"It would be funny," said Johnny Carson, "if he turned out to be NBC's only hit." Carson was referring to Ronald Reagan, whose speech last week was a moderate success, as speeches go.
According to a Nielsen rating, Reagan drew 17% of the national audience that had its sets on that night, running well behind The Blue Knight on CBS (33%) and ABC's Starsky and Hutch (43%). Even so, 13 million people saw some or all of a blistering attack on a Republican Administration by a leading Republican. Responding to an appeal for funds,...
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