:22:13
- Have the overnight ratings come in?
- They're on your desk.
:22:16
Have you got
yesterday's overnights?
:22:17
- Shall I bring them in?
- Yeah.
:22:25
These are the outlines submitted
by Universal for an hour series.
:22:28
You needn't bother to read them.
I'll tell them to you.
:22:31
The first one is set in an eastern
law school, presumably Harvard.
:22:36
The series is irresistibly entitled
"The New Lawyers."
:22:39
The running characters are: A crusty
but benign ex-Supreme Court justice...
:22:42
presumably Oliver Wendell Holmes
by way of Dr. Zorba...
:22:45
a beautiful girl graduate student,
and the local district attorney...
:22:49
who is brilliant
and sometimes cuts corners.
:22:51
Next one.
:22:53
The second one's called
"The Amazon Squad."
:22:54
Lady cops.
:22:56
Running characters include a crusty
but benign police lieutenant...
:22:59
who's always getting heat
from the commissioner...
:23:01
a tough, hard-drinking detective who
thinks women belong in the kitchen...
:23:05
and a brilliant, beautiful young cop
who's fighting the feminist battle.
:23:08
We're up to our ears in lady cops.
:23:10
Next is another one of those
investigative reporter shows.
:23:13
A crusty but benign managing editor
who's always getting...
:23:16
You know, Barbara...
:23:18
the Arabs have decided to jack up
the price of oil another 20 percent.
:23:23
The CIA has been caught opening
Senator Humphrey's mail.
:23:27
There's a civil war in Angola.
Another one in Beirut.
:23:32
New York City's still facing default.
:23:34
They finally caught up
with Patricia Hearst.
:23:37
And the whole front page
of the Daily News is Howard Beale.
:23:42
There's also a two-column story
on page one of the Times.
:23:48
Helen?
Call Mr. Hackett's office.
:23:51
See if he can give me
a few minutes this morning.
:23:59
KTNS Kansas City refuses to carry
our "Network News Show" anymore...