?). Huntley continued anchoring the broadcast while Brinkley walked the picket line. While this was not so much an issue on CBS, at NBC it was a different story. Chet and David mostly anchored from different spots - the former in New York, the latter in Washington, mostly working together in the same studio during election coverage and space shots. For the first several months after Wallace Westfeldt became the last executive producer of "The Huntley-Brinkley Report" in 1969, the two anchored together in the same New York studio. Whoever announced on that day - whether Bill Hanrahan or Bill McCord - simply noted at the the beginning, "Here is the news, reported by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley."wbhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270661237413315760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-66616638796111135352020-06-14T11:38:57.419-04:002020-06-14T11:38:57.419-04:00Cronkite was actually beating Huntley and Brinkley...Cronkite was actually beating Huntley and Brinkley during the summer months for several years before taking the lead overall, and the joke was that the duo's viewers were sailing rather than watching.<br /><br />Barber's article appears in THE FIRST 25 YEARS compilation, and I love what he wrote about a viewer's supposed reaction to the disclaimer:<br /><br />"What the hell's coming on next--a topless salute to the Vietcong?"<br /><br />Paul Duca<br /><br />tomservo56954https://www.blogger.com/profile/16574973421722288825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-90123253994546749442020-06-14T11:36:00.346-04:002020-06-14T11:36:00.346-04:00I wonder how long it took Unser to get his replace...I wonder how long it took Unser to get his replacement Dodge Challenger?<br />(cute story...supposedly A.J. Foyt won his first Indy in 1961 because his mother loved the Ford Thunderbird pace car, and he promised her he would win and give it to her)<br /><br />Paul Ducatomservo56954https://www.blogger.com/profile/16574973421722288825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-75276759715216275132020-06-14T11:25:32.484-04:002020-06-14T11:25:32.484-04:00Because it was used as background music on the sho...Because it was used as background music on the show.<br /><br /><br />Paul Ducatomservo56954https://www.blogger.com/profile/16574973421722288825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-14388341382878798742020-06-09T18:50:50.444-04:002020-06-09T18:50:50.444-04:00Part of the problem for S3 of NANNY AND THE PROFES...Part of the problem for S3 of NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR, in addition to its competition, was that it rarely faced that competition from the other networks. From what I've seen, only the ABC O&O affiliates in ET & CT, along w/ assorted other affiliates, carried it at 8 PM ET. As you mentioned above, most ABC affiliates, including both tv markets where I spent my childhood, carried the show at other time periods, such as early Sat. or Sun. afternoon, if at all. This was even worse in other time zones, since MNF was carried live coast-to-coast. This means that MNF took all 3 hours of prime time in MT (7-10 PM) and the beginning of prime time in PT. No ABC affiliates, even the O&Os in SF & LA, carried the show after MNF, which at 9 PM or later would be a bad time to carry a kids' show anyway.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-21451299914617093562020-05-30T10:57:31.884-04:002020-05-30T10:57:31.884-04:00Two notes about the 1971 Indianapolis "500&qu...Two notes about the 1971 <a rel="nofollow">Indianapolis "500"</a><br /><br />1. Chris Schenkel was in the pace car of the "500" along with astronaut John Glenn when at the start of the race, it hit the photographers stand. While Schenkel and Glenn when shaken and left unscathed, many of the photographers were not so lucky. Injuries, but thankfully no deaths. Schenkel does not appear in the telecast after the incident.<br /><br />2. A little known weatherman from channel 13 WLWI (now WTHR)Indianapolis, who goes by the name of David Letterman is one of the turn reporters during the race. He even interviews Mario Andretti after he crashes. Gee, I wonder whatever became of him? ;) By the way, Al Unser Sr. won the race.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378333389919276031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-85939154756459441702020-05-30T09:23:53.010-04:002020-05-30T09:23:53.010-04:00"Call to Danger" does have a moment of t..."Call to Danger" does have a moment of television immortality - the theme, composed by Morton Stevens, was shortened into the famous musical intro to "A CBS SPECIAL Presentation." The whole track is on Stevens' "Hawaii Five-O" soundtrack album.Memo2Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697112440087568681noreply@blogger.com