1966 was president during the movie the post.
1966 was president during the movie the post.
who was president during the movie the post?
1966
meanwhile, in prime time, the "cbs sunday night movie" appeared to be holding its own in terms of audience shares, especially during the first half of october when it was rated the third most-watched network telecast. unfortunately, those numbers did not hold up; and with ratings for the "new cbs friday night movie" also sagging, it was decided the upcoming season to return the "sunday night movie" to its original friday night time slot and to transfer the friday made-for-tv movie anthology to tuesdays. however, one trend introduced late in 1971—the sporadic pre-emption of cbs's thursday films for news specials—would continue into the next season. this was largely due to the fact that 1972 was not only an election year, but it was also a time when an american president made important overseas state visits to both china and the soviet union. it is during such events that information programming enjoys its most receptive audience. and in the next season, with the watergate scandal gathering steam despite president nixon's landslide re-election, television documentaries and network panel discussions would draw better-than-usual ratings. thus, news specials would continue to pinch-hit for the "thursday night movie" on select occasions.
cbs thursday night movie
post smuggles the chimp into the ubc building when various programs are being previewed for executives and watches as the chimp gives his vote from the projection room. the first program that receives raffles's approval is a movie named "devil dan". post tells the programming executives that "devil dan" will draw large audiences. the executives disagree and choose not to program the movie. to prove he's got a sure-fire way of choosing hits, post sneaks into ubc's broadcast center to switch the reels. executives are outraged when "devil dan" airs - but post is proved right. the movie propels ubc to first place in the ratings war. post successfully masks the chimp's abilities as his own and rises to vice president of ubc, now the top-rated area network. however, this also creates suspicion and resentment among ubc executives, mainly because they believe post is too young to merit the title of vice president. their resentment reaches a breaking point at a television award ceremony where steven post receives the title of "television's man of the year" and the emcee mistakenly identifies post as the president of ubc.
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