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Retro: Washington, D.C./Baltimore - Saturday, September 20, 1975

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In honor of the nation's forthcoming Bicentennial, Schoolhouse Rock debuted their "America Rock" series this day with "No More Kings".

Sources: Baltimore Sun via newspapers.com, Washington Star via geneologybank.com.

P - (Series) Premiere (Saturday morning season started two weeks earlier, but new shows will be marked with a 'P' if its new for that season.)
SP - Season Premiere
* - Schoolhouse Rock segment follows this program.


Washington, D.C.
4 WRC (NBC)
5 WTTG (Ind.)
7 WMAL (ABC)
9 WTOP (CBS)
20 WDCA (Ind.)
26 WETA (PBS)

Baltimore
2 WMAR (CBS)
11 WBAL (NBC)
13 WJZ (ABC)
45 WBFF (Ind.)
67 WMPB (PBS/Maryland Public Television)

6:00 AM
9 - Agriculture U.S.A.

6:30 AM
2, 9 - Summer Semester
7 - Treehouse Club
13 - New Directions in Living
20 - FYI: Consultation

6:45 AM
4 - Faith & Life; News
11 - Devotions

6:55 AM
5 - Today in Your Life

7:00 AM
2 - Scoody-Doo, Where Are You!
4 - Knowledge
5 - Friends of Man
7 - Make a Wish
9 - Arthur & Company
11 - The Christophers
13 - Cartoon Carnival
20 - Mr. Chips
45 - Popeye/Little Rascals

7:15 AM
11 - Davey and Goliath

7:30 AM
2 - Far Out Space Nuts (P)
4, 11 - Across the Fence
5 - Bullwinkle
7 - Lost Saucer (P)
9 - Villa Alegre
13 - Bob Turk
20 - Korean Tour

8:00 AM
2 - Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm
4 - Emgergency + 4
5 - Underdog
7, 13 - Hong Kong Phooey*
9 - See Our Show
11 - The "Negro" in United States History (no offense intended)
20 - Kathryn Kuhlman
26 - Villa Alegre
45 - Open Wide: A Look at Dentistry

8:15 AM
45 - Baltimore Department of Social Services
67 - GED: High School Equivalence

8:30 AM
2, 9 - Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
4 - Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
5 - Deputy Dawg
7, 13 - Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape* (P)
11 - At Home in Maryland
20 - God's Good News
26 - Mister Rogers

8:45 AM
45 - Urban Services
67 - Afro-American Perspectives

9:00 AM
4 - Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty (P)
5 - H.R. Pufnstuf
11 - Garden Living
20 - Lone Ranger
26 - Sesame Street
45 - Mister Ed

9:15 AM
67 - Date Procressing

9:30 AM
2 - Professor Kool
4 - Pink Panther
5 - Jackson 5ive
7 - Magic Door
9 - Scoody-Doo, Where Are You!
11 - Beverly Hillbillies
13 - Lost Saucer (P)
20 - Pro Wrestling
45 - Rifleman

10:00 AM
2, 9 - Shazam!/Isis Hour
4, 11 - Land of the Lost
5 - Porky Pig
7, 13 - New Adventures of Gilligan*
26 - Electric Company
45 - Sea Hunt
67 - Fundamentals of Mathematics

10:30 AM
4, 11 - Run, Joe, Run
5 - Jetsons
7, 13 - Uncle Croc's Block* (P)
20 - Ebony Affair
26 - Carrascolendas
45 - Little Rascals

10:45 AM
67 - Personal Management

11:00 AM
2 - Flintstones (original version)
4, 11 - Return to the Planet of the Apes (P)
5 - Saturday's First Feature: "The Spanish Main" (1945) - Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes.
9 - Far Out Space Nuts (P)
20 - Soul of the City
26 - Sesame Street
45 - Three Stooges

11:30 AM
2 - Ghost Busters (P)
4, 11 - Westwind (P)
7, 13 - Oddball Couple (P)
9 - Clubhouse
45 - Bat Masterson
67 - American Government

NOON
2, 9 - Valley of the Dinosaurs
4, 11 - Josie and the Pussycats
7 - Speed Buggy*
13 - Mata: Means Woman
20 - Saturday Chiller: "4D Man" (1959) - Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, James Congdon.
26 - Mister Rogers
45 - Roy Rogers Theater - "In Old Amarillo" (1951)
67 - Woman

12:30 PM
2, 9 - Fat Albert
4, 11 - Go-U.S.A. (formerly Go)
7 - American Bandstand - Guests: Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods, Ralph Carter (Michael Evans on Good Times).
13 - Black News Conference
26 - Villa Alegre

12:45 PM
67 - Theonie

1:00 PM
2, 9 - CBS Children's Film Festival: "Tiko and the Shark"
4 - 360
5 - Saturday Movie: "Champion" (1949) - Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy.
11 - Soul Train - Guests: The Impressions, Rance Allen Group; Featured: Soul Train Dance Contest.
13 - Star Trek
26 - No, Honestly!
45 - One O'Clock Movie: "Revenue Agent" (1950) - Lyle Talbot, Douglas Kennedy, Jean Willes, Onslow Stevens, Archie Twitchell.
67 - Living Better

1:15 PM
67 - Charlie's Pad

1:30 PM
4 - It's Your World
7 - Victory at Sea
20 - Comedy Time: "Gidget Grows Up" (1969) - Karen Valentine, Edward Mulhare, Paul Petersen, Bob Cummings, Paul Lynde.
26 - Jean Shepherd's America
67 - Know Your Antiques

2:00 PM
2 - Woman's Journal
4, 11 - MLB Baseball - Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers
7, 13 - ABC's Wide World of Sports - 1) Southern 500 Stock Car Race (Darlington, SC); 2) National Wrist-Wrestling Championships (Las Vegas); 3) Ryder Cup Golf Match (Laurel Valley Country Club, Ligonier, PA)
9 - The Movie House: "The Power and the Glory" (1933) - Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore.
26 - When Television Was Live!
67 - Maggie and the Beautiful Machine

2:30 PM
2 - Picture for a Saturday Afternoon: "Captain Carey, U.S.A." (1949) - Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix.
26 - Man Builds, Man Destroys
67 - French Chef - Julia Child

3:00 PM
5 - Weekend Movie: "Father Was a Fullback" (1949) - Fred MacMurray, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Betty Lynn, Rudy Vallee, Thelma Ritter, Jim Backus.
20 - Fun World
26 - Feeling Good
45 - NFL Game of the Week
67 - Making Things Grow

3:30 PM
7, 13 - NCAA Football - Tennessee vs. UCLA
9 - Three for the Road
20 - Ultraman
26 - Woman
45 - Greatest Sports Legends
67 - Romagnolis' Table

4:00 PM
2 - Baltimore City Fair
20 - Speed Racer
26 - Sesame Street
45 - Pro Wrestling
67 - A Bit With Knit

4:30 PM
2, 9 - CBS Sports Spectacular - 1) Horse Racing: Beldame mare/philly race (Belmont Park); 2) NASCAR Racing: Champion 400 (Brooklyn, MI); 3) Princess Invitational Tennis Tournament (Bermuda)
5 - Ghost and Mrs. Muir
20 - Bugs Bunny
67 - Kup's Show

5:00 PM
4 - Vistas
5 - Soul Train (see ch. 11 at 1:00 PM)
11 - Mission: Impossible
20 - Lone Ranger
26 - Mister Rogers
45 - Carol Mann's Celebrity Golf Challenge

5:30 PM
4 - It's Academic (SP) - Competing high schools: High Point (Beltsville, MD), Holton-Arms (Bethesda, MD), Groveton (now West Potomac; Alexandria, VA)
20 - Gilligan's Island
26 - Electric Company
45 - It Takes a Thief
67 - Man Builds, Man Destroys

6:00 PM
2 - Ironside
4 - Kukla, Fran and Ollie (unknown whether it's the original 1947-57 series or a revival series)
5 - Brady Bunch
9 - News
11 - Pinbusters (Bowling)
20 - Superman
26 - Washington Week in Review
67 - Changing Rhythms

6:30 PM
4 - NBC Nightly News - Tom Brokaw
5 - Family Affair
9 - CBS Evening News - Dan Rather
20 - Hogan's Heroes (x2)
26 - Black Perspective on the News
45 - McHale's Navy
67 - Washington Week in Review

7:00 PM
2, 11, 13 - News
4 - Name That Tune - Tom Kennedy
5 - Andy Griffith
7 - Space: 1999
9 - Agronsky & Co.
26 - Firing Line
45 - Avengers
67 - Consumer Survival Kit

7:30 PM
2 - Candid Camera
4 - Don Adams' Screen Test (game show)
5 - Love, American Style
9 - Harambee
11 - Hollywood Squares
13 - Baltimore City Fair
20 WFL (World Football League) Football - Philadelphia Bell vs. Jacksonville Sharks (WFL ceased operations the following month)
67 - Agronsky & Co.

8:00 PM
2, 9 - Jeffersons: "George's First Vacation"
4, 11 - Emergency!: "The Old Engine Cram
5 - Babar the Elephant
7, 13 - Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell (P)
26, 67 - Philadelphia Folk Festival - Featuring: John Prine, Tom Rush, Don Reno and the Tennessee Cutups, Frankie Armstrong, Norman Blake.
45 - Dragnet

8:30 PM
2, 9 - Doc: "The Other Woman"
5 - Miss Black America Beauty Pageant - Winner: Donzeila Johnson (Pennsylvania)
45 - Baltimore's Finest Feature: "Night People" (1954) - Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen.

9:00 PM
2, 9 - Mary Tyler Moore: "Mary Moves Out" - Mary moves from her house she's shared with Rhoda and Phyllis (who have both since moved out) to a high rise apartment.
4, 11 - NBC Saturday Night at the Movies: "The Stone Killer" (1973) - Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Jack Colvin, Ralph Waite, Norman Fell, John Ritter (the latter two would later co-star in Three's Company two years later).
7, 13 - S.W.A.T.: "Kill S.W.A.T."
26 - A Family at War: "Coming Home"
67 - Special of the Week: "About Charles Ives"

9:30 PM
2, 9 - Bob Newhart: "Here's Looking at You, Kid"

10:00 PM
2, 9 - Carol Burnett - Guest: Sammy Davis Jr.
5 - News
7, 13 - Matt Helm: "Dead Men Talk" (P)
26 - Movie World of Ingmar Bergman: "Summer Interlude" (1951; Swedish) - Maj-Britt Nilsson, Berger Malmsten.

10:30 PM
5 - Black News
20 - Cisco Kid
45 - NCAA Football - Maryland vs. North Carolina (tape delayed)
67 - Nova: "Lost World of the Maya"

11:00 PM
2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13 - News
5 - Metromedia Movie - "Heller in Pink Tights" (1959) - Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn
20 - Creature Feature - "Corridors of Blood" (1960) - Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Betta St. John, Finlay Currie.

11:30 PM
2 - Big Movie of the Week: "Girl in the Headlines" (1963) - Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Jeremy Brett, Jane Asher.
4 - Weekend Tonight Show
7 - NCAA Football - (see ch. 45 at 10:30 PM)
9 - Big Movie
11 - Million Dollar Movie: "Inside Daisy Clover" (1965) - Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Roddy McDowall, Ruth Gordon.
13 - Late Show: "The Killers" (1964) - Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Ronald Reagan.
67 - Janaki (x2)

12:25 AM
13 - News

12:30 AM
20 - 700 Club

12:35 AM
13 - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

1:00 AM
4 - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
5 - Outer Limits
45 - Ghost Host Theater: "Bride of the Monster (1955) - Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy, Loretta King.

1:30 AM
7 - ABC Weekend News
9 - Movie: "Boom" (1968) - Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Noel Coward.

2:05 AM
13 - ABC Weekend News
 
Uncle Croc's Block (10:30 AM, chs. 7 and 13) was one of the biggest duds in kidvid history. After that, ABC told Filmation to take their wares elsewhere.
 
Uncle Croc's Block (10:30 AM, chs. 7 and 13) was one of the biggest duds in kidvid history. After that, ABC told Filmation to take their wares elsewhere.
That's exactly what you said on my NYC schedule the SNL debuted (October 11, 1975).
 
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