This schedule is interesting, partly because of Tuesday night (Sept 13,
1977) when "Soap" premiered on ABC at 9.30 pm Eastern/8.30 pm Central.
Sat Sept 10
7 pm
"2" Welcome Back, Kotter
["Fish" started its 2nd season at that time on Sept 17]
4, 6, 33, 40, 48 Billy Graham Crusade
Special: 5th program from Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind. (60 min)
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Bionic Woman
Return: 3rd season opener (moved from ABC to NBC)
"5", 19, 42 State Fair America--Documentary
Special: (2 hr)
["Bob Newhart" (6th season), "We've Got It Made" (new series), "The Jeffersons" (4th), and "Tony Randall"(2nd, an ABC import) were in that time slot beginning on Sept 24.]
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Washington: Behind Closed Doors--Drama
Part 5 of 6. (2 hr)
["Starsky and Hutch" (3rd) and "The Love Boat" (2nd) aired here as of Sept 17]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Movie--Crime Drama
Clint Eastwood in the first of 3 "Dirty Harry" movies (1971, repeat, 2 hr)
[NBC plans an announcement warning that the movie may not to suitable for all family members. Movie starts the 16th season of "NBC Saturday Night at the Movies".]
33 State Fair America--Documentary
Special: 60 min.
[Join in progress]
40 Celebral Palsy Telethon
[Continued from a 6-7 pm airing]
9 pm
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Miss America Pageant
Special: Bert Parks and Phyllis George hosted the 58th annual event live from Atlantic City, N.J. (2 hr)
[New series "Rafferty" aired from 9-10 pm Central beginning on Sept 17]
10 pm
"2", "4", 6, 13 News
4, 48 ABC News--Tom Jarrel
9 Adam-12--Crime Drama
15 Andy Williams--Variety
31 Mission: Impossible--Adventure
10.15
4 Soul Train--Music
48 Alabama Outdoors
10.30
"2" Space: 1999--Science Fiction
"4", 9, 15 Saturday Night
Hosted by then-Georgia State Sen. Julian Bond (repeat, 90 min)
6 Cerebral Palsy Telethon
Special: 24th annual event (18 hr 30 min)
13 Movie--Comedy
"Divorce American Style" (1967), starting Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds
11 pm
"5" News
19 Marty Robbin's Spotlight--Variety
Debut: A country-variety show hosted by Marty Robbins
31 Saturday Night
[Joined in progress]
33 40 Jerry Falwell--Religion
42 Pilot--Drama
Donna Mills plays a "Woman on the Run", a show not on CBS's 1977 fall schedule.
(60 min)
[Aired on Wed Sept 7 at 9 pm Central on "5", 19, 40]
48 Movie--Mystery (BW)
"Call Northside 777" (1948), starting James Stewart
11.15
4 Movie--To be announced
11.30
"2" Movie--Crime Drama
"Bullitt" (1968), starting Steve McQueen
"5" Wanted Dead or Alive (BW)
19 Nashville on the Road--Music
12 am
"4" Movie--Mystery (BW)
"Charlie Chan in Rio" (1941), starting Sidney Toler
"5" News
9 Movie--Western
"Welcome to Hard Times" (1967), starting Aldo Ray and Henry Fonda
15 Movies--To be announced
19 Movie--Comedy
"Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" (1965)
Sun Sept 11
6 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew
2nd season opener
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Wonderful World of Disney
"The Mystery of Dracula's Castle" (1973) (repeat, 2 hr)
[The 24th season opener aired on Sept 18]
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 60 Minutes
10th season opener with Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, and Dan Rather
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Six Million Dollar Man
5th season opener
"5" Billy Graham Crusade
Special: 5th program from Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind. (60 min)
19, 33, 40, 42 Making of "The Deep"--Documentary
Special: Robert Shaw, the main star of the 1977 flick, narrated (60 min)
["Rhoda" opened its 4th season on Oct 2 at 7 pm Central. "On Our Own"
premiered on Oct 9 at 7.30 pm.]
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Washington: Behind Closed Doors--Drama
Part 6 of 6 (2 hr)
[Pre-empted the "ABC Sunday Night Movie"]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Emmy Awards
Special: Robert Blake and Angie Dickinson hosted the 29th annual event live from Hollywood, Calif. (2 hr)
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Movie--Western
John Wayne starred in "Cahill, United States Marshall" (1973) (repeat, 2 hr)
["All in the Family" aired its 8th season opener in a one-hour special on Oct 2 from 7.30 to 8.30 pm and moved to 8 pm on Oct 9. "Alice" aired its 2nd season opener at 8.30 pm, followed by the 5th season opener of "Kojak" at 9 pm, both starting on Oct 2. New time for "Kojak"]
10 pm
"2", "4", "5", 6, 9, 13, 19, 31 News
4, 48 ABC News--Bill Beutel
15 Dr. E. J. Daniels Presents Happiness Is--Religion
33, 40 Church Service--Baptist
42 CBS News--Ed Bradley
10.15
4 700 Club--Religion
19 CBS News--Ed Bradley
42, 48 Ernest Angley--Religion
10.30
"2" Wrestling
"4" Second City T.V.--Comedy
Debut:
"5" Perry Mason (BW)
6 Movie--Drama (BW)
"The President's Lady" (1953), starred Charlton Heston and Susan Hayward (2 hr)
9, 13, 15 Movie--Adventure
Michael Caine starred in "Billion Dollar Brain" (1967). Also featured Karl Malden of "The Streets of San Francisco" and Ed Begley. (2 hr)
19 Accent--Discussion
31 Jerry Falwell--Religion
10.45
33, 40 CBS News--Ed Bradley
11 pm
"4" Movie--Crime Drama
"The File of the Golden Goose" (English, 1969), starred Yul Brynner.
Featured Edward Woodward of the 1980s CBS hit "The Equalizer". (2 hr)
19 Movie--Documentary
"Guadalcanal Odessey" (1974) was narrated by Leslie Nielsen. (2 hr)
40 PTL Club--Religion
11.15
4 Mississippi Game and Fish Commission
42 Big Valley--Western
48 PTL Club--Religion
11.30
"2" New Life Hour
4 Night Gallery
"5" Face the Nation
31 Dialogue--Discussion
12 am
"2" ABC News--Bill Beutel
"5" Gopsel Guitar
12.15
42 Alabama Speaks
12.30
"5" News
6 ABC News--Bill Beutel
1.15
48 Directions
Mon Sept 12
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Lucan--Drama
Debut:
[This series will be shown on an irregular basis throughout the season. The one-hour comedy "The San Pedro Beach Bums" premiered in this slot on Sept 19.]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Little House on the Prairie
4th season opener
"5" Gunsmoke--Western
19, 33, 40, 42 Young Dan'l Boone--Adventure
Debut:
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 College Football
Special: UCLA Bruins vs. Houston Cougars in Houston. (Live)
["Monday Night Football" returned on Sept 19 (9th season).]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Movie--Drama
LeVar Burton in a 1977 world premiere called "Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid" (2 hr)
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Betty White--comedy
Debut: "Mary Tyler Moore"'s Betty White gets her own show...with John Hillerman and Georgia Engel.
8.30
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Maude
6th season opener of series starting future "Golden Girls" (1985-92) Bea Arthur and Ruth McClanahan, along with Bill Macy and Conrad Bain.
9 pm
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Rafferty--Drama
[Debuted on Labor Day, Sept 5 1977]
10 pm
"4", "5", 9, 15, 19, 31, 33, 40, 42 News
13 Marcus Welby, M.D.--Drama
10.30
"4", 9, 15, 31 Johnny Carson
"5" WTVF Reports
19, 33, 40, 42 Movie--Drama
Susan Clark starred in "Babe", a 1975 TV-movie (2 hr)
11 pm
"2", 4, 6, 13, 48 News
"5" Young Dan'l Boone--Adventure
Debut:
11.30
"2" College Football '77--Bill Flemming
Return:
[Series normally aired on Sundays at 12 pm Eastern/11 am Central on ABC Sports during the fall months]
4 USM Playback
6 FBI--Crime Drama
13 Johnny Carson
48 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama (BW)
12 am
"2" Wrestling
"4", 9, 15, 31 Tommorrow--Tom Snyder
"5" News
12.30
"5" Movie--Comedy (BW)
"Our Men in Havana" (English, 1960), starred Alec Guiness. (2 hr)
6 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman--Serial
1 am
"2" PTL club--Religion
9 News
13 Tommorrow--Tom Snyder
15 Movies--To be announced
3 am
"2" News
3.30
"2" Movie--Biography
"Villa Rides" (1968), with Robert Mitchum and Charles Bronson. (2 hr)
Tue Sept 13
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Happy Days
6th season opener
[Expanded to one hour. "Laverne and Shirley" aired its 3rd season opener on Sept 20 at 8.30 pm Central.]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Richard Pryor--Variety
Debut:
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Boxing
Special: CBS Sports presented 4 fights from Los Angeles (Live)
[Pre-empted "The Fitzpatricks", which debuted on Sept 5 at 8 pm and slipped into this time slot on Sept 20, and "The CBS Tuesday Night Movie".]
8 pm
"2", 4, 48 Three's Company
2nd season opener
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Movie--Comedy
Joanna Pettet starred in a 1977 world premiere called "Sex and the Married Woman" (2 hr)
6 Gunsmoke--Western
8.30
"2" Family
Return: 3rd season opener
[Normal time slot was 9 pm Central]
4 Soap--Comedy
Debut: Featured stars like Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan, Billy Crystal, Robert Guillaume, and Ted Wass.
[ABC plans an announcement warning that this episode may not be suitable for all family members]
48 Muppet Show--Variety
9 pm
4, 6, 48 Family
Return: 3rd season opener
9.30
"2" Soap--Comedy
Debut: Featured stars like Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan, Billy Crystal, Robert Guillaume, and Ted Wass.
[ABC plans an announcement warning that this episode may not be suitable for all family members; normal time slot was 8.30 pm]
10 pm
"2", 4, "4", "5", 6, 9, 15, 19, 31, 33, 40, 42, 48 News
13 Marcus Welby, M.D.--Drama
10.30
"2" Adam-12--Crime Drama
4, 48 Movie--Mystery
Barbara Perkins in "Christine" (Canadian, 1974) (2 hr)
"4", 9, 15, 31 Johnny Carson
"5" Ironside--Crime Drama
6 FBi--Crime Drama
19, 33, 40, 42 Kojak--Drama
11 pm
"2" Movie--Mystery
Barbara Perkins in "Christine" (Canadian, 1974) (2 hr)
13 News
11.30
"5" Wanted Dead or Alive (BW)
6 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
13 Johnny Carson
11.40
19, 33, 40, 42 Toma--Crime Drama
[Note: An ABC series repeated on CBS Late Night]
12 am
"4", 9, 15, 31 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
"5" News
6 Movie--Mystery
Barbara Perkins in "Christine" (Canadian, 1974) (2 hr)
12.30
"5" Movie--Drama
Patty Duke in "My Sweet Caroline" (1970)
48 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama (BW)
1 am
"2" PTL club--Religion
9 News
13 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
15 Movies--To be announced
3 am
"2' News
3.30
"2" Movie--Adventure
Alan Ladd in "Botany Bay" (1953)
Wed Sept 14
6.30
40 Jacksonville State Football Review
[Lasted for 60 min]
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Eight is Enough
The 2nd season opener starts without Diana Hyland, who played actor Dick Van Dyke's first wife Joan Bradford of 25 years (passed on on Mar 27 1977). Tom Bradford is a widower with 8 kids. I recently learned that the show premiered on Mar 15, 1977, which meant that Hyland was only in 4 episodes. According to timstvshowcase.com/8enough.html, "For the remainder of the first season she was simply described as being "away." At the start of season two Tom had become a widower, his wife having died about a year ago. He soon found romance in the person of Abby Abbott, a pretty schoolteacher who had come to the Bradford home to tutor one of the children. Their romance blossomed, and they were married in a special two hour episode on November 9, 1977".
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Boxing
Special: NBC Sports presented 4 matches from Las Vegas, including Ken Norton, who was the No. 1 contender for Muhammad Ali's (ala Cassius Clay) crown. (Live)
[Two new shows, "The Oregon Trail" and "Big Hawaii", debutted on Sept 21 in that slot]
"5", 19, 33, 42 Movie--Adventure
Nicholas Hammond as "Spider-Man", a 1977 world-premiere special. one of 4 "Spider-Man" movies that aired on CBS (90 min)
["Good Times" aired its 4th season opener as a 60 min special on Sept 21 from
7-8 pm Central. Adam Arkin's comedy, "Busting Loose", debutted on Sept 28 at 7.30 pm.]
7.30
40 Saboteurs of Telemark--Documentary
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Charlie's Angels
Cheryl Ladd replaced then Farah Fawcett-Majors as the series entered its 2nd season (2 hr)
["Baretta" aired its 3rd season premiere on Sept 28]
8.30
"5", 19, 33, 40 Movie--Crime Drama
Will Sampson starred in the 1977 world-premiere film called "Relentless" (1 hr 40 min)
42 Movie--Crime Drama
Hal Linden starred in the 1973 TV-movie "Mr Inside/Mr Outside" (1 hr 40 min)
[Pre-empted "The CBS Wednesday Night Movie"]
10 pm
"2", 4, "4", 6, 9, 15, 31, 48 News
13 Marcus Welby, M.D.--Drama
10.10
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 News
10.30
"2" Adam-12--Crime Drama
4, 48 Starsky and Hutch--crime Drama
"4", 9, 15, 31 Johnny Carson
"5" Ironside--Crime Drama
6 FBi--Crime Drama
10.40
19, 33, 40, 42 Hawaii Five-0--Drama
11 pm
"2" Starsky and Hutch--Crime Drama
13 News
11.30
"5" Wanted Dead or Alive (BW)
6 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
13 Johnny Carson
11.40
4, 48 Mystery of the Week
Carol Lynley in "If It's a man, Hang Up"
11.50
19, 33, 40, 42 Movie--Drama
E.G. Marshall in the 1973 TV-movie "Money to Burn" (1 hr 35 min)
12 am
"4", 9, 15, 31 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
"5" News
6 Starsky and Hutch--Crime Drama
12.10
"2" Mystery of the Week
Carol Lynley in "If It's a man, Hang Up"
12.30
"5" Movie--Thiller (BW)
Claude Rains and Gloria Steward in "The Invisible Man" (1933)
48 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama (BW)
1 am
9 News
13 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
15 Movies--To be announced
1.10
6 Mystery of the Week
Carol Lynley in "If It's a man, Hang Up"
1.40
"2" PTL club--Religion
3.40 am
"2' News
Th Sept 15
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Welcome Back, Kotter
3rd season opener (60 min)
["What's Happening" opened its 3rd season on Sept 22 at 7.30 pm Central]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 CHiPs--Crime Drama
Debut: Starred Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Waltons
6th season opener
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Barney Miller
4th season opener
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Rock Music Awards
Special: Hosted by Peter Frampton and Cher (Live, 2 hr)
[New series "Man From Atlantis" with Patrick Duffy and "Rosetti and Ryan" premiered on Sept 22]
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Hawaii Five-O
10th season opener
8.30
"2", 4, 6, 48 Carter Country--Comedy
Debut: Kene Holliday and Victor French starred
9 pm
"2", 4, 48 Redd Foxx--Variety
Debut: Redd Foxx, born John Elroy Sanford (1922-91), abandoned his successful NBC comedy "Sanford and Son" for this short-live variety series. Among the first guess was LaWanda Page. (60 min)
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Barnaby Jones
Buddy Edsen, of "Beverly Hillbillies" fame, started a 6th season. The late gay actor Robert Reed (John Robert Rietz, 1932-92) guest starred in this episode.
6 To be announced
[6 did air the remaining 5 episodes of the "Redd Foxx Comedy Hour"]
10 pm
"2", 4, "4", "5", 6, 9, 15, 19, 31, 33, 40, 42, 48 News
13 Marcus Welby, M.D.--Drama
10.30
"2" Adam-12--Crime Drama
4, 48 Police Story--Crime Drama
[An NBC series repeated on ABC Late Night]
"4", 9, 15, 31 Johnny Carson
"5" Gunsmoke--Western
6 FBI--Crime Drama
19, 33, 40, 42 Movie--Crime Drama
Charles Bronson in "Cold Sweat" (1971) (1 hr 55 min)
11 pm
"2" Police Story--Crime Drama
13 News
11.30
"5" Wanted Dead or Alive (BW)
6 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
13 Johnny Carson
11.40
4, 48 Late, Great 1968
Henry Gibson hosted this documentary into the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., along with the early stages of the Vietnam War, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and the election of then-former Vice President Richard M. Nixon to the White House. (90 min)
12 am
"4", 9, 15, 31 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
"5" News
6 Police Story--Crime Drama
12.10
"2" Late, Great 1968
Henry Gibson hosted this documentary. (90 min)
12.30
"5" Movie--Drama
Rock Hudson and George Peppard in "Tobruk" (1968) (2 hr)
1 am
9 News
13 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
15 Movies--To be announced
1.10
6 Late, Great 1968
Henry Gibson hosted this documentary. (90 min)
48 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama (BW)
1.40
"2" PTL club--Religion
3.40
"2' News
4.10
"2" Movie--Documentary
"Alaska Safari" (1973)
Fri Sept 16
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Making of "Star Wars"
The original 1977 blockbuster mega-hit (now one of 6 films in the series, retitled "Star Wars: A New Hope") was narrated by "Droid" stars C-3PO and R2-D2.
[The 3rd season opener of "Donny and Marie" aired on Sept 23 at that time slot]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Sanford Arms--Comedy
Debut: Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson left the series "Sanford and Son" (1972-77) to Theodore Wilson. Former series regulars LaWanda Page and Whitman Mayo also starred in revamped comedy.
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Wonder Woman
Return: Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner series moved from ABC to CBS to open the series 3rd season. The concept was started as a four-minute short on the 1972 ABC cartoon "The Brady Kids". Two years later, ABC aired a made-for-TV movie starting Cathy Lee Crosby (the costume Crosby wore was ****ing ridiculous!). In 1975, Lynda Carter started in the 2nd ABC film, which led to the series, which debutted in March 1976 on ABC. (90 min)
7.30
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Chico and the Man
Jack Albertson started the 4th season without his co-star Freddie Prinze, committed suicide on Jan 29, 1977 (born Frederick Karl Pruetzel 1954-77). The new "Chico" was 12 yo Raul Garcia, played by Gabriel Melgar. Della Reese and Scatman Crothers also starred. Last original episode aired Jul 7, 1978 after a 6 month gap following the death of Prinze.
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Movie--Thiller
An all-star cast in the 1977 world-premiere film "The Curse of the Black Widow" (2 hr)
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Rockford Files
James Garner opened the 4th season investigating himself, sort of speak.
8.30
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Logan's Run--Science Fiction
Debut: A CBS 1976 TV movie made into a short-live series starring Gregory Harrison. (90 min)
[Normal time slot was from 8-9 pm Central. "Switch" opened its 3rd season from 9-10 pm on Sept 23.]
9 pm
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Quincy
Jack Klugman's whodunit opened its 2nd season. Started on Oct 3, 1976
as part of the 1976-77 "NBC Sunday Mystery Movie" (the others being
"Columbo" (ala Peter Falk), "McCloud" (ala Dennis Weaver), and
"McMillan and Wife" (starred Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James). After
4 episodes (Oct 3, 10, Nov 28 1976, and Jan 2, 1977), the series earned
this time slot on Friday nights as a weekly series on Feb 4, 1977. Run
ended on May 11 1983.
10 pm
"2", 4, "4", "5", 6, 9, 15, 19, 31, 33, 40, 42, 48 News
13 Marcus Welby, M.D.--Drama
10.30
"2" Adam-12--Crime Drama
4, 48 Baretta--Crime Drama
"4", 9, 15, 31 Johnny Carson
"5" Gunsmoke--Western
6 FBi--Crime Drama
19, 33, 40, 42 MASH
11 pm
"2" Baretta--Crime Drama
13 News
11.05
19, 33, 40, 42 Kojak--Crime Drama
11.30
"5" Wanted Dead or Alive (BW)
6 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
13 Johnny Carson
11.40
48 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama (BW)
12 am
"4", 9, 15, 31 Midnight Special
Hosted that week by David Brenner. (90 min)
"5" News
6 Baretta--Crime Drama
12.10
"2" Soul Train--Music
48 Movie--Drama (BW)
Jean Peters and Anthony Quinn in "Viva Zapata" (1952) (1 hr 45 min)
12.30
"5" Movie--Western (BW)
Ida Lupino and Glenn Ford in "Lust For Gold" (1949) (2 hr)
1 am
9 News
13 Midnight Special
Hosted that week by David Brenner. (90 min)
1.10
"2" PTL club--Religion
6 Bonanza--Western
1.30
9 Movie--Drama (BW)
Van Johnson in "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (1944) (3 hr)
15 Movies--To be announced
2.10
6 Maverick--Western (BW)
3.10
"2" News
3.40
"2" Movie--Drama
Sterling Hayden in "The Last Command" (1955) (1 hr 50 min)
4.30
9 Movie--Musical
Robert Walker in "Till the Clouds Roll By" (1948) (2 hr)
[Note: After this movie, NBC stations "4", 9, 13, 15, 31 began its
Saturday morning cartoons with "Pink Panther" at 6.30 am Central]
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1977) when "Soap" premiered on ABC at 9.30 pm Eastern/8.30 pm Central.
Sat Sept 10
7 pm
"2" Welcome Back, Kotter
["Fish" started its 2nd season at that time on Sept 17]
4, 6, 33, 40, 48 Billy Graham Crusade
Special: 5th program from Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind. (60 min)
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Bionic Woman
Return: 3rd season opener (moved from ABC to NBC)
"5", 19, 42 State Fair America--Documentary
Special: (2 hr)
["Bob Newhart" (6th season), "We've Got It Made" (new series), "The Jeffersons" (4th), and "Tony Randall"(2nd, an ABC import) were in that time slot beginning on Sept 24.]
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Washington: Behind Closed Doors--Drama
Part 5 of 6. (2 hr)
["Starsky and Hutch" (3rd) and "The Love Boat" (2nd) aired here as of Sept 17]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Movie--Crime Drama
Clint Eastwood in the first of 3 "Dirty Harry" movies (1971, repeat, 2 hr)
[NBC plans an announcement warning that the movie may not to suitable for all family members. Movie starts the 16th season of "NBC Saturday Night at the Movies".]
33 State Fair America--Documentary
Special: 60 min.
[Join in progress]
40 Celebral Palsy Telethon
[Continued from a 6-7 pm airing]
9 pm
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Miss America Pageant
Special: Bert Parks and Phyllis George hosted the 58th annual event live from Atlantic City, N.J. (2 hr)
[New series "Rafferty" aired from 9-10 pm Central beginning on Sept 17]
10 pm
"2", "4", 6, 13 News
4, 48 ABC News--Tom Jarrel
9 Adam-12--Crime Drama
15 Andy Williams--Variety
31 Mission: Impossible--Adventure
10.15
4 Soul Train--Music
48 Alabama Outdoors
10.30
"2" Space: 1999--Science Fiction
"4", 9, 15 Saturday Night
Hosted by then-Georgia State Sen. Julian Bond (repeat, 90 min)
6 Cerebral Palsy Telethon
Special: 24th annual event (18 hr 30 min)
13 Movie--Comedy
"Divorce American Style" (1967), starting Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds
11 pm
"5" News
19 Marty Robbin's Spotlight--Variety
Debut: A country-variety show hosted by Marty Robbins
31 Saturday Night
[Joined in progress]
33 40 Jerry Falwell--Religion
42 Pilot--Drama
Donna Mills plays a "Woman on the Run", a show not on CBS's 1977 fall schedule.
(60 min)
[Aired on Wed Sept 7 at 9 pm Central on "5", 19, 40]
48 Movie--Mystery (BW)
"Call Northside 777" (1948), starting James Stewart
11.15
4 Movie--To be announced
11.30
"2" Movie--Crime Drama
"Bullitt" (1968), starting Steve McQueen
"5" Wanted Dead or Alive (BW)
19 Nashville on the Road--Music
12 am
"4" Movie--Mystery (BW)
"Charlie Chan in Rio" (1941), starting Sidney Toler
"5" News
9 Movie--Western
"Welcome to Hard Times" (1967), starting Aldo Ray and Henry Fonda
15 Movies--To be announced
19 Movie--Comedy
"Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" (1965)
Sun Sept 11
6 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew
2nd season opener
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Wonderful World of Disney
"The Mystery of Dracula's Castle" (1973) (repeat, 2 hr)
[The 24th season opener aired on Sept 18]
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 60 Minutes
10th season opener with Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, and Dan Rather
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Six Million Dollar Man
5th season opener
"5" Billy Graham Crusade
Special: 5th program from Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind. (60 min)
19, 33, 40, 42 Making of "The Deep"--Documentary
Special: Robert Shaw, the main star of the 1977 flick, narrated (60 min)
["Rhoda" opened its 4th season on Oct 2 at 7 pm Central. "On Our Own"
premiered on Oct 9 at 7.30 pm.]
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Washington: Behind Closed Doors--Drama
Part 6 of 6 (2 hr)
[Pre-empted the "ABC Sunday Night Movie"]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Emmy Awards
Special: Robert Blake and Angie Dickinson hosted the 29th annual event live from Hollywood, Calif. (2 hr)
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Movie--Western
John Wayne starred in "Cahill, United States Marshall" (1973) (repeat, 2 hr)
["All in the Family" aired its 8th season opener in a one-hour special on Oct 2 from 7.30 to 8.30 pm and moved to 8 pm on Oct 9. "Alice" aired its 2nd season opener at 8.30 pm, followed by the 5th season opener of "Kojak" at 9 pm, both starting on Oct 2. New time for "Kojak"]
10 pm
"2", "4", "5", 6, 9, 13, 19, 31 News
4, 48 ABC News--Bill Beutel
15 Dr. E. J. Daniels Presents Happiness Is--Religion
33, 40 Church Service--Baptist
42 CBS News--Ed Bradley
10.15
4 700 Club--Religion
19 CBS News--Ed Bradley
42, 48 Ernest Angley--Religion
10.30
"2" Wrestling
"4" Second City T.V.--Comedy
Debut:
"5" Perry Mason (BW)
6 Movie--Drama (BW)
"The President's Lady" (1953), starred Charlton Heston and Susan Hayward (2 hr)
9, 13, 15 Movie--Adventure
Michael Caine starred in "Billion Dollar Brain" (1967). Also featured Karl Malden of "The Streets of San Francisco" and Ed Begley. (2 hr)
19 Accent--Discussion
31 Jerry Falwell--Religion
10.45
33, 40 CBS News--Ed Bradley
11 pm
"4" Movie--Crime Drama
"The File of the Golden Goose" (English, 1969), starred Yul Brynner.
Featured Edward Woodward of the 1980s CBS hit "The Equalizer". (2 hr)
19 Movie--Documentary
"Guadalcanal Odessey" (1974) was narrated by Leslie Nielsen. (2 hr)
40 PTL Club--Religion
11.15
4 Mississippi Game and Fish Commission
42 Big Valley--Western
48 PTL Club--Religion
11.30
"2" New Life Hour
4 Night Gallery
"5" Face the Nation
31 Dialogue--Discussion
12 am
"2" ABC News--Bill Beutel
"5" Gopsel Guitar
12.15
42 Alabama Speaks
12.30
"5" News
6 ABC News--Bill Beutel
1.15
48 Directions
Mon Sept 12
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Lucan--Drama
Debut:
[This series will be shown on an irregular basis throughout the season. The one-hour comedy "The San Pedro Beach Bums" premiered in this slot on Sept 19.]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Little House on the Prairie
4th season opener
"5" Gunsmoke--Western
19, 33, 40, 42 Young Dan'l Boone--Adventure
Debut:
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 College Football
Special: UCLA Bruins vs. Houston Cougars in Houston. (Live)
["Monday Night Football" returned on Sept 19 (9th season).]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Movie--Drama
LeVar Burton in a 1977 world premiere called "Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid" (2 hr)
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Betty White--comedy
Debut: "Mary Tyler Moore"'s Betty White gets her own show...with John Hillerman and Georgia Engel.
8.30
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Maude
6th season opener of series starting future "Golden Girls" (1985-92) Bea Arthur and Ruth McClanahan, along with Bill Macy and Conrad Bain.
9 pm
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Rafferty--Drama
[Debuted on Labor Day, Sept 5 1977]
10 pm
"4", "5", 9, 15, 19, 31, 33, 40, 42 News
13 Marcus Welby, M.D.--Drama
10.30
"4", 9, 15, 31 Johnny Carson
"5" WTVF Reports
19, 33, 40, 42 Movie--Drama
Susan Clark starred in "Babe", a 1975 TV-movie (2 hr)
11 pm
"2", 4, 6, 13, 48 News
"5" Young Dan'l Boone--Adventure
Debut:
11.30
"2" College Football '77--Bill Flemming
Return:
[Series normally aired on Sundays at 12 pm Eastern/11 am Central on ABC Sports during the fall months]
4 USM Playback
6 FBI--Crime Drama
13 Johnny Carson
48 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama (BW)
12 am
"2" Wrestling
"4", 9, 15, 31 Tommorrow--Tom Snyder
"5" News
12.30
"5" Movie--Comedy (BW)
"Our Men in Havana" (English, 1960), starred Alec Guiness. (2 hr)
6 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman--Serial
1 am
"2" PTL club--Religion
9 News
13 Tommorrow--Tom Snyder
15 Movies--To be announced
3 am
"2" News
3.30
"2" Movie--Biography
"Villa Rides" (1968), with Robert Mitchum and Charles Bronson. (2 hr)
Tue Sept 13
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Happy Days
6th season opener
[Expanded to one hour. "Laverne and Shirley" aired its 3rd season opener on Sept 20 at 8.30 pm Central.]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Richard Pryor--Variety
Debut:
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Boxing
Special: CBS Sports presented 4 fights from Los Angeles (Live)
[Pre-empted "The Fitzpatricks", which debuted on Sept 5 at 8 pm and slipped into this time slot on Sept 20, and "The CBS Tuesday Night Movie".]
8 pm
"2", 4, 48 Three's Company
2nd season opener
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Movie--Comedy
Joanna Pettet starred in a 1977 world premiere called "Sex and the Married Woman" (2 hr)
6 Gunsmoke--Western
8.30
"2" Family
Return: 3rd season opener
[Normal time slot was 9 pm Central]
4 Soap--Comedy
Debut: Featured stars like Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan, Billy Crystal, Robert Guillaume, and Ted Wass.
[ABC plans an announcement warning that this episode may not be suitable for all family members]
48 Muppet Show--Variety
9 pm
4, 6, 48 Family
Return: 3rd season opener
9.30
"2" Soap--Comedy
Debut: Featured stars like Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan, Billy Crystal, Robert Guillaume, and Ted Wass.
[ABC plans an announcement warning that this episode may not be suitable for all family members; normal time slot was 8.30 pm]
10 pm
"2", 4, "4", "5", 6, 9, 15, 19, 31, 33, 40, 42, 48 News
13 Marcus Welby, M.D.--Drama
10.30
"2" Adam-12--Crime Drama
4, 48 Movie--Mystery
Barbara Perkins in "Christine" (Canadian, 1974) (2 hr)
"4", 9, 15, 31 Johnny Carson
"5" Ironside--Crime Drama
6 FBi--Crime Drama
19, 33, 40, 42 Kojak--Drama
11 pm
"2" Movie--Mystery
Barbara Perkins in "Christine" (Canadian, 1974) (2 hr)
13 News
11.30
"5" Wanted Dead or Alive (BW)
6 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
13 Johnny Carson
11.40
19, 33, 40, 42 Toma--Crime Drama
[Note: An ABC series repeated on CBS Late Night]
12 am
"4", 9, 15, 31 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
"5" News
6 Movie--Mystery
Barbara Perkins in "Christine" (Canadian, 1974) (2 hr)
12.30
"5" Movie--Drama
Patty Duke in "My Sweet Caroline" (1970)
48 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama (BW)
1 am
"2" PTL club--Religion
9 News
13 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
15 Movies--To be announced
3 am
"2' News
3.30
"2" Movie--Adventure
Alan Ladd in "Botany Bay" (1953)
Wed Sept 14
6.30
40 Jacksonville State Football Review
[Lasted for 60 min]
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Eight is Enough
The 2nd season opener starts without Diana Hyland, who played actor Dick Van Dyke's first wife Joan Bradford of 25 years (passed on on Mar 27 1977). Tom Bradford is a widower with 8 kids. I recently learned that the show premiered on Mar 15, 1977, which meant that Hyland was only in 4 episodes. According to timstvshowcase.com/8enough.html, "For the remainder of the first season she was simply described as being "away." At the start of season two Tom had become a widower, his wife having died about a year ago. He soon found romance in the person of Abby Abbott, a pretty schoolteacher who had come to the Bradford home to tutor one of the children. Their romance blossomed, and they were married in a special two hour episode on November 9, 1977".
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Boxing
Special: NBC Sports presented 4 matches from Las Vegas, including Ken Norton, who was the No. 1 contender for Muhammad Ali's (ala Cassius Clay) crown. (Live)
[Two new shows, "The Oregon Trail" and "Big Hawaii", debutted on Sept 21 in that slot]
"5", 19, 33, 42 Movie--Adventure
Nicholas Hammond as "Spider-Man", a 1977 world-premiere special. one of 4 "Spider-Man" movies that aired on CBS (90 min)
["Good Times" aired its 4th season opener as a 60 min special on Sept 21 from
7-8 pm Central. Adam Arkin's comedy, "Busting Loose", debutted on Sept 28 at 7.30 pm.]
7.30
40 Saboteurs of Telemark--Documentary
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Charlie's Angels
Cheryl Ladd replaced then Farah Fawcett-Majors as the series entered its 2nd season (2 hr)
["Baretta" aired its 3rd season premiere on Sept 28]
8.30
"5", 19, 33, 40 Movie--Crime Drama
Will Sampson starred in the 1977 world-premiere film called "Relentless" (1 hr 40 min)
42 Movie--Crime Drama
Hal Linden starred in the 1973 TV-movie "Mr Inside/Mr Outside" (1 hr 40 min)
[Pre-empted "The CBS Wednesday Night Movie"]
10 pm
"2", 4, "4", 6, 9, 15, 31, 48 News
13 Marcus Welby, M.D.--Drama
10.10
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 News
10.30
"2" Adam-12--Crime Drama
4, 48 Starsky and Hutch--crime Drama
"4", 9, 15, 31 Johnny Carson
"5" Ironside--Crime Drama
6 FBi--Crime Drama
10.40
19, 33, 40, 42 Hawaii Five-0--Drama
11 pm
"2" Starsky and Hutch--Crime Drama
13 News
11.30
"5" Wanted Dead or Alive (BW)
6 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
13 Johnny Carson
11.40
4, 48 Mystery of the Week
Carol Lynley in "If It's a man, Hang Up"
11.50
19, 33, 40, 42 Movie--Drama
E.G. Marshall in the 1973 TV-movie "Money to Burn" (1 hr 35 min)
12 am
"4", 9, 15, 31 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
"5" News
6 Starsky and Hutch--Crime Drama
12.10
"2" Mystery of the Week
Carol Lynley in "If It's a man, Hang Up"
12.30
"5" Movie--Thiller (BW)
Claude Rains and Gloria Steward in "The Invisible Man" (1933)
48 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama (BW)
1 am
9 News
13 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
15 Movies--To be announced
1.10
6 Mystery of the Week
Carol Lynley in "If It's a man, Hang Up"
1.40
"2" PTL club--Religion
3.40 am
"2' News
Th Sept 15
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Welcome Back, Kotter
3rd season opener (60 min)
["What's Happening" opened its 3rd season on Sept 22 at 7.30 pm Central]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 CHiPs--Crime Drama
Debut: Starred Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Waltons
6th season opener
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Barney Miller
4th season opener
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Rock Music Awards
Special: Hosted by Peter Frampton and Cher (Live, 2 hr)
[New series "Man From Atlantis" with Patrick Duffy and "Rosetti and Ryan" premiered on Sept 22]
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Hawaii Five-O
10th season opener
8.30
"2", 4, 6, 48 Carter Country--Comedy
Debut: Kene Holliday and Victor French starred
9 pm
"2", 4, 48 Redd Foxx--Variety
Debut: Redd Foxx, born John Elroy Sanford (1922-91), abandoned his successful NBC comedy "Sanford and Son" for this short-live variety series. Among the first guess was LaWanda Page. (60 min)
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Barnaby Jones
Buddy Edsen, of "Beverly Hillbillies" fame, started a 6th season. The late gay actor Robert Reed (John Robert Rietz, 1932-92) guest starred in this episode.
6 To be announced
[6 did air the remaining 5 episodes of the "Redd Foxx Comedy Hour"]
10 pm
"2", 4, "4", "5", 6, 9, 15, 19, 31, 33, 40, 42, 48 News
13 Marcus Welby, M.D.--Drama
10.30
"2" Adam-12--Crime Drama
4, 48 Police Story--Crime Drama
[An NBC series repeated on ABC Late Night]
"4", 9, 15, 31 Johnny Carson
"5" Gunsmoke--Western
6 FBI--Crime Drama
19, 33, 40, 42 Movie--Crime Drama
Charles Bronson in "Cold Sweat" (1971) (1 hr 55 min)
11 pm
"2" Police Story--Crime Drama
13 News
11.30
"5" Wanted Dead or Alive (BW)
6 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
13 Johnny Carson
11.40
4, 48 Late, Great 1968
Henry Gibson hosted this documentary into the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., along with the early stages of the Vietnam War, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and the election of then-former Vice President Richard M. Nixon to the White House. (90 min)
12 am
"4", 9, 15, 31 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
"5" News
6 Police Story--Crime Drama
12.10
"2" Late, Great 1968
Henry Gibson hosted this documentary. (90 min)
12.30
"5" Movie--Drama
Rock Hudson and George Peppard in "Tobruk" (1968) (2 hr)
1 am
9 News
13 Tomorrow--Tom Snyder
15 Movies--To be announced
1.10
6 Late, Great 1968
Henry Gibson hosted this documentary. (90 min)
48 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama (BW)
1.40
"2" PTL club--Religion
3.40
"2' News
4.10
"2" Movie--Documentary
"Alaska Safari" (1973)
Fri Sept 16
7 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Making of "Star Wars"
The original 1977 blockbuster mega-hit (now one of 6 films in the series, retitled "Star Wars: A New Hope") was narrated by "Droid" stars C-3PO and R2-D2.
[The 3rd season opener of "Donny and Marie" aired on Sept 23 at that time slot]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Sanford Arms--Comedy
Debut: Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson left the series "Sanford and Son" (1972-77) to Theodore Wilson. Former series regulars LaWanda Page and Whitman Mayo also starred in revamped comedy.
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Wonder Woman
Return: Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner series moved from ABC to CBS to open the series 3rd season. The concept was started as a four-minute short on the 1972 ABC cartoon "The Brady Kids". Two years later, ABC aired a made-for-TV movie starting Cathy Lee Crosby (the costume Crosby wore was ****ing ridiculous!). In 1975, Lynda Carter started in the 2nd ABC film, which led to the series, which debutted in March 1976 on ABC. (90 min)
7.30
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Chico and the Man
Jack Albertson started the 4th season without his co-star Freddie Prinze, committed suicide on Jan 29, 1977 (born Frederick Karl Pruetzel 1954-77). The new "Chico" was 12 yo Raul Garcia, played by Gabriel Melgar. Della Reese and Scatman Crothers also starred. Last original episode aired Jul 7, 1978 after a 6 month gap following the death of Prinze.
8 pm
"2", 4, 6, 48 Movie--Thiller
An all-star cast in the 1977 world-premiere film "The Curse of the Black Widow" (2 hr)
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Rockford Files
James Garner opened the 4th season investigating himself, sort of speak.
8.30
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Logan's Run--Science Fiction
Debut: A CBS 1976 TV movie made into a short-live series starring Gregory Harrison. (90 min)
[Normal time slot was from 8-9 pm Central. "Switch" opened its 3rd season from 9-10 pm on Sept 23.]
9 pm
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Quincy
Jack Klugman's whodunit opened its 2nd season. Started on Oct 3, 1976
as part of the 1976-77 "NBC Sunday Mystery Movie" (the others being
"Columbo" (ala Peter Falk), "McCloud" (ala Dennis Weaver), and
"McMillan and Wife" (starred Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James). After
4 episodes (Oct 3, 10, Nov 28 1976, and Jan 2, 1977), the series earned
this time slot on Friday nights as a weekly series on Feb 4, 1977. Run
ended on May 11 1983.
10 pm
"2", 4, "4", "5", 6, 9, 15, 19, 31, 33, 40, 42, 48 News
13 Marcus Welby, M.D.--Drama
10.30
"2" Adam-12--Crime Drama
4, 48 Baretta--Crime Drama
"4", 9, 15, 31 Johnny Carson
"5" Gunsmoke--Western
6 FBi--Crime Drama
19, 33, 40, 42 MASH
11 pm
"2" Baretta--Crime Drama
13 News
11.05
19, 33, 40, 42 Kojak--Crime Drama
11.30
"5" Wanted Dead or Alive (BW)
6 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
13 Johnny Carson
11.40
48 Alfred Hitchcock--Drama (BW)
12 am
"4", 9, 15, 31 Midnight Special
Hosted that week by David Brenner. (90 min)
"5" News
6 Baretta--Crime Drama
12.10
"2" Soul Train--Music
48 Movie--Drama (BW)
Jean Peters and Anthony Quinn in "Viva Zapata" (1952) (1 hr 45 min)
12.30
"5" Movie--Western (BW)
Ida Lupino and Glenn Ford in "Lust For Gold" (1949) (2 hr)
1 am
9 News
13 Midnight Special
Hosted that week by David Brenner. (90 min)
1.10
"2" PTL club--Religion
6 Bonanza--Western
1.30
9 Movie--Drama (BW)
Van Johnson in "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (1944) (3 hr)
15 Movies--To be announced
2.10
6 Maverick--Western (BW)
3.10
"2" News
3.40
"2" Movie--Drama
Sterling Hayden in "The Last Command" (1955) (1 hr 50 min)
4.30
9 Movie--Musical
Robert Walker in "Till the Clouds Roll By" (1948) (2 hr)
[Note: After this movie, NBC stations "4", 9, 13, 15, 31 began its
Saturday morning cartoons with "Pink Panther" at 6.30 am Central]
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