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RandTV
Guest
Simon & Garfunkel held their reunion concert in Central Park that night.
2 WCBS
AM
6:30 Summer Semester
7:00 Patchwork Family (local)
8:00 Kwicky Koala Show
8:30 Trollkins
9:00 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 Popeye & Olive Comedy Show
11:00 Blackstar
11:30 Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour
PM
12:30 Tom & Jerry Comedy Show (season premiere)
1:00 New Fat Albert Show (season premiere)
1:30 30 Minuted (season premiere)
2:00 Kidsworld (local)
2:30 Public Hearing
3:00 Movie: "Appointment in Palermo" (1971 episode of "The Name of the Game" series on NBC) - Gene Barry, Harry Guardino, John Marley, Brenda Vacarro
4:30 CBS Sports Saturday
6:00 The People
6:30 CBS Evening News - Bob Schieffer
7:00 Channel 2 News
7:30 World of Survival
8:00 Enos
9:00 CBS Saturday Night Movies: "The Shootist" (1976, Western) - John Wayne (final film role), Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, Harry Morgan, John Carradine, Sheree North, Scatman Crothers, Rick Lenz
11:00 Channel 2 News
11:45 Sportspeople
4 WNBC
AM
6:00 Agriculture USA
6:30 A Better Way
7:00 Rainbow Patch (local)
7:30 Flintstone Comedy Show
8:00 Smurfs
9:30 Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!
10:30 Space Stars
11:30 Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
PM
12:00 Daffy/Speedy Show
12:30 Bullwinkle Show (reruns from 1959-64)
1:00 NFL Review and Preview
2:00 MLB Pre-Game Show
2:15 MLB Baseball - Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies
5:00 Pop Goes the Country
5:30 Mary Tyler Moore
6:00 News 4 New York
6:30 NBC Nightly News - Jessica Savitch
7:00 Prime of Your Life
7:30 Look at Us
8:00 Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters - Guest: Jerry Reed
9:00 Marie (Osmond) - Guests: Grant Goodeve, The Commodores (finale next week after seven episodes)
10:00 Anson 'n' Lorrie (variety special hosted by then-husband and wife Anson Williams and Lorrie Mahaffey) - Guests: Ron Howard, Al Molinaro, Gary Coleman, Eddie Rabbit; produced by Sid & Marty Krofft
11:00 News 4 New York
11:30 SNL Special: Things We Did Last Summer ( old SNL cast recount their summer activities)
AM
1:00 Kenny Everett Video Show
1:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
5 WNEW
AM
5:30 Underdog
6:00 Patterns for Living
6:30 Abbott & Costello (Hanna-Barbera cartoon series)
7:00 Brady Kids
7:30 Groovie Goolies
8:00 Popeye and Friends
8:30 Superheroes
9:00 Car Care Central
9:30 Birdman
10:00 Make-Believe Marriage
11:00 Soul Train
PM
12:00 America's Top 10
12:30 Portrait of a Legend
1:00 Movie: "Live Wires" (1946, Comedy) - Bowery Boys, Huntz Hall
2:00 Big Valley
3:00 Movie: "Scars of Dracula" (1970, Horror) - Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Christopher Matthews
5:00 Mission: Impossible
6:00 Starsky & Hutch
7:00 Six Million Dollar Man
8:00 New Telethon IV - "The Silent Crisis" (all-star world hunger telethon hosted by Carol Lawrence)
AM
12:30 Movie: "Footlight Parade" (1933, Musical) - James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keller, Dick Powell
7 KABC
AM
6:30 Eyewitness News
7:00 Davey & Goliath
7:30 Camp Wilderness
8:00 Super Fun Hour (Super Friends and Heathcliff & Marmaduke)
9:00 Fonz/Laverne & Shirley Hour
10:00 Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too!
10:55 Schoolhouse Rock!
11:00 Goldie Gold/Thundarr Hour
11:55 Schoolhouse Rock!
PM
12:00 ABC Weekend Special: "The Notorious Frogs of Calaveras County"
12:30 American Bandstand - Guests: The Jacksons; Dick Clark presents the winning couple of the 29th Annual American Bandstand Dance Contest
1:30 College Football - Notre Dame vs. Michigan
5:00 ABC's Wide World of Sports
6:30 Millions Down the Drain - WABC news anchor Doug Johnson examines the controversial Southwest Sewer District Project in Suffolk County (Long Island)
7:00 Eyewitness News
7:30 An Essay on Drugs: The Aftermath
8:00 240-ROBERT
9:00 Love Boat
10:00 Fantasy Island
11:00 Eyewitness News
11:30 Movie: "Chisum" (1970, Western) - John Wayne, Forrest Tucker
9 WOR
AM
5:30 Movie: "Varan the Unbelievable" (1962, Sci-Fi, English-dubbed Japanese)
7:00 News
7:30 Growing Years
8:00 Chrisopher Closeup
8:30 Newark and Reality
9:00 Apple (Computer?) Polishers
9:30 Computer World
10:00 Doctor Who
11:00 Movie: "Things to Come" (1936, Sci-Fi) - Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson
PM
1:00 Greatest Sports Legends: Willis Reed
1:30 Greatest Sports Legends: Brooks Robinson
2:00 Mets Baseball - vs. St. Louis Cardinals at Shea Stadium
5:00 Outer Limits
6:00 Racing From Belmont
6:30 Entertainment This Week (premiere of the hour-long weekend version of Entertainment Tonight during its premiere week)
7:30 Agronsky & Company
8:00 Movie: "Battle Circus" (1953, Drama) - Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson, Keenan Wynn, Robert Keith
10:00 Meet the Mayors
10:30 Nine on New Jersey
11:00 Benny Hill
11:30 Harness Racing from Yonkers Raceway
11 WPIX
AM
6:00 Barbapapa
6:30 Magilla Gorilla
7:00 Popeye Show
7:30 Tom & Jerry
8:00 Big Blue Marble
8:30 Tom & Jerry
9:00 Sweet Nostalgia
9:30 Herald of Truth
10:00 Jerry Falwell
11:00 Hee Haw - Guests: Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Dian Hart, The Million Dollar Band
PM
12:00 World of Survival
12:30 Comedy Shop
1:00 Abbott & Costello (live action)
1:30 Odd Couple
2:00 Yankees Baseball - vs. Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park
5:00 Emergency!
6:00 Star Trek
7:00 Dance Fever
7:30 Solid Gold - Co-Hosts: Marilyn McCoo, Andy Gibb; Guests: Olivia Newton-John, Air Supply, Ronnie Milsap, The Rolling Stones
8:30 The Battle of the Las Vegas Showgirls
10:00 Odd Couple
10:30 Action News
11:00 Flip Wilson
AM
12:00 Odd Couple
12:30 The FBI
13 WNET
AM
7:00 Sesame Street
8:00 Sesame Street
9:00 Mister Rogers
9:30 Electric Company
10:00 Nova
11:00 Contemporary Health Issues
11:30 Contemporary Health Issues
PM
12:00 The Shakespeare Plays: "Henry VIII"
3:00 Great Performances: "Thank You Comrades"
4:00 Solidarity Day Highlights
6:00 The Forstyhe Saga
7:00 Inside Albany
7:30 The Lawmakers
8:00 Kennedy Center Tonight: Leonard Bernstein's "Mass"
10:00 Movie: "The Mummy" (1932, Horror) - Boris Karloff, Zita Johann
2 WCBS
AM
6:30 Summer Semester
7:00 Patchwork Family (local)
8:00 Kwicky Koala Show
8:30 Trollkins
9:00 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 Popeye & Olive Comedy Show
11:00 Blackstar
11:30 Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour
PM
12:30 Tom & Jerry Comedy Show (season premiere)
1:00 New Fat Albert Show (season premiere)
1:30 30 Minuted (season premiere)
2:00 Kidsworld (local)
2:30 Public Hearing
3:00 Movie: "Appointment in Palermo" (1971 episode of "The Name of the Game" series on NBC) - Gene Barry, Harry Guardino, John Marley, Brenda Vacarro
4:30 CBS Sports Saturday
6:00 The People
6:30 CBS Evening News - Bob Schieffer
7:00 Channel 2 News
7:30 World of Survival
8:00 Enos
9:00 CBS Saturday Night Movies: "The Shootist" (1976, Western) - John Wayne (final film role), Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, Harry Morgan, John Carradine, Sheree North, Scatman Crothers, Rick Lenz
11:00 Channel 2 News
11:45 Sportspeople
4 WNBC
AM
6:00 Agriculture USA
6:30 A Better Way
7:00 Rainbow Patch (local)
7:30 Flintstone Comedy Show
8:00 Smurfs
9:30 Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!
10:30 Space Stars
11:30 Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
PM
12:00 Daffy/Speedy Show
12:30 Bullwinkle Show (reruns from 1959-64)
1:00 NFL Review and Preview
2:00 MLB Pre-Game Show
2:15 MLB Baseball - Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies
5:00 Pop Goes the Country
5:30 Mary Tyler Moore
6:00 News 4 New York
6:30 NBC Nightly News - Jessica Savitch
7:00 Prime of Your Life
7:30 Look at Us
8:00 Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters - Guest: Jerry Reed
9:00 Marie (Osmond) - Guests: Grant Goodeve, The Commodores (finale next week after seven episodes)
10:00 Anson 'n' Lorrie (variety special hosted by then-husband and wife Anson Williams and Lorrie Mahaffey) - Guests: Ron Howard, Al Molinaro, Gary Coleman, Eddie Rabbit; produced by Sid & Marty Krofft
11:00 News 4 New York
11:30 SNL Special: Things We Did Last Summer ( old SNL cast recount their summer activities)
AM
1:00 Kenny Everett Video Show
1:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
5 WNEW
AM
5:30 Underdog
6:00 Patterns for Living
6:30 Abbott & Costello (Hanna-Barbera cartoon series)
7:00 Brady Kids
7:30 Groovie Goolies
8:00 Popeye and Friends
8:30 Superheroes
9:00 Car Care Central
9:30 Birdman
10:00 Make-Believe Marriage
11:00 Soul Train
PM
12:00 America's Top 10
12:30 Portrait of a Legend
1:00 Movie: "Live Wires" (1946, Comedy) - Bowery Boys, Huntz Hall
2:00 Big Valley
3:00 Movie: "Scars of Dracula" (1970, Horror) - Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Christopher Matthews
5:00 Mission: Impossible
6:00 Starsky & Hutch
7:00 Six Million Dollar Man
8:00 New Telethon IV - "The Silent Crisis" (all-star world hunger telethon hosted by Carol Lawrence)
AM
12:30 Movie: "Footlight Parade" (1933, Musical) - James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keller, Dick Powell
7 KABC
AM
6:30 Eyewitness News
7:00 Davey & Goliath
7:30 Camp Wilderness
8:00 Super Fun Hour (Super Friends and Heathcliff & Marmaduke)
9:00 Fonz/Laverne & Shirley Hour
10:00 Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too!
10:55 Schoolhouse Rock!
11:00 Goldie Gold/Thundarr Hour
11:55 Schoolhouse Rock!
PM
12:00 ABC Weekend Special: "The Notorious Frogs of Calaveras County"
12:30 American Bandstand - Guests: The Jacksons; Dick Clark presents the winning couple of the 29th Annual American Bandstand Dance Contest
1:30 College Football - Notre Dame vs. Michigan
5:00 ABC's Wide World of Sports
6:30 Millions Down the Drain - WABC news anchor Doug Johnson examines the controversial Southwest Sewer District Project in Suffolk County (Long Island)
7:00 Eyewitness News
7:30 An Essay on Drugs: The Aftermath
8:00 240-ROBERT
9:00 Love Boat
10:00 Fantasy Island
11:00 Eyewitness News
11:30 Movie: "Chisum" (1970, Western) - John Wayne, Forrest Tucker
9 WOR
AM
5:30 Movie: "Varan the Unbelievable" (1962, Sci-Fi, English-dubbed Japanese)
7:00 News
7:30 Growing Years
8:00 Chrisopher Closeup
8:30 Newark and Reality
9:00 Apple (Computer?) Polishers
9:30 Computer World
10:00 Doctor Who
11:00 Movie: "Things to Come" (1936, Sci-Fi) - Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson
PM
1:00 Greatest Sports Legends: Willis Reed
1:30 Greatest Sports Legends: Brooks Robinson
2:00 Mets Baseball - vs. St. Louis Cardinals at Shea Stadium
5:00 Outer Limits
6:00 Racing From Belmont
6:30 Entertainment This Week (premiere of the hour-long weekend version of Entertainment Tonight during its premiere week)
7:30 Agronsky & Company
8:00 Movie: "Battle Circus" (1953, Drama) - Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson, Keenan Wynn, Robert Keith
10:00 Meet the Mayors
10:30 Nine on New Jersey
11:00 Benny Hill
11:30 Harness Racing from Yonkers Raceway
11 WPIX
AM
6:00 Barbapapa
6:30 Magilla Gorilla
7:00 Popeye Show
7:30 Tom & Jerry
8:00 Big Blue Marble
8:30 Tom & Jerry
9:00 Sweet Nostalgia
9:30 Herald of Truth
10:00 Jerry Falwell
11:00 Hee Haw - Guests: Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Dian Hart, The Million Dollar Band
PM
12:00 World of Survival
12:30 Comedy Shop
1:00 Abbott & Costello (live action)
1:30 Odd Couple
2:00 Yankees Baseball - vs. Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park
5:00 Emergency!
6:00 Star Trek
7:00 Dance Fever
7:30 Solid Gold - Co-Hosts: Marilyn McCoo, Andy Gibb; Guests: Olivia Newton-John, Air Supply, Ronnie Milsap, The Rolling Stones
8:30 The Battle of the Las Vegas Showgirls
10:00 Odd Couple
10:30 Action News
11:00 Flip Wilson
AM
12:00 Odd Couple
12:30 The FBI
13 WNET
AM
7:00 Sesame Street
8:00 Sesame Street
9:00 Mister Rogers
9:30 Electric Company
10:00 Nova
11:00 Contemporary Health Issues
11:30 Contemporary Health Issues
PM
12:00 The Shakespeare Plays: "Henry VIII"
3:00 Great Performances: "Thank You Comrades"
4:00 Solidarity Day Highlights
6:00 The Forstyhe Saga
7:00 Inside Albany
7:30 The Lawmakers
8:00 Kennedy Center Tonight: Leonard Bernstein's "Mass"
10:00 Movie: "The Mummy" (1932, Horror) - Boris Karloff, Zita Johann