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Show HOWARD mn DESERET NEWS, THURSDAY, JULY TV EDITOR 29, 1976 His descriptions of the fights hav c been rev oiling Is another era about to end on television' U And he is In one case, he gloried in the blood David Brinkley on his way out? blood from Look at that profusely bleeding spurting This question comes up because Brinkley s his nose, were the words Cosell used to describe this on NBC nightly news did not presence as particular incident Cosell is the one flaw in othei w ise increase the networks ratings He did well during the coverage of the games by ABC primaries, but Walter Cronkite and CBS beat him WORTHY REPEAT. The 10Wh anniversary during the corn enton television special of the telephone company will be According to what we heard on the coast, repeated Sept. 8 on NBC. Of it out elections the be after course, Brinkley may It w'as titled Jubilee and it did so well last March NBC should beat CBS in the Republican convention that the telephone company d eided it was worth the by a sizeable margin or if NBC should win the ratings race dunng the elections, Brinkley could be saved. lejieat. The repeat of the special is Innng publicized by If Dav id goes down, it will mean the end of the Don Ameche who portrayed Alexander Graham Bell newsman caustic, m the 1939 rnovic biography about the inventor of the When he and Chet Huntley were anchoring NBC news, they were unbeatable. And many newscasters telephone across the country' imitated David. One of the most Ameche has been asked if he is interested in notable around here was Art Kent, who labored on all on television in regular shows, but he appearing three local channels and whose Bnnkley style won No. Im happy performing at dinner theaters. saysHe had his own show, I take a job when I get bored. many comments. Circus, about 10 years ago. He says he would be Funny thing is that David rarely effected this interested in performing in a special, but he wants no style of talking off camera We remember talking to him in Los Angeles the year part of a senes John F. Kennedy was nominated, and during two The daytime program, DIALING AROUND: hours of conversation, David s mouth was straight Hollywood Squares, is in trouble. For the first time in He will be missed if the network does decide to shelve him because he is a man who digs for his stories and writes most of them himself C OLYMPICS DRAW: Just how many viewers the Olympics are drawing may bo gauged by listening to theatermen. One local distributor representative told us that business has slipped horribly in the past 11 days. Its much worse than last year at this time, he decared. Asked if pictures had something to do with the miserable business, he said he did not think so because the movies being released now are the type that hold considerable audience appeal We checked a former Salt Lake theaterman who is now booking in Hollywood, and he said that as soon as the Olympics begin on TV, theater business plummets. He said this is true all over the country. CiD Talking of the Olympics, the Nielsen ratings SX-55- 0 show that the Olympics on ABC took the top seven SX-43- 4 d 7 19 25. highest-rateThe through spots for July (now 15) evening was the one on which Nadia Comaneci performed. The rating has not been reported for the evening of the basketball finale. This is expected to be high, but it probably would have MFG. RETAIL been higher if U.S. and Russian teams had met. B 1 PRICE $250.00 The 1980 summer games will be in Moscow and Russia should be considerably enriched from American television. The network that wins the rights is expected to pay between $70 and $80 millions for the telecasts There is talk that by cable, or Home Box Office TV will be bidding for the rights to the games by the 1980 summer Olympics. JOIN'S CAST: James York will join the cast of General Hospital Aug. 6 in the role of Dr. Mark Dante, a young surgeon who believes in radical surgery . Dantes arrival on the show will have a profound SX-73- 7 effect on the life of Dr. Steve Hardy, portrayed by John Beradino. The serial has been expanded to a format MEAN MOUTH: Howard Cosell, objectionable MFG. RETAIL big mouth of Olympics coverage, should now be freferred to as mean mouth. PRICE $400.00 Olympics, 2 4 5:00 2 Hogan' Heron. 4 ABC 5 7 New. s: 5 NBC Nlgbtiy News. Andy Grit tith. CBS Nhws 7 Electric Company. 2 4 11 2 4 5 0:00 5 Newswatch 2. Action News 4. Eyewitness News. 7 Zoom. 2 4 11 5 2 0:30 4 5 7 Summer Olympics. Hollywood Squares. "Walk a Country Mile." (rerun ) 7:00 2 KEC SPECIAL "RARiMONSTIRS Of TKi BEEP" 7 1 1 Waltons (rerun.) Utah Energy Seminars, hosted by Rod Decker. Newsroom. I OH 2 7 Movie, "Dodge City." starring Errol Flynn and Olivia DeHavilland. Masterpiece Theater (rerun), "Upstairs, Downstairs." Consumer Survival Kit. 4 Ryan's Hope. Guiding Light. 11:30 a.m. Celebrity Sweepstakes. Family Feud. As the World Turns. Our Story. 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All My Children. 5 7:30 II 2 4 the top of REJECTS: Both CBS and NBC had many rejected that is samples of shows pilots for the past season that didnt make the schedule. r Five of these rejects, ail' situation comedies, are expected to be played off Aug 13 and 14, with NBC playing off three and CBS two of them M AMFM Stereo Receiver M has finished out Incidentally, it stars Danny Thomas, anil we learned an interesting fact about him in Hollywood which made us change an opinion about him. We learned on very good authority that he is one of the few entertainers conducting benefits who do not skim a lot of money off the top for expenses. Practically all the money he has collected for his St Judes Hospital goes to the hospital. comer-of-the-mout- h PIONEER it Mike Evans, who played the original Lion Jefferson, has been added to the cast of The Practice 'or next season. If he has any fans in Utah, it won't matter The program isn't scheduled around here next season - :45 a.m. Figuring It Out. 7 a.m. Wheel of Fortune. Love American Style. Romper Room. PBS children's programming. Mlsterogers. 7:10 a.m. Hollywood Squares. Happy Days. Love of Life. Villa Alleg re. 7:55 a.m. CBS News. 10 a.m. Fun Factory. Hot Seat. Young and the Restless. 10:30 a.m. 11 A VISIT TO THE WHALE KiNGGOM! TONTT! AT 7 ON 2 5 4 5 A near-prerfe- Summer Olympics coverage continues tonight on Channel 4 at 6:30 and 10.30 p.m. Another in a series of Utah Energy Seminar programs is hosted by Rod Decker on Channel 7 at 7 p m. Monsters of the Deep (Ch. 2, 7 p.m.) is a renin of an NBC special about endangered southern right whales. Movie programs tonight include Perilous Voyage, (Ch. 2, 8 p.m.) an NBC World Premiere; Dodge City, (Ch. 5, 8 p.m ) an old classic starring ErroL Flynn and Olivia DeHavilland; and a rerun of Men Who Made the Movies, (Ch. 7, 9 p.m.) featunng Vincente Minnelli. 7 years, ratings or energy THURSDAY VIEWING Major shakeup PEARon news setup N BC-T- V 359-193- 6 3 11 EAST BROADWAY, DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY . 255 NORTH UNIVERSITY AVE., PROVO i i |