Saturday, August 14, 1976
Channels:
2—KREM (CBS)
4—KXLY (ABC)
6—KHQ (NBC)
7—KSPS (PBS)
MORNING
6:30 am
6—U.S. Farm Report
6:45
2—Davey and Goliath
7:00
2—Hopalong Cassidy
4—Hong Kong Phooey
6—Romper Room
7:30
4—The New Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show
6—Josie and the Pussycats
8:00
2—The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
6—The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty
8:30
2—The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
4—Harvey Cartoons
6—The Pink Panther Show
9:00
4—Super Friends
6—Land of the Lost
9:30
2—Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
6—Run, Joe, Run
10:00
2—The Shazam!/Isis Hour
4—Speed Buggy
6—Return to the Planet of the Apes
10:30
4—The Oddball Couple
6—Sports Challenge
11:00
2—Far Out Space Nuts
4—The Lost Saucer
6—Major League Baseball
New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins, from Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. [Live]
11:30
2—The Ghost Busters
4—American Bandstand—Dick Clark
Scheduled: The singing duo of England Dan and John Ford Coley; Rodney, a computerized puppet.
AFTERNOON
12 pm
2—Valley of the Dinosaurs
12:30
2—Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
4—Billy Graham
1:00
2—The CBS Children's Film Festival
"Bag on Bag." A six-year-old boy, nicknamed Bag on Bag because he is about the size of two school bags on top of each other, gets in trouble with his dog, who is also small. (Repeat)
1:30
4—The Lone Ranger
2:00
2—The Explorers
4—PGA Golf Championship
Third-round play, from the Congressional Country Club in Washington, D.C. [Live]
6—MOVIE: Jack and the Beanstalk
(1952) Bud Abbott, Lou Costello. A butcher and a simpleton climb a beanstalk to a giant and a hen that lays golden eggs.
2:30
2—MOVIE: Flaming Star
(1961) Elvis Presley, Steve Forrest. The son of a settler and a Kiowa must side with whites or his mother's tribe in 1870s Texas.
3:30
4—Perry Mason
6—MOVIE: Work Is a Four-Letter Word
(1968) David Warner, Cilla Black. A young man develops a species of mushroom which, when eaten, colors all life with a rosy hue.
4:30
2—CBS Sports Spectacular
George Foreman, former Heavyweight Champion of the World, meets Scott Ledoux, "The Fighting Frenchman of Minneapolis," at the New York Memorial Auditorium; a filmed report on the American Bicentennial Mount Everest Expedition, a team comprised of nine men and two women, and their efforts to climb the world's tallest mountain in September.
4—Pop! Goes the Country
7—Sesame Street
4:45
6—MOVIE: The Forbin Project
(1969) Eric Braeden, Susan Clark. A super-sophisticated computer startles its designers when improves to have a mind of its own.
5:00
4—ABC's Wide World of Sports
Olympic gold medalists John Naber, Shirley Babashoff and John Hencken are among the expected entrants in the AAU Outdoor Swimming Championships, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Richard Petty defends his title in the Firecracker 400.
5:30
7—The Electric Company
EVENING
6:00
2—CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
6—NFL Football
Exhibition: Defending Super Bowl champions Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Washington Redskins, from Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in the nation's capital. [Live
7—North Idaho College Public Forum
6:30
2—Young People's Special
"Pilgrim Journey" chronicles the 1620 voyage on the Mayflower through the diary of a young girl. The historic passage—a 66-day journey from the old world to the new—afforded little comfort for its Pilgrim passengers. (Repeat)
4—The Porter Wagoner Show
6—This Is Baseball
7:00
2—Wild, Wild World of Animals
4—The Lawrence Welk Show
"Harvest Time," a show loaded with songs happily attuned to the farm folk of America. An "Orange Blossom Special" square dance starts the show with the whole Welk ensemble, and Henry Cuesta's clarinet swings out with "Indian Summer." (Repeat)
7—Olympiad
"The African Runners." A study of the near-meteoric rise in quality of athletes from Africa, featuring some of the greatest heroes of the continent.
7:30
2—The Price Is Right
8:00
2—The Jeffersons
"Uncle Bertram." A stranger tries to pick up Mother Jefferson in the elevator, and at first George finds the whole thing very amusing—until he finds out who the stranger is. Mother Jefferson: Zara Cully. Uncle Bertram: Victor Kilian. George: Sherman Hemsley. Tom: Franklin Cover. Helen: Roxie Roker. (Repeat)
4—ABC Saturday Night Double Feature: Brenda Starr
(TV, 1976) Jill St. John, Jed Allan. The comic-strip newspaperwoman comes to life and becomes involved in Voodoo, millions of dollars in extortion money, and strange doings in the dark, dangerous jungles of Brazil. (Repeat)
7—At the Top
Joe Williams, voted the number one male jazz singer, and Tony Award-winner DeeDee Bridgewater share the stage with pianist Richard Hanna and the New York Jazz Quartet.
8:30
2—Doc
"A Little Bit of Soap." Doc is offered a chance to "clean up" in show business when he's appointed technical advisor for a daytime television soap opera. Doc: Barnard Hughes. Gary: Ron Rifkin. Jeff/George: John Ritter. (Repeat)
9:00
2—Mary Tyler Moore
"Mary's Father." Guilt plagues Mary when a handsome priest (Ed Flanders) confides to her that he's leaving the church and she suspects it's all because of her. Sue Ann: Betty White. Lou: Edward Asner. Ted: Ted Knight. Murray: Gavin MacLeod. (Repeat)
6—MOVIE: Kid Galahad
(1962) Elvis Presley, Lola Albright. After getting out of the service, a young man wins a boxing match and then returns to his auto repair shop.
7—MOVIE: The Astonished Heart
(1950) Celia Johnson, Noël Coward. A psychiatrist is torn between the woman he loves and the old flame he desires. Noël Coward adapted the screenplay from his 1935 play.
9:30
2—The Bob Newhart Show
"The Boy Next Door." The Hartleys entertain Howards's young son and engage a beauty queen as his babysitter. Emily: Suzanne Pleshette. Howard: Bill Daily. (Repeat)
4—ABC Saturday Night Double Feature: Kiss Me, Kill Me
(TV, 1976) Stella Stevens, Michael Anderson Jr. When a beautiful young schoolteacher is murdered, an investigator for the D.A. starts probing the crime. Her superiors think they already have the murdered in custody and pressure her to stay out of it. (Repeat)
10:00
2—The Diahann Carroll Show
Debut: Sammy Davis Jr. joins Diahann Carroll in a medley from "Porgy and Bess" in the premiere of her summer music and variety series. Telly Savalas and Jon Lucien also guest-star.
10:45
7—Monty Python's Flying Circus
LATE NIGHT
11:00
2—Channel 2 News
4—KXLY News Scene
6—Q-6 News Alive
11:15
2—MOVIE: Pork Chop Hill
(1959) Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino. A lieutenant is ordered to take an inconsequential hill during the Korean War truce talks.
4—ABC Weekend News
11:30
4—Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
6—NBC's Saturday Night
Jill Clayburgh hosts; Leon Redbone performs "Ain't Misbehavin' " and "Big Time Woman"; The Singing Idlers of the United States Coast Guard back Clayburgh in a rendition of "Sea Cruise." Also: an appearance by Andy Kaufman. The Not Ready For Prime Time Players: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner. (Repeat)
12:00
4—Big 4 Movie: Serenade
(1956) Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine. A vineyard worker becomes an opera singer in love with a socialite and a Mexican girl.
1:30
2—The Avengers
Channels:
2—KREM (CBS)
4—KXLY (ABC)
6—KHQ (NBC)
7—KSPS (PBS)
MORNING
6:30 am
6—U.S. Farm Report
6:45
2—Davey and Goliath
7:00
2—Hopalong Cassidy
4—Hong Kong Phooey
6—Romper Room
7:30
4—The New Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show
6—Josie and the Pussycats
8:00
2—The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
6—The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty
8:30
2—The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
4—Harvey Cartoons
6—The Pink Panther Show
9:00
4—Super Friends
6—Land of the Lost
9:30
2—Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
6—Run, Joe, Run
10:00
2—The Shazam!/Isis Hour
4—Speed Buggy
6—Return to the Planet of the Apes
10:30
4—The Oddball Couple
6—Sports Challenge
11:00
2—Far Out Space Nuts
4—The Lost Saucer
6—Major League Baseball
New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins, from Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. [Live]
11:30
2—The Ghost Busters
4—American Bandstand—Dick Clark
Scheduled: The singing duo of England Dan and John Ford Coley; Rodney, a computerized puppet.
AFTERNOON
12 pm
2—Valley of the Dinosaurs
12:30
2—Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
4—Billy Graham
1:00
2—The CBS Children's Film Festival
"Bag on Bag." A six-year-old boy, nicknamed Bag on Bag because he is about the size of two school bags on top of each other, gets in trouble with his dog, who is also small. (Repeat)
1:30
4—The Lone Ranger
2:00
2—The Explorers
4—PGA Golf Championship
Third-round play, from the Congressional Country Club in Washington, D.C. [Live]
6—MOVIE: Jack and the Beanstalk
(1952) Bud Abbott, Lou Costello. A butcher and a simpleton climb a beanstalk to a giant and a hen that lays golden eggs.
2:30
2—MOVIE: Flaming Star
(1961) Elvis Presley, Steve Forrest. The son of a settler and a Kiowa must side with whites or his mother's tribe in 1870s Texas.
3:30
4—Perry Mason
6—MOVIE: Work Is a Four-Letter Word
(1968) David Warner, Cilla Black. A young man develops a species of mushroom which, when eaten, colors all life with a rosy hue.
4:30
2—CBS Sports Spectacular
George Foreman, former Heavyweight Champion of the World, meets Scott Ledoux, "The Fighting Frenchman of Minneapolis," at the New York Memorial Auditorium; a filmed report on the American Bicentennial Mount Everest Expedition, a team comprised of nine men and two women, and their efforts to climb the world's tallest mountain in September.
4—Pop! Goes the Country
7—Sesame Street
4:45
6—MOVIE: The Forbin Project
(1969) Eric Braeden, Susan Clark. A super-sophisticated computer startles its designers when improves to have a mind of its own.
5:00
4—ABC's Wide World of Sports
Olympic gold medalists John Naber, Shirley Babashoff and John Hencken are among the expected entrants in the AAU Outdoor Swimming Championships, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Richard Petty defends his title in the Firecracker 400.
5:30
7—The Electric Company
EVENING
6:00
2—CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
6—NFL Football
Exhibition: Defending Super Bowl champions Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Washington Redskins, from Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in the nation's capital. [Live
7—North Idaho College Public Forum
6:30
2—Young People's Special
"Pilgrim Journey" chronicles the 1620 voyage on the Mayflower through the diary of a young girl. The historic passage—a 66-day journey from the old world to the new—afforded little comfort for its Pilgrim passengers. (Repeat)
4—The Porter Wagoner Show
6—This Is Baseball
7:00
2—Wild, Wild World of Animals
4—The Lawrence Welk Show
"Harvest Time," a show loaded with songs happily attuned to the farm folk of America. An "Orange Blossom Special" square dance starts the show with the whole Welk ensemble, and Henry Cuesta's clarinet swings out with "Indian Summer." (Repeat)
7—Olympiad
"The African Runners." A study of the near-meteoric rise in quality of athletes from Africa, featuring some of the greatest heroes of the continent.
7:30
2—The Price Is Right
8:00
2—The Jeffersons
"Uncle Bertram." A stranger tries to pick up Mother Jefferson in the elevator, and at first George finds the whole thing very amusing—until he finds out who the stranger is. Mother Jefferson: Zara Cully. Uncle Bertram: Victor Kilian. George: Sherman Hemsley. Tom: Franklin Cover. Helen: Roxie Roker. (Repeat)
4—ABC Saturday Night Double Feature: Brenda Starr
(TV, 1976) Jill St. John, Jed Allan. The comic-strip newspaperwoman comes to life and becomes involved in Voodoo, millions of dollars in extortion money, and strange doings in the dark, dangerous jungles of Brazil. (Repeat)
7—At the Top
Joe Williams, voted the number one male jazz singer, and Tony Award-winner DeeDee Bridgewater share the stage with pianist Richard Hanna and the New York Jazz Quartet.
8:30
2—Doc
"A Little Bit of Soap." Doc is offered a chance to "clean up" in show business when he's appointed technical advisor for a daytime television soap opera. Doc: Barnard Hughes. Gary: Ron Rifkin. Jeff/George: John Ritter. (Repeat)
9:00
2—Mary Tyler Moore
"Mary's Father." Guilt plagues Mary when a handsome priest (Ed Flanders) confides to her that he's leaving the church and she suspects it's all because of her. Sue Ann: Betty White. Lou: Edward Asner. Ted: Ted Knight. Murray: Gavin MacLeod. (Repeat)
6—MOVIE: Kid Galahad
(1962) Elvis Presley, Lola Albright. After getting out of the service, a young man wins a boxing match and then returns to his auto repair shop.
7—MOVIE: The Astonished Heart
(1950) Celia Johnson, Noël Coward. A psychiatrist is torn between the woman he loves and the old flame he desires. Noël Coward adapted the screenplay from his 1935 play.
9:30
2—The Bob Newhart Show
"The Boy Next Door." The Hartleys entertain Howards's young son and engage a beauty queen as his babysitter. Emily: Suzanne Pleshette. Howard: Bill Daily. (Repeat)
4—ABC Saturday Night Double Feature: Kiss Me, Kill Me
(TV, 1976) Stella Stevens, Michael Anderson Jr. When a beautiful young schoolteacher is murdered, an investigator for the D.A. starts probing the crime. Her superiors think they already have the murdered in custody and pressure her to stay out of it. (Repeat)
10:00
2—The Diahann Carroll Show
Debut: Sammy Davis Jr. joins Diahann Carroll in a medley from "Porgy and Bess" in the premiere of her summer music and variety series. Telly Savalas and Jon Lucien also guest-star.
10:45
7—Monty Python's Flying Circus
LATE NIGHT
11:00
2—Channel 2 News
4—KXLY News Scene
6—Q-6 News Alive
11:15
2—MOVIE: Pork Chop Hill
(1959) Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino. A lieutenant is ordered to take an inconsequential hill during the Korean War truce talks.
4—ABC Weekend News
11:30
4—Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
6—NBC's Saturday Night
Jill Clayburgh hosts; Leon Redbone performs "Ain't Misbehavin' " and "Big Time Woman"; The Singing Idlers of the United States Coast Guard back Clayburgh in a rendition of "Sea Cruise." Also: an appearance by Andy Kaufman. The Not Ready For Prime Time Players: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner. (Repeat)
12:00
4—Big 4 Movie: Serenade
(1956) Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine. A vineyard worker becomes an opera singer in love with a socialite and a Mexican girl.
1:30
2—The Avengers