Source: TV Guide
CHANNELS
2 WMAR Baltimore [NBC]
4 WRC Washington [NBC]
5 WTTG Washington [IND]
7 WJLA Washington [ABC]
8 WGAL Lancaster, PA [NBC]
9 WDVM Washington [CBS]
11 WBAL Baltimore [CBS]
13 WJZ Baltimore [ABC]
16 WBOC Salisbury [CBS]
20 WDCA Washington [IND]
24 WKJL Baltimore [IND]
25 WHAG Hagerstown [NBC]
26 WETA Washington [PBS]
32 WHMM Washington [PBS]
45 WBFF Baltimore [IND]
47 WMDT Salisbury [ABC/NBC]
50 WFTY Washington [IND]
53 WNVT Fairfax [PBS]
54 WNUV Baltimore [IND]
56 WNVC Fairfax [PBS]
MPT Maryland Public Television [PBS, 22 Annapolis, 28 Salisbury, 31 Hagerstown, 67 Baltimore]
5AM
45 Petticoat Junction
5:05
13 News
5:10
13 ABC News
5:25
13 Muppet Show
5:30
45 Headline News
5:45
11 Devotions
5:55
13 Word of Faith
6AM
2 Next Question
Baltimore-area musical group New Edition. The program host is Ron Shapiro.
4 Latin Tempo
5 D. James Kennedy
9 Best of Carol Randolph
11 Learning to Do
13 This is the Life
20 Successful Living
45 Cartoons
50 To Be Announced
6:30
2 It's Your Business
Topic: the economic outlook for 1986.
4 Our House
7 Freedom Revival Hour
8 Dialogue
9 Spread a Little Sunshine
11 Learning to Read
13 Insight
20 700 Club
24 Memories
45 Terrahawks
47 Little House on the Prairie
54 Christians Working Together
7AM
2 Jimmy Swaggart
4 Three Stories Tall
5 To Be Announced
7 Peter Popoff
8 Music and the Spoken Word
9 World Tomorrow
11 Later Years
13 Real to Reel
24 Practice Plus One
25 Christian Lifestyle
45 Kenneth Copeland
54 Outreach of Love
MPT Business File
7:30
4 First Light
7 Day of Discovery
8 Our Hispanic Community
9 Church Service-Catholic
11 Urban Scene
13 Wally's Workshop
16 Better Way
20 47 Jimmy Swaggart
24 Church Service-Presbyterian
25 Open Door Church
54 Larry Jones
7:45
8 Davey & Goliath
8AM
2 Lift Every Voice
4 Voyagers!
5 Ever Increasing Faith
7 Bauman Bible Telecasts
8 Gospel Train
9 Oral Roberts
11 Gospel Variations
13 Black Sheep Squadron
16 Christian Viewpoint
24 In Touch
25 Jacobs Brothers
26 Sesame Street
45 Rocky & Friends
50 Heckle and Jeckle
54 Start The Week Right
MPT Business of Management
8:30
2 16 Oral Roberts
8 Kidsworld
9 Robert Schuller
11 Essence
In a special interview, Ella Fitzgerald reminisces about working with Count Basie, Louis Armstrong and Chick Webb. Also: clips of the singer performing with Duke Ellington.
20 Jackson 5ive
25 54 American Religious Town Hall
45 Robotech
47 D. James Kennedy
50 Harlem Globetrotters
9AM
2 Movie BW
"Smash-Up." [1947] Susan Hayward gives a fine performance as a singer who takes to the bottle when her husband becomes a success.
4 It's Academic
5 Super Sunday
7 George Vandman
8 Movie
"Jeremiah Johnson." [1972] Robert Redford as an 1830s Rocky Mountain trapper battling Indians and nature in director Sydney Pollack's wilderness epic filmed in Utah.
9 11 16 CBS News Sunday Morning
Scheduled: Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin is profiled.
13 Movie BW
"The Tuttles of Tahiti." [1942] Diverting tale of an irresponsible family that squanders a sudden fortune and is just as happy in poverty. Charles Laughton.
20 Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
24 Jerry Falwell
25 Echoes of Hope
26 3-2-1 Contact
32 Saturday Nite Sing
45 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
50 Movie BW
"Let's Go Navy." [1951] The Bowery Boys at sea, with Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall.
54 BJ/Lobo
MPT New Literacy
9:30
4 Fantasy Island
5 Comedy Hour
7 Robert Schuller
25 Raymond Jones
26 German Professional Soccer
45 Voltron
47 World Tomorrow
54 Revival of America
10AM
4 Acts of Faith: Passover
Reports examine the lives of Jews in the U.S., the USSR, Poland and South Africa; and Ethiopian and Soviet immigrants in Israel.
24 Our World
25 David Paul
32 Ever Increasing Faith
45 Fat Albert
47 Jerry Falwell
54 Plastic Man
MPT Today's Special
10:30
5 Movie BW
"The Wayfarers." [1963] Lassie the collie joins the Forest Service after her family leaves for Australia. Compiled from the TV series.
7 Search
9 Capital Edition
11 Movie
"Ryan's Daughter." [1970] The beauty of coastal Ireland highlights David Lean's film about a village lass [Sarah Miles] who weds a middle-aged widower [Robert Mitchum].
13 This Week with David Brinkley
16 Face The Nation
20 Movie BW
"Tarzan's Desert Mystery." [1943] Tarzan [Johnny Weissmuller] tangles with giant carnivorous plants, Nazis and a jumbo spider in this superior entry. Nancy Kelly.
24 Worldview
25 Jerry Falwell
26 American Interests
45 Rainbow Brite
50 Movie BW
"Jitterburgs." [1943] Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy play carnival musicians who turn the tables on con men.
54 Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
MPT Family Classics
11AM
2 Wonder Woman
4 Meet the Press
7 World Tomorrow
8 Wrestling
16 Robert Schuller
24 Family Hour
26 Public Policy Forum
32 Bobby Jones': Gospel
45 Popples
47 Strictly Business
56 Persian Entertainment
11:30
4 McLaughlin Group
7 47 This Week with David Brinkley
9 Face the Nation
13 Eyewitness News Conference
16 Evangel Hour
25 D. James Kennedy
32 Breath of Life
45 Ulysses 31
50 Movie BW
"Charlie Chan in Rio." [1941] Who killed the dancer whom Chan [Sidney Toler] came to Rio to arrest for murder? Carlos: Ted North.
MPT Sneak Previews
Scheduled: The careers of Kim Basinger, Danny Glover, Rae Dawn Chong and Ed Harris are discussed. Included are clips from "The Color Purple" and "9 1/2 Weeks."
Noon
2 Insight
4 McLaughlin One-On-One
5 Movie
"Promises in the Dark." [1979] Fine acting enhances this study of a young woman's battle with cancer.
8 Call of the Outdoors
9 Agronsky & Company
13 City Line
16 U.S. Farm Report
20 Movie BW
"Trouble Along the Way." [1953] John Wayne is happily cast as a college football coach in this expert mixture of humor and sentiment. Donna Reed.
24 Movie
"Mister Ten Percent." [1967] Farce about the production of a bad play designed as a flop for tax purposes.
25 Day of Discovery
26 U.S. vs. Japan: Issues in Focus
32 Firing Line
Philosopher Mortimer Adler is the guest.
45 Get Smart
54 Wrestling
MPT Agronsky & Company
12:20
MPT Profile
12:30
2 8 25 Meet the Press
4 Newscenter Forum
7 It's Your Business
See 6:30AM. Ch. 2.
9 Essence
11 Movie Continues
16 Greatest Sports Legends
45 Andy Griffith BW
47 Wrestling
MPT Wall Street Week
1PM
2 Movie
"The Other Side of the Mountain." [1975] Fact-based story about injured skier Jill Kinmont [Marilyn Hassett] and her battle against near-total paralysis.
4 Killer Whales of Robson Bight
7 Inside Greater Washungtin
8 Movie
"Jeremiah Johnson."
9 16 NBA Playoff
An early-round game.
13 Movie
"Deliverance." [1972] John Boorman directed this acclaimed James Dickey story about a canoe trip that becomes a daytime nightmare.
25 Movie
"The Chosen." [1981] Chaim Potok's novel about the friendship between two very different Jewish youths [Robby Benson, Barry Miller] in 1940s Brooklyn.
26 Firing Line
32 Mystery!
Conclusion. "Charters & Caldicott" finally arrive at the cricket field-with Detective Snow [Gerard Murphy] and the confessed murderer on their heels.
45 Arthritis Telethon
Mickey Gilley and Bill Anderson emcee the fifth annual campaign to combat arthritis, telecast from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. Scheduled to appear: Hoyt Axton, Nicolette Larson, Gary Morris. [Joined in progress]
50 Movie
"Peeper." [1975] Spoof of classic Hollywood private-eye capers, with Michael Caine as a bumbling British detective searching for a man's long-lost daughter in 1940s Los Angeles. Natalie Wood.
54 Movie
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." [1949] Bing Crosby in an entertaining version of Mark Twain's classic about a blacksmith transported to another age.
MPT Doctor Who
1:30
4 Exciting World of Speed & Beauty
7 Revista
47 One Day at a Time
56 Italia Sports
2PM
4 Drag Racing
The 1986 Winternationals, taped in Pomona, Cal. Top-fuel, pro-stock and funny-car events are featured.
5 Movie
"No Place to Hide." [1981] TV-movie centering on an art student [Kathleen Beller] who can't convince the authorities that she's being terrorized by a masked man. Mariette Hartley.
7 At The Movies
Scheduled: "Eight Million Ways to Die" [Jeff Bridges, Rosanne Arquette]; "Off Beat" [Judge Reinhold]; "Echo Park" [Tom Hulce].
11 Wild, Wild World of Animals
20 Movie
"Assault on a Queen." [1966] A daredevil quintet plots a mid-ocean robbery of the Queen Mary. Slick, salty Rod Serling script. Frank Sinatra.
24 Star Search
26 Shakespeare Hour
"King Lear" [Michael Hordern] banishes his daughter Cordelia [Brenda Blethyn]-plunging Britain into civil war. Part 1 of four.
32 Masterpiece Theatre
Scott's expedition is plagued by miscalculations and dissent, while Amundsen's team encounters smooth sailing through the polar ice pack in Part 2 of "The Last Place on Earth."
47 Solid Gold
53 Educational Computing
56 Bodywatch
2:30
7 Risking it All
11 Drag Racing
The 1986 Gatornationals, taped March 23 at Gainesville, Fla. Competition is in top fuel, pro stock and funny-car events. Dave McClelland and Steve Evans report.
53 Virginia Legislature: The Week
56 Doctors on Call
MPT Hackers-Wizards of the Electronic Age
3PM
2 Millionaire Maker
4 8 This Week in Baseball
7 13 47 Baseball
At press time, ABC planned to air either New York Mets at St. Louis or Chicago White Sox at Detroit.
24 Rawhide
25 Please Help Me Live
26 Movie
"Koyaanisqatsi," [1982] a "Great Performances" presentation, offers an unusual visual essay on energy, through naturalistic and impressionistic images, ranging from the sweeping vistas of Arizona's Monument Valley to a city's nighttime traffic patterns.
32 Shakespeare Hour
A blinded Gloucester [Norman Rodway] and his son Edgar [Anton Lesser] encounter a now mad "King Lear" [Michael Hordern] at Dover Cliff in Part 3.
50 Movie
"Seven Cities of Gold." [1955] How Father Serra [Michael Rennie] attempted to found missions in old California.
53 Joy of Painting
54 Movie
"Stars and Stripes Forever." [1952] "March King" John Philip Sousa [Clifton Webb] and his music get the Hollywood treatment. Good foot-tapping entertainment.
56 Movie BW
"Rashomon." [1951] Akira Kurosawa's masterful inquiry into the nature of truth, focusing on four conflicting eyewitness accounts of a rape-murder. Toshiro Mifune.
3:30
4 Hank Parker's Outdoor Magazine
Featured: A segment on the wild turkey.
8 Sportsman's Friend/Harold Ensley
9 11 16 NBA Playoff
An early-round game.
53 European Journal
MPT Modern Maturity
4PM
2 4 8 25 Golf
Final-round play in the Legends of Golf, telecast live from the Onion Creek Club in Austin, TX.
5 Movie
"Sakharov." [1984] Jason Robards plays physicist Andrei Sakharov in this account of the Soviet dissident's dedication to the issue of human rights.
20 Movie
"The Final Option." [1982] Antinuke terrorists assault the U.S. embassy in London. Judy Davis.
24 Zane Grey BW
32 Word into Image
53 Washington Report: The Week
MPT Madeleine Cooks
4:30
24 Westerners BW
26 Dorothy Hood: The Color of Life
The artist's works at the National Gallery, the Whitney and the Museum of Modern Art.
32 Market to Market
53 Back Pain: Causes, Prevention & Treatment
56 Gospel Music
MPT Frugal Gourmet
5PM
24 Movie BW
"Odette." [1950] The true story of a secret agent [Anna Neagle] in France during World War II.
26 Doctor Who
32 Moneymakers V
50 Movie BW
"Flame of the Barbary Coast." [1945], about a cattleman [John Wayne], a singer [Ann Dvorak], a gambler Joseph Schildkraut] and the San Francisco earthquake.
53 Made in Texas
54 Puttin' on the Hits
56 Living with Animals
MPT Heritage Conversations-Bill Moyers
5:30
32 European Journal
53 Richmond Report: This Week
54 FTV
56 Cookin' Cheap
6PM
2 4 7 8 11 News
5 Movie
"The Jazz Singer." [1980] Remake of the 1927 classic about a cantor's son [Neil Diamond] who enters show business.
9 CBS News
13 47 ABC News
16 Southern Sportsman
20 Puttin' On The Hits
Lip-sync routines include Vanity's "Pretty Mess"; Tom Jones' "What's New Pussycat"; Bryan Adams' "Heaven."
25 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
32 Imagenes/Latino
53 Living with Animals
54 Route 66 BW
An untamed stallion named Blue Murder seems to kick off a bloody chain of murders.
56 Virginia Legislature: This Week
MPT Tony Brown's Journal
A discussion of AIDS examines how American blacks have been affected; the possible link between the virus and swine fever.
6:30
2 4 8 25 NBC News
7 ABC News
9 13 News
11 16 CBS News
20 America's Top 10
The Pet Shop Boys, the Rolling Stones, Prince and the Revolution, Bangles, Robert Palmer.
26 Adam Smith's Money World
An interview with former Reagan Administration budget director David Stockman.
32 Living with Animals
47 One Day at a Time
Connors [John Hillerman] offers Ann a vice-presidency and her own branch office-in Amarillo, TX.
53 Innovation
56 Washington Report: This Week
MPT View from the Bench
Topic: plea bargaining and sentencing.
Prime Time and later listings will be added tomorrow, since it is getting late here.
-crainbebo
CHANNELS
2 WMAR Baltimore [NBC]
4 WRC Washington [NBC]
5 WTTG Washington [IND]
7 WJLA Washington [ABC]
8 WGAL Lancaster, PA [NBC]
9 WDVM Washington [CBS]
11 WBAL Baltimore [CBS]
13 WJZ Baltimore [ABC]
16 WBOC Salisbury [CBS]
20 WDCA Washington [IND]
24 WKJL Baltimore [IND]
25 WHAG Hagerstown [NBC]
26 WETA Washington [PBS]
32 WHMM Washington [PBS]
45 WBFF Baltimore [IND]
47 WMDT Salisbury [ABC/NBC]
50 WFTY Washington [IND]
53 WNVT Fairfax [PBS]
54 WNUV Baltimore [IND]
56 WNVC Fairfax [PBS]
MPT Maryland Public Television [PBS, 22 Annapolis, 28 Salisbury, 31 Hagerstown, 67 Baltimore]
5AM
45 Petticoat Junction
5:05
13 News
5:10
13 ABC News
5:25
13 Muppet Show
5:30
45 Headline News
5:45
11 Devotions
5:55
13 Word of Faith
6AM
2 Next Question
Baltimore-area musical group New Edition. The program host is Ron Shapiro.
4 Latin Tempo
5 D. James Kennedy
9 Best of Carol Randolph
11 Learning to Do
13 This is the Life
20 Successful Living
45 Cartoons
50 To Be Announced
6:30
2 It's Your Business
Topic: the economic outlook for 1986.
4 Our House
7 Freedom Revival Hour
8 Dialogue
9 Spread a Little Sunshine
11 Learning to Read
13 Insight
20 700 Club
24 Memories
45 Terrahawks
47 Little House on the Prairie
54 Christians Working Together
7AM
2 Jimmy Swaggart
4 Three Stories Tall
5 To Be Announced
7 Peter Popoff
8 Music and the Spoken Word
9 World Tomorrow
11 Later Years
13 Real to Reel
24 Practice Plus One
25 Christian Lifestyle
45 Kenneth Copeland
54 Outreach of Love
MPT Business File
7:30
4 First Light
7 Day of Discovery
8 Our Hispanic Community
9 Church Service-Catholic
11 Urban Scene
13 Wally's Workshop
16 Better Way
20 47 Jimmy Swaggart
24 Church Service-Presbyterian
25 Open Door Church
54 Larry Jones
7:45
8 Davey & Goliath
8AM
2 Lift Every Voice
4 Voyagers!
5 Ever Increasing Faith
7 Bauman Bible Telecasts
8 Gospel Train
9 Oral Roberts
11 Gospel Variations
13 Black Sheep Squadron
16 Christian Viewpoint
24 In Touch
25 Jacobs Brothers
26 Sesame Street
45 Rocky & Friends
50 Heckle and Jeckle
54 Start The Week Right
MPT Business of Management
8:30
2 16 Oral Roberts
8 Kidsworld
9 Robert Schuller
11 Essence
In a special interview, Ella Fitzgerald reminisces about working with Count Basie, Louis Armstrong and Chick Webb. Also: clips of the singer performing with Duke Ellington.
20 Jackson 5ive
25 54 American Religious Town Hall
45 Robotech
47 D. James Kennedy
50 Harlem Globetrotters
9AM
2 Movie BW
"Smash-Up." [1947] Susan Hayward gives a fine performance as a singer who takes to the bottle when her husband becomes a success.
4 It's Academic
5 Super Sunday
7 George Vandman
8 Movie
"Jeremiah Johnson." [1972] Robert Redford as an 1830s Rocky Mountain trapper battling Indians and nature in director Sydney Pollack's wilderness epic filmed in Utah.
9 11 16 CBS News Sunday Morning
Scheduled: Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin is profiled.
13 Movie BW
"The Tuttles of Tahiti." [1942] Diverting tale of an irresponsible family that squanders a sudden fortune and is just as happy in poverty. Charles Laughton.
20 Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
24 Jerry Falwell
25 Echoes of Hope
26 3-2-1 Contact
32 Saturday Nite Sing
45 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
50 Movie BW
"Let's Go Navy." [1951] The Bowery Boys at sea, with Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall.
54 BJ/Lobo
MPT New Literacy
9:30
4 Fantasy Island
5 Comedy Hour
7 Robert Schuller
25 Raymond Jones
26 German Professional Soccer
45 Voltron
47 World Tomorrow
54 Revival of America
10AM
4 Acts of Faith: Passover
Reports examine the lives of Jews in the U.S., the USSR, Poland and South Africa; and Ethiopian and Soviet immigrants in Israel.
24 Our World
25 David Paul
32 Ever Increasing Faith
45 Fat Albert
47 Jerry Falwell
54 Plastic Man
MPT Today's Special
10:30
5 Movie BW
"The Wayfarers." [1963] Lassie the collie joins the Forest Service after her family leaves for Australia. Compiled from the TV series.
7 Search
9 Capital Edition
11 Movie
"Ryan's Daughter." [1970] The beauty of coastal Ireland highlights David Lean's film about a village lass [Sarah Miles] who weds a middle-aged widower [Robert Mitchum].
13 This Week with David Brinkley
16 Face The Nation
20 Movie BW
"Tarzan's Desert Mystery." [1943] Tarzan [Johnny Weissmuller] tangles with giant carnivorous plants, Nazis and a jumbo spider in this superior entry. Nancy Kelly.
24 Worldview
25 Jerry Falwell
26 American Interests
45 Rainbow Brite
50 Movie BW
"Jitterburgs." [1943] Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy play carnival musicians who turn the tables on con men.
54 Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
MPT Family Classics
11AM
2 Wonder Woman
4 Meet the Press
7 World Tomorrow
8 Wrestling
16 Robert Schuller
24 Family Hour
26 Public Policy Forum
32 Bobby Jones': Gospel
45 Popples
47 Strictly Business
56 Persian Entertainment
11:30
4 McLaughlin Group
7 47 This Week with David Brinkley
9 Face the Nation
13 Eyewitness News Conference
16 Evangel Hour
25 D. James Kennedy
32 Breath of Life
45 Ulysses 31
50 Movie BW
"Charlie Chan in Rio." [1941] Who killed the dancer whom Chan [Sidney Toler] came to Rio to arrest for murder? Carlos: Ted North.
MPT Sneak Previews
Scheduled: The careers of Kim Basinger, Danny Glover, Rae Dawn Chong and Ed Harris are discussed. Included are clips from "The Color Purple" and "9 1/2 Weeks."
Noon
2 Insight
4 McLaughlin One-On-One
5 Movie
"Promises in the Dark." [1979] Fine acting enhances this study of a young woman's battle with cancer.
8 Call of the Outdoors
9 Agronsky & Company
13 City Line
16 U.S. Farm Report
20 Movie BW
"Trouble Along the Way." [1953] John Wayne is happily cast as a college football coach in this expert mixture of humor and sentiment. Donna Reed.
24 Movie
"Mister Ten Percent." [1967] Farce about the production of a bad play designed as a flop for tax purposes.
25 Day of Discovery
26 U.S. vs. Japan: Issues in Focus
32 Firing Line
Philosopher Mortimer Adler is the guest.
45 Get Smart
54 Wrestling
MPT Agronsky & Company
12:20
MPT Profile
12:30
2 8 25 Meet the Press
4 Newscenter Forum
7 It's Your Business
See 6:30AM. Ch. 2.
9 Essence
11 Movie Continues
16 Greatest Sports Legends
45 Andy Griffith BW
47 Wrestling
MPT Wall Street Week
1PM
2 Movie
"The Other Side of the Mountain." [1975] Fact-based story about injured skier Jill Kinmont [Marilyn Hassett] and her battle against near-total paralysis.
4 Killer Whales of Robson Bight
7 Inside Greater Washungtin
8 Movie
"Jeremiah Johnson."
9 16 NBA Playoff
An early-round game.
13 Movie
"Deliverance." [1972] John Boorman directed this acclaimed James Dickey story about a canoe trip that becomes a daytime nightmare.
25 Movie
"The Chosen." [1981] Chaim Potok's novel about the friendship between two very different Jewish youths [Robby Benson, Barry Miller] in 1940s Brooklyn.
26 Firing Line
32 Mystery!
Conclusion. "Charters & Caldicott" finally arrive at the cricket field-with Detective Snow [Gerard Murphy] and the confessed murderer on their heels.
45 Arthritis Telethon
Mickey Gilley and Bill Anderson emcee the fifth annual campaign to combat arthritis, telecast from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. Scheduled to appear: Hoyt Axton, Nicolette Larson, Gary Morris. [Joined in progress]
50 Movie
"Peeper." [1975] Spoof of classic Hollywood private-eye capers, with Michael Caine as a bumbling British detective searching for a man's long-lost daughter in 1940s Los Angeles. Natalie Wood.
54 Movie
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." [1949] Bing Crosby in an entertaining version of Mark Twain's classic about a blacksmith transported to another age.
MPT Doctor Who
1:30
4 Exciting World of Speed & Beauty
7 Revista
47 One Day at a Time
56 Italia Sports
2PM
4 Drag Racing
The 1986 Winternationals, taped in Pomona, Cal. Top-fuel, pro-stock and funny-car events are featured.
5 Movie
"No Place to Hide." [1981] TV-movie centering on an art student [Kathleen Beller] who can't convince the authorities that she's being terrorized by a masked man. Mariette Hartley.
7 At The Movies
Scheduled: "Eight Million Ways to Die" [Jeff Bridges, Rosanne Arquette]; "Off Beat" [Judge Reinhold]; "Echo Park" [Tom Hulce].
11 Wild, Wild World of Animals
20 Movie
"Assault on a Queen." [1966] A daredevil quintet plots a mid-ocean robbery of the Queen Mary. Slick, salty Rod Serling script. Frank Sinatra.
24 Star Search
26 Shakespeare Hour
"King Lear" [Michael Hordern] banishes his daughter Cordelia [Brenda Blethyn]-plunging Britain into civil war. Part 1 of four.
32 Masterpiece Theatre
Scott's expedition is plagued by miscalculations and dissent, while Amundsen's team encounters smooth sailing through the polar ice pack in Part 2 of "The Last Place on Earth."
47 Solid Gold
53 Educational Computing
56 Bodywatch
2:30
7 Risking it All
11 Drag Racing
The 1986 Gatornationals, taped March 23 at Gainesville, Fla. Competition is in top fuel, pro stock and funny-car events. Dave McClelland and Steve Evans report.
53 Virginia Legislature: The Week
56 Doctors on Call
MPT Hackers-Wizards of the Electronic Age
3PM
2 Millionaire Maker
4 8 This Week in Baseball
7 13 47 Baseball
At press time, ABC planned to air either New York Mets at St. Louis or Chicago White Sox at Detroit.
24 Rawhide
25 Please Help Me Live
26 Movie
"Koyaanisqatsi," [1982] a "Great Performances" presentation, offers an unusual visual essay on energy, through naturalistic and impressionistic images, ranging from the sweeping vistas of Arizona's Monument Valley to a city's nighttime traffic patterns.
32 Shakespeare Hour
A blinded Gloucester [Norman Rodway] and his son Edgar [Anton Lesser] encounter a now mad "King Lear" [Michael Hordern] at Dover Cliff in Part 3.
50 Movie
"Seven Cities of Gold." [1955] How Father Serra [Michael Rennie] attempted to found missions in old California.
53 Joy of Painting
54 Movie
"Stars and Stripes Forever." [1952] "March King" John Philip Sousa [Clifton Webb] and his music get the Hollywood treatment. Good foot-tapping entertainment.
56 Movie BW
"Rashomon." [1951] Akira Kurosawa's masterful inquiry into the nature of truth, focusing on four conflicting eyewitness accounts of a rape-murder. Toshiro Mifune.
3:30
4 Hank Parker's Outdoor Magazine
Featured: A segment on the wild turkey.
8 Sportsman's Friend/Harold Ensley
9 11 16 NBA Playoff
An early-round game.
53 European Journal
MPT Modern Maturity
4PM
2 4 8 25 Golf
Final-round play in the Legends of Golf, telecast live from the Onion Creek Club in Austin, TX.
5 Movie
"Sakharov." [1984] Jason Robards plays physicist Andrei Sakharov in this account of the Soviet dissident's dedication to the issue of human rights.
20 Movie
"The Final Option." [1982] Antinuke terrorists assault the U.S. embassy in London. Judy Davis.
24 Zane Grey BW
32 Word into Image
53 Washington Report: The Week
MPT Madeleine Cooks
4:30
24 Westerners BW
26 Dorothy Hood: The Color of Life
The artist's works at the National Gallery, the Whitney and the Museum of Modern Art.
32 Market to Market
53 Back Pain: Causes, Prevention & Treatment
56 Gospel Music
MPT Frugal Gourmet
5PM
24 Movie BW
"Odette." [1950] The true story of a secret agent [Anna Neagle] in France during World War II.
26 Doctor Who
32 Moneymakers V
50 Movie BW
"Flame of the Barbary Coast." [1945], about a cattleman [John Wayne], a singer [Ann Dvorak], a gambler Joseph Schildkraut] and the San Francisco earthquake.
53 Made in Texas
54 Puttin' on the Hits
56 Living with Animals
MPT Heritage Conversations-Bill Moyers
5:30
32 European Journal
53 Richmond Report: This Week
54 FTV
56 Cookin' Cheap
6PM
2 4 7 8 11 News
5 Movie
"The Jazz Singer." [1980] Remake of the 1927 classic about a cantor's son [Neil Diamond] who enters show business.
9 CBS News
13 47 ABC News
16 Southern Sportsman
20 Puttin' On The Hits
Lip-sync routines include Vanity's "Pretty Mess"; Tom Jones' "What's New Pussycat"; Bryan Adams' "Heaven."
25 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
32 Imagenes/Latino
53 Living with Animals
54 Route 66 BW
An untamed stallion named Blue Murder seems to kick off a bloody chain of murders.
56 Virginia Legislature: This Week
MPT Tony Brown's Journal
A discussion of AIDS examines how American blacks have been affected; the possible link between the virus and swine fever.
6:30
2 4 8 25 NBC News
7 ABC News
9 13 News
11 16 CBS News
20 America's Top 10
The Pet Shop Boys, the Rolling Stones, Prince and the Revolution, Bangles, Robert Palmer.
26 Adam Smith's Money World
An interview with former Reagan Administration budget director David Stockman.
32 Living with Animals
47 One Day at a Time
Connors [John Hillerman] offers Ann a vice-presidency and her own branch office-in Amarillo, TX.
53 Innovation
56 Washington Report: This Week
MPT View from the Bench
Topic: plea bargaining and sentencing.
Prime Time and later listings will be added tomorrow, since it is getting late here.
-crainbebo