bpatrick said:
I should add a couple of things to the above
posting. Lin Bolen had a pet project, "How To
Survive A Marriage," which debuted on NBC in
January 1974 and whose content was, for the
time, quite controversial (it didn't make it at
3:30 against "One Life To Live" and "Match Game,"
nor at 1:30 against "Let's Make A Deal" and "As
The World Turns").
I've heard that Bolen wasn't exactly the best daytime VP that the Peacock's ever had. I saw an online archived article with Bolen, but I forgot what publication and when it originally was published.
Which brings me to a potential thread: have any of you met
a celebrity, or e-mailed one? I'm curious as to how you were
treated; I heard of someone who met Steve Allen, and he
conveyed a "don't waste my time" attitude. I've also heard
some negative things about Merv Griffin and Bill Cullen.
We've hashed this one, but for the record Lin Bolen practically
destroyed NBC daytime in the '70s, getting rid of such favorites
as "Dinah's Place," "Concentration," "Sale Of The Century," and
"Jeopardy!" and replacing them with short-lived efforts like a
daytime "Name That Tune," "Baffle," "Wizard Of Odds," "Jackpot!,"
and "Celebrity Sweepstakes." She also didn't want any of the
established game-show hosts, although she did give American
viewers Alex Trebek and Chuck Woolery ("Wheel Of Fortune" was
part of a deal with Merv Griffin in exchange for dropping "Jeopardy!").
Ironically, when she produced her own show, "Stumpers," her pick
for emcee was one of the "old" guys she claimed to disdain--
Allen Ludden.
But thanks just the same, easttxtv, for putting me on to Jada
Rowland's website. I still have a feeling, though, that she's not
the easiest person to deal with.
