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LES BROWN'S 58 maintain cue sheets listing all music performed in a program BOCK, LOTHAR-impresario from West Germany who served as go-between with the Soviet negotiating team in for the licensing societies. BMI operates as a nonprofit society, and its boardof gaining for NBC the exclusive U.S. rights for the 1980 directors is made up exclusively of broadcasters. See also Moscow Olympics. Bock, who had had a number of previous theatrical and TV dealings with the Soviets, initially had ASCAP, SESAC. been engaged by CBS to help land the Olympics plum. When CBS decided to drop out of the bidding early in 1977, Bock, who had already worked our most of the arrangements BMS-symbol used in Nielsen rating reports for programs for an $85 million deal, immediately offered his services to with too small an audience to be rated. The lettersstand for NBC and promptly wrapped up the prize. For his efforts, he "below minimum standard' and often, but not necessarily, was paid a commission of $1 millionand also received refer to a rating below 0.5. The actual BMS level variesby commitments from NBC for TV specials over a period of market and time period and is determined by Nielsen ac- years. cording to the sample size in the survey area. BOGART, PAUL-noted director for such prestige drama "BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE"-short-livedABC anthologies as Armstrong Circle Theatre during the early years situation comedy (1973) derived from a movie of greater of TV. During the 60s he divided his time between films and sophistication. Produced by Screen Gems it featured Bob occasional TV drama specials. In the 70s he directed a Urich, Anne Archer, David Spielberg and Anita Gillette. number of productions in public TV's Hollywood Television Theatre series and such commercial specials as The House Without a Christmas Tree. He became director of All In the Family for the 1975-76 season. "BOBBY GOLDSBORO SHOW, THE"-syndicated country music -variety series in the mid -70snotably success- ful in areas where country music has greatest acceptance.Bill Hobin, Jane Dowden and Reginald Dunlap produced for "BOLD JOURNEY"-half-hour series on the travel adven- and discussed Show Biz Inc. , with Bill Graham as executiveproducer. tures of scientists and explorers who showed their own 16 mm films. The series, by Advenco productions and Julian Lesser, played on ABC (1956-58) and then in syndication. John Stevenson was host initially and then jack "BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER" Douglas. -hour series of 114 filmed dramas hosted by Bob Hope. Produced by Hope Pictures and Universal, the series played on NBC (1963-67). See also Hope,Bob. "BOLD ONES, THE"-umbrella title for several rotating adventure series on NBC (1969-72) produced by Universal TV. From season to season, some rotating elements were "BOB NEWHART SHOW, THE"-domestic situation dropped and others added. Included were The Doctors, with comedy involving a psychologist that premiered in 1972and E.G. Marshall, David Hartman and John Saxon; The Law- became part of the winning CBS Saturday night lineup. yers, with Joseph Campanella, Burl Ivesand James Faren- Produced by MTM Enterprises,it featured Suzanne tino; The Senator, with Hal Holbrook; Protectors, with Leslie Pleshette, Peter Bonerz, Bill Daily and Marcia Wallace. Nielsen and Hari Rhodes; and Sarge, with George Kennedy. As a new comedian, in the early 60s, Newhart had had a show of his own that chiefly involved comedy sketches. Following that unsuccessful effort, he became one of the BOLEN, LIN-v.p. of daytime programs for NBC rotating stars of the NBC series The Entertainers. (1972-76), the highest position held by a woman at any TV network up to that time. She left to establish her own independent production company with certain exclusive ties BOCHCO, STEVEN-writer who created Sarge and col- to NBC. Her first series, W. E.B ., an episodicmelodrama set laborated on the pilot for The Six Million Dollar Man. He also at a mythical TV network, was a flop in 1978. produced the series, Grill; and the Delvecchio series, and was As daytime chief Miss Bolen added dazzle and larger cash executive producer of James Earl Jones Paris series, before prizes to the network's game shows and broke the 30 -minute hitting it be as co -creator and co -executive producer ofHill tradition of soap operas in expanding such serials as Another World and Days of Our Lives to an hour's length. In early 1982, Street Blues..