SAVING NETWORK TV: THE PEOPLE RESPOND

The Calendar Letters Page on April 14 appealed--in all semi-seriousness--to the reader-masses for fresh, new ideas to help save network television. The generosity of readers has been ample and heartwarming. The least frivolous contributions are segregated in the box at the right. The rest follow. BUT SERIOUSLY FOLKS

The responsibility for bad programming lies not with NBC, ABC and CBS; it lies with the viewers. So long as the howling and protestation continues, this dismal programming will go on. For the volume of this outcry reveals but one pertinent fact: We are watching.

Stop your complaining, turn off your sets. Watch to see the networks scramble for quality television.

MARK ROBBINS

Ojai