Source – TV Guide Eastern New England edition
2 - WGBH Boston (PBS)
08:00a Sesame Street
09:00a Mister Rogers
09:30a Zoom
10:00a Sesame Street
11:00a Mister Rogers
11:30a Once Upon A Classic “Fern, the Red Deer”
12:30p Crockett’s Victory Garden
01:00p Over Easy (topic: longevity)
01:30p Over Easy (guest: Maureen O’Sullivan)
02:00p Over Easy (guest: Eric Sevareid)
02:30p Over Easy (topic: sex and aging)
03:00p Over Easy (topic: retirement communities)
03:30p Kup’s Show
04:30p Like It Is – interview
05:00p Freestyle – children
05:30p Sesame Street
06:30p Elliot Norton Reviews
07:00p Sneak Previews (Siskel and Ebert discuss cult movies)
07:30p Musical Comedy Tonight (songs and dances from Broadway shows)
09:00p Movie “Rhinoceros” 1974
3 – WFSB Hartford (CBS)
06:00a Man Builds, Man Destroys (a program on the environmental impact of the Alaska oil pipeline)
06:30a Villa Allegre – children
07:00a Hot Fudge – children (puppets – episode about truth and falsehood)
07:30a Arthur & Company
08:00a Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle – cartoons
09:00a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30a Popeye – cartoon
11:30a Fat Albert
12:00a Kidsworld
12:30p Super 7 – cartoon
01:30p 30 Minutes
02:00p Movie “Stand Up and Be Counted” 1972
04:00p Sports Spectacular (coverage of the Pacific Invitational Gymnastics Championships)
05:00p Horse Racing (special) – The Jockey Club Gold Cup (Affirmed and Spectacular Bid are in the field)
06:00p News
06:30p CBS News – Bob Schieffer
07:00p Agronsky and Company – discussion
07:30p Guinness Game
08:00p Working Stiffs (starred Michael Keaton and Jim Belushi)
08:30p The Bad News Bears
09:00p Big Shamus, Little Shamus
10:00p Paris
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Downhill Racer” 1965
01:30a News
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:00a International Zone
06:30a Carrascolendas – children
07:00a Que Pasa USA – comedy
07:30a For Kids Only – Ron Robin, host
08:00a Daffy Duck – cartoon
08:30a Casper – cartoon
09:00a Fred and Barney
10:00a Super Globetrotters – cartoon
10:30a New Shmoo – cartoon
11:00a Get Off Your Block
11:30a News
12:00p Johnny Quest – cartoon
12:30p The Jetsons
01:00p Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine (same as Ch. 27 @ 9a)
01:30p Last of the Wild
02:00p World of Survival
02:30p Greatest Sports Legends
03:00p Baseball – American League Championship Series Game 4 Baltimore Orioles vs. California Angels from Anaheim, CA (Orioles won 8-0 and clinched the pennant)
06:00p News
06:30p NBC News – John Hart
07:00p The Gong Show (panelists: Rip Taylor, Jaye P. Morgan and Sweet Louie)
07:30p Hollywood Squares (Moses Malone, Cathy Rigby, Hank Aaron, Janet Guthrie, Paul Hourning, Bob Segren, Sugar Ray Leonard, Jo Jo Starbuck and Bill Walton)
08:00p CHiPS (Game 4 of the National League Championship Series would have aired here if it were needed – the Pittsburgh Pirates swept the Cincinnati Reds 3-0)
09:00p BJ and the Bear
10:00p A Man Called Slone
11:00p News
11:30p Saturday Night Live (host: Maureen Stapleton; musical guest: Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow)
01:00a Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert
02:30a Insight
5 – WCVB Boston (ABC)
06:00a Better Way – consumer report
06:30a Jabberwocky – children (topic: photography)
07:00a Barbapapa – cartoons
07:30a Captain Bob – children (a salmon is sketched; Captain Bob goes back to the original channel 5)
08:00a Superfriends – cartoon
09:00a Plastic Man
11:00a Spider-Woman
11:30a Candlepin Bowling
12:30p American Bandstand (performances by Mary MacGregor and Smokey Robinson) (to be honest I don’t ever remember WCVB clearing Bandstand at any time – I used to watch on either WMUR or WPRI)
01:30p College Football Today
01:45p College Football – Michigan vs. Michigan State from East Lansing, MI
05:00p Wild World of Sports – boxing (WBA lightweight crown, Ernesto Espana vs. Sean O’Grady) and figure skating
06:30p News
07:00p Lawrence Welk
08:00p The Ropers
08:30p Detective School
09:00p The Love Boat (guests: Ray Buktenica, David Matthau, Richard Kline, Jennifer Salt, Lyle Waggoner, Phyllis Diller)
10:00p Hart to Hart
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “The Cardinal” 1963
03:15a Wanted: Dead or Alive
03:45a News
04:00a The Lone Ranger
04:30a Good Day!
6 – WTEV New Bedford (CBS)
06:00a Children’s Gospel Hour
06:30a Farmer’s Corner
07:00a Archies – cartoon
07:30a Develin – cartoon
08:00a Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle
09:00a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30a Popeye
12:00p Jason of Star Command
12:30p Super 7
01:30p 30 Minutes
02:00p Movie – To Be Announced
04:00p Sports Spectacular
05:00p Horse Racing (special) – The Jockey Club Gold Cup (Affirmed and Spectacular Bid are in the field)
06:00p News
06:30p CBS News – Bob Schieffer
07:00p Family Feud
07:30p The Muppet Show (guest: Victor Borge)
08:00p Working Stiffs
08:30p The Bad News Bears
09:00p Big Shamus, Little Shamus
10:00p Paris
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “The Andromeda Strain” 1971
02:00a News
7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
06:25a Greater Bostonians – music
06:30a Sunrise Semester “Drama in Education” (training teachers)
07:00a Rebop – children
07:30a Vegetable Soup – children
08:00a Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle
09:00a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30a Popeye
12:00p Jason of Star Command
12:30p Super 7
01:30p 30 Minutes
02:00p Up Front (host: Ted O’Brien)
02:30p Movie “Tarzan’s New York Adventure” 1942
04:00p Sports Spectacular
05:00p Horse Racing (special) – The Jockey Club Gold Cup (Affirmed and Spectacular Bid are in the field)
06:00p News
06:30p Black News
07:00p Dance Fever (judges: Andrea McArdle, Donny Most and Susan Richardson; Ethel Merman sings “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”)
07:30p Sha-Na-Na (guest: Barbi Benton)
08:00p Working Stiffs
08:30p The Bad News Bears
09:00p Big Shamus, Little Shamus
10:00p Paris
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Red Sun” 1971
01:30a Movie “Cotter” 1971
03:00a News
03:30a Greater Bostonians – music
8 – WTNH New Haven (ABC)
06:30a Davey and Goliath
06:45a New Day – religion
07:00a Star Trek
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Plastic Man
11:00a Spider-Woman
11:30a Scooby and Scrappy Doo – cartoon
12:00p Weekend Special “The Horse That Played Center Field” – cartoon
12:30p American Bandstand (performances by Mary MacGregor and Smokey Robinson)
01:30p College Football Today
01:45p College Football – Michigan vs. Michigan State from East Lansing, MI
05:00p Wild World of Sports – boxing (WBA lightweight crown, Ernesto Espana vs. Sean O’Grady) and figure skating
06:30p The Price is Right
07:00p News
07:30p Fight for City Hall (Bridgeport, CT mayoral candidates are the guests)
08:00p The Ropers
08:30p Detective School
09:00p The Love Boat
10:00p Hart to Hart
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “M*A*S*H” 1970
01:45a ABC News
02:00a News
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Plastic Man
11:00a Spider-Woman
11:30a Scooby and Scrappy Doo
12:00p Weekend Special “The Horse That Played Center Field” – cartoon
12:30p American Bandstand (performances by Mary MacGregor and Smokey Robinson)
01:30p College Football Today
01:45p College Football – Michigan vs. Michigan State from East Lansing, MI
05:00p Wild World of Sports – boxing (WBA lightweight crown, Ernesto Espana vs. Sean O’Grady) and figure skating
06:30p To Be Announced
07:00p Hee Haw (guests: John Conlee, Susie Allanson, and Jana Lee)
08:00p The Ropers
08:30p The Bad News Bears
09:00p The Love Boat
10:00p Hart to Hart
11:00p The Avengers
12:00a ABC News
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
06:30a Christopher Closeup
07:00a Impacto – in Portuguese
07:30a Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine (Marlo celebrates the International Year of the Child)
08:00a Daffy Duck
08:30a Casper
09:00a Fred and Barney
10:00a Super Globetrotters
10:30a New Shmoo
11:00a Flash Gordon – cartoon
11:30a Godzilla – cartoon
12:00p Bewitched
12:30p Hogan’s Heroes (x2)
01:30p NBC News Special – coverage of Pope John Paul II’s arrival at the White House (ABC and CBS will interrupt regular programming for coverage)
02:00p Star Trek
03:00p Baseball – American League Championship Series Game 4 Baltimore Orioles vs. California Angels from Anaheim, CA (Orioles won 8-0 and clinched the pennant)
06:00p News
06:30p NBC News – John Hart
07:00p Sha-Na-Na
07:30p Dance Fever (judges: Robert Mandan, Cathy Rigby, and Ronnie Schell)
08:00p CHiPS
09:00p BJ and the Bear
10:00p A Man Called Slone
11:00p News
11:30p Saturday Night Live
01:00a Soap Factory Disco – music (guests: Zulema and Van McCoy)
01:30a Soap Factory Disco – music (guests: Skyy and First Choice)
12 – WPRI Providence (ABC)
07:00a The Partridge Family
07:30a Allamaze – children
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Plastic Man
11:00a Spider-Woman
11:30a Scooby and Scrappy Doo
12:00p Wrestling
12:30p American Bandstand (performances by Mary MacGregor and Smokey Robinson)
01:30p College Football Today
01:45p College Football – Michigan vs. Michigan State from East Lansing, MI
05:00p Wild World of Sports – boxing (WBA lightweight crown, Ernesto Espana vs. Sean O’Grady) and figure skating
06:30p News
07:00p Lawrence Welk
08:00p The Ropers
08:30p Detective School
09:00p The Love Boat
10:00p Hart to Hart
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “The Scalphunters” 1968
25 – WXNE Boston (Ind)
06:30a Health Field (topic: diabetes research)
07:00a Linus the Lionhearted – cartoons
07:30a Josie and the Pussycats – cartoon
08:00a The Hulk – cartoon
08:30a Ironman – cartoon
09:00a Captain America – cartoon
09:30a Lassie
10:00a Movie “Lassie’s Great Adventure” 1963 (This was 5 episodes of the show shot in color and put s together as a movie. The TV episodes were shown in black & white.)
11:30a Movie “Stranger At My Door” 1956
01:00p Bronco
02:00p Bonanza
03:00p The Big Valley
04:00p High Chaparral
05:00p Alias Smith and Jones
06:00p Grizzly Adams
07:00p Famous Classic Tales “Ivanhoe” – cartoon
08:00p Light to the Nations
09:30p The Lesson – religion
10:00p Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
11:00p The Dakotas
27 – WSMW Worcester (Ind)
08:00a AG-USA (Horticulturist David Baggett demonstrates small-scale gardening techniques for limited spaces)
08:30a Vegetable Soup – children (a discussion of American Indians)
09:00a Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine (bicycle safety, pre-fame clips of The Carpenters, and a lesson on Nigeria)
09:30a Mundo Real
10:00a The Fabulous Storybook Lady – “The Ugly Duckling” and “Hansel & Gretel"
10:30a Dick Tracy – serial
11:00a Cartoon Classics
12:00p Wrestling
02:00p Candid Camera
02:30p Movie “Tarzan Escapes” 1936
04:30p Movie “Charlie Chan in City in Darkness” 1939
06:00p Movie “Abbott and Costello Go to Mars” 1953
07:30p Bugs Bunny & Porky Pig
08:00p Nashville, USA
08:30p That Nashville Music
09:00p Porter Wagoner (guests: Brenda Kaye Perry and Linda Naile)
09:30p Pop Goes the Country (guests: Bill Anderson, Jim Stafford, Con Hunley)
10:00p Nashville on the Road (guests: The Kendalls and Terry Gibbs)
10:30p College Football – Boston University vs. Harvard (tape delayed)
36 – WSBE Providence (PBS)
11:30a Once Upon A Classic “Fern, the Red Deer”
12:30p Crockett’s Victory Garden
01:00p Here’s to Your Health
01:30p Chesapeake Planter – documentary
02:00p Hocking Valley Bluegrass
02:30p John Callaway Interviews
03:00p Portrait of a Terrorist – documentary
04:00p 13th State
04:30p Sports Unlimited
05:00p Pro Soccer (league and teams not listed – not NASL as their season had ended in September)
06:00p Shades – discussion
06:30p Another Voice – interview
07:00p Once Upon A Classic “The Old Curiosity Shop”
07:30p Feelings – children
08:00p Nova “A Plague on Our Children” (probe of controversy surrounding the use and disposal of toxic chemicals)
10:00p Musical Comedy Tonight
38 – WSBK Boston (Ind)
08:00a Faith for Today
08:30a Viewpoint on Nutrition
09:00a Villa Allegre
09:30a Carrascolendas – children
10:00a Hot Fudge – children (peer pressure is the topic)
10:30a Movie “Blondie Brings Up Baby” 1939
12:00p Movie “Crazy Over Horses” 1951
01:30p Movie “Fort Worth” 1951
03:00p The Rifleman
04:00p Movie “Love Me Tender” 1956
06:00p Hogan’s Heroes
06:30p Adam-12
07:00p Family Feud
08:00p Gunsmoke
09:00p Maverick
10:00p Abbott and Costello
11:00p Chico and the Man
11:30p Movie “Sherlock Holmes Faces Death” 1943
44 – WGBX Boston (PBS)
05:00p Consumer Survival Kit
05:30p People of the First Light
06:00p Say Brother
07:00p Once Upon A Classic “The Old Curiosity Shop”
07:30p Feelings – children
08:00p Forsyte Saga
09:00p Footsteps
09:30p Here’s to Your Health (avoiding tooth decay)
10:00p Agronsky and Company – discussion
10:30p News
53 – WEDN Norwich CT (PBS)
09:30a Once Upon a Classic “Fern, the Red Deer”
10:30a Connections – documentary (about the 1965 Northeast blackout)
11:30a Here to Make Music – Schubert’s “Trout” Quintent
12:30p Crockett’s Victory Garden
01:00p Day Care in the Home
01:30p Wall Street Week
02:00p The Scarlet Letter (captioned for the hearing impaired)
03:00p Academy Leaders – films (Norman Corwin hosts; 1st of 10 weeks screening short subjects that won or were nominated for Academy Awards)
04:00p People’s Caucus
05:00p Freestyle – children
05:30p Feelings – children
06:00p Footsteps
06:30p Another Voice – interview
07:00p Once Upon A Classic “The Old Curiosity Shop”
07:30p Crockett’s Victory Garden
08:00p Commanders – documentary (Soviet Marshall Georgi Zhukov)
09:00p Medium – opera
10:00p Musical Comedy Tonight
11:30p Monty Python’s Flying Circus
56 – WLVI Boston (Ind)
07:30a Whitney and the Robot (Whitney and 4-U2 learn about laryngitis, and visit a doctor)
08:00a Music and the Spoken Word
08:30a Jimmy Swaggart – religion
09:00a Oral Roberts – religion
09:30a Ken Copland – religion
10:30a De Todo Un Poco – in Spanish
11:00a Wrestling
01:00p Movie “The Colossus of New York” 1958
02:30p Movie “Dagora, the Space Monster”
04:00p Movie “Beach Blanket Bingo” 1965
06:00p Happy Days Again
06:30p Sanford and Son
07:00p Star Trek
08:00p Movie “Sergeant York” 1941
11:00p Juke Box – music (guests: Rose Royce, Boomtown Rats, Peaches & Herb)
11:30p Movie “The Valley of Gwangi” 1969
68 – WQTV Boston (Ind)
No over-the-air programming listed
Starcase subscription TV all day
2 - WGBH Boston (PBS)
08:00a Sesame Street
09:00a Mister Rogers
09:30a Zoom
10:00a Sesame Street
11:00a Mister Rogers
11:30a Once Upon A Classic “Fern, the Red Deer”
12:30p Crockett’s Victory Garden
01:00p Over Easy (topic: longevity)
01:30p Over Easy (guest: Maureen O’Sullivan)
02:00p Over Easy (guest: Eric Sevareid)
02:30p Over Easy (topic: sex and aging)
03:00p Over Easy (topic: retirement communities)
03:30p Kup’s Show
04:30p Like It Is – interview
05:00p Freestyle – children
05:30p Sesame Street
06:30p Elliot Norton Reviews
07:00p Sneak Previews (Siskel and Ebert discuss cult movies)
07:30p Musical Comedy Tonight (songs and dances from Broadway shows)
09:00p Movie “Rhinoceros” 1974
3 – WFSB Hartford (CBS)
06:00a Man Builds, Man Destroys (a program on the environmental impact of the Alaska oil pipeline)
06:30a Villa Allegre – children
07:00a Hot Fudge – children (puppets – episode about truth and falsehood)
07:30a Arthur & Company
08:00a Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle – cartoons
09:00a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30a Popeye – cartoon
11:30a Fat Albert
12:00a Kidsworld
12:30p Super 7 – cartoon
01:30p 30 Minutes
02:00p Movie “Stand Up and Be Counted” 1972
04:00p Sports Spectacular (coverage of the Pacific Invitational Gymnastics Championships)
05:00p Horse Racing (special) – The Jockey Club Gold Cup (Affirmed and Spectacular Bid are in the field)
06:00p News
06:30p CBS News – Bob Schieffer
07:00p Agronsky and Company – discussion
07:30p Guinness Game
08:00p Working Stiffs (starred Michael Keaton and Jim Belushi)
08:30p The Bad News Bears
09:00p Big Shamus, Little Shamus
10:00p Paris
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Downhill Racer” 1965
01:30a News
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:00a International Zone
06:30a Carrascolendas – children
07:00a Que Pasa USA – comedy
07:30a For Kids Only – Ron Robin, host
08:00a Daffy Duck – cartoon
08:30a Casper – cartoon
09:00a Fred and Barney
10:00a Super Globetrotters – cartoon
10:30a New Shmoo – cartoon
11:00a Get Off Your Block
11:30a News
12:00p Johnny Quest – cartoon
12:30p The Jetsons
01:00p Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine (same as Ch. 27 @ 9a)
01:30p Last of the Wild
02:00p World of Survival
02:30p Greatest Sports Legends
03:00p Baseball – American League Championship Series Game 4 Baltimore Orioles vs. California Angels from Anaheim, CA (Orioles won 8-0 and clinched the pennant)
06:00p News
06:30p NBC News – John Hart
07:00p The Gong Show (panelists: Rip Taylor, Jaye P. Morgan and Sweet Louie)
07:30p Hollywood Squares (Moses Malone, Cathy Rigby, Hank Aaron, Janet Guthrie, Paul Hourning, Bob Segren, Sugar Ray Leonard, Jo Jo Starbuck and Bill Walton)
08:00p CHiPS (Game 4 of the National League Championship Series would have aired here if it were needed – the Pittsburgh Pirates swept the Cincinnati Reds 3-0)
09:00p BJ and the Bear
10:00p A Man Called Slone
11:00p News
11:30p Saturday Night Live (host: Maureen Stapleton; musical guest: Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow)
01:00a Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert
02:30a Insight
5 – WCVB Boston (ABC)
06:00a Better Way – consumer report
06:30a Jabberwocky – children (topic: photography)
07:00a Barbapapa – cartoons
07:30a Captain Bob – children (a salmon is sketched; Captain Bob goes back to the original channel 5)
08:00a Superfriends – cartoon
09:00a Plastic Man
11:00a Spider-Woman
11:30a Candlepin Bowling
12:30p American Bandstand (performances by Mary MacGregor and Smokey Robinson) (to be honest I don’t ever remember WCVB clearing Bandstand at any time – I used to watch on either WMUR or WPRI)
01:30p College Football Today
01:45p College Football – Michigan vs. Michigan State from East Lansing, MI
05:00p Wild World of Sports – boxing (WBA lightweight crown, Ernesto Espana vs. Sean O’Grady) and figure skating
06:30p News
07:00p Lawrence Welk
08:00p The Ropers
08:30p Detective School
09:00p The Love Boat (guests: Ray Buktenica, David Matthau, Richard Kline, Jennifer Salt, Lyle Waggoner, Phyllis Diller)
10:00p Hart to Hart
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “The Cardinal” 1963
03:15a Wanted: Dead or Alive
03:45a News
04:00a The Lone Ranger
04:30a Good Day!
6 – WTEV New Bedford (CBS)
06:00a Children’s Gospel Hour
06:30a Farmer’s Corner
07:00a Archies – cartoon
07:30a Develin – cartoon
08:00a Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle
09:00a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30a Popeye
12:00p Jason of Star Command
12:30p Super 7
01:30p 30 Minutes
02:00p Movie – To Be Announced
04:00p Sports Spectacular
05:00p Horse Racing (special) – The Jockey Club Gold Cup (Affirmed and Spectacular Bid are in the field)
06:00p News
06:30p CBS News – Bob Schieffer
07:00p Family Feud
07:30p The Muppet Show (guest: Victor Borge)
08:00p Working Stiffs
08:30p The Bad News Bears
09:00p Big Shamus, Little Shamus
10:00p Paris
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “The Andromeda Strain” 1971
02:00a News
7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
06:25a Greater Bostonians – music
06:30a Sunrise Semester “Drama in Education” (training teachers)
07:00a Rebop – children
07:30a Vegetable Soup – children
08:00a Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle
09:00a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30a Popeye
12:00p Jason of Star Command
12:30p Super 7
01:30p 30 Minutes
02:00p Up Front (host: Ted O’Brien)
02:30p Movie “Tarzan’s New York Adventure” 1942
04:00p Sports Spectacular
05:00p Horse Racing (special) – The Jockey Club Gold Cup (Affirmed and Spectacular Bid are in the field)
06:00p News
06:30p Black News
07:00p Dance Fever (judges: Andrea McArdle, Donny Most and Susan Richardson; Ethel Merman sings “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”)
07:30p Sha-Na-Na (guest: Barbi Benton)
08:00p Working Stiffs
08:30p The Bad News Bears
09:00p Big Shamus, Little Shamus
10:00p Paris
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Red Sun” 1971
01:30a Movie “Cotter” 1971
03:00a News
03:30a Greater Bostonians – music
8 – WTNH New Haven (ABC)
06:30a Davey and Goliath
06:45a New Day – religion
07:00a Star Trek
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Plastic Man
11:00a Spider-Woman
11:30a Scooby and Scrappy Doo – cartoon
12:00p Weekend Special “The Horse That Played Center Field” – cartoon
12:30p American Bandstand (performances by Mary MacGregor and Smokey Robinson)
01:30p College Football Today
01:45p College Football – Michigan vs. Michigan State from East Lansing, MI
05:00p Wild World of Sports – boxing (WBA lightweight crown, Ernesto Espana vs. Sean O’Grady) and figure skating
06:30p The Price is Right
07:00p News
07:30p Fight for City Hall (Bridgeport, CT mayoral candidates are the guests)
08:00p The Ropers
08:30p Detective School
09:00p The Love Boat
10:00p Hart to Hart
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “M*A*S*H” 1970
01:45a ABC News
02:00a News
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Plastic Man
11:00a Spider-Woman
11:30a Scooby and Scrappy Doo
12:00p Weekend Special “The Horse That Played Center Field” – cartoon
12:30p American Bandstand (performances by Mary MacGregor and Smokey Robinson)
01:30p College Football Today
01:45p College Football – Michigan vs. Michigan State from East Lansing, MI
05:00p Wild World of Sports – boxing (WBA lightweight crown, Ernesto Espana vs. Sean O’Grady) and figure skating
06:30p To Be Announced
07:00p Hee Haw (guests: John Conlee, Susie Allanson, and Jana Lee)
08:00p The Ropers
08:30p The Bad News Bears
09:00p The Love Boat
10:00p Hart to Hart
11:00p The Avengers
12:00a ABC News
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
06:30a Christopher Closeup
07:00a Impacto – in Portuguese
07:30a Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine (Marlo celebrates the International Year of the Child)
08:00a Daffy Duck
08:30a Casper
09:00a Fred and Barney
10:00a Super Globetrotters
10:30a New Shmoo
11:00a Flash Gordon – cartoon
11:30a Godzilla – cartoon
12:00p Bewitched
12:30p Hogan’s Heroes (x2)
01:30p NBC News Special – coverage of Pope John Paul II’s arrival at the White House (ABC and CBS will interrupt regular programming for coverage)
02:00p Star Trek
03:00p Baseball – American League Championship Series Game 4 Baltimore Orioles vs. California Angels from Anaheim, CA (Orioles won 8-0 and clinched the pennant)
06:00p News
06:30p NBC News – John Hart
07:00p Sha-Na-Na
07:30p Dance Fever (judges: Robert Mandan, Cathy Rigby, and Ronnie Schell)
08:00p CHiPS
09:00p BJ and the Bear
10:00p A Man Called Slone
11:00p News
11:30p Saturday Night Live
01:00a Soap Factory Disco – music (guests: Zulema and Van McCoy)
01:30a Soap Factory Disco – music (guests: Skyy and First Choice)
12 – WPRI Providence (ABC)
07:00a The Partridge Family
07:30a Allamaze – children
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Plastic Man
11:00a Spider-Woman
11:30a Scooby and Scrappy Doo
12:00p Wrestling
12:30p American Bandstand (performances by Mary MacGregor and Smokey Robinson)
01:30p College Football Today
01:45p College Football – Michigan vs. Michigan State from East Lansing, MI
05:00p Wild World of Sports – boxing (WBA lightweight crown, Ernesto Espana vs. Sean O’Grady) and figure skating
06:30p News
07:00p Lawrence Welk
08:00p The Ropers
08:30p Detective School
09:00p The Love Boat
10:00p Hart to Hart
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “The Scalphunters” 1968
25 – WXNE Boston (Ind)
06:30a Health Field (topic: diabetes research)
07:00a Linus the Lionhearted – cartoons
07:30a Josie and the Pussycats – cartoon
08:00a The Hulk – cartoon
08:30a Ironman – cartoon
09:00a Captain America – cartoon
09:30a Lassie
10:00a Movie “Lassie’s Great Adventure” 1963 (This was 5 episodes of the show shot in color and put s together as a movie. The TV episodes were shown in black & white.)
11:30a Movie “Stranger At My Door” 1956
01:00p Bronco
02:00p Bonanza
03:00p The Big Valley
04:00p High Chaparral
05:00p Alias Smith and Jones
06:00p Grizzly Adams
07:00p Famous Classic Tales “Ivanhoe” – cartoon
08:00p Light to the Nations
09:30p The Lesson – religion
10:00p Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
11:00p The Dakotas
27 – WSMW Worcester (Ind)
08:00a AG-USA (Horticulturist David Baggett demonstrates small-scale gardening techniques for limited spaces)
08:30a Vegetable Soup – children (a discussion of American Indians)
09:00a Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine (bicycle safety, pre-fame clips of The Carpenters, and a lesson on Nigeria)
09:30a Mundo Real
10:00a The Fabulous Storybook Lady – “The Ugly Duckling” and “Hansel & Gretel"
10:30a Dick Tracy – serial
11:00a Cartoon Classics
12:00p Wrestling
02:00p Candid Camera
02:30p Movie “Tarzan Escapes” 1936
04:30p Movie “Charlie Chan in City in Darkness” 1939
06:00p Movie “Abbott and Costello Go to Mars” 1953
07:30p Bugs Bunny & Porky Pig
08:00p Nashville, USA
08:30p That Nashville Music
09:00p Porter Wagoner (guests: Brenda Kaye Perry and Linda Naile)
09:30p Pop Goes the Country (guests: Bill Anderson, Jim Stafford, Con Hunley)
10:00p Nashville on the Road (guests: The Kendalls and Terry Gibbs)
10:30p College Football – Boston University vs. Harvard (tape delayed)
36 – WSBE Providence (PBS)
11:30a Once Upon A Classic “Fern, the Red Deer”
12:30p Crockett’s Victory Garden
01:00p Here’s to Your Health
01:30p Chesapeake Planter – documentary
02:00p Hocking Valley Bluegrass
02:30p John Callaway Interviews
03:00p Portrait of a Terrorist – documentary
04:00p 13th State
04:30p Sports Unlimited
05:00p Pro Soccer (league and teams not listed – not NASL as their season had ended in September)
06:00p Shades – discussion
06:30p Another Voice – interview
07:00p Once Upon A Classic “The Old Curiosity Shop”
07:30p Feelings – children
08:00p Nova “A Plague on Our Children” (probe of controversy surrounding the use and disposal of toxic chemicals)
10:00p Musical Comedy Tonight
38 – WSBK Boston (Ind)
08:00a Faith for Today
08:30a Viewpoint on Nutrition
09:00a Villa Allegre
09:30a Carrascolendas – children
10:00a Hot Fudge – children (peer pressure is the topic)
10:30a Movie “Blondie Brings Up Baby” 1939
12:00p Movie “Crazy Over Horses” 1951
01:30p Movie “Fort Worth” 1951
03:00p The Rifleman
04:00p Movie “Love Me Tender” 1956
06:00p Hogan’s Heroes
06:30p Adam-12
07:00p Family Feud
08:00p Gunsmoke
09:00p Maverick
10:00p Abbott and Costello
11:00p Chico and the Man
11:30p Movie “Sherlock Holmes Faces Death” 1943
44 – WGBX Boston (PBS)
05:00p Consumer Survival Kit
05:30p People of the First Light
06:00p Say Brother
07:00p Once Upon A Classic “The Old Curiosity Shop”
07:30p Feelings – children
08:00p Forsyte Saga
09:00p Footsteps
09:30p Here’s to Your Health (avoiding tooth decay)
10:00p Agronsky and Company – discussion
10:30p News
53 – WEDN Norwich CT (PBS)
09:30a Once Upon a Classic “Fern, the Red Deer”
10:30a Connections – documentary (about the 1965 Northeast blackout)
11:30a Here to Make Music – Schubert’s “Trout” Quintent
12:30p Crockett’s Victory Garden
01:00p Day Care in the Home
01:30p Wall Street Week
02:00p The Scarlet Letter (captioned for the hearing impaired)
03:00p Academy Leaders – films (Norman Corwin hosts; 1st of 10 weeks screening short subjects that won or were nominated for Academy Awards)
04:00p People’s Caucus
05:00p Freestyle – children
05:30p Feelings – children
06:00p Footsteps
06:30p Another Voice – interview
07:00p Once Upon A Classic “The Old Curiosity Shop”
07:30p Crockett’s Victory Garden
08:00p Commanders – documentary (Soviet Marshall Georgi Zhukov)
09:00p Medium – opera
10:00p Musical Comedy Tonight
11:30p Monty Python’s Flying Circus
56 – WLVI Boston (Ind)
07:30a Whitney and the Robot (Whitney and 4-U2 learn about laryngitis, and visit a doctor)
08:00a Music and the Spoken Word
08:30a Jimmy Swaggart – religion
09:00a Oral Roberts – religion
09:30a Ken Copland – religion
10:30a De Todo Un Poco – in Spanish
11:00a Wrestling
01:00p Movie “The Colossus of New York” 1958
02:30p Movie “Dagora, the Space Monster”
04:00p Movie “Beach Blanket Bingo” 1965
06:00p Happy Days Again
06:30p Sanford and Son
07:00p Star Trek
08:00p Movie “Sergeant York” 1941
11:00p Juke Box – music (guests: Rose Royce, Boomtown Rats, Peaches & Herb)
11:30p Movie “The Valley of Gwangi” 1969
68 – WQTV Boston (Ind)
No over-the-air programming listed
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