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Network ratings put ABC on top
United Press International
NEW YORK — Hundreds of
shows, thousands of words and mil
lions of dollars after the 1976-77
television season began last Sep
tember, a review of the record
shows the three networks are run
ning true to form.
The news is in the shift in the
ranking among the three networks,
with ABC leaping into first place
with both feet and CBS and NBC
tied for second place at the end of
the season’s 19th week.
With the stunning Nielsen ratings
garnered by “Roots,” there is no
possibility, except in the exotic
world of statistical might-have-
beens, that ABC can be dislodged
from the top spot. That’s news in an
industry that has been dominated by
CBS for 20 years.
“Roots” was an interesting exper
iment by Fred Silverman, president
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Paper airplane skill
pays off in contest
All that expertise you developed
for making paper airplanes during
the study-halls of an academic
career may now pay off.
The student chapter of the Texas
Society of Professional Engineers at
Texas A&M University is offering
three $10 prizes to the winners of
the Great First Annual Paper
Airplane Flying contest here Feb.
24.
It will help celebrate the 26th Na
tional Engineers Week, Feb. 20-26.
If you think you can come up with
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a better design, there are three
categories in which to win the $10
top prize, said chapter president
David James, a senior in civil
engineering at A&M.
“The categories will be time in
flight, distance and accuracy and
imagination and appearance,”
James said. “Materials will be lim
ited to paper, glue and tape; no
metal, plastic or wood. The craft
must have a wing or wings (no balls
of paper), weigh no more than 20
grams (equal to about six sheets of
standard size paper) and have no
dimension more than 36 centimet
ers (about 14 inches).’’
The contest will be held on the
ground floor of Zachry Engineering
Center at 5:15 p.m. For more in
formation, James can be contacted
at 693-2759 or David Reed at 693-
2649.
of ABC Television Entertainment,
who deserves the Erwin Rommel
Award for brilliance in campaign
strategy in programming for putting
the dramatization on the air in eight
successive nights.
The position of “Roots” in occupy
ing top spot in the list of most-
watched television programs of all
time — and in taking seven of the
top 10 places on that list — certainly
doesn’t hurt the ABC position, but
ABC was in first place before the
12-hour dramatization of Alex
Haley’s best seller ever hit the
screen.
A look at the offerings and the
ratings shows who has been doing
what to whom, and when. ABC has
been the master of kidvid in prime
time, with “Happy Days,” “Laverne
& Shirley,” “Charlie’s Angels” and
the bionic shows among their top of
ferings.
NBC announced that it would be
going for event television this sea
son, and that’s exactly what it has
done. “Gone With The Wind,” an
NBC Big Event, had held the rec
ord for the most-watched show until
“Roots” came along. NBC also was
the network that gave us “Sybil,”
“Beauty and the Beast,” “The Man
In The Iron Mask,” “Captain and
the Kings” and the interesting if
disappointing “Disappearance of
Aimee,” along with other dramas of
varying competence. It also was the
network that flopped instead of flew
with an updated, downgraded “Pe
ter Pan,” but then nobody bats a
thousand.
While the other networks were
doing what came naturally for them,
CBS also was doing its thing — situ
ation comedy. From highbrow cri
tics to just plain people, the coun
try’s favorite comedy program on
television is “MASH.”
While the general audience digs
“One Day At A Time,” the critics
still applaud Mary Tyler Moore and
“All In The Family,” and there are a
score of other half-hour comedies
that succeed in varying degri
This might give CBS its i.
headache — the fact that some
trusty comedies are gettings
rusty with age and no matte:
good the gag they are begins;
sag. This is the last season for!
Tyler Moore, whose ratings!
slipped but not enough for earn
tion. The star is understanj
ready to try something new,!
Bob Newhart, who has anno^
this season will be his last.
Reviewing what has transpiu
the screen so far this season,#
suddenly struck by a telephor,
rectory of names. Perry Como,
Dylan, Neil Sedaka, Dean!
Bob Hope, Mac Davis, JofinD:
son, Paul Lynde, Dorothy H:
John Denver, Olivia Newton)
Barry Manilow, Steve Law:
and Eydie Gorme, Elton]
Johnny Cash, Bing Crosby, Gt
Burns and Shirley Maclaine:
among those with one or more
cials.
Sailing club gets 28-foot sailboa
The Fort Phantom Yacht Club of
Abilene donated a 28-foot, wooden,
3,000-pound sailboat to the Texas
A&M University Sailing Club last
weekend.
It is the largest sailboat the club
has, said Mike Kosa, a club member
and senior at A&M.
“The boat is equipped with a
cabin and deckspace for 20 people,”
said Pete O’Connell, another senior
club member.
It is not a new sailboat. Plans
were purchased from Mechanics Il
lustrated in 1956 and carpenters
were then hired to build the craft.
The Sea Scouts of the Abilene
club sailed the boat until they pur
chased a new one, donating the old
boat to the sailing club.
The club will repaint the t[
and make minor repain.
“We ll have it in the water
couple of weeks,” O’Connellsj;
The club uses Lake Somervil
boating activities. The nei
acquired boat will be mooret
Overlook Marina on Somem
Kosa said.
The club presently has 2U
for use by its 16 members.
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Novice Amateur Radio License
on 10 February 1977 in Rm. 402,
Rudder Tower at 6:30 p.m. Bring
a pencil and paper. For informa
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Regular Committee Meeting be
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