Source – TV Guide Eastern New England edition
2 - WGBH Boston (PBS)
08:00a Sesame Street
09:00a Mister Rogers
09:30a The Electric Company
10:00a Writing For a Reason (x2)
11:00a As Man Behaves – instruction
12:00p Pro Soccer (no teams listed)
01:00p Here to Make Music – Schubert’s “Trout” Quintent
02:00p Musical Comedy Tonight (songs and dances from Broadway shows)
03:30p Mark Russell (political satirist)
04:00p Camera Three (profile of Marvin Hamlisch)
04:30p Another Voice – interview
05:00p Say Brother
06:00p Sesame Street
07:00p Crockett’s Victory Garden
07:30p Friends of Man (animals serving as pets and work partners)
08:00p Connections (origins of the atom bomb)
09:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 3
10:00p The Two Ronnies
10:30p The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
11:00p Artists’ Showcase
3 – WFSB Hartford (CBS)
06:00a Best of News Day
06:30a Face the State
07:00a Christoper Closeup
07:30a My Neighbor’s Religion
08:00a Three Robonic Stooges (yes, the Three Stooges in cartoon form as robots)
08:30a Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine (celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first moon landing)
09:00a CBS News Sunday Morning – Charles Kuralt
10:30a Barrio – Yolanda Cerrera
11:30a Face the Nation
12:00p Up Front
12:30p NFL Today (hosts: Brent Musberger, Irv Cross, Jayne Kennedy; Pete Rose comments on the World Series)
01:00p NFL Football – Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants
04:00p NFL Football – Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings
07:00p 60 Minutes
08:00p Archie Bunker’s Place
08:30p One Day at A Time
09:00p Alice
09:30p The Jeffersons
10:00p Comment – discussion
10:30p Face the State
11:00p News
11:15p CBS News – Ed Bradley
11:30p CBS News Special (covering Pope John Paul II’s trip to America)
12:00a Weekend Sports Wrap-Up
12:15a Movie “Summer and Smoke” 1961
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:30a Living Word – religion
06:45a Davey and Goliath
07:00a Prime Time – elder affairs (topic: Social Security and government spending)
07:30a Nosotros – Pablo Correa
08:00a Papal Visit (special) – Pope John Paul II is expected to deliver a speech on the role of women in the church at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
11:30a News
12:00p Meet the Press
12:30p Patriots ’79 (host: Roger Twibell) (in place of NBC’s NFL ’79)
01:00p News Conference
01:30p Movie “Evel Knievel” 1971
03:00p In Search Of
03:30p Guinness Games (Three contestants wager on the outcomes of attempts to break world records documented in the “Guinness Book of World Records”)
04:00p NFL Football – Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
07:00p Disney’s Wonderful World “The $1,000,000 Duck”
08:00p Movie “Gray Lady Down” 1978
10:00p Prime Time Sunday (host: Tom Snyder – focus on the Papal visit)
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “The Carpetbaggers” 1964
5 – WCVB Boston (ABC)
06:00a Christopher Closeup (guest: Arlo Guthrie)
06:30a Westbrook Hospital
07:00a Davey and Goliath
07:30a Animals, Animals, Animals
08:00a Kids Are People Too (guests: Tony Orlando, Carl Weathers, Suzi Chaffee, consumer reporter David Horowitz, and physical-fitness instructor David Luna)
09:30a Sunday Open House (interview with Carl Yastrzemski; demonstration of firefighting techniques; a discussion on the rights of pregnant employees; a demonstration of rehabilitation techniques for people with impaired vision; a report on the Newton Art Center’s Antique Show; a look at carved ivory miniatures by Japanese artist Netsuke)
11:30a New Heaven/New Earth
12:00p Issues and Answers
12:30p Five on Five (host: Jack Hynes)
01:00p Aqui (host: Jorge Inserni)
01:30p City Streets (host: Marc Holmes; discussion of emergency energy needs)
02:00p Jacques Cousteau (social behavior of dolphins)
03:00p Papal Mass (Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass on the Mall in Washington)
05:30p Carol Burnett and Friends
06:00p News
06:30p The Baxters (originally a locally produced show that was picked up for national syndication; the cast would act out a scene and then the audience would comment)
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p A New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Interlude” 1968
6 – WTEV New Bedford (CBS)
06:00a Worship
06:30a For Our Times – religion
07:00a Church Service – Catholic
07:30a The Jetsons
08:00a Develin – cartoon
08:30a Portuguese Around Us
09:00a CBS News Sunday Morning – Charles Kuralt
10:30a Truman Taylor Talks To – interview
11:00a Another Voice – report
12:00p Six at Large
12:30p NFL Today
01:00p NFL Football – Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants (at press time the Detroit Lions at New England Patriots game was not a sell-out; if it was in time that game would be shown)
04:00p NFL Football – Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings
07:00p 60 Minutes
08:00p Archie Bunker’s Place
08:30p One Day at A Time
09:00p Alice
09:30p The Jeffersons
10:00p Trapper John
11:00p News
11:30p CBS News Special
12:00a Match Game
12:30a Ironside
01:30a News
7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
06:25a Greater Bostonians – music
06:30a Up Front (host: Ted O’Brien)
07:00a Peoplescope (host: Bill Turpie)
07:30a Womankind (host: Tayna Hart)
08:00a Senior Circuit (topics: beano games and hospital patients’ rights)
08:30a Lift Every Voice – music
09:00a Asian Focus – Gloria Chun
09:15a Church Service – Catholic
10:00a Robert Schuller
11:00a ECO (host: Maria de los Angeles)
12:00p Face the Nation
12:30p NFL Today
01:00p NFL Football – Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants (at press time the Detroit Lions at New England Patriots game was not a sell-out; if it was in time that game would be shown)
04:00p Movie “Prince of the Foxes” 1949
06:00p News
06:30p Newsmakers
07:00p 60 Minutes
08:00p Archie Bunker’s Place
08:30p One Day at A Time
09:00p Alice
09:30p The Jeffersons
10:00p Trapper John
11:00p News
11:30p Nightscene (host: David Brudnoy; guest: Leonard Nimoy)
12:30a Movie “Savage Season” 1970
02:00a News
02:30a Greater Bostonians – music
8 – WTNH New Haven (ABC)
07:00a This is the Life – religion
07:30a Davey and Goliath
07:45a New Day “The Role of Wealth”
08:00a Church Service – Catholic
08:30a Battle of the Planets
09:00a Star Trek
10:00a LDS World Conference (coverage of the conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons))
12:00p Fight For City Hall (candidates for various offices in East Haven)
12:30p Fight For City Hall (candidates for the first selectmen of Branford, CT)
01:00p Fight For City Hall (candidates for the first selectmen of Guilford, CT)
01:30p Fight For City Hall (candidates for the first selectmen of Madison, CT)
02:00p This is the World Series (Mel Allen highlights memorable moments)
03:00p Papal Mass (Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass on the Mall in Washington)
05:30p Make it Real
06:00p News
06:30p ABC News – Sam Donaldson
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p News
11:30p New Haven Columbus Day Parade Highlights
11:45p Movie “Bang the Drum Slowly” 1975
02:00a News
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
07:00a Jerry Falwell – religion
08:00a Show My People
08:30a Day of Discovery
09:00a Oral Roberts
09:30a Herald of Truth – religion
10:00a Westbrook Hospital
10:30a Insight – religion
11:00a Rex Humbard – religion
12:00p Issues and Answers
12:30p College Football ‘79
01:00p Wrestling
02:00p Bonanza
03:00p Papal Mass (Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass on the Mall in Washington)
05:30p Movie “Fiesta” 1947
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p ABC News
11:15p PTL Club – religion
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
06:00a This is the Life
06:30a Davey and Goliath
07:00a Battle of the Planets
07:30a Hogan’s Heroes
08:00a Papal Visit (special)
11:30a News Conference – interview
12:00p Meet the Press
12:30p NFL ‘79
01:00p To Be Announced
04:00p NFL Football – Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
07:00p Disney’s Wonderful World – “The $1,000,000 Duck”
08:00p Movie “Gray Lady Down” 1978
10:00p Prime Time Sunday (host: Tom Snyder – focus on the Papal visit)
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Villa Rides” 1968
01:30a Week Starts Here
12 – WPRI Providence (ABC)
06:00a Front and Center
06:45a Nuevos Horizontes
07:00a Allamaze – children
07:30a Jimmy Swaggart – religion
08:00a Soul Village – music
08:30a Day of Discovery
09:00a Oral Roberts
09:30a To Be Equal
10:00a Robert Schuller
11:00a Face the News
11:30a World Tomorrow
12:00p Area 12
12:30p College Football ‘79
01:00p Front and Center
01:45p Nuevos Horizontes
02:00p World of Survival
02:30p This is the World Series
03:30p Movie “Harry in Your Pocket” 1973
05:30p News
06:00p ABC News – Sam Donaldson
06:30p Newsmakers
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p A New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p News
11:30p Benny Hill
12:00a Emergency One!
01:00a Issues and Answers
25 – WXNE Boston (Ind)
08:00a Jimmy Swaggart – religion
09:00a Ever Increasing Faith
10:00a Wake Up America – religion
10:30a It’s Your Life (host: Tom O’Connell – discussion on day care services)
11:00a Watchworks (host: Paul Fitzgerald – architectural problems facing the handicapped and elderly)
11:30a America’s Problems and Challenges
12:00p Focus on the Family
12:30p Deaf Hear – religion
01:00p Backyard
01:30p Puppet Tree Gang – children
04:00p 700 Club
06:00p Ross Bagley – religion
07:30p 700 Club
09:00p Jerry Falwell – religion
10:00p The King Is Coming – religion
10:30p Jesus Festival
11:00p It’s Your Life (repeat from 10:30a)
11:30p Watchworks (repeat from 11a)
27 – WSMW Worcester (Ind)
07:00a Jimmy Swaggart – religion
08:00a Day of Discovery – religion
08:30a Jerry Falwell – religion
09:30a American Religious Town Hall
10:00a It is Written – religion
10:30a Leroy Jenkins – religion
11:00a Rex Humbard – religion
12:00p Bowling
01:00p Polka Varieties
02:00p Movie “Every Man a King” 1970
04:00p Crimes of Passion
05:00p Norm Crosby’s The Comedy Shop
05:30p Last of the Wild
06:00p Wild Kingdom
06:30p Bowling
07:30p Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (music by David Bowie, Carly Simon, and Nick Gilder; comedy by Nancy Parker)
09:00p Jacobs Brothers Quartette
11:30p Dog Racing from Plainfield, MA
11:45p David Susskind (topic: bisexuality)
36 – WSBE Providence (PBS)
10:00a Sesame Street
11:00a Mister Rogers
11:30a The Electric Company
12:00p Studio See – children
12:30p Big Blue Marble
01:00p Washington Week in Review
01:30p Wall Street Week
02:00p Great Performances (David Mamet’s “A Life in the Theater”)
03:30p Mark Russell
04:00p Evening at Symphony – Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and Tartini’s Trumpet Concerto in D
05:00p Crockett’s Victory Garden
05:30p Old Houseworks
06:00p The Long Search
07:00p Nuclear Issue
08:00p Connections
09:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 3
10:00p The Two Ronnies – comedy
10:30p The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin – comedy
11:00p Mark Russell
11:30p Sitcom – documentary (about Garry Marshall and his shows “Happy Days”, “Laverne and Shirley” and “Mork and Mindy”)
38 – WSBK Boston (Ind)
07:30a Wheeelie – cartoon
08:00a Devlin – cartoon
08:30a Johnny Quest – cartoon
09:00a Popeye
09:30a Top Cat
10:00a The Jetsons
10:30a Movie “Keep ‘Em Flying” 1941
12:00p Movie “The Caine Mutiny” 1954
02:30p Movie “Ruby Gentry” 1952
04:00p Movie “Carousel” 1956
06:30p That’s Hollywood
08:00p Gunsmoke
09:00p Maverick
10:00p Ask The Manager
10:30p Drum (Black News)
11:00p Public Affairs Special
11:30p It’s Your Business
12:00a Athletes – profile
12:15a Listen
12:30p Mass. Council of Rabbis
44 – WGBX Boston (PBS)
05:00p Life Around Us
05:30p Wall Street Week
06:00p The Long Search
07:00p Austin City Limits
08:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 2
09:00p Movie “Tales of Hoffman” 1951
53 – WEDN Norwich CT (PBS)
09:30a The Electric Company
10:00a Studio See – children
10:30a Zoom
11:00a Mister Rogers
11:30a The Electric Company
12:00p Pro Soccer
01:00p To Be Announced
02:00p To Be Announced
03:30p Mark Russell
04:00p Evening at Symphony – Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and Tartini’s Trumpet Concerto in D
05:00p Firing Line (Gen. William C. Westmoreland discusses defense spending and SALT II)
06:00p TV Community College
07:00p Sesame Street
08:00p Connections
09:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 3
10:00p Ascent of Man
56 – WLVI Boston (Ind)
07:30a Day of Discovery
08:00a Rex Humbard – religion
09:00a Big Blue Marble
09:30a Tom and Jerry
10:00a Woody Woodpecker
10:30a The Flintstones
11:00a Gilligan’s Island
11:30a The Brady Bunch
12:00p Movie “My Six Loves” 1963
02:00p Movie “What a Way To Go!” 1964
04:00p Movie “The Great Waldo Pepper” 1975
06:00p Space 1999
07:00p Star Trek
08:00p Movie “High Sierra” 1940
10:00p Joe Oteri – interview (guests: Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda; Rhea Zakish, creator of a non-competitive communications game)
11:30p Point of View (guest: William Loeb, publisher of the Manchester Union Leader)
12:00a People Power – discussion
12:30a Notre Dame Football (taped replay of Georgia Tech at Notre Dame)
68 – WQTV Boston (Ind)
07:00a Movie – To Be Announced
08:30a Jerry Falwell – religion
09:30a State House Forum
10:00a Greek Show – variety
11:00a Italian Show – Romanagoli
12:00p Wrestling
01:00p This is the NFL
Starcase subscription TV runs the remainder of the day
2 - WGBH Boston (PBS)
08:00a Sesame Street
09:00a Mister Rogers
09:30a The Electric Company
10:00a Writing For a Reason (x2)
11:00a As Man Behaves – instruction
12:00p Pro Soccer (no teams listed)
01:00p Here to Make Music – Schubert’s “Trout” Quintent
02:00p Musical Comedy Tonight (songs and dances from Broadway shows)
03:30p Mark Russell (political satirist)
04:00p Camera Three (profile of Marvin Hamlisch)
04:30p Another Voice – interview
05:00p Say Brother
06:00p Sesame Street
07:00p Crockett’s Victory Garden
07:30p Friends of Man (animals serving as pets and work partners)
08:00p Connections (origins of the atom bomb)
09:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 3
10:00p The Two Ronnies
10:30p The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
11:00p Artists’ Showcase
3 – WFSB Hartford (CBS)
06:00a Best of News Day
06:30a Face the State
07:00a Christoper Closeup
07:30a My Neighbor’s Religion
08:00a Three Robonic Stooges (yes, the Three Stooges in cartoon form as robots)
08:30a Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine (celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first moon landing)
09:00a CBS News Sunday Morning – Charles Kuralt
10:30a Barrio – Yolanda Cerrera
11:30a Face the Nation
12:00p Up Front
12:30p NFL Today (hosts: Brent Musberger, Irv Cross, Jayne Kennedy; Pete Rose comments on the World Series)
01:00p NFL Football – Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants
04:00p NFL Football – Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings
07:00p 60 Minutes
08:00p Archie Bunker’s Place
08:30p One Day at A Time
09:00p Alice
09:30p The Jeffersons
10:00p Comment – discussion
10:30p Face the State
11:00p News
11:15p CBS News – Ed Bradley
11:30p CBS News Special (covering Pope John Paul II’s trip to America)
12:00a Weekend Sports Wrap-Up
12:15a Movie “Summer and Smoke” 1961
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:30a Living Word – religion
06:45a Davey and Goliath
07:00a Prime Time – elder affairs (topic: Social Security and government spending)
07:30a Nosotros – Pablo Correa
08:00a Papal Visit (special) – Pope John Paul II is expected to deliver a speech on the role of women in the church at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
11:30a News
12:00p Meet the Press
12:30p Patriots ’79 (host: Roger Twibell) (in place of NBC’s NFL ’79)
01:00p News Conference
01:30p Movie “Evel Knievel” 1971
03:00p In Search Of
03:30p Guinness Games (Three contestants wager on the outcomes of attempts to break world records documented in the “Guinness Book of World Records”)
04:00p NFL Football – Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
07:00p Disney’s Wonderful World “The $1,000,000 Duck”
08:00p Movie “Gray Lady Down” 1978
10:00p Prime Time Sunday (host: Tom Snyder – focus on the Papal visit)
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “The Carpetbaggers” 1964
5 – WCVB Boston (ABC)
06:00a Christopher Closeup (guest: Arlo Guthrie)
06:30a Westbrook Hospital
07:00a Davey and Goliath
07:30a Animals, Animals, Animals
08:00a Kids Are People Too (guests: Tony Orlando, Carl Weathers, Suzi Chaffee, consumer reporter David Horowitz, and physical-fitness instructor David Luna)
09:30a Sunday Open House (interview with Carl Yastrzemski; demonstration of firefighting techniques; a discussion on the rights of pregnant employees; a demonstration of rehabilitation techniques for people with impaired vision; a report on the Newton Art Center’s Antique Show; a look at carved ivory miniatures by Japanese artist Netsuke)
11:30a New Heaven/New Earth
12:00p Issues and Answers
12:30p Five on Five (host: Jack Hynes)
01:00p Aqui (host: Jorge Inserni)
01:30p City Streets (host: Marc Holmes; discussion of emergency energy needs)
02:00p Jacques Cousteau (social behavior of dolphins)
03:00p Papal Mass (Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass on the Mall in Washington)
05:30p Carol Burnett and Friends
06:00p News
06:30p The Baxters (originally a locally produced show that was picked up for national syndication; the cast would act out a scene and then the audience would comment)
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p A New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Interlude” 1968
6 – WTEV New Bedford (CBS)
06:00a Worship
06:30a For Our Times – religion
07:00a Church Service – Catholic
07:30a The Jetsons
08:00a Develin – cartoon
08:30a Portuguese Around Us
09:00a CBS News Sunday Morning – Charles Kuralt
10:30a Truman Taylor Talks To – interview
11:00a Another Voice – report
12:00p Six at Large
12:30p NFL Today
01:00p NFL Football – Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants (at press time the Detroit Lions at New England Patriots game was not a sell-out; if it was in time that game would be shown)
04:00p NFL Football – Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings
07:00p 60 Minutes
08:00p Archie Bunker’s Place
08:30p One Day at A Time
09:00p Alice
09:30p The Jeffersons
10:00p Trapper John
11:00p News
11:30p CBS News Special
12:00a Match Game
12:30a Ironside
01:30a News
7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
06:25a Greater Bostonians – music
06:30a Up Front (host: Ted O’Brien)
07:00a Peoplescope (host: Bill Turpie)
07:30a Womankind (host: Tayna Hart)
08:00a Senior Circuit (topics: beano games and hospital patients’ rights)
08:30a Lift Every Voice – music
09:00a Asian Focus – Gloria Chun
09:15a Church Service – Catholic
10:00a Robert Schuller
11:00a ECO (host: Maria de los Angeles)
12:00p Face the Nation
12:30p NFL Today
01:00p NFL Football – Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants (at press time the Detroit Lions at New England Patriots game was not a sell-out; if it was in time that game would be shown)
04:00p Movie “Prince of the Foxes” 1949
06:00p News
06:30p Newsmakers
07:00p 60 Minutes
08:00p Archie Bunker’s Place
08:30p One Day at A Time
09:00p Alice
09:30p The Jeffersons
10:00p Trapper John
11:00p News
11:30p Nightscene (host: David Brudnoy; guest: Leonard Nimoy)
12:30a Movie “Savage Season” 1970
02:00a News
02:30a Greater Bostonians – music
8 – WTNH New Haven (ABC)
07:00a This is the Life – religion
07:30a Davey and Goliath
07:45a New Day “The Role of Wealth”
08:00a Church Service – Catholic
08:30a Battle of the Planets
09:00a Star Trek
10:00a LDS World Conference (coverage of the conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons))
12:00p Fight For City Hall (candidates for various offices in East Haven)
12:30p Fight For City Hall (candidates for the first selectmen of Branford, CT)
01:00p Fight For City Hall (candidates for the first selectmen of Guilford, CT)
01:30p Fight For City Hall (candidates for the first selectmen of Madison, CT)
02:00p This is the World Series (Mel Allen highlights memorable moments)
03:00p Papal Mass (Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass on the Mall in Washington)
05:30p Make it Real
06:00p News
06:30p ABC News – Sam Donaldson
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p News
11:30p New Haven Columbus Day Parade Highlights
11:45p Movie “Bang the Drum Slowly” 1975
02:00a News
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
07:00a Jerry Falwell – religion
08:00a Show My People
08:30a Day of Discovery
09:00a Oral Roberts
09:30a Herald of Truth – religion
10:00a Westbrook Hospital
10:30a Insight – religion
11:00a Rex Humbard – religion
12:00p Issues and Answers
12:30p College Football ‘79
01:00p Wrestling
02:00p Bonanza
03:00p Papal Mass (Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass on the Mall in Washington)
05:30p Movie “Fiesta” 1947
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p ABC News
11:15p PTL Club – religion
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
06:00a This is the Life
06:30a Davey and Goliath
07:00a Battle of the Planets
07:30a Hogan’s Heroes
08:00a Papal Visit (special)
11:30a News Conference – interview
12:00p Meet the Press
12:30p NFL ‘79
01:00p To Be Announced
04:00p NFL Football – Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
07:00p Disney’s Wonderful World – “The $1,000,000 Duck”
08:00p Movie “Gray Lady Down” 1978
10:00p Prime Time Sunday (host: Tom Snyder – focus on the Papal visit)
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Villa Rides” 1968
01:30a Week Starts Here
12 – WPRI Providence (ABC)
06:00a Front and Center
06:45a Nuevos Horizontes
07:00a Allamaze – children
07:30a Jimmy Swaggart – religion
08:00a Soul Village – music
08:30a Day of Discovery
09:00a Oral Roberts
09:30a To Be Equal
10:00a Robert Schuller
11:00a Face the News
11:30a World Tomorrow
12:00p Area 12
12:30p College Football ‘79
01:00p Front and Center
01:45p Nuevos Horizontes
02:00p World of Survival
02:30p This is the World Series
03:30p Movie “Harry in Your Pocket” 1973
05:30p News
06:00p ABC News – Sam Donaldson
06:30p Newsmakers
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p A New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p News
11:30p Benny Hill
12:00a Emergency One!
01:00a Issues and Answers
25 – WXNE Boston (Ind)
08:00a Jimmy Swaggart – religion
09:00a Ever Increasing Faith
10:00a Wake Up America – religion
10:30a It’s Your Life (host: Tom O’Connell – discussion on day care services)
11:00a Watchworks (host: Paul Fitzgerald – architectural problems facing the handicapped and elderly)
11:30a America’s Problems and Challenges
12:00p Focus on the Family
12:30p Deaf Hear – religion
01:00p Backyard
01:30p Puppet Tree Gang – children
04:00p 700 Club
06:00p Ross Bagley – religion
07:30p 700 Club
09:00p Jerry Falwell – religion
10:00p The King Is Coming – religion
10:30p Jesus Festival
11:00p It’s Your Life (repeat from 10:30a)
11:30p Watchworks (repeat from 11a)
27 – WSMW Worcester (Ind)
07:00a Jimmy Swaggart – religion
08:00a Day of Discovery – religion
08:30a Jerry Falwell – religion
09:30a American Religious Town Hall
10:00a It is Written – religion
10:30a Leroy Jenkins – religion
11:00a Rex Humbard – religion
12:00p Bowling
01:00p Polka Varieties
02:00p Movie “Every Man a King” 1970
04:00p Crimes of Passion
05:00p Norm Crosby’s The Comedy Shop
05:30p Last of the Wild
06:00p Wild Kingdom
06:30p Bowling
07:30p Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (music by David Bowie, Carly Simon, and Nick Gilder; comedy by Nancy Parker)
09:00p Jacobs Brothers Quartette
11:30p Dog Racing from Plainfield, MA
11:45p David Susskind (topic: bisexuality)
36 – WSBE Providence (PBS)
10:00a Sesame Street
11:00a Mister Rogers
11:30a The Electric Company
12:00p Studio See – children
12:30p Big Blue Marble
01:00p Washington Week in Review
01:30p Wall Street Week
02:00p Great Performances (David Mamet’s “A Life in the Theater”)
03:30p Mark Russell
04:00p Evening at Symphony – Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and Tartini’s Trumpet Concerto in D
05:00p Crockett’s Victory Garden
05:30p Old Houseworks
06:00p The Long Search
07:00p Nuclear Issue
08:00p Connections
09:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 3
10:00p The Two Ronnies – comedy
10:30p The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin – comedy
11:00p Mark Russell
11:30p Sitcom – documentary (about Garry Marshall and his shows “Happy Days”, “Laverne and Shirley” and “Mork and Mindy”)
38 – WSBK Boston (Ind)
07:30a Wheeelie – cartoon
08:00a Devlin – cartoon
08:30a Johnny Quest – cartoon
09:00a Popeye
09:30a Top Cat
10:00a The Jetsons
10:30a Movie “Keep ‘Em Flying” 1941
12:00p Movie “The Caine Mutiny” 1954
02:30p Movie “Ruby Gentry” 1952
04:00p Movie “Carousel” 1956
06:30p That’s Hollywood
08:00p Gunsmoke
09:00p Maverick
10:00p Ask The Manager
10:30p Drum (Black News)
11:00p Public Affairs Special
11:30p It’s Your Business
12:00a Athletes – profile
12:15a Listen
12:30p Mass. Council of Rabbis
44 – WGBX Boston (PBS)
05:00p Life Around Us
05:30p Wall Street Week
06:00p The Long Search
07:00p Austin City Limits
08:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 2
09:00p Movie “Tales of Hoffman” 1951
53 – WEDN Norwich CT (PBS)
09:30a The Electric Company
10:00a Studio See – children
10:30a Zoom
11:00a Mister Rogers
11:30a The Electric Company
12:00p Pro Soccer
01:00p To Be Announced
02:00p To Be Announced
03:30p Mark Russell
04:00p Evening at Symphony – Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and Tartini’s Trumpet Concerto in D
05:00p Firing Line (Gen. William C. Westmoreland discusses defense spending and SALT II)
06:00p TV Community College
07:00p Sesame Street
08:00p Connections
09:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 3
10:00p Ascent of Man
56 – WLVI Boston (Ind)
07:30a Day of Discovery
08:00a Rex Humbard – religion
09:00a Big Blue Marble
09:30a Tom and Jerry
10:00a Woody Woodpecker
10:30a The Flintstones
11:00a Gilligan’s Island
11:30a The Brady Bunch
12:00p Movie “My Six Loves” 1963
02:00p Movie “What a Way To Go!” 1964
04:00p Movie “The Great Waldo Pepper” 1975
06:00p Space 1999
07:00p Star Trek
08:00p Movie “High Sierra” 1940
10:00p Joe Oteri – interview (guests: Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda; Rhea Zakish, creator of a non-competitive communications game)
11:30p Point of View (guest: William Loeb, publisher of the Manchester Union Leader)
12:00a People Power – discussion
12:30a Notre Dame Football (taped replay of Georgia Tech at Notre Dame)
68 – WQTV Boston (Ind)
07:00a Movie – To Be Announced
08:30a Jerry Falwell – religion
09:30a State House Forum
10:00a Greek Show – variety
11:00a Italian Show – Romanagoli
12:00p Wrestling
01:00p This is the NFL
Starcase subscription TV runs the remainder of the day