NBC and CBS last week had the unhappy look of rejected lovers. Both networks went all out this season to woo the TV audience. NBC splurged on "spectaculars," starting off with Satins and Spurs, starring Betty Hutton. CBS countered with Best of Broadway, featuring Helen Hayes, Fredric March and Claudette Colbert in the 1927 comedy, The Royal Family. But the viewers dialed away in droves from these extravaganzas and tuned in, instead, to old, familiar programs.
Nails & Coffins. NBC suffered the cruelest blow. Satins and Spurs got a Trendex rating of only 16.5...
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