Highlight today: a total eclipse of the sun, covered by
all three networks. Personal note: my cousin, who was
in the Boy Scouts, observed the eclipse as a Scout project,
using a homemade device to protect his eyes. You may know
what kind of device I'm talking about.
From TV Guide, Eastern Virginia Edition:
WTAR (WTKR) Ch. 3 Norfolk (CBS)
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "African Social Anthropology"
7 AM Flibbertigibbet
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Dastardly And Muttley In Their Flying Machines
10 AM Wacky Races
10:30 Scooby-Doo
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N Monkees
12:30 Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM 4-H TV Science Club (time approximate)
2:30 One Reach One
3 PM Project 1040 (viewers can call in with questions
about their income tax returns)
4 PM Golf: Florida Citrus Open Invitational (third round)
5 PM Wilburn Brothers
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM Death Valley Days (Dale Robertson is hosting)
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 ACC Basketball Championship (South Carolina, in
its last season in the conference, wins it all.)
10:30 TBA
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Tackle Box
11:40 Movie: "Splendor In The Grass"
WSVA (WHSV) Ch. 3 Harrisonburg (NBC/ABC)
7:30 4-H Action Club
8 AM Adventures Of Gulliver
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys (animated)
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Get It Together (on film: Ringo Starr; in
the studio: Rick Nelson and Mama Cass)
12:30 American Bandstand
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM NCAA Basketball Tournament: NBC has March
Madness; games are Notre Dame-Mid American
Conference Champ and Jacksonville (FL)-Western
Kentucky (first-round games)
6 PM Gilligan's Island (time approximate)
6:30 News, Weather, Sports (still in black and white)
7 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 ACC Basketball Championship
10:30 Movie: "Strangers When We Meet" (time approximate)
WTVR Ch. 6 Richmond (CBS)
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "Iranian Culture"
7 AM Tom And Jerry (delay from Sun 9 AM)
7:30 Sooper Dog
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Dastardly And Muttley In Their Flying Machines
10 AM Wacky Races
10:30 Scooby-Doo
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N Monkees
12:30 Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM Laramie (time approximate)
3 PM Upbeat
4 PM CBS Golf Classic: Quarterfinal match pits Julius
Boros and Don January against Al Geiberger and
Dave Stockton.
5 PM Wrestling (from the sublime to the ridiculous ;D)
6 PM Death Valley Days
6:30 CBS News
7 PM News, Weather, Sports
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 ACC Basketball Championship
10:30 News, Weather, Sports (time approximate)
11 PM Movie: "8 1/2"
12:30 Movie: "Man In Outer Space"
WXEX (WRIC) Ch. 8 Petersburg-Richmond (ABC)
7 AM Fort Lee Hi-Lites
7:15 Social Security
7:30 4-H Action
8 AM Adventures Of Gulliver
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Get It Together
12:30 American Bandstand
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM TBA
2:30 Lawman
3 PM Outdoors With Joe Foss
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (finals of the Greater
Buffalo Open)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (Billy Kidd's debut
as a pro skier; the Tournament of Thrills
Auto Daredevil Championships)
6:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music
7 PM Wilburn Brothers
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
Hour
10:30 The Virginian (pre-empted on Ch. 12 Wed 7:30)
12 M Joe Pyne
1:30 News (I presume this is ABC)
WAVY Ch. 10 Norfolk (NBC)
6:30 Film
7 AM Laughing Place
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Flintstones
12 N Solar Eclipse
1:30 Cartoons (time approximate)
2 PM NCAA Basketball Tournament (see Ch. 3
Harrisonburg for details)
6 PM News, Weather, Sports (time approximate)
6:30 Saturday Huntley/Brinkley Report
7 PM All-American College Show
7:30 Andy Williams (guests Kenny Rogers and the
First Edition, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles,
Ray Stevens, and cameos by James Garner, Tiny
Tim, Arte Johnson, and Carl Ballantine)
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM NBC Movie: "The War Lord"
11:30 News, Weather, Sports
12 M Movie: "The Underwater City"
1:30 News, Weather, Sports
WWBT Ch. 12 Richmond (NBC)
7 AM Telecollege
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Flintstones
12 N Hazel
12:30 Movie: "Okinawa"
2 PM NCAA Basketball Tournament (see
Ch. 3 Harrisonburg for details)
6 PM Bill Anderson (time approximate)
6:30 Saturday Huntley/Brinkley Report
7 PM Tommy Faile (from WBTV Charlotte)
7:30 Andy Williams
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM NBC Movie: "The War Lord"
11:30 Movie: "Cape Fear" (the original, with
Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum)
WVEC Ch. 13 Norfolk (ABC)
7 AM Telecollege
8 AM Adventures Of Gulliver
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Get It Together
12:30 American Bandstand
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM Movie: "Beast Of Babylon Against The
Son Of Hercules" (time approximate)
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Hawaiian Eye
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
Hour
10:30 Movie: "Run Silent, Run Deep"
12:30 News (presumably ABC)
12:45 News, Weather
WHRO Ch. 15 Norfolk (NET)
off air on Saturday
WCVE Ch. 23 Richmond (NET)
8:30 Sesame Street
9:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
10 AM Sesame Street
11 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11:30 Sesame Street
12:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
sign off 1 PM
WYAH (WGNT) Ch. 27 Portsmouth (Ind.)
5 PM Jim And Tammy (their kids' show)
6 PM Captain's Galley (oyster recipes)
6:30 Hour 27
7:30 Andrew's Answer
8 PM America Sings
8:30 Word Of Life
9 PM The Answer
9:30 Tomorrow's Lesson
10 PM Billy Graham (don't know if this is one
of his crusades--no info given)
all three networks. Personal note: my cousin, who was
in the Boy Scouts, observed the eclipse as a Scout project,
using a homemade device to protect his eyes. You may know
what kind of device I'm talking about.
From TV Guide, Eastern Virginia Edition:
WTAR (WTKR) Ch. 3 Norfolk (CBS)
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "African Social Anthropology"
7 AM Flibbertigibbet
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Dastardly And Muttley In Their Flying Machines
10 AM Wacky Races
10:30 Scooby-Doo
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N Monkees
12:30 Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM 4-H TV Science Club (time approximate)
2:30 One Reach One
3 PM Project 1040 (viewers can call in with questions
about their income tax returns)
4 PM Golf: Florida Citrus Open Invitational (third round)
5 PM Wilburn Brothers
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM Death Valley Days (Dale Robertson is hosting)
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 ACC Basketball Championship (South Carolina, in
its last season in the conference, wins it all.)
10:30 TBA
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Tackle Box
11:40 Movie: "Splendor In The Grass"
WSVA (WHSV) Ch. 3 Harrisonburg (NBC/ABC)
7:30 4-H Action Club
8 AM Adventures Of Gulliver
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys (animated)
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Get It Together (on film: Ringo Starr; in
the studio: Rick Nelson and Mama Cass)
12:30 American Bandstand
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM NCAA Basketball Tournament: NBC has March
Madness; games are Notre Dame-Mid American
Conference Champ and Jacksonville (FL)-Western
Kentucky (first-round games)
6 PM Gilligan's Island (time approximate)
6:30 News, Weather, Sports (still in black and white)
7 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 ACC Basketball Championship
10:30 Movie: "Strangers When We Meet" (time approximate)
WTVR Ch. 6 Richmond (CBS)
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "Iranian Culture"
7 AM Tom And Jerry (delay from Sun 9 AM)
7:30 Sooper Dog
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Dastardly And Muttley In Their Flying Machines
10 AM Wacky Races
10:30 Scooby-Doo
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N Monkees
12:30 Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM Laramie (time approximate)
3 PM Upbeat
4 PM CBS Golf Classic: Quarterfinal match pits Julius
Boros and Don January against Al Geiberger and
Dave Stockton.
5 PM Wrestling (from the sublime to the ridiculous ;D)
6 PM Death Valley Days
6:30 CBS News
7 PM News, Weather, Sports
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 ACC Basketball Championship
10:30 News, Weather, Sports (time approximate)
11 PM Movie: "8 1/2"
12:30 Movie: "Man In Outer Space"
WXEX (WRIC) Ch. 8 Petersburg-Richmond (ABC)
7 AM Fort Lee Hi-Lites
7:15 Social Security
7:30 4-H Action
8 AM Adventures Of Gulliver
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Get It Together
12:30 American Bandstand
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM TBA
2:30 Lawman
3 PM Outdoors With Joe Foss
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (finals of the Greater
Buffalo Open)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (Billy Kidd's debut
as a pro skier; the Tournament of Thrills
Auto Daredevil Championships)
6:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music
7 PM Wilburn Brothers
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
Hour
10:30 The Virginian (pre-empted on Ch. 12 Wed 7:30)
12 M Joe Pyne
1:30 News (I presume this is ABC)
WAVY Ch. 10 Norfolk (NBC)
6:30 Film
7 AM Laughing Place
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Flintstones
12 N Solar Eclipse
1:30 Cartoons (time approximate)
2 PM NCAA Basketball Tournament (see Ch. 3
Harrisonburg for details)
6 PM News, Weather, Sports (time approximate)
6:30 Saturday Huntley/Brinkley Report
7 PM All-American College Show
7:30 Andy Williams (guests Kenny Rogers and the
First Edition, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles,
Ray Stevens, and cameos by James Garner, Tiny
Tim, Arte Johnson, and Carl Ballantine)
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM NBC Movie: "The War Lord"
11:30 News, Weather, Sports
12 M Movie: "The Underwater City"
1:30 News, Weather, Sports
WWBT Ch. 12 Richmond (NBC)
7 AM Telecollege
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Flintstones
12 N Hazel
12:30 Movie: "Okinawa"
2 PM NCAA Basketball Tournament (see
Ch. 3 Harrisonburg for details)
6 PM Bill Anderson (time approximate)
6:30 Saturday Huntley/Brinkley Report
7 PM Tommy Faile (from WBTV Charlotte)
7:30 Andy Williams
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM NBC Movie: "The War Lord"
11:30 Movie: "Cape Fear" (the original, with
Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum)
WVEC Ch. 13 Norfolk (ABC)
7 AM Telecollege
8 AM Adventures Of Gulliver
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Get It Together
12:30 American Bandstand
1 PM Solar Eclipse
2 PM Movie: "Beast Of Babylon Against The
Son Of Hercules" (time approximate)
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Hawaiian Eye
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
Hour
10:30 Movie: "Run Silent, Run Deep"
12:30 News (presumably ABC)
12:45 News, Weather
WHRO Ch. 15 Norfolk (NET)
off air on Saturday
WCVE Ch. 23 Richmond (NET)
8:30 Sesame Street
9:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
10 AM Sesame Street
11 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11:30 Sesame Street
12:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
sign off 1 PM
WYAH (WGNT) Ch. 27 Portsmouth (Ind.)
5 PM Jim And Tammy (their kids' show)
6 PM Captain's Galley (oyster recipes)
6:30 Hour 27
7:30 Andrew's Answer
8 PM America Sings
8:30 Word Of Life
9 PM The Answer
9:30 Tomorrow's Lesson
10 PM Billy Graham (don't know if this is one
of his crusades--no info given)
