Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 20

SUNDAY TATTLERS Ludwig von Drake and a grasshopper friend are the hosts of "'Three Tall Tales," an animated anthology of American folklore on NBC-TV's "'The Wonderful World of Disney," Sunday, Dec. 31. Assisted by Herman, the Bottie Beetle, Professor von Drake embellishes the American folk tales "Casey Bats Again," "Paul Bunyan" and I "The Saga of Windwagon Smith" with wisequacking narration, songs and speedy costume changes. (Stations reserve the right to make lastminute changes) TUESDAY DR. MEG Lindsay Wagner stars as dedicated physician battling alone to bring modern medicine to Appalachia in the 1920s in "'The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel," to be presented on "The CBS Tuesday Night Movies," Jan.

2. Jane Wyman also stars in the original drama. Miss Wagner portrays a happily married Boston physician who is compelled by her conscience to return to her roots, a poor orphanage in Virginia, to repay the devotion and inspiration given her by the institution's director. (Stations reserve the right to make lastminute changes) WEDNESDAY PUPPY LOVE Falling head over heels in puppy love with. his fourthgrade teacher, Nicholas is caught up in a disagreement with his family over the value of affection.

Andrea Howard guest-stars in and Sympathy," the Wednesday, Jan. 3 episode of "Eight Is on ABC. Adam Rich stars as Nicholas Bradford. As the youngest member of the Bradford clan, Nicholas gets more than his share of attention from his two brothers and five sisters. 1 (Stations reserve minute the changes) right to make last- CBS in NEW YORK (UPI) CBS finally has overtaken NBC and commands second place in the Nielsen ratings for the television season to date.

It was only a matter of time ABC dominates the field and NBC with its pre-Silverman schedule obviously was going nowhere, maintaining its hold on second place with specials and a big boost from the World Series. Under normal circumstances, CBS might be assumed to have taken over second place until the season peters out in late spring, particularly since NBC's broadcast of the Super Bowl XIII begins at 4 p.m., Eastern time, on Jan. 21, which means little if any of it will spill over into prime time, which is where the ratings are. But this is the year of the big mid-season overhaul, with NBC's chieftan Fred Silverman finally weighing in with a schedule of his own devising. ABC will continue in number one, no matter what sleight of hand Silverman accomplishes, but the first sign of Silverman success would be dropping CBS back into third place.

The sad shape of NBC as the old year wanes shows up in the Nielsen in which the top NBC show was a Bob Hope Christmas special that ranked 13th. NBC's best series showing was "Little House on the Prairie," and that was 15th. On the other hand NBC had a solid grip on the cellar ratings, with "David Cassidy-Undercover," "Lifeline," "Weekend" and the G.E. Theater second place and the Night Visitors" bringing up the bottom of the list. ABC's big strength lies in the pulling power of its series.

The network captured six of the top ten spots in every case with a series. CBS had four positions two. of them series and two of them Christmas special repeats of "Charlie Brown's Christmas" and "The Night Before A fascinating note for CBS was the performance of "60 Minutes" on Christmas Eve. While the show ranked 20th which is respectable but not overwhelming it captured a 53 percent share of the audience watching in its time period. In other words, the Christmas Eve audience was not as large as usual for a Sunday night, but more than half of it watched '60 Minutes," which was the highest share on televison for the week.

Another CBS special that got good numbers and might just possibly be in line for series revival was "The Millionaire," GOVERS ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE REAL ESTATE SERVICE CALL US TODAY OPEN ALL DAY SATURDA! 8th BROADWAY Ph. 235-5421 which tied for 17th spot as a two-hour television movie. The ten top network television shows for the week ending Dec. 24, according to the A.C. Nielsen were: 1: Laverne Shirley; 2: Happy Days; 3: M-A-S-H; 4: One Day At a Time; 5: Mork Mindy; 6: (tie) Charlie Brown's Christmas and Night Before Christmas; 8: What's 9: Barney Miller; 10: Fantasy Island.

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