Television: Bring 'Em Back Alive

The sheen of art that live weekly dramas once gave TV is fast rubbing off. Due to die by fall are Studio One, Climax!, Kraft Theater and Matinee Theater. There was one particularly noisy survivor—a stubby, pugnacious man named David Susskind, 37. Producer Susskind has 25 live drama spectaculars lined up for next season, including seven for Du Pont, seven for Rexall, two for Sheaffer Pen. This is nearly twice as many as any other packager; and, with his bi-weekly Armstrong Circle Theater, Susskind next year may well be producing a good third of...

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