14-03-2016, 05:57 PM
Thanks, all, for the explanations. I guess for various reasons stated in your replies, colour TV took much longer to become the 'norm', than it did here. As to the Sullivan shows. AFAIK they are exactly as originally transmitted. Although the commercial breaks are similar to tose used by ITV in those days i.e. no 'product placement', most are by the main sponsors, Pillsbury. The DVDs were issued by SOFA Entertainment, inc., and are Copyright dated 1987 & 2003. The original broadcast dates (Feb. 9, 16, & 23, 1964, and Sept.12 1965 are given, but there are few other 'sleeve notes' in the package. (As an aside, it's stated that 73000000 people tuned into these shows, so whatever ABC & NBC put on in competition must have fared somewhat badly in the ratings!) Another, more technical question is how, in those days, did they network programmes over 4 or 5 time zones, assuming that tey were screened at the same local time everywhere?
