The exploitation is so obvious as to be reprehensible.
The result is to make the Raynors look more puny than ever as the days immediately preceding and following the assassination of President Kennedy are reviewed in considerable detail through the use of television and film footage. If the Kennedy image worked well for the first episode, why not try it again? The problem is that the script, written by Carol Schreder, never earns the right to use archival footage from a tragic event that is still vividly embedded in the national psyche.
In ''Call to Glory: JFK,'' the producers have resorted to what can only be described as a desperation ploy. ''Call to Glory'' lived up to its high expectations only spasmodically. But the initial ratings strength quickly began to erode and stories started to circulate about behind-the-scenes production troubles. As the United States confrontation with Fidel Castro unfolded, the family's strengths and weaknesses were established with an encouraging mixture of sharp insight and sympathy. The colonel's father, Carl, a veteran pilot, is played by Keenan Wynn. Nelson), his wife Vanessa (Cindy Pickett), his daughter Jackie (Elisabeth Shue) and his sons Wesley (David Hollander) and little RH (Gabriel Damon). Using the Cuban missile crisis for background reality, the premiere skillfully introduced the fictional characters Col. In fact, that first program, like the last, was nothing less than a ringing endorsement of John F. There was talk, much of it misguided, about the show's patriotic gloss and emphasis on family values reflecting the more conservative Reagan era. ''Call to Glory'' was launched last year with headlines proclaiming the ''season's first big hit.'' Heavily advertised during the network's Olympic Games coverage, the premiere episode, also in the form of a television movie, got blockbuster ratings. In a way, the conclusion demonstrates what went wrong with the Tisch/Avnet Production. ''Call to Glory: JFK'' will be broadcast on Channel 7 at 9 P.M. A ONCE-PROMISING weekly series comes to a close Sunday in the form of a television movie.
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