Poetic License
October, 1975
For the past week, the television screens of America have been lighted up--or blanked out--by the industry's annual orgy of seasonal debuts. On the premise that you couldn't possibly have taken in all the new shows yet, we commissioned Newsday's Marvin. Kitman to preview some of them for you. Bleary-eyed but game, he responded:It really isn't fair to judge a series by its first episode, which is often the pilot. The producers can spend half their annual budget on that one show, aimed at a very s...
