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Show o ..gggJtJj Fred Astaire, perennial and amazing dancer, actor, entertainer enter-tainer and star of motion picture and television spectaculars to end all spectaculars, has been named Champion of Champions Best Television Performer, in the 11th annual poll of television critics and columnists conducted by Television Today and Motion Picture Daily for FAME magazine maga-zine . . . Best network show once again went to Playhouse 90. The critics named Dinah Shore and Perry Como best vocalists for the eighth consecutive year ... In the most promising category, cate-gory, Edd "Kookle" Byrnes and Tuesday Weld finished first closely close-ly followed by Nick Adams and Connie Stevens . . . Jack Benny was named best comedian and his CBS show was first in its category . , . Lucille Ball held her position as best comedienne for the sixth year and Mike Nichols and Elaine May, who zoomed to popularity last year, maintained their lead this year. Other perennial favorites In this year's poll were Mel Allen, who was named best sports-caster sports-caster for the eighth time; Perry Mason was the best mystery show; "Gunsmoke" the best western; Perry Com" show, the best musical show; "Jubilee USA," best country music; "The Price Is Right" the best audience participation; Garry Moore, best emcee; "Today." best daytime show; Hugh Downs, best announcer; an-nouncer; "Captain Kangaroo," best children's show and Chet Huntley best news commentator. These are the favorites of television tele-vision critics over the nation but apparently the public disagrees in many cases since Mel Allen, for the first time in many years, did not announce the World Series this year; the Perry Como and Dinah Shore shows are losing their lustre, if ratings are to be believed, and there might well be a few challenges. |