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IAA THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Friday0 26 1982 Hope Again Steps Up To Bat For NBC Hop AAAA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TONIGHT 9:00 Art TVRadio Mark Ma Wolf lAntil ilin CHARLOTTE have been sold in two years of the captioning program NBC which captions about five hours of its programs each week has been paying NCI about $600- 000 per year for the captioning service and spending another $400000 each year in special transmission charges for the closed-captioned programs ABC and PBS will continue their captioning CBS has never participated in the program claiming that over-the-air teletext (in which the network has a heavy research investment) will provide the best service to deaf viewers The final segment of "Big Bucks Bingo" a solidly reported series on South Carolina's booming bingo business airs on WSOCTV's "Eyewitness News" at 6 tonight Cullen Ferguson reported the series see the Carter family fade from public view "They were a picnic for comedians The Reagans are a lot tougher About all you can say is that Nancy dresses the way she does because her mother used to pick her up and say 'Gucci Gucci Gucci' NBC Drops Subtitles Bad news for deaf television viewers: NBC has decided to pull out of the closed-captioning program Closed-captioning places subtitles on the screen which can be viewed only on sets equipped with special decoders NBC says the market indicates no real demand for the service The National Captioning Insitute (NCI) which does the captioning had projected sales of 100000 decoders per year but only 43000 (at about $250 each) Bob Hope has been NBC's designated hitter for more than 30 years and the Ettwork inserts him into its sweeps-month lineup Sunday in "Women I Love Beautiful But Funny" a two-hour special at 8 pm on WPCQ-TV (channel 36) The special focuses on highlights from past Hope specials I-0 i with clips lea- 1 turing the likes 0 'A of Elizabeth 1 Taylor Barbra Streisand Joan Crawford Ber- nadette Peters 'i i Ursula Andress I Jill St John Zsa '4( Zsa Gabor Loni t4 Aiic Anderson Phyllis Diller and Stella Stevens Hope plus live appearances from Marie Osmond Milton Berle Lucille Ball and others Yet the format scarcely matters One Hope show is pretty much like the others topical one-liners glamorous women a few sketches and a couple of songs and audiences eat it up Hope's ability to draw ratings is unparalleled in television history This is his 316th special (counting repeats) for NBC and only six of Bob Hope has rated hitter fc years and the Et into its sweeps-day in "Women ful But Funny' cial at 8 pm (channel 36) The special lights from pa I ot: '04-00 st4 Hope ances from Mari Berle Lucille Ba Yet the forn One Hop( much like the one-liners glan few sketches songs and aw Hope's ability unparalleled in This is his 316a repeats) for NB lob Hope has been NBC's desiged hitter for more than 30 rs and the Ettwork inserts him its sweeps-month lineup Sun- in "Women I Love Beauti- But Funny" a two-hour spei at 8 pm on WPCQ-TV annel 36) he special focuses on high-its from past Hope specials Asogoo1046 with clips lea- Berle Lucille Ball and others Yet the format scarcely mat- One Hope show is pretty much like the others topical one-liners glamorous women a few sketches and a couple of songs and audiences eat it up Hope's ability to draw ratings is unparalleled in television history This is his 316th special (counting repeats) for NBC and only six of them failed to gain a 30 share (percentage of sets in use tuned to his show) His tribute to the NFL's 60th anniversary last November had a 33 share and remains the highest-rated program NBC has aired this season "NBC wanted me to do another anniversary show which we did last year but I didn't want to repeat it" Hope said in a recent telephone interview "We were kicking some things around and came up with this idea about women I sat down and picked out the funniest bits from the last 30 years from memory and we put the clips together" Hope's contract with NBC runs out next year (when he'll be 80) "and then we'll look around I'll never quit I have to tell some jokes and hear some laughs" Although it's no secret that Hope's political tastes are conservative he professes to be sorry to them failed to gain a 30 share the funniest bits from the last 30 years from memory and we put the clips together" Hope's contract with NBC runs out next year (when he'll be 80) "and then we'll look around I'll never quit have to tell some jokes and hear some laughs" Although it's no secret that Hope's political tastes are conser- vative he professes to be sorry to -N A 4 16 41 111111111111411111 011 nommamoo -6 Legend Of Boggy Creek David Hess Watch what were doing 1 Friday 9pm "-Aatch what were doing NOW! 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