SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 1973 PREEMPTION & SPECIALS DATA:
As expected, we are missing the weeks of 9/3/73-10/26/73. However, from a check of the daily newspaper listings, as well as the Vanderbilt News Archives, I have compiled the expected preemptions & specials for that time frame. Although we won't know the # of full preemptions for September, we can figure out the October preemptions by looking at the # of telecasts in November, so some additional info can be gleaned from that eventually. For now, here is what I have for the missing two months:
WED 9/5/73 ALL 3-342PM: President Nixon Press Conference
MON 9/24/73 ABC 10AM-430PM: Watergate
TUE 9/25/73 NBC 10AM-6PM: Watergate
WED 9/26/73 CBS 10AM-445PM: Watergate (Vanderbilt lists "OPEN 206-302PM?")
WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate
WED 10/3/73 ABC 430-530PM ABC Afterschool Specials: Rookie of the Year
MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game
TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game
WED 10/10/73 ABC 251-252PM, 309-316PM, 325-326PM Spiro Agnew Resignation Bulletins
WED 10/10/73 CBS 246-247PM, 259-303PM, 324-326PM, 440-442PM Spiro Agnew Resignation Bulletins
WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game
WED 10/10/73 NBC 249-251PM, 323-326PM, 349-351PM, 455-457PM Spiro Agnew Resignation Bulletins
THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
THU 10/11/73 CBS 3-430PM CBS Daytime 90: Tiger on a Chain
THU 10/11/73 NBC 330-(onward) ALCS Game
TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
TUE 10/23/73 ABC 231-232PM, 308-310PM News Bulletins
TUE 10/23/73 NBC 236-238PM News Bulletin
WED 10/24/73 ABC 430-530PM ABC Afterschool Specials: The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip (repeat of 2/7/73)
THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference
From what I understand ATWT was #1 in the yearly ratings that period, just not every single week.
I think it had an uninterrupted streak from the late 50s to the very early 70s though.
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