Word: cbs
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Take Wellesley, for example. At one time considered the paragon of academic excellence for females desiring a college education, Wellesley boasts a proud tradition of its graduates going on to high-powered jobs and prestigious careers. CBS White House correspondent Diana Sawyer, Mary Cunningham of the recent Bendix brouhaha, and actress Ali McGraw are but a few of the successful Wellesley alumnae. In fact the heritage of academic excellence has been at Wellesley for so long that it is not unusual to hear of current Wellesley undergraduates having mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and even great-grandmothers who attended Wellesley in their...
...National Federation for Decency, which was founded in 1977 in Tupelo, Miss., and now publishes a monthly newsletter that attacks what it considers to be distasteful TV programs. Hurt's congregations deemed the five most offensive shows to be Soap (ABC), Three's Company (ABC), Dallas (CBS), Saturday Night Live (NBC) and Charlie's Angels (ABC). The chief sponsors of these programs were General Foods Corp., American Home Products and the Warner-Lambert...
Nonetheless, there have been worried meetings at both the sponsors' headquarters and the networks. Says Bonn O'Brien at CBS: "We don't feel any one group has the right to decide what programs we put on the air." Says another corporate executive: "The real fear is that this will take hold and spread. If the conservative right and the Sunday television ministers take this up as a cause, you will find that we are more than upset...
...largest audience in the history of series television. In New York 65% of all sets turned on were turn ing on to Dallas, in Los Angeles 68% and Chicago a whopping 76%; Katzman pre dicts an 80 share nationwide. For him and Capice, this means vindication. For CBS, which pays Lorimar a reported $650,000 to air an episode and sold a commercial minute on last week's Dallas for $500,-000, it meant a profit...
...pants, are bringing a message to the media: vulgarity in advertising is on the rise, and bottoms are big business. Responding to an avalanche of viewer complaints, NBC in New York City last week banned The Feminist, which is the most suggestive in the series. Earlier CBS and ABC affiliates in Los Angeles and New England rejected some of the other commercials as well. The stations have agreed to air a few of the less objectionable spots after 9 p.m., or in some cases after midnight...