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Mike Wallace, Morley Safer and Dan
Rather of CBS' "60 Minutes" are three of the
most frequently-viewed television personalities
on campus, according to a recent
Gamecock telephone survey.
The ten top television shows viewed by
students at USC were "Sixty Minutes," with
16 percent of the 250 students polled
viewing; ABC's "Monday Night Football,"
with 11 percent; CBS's "All in the Family,"
^ 10 percent; CBS's "The Young and the
Restless," 8 percent; NBC's "Tonight
Show," 7 percent; CBS's "MASH," 6 percent;
ABC's "Happy Days," 4.5 percent;
"The CBS Late Movie," 4 percent; NBC's
"Days of our Lives," 4 percent, and CBS'
"The Waltons," 3 percent.
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from the national A.C. Nielsen list. The
Nielsen survey involves 1,200 families which
are selected randomly. The survey is
compiled weekly.
On the seventh week of the television
season, which is the midpoint in the thirteen
week long season, according to Nielsen, the
top ten shows are: "Happy Days" (ABC),
"The ABC Sunday Night Movie," "Charlie's
Angels" (ABC), "All in the Family" (CBS),
"The Six Million Dollar Man" (ABC),
"Starsky and Hutch" (ABC), "The Bionic
Woman" (ABC), "The Big Event" (NBC),
"Laverne and Shirley" (ABC) and "MASiJ"
(CBS).
Contrary to the Nielsen statistics, CBS is
the most popular network at USC, followed
by ABC and NBC. Nationally, ABC is first,
NBC second and CBS third.
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hours per week, according to the Gamecock
survey. The average TV viewing time for
female students is 9.5 hours per w eek, with a
combined average for all students <>f 7.5
hours.
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By KIM FOWLER
Gamecock Staff Writer
Decriminalizing marijuana is the
NORML chapter which was chartered
NORML chairman Wayne Brooks.
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torney Keith Stroup. Since that time ter
Mississippi and North Carolina have
marijuana possession.
After NORML was organized in Sout
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sought to establish a branch at USC.
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state organization in accomplishing d<
said Brooks. But thev are not a lohhvii
legislature, he stressed.
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Freshmen women watch an average of
10.2 hours per week while I heir male
counterparts watch TV 7.5 hours a week.
Sophomore males watch 5.4 hours of TV a
week while male juniors watch 6.7 hours
weekly. Junior women watch 8.3 hours a
week and sophomore women view the tube
7.8 hours. Senior men and women both
watch an average of 4.2 hours of television
per week.
The biggest difference in viewing habits
between the setfes was found at the graduate
level. Male grad students watch an average
of three hours of TV per week, while women
watch an average of 8.2 hours.
ACCORDING TO the Nielsen survey, the
average American watches 16.2 hours of
television per week. Women watch 18.7
hours of TV, while men average 14.9 hours of
TV viewing time.
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watched no television at all and 21 percent
watched more than 11 hours weekly.
Female students consistently ranked soap
operas as the type of show they most often
watch. The top five soap operas on campus
are "The Young and the Restless" (CBS),
"Days of our Lives" (NBC) , "All My
Children" (ABC) "As tho World Turns"
(CBS) and NBC's "Another World."
Among the syndicated shows aired by
local affiliate stations during non primetime
hours, "Hogan's Heroes" (WNOK) is
the most frequently seen. WNOK's "Mary
Tyler Moore" is a close second.
ONLY TIIHEE PERCENT of those
students polled mentioned programs which
are featured on public broadcasting
stations. The most popular PBS (Public
Broadcasting System) show is "Masterpiece
Theater," produced by Mobil Oil.
The show which received the smallest
audience of those listed by students was
CBS' "Captain Kangaroo."
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helping us.
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be written to NORML, Brooks said.
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