Source: TV Guide (Central VA Edition)
CHANNELS
2 WFMY Greensboro CBS
3 WHSV Harrisonburg ABC/NBC
5 WRAL Raleigh ABC
6 WVVA Bluefield NBC (but they didn't carry WOAY for some reason)
7 WDBJ Roanoke CBS
8 WGHP High Point ABC
10 WSLS Roanoke NBC
11 WTVD Durham CBS
12 WXII Winston-Salem NBC
13 WSET Lynchburg ABC
15 WBRA Roanoke PBS
51 WVPT Harrisonburg PBS
5:25
6 Arthur Smith
5:30
12 700 Club
5:55
3 PTL Club
Don, Polston, author of 'Living Without Losing,' is a guest.
6 PTL Club
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. narrates a documentary about Jim Bakker and the PTL Club.
6AM
2 Good Morning
Scheduled: A performance by the Greensboro Symphony's Symphonettes. Also: a discussion of the male in today's society. Lee Kinard and Suzanne Moss.
7 Sunrise Semester
1400 Years of Islam: Art and architecture are the subjects.
8 Good Morning Piedmont
Topics include the annual Azalea Festival Garden Tour.
6:15
10 Today on the Farm/Perspective
6:30
5 Country Morning: Farm News
7 Mornin'
11 Sunrise Semester
12 News
6:45
51 AM Weather
6:55
3 News
6 Thought for Today
7AM
3 5 8 13 Good Morning America
A report on art as a therapy for children.
6 10 12 Today-Brokaw
7 11 Monday Morning
51 Mister Rogers
7:30
51 Sesame Street
8AM
2 7 11 Captain Kangaroo
Comedienne Judy Engles appears as Lady Bug.
8:15
15 AM Weather
8:30
15 Sesame Street
51 Once Upon a Classic
Arthur (Andrew Burt) conceives the idea for the Round Table, at which all knights sit as equals, in Part 2 of 'The Legend of King Arthur.'
9AM
2 Guiding Light
3 PTL Club
Don Polston, author of 'Living Without Losing,' is a guest. Music by the PTL Singers.
5 Mike Douglas
Pam Dawber (co-host), Howard Duff, Ray Stevens, composer Dale Gonyea and Panorama magazine editorial director Merrill Panitt.
6 Coffee Break-Erlene Branch
7 Mike Douglas
From Las Vegas: Co-host Don Rickles, Frankie Valli, Diana Canova and the Casino de Paris Dancers.
8 Laverne & Shirley
Shirley rescues a nag from the glue factory. Robert Casper.
10 Phil Donahue
From Sacramento: A debate on spanking as a disciplinary measure in schools.
11 Phil Donahue
Mormon Barbara Smith discusses the case of Sonia Johnson, who was excommunicated from the church because of her pro-ERA stand.
12 Phil Donahue
Conclusion of a two-part show on the rights of mental patients.
13 Movie BW
'The Dancing Masters.' (1943) Two dancing-school operators (Laurel & Hardy) help market a new gun. Trudy Marshall.
9:30
6 Romper Room
8 Family Feud (assume 1-day delay)
10AM
2 7 11 Jeffersons
Lionel tries to make peace between his fiancee's grandfathers: one black, one white, and both prejudiced.
3 6 10 12 Card Sharks
5 Time for Uncle Paul
8 Movie BW
'Walk Softly, Stranger.' (1950) Gambler (Joseph Cotten) woos crippled rich girl (Valli) for her money, finds he's really falling for her. Entertaining.
15 Electric Company
10:30
2 7 11 Whew!
Jamie Farr, Dick Gautier.
3 Romper Room
5 Edge of Night (1-day delay?)
6 10 12 Hollywood Squares
Nancy Dussault, George Gobel, Shirley Hemphill, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Tom Poston, Sarah Purcell, Wayland & Madame, Tom Wopat.
13 Metro-Steve Kayne
Scheduled guests include family cousnelor Bonnie Korta and graduate student Elizabeth Jenkins.
10:55
2 7 CBS News-Edwards
11 News
11AM
2 7 11 Price is Right
3 5 13 Laverne & Shirley
Bedridden Laverne is determined to beat a snooty brewery-tour guide in a bowling tournament. Karen: Ruth Silveira.
6 10 12 High Rollers
11:30
3 5 13 Family Feud
6 10 12 Wheel of Fortune
Noon
2 Mary Tyler Moore
Murray and his wife disagree on a vital issue: whether they should have another child. Gavin MacLeod.
3 8 13 $20,000 Pyramid
Shelley Smith, Jay Johnson.
5 11 12 News
6 10 Chain Reaction
Brian Patrick Clarke, Anita Gillette, Allen Ludden, Betty White. Bill Cullen is the host.
7 Panorama with Polly
12:30
2 7 11 Search for Tomorrow
3 5 8 13 Ryan's Hope
6 10 News
12 12:30
1PM
2 7 11 Young & The Restless
3 5 8 13 All My Children
6 10 12 Days of Our Lives
2PM
2 7 11 As the World Turns
3 5 8 13 One Life to Live
6 10 12 Doctors
2:30
6 10 12 Another World
3PM
2 Carol Burnett & Friends
Bernadette Peters is the guest. Sketch: the cast spoofs the movie 'The Exorcist.'
3 5 8 13 General Hospital
7 11 Guiding Light
3:30
2 Fabulous Funnies
15 Over Easy
Phyllis Diller explains why she took up classical piano at 62.
51 Villa Alegre
4PM
2 The Munsters BW
Mistaken for bank robbers, Grandpa and Herman come home with the loot.
3 13 Edge of Night
5 12 Tom & Jerry & Friends
6 Password Plus
Carol Burnett, Joanna Gleason, Vicki Lawrence, McLean Stevenson.
7 Bugs Bunny & Friends
8 All-Star Afternoon
10 Woody Woodpecker
11 Merv Griffin
Guests from the movie 'Fatso' include Anne Bancroft, Dom DeLuise, Ron Carey, Candice Azzar and Richard Karron.
15 51 Sesame Street
4:30
2 Gomer Pyle, USMC
Larry Storch plays an eccentric South American general who falls madly in love with Carter's girl.
3 Andy Griffith
6 Beverly Hillbillies
Jed tries to buy some farmland at the Happy Valley Cemetery.
7 Merv Griffin
From Las Vegas: Guests include Milton Berle, Irv Benson, Tammy Wynette, Andrea McArdie, columnist Dick Maurice, coedienne Jannine Burnier, Woody Herman.
10 Bewitched
Samantha has a red-checkered face, and Darrin is in hot pursuit of a dodo bird, needed for the cure.
12 Gilligan's Island BW
Gilligan's voted president of the island.
13 3's a Crowd
5PM
2 Starsky & Hutch
Hutch (David Soul) investigates a college professor (Peter MacLean) who teaches a course on the 'philosophy of crime.'
3 Star Trek
5 Good Times
6 I Love Lucy BW
Rumor has it that Lucy and Ethel have challenged the boys to a gossip contest.
8 Sanford & Son
Sanford and son get a free piano from a man (Lester Fletcher) whose refined tastes put Fred on edge.
10 Carol Burnett & Friends
Guests: Sally Struthers and Steve Lawrence. In a sketch, the cast spoofs the movie 'The Roaring Twenties.'
12 Happy Days Again
Richie has a date with a girl who once gave him the brush.
13 Newlywed Game
15 51 Mister Rogers
5:30
5 Andy Griffith
Aunt Bee is attracted to a bachelor congressman (Charlie Ruggles).
6 Hogan's Heroes
Bernard Fox as a bungling British colonel whose Commando operation falls into Hogan's lap.
8 M*A*S*H
A series of nightmares and sleepwalking episodes suggest to Hawkeye (Alan Alda) that he's going bananas.
10 Joker's Wild
11 M*A*S*H
Now it's Korean nationals who are giving Henry a bad time.
12 All in the Family
Barney's misery over his runaway wife is hurting Archie's business. Barney: Allan Melvin.
13 News
15 51 Electric Company
6pm
2 3 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 News
13 ABC News
15 3-2-1 Contact
51 Teaching Children with Special Needs
6:30
2 7 11 CBS News-Cronkite
3 5 8 ABC News-Reynolds
6 10 12 NBC News-Chancellor/Brinkley
13 Movie
'Peace is Our Profession.' (1971) TV-movie involving Lassie with a missile launching, a diabetic poodle and a crippled boy. (Unusual to have a movie at prime access hour.)
15 Electric Compayn
51 Over Easy
Joan Mondale discusses art and the older person.
7PM
2 Face the Music
3 Little House on the Prairie
A stagecoach accident in a remote area leaves only Mary uninjured to find help for the other passengers, including a young woman in labor. Mary: Melissa Sue Anderson.
5 Happy Days Again
To Howard, Fonzie's rooftop pigeon coop is strictly for the birds.
6 Hollywood Squares
England Dan & John Ford Coley, Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Frankie Valli, the Rollers, Dick Clark, Maxine Nightingale, Peaches & Herb, Dionne Warwick and War are the guests.
7 PM Magazine
A modeling session with Cheryl Tiegs; a visit to a YMCA and its unique swimming class. Also: a recipe for apple tarts; tips on hair analysis.
8 11 Joker's Wild
10 Happy Days Again (unknown episode)
12 Play the Percentages
15 51 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30
2 PM Magazine
A visit with an Idaho couple who discovered gold beneath their bedroom.
5 Sanford & Son
A dream come true: Fred finagles a visit from Lena Horne.
6 Nashville on the Road
Guest Rex Allen Jr. sings 'If I Fell in Love With You.'
7 Dialogue-Ted Powers
8 10 11 Tic Tac Dough
12 Match Game
15 Nightline (unrelated to Ted Koppel's show)
51 Dick Cavett
The first of two interviews with Alistair Cooke is scheduled. (Thought this aired in late night?)
8PM
2 7 11 WKRP in Cincinnati
Venus (Tim Reid) considers taking a higher-paying job as a program director until he learns why the station wants him.
3 5 8 13 That's Incredible!
Scheduled: Reports on a man who claims he can break a brick with an ordinary water glass; a rooster that plays tick-tack-toe; and a woman who was reportedly visited by a ghost. Also: A look at how snake venom is being used in medical research, and how crying can be used to cure depression. Fran Tarkenton.
6 10 12 Little House on the Prairie
A repeat of the episode that introduced new schoolmarm Eliza Jane Wilder (Lucy Lee Flippen) and her brother Almanzo (Dean Butler), who Laura instantly senses is the man she's going to marry. First of two parts. Laura: Melissa Gilbert.
15 Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat
A retrospective on the dancer's early career.
51 Fred Astaire: Change Partners and DAnce
Special: Fellow dancers and choreographers pay tribute to Fred Astaire in this documentary. In clips, he's seen teamed with Rita Hayworth in 'You'll Never Get Rich' (1941); with Betty Hutton in 'Let's Dance' (1950); with Leslie Caron in 'Daddy Long Legs' (1955); with Audrey Hepburn in 'Funny Face' (1957); and with Barrie Chase in acclaimed TV specials. Also: Astaire's impact on dance is discussed by Caron, Chase, Rudolph Nureyev, choreographer Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse, and tap dancer Honi Coles.
8:30
2 7 11 Last Resort
The kitchen stove won't work and the handyman shows up drunk, but what really worries everyone is the theft of $500 in tips. Michael: Larry Breeding. Gail: Stephanie Faracy. Murray: Robert Costanzo.
9PM
2 7 11 M*A*S*H
Incensed over the fees of stateside doctors, Hawkeye (Alan Alda) brazenly bills the Army for his services.
3 5 8 13 Family
Kate (Sada Thompson) prepares a talented piano student (Timothy Wead) for an important recital, and doesn't want Buddy to ask him to a school dance on the eye of his performance. Buddy: Kristy McNichol.
6 10 12 From Here to Eternity
Return: Accenting the personal crises of wartime, the series continues where the novel ended. In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, Karen ends her affair with WArden and sails for the mainland, and Prewitt's older brother sets out to join him, unaware that he has been shot. Sgt. Milt Warden: William Devane. Maj. Dana Holmes: Roy Thinnes.
[The series airs in its regular Wednesday time slot beginning Mar 12.]
15 Fred Astaire: Change Partners & Dance
See 8pm, WVPT.
51 American Short Story
1. Henry James' 'The Jolly Corner' is a ghostly town house in turn-of-the-century New York. Fritz Weaver plays an expatriate who returns 'consumed with the mystery of what I would have been had I remained here.' Alice: Salome Jens. 2. Ambrose Bierce's 'Parker Adderson, Philosopher' stars Harris Yulin as a captured Union spy and Douglass Watson as a Confederate general who orders his execution.
9:30
2 7 11 House Calls
Despite family tradition, Charley (Wayne Rogers) doesn't think that Amos's granddaughter is cut out to be a doctor. Amos: David Wayne.
10PM
2 7 11 Lou Grant
While Mrs. Pynchon (Nancy Marchand) listens to influence peddlers seeking her support for an airport project, Lou becomes increasingly aware that Adam (Allen Williams) has a drinking problem. Edward Asner, Mason Adams. Nick Boyer: James Whitmore Jr.
3 8 13 Stone
Stone (Dennis Weaver) demands a stop to publicity on his novel about a murderous jogger when a psychopath begins to enact the plot. Paulton: Pat Hingle. Buck: Robby Weaver.
5 Billy Graham Crusade
Special: In the first of three telecasts from Halifax, NS; the Rev. Billy Graham delivers the sermon 'Who Is My Neighbor?' George Beverly Shea and Willa Dorsey are among the guests. Music includes 'All Things in Jesus I Find,' 'The Name of Jesus,' 'Jesus We Praise You.'
15 51 Movie
'Three Little Words.' (1950) The story of songsmiths Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, ably played by Fred Astaire and Red Skelton. Tuneful.
[Starts at 10:35 on WVPT.]
11PM
2 3 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 News
11:30
2 7 Harry O
Harry (David Janssen) looks for a connection between an ex-cop's reported suicide and an oil magnate's shooting on the same night.
3 5 8 13 ABC News Special
Scheduled: an update on the situation in the Middle East. (This would later turn into Nightline)
6 10 12 Tonight Show
Richard Pryor, Dorothy Fuldheim and Dave Brubeck. Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon.
11 M*A*S*H
Hawkeye, B.J. and Charles trade tall tales while Klinger (Jamie Farr) breaks in a nutty new man (Hamilton Camp).
11:45
3 5 8 13 Barney Miller
Rumors spread that the station is closing, and store owners begin paying protection money.
12AM
11 Jim Rockford, Private Investigator
Rita Moreno plays a streetwalker who asks Rockford (James Garner) to clear her of murder charges. Phil Gabriel: Abe Vigoda.
12:20
3 5 8 13 Police Story
A SWAT negotiator (Chad Everett) is called in when two bank robbers take five hostages, one of them the deputy chief's daughter.
12:40
2 7 McCloud
While investigating a numbers racket, Broadhurst (Terry Carter) is shot and framed as a cop on the take. Danny Thomas is featured as a tailor who hits the numbers.
1AM
10 12 Tomorrow-Tom Snyder
Scheduled: Alger Hiss.
2:20
3 8 News
CHANNELS
2 WFMY Greensboro CBS
3 WHSV Harrisonburg ABC/NBC
5 WRAL Raleigh ABC
6 WVVA Bluefield NBC (but they didn't carry WOAY for some reason)
7 WDBJ Roanoke CBS
8 WGHP High Point ABC
10 WSLS Roanoke NBC
11 WTVD Durham CBS
12 WXII Winston-Salem NBC
13 WSET Lynchburg ABC
15 WBRA Roanoke PBS
51 WVPT Harrisonburg PBS
5:25
6 Arthur Smith
5:30
12 700 Club
5:55
3 PTL Club
Don, Polston, author of 'Living Without Losing,' is a guest.
6 PTL Club
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. narrates a documentary about Jim Bakker and the PTL Club.
6AM
2 Good Morning
Scheduled: A performance by the Greensboro Symphony's Symphonettes. Also: a discussion of the male in today's society. Lee Kinard and Suzanne Moss.
7 Sunrise Semester
1400 Years of Islam: Art and architecture are the subjects.
8 Good Morning Piedmont
Topics include the annual Azalea Festival Garden Tour.
6:15
10 Today on the Farm/Perspective
6:30
5 Country Morning: Farm News
7 Mornin'
11 Sunrise Semester
12 News
6:45
51 AM Weather
6:55
3 News
6 Thought for Today
7AM
3 5 8 13 Good Morning America
A report on art as a therapy for children.
6 10 12 Today-Brokaw
7 11 Monday Morning
51 Mister Rogers
7:30
51 Sesame Street
8AM
2 7 11 Captain Kangaroo
Comedienne Judy Engles appears as Lady Bug.
8:15
15 AM Weather
8:30
15 Sesame Street
51 Once Upon a Classic
Arthur (Andrew Burt) conceives the idea for the Round Table, at which all knights sit as equals, in Part 2 of 'The Legend of King Arthur.'
9AM
2 Guiding Light
3 PTL Club
Don Polston, author of 'Living Without Losing,' is a guest. Music by the PTL Singers.
5 Mike Douglas
Pam Dawber (co-host), Howard Duff, Ray Stevens, composer Dale Gonyea and Panorama magazine editorial director Merrill Panitt.
6 Coffee Break-Erlene Branch
7 Mike Douglas
From Las Vegas: Co-host Don Rickles, Frankie Valli, Diana Canova and the Casino de Paris Dancers.
8 Laverne & Shirley
Shirley rescues a nag from the glue factory. Robert Casper.
10 Phil Donahue
From Sacramento: A debate on spanking as a disciplinary measure in schools.
11 Phil Donahue
Mormon Barbara Smith discusses the case of Sonia Johnson, who was excommunicated from the church because of her pro-ERA stand.
12 Phil Donahue
Conclusion of a two-part show on the rights of mental patients.
13 Movie BW
'The Dancing Masters.' (1943) Two dancing-school operators (Laurel & Hardy) help market a new gun. Trudy Marshall.
9:30
6 Romper Room
8 Family Feud (assume 1-day delay)
10AM
2 7 11 Jeffersons
Lionel tries to make peace between his fiancee's grandfathers: one black, one white, and both prejudiced.
3 6 10 12 Card Sharks
5 Time for Uncle Paul
8 Movie BW
'Walk Softly, Stranger.' (1950) Gambler (Joseph Cotten) woos crippled rich girl (Valli) for her money, finds he's really falling for her. Entertaining.
15 Electric Company
10:30
2 7 11 Whew!
Jamie Farr, Dick Gautier.
3 Romper Room
5 Edge of Night (1-day delay?)
6 10 12 Hollywood Squares
Nancy Dussault, George Gobel, Shirley Hemphill, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Tom Poston, Sarah Purcell, Wayland & Madame, Tom Wopat.
13 Metro-Steve Kayne
Scheduled guests include family cousnelor Bonnie Korta and graduate student Elizabeth Jenkins.
10:55
2 7 CBS News-Edwards
11 News
11AM
2 7 11 Price is Right
3 5 13 Laverne & Shirley
Bedridden Laverne is determined to beat a snooty brewery-tour guide in a bowling tournament. Karen: Ruth Silveira.
6 10 12 High Rollers
11:30
3 5 13 Family Feud
6 10 12 Wheel of Fortune
Noon
2 Mary Tyler Moore
Murray and his wife disagree on a vital issue: whether they should have another child. Gavin MacLeod.
3 8 13 $20,000 Pyramid
Shelley Smith, Jay Johnson.
5 11 12 News
6 10 Chain Reaction
Brian Patrick Clarke, Anita Gillette, Allen Ludden, Betty White. Bill Cullen is the host.
7 Panorama with Polly
12:30
2 7 11 Search for Tomorrow
3 5 8 13 Ryan's Hope
6 10 News
12 12:30
1PM
2 7 11 Young & The Restless
3 5 8 13 All My Children
6 10 12 Days of Our Lives
2PM
2 7 11 As the World Turns
3 5 8 13 One Life to Live
6 10 12 Doctors
2:30
6 10 12 Another World
3PM
2 Carol Burnett & Friends
Bernadette Peters is the guest. Sketch: the cast spoofs the movie 'The Exorcist.'
3 5 8 13 General Hospital
7 11 Guiding Light
3:30
2 Fabulous Funnies
15 Over Easy
Phyllis Diller explains why she took up classical piano at 62.
51 Villa Alegre
4PM
2 The Munsters BW
Mistaken for bank robbers, Grandpa and Herman come home with the loot.
3 13 Edge of Night
5 12 Tom & Jerry & Friends
6 Password Plus
Carol Burnett, Joanna Gleason, Vicki Lawrence, McLean Stevenson.
7 Bugs Bunny & Friends
8 All-Star Afternoon
10 Woody Woodpecker
11 Merv Griffin
Guests from the movie 'Fatso' include Anne Bancroft, Dom DeLuise, Ron Carey, Candice Azzar and Richard Karron.
15 51 Sesame Street
4:30
2 Gomer Pyle, USMC
Larry Storch plays an eccentric South American general who falls madly in love with Carter's girl.
3 Andy Griffith
6 Beverly Hillbillies
Jed tries to buy some farmland at the Happy Valley Cemetery.
7 Merv Griffin
From Las Vegas: Guests include Milton Berle, Irv Benson, Tammy Wynette, Andrea McArdie, columnist Dick Maurice, coedienne Jannine Burnier, Woody Herman.
10 Bewitched
Samantha has a red-checkered face, and Darrin is in hot pursuit of a dodo bird, needed for the cure.
12 Gilligan's Island BW
Gilligan's voted president of the island.
13 3's a Crowd
5PM
2 Starsky & Hutch
Hutch (David Soul) investigates a college professor (Peter MacLean) who teaches a course on the 'philosophy of crime.'
3 Star Trek
5 Good Times
6 I Love Lucy BW
Rumor has it that Lucy and Ethel have challenged the boys to a gossip contest.
8 Sanford & Son
Sanford and son get a free piano from a man (Lester Fletcher) whose refined tastes put Fred on edge.
10 Carol Burnett & Friends
Guests: Sally Struthers and Steve Lawrence. In a sketch, the cast spoofs the movie 'The Roaring Twenties.'
12 Happy Days Again
Richie has a date with a girl who once gave him the brush.
13 Newlywed Game
15 51 Mister Rogers
5:30
5 Andy Griffith
Aunt Bee is attracted to a bachelor congressman (Charlie Ruggles).
6 Hogan's Heroes
Bernard Fox as a bungling British colonel whose Commando operation falls into Hogan's lap.
8 M*A*S*H
A series of nightmares and sleepwalking episodes suggest to Hawkeye (Alan Alda) that he's going bananas.
10 Joker's Wild
11 M*A*S*H
Now it's Korean nationals who are giving Henry a bad time.
12 All in the Family
Barney's misery over his runaway wife is hurting Archie's business. Barney: Allan Melvin.
13 News
15 51 Electric Company
6pm
2 3 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 News
13 ABC News
15 3-2-1 Contact
51 Teaching Children with Special Needs
6:30
2 7 11 CBS News-Cronkite
3 5 8 ABC News-Reynolds
6 10 12 NBC News-Chancellor/Brinkley
13 Movie
'Peace is Our Profession.' (1971) TV-movie involving Lassie with a missile launching, a diabetic poodle and a crippled boy. (Unusual to have a movie at prime access hour.)
15 Electric Compayn
51 Over Easy
Joan Mondale discusses art and the older person.
7PM
2 Face the Music
3 Little House on the Prairie
A stagecoach accident in a remote area leaves only Mary uninjured to find help for the other passengers, including a young woman in labor. Mary: Melissa Sue Anderson.
5 Happy Days Again
To Howard, Fonzie's rooftop pigeon coop is strictly for the birds.
6 Hollywood Squares
England Dan & John Ford Coley, Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Frankie Valli, the Rollers, Dick Clark, Maxine Nightingale, Peaches & Herb, Dionne Warwick and War are the guests.
7 PM Magazine
A modeling session with Cheryl Tiegs; a visit to a YMCA and its unique swimming class. Also: a recipe for apple tarts; tips on hair analysis.
8 11 Joker's Wild
10 Happy Days Again (unknown episode)
12 Play the Percentages
15 51 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30
2 PM Magazine
A visit with an Idaho couple who discovered gold beneath their bedroom.
5 Sanford & Son
A dream come true: Fred finagles a visit from Lena Horne.
6 Nashville on the Road
Guest Rex Allen Jr. sings 'If I Fell in Love With You.'
7 Dialogue-Ted Powers
8 10 11 Tic Tac Dough
12 Match Game
15 Nightline (unrelated to Ted Koppel's show)
51 Dick Cavett
The first of two interviews with Alistair Cooke is scheduled. (Thought this aired in late night?)
8PM
2 7 11 WKRP in Cincinnati
Venus (Tim Reid) considers taking a higher-paying job as a program director until he learns why the station wants him.
3 5 8 13 That's Incredible!
Scheduled: Reports on a man who claims he can break a brick with an ordinary water glass; a rooster that plays tick-tack-toe; and a woman who was reportedly visited by a ghost. Also: A look at how snake venom is being used in medical research, and how crying can be used to cure depression. Fran Tarkenton.
6 10 12 Little House on the Prairie
A repeat of the episode that introduced new schoolmarm Eliza Jane Wilder (Lucy Lee Flippen) and her brother Almanzo (Dean Butler), who Laura instantly senses is the man she's going to marry. First of two parts. Laura: Melissa Gilbert.
15 Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat
A retrospective on the dancer's early career.
51 Fred Astaire: Change Partners and DAnce
Special: Fellow dancers and choreographers pay tribute to Fred Astaire in this documentary. In clips, he's seen teamed with Rita Hayworth in 'You'll Never Get Rich' (1941); with Betty Hutton in 'Let's Dance' (1950); with Leslie Caron in 'Daddy Long Legs' (1955); with Audrey Hepburn in 'Funny Face' (1957); and with Barrie Chase in acclaimed TV specials. Also: Astaire's impact on dance is discussed by Caron, Chase, Rudolph Nureyev, choreographer Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse, and tap dancer Honi Coles.
8:30
2 7 11 Last Resort
The kitchen stove won't work and the handyman shows up drunk, but what really worries everyone is the theft of $500 in tips. Michael: Larry Breeding. Gail: Stephanie Faracy. Murray: Robert Costanzo.
9PM
2 7 11 M*A*S*H
Incensed over the fees of stateside doctors, Hawkeye (Alan Alda) brazenly bills the Army for his services.
3 5 8 13 Family
Kate (Sada Thompson) prepares a talented piano student (Timothy Wead) for an important recital, and doesn't want Buddy to ask him to a school dance on the eye of his performance. Buddy: Kristy McNichol.
6 10 12 From Here to Eternity
Return: Accenting the personal crises of wartime, the series continues where the novel ended. In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, Karen ends her affair with WArden and sails for the mainland, and Prewitt's older brother sets out to join him, unaware that he has been shot. Sgt. Milt Warden: William Devane. Maj. Dana Holmes: Roy Thinnes.
[The series airs in its regular Wednesday time slot beginning Mar 12.]
15 Fred Astaire: Change Partners & Dance
See 8pm, WVPT.
51 American Short Story
1. Henry James' 'The Jolly Corner' is a ghostly town house in turn-of-the-century New York. Fritz Weaver plays an expatriate who returns 'consumed with the mystery of what I would have been had I remained here.' Alice: Salome Jens. 2. Ambrose Bierce's 'Parker Adderson, Philosopher' stars Harris Yulin as a captured Union spy and Douglass Watson as a Confederate general who orders his execution.
9:30
2 7 11 House Calls
Despite family tradition, Charley (Wayne Rogers) doesn't think that Amos's granddaughter is cut out to be a doctor. Amos: David Wayne.
10PM
2 7 11 Lou Grant
While Mrs. Pynchon (Nancy Marchand) listens to influence peddlers seeking her support for an airport project, Lou becomes increasingly aware that Adam (Allen Williams) has a drinking problem. Edward Asner, Mason Adams. Nick Boyer: James Whitmore Jr.
3 8 13 Stone
Stone (Dennis Weaver) demands a stop to publicity on his novel about a murderous jogger when a psychopath begins to enact the plot. Paulton: Pat Hingle. Buck: Robby Weaver.
5 Billy Graham Crusade
Special: In the first of three telecasts from Halifax, NS; the Rev. Billy Graham delivers the sermon 'Who Is My Neighbor?' George Beverly Shea and Willa Dorsey are among the guests. Music includes 'All Things in Jesus I Find,' 'The Name of Jesus,' 'Jesus We Praise You.'
15 51 Movie
'Three Little Words.' (1950) The story of songsmiths Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, ably played by Fred Astaire and Red Skelton. Tuneful.
[Starts at 10:35 on WVPT.]
11PM
2 3 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 News
11:30
2 7 Harry O
Harry (David Janssen) looks for a connection between an ex-cop's reported suicide and an oil magnate's shooting on the same night.
3 5 8 13 ABC News Special
Scheduled: an update on the situation in the Middle East. (This would later turn into Nightline)
6 10 12 Tonight Show
Richard Pryor, Dorothy Fuldheim and Dave Brubeck. Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon.
11 M*A*S*H
Hawkeye, B.J. and Charles trade tall tales while Klinger (Jamie Farr) breaks in a nutty new man (Hamilton Camp).
11:45
3 5 8 13 Barney Miller
Rumors spread that the station is closing, and store owners begin paying protection money.
12AM
11 Jim Rockford, Private Investigator
Rita Moreno plays a streetwalker who asks Rockford (James Garner) to clear her of murder charges. Phil Gabriel: Abe Vigoda.
12:20
3 5 8 13 Police Story
A SWAT negotiator (Chad Everett) is called in when two bank robbers take five hostages, one of them the deputy chief's daughter.
12:40
2 7 McCloud
While investigating a numbers racket, Broadhurst (Terry Carter) is shot and framed as a cop on the take. Danny Thomas is featured as a tailor who hits the numbers.
1AM
10 12 Tomorrow-Tom Snyder
Scheduled: Alger Hiss.
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3 8 News