From TV Guide, North Georgia Edition. This issue
is significant to me because it was the first one
I bought as a student at UGA (although I'd been
buying them on trips to Atlanta and Athens as
far back as 1969).
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
7 AM Jetsons
7:30 Popeye
9 AM Addams Family (animated)
9:30 Emergency +4
10 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance
Kids (animated)
10:30 Star Trek (animated)
11 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
11:30 Pink Panther
12 N News
12:30 Sights And Sounds Of Soul
1 PM This Week In Pro Football
2 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
2:15 Baseball: Pirates-Cardinals
5 PM Hee Haw (this is a one-time-only,
due to special programming at 7)
(time approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News (Tom Brokaw)
7 PM Democratic Telethon: "America
Goes Public"
11 PM News
11:30 Democratic Telethon continues
2 AM News
2:05 Movie: "Thunder In The Sun"
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
6:10 Video College
6:40 Farm Digest
6:45 Box 5 R.F.D.
7:15 Tree Talks
7:30 4-H Club
8 AM Flintstones
8:30 Bailey's Comets
9 AM New Scooby-Doo Movies
10 AM My Favorite Martians (animated)
10:30 Jeannie (animated)
11 AM Vision On
11:30 Josie And The Pussycats In
Outer Space
12 N Everything's Archie
12:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
1 PM CBS Children's Film Festival:
"Lucy And The Miracles" (Czechoslovakia,
1970)
2 PM World Of Survival
2:30 Soul Train
3:30 Life Around Us
4 PM Movie: "Seven Seas To Calais"
(this pre-empted CBS's coverage of the
Belmont Cup, in which Secretariat and
Riva Ridge competed)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Dan Rather)
7 PM National Geographic
8 PM All In The Family (fourth-season premiere)
8:30 M*A*S*H (begins its second season in this
new time slot and becomes not only a hit
but part of possibly the first example of
"must-see TV")
9 PM Mary Tyler Moore (fourth-season opener)
9:30 Bob Newhart (second-season opener)
10 PM Carol Burnett (seventh-season opener with
traditional opening guest Jim Nabors)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
WGTV Ch. 8 (PBS)
7 PM Neraidas Of Greece
7:30 Fun And Games
8 PM Story Of A Boxer
8:30 Towards The Year 2000 (like CBS's
"The 21st Century," it would be interesting
to see what they correctly predicted)
9 PM Country Hayride
10 PM Movie: "Top Hat"
11:30 Jazz Set
12 M Playhouse New York: The 1940s
sign off 1:30 AM
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 (ABC)
6:30 Adventures In Living
7 AM Ebony Beat Journal
7:30 Funky Phantom
8 AM Bugs Bunny
8:30 Yogi's Gang
9 AM Super Friends
10 AM Lassie's Rescue Rangers (animated)
10:30 Goober And The Ghost Chasers
11 AM Brady Kids
11:30 Mission: Magic
12 N News
12:30 Ebony Affair
1 PM Action 1973 (sporadic attempt to revive
"Where The Action Is")
2 PM Wide World Of Sports
3:30 College Football Preview
3:45 College Football: Penn State-Stanford
7 PM News (time approximate)
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Partridge Family (fourth-season opener)
8:30 ABC Movie: "Irma La Douce"
11:15 News
11:55 ABC News (this is not a typo, Ch. 11
did 40 minutes of news at 11 PM at
the time)
12:10 Movie: "To Trap A Spy" (pilot for "The
Man From U.N.C.L.E.")
1:40 Movie: "I Walked With A Zombie"
3:10 News
WTCG (WPCH) Ch. 17 (Ind.)
7 AM Popeye
7:30 Cartoon Carnival
8 AM Spiderman
8:30 Speed Racer
9 AM Ultra Man
9:30 Three Stooges
10 AM Abbott And Costello
10:30 Flipper
11 AM Roller Game Of The Week
1 PM Movie: "Henry Aldrich, Editor"
2:30 Movie: "Where There's Life"
4 PM Lassie
4:30 NFL Highlights
5 PM Georgia Wrestling
6 PM All South Wrestling
7 PM Baseball: Braves-Reds
9:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music
(time approximate)
10 PM Wilburn Brothers
10:30 Porter Wagoner
11 PM Outdoor Outlines
11:30 Open Up
1 AM Movie: "Murder Without Crime"
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 (PBS)
5:10 The Making Of "Silent Running"
6 PM Across The Universe
6:10 Showdown At O.K. Corral
7 PM Teeth Are Good Things To Have
7:15 Patrick (has nothing to do with me)
7:30 Mr. Shepard And Mr. Milne
8 PM 6344
8:30 Condensed Cream Of Beatles
8:45 Secrets
9 PM The Boarded Window
9:15 Frank Film
9:30 A Journey
9:45 Invasion
10 PM Comic Book
10:30 Tup Tup
10:40 The Maggot
10:45 One Friday
10:55 More
11 PM Greater Expectations
11:15 Clever Village
11:25 Astralis
11:30 Young Goodman Brown
12 M Atlanta Film Festival Awards
(this whole evening has been
devoted to the entries)
1 AM The Age Of Ballyhoo (time approximate)
sign off 2:30 AM
WHAE (WGCL) Ch. 46 (Ind.)
7 AM Mr. Piper
7:30 Fury
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Astronut
9 AM Deputy Dawg
9:30 Mighty Mouse
10 AM Hardy Boys (animated)
10:30 Circus Boy (launched the career of
Micky Dolenz, then known as
Mickey Braddock)
11 AM Jungle Jim
11:30 Journey To The Center Of The
Earth (animated)
12 N Time Tunnel
1 PM Cowtown Rodeo
2 PM Call Of The West (syndicated title
for a package of "Death Valley Days"
reruns, along with "The Pioneers" and
"Trails West")
2:30 Trails West
3 PM The Dakotas (I didn't know this short-
lived 1963 ABC Western would be picked
up by anybody)
4 PM Lone Ranger
4:30 My Friend Flicka
5 PM Batman (2 episodes)
6 PM Dennis The Menace
6:30 Mayberry R.F.D.
7 PM Honeymooners
7:30 Rawhide
8:30 TBA
9:30 The Lesson
10 PM George And Diane Ivey
10:30 New Directions
11 PM Waters Family
sign off after this
is significant to me because it was the first one
I bought as a student at UGA (although I'd been
buying them on trips to Atlanta and Athens as
far back as 1969).
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
7 AM Jetsons
7:30 Popeye
9 AM Addams Family (animated)
9:30 Emergency +4
10 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance
Kids (animated)
10:30 Star Trek (animated)
11 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
11:30 Pink Panther
12 N News
12:30 Sights And Sounds Of Soul
1 PM This Week In Pro Football
2 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
2:15 Baseball: Pirates-Cardinals
5 PM Hee Haw (this is a one-time-only,
due to special programming at 7)
(time approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News (Tom Brokaw)
7 PM Democratic Telethon: "America
Goes Public"
11 PM News
11:30 Democratic Telethon continues
2 AM News
2:05 Movie: "Thunder In The Sun"
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
6:10 Video College
6:40 Farm Digest
6:45 Box 5 R.F.D.
7:15 Tree Talks
7:30 4-H Club
8 AM Flintstones
8:30 Bailey's Comets
9 AM New Scooby-Doo Movies
10 AM My Favorite Martians (animated)
10:30 Jeannie (animated)
11 AM Vision On
11:30 Josie And The Pussycats In
Outer Space
12 N Everything's Archie
12:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
1 PM CBS Children's Film Festival:
"Lucy And The Miracles" (Czechoslovakia,
1970)
2 PM World Of Survival
2:30 Soul Train
3:30 Life Around Us
4 PM Movie: "Seven Seas To Calais"
(this pre-empted CBS's coverage of the
Belmont Cup, in which Secretariat and
Riva Ridge competed)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Dan Rather)
7 PM National Geographic
8 PM All In The Family (fourth-season premiere)
8:30 M*A*S*H (begins its second season in this
new time slot and becomes not only a hit
but part of possibly the first example of
"must-see TV")
9 PM Mary Tyler Moore (fourth-season opener)
9:30 Bob Newhart (second-season opener)
10 PM Carol Burnett (seventh-season opener with
traditional opening guest Jim Nabors)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
WGTV Ch. 8 (PBS)
7 PM Neraidas Of Greece
7:30 Fun And Games
8 PM Story Of A Boxer
8:30 Towards The Year 2000 (like CBS's
"The 21st Century," it would be interesting
to see what they correctly predicted)
9 PM Country Hayride
10 PM Movie: "Top Hat"
11:30 Jazz Set
12 M Playhouse New York: The 1940s
sign off 1:30 AM
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 (ABC)
6:30 Adventures In Living
7 AM Ebony Beat Journal
7:30 Funky Phantom
8 AM Bugs Bunny
8:30 Yogi's Gang
9 AM Super Friends
10 AM Lassie's Rescue Rangers (animated)
10:30 Goober And The Ghost Chasers
11 AM Brady Kids
11:30 Mission: Magic
12 N News
12:30 Ebony Affair
1 PM Action 1973 (sporadic attempt to revive
"Where The Action Is")
2 PM Wide World Of Sports
3:30 College Football Preview
3:45 College Football: Penn State-Stanford
7 PM News (time approximate)
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Partridge Family (fourth-season opener)
8:30 ABC Movie: "Irma La Douce"
11:15 News
11:55 ABC News (this is not a typo, Ch. 11
did 40 minutes of news at 11 PM at
the time)
12:10 Movie: "To Trap A Spy" (pilot for "The
Man From U.N.C.L.E.")
1:40 Movie: "I Walked With A Zombie"
3:10 News
WTCG (WPCH) Ch. 17 (Ind.)
7 AM Popeye
7:30 Cartoon Carnival
8 AM Spiderman
8:30 Speed Racer
9 AM Ultra Man
9:30 Three Stooges
10 AM Abbott And Costello
10:30 Flipper
11 AM Roller Game Of The Week
1 PM Movie: "Henry Aldrich, Editor"
2:30 Movie: "Where There's Life"
4 PM Lassie
4:30 NFL Highlights
5 PM Georgia Wrestling
6 PM All South Wrestling
7 PM Baseball: Braves-Reds
9:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music
(time approximate)
10 PM Wilburn Brothers
10:30 Porter Wagoner
11 PM Outdoor Outlines
11:30 Open Up
1 AM Movie: "Murder Without Crime"
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 (PBS)
5:10 The Making Of "Silent Running"
6 PM Across The Universe
6:10 Showdown At O.K. Corral
7 PM Teeth Are Good Things To Have
7:15 Patrick (has nothing to do with me)
7:30 Mr. Shepard And Mr. Milne
8 PM 6344
8:30 Condensed Cream Of Beatles
8:45 Secrets
9 PM The Boarded Window
9:15 Frank Film
9:30 A Journey
9:45 Invasion
10 PM Comic Book
10:30 Tup Tup
10:40 The Maggot
10:45 One Friday
10:55 More
11 PM Greater Expectations
11:15 Clever Village
11:25 Astralis
11:30 Young Goodman Brown
12 M Atlanta Film Festival Awards
(this whole evening has been
devoted to the entries)
1 AM The Age Of Ballyhoo (time approximate)
sign off 2:30 AM
WHAE (WGCL) Ch. 46 (Ind.)
7 AM Mr. Piper
7:30 Fury
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Astronut
9 AM Deputy Dawg
9:30 Mighty Mouse
10 AM Hardy Boys (animated)
10:30 Circus Boy (launched the career of
Micky Dolenz, then known as
Mickey Braddock)
11 AM Jungle Jim
11:30 Journey To The Center Of The
Earth (animated)
12 N Time Tunnel
1 PM Cowtown Rodeo
2 PM Call Of The West (syndicated title
for a package of "Death Valley Days"
reruns, along with "The Pioneers" and
"Trails West")
2:30 Trails West
3 PM The Dakotas (I didn't know this short-
lived 1963 ABC Western would be picked
up by anybody)
4 PM Lone Ranger
4:30 My Friend Flicka
5 PM Batman (2 episodes)
6 PM Dennis The Menace
6:30 Mayberry R.F.D.
7 PM Honeymooners
7:30 Rawhide
8:30 TBA
9:30 The Lesson
10 PM George And Diane Ivey
10:30 New Directions
11 PM Waters Family
sign off after this