From TV Guide: New York Metropolitan Edition
September 22-28, 1979
New York City
2 WCBS -CBS
4 WNBC -NBC
5 WNEW -Ind
7 WABC -ABC
9 WOR -Ind
11 WPIX -Ind
13 WNET -PBS
25 WNYE -PBS
31 WNYC -PBS
MSG -MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (Cable)
Garden CIty
21 WLIW -PBS
Montclair, New Jersey
50 WNJM -PBS
New Brunswick
58 WNJB -PBS
Newark
47 WNJU -Ind
68 WTVG -Ind
Patterson
41 WXTV -Ind
Hartford, Connecticut
3 WFSB -CBS
30 WVIT -NBC
New Haven
8 WTNH -ABC
65 WEDY -PBS
Waterbury
20 WATR -NBC
Bridgeport
49 WEDW -PBS
Pay-TV
HBO -Home Box Office
SHO -Showtime
WHT -Wometco Home Theatre
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1979
WCBS Ch. 2 New York (CBS)
Morning
06:30 Sunrise Semester
Southern Africa is examined.
07:00 Patchwork Family
08:00 Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle
09:00 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30 Popeye
11:30 Fat Albert
Fat Albert befriends a girl whose parents are getting divorced.
Afternoon
12:00 Jason of Star Command
12:30 Tarzan/Super 7
01:30 30 Minutes
Christopher Glenn examines the rising rate of motorcycle deaths, particularly among teenagers. Included are interviews with two accident victims and slow-motion footage of a staged crash between a car and a motorcycle.
02:00 Kidsworld
02:30 Public Hearing
03:00 Channel 2 Eye On
03:30 Comeback
04:00 Sports Spectacular
The Great American Truck Race, taped at Atlanta International Raceway, and part two of the U.S. Amateur Roller Skating Championship taped in Fort Worth, Texas. Commentators include Dick Stockton and Gary Bender.
05:00 Horse Racing
The 26th running of the Woodward Stakes, telecast live from Belmont Park.
Evening
06:00 Channel 2 The People
Return: A new season with a report on the racial tension and violence in Rosedale, Queens.
06:30 CBS News -Bob Schieffer
07:00 News
07:30 Price Is Right
08:00 Working Stiffs
A new tool enables Mike and Ernie to do twice the work, and a new manager says thanks by letting Ernie go.
08:30 Bad News Bears
Buttermaker coaxes a truant student back to school by challenging him to a series of athletic contests.
09:00 Lucky Lady
An offbeat romp about rum-running between the U.S. and Mexico in the 1930s. ["Big Shamus, Little Shamus" and "Paris" premiere here next week.]
11:15 News
11:55 Movie (The Odd Couple, 1968)
02:00 News
02:10 Movie (Raid on Rommel, 1971)
04:05 Movie (Undercurrent, 1946)
WNBC Ch. 4 New York (NBC)
Morning
06:00 Agriculture U.S.A.
06:30 Better Way
07:00 Rebop
07:30 Bay City Rollers
08:00 Daffy Duck
08:30 Casper
Debut: The year is 2179, and Casper the friendly ghost is assigned to look after two space patrolwomen.
09:00 Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
New adventures of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble and new series about a teen-ager who can turn into a huge orange glob.
10:00 Super Globetrotters
Return: The super basketball stars display their skills both on the court and off- as super crime fighters.
10:30 New Shmoo
Debut: Al Capp's lovable and trusting comic-strip character uses its ability to change into virtually anything to help three young reporters investigate cases of psychic phenomena.
11:00 Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
Afternoon
12:00 Jonny Quest
12:30 Jetsons
01:00 Whitney and the Robot
Whitney and Corky decide to build a ramp for 4-U2 and discover the need for planning
01:30 Positively Black
02:00 Baseball Warm Up
02:15 Baseball
Games under consideration at press time: Pirates/Cubs, Twins/Brewers.
05:00 Sportsworld
The USAC Dirt Track Championship taped in Du Quoin, Illinois. Entrants include Bill Yukovich, Pancho Carter, and Gary Bettenhausen. Charlie Jones and Paul Page report. Also: FINA World Cup diving taped in Woodlands, TX.
Evening
06:00 News
06:30 NBC News -John Hart
07:00 Buyline Betty Furness
07:30 Guinness Game
08:00 CHiPs
A boy skating on the freeway and skating thieves key the third season opener in which some 50 celebrities turn out for a roller disco charity benefit. Expands to 2 hours, preempting regular programming.
10:00 Man Called Sloane
Debut: Robert Conrad plays Thomas Remington Sloane III, a government agent who gets help from a steel fisted assistant named Torque (Ji-Tu Cumbaka), and from a lot of scientific gadgetry. In the opener he'll need all the help he can get to defuse a plot to terrorize the world with plutonium energized androids.
11:00 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
Comedian Fred Willard (host) impersonates an Elvis Presley impersonator; rock group Devo sings "Satisfaction"; John Belushi plays a whining stuntman. Repeat.
01:15 Second City Television Network
02:00 Movie ("The Great Bank Robbery, 1969)
WABC Ch. 7 New York (ABC)
Morning
06:30 News
07:00 Davey and Goliath
07:30 Magic of Mark Wilson
08:00 World's Greatest Superfriends
09:00 Plastic Man
11:00 Spider-Woman
Debut: Justice Magazine editor-publisher Jessica Drew spins herself into Spider-Woman to fight crime.
11:30 Scooby and Scrappy Doo
Afternoon
12:00 Weekend Special ("The Puppy's Great Adventure", Repeat)
12:30 American Bandstand
Performances by B.B. King (Better Not Look Down) and Patrick Hernandez (Born to Be Alive)
01:30 College Football Pregame Show
01:45 College Football
05:00 Wide World of Sports
Live coverage of the U.S. Men's Gymnastics Trials is telecast from Fort Collins, CO.
Evening
06:30 News
07:00 You!
Return: This magazine format series opens a new season with a look at T-Electric, a new minority recording company; a visit to some of New Jersey's tattoo parlors.
08:00 Ropers
A man shows up and claims to be the product of his mother's wartime fling with Stanley.
08:30 Detective School
An attractive woman claims she is being blackmailed, so a doting Nick springs into action -and right into a trap laid by a racketeer he sent to prison years earlier.
09:00 Love Boat
1. A mother (Amanda Blake) has reason to worry over her daughter (Karen Morrow), a divorcee looking for her sixth husband. 2. A wheelchair bound man (Barry Sullivan) is bedeviled by his overprotective valet (Werner Klemperer). 3. A couple (Lani O'Grady, Eddie Mekka) find their seven month romance turning sour. 4. Julie resents a former cruise director (Joan Hackett) who chucked her career for a marriage and family.
10:00 Hart to Hart
Jennifer (Stefanie Powers) becomes the target of a hit man hired by an embittered executive who was fired by Jonathan (Robert Wagner) for complicity in a shipping scandal.
11:00 ABC News
11:15 News
11:30 Movie ("Bunny O'Hare", 1971)
01:30 Movie ("Seven Thieves", 1960)
03:30 News
WNEW Ch. 5 New York (Ind.)
Morning
06:00 Patterns For Living
06:30 Abbott And Costello
07:00 Brady Kids
07:30 Groovie Goolies
08:00 Popeye & Friends
08:30 Flintstones
09:00 Bugs Bunny And Woody Hour
10:00 Moby Dick
10:30 Battle Of The Planets
11:00 Soul Train
Afternoon
12:00 Movie ("Hold That Baby", 1949)
01:00 Partridge Family
01:30 Little Rascals
02:00 Laurel And Hardy Laughtoons
02:30 Gilligan's Island
03:00 Brady Bunch
03:30 I Love Lucy
04:00 Luke Was There
05:00 Mission Impossible
Evening
06:00 Six Million Dollar Man
07:00 M*A*S*H
07:30 All In The Family (Gloria's pregnancy sends Archie into an unexpected rage)
08:00 Soap Factory Disco
Candi Staton ("Rock") and Jimmy Jackson ("Freedom To Express Yourself") are featured.
08:30 Merv Griffin
Guests: Gavin MacLeod, Dody Goodman; comedian Alan Sues; and authors on alternative lifestyles Jay Conrad Levinson, Dolly Freed, and Bernard Lefkowitz.
10:00 News
10:30 Black News -McCreary/Watson
11:00 All In The Family
11:30 Movie ("The Lady Vanishes", 1938)
01:30 Movie: (Four Daughters," 1938)
WOR Ch. 9 New York (Ind.)
Morning
07:30 News
08:00 Davey And Goliath
08:30 Viewpoint On Nutrition
09:00 Daniel Boone
10:00 Movie ("Night of the Blood Monster," 1972)
11:30 Movie ("Blood Legacy," 1971)
Afternoon
01:00 Movie ("The Last Command," 1955)
03:00 Movie ("Away All Boats," 1956)
05:00 World At War
Evening
06:00 Horse Race -Belmont
06:30 New York Jets 1979
07:00 Baseball
10:00 New York Report
10:30 Thriller [BW]
11:30 Horse Race -Yonkers
12:00 Wrestling
01:00 Movie ("Battle of the Worlds," 1960)
02:45 News
WPIX Ch. 11 New York (Ind.)
Morning
07:00 Carrascolendas
07:30 Aprenda Ingles
08:00 Gigglesnort Hotel
08:30 Big Blue Marble
09:00 It's Your Business
09:30 Herald Of Truth
10:00 Jerry Falwell
11:00 Hee Haw
Guests: Joe Stampley ("Do You Ever Fool Around"), Moe Bandy ("Barstool Mountain"), and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.
Afternoon
12:00 Soul Alive -Gerry Bledsoe
Teddy Pendergrass sings "Close the Door" and Candi Staton sings "Victim".
01:00 NFL Game of the Week
01:30 Baseball
The Yankees meet the Blue Jays at Toronto. Live.
04:30 This Is The NFL
Highlights of games played September 16, 1979.
05:00 Emergency One
Evening
06:00 Star Trek
07:00 Odd Couple
07:30 Dance Fever
Host Deney Terrio welcomes judges Andrea McArdle, Donny Most, Susan Richardson. Ethel Merman performs Alexander's Ragtime Band.
08:00 Movie ("Witness for the Prosecution," 1957)
10:30 News
11:00 Odd Couple
11:30 Rookies
12:30 FBI
01:00 Twilight Zone
01:30 MOVIE ("Expresso Bongo," 1959)
03:30 News
WNET Ch. 13 New York (PBS)
Morning
08:00 Sesame Street
09:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
09:30 Once Upon A Classic ( "The Man From Nowhere")
10:30 Sesame Street
11:30 Zoom
Afternoon
12:00 Introduction To The Humanities
12:30 Here's To Your Health
01:00 Issues In World Communication
01:30 La Gioconda
Renata Scotto and Luciano Pavarotti star in this San Francisco production of Ponchielli's lyric tragedy.
05:00 Pro Soccer
05:30 Electric Company
Evening
06:00 New Jersey News
06:30 Another Voice
07:00 Inside Albany
07:30 Agronsky And Company
08:00 Bill Moyers' Journal
An examination of George and Hansine Fisher, modern day pioneers who gave up careers in New York to run a North Dakota farm.
09:00 Summerfest '79
Rhythm and blues man Teddy Pendergrass and pop rocker Yvonne Elliman perform at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.
11:00 Movie: ("Sabotage," 1936)
WFSB Ch. 3 Hartford, Connecticut (CBS)
Morning
06:00 Face The State
06:30 Villa Alegre
07:00 Hot Fudge
07:30 Arthur & Company
08:00 Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle
09:00 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30 Popeye
11:30 Fat Albert
Afternoon
12:00 Kidsworld
12:30 Tarzan/Super 7
01:30 30 Minutes
02:00 Movie ("The Busy Body," 1967)
04:00 Sports Spectacular
05:00 Horse Racing
Evening
06:00 News
06:30 CBS News -Bob Schieffer
07:00 Agronsky And Company
07:30 Guinness Game
08:00 Working Stiffs
08:30 Bad News Bears
09:00 Lucky Lady
11:15 News
11:45 Movie (The Apartment, 1968)
WVIT Ch. 30 Hartford, Connecticut (NBC)
07:00 Consultation
08:00 Daffy Duck
08:30 Casper
09:00 Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
10:00 Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11:00 Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
Afternoon
12:00 What About Women
12:30 Soul Train
01:30 Racers -Curt Gowdy
02:00 Baseball Warm Up
02:15 Baseball
05:00 Lawrence Welk
Evening
06:00 Black Perspective
06:30 NBC News -John Hart
07:00 Hee Haw
08:00 CHiPs
10:00 Man Called Sloane
11:00 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
01:00 Juke-Box
01:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
03:00 Risk Of Marriage
WTNH Ch. 8 New Haven, Connecticut (ABC)
Morning
06:00 Children's Gospel Hour
06:30 Davey And Goliath
06:45 New Day
07:00 Star Trek
08:00 World's Greatest Superfriends
09:00 Plastic Man
11:00 Spider-Woman
11:30 Scooby and Scrappy Doo
Afternoon
12:00 Weekend Special
12:30 American Bandstand
01:30 College Football Pregame Show
01:45 College Football
05:00 Wide World of Sports
Evening
06:30 Price Is Right
07:00 News
07:30 Jefferson Award Special
08:00 Ropers
08:30 Detective School
09:00 Love Boat
10:00 Hart to Hart
11:00 News
11:30 Movie ("Mrs. Sundance, 1974)
01:20 ABC News
01:35 News
WATR Ch. 20 Waterbury, Connecticut (NBC)
Morning
08:00 Daffy Duck
08:30 Casper
09:00 Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
10:00 Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11:00 Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
Afternoon
12:00 Jonny Quest
12:30 Jetsons
01:00 Moon Man Connection -Music
02:00 Baseball Warm Up
02:15 Baseball
05:00 Jerry Falwell Special
Evening
06:00 Journey To Adventure
06:30 NBC News -John Hart
07:00 Nashville On The Road
07:30 Soap Factory Disco
08:00 CHiPs
10:00 Man Called Sloane
11:00 Our Miss Brooks [BW]
11:30 Saturday Night Live
WEDW Ch. 49 Bridgeport, Connecticut (PBS)
Morning
08:00 Sesame Street
09:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
09:30 Once Upon A Classic ( "The Man From Nowhere")
10:30 Black Man's Land
11:30 Bill Moyer's Journal
Afternoon
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
01:00 Washington Week In Review
01:30 Wall Street Week
02:00 Consumer Survival Kit
02:30 Issues In World Communication
03:00 Connecticut Profiles
04:00 People's Caucus
05:00 Freestyle
05:30 World Of Franklin & Jefferson
Evening
06:00 Footsteps
06:30 Another Voice
07:00 Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
07:30 Agronsky And Company
08:00 Commanders
09:00 Summerfest '79
11:00 Monty Python's Flying Circus
WEDY Ch. 65 New Haven, Connecticut (PBS)
Morning
08:00 Sesame Street
09:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
09:30 Once Upon A Classic ( "The Man From Nowhere")
10:30 Black Man's Land
11:30 Bill Moyer's Journal
Afternoon
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
01:00 Washington Week In Review
01:30 Wall Street Week
02:00 Consumer Survival Kit
02:30 Issues In World Communication
03:00 Connecticut Profiles
04:00 People's Caucus
05:00 Freestyle
05:30 World Of Franklin & Jefferson
Evening
06:00 Footsteps
06:30 Another Voice
07:00 Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
07:30 Agronsky And Company
08:00 Commanders
09:00 Summerfest '79
11:00 Monty Python's Flying Circus
WLIW Ch. 21 Garden City (PBS)
03:00 Close-Up: Huntington
03:30 German
04:00 Herb Gardening
04:30 Here's To Your Health
05:00 Crockett's Victory Garden
05:30 Washington Week In Review
Evening
06:00 Wall Street Week
06:30 Even You Can Grow Houseplants
07:00 Once Upon A Classic ("The Copter Kids")
07:30 News
08:00 Music -Children
08:30 Sneak Previews
09:00 Brooklyn College (choreographer Lynne Taylor performs)
09:30 Hocking Valley Bluegrass (music by Battle Creek)
10:00 Evening At The Pops (Steven DeGroote, Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops)
WNYC Ch. 31 New York (PBS)
Afternoon
04:00 Austin City Limits (Hoyt Axton sings)
05:00 Great Performances (Puccini's Tosca with Placido Domingo)
Evening
07:30 Newsmagazine
08:00 La Gioconda
WXTV Ch. 41 Paterson, New Jersey (Ind.)
11:30 Kung-Fu
12:00 Rosario De Amor
01:00 Orientacion Publica
01:30 Programa De Cocina
02:00 Pelicula ("Al Rojo Vivo")
04:00 Pro Soccer
Evening
06:00 Noches Tapatias
06:30 Carabina De Ambrosio
07:00 Telerevista Deportiva
08:00 Sabado Loco
09:00 Disco Fiebre
11:00 Boxeo
WNJU Ch. 47 Newark, New Jersey (Ind)
Morning
11:00 Enigma -Religion
11:30 At The Table
Afternoon
12:00 Yugoslav Program
12:30 Pelicula
02:00 Consultorio Espiritual
02:30 Pelicula
04:00 Apartamento 18
04:30 Para Ti Colombia
05:00 Spotlight Armenian
05:30 Belleza
Evening
06:00 Tribuna Del Pueblo
06:30 La Comunidad En Marcha
07:00 Santo Domingo Invita
08:00 Manga Sekai Mukashibanashi -Cartoons
08:30 Kayou Daigassen
09:30 News
10:00 Kusa Moeru
11:00 Hate Touki Oka
12:00 Football
WNJM Ch. 50 Montclair, New Jersey (PBS)
Afternoon
04:00 That's It In Sports
05:00 Soundstage
Evening
06:00 New Jersey News
06:30 Once Upon A Classic
07:00 Latino Consortium
07:30 Que Pasa, U.S.A.
08:00 Soundstage
09:00 Damien
10:30 College Football
WNJB Ch. 58 New Brunswick, New Jersey (PBS)
Afternoon
04:00 That's It In Sports
05:00 Soundstage
Evening
06:00 New Jersey News
06:30 Once Upon A Classic
07:00 Latino Consortium
07:30 Que Pasa, U.S.A.
08:00 Soundstage
09:00 Damien
10:30 College Football
WTVG Ch. 68 Newark, New Jersey (Ind)
Morning
08:00 Hour of Truth
09:00 True Witness
10:00 Reflections Of India
11:30 Balkan Echoes Presents
Afternoon
12:00 American Angler
12:30 American Outdoors
01:00 Movie ("Young and Innocent," 1937)
02:30 New Jersey Notebook
03:00 Polka Time
04:00 Echoes of Polonia
05:00 Ukrainian Melody Program -Roman Marynowych
05:30 Yugolslav Program -Vera Svrogovska
Evening
06:00 Mike Zapiti Greek Program
07:00 Mystery Adventure
07:30 That Nashville Music
HBO
Afternoon
03:00 I've Got the World On a String (1979)
04:00 Movie, Movie (1978)
Evening
06:00 The Goodbye Girl (1977)
08:00 A Wedding (1978)
10:30 Doobie Brothers (1979 Summer Tour)
11:30 Midnight Express (1979)
01:30 Doobie Brothers
SHO
Afternoon
03:00 Winter Hawk (1976)
05:00 Heroes (1977)
Evening
07:00 Stingray (1978)
09:00 The Driver (1978)
11:00 Hooper (1978)
01:00 Helen Schneider/Steve Landesberg
WHT
08:00 Hooper (1978)
10:00 In Praise Of Older Women (1977)
12:00 Hooper
September 22-28, 1979
New York City
2 WCBS -CBS
4 WNBC -NBC
5 WNEW -Ind
7 WABC -ABC
9 WOR -Ind
11 WPIX -Ind
13 WNET -PBS
25 WNYE -PBS
31 WNYC -PBS
MSG -MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (Cable)
Garden CIty
21 WLIW -PBS
Montclair, New Jersey
50 WNJM -PBS
New Brunswick
58 WNJB -PBS
Newark
47 WNJU -Ind
68 WTVG -Ind
Patterson
41 WXTV -Ind
Hartford, Connecticut
3 WFSB -CBS
30 WVIT -NBC
New Haven
8 WTNH -ABC
65 WEDY -PBS
Waterbury
20 WATR -NBC
Bridgeport
49 WEDW -PBS
Pay-TV
HBO -Home Box Office
SHO -Showtime
WHT -Wometco Home Theatre
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1979
WCBS Ch. 2 New York (CBS)
Morning
06:30 Sunrise Semester
Southern Africa is examined.
07:00 Patchwork Family
08:00 Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle
09:00 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30 Popeye
11:30 Fat Albert
Fat Albert befriends a girl whose parents are getting divorced.
Afternoon
12:00 Jason of Star Command
12:30 Tarzan/Super 7
01:30 30 Minutes
Christopher Glenn examines the rising rate of motorcycle deaths, particularly among teenagers. Included are interviews with two accident victims and slow-motion footage of a staged crash between a car and a motorcycle.
02:00 Kidsworld
02:30 Public Hearing
03:00 Channel 2 Eye On
03:30 Comeback
04:00 Sports Spectacular
The Great American Truck Race, taped at Atlanta International Raceway, and part two of the U.S. Amateur Roller Skating Championship taped in Fort Worth, Texas. Commentators include Dick Stockton and Gary Bender.
05:00 Horse Racing
The 26th running of the Woodward Stakes, telecast live from Belmont Park.
Evening
06:00 Channel 2 The People
Return: A new season with a report on the racial tension and violence in Rosedale, Queens.
06:30 CBS News -Bob Schieffer
07:00 News
07:30 Price Is Right
08:00 Working Stiffs
A new tool enables Mike and Ernie to do twice the work, and a new manager says thanks by letting Ernie go.
08:30 Bad News Bears
Buttermaker coaxes a truant student back to school by challenging him to a series of athletic contests.
09:00 Lucky Lady
An offbeat romp about rum-running between the U.S. and Mexico in the 1930s. ["Big Shamus, Little Shamus" and "Paris" premiere here next week.]
11:15 News
11:55 Movie (The Odd Couple, 1968)
02:00 News
02:10 Movie (Raid on Rommel, 1971)
04:05 Movie (Undercurrent, 1946)
WNBC Ch. 4 New York (NBC)
Morning
06:00 Agriculture U.S.A.
06:30 Better Way
07:00 Rebop
07:30 Bay City Rollers
08:00 Daffy Duck
08:30 Casper
Debut: The year is 2179, and Casper the friendly ghost is assigned to look after two space patrolwomen.
09:00 Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
New adventures of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble and new series about a teen-ager who can turn into a huge orange glob.
10:00 Super Globetrotters
Return: The super basketball stars display their skills both on the court and off- as super crime fighters.
10:30 New Shmoo
Debut: Al Capp's lovable and trusting comic-strip character uses its ability to change into virtually anything to help three young reporters investigate cases of psychic phenomena.
11:00 Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
Afternoon
12:00 Jonny Quest
12:30 Jetsons
01:00 Whitney and the Robot
Whitney and Corky decide to build a ramp for 4-U2 and discover the need for planning
01:30 Positively Black
02:00 Baseball Warm Up
02:15 Baseball
Games under consideration at press time: Pirates/Cubs, Twins/Brewers.
05:00 Sportsworld
The USAC Dirt Track Championship taped in Du Quoin, Illinois. Entrants include Bill Yukovich, Pancho Carter, and Gary Bettenhausen. Charlie Jones and Paul Page report. Also: FINA World Cup diving taped in Woodlands, TX.
Evening
06:00 News
06:30 NBC News -John Hart
07:00 Buyline Betty Furness
07:30 Guinness Game
08:00 CHiPs
A boy skating on the freeway and skating thieves key the third season opener in which some 50 celebrities turn out for a roller disco charity benefit. Expands to 2 hours, preempting regular programming.
10:00 Man Called Sloane
Debut: Robert Conrad plays Thomas Remington Sloane III, a government agent who gets help from a steel fisted assistant named Torque (Ji-Tu Cumbaka), and from a lot of scientific gadgetry. In the opener he'll need all the help he can get to defuse a plot to terrorize the world with plutonium energized androids.
11:00 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
Comedian Fred Willard (host) impersonates an Elvis Presley impersonator; rock group Devo sings "Satisfaction"; John Belushi plays a whining stuntman. Repeat.
01:15 Second City Television Network
02:00 Movie ("The Great Bank Robbery, 1969)
WABC Ch. 7 New York (ABC)
Morning
06:30 News
07:00 Davey and Goliath
07:30 Magic of Mark Wilson
08:00 World's Greatest Superfriends
09:00 Plastic Man
11:00 Spider-Woman
Debut: Justice Magazine editor-publisher Jessica Drew spins herself into Spider-Woman to fight crime.
11:30 Scooby and Scrappy Doo
Afternoon
12:00 Weekend Special ("The Puppy's Great Adventure", Repeat)
12:30 American Bandstand
Performances by B.B. King (Better Not Look Down) and Patrick Hernandez (Born to Be Alive)
01:30 College Football Pregame Show
01:45 College Football
05:00 Wide World of Sports
Live coverage of the U.S. Men's Gymnastics Trials is telecast from Fort Collins, CO.
Evening
06:30 News
07:00 You!
Return: This magazine format series opens a new season with a look at T-Electric, a new minority recording company; a visit to some of New Jersey's tattoo parlors.
08:00 Ropers
A man shows up and claims to be the product of his mother's wartime fling with Stanley.
08:30 Detective School
An attractive woman claims she is being blackmailed, so a doting Nick springs into action -and right into a trap laid by a racketeer he sent to prison years earlier.
09:00 Love Boat
1. A mother (Amanda Blake) has reason to worry over her daughter (Karen Morrow), a divorcee looking for her sixth husband. 2. A wheelchair bound man (Barry Sullivan) is bedeviled by his overprotective valet (Werner Klemperer). 3. A couple (Lani O'Grady, Eddie Mekka) find their seven month romance turning sour. 4. Julie resents a former cruise director (Joan Hackett) who chucked her career for a marriage and family.
10:00 Hart to Hart
Jennifer (Stefanie Powers) becomes the target of a hit man hired by an embittered executive who was fired by Jonathan (Robert Wagner) for complicity in a shipping scandal.
11:00 ABC News
11:15 News
11:30 Movie ("Bunny O'Hare", 1971)
01:30 Movie ("Seven Thieves", 1960)
03:30 News
WNEW Ch. 5 New York (Ind.)
Morning
06:00 Patterns For Living
06:30 Abbott And Costello
07:00 Brady Kids
07:30 Groovie Goolies
08:00 Popeye & Friends
08:30 Flintstones
09:00 Bugs Bunny And Woody Hour
10:00 Moby Dick
10:30 Battle Of The Planets
11:00 Soul Train
Afternoon
12:00 Movie ("Hold That Baby", 1949)
01:00 Partridge Family
01:30 Little Rascals
02:00 Laurel And Hardy Laughtoons
02:30 Gilligan's Island
03:00 Brady Bunch
03:30 I Love Lucy
04:00 Luke Was There
05:00 Mission Impossible
Evening
06:00 Six Million Dollar Man
07:00 M*A*S*H
07:30 All In The Family (Gloria's pregnancy sends Archie into an unexpected rage)
08:00 Soap Factory Disco
Candi Staton ("Rock") and Jimmy Jackson ("Freedom To Express Yourself") are featured.
08:30 Merv Griffin
Guests: Gavin MacLeod, Dody Goodman; comedian Alan Sues; and authors on alternative lifestyles Jay Conrad Levinson, Dolly Freed, and Bernard Lefkowitz.
10:00 News
10:30 Black News -McCreary/Watson
11:00 All In The Family
11:30 Movie ("The Lady Vanishes", 1938)
01:30 Movie: (Four Daughters," 1938)
WOR Ch. 9 New York (Ind.)
Morning
07:30 News
08:00 Davey And Goliath
08:30 Viewpoint On Nutrition
09:00 Daniel Boone
10:00 Movie ("Night of the Blood Monster," 1972)
11:30 Movie ("Blood Legacy," 1971)
Afternoon
01:00 Movie ("The Last Command," 1955)
03:00 Movie ("Away All Boats," 1956)
05:00 World At War
Evening
06:00 Horse Race -Belmont
06:30 New York Jets 1979
07:00 Baseball
10:00 New York Report
10:30 Thriller [BW]
11:30 Horse Race -Yonkers
12:00 Wrestling
01:00 Movie ("Battle of the Worlds," 1960)
02:45 News
WPIX Ch. 11 New York (Ind.)
Morning
07:00 Carrascolendas
07:30 Aprenda Ingles
08:00 Gigglesnort Hotel
08:30 Big Blue Marble
09:00 It's Your Business
09:30 Herald Of Truth
10:00 Jerry Falwell
11:00 Hee Haw
Guests: Joe Stampley ("Do You Ever Fool Around"), Moe Bandy ("Barstool Mountain"), and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.
Afternoon
12:00 Soul Alive -Gerry Bledsoe
Teddy Pendergrass sings "Close the Door" and Candi Staton sings "Victim".
01:00 NFL Game of the Week
01:30 Baseball
The Yankees meet the Blue Jays at Toronto. Live.
04:30 This Is The NFL
Highlights of games played September 16, 1979.
05:00 Emergency One
Evening
06:00 Star Trek
07:00 Odd Couple
07:30 Dance Fever
Host Deney Terrio welcomes judges Andrea McArdle, Donny Most, Susan Richardson. Ethel Merman performs Alexander's Ragtime Band.
08:00 Movie ("Witness for the Prosecution," 1957)
10:30 News
11:00 Odd Couple
11:30 Rookies
12:30 FBI
01:00 Twilight Zone
01:30 MOVIE ("Expresso Bongo," 1959)
03:30 News
WNET Ch. 13 New York (PBS)
Morning
08:00 Sesame Street
09:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
09:30 Once Upon A Classic ( "The Man From Nowhere")
10:30 Sesame Street
11:30 Zoom
Afternoon
12:00 Introduction To The Humanities
12:30 Here's To Your Health
01:00 Issues In World Communication
01:30 La Gioconda
Renata Scotto and Luciano Pavarotti star in this San Francisco production of Ponchielli's lyric tragedy.
05:00 Pro Soccer
05:30 Electric Company
Evening
06:00 New Jersey News
06:30 Another Voice
07:00 Inside Albany
07:30 Agronsky And Company
08:00 Bill Moyers' Journal
An examination of George and Hansine Fisher, modern day pioneers who gave up careers in New York to run a North Dakota farm.
09:00 Summerfest '79
Rhythm and blues man Teddy Pendergrass and pop rocker Yvonne Elliman perform at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.
11:00 Movie: ("Sabotage," 1936)
WFSB Ch. 3 Hartford, Connecticut (CBS)
Morning
06:00 Face The State
06:30 Villa Alegre
07:00 Hot Fudge
07:30 Arthur & Company
08:00 Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle
09:00 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30 Popeye
11:30 Fat Albert
Afternoon
12:00 Kidsworld
12:30 Tarzan/Super 7
01:30 30 Minutes
02:00 Movie ("The Busy Body," 1967)
04:00 Sports Spectacular
05:00 Horse Racing
Evening
06:00 News
06:30 CBS News -Bob Schieffer
07:00 Agronsky And Company
07:30 Guinness Game
08:00 Working Stiffs
08:30 Bad News Bears
09:00 Lucky Lady
11:15 News
11:45 Movie (The Apartment, 1968)
WVIT Ch. 30 Hartford, Connecticut (NBC)
07:00 Consultation
08:00 Daffy Duck
08:30 Casper
09:00 Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
10:00 Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11:00 Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
Afternoon
12:00 What About Women
12:30 Soul Train
01:30 Racers -Curt Gowdy
02:00 Baseball Warm Up
02:15 Baseball
05:00 Lawrence Welk
Evening
06:00 Black Perspective
06:30 NBC News -John Hart
07:00 Hee Haw
08:00 CHiPs
10:00 Man Called Sloane
11:00 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
01:00 Juke-Box
01:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
03:00 Risk Of Marriage
WTNH Ch. 8 New Haven, Connecticut (ABC)
Morning
06:00 Children's Gospel Hour
06:30 Davey And Goliath
06:45 New Day
07:00 Star Trek
08:00 World's Greatest Superfriends
09:00 Plastic Man
11:00 Spider-Woman
11:30 Scooby and Scrappy Doo
Afternoon
12:00 Weekend Special
12:30 American Bandstand
01:30 College Football Pregame Show
01:45 College Football
05:00 Wide World of Sports
Evening
06:30 Price Is Right
07:00 News
07:30 Jefferson Award Special
08:00 Ropers
08:30 Detective School
09:00 Love Boat
10:00 Hart to Hart
11:00 News
11:30 Movie ("Mrs. Sundance, 1974)
01:20 ABC News
01:35 News
WATR Ch. 20 Waterbury, Connecticut (NBC)
Morning
08:00 Daffy Duck
08:30 Casper
09:00 Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
10:00 Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11:00 Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
Afternoon
12:00 Jonny Quest
12:30 Jetsons
01:00 Moon Man Connection -Music
02:00 Baseball Warm Up
02:15 Baseball
05:00 Jerry Falwell Special
Evening
06:00 Journey To Adventure
06:30 NBC News -John Hart
07:00 Nashville On The Road
07:30 Soap Factory Disco
08:00 CHiPs
10:00 Man Called Sloane
11:00 Our Miss Brooks [BW]
11:30 Saturday Night Live
WEDW Ch. 49 Bridgeport, Connecticut (PBS)
Morning
08:00 Sesame Street
09:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
09:30 Once Upon A Classic ( "The Man From Nowhere")
10:30 Black Man's Land
11:30 Bill Moyer's Journal
Afternoon
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
01:00 Washington Week In Review
01:30 Wall Street Week
02:00 Consumer Survival Kit
02:30 Issues In World Communication
03:00 Connecticut Profiles
04:00 People's Caucus
05:00 Freestyle
05:30 World Of Franklin & Jefferson
Evening
06:00 Footsteps
06:30 Another Voice
07:00 Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
07:30 Agronsky And Company
08:00 Commanders
09:00 Summerfest '79
11:00 Monty Python's Flying Circus
WEDY Ch. 65 New Haven, Connecticut (PBS)
Morning
08:00 Sesame Street
09:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
09:30 Once Upon A Classic ( "The Man From Nowhere")
10:30 Black Man's Land
11:30 Bill Moyer's Journal
Afternoon
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
01:00 Washington Week In Review
01:30 Wall Street Week
02:00 Consumer Survival Kit
02:30 Issues In World Communication
03:00 Connecticut Profiles
04:00 People's Caucus
05:00 Freestyle
05:30 World Of Franklin & Jefferson
Evening
06:00 Footsteps
06:30 Another Voice
07:00 Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
07:30 Agronsky And Company
08:00 Commanders
09:00 Summerfest '79
11:00 Monty Python's Flying Circus
WLIW Ch. 21 Garden City (PBS)
03:00 Close-Up: Huntington
03:30 German
04:00 Herb Gardening
04:30 Here's To Your Health
05:00 Crockett's Victory Garden
05:30 Washington Week In Review
Evening
06:00 Wall Street Week
06:30 Even You Can Grow Houseplants
07:00 Once Upon A Classic ("The Copter Kids")
07:30 News
08:00 Music -Children
08:30 Sneak Previews
09:00 Brooklyn College (choreographer Lynne Taylor performs)
09:30 Hocking Valley Bluegrass (music by Battle Creek)
10:00 Evening At The Pops (Steven DeGroote, Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops)
WNYC Ch. 31 New York (PBS)
Afternoon
04:00 Austin City Limits (Hoyt Axton sings)
05:00 Great Performances (Puccini's Tosca with Placido Domingo)
Evening
07:30 Newsmagazine
08:00 La Gioconda
WXTV Ch. 41 Paterson, New Jersey (Ind.)
11:30 Kung-Fu
12:00 Rosario De Amor
01:00 Orientacion Publica
01:30 Programa De Cocina
02:00 Pelicula ("Al Rojo Vivo")
04:00 Pro Soccer
Evening
06:00 Noches Tapatias
06:30 Carabina De Ambrosio
07:00 Telerevista Deportiva
08:00 Sabado Loco
09:00 Disco Fiebre
11:00 Boxeo
WNJU Ch. 47 Newark, New Jersey (Ind)
Morning
11:00 Enigma -Religion
11:30 At The Table
Afternoon
12:00 Yugoslav Program
12:30 Pelicula
02:00 Consultorio Espiritual
02:30 Pelicula
04:00 Apartamento 18
04:30 Para Ti Colombia
05:00 Spotlight Armenian
05:30 Belleza
Evening
06:00 Tribuna Del Pueblo
06:30 La Comunidad En Marcha
07:00 Santo Domingo Invita
08:00 Manga Sekai Mukashibanashi -Cartoons
08:30 Kayou Daigassen
09:30 News
10:00 Kusa Moeru
11:00 Hate Touki Oka
12:00 Football
WNJM Ch. 50 Montclair, New Jersey (PBS)
Afternoon
04:00 That's It In Sports
05:00 Soundstage
Evening
06:00 New Jersey News
06:30 Once Upon A Classic
07:00 Latino Consortium
07:30 Que Pasa, U.S.A.
08:00 Soundstage
09:00 Damien
10:30 College Football
WNJB Ch. 58 New Brunswick, New Jersey (PBS)
Afternoon
04:00 That's It In Sports
05:00 Soundstage
Evening
06:00 New Jersey News
06:30 Once Upon A Classic
07:00 Latino Consortium
07:30 Que Pasa, U.S.A.
08:00 Soundstage
09:00 Damien
10:30 College Football
WTVG Ch. 68 Newark, New Jersey (Ind)
Morning
08:00 Hour of Truth
09:00 True Witness
10:00 Reflections Of India
11:30 Balkan Echoes Presents
Afternoon
12:00 American Angler
12:30 American Outdoors
01:00 Movie ("Young and Innocent," 1937)
02:30 New Jersey Notebook
03:00 Polka Time
04:00 Echoes of Polonia
05:00 Ukrainian Melody Program -Roman Marynowych
05:30 Yugolslav Program -Vera Svrogovska
Evening
06:00 Mike Zapiti Greek Program
07:00 Mystery Adventure
07:30 That Nashville Music
HBO
Afternoon
03:00 I've Got the World On a String (1979)
04:00 Movie, Movie (1978)
Evening
06:00 The Goodbye Girl (1977)
08:00 A Wedding (1978)
10:30 Doobie Brothers (1979 Summer Tour)
11:30 Midnight Express (1979)
01:30 Doobie Brothers
SHO
Afternoon
03:00 Winter Hawk (1976)
05:00 Heroes (1977)
Evening
07:00 Stingray (1978)
09:00 The Driver (1978)
11:00 Hooper (1978)
01:00 Helen Schneider/Steve Landesberg
WHT
08:00 Hooper (1978)
10:00 In Praise Of Older Women (1977)
12:00 Hooper