Source: TV Guide, North Dakota Edition (Fall Preview)
CHANNELS
2 KGFE Grand Forks PBS/Prairie Public
3 KBME Bismarck PBS/Prairie Public
4 KXJB Fargo CBS
5 KFYR Bismarck NBC/ABC
6f WDAY Fargo NBC
6m KSRE Minot PBS/Prairie Public
8d WDAZ Devils Lake NBC
8w KUMV Williston NBC/ABC
9 KMSP Minneapolis IND
10 KMOT Minot NBC/ABC
11f KTHI Fargo ABC
11w KXMD Williston CBS/ABC
12 KXMB Bismarck CBS/ABC
13f KFME Fargo PBS/Prairie Public
13m KXMC Minot CBS/ABC
17 WTBS Atlanta GA IND
9/13/1980 - Saturday
5AM
17 It's Your Business
5:30
17 Rebop
6AM
17 Vegetable Soup
6:30
4 Little Rascals BW
11w 12 13m U.S. Farm Report
Host Orion Samuelson interviews Clifton Meador, chairman of the Agriculture Council of America. From Washington: interviews with Reps. John Erlenborn (R-Ill.) and William Wampler (R-Va.) about farm and food policies.
17 Romper Room
7AM
4 11w 12 13m Mighty Mouse/Heckle & Jeckle
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Godzilla, Globetrotters
9 Hot Fudge
11f Superfriends
17 Ultra Man
7:30
4 11w 12 13m Tom & Jerry
9 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
17 Movie BW
'Man from Del Rio.' (1956) Anthony Quinn is excellent as a Mexican gunman on a murderous mission of vengeance.
8AM
4 11w 12 13m Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo
11f Plastic Man
8:30
9 Focus
9AM
9 Wild Bill Hickok
11f Scooby-Doo
17 Movie BW
'Dames.' (1934) Two of Busby Berkeley's best production numbers ('I Only Have Eyes for You,' 'Dames') cap this tale of a producer (Dick Powell) and his eccentric relatives. Ruby Keeler.
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9:30
4 11w 12 13m Popeye
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Daffy Duck
9 Alias Smith & Jones
11f Scooby and Scrappy-Doo
10AM
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Jetsons
10:30
4 11w 12 13m Drak Pack
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Jonny Quest
9 Wagon Train
11f Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics
11AM
4 11w 12 13m Fat Albert
The 10th season begins with a tale about a girl who learns she was adopted.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Godzilla
11f Lisa's Lane
17 Movie
'Kangaroo.' (1952) Turn-of-the-century Australia is the colorful setting for this otherwise standard cattle-ranching Western. Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford.
11:30
4 11w 12 13m Tarzan/Lone Ranger
Debut: The Masked Man and Tonto share the hour with Lord of the Jungle in all-new adventures.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Flash Gordon
11f American Bandstand
Larry Graham ('One in a Million You') and Benny Mardones ('Into the Night').
Noon
5 8w 10 Cartoon Theater
6f 8d U.S. Farm Report
See 6:30, KXMD.
9 1980 U.S. National Drag Racing
12:30
4 Political Program-Rep.
5 8w 10 Indian Country Today
6f 8d This Week in Baseball
11f 11w 12 13m College Football Pregame Show
12:45
11f 11w 12 13m College Football (Unknown game, did not list)
1PM
4 World of Survival
This episode focuses on the manatee, a large fleshy sea mammal, and the problems it faces as the sport of speedboating threatens its existence.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Baseball Warm-Up
9 Bionic Woman
17 Movie BW
'Night and the City.' (1950) A cheap hood (Richard Widmark) tries to cut in on London's wrestling game.
1:15
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Baseball
Yankees-Red Sox in Boston, or Pirates-Expos in Montreal.
1:30
4 That Nashville Music
2MP
4 1980 NHRA U.S. Nationals Drag Racing
Highlights of the 26th NHRA U.S. Nationals, taped in Indianapolis. Total posted awards: $553,925. Steve Evans and Dave McClelland report.
9 Grizzly Adams
3PM
4 Racers
Featured: the Twelve Hours of Sebring Endurance Race from Florida.
9 Movie
'The Vatican Affair.' (1969) Heist yarn about an elderly professor (Walter Pidgeon) whose target is the art treasures of St. Peter's. Ira Furstenberg.
17 Untouchables BW
3:30
4 CBS Sports Spectacular
More than 70 athletes from 11 countries vie in the U.S. Invitational Gymnastics Competition, taped in Hartford, CT. Among those representing the U.S. are Marcia Frederick, a former world champion, and Ron Galimore, the first black gymnast to make the U.S. Olympic Team...Gary Wells takes on Karel Soucek in the Motorcycle Jump Challenge, taped in Toronto. Wells holds the American Hot Rod Association's sanctioned record of 176 feet, 4 1/2 inches. Series host: Dick Stockton.
4PM
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Outdoor Sportsman
11f 11w 12 13m Wide World of Sports
Salvador Sanchez (37-1-1) risks his WBC featherweight crown against Patrick Ford (15-0) in a scheduled 15-round bout telecast live from San Antonio, Texas. Sanchez, then a virtual unknown, wrested the 126-pound championship from Danny 'Little Red' Lopez in February of this year. Since then, he has decisioned Ruben Castillo and kayoed Lopez in a return match. Ford, from Guyana, is the Central American champion.
17 This Week in Baseball
4:30
2 3 6m 13f Once Upon a Classic
Beever (John Hallam) prepares the cadets for an attack on the Eight Bells tavenr in Part 6 of 'Dominic.' Nick: Murray Dale. (Closed-captioned.) (Seems like a *very* late time on a Saturday for a PBS station to sign on in 1980.)
5 8w 10 Carol Burnett & Friends
John Davidson and Ruth Buzzi are the guests. MGM movies are spoofed, including 'Lust for Life,' 'National Velvet' and 'Camille.'
6f 8d Kidsworld
17 Love, American Style
4:55
17 College Scoreboard
5PM
2 3 6m 13f Feeling Free
A look at a house designed for easy wheelchair use.
4 Hee Haw
Guests: Kenny Rogers, Ethel Merman and the Million Dollar Band (Chet Atkins, Jethro Burns, Floyd Cramer, Roy Clark, Danny Davis, Johnny Gimble and Boots Randolph).
5 8w 10 Lawrence Welk
Welk begins the 26th season of the program with 'I Will Wait for You,' 'One O'Clock Jump,' 'What I Did for Love,' 'Beer Barrel Polka.'
6f 8d Wild Kingdom
Chimpanzees are observed near the shores of Tanzania's Lake Tanganykia by researchers studying primates.
9 In Search Of...
17 Wrestling
5:30
2 3 6m 13f Wall $treet Week
6f 8d News
9 Muppet Show
11f In Search Of...
A study of the origins of a cloth believed to be the burial wrap of Christ, which now resides in Turin, Italy.
11w 12 13m CBS News-Schieffer
6PM
2 3 6m 13f When a Woman Fights Back
A woman's right to defend herself is the issue in four 1980 court cases in Washington. The program examines a State Supreme Court decision that recognized social and psychological factors affecting a woman's perception of threat. Among those interviewed: members of the criminal-justice system and women's organizations and psychologists.
4 5 8w 10 News
6f 8d 9 Lawrence Welk
See 5PM, KFYR.
11f Solid Gold
Debut: Host Dionne Warwick and guest co-hosts present a countdown of the week's top 20 hits, including performances by at least five of the artists.
11w 12 13m Hee Haw
See 5PM, KXJB.
6:30
4 Muppet Show
5 8w 10 Wild Kingdom
Wildlife in the Falklands-islands located off South America's southern coast-is featured. Included are penguins, fur seals and upland geese.
7PM
2 3 6m 13f Commanders
The career of Erwin Rommel, Germany's legendary 'Desert Fox,' is traced through film footage, photographs and the reminiscences of his son, a former aide and fellow World War II officers. Clips and stills highlight his family life and his campaigns in Europe and Africa.
4 11w 12 13m WKRP in Cincinnati
Herb's part-time insurance job isn't very profitable until he oversells to Les-who promptly has an accident. Herb: Frank Bonner. Les: Richard Sanders.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Buck Rogers
Buck (Gil Gerard) meets a woman who bears a striking resemblance to his girlfriend from the 20th century. Wilma: Erin Gray.
9 Sha Na Na
11f Love Boat
1. A widow (Vernee Watson) boards with an invisible partner-the ghost of her ex-husband (Jimmie Walker), who is bent on setting her up with another man. 2. Gopher's once-chubby sister (Melissa Sue Anderson) is now a shapely woman-and the center of attention among male passengers and crew. 3. A divorced couple (Janet Leigh, Conrad Bain) find themselves locked inside a cabin. Greg Elkins: Greg Morris. Linda: Jamie Lee Curtis.
[Closed captioned.]
17 Football Saturday
7:30
4 11w 12 13m Tim Conway
In a sketch, TIm plays a dullard trying to get a car loan. Regulars include Maggie Roswell
9 Baseball
The Minnesota Twins vs. the White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Bob Kurtz, Larry Osterman. [Preempts regular programming.]
9PM
2 3 6m 13f Lord Mountbatten: A Man for the Century
Part 7. As India's first Governor-General, Mountbatten is again immersed in a crisis when violence erupts between India and Pakistan in 1947. But there is a bright note during the months of strife: Mountbatten's nephew Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, marries Princess Elizabeth, heir to Britain's throne. [Closed-captioned.]
4 11w 12 13m Movie
A top cast populates a 1978 remake of Raymond Chandler's 'The Big Sleep,' which finds private eye Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) on a blackmail case in London. Richard Boone, Joan Collins. General Sternwood: James Stewart.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 BJ and the Bear
BJ (Greg Evigan) looks up an old war buddy who runs a helicopter service-and smuggles contraband. Sister Sledge performs 'We Are Family' and 'Reach Your Peak.' Charlie Broler: Edd Byrnes. Georgie Thayer: Maggie Cooper.
11f Love Boat
1. A married writing team (Don Adams, Juliet Mills) find their personal and professional relationships severely strained. 2. A mother (Lee Meriwether) tries to keep her adopted daughter (Kyle Aletter) from learning the identity of her natural father (Ross Martin). 3. The crew is concerned about a singer friend (Charo) who has chosen a wheeler-dealer (Forrest Tucker) as her new business manager-and her fiance. Gavin MacLeod. [Closed-captioned.]
17 Big Battles
9PM
2 3 6m 13e Movie BW
'Made for Each Other.' (1939) John Cromwell directed this unusual blend of tears and laughter about the problems of a young couple (Carole Lombard and James Stewart). Charles Coburn.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Six O'Clock Follies
Robby's surprise birthday party turns into an even bigger surprise when a mortar assault strands the party-goers in Midas's bar. Robby: Larry Fishburne. Midas: Philip Charles MacKenzie.
11f Fantasy Island
1. A bookstore clerk (Desi Arnaz Jr.) wants to be a best-selling author. 2. An archaeologist (Barry Sullivan) gets a chance to make an important find. Ricardo Montalban, Shelley Fabares.
9:30
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Good Time Harry
Carol (Marcia Strassman) decides to abandon her sportswriting ambitions after concluding that she'll never be the ace her father was. Harry: Ted Bessell. Jimmy: Eugene Roche. (This was the last episode of seven that aired in the summer of 1980.)
10PM
4 5 6f 8d 8w 9 10 11f 11w 12 13m News
17 Dick Maurice & Company
10:15
11f ABC News
10:30
4 Gunsmoke
Part 1. A strong-willed cattleman (Morgan Woodward) seeks revenge against the Indians he thinks murdered his wife. [Concludes tomorrow at this time.]
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Saturday Night Live
From 1976: Host Elliott Gould appears with Chevy Chase, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in a 'Star Trek' spoof; singer Leon Redbone performs 'Shine on Harvest Moon' and 'Walking Stick.'
9 Movie
'They Might Be Giants.' (1971) George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward in the whimsical tale of a man who thinks he's Sherlock Holmes. Filmed in Manhattan.
11f Newlywed Game
11w 12 13m Solid Gold
See 6pm, KTHI.
10:35
2 3 6m 13f Austin City Limits
The Texas Swing Pioneers join Johnny Gimble and the Bosque Bandits to showcase Western swing, which had its origins in the '30s. Included: 'Right or Wrong,' 'Muskrat Ramble,' 'Panhandle Rag,' 'End of the Line,' 'J.R.'s Blues.' [Closed-captioned.]
11PM
11f Movie
'Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.' (1965) Slapstick saga about young aviators competing in a 1910 air race from London to Paris. James Fox, Sarah Miles.
17 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
11:30
4 NFL Review & Preview
11w 12 13m 700 Club
11:35
2 3 6m 13f Two Ronnies
12am
5 8w 10 Movie
'GI Blues.' (1960) In West Germany, three GIs form a musical combo to raise money so they can open a nightclub after they leave the service. Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse. Tina: Leticia Roman.
6f 8d Movie BW
'The Voice of Terror.' (1942) Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) on the trail of Nazi spies and saboteurs in wartime England. Watson: Nigel Bruce.
12:30
9 Bold Ones
17 Movie
'Apeman of the Jungle.' (1964) Jungle hero Tarzan (Ralph Hudson) aids a scientific expedition under attack by the Leopard Men. John Chevron.
1AM
11f News
1:30
5 8w 9 10 News
2AM
5 8w 10 Movie
'The Magic Box.' (1951) Eric Ambler wrote the script for this study of motion-picture pioneer William Friese-Greene. An ambitious production. Robert Donat, Margaret Johnson.
2:20
17 Movie BW
'Agent of Doom.' (1959) An atomic scientist who's made a revolutionary discovery becomes the target of foreign agents. Florence: Annette Stroyberg.
4AM
5 8w 10 Movie BW
'Roughly Speaking.' (1945) Rosalind Russell portrays a woman who finds it difficult to combine marriage and a career. Jack Carson, Robert Hutton.
4:20
17 World at Large
CHANNELS
2 KGFE Grand Forks PBS/Prairie Public
3 KBME Bismarck PBS/Prairie Public
4 KXJB Fargo CBS
5 KFYR Bismarck NBC/ABC
6f WDAY Fargo NBC
6m KSRE Minot PBS/Prairie Public
8d WDAZ Devils Lake NBC
8w KUMV Williston NBC/ABC
9 KMSP Minneapolis IND
10 KMOT Minot NBC/ABC
11f KTHI Fargo ABC
11w KXMD Williston CBS/ABC
12 KXMB Bismarck CBS/ABC
13f KFME Fargo PBS/Prairie Public
13m KXMC Minot CBS/ABC
17 WTBS Atlanta GA IND
9/13/1980 - Saturday
5AM
17 It's Your Business
5:30
17 Rebop
6AM
17 Vegetable Soup
6:30
4 Little Rascals BW
11w 12 13m U.S. Farm Report
Host Orion Samuelson interviews Clifton Meador, chairman of the Agriculture Council of America. From Washington: interviews with Reps. John Erlenborn (R-Ill.) and William Wampler (R-Va.) about farm and food policies.
17 Romper Room
7AM
4 11w 12 13m Mighty Mouse/Heckle & Jeckle
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Godzilla, Globetrotters
9 Hot Fudge
11f Superfriends
17 Ultra Man
7:30
4 11w 12 13m Tom & Jerry
9 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
17 Movie BW
'Man from Del Rio.' (1956) Anthony Quinn is excellent as a Mexican gunman on a murderous mission of vengeance.
8AM
4 11w 12 13m Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo
11f Plastic Man
8:30
9 Focus
9AM
9 Wild Bill Hickok
11f Scooby-Doo
17 Movie BW
'Dames.' (1934) Two of Busby Berkeley's best production numbers ('I Only Have Eyes for You,' 'Dames') cap this tale of a producer (Dick Powell) and his eccentric relatives. Ruby Keeler.
]
9:30
4 11w 12 13m Popeye
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Daffy Duck
9 Alias Smith & Jones
11f Scooby and Scrappy-Doo
10AM
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Jetsons
10:30
4 11w 12 13m Drak Pack
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Jonny Quest
9 Wagon Train
11f Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics
11AM
4 11w 12 13m Fat Albert
The 10th season begins with a tale about a girl who learns she was adopted.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Godzilla
11f Lisa's Lane
17 Movie
'Kangaroo.' (1952) Turn-of-the-century Australia is the colorful setting for this otherwise standard cattle-ranching Western. Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford.
11:30
4 11w 12 13m Tarzan/Lone Ranger
Debut: The Masked Man and Tonto share the hour with Lord of the Jungle in all-new adventures.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Flash Gordon
11f American Bandstand
Larry Graham ('One in a Million You') and Benny Mardones ('Into the Night').
Noon
5 8w 10 Cartoon Theater
6f 8d U.S. Farm Report
See 6:30, KXMD.
9 1980 U.S. National Drag Racing
12:30
4 Political Program-Rep.
5 8w 10 Indian Country Today
6f 8d This Week in Baseball
11f 11w 12 13m College Football Pregame Show
12:45
11f 11w 12 13m College Football (Unknown game, did not list)
1PM
4 World of Survival
This episode focuses on the manatee, a large fleshy sea mammal, and the problems it faces as the sport of speedboating threatens its existence.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Baseball Warm-Up
9 Bionic Woman
17 Movie BW
'Night and the City.' (1950) A cheap hood (Richard Widmark) tries to cut in on London's wrestling game.
1:15
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Baseball
Yankees-Red Sox in Boston, or Pirates-Expos in Montreal.
1:30
4 That Nashville Music
2MP
4 1980 NHRA U.S. Nationals Drag Racing
Highlights of the 26th NHRA U.S. Nationals, taped in Indianapolis. Total posted awards: $553,925. Steve Evans and Dave McClelland report.
9 Grizzly Adams
3PM
4 Racers
Featured: the Twelve Hours of Sebring Endurance Race from Florida.
9 Movie
'The Vatican Affair.' (1969) Heist yarn about an elderly professor (Walter Pidgeon) whose target is the art treasures of St. Peter's. Ira Furstenberg.
17 Untouchables BW
3:30
4 CBS Sports Spectacular
More than 70 athletes from 11 countries vie in the U.S. Invitational Gymnastics Competition, taped in Hartford, CT. Among those representing the U.S. are Marcia Frederick, a former world champion, and Ron Galimore, the first black gymnast to make the U.S. Olympic Team...Gary Wells takes on Karel Soucek in the Motorcycle Jump Challenge, taped in Toronto. Wells holds the American Hot Rod Association's sanctioned record of 176 feet, 4 1/2 inches. Series host: Dick Stockton.
4PM
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Outdoor Sportsman
11f 11w 12 13m Wide World of Sports
Salvador Sanchez (37-1-1) risks his WBC featherweight crown against Patrick Ford (15-0) in a scheduled 15-round bout telecast live from San Antonio, Texas. Sanchez, then a virtual unknown, wrested the 126-pound championship from Danny 'Little Red' Lopez in February of this year. Since then, he has decisioned Ruben Castillo and kayoed Lopez in a return match. Ford, from Guyana, is the Central American champion.
17 This Week in Baseball
4:30
2 3 6m 13f Once Upon a Classic
Beever (John Hallam) prepares the cadets for an attack on the Eight Bells tavenr in Part 6 of 'Dominic.' Nick: Murray Dale. (Closed-captioned.) (Seems like a *very* late time on a Saturday for a PBS station to sign on in 1980.)
5 8w 10 Carol Burnett & Friends
John Davidson and Ruth Buzzi are the guests. MGM movies are spoofed, including 'Lust for Life,' 'National Velvet' and 'Camille.'
6f 8d Kidsworld
17 Love, American Style
4:55
17 College Scoreboard
5PM
2 3 6m 13f Feeling Free
A look at a house designed for easy wheelchair use.
4 Hee Haw
Guests: Kenny Rogers, Ethel Merman and the Million Dollar Band (Chet Atkins, Jethro Burns, Floyd Cramer, Roy Clark, Danny Davis, Johnny Gimble and Boots Randolph).
5 8w 10 Lawrence Welk
Welk begins the 26th season of the program with 'I Will Wait for You,' 'One O'Clock Jump,' 'What I Did for Love,' 'Beer Barrel Polka.'
6f 8d Wild Kingdom
Chimpanzees are observed near the shores of Tanzania's Lake Tanganykia by researchers studying primates.
9 In Search Of...
17 Wrestling
5:30
2 3 6m 13f Wall $treet Week
6f 8d News
9 Muppet Show
11f In Search Of...
A study of the origins of a cloth believed to be the burial wrap of Christ, which now resides in Turin, Italy.
11w 12 13m CBS News-Schieffer
6PM
2 3 6m 13f When a Woman Fights Back
A woman's right to defend herself is the issue in four 1980 court cases in Washington. The program examines a State Supreme Court decision that recognized social and psychological factors affecting a woman's perception of threat. Among those interviewed: members of the criminal-justice system and women's organizations and psychologists.
4 5 8w 10 News
6f 8d 9 Lawrence Welk
See 5PM, KFYR.
11f Solid Gold
Debut: Host Dionne Warwick and guest co-hosts present a countdown of the week's top 20 hits, including performances by at least five of the artists.
11w 12 13m Hee Haw
See 5PM, KXJB.
6:30
4 Muppet Show
5 8w 10 Wild Kingdom
Wildlife in the Falklands-islands located off South America's southern coast-is featured. Included are penguins, fur seals and upland geese.
7PM
2 3 6m 13f Commanders
The career of Erwin Rommel, Germany's legendary 'Desert Fox,' is traced through film footage, photographs and the reminiscences of his son, a former aide and fellow World War II officers. Clips and stills highlight his family life and his campaigns in Europe and Africa.
4 11w 12 13m WKRP in Cincinnati
Herb's part-time insurance job isn't very profitable until he oversells to Les-who promptly has an accident. Herb: Frank Bonner. Les: Richard Sanders.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Buck Rogers
Buck (Gil Gerard) meets a woman who bears a striking resemblance to his girlfriend from the 20th century. Wilma: Erin Gray.
9 Sha Na Na
11f Love Boat
1. A widow (Vernee Watson) boards with an invisible partner-the ghost of her ex-husband (Jimmie Walker), who is bent on setting her up with another man. 2. Gopher's once-chubby sister (Melissa Sue Anderson) is now a shapely woman-and the center of attention among male passengers and crew. 3. A divorced couple (Janet Leigh, Conrad Bain) find themselves locked inside a cabin. Greg Elkins: Greg Morris. Linda: Jamie Lee Curtis.
[Closed captioned.]
17 Football Saturday
7:30
4 11w 12 13m Tim Conway
In a sketch, TIm plays a dullard trying to get a car loan. Regulars include Maggie Roswell
9 Baseball
The Minnesota Twins vs. the White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Bob Kurtz, Larry Osterman. [Preempts regular programming.]
9PM
2 3 6m 13f Lord Mountbatten: A Man for the Century
Part 7. As India's first Governor-General, Mountbatten is again immersed in a crisis when violence erupts between India and Pakistan in 1947. But there is a bright note during the months of strife: Mountbatten's nephew Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, marries Princess Elizabeth, heir to Britain's throne. [Closed-captioned.]
4 11w 12 13m Movie
A top cast populates a 1978 remake of Raymond Chandler's 'The Big Sleep,' which finds private eye Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) on a blackmail case in London. Richard Boone, Joan Collins. General Sternwood: James Stewart.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 BJ and the Bear
BJ (Greg Evigan) looks up an old war buddy who runs a helicopter service-and smuggles contraband. Sister Sledge performs 'We Are Family' and 'Reach Your Peak.' Charlie Broler: Edd Byrnes. Georgie Thayer: Maggie Cooper.
11f Love Boat
1. A married writing team (Don Adams, Juliet Mills) find their personal and professional relationships severely strained. 2. A mother (Lee Meriwether) tries to keep her adopted daughter (Kyle Aletter) from learning the identity of her natural father (Ross Martin). 3. The crew is concerned about a singer friend (Charo) who has chosen a wheeler-dealer (Forrest Tucker) as her new business manager-and her fiance. Gavin MacLeod. [Closed-captioned.]
17 Big Battles
9PM
2 3 6m 13e Movie BW
'Made for Each Other.' (1939) John Cromwell directed this unusual blend of tears and laughter about the problems of a young couple (Carole Lombard and James Stewart). Charles Coburn.
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Six O'Clock Follies
Robby's surprise birthday party turns into an even bigger surprise when a mortar assault strands the party-goers in Midas's bar. Robby: Larry Fishburne. Midas: Philip Charles MacKenzie.
11f Fantasy Island
1. A bookstore clerk (Desi Arnaz Jr.) wants to be a best-selling author. 2. An archaeologist (Barry Sullivan) gets a chance to make an important find. Ricardo Montalban, Shelley Fabares.
9:30
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Good Time Harry
Carol (Marcia Strassman) decides to abandon her sportswriting ambitions after concluding that she'll never be the ace her father was. Harry: Ted Bessell. Jimmy: Eugene Roche. (This was the last episode of seven that aired in the summer of 1980.)
10PM
4 5 6f 8d 8w 9 10 11f 11w 12 13m News
17 Dick Maurice & Company
10:15
11f ABC News
10:30
4 Gunsmoke
Part 1. A strong-willed cattleman (Morgan Woodward) seeks revenge against the Indians he thinks murdered his wife. [Concludes tomorrow at this time.]
5 6f 8d 8w 10 Saturday Night Live
From 1976: Host Elliott Gould appears with Chevy Chase, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in a 'Star Trek' spoof; singer Leon Redbone performs 'Shine on Harvest Moon' and 'Walking Stick.'
9 Movie
'They Might Be Giants.' (1971) George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward in the whimsical tale of a man who thinks he's Sherlock Holmes. Filmed in Manhattan.
11f Newlywed Game
11w 12 13m Solid Gold
See 6pm, KTHI.
10:35
2 3 6m 13f Austin City Limits
The Texas Swing Pioneers join Johnny Gimble and the Bosque Bandits to showcase Western swing, which had its origins in the '30s. Included: 'Right or Wrong,' 'Muskrat Ramble,' 'Panhandle Rag,' 'End of the Line,' 'J.R.'s Blues.' [Closed-captioned.]
11PM
11f Movie
'Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.' (1965) Slapstick saga about young aviators competing in a 1910 air race from London to Paris. James Fox, Sarah Miles.
17 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
11:30
4 NFL Review & Preview
11w 12 13m 700 Club
11:35
2 3 6m 13f Two Ronnies
12am
5 8w 10 Movie
'GI Blues.' (1960) In West Germany, three GIs form a musical combo to raise money so they can open a nightclub after they leave the service. Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse. Tina: Leticia Roman.
6f 8d Movie BW
'The Voice of Terror.' (1942) Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) on the trail of Nazi spies and saboteurs in wartime England. Watson: Nigel Bruce.
12:30
9 Bold Ones
17 Movie
'Apeman of the Jungle.' (1964) Jungle hero Tarzan (Ralph Hudson) aids a scientific expedition under attack by the Leopard Men. John Chevron.
1AM
11f News
1:30
5 8w 9 10 News
2AM
5 8w 10 Movie
'The Magic Box.' (1951) Eric Ambler wrote the script for this study of motion-picture pioneer William Friese-Greene. An ambitious production. Robert Donat, Margaret Johnson.
2:20
17 Movie BW
'Agent of Doom.' (1959) An atomic scientist who's made a revolutionary discovery becomes the target of foreign agents. Florence: Annette Stroyberg.
4AM
5 8w 10 Movie BW
'Roughly Speaking.' (1945) Rosalind Russell portrays a woman who finds it difficult to combine marriage and a career. Jack Carson, Robert Hutton.
4:20
17 World at Large