Source – TV Guide Eastern New England edition
2 - WGBH Boston (PBS)
08:45a AM Weather
09:00a Writing For a Reason
09:30a Movie “Two-Way Stretch” 1960
11:00a The Electric Company
11:30a Sesame Street
12:30p Musical Comedy Tonight – special; Ethel Merman, Carol Burnett, Richard Chamberlin and John Davidson perform songs and dances from Broadway
02:00p Camera Three
02:30p Sesame Street
03:30p Villa Allegre
04:00p Sesame Street
05:00p Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
05:30p The Electric Company
06:00p Zoom
06:30p Mister Rogers
07:00p Doctor Who “Pyramids of Mars” conclusion
07:30p Wild World of Animals – the wolf
08:00p Paul Robeson (special) – James Earl Jones reprises his Broadway role
10:00p News
10:30p MacNeil/Lehrer Report
11:00p Movie “The Green Man” 1956
3 – WFSB Hartford (CBS)
06:00a Agronsky and Company
06:30a Comment – discussion
07:00a Monday Morning
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Tom and Jerry
09:30a Woody Woodpecker & Friends
10:00a Dinah! & Friends – co-host Charles Nelson Reilly; guests Patty Duke Astin, Melissa Gilbert, , Henny Youngman, singers Mary Welch and Michael Johnson, English professor Leonard Wolf and humorist Ken Minyard
11:30a Beat the Clock
12:00p News Day – Ch. 3 program manager Dave Urich discusses ratings and explains how programming decisions are made
01:00p Search for Tomorrow
01:30p As The World Turns
02:30p Guiding Light
03:30p One Day at a Time
04:00p Tom and Jerry
04:30p The Brady Bunch
05:00p Sanford and Son
05:30p All in the Family
06:00p News
07:00p CBS News – Walter Cronkite
07:30p PM Magazine – Barbara Mandrell, highlights of the Annual Governor’s Regatta, Chef Tell prepares a stuffed pork roast
08:00p The White Shadow
09:00p MASH (Radar gets sent home)
09:30p The Country Music Association Awards (special) – Kenny Rogers, host
11:00p News
11:30p Mary Tyler Moore
12:00a Harry O
01:10a McMillan & Wife
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:00a Sign On Seminar: Creative Divorce “Reaching Out for New Relationships”
06:30a News
07:00a Today – Tom Brokaw; Novelist James Welch (“The Death of Jim Loney”)
09:00a The Doctors
09:30a Mindreaders – game; Jack Carter, Elaine Joyce
10:00a Card Sharks
10:30a Hollywood Squares – Jimmy Brogan, Billy Crystal, Melissa Gilbert, George Gobel, Shirley Jones, Steve Landesberg, Rose Marie, Bernadette Peters, Patrick Wayne
11:00a High Rollers – game
11:30a Wheel of Fortune
12:00p News
12:30p Woman ’79 – Sharon King; look at what home furnishings say about the occupants; how to prepare a children’s birthday party; use of tranquilizers
01:30p Days of Our Lives
02:30p Another World (90 minutes)
04:00p Mike Douglas (same as Ch. 12 @ 9a)
05:30p News
06:00p News
07:00p NBC News – John Chancellor and David Brinkley
07:30p Evening Magazine – Plus sized models, Barbara Mandrell, smoking, Chef Tell prepares stuffed pork loin
08:00p Little House on the Prairie
09:00p NBC Theater (special) “When Hell Was In Session”
11:00p News
11:30p Johnny Carson – David Letterman, guest host; Elke Sommer , guest
01:00a Tomorrow
5 – WCVB Boston (ABC)
06:00a News
06:25a News for the Deaf
06:30a News
06:50a News for the Deaf
07:00a Good Morning America – David Hartman; a five-part series on hazardous occupations begins
09:00a Good Day! – discussion of the sexual revolution
10:30a Phil Donahue (same as channels 8 &10 @ 9a)
11:30a Laverne & Shirley
12:00p News
12:30p Ryan’s Hope
01:00p All My Children
02:00p One Life to Live
03:00p General Hospital
04:00p Rhoda
04:30p Family Feud
05:00p Carol Burnett and Friends
05:30p All in the Family
06:00p News
07:00p ABC News – Frank Reynolds (listing is inaccurate – World News Tonight started in July 1978 with Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Max Robinson)
07:30p Papal Visit (Pope John Paul II was making his first visit to the U.S.)
08:00p Family Feud (special) – casts of “Benson” and “Eight is Enough” square off against “Dallas” and “One Day at a Time”
09:00p Monday Night Football – Miami Dolphins at Oakland Raiders
12:00a News
12:30a Screening Room
02:00a Nightshift
02:30a News
02:40a Papal Visit
6 – WTEV New Bedford (CBS)
06:15a Community Calendar
06:30a Another Voice – religious
07:00a Bullwinkle
07:30a Dudley Do Right
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
09:30a Love of Life
10:00a Beat the Clock
10:30a Whew! – game
10:55a News – Douglas Edwards
11:00a The Price is Right
12:00p News
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
01:00p The Young and the Restless
01:30p As The World Turns
02:30p Guiding Light
03:30p One Day at a Time
04:00p Movie “Picnic” 1955
06:00p Match Game
06:30p News
07:00p CBS News – Walter Cronkite
07:30p The Joker’s Wild
08:00p The White Shadow
09:00p MASH
09:30p Country Music Association Awards
11:00p News
11:30p Harry O
12:40a McMillan & Wife
02:40a News
03:10a Community Calendar
7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
05:40a Greater Bostonians – music
05:45a Farm and Market Report
06:20a Peoplescope – Bill Turpie
06:50a Las Noticias de Hoy
07:00a Monday Morning
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Dinah! & Friends – co-host Paul Williams; guests Ray Bolger, actors Cathryn Damon and Jay Thomas, dancer Stan Soburn, newsman Ken Minyard
10:00a Beat the Clock
10:30a Whew! – game
10:55a News – Douglas Edwards
11:00a The Price is Right
12:00p At Noon – Ted O’Brien; the third annual Bonnie Bell Road Race is covered
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
01:00p The Young and the Restless
01:30p As The World Turns
02:30p Guiding Light
03:30p One Day at a Time
04:00p Streets of San Francisco
05:00p The Joker’s Wild – game
05:30p Candlepins for Cash – bowling game
06:00p News
07:00p CBS News – Walter Cronkite
07:30p Newlywed Game
08:00p The White Shadow
09:00p MASH
09:30p Country Music Association Awards
11:00p News
11:30p Harry O
12:40a McMillan & Wife
02:40a News
03:10a Asian Focus
03:25a Greater Bostonians
8 – WTNH New Haven (ABC)
06:00a Fight for City Hall
06:30a Battle of the Planets
07:00a Good Morning America
09:00a Phil Donahue – topic is sex therapy
10:00a Mike Douglas (same as channel 12 @ 9a)
11:00a Laverne & Shirley
11:30a Family Feud
12:00p 12 O’Clock Live!
12:30p Ryan’s Hope
01:00p All My Children
02:00p One Life to Live
03:00p General Hospital
04:00p Merv Griffin – guests are mime Robert Shields, Earl Holliman, Betty White, singer Nana Mouskouri and Joan Collins
05:30p MASH
06:00p News
07:00p ABC News – Frank Reynolds (listing is inaccurate – World News Tonight started in July 1978 with Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Max Robinson)
07:30p The Muppet Show – Crystal Gale
08:00p Family Feud (special)
09:00p Monday Night Football
12:00a News
12:30a College Football ‘79
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
06:00a PTL Club – religion
07:55a American Trail
08:00a Good Morning America
09:00a PTL Club
10:00a Phil Donahue – guest is Helen Reddy
11:00a Laverne & Shirley
11:30a Family Feud
12:00p $20,000 Pyramid
12:30p Ryan’s Hope
01:00p All My Children
02:00p One Life to Live
03:00p General Hospital
04:00p The Edge of Night
04:30p Gilligan’s Island
05:00p Bonanza
06:00p News
06:30p ABC News – Frank Reynolds (listing is inaccurate – World News Tonight started in July 1978 with Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Max Robinson)
07:00p Let’s Go To The Races – game
07:30p Wild Kingdom
08:00p Family Feud (special)
09:00p Monday Night Football
12:00a News
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
06:30a News Conference – interview
06:55a AmericanTrail
07:00a Today
09:00a Phil Donahue (same as channel 8 )
10:00a Card Sharks
10:30a Hollywood Squares
11:00a High Rollers – game
11:30a Wheel of Fortune
12:00p News
12:30p Carol Burnett and Friends
01:00p Days of Our Lives
02:00p The Doctors
02:30p Another World
04:00p The Brady Bunch
04:30p Mary Tyler Moore
05:00p The Odd Couple
05:30p Happy Days Again
06:00p News
06:30p NBC News – John Chancellor and David Brinkley
07:00p PM Magazine – profile of Barbara Mandrell, a look at a mobile medical team designed to help premature babies, a visit to a nut roasting shop, tips on choosing a pork-loin roast, thigh exercises
07:30p Tic Tac Dough – game
08:00p Little House on the Prairie
09:00p NBC Theater
11:00p News
11:30p Johnny Carson
01:00a Tomorrow
12 – WPRI Providence (ABC)
06:00a Dinah! & Friends – co-host Paul Williams; program about Playboy magazine with Hugh Heffner, photographer Bruno Bernard, author Lendon Smith (“Feed Your Kids Right”) , and former Playboy models
07:00a Good Morning America
09:00a Mike Douglas – from Las Vegas; co-host Lola Falana; guests James Darren, golfer Nancy Lopez, impressionists Roger and Roger, singer Michael Johnson, beauty expert Adrien Arpel and acrobatic cyclist Charlie Charles
10:30a $20,000 Pyramid
11:00a Laverne & Shirley
11:30a Family Feud
12:00p News
12:30p Ryan’s Hope
01:00p All My Children
02:00p One Life to Live
03:00p General Hospital
04:00p Merv Griffin (same as Ch. 8 )
05:30p MASH
06:00p News
06:30p ABC News – Frank Reynolds (listing is inaccurate – World News Tonight started in July 1978 with Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Max Robinson)
07:00p Newlywed Game
07:30p Cross-Wits – game; guests Robert Reed, Mabel King, Vicki Lawrence and John Schuck
08:00p Family Feud (special)
09:00p Monday Night Football
12:00a News
12:30a Emergency One!
25 – WXNE Boston (Ind)
06:00a Ross Bagley - religion
07:00a 700 Club – guests: Efem Zimbalist Jr., Andrae Crouch, Doug Oldham
08:30a Cartoons
09:00a Lassie
09:30a Leave It to Beaver
10:00a Movie “Dear Brigitte” 1965
11:55a News
12:00p Gomer Pyle, USMC
12:30p McHale’s Navy
01:00p Pete and Gladys
01:30p Room 222
02:00p Bullwinkle
02:30p Rocket Robin Hood
03:00p Thunderbirds – cartoon
03:30p Spiderman – cartoon
04:00p Krofft Superstars
04:30p Superman
05:00p The Bionic Woman
06:00p Get Smart
06:30p Jackie Gleason
07:00p Jim Rockford, Private Investigator
08:00p Bonanza
09:00p 700 Club
11:00p The Big Valley
27 – WSMW Worcester (Ind)
08:30a Abbot and Costello
09:00a Medic
09:30a Cooking With Bernard (recipe: chicken papaya)
10:00a PTL Club
12:00p Columbus Day Special
12:30p Movie “The Wrong Arm of the Law” 1963
02:30p The FBI
03:30p Porky Pig and Friends
04:30p Bugs Bunny
05:00p Chico and the Man
05:30p Abbott and Costello
06:00p Gong Show
06:30p Candid Camera
07:00p Kojak
08:00p Movie “A Novel Affair” 1956
09:55p Stock Report
10:00p News
10:30p Inside Worcester
11:00p Maude
11:30p Movie “Eternally Yours” 1939
01:30a News
36 – WSBE Providence (PBS)
Note: gaps in programming are for instructional programs not listed by TV Guide
09:00a Sesame Street
01:30p The Electric Company
04:00p Sesame Street
05:00p Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
05:30p The Electric Company
06:00p Zoom
06:30p Over Easy – Hugh Downs; First Lady Rosalynn Carter discusses growing older
07:00p Government: A Public Trust
08:00p Paul Robeson (special) – James Earl Jones reprises his Broadway role
10:00p Poldark – Part 15
11:00p Dick Cavett
11:30p MacNeil/Lehrer Report
38 – WSBK Boston (Ind)
06:30a Ed Allen – exercise
07:00a Dr. Doolittle
07:30a The Munsters
08:00a Popeye
08:30a Romper Room
09:00a Tom Larson
09:50a News
10:00a Ironside
11:00a Marcus Welby, M.D.
12:00p Movie “Born Yesterday” 1950
02:00p Heckle and Jeckle
02:30p Porky Pig and Friends
03:00p Bugs Bunny and Friends
03:30p Star Blazers – cartoon
04:00p My Three Sons
04:30p Emergency One!
05:30p Hogan’s Heroes
06:00p Adam-12
06:30p The Odd Couple
07:00p Maude
07:30p Dick Van Dyke
08:00p Sergeant Bilko
08:30p Our Miss Brooks
09:00p Movie “When Worlds Collide” 1951
11:00p Chico and the Man
11:30p Andy Griffith
12:00a The Beverly Hillbillies
12:30a Green Acres
44 – WGBX Boston (PBS)
05:30p Villa Allegre
06:00p The French Chef – dishes using leftovers
06:30p Over Easy
07:00p Dick Cavett – harmonica player Larry Adler
07:30p MacNeil/Lehrer Report
08:00p Once Upon a Classic – part 1 of a 10 part adaptation of Dickens’ “The Old Curiosity Shop”
08:30p Pearls – documentary about Hollywood stereotypes of Asians
09:00p Poldark – Part 15
10:30p Dick Cavett
11:00p ABC News – closed captioned for the hearing-impaired
53 – WEDN Norwich CT (PBS)
Note: gaps in programming are for instructional programs not listed by TV Guide
08:30a Earth Science – instruction
09:00a Sesame Street
11:00a The Electric Company
03:30p Villa Alegre
04:00p Sesame Street
05:00p Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
05:30p The Electric Company
06:00p TV Community College – instruction
06:30p Over Easy
07:00p Dick Cavett
07:30p MacNeil/Lehrer Report
08:00p Paul Robeson (special) – James Earl Jones reprises his Broadway role
10:00p Connecticut Prime Time
10:30p Connecticut Screening Room (short films by local artists)
56 – WLVI Boston (Ind)
07:00a Tom and Jerry
07:30a The Flintstones
08:00a Gilligan’s Island
08:30a Woody Woodpecker
09:00a New Zoo Revue
09:30a Bozo’s Big Top
10:00a De Todo un Poco – in Spanish
10:30a New England Today – topic: energy conservation
11:00a Family Affair
11:30a That Girl
12:00p The Lucy Show
12:30p Password Plus – Patty Duke Astin and John Astin
01:00p The Partridge Family
01:30p The Banana Splits
02:00p Yogi Bear
02:30p Casper
03:00p Mighty Mouse
03:30p Woody Woodpecker
04:30p The Flintstones
05:00p The Brady Bunch (x2)
06:00p Happy Days Again
06:30p Make Me Laugh – game; comics are Gary Muledeer, Kip Addotta and the Unknown Comic; Dodie Goodman is a contestant
07:00p Sanford and Son
07:30p Mary Tyler Moore
08:00p Movie “How to Murder Your Wife” 1965
10:30p Love, American Style
11:00p Benny Hill
11:30p Best of Groucho
68 – WQTV Boston (Ind)
07:00a PTL Club – religion
8a-5:30p Starcase subscription TV
05:30p Country Serenade
06:00p Melting Pot – cooking
06:30p Success – interview
7p-overnight Starcase subscription TV
2 - WGBH Boston (PBS)
08:45a AM Weather
09:00a Writing For a Reason
09:30a Movie “Two-Way Stretch” 1960
11:00a The Electric Company
11:30a Sesame Street
12:30p Musical Comedy Tonight – special; Ethel Merman, Carol Burnett, Richard Chamberlin and John Davidson perform songs and dances from Broadway
02:00p Camera Three
02:30p Sesame Street
03:30p Villa Allegre
04:00p Sesame Street
05:00p Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
05:30p The Electric Company
06:00p Zoom
06:30p Mister Rogers
07:00p Doctor Who “Pyramids of Mars” conclusion
07:30p Wild World of Animals – the wolf
08:00p Paul Robeson (special) – James Earl Jones reprises his Broadway role
10:00p News
10:30p MacNeil/Lehrer Report
11:00p Movie “The Green Man” 1956
3 – WFSB Hartford (CBS)
06:00a Agronsky and Company
06:30a Comment – discussion
07:00a Monday Morning
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Tom and Jerry
09:30a Woody Woodpecker & Friends
10:00a Dinah! & Friends – co-host Charles Nelson Reilly; guests Patty Duke Astin, Melissa Gilbert, , Henny Youngman, singers Mary Welch and Michael Johnson, English professor Leonard Wolf and humorist Ken Minyard
11:30a Beat the Clock
12:00p News Day – Ch. 3 program manager Dave Urich discusses ratings and explains how programming decisions are made
01:00p Search for Tomorrow
01:30p As The World Turns
02:30p Guiding Light
03:30p One Day at a Time
04:00p Tom and Jerry
04:30p The Brady Bunch
05:00p Sanford and Son
05:30p All in the Family
06:00p News
07:00p CBS News – Walter Cronkite
07:30p PM Magazine – Barbara Mandrell, highlights of the Annual Governor’s Regatta, Chef Tell prepares a stuffed pork roast
08:00p The White Shadow
09:00p MASH (Radar gets sent home)
09:30p The Country Music Association Awards (special) – Kenny Rogers, host
11:00p News
11:30p Mary Tyler Moore
12:00a Harry O
01:10a McMillan & Wife
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:00a Sign On Seminar: Creative Divorce “Reaching Out for New Relationships”
06:30a News
07:00a Today – Tom Brokaw; Novelist James Welch (“The Death of Jim Loney”)
09:00a The Doctors
09:30a Mindreaders – game; Jack Carter, Elaine Joyce
10:00a Card Sharks
10:30a Hollywood Squares – Jimmy Brogan, Billy Crystal, Melissa Gilbert, George Gobel, Shirley Jones, Steve Landesberg, Rose Marie, Bernadette Peters, Patrick Wayne
11:00a High Rollers – game
11:30a Wheel of Fortune
12:00p News
12:30p Woman ’79 – Sharon King; look at what home furnishings say about the occupants; how to prepare a children’s birthday party; use of tranquilizers
01:30p Days of Our Lives
02:30p Another World (90 minutes)
04:00p Mike Douglas (same as Ch. 12 @ 9a)
05:30p News
06:00p News
07:00p NBC News – John Chancellor and David Brinkley
07:30p Evening Magazine – Plus sized models, Barbara Mandrell, smoking, Chef Tell prepares stuffed pork loin
08:00p Little House on the Prairie
09:00p NBC Theater (special) “When Hell Was In Session”
11:00p News
11:30p Johnny Carson – David Letterman, guest host; Elke Sommer , guest
01:00a Tomorrow
5 – WCVB Boston (ABC)
06:00a News
06:25a News for the Deaf
06:30a News
06:50a News for the Deaf
07:00a Good Morning America – David Hartman; a five-part series on hazardous occupations begins
09:00a Good Day! – discussion of the sexual revolution
10:30a Phil Donahue (same as channels 8 &10 @ 9a)
11:30a Laverne & Shirley
12:00p News
12:30p Ryan’s Hope
01:00p All My Children
02:00p One Life to Live
03:00p General Hospital
04:00p Rhoda
04:30p Family Feud
05:00p Carol Burnett and Friends
05:30p All in the Family
06:00p News
07:00p ABC News – Frank Reynolds (listing is inaccurate – World News Tonight started in July 1978 with Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Max Robinson)
07:30p Papal Visit (Pope John Paul II was making his first visit to the U.S.)
08:00p Family Feud (special) – casts of “Benson” and “Eight is Enough” square off against “Dallas” and “One Day at a Time”
09:00p Monday Night Football – Miami Dolphins at Oakland Raiders
12:00a News
12:30a Screening Room
02:00a Nightshift
02:30a News
02:40a Papal Visit
6 – WTEV New Bedford (CBS)
06:15a Community Calendar
06:30a Another Voice – religious
07:00a Bullwinkle
07:30a Dudley Do Right
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
09:30a Love of Life
10:00a Beat the Clock
10:30a Whew! – game
10:55a News – Douglas Edwards
11:00a The Price is Right
12:00p News
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
01:00p The Young and the Restless
01:30p As The World Turns
02:30p Guiding Light
03:30p One Day at a Time
04:00p Movie “Picnic” 1955
06:00p Match Game
06:30p News
07:00p CBS News – Walter Cronkite
07:30p The Joker’s Wild
08:00p The White Shadow
09:00p MASH
09:30p Country Music Association Awards
11:00p News
11:30p Harry O
12:40a McMillan & Wife
02:40a News
03:10a Community Calendar
7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
05:40a Greater Bostonians – music
05:45a Farm and Market Report
06:20a Peoplescope – Bill Turpie
06:50a Las Noticias de Hoy
07:00a Monday Morning
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Dinah! & Friends – co-host Paul Williams; guests Ray Bolger, actors Cathryn Damon and Jay Thomas, dancer Stan Soburn, newsman Ken Minyard
10:00a Beat the Clock
10:30a Whew! – game
10:55a News – Douglas Edwards
11:00a The Price is Right
12:00p At Noon – Ted O’Brien; the third annual Bonnie Bell Road Race is covered
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
01:00p The Young and the Restless
01:30p As The World Turns
02:30p Guiding Light
03:30p One Day at a Time
04:00p Streets of San Francisco
05:00p The Joker’s Wild – game
05:30p Candlepins for Cash – bowling game
06:00p News
07:00p CBS News – Walter Cronkite
07:30p Newlywed Game
08:00p The White Shadow
09:00p MASH
09:30p Country Music Association Awards
11:00p News
11:30p Harry O
12:40a McMillan & Wife
02:40a News
03:10a Asian Focus
03:25a Greater Bostonians
8 – WTNH New Haven (ABC)
06:00a Fight for City Hall
06:30a Battle of the Planets
07:00a Good Morning America
09:00a Phil Donahue – topic is sex therapy
10:00a Mike Douglas (same as channel 12 @ 9a)
11:00a Laverne & Shirley
11:30a Family Feud
12:00p 12 O’Clock Live!
12:30p Ryan’s Hope
01:00p All My Children
02:00p One Life to Live
03:00p General Hospital
04:00p Merv Griffin – guests are mime Robert Shields, Earl Holliman, Betty White, singer Nana Mouskouri and Joan Collins
05:30p MASH
06:00p News
07:00p ABC News – Frank Reynolds (listing is inaccurate – World News Tonight started in July 1978 with Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Max Robinson)
07:30p The Muppet Show – Crystal Gale
08:00p Family Feud (special)
09:00p Monday Night Football
12:00a News
12:30a College Football ‘79
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
06:00a PTL Club – religion
07:55a American Trail
08:00a Good Morning America
09:00a PTL Club
10:00a Phil Donahue – guest is Helen Reddy
11:00a Laverne & Shirley
11:30a Family Feud
12:00p $20,000 Pyramid
12:30p Ryan’s Hope
01:00p All My Children
02:00p One Life to Live
03:00p General Hospital
04:00p The Edge of Night
04:30p Gilligan’s Island
05:00p Bonanza
06:00p News
06:30p ABC News – Frank Reynolds (listing is inaccurate – World News Tonight started in July 1978 with Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Max Robinson)
07:00p Let’s Go To The Races – game
07:30p Wild Kingdom
08:00p Family Feud (special)
09:00p Monday Night Football
12:00a News
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
06:30a News Conference – interview
06:55a AmericanTrail
07:00a Today
09:00a Phil Donahue (same as channel 8 )
10:00a Card Sharks
10:30a Hollywood Squares
11:00a High Rollers – game
11:30a Wheel of Fortune
12:00p News
12:30p Carol Burnett and Friends
01:00p Days of Our Lives
02:00p The Doctors
02:30p Another World
04:00p The Brady Bunch
04:30p Mary Tyler Moore
05:00p The Odd Couple
05:30p Happy Days Again
06:00p News
06:30p NBC News – John Chancellor and David Brinkley
07:00p PM Magazine – profile of Barbara Mandrell, a look at a mobile medical team designed to help premature babies, a visit to a nut roasting shop, tips on choosing a pork-loin roast, thigh exercises
07:30p Tic Tac Dough – game
08:00p Little House on the Prairie
09:00p NBC Theater
11:00p News
11:30p Johnny Carson
01:00a Tomorrow
12 – WPRI Providence (ABC)
06:00a Dinah! & Friends – co-host Paul Williams; program about Playboy magazine with Hugh Heffner, photographer Bruno Bernard, author Lendon Smith (“Feed Your Kids Right”) , and former Playboy models
07:00a Good Morning America
09:00a Mike Douglas – from Las Vegas; co-host Lola Falana; guests James Darren, golfer Nancy Lopez, impressionists Roger and Roger, singer Michael Johnson, beauty expert Adrien Arpel and acrobatic cyclist Charlie Charles
10:30a $20,000 Pyramid
11:00a Laverne & Shirley
11:30a Family Feud
12:00p News
12:30p Ryan’s Hope
01:00p All My Children
02:00p One Life to Live
03:00p General Hospital
04:00p Merv Griffin (same as Ch. 8 )
05:30p MASH
06:00p News
06:30p ABC News – Frank Reynolds (listing is inaccurate – World News Tonight started in July 1978 with Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Max Robinson)
07:00p Newlywed Game
07:30p Cross-Wits – game; guests Robert Reed, Mabel King, Vicki Lawrence and John Schuck
08:00p Family Feud (special)
09:00p Monday Night Football
12:00a News
12:30a Emergency One!
25 – WXNE Boston (Ind)
06:00a Ross Bagley - religion
07:00a 700 Club – guests: Efem Zimbalist Jr., Andrae Crouch, Doug Oldham
08:30a Cartoons
09:00a Lassie
09:30a Leave It to Beaver
10:00a Movie “Dear Brigitte” 1965
11:55a News
12:00p Gomer Pyle, USMC
12:30p McHale’s Navy
01:00p Pete and Gladys
01:30p Room 222
02:00p Bullwinkle
02:30p Rocket Robin Hood
03:00p Thunderbirds – cartoon
03:30p Spiderman – cartoon
04:00p Krofft Superstars
04:30p Superman
05:00p The Bionic Woman
06:00p Get Smart
06:30p Jackie Gleason
07:00p Jim Rockford, Private Investigator
08:00p Bonanza
09:00p 700 Club
11:00p The Big Valley
27 – WSMW Worcester (Ind)
08:30a Abbot and Costello
09:00a Medic
09:30a Cooking With Bernard (recipe: chicken papaya)
10:00a PTL Club
12:00p Columbus Day Special
12:30p Movie “The Wrong Arm of the Law” 1963
02:30p The FBI
03:30p Porky Pig and Friends
04:30p Bugs Bunny
05:00p Chico and the Man
05:30p Abbott and Costello
06:00p Gong Show
06:30p Candid Camera
07:00p Kojak
08:00p Movie “A Novel Affair” 1956
09:55p Stock Report
10:00p News
10:30p Inside Worcester
11:00p Maude
11:30p Movie “Eternally Yours” 1939
01:30a News
36 – WSBE Providence (PBS)
Note: gaps in programming are for instructional programs not listed by TV Guide
09:00a Sesame Street
01:30p The Electric Company
04:00p Sesame Street
05:00p Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
05:30p The Electric Company
06:00p Zoom
06:30p Over Easy – Hugh Downs; First Lady Rosalynn Carter discusses growing older
07:00p Government: A Public Trust
08:00p Paul Robeson (special) – James Earl Jones reprises his Broadway role
10:00p Poldark – Part 15
11:00p Dick Cavett
11:30p MacNeil/Lehrer Report
38 – WSBK Boston (Ind)
06:30a Ed Allen – exercise
07:00a Dr. Doolittle
07:30a The Munsters
08:00a Popeye
08:30a Romper Room
09:00a Tom Larson
09:50a News
10:00a Ironside
11:00a Marcus Welby, M.D.
12:00p Movie “Born Yesterday” 1950
02:00p Heckle and Jeckle
02:30p Porky Pig and Friends
03:00p Bugs Bunny and Friends
03:30p Star Blazers – cartoon
04:00p My Three Sons
04:30p Emergency One!
05:30p Hogan’s Heroes
06:00p Adam-12
06:30p The Odd Couple
07:00p Maude
07:30p Dick Van Dyke
08:00p Sergeant Bilko
08:30p Our Miss Brooks
09:00p Movie “When Worlds Collide” 1951
11:00p Chico and the Man
11:30p Andy Griffith
12:00a The Beverly Hillbillies
12:30a Green Acres
44 – WGBX Boston (PBS)
05:30p Villa Allegre
06:00p The French Chef – dishes using leftovers
06:30p Over Easy
07:00p Dick Cavett – harmonica player Larry Adler
07:30p MacNeil/Lehrer Report
08:00p Once Upon a Classic – part 1 of a 10 part adaptation of Dickens’ “The Old Curiosity Shop”
08:30p Pearls – documentary about Hollywood stereotypes of Asians
09:00p Poldark – Part 15
10:30p Dick Cavett
11:00p ABC News – closed captioned for the hearing-impaired
53 – WEDN Norwich CT (PBS)
Note: gaps in programming are for instructional programs not listed by TV Guide
08:30a Earth Science – instruction
09:00a Sesame Street
11:00a The Electric Company
03:30p Villa Alegre
04:00p Sesame Street
05:00p Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
05:30p The Electric Company
06:00p TV Community College – instruction
06:30p Over Easy
07:00p Dick Cavett
07:30p MacNeil/Lehrer Report
08:00p Paul Robeson (special) – James Earl Jones reprises his Broadway role
10:00p Connecticut Prime Time
10:30p Connecticut Screening Room (short films by local artists)
56 – WLVI Boston (Ind)
07:00a Tom and Jerry
07:30a The Flintstones
08:00a Gilligan’s Island
08:30a Woody Woodpecker
09:00a New Zoo Revue
09:30a Bozo’s Big Top
10:00a De Todo un Poco – in Spanish
10:30a New England Today – topic: energy conservation
11:00a Family Affair
11:30a That Girl
12:00p The Lucy Show
12:30p Password Plus – Patty Duke Astin and John Astin
01:00p The Partridge Family
01:30p The Banana Splits
02:00p Yogi Bear
02:30p Casper
03:00p Mighty Mouse
03:30p Woody Woodpecker
04:30p The Flintstones
05:00p The Brady Bunch (x2)
06:00p Happy Days Again
06:30p Make Me Laugh – game; comics are Gary Muledeer, Kip Addotta and the Unknown Comic; Dodie Goodman is a contestant
07:00p Sanford and Son
07:30p Mary Tyler Moore
08:00p Movie “How to Murder Your Wife” 1965
10:30p Love, American Style
11:00p Benny Hill
11:30p Best of Groucho
68 – WQTV Boston (Ind)
07:00a PTL Club – religion
8a-5:30p Starcase subscription TV
05:30p Country Serenade
06:00p Melting Pot – cooking
06:30p Success – interview
7p-overnight Starcase subscription TV
