The CBS shakeup, if nothing else, played right into the plans of the reform-bent Federal Communications Commission, whose chairman, E. William Henry, has long deplored TV's "discouraging degree of sameness." Commission investigators have been busy pinpointing the power over TV programming held by what the industry calls "the three men": ABC's Tom Moore, NBC's Bob Kintner, and until last week, CBS's Jim Aubrey. The FCC's Draconian cure: divest the big three of half their prime programming time (7-11 p.m., E.S.T.), hand the task over to sponsors and independents.
TV executives are understandably concerned....
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