Source: TV Guide
Channels listed
2 WGBH Boston (PBS)
3 WCAX Burlington, VT (CBS)
4 WBZ Boston (NBC)
5 WCVB Boston (ABC)
6 WCSH Portland, ME (NBC)
7 WNAC Boston (CBS)
8 WMTW Poland Spring, ME (ABC)
9 WMUR Manchester, NH (ABC)
11 WENH Durham, NH (PBS)
12 WMEB Orono, ME (PBS)
13 WGAN Portland, ME (CBS)
22 WWLP Springfield, MA (NBC)
27 WSMW Worcester (Ind.)
33 WETK Burlington, VT (PBS)
38 WSBK Boston (Ind.)
44 WGBX Boston (PBS)
56 WLVI Boston (Ind.)
5:00PM
4 Last of The Wild
5 8 9 Wide World of Sports
Analysis and highlights from last night's Ali-Spinks heavyweight-title bout at New Orleans. Howard Cosell reports. From Brooklyn, Mich.: Same day coverage of USAC's Michigan 150. Gordon Johncock is the defending champion. Chris Economaki and Jackie Stewart report. Also: The Italian Grand Prix, taped at Monza, Italy. (90 min.)
6 This is the Life
11 33 James Michener's World
Special: "Hawaii Revisited," a tour of the 50th state. (Repeat, 60 min.) [Captioned for the hearing-impaired.]
12 Mister Rogers
22 Wild Kingdom
Monkey business in Japan: how an unusual breed, the macaque, adapts to its rugged environment.
38 Maverick B&W
Bret (James Garner) and Bart's (Jack Kelly) devotion to one another is tested when they're offered a deal that can mean $10,000 for one of them-but just one. Jessamy: Patricia Barry. Stryker: Ray Teal. Sundown: John Cliff. (60 min.)
44 Women's Golf
Special: Third-round play in the Sarah Coventry Tournament.
5:30
2 Wilder Wilder
Special: Religious themes dominate these four short plays by Thornton Wilder, produced by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.
4 This is the NFL
6 Pop Goes the Country
Host Ralph Emery welcomes Bill Anderson, Mary Lou Turner and Connie Smith. Songs include: "Still the One", "Liars One, Believers Zero."
12 On Nature's Trail
22 Next Step Beyond
Recovering from surgery and a coma, a man (Lewis vanBergen) goes on vacation to Tahiti, where he runs into evidence that he was there before-while he was in the hospital.
EVENING
2 Photo Show
3 4 6 7 13 22 News
11 Firing Line
Toronto Sun editor-in-chief Peter Worthington talks about charges brought against him for publishing information on Soviet spying activities in Canada.
12 Characteristics of Learning Disabilities
27 Movie B&W
"Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man." (1951) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello aid an invisible man (Arthur Franz) when he's accused of murder. Adele Jergens. (90 min)
33 Studio See
38 My Three Sons
Robbie hopes his ballet lessons will help him make the track team.
56 Six Million Dollar Man
Steve (Lee Majors) masquerades as the OSI Neurophysiologist to learn why an anonymous concern offered $1 million for a week of his time. Tamara Batalova: Suzanne Charny. Oscar: Richard Anderson. Bob Kemps: Leslie Moonves.
6:30
2 Pro Soccer
3 7 13 38 CBS News
4 6 22 NBC News
5 News
8 Family Affair
9 ABC News
12 33 Economically Speaking
44 Watch Your Mouth
7:00
3 9 13 Hee Haw
Guests: Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner, Lonzo and Oscar, and Jana Jae. Songs include: "Where are You Going, Billy Boy" (Bill, Mary Lou); "Fox on the Run", "The Green, Green Grass of Home" (Lonzo and Oscar); "Chicken Reel" (Jana); "I Washed my Hands in Muddy Water" (Roy Clark); "Silver Wings" (Buck, Buckaroos); and "It's So Easy" (Hagers).
4 Hollywood Squares
John Byner, Mike Connors, George Gobel, Jill Ireland, Paul Lynde, Bill Macy, Rose Marie, Ron Palillo and Leslie Uggams are guests.
5 Political Talk-Republican
Candidates for the Massachusetts U.S. senatorial nomination field questions from news reporters.
6 Star Trek
Kirk (William Shatner) battles invisible beings who are using his crewmen to continue their species. Problem: the process renders humans susceptible to cell damage, rapid aging-and death. Deela: Kathie Browne.
7 Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk's first program of the 1978-79 season . Songs include: "I'll Never Smile Again", "I Can Dream, Can't I?", "You're Getting to Be A Habit with Me".
8 Twin Double
11 Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival
Sid Dawson's New Chicago Rhythm Kings play: "Chicago", "Nobody's Sweetheart Now", "Oh Baby".
12 Black Perspective on The News
22 Odyssey
Debut: A travel and learning series designed for young people. Opener: Mr. Murphy talks about the history of candy; Jon visits a farm museum; Donna examines a square-lipped rhino.
38 Dick Van Dyke
44 Club 44
The Righteous Jazz Band entertains; folk singers Jeannie Stahl and Mason Daring perform; Margaret and Franco Romagnoli prepare pasta; Richard Borten from the Consumer Council discusses the shelf life of food. Charlie Stuart and Lanie Zera.
56 Mary Tyler Moore
Mary faces a jail sentence for refusing to reveal a news source to a Federal grand jury. Lou: Edward Asner.
7:30
2 At Home
Opera star Phyllis Curtin is interviewed after her home in the Berkshires. Reporter: China Altman.
4 Wild Kingdom
A remote-controlled net is used to capture a jaguar in northern Mexico; bobcat and vultures are sighted.
8 Racers
Forty-foot powerboats race in the Gulf of Mexico in the Swift Powerboat Classic. Johnny Rutherford is the program host.
11 Prisoner
The Prisoner has beaten the system and must either lead the Village or claim his freedom. Prisoner: Patrick McGoohan.
12 33 Agronsky and Company
22 As Schools Match Wits
Return: Easthampton High meets Ch. 22 staffers to kick off the new season.
27 Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig
38 Chico and The Man
Ed is trying desperately to get rid of his unwanted new partner Chico (Freddie Prinze). Ed: Jack Albertson.
56 Mary Tyler Moore
Mary's friends think that her very handsome date (Robert Wolders) must have a shallow character.
8:00
2 Pallisers
Part 12. Glencora (Susan Hampshire) and Plantagenet (Phillip Latham) have misgivings about being Duke and Duchess of Omnium.
3 7 13 Good Times
Florida (Esther Rolle) returns to the series as the Evans family begins a sixth season with a wedding in the works. Thelma (Bern Nadette Stanis) is marrying a college athlete and her mother is flying in from Arizona for the event. First of three parts. J.J.: Jimmie Walker. Willona: Ja'net DuBois. Michael: Ralph Carter. Bookman: Johnny Brown. Penny: Janet Jackson. Keith: Ben Powers. Sweet Daddy: Theodore Wilson (1 hour)
4 6 22 CHiPs
John and Ponch (Larry Wilcox, Erik Estrada) consider leaving the Highway Patrol for a new line of work: selling cars. Brianne Leary is introduced as Off. Sindy Cahill in this second season opener. Getraer: Robert Pine. Baricza: Brodie Greer.
5 8 9 Love Boat
Stubing (Gavin MacLeod) is marooned in this second season opener. Heedless of storm warnings, he puts ashore on a tropical isle, leaving the Pacific Princess to weather choppy seas without its captain. In other vignettes, Isaac (Ted Lange) poses as a tycoon to win a knockout passenger (Lola Falana); and a young woman (Donna Mills), given up for adoption at birth, takes the cruise because her natural mother is on board. (2 hrs)
12 33 Great Performances
The City Center Joffery Ballet performs "The Dance of the Chinese Conjurer," a 1917 work set to music by Satie and featuring sets and costumes designed by Picasso. (Rerun)
27 Hee Haw Honeys
Guest Sammi Smith sings "Help Me Make it Through the Night."
38 Movie-Drama
"Ice Palace" (1960) Edna Ferber's sprawling novel of Alaska's struggle for statehood, turned into a sprawling screen saga of family relationships. Richard Burton, Robert Ryan, Carolyn Jones. (3 hrs)
56 Movie B&W
"I Saw What You Did." (1965) Horror director William Castle switches from monsters to adolescents for this tale of teen-agers unwittingly involved in a murder. Joan Crawford. (2 hrs)
8:30
11 Chesapeake Planter
Touring a recreated Colonial farm.
27 That Nashville Music
Barbara Fairchild, the Osborne Brothers and Carl Perkins are guests.
9:00
2 Great Performances
Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca," a 1900 versimo work, interweaves the destines of a prima donna (soprano Raina Kabaivanska), her lover (tenor Placido Domingo) and a sinister police chief (baritone Sherill Milnes). Sung in Italian. (2 hrs, 30 min)
3 7 13 Movie
Dennis Weaver is "The Islander," a hotshot lawyer who retires to Hawaii-only to become involved with a mobster, a runaway grand-jury witness and a senator suspected of attempted murder. A 1978 tv-movie filmed on location. (2 hrs)
4 6 22 Movie
In Part 1 of "King Kong" (1976), an expedition to find oil on an uncharted Pacific island turns up a giant ape instead. This remake of the 1933 classic contains over an hour of footage not shown in theaters. (2 hrs)
11 In Performance at Wolf Trap
12 James Michener's World
Special: "Hawaii Revisited," a tour of the 50th state with James Michener, who charts the islands' development and colonization. He comments on the islands' volcanic origin; their early settlement by canoe-borne Polynesians (c. AD 750) (Rerun)
27 Porter Wagoner
Guest: Lois Johnson. Musical highlights: "When I Need You," "Come on In" (Lois).
33 Bluegrass at the Englishtown Music Hall
Tex Logan and Don Stover perform at a 1977 festival in New Jersey.
44 Movie
"The Importance of Being Earnest." (English, 1952) Faithful, first-rate version of Oscar Wilde's satire of manners, romance, mistaken identity. Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, Margaret Rutherford, Dorothy Tutin.
9:30
27 Pop Goes the Country
Guests include Johnny Rodriguez and Gene Watson. Johnny does "We Believe in Happy Endings" and a medley of "Love Put a Sing in My Heart," "That's The Way Love Goes" and "Pass Me By."
10:00
5 8 9 Fantasy Island
Ricardo Montalban starts his second season as the mysterious Roarke, proprietor of an island resort where dreams can be realized for a price. In this episode, a Vietnam veteran, presumed dead for eight years, hopes to pick up where he left off with his family, and the only male teacher at an exclusive girls' school wants to learn what it's like to have a harem. Tatoo: Herve Villechaize.
11 33 Movie B&W
Ingmar Bergman's "Port of Call" (Swedish, 1948) concerns the love affair between an embittered sailor and a factory girl.
12 Los Angeles Philharmonic at The Hollywood Bowl
27 Nashville on The Road
Jerry Reed is the guest. He does "Alabama Wild Man" and "Amos Moses." Other songs include "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms," "Morning."
56 Movie B&W
"The Monster that Challenged The World" (1957) Tim Holt directs a Navy assault against prehistoric creatures. (90 min.)
10:30
27 College Football
The Air Force Falcons vs. the Boston College Eagles in a game played earlier today at Chestnut Hill.
11:00
3 4 5 6 7 13 22 News
8 9 ABC News
38 Senator Brooke Reports
11:15
8 Get Smart
9 Movie B&W
"Escape." (1940) Fine thriller about an attempt to rescue an actress (Nazimova) from the Nazis in prewar Europe. Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt, Felix Bressart. Henning: Albert Basserman. (2 hrs)
11:30
2 David Susskind
3 Movie
"Emperor of The North." (1973) Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine play rough in this action yarn about a hobo determined to ride a sadistic railroad guard's freight train. Cigaret: Keith Carradine. Cracker: Charles Tyner. Hogger: Malcolm Atterbury. Policeman: Simon Oakland (2 hours, 30 min)
4 6 22 Saturday Night Live
A 1977 show with Steve Martin (host); comics Franken and Davis; and singer Jackson Browne, who does "Running on Empty." (90 min, rerun)
5 Movie B&W
"Body and Soul." (1947) Director Robert Rossen's excellent story of the rise of a middleweight boxer (John Garfield), in one of his best roles. Lilli Palmer, Anne Revere, Hazel Brooks. Quinn: William Conrad. (2 hrs)
7 Movie
"Brink's: The Great Robbery" (1976) TV-movie dramatizing the multimillion-dollar theft that rocked Boston in 1950-and took six years to solve. Leslie Nielsen, Darren McGavin. Conforti: Cliff Gorman. Jackson: Carl Betz. Russo: Michael Gazzo. (2 hrs)
13 Movie
"The Flame and The Arrow." (1950) Rousing derring-do with Burt Lancaster fighting villains in medieval Italy. Good action. Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas, Aline MacMahon.
38 Avi Nelson
11:45
8 Lohman and Barkley
A show featuring Vincent Price, singer Barbi Benton, comedian Gallagher and comic magician Judy Carter. Sketches include Vincent receiving a lesson in preparing duck from master chef Al, and giving a wine-tasting demonstration; and Gallagher showing how to make applesauce with a "Sledge-O-Matic." (60 min)
OVERNIGHT
Midnight
38 Viewpoint on Nutrition
12:30
38 Athletes-Profile
12:45
38 Listen
1:00
4 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Performers include the Staples, Donna Summer, the Group with No Name, the comedy team of Jim Samuels and Marty Cohen. (90 min)
6 Movie B&W
"The Affairs of Annabel." (1938) Funny, fast-paced Hollywood satire about a starlet (Lucille Ball), her high-pressure press agent (Jack Oakie), gangsters and mistaken identity. Josephine: Ruth Donnelly. Webb: Bradley Page. (90 min)
22 Movie B&W
"To Have or Have Not." (1944) Howard Hawks directed the sensational team of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (her movie debut) in this crackling tale of intrigue in World War II Martininque. Eddie: Walter Brennan. Helene: Dolores Moran. Cricket: Hoagy Carmichael. (90 min)
1:30
5 Movie B&W
"The Money Trap." (1966) A fine cast in a heavily plotted yarn about a policeman turned crook. Joe: Glenn Ford. Rosalie: Rita Hayworth. Lisa: Elke Sommer. Van Tilden: Joseph Cotten. (2 hrs)
7 Movie B&W
"Badman's Territory." (946) Randolph Scott vs. nearly every baddie in Western history. George "Gabby" Hayes, Ann Richards, Ray Collins. Bass: Nestor Paiva.
1:50
3 Wrestling
2:30
4 Insight
"No Tears for Kelsey," the story of a rebellious teen-ager.
3:30
5 Five All Night
3:45
5 ABC News
4:00
5 Third World
4:30
5 Good Day!
Guests include fashion consultant John T. Molloy. (Rerun)
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Channels listed
2 WGBH Boston (PBS)
3 WCAX Burlington, VT (CBS)
4 WBZ Boston (NBC)
5 WCVB Boston (ABC)
6 WCSH Portland, ME (NBC)
7 WNAC Boston (CBS)
8 WMTW Poland Spring, ME (ABC)
9 WMUR Manchester, NH (ABC)
11 WENH Durham, NH (PBS)
12 WMEB Orono, ME (PBS)
13 WGAN Portland, ME (CBS)
22 WWLP Springfield, MA (NBC)
27 WSMW Worcester (Ind.)
33 WETK Burlington, VT (PBS)
38 WSBK Boston (Ind.)
44 WGBX Boston (PBS)
56 WLVI Boston (Ind.)
5:00PM
4 Last of The Wild
5 8 9 Wide World of Sports
Analysis and highlights from last night's Ali-Spinks heavyweight-title bout at New Orleans. Howard Cosell reports. From Brooklyn, Mich.: Same day coverage of USAC's Michigan 150. Gordon Johncock is the defending champion. Chris Economaki and Jackie Stewart report. Also: The Italian Grand Prix, taped at Monza, Italy. (90 min.)
6 This is the Life
11 33 James Michener's World
Special: "Hawaii Revisited," a tour of the 50th state. (Repeat, 60 min.) [Captioned for the hearing-impaired.]
12 Mister Rogers
22 Wild Kingdom
Monkey business in Japan: how an unusual breed, the macaque, adapts to its rugged environment.
38 Maverick B&W
Bret (James Garner) and Bart's (Jack Kelly) devotion to one another is tested when they're offered a deal that can mean $10,000 for one of them-but just one. Jessamy: Patricia Barry. Stryker: Ray Teal. Sundown: John Cliff. (60 min.)
44 Women's Golf
Special: Third-round play in the Sarah Coventry Tournament.
5:30
2 Wilder Wilder
Special: Religious themes dominate these four short plays by Thornton Wilder, produced by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.
4 This is the NFL
6 Pop Goes the Country
Host Ralph Emery welcomes Bill Anderson, Mary Lou Turner and Connie Smith. Songs include: "Still the One", "Liars One, Believers Zero."
12 On Nature's Trail
22 Next Step Beyond
Recovering from surgery and a coma, a man (Lewis vanBergen) goes on vacation to Tahiti, where he runs into evidence that he was there before-while he was in the hospital.
EVENING
2 Photo Show
3 4 6 7 13 22 News
11 Firing Line
Toronto Sun editor-in-chief Peter Worthington talks about charges brought against him for publishing information on Soviet spying activities in Canada.
12 Characteristics of Learning Disabilities
27 Movie B&W
"Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man." (1951) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello aid an invisible man (Arthur Franz) when he's accused of murder. Adele Jergens. (90 min)
33 Studio See
38 My Three Sons
Robbie hopes his ballet lessons will help him make the track team.
56 Six Million Dollar Man
Steve (Lee Majors) masquerades as the OSI Neurophysiologist to learn why an anonymous concern offered $1 million for a week of his time. Tamara Batalova: Suzanne Charny. Oscar: Richard Anderson. Bob Kemps: Leslie Moonves.
6:30
2 Pro Soccer
3 7 13 38 CBS News
4 6 22 NBC News
5 News
8 Family Affair
9 ABC News
12 33 Economically Speaking
44 Watch Your Mouth
7:00
3 9 13 Hee Haw
Guests: Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner, Lonzo and Oscar, and Jana Jae. Songs include: "Where are You Going, Billy Boy" (Bill, Mary Lou); "Fox on the Run", "The Green, Green Grass of Home" (Lonzo and Oscar); "Chicken Reel" (Jana); "I Washed my Hands in Muddy Water" (Roy Clark); "Silver Wings" (Buck, Buckaroos); and "It's So Easy" (Hagers).
4 Hollywood Squares
John Byner, Mike Connors, George Gobel, Jill Ireland, Paul Lynde, Bill Macy, Rose Marie, Ron Palillo and Leslie Uggams are guests.
5 Political Talk-Republican
Candidates for the Massachusetts U.S. senatorial nomination field questions from news reporters.
6 Star Trek
Kirk (William Shatner) battles invisible beings who are using his crewmen to continue their species. Problem: the process renders humans susceptible to cell damage, rapid aging-and death. Deela: Kathie Browne.
7 Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk's first program of the 1978-79 season . Songs include: "I'll Never Smile Again", "I Can Dream, Can't I?", "You're Getting to Be A Habit with Me".
8 Twin Double
11 Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival
Sid Dawson's New Chicago Rhythm Kings play: "Chicago", "Nobody's Sweetheart Now", "Oh Baby".
12 Black Perspective on The News
22 Odyssey
Debut: A travel and learning series designed for young people. Opener: Mr. Murphy talks about the history of candy; Jon visits a farm museum; Donna examines a square-lipped rhino.
38 Dick Van Dyke
44 Club 44
The Righteous Jazz Band entertains; folk singers Jeannie Stahl and Mason Daring perform; Margaret and Franco Romagnoli prepare pasta; Richard Borten from the Consumer Council discusses the shelf life of food. Charlie Stuart and Lanie Zera.
56 Mary Tyler Moore
Mary faces a jail sentence for refusing to reveal a news source to a Federal grand jury. Lou: Edward Asner.
7:30
2 At Home
Opera star Phyllis Curtin is interviewed after her home in the Berkshires. Reporter: China Altman.
4 Wild Kingdom
A remote-controlled net is used to capture a jaguar in northern Mexico; bobcat and vultures are sighted.
8 Racers
Forty-foot powerboats race in the Gulf of Mexico in the Swift Powerboat Classic. Johnny Rutherford is the program host.
11 Prisoner
The Prisoner has beaten the system and must either lead the Village or claim his freedom. Prisoner: Patrick McGoohan.
12 33 Agronsky and Company
22 As Schools Match Wits
Return: Easthampton High meets Ch. 22 staffers to kick off the new season.
27 Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig
38 Chico and The Man
Ed is trying desperately to get rid of his unwanted new partner Chico (Freddie Prinze). Ed: Jack Albertson.
56 Mary Tyler Moore
Mary's friends think that her very handsome date (Robert Wolders) must have a shallow character.
8:00
2 Pallisers
Part 12. Glencora (Susan Hampshire) and Plantagenet (Phillip Latham) have misgivings about being Duke and Duchess of Omnium.
3 7 13 Good Times
Florida (Esther Rolle) returns to the series as the Evans family begins a sixth season with a wedding in the works. Thelma (Bern Nadette Stanis) is marrying a college athlete and her mother is flying in from Arizona for the event. First of three parts. J.J.: Jimmie Walker. Willona: Ja'net DuBois. Michael: Ralph Carter. Bookman: Johnny Brown. Penny: Janet Jackson. Keith: Ben Powers. Sweet Daddy: Theodore Wilson (1 hour)
4 6 22 CHiPs
John and Ponch (Larry Wilcox, Erik Estrada) consider leaving the Highway Patrol for a new line of work: selling cars. Brianne Leary is introduced as Off. Sindy Cahill in this second season opener. Getraer: Robert Pine. Baricza: Brodie Greer.
5 8 9 Love Boat
Stubing (Gavin MacLeod) is marooned in this second season opener. Heedless of storm warnings, he puts ashore on a tropical isle, leaving the Pacific Princess to weather choppy seas without its captain. In other vignettes, Isaac (Ted Lange) poses as a tycoon to win a knockout passenger (Lola Falana); and a young woman (Donna Mills), given up for adoption at birth, takes the cruise because her natural mother is on board. (2 hrs)
12 33 Great Performances
The City Center Joffery Ballet performs "The Dance of the Chinese Conjurer," a 1917 work set to music by Satie and featuring sets and costumes designed by Picasso. (Rerun)
27 Hee Haw Honeys
Guest Sammi Smith sings "Help Me Make it Through the Night."
38 Movie-Drama
"Ice Palace" (1960) Edna Ferber's sprawling novel of Alaska's struggle for statehood, turned into a sprawling screen saga of family relationships. Richard Burton, Robert Ryan, Carolyn Jones. (3 hrs)
56 Movie B&W
"I Saw What You Did." (1965) Horror director William Castle switches from monsters to adolescents for this tale of teen-agers unwittingly involved in a murder. Joan Crawford. (2 hrs)
8:30
11 Chesapeake Planter
Touring a recreated Colonial farm.
27 That Nashville Music
Barbara Fairchild, the Osborne Brothers and Carl Perkins are guests.
9:00
2 Great Performances
Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca," a 1900 versimo work, interweaves the destines of a prima donna (soprano Raina Kabaivanska), her lover (tenor Placido Domingo) and a sinister police chief (baritone Sherill Milnes). Sung in Italian. (2 hrs, 30 min)
3 7 13 Movie
Dennis Weaver is "The Islander," a hotshot lawyer who retires to Hawaii-only to become involved with a mobster, a runaway grand-jury witness and a senator suspected of attempted murder. A 1978 tv-movie filmed on location. (2 hrs)
4 6 22 Movie
In Part 1 of "King Kong" (1976), an expedition to find oil on an uncharted Pacific island turns up a giant ape instead. This remake of the 1933 classic contains over an hour of footage not shown in theaters. (2 hrs)
11 In Performance at Wolf Trap
12 James Michener's World
Special: "Hawaii Revisited," a tour of the 50th state with James Michener, who charts the islands' development and colonization. He comments on the islands' volcanic origin; their early settlement by canoe-borne Polynesians (c. AD 750) (Rerun)
27 Porter Wagoner
Guest: Lois Johnson. Musical highlights: "When I Need You," "Come on In" (Lois).
33 Bluegrass at the Englishtown Music Hall
Tex Logan and Don Stover perform at a 1977 festival in New Jersey.
44 Movie
"The Importance of Being Earnest." (English, 1952) Faithful, first-rate version of Oscar Wilde's satire of manners, romance, mistaken identity. Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, Margaret Rutherford, Dorothy Tutin.
9:30
27 Pop Goes the Country
Guests include Johnny Rodriguez and Gene Watson. Johnny does "We Believe in Happy Endings" and a medley of "Love Put a Sing in My Heart," "That's The Way Love Goes" and "Pass Me By."
10:00
5 8 9 Fantasy Island
Ricardo Montalban starts his second season as the mysterious Roarke, proprietor of an island resort where dreams can be realized for a price. In this episode, a Vietnam veteran, presumed dead for eight years, hopes to pick up where he left off with his family, and the only male teacher at an exclusive girls' school wants to learn what it's like to have a harem. Tatoo: Herve Villechaize.
11 33 Movie B&W
Ingmar Bergman's "Port of Call" (Swedish, 1948) concerns the love affair between an embittered sailor and a factory girl.
12 Los Angeles Philharmonic at The Hollywood Bowl
27 Nashville on The Road
Jerry Reed is the guest. He does "Alabama Wild Man" and "Amos Moses." Other songs include "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms," "Morning."
56 Movie B&W
"The Monster that Challenged The World" (1957) Tim Holt directs a Navy assault against prehistoric creatures. (90 min.)
10:30
27 College Football
The Air Force Falcons vs. the Boston College Eagles in a game played earlier today at Chestnut Hill.
11:00
3 4 5 6 7 13 22 News
8 9 ABC News
38 Senator Brooke Reports
11:15
8 Get Smart
9 Movie B&W
"Escape." (1940) Fine thriller about an attempt to rescue an actress (Nazimova) from the Nazis in prewar Europe. Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt, Felix Bressart. Henning: Albert Basserman. (2 hrs)
11:30
2 David Susskind
3 Movie
"Emperor of The North." (1973) Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine play rough in this action yarn about a hobo determined to ride a sadistic railroad guard's freight train. Cigaret: Keith Carradine. Cracker: Charles Tyner. Hogger: Malcolm Atterbury. Policeman: Simon Oakland (2 hours, 30 min)
4 6 22 Saturday Night Live
A 1977 show with Steve Martin (host); comics Franken and Davis; and singer Jackson Browne, who does "Running on Empty." (90 min, rerun)
5 Movie B&W
"Body and Soul." (1947) Director Robert Rossen's excellent story of the rise of a middleweight boxer (John Garfield), in one of his best roles. Lilli Palmer, Anne Revere, Hazel Brooks. Quinn: William Conrad. (2 hrs)
7 Movie
"Brink's: The Great Robbery" (1976) TV-movie dramatizing the multimillion-dollar theft that rocked Boston in 1950-and took six years to solve. Leslie Nielsen, Darren McGavin. Conforti: Cliff Gorman. Jackson: Carl Betz. Russo: Michael Gazzo. (2 hrs)
13 Movie
"The Flame and The Arrow." (1950) Rousing derring-do with Burt Lancaster fighting villains in medieval Italy. Good action. Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas, Aline MacMahon.
38 Avi Nelson
11:45
8 Lohman and Barkley
A show featuring Vincent Price, singer Barbi Benton, comedian Gallagher and comic magician Judy Carter. Sketches include Vincent receiving a lesson in preparing duck from master chef Al, and giving a wine-tasting demonstration; and Gallagher showing how to make applesauce with a "Sledge-O-Matic." (60 min)
OVERNIGHT
Midnight
38 Viewpoint on Nutrition
12:30
38 Athletes-Profile
12:45
38 Listen
1:00
4 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Performers include the Staples, Donna Summer, the Group with No Name, the comedy team of Jim Samuels and Marty Cohen. (90 min)
6 Movie B&W
"The Affairs of Annabel." (1938) Funny, fast-paced Hollywood satire about a starlet (Lucille Ball), her high-pressure press agent (Jack Oakie), gangsters and mistaken identity. Josephine: Ruth Donnelly. Webb: Bradley Page. (90 min)
22 Movie B&W
"To Have or Have Not." (1944) Howard Hawks directed the sensational team of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (her movie debut) in this crackling tale of intrigue in World War II Martininque. Eddie: Walter Brennan. Helene: Dolores Moran. Cricket: Hoagy Carmichael. (90 min)
1:30
5 Movie B&W
"The Money Trap." (1966) A fine cast in a heavily plotted yarn about a policeman turned crook. Joe: Glenn Ford. Rosalie: Rita Hayworth. Lisa: Elke Sommer. Van Tilden: Joseph Cotten. (2 hrs)
7 Movie B&W
"Badman's Territory." (946) Randolph Scott vs. nearly every baddie in Western history. George "Gabby" Hayes, Ann Richards, Ray Collins. Bass: Nestor Paiva.
1:50
3 Wrestling
2:30
4 Insight
"No Tears for Kelsey," the story of a rebellious teen-ager.
3:30
5 Five All Night
3:45
5 ABC News
4:00
5 Third World
4:30
5 Good Day!
Guests include fashion consultant John T. Molloy. (Rerun)
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