From the June 3, 1961, issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
It’s utterly appalling that people waste so much time on the trash and trivia the networks throw at them,” Miss Van Horne fumes. “I’m convinced the audience for Westerns, situation comedies, and private eyes checks its brains at the door and sits through the dreadful junk in a stupor. With the exception of a few cultural and public-affairs shows on Sunday afternoon — called the ‘intellectual ghetto’ in the trade — there aren’t five hours of programing a week worth watching.”
—“TV Makes Her Tired”
by Stanley Frank
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