Source: TV Guide, Columbus Metropolitan, issue #1823.
CHANNELS
4 WCHM Columbus [NBC]
6 WSYX Columbus [ABC]
10 WBNS Columbus [CBS]
18 WHIZ Zanesville, OH [NBC]
20 WOUB Athens [PBS]
28 WTTE Columbus [Fox]
34 WOSU Columbus [PBS]
43c WUAB Cleveland [IND]
51 WSFJ Newark [IND]
53 WWAT Chillicothe [IND]
5AM
10 CBS News Nightwatch Continues
43 Success-N-Life
51 Ernest Angley
5:30
4 Tom & Jerry
5:45
4 Before Hours-Bob Jamieson
6AM
4 NBC News-Deborah Norville
6 ABC/Local News
10 :20 Minute Workout
28 Jimmy Swaggart
43 PTL Club
51 Beverly
6:15
18 Before Hours-Bob Jamieson
6:30
4 10 News
18 NBC News
28 G.I. Joe
51 Marilyn Hickey
53 Ag Day
6:45
34 A.M. Weather
7AM
4 18 Today
Scheduled: Bill Murray.
6 Good Morning America
Scheduled: Actor Mandy Patinkin.
10 This Morning
Scheduled: The Philadelphia Flower Show.
28 Woody Woodpecker & Friends
34 Sesame Street
43 Bionic Six
51 100 Huntley Street
53 Word of Life
7:30
28 JEM
43 Dinosaucers
53 Beverly Hills Teens
8AM
28 Ghostbusters
43 JEM
51 Success N Life
53 Deputy Dawg and Friends
8:30
28 Thundercats
43 My Little Pony 'n Friends
53 Heathcliff
8:55
20 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
9AM
4 18 Phil Donahue
Scheduled: Toys that promote Christianity.
6 Geraldo
10 Blackout
Scheduled: Scott Hamilton, Jess Walton. Bob Goen is host.
28 Bravestarr
43 Barnaby
51 Because We Care
53 Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
9:30
10 Card Sharks
28 Silverhawks
43 Where There's A Will, There's An A-infomercial
51 Beverly
53 Super Password-preempted from NBC
Scheduled: Betty White, Dick Cavett.
10AM
4 Sally Jessy Raphael
Scheduled topic: mental illness.
6 Good Morning Columbus
10 Wil Shriner
A show on twins, with Kin Shriner ["General Hospital"] and Matthew Laurance ["Duet"].
18 53 Sale of the Century-53's broadcast was preempted from WCMH
28 Love Your Skin-infomercial
43 I Dream of Jeannie
51 Richard Roberts
10:30
4 18 Classic Concentration
6 Home
Childproofing the home [part 2]; tips on how to select an exercise video; uses for Velcro.
28 I Love Lucy BW
43 Leave it to Beaver BW
53 Mary Tyler Moore
11AM
4 18 Wheel of Fortune
6 Hour Magazine
Edward James Olmos ["Miami Vice"].
10 Price is Right
28 Jerry Falwell
34 3-2-1 Contact
43 Alice
51 PTL Club
53 Cannon
11:30
4 18 Win, Lose or Draw-daytime
34 Sesame Street
43 All In The Family
Noon
4 10 News
6 Ryan's Hope
18 Live at Noon!
28 Too Close for Comfort
43 Movie
"Petulia." [1968] Julie Christie and George C. Scott are superb in this sophisticated story of extramarital love in San Francisco. Richard Chamberlain.
51 James Robison
53 Richard Simmons' Slim Cooking
12:30
4 18 Scrabble
6 Loving
10 Young & The Restless
28 Movie
"The One and Only." [1978] Henry Winkler as an egocentric Broadway hopeful who turns wrestler in TV's early days. Kim Darby.
51 Jimmy Swaggart
53 Ag Day
1PM
4 18 Days Of Our Lives
6 All My Children
51 Something Beautiful
53 America's Value Network (any other stations that used this shopping service?)
1:30
10 Bold & The Beautiful
2PM
4 18 Another World
6 One Life to Live
10 As the World Turns
51 Focus
53 Matchmaker
2:30
28 My Little Pony 'n Friends
43 Smurfs' Adventures
51 With You in Mind
53 Bionic Six
3PM
4 18 Santa Barbara
6 General Hospital
10 Guiding Light
20 Magic of Oil Painting
28 Smurfs' Adventures
34 Captain Kangaroo
43 Flintstones
51 700 Club
53 Defenders of the Earth
3:30
20 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
28 Dennis the Menace
34 Sesame Street
43 Bugs Bunny & Friends
53 Heathcliff
4PM
4 Diff'rent Strokes
Drummond invites his tax lawyer [Louise Sorel] to spend the weekend with him, but he does not plan on Pearl and the kids coming home early from a camping trip.
6 Oprah Winfrey-who's on the cover this week
Scheduled: A discussion of unorthodox medical treatments.
10 18 Divorce Court
A man accuses his wife, a chauffeur, of seducing one of her wealthy clients.
20 Sesame Street
28 DuckTales
43 Real Ghostbusters
51 Gospel Bill
53 Dinosaucers
4:30
4 Gimme a Break!
After an earthquake, Samantha fears everyone's going to die.
10 Jeopardy!
18 Dating Game
28 Wonderful World of Disney
34 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
43 G.I. Joe
51 New Directions
53 Beverly Hills Teens
5PM
4 Three's Company
Janet buys a blonde wig and is so taken with her new image that she alienates her friends and a new neighbor [Robert Swick].
6 People's Court
10 M*A*S*H
B.J. [Mike Farrell] is introduced as Trapper's replacement. Part 1 of two. Alan Alda.
18 Win, Lose or Draw
Gloria Loring, McLean Stevenson, Jenilee Harrison and Tom Dreesen.
20 3-2-1 Contact
Nobel Prize-winning biologist James D. Watson talks about heredity.
34 Square One Television
A rock video illustrates perpendicular lines.
43 Brady Bunch
51 In Touch
53 Real Ghostbusters
5:30
4 6 18 News
6 Family Ties
Steven and Elyse are incensed when Alex goes to a restricted country club as the guest of his girl friend.
28 Happy Days
Richie sinks a lucky shot to win the basketball finals. Ron Howard.
34 3-2-1 Contact
43 Diff'rent Strokes
53 Partridge Family
5:45
20 Square One Television-was there a 15-min pledge break after 3-2-1 Contact?
6PM
6 News
28 Andy Griffith BW
A state investigator is summoned to help Andy find a cattle rustler.
34 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
43 Three's Company
51 Because We Care
53 Beverly Hillbillies
Bluegrass musicians Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs appear as the Clampetts make a soap commercial.
6:30
4 18 NBC News
6 ABC News
10 CBS News
20 Body Electric
28 Barney Miller
43 Family Ties
51 Spiritual Awakening
53 Charles in Charge
Charles regrets becoming a newspaper advice columnist when he gets a letter requesting romantic advice that he suspects was written by Sarah.
7PM
4 Win, Lose or Draw
See 4:30PM, Ch. 18.
6 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Christopher Reeve.
10 News
18 Wheel of Fortune
20 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
28 Star Trek
Kirk [William Shatner] and Spock fall into the hands of Garth, the murderous leader of an inmates' revolt at an intergalactic insane asylum. Garth: Steve Ihnat.
34 Nightly Business Report
43 Cheers
51 Jimmy Swaggart
53 Cannon
Cannon [William Conrad] tails a revengebent teacher whose daughter died at a jet-set party.
7:30
4 PM Magazine
Segments on a device that enables deaf people to "hear"; and Frank Sinatra; Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin.
6 Hollywood Squares
Guests: JM J. Bullock, Steven Ford, Jenny Jones, Barbara Montgomery and Roz Ryan.
10 Wheel of Fortune
18 Newlywed Game
34 Profiles of Nature
An examination of the gray seal's annual migration to its breeding grounds on Sable Island.
43 M*A*S*H
51 Breakthrough
8PM
4 ALF
Willie's attempts to teach Brian [Benji Gregory] the art of pacifism backfire as a neighborhood bully goads "Boom Boom" Tanner into going a few rounds, with ALF as fight promoter.
6 MacGyver
MacGyver [Richard Dean Anderson] is tasked to do an environmental-impact study before builders can start a project, and when bribery fails, the builders sic a beautiful killer on him.
10 18 Billy Graham Crusade
"The Loving Father" is the sermon topic. Guests include Larnelle Harris and Steve Green. Music: "Love Found a Way."
20 Wonderworks
"Anne of Green Gables-The Sequel," more adventures of the redheaded orphan [Megan Follows], now a teacher. Part 1 of two.
28 Movie
"The Woman in Red." [1984] Gene Wilder stars in this remake of the French farce "Pardon Mon Affaire," about a married man obsessed with a model [Kelly Le Brock]. Charles Grodin.
34 Television
"Fun and Games" examines the history of variety, talk and game shows. Included: clips from "The Hollywood Palace," "The Ed Sullivan Show," "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends," "The Sonny and Cher Show," "Motown: Yesterday, Today, Forever," "The Tonight Show," "Donahue," "The Dr. Ruth Show," "Jeopardy!" "What's My Line" [with actor Ronald Reagan as the mystery guest]; "Queen for the Day."
43 Movie
"Having it All." [1982] Dyan Cannon portrays a top fashion designer with two husbands: one in New York, the other in Los Angeles.
51 Catch the Spirit
53 Gunsmoke
Two teen-age thieves fear they'll be exposed by their partner-who lies wounded at the bottom of a well. Matt: James Arness.
8:30
4 Valerie's Family
Man's man Skip [Gerald Gordon] returns to take Michael and David [Josh Taylor, Jason Bateman] for a ride in a small plane, but when they're forced to bail out, David's in danger of losing his lunch-and his life.
51 With You In Mind
9PM
4 18 Movie
"Laura Lansing Slept Here." Katharine Hepburn adds spunk to this lighthearted 1988 TV-movie about a flamboyant Manhattan novelist, who must prove to her publisher that she hasn't lost touch with her readers-by enduring a week with a typical suburban family.
6 Probe
Debut: Issac Asimov helped create this series about scientific wizard Austin James [Parker Stevenson], who works at a think tank and tackles mysterious crimes on the side. In the opener, James reluctantly accepts the assignment of batty secretary Mickey Castle [Ashley Crow], who unwittingly helps him solve killings involving a humanlike supercomputer, a frozen corpse and a maintenance man.
10 Newhart
As the Loudons await their 5000th guest, Dick [Bob Newhart] collaborates on a book with an illustrator [Eileen Brennan] whose cigarette smoking buns him up as much as his pencil-tapping irks her.
34 Television
Edwin Newman considers how the "Promise of Television" has been "honored" by programs that both educate and entertain; and "betrayed" by commercialism, shows that perpetuate stereotypes and the decreasing emphasis on analysis and discussion fare. The hour also touches on the history of public TV, the portrayal of blacks, and children's programming. Included: clips of "Sesame Street," "Roots," "Dance in America." [Last show of the series].
51 Focus
53 Movie BW
"Hell Squad." [1958] In North Africa, during World War II, five GIs escape to the desert following a raid on an oil dump. Wally Campo.
9:30
10 Frank's Place
Anna-May [Francesca P. Roberts] arouses whose leader's passion is so stirred by a Dizzy Gillespie performance that he makes a momentous decision. Adele: Johnny Sekka.
51 New Directions
10PM
10 Barry Manilow
In "Big Fun on Swing Street," Manilow re-creates a 1940s "Swing Street" of his imagination and adds "a little bit of the '80s." Joining him: singers Carmen McRae, Diane Schuur and Phyllis Hyman; saxophonists Gerry Mulligan and Dana Robbins; instrumentalist Tom Scott; and the vocal groups Full Swing, and Kid Creole & The Coconuts.
28 Oliver North: Fight for Freedom
This fundraiser for the America Freedom Coalition examines Lt. Col. Oliver L. North's involvement in the arms sales to Iran.
43 News
51 700 Club
10:30
20 Sleeping Beauty
Olympic medalists Robin Cousins and Rosalynn Sumners star in an ice ballet based on the fairy tale, choreographed by Lar Lubovitch.
11PM
4 6 10 18 News
28 Taxi
Tony's merchant-seaman father [Donnelly Rhodes] gets him a job aboard a ship bound for the Far East.
34 Dark Shadows
43 Sanford & Son
51 Solo Act
53 Mary Tyler Moore
Lou's been promoted, Murray is the new boss and everyone's miserable.
11:30
4 18 Tonight Show
Scheduled: Guest host Jay Leno, actor Jacko, Ben Vereen, Christopher Reeve.
6 Cheers
To celebrate their first week of cohabitation, Frasier and Dr. Lilith Sternin [Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth] invite Sam and Diane over for a dinner-which goes sour.
10 Magnum P.I.
Magnum helps a wrestler [Ernest Borgnine] find his son-who insists his father died in 1955. Tom Selleck.
28 Late Show
Arsenio Hall [host], Redd Foxx, Branford Marsalis, Tracy Nelson, David Rasche.
34 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
43 Benny Hill
51 INN News
53 Hunter
Car thieves steal the getaway vehicle for an armored-car heist, with the loot still inside.
Midnight
6 Nightline
20 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
43 Hit Squad
51 Focus
12:30
4 18 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: Actor Peter Scolari.
6 Love Connection
10 Movie
"Norma Rae." [1979] Sally Field sewed up an Oscar for her portrayal of a Southern textile worker trying to unionize co-workers. Directed by Martin Ritt.
28 Hit Squad
34 Nightly Business Report
43 Magnum P.I.
51 With You in Mind
12:40
53 Movie
"Malice in Wonderland." [1985] Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Alexander dish out the dirt and scrap like cats as gossip columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper.
1AM
6 Newlywed Game
28 Movie
"The Night They Took Miss Beautiful." [1977] TV-movie about terrorists who hijack a flight with five beauty-pageant finalists aboard. Phil Silvers.
53 Breakthrough
1:30
4 George & Mildred
43 Movie
"Doomsday Chronicles." [1979] A feature conjecturing how wars, pollution or natural disasters may spell the end of mankind by the close of the 20th century.
51 Household Salvation
2AM
4 Here's Lucy
51 Could You Not Tarry One Hour
53 America's Value Network
2:30
4 Movie
"Adam." [1983] Fact-based TV-movie about a couple [Daniel J. Travanti, JoBeth Williams] whose only child [John Boston] is abducted.
10 CBS News Nightwatch
3AM
28 INN News
51 Because We Care
3:30
28 Movie
"Point of Terror." [1972] Above-average low-budget tale about an ambitious rock singer [Peter Carpenter] caught up in a web of illicit affairs and murder. Dyanne Thorne.
51 James Robison
4AM
51 LeSea Alive
4:30
4 CHiPs
10 CBS News Nightwatch Continues
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CHANNELS
4 WCHM Columbus [NBC]
6 WSYX Columbus [ABC]
10 WBNS Columbus [CBS]
18 WHIZ Zanesville, OH [NBC]
20 WOUB Athens [PBS]
28 WTTE Columbus [Fox]
34 WOSU Columbus [PBS]
43c WUAB Cleveland [IND]
51 WSFJ Newark [IND]
53 WWAT Chillicothe [IND]
5AM
10 CBS News Nightwatch Continues
43 Success-N-Life
51 Ernest Angley
5:30
4 Tom & Jerry
5:45
4 Before Hours-Bob Jamieson
6AM
4 NBC News-Deborah Norville
6 ABC/Local News
10 :20 Minute Workout
28 Jimmy Swaggart
43 PTL Club
51 Beverly
6:15
18 Before Hours-Bob Jamieson
6:30
4 10 News
18 NBC News
28 G.I. Joe
51 Marilyn Hickey
53 Ag Day
6:45
34 A.M. Weather
7AM
4 18 Today
Scheduled: Bill Murray.
6 Good Morning America
Scheduled: Actor Mandy Patinkin.
10 This Morning
Scheduled: The Philadelphia Flower Show.
28 Woody Woodpecker & Friends
34 Sesame Street
43 Bionic Six
51 100 Huntley Street
53 Word of Life
7:30
28 JEM
43 Dinosaucers
53 Beverly Hills Teens
8AM
28 Ghostbusters
43 JEM
51 Success N Life
53 Deputy Dawg and Friends
8:30
28 Thundercats
43 My Little Pony 'n Friends
53 Heathcliff
8:55
20 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
9AM
4 18 Phil Donahue
Scheduled: Toys that promote Christianity.
6 Geraldo
10 Blackout
Scheduled: Scott Hamilton, Jess Walton. Bob Goen is host.
28 Bravestarr
43 Barnaby
51 Because We Care
53 Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
9:30
10 Card Sharks
28 Silverhawks
43 Where There's A Will, There's An A-infomercial
51 Beverly
53 Super Password-preempted from NBC
Scheduled: Betty White, Dick Cavett.
10AM
4 Sally Jessy Raphael
Scheduled topic: mental illness.
6 Good Morning Columbus
10 Wil Shriner
A show on twins, with Kin Shriner ["General Hospital"] and Matthew Laurance ["Duet"].
18 53 Sale of the Century-53's broadcast was preempted from WCMH
28 Love Your Skin-infomercial
43 I Dream of Jeannie
51 Richard Roberts
10:30
4 18 Classic Concentration
6 Home
Childproofing the home [part 2]; tips on how to select an exercise video; uses for Velcro.
28 I Love Lucy BW
43 Leave it to Beaver BW
53 Mary Tyler Moore
11AM
4 18 Wheel of Fortune
6 Hour Magazine
Edward James Olmos ["Miami Vice"].
10 Price is Right
28 Jerry Falwell
34 3-2-1 Contact
43 Alice
51 PTL Club
53 Cannon
11:30
4 18 Win, Lose or Draw-daytime
34 Sesame Street
43 All In The Family
Noon
4 10 News
6 Ryan's Hope
18 Live at Noon!
28 Too Close for Comfort
43 Movie
"Petulia." [1968] Julie Christie and George C. Scott are superb in this sophisticated story of extramarital love in San Francisco. Richard Chamberlain.
51 James Robison
53 Richard Simmons' Slim Cooking
12:30
4 18 Scrabble
6 Loving
10 Young & The Restless
28 Movie
"The One and Only." [1978] Henry Winkler as an egocentric Broadway hopeful who turns wrestler in TV's early days. Kim Darby.
51 Jimmy Swaggart
53 Ag Day
1PM
4 18 Days Of Our Lives
6 All My Children
51 Something Beautiful
53 America's Value Network (any other stations that used this shopping service?)
1:30
10 Bold & The Beautiful
2PM
4 18 Another World
6 One Life to Live
10 As the World Turns
51 Focus
53 Matchmaker
2:30
28 My Little Pony 'n Friends
43 Smurfs' Adventures
51 With You in Mind
53 Bionic Six
3PM
4 18 Santa Barbara
6 General Hospital
10 Guiding Light
20 Magic of Oil Painting
28 Smurfs' Adventures
34 Captain Kangaroo
43 Flintstones
51 700 Club
53 Defenders of the Earth
3:30
20 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
28 Dennis the Menace
34 Sesame Street
43 Bugs Bunny & Friends
53 Heathcliff
4PM
4 Diff'rent Strokes
Drummond invites his tax lawyer [Louise Sorel] to spend the weekend with him, but he does not plan on Pearl and the kids coming home early from a camping trip.
6 Oprah Winfrey-who's on the cover this week
Scheduled: A discussion of unorthodox medical treatments.
10 18 Divorce Court
A man accuses his wife, a chauffeur, of seducing one of her wealthy clients.
20 Sesame Street
28 DuckTales
43 Real Ghostbusters
51 Gospel Bill
53 Dinosaucers
4:30
4 Gimme a Break!
After an earthquake, Samantha fears everyone's going to die.
10 Jeopardy!
18 Dating Game
28 Wonderful World of Disney
34 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
43 G.I. Joe
51 New Directions
53 Beverly Hills Teens
5PM
4 Three's Company
Janet buys a blonde wig and is so taken with her new image that she alienates her friends and a new neighbor [Robert Swick].
6 People's Court
10 M*A*S*H
B.J. [Mike Farrell] is introduced as Trapper's replacement. Part 1 of two. Alan Alda.
18 Win, Lose or Draw
Gloria Loring, McLean Stevenson, Jenilee Harrison and Tom Dreesen.
20 3-2-1 Contact
Nobel Prize-winning biologist James D. Watson talks about heredity.
34 Square One Television
A rock video illustrates perpendicular lines.
43 Brady Bunch
51 In Touch
53 Real Ghostbusters
5:30
4 6 18 News
6 Family Ties
Steven and Elyse are incensed when Alex goes to a restricted country club as the guest of his girl friend.
28 Happy Days
Richie sinks a lucky shot to win the basketball finals. Ron Howard.
34 3-2-1 Contact
43 Diff'rent Strokes
53 Partridge Family
5:45
20 Square One Television-was there a 15-min pledge break after 3-2-1 Contact?
6PM
6 News
28 Andy Griffith BW
A state investigator is summoned to help Andy find a cattle rustler.
34 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
43 Three's Company
51 Because We Care
53 Beverly Hillbillies
Bluegrass musicians Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs appear as the Clampetts make a soap commercial.
6:30
4 18 NBC News
6 ABC News
10 CBS News
20 Body Electric
28 Barney Miller
43 Family Ties
51 Spiritual Awakening
53 Charles in Charge
Charles regrets becoming a newspaper advice columnist when he gets a letter requesting romantic advice that he suspects was written by Sarah.
7PM
4 Win, Lose or Draw
See 4:30PM, Ch. 18.
6 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Christopher Reeve.
10 News
18 Wheel of Fortune
20 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
28 Star Trek
Kirk [William Shatner] and Spock fall into the hands of Garth, the murderous leader of an inmates' revolt at an intergalactic insane asylum. Garth: Steve Ihnat.
34 Nightly Business Report
43 Cheers
51 Jimmy Swaggart
53 Cannon
Cannon [William Conrad] tails a revengebent teacher whose daughter died at a jet-set party.
7:30
4 PM Magazine
Segments on a device that enables deaf people to "hear"; and Frank Sinatra; Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin.
6 Hollywood Squares
Guests: JM J. Bullock, Steven Ford, Jenny Jones, Barbara Montgomery and Roz Ryan.
10 Wheel of Fortune
18 Newlywed Game
34 Profiles of Nature
An examination of the gray seal's annual migration to its breeding grounds on Sable Island.
43 M*A*S*H
51 Breakthrough
8PM
4 ALF
Willie's attempts to teach Brian [Benji Gregory] the art of pacifism backfire as a neighborhood bully goads "Boom Boom" Tanner into going a few rounds, with ALF as fight promoter.
6 MacGyver
MacGyver [Richard Dean Anderson] is tasked to do an environmental-impact study before builders can start a project, and when bribery fails, the builders sic a beautiful killer on him.
10 18 Billy Graham Crusade
"The Loving Father" is the sermon topic. Guests include Larnelle Harris and Steve Green. Music: "Love Found a Way."
20 Wonderworks
"Anne of Green Gables-The Sequel," more adventures of the redheaded orphan [Megan Follows], now a teacher. Part 1 of two.
28 Movie
"The Woman in Red." [1984] Gene Wilder stars in this remake of the French farce "Pardon Mon Affaire," about a married man obsessed with a model [Kelly Le Brock]. Charles Grodin.
34 Television
"Fun and Games" examines the history of variety, talk and game shows. Included: clips from "The Hollywood Palace," "The Ed Sullivan Show," "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends," "The Sonny and Cher Show," "Motown: Yesterday, Today, Forever," "The Tonight Show," "Donahue," "The Dr. Ruth Show," "Jeopardy!" "What's My Line" [with actor Ronald Reagan as the mystery guest]; "Queen for the Day."
43 Movie
"Having it All." [1982] Dyan Cannon portrays a top fashion designer with two husbands: one in New York, the other in Los Angeles.
51 Catch the Spirit
53 Gunsmoke
Two teen-age thieves fear they'll be exposed by their partner-who lies wounded at the bottom of a well. Matt: James Arness.
8:30
4 Valerie's Family
Man's man Skip [Gerald Gordon] returns to take Michael and David [Josh Taylor, Jason Bateman] for a ride in a small plane, but when they're forced to bail out, David's in danger of losing his lunch-and his life.
51 With You In Mind
9PM
4 18 Movie
"Laura Lansing Slept Here." Katharine Hepburn adds spunk to this lighthearted 1988 TV-movie about a flamboyant Manhattan novelist, who must prove to her publisher that she hasn't lost touch with her readers-by enduring a week with a typical suburban family.
6 Probe
Debut: Issac Asimov helped create this series about scientific wizard Austin James [Parker Stevenson], who works at a think tank and tackles mysterious crimes on the side. In the opener, James reluctantly accepts the assignment of batty secretary Mickey Castle [Ashley Crow], who unwittingly helps him solve killings involving a humanlike supercomputer, a frozen corpse and a maintenance man.
10 Newhart
As the Loudons await their 5000th guest, Dick [Bob Newhart] collaborates on a book with an illustrator [Eileen Brennan] whose cigarette smoking buns him up as much as his pencil-tapping irks her.
34 Television
Edwin Newman considers how the "Promise of Television" has been "honored" by programs that both educate and entertain; and "betrayed" by commercialism, shows that perpetuate stereotypes and the decreasing emphasis on analysis and discussion fare. The hour also touches on the history of public TV, the portrayal of blacks, and children's programming. Included: clips of "Sesame Street," "Roots," "Dance in America." [Last show of the series].
51 Focus
53 Movie BW
"Hell Squad." [1958] In North Africa, during World War II, five GIs escape to the desert following a raid on an oil dump. Wally Campo.
9:30
10 Frank's Place
Anna-May [Francesca P. Roberts] arouses whose leader's passion is so stirred by a Dizzy Gillespie performance that he makes a momentous decision. Adele: Johnny Sekka.
51 New Directions
10PM
10 Barry Manilow
In "Big Fun on Swing Street," Manilow re-creates a 1940s "Swing Street" of his imagination and adds "a little bit of the '80s." Joining him: singers Carmen McRae, Diane Schuur and Phyllis Hyman; saxophonists Gerry Mulligan and Dana Robbins; instrumentalist Tom Scott; and the vocal groups Full Swing, and Kid Creole & The Coconuts.
28 Oliver North: Fight for Freedom
This fundraiser for the America Freedom Coalition examines Lt. Col. Oliver L. North's involvement in the arms sales to Iran.
43 News
51 700 Club
10:30
20 Sleeping Beauty
Olympic medalists Robin Cousins and Rosalynn Sumners star in an ice ballet based on the fairy tale, choreographed by Lar Lubovitch.
11PM
4 6 10 18 News
28 Taxi
Tony's merchant-seaman father [Donnelly Rhodes] gets him a job aboard a ship bound for the Far East.
34 Dark Shadows
43 Sanford & Son
51 Solo Act
53 Mary Tyler Moore
Lou's been promoted, Murray is the new boss and everyone's miserable.
11:30
4 18 Tonight Show
Scheduled: Guest host Jay Leno, actor Jacko, Ben Vereen, Christopher Reeve.
6 Cheers
To celebrate their first week of cohabitation, Frasier and Dr. Lilith Sternin [Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth] invite Sam and Diane over for a dinner-which goes sour.
10 Magnum P.I.
Magnum helps a wrestler [Ernest Borgnine] find his son-who insists his father died in 1955. Tom Selleck.
28 Late Show
Arsenio Hall [host], Redd Foxx, Branford Marsalis, Tracy Nelson, David Rasche.
34 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
43 Benny Hill
51 INN News
53 Hunter
Car thieves steal the getaway vehicle for an armored-car heist, with the loot still inside.
Midnight
6 Nightline
20 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
43 Hit Squad
51 Focus
12:30
4 18 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: Actor Peter Scolari.
6 Love Connection
10 Movie
"Norma Rae." [1979] Sally Field sewed up an Oscar for her portrayal of a Southern textile worker trying to unionize co-workers. Directed by Martin Ritt.
28 Hit Squad
34 Nightly Business Report
43 Magnum P.I.
51 With You in Mind
12:40
53 Movie
"Malice in Wonderland." [1985] Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Alexander dish out the dirt and scrap like cats as gossip columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper.
1AM
6 Newlywed Game
28 Movie
"The Night They Took Miss Beautiful." [1977] TV-movie about terrorists who hijack a flight with five beauty-pageant finalists aboard. Phil Silvers.
53 Breakthrough
1:30
4 George & Mildred
43 Movie
"Doomsday Chronicles." [1979] A feature conjecturing how wars, pollution or natural disasters may spell the end of mankind by the close of the 20th century.
51 Household Salvation
2AM
4 Here's Lucy
51 Could You Not Tarry One Hour
53 America's Value Network
2:30
4 Movie
"Adam." [1983] Fact-based TV-movie about a couple [Daniel J. Travanti, JoBeth Williams] whose only child [John Boston] is abducted.
10 CBS News Nightwatch
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"Point of Terror." [1972] Above-average low-budget tale about an ambitious rock singer [Peter Carpenter] caught up in a web of illicit affairs and murder. Dyanne Thorne.
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