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No Justice In Demise Of 'Rogues' i I. Swift" rKsA By JACK COULD New York Times News Service New York SOMETIMES there does not seem to be any justice in television. Much the most delightful program of the past season, The Rogues, has been canceled, yet one of its Sunday evening competitors. What's My Line? has been signed for another season. Where else but in video could David Niven be dropped and Dorothy Kilgallen renewed? The informal organization known as the Friends of the Rogues, which surely must enjoy a far larger membership than has been generally indicated, is understandably a distraught contingent.

There has been no nicer way to be relaxed for the labors of Monday than to watch Robert Coote and Gladys Cooper fleece assorted braggarts in the company of Charles Boyer, Gig Young and the aforementioned Niven. Now the fetching quintet is headed for the Nielsen boneyard, its time has been sold to other enterprises and there is no realistic hope of reprieve. had further thoughts. The Rogues, they said, should not have used so many foreign locales; viewers want to recognize settings. According to the same theory, there also should have been a sustained love interest, not a blithe dismissal of the beauteous dishes after each installment.

Or were the adventures of The Rogues so remote from average experience that the set owner was always a spectator rather than a participant, a condition purportedly not conducive to cultivating a viewer's habit to turning in week after week? THE FRIENDS of the s' rememberance of things past will be only of a thoroughly pleasant and literate show, not without fault, to be sure, in the matter of some element of repetition, and certainly not always a hit every week. But in the personnel of its company, in the polish of its photography and settings, in the brightness of its dialogue, The Rogues had more distinction than any other popular new series of the last year. MAY HEATHERLY plays Heather MacNabb, UNCLE's communications research head in The Man from UNCLE at 8 p.m., Mondays, WFBM-TV DINA MERRILL is guest star in "The Personal Touch" on The Rogues at 10 tonight on WFBM-TV (6). Driver Hill On Special That it has been withdrawn, that no other time period on any of the three networks could be found to assure its continuing survival, must rank as one of the disappointments and unpleasant revelations of TV this season. or there and by droll performing, the undoing of a greedy American on an African safari was delightful escapism.

THE REMARKABLE versatility of Coote as the man of all trades surely is going to result in an Emmy as the best supporting player; if not, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences can quietly close down. And Miss Cooper, as the Park Lane doyenne who relishes the nuances of sophisticated larceny, will be most fondly remembered. In Niven, Boyer and Young there has been the consistent reward of tongue-in-cheek playing that over the winter made their assorted adventures completely winning. Their work seemed so ef fortless, so becomingly assured and relaxed, so vastly superior to the general run of TV performing. Such high professionalism is not often brought to a project designed for the weekly run of TV.

But why the demise of The Rogues? In the National Broadcasting Company schedule, the program has come immediately after Bonanza, the highest rated show in all of television. Potentially, at least, The Rogues started with the best possible "lead-in." But, came 10 o'clock, the Bonanza, enthusiasts, or at least a great many of them, abandoned NBC in favor of the games on CBS or the last half of the movie on ABC. SOME TV PLAY DOCTORS THE THEME of The Rogues, a felicitous covey of attractive rascals administering a sort of rough and charming justice outside the law, assuredly is as old as show business itself. But there is nothing entirely new in the way of formats. What made The Rogues such good fun was the style and aplomb with which it played out its weekly episodes.

Thomas J. McDermott, the overseer of Four Star films, which produced the series, disposed of the nonsense that there are not enough script writers to turn out bright and literate dialogue within the framework of a series. In a recent repeat of "The Diamond-Studded Pie," for instance, the plot itself was pure corn. However, by the inventive twist of a line here THE THRILLS and heartbreak of one of the world's greatest sporting events the 24-hour Le Mans road race will be shown in the ABC News special, "Phil Hill: Assault on Le Mans," to be presented on the ABC Television Network Sunday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m. Produced by the Robert Drew Associates unit of ABC News, the special follows the exacting preparations of champion American race driver Phil Hill as he leads the first assault by a major American automobile manufacturer Ford to break the stranglehold of the Italian Ferraris on the European road racing scene.

Filmed on location at Le Mans, France, prior to the 1964 edition of the European racing classic, the documentary uses the famed Robert Drew "living camera" technique to portray the penetrating story of a man and his machine. More than 300,000 spectators attended the race which marked the first time the Europeans were seriously challenged at their own game. The American hopes rested on the shoulders of a 37-year-old bachelor from Santa Monica, California, Phil Hill. I If i HlllHHKMainiHni Sports Week Sunday BETTE DAVIS is a memorable panhandler in "Pocketful of Miracles" on Sunday Night Movie at 9 tonight on WLW-I (13). STEREO for less at Pearson's Music Center COLOR TV for less at Pearson's Music Center RCA VICTOR CURTIS MATHES and other famous brands of eotor, BW, Portable TV's and Stereos SEE PEARSON'S Before You Buy You Will Save Money Satisfaction Guaranteed BASEBALL (12 noon, WISH-TV, 8) Chicago versus New York Yankees at New York.

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