Enter the graveyard. Read the small stones: Frontier Circus, Oct. 5, 1961May 24, 1962; Cain's Hundred, Sept. 19, 1961May 8, 1962; Father of the Bride, Oct. 6, 1961May 18, 1962; Bus Stop, Oct. 1, 1961March 25, 1962. But curiously, there are fewer this year. The infant mortality rate among television shows has gone into a slight decline. TV's mediocrity is apparently becoming institutional, and some programs are being kept alive for next season that would have been kicked into oblivion in the more ruthless years.
Shows like Hazel, Margie and Mr. Ed...
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