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January 11, 1970 CBS Sports broadcasts Super Bowl IV with Kansas City beating Minnesota, 23-7, with Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson connecting with Otis Taylor on a 46-yard play for the final Chiefs touchdown. Jack Buck and Pat Summerall call the game.
May 10, 1970 CBS Sports broadcasts the Stanley Cup finals as Boston Bruins phenom Bobby Orr flies through the air after scoring the winning goal against the St. Louis Blues.
June 23, 1970 Fred Silverman becomes CBS's chief of primetime programming.
September 19, 1970 "Mary Tyler Moore Show" premieres and takes its final bow with the unforgettable "group hug" on March 19, 1977. It wins three Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series (for 1974-75, 1975-76 and 1976-77 seasons).
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1971 Dr. Stanton moves up to Vice Chairman, CBS.
January 12, 1971 "All in the Family" premieres and runs through September 16, 1979. "All in the Family" is the Number One show in primetime for five consecutive seasons (1971-72 through the 1975-76 seasons) and it wins five Emmys. One Emmy is for Outstanding New Series and the other four are for Outstanding Comedy Series (for the 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73 and 1977-78 seasons).
February 23, 1971 CBS News' controversial documentary, "The Selling of the Pentagon," is broadcast and then rebroadcast a month later with a 20-minute postscript that included Vice President Spiro Agnew's views and a rebuttal by CBS News President Richard Salant. On April 8, the House Commerce Committee's subcommittee on investigations subpoenaed from CBS News all televised and un-televised materials related to the broadcast. That same day, CBS President Dr. Frank Stanton said the network would give the committee only the material that was contained in the broadcast, claiming the same First Amendment rights for broadcast journalists that print journalists enjoyed. The House Committee recommended that Stanton be cited for contempt, but he refused to relent, thereby risking a jail sentence. The full House, by a 226-181 vote, rejected the committee's recommendation.
August 1, 1971 "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" premieres and runs through August 29, 1977.
September 14, 1971 "Cannon" premieres and runs through September 19, 1976.
September 19, 1971 The first Sunday evening broadcast of "60 Minutes," expanded this year from a biweekly to a weekly program. It moves permanently to Sundays at 7:00 PM on December 7, 1975, where it has remained ever since.
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1972 Bill Cosby's "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" is added to the children's Saturday morning schedule.
January 16, 1972 The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI on CBS. Cowboys MVP Roger Staubach connects with Mike Ditka for final touchdown to win 24-3. Ray Scott and Pat Summerall provide the commentary.
Fall 1972 New series include "M*A*S*H" (which premieres September 17, runs through September 19, 1983 and wins an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series for the 1973-74 season; see February 28, 1983), "Maude" (which premieres September 12 and runs through April 29, 1978), "The Waltons" (which premieres September 14, runs through August 20, 1981 and wins an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series-Continuing, 1972-73) and "The Bob Newhart Show" (which premieres September 16 and runs through August 26, 1978).
September 4, 1972 "The Price Is Right" premieres. (See May 1, 2000)
October 16, 1972 "The Country Music Association Awards" first airs on CBS. It is the sixth annual presentation.
December 8, 1972 The animated holiday classic special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" begins its annual run on CBS (after an eight-year run on another network) and has been broadcast on CBS each year since.
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1973 Dr. Stanton retires. His accomplishments, leadership and character have earned him the respect of high-level government officials and virtually every award the broadcasting industry could offer. At the 1973 annual meeting, top management laud Stanton as having "a brilliant career" and having brought to CBS and the broadcasting industry "deep intellectual insight, uncompromising integrity and a devotion to excellence."
January 28, 1973 "Barnaby Jones" premieres and runs through September 4, 1980.
March 3, 1973 The Grammy Awards first airs on CBS. It is the 15th annual presentation.
March 26, 1973 "The Young and the Restless" premieres. At the end of December 2003 it will celebrate 15 years as the week-in, week-out number one daytime drama.
April 2, 1973 AFI (American Film Institute Salutes) premieres on CBS.
June 9, 1973 In one of the great sports moments, CBS Sports broadcasts the Belmont Stakes as Secretariat wins the Triple Crown, beating the rest of the field by more than 31 lengths.
Fall 1973 New series include "Kojak," which premieres October 24 and runs on CBS through April 1978.
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January 31, 1974 The Emmy Award-winning special movie "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" is broadcast. Cicely Tyson earns two Emmys for playing the title character (one for Actress of the Year-Special, and the other for Best Lead Actress in a Drama (For a Special Program…).
February 1, 1974 "Good Times" premieres and runs through August 1, 1979.
April 17, 1974 The Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. officially changes its name to CBS Inc.
July 3, 1974 "Tony Orlando and Dawn" premieres and runs through December 28, 1976.
July 4, 1974 "Bicentennial Minutes," 60-second descriptions of important moments in American history, begins its two-year run, ending on July 4, 1976. They win an Emmy in 1976 under Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement.
September 9, 1974 "Rhoda" premieres and runs through December 9, 1978.
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1975 "60 Minutes" moves to its Sunday at 7:00 PM time period permanently. Dan Rather joins Mike Wallace and Morley Safer on the program as co-editor.
CBS pioneers the NFL pre-game studio show, "The NFL Today," with Brent Musburger, Phyllis George, Irv Cross and Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder.
"The NFL Today" sets the gold standard for all network and cable studio shows to follow, winning 13 Emmys.
"The Price Is Right" and "As the World Turns" are expanded to one hour.
January 18, 1975 "The Jeffersons" premieres and runs through July 23, 1985.
March 4, 1975 "The People's Choice Awards" premieres on CBS.
April 12-13, 1975 CBS Sports broadcasts The Masters®. In one of the greatest performances in golf history, with Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf and Johnny Miller battling, Nicklaus sinks a 40-foot putt at 16 for a record fifth Masters® title.
September 8, 1975 "Phyllis" premieres and runs through August 30, 1977.
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January 18, 1976 CBS Sports' Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier call Super Bowl X as Lynn Swann's acrobatic catches lead the Pittsburgh Steelers past the Dallas Cowboys to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
April 1-2, 1976 "Helter Skelter" is broadcast and is one of the highest-rated two-part movies in network history.
August 31, 1976 "Alice" premieres and runs through July 2, 1985.
December 16, 1976 "One Day at a Time" premieres and runs through September 2, 1984.
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1977 CBS News Correspondent Eric Sevareid retires after a career spanning 38 years.
March 1977 "Ask President Carter," the radio call-in to the President, is conceived and proposed by CBS News and carried exclusively on the CBS Radio Network.
September 1977 "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman" makes its CBS debut and runs through September 1979.
September 20, 1977 "Lou Grant" premieres and runs through September 13, 1982. It wins two Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series (for 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons).
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1978 Olympic gold medalist Leon Spinks, a decided underdog, takes on champion Muhammad Ali and wins the heavyweight championship.
January 15, 1978 The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII, the largest audience ever to watch a sporting event. CBS scores a 47.2/67 national household rating/share, the highest-rated Super Bowl to date.
March 10, 1978 "The Incredible Hulk" premieres and runs through June 2, 1982.
April 2, 1978 "Dallas" premieres and runs through May 3, 1991. It is the number one primetime series in the 1980-81, 1981-82, and 1983-84 seasons. (See November 21, 1980)
June 4, 1978 The Tony Awards is first broadcast on CBS. It is the 32nd annual presentation.
June 10, 1978 In one of horse racing's greatest rivalries, CBS Sports broadcasts the Belmont Stakes that features a stretch-drive run with Affirmed edging Alydar to win and become the last horse to win horse racing's Triple Crown.
September 17, 1978 "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney" becomes a regular segment of "60 Minutes."
September 18, 1978 "WKRP in Cincinnati" premieres and runs through September 20, 1982.
October 27, 1978 David Copperfield's first of many CBS specials, "The Magic of David Copperfield," is broadcast.
November 27, 1978 "The White Shadow" premieres and runs through August 12, 1981.
December 5, 1978 "The Kennedy Center Honors" premieres on CBS.
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January 26, 1979 "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres and runs through August 16, 1985.
January 28, 1979 "CBS New Sunday Morning" debuts. In addition to covering hard news, the program explores culture, religion, entertainment and other topics not usually covered in regularly scheduled hard-news broadcasts. Anchor Charles Kuralt conceived the program with executive producer Shad Northshield.
February 18, 1979 CBS Sports' broadcasts the first live flag-to-flag NASCAR race during the Daytona 500. Richard Petty takes the checkered flag. Viewers are introduced to pictures from Race-Vision, the stationary camera mounted inside a car.
August 1979 CBS Sports covers 16-year-old Tracy Austin's defeat of Chris Evert Lloyd to become the youngest U.S. Open women's singles champion ever. John McEnroe takes the first of three straight men's championships.
Fall 1979 "Trapper John, M.D." premieres September 23 and runs through September 4, 1986, and "Archie Bunker's Place" premieres September 23 and runs through September 21, 1983.
December 20, 1979 "Knots Landing" premieres and runs through May 13, 1993.
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