HE got the "10" rating, not this show!
Anyway, in the early 1970's, the Technicians' Union at CBS (in case you're keeping score), The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, or IBEW, went on strike against CBS in the early 1970's. Being as close to "TELEVISION CITY IN HOLLYWOOD" as I was, during that strike I drove up to TV City every afternoon during the strike. Why would I do such a thing? Because all of the original CBS Technicians who had yet to retire STILL WORKED THERE! The upshot of this was that all the Senior technicians had a million GREAT stories about the early days of TV! When Channel 2 (then known as KNXT), first started on the air from "Columbia Square" on Sunset Boulevard in Hollyweird, the original home of KNX Radio and CBS RADIO NETWORK WEST COAST OPERATIONS, I was told that they'd have a studio all set up for a show that was done in front of a live audience (such as "The Arthur Godfrey Show" or "Art Linkletter's House Party), and as soon as that show was over (on the Radio Network), they would strike the radio equipment and immediately set up for a CBS TV Network show IN THE SAME STUDIO! They got to be so good at this, they could easily have the TV setup ready to go in less than one hour after the Radio show had finished! Back to Tim Conway though, while walking the picket line with the CBS techs at TV City, I saw Tim Conway drive into the parking lot off Fairfax Avenue. He was doing The Carol Burnet Show at the time, and was driving a fancy new Mercedes-Benz convertible. The top was down, so I could easily see him, and then I saw his license plate. In those days, a TV Network would order 13 weeks worth of shows. If the show did well in the ratings, the Network would order more. I don't know how familiar you are with Conway's career, but until Carol Burnet, Conway just could not do a series which had his name on it that lasted more than 13 weeks. So when I saw Tim Conway drive into Television City, I noticed his custom California license plate. It read, "13 WKS". Think about it.
Anyway, in the early 1970's, the Technicians' Union at CBS (in case you're keeping score), The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, or IBEW, went on strike against CBS in the early 1970's. Being as close to "TELEVISION CITY IN HOLLYWOOD" as I was, during that strike I drove up to TV City every afternoon during the strike. Why would I do such a thing? Because all of the original CBS Technicians who had yet to retire STILL WORKED THERE! The upshot of this was that all the Senior technicians had a million GREAT stories about the early days of TV! When Channel 2 (then known as KNXT), first started on the air from "Columbia Square" on Sunset Boulevard in Hollyweird, the original home of KNX Radio and CBS RADIO NETWORK WEST COAST OPERATIONS, I was told that they'd have a studio all set up for a show that was done in front of a live audience (such as "The Arthur Godfrey Show" or "Art Linkletter's House Party), and as soon as that show was over (on the Radio Network), they would strike the radio equipment and immediately set up for a CBS TV Network show IN THE SAME STUDIO! They got to be so good at this, they could easily have the TV setup ready to go in less than one hour after the Radio show had finished! Back to Tim Conway though, while walking the picket line with the CBS techs at TV City, I saw Tim Conway drive into the parking lot off Fairfax Avenue. He was doing The Carol Burnet Show at the time, and was driving a fancy new Mercedes-Benz convertible. The top was down, so I could easily see him, and then I saw his license plate. In those days, a TV Network would order 13 weeks worth of shows. If the show did well in the ratings, the Network would order more. I don't know how familiar you are with Conway's career, but until Carol Burnet, Conway just could not do a series which had his name on it that lasted more than 13 weeks. So when I saw Tim Conway drive into Television City, I noticed his custom California license plate. It read, "13 WKS". Think about it.