▁second ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁programs , ▁Tem po ▁II ▁was ▁perhaps ▁the ▁most ▁active , ▁controvers ial ▁and ▁innov ative . ▁For ▁the ▁first ▁couple ▁of ▁years ▁the ▁hosts ▁were ▁Stan ▁Bo hr man ▁and ▁Maria ▁Cole ▁( the ▁wife ▁of ▁Nat ▁King ▁Cole ). ▁Gu ests ▁r anged ▁from ▁William ▁F . ▁Buck ley ▁to ▁Sam my ▁Davis , ▁Jr . ▁and ▁the ▁political ▁mo vers ▁and ▁sh akers ▁in ▁Southern ▁California . ▁At ▁one ▁point , ▁Stan ▁even ▁quit ▁the ▁program ▁after ▁what ▁he ▁called ▁c ensor ship ▁on ▁the ▁topic ▁of ▁E ld ridge ▁Cle aver . ▁Bo hr man ▁came ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁program ▁and ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁a ▁new ▁co - host , ▁Reg is ▁Phil bin . ▁They ▁became ▁a ▁very ▁popular ▁fi xture ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁television . ▁In ▁fact , ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁about ▁those ▁days , ▁Phil bin ▁cred its ▁the ▁chem istry ▁with ▁Bo hr man ▁and ▁the ▁format ▁of ▁the ▁program ▁as ▁for er unn ers ▁of ▁much ▁of ▁what ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁cable ▁news ▁format ▁ 2 0 ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁K H J - TV ▁sought ▁a ▁similar ▁programming ▁strategy ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁c ros st own ▁compet itor ▁K T LA ▁( channel ▁ 5 ), ▁which ▁focused ▁more ▁on ▁talk ▁shows , ▁game ▁shows , ▁sports , ▁feature ▁films ▁and ▁off - network ▁drama ▁series . ▁The ▁cart o ons ▁were ▁ph ased ▁out ▁( some ▁of