this week the TV networks look over their shoulders at pay TV and shudder, Fred Friendly looks at the state of local news and gets sick to his stomach, SCTV takes a look at Polynesiantown from a crane, Johnny Carson looks at Miss Piggy and thinks she's full of baloney (or is it bologna), and more!
http://www.itsabouttv.com/2014/08/this-week-in-tv-guide-august-1-1981.html
As always your comments, positive as well as negative, are most welcome.
This week's listing is from Saturday, August 1. There are a lot of things to note here, besides a rotation of the stations I list each week. For example, there are a lot of cartoons sharing timeslots, e.g. Tarzan and the Lone Ranger. A natural combination - why didn't I think of that? Or Richie Rich and Scooby-Doo - I mean, they just go together like, what, ice cream and asparagus, right? Lots of music and variety shows as well, from pop to country - just look at those guest star lists! Paul Anka on Hee Haw! And Saturday afternoons in August without baseball just don't look right, do they?
Saturday, August 1, 1980
KTCA, Channel 2 (Educ.)
Morning
07:00a Sesame Street
08:00a Matinee at the Bijou – “The Flying Deuces”
09:30a Personal Time Management Preview
10:00a Antiques
10:30a Tom Cottle (guest Richard Selzer)
11:00a Victory Garden
11:30a Sesame Street
Afternoon
12:30p Violence in the News
01:00p Presente!
01:30p Julia Child & Company
02:00p Firing Line
03:00p Wall $treet Week
03:30p Lawmakers
04:00p People and Causes
04:30p Here’s to Your Health
05:00p Nova
Evening
06:00p Sneak Previews
06:30p This Old House
07:00p The Paper Chase
08:00p Movie – “Life on the Mississippi”
10:00p Movie – “The Man in the Glass Booth”
12:00a Soundstage (Eddie Rabbitt, Bobby Bare)
KIMT, Channel 3 (Mason City IA) (CBS)
Morning
07:00a Tom and Jerry
07:30a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
09:00a Popeye
10:00a Tarzan/Lone Ranger
11:00a Fat Albert
11:30a Drak Pack
Afternoon
12:00p Lowell Lundstrom
12:30p 30 Minutes
01:00p To Be Announced
02:00p Western Outdoorsman
02:30p Golf – Canadian Open
03:30p CBS Sports Saturday (Whitney Handicap)
05:00p U.S. Farm Report
05:30p CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
Evening
06:00p Hee Haw (Paul Anka, Sylvia and Chubby Wise)
07:00p Enos
08:00p Movie – “A Real American Hero”
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Blue Jean Network (Alice Cooper)
12:00a Roots of Rock and Roll
01:00a News (local)
WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
06:00a Drak Pack
06:30a Jason of Star Command
07:00a Tom and Jerry
07:30a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
09:00a Popeye
10:00a Tarzan/Lone Ranger
11:00a Movie – “Blondie’s Holiday” (B&W)
Afternoon
12:30p Movie – “The Moonshine War”
02:30p Golf – Canadian Open
03:30p CBS Sports Saturday (Whitney Handicap)
05:30p CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Fight Back! With David Horowitz
07:00p Enos
08:00p Movie – “A Real American Hero”
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Movie – “That Touch of Mink”
12:30a News (local)
01:00a News (local)
04:00a News (local)
KSTP, Channel 5 (ABC)
Morning
06:00a Battle of the Planets
06:30a Big Blue Marble
07:00a Superfriends
08:00a Fonz
08:30a Richie Rich, Scooby and Scrappy-Doo
09:30a Thundarr the Barbarian
10:00a Heathcliff, Dingbat
10:30a Plastic Man, Baby Plas
11:00a Weekend Special
11:30a American Bandstand (Village People)
Afternoon
12:30p Solid Gold (same listing as 10:30pm showing)
01:30p Portrait of a Legend (James Brown)
02:30p Wide World of Sports (Falcons vs. Browns)
05:30p Pop Goes the Country (Hank Williams Jr., Stephanie Winslow)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Dance Fever
07:00p Eight is Enough
08:00p The Love Boat
09:00p Fantasy Island
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Solid Gold (Host Dionne Warwick, Harry Chapin, Manhattan Transfer, Carole Bayer Sager, Delbert McClinton, Santana, Charlie Rich, Johnny Rivers, Holly Standon)
11:30p America’s Top Ten (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Marty Balihn, Crystal Gayle)
12:00a Movie – “Foxfire”
01:45a ABC News (Tom Jarriel)
02:00a Movie – “Good Times”
03:55a Movie – “Vampire Bat” (B&W)
05:00a To Be Announced
KAAL, Channel 6 (Austin) (ABC)
Morning
07:00a Superfriends
08:00a Fonz
08:30a Richie Rich, Scooby and Scrappy-Doo
09:30a Thundarr the Barbarian
10:00a Heathcliff, Dingbat
10:30a Plastic Man, Baby Plas
11:00a Inch High Private Eye
11:30a American Bandstand (Village People)
Afternoon
12:30p Sha Na Na (Lacy J. Dalton)
01:00p Weekend Special
01:30p Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
02:30p Wide World of Sports (Falcons vs. Browns)
05:30p Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom
Evening
06:00p Solid Gold (Gladys Knight and the Pips, Rick Springfield, Joe Doice, Robbie Dupree)
07:00p Eight is Enough
08:00p The Love Boat
09:00p Fantasy Island
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Movie – “A Big Hand for the Little Lady”
12:30a ABC News (Tom Jarriel)
12:45a News (local)
WDSE, Channel 8 (Duluth) (Educ.)
Morning
08:00a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
08:30a The Electric Company
09:00a Sesame Street
10:00a Romagnolis’ Table
10:30a Nova
11:30a Victory Garden
Afternoon
12:00p Indian Viewpoint
12:30p Julia Child & Company
01:00p Family and Friends
01:30p World Chronicles
02:00p Sesame Street
03:00p Free to Choose
04:00p Washington Week in Review
04:30p Wall $treet Week
05:00p Sneak Previews
05:30p Vikings!
Evening
06:00p Once Upon a Classic
06:30p Tom Cottle (guest Richard Selzer)
07:00p Evening at Pops (Cleo Lane and John Dankworth)
08:00p Exchange
09:00p The Forsyte Saga
WKBT, Channel 8 (LaCrosse) (CBS)
Morning
06:00a Consumer Reports
06:30a Summer Semester (Mathematics for Everyday Living)
07:00a Tom and Jerry
07:30a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
09:00a Popeye
10:00a Tarzan/Lone Ranger
11:00a Fat Albert
11:30a Drak Pack
Afternoon
12:00p Jason of Star Command
01:00p Movie – “Mr. Moto’s Last Warning” (B&W)
02:30p Golf – Canadian Open
03:30p CBS Sports Saturday (Whitney Handicap)
05:30p CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
Evening
06:00p Lawrence Welk
07:00p Enos
08:00p All God’s Children
09:00p Africa’s Weeping
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Love Plus One
11:30p Our Forgotten Family
12:30a Jim Bakker
KMSP, Channel 9 (Ind.)
Morning
07:00a Computerworld
07:30a Hot Fudge
08:00a Baseball Bunch
08:30a Focus
09:00a Phil Silvers (B&W)
09:30a Wild Bill Hickok
10:00a Alias Smith and Jones
11:00a Sanford and Son
11:30a Sha Na Na
Afternoon
12:00p Star Trek
01:00p The Bionic Woman
02:00p Grizzly Adams
03:00p Movie – “Murder on Flight 502”
05:00p In Search Of…
05:30p The Muppet Show (Buddy Rich)
Evening
06:00p Lawrence Welk
07:00p Hee Haw (Paul Anka, Sylvia and Chubby Wise)
08:00p Dolly (Pure Prairie League)
08:30p Marty Robbins’ Spotlight (Barbara Fairchild, Connie Smith)
09:00p Nashville on the Road (Alabama)
09:30p INN News
10:00p The Twilight Zone (B&W)
10:30p The Rockford Files
11:40p The Streets of San Francisco
12:50a Wild Bill Hickok
01:20a WCT Tennis
02:20a INN News
KTTC, Channel 10 (Rochester) (NBC)
Morning
07:00a The Flintstones
08:00a Godzilla
08:30a Batman & The Super 7
09:30a Daffy Duck
10:00a The Jetsons
10:30a Hong Kong Phooey
11:00a Jonny Quest
11:30a The Flintstones
Afternoon
12:00p Baseball Bunch
12:30p Victor Awards
02:00p Baseball: An Inside Look
02:20p NBC Sports Summer Season (Pocono 500, karate championships, Royal Horse Show, Women’s College Tennis Championships)
05:00p Law Enforcement and You
05:30p NBC Nightly News (Jessica Savitch)
Evening
06:00p To Be Announced
06:30p That Nashville Music (T.G. Sheppard, Gail Davies, Razzy Bailey, Buddy Spicher)
07:00p Barbara Mandrell (Ronnie Milsap, Charlotte Rae, Blackwood Brothers)
08:00p BJ and the Bear
09:00p Games People Play
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Saturday Night Live (Steve Martin)
WTCN, Channel 11 (NBC)
Morning
06:00a Tom and Jerry
06:30a Jonny Quest
07:00a The Flintstones
08:00a Godzilla
08:30a Batman & The Super 7
09:30a Daffy Duck
10:00a The Jetsons
10:30a Hong Kong Phooey
11:00a Tom and Jerry
11:30a The Flintstones
Afternoon
12:00p The Six Million Dollar Man
01:00p Adam-12
01:30p This Week in Baseball
02:00p Baseball: An Inside Look
02:20p NBC Sports Summer Season (Pocono 500, karate championships, Royal Horse Show, Women’s College Tennis Championships)
05:00p Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom
05:30p NBC Nightly News (Jessica Savitch)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Tom Ryther’s Sports Magazine
07:00p Barbara Mandrell (Ronnie Milsap, Charlotte Rae, Blackwood Brothers)
08:00p BJ and the Bear
09:00p Games People Play
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Saturday Night Live (Steve Martin)
12:00a Twin City Beat
12:30a Mary Tyler Moore
01:00a The Six Million Dollar Man
WEAU, Channel 13 (Eau Claire) (NBC)
Morning
06:30a Tennessee Tuxedo
07:00a The Flintstones
08:00a Godzilla
08:30a Batman & The Super 7
09:30a Daffy Duck
10:00a The Jetsons
10:30a Hong Kong Phooey
11:00a Jonny Quest
11:30a The Flintstones
Afternoon
12:00p Nashville on the Road (B.J. Thomas)
12:30p Thirteen Interview
01:00p All in the Family
01:30p The Lone Ranger
02:00p Baseball: An Inside Look
02:20p NBC Sports Summer Season (Pocono 500, karate championships, Royal Horse Show, Women’s College Tennis Championships)
05:00p Family Feud
05:30p NBC Nightly News (Jessica Savitch)
Evening
06:00p Hee Haw (Paul Anka, Sylvia and Chubby Wise)
07:00p Barbara Mandrell (Ronnie Milsap, Charlotte Rae, Blackwood Brothers)
08:00p BJ and the Bear
09:00p Games People Play
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Saturday Night Live (Steve Martin)
12:00a Movie – “The Tuttles of Tahiti” (B&W)
http://www.itsabouttv.com/2014/08/this-week-in-tv-guide-august-1-1981.html
As always your comments, positive as well as negative, are most welcome.
This week's listing is from Saturday, August 1. There are a lot of things to note here, besides a rotation of the stations I list each week. For example, there are a lot of cartoons sharing timeslots, e.g. Tarzan and the Lone Ranger. A natural combination - why didn't I think of that? Or Richie Rich and Scooby-Doo - I mean, they just go together like, what, ice cream and asparagus, right? Lots of music and variety shows as well, from pop to country - just look at those guest star lists! Paul Anka on Hee Haw! And Saturday afternoons in August without baseball just don't look right, do they?
Saturday, August 1, 1980
KTCA, Channel 2 (Educ.)
Morning
07:00a Sesame Street
08:00a Matinee at the Bijou – “The Flying Deuces”
09:30a Personal Time Management Preview
10:00a Antiques
10:30a Tom Cottle (guest Richard Selzer)
11:00a Victory Garden
11:30a Sesame Street
Afternoon
12:30p Violence in the News
01:00p Presente!
01:30p Julia Child & Company
02:00p Firing Line
03:00p Wall $treet Week
03:30p Lawmakers
04:00p People and Causes
04:30p Here’s to Your Health
05:00p Nova
Evening
06:00p Sneak Previews
06:30p This Old House
07:00p The Paper Chase
08:00p Movie – “Life on the Mississippi”
10:00p Movie – “The Man in the Glass Booth”
12:00a Soundstage (Eddie Rabbitt, Bobby Bare)
KIMT, Channel 3 (Mason City IA) (CBS)
Morning
07:00a Tom and Jerry
07:30a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
09:00a Popeye
10:00a Tarzan/Lone Ranger
11:00a Fat Albert
11:30a Drak Pack
Afternoon
12:00p Lowell Lundstrom
12:30p 30 Minutes
01:00p To Be Announced
02:00p Western Outdoorsman
02:30p Golf – Canadian Open
03:30p CBS Sports Saturday (Whitney Handicap)
05:00p U.S. Farm Report
05:30p CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
Evening
06:00p Hee Haw (Paul Anka, Sylvia and Chubby Wise)
07:00p Enos
08:00p Movie – “A Real American Hero”
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Blue Jean Network (Alice Cooper)
12:00a Roots of Rock and Roll
01:00a News (local)
WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
06:00a Drak Pack
06:30a Jason of Star Command
07:00a Tom and Jerry
07:30a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
09:00a Popeye
10:00a Tarzan/Lone Ranger
11:00a Movie – “Blondie’s Holiday” (B&W)
Afternoon
12:30p Movie – “The Moonshine War”
02:30p Golf – Canadian Open
03:30p CBS Sports Saturday (Whitney Handicap)
05:30p CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Fight Back! With David Horowitz
07:00p Enos
08:00p Movie – “A Real American Hero”
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Movie – “That Touch of Mink”
12:30a News (local)
01:00a News (local)
04:00a News (local)
KSTP, Channel 5 (ABC)
Morning
06:00a Battle of the Planets
06:30a Big Blue Marble
07:00a Superfriends
08:00a Fonz
08:30a Richie Rich, Scooby and Scrappy-Doo
09:30a Thundarr the Barbarian
10:00a Heathcliff, Dingbat
10:30a Plastic Man, Baby Plas
11:00a Weekend Special
11:30a American Bandstand (Village People)
Afternoon
12:30p Solid Gold (same listing as 10:30pm showing)
01:30p Portrait of a Legend (James Brown)
02:30p Wide World of Sports (Falcons vs. Browns)
05:30p Pop Goes the Country (Hank Williams Jr., Stephanie Winslow)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Dance Fever
07:00p Eight is Enough
08:00p The Love Boat
09:00p Fantasy Island
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Solid Gold (Host Dionne Warwick, Harry Chapin, Manhattan Transfer, Carole Bayer Sager, Delbert McClinton, Santana, Charlie Rich, Johnny Rivers, Holly Standon)
11:30p America’s Top Ten (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Marty Balihn, Crystal Gayle)
12:00a Movie – “Foxfire”
01:45a ABC News (Tom Jarriel)
02:00a Movie – “Good Times”
03:55a Movie – “Vampire Bat” (B&W)
05:00a To Be Announced
KAAL, Channel 6 (Austin) (ABC)
Morning
07:00a Superfriends
08:00a Fonz
08:30a Richie Rich, Scooby and Scrappy-Doo
09:30a Thundarr the Barbarian
10:00a Heathcliff, Dingbat
10:30a Plastic Man, Baby Plas
11:00a Inch High Private Eye
11:30a American Bandstand (Village People)
Afternoon
12:30p Sha Na Na (Lacy J. Dalton)
01:00p Weekend Special
01:30p Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
02:30p Wide World of Sports (Falcons vs. Browns)
05:30p Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom
Evening
06:00p Solid Gold (Gladys Knight and the Pips, Rick Springfield, Joe Doice, Robbie Dupree)
07:00p Eight is Enough
08:00p The Love Boat
09:00p Fantasy Island
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Movie – “A Big Hand for the Little Lady”
12:30a ABC News (Tom Jarriel)
12:45a News (local)
WDSE, Channel 8 (Duluth) (Educ.)
Morning
08:00a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
08:30a The Electric Company
09:00a Sesame Street
10:00a Romagnolis’ Table
10:30a Nova
11:30a Victory Garden
Afternoon
12:00p Indian Viewpoint
12:30p Julia Child & Company
01:00p Family and Friends
01:30p World Chronicles
02:00p Sesame Street
03:00p Free to Choose
04:00p Washington Week in Review
04:30p Wall $treet Week
05:00p Sneak Previews
05:30p Vikings!
Evening
06:00p Once Upon a Classic
06:30p Tom Cottle (guest Richard Selzer)
07:00p Evening at Pops (Cleo Lane and John Dankworth)
08:00p Exchange
09:00p The Forsyte Saga
WKBT, Channel 8 (LaCrosse) (CBS)
Morning
06:00a Consumer Reports
06:30a Summer Semester (Mathematics for Everyday Living)
07:00a Tom and Jerry
07:30a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
09:00a Popeye
10:00a Tarzan/Lone Ranger
11:00a Fat Albert
11:30a Drak Pack
Afternoon
12:00p Jason of Star Command
01:00p Movie – “Mr. Moto’s Last Warning” (B&W)
02:30p Golf – Canadian Open
03:30p CBS Sports Saturday (Whitney Handicap)
05:30p CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
Evening
06:00p Lawrence Welk
07:00p Enos
08:00p All God’s Children
09:00p Africa’s Weeping
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Love Plus One
11:30p Our Forgotten Family
12:30a Jim Bakker
KMSP, Channel 9 (Ind.)
Morning
07:00a Computerworld
07:30a Hot Fudge
08:00a Baseball Bunch
08:30a Focus
09:00a Phil Silvers (B&W)
09:30a Wild Bill Hickok
10:00a Alias Smith and Jones
11:00a Sanford and Son
11:30a Sha Na Na
Afternoon
12:00p Star Trek
01:00p The Bionic Woman
02:00p Grizzly Adams
03:00p Movie – “Murder on Flight 502”
05:00p In Search Of…
05:30p The Muppet Show (Buddy Rich)
Evening
06:00p Lawrence Welk
07:00p Hee Haw (Paul Anka, Sylvia and Chubby Wise)
08:00p Dolly (Pure Prairie League)
08:30p Marty Robbins’ Spotlight (Barbara Fairchild, Connie Smith)
09:00p Nashville on the Road (Alabama)
09:30p INN News
10:00p The Twilight Zone (B&W)
10:30p The Rockford Files
11:40p The Streets of San Francisco
12:50a Wild Bill Hickok
01:20a WCT Tennis
02:20a INN News
KTTC, Channel 10 (Rochester) (NBC)
Morning
07:00a The Flintstones
08:00a Godzilla
08:30a Batman & The Super 7
09:30a Daffy Duck
10:00a The Jetsons
10:30a Hong Kong Phooey
11:00a Jonny Quest
11:30a The Flintstones
Afternoon
12:00p Baseball Bunch
12:30p Victor Awards
02:00p Baseball: An Inside Look
02:20p NBC Sports Summer Season (Pocono 500, karate championships, Royal Horse Show, Women’s College Tennis Championships)
05:00p Law Enforcement and You
05:30p NBC Nightly News (Jessica Savitch)
Evening
06:00p To Be Announced
06:30p That Nashville Music (T.G. Sheppard, Gail Davies, Razzy Bailey, Buddy Spicher)
07:00p Barbara Mandrell (Ronnie Milsap, Charlotte Rae, Blackwood Brothers)
08:00p BJ and the Bear
09:00p Games People Play
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Saturday Night Live (Steve Martin)
WTCN, Channel 11 (NBC)
Morning
06:00a Tom and Jerry
06:30a Jonny Quest
07:00a The Flintstones
08:00a Godzilla
08:30a Batman & The Super 7
09:30a Daffy Duck
10:00a The Jetsons
10:30a Hong Kong Phooey
11:00a Tom and Jerry
11:30a The Flintstones
Afternoon
12:00p The Six Million Dollar Man
01:00p Adam-12
01:30p This Week in Baseball
02:00p Baseball: An Inside Look
02:20p NBC Sports Summer Season (Pocono 500, karate championships, Royal Horse Show, Women’s College Tennis Championships)
05:00p Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom
05:30p NBC Nightly News (Jessica Savitch)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Tom Ryther’s Sports Magazine
07:00p Barbara Mandrell (Ronnie Milsap, Charlotte Rae, Blackwood Brothers)
08:00p BJ and the Bear
09:00p Games People Play
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Saturday Night Live (Steve Martin)
12:00a Twin City Beat
12:30a Mary Tyler Moore
01:00a The Six Million Dollar Man
WEAU, Channel 13 (Eau Claire) (NBC)
Morning
06:30a Tennessee Tuxedo
07:00a The Flintstones
08:00a Godzilla
08:30a Batman & The Super 7
09:30a Daffy Duck
10:00a The Jetsons
10:30a Hong Kong Phooey
11:00a Jonny Quest
11:30a The Flintstones
Afternoon
12:00p Nashville on the Road (B.J. Thomas)
12:30p Thirteen Interview
01:00p All in the Family
01:30p The Lone Ranger
02:00p Baseball: An Inside Look
02:20p NBC Sports Summer Season (Pocono 500, karate championships, Royal Horse Show, Women’s College Tennis Championships)
05:00p Family Feud
05:30p NBC Nightly News (Jessica Savitch)
Evening
06:00p Hee Haw (Paul Anka, Sylvia and Chubby Wise)
07:00p Barbara Mandrell (Ronnie Milsap, Charlotte Rae, Blackwood Brothers)
08:00p BJ and the Bear
09:00p Games People Play
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Saturday Night Live (Steve Martin)
12:00a Movie – “The Tuttles of Tahiti” (B&W)