Going into the last week of the 1979-80 season,
ABC and CBS were in a dead heat and remained so
until this, the last night of the regular season. CBS
will win the night, the week, and the season, and
regain the number-one slot it lost to ABC in 1976.
From TV Guide, North Georgia Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
6:30 Light Unto My Path
7 AM Jerry Falwell
8 AM Gospel Singing Jubilee
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore)
10 AM Bugs Bunny
10:30 Catholic Mass
11 AM Peachtree Presbyterian Church
12 N News
12:30 Women's Tennis: Murjani WTA
Championship
2 PM Meet The Press (time approximate)
2:30 Time For Choice
3 PM Health Fair Fun Run
4 PM The FBI (time approximate)
5 PM Lawrence Welk
6 PM News
6:30 Sunday News Conference
7 PM Disney's Wonderful World
8 PM CHiPs
10 PM NBC Movie: "Beyond And Back"
(examines claims of life after death)
11 PM News
11:30 Roald Dahl's Tales Of The Unexpected
12 M Movie: "Valley Of The Dolls"
2 AM News
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
6:30 Sunrise Semester
7 AM Latin Atlanta
7:30 Ebenezer Baptist Church
8 AM Rex Humbard
9 AM CBS News Sunday Morning (Charles
Kuralt)
10:30 Thrillseekers
11 AM Second Ponce de Leon Baptist
Church
12 N News
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM Georgians Speak
1:30 Ultimate High (host George Plimpton
learns to surf)
2 PM America's Athletes--1980 (possible
Olympic contenders, except that the
U.S. boycotted the Moscow Olympics
over the Soviet presence in Afghanistan)
3 PM Movie: "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"
5 PM 1980 Carolina 500 (taped highlights)
6 PM News
6:30 5 Reports
7 PM 60 Minutes
8 PM Dukes Of Hazzard (special two-hour
episode gives CBS the season win)
10 PM Alice
10:30 The Jeffersons
11 PM News
11:30 CBS News (Ed Bradley)
11:45 Movie: "Jet Over The Atlantic"
1:45 News
WGTV Ch. 8 (PBS)
12 N Sound Of Youth
12:30 Music And The Spoken Word
1 PM Japan: The Changing Tradition
1:30 Guten Tag In Deutschland
2 PM Even You Can Grow Houseplants
2:30 Bees And Honey
3 PM American Pro Art Quartet
3:30 Long Life And Prosperity
4 PM Beethoven Festival (from Detroit)
5:30 Tom Brown's Schooldays
6 PM Springtime With Mister Rogers
7 PM Julia Child And More Company
7:30 Animal World
8 PM Odyssey
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre: "My Son,
My Son" (Part 2)
10 PM Movie: "The Student Prince"
(to 11:45)
WXIA Ch. 11 (ABC)
6 AM Adventures In Living
6:30 11 Alive Newsmakers
7 AM Wheat Street Baptist Church
7:30 Hillside Morning
8 AM Day Of Discovery
8:30 Chapel Hour
9 AM Robert Schuller
10 AM Ernest Angley
11 AM Roswell Street Baptist Church
12 N Issues And Answers
12:30 11 Alive Newsmakers
1 PM For You...Black Woman
1:30 Ebony Journal
2 PM American Sportsman
3 PM Boxing: Marvin Hagler vs. Marcus
Geraldo, middleweights, 10 rounds
from Portland, ME
4:30 Wide World Of Sports: Legendary Pool
Players Shootout (Willie Mosconi and
Alan Hopkins vs. Minnesota Fats and
Steve Mizerak)
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News (Sam Donaldson)
7 PM Galactica 1980
8 PM ABC Movie: "The Sting"
10:45 TBA
11 PM News
11:30 Contact 11
12:30 Norm Crosby's Comedy Shop
1 AM ABC News
1:15 Ebony Journal
1:45 College Today
WTBS (WPCH) Ch. 17 (Ind.)
5:30 Ag-USA
6 AM Between The Lines
7 AM Banana Splits
7:30 It Is Written
8 AM Three Stooges/Little Rascals
9 AM Scouting Is...
10 AM Leave It To Beaver
10:30 Movie: "The Miracle Of Our Lady
Of Fatima"
12:45 Movie: "Battle Shock"
2:45 Movie: "Flying Deuces"
4 PM Movie: "That's My Boy"
6 PM Best Of Georgia Championship
Wrestling
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Prime time programming may be pre-empted
for either an NBA playoff or Stanley Cup game.
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7 PM Best Of Donny & Marie
8 PM Movie: "Birth Of A Legend"
10 PM Winston Churchill: The Valiant
Years
10:30 Ruff House
11 PM Open Up
1 AM Movie: "The Treasure Of Pancho
Villa"
3 AM Movie: "The Hostage"
4:55 Maverick
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 (PBS)
8 AM Sesame Street (4 episodes)
sign off 12 Noon-4 PM
4 PM Washington Week In Review
4:30 Wall Street Week
5 PM Firing Line
6 PM Springtime With Mister Rogers
7 PM Sneak Previews
7:30 Camera Three (PBS aired repeats
after CBS dropped it in 1979)
8 PM Odyssey
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Movie: "Colonel Blimp"
12 M Cinema Showcase
WATL Ch. 36 (Ind.)
7 AM Christ Temple
7:30 Insight
8 AM Rev. R.A. West
8:30 Rev. W.V. Grant
9 AM Jonny Quest
9:30 Godzilla (animated)
10 AM Flash Gordon (animated)
10:30 Beatles And Cool McCool
11 AM St. Luke's Episcopal Church
12 N Tennis: WCT Challenge Cup
(Bjorn Borg vs. Tim Gullikson)
(taped)
1 PM NBA Playoff: Eastern Conference
game (pre-empted on Ch. 5)
3:30 NBA Playoff: Western Conference
game (time approximate, pre-empted
on Ch. 5)
6 PM Southern Sportsman (time approximate)
6:30 CBS News (Morton Dean) (pre-empted
on Ch. 5)
7 PM Movie: "They Made Me A Criminal"
9 PM Day Of Discovery
9:30 James Robison
10 PM PTL Club (to 12)
WANX (WGCL) Ch. 46 (Ind.)
6 AM Atlanta Forum
6:30 Puppet Tree Gang
7 AM Generation Rap
7:30 Briarwood Presbyterian Church
8 AM Jerry Falwell
9 AM Crenshaw Christian Center
10 AM Lift For Living
11 AM In Touch
12 N Atlanta Now! (don't know if this
is the same show that aired on
Ch. 11 in the late '60s)
12:30 Dr. D. James Kennedy
1:30 Kenneth Copeland
2:30 Woman's Place
3 PM Assembly Of God Tabernacle
3:30 At Home With The Bible
4 PM Charisma
4:30 Phil Arms Presents
5 PM Amazing Grace Bible Class
5:30 The Lesson
6 PM Christ For The World
6:30 Countdown To A Miracle
7 PM Peachtree Presbyterian
7:30 Changed Lives
8 PM The King Is Coming
8:30 Today In Bible Prophecy
9 PM Jimmy Swaggart
9:30 James Robison
10 PM Max Morris
10:30 Jack Van Impe Presents
11 PM Sound Of The Spirit
11:30 World Of Pentecost
12 M Mushegan Family
ABC and CBS were in a dead heat and remained so
until this, the last night of the regular season. CBS
will win the night, the week, and the season, and
regain the number-one slot it lost to ABC in 1976.
From TV Guide, North Georgia Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
6:30 Light Unto My Path
7 AM Jerry Falwell
8 AM Gospel Singing Jubilee
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore)
10 AM Bugs Bunny
10:30 Catholic Mass
11 AM Peachtree Presbyterian Church
12 N News
12:30 Women's Tennis: Murjani WTA
Championship
2 PM Meet The Press (time approximate)
2:30 Time For Choice
3 PM Health Fair Fun Run
4 PM The FBI (time approximate)
5 PM Lawrence Welk
6 PM News
6:30 Sunday News Conference
7 PM Disney's Wonderful World
8 PM CHiPs
10 PM NBC Movie: "Beyond And Back"
(examines claims of life after death)
11 PM News
11:30 Roald Dahl's Tales Of The Unexpected
12 M Movie: "Valley Of The Dolls"
2 AM News
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
6:30 Sunrise Semester
7 AM Latin Atlanta
7:30 Ebenezer Baptist Church
8 AM Rex Humbard
9 AM CBS News Sunday Morning (Charles
Kuralt)
10:30 Thrillseekers
11 AM Second Ponce de Leon Baptist
Church
12 N News
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM Georgians Speak
1:30 Ultimate High (host George Plimpton
learns to surf)
2 PM America's Athletes--1980 (possible
Olympic contenders, except that the
U.S. boycotted the Moscow Olympics
over the Soviet presence in Afghanistan)
3 PM Movie: "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"
5 PM 1980 Carolina 500 (taped highlights)
6 PM News
6:30 5 Reports
7 PM 60 Minutes
8 PM Dukes Of Hazzard (special two-hour
episode gives CBS the season win)
10 PM Alice
10:30 The Jeffersons
11 PM News
11:30 CBS News (Ed Bradley)
11:45 Movie: "Jet Over The Atlantic"
1:45 News
WGTV Ch. 8 (PBS)
12 N Sound Of Youth
12:30 Music And The Spoken Word
1 PM Japan: The Changing Tradition
1:30 Guten Tag In Deutschland
2 PM Even You Can Grow Houseplants
2:30 Bees And Honey
3 PM American Pro Art Quartet
3:30 Long Life And Prosperity
4 PM Beethoven Festival (from Detroit)
5:30 Tom Brown's Schooldays
6 PM Springtime With Mister Rogers
7 PM Julia Child And More Company
7:30 Animal World
8 PM Odyssey
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre: "My Son,
My Son" (Part 2)
10 PM Movie: "The Student Prince"
(to 11:45)
WXIA Ch. 11 (ABC)
6 AM Adventures In Living
6:30 11 Alive Newsmakers
7 AM Wheat Street Baptist Church
7:30 Hillside Morning
8 AM Day Of Discovery
8:30 Chapel Hour
9 AM Robert Schuller
10 AM Ernest Angley
11 AM Roswell Street Baptist Church
12 N Issues And Answers
12:30 11 Alive Newsmakers
1 PM For You...Black Woman
1:30 Ebony Journal
2 PM American Sportsman
3 PM Boxing: Marvin Hagler vs. Marcus
Geraldo, middleweights, 10 rounds
from Portland, ME
4:30 Wide World Of Sports: Legendary Pool
Players Shootout (Willie Mosconi and
Alan Hopkins vs. Minnesota Fats and
Steve Mizerak)
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News (Sam Donaldson)
7 PM Galactica 1980
8 PM ABC Movie: "The Sting"
10:45 TBA
11 PM News
11:30 Contact 11
12:30 Norm Crosby's Comedy Shop
1 AM ABC News
1:15 Ebony Journal
1:45 College Today
WTBS (WPCH) Ch. 17 (Ind.)
5:30 Ag-USA
6 AM Between The Lines
7 AM Banana Splits
7:30 It Is Written
8 AM Three Stooges/Little Rascals
9 AM Scouting Is...
10 AM Leave It To Beaver
10:30 Movie: "The Miracle Of Our Lady
Of Fatima"
12:45 Movie: "Battle Shock"
2:45 Movie: "Flying Deuces"
4 PM Movie: "That's My Boy"
6 PM Best Of Georgia Championship
Wrestling
----------------------------------------
Prime time programming may be pre-empted
for either an NBA playoff or Stanley Cup game.
----------------------------------------
7 PM Best Of Donny & Marie
8 PM Movie: "Birth Of A Legend"
10 PM Winston Churchill: The Valiant
Years
10:30 Ruff House
11 PM Open Up
1 AM Movie: "The Treasure Of Pancho
Villa"
3 AM Movie: "The Hostage"
4:55 Maverick
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 (PBS)
8 AM Sesame Street (4 episodes)
sign off 12 Noon-4 PM
4 PM Washington Week In Review
4:30 Wall Street Week
5 PM Firing Line
6 PM Springtime With Mister Rogers
7 PM Sneak Previews
7:30 Camera Three (PBS aired repeats
after CBS dropped it in 1979)
8 PM Odyssey
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Movie: "Colonel Blimp"
12 M Cinema Showcase
WATL Ch. 36 (Ind.)
7 AM Christ Temple
7:30 Insight
8 AM Rev. R.A. West
8:30 Rev. W.V. Grant
9 AM Jonny Quest
9:30 Godzilla (animated)
10 AM Flash Gordon (animated)
10:30 Beatles And Cool McCool
11 AM St. Luke's Episcopal Church
12 N Tennis: WCT Challenge Cup
(Bjorn Borg vs. Tim Gullikson)
(taped)
1 PM NBA Playoff: Eastern Conference
game (pre-empted on Ch. 5)
3:30 NBA Playoff: Western Conference
game (time approximate, pre-empted
on Ch. 5)
6 PM Southern Sportsman (time approximate)
6:30 CBS News (Morton Dean) (pre-empted
on Ch. 5)
7 PM Movie: "They Made Me A Criminal"
9 PM Day Of Discovery
9:30 James Robison
10 PM PTL Club (to 12)
WANX (WGCL) Ch. 46 (Ind.)
6 AM Atlanta Forum
6:30 Puppet Tree Gang
7 AM Generation Rap
7:30 Briarwood Presbyterian Church
8 AM Jerry Falwell
9 AM Crenshaw Christian Center
10 AM Lift For Living
11 AM In Touch
12 N Atlanta Now! (don't know if this
is the same show that aired on
Ch. 11 in the late '60s)
12:30 Dr. D. James Kennedy
1:30 Kenneth Copeland
2:30 Woman's Place
3 PM Assembly Of God Tabernacle
3:30 At Home With The Bible
4 PM Charisma
4:30 Phil Arms Presents
5 PM Amazing Grace Bible Class
5:30 The Lesson
6 PM Christ For The World
6:30 Countdown To A Miracle
7 PM Peachtree Presbyterian
7:30 Changed Lives
8 PM The King Is Coming
8:30 Today In Bible Prophecy
9 PM Jimmy Swaggart
9:30 James Robison
10 PM Max Morris
10:30 Jack Van Impe Presents
11 PM Sound Of The Spirit
11:30 World Of Pentecost
12 M Mushegan Family