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Show , , Critics director of and Cowboy" "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," will comment on the director's role in motion pictures during an exclusive interview on the Public Broadcasting Service May 26 at 8:30 pjn. The Schlesinger interview will follow the Film Odyssey presentation of "The Last Laugh," a popular silent film of the 1920's starring Emil and directed by F. W. John Schlesinger, By RICK DU BROW HOLLYWOOD (UPI) -"Brian's Song," an original television movie about the real-lif- e friendship of a black pro football player and his white teammate who died of cancer in at 26, is the top vote-gettthe seventh annual Critics' Consensus. The telefilm was presented on 's "Movie of the Week" series and earned public admiration as well as iV want I Murnau. "Midnight er 1 Schlesinger's "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," which won Academy Awards in several other categories. Film Odyssey is presenting 26 weeks of motion picture classics from around the world. Many of the programs will include an interview segment like the one with Schlesinger. Jan-nin- ABC-TV- "Midnight Cowboy" won the Oscar for best film in 1969. He was .jninated best director in 1971 for the film critical praise and ratings that indicated a large viewing a Wi JPh SOCIALISTIC COUNTRY'S determination an international ski meet precipitates a comedy of errors between an American contestant, Wllxna (Tina Louise, right) and A to win her foreip roommate, "Carta" (Michael Callan), in "Love and the Lady Athlete" on Channel 4's "Love, American Style" Friday, May 26 (9 pan.) Munich Olympic Games Receive Big Coverage - events in television history have t, the ever received blanket coverage that ABC-TwUl give this summer's Olympic Games in Munich. The network will devote its prime-tim- e entire weekday schedule for two consecutive weeks to satellite coverage of Olympic competition during its all-ou- V the straight days overall event of on mission to broadcast for coast-to-coa- st Sept. 10. And, during prime time of the in the only other weekday the first day the broadcasting organization will offer a two-hopreview of the summer games, which have their openins sports-orient- ur ceremonies Saturday, In Aug. 26. all, ABC-Tplans to present 664 hours of reporting of the games and the events surrounding them. The network says that amounts to "by far the most extensive television coverage ever provided for the V Olympics." Some of these hours, however, depend on whether ABC-TV Playhouse New York will examine films of the forties a when time American became last year cut back network moviemaking entertwined with prime time by a half hour on precariously Thursday at 9 p m. on most nights in hopes of politics Channel 11. stimulating local and independent production, and also to loosen the hold on television of the three major commercial ABC-T- CBS-T- V and NBC-T- Along with excerpts from many of the most important 40's the movies, program' You Must "Hollywood Remember This" will feature exclusive interviews with stars Ingrid Bergman and Robert Mitchum; directors Howard Hawks, John Huston, Frank Capra and Raoul Welch; and screenwriters Dalton Trumbo discovered We ipetioliie in lighting to look at... Lighting to see 1 ooer 1546 SO. 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The Critics' Consensus has 1 2 4 5 7 11 2 4 5 7 4 7 orld 7 4:00 Daniel Boone Big Valley New 5 7 Electric Company 4:30 What's New Sesame Street 5:00 The Scene Today National News ' 7:30 Friday Night Movie Wall Street Week II 7:45 Social Security 7 Washington 1130 1:00 Week Minutes With 8:30 Dragnet Sesame Street 5:30 The Nightly News Channel 4 News Cronkite News Misterogers' Neighborhood 6:00 The Scene Today Truth or Consequences Eyewitness News The Electric Company Last of the Mohicans 6:30 ChronologThe Partridge Family O'Hara, U.S. Treasury Misterogers' Neighborhood 7:00 Friday Night Movie My Family Press 2 Kreskin 7 Film Odyssey 11 2 4 5 11 2 4 5 7 2 5 4 4 7:15 David Littlejohn 2 This Week 9:00 Night Gallery Love American Style Mannix Commencement BYU 10:00 The Scene Tonight Perry Mason Eyewitness News Figuring It Out 10:30 The Tonight Show 0:40 Friday Night Movie 11:00 11th Hour News 11:30 Nightmare Theater 12:00 The Late Show S almost FOR RENT OR SALE VISIT OUR SHOWROOM Friday TV Log two-thir- columnists in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, along with the opening and Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, and also closing ceremonies San Diego, Memphis, Indianaseveral summaries of highpolis and Seattle. There are two lights, will comprise 26 hours and Albert Maltz. members each in New York of programming. These Hollywood figures will and Los Angeles. This writer is Periods of Live Coverage a turbulent decade a member. "In addition to many hours of explorewhich the movie Eleven columnists voted for during industry same-da- y coverage, there will aided the war effort with an the series "Elizabeth R," and be substantial periods of live outpouring of patriotic movies, 10 cast ballots for Keith coverage," the network says. but later saw many of its key Michell, who starred as the As an example of ABC-TV-'s writers accused of subversive monarch in "The Six Wives of plans for weekday prime time activities. Henry VIII. There were nine Olympics reporting, viewers on votes for CBS-Tv- 's special "The Noted movie historian and the night of Monday, Aug. 28, Homecoming," a nostalgic, would, according to the present Life magazine film critic touching Christmas story about schedule, be able to see Richard Schickel researched an American mountain family competition in basketball, box- and wrote the program. He said during the Great Depression, the forties, and ing, gymnastics, swimming, that during starring Patricia Neal. diving, volleyball, weightlifting "Hollywood and Washington Eight ballots went to PBS' and wrestling. "Masterpiece Theater" and to the power of Earl Hamner Jr. for his Two noteworthy personalities, simultaneously script by the way, will help provide films for ideological purposes as of "The Homecoming." rewell as entertainment." commentary for ABC-TV-'s Seven of the columnists voted porting of the Munich games: special "The He explained that after the for the NBC-T-v Author, amateur runner and war, Washington officials, Snow Goose," which starred track enthusiast Erich Segal, having seen how films could be Richard Harris in Paul Galilwho wrote "Love Story" and used to the country's advantage, eo's adaptation of his famous recently did a script about his developed an almost irrational story abbut a lonely, embitfriend, famed miler Jim Ryun. fear of how they could be turned tered artist who cares for a wounded bird and, with the help against it. of a teen-ag- e girl, finds a new Two writers interviewed on in life. There also were warmth the show, Trumbo and Maltz, seven votes for James Caan for were among the his performance as the doomed writers and "Hollywood Ten" Wheel Ckiirs, Walkers, athlete in "Brian's Song." producers who were subpoenaed Crutches, etc. Six ballots went to another on Committee House the by British-mad- e brief series, "The Everything for the Invalid. Activities, which was to the current According ABC-Tschedule, Olympics these weekend sports events, V coverage Playhouse Series 30 minutes longer than usual on most weekday nights. The FCC reporting networks, from Aug. 25 to video, Examined In can get permission from the Few Federal Communications Com- By RICK DU BROW HOLLYWOOD (UPI) 17 Forties' Films audience. is The Oitics' Consensus composed of 18 daily columnists from coast to coast who write about television, and 16 cast their ballots for "Brian's It was the only Song." nominated American entry to vote required get the by the consensus in honoring "distinguished accomplishment on television" between April 24, 1971, and April 30, 1972. Both the other entries that vote are earned the British and were imported here. One was the brief series "The Six Wives of Henry VTII," in its presented on CBS-TAmerican debut. It got 14 of the 18 possible ballots from the critics. And the other top winner was Actress Glenda Jackson for her performance as the star of the English series "Elizabeth R," which also was brief and was presented in this count y on the Public Broadcasting Service Search for the Nile," which of dramatized the stories adventurers who sought the source of the African river, and which was presented in this And six country by NBC-TThe program will go beyond votes were cast as well for musical-variet- y the political to look at the stars NBC-Tv- 's speand styles of the movie industry cial "Jack Lemmon in 'S and into the Hollywood wav of Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S life and thought. Gershwin". probing alleged subversive activities within the film industry. The result of the probe was the infamous Hollywood blacklist. TV 9 John Schlesinger un 'Odyssey' Interview Praise Brian's Song ! 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