TV & radio insight
- Publication: Corpus Christi Times
- Date: 1983-03-16
- Author: Lynn Pentony
- Page: 12D
- Language: English
When we wrote last summer that PBS and local Channel 18 were taking off "The Dick Cavett Show" (weekdays, 10 p.m.) in the fall, we received several telephone calls from faithful Cavett fans. "Why are they doing this?" they asked.
When the weird science-fiction detective with the English accent, "Dr. Who," replaced the Cavett show in October, we heard nothing for a long while. Now, many months later, a few people are asking about the show. "Are they serious?" one man asked recently, still hoping, he said, that Cavett would return.
Other calls (several in the last couple of months) have indicated that public television may have a winner in "Dr. Who." Normally, we rarely get calls about PBS fare — Masterpiece Theatre or any of the other big series.
One viewer sent us a feature story out of the Chicago Tribune, written almost a year ago. It tells how "Dr. Who" on the now 20-year-old BBC series — seen once a week on Chicago's WTTW (Channel 11) — has touched off all kinds of reaction — cults, annual observances, "Dr. Who" T-shirts and the works.
Even with its fund-raising "Festival, '83" in progress, KEDT-TV still manages to squeeze in the nightly "Dr. Who" episodes.
Roy Hammond, production manager of Channel 16, says, based on calls the station is getting. "All of a sudden there seems to be a tremendous audience out there watching 'Dr. Who.'"
And yet during the current fund drive, the show seems to be bringing in few if any pledges, even though the emcees are pushing hard for response.
"We paid $8,600 for one-time rights for the 172-part series," Hammond says, "and that's a lot of money.
"If we don't get some support for the show, it will end in the first week of May and we're telling people that on the breaks after the show these nights," Hammond adds.
So anyone reading this who enjoys "Dr. Who" may want to act quickly to keep that sci-fi folk hero on the air.
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