In an attempt to recapture daytime listeners, ABC put together Flair, a variety and information program hosted by Dick Van Dyke. Flair was to be a feature-oriented 55-minute program, but the network gave in to the desires of its affiliates, the local stations were able to break the program’s content into smaller blocks for hourly broadcast. The new program’s biggest coup was bringing in Broadway whiz-kid Dick Van Dyke as host.