TV Guide, Detroit edition--Reggie Jackson, cover
NOTE: Channels in parentheses were originally designated by black bullets; those in brackets by white bullets.
Detroit, Michigan:
(2) WJBK (CBS)--now FOX affiliate
(4) WDIV (NBC)
(7) WXYZ (ABC)
(20) WXON (Ind.)--now WMYD, a MyNetworkTV affiliate
(50) WKBD (Ind.)--now CW affiliate
(56) WTVS (PBS)
(62) WGPR (Ind.)--now WWJ, a CBS-owned-and-operated station (noteworthy upon its founding in 1975 as the U.S.' first African-American-owned TV station)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada:
(9) CBET (CBC)
Bowling Green, Ohio:
[57] WBGU (PBS)--affiliated with Bowling Green State University; now broadcasts on channel 27
Toledo, Ohio:
[11] WTOL (CBS)
[13] WSPD (NBC)--now WTVG, an ABC affiliate
[24] WDHO (ABC)--now WNWO, an NBC affiliate
[30] WGTE (PBS)
MORNING:
5:30
[24] PTL Club
5:45
(2) Town and Country Almanac--local
5:55
[13] 700 Club
6:00
(2) WSU: College of Lifelong Learning--telecourse produced by Wayne State University in Detroit
(4) Classroom--rival telecourse broadcast
(7) TV College--and still yet another one; apparently, the Detroit stations took the FCC's educational mandate with great seriousness
6:15
[11] Sunrise Semester
6:30
(2) Three Robonic Stooges--cartoon rerun
(4) Bugs Bunny and His Superstar Friends
(7) WXYZ News
(20) WXON News
[24] New Day--probably local morning show
6:45
[11] Town and Country--local morning show
(20) Abbott and Costello--1966 Hanna-Barbera animated adaptation of the legendary comedy team; only Bud Abbott's voice was real, however
(56) A.M. Weather
6:50
(50) WKBD News
6:55
[13] Farm Report
7:00
(2) Good Morning, Detroit--WJBK did not clear CBS' "Morning," preferring instead to stay local
(4) [13] Today Show--Tom Brokaw, Jane Pauley
(7) [24] Good Morning America--David Hartman, Sandy Hill
[11] Wednesday Morning--titled after each day of the week, Bob Schieffer presided over what CBS intended to be a weekday version of Charles Kuralt's "Sunday Morning; this format ran until September 1981
(20) 700 Club
(50) Bugs Bunny
(56) Maggie and the Beautiful Machine--Maggie Lettvin was an early fitness activist who helmed this half-hour workout show produced by Boston's WGBH; it appears that she was a more restrained, stern Richard Simmons
7:15
[57] A.M. Weather
7:30
(50) Casper--cartoons
(56) Dick Cavett--his PBS show ran from 1977 to 1982
[57] Sesame Street
7:45
(9) Today from Ontario--CBC news/morning show that apparently originated from a different region of Canada each day of the week--Atlantic (Maritime provinces), Quebec, West (Manitoba westward), and Pacific (British Columbia) were the others
8:00
(2) [11] Captain Kangaroo
(50) Tom and Jerry
(56) MacNeil/Lehrer Report--rebroadcast from previous evening
8:30
(20) Movie--"The Beast in the Cellar," 1971
(50) Gilligan's Island
(56) Over Easy--Hugh Downs returned to TV on PBS' late 70s/early 80s attempt to reach older audiences
8:45
(9) Friendly Giant--children
[57] Community Datebook--local; 15 minutes between "Sesame Street" and this program was probably in-school programming, which ran intermittently until 3 p.m. on WBGU
9:00
(2) [13] Phil Donahue
(4) Movie--"Brannigan," 1975
(7) Kelly and Company--local morning show
(9) From Now On--discussion
[11] Brady Bunch
[24] Edge of Night--tape-delayed
(50) Please Don't Eat the Daisies
(62) Joseph Campu Church of God in Christ--local church broadcast; the COGIC is a predominantly African-American denomination
9:30
(9) Wicks--interview
[11] Love of Life--tape-delayed
[24] Bob Newhart--rerun
(50) Family Affair--rerun
(62) Jubilee Time--religion; probably local
9:55
(20) WXON News
10:00
(2) Tic Tac Dough--hot syndicated game with Wink Martindale hosting; ironically, enough, the show failed on CBS in this timeslot over a year earlier
(9) Ontario Schools
[11] Beat the Clock--Monty Hall, taking a break from his own production company, hosted a short-lived CBS revival of the popular stunt game
[13] Card Sharks
(20) 700 Club
[24] Emergency One!--rerun of mid-1970s adventure series (simply titled "Emergency!" on NBC)
(50) Detroit Today--local women's show
(56) Sesame Street
10:30
(2) Whew!--game show hosted by Tom Kennedy
(4) [13] Hollywood Squares
(7) Edge of Night--tape-delayed
(9) Mr. Dressup--Canada's answer to "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood;" Ernie Coombs played the title character; puppets were the main draw to the children viewers; show ran 29 years on CBC
[11] Dating Game
(50) Health Field--probably syndicated
(62) Brother Dave--religion; probably local
10:55
(2) WJBK News
[11] CBS News--Douglas Edwards
11:00
(2) [11] Price is Right
(4) [13] High Rollers--revamped version of game that ran about five years earlier on NBC daytime
(7) [24] Laverne and Shirley--sitcom rerun
(9) Sesame Street
(50) Romper Room--whoever the "Miss So-and-so" was in Detroit, she must have had staying power, as this franchised show was disappearing elsewhere in the U.S. about this time
(56) [57] Electric Company
(62) PTL Club
11:30
(4) [13] Wheel of Fortune--Pat and Vanna were a few years off; Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford handled the consonants, vowels, and prizes
(7) [24] Family Feud
(20) Green Acres
(50) Huck and Yogi
(56) Mister Rogers (Neighborhood)
AFTERNOON
12:00
(2) WJBK News
(4) WDIV News
(7) [24] $20,000 Pyramid
(9) Movie--"The Deadly Tower," 1975
[11] WTOL News
[13] WSPD News
(20) Petticoat Junction--rerun
(50) Popeye
[57] Bonaventure Travel Series--origin of program unknown
12:30
(2) [11] Search for Tomorrow
(4) Midday--local discussion, hosted by Cathie Mann
(7) [24] Ryan's Hope
[13] Password Plus
(20) Big Valley--rerun
(50) Beverly Hillbillies
1:00
(2) [11] Young and the Restless--tape-delayed from CBS earlier in the day
(4) [13] Days of Our Lives
(7) [24] All My Children
(50) Movie--"The Wagons Roll at Night," 1941
(62) Spirit of Detroit--religion
1:30
(2) [11] As the World Turns
(20) Twilight Zone--rerun
(62) Faith for Miracles--religion
2:00
(4) [13] Doctors
(7) [24] One Life to Live
(9) Insight--discussion focused on showbiz personalities
(20) McHale's Navy--rerun
(56) Dick Cavett--rebroadcast of 7:30 a.m.
2:30
(2) [11] Guiding Light
(4) [13] Another World--earlier in the year, NBC expanded this soap to a whopping 90 minutes per day
(9) Take 30--CBC interview program
(20) Leave it to Beaver
(56) Consumer Survival Kit--educational
(62) Movie--"Identity Unknown," 1945
2:55
(50) WKBD News
3:00
(7) [24] General Hospital
(9) CBC News Special--coverage of Canadian Prime Minister Joseph Clark's address to the 31st Canadian Parliament; roughly equivalent to the U.S. President's State of the Union address; the Parliament opened the previous day (NOTE: Clark's Conservative government lasted only nine months before Pierre Trudeau's Liberals returned to power in March 1980)
(20) Mighty Mouse/Deputy Dawg--cartoon creations of Paul Terry, who also did "Heckle and Jeckle"
[30] Sneak Previews--the late Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert began their TV careers on this PBS program reviewing, of course, current movies
(50) Bugs Bunny
(56) Mister Rogers (Neighborhood)
[57] Over Easy
3:30
(2) [11] One Day at a Time--rerun
(20) Jetsons
[30] Once Upon a Classic--PBS children's stories series
(50) Woody Woodpecker
(56) Villa Alegre--early example of a multi-cultural children's show
[57] Prime Time--probably local discussion
4:00
(2) Mike Douglas--90-minute version
(4) Good Times--rerun
(7) Body Works--syndicated health show hosted by longtime ABC News correspondent Dr. Timothy Johnson; filler program to accommodate "ABC Afterschool Special" at 4:30 p.m.; WXYZ normally aired a movie in this slot
[11] Movie--"Barefoot in the Park," 1967 (the Neil Simon classic)
[13] Jim Rockford Private Investigator--syndicated title of "Rockford Files," still running on NBC in prime-time
(20) Spiderman--rerun of 1967-70 ABC cartoon
[24] (50) Tom and Jerry
[30] (56) [57] Sesame Street
(62) New Zoo Revue--rerun of mid-1970s children's show
4:30
(4) Gong Show--"Chuckie Baby" Barris kept his mock talent show going in syndication until 1980, surviving two years after NBC axed it in the daytime due to risque content
(7) [24] ABC Afterschool Special--"A Movie Star's Daughter" (periodic installment of long-running series aimed at teenagers)
(20) Superman--the original, B&W, live-action version with George Reeves in the title role
(50) Flintstones
(62) Rocky and His Friends
5:00
(4) Bewitched--Dick York as Darrin in this episode
[13] Odd Couple--rerun
(20) Addams Family--rerun
[30] [57] Mister Rogers
(50) Brady Bunch--rerun
(56) Over Easy
(62) The Scene--local imitation of "Soul Train;" teenage-dance show
5:30
(2) WJBK News
(4) All in the Family--rerun
(7) WXYZ News
[13] M*A*S*H--rerun
(20) New Soupy Sales--veteran kiddie comedian (and game-show panelist) attempted a comeback with a new generation, but to no avail; in fact, Sales spent the 1950s in Detroit, on WXYZ
[30] [57] Electric Company
(50) I Love Lucy--rerun
EVENING
6:00
(2) WJBK News
(4) WDIV News
(7) WXYZ News
(9) Newsday--probably local newscast (southwestern Ontario)
[11] WTOL News
[13] WSPD News
(20) Get Smart--rerun
[24] ABC World News Tonight--Frank Reynolds, Peter Jennings, Max Robinson
[30] Zoom--another fondly-remembered PBS children's show of the 1970s
(50) Happy Days Again--rerun
[57] WBGU News--one of the very few public TV stations in the country to produce a local nightly newscast; the best-known example was WGBH in Boston
(62) WGPR News (given the station's background, one expects that this newscast covered mainly items and issues of importance to Detroit's African-American population, in the same manner as the black press)
6:30
(2) [11] CBS Evening News--Walter Cronkite
[13] NBC Nightly News--John Chancellor, David Brinkley
(20) Gomer Pyle, USMC--rerun
[24] Newlywed Game
[30] [57] Over Easy
(50) Sanford and Son--rerun
(62) Rifleman--one of TV's staple Westerns
7:00
(2) PM Magazine--WJBK franchised this human-interest feature half-hour from Westinghouse/Group W, as did numerous other stations in the U.S.
(4) NBC Nightly News
(7) ABC World News Tonight
(9) Odd Couple
[11] Match Game--weekday syndie version
[13] Happy Days Again
(20) Dating Game
[24] Three's a Crowd--if Chuck Barris caught flak for "Newlywed Game" and "Gong Show," he caught flat-out hell for this "Newlywed" permutation involving businessmen, wives--and secretaries; an unusual coalition of feminists and religious conservatives protested the seeming sanction of real-life adultery and influenced stations to eventually drop the show, something that brought down the whole Barris empire within the next two years
[30] [57] MacNeil/Lehrer Report--still one-half hour; would expand in 1983 to one hour
(50) M*A*S*H
(56) Sports Unlimited--magazine show; probably PBS origination
(62) This is the Day--religion
7:30
(2) Newlywed Game
(4) Three's a Crowd
(7) MVP ... World Series Edition--special documentary about former World Series Most Valuable Players, hosted by Charlie Jones and retired Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson
(9) Carol Burnett and Friends--half-hour edited rerun
[11] Joker's Wild
[13] Tic Tac Dough
(20) Rhoda--rerun of "Mary Tyler Moore" spinoff
[24] All in the Family--rerun
[30] Dick Cavett
(50) Andy Griffith--rerun
(56) MacNeil/Lehrer Report
[57] Dancing Disco--instruction (yes, it's 1979, all right)
(62) Lions' Preview and Football Forecast--the Motor City's NFL team's coach's show, hosted by Joe Pellegrino
8:00
(2) [11] Last Resort--flash-in-the-pan sitcom set in a hotel kitchen and restaurant, of all places
(4) [13] Real People--one stage in the development of the "reality" genre, this hourlong entry focused on the unusual and offbeat; one of NBC's few primetime successes during this era
(7) [24] Major League Baseball World Series--game 1, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore; Baltimore won 5-4 (was listed in TV Guide as game 2, but apparently there was a rainout the previous night)
(9) NHL Hockey--New York Rangers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
[30] (56) [57] Great Performances--Royal Ballet performs Sir Frederick Ashton's "The Dream"
(50) Movie--"Rampage," 1963
(62) Youth for Truth--religion
8:30
(2) [11] Movie--"Greek Tycoon," 1978
9:00
(4) [13] Movie--"Mirror, Mirror," 1979 (made-for-TV)
[30] (56) [57] Baryshnikov at the White House--famed ballet dancer performs with New York City Ballet's Patricia McBride and Heather Watts
(62) PTL Club
9:55
(50) WKBD News
10:00
[30] To be announced
(50) Dinah! and Friends--entertainer Dinah Shore's 60-minute daily syndie talkfest
(56) Camera Three--the long-running CBS Sunday-morning arts show moved to PBS for a short time
[57] Many Faces of Love--dramatic presentation featuring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy (husband and wife)
10:30
[30] Camera Three
(56) Wodehouse Playhouse--anthology featuring works of English humorist and writer P. G. Wodehouse
11:00
(2) WJBK News
(4) WDIV News
(9) CBC News--Knowlton Nash, anchor (25 minutes)
[30] (56) [57] Dick Cavett
(50) NHL Hockey--Detroit Red Wings vs. Los Angeles Kings
(62) Spirit of Detroit
11:15
(7) WXYZ News (time approximate after baseball game)
[24] WDHO News (likewise)
11:25
(9) CBET News (20 minutes)
11:30
(2) Carol Burnett and Friends
(4) [13] Tonight Show--David Letterman substituting for Johnny Carson
[11] Your Turn: Letters to CBS News--special featuring rebuttals to an interview Jesse Jackson gave to "60 Minutes"
(56) [57] ABC World News Tonight--captioned for the deaf
(62) Faith for Miracles--live, local religious and Gospel music show
11:45
(7) [24] Love Boat--late-night ABC rerun
(9) Movie--"Fanny," 1961
12:00 a.m.
(2) [11] Switch--rerun of 1975-78 CBS crime drama
[57] Community Datebook
12:55
(7) [24] Baretta--rerun
1:00
(4) [13] Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
(62) Spirit of Detroit
1:10
(2) [11] Hawaii Five-O--rerun
2:00
(4) Classroom--a good alternative to hot milk or counting sheep (!)
[13] WSPD News
(62) Movie--"Armored Attack," 1943
2:05
(7) WXYZ News
2:20
(2) Marcus Welby, M.D.--rerun
[11] WTOL News
3:20
(2) WJBK News
3:30
(62) Movie--"Eternally Yours," 1939
NOTE: Channels in parentheses were originally designated by black bullets; those in brackets by white bullets.
Detroit, Michigan:
(2) WJBK (CBS)--now FOX affiliate
(4) WDIV (NBC)
(7) WXYZ (ABC)
(20) WXON (Ind.)--now WMYD, a MyNetworkTV affiliate
(50) WKBD (Ind.)--now CW affiliate
(56) WTVS (PBS)
(62) WGPR (Ind.)--now WWJ, a CBS-owned-and-operated station (noteworthy upon its founding in 1975 as the U.S.' first African-American-owned TV station)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada:
(9) CBET (CBC)
Bowling Green, Ohio:
[57] WBGU (PBS)--affiliated with Bowling Green State University; now broadcasts on channel 27
Toledo, Ohio:
[11] WTOL (CBS)
[13] WSPD (NBC)--now WTVG, an ABC affiliate
[24] WDHO (ABC)--now WNWO, an NBC affiliate
[30] WGTE (PBS)
MORNING:
5:30
[24] PTL Club
5:45
(2) Town and Country Almanac--local
5:55
[13] 700 Club
6:00
(2) WSU: College of Lifelong Learning--telecourse produced by Wayne State University in Detroit
(4) Classroom--rival telecourse broadcast
(7) TV College--and still yet another one; apparently, the Detroit stations took the FCC's educational mandate with great seriousness
6:15
[11] Sunrise Semester
6:30
(2) Three Robonic Stooges--cartoon rerun
(4) Bugs Bunny and His Superstar Friends
(7) WXYZ News
(20) WXON News
[24] New Day--probably local morning show
6:45
[11] Town and Country--local morning show
(20) Abbott and Costello--1966 Hanna-Barbera animated adaptation of the legendary comedy team; only Bud Abbott's voice was real, however
(56) A.M. Weather
6:50
(50) WKBD News
6:55
[13] Farm Report
7:00
(2) Good Morning, Detroit--WJBK did not clear CBS' "Morning," preferring instead to stay local
(4) [13] Today Show--Tom Brokaw, Jane Pauley
(7) [24] Good Morning America--David Hartman, Sandy Hill
[11] Wednesday Morning--titled after each day of the week, Bob Schieffer presided over what CBS intended to be a weekday version of Charles Kuralt's "Sunday Morning; this format ran until September 1981
(20) 700 Club
(50) Bugs Bunny
(56) Maggie and the Beautiful Machine--Maggie Lettvin was an early fitness activist who helmed this half-hour workout show produced by Boston's WGBH; it appears that she was a more restrained, stern Richard Simmons
7:15
[57] A.M. Weather
7:30
(50) Casper--cartoons
(56) Dick Cavett--his PBS show ran from 1977 to 1982
[57] Sesame Street
7:45
(9) Today from Ontario--CBC news/morning show that apparently originated from a different region of Canada each day of the week--Atlantic (Maritime provinces), Quebec, West (Manitoba westward), and Pacific (British Columbia) were the others
8:00
(2) [11] Captain Kangaroo
(50) Tom and Jerry
(56) MacNeil/Lehrer Report--rebroadcast from previous evening
8:30
(20) Movie--"The Beast in the Cellar," 1971
(50) Gilligan's Island
(56) Over Easy--Hugh Downs returned to TV on PBS' late 70s/early 80s attempt to reach older audiences
8:45
(9) Friendly Giant--children
[57] Community Datebook--local; 15 minutes between "Sesame Street" and this program was probably in-school programming, which ran intermittently until 3 p.m. on WBGU
9:00
(2) [13] Phil Donahue
(4) Movie--"Brannigan," 1975
(7) Kelly and Company--local morning show
(9) From Now On--discussion
[11] Brady Bunch
[24] Edge of Night--tape-delayed
(50) Please Don't Eat the Daisies
(62) Joseph Campu Church of God in Christ--local church broadcast; the COGIC is a predominantly African-American denomination
9:30
(9) Wicks--interview
[11] Love of Life--tape-delayed
[24] Bob Newhart--rerun
(50) Family Affair--rerun
(62) Jubilee Time--religion; probably local
9:55
(20) WXON News
10:00
(2) Tic Tac Dough--hot syndicated game with Wink Martindale hosting; ironically, enough, the show failed on CBS in this timeslot over a year earlier
(9) Ontario Schools
[11] Beat the Clock--Monty Hall, taking a break from his own production company, hosted a short-lived CBS revival of the popular stunt game
[13] Card Sharks
(20) 700 Club
[24] Emergency One!--rerun of mid-1970s adventure series (simply titled "Emergency!" on NBC)
(50) Detroit Today--local women's show
(56) Sesame Street
10:30
(2) Whew!--game show hosted by Tom Kennedy
(4) [13] Hollywood Squares
(7) Edge of Night--tape-delayed
(9) Mr. Dressup--Canada's answer to "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood;" Ernie Coombs played the title character; puppets were the main draw to the children viewers; show ran 29 years on CBC
[11] Dating Game
(50) Health Field--probably syndicated
(62) Brother Dave--religion; probably local
10:55
(2) WJBK News
[11] CBS News--Douglas Edwards
11:00
(2) [11] Price is Right
(4) [13] High Rollers--revamped version of game that ran about five years earlier on NBC daytime
(7) [24] Laverne and Shirley--sitcom rerun
(9) Sesame Street
(50) Romper Room--whoever the "Miss So-and-so" was in Detroit, she must have had staying power, as this franchised show was disappearing elsewhere in the U.S. about this time
(56) [57] Electric Company
(62) PTL Club
11:30
(4) [13] Wheel of Fortune--Pat and Vanna were a few years off; Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford handled the consonants, vowels, and prizes
(7) [24] Family Feud
(20) Green Acres
(50) Huck and Yogi
(56) Mister Rogers (Neighborhood)
AFTERNOON
12:00
(2) WJBK News
(4) WDIV News
(7) [24] $20,000 Pyramid
(9) Movie--"The Deadly Tower," 1975
[11] WTOL News
[13] WSPD News
(20) Petticoat Junction--rerun
(50) Popeye
[57] Bonaventure Travel Series--origin of program unknown
12:30
(2) [11] Search for Tomorrow
(4) Midday--local discussion, hosted by Cathie Mann
(7) [24] Ryan's Hope
[13] Password Plus
(20) Big Valley--rerun
(50) Beverly Hillbillies
1:00
(2) [11] Young and the Restless--tape-delayed from CBS earlier in the day
(4) [13] Days of Our Lives
(7) [24] All My Children
(50) Movie--"The Wagons Roll at Night," 1941
(62) Spirit of Detroit--religion
1:30
(2) [11] As the World Turns
(20) Twilight Zone--rerun
(62) Faith for Miracles--religion
2:00
(4) [13] Doctors
(7) [24] One Life to Live
(9) Insight--discussion focused on showbiz personalities
(20) McHale's Navy--rerun
(56) Dick Cavett--rebroadcast of 7:30 a.m.
2:30
(2) [11] Guiding Light
(4) [13] Another World--earlier in the year, NBC expanded this soap to a whopping 90 minutes per day
(9) Take 30--CBC interview program
(20) Leave it to Beaver
(56) Consumer Survival Kit--educational
(62) Movie--"Identity Unknown," 1945
2:55
(50) WKBD News
3:00
(7) [24] General Hospital
(9) CBC News Special--coverage of Canadian Prime Minister Joseph Clark's address to the 31st Canadian Parliament; roughly equivalent to the U.S. President's State of the Union address; the Parliament opened the previous day (NOTE: Clark's Conservative government lasted only nine months before Pierre Trudeau's Liberals returned to power in March 1980)
(20) Mighty Mouse/Deputy Dawg--cartoon creations of Paul Terry, who also did "Heckle and Jeckle"
[30] Sneak Previews--the late Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert began their TV careers on this PBS program reviewing, of course, current movies
(50) Bugs Bunny
(56) Mister Rogers (Neighborhood)
[57] Over Easy
3:30
(2) [11] One Day at a Time--rerun
(20) Jetsons
[30] Once Upon a Classic--PBS children's stories series
(50) Woody Woodpecker
(56) Villa Alegre--early example of a multi-cultural children's show
[57] Prime Time--probably local discussion
4:00
(2) Mike Douglas--90-minute version
(4) Good Times--rerun
(7) Body Works--syndicated health show hosted by longtime ABC News correspondent Dr. Timothy Johnson; filler program to accommodate "ABC Afterschool Special" at 4:30 p.m.; WXYZ normally aired a movie in this slot
[11] Movie--"Barefoot in the Park," 1967 (the Neil Simon classic)
[13] Jim Rockford Private Investigator--syndicated title of "Rockford Files," still running on NBC in prime-time
(20) Spiderman--rerun of 1967-70 ABC cartoon
[24] (50) Tom and Jerry
[30] (56) [57] Sesame Street
(62) New Zoo Revue--rerun of mid-1970s children's show
4:30
(4) Gong Show--"Chuckie Baby" Barris kept his mock talent show going in syndication until 1980, surviving two years after NBC axed it in the daytime due to risque content
(7) [24] ABC Afterschool Special--"A Movie Star's Daughter" (periodic installment of long-running series aimed at teenagers)
(20) Superman--the original, B&W, live-action version with George Reeves in the title role
(50) Flintstones
(62) Rocky and His Friends
5:00
(4) Bewitched--Dick York as Darrin in this episode
[13] Odd Couple--rerun
(20) Addams Family--rerun
[30] [57] Mister Rogers
(50) Brady Bunch--rerun
(56) Over Easy
(62) The Scene--local imitation of "Soul Train;" teenage-dance show
5:30
(2) WJBK News
(4) All in the Family--rerun
(7) WXYZ News
[13] M*A*S*H--rerun
(20) New Soupy Sales--veteran kiddie comedian (and game-show panelist) attempted a comeback with a new generation, but to no avail; in fact, Sales spent the 1950s in Detroit, on WXYZ
[30] [57] Electric Company
(50) I Love Lucy--rerun
EVENING
6:00
(2) WJBK News
(4) WDIV News
(7) WXYZ News
(9) Newsday--probably local newscast (southwestern Ontario)
[11] WTOL News
[13] WSPD News
(20) Get Smart--rerun
[24] ABC World News Tonight--Frank Reynolds, Peter Jennings, Max Robinson
[30] Zoom--another fondly-remembered PBS children's show of the 1970s
(50) Happy Days Again--rerun
[57] WBGU News--one of the very few public TV stations in the country to produce a local nightly newscast; the best-known example was WGBH in Boston
(62) WGPR News (given the station's background, one expects that this newscast covered mainly items and issues of importance to Detroit's African-American population, in the same manner as the black press)
6:30
(2) [11] CBS Evening News--Walter Cronkite
[13] NBC Nightly News--John Chancellor, David Brinkley
(20) Gomer Pyle, USMC--rerun
[24] Newlywed Game
[30] [57] Over Easy
(50) Sanford and Son--rerun
(62) Rifleman--one of TV's staple Westerns
7:00
(2) PM Magazine--WJBK franchised this human-interest feature half-hour from Westinghouse/Group W, as did numerous other stations in the U.S.
(4) NBC Nightly News
(7) ABC World News Tonight
(9) Odd Couple
[11] Match Game--weekday syndie version
[13] Happy Days Again
(20) Dating Game
[24] Three's a Crowd--if Chuck Barris caught flak for "Newlywed Game" and "Gong Show," he caught flat-out hell for this "Newlywed" permutation involving businessmen, wives--and secretaries; an unusual coalition of feminists and religious conservatives protested the seeming sanction of real-life adultery and influenced stations to eventually drop the show, something that brought down the whole Barris empire within the next two years
[30] [57] MacNeil/Lehrer Report--still one-half hour; would expand in 1983 to one hour
(50) M*A*S*H
(56) Sports Unlimited--magazine show; probably PBS origination
(62) This is the Day--religion
7:30
(2) Newlywed Game
(4) Three's a Crowd
(7) MVP ... World Series Edition--special documentary about former World Series Most Valuable Players, hosted by Charlie Jones and retired Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson
(9) Carol Burnett and Friends--half-hour edited rerun
[11] Joker's Wild
[13] Tic Tac Dough
(20) Rhoda--rerun of "Mary Tyler Moore" spinoff
[24] All in the Family--rerun
[30] Dick Cavett
(50) Andy Griffith--rerun
(56) MacNeil/Lehrer Report
[57] Dancing Disco--instruction (yes, it's 1979, all right)
(62) Lions' Preview and Football Forecast--the Motor City's NFL team's coach's show, hosted by Joe Pellegrino
8:00
(2) [11] Last Resort--flash-in-the-pan sitcom set in a hotel kitchen and restaurant, of all places
(4) [13] Real People--one stage in the development of the "reality" genre, this hourlong entry focused on the unusual and offbeat; one of NBC's few primetime successes during this era
(7) [24] Major League Baseball World Series--game 1, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore; Baltimore won 5-4 (was listed in TV Guide as game 2, but apparently there was a rainout the previous night)
(9) NHL Hockey--New York Rangers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
[30] (56) [57] Great Performances--Royal Ballet performs Sir Frederick Ashton's "The Dream"
(50) Movie--"Rampage," 1963
(62) Youth for Truth--religion
8:30
(2) [11] Movie--"Greek Tycoon," 1978
9:00
(4) [13] Movie--"Mirror, Mirror," 1979 (made-for-TV)
[30] (56) [57] Baryshnikov at the White House--famed ballet dancer performs with New York City Ballet's Patricia McBride and Heather Watts
(62) PTL Club
9:55
(50) WKBD News
10:00
[30] To be announced
(50) Dinah! and Friends--entertainer Dinah Shore's 60-minute daily syndie talkfest
(56) Camera Three--the long-running CBS Sunday-morning arts show moved to PBS for a short time
[57] Many Faces of Love--dramatic presentation featuring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy (husband and wife)
10:30
[30] Camera Three
(56) Wodehouse Playhouse--anthology featuring works of English humorist and writer P. G. Wodehouse
11:00
(2) WJBK News
(4) WDIV News
(9) CBC News--Knowlton Nash, anchor (25 minutes)
[30] (56) [57] Dick Cavett
(50) NHL Hockey--Detroit Red Wings vs. Los Angeles Kings
(62) Spirit of Detroit
11:15
(7) WXYZ News (time approximate after baseball game)
[24] WDHO News (likewise)
11:25
(9) CBET News (20 minutes)
11:30
(2) Carol Burnett and Friends
(4) [13] Tonight Show--David Letterman substituting for Johnny Carson
[11] Your Turn: Letters to CBS News--special featuring rebuttals to an interview Jesse Jackson gave to "60 Minutes"
(56) [57] ABC World News Tonight--captioned for the deaf
(62) Faith for Miracles--live, local religious and Gospel music show
11:45
(7) [24] Love Boat--late-night ABC rerun
(9) Movie--"Fanny," 1961
12:00 a.m.
(2) [11] Switch--rerun of 1975-78 CBS crime drama
[57] Community Datebook
12:55
(7) [24] Baretta--rerun
1:00
(4) [13] Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
(62) Spirit of Detroit
1:10
(2) [11] Hawaii Five-O--rerun
2:00
(4) Classroom--a good alternative to hot milk or counting sheep (!)
[13] WSPD News
(62) Movie--"Armored Attack," 1943
2:05
(7) WXYZ News
2:20
(2) Marcus Welby, M.D.--rerun
[11] WTOL News
3:20
(2) WJBK News
3:30
(62) Movie--"Eternally Yours," 1939
