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Retro: Seattle/Portland - Saturday, May 17, 1980

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The eve of Mt. St. Helens' catastrophic eruption.

Sources: Seattle Times, Portland Oregonian via geneologybank.com

Seattle/Tacoma
4 KOMO (ABC)
5 KING (NBC)
7 KIRO (CBS)
9 KCTS (PBS)
11 KSTW (Ind.)

NOTE: Channel 13 KCPQ was dark from February 29 to November 4, 1980.

Portland
2 KATU (ABC)
6 KOIN (CBS)
8 KGW (NBC)
10 KOAP (PBS)
12 KPTV (Ind.)

6:00
2 - Town Hall
4 - PM Northwest (from the previous night)

6:25
8 - News

6:30
4 - Viewpoint on Nutrition
5, 8 - Bay City Rollers
6 - It's Your Business
7 - Idea Thing
11 - News

6:45
12 - News

7:00
2, 4 - World's Greatest Superfriends; Schoolhouse Rock!
5, 8 - Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour; Ask NBC News
6 - Impact
7 - Diablogue
11 - Better Way
12 - Consultation

7:30
6 - Robin Hood
7 - J. P. Patches
11 - Public Policy Forum
12 - Dialogue

8:00
2, 4 - Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show; Schoolhouse Rock
5, 8 - Fred & Barney Meet the Schmoo; Ask NBC News
6, 7 - Mighty Mouse/Heckle & Jeckle; In the News
9 - Sesame Street
10 - Mister Rogers
12 - Hot Fudge Show

8:30
10 - Electric Comany
11 - Farm City
12 - Marlo & the Magic Movie Machine

9:00
6, 7 - Bugs Bunny/Road Runner; In the News
9 - Mister Rogers
10 - Sesame Street
12 - Gardening for Fun

9:30
2, 4 - Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo; Schoolhouse Rock!
5, 8 - Daffy Duck; Ask NBC News
9 - Zoom

10:00
5, 8 - Jetsons
9 - Footsteps
10 - Big Blue Marble
11 - Our Gang/Little Rascals
12 - With Pete

10:30
2, 4 - Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels; Dear Alex and Annie
5, 8 - Jonny Quest; Time Out
6, 7 - All-New Popeye Hour; In the News
9 - Once Upon a Classic: "Carrie's War" (Part 4 of 4)
10 - Max B. Nimble
11 - Josie and the Pussycats
12 - 12 in the Morning

10:55
12 - Who, What and Where?

11:00
2, 4 - ABC Weekend Special: "The Gold Bug" (Part 1 of 2)
5, 8 - MLB Baseball - Cincinnati Reds vs. Montreal Expos
9 - Magic Method of Oil Painting
10 - German I
11 - Krofft Supershow
12 - World Tomorrow

11:30
2, 4 - American Bandstand - Guests: Public Image Ltd. ("Poptones", "Careering"), Robbie Dupree ("Steal Away").
6, 7 - Fat Albert; In the News
9 - Look at Me
10 - German II
11 - Love, American Style
12 - COSSPO

NOON
6, 7 - Shazam!; In the News
9 - Free to Choose
10 - Old Houseworks
11 - Movie: "Bikini Beach" (1964) - Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello.
12 - Movie: "Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth" (1966) - Michael Cole, Deborah Walley. (Originally released as "The Bubble".)

12:30
2 - Lucky Jim
4 - Action: Inner City
6, 7 - Tarzan and the Super 7; In the News
10 - Gardening

1:00
2, 4 - ABC's Wide World of Sports - 1) U.S. Amateur Boxing Championships (Las Vegas); 2) Indianapolis 500 Time Trials; 3) Reports from the upcoming Preakness Stakes.
9 - Movie: "The Princess and the Pirate" (1944) - Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan, Walter Slezak, Victor McLaglen.
10 - Victory Garden

1:30
6, 7 - 30 Minutes
10 - Age of Uncertainty

2:00
2, 4 - Horse Racing: Preakness Stakes
5 - Target: The Impossible
6 - Movie: "China Gate" (1957) - Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat King Cole, Lee Van Cleef.
7 - Emergency!
8 - Choice of Champions
11 - Outer Limits
12 - Big Valley

2:30
5 - Wildlife Adventure
8 - Body Works
10 - As We See It

3:00
2, 4 - ABC's Wild World of Sports - Continuation of coverage listed at 1:00.
5 - Movie: "A Great American Tragedy" (1972) - George Kennedy, Vera Miles, William Windom, James Woods, Kevin McCarthy.
7 - PGA Golf - Colonial National Invitational (Fort Worth, TX)
8 - This Week in Baseball
9 - To Your Health
10 - British All-Star Soccer
11 - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
12 - Bonanza

3:30
2 - Movie: "Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth" (1976; Mandarin) - Ho Chung-to (AKA Bruce Li), Ng See-yuen.
4 - America's Athletes
8 - Movie: "Hound of the Baskervilles" (1939) - Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes), Nigel Bruce (as Dr. Watson), Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie.
9 - Gardening from the Ground Up

4:00
6, 7 - CBS Sports Spectacular - 1) Mr. Olympia Competition: Part 1 (Columbus, OH); 2) Middleweight Boxing: "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler vs. Marco Geraldo (Las Vegas).
9 - Academy Leaders
10 - Life - Host: Art Linkletter
11 - Twilight Zone
12 - Movie: "Mysteries from Beyond Earth" (1975) - Documentary

4:30
4 - Baxters
5 - Match Game
10 - Eight Lively Arts
11 - Twilight Zone

5:00
2 - Movie: "Destroy All Monsters" (1968; Japanese) - Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio Tsuchiya.
4 - Movie: "Legend of the Great Northwest" (1978) - Marshall Reed (died the previous month), Denver Pyle, Joey Young, Dana Dillaway.
5 - Gong Show
6, 8 - News
7 - In Search of...
9 - Upstairs, Downstairs: "The Key to the Door"
10 - Divided City: Jerusalem
11 - Bionic Woman

5:30
5 - Mariners Baseball - at Chicago White Sox
6 - Newsconference 6
7 - News
8 - NBC Nightly News - Jane Pauley

6:00
6 - In Focus
7- CBS Evening News - Bob Schieffer
8 - Six Million Dollar Man
9 - Once Upon a Classic: "The Old Curiosity Shop" (Part 1 of 10)
10 - Nova: "The Great Wine Revolution"
11 - Star Trek
12 - Movie: "Chato's Land" (1972) - Charles Bronson, Jack Palance

6:30
2, 4 - News
6 - America's Top 10

7:00
2, 4 - Lawrence Welk - Theme: "Around the World"
6 - Hee Haw - Guests: Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, Foster Brooks, Becky Hobbs
7 - $1.98 Beauty Show
8 - Tom & Jerry
9 - Nova: "The Great Wine Revolution"
10 - World Press in Review
11 - Kung Fu

7:30
7 - Family Feud
8 - Dance Fever - Celebrity judges: Lou Ferrigno, Fred Willard, Debralee Scott; Guests: Tuxedo Junction.
10 - Once Upon a Classic: "The Old Curiosity Shop" (Part 1 of 10)

8:00
2, 4 - Love Boat: "Critical Success / The Love Lamp Is Lit / Take My Boyfriend, Please / Rent a Family / The Man in Her Life" (2 hours; Nov 10, 1979) - featuring the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
5, 8 - B.J. and the Bear: "Gasohol" (Nov 24, 1979)
6, 7 - Tim Conway - Guest: Mel Tillis
9 - Monty Python's Flying Circus
10 - Julia Child & More Company
11 - Movie: "The Pink Panther" (1963) - Peter Sellers (died two months later), David Niven, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Claudia Cardinale.
12 - Movie: "Giant" (1956) - Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean (posthumously).

8:30
9 - Good Neighbours
10 - Victory Garden

9:00
5, 8 - Sanford: "Cissy and the Nephew"
6, 7 - CBS Saturday Night Movies: "The Wild, Wild West Revisited" (1979) - Robert Conard, Ross Martin, Paul Williams, Harry Morgan, Jo Ann Harris, Trisha Noble, Shields & Yarnell (as $600 bionic duplicates of European monarchs), Wilford Brimley (as President Grover Cleveland).
9, 10 - Live From the Met: "Don Pasquale" - starring Beverly Sills

9:30
5, 8 - Joe's World: "One in the Oven"

10:00
2, 4 - Fantasy Island: "Eagleman / Children of the Mentu" (Season Finale)
5, 8 - Prime Time Saturday - NBC newsmagazine hosted by Tom Snyder
11 - Movie: "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944) - Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Priscilla Lane, Peter Lorre, Edward Everett Horton.
12 - News

10:30
12 - Newsmakers

11:00
2, 4, 5, 6, 8 - News
7 - Movie: "The Taking of Pelham 123" (1974) - Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam.
12 - Wrestling

11:15
2, 4 - ABC News Weekend Report - Tom Jarriel

11:30
2 - Movie: "The Three Musketeers" (1974) - Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay.
4 - Movie: "Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest" (1974) - James Hutton, Peter Mark Richman.
5, 8 - Saturday Night Live - Host: Steve Martin; Musical guests: 3-D, Paul & Linda McCartney.
6 - Movie: "Honor Thy Father" (1972) - Raf Vallone, Richard Castelano.

12:30
12 - The FBI

1:00
4 - Alias Smith and Jones
5, 8 - SCTV

1:10
7 - Tennis - Dallas Classic

1:30
5 - Movie: "Deliverance" (1972) - Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox.
6 - Movie: "Battle Shock" (1956) - Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule.
8 - Movie: "Class of '44" (1973) - Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser.
12 - News

2:00
4 - News
 
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