Retro: New York City - Sunday, November 21, 1976 (NBC's 50th Anniversary Special)

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2 WCBS
7:00 Hudson Brothers
7:30 Far Out Space Nuts
8:00 In Tune
9:00 Channel 2 the People
9:30 Way to Go
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up and Live
11:00 Camera Three
11:30 Face the Nation - Guest: Hamilton Jordan - President-elect Carter's campaign manager (later Chief of Staff 1979-80)
NOON Newsmakers - Guest: NYPD Commisioner Michael Codd
12:30 Public Hearing
1:00 Movie: "The Sons of Katie Elder" (1965) - John Wayne, Dean Martin
3:30 NFL Today
4:00 NFL Football - New York Giants vs. Denver Broncos
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Sonny & Cher - Guests: Redd Foxx, Tom Jones, Shields & Yarnell
9:00 Kojak "A Shield for Murder" (2 hrs.)
11:00 CBS Sunday Night News - Morton Dean
11:15 Channel 2 News
11:45 Name of the Game
1:20 Late Show: "Crosscurrent" (1971) - Robert Hooks, Robert Wagner

4 WNBC
7:30 Library Lions
8:00 Vegetable Soup
8:30 Maryknoll World
8:45 Your Sunday Best
9:00 TV Sunday School
9:15 Jewish Scene
9:30 First Estate: Religion in Review
10:30 Sunday
NOON Meet the Press - Guest: Illinois Governor-elect James R. Thompson
12:30 Grandstand
1:00 NFL Football - Houston Oilers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
4:00 Grandstand
4:30 Food for All
5:30 Postively Black
6:30 NBC Nightly News - John Hart
7:00 NBC: The First Fifty Years - Narrator: Orson Welles; Hosts: Jack Albertson, Milton Berle, David Brinkley, Johnny Carson, John Chancellor, Angie Dickinson, Joe Garagiola, Bob Hope, Gene Kelly, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Don Meredith, Gregory Peck, Freddie Prinze, George C. Scott. (See reply for segmented details of each hour.)
11:30 NewsCenter 4
MIDNIGHT Sammy & Company - Guests: Henry Mancini, Jack Jones, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Gerri Granger
1:30 Movie: "Loving You" (1957) - Elvis Presley (second film and first starring role; "Love Me Tender" was of a supporting role), Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey

5 WNEW
6:30 Rev. Cleophus Robinson
7:00 Wonder Window
7:30 Yogi Bear
8:00 Wonderama - Guest: Don McLean ("American Pie" singer)
11:00 Flintstones (x2)
NOON Movie: "Crashing Las Vegas" (1956) - Bowery Boys
1:00 Movie: "CinderFella" (1960) - Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn
3:00 Movie: "Divorce, American Style" (1967) - Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, Lee Grant, Joe Flynn, Van Johnson
5:00 Mission: Impossible
6:00 Movie: "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) - Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
8:00 Lawrence Welk - "Thanksgiving"
9:00 Fall of Eagles: "Requiem for a Crown Prince"
10:00 Ten O'Clock News
10:30 Sports Extra
11:00 Joyce Davidson
11:30 Gabe Pressman Report
MIDNIGHT - David Susskind: "Carter vs. Ford: Did the Media Play Fair?"

7 WABC
7:00 Faith for Today
7:30 Human Dimension
8:00 Davey & Goliath
8:30 Hot Fudge Show
9:00 Christopher Closeup
9:30 Accent On
10:00 Insight
10:30 Adventures of Gilligan
11:00 Oddball Couple
11:30 Animals, Animals, Animals: "The Dolphin"
NOON Issues and Answers - Sens.-elect Richard Lugar (R-IN) and John Chafee (R-RI).
12:30 Like It Is
1:30 Directions
2:00 News Conference
2:30 College Football '76
3:30 People, Places and Things
4:00 Wild, Wild World of Animals: "Black Bear"
4:30 Movie: "The Challenge" (1970) - Darren McGavin, Mako, James Whitmore, Broderick Crawford
6:00 Eyewitness News
7:00 ABC Movie Special: "Sounder", Part 2 of 2 (1972) - Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks
8:00 Six Million Dollar Man: "Vulture of the Andes"
9:00 ABC Sunday Night Movie: "Thunderbold and Lightfoot" (1974) - Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis
11:15 ABC Weekend News - Bill Beutel
11:30 Eyewitness News - Gil Noble
MIDNIGHT Movie: "Diary of a Madman" (1963) - Vincent Price
2:00 Movie: "An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe" (1970) - Vincent Price

9 WOR
7:30 The Christophers (as listed for WOR, as opposed to "Christopher Closeup")
8:00 Davey & Goliath
8:30 Day of Discovery
9:00 Oral Roberts
9:30 Percy Sutton Report
10:00 Sunday Mass
10:30 Point of View
11:00 Rex Humbard
NOON Robert Schuller
1:00 Movie: "Zig Zag" (1965) - George Nader, Sylvia Lawrence
3:00 Movie: "Color Me Dead" (1970) - Tom Tyron, Carolyn Jones, Rick Jason
5:00 Special: "Kennedys Don't Cry" - Cliff Robertson narrates about the Kennedy family's triumphs and tragedies, with interviews of Caroline, John Jr., and Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
7:00 Ironside
8:00 Movie: "Battle of the Commandos" (1969) - Jack Palance, Thomas Hunter, Curt Jurgens
10:00 Nets Basketball - at Los Angeles Lakers
12:15 Movie: "The Bedford Incident" (1965) - Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Martin Balsam
2:00 David Niven's World

11 WPIX
7:00 Christopher Closeup
7:30 Oral Roberts
8:00 Dusty's Treehouse
8:30 Big Blue Marble
9:00 Penelope Pitstop
9:30 Josie & the Pussycats
10:00 Gilligan's Island
10:30 Superman
11:00 F-Troop
11:30 Abbott & Costello: "Buck Privates Come Home" (1947)
1:00 Movie: "Wonder Man" (1945) - Danny Kaye (in a dual role as twins), Virginia Mayo
3:00 Movie: "The War of the Worlds" (1953) - Gene Barry, Ann Robinson
4:30 Movie: "Moby Dick" (1956) - Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Glenn, Orson Welles
7:00 Emergency One!
8:00 Hee Haw - Guests: Jimmy Dean, George Gobel, Susan Raye
9:00 Channel 11 News
9:30 Focus: New Jersey
10:00 Puerto Rican New Yorker
10:30 Black Conversation
11:00 Sgt. Bilko
11:30 Burns & Allen
MIDNIGHT New York, New York
1:00 Suburban Closeup
1:30 Channel 11 News (R?)

13 WNET
7:30 Victory Garden
8:00 Sesame Street
9:00 Mister Rogers
9:30 Carrascolendas
10:00 Sesame Street
11:00 Electric Company
11:30 Zoom
NOON Black Perspective on the News
12:30 Victory Garden
1:00 Inside Albany
1:30 Woman
2:00 Almaden Grand Masters Tennis (Palmas del Mar, Puerto Rico)
6:00 In Performance at Wolf Trap - Cleo Laine and husband John Dankworth
7:00 Great Performances - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
8:00 Evening at Symphony
9:00 Masterpiece Theatre: "How Green Was My Valley" (Episode 3 of 6)
10:00 The Adams Chronicles - Episode 9 of 13: "John Quincy Adams, President"
11:00 Movie Series: "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe", Episode 7 of 12: "The Land of the Dead" (1940) - Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Frank Shannon
11:30 Visions: "Liza's Pioneer Diary"

 

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NBC: The First Fifty Years details

7:00 - Part 1: Orson Welles narrates "A Star is Born"; Dean Martin hosts a section on NBC's association with the Rose Bowl game; Johnny Carson presents a sketch with Tallulah Bankhead from 1949; Jerry Lewis focuses on medical programs; Gene Kelly on dance; the U.S. space program is explored.

8:00 - Part 2: Personalities and events from 1926 examined; Orson Welles recalls the heyday of radio; George C. Scott hosts a segment on "The Hallmark Hall of Fame"; Dean Martin discusses comedy teams; Johnny Carson salutes "This Is Your Life"; Joe Garagiola reports on NBC's association with the World Series; Bob Hope discusses children's programs; coverage of the Civil Rights Movement of the '50s and '60s.

9:00 - Part 3: Personalities and events of the 1930s; Music and musical personalities; Milton Berle (aka "Mr. Television") recalls the early days of television; Survey of ethnic humor on radio and TV; Sports: basketball, football (with Don Meredith), horse racing; John Chancellor recalls NBC's first major news coverage - Charles Lindbergh's 1927 Atlantic solo flight; the trans-Atlantic journey of the Hindenburg (including the ill-fated 1937 final flight); Johnny Carson on famous radio comedians and the TV quiz show scandals; Jerry Lewis looks at comedy in westers; Angie Dickinson hosts the segment "Here's to the Ladies".

10:00 - Part 4: Personalities and events of the 1940s; "Chico and the Man" stars Freddie Prinze and Jack Albertson on radio and TV sitcoms; Sports: golf, tennis, baseball (with Joe Gargiola); John Chancellor on politics on radio and TV; Johnny Carson on daytime soap operas; Gregory Peck on primtime TV dramas; Dean Martin on late night TV; Watergate coveage; show-stopping performances; a salute to Bob Hope.

11:00 - Part 5: Salute to Broadway productions on TV; Jerry Lewis on police dramas; David Brinkley on people and events that made history on NBC News; outstanding production numbers; a salute to David Sarnoff.