[SOURCES: TV Guide, New York Metropolitan Edition, Nov. 11-17, 1978; also, day's listings in The New York Times, Daily News, New York Post, and Red Bank (NJ) Daily Register (Nov. 17, 1978 issue); show episode info, where applicable, courtesy IMDb and TV.com]
(BW) - Black & White; (R) - repeat (rerun (if episode specifics are unknown)
Part I: NYC VHF's
WCBS-TV 2 New York (CBS; owned and operated) (translator: W53AA 53)
6:05a Give Us This Day
6:10a Channel 2 News: Morning Report
6:30a Sunrise Semester - "The English Language Arts: Creative Teaching of Speaking, Listening and Writing to Children
and Adolescents"
7:00a CBS Morning News with Lesley Stahl and Richard Threlkeld
8:00a Captain Kangaroo (Willy and Wally mix up the sound effects of a radio program)
9:00a Everyday (guests include Buddy Ebsen and Rip Taylor; also: a discussion of ways for women to improve their
relationships with men)
10:00a All in the Family - "Archie and the KKK: Part 1" [original airdate 11/27/77]
10:30a The Price Is Right
11:30a Love of Life
11:55a CBS Midday News with Douglas Edwards
12:00p The Young and the Restless
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
1:00p The Stanley Siegel Show
1:30p As the World Turns
2:30p The Guiding Light
3:30p M*A*S*H - "Aid Station" [original airdate 2/11/75]
4:00p Match Game '78 (stars: Robert Pine, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Loni Anderson, Bob Barker and Patti Deutsch)
4:30p The Mike Douglas Show (co-host: Ed Asner; guests include Loretta Lynn, Bruce and Chrystie Jenner, and stuntwoman
Kitty O'Neil)
6:00p Channel 2 News: Six O'Clock Report with Jim Jensen and Rolland Smith
7:00p CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
7:30p Masquerade Party (syndicated revival attempt of 1950's game show; host: Richard Dawson)
8:00p The Star Wars Holiday Special (what more can be said about what TV Guide called a "sequel - of sorts" to the
original 1977 movie, that hasn't already been said about rabies? - a sentiment most likely shared by most of the cast
of the first three [released] movies and the creator of the franchise, George Lucas, who has all but disavowed any
knowledge of this show and never allowed any official legal DVD release)
[TRIVIA NOTE: The CBS staff announcer on duty that night was Bill Martin, who died June 19, 2011 at age 90]
10:00p Flying High - "Beautiful People"
11:00p Channel 2 News: Eleven O'Clock Report with Rolland Smith and Vic Miles (doubtless with a "Special Report" on how to
fight "the frizzies," per Smith's station ID/tease within The Star Wars Holiday Special)
11:30p The CBS Late Movie Double Feature:
1. The New Avengers - "Cat Amongst the Piegons" [original UK airdate 10/31/76]
2. "Sweet Hostage" (1975) - Martin Sheen, Linda Blair
2:40a The Late Show: "The Assassination Bureau" (1969) - Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
4:50a The Stanley Siegel Show
5:20a Give Us This Day
followed by sign-off
WNBC-TV 4 New York (NBC; owned and operated) (translator: W57AB 57)
5:55a Sermonette (C)
6:00a Dance, Dance, Dance (dance styles developed in the United States are discussed)
6:30a Not for Women Only - "Food" (Part 5 of 5 - recipes for fruit desserts are included; hosts: Lynn Redgrave and
Dr. Frank Field)
7:00a Today (scheduled: a salute to Tommy Dorsey; also featured: John Toland, author of "Hitler - A Pictorial Documentary";
host: Tom Brokaw)
(interrupted by local news updates at 7:25a and 8:25a)
9:00a Donahue (guest: Ray Charles)
10:00a Card Sharks
10:30a Jeopardy! (1978-79 revival attempt)
11:00a High Rollers
11:30a Wheel of Fortune
12:00p America Alive! (scheduled: Pat Mitchell at Florida's Disney World for a salute to Mickey Mouse; host: Jack Linkletter)
1:00p The Hollywood Squares (featured: David Doyle, Eva Gabor, George Gobel, Gabe Kaplan, Judy Landers)
1:30p Days of our Lives
2:30p The Doctors
3:00p Another World
4:00p Mary Tyler Moore - "It's Whether You Win or Lose" [original airdate 10/14/72]
4:30p The Bob Newhart Show - "The Battle of the Groups" [original airdate 9/21/74]
5:00p NewsCenter4 at 5 with Pia Lindstrom and Melba Tolliver
6:00p NewsCenter4 at 6 with Chuck Scarborough and Jack Cafferty
7:00p NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley
7:30p The $25,000 Pyramid (celebrity panelists: Anita Gillette and Robert Mandan; host: Bill Cullen)
8:00p Diff'rent Strokes - "Mother's Last Visit"
8:30p The Rockford Files - "The Empty Frame"
9:30p Hallmark Hall of Fame - "Return Engagement" (with Elizabeth Taylor and Joseph Bottoms)
11:00p NewsCenter4 at 11 with Chuck Scarborough
11:30p The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (scheduled: oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau and clarinetist Pete
Fountain)
1:00a The Midnight Special (hosts: Atlanta Rhythm Section; guests: Van Morrison, Paul Davis, Crystal Gayle,
Ambrosia, The Cars, and Sea Level; also, a salute to The Beach Boys)
2:30a Cinema 4: "My Blood Runs Cold" (1965) - Troy Donahue, Joey Heatherton (BW)
4:30a News
followed by Sermonette and sign-off
WNEW-TV 5 New York (Independent; owned by Metromedia Television) (translator: W64AA 64)
5:45a Call to Prayer
5:50a News Headlines
6:00a New Zoo Revue (the importance of school) (R)
6:30a Bugs Bunny and Friends
7:00a Popeye and Friends (the 1960-62 King Features made-for-TV cartoons)
7:30a The Flintstones
8:00a The Woody Woodpecker Show
8:30a The Archies
9:00a The Andy Griffith Show - "Crime-Free Mayberry" (BW) [original airdate 11/20/61]
[TRIVIA NOTE: Written by Paul Henning]
9:30a The Partridge Family - "The Last of Howard" [original airdate 10/27/73]
10:00a I Love Lucy - "The Saxophone" (BW) [original airdate 9/22/52]
10:30a My Three Sons - "Forget Me Not" [original airdate 9/29/66]
11:00a Love, American Style - "Love and the Liberated Lady Boss" [from 12/10/71] / "Love and the Fullback" [from 1/21/72]
11:30p Midday Live with Bill Boggs (scheduled: pool expert Rudolph "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone and actress Lilli Palmer; also,
discussion of the Humphrey-Hawkins bill)
12:55p News - Christopher Jones
1:00p That Girl - "That Señorita" [original airdate 12/11/70]
1:30p The Partridge Family - "The Diplomat" [original airdate 11/3/73]
2:00p Gilligan's Island - "The Invasion" [original airdate 11/21/66]
2:30p The New Mickey Mouse Club (the Mousketeers do a Mexican-American folk dance)
3:00p Fred Flintstone and Friends
3:30p Spider-Man (R)
4:00p The Woody Woodpecker Show
4:30p Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure
5:00p Battle of the Planets
5:30p The Flintstones (R)
6:00p The Brady Bunch - "Tiger! Tiger!" [original airdate 1/30/70]
6:30p I Love Lucy - "The Diner" (BW) [original airdate 4/26/54]
7:00p The Brady Bunch - "Brace Yourself" [original airdate 2/13/70]
7:30p Carol Burnett and Friends (guests: Helen Reddy, John Byner) [edited from The Carol Burnett Show episode of
11/9/74, taped 11/1/74]
8:00p The Cross-Wits (featured: Dorothy Lamour, Pat McCormack, Peter Isaacksen, Elaine Joyce)
8:30p The Merv Griffin Show (from New York; scheduled: cast of "Ain't Misbehavin'," Bob & Ray, Joel Grey, Phyllis Newman,
Grace Jones and Disco Sally)
10:00p The 10 O'Clock News with Bill Jorgensen
11:00p The Gong Show (panelists: Michele Lee, Fred Travalena, Wayland Flowers & Madame)
11:30p Movie Greats (or was it 11:30 Movie?): "The Great Gatsby" (1974) - Robert Redford, Mia Farrow
2:00a Hollywood's Finest: "Men With Wings" (1938) - Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland
4:20a The Jack Benny Program - "Ben Blue Show" (BW) [original airdate 1/10/60]
4:50a News Headlines
followed by Call to Prayer and sign-off
WABC-TV 7 New York (ABC; owned and operated) (translator: W66AA 66)
6:10a Eyewitness News
6:30a Listen and Learn (violinist Angel Reyes performs excerpts from works by Bach commenting on difficulties
inherent in the composer's music)
7:00a Good Morning America (scheduled: a 50th anniversary salute to Mickey Mouse; also featured: The Dallas
Cowboys Cheerleaders)
9:00a A.M. New York (scheduled guest: gynecologist Dr. Marcia Storch)
10:00a The Movie in the Morning: "A Taste of Honey" (1961; conclusion) - Dora Bryan, Rita Tushingham (BW)
10:57a Quality of Life
11:00a Happy Days - "Fonzie Drops In" [original airdate 2/26/74]
11:30a Family Feud (the winners from Monday and Thursday compete for the championship of the soap-opera families)
12:00p The $20,000 Pyramid (celebrity panelists: Rita Moreno and Clifton Davis)
12:30p Ryan's Hope
1:00p All My Children
2:00p One Life to Live
3:00p General Hospital
4:00p The Edge of Night
4:30p The 4:30 Movie: "Dagora, the Space Monster" (1963) - Yosuke Natsuki, Yoko Fujiyama
6:00p Eyewitness News with Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel
7:00p ABC World News Tonight with Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson and Peter Jennings
7:30p $100,000 Name That Tune
8:00p The Love Boat - "Tony's Family / The Minister and the Stripper / Her Own Two Feet"
9:00p Pearl (Part 2 of three-part miniseries about the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; featuring Robert
Wagner, Dennis Weaver, Angie Dickinson and Lesley Ann Warren)
11:00p Eyewitness News [NOTE: Larry Kane is listed as anchor, but it's likely at this point that the once-and-future
Philadelphia broadcast legend was replaced by the anchor team of Ernie Anastos and Rose Ann Scamardella]
11:30p ABC Late Night: Baretta - "Somebody Killed **** Robin" [original airdate 10/5/77]
12:40a Friday Night Late: "Sam Cade" (1972; compiled from short-lived 1971-72 series Cade's County) - Glenn Ford,
Edgar Buchanan
2:40a Eyewitness News
followed by sign-off
WOR-TV 9 New York (Independent; owned by RKO General) (translator: W71AK 71)
6:57a Morning Prayer
7:00a News
7:30a PTL Club with Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker
8:30a Newark and Reality
9:00a The Joe Franklin Show (guest: running expert Dr. Joe Sheehan)
10:00a Romper Room (host: Miss Mary Ann Pedersen)
11:00a Straight Talk with Phyllis Haynes and Mary Helen McPhillips (scheduled; actress Lilli Palmer discusses her career)
12:00p News at Noon with Tom Dunn
12:30p Melting Pot
1:00p Movie 9: "When Lovers Meet" (1946) - Lucille Ball, George Brent (BW)
[originally titled Lover Come Back, but changed to avoid confusion with 1961 Rock Hudson/Doris Day movie
of same name]
3:00p Ironside - "Gentle Oaks" [original airdate 11/30/71]
4:00p The 4 O'Clock Movie: "I Walk the Line" (1970) - Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld
6:00p The Joker's Wild
6:30p The New Dating Game
7:00p Bowling for Dollars
7:30p The Newlywed Game
8:00p NHL Hockey - New York Islanders vs. Washington Capitals (shown on one-hour tape delay; Islanders won, 4-2)
10:30p Newark and Reality - "Midwifery"
11:00p The Untouchables - "Junk Man" (BW) [original airate 2/26/63]
12:00p The Late Movie: "So Sad About Gloria" (1975) - Lori Saunders, Dean Jagger
1:30a The Joe Franklin Show
2:30a News and Weather
2:45a Evening Prayer
followed by sign-off
WPIX-TV 11 New York (Independent; licensor WPIX, Inc., owned by New York Daily News) (translator: W73AP 73)
6:30a Mr. Magoo and Friends (the early 1960's made-for-TV shorts)
7:00a Tom and Jerry
7:30a Josie and the Pussycats
8:00a Tom and Jerry
8:30a Magilla Gorilla
9:00a The Munsters - "Rock-a-Bye Munster" (BW) [original airdate 10/15/64]
9:30a The Addams Family - "Lurch's Little Helper" (BW) [original airdate 3/18/66]
10:00a Family Affair - "The Stowaway" [original airdate 11/20/69]
10:30a New York, New York
11:00a Pulpit and People
11:30a The 700 Club (a discussion of inflation)
12:30p Action News
1:00p Dinah! (guests: John Ritter, Bonnie Franklin, Billy Crystal, Mark Hamill, Jean Stapleton)
2:30p Joya's Fun School (host: Joya Sherrill)
3:00p The Jetsons
3:30p Tom and Jerry
4:00p Land of the Lost
4:30p Tom and Jerry
5:00p Marvel Superheroes (listed as Marvel Men)
5:30p Batman - "Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires" (guest: Zsa Zsa Gabor) [original airdate 3/14/68]
[NOTE: Last original show of the series]
6:00p Fish - "Cold Cash" [original airdate 2/26/77]
6:30p Sanford and Son - "There'll Be Some Changes Made" [original airdate 10/11/74]
7:00p The Odd Couple - "The Princess" (guest: Jean Simmons) [original airdate 9/29/72]
7:30p 7:30 Action News with Pat Harper and Steve Bosh
8:00p Tic Tac Dough
8:30p You Don't Say (featured: Jack Carter, Conny Van Dyke, Nipsey Russell, Bob Ridgely)
9:00p Let's Make a Deal
9:30p To Tell the Truth (panelists: Bill Cullen, Kitty Carlisle, Orson Bean, Peggy Cass; host: Joe Garagiola)
10:00p Action News with Pat Harper and Steve Bosh
10:30p New York, New York (guests include actor David Groh and theatre critic Clive Barnes)
11:00p The Odd Couple - "Don't Believe in Roomers" [original airdate 12/22/72]
11:30a Madhouse Brigade (a satire of British clubs is featured; with Dan Resin, Karen Rushmore, Alexander Marshall,
J.J. Lewis)
12:00a Juke-Box (Twiggy's guests include The Real Thing, Sunfighter, and The New Seekers) [originally aired in UK
on 11/29/76 as Series 2, Show #12 of the British music series Supersonic]
12:30a Soul Alive with Gerry Bledsoe (Chaka Khan performs "I'm Every Woman")
1:30a Good News
2:00a Action News
2:30a Biography - "Admiral Richard E. Byrd" (BW) [originally aired 1962]
followed by sign-off
WNET 13 Newark/New York (PBS affiliate; owned by Educational Broadcasting Corp.) (translator: W75AM 75)
6:30a ABC World News Tonight (captured for the hearing-impaired)
7:00a Lilias, Yoga and You (host: Lilias Folan)
7:30a The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8:00a WNET Reports: Special Edition with Marilyn Berger
8:30a Guten Tag, Wie Gehts?
9:00a Sesame Street
10:00a Vegetable Soup
10:15a What's in the News
10:30a All About You
10:45a Write On
10:55a The Metric System
11:15a Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright
11:30a Bread and Butterflies
11:45a American Scrapboook
12:00p Once Upon a Classic - "Dominic" (Part 6) - with Murray Dale, Louise Jameson
12:30p The Electric Company
1:00p Best Kept Secrets
1:30p News
1:45p Short Story
2:00p Whatcha Gonna Do?
2:15p Write On
2:30p Short Story Showcase
3:00p Over Easy with Hugh Downs (Garson Kanin talks about some common myths concerning aging)
3:30p Villa Alegre
4:00p Sesame Street
5:00p Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30p The Electric Company
6:00p Freestyle - "Scoop" (Part 2 of 2; the journalism club's investigation into unfair hiring practices theatens the future
of the school newspaper)
6:30p New Jersey Nightly News - Sobel/Vaughn
7:00p DC: The Dick Cavett Show (scheduled: cartoonist-illustrator David Levine; Shakespearean authority A.L. Rowse)
7:30p The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8:00p WNET Reports: Special Edition with Marilyn Berger
8:30p Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser - "Basic Optimism" (an overview of the stock market; featured: Leslie M. Pollack,
chairman of Shearson Management, Inc.)
9:00p We Interrupt This Week (guest panelists: Melvin Belli and Roy Cohn; host: Ned Sherrin)
9:30p Washington Week in Review
10:00p Elections '78: Prelude to '80 (this series concludes with an analysis of election results from around the country;
emphasis is on emerging issues and Presidential contenders in the 1980 elections)
11:00p DC: The Dick Cavett Show (repeat of 7:00p)
11:30p Skyline - "John Curry: Dance on Ice" (profile of Olympic figure-skating champion)
12:00a Visions - "Blackout" (by Naomi Foner; themes in this piece are familial love, responsibility and guilt; with Kathryn
Walker, Joseph Maher) (to 1:30a)
followed by sign-off
(BW) - Black & White; (R) - repeat (rerun (if episode specifics are unknown)
Part I: NYC VHF's
WCBS-TV 2 New York (CBS; owned and operated) (translator: W53AA 53)
6:05a Give Us This Day
6:10a Channel 2 News: Morning Report
6:30a Sunrise Semester - "The English Language Arts: Creative Teaching of Speaking, Listening and Writing to Children
and Adolescents"
7:00a CBS Morning News with Lesley Stahl and Richard Threlkeld
8:00a Captain Kangaroo (Willy and Wally mix up the sound effects of a radio program)
9:00a Everyday (guests include Buddy Ebsen and Rip Taylor; also: a discussion of ways for women to improve their
relationships with men)
10:00a All in the Family - "Archie and the KKK: Part 1" [original airdate 11/27/77]
10:30a The Price Is Right
11:30a Love of Life
11:55a CBS Midday News with Douglas Edwards
12:00p The Young and the Restless
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
1:00p The Stanley Siegel Show
1:30p As the World Turns
2:30p The Guiding Light
3:30p M*A*S*H - "Aid Station" [original airdate 2/11/75]
4:00p Match Game '78 (stars: Robert Pine, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Loni Anderson, Bob Barker and Patti Deutsch)
4:30p The Mike Douglas Show (co-host: Ed Asner; guests include Loretta Lynn, Bruce and Chrystie Jenner, and stuntwoman
Kitty O'Neil)
6:00p Channel 2 News: Six O'Clock Report with Jim Jensen and Rolland Smith
7:00p CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
7:30p Masquerade Party (syndicated revival attempt of 1950's game show; host: Richard Dawson)
8:00p The Star Wars Holiday Special (what more can be said about what TV Guide called a "sequel - of sorts" to the
original 1977 movie, that hasn't already been said about rabies? - a sentiment most likely shared by most of the cast
of the first three [released] movies and the creator of the franchise, George Lucas, who has all but disavowed any
knowledge of this show and never allowed any official legal DVD release)
[TRIVIA NOTE: The CBS staff announcer on duty that night was Bill Martin, who died June 19, 2011 at age 90]
10:00p Flying High - "Beautiful People"
11:00p Channel 2 News: Eleven O'Clock Report with Rolland Smith and Vic Miles (doubtless with a "Special Report" on how to
fight "the frizzies," per Smith's station ID/tease within The Star Wars Holiday Special)
11:30p The CBS Late Movie Double Feature:
1. The New Avengers - "Cat Amongst the Piegons" [original UK airdate 10/31/76]
2. "Sweet Hostage" (1975) - Martin Sheen, Linda Blair
2:40a The Late Show: "The Assassination Bureau" (1969) - Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
4:50a The Stanley Siegel Show
5:20a Give Us This Day
followed by sign-off
WNBC-TV 4 New York (NBC; owned and operated) (translator: W57AB 57)
5:55a Sermonette (C)
6:00a Dance, Dance, Dance (dance styles developed in the United States are discussed)
6:30a Not for Women Only - "Food" (Part 5 of 5 - recipes for fruit desserts are included; hosts: Lynn Redgrave and
Dr. Frank Field)
7:00a Today (scheduled: a salute to Tommy Dorsey; also featured: John Toland, author of "Hitler - A Pictorial Documentary";
host: Tom Brokaw)
(interrupted by local news updates at 7:25a and 8:25a)
9:00a Donahue (guest: Ray Charles)
10:00a Card Sharks
10:30a Jeopardy! (1978-79 revival attempt)
11:00a High Rollers
11:30a Wheel of Fortune
12:00p America Alive! (scheduled: Pat Mitchell at Florida's Disney World for a salute to Mickey Mouse; host: Jack Linkletter)
1:00p The Hollywood Squares (featured: David Doyle, Eva Gabor, George Gobel, Gabe Kaplan, Judy Landers)
1:30p Days of our Lives
2:30p The Doctors
3:00p Another World
4:00p Mary Tyler Moore - "It's Whether You Win or Lose" [original airdate 10/14/72]
4:30p The Bob Newhart Show - "The Battle of the Groups" [original airdate 9/21/74]
5:00p NewsCenter4 at 5 with Pia Lindstrom and Melba Tolliver
6:00p NewsCenter4 at 6 with Chuck Scarborough and Jack Cafferty
7:00p NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley
7:30p The $25,000 Pyramid (celebrity panelists: Anita Gillette and Robert Mandan; host: Bill Cullen)
8:00p Diff'rent Strokes - "Mother's Last Visit"
8:30p The Rockford Files - "The Empty Frame"
9:30p Hallmark Hall of Fame - "Return Engagement" (with Elizabeth Taylor and Joseph Bottoms)
11:00p NewsCenter4 at 11 with Chuck Scarborough
11:30p The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (scheduled: oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau and clarinetist Pete
Fountain)
1:00a The Midnight Special (hosts: Atlanta Rhythm Section; guests: Van Morrison, Paul Davis, Crystal Gayle,
Ambrosia, The Cars, and Sea Level; also, a salute to The Beach Boys)
2:30a Cinema 4: "My Blood Runs Cold" (1965) - Troy Donahue, Joey Heatherton (BW)
4:30a News
followed by Sermonette and sign-off
WNEW-TV 5 New York (Independent; owned by Metromedia Television) (translator: W64AA 64)
5:45a Call to Prayer
5:50a News Headlines
6:00a New Zoo Revue (the importance of school) (R)
6:30a Bugs Bunny and Friends
7:00a Popeye and Friends (the 1960-62 King Features made-for-TV cartoons)
7:30a The Flintstones
8:00a The Woody Woodpecker Show
8:30a The Archies
9:00a The Andy Griffith Show - "Crime-Free Mayberry" (BW) [original airdate 11/20/61]
[TRIVIA NOTE: Written by Paul Henning]
9:30a The Partridge Family - "The Last of Howard" [original airdate 10/27/73]
10:00a I Love Lucy - "The Saxophone" (BW) [original airdate 9/22/52]
10:30a My Three Sons - "Forget Me Not" [original airdate 9/29/66]
11:00a Love, American Style - "Love and the Liberated Lady Boss" [from 12/10/71] / "Love and the Fullback" [from 1/21/72]
11:30p Midday Live with Bill Boggs (scheduled: pool expert Rudolph "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone and actress Lilli Palmer; also,
discussion of the Humphrey-Hawkins bill)
12:55p News - Christopher Jones
1:00p That Girl - "That Señorita" [original airdate 12/11/70]
1:30p The Partridge Family - "The Diplomat" [original airdate 11/3/73]
2:00p Gilligan's Island - "The Invasion" [original airdate 11/21/66]
2:30p The New Mickey Mouse Club (the Mousketeers do a Mexican-American folk dance)
3:00p Fred Flintstone and Friends
3:30p Spider-Man (R)
4:00p The Woody Woodpecker Show
4:30p Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure
5:00p Battle of the Planets
5:30p The Flintstones (R)
6:00p The Brady Bunch - "Tiger! Tiger!" [original airdate 1/30/70]
6:30p I Love Lucy - "The Diner" (BW) [original airdate 4/26/54]
7:00p The Brady Bunch - "Brace Yourself" [original airdate 2/13/70]
7:30p Carol Burnett and Friends (guests: Helen Reddy, John Byner) [edited from The Carol Burnett Show episode of
11/9/74, taped 11/1/74]
8:00p The Cross-Wits (featured: Dorothy Lamour, Pat McCormack, Peter Isaacksen, Elaine Joyce)
8:30p The Merv Griffin Show (from New York; scheduled: cast of "Ain't Misbehavin'," Bob & Ray, Joel Grey, Phyllis Newman,
Grace Jones and Disco Sally)
10:00p The 10 O'Clock News with Bill Jorgensen
11:00p The Gong Show (panelists: Michele Lee, Fred Travalena, Wayland Flowers & Madame)
11:30p Movie Greats (or was it 11:30 Movie?): "The Great Gatsby" (1974) - Robert Redford, Mia Farrow
2:00a Hollywood's Finest: "Men With Wings" (1938) - Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland
4:20a The Jack Benny Program - "Ben Blue Show" (BW) [original airdate 1/10/60]
4:50a News Headlines
followed by Call to Prayer and sign-off
WABC-TV 7 New York (ABC; owned and operated) (translator: W66AA 66)
6:10a Eyewitness News
6:30a Listen and Learn (violinist Angel Reyes performs excerpts from works by Bach commenting on difficulties
inherent in the composer's music)
7:00a Good Morning America (scheduled: a 50th anniversary salute to Mickey Mouse; also featured: The Dallas
Cowboys Cheerleaders)
9:00a A.M. New York (scheduled guest: gynecologist Dr. Marcia Storch)
10:00a The Movie in the Morning: "A Taste of Honey" (1961; conclusion) - Dora Bryan, Rita Tushingham (BW)
10:57a Quality of Life
11:00a Happy Days - "Fonzie Drops In" [original airdate 2/26/74]
11:30a Family Feud (the winners from Monday and Thursday compete for the championship of the soap-opera families)
12:00p The $20,000 Pyramid (celebrity panelists: Rita Moreno and Clifton Davis)
12:30p Ryan's Hope
1:00p All My Children
2:00p One Life to Live
3:00p General Hospital
4:00p The Edge of Night
4:30p The 4:30 Movie: "Dagora, the Space Monster" (1963) - Yosuke Natsuki, Yoko Fujiyama
6:00p Eyewitness News with Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel
7:00p ABC World News Tonight with Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson and Peter Jennings
7:30p $100,000 Name That Tune
8:00p The Love Boat - "Tony's Family / The Minister and the Stripper / Her Own Two Feet"
9:00p Pearl (Part 2 of three-part miniseries about the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; featuring Robert
Wagner, Dennis Weaver, Angie Dickinson and Lesley Ann Warren)
11:00p Eyewitness News [NOTE: Larry Kane is listed as anchor, but it's likely at this point that the once-and-future
Philadelphia broadcast legend was replaced by the anchor team of Ernie Anastos and Rose Ann Scamardella]
11:30p ABC Late Night: Baretta - "Somebody Killed **** Robin" [original airdate 10/5/77]
12:40a Friday Night Late: "Sam Cade" (1972; compiled from short-lived 1971-72 series Cade's County) - Glenn Ford,
Edgar Buchanan
2:40a Eyewitness News
followed by sign-off
WOR-TV 9 New York (Independent; owned by RKO General) (translator: W71AK 71)
6:57a Morning Prayer
7:00a News
7:30a PTL Club with Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker
8:30a Newark and Reality
9:00a The Joe Franklin Show (guest: running expert Dr. Joe Sheehan)
10:00a Romper Room (host: Miss Mary Ann Pedersen)
11:00a Straight Talk with Phyllis Haynes and Mary Helen McPhillips (scheduled; actress Lilli Palmer discusses her career)
12:00p News at Noon with Tom Dunn
12:30p Melting Pot
1:00p Movie 9: "When Lovers Meet" (1946) - Lucille Ball, George Brent (BW)
[originally titled Lover Come Back, but changed to avoid confusion with 1961 Rock Hudson/Doris Day movie
of same name]
3:00p Ironside - "Gentle Oaks" [original airdate 11/30/71]
4:00p The 4 O'Clock Movie: "I Walk the Line" (1970) - Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld
6:00p The Joker's Wild
6:30p The New Dating Game
7:00p Bowling for Dollars
7:30p The Newlywed Game
8:00p NHL Hockey - New York Islanders vs. Washington Capitals (shown on one-hour tape delay; Islanders won, 4-2)
10:30p Newark and Reality - "Midwifery"
11:00p The Untouchables - "Junk Man" (BW) [original airate 2/26/63]
12:00p The Late Movie: "So Sad About Gloria" (1975) - Lori Saunders, Dean Jagger
1:30a The Joe Franklin Show
2:30a News and Weather
2:45a Evening Prayer
followed by sign-off
WPIX-TV 11 New York (Independent; licensor WPIX, Inc., owned by New York Daily News) (translator: W73AP 73)
6:30a Mr. Magoo and Friends (the early 1960's made-for-TV shorts)
7:00a Tom and Jerry
7:30a Josie and the Pussycats
8:00a Tom and Jerry
8:30a Magilla Gorilla
9:00a The Munsters - "Rock-a-Bye Munster" (BW) [original airdate 10/15/64]
9:30a The Addams Family - "Lurch's Little Helper" (BW) [original airdate 3/18/66]
10:00a Family Affair - "The Stowaway" [original airdate 11/20/69]
10:30a New York, New York
11:00a Pulpit and People
11:30a The 700 Club (a discussion of inflation)
12:30p Action News
1:00p Dinah! (guests: John Ritter, Bonnie Franklin, Billy Crystal, Mark Hamill, Jean Stapleton)
2:30p Joya's Fun School (host: Joya Sherrill)
3:00p The Jetsons
3:30p Tom and Jerry
4:00p Land of the Lost
4:30p Tom and Jerry
5:00p Marvel Superheroes (listed as Marvel Men)
5:30p Batman - "Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires" (guest: Zsa Zsa Gabor) [original airdate 3/14/68]
[NOTE: Last original show of the series]
6:00p Fish - "Cold Cash" [original airdate 2/26/77]
6:30p Sanford and Son - "There'll Be Some Changes Made" [original airdate 10/11/74]
7:00p The Odd Couple - "The Princess" (guest: Jean Simmons) [original airdate 9/29/72]
7:30p 7:30 Action News with Pat Harper and Steve Bosh
8:00p Tic Tac Dough
8:30p You Don't Say (featured: Jack Carter, Conny Van Dyke, Nipsey Russell, Bob Ridgely)
9:00p Let's Make a Deal
9:30p To Tell the Truth (panelists: Bill Cullen, Kitty Carlisle, Orson Bean, Peggy Cass; host: Joe Garagiola)
10:00p Action News with Pat Harper and Steve Bosh
10:30p New York, New York (guests include actor David Groh and theatre critic Clive Barnes)
11:00p The Odd Couple - "Don't Believe in Roomers" [original airdate 12/22/72]
11:30a Madhouse Brigade (a satire of British clubs is featured; with Dan Resin, Karen Rushmore, Alexander Marshall,
J.J. Lewis)
12:00a Juke-Box (Twiggy's guests include The Real Thing, Sunfighter, and The New Seekers) [originally aired in UK
on 11/29/76 as Series 2, Show #12 of the British music series Supersonic]
12:30a Soul Alive with Gerry Bledsoe (Chaka Khan performs "I'm Every Woman")
1:30a Good News
2:00a Action News
2:30a Biography - "Admiral Richard E. Byrd" (BW) [originally aired 1962]
followed by sign-off
WNET 13 Newark/New York (PBS affiliate; owned by Educational Broadcasting Corp.) (translator: W75AM 75)
6:30a ABC World News Tonight (captured for the hearing-impaired)
7:00a Lilias, Yoga and You (host: Lilias Folan)
7:30a The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8:00a WNET Reports: Special Edition with Marilyn Berger
8:30a Guten Tag, Wie Gehts?
9:00a Sesame Street
10:00a Vegetable Soup
10:15a What's in the News
10:30a All About You
10:45a Write On
10:55a The Metric System
11:15a Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright
11:30a Bread and Butterflies
11:45a American Scrapboook
12:00p Once Upon a Classic - "Dominic" (Part 6) - with Murray Dale, Louise Jameson
12:30p The Electric Company
1:00p Best Kept Secrets
1:30p News
1:45p Short Story
2:00p Whatcha Gonna Do?
2:15p Write On
2:30p Short Story Showcase
3:00p Over Easy with Hugh Downs (Garson Kanin talks about some common myths concerning aging)
3:30p Villa Alegre
4:00p Sesame Street
5:00p Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30p The Electric Company
6:00p Freestyle - "Scoop" (Part 2 of 2; the journalism club's investigation into unfair hiring practices theatens the future
of the school newspaper)
6:30p New Jersey Nightly News - Sobel/Vaughn
7:00p DC: The Dick Cavett Show (scheduled: cartoonist-illustrator David Levine; Shakespearean authority A.L. Rowse)
7:30p The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8:00p WNET Reports: Special Edition with Marilyn Berger
8:30p Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser - "Basic Optimism" (an overview of the stock market; featured: Leslie M. Pollack,
chairman of Shearson Management, Inc.)
9:00p We Interrupt This Week (guest panelists: Melvin Belli and Roy Cohn; host: Ned Sherrin)
9:30p Washington Week in Review
10:00p Elections '78: Prelude to '80 (this series concludes with an analysis of election results from around the country;
emphasis is on emerging issues and Presidential contenders in the 1980 elections)
11:00p DC: The Dick Cavett Show (repeat of 7:00p)
11:30p Skyline - "John Curry: Dance on Ice" (profile of Olympic figure-skating champion)
12:00a Visions - "Blackout" (by Naomi Foner; themes in this piece are familial love, responsibility and guilt; with Kathryn
Walker, Joseph Maher) (to 1:30a)
followed by sign-off