From TV Guide, Western New England Edition:
WFSB Ch. 3 Hartford (CBS)
6 AM Face The State (also airs Sun 6:30 AM)
6:30 Villa Alegre
7 AM Kidsworld
7:30 Arthur & Company (IIRC, WFSB was a Post-Newsweek station at the time and this show aired on all of its stations.)
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 All-New Popeye Hour
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Kidsworld
12:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
1:30 30 Minutes (Betsy Aaron profiles figure-skating champion Linda Fratianne as she prepares for the 1980 Winter Olympics.)
2 PM Movie: "The Mouse On The Moon"
3:30 World Series Of Golf (third round)
5 PM CBS Sports Spectacular (the 16th Canoe-Kayak World Championships from Jonquiere, Quebec; a preview of the Pacific Gymnastics Championships in Tucson; World's Strongest Man competition)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
7 PM Agronsky And Company
7:30 Guinness Game
8 PM Working Stiffs
8:30 Bad News Bears
9 PM Big Shamus, Little Shamus (debut)
10 PM Paris (CBS took a lot of heat for the early cancellation of this show, starring James Earl Jones as a detective captain; at the same time, ABC took heat for the quick cancellation of "The Lazarus Syndrome," with Louis Gossett Jr. as a doctor. Both actors are African-American.)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Wild Bunch"
WBZ Ch. 4 Boston (NBC)
6 AM International Zone
6:30 Carrascolendas
7 AM Que Pasa U.S.A.
7:30 For Kids Only
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11 AM Get Off Your Block
11:30 News
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine (Marlo herds sheep in Australia.)
1:30 Last Of The Wild
2 PM Baseball Warm-Up
2:15 Baseball: Phillies-Expos, Cubs-Pirates, or Braves-Reds
5 PM Sportsworld (Mark Roth, Dottie Fothergill, and Bill Lillard vs. Don Johnson, Judy Soutar, and Harry Smith in round one of "Sportsworld's Bowling Miniseries," from Irving, TX (six other teams will join the competition in upcoming weeks); the CART Michigan 125, time approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News (John Hart)
7 PM Gong Show (Julius Erving, Elke Sommer, David Sheiner)
7:30 Hollywood Squares (John Byner, Paul Williams, Bonnie Franklin, Dottie West, Ernest Borgnine, Elke Sommer, Mariette Hartley, George Gobel)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live (host Buck Henry; musical guest Bette Midler)
1 AM Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (The Electric Light Orchestra, A Taste of Honey, Poco, comic John Pate)
2:30 Insight (the religious program)
WCVB Ch. 5 Boston (ABC)
6 AM Better Way
6:30 Jabberwocky
7 AM Barbapapa
7:30 Captain Bob (Cottle)
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man
11 AM Spider-Woman
11:30 Candlepin Bowling
12:30 College Football Today
12:45 College Football: most of the country will see Penn State-Nebraska; there will be other regional games
4 PM College Football: Ohio State-UCLA (time approximate)
7 PM Lawrence Welk (salute to Richard Rodgers, time approximate)
8 PM The Ropers
8:30 Detective School
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Hart To Hart (although it became a hit on Tuesdays, this was symptomatic of what went wrong with ABC in the 1979-80 season, when one of the network's bad calls was to split "Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island")
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Too Hot To Handle"
1:35 Movie: "Storm Over The Nile"
3:45 ABC News (anchor not given)
4 AM Wanted: Dead Or Alive
4:30 Good Day! (John Lithgow; a preview of "Park Street Under," to 6)
WNAC (WHDH) Ch. 7 Boston (CBS)
6:25 Greater Bostonians (music show)
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "Drama In Education"
7 AM Peoplescope
7:30 Skatebirds
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 All New Popeye Hour
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Jason Of Star Command
12:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
1:30 30 Minutes
2 PM Up Front
2:30 Movie: "Tarzan And The Huntress" (Johnny Weissmuller, from '47)
3:30 World Series Of Golf (third round)
5 PM CBS Sports Spectacular
6 PM News
6:30 Black News
7 PM Dance Fever (judges: Tom Wopat, Wayland and Madame, Debralee Scott; musical guest Patrick Hernandez)
7:30 Sha Na Na (guest: Charo)
8 PM Working Stiffs
8:30 Bad News Bears
9 PM Big Shamus, Little Shamus
10 PM Paris
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "All About Eve"
1:30 Movie: "Swamp Water"
3 AM News
3:30 Greater Bostonians
WTNH Ch. 8 New Haven (ABC)
6 AM Children's Gospel Hour
6:30 Davey And Goliath
6:45 New Day
7 AM Star Trek
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man
11 AM Spider-Woman
11:30 Scooby And Scrappy Doo
12 N ABC Weekend Special: "The Horse That Played Center Field"
12:30 College Football Today
12:45 College Football (see Ch. 5)
4 PM College Football: Ohio State-UCLA
7 PM News (time approximate)
7:30 Mac Special (astrology; an examination of urban living)
8 PM The Ropers
8:30 Detective School
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Hart To Hart
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Spy With A Cold Nose"
1:25 ABC News
1:40 News
WTEN Ch. 10 Albany, NY (ABC)
7 AM Cartoon Carnival
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man
11 AM Spider-Woman
11:30 Bugs/Porky And Friends
12 N 1979 College Bowl Championships (Harvard vs. Davidson; Art Fleming is the man with the questions. NOTE: I remember when Davidson was a five-time undefeated champion in 1969; the son of a teacher at a school I attended in fifth and sixth grade was on the Davidson team and would almost literally come out of his chair every time he gave a correct answer.)
12:30 College Football Today
12:45 College Football (see Ch. 5)
4 PM College Football: Ohio State-UCLA
7 PM Let's Go To The Races (time approximate)
7:30 Sha Na Na (guest: Barbara Mandrell)
8 PM The Ropers
8:30 Detective School
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Hart To Hart
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Last Train From Gun Hill"
WHCT Ch. 18 Hartford (Ind.)
8:30 Ropefellows
9 PM Jake Hess Gospel Time
9:30 Living Faith
11 PM Festival Of Faith
WATR Ch. 20 Waterbury, CT (NBC)
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11 AM Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM Journey To Adventure
1:30 The Athletes (NFL referee Tommy Bell; Tim Foley of the Dolphins)
2 PM Baseball Warm-Up
2:15 Baseball (see Ch. 4)
5 PM Sportsworld (time approximate)
6 PM 1978 Road Atlanta
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Nashville On The Road (guest: Jimmy Dean)
7:30 Soap Factory Disco (Bonnie Boyer, Bruni Pagan)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM Our Miss Brooks
11:30 Saturday Night Live
WWLP Ch. 22 Springfield, MA (NBC)
6 AM PTL Club
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11 AM Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Wild Kingdom
1 PM Wrestling
2 PM Baseball Warm-Up
2:15 Baseball (see Ch. 4)
5 PM Sportsworld (time approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Odyssey
7:30 As Schools Match Wits (Hall vs. Hampshire Regional)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Sha Na Na (guest: Barbara Mandrell)
1:30 Movie: "Man On A Tightrope"
3:40 Movie: "Count The Clues" (full-length compilation of "Lone Ranger" episodes with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels)
5 AM Get Smart
5:30 Battle Of The Planets
WEDH Ch. 24 Hartford (PBS)
9 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9:30 Once Upon A Classic: "The Hostages"
10:30 An Act Of Congress (a clean-air bill passed in 1977 is used to show how Congress works)
11:30 Bill Moyers' Journal (a New York couple who decided to run a North Dakota farm)
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
1 PM Washington Week In Review
1:30 Wall Street Week
2 PM Consumer Survival Kit
2:30 Selling The World Of Work
3 PM Connecticut Profiles
3:30 Connecticut Profiles
4 PM People's Caucus
5 PM Freestyle (kids' show)
5:30 William Penn: The Passionate Quaker
6 PM Footsteps
6:30 Another Voice
7 PM Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
7:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
8 PM The Commanders (British field marshal William Slim)
9 PM Tyler (a young man struggles to keep his family's farm from being sold)
10:30 Country Tales: Miracle Of Brother Humphrey
11 PM Monty Python's Flying Circus
sign off 11:30 PM
WSMW Ch. 27 Worcester, MA (Ind.)
8 AM Ag-USA
8:30 Vegetable Soup
9 AM Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine
9:30 Mundo Real
10 AM Fabulous Storybook Lady ("Thumbelina," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," "The Fox and the Grapes")
10:30 Dick Tracy (black-and-white serial)
11 AM Cartoon Classics
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Movie: "Tarzan's New Adventure" (Herman Brix, from '35)
2:30 Movie: "Tarzan And His Mate" (Johnny Weissmuller, from '34--watch for Neil Hamilton, aka Commissioner Gordon on "Batman")
4:30 Movie: "Charlie Chan At The Circus"
6 PM Movie: "The World Of Abbott And Costello"
7:30 Bugs Bunny & Porky Pig
8 PM Nashville USA
8:30 That Nashville Music (Mickey Gilley, Melba Montgomery, Randy Barlow, Johnny Gimble)
9 PM Porter Wagoner (guest: Cristy Lane)
9:30 Pop Goes The Country (the Statler Brothers, Billie Jo Spears)
10 PM Nashville On The Road (Tommy Cash--I think he's Johnny's brother)
10:30 College Football: UMass-Harvard (taped earlier today)
WVIT Ch. 30 Hartford (NBC)
7 AM Consultation
7:30 Bay City Rollers
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11 AM Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
12 N What About Women
12:30 Soul Train (Bohannon, the Raes (not to be confused with the Rays, who had the big '50s hit "Silhouettes"))
1:30 The Racers (Champion Spark Plug Radial Challenge in Monterey, CA)
2 PM Baseball Warm-Up
2:15 Baseball (see Ch. 4)
5 PM Lawrence Welk (time approximate)
6 PM Black Perspectives
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Hee Haw (Rev. Billy Graham, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmie Rodgers and his daughter Michelle)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Juke-Box (Osibisa, Kevin Ayers, the Steve Gibbons Band, Golden Earring, Andy Williams, Georgie Fame)
1:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (same as Ch. 4)
3 AM Risk Of Marriage
WHYN (WGGB) Ch. 40 Springfield, MA (ABC)
7 AM Morningtown (kids' show)
7:30 Underdog
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man
11 AM Spider-Woman
11:30 Candlepin Bowling
12:30 College Football Today
12:45 College Football (see Ch. 5)
4 PM College Football: Ohio State-UCLA
7 PM News (time approximate)
7:30 Joker! Joker!! Joker!!!
8 PM The Ropers
8:30 Detective School
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Hart To Hart
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Made For Each Other"
1 AM ABC News
WGBY Ch. 57 Springfield, MA (PBS)
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
1 PM Washington Week In Review
1:30 Wall Street Week
2 PM Tennis: Transamerica Open semifinals (taped)
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Once Upon A Classic ("The Man From Nowhere")
6 PM Footsteps
6:30 Best Of Ernie Kovacs
7 PM Pro Soccer
8 PM Miles To Go Before We Sleep (a report on mandatory retirement and a look at some people, one of whom is 105, who will not retire)
9 PM Summerfest '79 (Placido Domingo is one of several opera stars performing at a gala at the Vienna State Opera.)
12 M Going Through College: A Personal Perspective
WFSB Ch. 3 Hartford (CBS)
6 AM Face The State (also airs Sun 6:30 AM)
6:30 Villa Alegre
7 AM Kidsworld
7:30 Arthur & Company (IIRC, WFSB was a Post-Newsweek station at the time and this show aired on all of its stations.)
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 All-New Popeye Hour
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Kidsworld
12:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
1:30 30 Minutes (Betsy Aaron profiles figure-skating champion Linda Fratianne as she prepares for the 1980 Winter Olympics.)
2 PM Movie: "The Mouse On The Moon"
3:30 World Series Of Golf (third round)
5 PM CBS Sports Spectacular (the 16th Canoe-Kayak World Championships from Jonquiere, Quebec; a preview of the Pacific Gymnastics Championships in Tucson; World's Strongest Man competition)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
7 PM Agronsky And Company
7:30 Guinness Game
8 PM Working Stiffs
8:30 Bad News Bears
9 PM Big Shamus, Little Shamus (debut)
10 PM Paris (CBS took a lot of heat for the early cancellation of this show, starring James Earl Jones as a detective captain; at the same time, ABC took heat for the quick cancellation of "The Lazarus Syndrome," with Louis Gossett Jr. as a doctor. Both actors are African-American.)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Wild Bunch"
WBZ Ch. 4 Boston (NBC)
6 AM International Zone
6:30 Carrascolendas
7 AM Que Pasa U.S.A.
7:30 For Kids Only
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11 AM Get Off Your Block
11:30 News
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine (Marlo herds sheep in Australia.)
1:30 Last Of The Wild
2 PM Baseball Warm-Up
2:15 Baseball: Phillies-Expos, Cubs-Pirates, or Braves-Reds
5 PM Sportsworld (Mark Roth, Dottie Fothergill, and Bill Lillard vs. Don Johnson, Judy Soutar, and Harry Smith in round one of "Sportsworld's Bowling Miniseries," from Irving, TX (six other teams will join the competition in upcoming weeks); the CART Michigan 125, time approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News (John Hart)
7 PM Gong Show (Julius Erving, Elke Sommer, David Sheiner)
7:30 Hollywood Squares (John Byner, Paul Williams, Bonnie Franklin, Dottie West, Ernest Borgnine, Elke Sommer, Mariette Hartley, George Gobel)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live (host Buck Henry; musical guest Bette Midler)
1 AM Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (The Electric Light Orchestra, A Taste of Honey, Poco, comic John Pate)
2:30 Insight (the religious program)
WCVB Ch. 5 Boston (ABC)
6 AM Better Way
6:30 Jabberwocky
7 AM Barbapapa
7:30 Captain Bob (Cottle)
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man
11 AM Spider-Woman
11:30 Candlepin Bowling
12:30 College Football Today
12:45 College Football: most of the country will see Penn State-Nebraska; there will be other regional games
4 PM College Football: Ohio State-UCLA (time approximate)
7 PM Lawrence Welk (salute to Richard Rodgers, time approximate)
8 PM The Ropers
8:30 Detective School
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Hart To Hart (although it became a hit on Tuesdays, this was symptomatic of what went wrong with ABC in the 1979-80 season, when one of the network's bad calls was to split "Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island")
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Too Hot To Handle"
1:35 Movie: "Storm Over The Nile"
3:45 ABC News (anchor not given)
4 AM Wanted: Dead Or Alive
4:30 Good Day! (John Lithgow; a preview of "Park Street Under," to 6)
WNAC (WHDH) Ch. 7 Boston (CBS)
6:25 Greater Bostonians (music show)
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "Drama In Education"
7 AM Peoplescope
7:30 Skatebirds
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 All New Popeye Hour
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Jason Of Star Command
12:30 Tarzan And The Super 7
1:30 30 Minutes
2 PM Up Front
2:30 Movie: "Tarzan And The Huntress" (Johnny Weissmuller, from '47)
3:30 World Series Of Golf (third round)
5 PM CBS Sports Spectacular
6 PM News
6:30 Black News
7 PM Dance Fever (judges: Tom Wopat, Wayland and Madame, Debralee Scott; musical guest Patrick Hernandez)
7:30 Sha Na Na (guest: Charo)
8 PM Working Stiffs
8:30 Bad News Bears
9 PM Big Shamus, Little Shamus
10 PM Paris
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "All About Eve"
1:30 Movie: "Swamp Water"
3 AM News
3:30 Greater Bostonians
WTNH Ch. 8 New Haven (ABC)
6 AM Children's Gospel Hour
6:30 Davey And Goliath
6:45 New Day
7 AM Star Trek
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man
11 AM Spider-Woman
11:30 Scooby And Scrappy Doo
12 N ABC Weekend Special: "The Horse That Played Center Field"
12:30 College Football Today
12:45 College Football (see Ch. 5)
4 PM College Football: Ohio State-UCLA
7 PM News (time approximate)
7:30 Mac Special (astrology; an examination of urban living)
8 PM The Ropers
8:30 Detective School
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Hart To Hart
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Spy With A Cold Nose"
1:25 ABC News
1:40 News
WTEN Ch. 10 Albany, NY (ABC)
7 AM Cartoon Carnival
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man
11 AM Spider-Woman
11:30 Bugs/Porky And Friends
12 N 1979 College Bowl Championships (Harvard vs. Davidson; Art Fleming is the man with the questions. NOTE: I remember when Davidson was a five-time undefeated champion in 1969; the son of a teacher at a school I attended in fifth and sixth grade was on the Davidson team and would almost literally come out of his chair every time he gave a correct answer.)
12:30 College Football Today
12:45 College Football (see Ch. 5)
4 PM College Football: Ohio State-UCLA
7 PM Let's Go To The Races (time approximate)
7:30 Sha Na Na (guest: Barbara Mandrell)
8 PM The Ropers
8:30 Detective School
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Hart To Hart
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Last Train From Gun Hill"
WHCT Ch. 18 Hartford (Ind.)
8:30 Ropefellows
9 PM Jake Hess Gospel Time
9:30 Living Faith
11 PM Festival Of Faith
WATR Ch. 20 Waterbury, CT (NBC)
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11 AM Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM Journey To Adventure
1:30 The Athletes (NFL referee Tommy Bell; Tim Foley of the Dolphins)
2 PM Baseball Warm-Up
2:15 Baseball (see Ch. 4)
5 PM Sportsworld (time approximate)
6 PM 1978 Road Atlanta
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Nashville On The Road (guest: Jimmy Dean)
7:30 Soap Factory Disco (Bonnie Boyer, Bruni Pagan)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM Our Miss Brooks
11:30 Saturday Night Live
WWLP Ch. 22 Springfield, MA (NBC)
6 AM PTL Club
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11 AM Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Wild Kingdom
1 PM Wrestling
2 PM Baseball Warm-Up
2:15 Baseball (see Ch. 4)
5 PM Sportsworld (time approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Odyssey
7:30 As Schools Match Wits (Hall vs. Hampshire Regional)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Sha Na Na (guest: Barbara Mandrell)
1:30 Movie: "Man On A Tightrope"
3:40 Movie: "Count The Clues" (full-length compilation of "Lone Ranger" episodes with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels)
5 AM Get Smart
5:30 Battle Of The Planets
WEDH Ch. 24 Hartford (PBS)
9 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9:30 Once Upon A Classic: "The Hostages"
10:30 An Act Of Congress (a clean-air bill passed in 1977 is used to show how Congress works)
11:30 Bill Moyers' Journal (a New York couple who decided to run a North Dakota farm)
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
1 PM Washington Week In Review
1:30 Wall Street Week
2 PM Consumer Survival Kit
2:30 Selling The World Of Work
3 PM Connecticut Profiles
3:30 Connecticut Profiles
4 PM People's Caucus
5 PM Freestyle (kids' show)
5:30 William Penn: The Passionate Quaker
6 PM Footsteps
6:30 Another Voice
7 PM Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
7:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
8 PM The Commanders (British field marshal William Slim)
9 PM Tyler (a young man struggles to keep his family's farm from being sold)
10:30 Country Tales: Miracle Of Brother Humphrey
11 PM Monty Python's Flying Circus
sign off 11:30 PM
WSMW Ch. 27 Worcester, MA (Ind.)
8 AM Ag-USA
8:30 Vegetable Soup
9 AM Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine
9:30 Mundo Real
10 AM Fabulous Storybook Lady ("Thumbelina," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," "The Fox and the Grapes")
10:30 Dick Tracy (black-and-white serial)
11 AM Cartoon Classics
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Movie: "Tarzan's New Adventure" (Herman Brix, from '35)
2:30 Movie: "Tarzan And His Mate" (Johnny Weissmuller, from '34--watch for Neil Hamilton, aka Commissioner Gordon on "Batman")
4:30 Movie: "Charlie Chan At The Circus"
6 PM Movie: "The World Of Abbott And Costello"
7:30 Bugs Bunny & Porky Pig
8 PM Nashville USA
8:30 That Nashville Music (Mickey Gilley, Melba Montgomery, Randy Barlow, Johnny Gimble)
9 PM Porter Wagoner (guest: Cristy Lane)
9:30 Pop Goes The Country (the Statler Brothers, Billie Jo Spears)
10 PM Nashville On The Road (Tommy Cash--I think he's Johnny's brother)
10:30 College Football: UMass-Harvard (taped earlier today)
WVIT Ch. 30 Hartford (NBC)
7 AM Consultation
7:30 Bay City Rollers
8 AM Daffy Duck
8:30 Casper And The Angels
9 AM New Fred And Barney Show
10 AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 New Shmoo
11 AM Flash Gordon
11:30 Godzilla
12 N What About Women
12:30 Soul Train (Bohannon, the Raes (not to be confused with the Rays, who had the big '50s hit "Silhouettes"))
1:30 The Racers (Champion Spark Plug Radial Challenge in Monterey, CA)
2 PM Baseball Warm-Up
2:15 Baseball (see Ch. 4)
5 PM Lawrence Welk (time approximate)
6 PM Black Perspectives
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Hee Haw (Rev. Billy Graham, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmie Rodgers and his daughter Michelle)
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM BJ And The Bear
10 PM A Man Called Sloane
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Juke-Box (Osibisa, Kevin Ayers, the Steve Gibbons Band, Golden Earring, Andy Williams, Georgie Fame)
1:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (same as Ch. 4)
3 AM Risk Of Marriage
WHYN (WGGB) Ch. 40 Springfield, MA (ABC)
7 AM Morningtown (kids' show)
7:30 Underdog
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man
11 AM Spider-Woman
11:30 Candlepin Bowling
12:30 College Football Today
12:45 College Football (see Ch. 5)
4 PM College Football: Ohio State-UCLA
7 PM News (time approximate)
7:30 Joker! Joker!! Joker!!!
8 PM The Ropers
8:30 Detective School
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Hart To Hart
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Made For Each Other"
1 AM ABC News
WGBY Ch. 57 Springfield, MA (PBS)
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
1 PM Washington Week In Review
1:30 Wall Street Week
2 PM Tennis: Transamerica Open semifinals (taped)
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Once Upon A Classic ("The Man From Nowhere")
6 PM Footsteps
6:30 Best Of Ernie Kovacs
7 PM Pro Soccer
8 PM Miles To Go Before We Sleep (a report on mandatory retirement and a look at some people, one of whom is 105, who will not retire)
9 PM Summerfest '79 (Placido Domingo is one of several opera stars performing at a gala at the Vienna State Opera.)
12 M Going Through College: A Personal Perspective