At Issue; What's Happening to Television?
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- Title:
- At Issue; What's Happening to Television?
- Description:
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"What's Happening to Television?" is the topic explored by no fewer than twenty-two top personalities allied to the television industry. This hour program in National Educational Television's "At Issue" series presents timely and critical observations on daily programs, news, TV ratings, government regulations and the role of advertising. "What's Happening to Television?" is analyzed by network executives, news commentators, advertising people, writers and critics. They comment on the growth of television, from its infant days to its present giant development, when more than 35 million Americans watch their sets for some 3 hours daily. "What's Happening to Television?" looks back into TV history, analyzing some of the early successes, commenting on present programs, and giving the viewer a glimpse of next fall's offerings. Some of the questions discussed include: Will television ever live up to its potential? What is the real purpose? Who determines which programs are dropped? What is the role of the program sponsors? Is the public interest being protected? Is educational television the answer to more worthy programs? What can the viewer do to control the quality of programs coming into the family living room? Among those appearing on the program are television executives such as ABC's Thomas Moore, network president and Edgar Scherick, former director of programming; CBS's Michael Dann, vice president of programs and John Schneider, group vice president of broadcasting; NBC's Mort Werner, vice president of programs and Reuven Frank, vice president of news; and N.E.T.'s president John F. White. News commentators such as Walter Cronkite of CBS and Howard K. Smith of ABC; television critics, Percy Shain of the Boston Globe, Terrence O'Flaherty of the San Francisco Chronicle, Bill Greely of Variety, Laurence Laurent of the Washington Post, and John Crosby, formerly of the Herald Tribune. Also appearing are E. William Henry, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission; Arthur C. Nielsen Jr., president of A.C. Nielsen Company; Rod Serling, TV writer and president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; and Worthington Miner, president of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and former producer of Studio One. Also Pat Weaver, president of Subscription Television Inc, and former president and chairman of the board of NBC; Richard Pinkham, senior vice president in charge of media and programming of Ted Bates Advertising Agency; Red Quinlan, general manager of UHF station WFLD, Chicago; and Herbert Arkin, chairman of the Department of Statistics at City College of the City University of New York. Running Time: 59:34 (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) At Issue consists of 69 half-hour and hour-long episodes produced in 1963-1966 by NET, which were originally shot on videotape in black and white and color.
- Production company:
- National Educational Television and Radio Center
- Producer:
- Perlmutter, Alvin H.
- Producer:
- Silverstein, Morton
- Author:
- Silverstein, Morton
- Producer:
- Zucker, Lisa
- Creator:
- Smith, Howard K.
- Creator:
- Schneider, John
- Creator:
- White, John F.
- Creator:
- Henry, E. William
- Creator:
- Moore, Thomas
- Creator:
- Shain, Percy
- Creator:
- Crosby, John
- Creator:
- Dann, Michael
- Creator:
- Quinlan, Red
- Narrator:
- Weber, Karl
- Editor:
- Soloman, Larry
- Creator:
- Nielsen, Arthur C., Jr
- Creator:
- O'Flaherty, Terrence
- Creator:
- Weaver, Pat
- Creator:
- Scherick, Edgar
- Creator:
- Frank, Reuven
- Creator:
- Arkin, Herbert
- Creator:
- Anderson, Madeline
- Production personnel:
- Solomon, Elinor
- Creator:
- Greely, Bill
- Creator:
- Pinkham, Richard
- Creator:
- Laurent, Laurence
- Creator:
- Werner, Mort
- Creator:
- Serling, Rod
- Creator:
- Miner, Worthington
- Creator:
- Cronkite, Walter
- Date:
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April 1966
- Format:
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Film/Video
- Genre:
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Talk Show
News
- Location:
- Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
- Collection (local):
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American Archive of Public Broadcasting Collection
- Series:
- Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive > At Issue
- Subjects:
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News
Film and Television
- Extent:
- 01:00:26
- Link to Item:
- http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-959c53fw72
- Terms of Use:
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- Notes:
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Episode Number: 65
