Two fairly notable British television programs were canceled in the run-up to the 1964 General Election (one for good, the other until the early 1970s). What programs were they?
Would one of them be “That Was the Week That Was?”
Still a ton not answered: please check the OP. I know there’s some TV junkies out there!
To update: 6, 8, 11, 14, 16 & 19 have been answered correctly.
First, an answer: The lawyer who replaced Cronkite for two weeks was Arnold Zenker.
Now, some more questions, again of a general and mixed nature:
This dance instructor managed to have programs on all four networks in the 1950s.
What was the name of his wife, who actually hosted those programs?
According to Edie Adams, what happened to the DuMont television archives?
At his peak, Arthur Godfrey had three programs in prime time running concurrent to one another. Name all three.
What do Mike Wallace, Robert Trout, Douglas Edwards, and Walter Cronkite share with one another, besides a longtime association with CBS News?
Of the “Big Three” television networks, two were at one point (pre-television) under the same corporate ownership. Which two were they?
When under that ownership, what were those networks named?
What two changes (one a technological advance, one a change in who was involved) are popularly claimed to have ended to “Golden Age” of live television drama?
What was the third center for television production in the late 1940s and early 1950s?
Of the “Big Three” television networks, two were at one point (pre-television) under the same corporate ownership. Which two were they?
NBC & ABC
When under that ownership, what were those networks named?
NBC was NBC Blue; ABC was NBC Red
What two changes (one a technological advance, one a change in who was involved) are popularly claimed to have ended to “Golden Age” of live television drama?
Videotape?
Correct, GQ.
*40. This dance instructor managed to have programs on all four networks in the 1950s.
What was the name of his wife, who actually hosted those programs?*
Arthur Murray and his wife Kathryn.
47. What two changes (one a technological advance, one a change in who was involved) are popularly claimed to have ended to “Golden Age” of live television drama?
Videotape?
And the other half was the move of television production (specifically writing) from NY to LA.
48. What was the third center for television production in the late 1940s and early 1950s?
40, 41, and 48 are all correct. 47 also isn’t quite wrong, but there’s another trend in the late 1950’s connected to LA that is often used in these arguments.