Channels:
2—KREM (ABC)
4—KXLY (CBS)
6—KHQ (NBC)
7—KSPS (PBS)
Thursday, February 19, 1976
MORNING
6 am
6—Idea Thing
6:25
4—Farm Reports
6:30
2—Signs of Life
4—Sunrise Semester
6—Not for Women Only
7:00
2—Superman
4—CBS Morning News
6—Today
7:30
2—Kartoon Korner
8:00
4—Captain Kangaroo
8:25
2—Family Affair
9:00
2—The Mike Douglas Show
Co-host: Michael Douglas. Guests: Diana Douglas; Shelley Winters; Pele; The Four Tops; impressionist Fred Travalena; New York Cosmos hockey goaltender Bobby Rigby.
4—The Price Is Right
6—Celebrity Sweepstakes
9:30
6—High Rollers
10:00
4—Guiding Light
6—Wheel of Fortune
10:30
2—The Neighbors
4—Love of Life
6—The Hollywood Squares
11:00
2—Rhyme and Reason
4—The Young and the Restless
6—The Magnificent Marble Machine
11:55
2—Take Kerr
6—NBC News
(Edwin Newman)
AFTERNOON
12 pm
2—The Edge of Night
4—Dialing for Dollars
6—Somerswet
12:30
2—All My Children
4—As the World Turns
6—Days of Our Lives
1:00
2—Ryan’s Hope
1:30
2—Let’s Make a Deal
4—Dialing for Dollars
6—The Doctors
2:00
2—The $20,000 Pyramid
4—All in the Family
6—Another World
2:30
2—One Life to Live
4—Match Game ’76
3:00
2—General Hospital
4—MOVIE: “Big Jim McLane
(1952) John Wayne, Nancy Olson. A U.S. agent takes on communists in Hawaii.
6—Bonanza
3:30
2—Happy Days
7—Human Relations and School Discipline
4:00
2—Mickey Mouse Club
6—The Merv Griffin Show
Scheduled: Raymond Burr, James Coco.
7—Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
4:30
2—Ironside
7—Sesame Street
5:00
4—Hogan’s Heroes
5:30
2—Channel 2 News
4—NewsScene
6—Q-6 Eyewitness News
7—The Electric Company
EVENING
6:00
2—ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner
4—CBS Evening News with Walter Cornkite
6—NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor
7—Zoom
6:30
2—The Brady Bunch
4—Dinah!
In a continuing salute to award winners, Henry Mancini, Vincent Price, Anne Murray, singer Morris Albert, San Diego Zoo public-relations representative Joan Embery and 1975 Miss America Tawny Godin appear. Music includes “The Days of Wine and Roses” (Henry, Dinah); “Mr. Lucky” (Henry); “Snowbird,” “Everything Old Is New Again” (Anne); “Feelings,” “Sweet Loving Man” (Morris); “Moon River” (Dinah).
6—To Tell the Truth
7—Olympia ’76
7:00
2—Adam-12
6—Bewitched
7—Black Perspectives on the News
7:30
2—Let’s Make a Deal
4—Match Game PM
6—The Bobby Vinton Show
7—Martin Agronsky’s Evening Edition
8:00
2—Welcome Back, Kotter
“Kotter Makes Good.” Gabe’s high-school records show no senior exam results, and he must cram for a makeup test. Gabe: Gabriel Kaplan. Woodman: John Sylvester White. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Horshack: Ron Palillo.
4—The Waltons
“The House.” Grandma and Grandpa (Ellen Corby, Will Geer) feud after taking opposing views on the razing of a historic home. John-Boy: Richard Thomas.
6—MOVIE: “James Dean: Portrait of a Friend”
(TV, 1976) Stephen McHattie, Michael Brandon. William Best’s dramatization of the brief career of his best friend, James Dean, the actor who died in 1955 at the age of 24 after starring in just three films.
7—Spokane Weekly
8:30
2—Barney Miller
“Massage Parlor.” Wentworth aids in a massage-parlor crackdown by arresting a bewildered masseur (Charles Frank). Barney: Hal Linden. Fish: Abe Vigoda. Chano: Gregory Sierra.
7—Lowell Thomas Remembers
9:00
2—The Streets of San Francisco
“Judgment Day.” The killer of four lawyers leaves a pamphlet on disbarment at the scene of each slaying. Barry: Michael Burns. Stone: Karl Malden. Keller: Michael Douglas.
4—People’s Choice Awards
Jack Albertson and Hollywood columnist Army Archerd co-host the second annual People’s Choice Awards ceremonies, a variety-entertainment special in which the nation’s favorite television, film and music performers will be honored. John Wayne, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Hope, Henry Fonda and Carol Burnett are among the scheduled presenters.
7—Hollywood Television Theatre
Sherwood Anderson’s uncompromising view of small-town life is seen in his drama “Winesburg, Ohio.” Jean Peters portrays Elizabeth Willard, a chronically-ill matron resigned to a dreary existence with one hope: to free her son from the chains she could never break herself. Dr. Reefy: William Windom. George: Joseph Bottoms. Tom: Albert Salmi. Helen: Laurette Spang. Pete: Norman Foster. (Repeat)
10:00
2—Harry O
“Hostage.” Trench (Anthony Zerbe) is among the hostages held in a liquor store by a desperate Army veteran (John Rubinstein). Harry: David Janssen. Shelldrake: George Murdock.
6—Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali is “roasted” by Martin and scheduled guests Freddie Prinze, Floyd Patterson, Orson Welles, Tony Orlando, Gabe Kaplan, Foster Brooks, Ruth Buzzi, Gene Kelly and Rocky Graziano.
10:30
7—Realidades
LATE NIGHT
11:00
2—Channel 2 News
4—NewsScene
6—Q-6 Eyewitness News
11:30
2—Mannix
“A Day Filled with Shadows.” From 1971: Mannix (Mike Connors) races syndicate enforcers to find a millionaire's son whose disappearance is linked to a gangland murder. Jeff: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Alton Moore: John Colicos. Cal Moore: Sam Chew Jr. Ann: Tiffany Bolling. (Repeat)
4—MOVIE: “Grand Prix”
(1966) James Garner, Eva Marie Saint. Auto racers find danger and romance at the legendary European road race.
6—The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Scheduled: Johnny Mathis; comedian Steven Landesberg.
12:30 am
2—Longstreet
“Field of Honor.” From 1972: Robert Horton as a pro quarterback seriously injured for refusing to throw a game. Ray Eller: Bernie Casey. John Holt: Robert Mandan. Longstreet: James Franciscus. Alex: Tol Avery. Nikki: Marlyn Mason. (Repeat)
1:00
6—Tomorrow
Scheduled: New York City’s notorious “Minnesota Strip,” an area where tennage prostitutes, mostly from the Midwest, congregate.
1:30
2—Yesterday’s Newsreel
2—KREM (ABC)
4—KXLY (CBS)
6—KHQ (NBC)
7—KSPS (PBS)
Thursday, February 19, 1976
MORNING
6 am
6—Idea Thing
6:25
4—Farm Reports
6:30
2—Signs of Life
4—Sunrise Semester
6—Not for Women Only
7:00
2—Superman
4—CBS Morning News
6—Today
7:30
2—Kartoon Korner
8:00
4—Captain Kangaroo
8:25
2—Family Affair
9:00
2—The Mike Douglas Show
Co-host: Michael Douglas. Guests: Diana Douglas; Shelley Winters; Pele; The Four Tops; impressionist Fred Travalena; New York Cosmos hockey goaltender Bobby Rigby.
4—The Price Is Right
6—Celebrity Sweepstakes
9:30
6—High Rollers
10:00
4—Guiding Light
6—Wheel of Fortune
10:30
2—The Neighbors
4—Love of Life
6—The Hollywood Squares
11:00
2—Rhyme and Reason
4—The Young and the Restless
6—The Magnificent Marble Machine
11:55
2—Take Kerr
6—NBC News
(Edwin Newman)
AFTERNOON
12 pm
2—The Edge of Night
4—Dialing for Dollars
6—Somerswet
12:30
2—All My Children
4—As the World Turns
6—Days of Our Lives
1:00
2—Ryan’s Hope
1:30
2—Let’s Make a Deal
4—Dialing for Dollars
6—The Doctors
2:00
2—The $20,000 Pyramid
4—All in the Family
6—Another World
2:30
2—One Life to Live
4—Match Game ’76
3:00
2—General Hospital
4—MOVIE: “Big Jim McLane
(1952) John Wayne, Nancy Olson. A U.S. agent takes on communists in Hawaii.
6—Bonanza
3:30
2—Happy Days
7—Human Relations and School Discipline
4:00
2—Mickey Mouse Club
6—The Merv Griffin Show
Scheduled: Raymond Burr, James Coco.
7—Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
4:30
2—Ironside
7—Sesame Street
5:00
4—Hogan’s Heroes
5:30
2—Channel 2 News
4—NewsScene
6—Q-6 Eyewitness News
7—The Electric Company
EVENING
6:00
2—ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner
4—CBS Evening News with Walter Cornkite
6—NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor
7—Zoom
6:30
2—The Brady Bunch
4—Dinah!
In a continuing salute to award winners, Henry Mancini, Vincent Price, Anne Murray, singer Morris Albert, San Diego Zoo public-relations representative Joan Embery and 1975 Miss America Tawny Godin appear. Music includes “The Days of Wine and Roses” (Henry, Dinah); “Mr. Lucky” (Henry); “Snowbird,” “Everything Old Is New Again” (Anne); “Feelings,” “Sweet Loving Man” (Morris); “Moon River” (Dinah).
6—To Tell the Truth
7—Olympia ’76
7:00
2—Adam-12
6—Bewitched
7—Black Perspectives on the News
7:30
2—Let’s Make a Deal
4—Match Game PM
6—The Bobby Vinton Show
7—Martin Agronsky’s Evening Edition
8:00
2—Welcome Back, Kotter
“Kotter Makes Good.” Gabe’s high-school records show no senior exam results, and he must cram for a makeup test. Gabe: Gabriel Kaplan. Woodman: John Sylvester White. Julie: Marcia Strassman. Horshack: Ron Palillo.
4—The Waltons
“The House.” Grandma and Grandpa (Ellen Corby, Will Geer) feud after taking opposing views on the razing of a historic home. John-Boy: Richard Thomas.
6—MOVIE: “James Dean: Portrait of a Friend”
(TV, 1976) Stephen McHattie, Michael Brandon. William Best’s dramatization of the brief career of his best friend, James Dean, the actor who died in 1955 at the age of 24 after starring in just three films.
7—Spokane Weekly
8:30
2—Barney Miller
“Massage Parlor.” Wentworth aids in a massage-parlor crackdown by arresting a bewildered masseur (Charles Frank). Barney: Hal Linden. Fish: Abe Vigoda. Chano: Gregory Sierra.
7—Lowell Thomas Remembers
9:00
2—The Streets of San Francisco
“Judgment Day.” The killer of four lawyers leaves a pamphlet on disbarment at the scene of each slaying. Barry: Michael Burns. Stone: Karl Malden. Keller: Michael Douglas.
4—People’s Choice Awards
Jack Albertson and Hollywood columnist Army Archerd co-host the second annual People’s Choice Awards ceremonies, a variety-entertainment special in which the nation’s favorite television, film and music performers will be honored. John Wayne, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Hope, Henry Fonda and Carol Burnett are among the scheduled presenters.
7—Hollywood Television Theatre
Sherwood Anderson’s uncompromising view of small-town life is seen in his drama “Winesburg, Ohio.” Jean Peters portrays Elizabeth Willard, a chronically-ill matron resigned to a dreary existence with one hope: to free her son from the chains she could never break herself. Dr. Reefy: William Windom. George: Joseph Bottoms. Tom: Albert Salmi. Helen: Laurette Spang. Pete: Norman Foster. (Repeat)
10:00
2—Harry O
“Hostage.” Trench (Anthony Zerbe) is among the hostages held in a liquor store by a desperate Army veteran (John Rubinstein). Harry: David Janssen. Shelldrake: George Murdock.
6—Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali is “roasted” by Martin and scheduled guests Freddie Prinze, Floyd Patterson, Orson Welles, Tony Orlando, Gabe Kaplan, Foster Brooks, Ruth Buzzi, Gene Kelly and Rocky Graziano.
10:30
7—Realidades
LATE NIGHT
11:00
2—Channel 2 News
4—NewsScene
6—Q-6 Eyewitness News
11:30
2—Mannix
“A Day Filled with Shadows.” From 1971: Mannix (Mike Connors) races syndicate enforcers to find a millionaire's son whose disappearance is linked to a gangland murder. Jeff: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Alton Moore: John Colicos. Cal Moore: Sam Chew Jr. Ann: Tiffany Bolling. (Repeat)
4—MOVIE: “Grand Prix”
(1966) James Garner, Eva Marie Saint. Auto racers find danger and romance at the legendary European road race.
6—The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Scheduled: Johnny Mathis; comedian Steven Landesberg.
12:30 am
2—Longstreet
“Field of Honor.” From 1972: Robert Horton as a pro quarterback seriously injured for refusing to throw a game. Ray Eller: Bernie Casey. John Holt: Robert Mandan. Longstreet: James Franciscus. Alex: Tol Avery. Nikki: Marlyn Mason. (Repeat)
1:00
6—Tomorrow
Scheduled: New York City’s notorious “Minnesota Strip,” an area where tennage prostitutes, mostly from the Midwest, congregate.
1:30
2—Yesterday’s Newsreel