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Retro: New York City Metro - Friday, November 17, 1978

[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
 
Part II: New York Area UHF's and Connecticut Stations

WLIW-TV 21 Garden City, NY (PBS affiliate; owned by the Long Island Educational Television Council)
7:00a Over Easy with Hugh Downs (same as 3:00p on WNET)
7:30a Lilias, Yoga and You
8:00a Sesame Street
9:00a Roomnastics
9:15a Bread and Butterflies
9:30a Man Builds - Man Destroys
10:00a Letter People
10:30a Picture Book Park
10:45a Cover to Cover
11:00a Time to Draw
11:15a Soup Bag
11:30a Children/Families/Teenagers of the World
12:00p American Scrapbook
12:15p Emerging Playwrights
12:45p Vegetable Soup
1:15p Landsat: Satellite
1:30p World of B.J. Vibes
2:00p Child's Right to Read
2:30p Magic Pages
2:45p Freestyle
3:00p Feeling Free
3:30p Geraldine Fitzgerald at Reno Sweeney (the veteran actress performs Irish lullabies and London music-hall songs
in a New York cabaret performance)
4:30p Zoom (captioned for the hearing-impaired)
5:00p Sesame Street
6:00p Villa Alegre
6:30p Over Easy with Hugh Downs (Janet Leigh is interviewed)
7:00p Crockett's Victory Garden (tips on storing bulbs and tubers)
7:30p Long Island Newsmagazine with John Miller (not the same as the future 20/20 contributor)
8:00p Evening at Symphony (Seiji Ozawa conducts the Boston Symphony in Bartok's "Music for Strings, Percussion and
Celesta" and Vieuxtemps' Violin Concerto No. 5; violin soloist, Joseph Silverstein)
9:00p Great Performances (Lynn Seymour and Anthony Dowell star with the Royal Ballet in Sir Frederick Ashton's "A Month
in the Country")
10:00p Brooklyn College Presents (a report on the work being done at the St. Clements Theatre)
10:30p Long Island Newsmagazine with John Miller
11:00p Lilias, Yoga and You
followed by sign-off

WNYE-TV 25 New York (secondary PBS affiliate; owned by Board of Education of City of New York)
4:30p Show on the Road (Lou Berger wrote and stars in this one-act drama about a complex relationship between a father
and his 16-year-old son; co-starring Donald Landau as the son)
5:00p Once Upon a Classic (same as 12:00p on WNET)
5:30p Mundo Real
6:00p Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6:30p Zoom
7:00p Over Easy with Hugh Downs
7:30p Elections '78: Prelude to '80 (same as 10:30p on WNET)
8:30p Congressional Outlook (the Government's commitment to developing alternative energy sources is examined)
9:00p Marie Curie (conclusion: Marie is awarded a second Nobel Prize, despite a scandal about an alleged affair)
(to 10:00p)
followed by sign-off

WNYC-TV 31 New York (secondary PBS affiliate; owned by Municipal Broadcasting System) (translator: Ch. 79)
12:00p Over Easy with Hugh Downs (same as 3:00p on WNET)
12:30p Villa Alegre
1:00p Sesame Street
2:00p Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
2:30p On the Job (Fire Dept.)
3:00p Barbaralee Diamonstein and...
3:30p Kup's Show (Irv Kupcinet's scheduled guests are authors Quentin Crisp, Kenneth Geist and Charles Socarides)
4:30p The Long Search
5:30p New York Reports
6:00p The Electric Company
6:30p Infinity Factory (a show about the metric system, targeting inner-city youth)
7:00p University Broadcast Lab
7:30p News of New York with Jerry Miller (Miller was a staff announcer for the station at the time, who handled program
program introductions, show promos, station ID's, sign-ons and sign-offs)
8:00p Casper Citron Interviews
8:30p In Performance at Wolf Trap (Julius Rudel leads the National Symphony Orchestra and the 150-voice University of
Maryland Chorus in Verdi's "Requiem Mass," written in 1874 in honor of Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni)
10:00p 2846 (featured: abstract video visuals)
10:30p News of New York with Jerry Miller
followed by sign-off

WXTV 41 Paterson, NJ ("Independent"/Spanish International Network affiliate; owned by Spanish International Communications Corp.)
3:00p Esfera Azul
3:30p Cepillin
4:00p Gabriela
5:00p Rosalia
5:30p Noticias - Guillermo Restrepo, Rafael Pineda (Pineda has remained with WXTV from 1972 to the present day)
6:30p La Criada Bien Criada
7:00p Ven Conmigo
8:00p Humillados y Ofendidos (BW)
8:30p El Show de Rosita
9:30p Pasiones Encendidas
10:00p 24 Horas con Jacobo Zabludovsky
11:00p Los Hermanos Coraje
12:00a Variedades de Media Noche
followed by sign-off

WNJU-TV 47 Linden/Newark, NJ (Independent; owned by WNJU-TV Broadcasting Corp.) (translator: W62AA 62)
4:00p Gatico y Sus Amiguitos
4:30p Laurel y Hardy (BW)
5:00p Los Tres Chiflanos (The Three Stooges, dubbed in Spanish) (BW)
5:30p Maria Soledad (BW)
6:00p Maria de Mar
6:30p Raquel (BW)
7:30p El Show de Adrian Garcia
8:00p Luis Vigoreaux Presenta
9:00p Rafaela
10:00p Cinco Minutos con Mirta de Perales
10:05p Con Todo Mi Amore
10:30p El Informador
11:00p Esto No Tiene Nombre
12:00a El Show de Las Doce
followed by sign-off

WNJM 50 Montclair, NJ / WNJB 58 New Brunswick, NJ (PBS affiliates; owned by New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority)
3:00p Human Relations and School Discipline
3:30p Mainstreaming the Exceptional Child
4:00p Sesame Street (this and other PBS programs same as on WNET unless otherwise noted)
5:00p Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30p The Electric Company
6:00p Once Upon a Classic - "Dominic: Hangman's Hollow" (Episode One)
6:30p Over Easy with Hugh Downs (same as on WLIW at same time)
7:00p The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30p New Jersey Nightly News
8:00p Washington Week in Review
8:30p Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser
9:00p Masterpiece Theatre - "The Duchess of Duke Street: The Bargain" (Episode Four)
10:00p New Jersey Nightly News - Sobel/Vaughn
10:30p Global Paper Forum (final segment of a probe into world food problems; participants include Senators George McGovern
and Bob Dole, Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland, and Dr. Jean Mayer, President of Tufts University) (to 12:00a)
followed by sign-off

WTVG 68 Newark, NJ (Independent; owned by Wometco/Blonder-Tongue Broadcasting, Inc.) (translator: W60AI 60)
7:30a Close-Up: New Jersey
7:45a Wall Street Perspective
8:00a Movie: "Till We Meet Again" (1944) - Ray Milland, Barbara Britton
9:30a Getting Ready
10:00a Skipper Chuck
10:30a Wometco Home Theatre (paid subscription TV; to 12:30p)
12:30p The 700 Club
2:00p The Bible with Pat Robertson
2:30p Brother Dave (very likely not the late stand-up comic Brother Dave Gardner; in fact, a religious show)
3:00p New Jersey Notebook
3:30p Stock Market Today
4:00p King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
4:30p Lassie (BW)
5:00p Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
5:30p The Uncle Floyd Show
6:00p Public Defender
6:30p The Ukranian Melody Hour with Roman Marynowych
7:00p The Maria Papadatos Show
7:30p Close-Up: New Jersey
7:45p Wall Street Perspective
8:00p Wometco Home Theatre (paid subscription TV; movies:
1. "The Pack" [shown at 8:00p and 12:00a]
2. "The Duelists" (1977) - Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel [shown at 10:00p])
followed by sign-off

WFSB-TV 3 Hartford, CT (CBS affiliate; owned by Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc.)
6:00a Look Up and Live (a report on an Israeli project, backed by government and industry, to aid the country's war widows)
[aired by Channel 3 on delay]
6:30a Camera Three (excerpts from the post-World War II films of Jean Gabin are seen in the conclusion of a two-part profile
of the French actor) [aired by Channel 3 on delay]
(all other CBS network programs same as on WCBS-TV unless otherwise noted)
7:00a CBS Morning News with Lesley Stahl and Richard Threlkeld
8:00a Captain Kangaroo
9:00a The Gong Show (panelists: Jamie Farr, Pat Paulsen, Jaye P. Morgan)
9:30a Match Game '78 (star lineup same as 4:00p on WCBS-TV, but likely aired on delay)
10:00a The Mike Douglas Show (co-host: Helen Reddy; guests include her then-husband/manager Jeff Wald,
Sylvester Stallone, Terry Funk and Lee Canalito)
11:00a All in the Family (same as 10:00a on WCBS-TV)
11:30p The Young and the Restless [aired by Channel 3 on delay]
12:00p News Day - Sahl/Kimbrough (scheduled: author Ron Jensen tells how a homeowner can sell his own house)
1:00p Search for Tomorrow [aired by Channel 3 on delay]
1:30p As the World Turns
2:30p The Guiding Light
3:30p Bewitched
4:00p Dinah! (same as 1:00p on WPIX)
5:30p Mary Tyler Moore - (likely) "Son of 'But Seriously, Folks'" [original airdate 10/27/73]
6:00p Eyewitness News with Pat Sheehan and Adrianne Baughns
7:00p CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
7:30p PM Magazine (a visit with Yale football coach Carmen Cozza; a talk with Elizabeth Taylor, on the campaign
trail for her [then-]husband Sen. John Warner; Pat Romano shows hairstyles for disco dancing)
8:00p The Star Wars Holiday Special
10:00p Comment
10:30p Face the State
11:00p Eyewitness News with Pat Sheehan
11:30p Movie: "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" (1970) - Jason Robards, Stella Stevens (to 1:30a)
followed by sign-off

WTNH-TV 8 New Haven, CT (ABC affiliate; owned by Capital Cities Communications, Inc.)
6:00a Dialogue (a look at the New Haven Jewish Community Center; with Laurel Vlock) (R)
6:30a The Little Rascals (BW)
7:00a Good Morning America (this and other ABC network programs same as on WABC-TV unless otherwise noted)
9:00a Donahue (topic: seeking a more relaxed lifestyle)
10:00a Ryan's Hope [aired by Channel 8 on delay]
10:30a The Edge of Night [aired by Channel 8 on delay]
11:00a Happy Days
11:30a Family Feud
12:00p Twelve O'Clock Live!
1:00p All My Children
2:00p One Life to Live
3:00p General Hospital
4:00p The Brady Bunch - "Ghost Town U.S.A." (Part 1 of 3) [original airdate 9/17/71]
4:30p Battle of the Planets
5:00p The Six Million Dollar Man - "Clark Templeton O'Flaherty" [original airdate 12/14/75]
6:00p Action News with Jerry Taff and Dick Galiette
7:00p ABC World News Tonight with Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson and Peter Jennings
7:30p Sha Na Na (guest: Billy Crystal; the groups sings "Good Golly Miss Molly" and "Slippin' and "Slidin'")
8:00p The Love Boat
9:00p Pearl (Part 2 of 3)
11:00p Action News with Jerry Taff and Dick Galiette
11:30p Movie: "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962) - John Wayne, James Stewart (BW) (to 2:00a)
followed by sign-off

WATR-TV 20 Waterbury, CT (NBC affiliate; owned by Thomas Television, Inc.)
7:15a New Zoo Revue (topic: growing up) (R)
7:45a News
8:00a Today (same as 7:00a on WNBC-TV)
(all other NBC network programs same as on WNBC-TV unless otherwise noted)
10:00a Card Sharks
10:30a Jeopardy!
11:00a High Rollers
11:30a Wheel of Fortune
12:00p America Alive!
1:00p Human Dimension
1:30p Days of our Lives
2:30p The Doctors
3:00p Another World
4:00p The Hollywood Squares [aired by Channel 20 on delay]
4:30p The PTL Club with Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker
6:30p NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley
7:00p Soap Factory Disco (performers include Grace Jones, Linda Clifford and Evelyn "Champagne" King)
7:30p The Porter Wagoner Show (bluegrass is featured on this program, which includes "Fireball Mail"
and "Supper Time")
8:00p Diff'rent Strokes
8:30p The Rockford Files
9:30p Hallmark Hall of Fame - "Return Engagement"
11:00p The Dick Van Dyke Show - "It's a Shame She Married Me" (BW) [original airdate 4/17/63]
11:30p The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1:00a The Midnight Special
followed by sign-off

WEDW 49 Bridgeport (PBS affiliate; owned by Connecticut Educational Television Corp.)
8:00a The Long Search
9:00a Sesame Street (this and other PBS programs same as on WNET unless otherwise noted)
10:00a School Television Service
11:00a Once Upon a Classic
11:30a School Television Service
3:30p Villa Alegre
4:00p Sesame Street
5:00p Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30p The Electric Company
6:00p Mundo Real
6:30p Over Easy with Hugh Downs (same as on WLIW at same time)
7:00p DC: The Dick Cavett Show
7:30p The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8:00p Washington Week in Review
8:30p Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser
9:00p Fairfield County News
10:00p Economically Speaking
10:30p Turnabout
followed by sign-off
 
WCBS-TV 2 New York (CBS; owned and operated) (translator: W53AA 53)

7:30p Masquerade Party (syndicated revival attempt of 1950's game show; host: Richard Dawson)

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Wow. The show was a one-season show in 1974-75. Seems odd that WCBS would air this four years later.
 
Wright County Guy said:
Wow. The show [Masquerade Party] was a one-season show in 1974-75. Seems odd that WCBS would air this four years later.

Apparently, WCBS put that show up in this time slot in place of Bonkers! (the British-produced comedy show hosted by The Hudson Brothers and featuring legendary British comedian Bob Monkhouse as a regular, and on which Karen Valentine was to be a guest on this night, based on TV Guide - the switch was mentioned in the New York papers), the latter of which was shunted to late Saturday night/early Sunday morning after the early morning slides-only newscasts and before The Late Show II for the remainder of the time it was on.

However, it underscores why I cite multiple sources for TV listings, because newspaper listings would be more updated than what TV Guide had on many occasions. Which would put me ahead of some other posters who don't even cite one source.
 
Channel 68 was an interesting station. The station was put on the air by Blonder-Tongue Broadcasting which basically used it to help develop UHF antennas, just like channel 31 was owned by the FCC (WUHF) and was on the air to help them ascertain the
vialbility of UHF. The FCC sold it to NYC for a dollar. Years later, Rudy Giuliani's office (mayor) sold it for something in the area of $200 million. Channel 68 was in a house on Eagle Rock Avenue in West Orange, NJ next to a bowling alley. Not sure if they were just trying to be cost-effective or could not afford programming or the three network o & o's and 5, 9, 11 had locked up all the decent reruns. 68 began its life as WBTB-TV, then WTVG and finally WWHT (for Wometco Home Theater, the over the air subscription TV service that aired on 68). The offerings on 68 were varied but low-budget and the director/technical director Jim Pichitino used music when the station id's were recorded because they were recorded in the control room, which was noisy. There was the stock market programming, allegedly because Gene Inger invested in 68; a program about entertainment on Broadway with a couple people who read Broadway and off-Broadway offerings from binders on camera. My favorite offering was from Uncle Floyd Vivino, whose brothers were members of Conan O'Brien's in-studio band and who harkened back to the kids' show offerings of days gone by. One day I was home from school and happened to watch the stock programming (featuring Bob Fassbender and Judy Bishop) and saw Floyd Vivino wearing a suit and tie and no hat reading stock news.
 
I noticed in WLIW 21's 11:15 am listing "Soup Bag" was acutally "The Song Bag".
 
Cannot remember (I was in high school) but when Metromedia existed and owned channel 5 (by the way, they were in the same East 67th street "telecenter" that they started in when channel 5 was owned by Dumont and the call letters were WABD and it was the flagship of the Dumont Network. I believe one of the older Soupy Sales efforts shows him on a ladder rearranging the letters on what looks like a theater marquee outside the studio?) Anyway, channel 5 prior to FOX ownership used to run Edgar Kennedy shorts overnight. Edgar Kennedy was the master of the "slow burn"...
 
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