From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
WSB/ch. 2 (ABC)
6 AM - ABC News This Morning
6:45 - News
7 AM - Good Morning America
9 AM - Family Feud (delayed from 12 Noon)
9:30 - Edge Of Night (delayed from 4 PM)
10 AM - People's Court
10:30 - Match Game
11 AM - Love Boat
12 Noon - News
12:30 - Ryan's Hope
1 PM - All My Children
2 PM - One Life To Live
3 PM - General Hospital
4 PM - Eight Is Enough
5 PM - People's Court
5:30 - M*A*S*H
6 PM - News
7 PM - ABC News
7:30 - Entertainment Tonight
8 PM - All-Star Family Feud Special: "Perfect 10" males vs. "Perfect 10" females
9 PM - Fall Guy
10 PM - Dynasty - Blake fights to stop Alexis; Cassidy flies to Singapore to identify the oil rig survivor
11 PM - News
11:30 - M*A*S*H - part 2 of "Fade Out, Fade In"; Charles is permanently assigned to the 4077th
Mid. - Nightline
12:30 - Last Word
1:30 - Entertainment Tonight
2 AM - News
4 AM - News
WAGA/ch. 5 (CBS)
6 AM - Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 - CBS News
7 AM - CBS Morning News
9 AM - Phil Donahue
10 AM - Good Times
10:30 - Richard Simmons
11 AM - The Price Is Right
12 Noon - News
12:30 - Young & The Restless
1:30 - As The World Turns
2:30 - Capitol
3 PM - Guiding Light
4 PM - Charlie's Angels
5 PM - Jeffersons
5:30 - Soap
6 PM - News
7 PM - CBS News
7:30 - P.M. Magazine
8 PM - Grammy Awards - hosted by John Denver
11 PM - News
11:30 - Barney Miller
12 Mid.- Maude
12:30 - Ironside
1:30 - News
2 AM - CBS News Nightwatch
WGTV/ch. 8 (PBS)
7:45 - A.M. Weather
8 AM - Classroom programming
4 PM - Sesame Street
5 PM - Mister Rogers
5:30 - Villa Alegre
6 PM - 3-2-1 Contact
6:30 - Over Easy - Guest: Judy Collins
7 PM - Business Report
7:30 - MacNeil-Lehrer Report
8 PM - Lawmakers 1983
9 PM- Horror Of It All - Jose Ferrer hosts a look at horror movies over the last 60 years
10 PM - Soundstage - Doo-wop music from the 50s is highlighted
11 PM - Soundstage - Ronnie Milsap performs
WXIA/ch. 11 (NBC)
6 AM - Morning Stretch
6:30 - Today With Hal & Guy (Hal Suit and Guy Sharpe)
7 AM - Today
9 AM - Hour Magazine
10 AM - Facts Of Life
10:30 - Laverne & Shirley and Company
11 AM - Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 - Hit Man
Noon - News
12:30 - Search For Tomorrow
1 PM - Days Of Our Lives
2 PM - Another World
3 PM - Fantasy (wish-fulfillment show with Peter Marshall)
4 PM - WKRP In Cincinnati
4:30 - More Real people
5 PM - Three's Company
5:30 - News
6 PM - News
7 PM - NBC News
7:30 - Lie Detector
8 PM - Real People - Stuntmen's Rodeo; "Best Chest In The West"; tiger trainer; florist who delivers dead flowers
9 PM - Facts Of Life - Blair tries to change Jo and Meg's minds about becoming nuns
9:30 - Family Ties - Alex tries to be a "big brother" to a Vietnamese boy
10 PM - Quincy - Quincy and Emily patch up their differences and get married
11 PM - News
11:30 - Johnny Carson - Peter Allen guests
12:30 - David Letterman - parrot trainer Alba Ballard, Andy Kaufman, Fred Blassie
1:30 - NBC News Overnight
2:30 - Movie: "Return To Macon County" (1975) Nick Nolte, Don Johnson
4:30 - Gunsmoke
5:30 - Mothers-In-Law (sitcom from the mid 60s)
WTBS/ch. 17 (Ind.)
6 AM - News
7:05 - Funtime
8:05 - My Three Sons
8:35 - That Girl
9:05 - Movie: "Indiscreet" (1958) Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
11:05 - Perry Mason
12:05 - People Now
1:05 - Movie: "The Nutty Professor" (1963) Jerry Lewis
3:05 - Funtime
3:35 - Flintstones
4:05 - The Munsters
4:35 - Leave It To Beaver
5:05 - Brady Bunch
5:35 - Bewitched
6:05 - Carol Burnett & Friends
6:35 - Bob Newhart
7:05 - Gomer Pyle, USMC
7:35 - Andy Griffith
8:05 - NCAA Basketball - Arkansas at Texas (Live)
10:05 - News
11:05 - Woman Watch
11:35 - Movie: "The Green pastures" (1936) Rex Ingram
1:35 - Movie: "Caxambu" (1968) John Ireland, Carol Ohmart
3:20 - Movie: "Windom's Way" (1958) Peter Finch
5:35 - World At Large
WETV/ch. 30 (PBS)
7 AM - Contemporary Health Issues
7:30 - Yoga With Priscilla Patrick
8 AM - Classroom programming
1:45 - Electric Company
2:15 - Classroom programming
4 PM - Electric Company
4:30 - Mister Rogers
5 PM - Electric Company
6 PM - Art Of Being Human
6:30 - American Givernment
6:30 - Dick Cavett
7 PM - MacNeil-Lehrer Report
8 PM - Horror Of It All (same as ch. 8, 9 PM)
9 PM - Soundstage (same as ch. 8, 10 PM)
10 PM - Fire Season - a group of young recruits in the California Conservation Corps are followed
WATL/ch. 36 (Ind.)
6:30 - Jack LaLanne
7 AM - Jim Bakker
8 AM - Daystar
9 AM - Tattletales (week delay from 4 PM and pre-empted on ch. 5; bicycled from another CBS station*)
9:30 - New $25,000 Pyramid (week delay from 10 AM and pre-empted on ch. 5; bicycled from another CBS station*)
10 AM - Couples
10:30 - Romance Theater
11 AM - Dr. Burt Bradley
12 Noon - Prisoner: Cell Block H
12:30 - Sale Of The Century (delay from 10:30; pre-empted on ch. 11)
1 PM - Just Men! (delay from 12 Noon; pre-empted on ch. 11)
1:30 - Super Pay Cards
2 PM - Merv Griffin
3 PM - A New Day Dawning
3:30 - Sha Na Na
4 PM - MV 3 (music videos)
5 PM - Jukebox Video
6 PM - Benny Hill
6:30 - Madame's Place (ventriloquist Wayland Flowers' diva dummy)
7 PM - Saturday Night
8 PM - Movie: "The Young Lions" (1958) Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift
11 PM - Benny Hill
11:30 - Couples
Mid.: Jim Bakker
(*--Bicycling of these shows were affected as WATL did not have access to CBS's feed.)
WANX/ch. 46 (Ind.)
6:30 - Battle Of The Planets
7 AM - Krofft Superstars
7:30 - Tom & Jerry and Friends
8 AM - Popeye & Friends
8:30 - Great Space Coaster
9 AM - Jetsons
9:30 - Jimmy Swaggart
10 AM - 700 Club
11:30 - INN News
Noon - McHale's Navy
12:30 - Dick Van Dyke
1 PM - Make Room For Daddy
1:30 - Petticoat Junction
2 PM - Mister Ed
2:30 - Spiderman (rotated with Spider-Woman)
3 PM - Cartoons (daily rotation of King Kong and Rocket Robin Hood)
3:30 - Superfriends
4 PM - Tom & Jerry and Friends
5 PM - Scooby-Doo
5:30 - Pink Panther
6 PM - CHiPs Patrol (syndicated repeats of CHiPs)
7 PM - Mork & Mindy
7:30 - Muppet Show
8 PM - Movie: "Alex & The Gypsy" (1976) Jack Lemmon, Genevieve Bujold
10 PM - 700 Club
11 PM- Nashville On The Road
Mid. - In Search Of...
12:30 - INN News
WVEU/ch. 69 (Ind.)
WVEU did not have regular programming at this point. They were mainly showing music videos.
WSB/ch. 2 (ABC)
6 AM - ABC News This Morning
6:45 - News
7 AM - Good Morning America
9 AM - Family Feud (delayed from 12 Noon)
9:30 - Edge Of Night (delayed from 4 PM)
10 AM - People's Court
10:30 - Match Game
11 AM - Love Boat
12 Noon - News
12:30 - Ryan's Hope
1 PM - All My Children
2 PM - One Life To Live
3 PM - General Hospital
4 PM - Eight Is Enough
5 PM - People's Court
5:30 - M*A*S*H
6 PM - News
7 PM - ABC News
7:30 - Entertainment Tonight
8 PM - All-Star Family Feud Special: "Perfect 10" males vs. "Perfect 10" females
9 PM - Fall Guy
10 PM - Dynasty - Blake fights to stop Alexis; Cassidy flies to Singapore to identify the oil rig survivor
11 PM - News
11:30 - M*A*S*H - part 2 of "Fade Out, Fade In"; Charles is permanently assigned to the 4077th
Mid. - Nightline
12:30 - Last Word
1:30 - Entertainment Tonight
2 AM - News
4 AM - News
WAGA/ch. 5 (CBS)
6 AM - Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 - CBS News
7 AM - CBS Morning News
9 AM - Phil Donahue
10 AM - Good Times
10:30 - Richard Simmons
11 AM - The Price Is Right
12 Noon - News
12:30 - Young & The Restless
1:30 - As The World Turns
2:30 - Capitol
3 PM - Guiding Light
4 PM - Charlie's Angels
5 PM - Jeffersons
5:30 - Soap
6 PM - News
7 PM - CBS News
7:30 - P.M. Magazine
8 PM - Grammy Awards - hosted by John Denver
11 PM - News
11:30 - Barney Miller
12 Mid.- Maude
12:30 - Ironside
1:30 - News
2 AM - CBS News Nightwatch
WGTV/ch. 8 (PBS)
7:45 - A.M. Weather
8 AM - Classroom programming
4 PM - Sesame Street
5 PM - Mister Rogers
5:30 - Villa Alegre
6 PM - 3-2-1 Contact
6:30 - Over Easy - Guest: Judy Collins
7 PM - Business Report
7:30 - MacNeil-Lehrer Report
8 PM - Lawmakers 1983
9 PM- Horror Of It All - Jose Ferrer hosts a look at horror movies over the last 60 years
10 PM - Soundstage - Doo-wop music from the 50s is highlighted
11 PM - Soundstage - Ronnie Milsap performs
WXIA/ch. 11 (NBC)
6 AM - Morning Stretch
6:30 - Today With Hal & Guy (Hal Suit and Guy Sharpe)
7 AM - Today
9 AM - Hour Magazine
10 AM - Facts Of Life
10:30 - Laverne & Shirley and Company
11 AM - Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 - Hit Man
Noon - News
12:30 - Search For Tomorrow
1 PM - Days Of Our Lives
2 PM - Another World
3 PM - Fantasy (wish-fulfillment show with Peter Marshall)
4 PM - WKRP In Cincinnati
4:30 - More Real people
5 PM - Three's Company
5:30 - News
6 PM - News
7 PM - NBC News
7:30 - Lie Detector
8 PM - Real People - Stuntmen's Rodeo; "Best Chest In The West"; tiger trainer; florist who delivers dead flowers
9 PM - Facts Of Life - Blair tries to change Jo and Meg's minds about becoming nuns
9:30 - Family Ties - Alex tries to be a "big brother" to a Vietnamese boy
10 PM - Quincy - Quincy and Emily patch up their differences and get married
11 PM - News
11:30 - Johnny Carson - Peter Allen guests
12:30 - David Letterman - parrot trainer Alba Ballard, Andy Kaufman, Fred Blassie
1:30 - NBC News Overnight
2:30 - Movie: "Return To Macon County" (1975) Nick Nolte, Don Johnson
4:30 - Gunsmoke
5:30 - Mothers-In-Law (sitcom from the mid 60s)
WTBS/ch. 17 (Ind.)
6 AM - News
7:05 - Funtime
8:05 - My Three Sons
8:35 - That Girl
9:05 - Movie: "Indiscreet" (1958) Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
11:05 - Perry Mason
12:05 - People Now
1:05 - Movie: "The Nutty Professor" (1963) Jerry Lewis
3:05 - Funtime
3:35 - Flintstones
4:05 - The Munsters
4:35 - Leave It To Beaver
5:05 - Brady Bunch
5:35 - Bewitched
6:05 - Carol Burnett & Friends
6:35 - Bob Newhart
7:05 - Gomer Pyle, USMC
7:35 - Andy Griffith
8:05 - NCAA Basketball - Arkansas at Texas (Live)
10:05 - News
11:05 - Woman Watch
11:35 - Movie: "The Green pastures" (1936) Rex Ingram
1:35 - Movie: "Caxambu" (1968) John Ireland, Carol Ohmart
3:20 - Movie: "Windom's Way" (1958) Peter Finch
5:35 - World At Large
WETV/ch. 30 (PBS)
7 AM - Contemporary Health Issues
7:30 - Yoga With Priscilla Patrick
8 AM - Classroom programming
1:45 - Electric Company
2:15 - Classroom programming
4 PM - Electric Company
4:30 - Mister Rogers
5 PM - Electric Company
6 PM - Art Of Being Human
6:30 - American Givernment
6:30 - Dick Cavett
7 PM - MacNeil-Lehrer Report
8 PM - Horror Of It All (same as ch. 8, 9 PM)
9 PM - Soundstage (same as ch. 8, 10 PM)
10 PM - Fire Season - a group of young recruits in the California Conservation Corps are followed
WATL/ch. 36 (Ind.)
6:30 - Jack LaLanne
7 AM - Jim Bakker
8 AM - Daystar
9 AM - Tattletales (week delay from 4 PM and pre-empted on ch. 5; bicycled from another CBS station*)
9:30 - New $25,000 Pyramid (week delay from 10 AM and pre-empted on ch. 5; bicycled from another CBS station*)
10 AM - Couples
10:30 - Romance Theater
11 AM - Dr. Burt Bradley
12 Noon - Prisoner: Cell Block H
12:30 - Sale Of The Century (delay from 10:30; pre-empted on ch. 11)
1 PM - Just Men! (delay from 12 Noon; pre-empted on ch. 11)
1:30 - Super Pay Cards
2 PM - Merv Griffin
3 PM - A New Day Dawning
3:30 - Sha Na Na
4 PM - MV 3 (music videos)
5 PM - Jukebox Video
6 PM - Benny Hill
6:30 - Madame's Place (ventriloquist Wayland Flowers' diva dummy)
7 PM - Saturday Night
8 PM - Movie: "The Young Lions" (1958) Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift
11 PM - Benny Hill
11:30 - Couples
Mid.: Jim Bakker
(*--Bicycling of these shows were affected as WATL did not have access to CBS's feed.)
WANX/ch. 46 (Ind.)
6:30 - Battle Of The Planets
7 AM - Krofft Superstars
7:30 - Tom & Jerry and Friends
8 AM - Popeye & Friends
8:30 - Great Space Coaster
9 AM - Jetsons
9:30 - Jimmy Swaggart
10 AM - 700 Club
11:30 - INN News
Noon - McHale's Navy
12:30 - Dick Van Dyke
1 PM - Make Room For Daddy
1:30 - Petticoat Junction
2 PM - Mister Ed
2:30 - Spiderman (rotated with Spider-Woman)
3 PM - Cartoons (daily rotation of King Kong and Rocket Robin Hood)
3:30 - Superfriends
4 PM - Tom & Jerry and Friends
5 PM - Scooby-Doo
5:30 - Pink Panther
6 PM - CHiPs Patrol (syndicated repeats of CHiPs)
7 PM - Mork & Mindy
7:30 - Muppet Show
8 PM - Movie: "Alex & The Gypsy" (1976) Jack Lemmon, Genevieve Bujold
10 PM - 700 Club
11 PM- Nashville On The Road
Mid. - In Search Of...
12:30 - INN News
WVEU/ch. 69 (Ind.)
WVEU did not have regular programming at this point. They were mainly showing music videos.
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