Retro: South Texas Saturday, July 22, 1978

[bpatrick]

From TV Guide, South Texas Edition:

KIII Ch. 3 Corpus Christi (ABC)

7 AM Dynomutt
7:30 Superfriends
8:30 Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics
10:30 Krofft Supershow
11:30 American Bandstand
12:30 Directions (delay from Sun 11:30 AM)
1 PM Movie: "Trooper Hook"
2:30 Viewpoint
3 PM Women's Golf: U.S. Women's Open (Third
round)
4 PM Wide World Of Sports (Firecracker 400, taped
at Dayonta)
5:30 ABC News (Sylvia Chase/Tom Jarriel)
6 PM Lawrence Welk
7 PM Free Country
7:30 Harvey Korman Show (short-lived sitcom)
8 PM Love Boat
9 PM Fantasy Island
10 PM News
10:30 Baretta (delay from Fri 10:30)
11:40 Emergency One!
12:40 Church Service: Church of Christ (a
denomination big in Texas and the
Deep South)

KGBT Ch. 4 Harlingen (now called Lower Rio
Grande Valley) (CBS/NBC)

6:30 News In Spanish
7 AM Carrascolendas
7:30 Wacko (delay from Sun 8:30 AM)
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
9:30 Batman/Tarzan Hour
10:30 Secrets Of Isis
11 AM Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
11:30 Space Academy
12 N What's New, Mr. Magoo?
12:30 CBS Children's Film Festival: "The
Show Must Go On" (from Russia)
1 PM Baseball Warm-Up
1:15 Baseball: Red Sox-Royals or Reds-Expos
4 PM CBS Sports Spectacular (Brooklyn Handicap
from Belmont Park, time approximate)
5 PM Lawrence Welk
6 PM Bionic Woman
7 PM Bob Newhart
7:30 Baby, I'm Back!
8 PM NBC Movie: "The Reivers"
10:15 News
10:45 Switch (delay from Sun 9 PM)
11:45 Saturday Night Live (see 10:45
on San Antonio's Ch. 4)


KMOL (WOAI) Ch. 4 San Antonio (NBC)

6 AM Better Way
6:30 I Am The Greatest: The Adventures
Of Muhammad Ali
7 AM Hong Kong Phooey
7:30 Go Go Globetrotters
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
10:30 Space Sentinels
11 AM Land Of The Lost
11:30 Val de la O Show
12 N Meet The Professor
12:30 TV-4 Jobs
1 PM Baseball Warm-Up
1:15 Baseball: Red Sox-Royals or Reds-Expos
4 PM Gunsmoke (time approximate)
5 PM Nashville On The Road
5:30 NBC News
6 PM News
6:30 Truth Or Consequences (Bob Hilton version)
7 PM Bionic Woman
8 PM NBC Movie: "The Reivers"
10:15 News
10:45 Saturday Night Live (Buck Henry hosts, musical
guests The Band)
12:15 Royal Ballet Salutes The U.S.A.

KENS Ch. 5 San Antonio (CBS)

7 AM Three Robonic Stooges
7:30 Speed Buggy
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
9:30 Batman/Tarzan
10:30 Secrets Of Isis
11 AM Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
11:30 Space Academy
12 N What's New, Mr. Magoo?
12:30 Kidsworld
1 PM Movie: "Frankenstein Meets The
Wolf Man"
2:30 I Love Lucy
3 PM Golf: IVB-Philadelphia Classic (third
round)
4 PM Star Trek
5 PM News
5:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Bob Newhart
7:30 Baby, I'm Back!
8 PM Barnaby Jones
10 PM News
10:30 Movie: "Fuzz"
1:15 Movie: "55 Days At Peking"

KRGV Ch. 5 Weslaco (LRGV) (ABC)

7 AM Dynomutt
7:30 Superfriends
8:30 Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics
10:30 Krofft Supershow
11:30 American Bandstand
12:30 Villa Alegre
1 PM Church Service (Baptist)
1:30 Lone Star Sportsman
2 PM Jacques Cousteau
3 PM U.S. Women's Open (third round)
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 ABC News
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Free Country
7:30 Harvey Korman Show
8 PM Love Boat
9 PM Fantasy Island
10 PM ABC News (Chase/Jarriel)
10:15 News
10:30 Movie: "Lady Liberty"
sign off 12:30 AM

KCEN Ch. 6 Temple-Waco (NBC/ABC)

6:30 I Am The Greatest
7 AM Hong Kong Phooey
7:30 Go Go Globetrotters
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
10:30 Space Sentinels
11 AM Land Of The Lost
11:30 Thunder
12 N Periodico (magazine or news program
in Spanish)
12:30 Newswatch Presents
1 PM Baseball Warm-Up
1:15 Baseball: Red Sox-Royals or Reds-Expos
4 PM Lawrence Welk (time approximate)
5 PM Soviet Might--American Myth
5:30 NBC News
6 PM Gong Show
6:30 Wild Kingdom
7 PM Bionic Woman
8 PM NBC Movie: "The Reivers"
10:15 News
10:45 Saturday Night Live
12:15 Soul Train

KRIS Ch. 6 Corpus Christi (NBC)

6:30 Por Que?
7 AM Hong Kong Phooey
7:30 Go Go Globetrotters
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
10:30 Space Sentinels
11 AM Corpus Christi Forum/LULAC
(Hispanic interest group)
11:30 Corpus Christi Museum
12 N State Of The Region
12:30 Lone Star Sportsman
1 PM Baseball Warm-Up
1:15 Baseball: Red Sox-Royals or Reds-Expos
4 PM Better Way (time approximate)
4:30 American Adventure
5 PM Bewitched
5:30 News
6 PM Wrestling
7 PM Bionic Woman
8 PM NBC Movie: "The Reivers"
10:15 News
10:45 Saturday Night Live
12:15 Movie: "The Raven"

KTBC Ch. 7 Austin (CBS)

7 AM Three Robonic Stooges
7:30 Speed Buggy
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
9:30 Batman/Tarzan
10:30 Secrets Of Isis
11 AM Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
11:30 Space Academy
12 N What's New, Mr. Magoo?
12:30 CBS Children's Film Festival
1 PM Panorama
1:30 Jim Thomas Outdoors
2 PM NFL Great Teams, Great Years
3 PM Golf: IVS-Philadelphia Classic (third
round)
4 PM CBS Sports Spectacular
5 PM News
5:30 CBS News
6 PM Gong Show
6:30 Wild Wild World Of Animals
7 PM Bob Newhart
7:30 Baby, I'm Back!
8 PM Barnaby Jones
10 PM News
10:30 Movie: "Flight Command"
12:30 Gunsmoke
1:30 News

KGNS Ch. 8 Laredo (NBC/ABC)

7 AM Hong Kong Phooey
7:30 Go Go Globetrotters
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
10:30 Space Sentinels
11 AM Animals, Animals, Animals (ABC,
delay from Sun 10:30 AM)
11:30 En Laredo
12 N Lone Star Sportsman
12:30 Topic 8
1 PM Baseball Warm-Up
1:15 Baseball: Red Sox-Royals or Reds-Expos
4 PM Wide World Of Sports (time approximate)
5:30 NBC News
6 PM Pilot: "The Rock Rainbow" (made for ABC)
7 PM Bionic Woman
8 PM NBC Movie: "The Reivers"
10:15 News
10:45 How The West Was Won (ABC, delay from
Sun 7 PM)
11:45 Love Boat (delay from 8 PM)
sign off 12:45 AM

KLRN Ch. 9 San Antonio (PBS)

7 AM Sesame Street
8 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
8:30 Electric Company
9 AM Once Upon A Classic: "Robin Hood"
(Part 10)
9:30 Daniel Foster, M.D.
10 AM Paint Along With Nancy Kominsky
10:30 Consumer Survival Kit
11 AM French Chef
11:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
12 N Community Calendar
12:15 Social Security In America
12:30 Movie: "The Astonished Heart"
2:30 Movie: "Quartet" (four Somerset Maugham
stories: "The Facts Of Life," "The Allen Corn,"
"The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady")
4 PM Studio See
4:30 Economically Speaking
5 PM People And Ideas
5:30 Old Friends, New Friends
6 PM Black Perspective On The News
6:30 Lowell Thomas Remembers
7 PM Great Performances (Leonard Bernstein
and the New York Philharmonic)
8 PM In Performance At Wolf Trap (Andre
Kostelanetz and Yehudi Menuhin)
9 PM Movie: "The Plough And The Stars"
10:15 Films
10:30 Great Performances: "The Prince Of
Homburg"
sign off 12:30 AM

KWTX Ch. 10 Waco (CBS/ABC)

7 AM Three Robonic Stooges
7:30 Speed Buggy
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
9:30 Batman/Tarzan
10:30 Secrets Of Isis
11 AM Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
11:30 Space Academy
12 N What's New, Mr. Magoo?
12:30 CBS Children's Film Festival
1 PM Minority Forum
1:30 Journey To Adventure
2 PM Animal World
2:30 Sports Challenge
3 PM U.S. Women's Open (third round)
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 CBS News
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Free Country
7:30 Harvey Korman Show
8 PM Love Boat
9 PM Fantasy Island
10 PM News
10:30 Movie: "The Court Jester"
sign off 12:30 AM

KZTV Ch. 10 Corpus Christi/
KVTV Ch. 13 Laredo (CBS)

5:55 (13) Laredo Chapel
6 AM Villa Alegre
6:30 Children's Gospel Hour
7 AM Three Robonic Stooges
7:30 Speed Buggy
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
9:30 Batman/Tarzan
10:30 Secrets Of Isis
11 AM Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
11:30 Space Academy
12 N What's New, Mr. Magoo?
12:30 CBS Children's Film Festival
1 PM Little Orphan Animals
1:15 Weekend Chef
1:30 Deputy Dawg And Friends
2 PM TBA
3 PM Golf: IVB-Philadelphia Classic (third
round)
4 PM CBS Sports Spectacular
5 PM Wild Kingdom
5:30 CBS News
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Bob Newhart
7:30 Baby, I'm Back!
8 PM Barnaby Jones
10 PM News
10:30 (10) Nashville On The Road
(13) Pelicula: Sera Anunciado (TBA)
11 PM (10) Pop Goes The Country
11:30 (10) Movie: "Tarzan And The Great River"

KTVT Ch. 11 Fort Worth (Ind.)

8:30 News In Review
9 AM Extension '78 (agriculture)
9:30 Hobab
10 AM The Racers
10:30 What About People?
11 AM Los Tiempos
11:15 Time Out With Scott
11:30 Parents In Action
12 N Signs Of The Times
12:30 Point Of View
1 PM Movie: "Tarzan's Hidden Jungle"
3 PM Fiesta Mexicana
3:30 Variedades Musicalse
4 PM Newton/Weaver Western Hour
(local country-music show)
5 PM Lawrence Welk
6 PM Wildlife In Crisis
6:30 Beverly Hillbillies
7 PM Pop Goes The Country
7:30 That Nashville Music
8 PM Marty Robbins' Spotlight
8:30 Porter Wagoner
9 PM High Chaparral
10 PM Wrestling
11:30 Ironside
12:30 News

KSAT Ch. 12 San Antonio (ABC)

6:30 Newsmakers
7 AM Dynomutt
7:30 Superfriends
8:30 Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics
10:30 Krofft Supershow
11:30 American Bandstand
12:30 Movie: "Tarzan's Three Challenges"
2:30 Adam-12
3 PM U.S. Women's Open (third round)
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 ABC News
6 PM Lawrence Welk
7 PM Free Country
7:30 Harvey Korman Show
8 PM Love Boat
9 PM Fantasy Island
10 PM News
10:30 Movie: "Ten North Frederick"
12:30 Movie: "The Manipulator"

KEDT Ch. 16 Corpus Christi (PBS)

5 PM Japanese Art Museum
5:30 Economically Speaking
6 PM Black Perspective On The News
6:30 Lowell Thomas Remembers
7 PM Great Performances (Bernstein)
8 PM Guale (wildlife documentary)
9 PM Movie: "The Plough And The Stars"
10:15 Films
10:30 Capital Eye
sign off 11 PM

KXIX (I believe now, KVCT) Ch. 19 Victoria (ABC)

7 AM Dynomutt
7:30 Superfriends
8:30 Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics
10:30 Krofft Supershow
11:30 American Bandstand
12:30 Wrestling
1:30 Movie: "Trooper Hook" (joined in progress)
2:30 TBA
3 PM U.S. Women's Open (third round)
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 News
6 PM Lawrence Welk
7 PM Free Country
7:30 Harvey Korman Show
8 PM Love Boat
9 PM Fantasy Island
10 PM News
10:30 Baretta (same as Ch. 3)
11:40 Soul Train
sign off 12:40 AM

KVUE Ch. 24 Austin (ABC)

7 AM Dynomutt
7:30 Superfriends
8:30 Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics
10:30 Krofft Supershow
11:30 American Bandstand
12:30 Wrestling
1:30 Movie: "Dakota"
3 PM U.S. Women's Open (third round)
4 PM Wide World Of Sports
5:30 ABC News
6 PM Lawrence Welk
7 PM Free Country
7:30 Harvey Korman Show
8 PM Love Boat
9 PM Fantasy Island
10 PM News
10:15 ABC News
10:30 Movie: "The Rainmaker"
sign off after the movie

KORO Ch. 28 Corpus Christi/
KWEX Ch. 41 San Antonio (SIN)

11:30 Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
12 N La Voz Del Evangelio
12:30 Jacinta Pachimahuida (novela)
1:30 Embajadores de la Musica Columbiana
2 PM Fanfarria Falcon (variety show)
3 PM Sal y Pimienta
4 PM Lo Mejor de la Copa
6 PM Lucha Libre (wrestling)
7 PM Dos a Quererese (novela)
8 PM Ladronzuela
9 PM El Show de Iris Chacon (variety)
10 PM Box de Mexico (they had some great fights
on this show, especially in the lighter weight
classes)
sign off after boxing

KTVV (KXAN) Ch. 36 Austin (NBC)

6:30 I Am The Greatest
7 AM Hong Kong Phooey
7:30 Go Go Globetrotters
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
10:30 Space Sentinels
11 AM Land Of The Lost
11:30 Thunder
12 N Soul Train
1 PM Baseball Warm-Up
1:15 Baseball: Red Sox-Royals or Reds-Expos
4 PM Seventh Avenue (conclusion, don't know
how much of a delay)
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Bionic Woman
8 PM NBC Movie: "The Reivers"
10:15 News
10:45 Saturday Night Live
12:15 Movie: "Creature From The Black Lagoon"

 

[DToTheJ]

Boy... I don't know what was a bigger mess, the secondary network programming arrangements on so many channels, or... NBC's Saturday morning lineup alone! "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"? Does anyone think a show like this would get greenlighted in 2009?

KMOL (WOAI) Ch. 4 San Antonio (NBC)

6:30 I Am The Greatest: The Adventures
Of Muhammad Ali
7 AM Hong Kong Phooey
7:30 Go Go Globetrotters
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
10:30 Space Sentinels

 

[bpatrick]

Channels 23 in Brownsville, 25 in Waco, and 27 in
Laredo (briefly an ABC affiliate before switching to
Spanish-language programming) were still in the future;
also, the Waco stations were on cable in some parts of
that edition's coverage area and were eventually dropped.

All I remember about "Baggy Pants And The Nitwits" is
that it was supposed to be a nod to Charlie Chaplin.
I was never much of an NBC fan on Saturdays, and at
that point all I watched was "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
Show" (which had about 50% of its audience made up of
people over 18, as I was).

 

[mleach]

NBC's Saturday morning lineup alone! "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"? Does anyone think a show like this would get greenlighted in 2009?

In this day and age nothing should come as a surprise. For example there is that new ABC sitcom with Courtney Cox called "Cougar Town". Isn't that show about some 40 year old woman who has the hots for a high school teenage boy? The Wikipedia page for "Cougar Town" isn't much but those promos..well....

Anyway if a show like "Cougar Town" can get greenlighted..why not "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"?

 

[azumanga]

All I remember about "Baggy Pants And The Nitwits" is
that it was supposed to be a nod to Charlie Chaplin.

...which describes the "Baggy Pants" part of the show. "The Nitwits" are Tyrone and Gladys (Arte Johnson and Ruth Buzzi) from "Rowan and Martin's Laugh In" -- now animated, and now supersheroes.

 

[Smittian]

From TV Guide, South Texas Edition:

KIII Ch. 3 Corpus Christi (ABC)


12:40 Church Service: Church of Christ (a
denomination big in Texas and the
Deep South)

Growing up in South Texas, I remember that well. Weber Road Church of Christ would have a 5 minute sermon on Saturday & Sunday nights just before sign off featuring the Rev. George Pledger. I did some checking, and Rev. Pledger recently celebrated 45 years at the church (the same amount of time KIII has been on the air) and his messages still appear on Channel 3.

 

[stdjsb25]

Hmm...interesting fact about that ABC Newscast. If memory serves, ABC didn't launch a Saturday newscast until early 1985 when World News Saturday launched(even then, ABC didn't even have a full Sunday newscast until WNT Sunday launched in January 1979), and even then it was just "The Weekend Report" which normally ran late nights.

 

[bpatrick]

Those 15-minute late-night newscasts on ABC weekends
were an outgrowth of its nightly late-night newscast (roughly
1962-65); in January 1965 ABC made the change from nightly
to weekends only, and that lasted until 1991. Increasingly,
affiliates delayed the newscast until just before sign-off or
pre-empted it altogether; such lack of interest led to the
late newscast's demise, as it did CBS's on Sunday nights.

ABC first got into the early weekend news scene with "The
Reasoner Report" in 1973. Mostly a magazine show focusing
on Watergate, it failed to attract enough affiliates and was
turned into a straight newscast in 1975 (Ted Koppel anchored
at one point). By 1979 the Saturday newscast had been discontinued,
but one had started on Sunday; ABC did not have another early-
Saturday-evening newscast until 1985.

During the 1975-79 period I got four ABC affiliates: WXIA Atlanta,
WLOS Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, WFAA Dallas/Ft. Worth,
and KSAT San Antonio. Only KSAT carried ABC's newscast; WXIA
carried local news; WLOS and WFAA carried "The Gong Show" from
1976.