This week we find out if the new television sets are smarter than the sportswriters making NFL predictions, we read about just how hard it is to be a network censor, we stay up with the stars for Jerry’s Telethon, and more!
http://www.itsabouttv.com/2014/08/this-week-in-tv-guide-august-30-1980.html
As always your comments, positive as well as negative, are most welcome.
This week’s listing is from Wednesday, September 3. I suppose one of the most obvious changes I notice in these "newer" issues is that the broadcast day has been dramatically expanded. Last week we saw a station airing a Western early on a weekday morning; this week we see stations going 24 hours. Is that better, or not? To be honest, I'm not sure. It sounds strange, coming from a TV buff, to ask whether or not it isn't better to have some times with no TV being broadcast.
And I'm just back from vacation, so be gentle with any errors I might have made...
KTCA, Channel 2 (PBS)
Morning
06:45a A.M. Weather
07:00a Maggie and the Beautiful Machine
07:30a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
08:00a Sesame Street
09:00a The Electric Company
09:30a Studio See
10:00a Flower Show
10:30a The French Chef
11:00a Know Your Antiques
11:30a Sesame Street
Afternoon
12:00p
12:30p Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
01:00p The Electric Company
01:30p Victory Garden
02:00p Over Easy (Gore Vidal)
02:30p Dick Cavell (Walter Matthau)
03:00p Masterpiece Theatre (Lillie, Part 10)
04:00p Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
04:30p Sesame Street
05:30p Studio See
Evening
06:00p Rebop
06:30p MacNeil/Lehrer Report
07:00p Dick Cavett (Sherill Milnes)
07:30p Encounters with Minnesota Artists
08:00p Great Performances
09:30p Different Drummer: Elvin Jones
10:00p Monty Python’s Flying Circus
10:30p Bill Moyers’ Journal
11:30p Bill Moyers’ Journal
12:30a U.S. Chronicle
KDLH, Channel 3 (Duluth) (CBS)
Morning
06:55a Five Minutes to Live By
07:00a CBS News Wednesday Morning
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a The Jeffersons
09:30a Alice
10:00a The Price Is Right
11:00a News (local)
11:05a Town and Country
11:30a Search For Tomorrow
Afternoon
12:00p The Young and the Restless
01:00p As the World Turns
02:00p Guiding Light
03:00p One Day at a Time
03:30p Mary Tyler Moore
04:00p Jim Rockford, Private Investigator
05:00p Bob Newhart
05:30p CBS Evening News (Walter Cronkite)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Tic Tac Dough
07:00p Rodeo
08:00p Movie – “See How She Runs”
10:00p News (local)
10:30p U.S. Open Tennis Update
11:00p The Saint
12:10a Movie – “Pocket Money”
WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
06:00a CBS News Wednesday Morning
07:00a Fred Flintstone & Friends
07:30a Cartoon Time
08:00a Phil Donahue (Elizabeth Janeway)
09:00a Cross-Wits (Nancy Klup, Daryl Anderson, Anne Lockhart, Robert Mandan)
09:30a Alice
10:00a The Price Is Right
11:00a The Young and the Restless
Afternoon
12:00p Midday
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
01:00p As the World Turns
02:00p Guiding Light
03:00p The Joker’s Wild
03:30p John Davidson (Richard Crenna, Rupert Holmes, Oliva de Havilland, Fred Travelena, Bob Keeshen
05:00p News (local)
05:30p CBS Evening News (Walter Cronkite)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p PM Magazine
07:00p Failed Pilot Theater
08:00p PM Magazine Special Edition
09:00p The Quiet Crisis
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Town Meeting
12:00a Bonanza
01:00a News (local)
01:30a News (local)
04:00a News (local)
KSTP, Channel 5 (ABC)
Morning
06:00a News (local)
06:20a Farm/Market Report
06:30a Country Day
07:00a Good Morning America (David Bowie)
09:00a Twin Cities Today
10:00a The Love Boat
11:00a Family Feud
11:30a Ryan’s Hope
Afternoon
12:00p All My Children
01:00p One Life to Live
02:00p General Hospital
03:00p Match Game (Robert Pine, Brett Somers, Betty White, Jamie Lee Curtis)
03:30p Starsky & Hutch
04:30p Happy Days Again
05:00p Hogan’s Heroes
05:30p ABC World News Tonight (Frank Reynolds)
Evening
06:00p News
06:30p Prisoner: Cell Block H
07:00p Eight is Enough
08:00p Charlie’s Angels
09:00p Vega$
10:00p News (local)
10:30p ABC News (Ted Koppel)
10:50p The Love Boat
12:00a Baretta
01:10a Don Lane (Phyllis Diller)
02:10a News
02:40a Little Rascals
03:10a Movie – “Flesh and Fantasy” (B&W)
05:00a To Be Announced
KCMT, Channel 7 (Alexandria) (NBC/ABC)
Morning
06:15a News (local)
06:20a Farm/Market Report
06:30a Country Day
07:00a Today (Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre)
09:00a David Letterman (Harold Stassen)
10:00a Wheel of Fortune
10:30a Password Plus (Gina Hecht, Ron Masak)
11:00a Card Sharks
11:30a Farm Today
11:50a Trading Post
Afternoon
12:00p Days of Our Lives
01:00p Another World
02:00p Texas
03:00p The Doctors
03:30p Family Feud
04:00p New Zoo Revue
04:30p I Dream of Jeannie
05:00p Hogan’s Heroes
05:30p NBC Nightly News (John Chancellor)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom
07:00p Billy Graham Crusade
08:00p Diff’rent Strokes
09:00p NBC White Paper
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Tonight (Tom Bradley, Robert Klein, Dionne Warwick)
12:00a Tomorrow (KISS)
KMSP, Channel 9 (Ind.)
Morning
06:00a The 700 Club
07:00a Krofft Superstars
07:30a The Jetsons
08:00a Popeye
08:30a Bullwinkle
09:00a I Dream of Jeannie
09:30a Candid Camera
10:00a Perry Mason (B&W)
11:00a Play the Percentages
11:30a Mike Douglas (Morgan Fairchild, Robert Goulet, Jim Fowler, Jean Brody)
Afternoon
01:00p Dinah! & Friends (Don Meredith, Howard Duff, Mark Harmon, Donna deVarona, John Hartford)
02:30p Best of Groucho (B&W)
03:00p Casper
03:30p Popeye
04:00p The Munsters (B&W)
04:30p Gilligan’s Island
05:00p Good Times
05:30p Sanford and Son
Evening
06:00p Dick Van Dyke (B&W)
06:30p All in the Family
07:00p Gunsmoke
08:00p Billy Graham Crusade
09:00p Maude
09:30p News (local)
10:00p Tic Tac Dough
10:30p Jim Rockford, Private Investigator
11:40p The Streets of San Francisco
12:50a The Twilight Zone (B&W)
01:20a The Gong Show
01:50a News (local)
WDIO, Channel 10 (Duluth) (ABC)
Morning
06:30a Country Day
07:00a Good Morning America (David Bowie)
09:00a Merv Griffin (Eva Gabor, Mary Shore, Andrew McFarlane)
10:00a The Love Boat
11:00a Family Feud
11:30a Ryan’s Hope
Afternoon
12:00p All My Children
01:00p One Life to Live
02:00p General Hospital
03:00p The Edge of Night
03:30p Movie – “Woman of Straw”
05:30p ABC World News Tonight (Frank Reynolds)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p PM Magazine
07:00p Eight is Enough
08:00p Charlie’s Angels
09:00p Vega$
10:00p News (local)
10:30p ABC News (Ted Koppel)
10:50p The Love Boat
12:00a Baretta
WTCN, Channel 11 (NBC)
Morning
06:00a The PTL Club
07:00a Today (Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre)
09:00a David Letterman (Harold Stassen)
10:00a Wheel of Fortune
10:30a Password Plus (Gina Hecht, Ron Masak)
11:00a What’s New
Afternoon
12:00p Days of Our Lives
01:00p Another World
02:00p Texas
03:00p I Love Lucy (B&W)
03:30p My Three Sons
04:00p Bewitched
04:30p Welcome Back, Kotter
05:00p M*A*S*H
05:30p News (local)
Evening
06:00p NBC Nightly News (John Chancellor)
06:30p The Newlywed Game
07:00p Real People
08:00p Diff’rent Strokes
09:00p NBC White Paper
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Tonight (Tom Bradley, Robert Klein, Dionne Warwick)
12:00a Tomorrow (KISS)
01:00a The Dating Game
WGN, Channel 9 (Chicago) (Ind.)
Morning
05:55a Top O’ the Morning
06:25a News (local)
06:30a Starblazers
07:00a Ray Rayner
08:00a Bozo’s Circus
09:00a Movie – “My Geisha”
11:00a Phil Donahue
Afternoon
12:00p Mike Douglas
01:00p News (local)
01:00p Baseball Warm-Up
01:30p Baseball (Braves vs. Cubs)
04:30p I Dream of Jeannie
05:00p McHale’s Navy (B&W)
05:30p My Three Sons
Evening
06:00p Andy Griffith
06:30p Dick Van Dyke (B&W)
07:00p Movie – “Johnny Concho” (B&W)
09:00p News (local)
10:00p Dick Van Dyke (B&W)
10:30p Prisoner: Cell Block H
11:00p Movie – “The Suspect” (B&W)
12:30a News (local)
01:00a Movie – “Treasure of San Gennaro”
03:00a Zane Grey Theater (B&W)
WTBS, Channel 17 (Atlanta) (Ind.)
Morning
05:30a Family Affair
06:00a Funtime
07:00a I Love Lucy (B&W)
07:30a I Dream of Jeannie
08:00a Hazel
08:30a Green Acres
09:00a Movie – “That Kind of Woman” (B&W)
11:00a Freeman Reports
Afternoon
12:00p Movie – “The Shadow on the Window” (B&W)
01:30p Baseball (Braves vs. Cubs)
04:00p My Three Sons
04:30p Love, American Style
05:00p Carol Burnett and Friends
05:30p Bob Newhart
Evening
06:00p All in the Family
06:30p Sanford and Son
07:00p Movie – “Love Happy” (B&W)
09:00p News (local)
10:00p Night Gallery
10:30p Movie – “Die! Die! My Darling”
12:30a Baseball (Braves vs. Cubs)
03:00a Movie – “The Camp on Blood Island” (B&W)
http://www.itsabouttv.com/2014/08/this-week-in-tv-guide-august-30-1980.html
As always your comments, positive as well as negative, are most welcome.
This week’s listing is from Wednesday, September 3. I suppose one of the most obvious changes I notice in these "newer" issues is that the broadcast day has been dramatically expanded. Last week we saw a station airing a Western early on a weekday morning; this week we see stations going 24 hours. Is that better, or not? To be honest, I'm not sure. It sounds strange, coming from a TV buff, to ask whether or not it isn't better to have some times with no TV being broadcast.
And I'm just back from vacation, so be gentle with any errors I might have made...
KTCA, Channel 2 (PBS)
Morning
06:45a A.M. Weather
07:00a Maggie and the Beautiful Machine
07:30a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
08:00a Sesame Street
09:00a The Electric Company
09:30a Studio See
10:00a Flower Show
10:30a The French Chef
11:00a Know Your Antiques
11:30a Sesame Street
Afternoon
12:00p
12:30p Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
01:00p The Electric Company
01:30p Victory Garden
02:00p Over Easy (Gore Vidal)
02:30p Dick Cavell (Walter Matthau)
03:00p Masterpiece Theatre (Lillie, Part 10)
04:00p Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
04:30p Sesame Street
05:30p Studio See
Evening
06:00p Rebop
06:30p MacNeil/Lehrer Report
07:00p Dick Cavett (Sherill Milnes)
07:30p Encounters with Minnesota Artists
08:00p Great Performances
09:30p Different Drummer: Elvin Jones
10:00p Monty Python’s Flying Circus
10:30p Bill Moyers’ Journal
11:30p Bill Moyers’ Journal
12:30a U.S. Chronicle
KDLH, Channel 3 (Duluth) (CBS)
Morning
06:55a Five Minutes to Live By
07:00a CBS News Wednesday Morning
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a The Jeffersons
09:30a Alice
10:00a The Price Is Right
11:00a News (local)
11:05a Town and Country
11:30a Search For Tomorrow
Afternoon
12:00p The Young and the Restless
01:00p As the World Turns
02:00p Guiding Light
03:00p One Day at a Time
03:30p Mary Tyler Moore
04:00p Jim Rockford, Private Investigator
05:00p Bob Newhart
05:30p CBS Evening News (Walter Cronkite)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Tic Tac Dough
07:00p Rodeo
08:00p Movie – “See How She Runs”
10:00p News (local)
10:30p U.S. Open Tennis Update
11:00p The Saint
12:10a Movie – “Pocket Money”
WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
06:00a CBS News Wednesday Morning
07:00a Fred Flintstone & Friends
07:30a Cartoon Time
08:00a Phil Donahue (Elizabeth Janeway)
09:00a Cross-Wits (Nancy Klup, Daryl Anderson, Anne Lockhart, Robert Mandan)
09:30a Alice
10:00a The Price Is Right
11:00a The Young and the Restless
Afternoon
12:00p Midday
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
01:00p As the World Turns
02:00p Guiding Light
03:00p The Joker’s Wild
03:30p John Davidson (Richard Crenna, Rupert Holmes, Oliva de Havilland, Fred Travelena, Bob Keeshen
05:00p News (local)
05:30p CBS Evening News (Walter Cronkite)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p PM Magazine
07:00p Failed Pilot Theater
08:00p PM Magazine Special Edition
09:00p The Quiet Crisis
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Town Meeting
12:00a Bonanza
01:00a News (local)
01:30a News (local)
04:00a News (local)
KSTP, Channel 5 (ABC)
Morning
06:00a News (local)
06:20a Farm/Market Report
06:30a Country Day
07:00a Good Morning America (David Bowie)
09:00a Twin Cities Today
10:00a The Love Boat
11:00a Family Feud
11:30a Ryan’s Hope
Afternoon
12:00p All My Children
01:00p One Life to Live
02:00p General Hospital
03:00p Match Game (Robert Pine, Brett Somers, Betty White, Jamie Lee Curtis)
03:30p Starsky & Hutch
04:30p Happy Days Again
05:00p Hogan’s Heroes
05:30p ABC World News Tonight (Frank Reynolds)
Evening
06:00p News
06:30p Prisoner: Cell Block H
07:00p Eight is Enough
08:00p Charlie’s Angels
09:00p Vega$
10:00p News (local)
10:30p ABC News (Ted Koppel)
10:50p The Love Boat
12:00a Baretta
01:10a Don Lane (Phyllis Diller)
02:10a News
02:40a Little Rascals
03:10a Movie – “Flesh and Fantasy” (B&W)
05:00a To Be Announced
KCMT, Channel 7 (Alexandria) (NBC/ABC)
Morning
06:15a News (local)
06:20a Farm/Market Report
06:30a Country Day
07:00a Today (Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre)
09:00a David Letterman (Harold Stassen)
10:00a Wheel of Fortune
10:30a Password Plus (Gina Hecht, Ron Masak)
11:00a Card Sharks
11:30a Farm Today
11:50a Trading Post
Afternoon
12:00p Days of Our Lives
01:00p Another World
02:00p Texas
03:00p The Doctors
03:30p Family Feud
04:00p New Zoo Revue
04:30p I Dream of Jeannie
05:00p Hogan’s Heroes
05:30p NBC Nightly News (John Chancellor)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom
07:00p Billy Graham Crusade
08:00p Diff’rent Strokes
09:00p NBC White Paper
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Tonight (Tom Bradley, Robert Klein, Dionne Warwick)
12:00a Tomorrow (KISS)
KMSP, Channel 9 (Ind.)
Morning
06:00a The 700 Club
07:00a Krofft Superstars
07:30a The Jetsons
08:00a Popeye
08:30a Bullwinkle
09:00a I Dream of Jeannie
09:30a Candid Camera
10:00a Perry Mason (B&W)
11:00a Play the Percentages
11:30a Mike Douglas (Morgan Fairchild, Robert Goulet, Jim Fowler, Jean Brody)
Afternoon
01:00p Dinah! & Friends (Don Meredith, Howard Duff, Mark Harmon, Donna deVarona, John Hartford)
02:30p Best of Groucho (B&W)
03:00p Casper
03:30p Popeye
04:00p The Munsters (B&W)
04:30p Gilligan’s Island
05:00p Good Times
05:30p Sanford and Son
Evening
06:00p Dick Van Dyke (B&W)
06:30p All in the Family
07:00p Gunsmoke
08:00p Billy Graham Crusade
09:00p Maude
09:30p News (local)
10:00p Tic Tac Dough
10:30p Jim Rockford, Private Investigator
11:40p The Streets of San Francisco
12:50a The Twilight Zone (B&W)
01:20a The Gong Show
01:50a News (local)
WDIO, Channel 10 (Duluth) (ABC)
Morning
06:30a Country Day
07:00a Good Morning America (David Bowie)
09:00a Merv Griffin (Eva Gabor, Mary Shore, Andrew McFarlane)
10:00a The Love Boat
11:00a Family Feud
11:30a Ryan’s Hope
Afternoon
12:00p All My Children
01:00p One Life to Live
02:00p General Hospital
03:00p The Edge of Night
03:30p Movie – “Woman of Straw”
05:30p ABC World News Tonight (Frank Reynolds)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p PM Magazine
07:00p Eight is Enough
08:00p Charlie’s Angels
09:00p Vega$
10:00p News (local)
10:30p ABC News (Ted Koppel)
10:50p The Love Boat
12:00a Baretta
WTCN, Channel 11 (NBC)
Morning
06:00a The PTL Club
07:00a Today (Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre)
09:00a David Letterman (Harold Stassen)
10:00a Wheel of Fortune
10:30a Password Plus (Gina Hecht, Ron Masak)
11:00a What’s New
Afternoon
12:00p Days of Our Lives
01:00p Another World
02:00p Texas
03:00p I Love Lucy (B&W)
03:30p My Three Sons
04:00p Bewitched
04:30p Welcome Back, Kotter
05:00p M*A*S*H
05:30p News (local)
Evening
06:00p NBC Nightly News (John Chancellor)
06:30p The Newlywed Game
07:00p Real People
08:00p Diff’rent Strokes
09:00p NBC White Paper
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Tonight (Tom Bradley, Robert Klein, Dionne Warwick)
12:00a Tomorrow (KISS)
01:00a The Dating Game
WGN, Channel 9 (Chicago) (Ind.)
Morning
05:55a Top O’ the Morning
06:25a News (local)
06:30a Starblazers
07:00a Ray Rayner
08:00a Bozo’s Circus
09:00a Movie – “My Geisha”
11:00a Phil Donahue
Afternoon
12:00p Mike Douglas
01:00p News (local)
01:00p Baseball Warm-Up
01:30p Baseball (Braves vs. Cubs)
04:30p I Dream of Jeannie
05:00p McHale’s Navy (B&W)
05:30p My Three Sons
Evening
06:00p Andy Griffith
06:30p Dick Van Dyke (B&W)
07:00p Movie – “Johnny Concho” (B&W)
09:00p News (local)
10:00p Dick Van Dyke (B&W)
10:30p Prisoner: Cell Block H
11:00p Movie – “The Suspect” (B&W)
12:30a News (local)
01:00a Movie – “Treasure of San Gennaro”
03:00a Zane Grey Theater (B&W)
WTBS, Channel 17 (Atlanta) (Ind.)
Morning
05:30a Family Affair
06:00a Funtime
07:00a I Love Lucy (B&W)
07:30a I Dream of Jeannie
08:00a Hazel
08:30a Green Acres
09:00a Movie – “That Kind of Woman” (B&W)
11:00a Freeman Reports
Afternoon
12:00p Movie – “The Shadow on the Window” (B&W)
01:30p Baseball (Braves vs. Cubs)
04:00p My Three Sons
04:30p Love, American Style
05:00p Carol Burnett and Friends
05:30p Bob Newhart
Evening
06:00p All in the Family
06:30p Sanford and Son
07:00p Movie – “Love Happy” (B&W)
09:00p News (local)
10:00p Night Gallery
10:30p Movie – “Die! Die! My Darling”
12:30a Baseball (Braves vs. Cubs)
03:00a Movie – “The Camp on Blood Island” (B&W)