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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon Saturday, October 30, 1976

From TV Guide, North Georgia Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

7 AM Popeye
7:30 Muggsy (delay from 12:30)
8 AM Big Blue Marble
8:30 Pink Panther
10 AM McDuff, The Talking Dog
10:30 Monster Squad
11 AM Land Of The Lost
11:30 Come Along 2 (local kids' show)
12 N News
12:30 Dialogue (the proposed merger of the
schools within the Atlanta University
Center: Morehouse, Spelman, Atlanta
University, an interview with Alex Haley,
whose "Roots" was coming up on ABC
(Ch. 11) in January)
1 PM Tarzan
2 PM Movie: "The Crawling Eye"
3:30 Movie: "The Curse Of The Fly"
5 PM Lawrence Welk (Halloween show)
6 PM News
6:30 Saturday Extra
7 PM Hee Haw (C.W. McCall does "Convoy," also
Crystal Gayle, and Brush Arbor)
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM NBC Movie: "McQ" (John Wayne)
11:15 News
11:45 Saturday Night (not yet Saturday Night Live--
host Buck Henry, musical guests The Band)
1:15 News
1:20 Movie: "Doctor Blood's Coffin"

WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

7 AM Agricultural Science In Action
7:30 Muggsy
8 AM Little Rascals
8:25 News For Little People
8:30 Pink Panther
10 AM McDuff, The Talking Dog
10:30 Monster Squad
11 AM Land Of The Lost
11:30 Big John, Little John
12 N Kids From C.A.P.E.R.
12:30 Countdown To Destiny (religion)
1 PM Georgia Championship Wrestling
2 PM The FBI
3 PM Tennis: Singles final in the $200,000
Colgate Inaugural, then the richest event
in women's tennis.
5 PM News
5:30 Basic Black
6 PM Music Hall America (hostess Lynn Anderson,
Johnny Rodriguez, singer Tom Bresh, Chuck
Woolery, the Oak Ridge Boys)
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM NBC Movie: "McQ"
11:15 Treasure Hunt (Geoff Edwards)
11:45 Saturday Night

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

6 AM Sunrise Semester: "The Novel And Theater Of
Contemporary France"
6:30 Box 5
7 AM Tree Talks
7:30 4-H Club
8 AM Sylvester And Tweety
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
10 AM Shazam!/Isis Hour
11 AM Ark II
11:30 Clue Club
12 N News
12:30 Way Out Games
1 PM CBS Children's Film Festival (Hermione
Gingold in "Winter Of The Witch")
1:30 What's It All About? (Walter Cronkite
explains the electoral process, particularly
the electoral college.)
2 PM Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
2:30 Soul Train (guests: the Undisputed Truth)
3:30 Movie: "Escape Of The Birdmen"
5:30 Kidsworld
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Dan Rather)
7 PM Music Hall America (host Mike Douglas, Barbara
Mandrell, Anson Williams, Danny Davis and the
Nashville Brass, Martin Mull, show regular Dean
Rutherford)
8 PM The Jeffersons
8:30 Doc (last show of the series)
9 PM Mary Tyler Moore
9:30 Bob Newhart
10 PM Carol Burnett (guest: Roddy McDowall)
10:55 Political Program (Republican, probably Gerald Ford,
who was defeated by Jimmy Carter that year)
11 PM News
11:30 The Truth About Houdini
12:30 Movie: "You'll Like My Mother"

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (PBS)

7 PM Secrets Of The Deep
7:30 Once Upon A Classic ("The Prince And The Pauper,"
Part 4)
8 PM A Matter Of Size (the influence of government and
big business on everyday life)
8:30 Harry S Truman: Plain Speaking (Ed Flanders' one-man
show)
9:30 Visions: "The War Widow"
11 PM Movie: "Top Hat" (Fred and Ginger)
sign off 12:40 AM

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

6:30 Science In Action
7 AM Dusty's Treehouse
7:30 Call It Macaroni
8 AM Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly
9 AM Jabberjaw
9:30 Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt
10:30 Krofft Supershow
12 N Junior Almost Anything Goes (Abe Vigoda,
Lesley Ann Warren, and Avery Schreiber
are the coaches; Soupy Sales hosts)
12:30 American Bandstand (guests: Flash Cadillac
and the Continental Kids, Marilyn McCoo and
Billy Davis Jr.)
1:30 College Football Pregame Show
1:45 College Football: Teams TBA
5 PM Wide World Of Sports: Formula One racing: the
Grand Prix of Japan; World Weightlifting Championships;
Evel Knievel attempts a world-record jump at the Kingdome
(time approximate)
6:30 Dolly (guest: Tennessee Ernie Ford who, of course, sings
"Sixteen Tons")
7 PM ABC News (Ted Koppel)
7:30 Kaleidoscope 9
8 PM Holmes & Yoyo
8:30 Mr T & Tina (not that Mr. T, this is Pat Morita as Taro)
9 PM Starsky & Hutch
10 PM Most Wanted
11 PM ABC News
11:15 Movie: "Dracula vs. Frankenstein"
1 AM Movie: "Night Monster"

WXIA 11 Alive Atlanta (ABC)

6:30 Adventures In Living
7 AM Ebony Beat Journal
7:30 How To Follow The Campaign (ABC's Steve Bell explains
the campaign to children--I think this was delayed from
the previous Sunday.)
8 AM Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly
9 AM Jabberjaw
9:30 Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt
10:30 Krofft Supershow
12 N Knowing Is Going (students from Guy Webb Elementary
School learn about puppetry as they visit the Vagabond
Marionettes--pre-empts "Junior Almost Anything Goes")
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 College Football Pregame
1:45 College Football: Teams TBA
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (time approximate)
6:30 News
7 PM Space: 1999
8 PM Holmes & Yoyo
8:30 Mr. T & Tina
9 PM Starsky & Hutch
10 PM Most Wanted
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Terror" (this '63 Boris Karloff flick was an
early film for Jack Nicholson)
1:30 ABC News

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

7 AM Bullwinkle
7:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
8 AM Sylvester And Tweety
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Tarzan (animated)
10 AM Shazam!/Isis Hour
11 AM Ark II
11:30 Clue Club
12 N Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12:30 Way Out Games
1 PM Baylor High School Football Highlights
2 PM Soul Train (the Four Tops, Vicki Sue Robinson)
3 PM Bonnie Lou And Buster
3:30 Wrestling
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular: Boxing: Duane Bobick
vs. Young Sanford, heavyweights; Mike Quarry
vs. Tom Bethea, light heavyweights; Superbowl
of Motocross)
5:55 Political Program (Republican)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Kidsworld
7:30 Campaign '76 (this may have been delayed from
Friday night on CBS)
8 PM The Jeffersons
8:30 Doc
9 PM Mary Tyler Moore
9:30 Bob Newhart
10 PM Carol Burnett
10:55 Political Program (Republican)
11 PM Moment Of Truth (religious program, with Rev.
Garland Faw)
11:30 Movie: "Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors"
1 AM Movie: "Dorian Gray"

WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS)

7 AM Georgia Farm Monitor
7:30 Little Rascals
8 AM Sylvester And Tweety
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Scrunch (kids' show which had a version on all
Multimedia stations)
10 AM Shazam!/Isis Hour
11 AM Ark II
11:30 Clue Club
12 N Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12:30 Way Out Games
1 PM CBS Children's Film Festival
1:30 College Football Pregame
1:45 College Football: Teams TBA
5 PM Ebony Speaks (time approximate)
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Close-Up
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Lawrence Welk
8 PM The Jeffersons
8:30 Doc
9 PM Mary Tyler Moore
9:30 Bob Newhart
10 PM Carol Burnett
10:55 Political Program (Republican)
11 PM News
11:20 Campaign '76
11:50 Movie: "Green Mansions"

WDCO Ch. 15 (WMUM Ch. 29) Cochran/
WCLP (WNGH) Ch. 18 Chatsworth (PBS)

8:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM Once Upon A Classic: "The Prince And
The Pauper," Part 3
10:30 Zoom
11 AM Infinity Factory
11:30 Rebop
12 N Carrascolendas
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
1 PM Vegetable Soup
1:30 Chust For Fancy (no idea what this is)
2 PM Sound Of Youth
2:30 Guppies To Groupers
3 PM Byline: Spencer Johnson
3:30 Pianoplay
4 PM Garden Show
4:30 Cinema Showcase: Robert Morse
5 PM Movie: "Rain"
6:30 Audubon Wildlife Theater
7 PM Firing Line
8 PM Tragedy Of Two Ambitions (Thomas Hardy
story about two ambitious brothers trying
to escape their alcoholic father.)
9 PM Movie: "Sawdust And Tinsel"
10:35 Soundstage (jazz musicians Jon Hendricks and
Annie Ross)
sign off 11:35 PM

WTCG (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)

5:05 World At Large
6:10 Wally's Workshop
6:40 News
7 AM Three Stooges/Little Rascals
8 AM Ultra Man
8:30 Speed Racer
9 AM Lost In Space
10 AM Addams Family
10:30 Munsters
11 AM Hazel
11:30 The Lucy Show
12 N Roller Game Of The Week
1 PM Movie: "Safari"
3 PM Movie: "Singapore"
4:30 Last Of The Wild
5 PM Mission: Impossible
6 PM Georgia Championship Wrestling
8 PM NHL Hockey: Atlanta Flames vs.
Vancouver Canucks
10:30 'Tween Games (today's scores, and
Bill Tush visiting Ch. 17's satellite
facilities--17 went national Dec. 20)
11 PM NBA Basketball: Atlanta Hawks vs.
Golden State Warriors
1 AM Movie: "Satan's Satellites" (Leonard Nimoy
appears in this flick from '52, time approximate)
2:40 Movie: "Safari"
3:40 Movie: "Singapore"

WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (PBS)

8 AM Villa Alegre
8:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM Once Upon A Classic ("The Prince And The
Pauper," Part 3)
10:30 Zoom
11 AM Infinity Factory
11:30 Rebop
12 N Carrascolendas
12:30 off the air
5 PM Firing Line
6 PM Playback (music)
6:30 Enquiry
7 PM Black Perspective On The News
7:30 Once Upon A Classic ("The Prince And The
Pauper," Part 4)
8 PM In Performace At Wolf Trap (jazz with Earl
"Fatha" Hines, Dizzy Gillespie, and Billy Eckstine)
9 PM Drink, Drank, Drunk (Carol Burnett hosts a program
mixing comedy, drama, and music with the facts
about alcoholism. Appearing: Renee Taylor and
Joseph Bologna, Ellen Madison and Larry Blyden--
don't know when this was taped, since he died
in a car crash in 1975, singer Linda Hopkins)
10 PM Movie: "Twentieth Century" (John Barrymore,
Carole Lombard)
11:35 Cinema Showcase: Gale Sondergaard
sign off 12:05 AM

WATL Ch. 36 Atlanta (Ind.)

5 PM Entertainment Page
6 PM Prize Line
6:30 Entertainment Page
7 PM Total Information Television (guest: Tom
Valentine, author of "Pyramid Power")
8 PM Person-To-Person Television (no, not reruns
of Edward R. Murrow's classic)
9 PM Total Information Television
10 PM Person-To-Person Television
11 PM Prize Line
11:30 PTL Club

WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)

7:30 Animal World
8 AM Woody Woodpecker
8:30 Pink Panther
10 AM McDuff, The Talking Dog
10:30 Monster Squad
11 AM Land Of The Lost
11:30 Big John, Little John
12 N Kids From C.A.P.E.R.
12:30 Muggsy
1 PM Wrestling (from the studio)
2 PM Death Valley Days
2:30 On Campus
3 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music (Tommy
Overstreet, Dottie West, Jack Blanchard
and Misty Morgan--they gave the world
"Tennessee Birdwalk")
3:30 Nashville On The Road
4 PM Arthur Smith
4:30 On Campus
5 PM Soul Train (guests: Marilyn McCoo and
Billy Davis Jr.)
6 PM Wild Kingdom
6:30 NBC News (John Hart)
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM NBC Movie: "McQ"
11:15 Dolly (guest: Anson Williams)
11:45 Saturday Night

WTCI Ch. 45 Chattanooga (PBS)

10 AM Once Upon A Classic ("The Prince And The
Pauper," Part 3)
10:30 Zoom
11 AM Sesame Street
12 N Carrascolendas
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
1 PM Five String Breakdown: Basic Banjo
1:30 Big Blue Marble
2 PM Word On Words
2:30 Guppies To Groupers
3 PM Byline: Spencer Johnson
3:30 Pianoplay
4 PM Speaking Of Pets
4:30 Cinema Showcase: Robert Morse
5 PM Sign News 45
5:30 Plants, Gardens, Etc.
6 PM Health Care Perspective
6:30 Book Beat (Francine du Plessix Gray discusses
"Lovers And Tyrants," her novel about a woman's
adventures in France and America.)
7 PM Rebop
7:30 Once Upon A Classic ("The Prince And The Pauper,"
Part 4)
8 PM Firing Line
9 PM God Of Our Fathers (the life and religious views of
Benjamin Franklin)
9:30 Anyone For Tennyson? (20 of his love poems)
10 PM Nova (desert life)
sign off 11 PM

WHAE (WGCL) Ch. 46 Atlanta (Ind.)

7 AM Huck And Yogi
7:30 Deputy Dawg
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Mighty Mouse
9 AM Porky Pig
9:30 Popeye And Friends
10 AM Superman
10:30 Batman
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Flash Gordon (the Buster Crabbe serial)
12 N Movie: "Above Us The Waves" (about the sinking
of the Tirpitz in World War II)
2 PM NFL Game Of The Week
2:30 Pro Football Playback
3 PM Wagon Train
4 PM Laramie
5 PM Big Valley
6 PM Swiss Family Robinson (not the ABC series of
the previous season--this one appears to
have originated in Canada)
6:30 Rodeo...A Matter Of Style (the 1975 Frontier Days)
7 PM Movie: "Lady With Red Hair"
8:30 Hi Doug (guest: country singer Connie Smith)
9 PM It's Time To Pray, America
10 PM The Lesson
10:30 700 Club
11:30 Public Policy Forums (a debate on the amount of
protection the First Amendment provides the press)
sign off 12:30 AM

WRIP (WDSI) Ch. 61 Chattanooga (Ind.)

12 N Roller Super Stars
1 PM World Championship Kick Boxing
2 PM Sports Challenge
2:30 Three Stooges
3 PM Music City
3:30 American Angler
4 PM Rin Tin Tin
4:30 Lassie
5 PM Water World (don't know if this is
Lloyd Bridges or James Franciscus)
5:30 Get Down (music)
6:30 Champions (sports show)
7:30 Billy Elmore (religion)
8 PM Jerry Falwell
9 PM Ernest Angley
10 PM Liberty Faith Temple
10:30 Quest For Adventure
11 PM Dr. J. Harold Smith
sign off 11:05 PM
 
bpatrick said:
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
8:30 Doc (last show of the series)

With the second season of Doc getting the ax after two months (or less), what replaced it
at 8:30/7:30 on Saturdays--or perhaps I should ask it as "how did all the programming
pieces fall together afterwards"?
 
The changes took place on Nov. 6:

8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM All In The Family
9:30 Alice
10 PM Carol Burnett

On Nov. 10 "The Jeffersons" moved to Wednesday
following "Good Times"; movies filled the 9-11 slot
on Wednesday nights.

Also headed for the scrap heap were ABC's "Holmes
& Yoyo" and "Mr. T & Tina," with their last episodes
airing Dec. 11. ABC tried several sitcoms in the 8-9
slot through the winter and spring of '77 without success.
 
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