NOTE: The ABC affiliate in Nashville is identified here as WSIX Ch. 8;
the change to WNGE Ch. 2 did not take place until Tuesday, Dec. 11.
From TV Guide, Northern Alabama Edition:
WCBI Ch. 4 Columbus, MS (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies: an animated Don Knotts as a
detective in "Guess Who's Knott Coming To Dinner"
9 AM My Favorite Martians (animated)
9:30 Jeannie (animated)
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About? (update of a program
that first aired in October, adding segments about conservation
and future sources of fuel)
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N TBA
12:30 College Football: ABC plans to televise one of these (Pioneer Bowl
from Wichita Falls, TX; Grantland Rice Bowl from Baton Rouge; Amos
Alonzo Stagg Bowl from Phenix City, AL)
3:30 TBA
4 PM Wide World Of Sports (U.S. Moto-Cross Motorcycle Championship,
International figure skating from Calgary, World Barrel Jumping Championship)
5:30 CBS News (Dan Rather)
6 PM News
6:30 Parent Game
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett (a show from the Sydney Opera House with guests Tim Conway
and Edward Villella and partner Lucette Aldous)
10 PM Soul Train (Smokey Robinson, First Choice, Al Wilson)
11 PM Roller Games
WSM (WSMV) Ch. 4 Nashville (NBC)
6:25 Agriculture, U.S.A.
6:55 Farm Digest
7 AM Lidsville
7:30 Inch High Private Eye
8 AM Addams Family (animated)
8:30 Emergency +4
9 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids
9:30 Star Trek (animated)
10 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Go! (Robert Klein follows the National Theatre Company
as they perform "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's
Court" in a New Jersey high school.)
12 N Bugs Bunny And Friends
12:30 Bill Anderson (Faron Young, Barbara Mandrell)
1 PM Wilburn Brothers (Peggy Sue and Jimmy Martin)
1:30 Porter Wagoner
2 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music (David Houston, Jean Shepard,
Shoji Tabuchi, Freddie Weller)
2:30 NFL '73
3 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 Bobby Goldsboro (guest: Roger Miller)
7 PM Emergency!
8 PM NBC Movie: "How To Commit Marriage" (Bob Hope and Jackie
Gleason, from '69)
10 PM News
10:30 Burt And The Girls (Burt Reynolds is joined by Carol Burnett,
Nancy Dussault, Nanette Fabray, Jaye P. Morgan, Bernadette
Peters, Jo Ann Pflug, Della Reese, and Joyce Van Patten.)
12 M Movie: "Between Heaven And Hell"
WLAC (WTVF) Ch. 5 Nashville (CBS)
6 AM Sunrise Semester
6:30 Gentle Ben
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies
9 AM My Favorite Martians
9:30 Jeannie
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About?
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N The NFL Today
12:15 NFL Football: Vikings-Packers
3 PM Tennessee State University Basketball Preview
(time approximate)
3:30 The Explorers
4 PM This Week In Pro Football
5 PM Other People, Other Places
5:30 News
6 PM Hee Haw (Jeanne Pruett, Joe Stampley)
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM News
10:30 Perry Mason
11:30 Saturday Night With Siegel (Stanley Siegel)
12:30 Movie: "Sunset Boulevard"
WBRC Ch. 6 Birmingham (ABC)
4:25 Story Of Jesus
4:30 Bible Answers
5 AM The Story
5:30 Dixie Digest
6 AM Headliners
6:30 Make A Wish (a visit to Yosemite National Park,
delay from Sun 10:30 AM)
7 AM Bugs Bunny
7:30 Yogi's Gang
8 AM Super Friends
9 AM Lassie's Rescue Rangers
9:30 Goober And The Ghost Chasers
10 AM Brady Kids
10:30 Mission: Magic!
11 AM National Geographic: "Wild River," a look at a group
of kids and their adult leaders on a trip down Idaho's
Salmon River
12 N American Bandstand (a salute to David Gates of Bread)
12:30 College Football (see WCBI)
3:30 Christmas Music (time approximate)
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 Reasoner Report
6 PM Sale Of The Century (Joe Garagiola version)
6:30 Dusty's Trail
7 PM Partridge Family
7:30 ABC Movie: "Maneater"
9 PM Griff
10 PM Perry Mason
11 PM ABC News (anchor not given)
11:15 Laramie
12:15 America Sings
12:45 Better World
1:15 Across The Fence
1:45 Living Word
2 AM Story Of Jesus
WCIQ Ch. 7 Cheaha State Park/WBIQ Ch. 10 Birmingham/
WHIQ Ch. 25 Huntsville/WFIQ Ch. 36 Florence (PBS)
8 AM Sesame Street (x5)
1 PM Electric Company (x5)
3:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (x5)
6 PM Zoom
6:30 Washington Week In Review
7 PM Movie: "None But The Lonely Heart"
9 PM 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (Jack Lemmon
hosts a salute to George and Ira Gershwin, with Fred
Astaire, Ethel Merman, Leslie Uggams, and Peter Nero.)
10 PM West Meets East (a meeting of musicians: Ravi Shankar
and Yehudi Menuhin)
10:30 Tribute To Jim Croce
sign off 11 PM
WSIX Ch. 8 Nashville (ABC)
6:30 Lassie
7 AM Bugs Bunny
7:30 Yogi's Gang
8 AM Super Friends
9 AM Lassie's Rescue Rangers
9:30 Goober And The Ghost Chasers
10 AM Brady Kids
10:30 Mission: Magic!
11 AM Soul Train
12 N American Bandstand
12:30 College Football: Grantland Rice Bowl
3:30 TBA
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 Reasoner Report
6 PM Elephant Boy
6:30 Festival Of Family Classics ("Around The World
In 80 Days," second of two parts, animated)
7 PM Partridge Family
7:30 ABC Movie: "Maneater"
9 PM Griff
10 PM Toma (delay from Thu 7 PM)
11 PM Judd For The Defense
12 M ABC News
sign off 12:15 AM
WTWV (WTVA) Ch. 9 Tupelo, MS (NBC)
7 AM Lidsville
7:30 Inch High Private Eye
8 AM Addams Family (animated)
8:30 Emergency +4
9 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids
9:30 Star Trek (animated)
10 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Go!
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Wilburn Brothers (Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely)
1:30 Porter Wagoner (guest: Stonewall Jackson--at least
that's his nickname)
2 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
2:30 NFL '73
3 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
6 PM Hee Haw (time approximate)
7 PM Emergency!
8 PM NBC Movie: "How To Commit Marriage"
10 PM Adam-12 (delay from Wed 7 PM)
10:30 Movie: "All Quiet On The Western Front"
sign off 12 M
WAPI (WVTM) Ch. 13 Birmingham (NBC)
6 AM Living Word
6:15 Farm Round-Up
6:30 Dixie Digest
7 AM Lidsville
7:30 Inch High Private Eye
8 AM Addams Family (animated)
8:30 Emergency +4
9 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids
9:30 Star Trek (animated)
10 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Go!
12 N This Week In Pro Football
1 PM Movie: "The Marriage Broker"
2 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
2:30 NFL '73
3 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
6 PM Hee Haw (time approximate)
7 PM Emergency!
8 PM NBC Movie: "How To Commit Marriage"
10 PM Movie: "Dead Ringer"
12 M Midnight Special (the Four Tops (hosts); Dr.
Hook and the Medicine Show, Mott the Hoople,
blues artist John Mayall, Todd Rundgren, rock
singer Shawn Phillips, delay from Fri 12 M)
WOWL (WHDF) Ch. 15 Florence (NBC)
6:45 Earline In Storyland
7 AM Lidsville
7:30 Inch High Private Eye
8 AM Addams Family (animated)
8:30 Emergency +4
9 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids
9:30 Star Trek (animated)
10 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Go!
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Movie: "Laura" (the 1944 version with Gene Tierney,
not the disastrous 1968 version with Lee Radziwill)
2:30 Lee Trevino's Golf For Swingers (David Hartman, George
Kirby)
3 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
6 PM Hee Haw (time approximate)
7 PM Emergency!
8 PM NBC Movie: "How To Commit Marriage"
10 PM Wacky World Of Jonathan Winters (Zsa Zsa Gabor, McLean
Stevenson, singer John Stewart, Tony Orlando and Dawn)
10:30 Burt And The Girls
sign off 12 M
WHNT Ch. 19 Huntsville (CBS)
6 AM Dixie Digest
6:30 Tennessee Valley Farm Time
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies
9 AM My Favorite Martians
9:30 Jeannie
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About?
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N The NFL Today
12:15 NFL Football: Vikings-Packers
3 PM Famous Classic Tales: "A Christmas Carol" (animated,
time approximate)
4 PM Wrestling
5 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
5:30 CBS News
6 PM America (conclusion of the series, looking at modern--
for 1973--life in America)
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM Movie: "Sagebrush Trail" (John Wayne, from '33)
11:30 Movie: "Riders Of Destiny" (also John Wayne, from '33)
WAAY Ch. 31 Huntsville (NBC)
6 AM Cartoons
7 AM Lidsville
7:30 Inch High Private Eye
8 AM Addams Family (animated)
8:30 Emergency +4
9 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids
9:30 Star Trek (animated)
10 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Go!
12 N Cartoon Theater
12:30 Animal World
1 PM Bobby Goldsboro
1:30 This Week In Pro Football
2:30 NFL '73
3 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
6 PM Hee Haw (time approximate)
7 PM Emergency!
8 PM NBC Movie: "How To Commit Marriage"
10 PM Primus
10:30 Burt And The Girls
12 M Movie: "Flight Of The Lost Balloon" (watch for
Marshall Thompson of "Daktari" in this one from '61)
WCFT Ch. 33 Tuscaloosa (CBS)
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies
9 AM My Favorite Martians
9:30 Jeannie
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About?
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N The NFL Today
12:15 NFL Football: Vikings-Packers
3 PM Famous Classic Tales (time approximate)
4 PM Lake Brothers (local country-music duo)
4:30 Wrestling
5:30 CBS News
6 PM NFL Game Of The Week
6:30 Hollywood Squares
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM Movie: "The Vampire's Ghost"
sign off 11:30 PM
WHMA (WJSU) Ch. 40 Anniston (CBS)
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies
9 AM My Favorite Martians
9:30 Jeannie
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About?
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N The NFL Today
12:15 NFL Football: Vikings-Packers
3 PM Famous Classic Tales (time approximate)
4 PM Story Princess
4:30 Town And Country
5 PM Crossroads Hour
5:30 CBS News
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM Chaplain Of Bourbon Street
10:30 Good News
11 PM Roller Derby
WBMG (WIAT) Ch. 42 Birmingham (CBS)
6:45 Focus
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies
9 AM My Favorite Martians
9:30 Jeannie
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About?
11:30 NFL Game Of The Week
12 N The NFL Today
12:15 NFL Football: Vikings-Packers
3 PM Bill Daily's Hocus Pocus Gang (guests: Bob Newhart,
David Janssen, Carl Ballantine, Harry Blackstone Jr.,
magician (not cartoonist) Chuck Jones, Willie Tyler
and Lester, Maureen McGovern, time approximate)
4 PM America (same as Ch. 19)
5 PM Alabama Hunting And Fishing
5:30 CBS News
6 PM Untamed World
6:30 Animal World
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM Wrestling
11:30 Movie: "Eve"
WMSL (WAFF) Ch. 48 Huntsville (ABC)
7 AM Bugs Bunny
7:30 Yogi's Gang
8 AM Super Friends
9 AM Lassie's Rescue Rangers
9:30 Goober And The Ghost Chasers
10 AM Brady Kids
10:30 Mission: Magic!
11 AM ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: "Nanny
And The Professor" (animated)
12 N Alabama Sportsman
12:30 College Football (see WCBI)
3:30 Nat Tate (don't know who he is, time approximate)
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 Reasoner Report
6 PM Lawrence Welk (salute to Irving Berlin)
7 PM Partridge Family
7:30 ABC Movie: "Maneater"
9 PM Griff
10 PM ABC News
10:15 Streets Of San Francisco (one-time-only delay from
Thu 9 PM)
11:15 Wrestling
12 M Soul Train (the Temptations, G.C. Cameron)
the change to WNGE Ch. 2 did not take place until Tuesday, Dec. 11.
From TV Guide, Northern Alabama Edition:
WCBI Ch. 4 Columbus, MS (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies: an animated Don Knotts as a
detective in "Guess Who's Knott Coming To Dinner"
9 AM My Favorite Martians (animated)
9:30 Jeannie (animated)
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About? (update of a program
that first aired in October, adding segments about conservation
and future sources of fuel)
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N TBA
12:30 College Football: ABC plans to televise one of these (Pioneer Bowl
from Wichita Falls, TX; Grantland Rice Bowl from Baton Rouge; Amos
Alonzo Stagg Bowl from Phenix City, AL)
3:30 TBA
4 PM Wide World Of Sports (U.S. Moto-Cross Motorcycle Championship,
International figure skating from Calgary, World Barrel Jumping Championship)
5:30 CBS News (Dan Rather)
6 PM News
6:30 Parent Game
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett (a show from the Sydney Opera House with guests Tim Conway
and Edward Villella and partner Lucette Aldous)
10 PM Soul Train (Smokey Robinson, First Choice, Al Wilson)
11 PM Roller Games
WSM (WSMV) Ch. 4 Nashville (NBC)
6:25 Agriculture, U.S.A.
6:55 Farm Digest
7 AM Lidsville
7:30 Inch High Private Eye
8 AM Addams Family (animated)
8:30 Emergency +4
9 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids
9:30 Star Trek (animated)
10 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Go! (Robert Klein follows the National Theatre Company
as they perform "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's
Court" in a New Jersey high school.)
12 N Bugs Bunny And Friends
12:30 Bill Anderson (Faron Young, Barbara Mandrell)
1 PM Wilburn Brothers (Peggy Sue and Jimmy Martin)
1:30 Porter Wagoner
2 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music (David Houston, Jean Shepard,
Shoji Tabuchi, Freddie Weller)
2:30 NFL '73
3 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 Bobby Goldsboro (guest: Roger Miller)
7 PM Emergency!
8 PM NBC Movie: "How To Commit Marriage" (Bob Hope and Jackie
Gleason, from '69)
10 PM News
10:30 Burt And The Girls (Burt Reynolds is joined by Carol Burnett,
Nancy Dussault, Nanette Fabray, Jaye P. Morgan, Bernadette
Peters, Jo Ann Pflug, Della Reese, and Joyce Van Patten.)
12 M Movie: "Between Heaven And Hell"
WLAC (WTVF) Ch. 5 Nashville (CBS)
6 AM Sunrise Semester
6:30 Gentle Ben
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies
9 AM My Favorite Martians
9:30 Jeannie
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About?
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N The NFL Today
12:15 NFL Football: Vikings-Packers
3 PM Tennessee State University Basketball Preview
(time approximate)
3:30 The Explorers
4 PM This Week In Pro Football
5 PM Other People, Other Places
5:30 News
6 PM Hee Haw (Jeanne Pruett, Joe Stampley)
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM News
10:30 Perry Mason
11:30 Saturday Night With Siegel (Stanley Siegel)
12:30 Movie: "Sunset Boulevard"
WBRC Ch. 6 Birmingham (ABC)
4:25 Story Of Jesus
4:30 Bible Answers
5 AM The Story
5:30 Dixie Digest
6 AM Headliners
6:30 Make A Wish (a visit to Yosemite National Park,
delay from Sun 10:30 AM)
7 AM Bugs Bunny
7:30 Yogi's Gang
8 AM Super Friends
9 AM Lassie's Rescue Rangers
9:30 Goober And The Ghost Chasers
10 AM Brady Kids
10:30 Mission: Magic!
11 AM National Geographic: "Wild River," a look at a group
of kids and their adult leaders on a trip down Idaho's
Salmon River
12 N American Bandstand (a salute to David Gates of Bread)
12:30 College Football (see WCBI)
3:30 Christmas Music (time approximate)
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 Reasoner Report
6 PM Sale Of The Century (Joe Garagiola version)
6:30 Dusty's Trail
7 PM Partridge Family
7:30 ABC Movie: "Maneater"
9 PM Griff
10 PM Perry Mason
11 PM ABC News (anchor not given)
11:15 Laramie
12:15 America Sings
12:45 Better World
1:15 Across The Fence
1:45 Living Word
2 AM Story Of Jesus
WCIQ Ch. 7 Cheaha State Park/WBIQ Ch. 10 Birmingham/
WHIQ Ch. 25 Huntsville/WFIQ Ch. 36 Florence (PBS)
8 AM Sesame Street (x5)
1 PM Electric Company (x5)
3:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (x5)
6 PM Zoom
6:30 Washington Week In Review
7 PM Movie: "None But The Lonely Heart"
9 PM 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (Jack Lemmon
hosts a salute to George and Ira Gershwin, with Fred
Astaire, Ethel Merman, Leslie Uggams, and Peter Nero.)
10 PM West Meets East (a meeting of musicians: Ravi Shankar
and Yehudi Menuhin)
10:30 Tribute To Jim Croce
sign off 11 PM
WSIX Ch. 8 Nashville (ABC)
6:30 Lassie
7 AM Bugs Bunny
7:30 Yogi's Gang
8 AM Super Friends
9 AM Lassie's Rescue Rangers
9:30 Goober And The Ghost Chasers
10 AM Brady Kids
10:30 Mission: Magic!
11 AM Soul Train
12 N American Bandstand
12:30 College Football: Grantland Rice Bowl
3:30 TBA
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 Reasoner Report
6 PM Elephant Boy
6:30 Festival Of Family Classics ("Around The World
In 80 Days," second of two parts, animated)
7 PM Partridge Family
7:30 ABC Movie: "Maneater"
9 PM Griff
10 PM Toma (delay from Thu 7 PM)
11 PM Judd For The Defense
12 M ABC News
sign off 12:15 AM
WTWV (WTVA) Ch. 9 Tupelo, MS (NBC)
7 AM Lidsville
7:30 Inch High Private Eye
8 AM Addams Family (animated)
8:30 Emergency +4
9 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids
9:30 Star Trek (animated)
10 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Go!
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Wilburn Brothers (Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely)
1:30 Porter Wagoner (guest: Stonewall Jackson--at least
that's his nickname)
2 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
2:30 NFL '73
3 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
6 PM Hee Haw (time approximate)
7 PM Emergency!
8 PM NBC Movie: "How To Commit Marriage"
10 PM Adam-12 (delay from Wed 7 PM)
10:30 Movie: "All Quiet On The Western Front"
sign off 12 M
WAPI (WVTM) Ch. 13 Birmingham (NBC)
6 AM Living Word
6:15 Farm Round-Up
6:30 Dixie Digest
7 AM Lidsville
7:30 Inch High Private Eye
8 AM Addams Family (animated)
8:30 Emergency +4
9 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids
9:30 Star Trek (animated)
10 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Go!
12 N This Week In Pro Football
1 PM Movie: "The Marriage Broker"
2 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
2:30 NFL '73
3 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
6 PM Hee Haw (time approximate)
7 PM Emergency!
8 PM NBC Movie: "How To Commit Marriage"
10 PM Movie: "Dead Ringer"
12 M Midnight Special (the Four Tops (hosts); Dr.
Hook and the Medicine Show, Mott the Hoople,
blues artist John Mayall, Todd Rundgren, rock
singer Shawn Phillips, delay from Fri 12 M)
WOWL (WHDF) Ch. 15 Florence (NBC)
6:45 Earline In Storyland
7 AM Lidsville
7:30 Inch High Private Eye
8 AM Addams Family (animated)
8:30 Emergency +4
9 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids
9:30 Star Trek (animated)
10 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Go!
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Movie: "Laura" (the 1944 version with Gene Tierney,
not the disastrous 1968 version with Lee Radziwill)
2:30 Lee Trevino's Golf For Swingers (David Hartman, George
Kirby)
3 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
6 PM Hee Haw (time approximate)
7 PM Emergency!
8 PM NBC Movie: "How To Commit Marriage"
10 PM Wacky World Of Jonathan Winters (Zsa Zsa Gabor, McLean
Stevenson, singer John Stewart, Tony Orlando and Dawn)
10:30 Burt And The Girls
sign off 12 M
WHNT Ch. 19 Huntsville (CBS)
6 AM Dixie Digest
6:30 Tennessee Valley Farm Time
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies
9 AM My Favorite Martians
9:30 Jeannie
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About?
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N The NFL Today
12:15 NFL Football: Vikings-Packers
3 PM Famous Classic Tales: "A Christmas Carol" (animated,
time approximate)
4 PM Wrestling
5 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
5:30 CBS News
6 PM America (conclusion of the series, looking at modern--
for 1973--life in America)
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM Movie: "Sagebrush Trail" (John Wayne, from '33)
11:30 Movie: "Riders Of Destiny" (also John Wayne, from '33)
WAAY Ch. 31 Huntsville (NBC)
6 AM Cartoons
7 AM Lidsville
7:30 Inch High Private Eye
8 AM Addams Family (animated)
8:30 Emergency +4
9 AM Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids
9:30 Star Trek (animated)
10 AM Sigmund And The Sea Monsters
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Go!
12 N Cartoon Theater
12:30 Animal World
1 PM Bobby Goldsboro
1:30 This Week In Pro Football
2:30 NFL '73
3 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
6 PM Hee Haw (time approximate)
7 PM Emergency!
8 PM NBC Movie: "How To Commit Marriage"
10 PM Primus
10:30 Burt And The Girls
12 M Movie: "Flight Of The Lost Balloon" (watch for
Marshall Thompson of "Daktari" in this one from '61)
WCFT Ch. 33 Tuscaloosa (CBS)
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies
9 AM My Favorite Martians
9:30 Jeannie
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About?
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N The NFL Today
12:15 NFL Football: Vikings-Packers
3 PM Famous Classic Tales (time approximate)
4 PM Lake Brothers (local country-music duo)
4:30 Wrestling
5:30 CBS News
6 PM NFL Game Of The Week
6:30 Hollywood Squares
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM Movie: "The Vampire's Ghost"
sign off 11:30 PM
WHMA (WJSU) Ch. 40 Anniston (CBS)
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies
9 AM My Favorite Martians
9:30 Jeannie
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About?
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N The NFL Today
12:15 NFL Football: Vikings-Packers
3 PM Famous Classic Tales (time approximate)
4 PM Story Princess
4:30 Town And Country
5 PM Crossroads Hour
5:30 CBS News
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM Chaplain Of Bourbon Street
10:30 Good News
11 PM Roller Derby
WBMG (WIAT) Ch. 42 Birmingham (CBS)
6:45 Focus
7 AM Flintstones Show
7:30 Bailey's Comets
8 AM New Scooby Doo Movies
9 AM My Favorite Martians
9:30 Jeannie
10 AM Speed Buggy
10:30 Josie And The Pussycats
11 AM What's The Energy Crisis All About?
11:30 NFL Game Of The Week
12 N The NFL Today
12:15 NFL Football: Vikings-Packers
3 PM Bill Daily's Hocus Pocus Gang (guests: Bob Newhart,
David Janssen, Carl Ballantine, Harry Blackstone Jr.,
magician (not cartoonist) Chuck Jones, Willie Tyler
and Lester, Maureen McGovern, time approximate)
4 PM America (same as Ch. 19)
5 PM Alabama Hunting And Fishing
5:30 CBS News
6 PM Untamed World
6:30 Animal World
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 Bob Newhart
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM Wrestling
11:30 Movie: "Eve"
WMSL (WAFF) Ch. 48 Huntsville (ABC)
7 AM Bugs Bunny
7:30 Yogi's Gang
8 AM Super Friends
9 AM Lassie's Rescue Rangers
9:30 Goober And The Ghost Chasers
10 AM Brady Kids
10:30 Mission: Magic!
11 AM ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: "Nanny
And The Professor" (animated)
12 N Alabama Sportsman
12:30 College Football (see WCBI)
3:30 Nat Tate (don't know who he is, time approximate)
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 Reasoner Report
6 PM Lawrence Welk (salute to Irving Berlin)
7 PM Partridge Family
7:30 ABC Movie: "Maneater"
9 PM Griff
10 PM ABC News
10:15 Streets Of San Francisco (one-time-only delay from
Thu 9 PM)
11:15 Wrestling
12 M Soul Train (the Temptations, G.C. Cameron)
