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Don't know about 12/19/72, but like I said above, we'll get confirmation once that Nielsen data arrives. I was just listing two additional preemptions from 12/72 and 1/73 that I hadn't seen you mention (the two funerals).

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As the complete history of daytime TV specials continues to be documented in this thread, now posting are the episode titles & main cast data for the recurring 1970's daytime specials series. Please note: Data is available only for February 1974-December 1979 at the moment.

EXTENDED DATA: ABC AFTERNOON PLAYBREAK:

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EXTENDED DATA: ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL:

 
Note: In its 1985 repeat airing, a newspaper column mentioned that the 2/16/77 ABC Afterschool Special: My Mom's Having a Baby, was the highest-ever rated daytime dramatic special (with a 14.1 rating). 
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EXTENDED DATA: AFTERNOON PLAYHOUSE:

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EXTENDED DATA: THE CBS FESTIVAL OF LIVELY ARTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE:

EXTENDED DATA: FAMOUS CLASSIC TALES:

EXTENDED DATA: MAGAZINE:

EXTENDED DATA: PILLSBURY BAKE-OFF:

EXTENDED DATA: RAZZMATAZZ:

EXTENDED DATA: SPECIAL TREAT:

EXTENDED DATA: MISCELLANEOUS SPECIALS:

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Wow, that's the lineup I watched as a child, 1969-1970,
(on school vacations), daily, especially in the summers:

That Girl
Bewitched
Password
AMC
(I didn't bother with Let's Make a Deal, Newlywed Game, and Dating Game, although I may have peeked, I thought they were all dumb)
GH
OLTL
(I didn't bother with Love, American Style)

But yeah, on school vacations from 1969-1970,
my sister and I watched That Girl, Bewitched, AMC, GH, and OLTL.
And sometimes Password.

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