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RETRO: Monday, September 24, 1979 -NY Metro TV Guide

By special request:

From TV Guide: New York Metropolitan Edition
September 22-28, 1979

New York City
2 WCBS -CBS
4 WNBC -NBC
5 WNEW -Ind
7 WABC -ABC
9 WOR -Ind
11 WPIX -Ind
13 WNET -PBS
25 WNYE -PBS
31 WNYC -PBS
MSG -MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (Cable)

Garden CIty
21 WLIW -PBS

Montclair, New Jersey
50 WNJM -PBS

New Brunswick
58 WNJB -PBS

Newark
47 WNJU -Ind
68 WTVG -Ind

Patterson
41 WXTV -Ind

Hartford, Connecticut
3 WFSB -CBS
30 WVIT -NBC

New Haven
8 WTNH -ABC
65 WEDY -PBS

Waterbury
20 WATR -NBC

Bridgeport
49 WEDW -PBS

Pay-TV
HBO -Home Box Office
SHO -Showtime
WHT -Wometco Home Theatre


MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1979

WCBS Ch. 2 New York (CBS)
Morning
06:10 News
06:30 Sunrise Semester (Drama in education)
07:00 Monday Morning
08:00 Captain Kangaroo (Stu Kerr and actor Jerry McGee visit)
09:00 Lassie
09:30 Stanley Siegel
10:00 Beat The Clock
10:30 Whew!
10:55 CBS News -Douglas Edwards
11:00 Price Is Right
Afternoon
12:00 Love of Life (delay from 4pm)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
01:00 Young and the Restless (delay from noon)
01:30 As The World Turns
02:30 Guiding Light
03:30 One Day At A Time
04:00 Match Game
04:30 Mike Douglas
Co-host Ron Howard; Guests: Alan Alda, Bonnie Pointer, Fred Travalena, Vicki Lawrence.
Evening
06:00 News
07:00 CBS News -Walter Cronkite
07:30 Muppet Show
Linda Lavin celebrates Kermit's birthday.
08:00 White Shadow
After spending 18 months imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, an embittered black student directs his resentment of "white man's justice" toward Reeves (Ken Howard), labeling the coach a racist.
09:00 M*A*S*H
A Congressional aide (Lawrence Pressman) asks the kinds of questions that belie his claim to be on a routine fact finding tour.
09:30 WKRP In Cincinnati
Buffy (Julie Payne) admits she planned to sue Johnny (Howard Hesseman) on the advice of her lawyer -a boy who jilted her after he discovered the deejay's poor credit score. Second of two parts.
10:00 Lou Grant
The Trib's coverage of a local politician's alcoholic husband coincides with a gossip sheet's expose on the city room staff.
11:00 News
11:30 Harry O
A woman is terrorized by an ex-con seeking a suitcase he says is worth $300,000.
12:40 McMillan And Wife
Mac's old friend is killed by a traitorous double agent who is a master of disguise.
02:40 Movie: "Too Hot to Handle," 1938
04:55 Stanley Siegel


WNBC Ch. 4 New York (NBC)
Morning
05:55 Women of the Working World (Hostess: June Massell)
06:25 Health Field
06:55 News
07:00 Today (Anna Kashfi Brando discusses life with Marlon Brando)
09:00 Phil Donahue (Guest: Ralph Nader)
10:00 Card Sharks
10:30 Hollywood Squares
Byron Allen, John Byner, Gil Gerard, Karen Grassle, James Gregory, Shirley Jones, Kelly Monteith, Charlotte Rae, Charlene Tilton. Host: Peter Marshall
11:00 High Rollers
11:30 Wheel of Fortune
Afternoon
12:00 Mindreaders
Dolly Martin, McLean Stevenson. Host: Dick Martin.
12:30 Password
Joanna Gleason, Robert Pine. Host: Allen Ludden.
01:00 Days of Our Lives
02:00 The Doctors
02:30 Another World
04:00 Mary Tyler Moore
04:30 Newlywed Game
05:00 News
Evening
06:00 News
07:00 NBC News -Chancellor/Brinkley
07:30 Family Feud
08:00 Little House On The Prairie
In their ongoing rivalry for Almanzo's affections, Nellie finds a particularly sneaky way to avenge a dirty trick played on her by Laura (Melissa Gilbert). Second of two parts.
09:00 Last Convertible
Anton Myrer's best seller inspired this three-part miniseries. Pre-empts regular programming. Shown in three parts, The Last Convertible airs on successive evenings at this time.
11:30 Johnny Carson
Scheduled: Guest host Bill Cosby. Guests: Larry Hagman, comic Skip Stephenson, Gary Coleman, and Charo.
01:00 Tomorrow
Labor leader William Winpisinger is scheduled.
02:00 Marcus Welby, M.D.


WABC Ch. 7 New York (ABC)
Morning
06:00 News
06:25 William Glasser Approach
06:55 News
07:00 Good Morning America
Malcolm MacDowell discusses his role as H.G. Wells in the new film "Time After Time."
09:00 A.M. New York
10:00 Movie: "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" (A three-part movie)
11:00 Laverne & Shirley
11:30 Family Feud
Afternoon
12:00 $20,000 Pyramid
LaVar Burton, Lynn Redgrave. Host: Dick Clark.
12:30 Ryan's Hope
01:00 All My Children
02:00 One Life to Live
03:00 General Hospital
04:00 Edge of Night
04:30 Movie: "Gidget Goes Hawaiian"
Evening
06:00 News
07:00 ABC News -Frank Reynolds
07:30 Hollywood Squares {Ed. note: In this time-slot on: Tue/Match Game PM, Wed/H. Squares, Thu/Fri $100,000 Name That Tune}
Paul Williams, Bonnie Franklin, George Gobel, Elke Sommer, John Byner, Nina Hartley, David Letterman, Dottie West, and Ernest Borgnine.
08:00 240-Robert
The deputies locate a missing hiker but the rescue is imperiled by a mountain storm.
09:00 NFL Football
The Dallas Cowboys vs. the Cleveland Browns. Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, and Don Meredith report.
12:00 News
12:30 Movie: "Hell Raiders"
02:00 News


WNEW Ch. 5 New York (Ind.)
Morning
05:50 New Zoo Revue
06:20 News
06:30 Bugs & Friends
07:00 Battle Of The Planets
07:30 Shazzan
08:00 Flintstones
08:30 Woody Woodpecker
09:00 Andy Griffith [BW]
09:30 Partridge Family
10:00 Bewitched
10:30 Ghost And Mrs. Muir
11:00 Love, American Style
11:30 Midday -Bill Boggs
Afternoon
12:55 News
01:00 Gong Show
Panelists are Arte Johnson, Jaye P. Morgan, and Jamie Farr.
01:30 Addams Family [BW]
02:00 Gilligan's Island
02:30 Star Blazers
03:00 Popeye & Friends
03:30 Woody Woodpecker
04:00 Little Rascals [BW]
04:30 Flintstones
05:00 Gilligan's Island
05:30 Brady Bunch
Evening
06:00 I Love Lucy [BW]
06:30 Carol Burnett And Friends
07:00 M*A*S*H
07:30 All In The Family
08:00 Cross-Wits
08:30 Merv Griffin
Merv talks with modeling agent Nina Blanchard and models from around the world.
10:00 News
11:00 M*A*S*H
11:30 Kojak
12:30 Movie: "God Is My Co-Pilot"
02:25 Best Of Midday -Bill Boggs
03:50 Jack Benny


WOR Ch. 9 New York (Ind.)
Morning
07:00 News
07:30 PTL Club
08:30 Meet the Mayors
09:00 Joe Franklin
10:00 Romper Room
11:00 Straight Talk (Topic: Vietnam veterans.)
Afternoon
12:00 News
12:30 Movie: "The Snake Pit" (1948)
02:30 Baseball
The NY Mets meet the Cubs at Chicago. (Live)
05:00 Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
Evening
06:00 Bowling For Dollars
06:30 Love Experts [Tic Tac Dough begins at this time Oct. 1]
07:00 Joker's Wild
07:30 Dating Game
08:00 Penn State Highlights (from the game held September 22 at University Park)
09:00 Movie: Boom! (1968)
11:00 Benny Hill [The Jackie Gleason Show begins at this time Oct. 1]
11:30 Movie: "All This And Heaven Too" Part. 1 [Benny Hill moves to this time Oct. 1]
01:00 Joe Franklin
02:00 News


WPIX Ch. 11 New York (Ind.)
Morning
06:30 Mighty Mouse
07:00 Banana Splits
07:30 Dastardly and Muttley
08:00 Josie and the Pussycats
08:30 Tom and Jerry
09:00 Dinah! & Friends
Don Meredith, Paul Williams, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Fernando Lamas are among the "Friends" appearing as Dinah's co-hosts from time to time in Dinah Shore's new format. In this 1979 season opener: Don Meredith, Alan Alda, Sally Struthers, newsman Ken Minyard, psychologist Steve Johnson; actor Peter Barton; and Bonnie Pointer, who sings "Heaven Must Have Sent You."
10:30 Focus: New Jersey
11:00 Puerto Rican New Yorker
11:30 700 Club
Afternoon
12:30 News
01:00 Movie: "Raffles" (1939)
02:30 Magic Garden
03:00 Mighty Mouse
03:30 Jetsons
04:00 Tom and Jerry
05:00 I Dream of Jeannie
05:30 Dick Van Dyke [BW]
Evening
06:00 Odd Couple [Happy Days Again begins at this time Oct. 1]
06:30 Sanford and Son
07:00 Odd Couple
07:30 News
08:00 Movie: "Waltz Of The Toreadors" (1962)
10:00 News
10:30 New York, New York (Howard Golden and Jerry Pratt)
11:00 Odd Couple
11:30 Odd Couple
12:00 Honeymooners [BW]
12:30 Twilight Zone [BW]
01:00 News
01:30 New York, New York
02:00 Movie: "The First Traveling Saleslady" (1956)
04:00 Biography [BW]


WNET Ch. 13 New York (PBS)
Morning
07:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
08:00 New Jersey News
08:30 Dick Cavett (Sen. William Proxmire is interviewed. Repeat.)
09:00 Sesame Street
Afternoon
12:00 Freestyle
A teacher (Greg Morris) encourages two students to pursue their interest in science.
12:30 Electric Company
03:00 Life Around Us
03:30 Villa Alegre
04:00 Seasme Street
05:00 Mister Rogers
05:30 Electric Company
Evening
06:00 Zoom
06:30 New Jersey News
07:00 Over Easy
Rosemary Clooney, Rose Marie, Barbara McNair, and Margaret Whiting discuss growing older.
07:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
08:00 Live From The Met
Return: The opera series begins its second season with an opening-night live performance of Verdi's Otello. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. James Levine conducts.

WNYE Ch. 25 New York City (PBS)
Afternoon
04:30 Music Is
05:00 Electric Company
05:30 Villa Alegre
Evening
06:00 Mister Rogers
06:30 Once Upon A Classic ("Pinocchio" conclusion.)
07:00 Over Easy (Pianist Billy Taylor does "My Romance")
07:30 Washington Week In Review
08:00 Meeting Of Minds
09:00 Black Man's Land


WNYC Ch. 31 New York (PBS)
Morning
11:45 A.M. Weather
Afternoon
12:00 Over Easy
12:30 Villa Alegre
01:00 Sesame Street
02:00 Mister Rogers
02:30 On the Job
03:00 Consumer Survival Kit
03:30 Consultation
04:00 New Orleans Concerto
05:00 Electric Company
05:30 National Geographic
Evening
06:30 Washington Week In Review
07:00 Newsmagazine
07:30 Inside Albany
08:00 Cityscope
08:30 Women: New York Edition
09:00 Kup's Show
10:00 Conversations With Larry Adler
10:30 Over Easy


WFSB Ch. 3 Hartford, Connecticut (CBS)
Morning
06:00 Agronsky And Company
06:30 Comment
07:00 Monday Morning
08:00 Captain Kangaroo
09:00 Tom And Jerry
09:30 Woody Woodpecker And Friends
10:00 Dinah! & Friends
11:00 Beat The Clock (Delay from 10am)
11:55 CBS News -Douglas Edwards (Delay from 10:55am)
Afternoon
12:00 News Day
01:00 Search For Tomorrow (Delay from 12:30pm)
01:30 As The World Turns
02:30 Guiding Light
03:30 One Day At A Time
04:00 Tom And Jerry
04:30 Brady Bunch
05:00 Sanford And Son
05:30 All In The Family
Evening
06:00 News
07:00 CBS News -Walter Cronkite
07:30 PM Magazine
08:00 White Shadow
09:00 M*A*S*H
09:30 WKRP In Cincinnati
10:00 Lou Grant
11:00 News
11:30 Mary Tyler Moore
12:00 Harry O (Delay from Sept. 17)
01:10 McMillan And Wife (Delay from Sept. 17)


WVIT Ch. 30 Hartford, Connecticut (NBC)
06:30 United Way
07:00 Today
09:00 Tic Tac Dough
09:30 Joker's Wild
10:00 Card Sharks
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11:00 High Rollers
11:30 Wheel of Fortune
Afternoon
12:00 Mindreaders
12:30 Password
01:00 Days of Our Lives
02:00 The Doctors
02:30 Another World
04:00 Movie: "What's New, Pussycat?" (1965)
Evening
06:00 News
06:30 NBC News -Chancellor/Brinkley
07:00 Dating Game
07:30 Three's A Crowd
08:00 Little House On The Prairie
09:00 Last Convertible
11:30 Johnny Carson
01:00 Tomorrow

WTNH Ch. 8 New Haven, Connecticut (ABC)
Morning
06:00 Jefferson Award Special
06:30 Battle of the Planets
07:00 Good Morning America
09:00 Phil Donahue (Guest: Bob Hope)
10:00 Mike Douglas
11:30 Family Feud
Afternoon
12:00 12 O'Clock Live!
12:30 Ryan's Hope
01:00 All My Children
02:00 One Life to Live
03:00 General Hospital
04:00 Merv Griffin
05:30 M*A*S*H
Evening
06:00 News
07:00 ABC News -Frank Reynolds
07:30 Muppet Show
08:00 240-Robert
09:00 NFL Football
12:00 News
12:30 College Football '79
01:00 News


WATR Ch. 20 Waterbury, Connecticut (NBC)
Morning
07:00 Today -Tom Brokaw
09:00 News
09:30 New Zoo Revue
10:00 Card Sharks
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11:00 High Rollers
11:30 Wheel of Fortune
Afternoon
12:00 Mindreaders
12:30 Password
01:00 Days of Our Lives
02:00 The Doctors
02:30 Another World
04:00 Film
04:30 PTL Club
Evening
06:30 NBC News -Chancellor/Brinkley
07:00 Wrestling
08:00 Little House On The Prairie
09:00 Last Convertible
11:30 Johnny Carson
01:00 Tomorrow


WEDW Ch. 49 Bridgeport, Connecticut (PBS)
Afternoon
04:00 Seasme Street
05:00 Mister Rogers
05:30 Electric Company
Evening
06:00 Of Earth And Man
06:30 Over Easy
07:00 Dick Cavett
07:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
08:00 Live From The Met


WEDY Ch. 65 New Haven, Connecticut (PBS)
Afternoon
04:00 Seasme Street
05:00 Mister Rogers
05:30 Electric Company
Evening
06:00 Of Earth And Man
06:30 Over Easy
07:00 Dick Cavett
07:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
08:00 Live From The Met


WLIW Ch. 21 Garden City (PBS)
03:00 Black Man's Land
04:00 Vegetable Soup
04:30 Once Upon A Classic (Pt. 4 of The Secret Garden)
05:00 Sesame Street
Evening
06:00 German -Instruction
06:30 Villa Alegre
07:00 Romagnolis' Table (Lasagne with yellow and green pasta is prepared)
07:30 News
07:55 Vamos Amigos
08:00 Once Upon A Classic ("The Copter Kids")
09:00 Masterpiece Theatre (Love For Lydia)
10:30 Focus: New Jersey
10:55 Vamos Amigos
11:00 Lilias, Yoga and You


WXTV Ch. 41 Paterson, New Jersey (Ind.)
Afternoon
02:30 Hermanos Coraje
03:30 Cepillin
04:00 Amor Prohibido -serial
05:00 Rosalia
05:30 Noticias
Evening
06:30 El Chapulin Colorado
07:00 Mama Campanita
08:00 Viviana
08:30 Olga Breenskin
09:30 Pecado De Amor -serial
10:00 Noticias
11:00 De Noche A Noche


WNJU Ch. 47 Newark, New Jersey (Ind.)
Afternoon
04:00 Hace Mucho Tiempo
05:00 Nuestro Pueblo
Evening
06:00 Esmeralda [BW]
07:00 Angelica
08:00 Luis Vigoreaux Presenta
09:00 Lucecita [BW]
10:00 Cinco Minutos Con Mirta De Perales
10:05 Mi Querida Silvia
10:30 Noticias
11:00 Boxeo
12:00 Padre Posada


WNJM Ch. 50 Montclair, New Jersey (PBS)
Morning
07:45 A.M. Weather
08:00 Sesame Street
Afternoon
12:00 The Long Search -Religion
03:00 Humanities Through The Arts
04:00 Sesame Street
05:00 Crockett's Victory Garden
05:30 Electric Company
Evening
06:00 Survival Skills For The Classroom Teacher
06:30 Information Processing And The Computer
07:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
07:30 New Jersey News
08:00 That's It In Sports
08:30 Great Batsto Furnace
09:00 Masterpiece Theatre (Love For Lydia)
10:30 New Jersey News
11:00 Mother Leeds' 13th Child
11:30 ABC News (Frank Reynolds)


WNJB Ch. 58 New Brunswick, New Jersey (PBS)
Morning
07:45 A.M. Weather
08:00 Sesame Street
Afternoon
12:00 The Long Search -Religion
03:00 Humanities Through The Arts
04:00 Sesame Street
05:00 Crockett's Victory Garden
05:30 Electric Company
Evening
06:00 Survival Skills For The Classroom Teacher
06:30 Information Processing And The Computer
07:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
07:30 New Jersey News
08:00 That's It In Sports
08:30 Great Batsto Furnace
09:00 Masterpiece Theatre (Love For Lydia)
10:30 New Jersey News
11:00 Mother Leeds' 13th Child
11:30 ABC News (Frank Reynolds)


WTVG Ch. 68 Newark, New Jersey (Ind)
Morning
08:00 What's New In Medicine
08:30 Brother Dave -religion
11:30 Getting Ready -children
Afternoon
12:00 Sixty Plus -Emma Fantone
12:30 Stock Market Today
01:00 700 Club
02:30 Ross Bagley
03:00 Pixanne
03:30 Timmy and Lassie [BW]
04:00 Mister Ed [BW]
04:30 Sergeant Preston
05:00 Cisco Kid
05:30 Lone Ranger
Evening
06:00 Uncle Floyd -children
06:30 Green Acres
07:00 Journey to Adventure
07:30 New Jersey Newswatch


HBO
Evening
06:00 Movie, Movie (1978)
08:00 Bodybuilding: Night of the Champions (1979)
09:00 Blazing Saddles (1974)
10:30 Movie, Movie
12:15 Boulevard Nights (1979)

SHO
Evening
06:00 Country Comedy
Minnie Pearl and Mel Tillis headline this celebration of country humor and music, taped at Boots Randolph's Club in Nashville, Tenn. (1979)
07:30 Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson performs at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. (1979)
09:00 Boulevard Nights
11:00 The Driver (1978)

WHT
Morning
09:00 California Suite (1978)
Evening
08:00 California Suite
10:00 Scalpel (1976)
12:00 California Suite
 
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