Family Partial To A Network

[seatownmedia]

My mother and father preferred NBC, somewhat due to they loved the old Bob Hope Specials, but mostly due to the news. They liked Huntley/Brinkley in the 60's, but also preferred KING-TV, the local NBC in Seattle. Both tended to be on the liberal side of the spectrum, and this was at a time when KING was unabashedly with a liberal bent. However, they also really enjoyed Ed Sullivan over on KIRO, must-viewing for the whole family.

 

[LKellerIII]

My mother and father preferred NBC, somewhat due to they loved the old Bob Hope Specials, but mostly due to the news. They liked Huntley/Brinkley in the 60's, but also preferred KING-TV, the local NBC in Seattle. Both tended to be on the liberal side of the spectrum, and this was at a time when KING was unabashedly with a liberal bent. However, they also really enjoyed Ed Sullivan over on KIRO, must-viewing for the whole family.

That's my memory. It always came down to news. My parents were Cronkite and CBS all the way, while some of the neighbors preferred Huntley-Brinkley and NBC. ABC rarely made the cut in popularity, until Howard K. Smith, who had the gravitas that former ABC anchors didn't possess. But then Smith blew it by openly supporting the Vietnam War in the late 60's - which got him a lot of detractors.

 

[danderson6500]

My grandmom, even though she watched "The Doctors" and "Another World"(her "stories") on NBC, liked Cronkite and CBS all the way-while some of the neighbors preferred Huntley-Brinkley and NBC. She did watch Huntley-Brinkley, but when Frank McGee declared during a broadcast that the United States was losing the war, she was upset enough to switch to Cronkite. She also watched "As The World Turns" and "The Guiding Light" on CBS too.

ABC really didn't come into the picture for us until Jennings started in 83.

 

[danderson6500]

It wasn't just my family that didn't like Frank McGee; Barbara Walters didn't because McGee insisted on always asking the first question when he and Walters did joint interviews on Today...

 

[danderson6500]

Overall, probably CBS. I was partial to ABC but my
parents had nothing but contempt for their shows,
especially the sitcoms; in the '70s they liked the CBS
sitcoms and my mom liked "The Waltons" (although she
also liked "Little House On The Prairie" on NBC).

My mom was a fan of the NBC soap block of "Days Of
Our Lives," "The Doctors," and "Another World," as well
as "Hollywood Squares" and "Jeopardy!" (Art Fleming version).
My dad preferred NBC News; he liked John Chancellor. But
they always watched the CBS affiliate for their local news
except in Greenville, SC, because the NBC affiliate is in Greenville
(where we lived) and the CBS one in Spartanburg.

My grandparents (on my mom's side, anyway) were definitely
partial to CBS. My grandfather never felt he'd seen the news unless
he watched WFMY's local news, followed by Cronkite.

My family never really watched NBC, outside of the soap block of "Days Of
Our Lives," "The Doctors," and "Another World," since NBC's shows and the news, with the exception of the soaps were a pro-liberal slant. I inherited that, expect for "Another World."

 

[gr8oldies]

Forgive me if I've answered this post sometime since 2011, but my grandmother (who for the most part raised me) defaulted to CBS when there wasn't anything else she wanted to watch on NBC or ABC. It was always the CBS soaps, including "Love of Life" and "The Secret Storm". I do remember a couple of NBC game shows, such as "Eye Guess", "Concentration" and the original 60s versions of Match Game and Jeopardy (with Arth Fleming and announced by Don Pardo! )

 

[LibSuperstar]

My mom usually had the TV on ABC, especially for news.

 

[KML0224]

My late grandmother seemed to prefer local and national ABC news here in Hartford/New Haven. I always watched CBS News nationally. Growing up, I usually watched CBS Hartford for local news. While living in southern Maine, it was always NBC from Portland...but still CBS for national news.

 

[danderson6500]

i had one grandmom, on my dads side, who watched the CBS lineup, Search for Tomorrow, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, The Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and The Edge of Night and Walter Cronkite. All of her nighttime stuff was CBS too.

Now i watched Sale of The Century, Another World, On Scene: Emergency Response, Santa Barbara, Wheel of Fortune and Scrabble.(all these shows were on WYFF Greenville.) the 1990 version of Tic Tac Dough counts too. But primetime, we defaulted to ABC.

 

[ftballfan]

My parents always seem to prefer NBC for local and national news, as well as prime time. My sister is a big fan of CBS Sunday Morning and Face the Nation, but will also default to NBC for local news and Today.

 

[danderson6500]

Forgive me if I've answered this post sometime since 2011, but my grandmother (who for the most part raised me) defaulted to CBS when there wasn't anything else she wanted to watch on NBC or ABC. It was always the CBS soaps, including "Love of Life" and "The Secret Storm". I do remember a couple of NBC game shows, such as "Eye Guess", "Concentration" and the original 60s versions of Match Game and Jeopardy (with Arth Fleming and announced by Don Pardo! )

My grandmom would default to CBS too. With two exceptions- "The Doctors" and "Another World" over Art Linkletter and "To Tell The Truth." Another one was "Edge of Night" over "You Don't Say"(and only because EON was sponsored by P&G.) It was always funny; she would go up to the knob on the TV and on the NBC logo, change it to CBS and then Harry Kramer would say "presented live... Theeee EEEEEdgge of Night!"