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3 KCRA (NBC)
6:00 Educational Films
7:00 Today
9:00 Liar's Club - Allen Ludden
9:30 Jeopardy! (short-lived revival with original host Art Fleming)
10:00 High Rollers
10:30 Wheel of Fortune
11:00 America Alive! - Hosts: Jack Linkletter (Art's son), Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner, Pat Mitchell, Janet Langhart.
NOON Channel 3 Reports
12:30 Donahue - Guest: Canadian author/journalist Merle Shain.
1:30 The Doctors
2:00 Another World
3:00 Days of Our Lives
4:00 Bionic Woman
5:00 Channel 3 Reports
6:00 NBC Nightly News
6:30 Channel 3 Reports
7:00 Weeknight
7:30 Bonkers!
8:00 NBC Thursday Night at the Movies: "Cotton Candy" (Premiere) - Written and Directed by Ron Howard; Cast: Clint Howard (Ron's brother and co-writer), Charles Martin Smith, Leslie King, Kevin Lee Miller, Rance Howard (Ron and Clint's father).
10:00 Quincy: "Death by Good Intentions"
11:00 Channel 3 Reports
11:30 Tonight Show - Guest host: David Brenner; Guests: Bert Convy, Joseph Wambaugh, Rip Taylor.
1:00 Tomorrow - Guests: Laurie Cabot, Official Witch of Salem, MA.
6 KVIE (PBS)
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Electric Company
10:30 Instructional Programming
NOON MacNeil/Lehrer Report (previous night)
12:30 Instructional Programming
3:00 Turnabout - Topic: Fathering
3:30 Lilias, Yoga and You
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers
5:30 Electric Company
6:00 History of Mexico
6:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:00 Over Easy - Guest: Helen O'Connell
7:30 Election '78
8:00 Nova: "The Great Wine Revolution"
9:00 The Long Search: "330 Million Gods"
10:00 Marie Curie - Episode 3 of 5: "Failure is Followed by Success"
11:00 ABC Captioned News
11:30 Dick Cavett - Guest: Itzhak Perlman
10 KXTV (CBS)
6:00 Sunrise Semester
6:30 Captain Kangaroo (previous day's episode)
7:30 "7:30 AM" (KXTV talk show)
8:00 CBS Morning News
9:00 Mike Douglas - Co-hosts: The Captain & Tennille; Guests: Chris Evert, Ronnie Palillo, Robert & Rosemarie Stack.
10:30 Love of Life
10:55 CBS Midday News
11:00 Young and Restless
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
NOON Eyewitness News
12:30 As the World Turns
1:30 Guiding Light
2:30 M*A*S*H
3:00 Match Game '78 - Panel: Robert Walden, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Loretta Swit, Richard Paul, Mary Wickes.
3:30 The Movies: "Diamond Head" (1963) - Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimeux, George Chakiris, France Nuyen, James Darren; Director: Guy Green.
5:00 Eyewitness News
6:00 CBS Evening News
6:30 Concentration
7:00 Newlywed Game
7:30 PM Magazine
8:00 Waltons: "The Challenging"
9:00 Hawaii Five-O: "Small Potatoes"
10:00 Barnaby Jones: "Nest of Scorpions"
11:00 Eyewitness News
11:30 M*A*S*H
MIDNIGHT McMillan & Wife
13 KOVR (ABC)
6:30 Infinity Factory
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Morning Scene
10:00 Happy Days
10:30 $20,000 Pyramid - Guests: Loretta Swit, Robert Walden.
11:00 Family Feud
11:30 Cross-Wits
NOON All My Children
1:00 One Life to Live
2:00 General Hospital
3:00 Edge of Night
3:30 Ryan's Hope
4:00 Mary Tyler Moore
4:30 Action News 13
5:30 NFL Football Special - Minnesota Vikings vs. Dallas Cowboys
8:30 ABC Special: "Halloween is Grinch Night"
9:00 Superlative Seven (UK variety show) - Theme: "The Entertainers"; Guests: Rita Moreno, Bruce Forsyth.
10:00 Merv Griffin - Guests: Steven Ford, Bob Tallman, Wayne Newton, Bobby Goldsboro.
11:00 Action News 13
11:30 Bold Ones
12:30 Starsky & Hutch
1:40 Action News 13 (R)
40 KTXL (Signed on 10 years ago that day.)
5:50 Public Affairs
6:30 Not for Women Only
7:00 Fred Flintstone and Friends
7:30 Young Samson
8:00 Archies
8:30 Flipper
9:00 I Love Lucy
9:30 Dinah!: Guests: Betty White, Robert Urich, Ricky Jay, Tom Sullivan.
11:00 Big Valley
NOON Everyday
1:00 TV 40 One O'Clock Movie: "The Country Girl" (1954) - Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden; Director: George Seaton.
3:00 Woody Woodpecker and Friends
3:30 Battle of the Planets
4:00 Gilligan's Island
4:30 Partridge Family
5:00 Brady Bunch
5:30 Hogan's Heroes
6:00 Emergency!
7:00 Marcus Welby
8:00 The Big Movie: "Hot Millions" (1968) - Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden, Bob Newhart, Robert Morley, Cesar Romero; Director: Eric Till.
10:00 10 O'Clock News
11:00 Love Experts - Bill Cullen
11:30 LaBrie's* Night Comfort Theatre I: "The Last Hunt" (1956) - Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Lloyd Nolan; Director: Richard Brooks. (*LaBrie's Waterbed Warehouse is a Sacramento waterbed store [now LaBrie's Sleep Center], presented by the late Tom LaBrie.)
1:30 LaBrie's Night Comfort Theatre II: "How Green Was My Valley" (1941 Best Picture) - Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp (Best Supporting Actor), Roddy McDowall; Director: John Ford (Best Director).
4:00 LaBrie's Night Comfort Theatre III: "Hostile Guns" (1967) - George Montgomery, Yvonne de Carlo, Tab Hunter, Brian Donlevy; Director: R. G. Springteen (no relation to Bruce).
3 KCRA (NBC)
6:00 Educational Films
7:00 Today
9:00 Liar's Club - Allen Ludden
9:30 Jeopardy! (short-lived revival with original host Art Fleming)
10:00 High Rollers
10:30 Wheel of Fortune
11:00 America Alive! - Hosts: Jack Linkletter (Art's son), Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner, Pat Mitchell, Janet Langhart.
NOON Channel 3 Reports
12:30 Donahue - Guest: Canadian author/journalist Merle Shain.
1:30 The Doctors
2:00 Another World
3:00 Days of Our Lives
4:00 Bionic Woman
5:00 Channel 3 Reports
6:00 NBC Nightly News
6:30 Channel 3 Reports
7:00 Weeknight
7:30 Bonkers!
8:00 NBC Thursday Night at the Movies: "Cotton Candy" (Premiere) - Written and Directed by Ron Howard; Cast: Clint Howard (Ron's brother and co-writer), Charles Martin Smith, Leslie King, Kevin Lee Miller, Rance Howard (Ron and Clint's father).
10:00 Quincy: "Death by Good Intentions"
11:00 Channel 3 Reports
11:30 Tonight Show - Guest host: David Brenner; Guests: Bert Convy, Joseph Wambaugh, Rip Taylor.
1:00 Tomorrow - Guests: Laurie Cabot, Official Witch of Salem, MA.
6 KVIE (PBS)
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Electric Company
10:30 Instructional Programming
NOON MacNeil/Lehrer Report (previous night)
12:30 Instructional Programming
3:00 Turnabout - Topic: Fathering
3:30 Lilias, Yoga and You
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers
5:30 Electric Company
6:00 History of Mexico
6:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:00 Over Easy - Guest: Helen O'Connell
7:30 Election '78
8:00 Nova: "The Great Wine Revolution"
9:00 The Long Search: "330 Million Gods"
10:00 Marie Curie - Episode 3 of 5: "Failure is Followed by Success"
11:00 ABC Captioned News
11:30 Dick Cavett - Guest: Itzhak Perlman
10 KXTV (CBS)
6:00 Sunrise Semester
6:30 Captain Kangaroo (previous day's episode)
7:30 "7:30 AM" (KXTV talk show)
8:00 CBS Morning News
9:00 Mike Douglas - Co-hosts: The Captain & Tennille; Guests: Chris Evert, Ronnie Palillo, Robert & Rosemarie Stack.
10:30 Love of Life
10:55 CBS Midday News
11:00 Young and Restless
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
NOON Eyewitness News
12:30 As the World Turns
1:30 Guiding Light
2:30 M*A*S*H
3:00 Match Game '78 - Panel: Robert Walden, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Loretta Swit, Richard Paul, Mary Wickes.
3:30 The Movies: "Diamond Head" (1963) - Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimeux, George Chakiris, France Nuyen, James Darren; Director: Guy Green.
5:00 Eyewitness News
6:00 CBS Evening News
6:30 Concentration
7:00 Newlywed Game
7:30 PM Magazine
8:00 Waltons: "The Challenging"
9:00 Hawaii Five-O: "Small Potatoes"
10:00 Barnaby Jones: "Nest of Scorpions"
11:00 Eyewitness News
11:30 M*A*S*H
MIDNIGHT McMillan & Wife
13 KOVR (ABC)
6:30 Infinity Factory
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Morning Scene
10:00 Happy Days
10:30 $20,000 Pyramid - Guests: Loretta Swit, Robert Walden.
11:00 Family Feud
11:30 Cross-Wits
NOON All My Children
1:00 One Life to Live
2:00 General Hospital
3:00 Edge of Night
3:30 Ryan's Hope
4:00 Mary Tyler Moore
4:30 Action News 13
5:30 NFL Football Special - Minnesota Vikings vs. Dallas Cowboys
8:30 ABC Special: "Halloween is Grinch Night"
9:00 Superlative Seven (UK variety show) - Theme: "The Entertainers"; Guests: Rita Moreno, Bruce Forsyth.
10:00 Merv Griffin - Guests: Steven Ford, Bob Tallman, Wayne Newton, Bobby Goldsboro.
11:00 Action News 13
11:30 Bold Ones
12:30 Starsky & Hutch
1:40 Action News 13 (R)
40 KTXL (Signed on 10 years ago that day.)
5:50 Public Affairs
6:30 Not for Women Only
7:00 Fred Flintstone and Friends
7:30 Young Samson
8:00 Archies
8:30 Flipper
9:00 I Love Lucy
9:30 Dinah!: Guests: Betty White, Robert Urich, Ricky Jay, Tom Sullivan.
11:00 Big Valley
NOON Everyday
1:00 TV 40 One O'Clock Movie: "The Country Girl" (1954) - Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden; Director: George Seaton.
3:00 Woody Woodpecker and Friends
3:30 Battle of the Planets
4:00 Gilligan's Island
4:30 Partridge Family
5:00 Brady Bunch
5:30 Hogan's Heroes
6:00 Emergency!
7:00 Marcus Welby
8:00 The Big Movie: "Hot Millions" (1968) - Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden, Bob Newhart, Robert Morley, Cesar Romero; Director: Eric Till.
10:00 10 O'Clock News
11:00 Love Experts - Bill Cullen
11:30 LaBrie's* Night Comfort Theatre I: "The Last Hunt" (1956) - Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Lloyd Nolan; Director: Richard Brooks. (*LaBrie's Waterbed Warehouse is a Sacramento waterbed store [now LaBrie's Sleep Center], presented by the late Tom LaBrie.)
1:30 LaBrie's Night Comfort Theatre II: "How Green Was My Valley" (1941 Best Picture) - Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp (Best Supporting Actor), Roddy McDowall; Director: John Ford (Best Director).
4:00 LaBrie's Night Comfort Theatre III: "Hostile Guns" (1967) - George Montgomery, Yvonne de Carlo, Tab Hunter, Brian Donlevy; Director: R. G. Springteen (no relation to Bruce).