Retro: Western Washington, Thurs. May 31st, 1979

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Source: TV Guide #1365

Channels
2 CBUT Vancouver CBC
4 KOMO Seattle ABC
5 KING Seattle NBC
6 CHEK Victoria CBC/CTV
7 KIRO Seattle CBS
8 CHAN (BCTV) Vancouver CTV
9 KCTS Seattle PBS
11 KSTW Tacoma IND
12 KVOS Bellingham CBS
13 KCPQ Tacoma PBS
21 CKVU Vancouver IND
62 KTPS Tacoma PBS

5/31/1979 - Thursday

5:30
11 News

5:50
12 PTL Club
Singer Jeanne Johnson and the PTL Singers provide the music.

6AM
4 PM Northwest
6 8 University of the Air
Third of five lectures on the origins of man. Speaker: Prof. C. Meiklejohn.
7 Human Dimension
The history of Baptists in Brazil is traced through the lives of early evangelists and teachers.
11 700 Club
'Inside the 700 Club.' Host Pat Robertson and co-host Ben Kinchlow open an eight-part series about the 700 Club with a discussion of the program's growth.

6:05
5 Signs of Life

6:20
5 Farm News

6:25
5 Great American Game
Topic: The costs of health care.

6:30
4 Not for Women Only
Former representative Bella Abzug of New York appears on part 4 of this five-part series on women in politics.
6 Daybreak-Payne
7 Captain Kangaroo
Arte Johnson is the guest.
8 Romper Room

6:50
12 News

6:55
5 Shape Up with Sparling

7AM
4 Good Morning America
Rock Hudson is scheduled.
5 Today-Tom Brokaw
6 8 Canada A.M.
11 Porky Pig & Friends
12 Thursday Morning-Schieffer
21 Sports Page

7:30
7 Abbott & Costello BW
The boys invent a millionaire uncle.
11 World of Hanna-Barbera

8AM
7 Thursday Morning
11 Little Rascals BW
12 Frisky Frolics
13 Sesame Street
21 Spider-Man

8:30
11 New Zoo Revue
The difficulties of letter-writing are experienced by the gang.
21 Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
62 Vegetable Soup

9AM
4 Dusty's Treehouse
Binding and restoring books; the tale of two sisters and a bear (performed by puppets). Stu Rosen.
5 Seattle Today
Guests include author Robin Cook ('Sphinx') and Peter Engel, author of 'High Gloss.' (Live)
6 Movie-Adventure
'Hell in Normandy.' (1968) World War II melodrama about an undercover operation prior to the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach.
7 Phil Donahue
From NYC: The 'palimony' case of Michelle Triola Marvin v. Lee Marvin is discussed.
8 Kareen's Yoga
9 Sesame Street
11 Family Affair
Bill (Brian Keith) counters bad influences on Cissy and the twins
12 Dick Van Dyke BW
Ritchie claims he was attacked by a giant woodpecker.
13 Electric Company
21 100 Huntley Street

9:15
2 Coronation Street

9:30
4 Edge of Night
8 It's Your Move
11 Dick Van Dyke BW
Rob and Jerry (Jerry Paris) clash over politics.
12 Whew!
62 Joy of Craft

9:45
2 Polka Dot Door

9:55
12 CBS News-Edwards

10AM
4 Laverne & Shirley
Laverne is attacked by a giant robot in a toy store.
5 High Rollers
7 12 Price is Right
8 Trouble With Tracy
9 Electric Company
11 Marcus Welby, M.D.
A young doctor (Blair Brown) turns her father's case over to Welby, but finds it difficult not to interfere.

10:15
2 Friendly Giant

10:30
2 Mr. Dressup
4 21 $20,000 Pyramid
Robert Walden, Laurie Walters.
5 Wheel of Fortune
8 Definition
Charlie Brill, Mitzi McCall.

11AM
2 Sesame Street
4 21 Family Feud
5 Password Plus
David Letterman, Marion Ross.
6 Barton & Company
7 Young & The Restless
8 What's Cooking
Recipes include vegetable pizza.
11 Ironside
A former POW cannot accept everyone's story that his policeman father died in a car wreck.
12 700 Club
A minister and a family counselor discuss the family.

11:30
4 21 Ryan's Hope
5 Hollywood Squares
Wayland & Madame, Pia Zadora, Melissa Sue Anderson, Jim Davis.
7 Search for Tomorrow
8 Mad Dash
62 Music

11:45
13 Mulligan Stew

Noon
2 6 7 8 11 News
4 21 All My Children
5 Days of Our Lives
9 Vegetable Soup
12 Phil Donahue

12:05
2 Summer Unlimited

12:15
6 Ida Clarkston

12:30
2 Search for Tomorrow
7 As the World Turns
8 Alan Hamel
Guests: actress Yvonne DeCarlo, comedian Marty Brill, broadcaster Jack Webster.
11 Adam-12
Singer Trini Lopez as a parole officer trying to help a former addict.

1PM
2 Today from the West
4 One Life to Live
5 The Doctors
6 Marcus Welby, M.D.
A frightened immigrant refuses to let doctors operate on her sick daughter. Rico: Sonny Bono.
11 Movie-Adventure
'The Viking Queen.' (1967) Fast-moving spectacle of ancient Britain, with Druids battling the occupying Romans. Don Murray.
12 Love of Life
21 Vancouver-Winlaw/Shandel

1:30
5 8 Another World
7 Guiding Light
12 All in the Family
Archie has everyone wondering when he comes home with presents for the ladies and a song on his lips.

2PM
2 Edge of Night
4 General Hospital
6 Mr. Dressup
12 Two's Company
Robert (Donald Sinden) tries to maneuver Dorothy (Elaine Stritch) into buying a Rolls-Royce.

2:30
2 6 Take 30
A visit to the March of Dimes winter camp for the physically disabled.
7 12 M*A*S*H
A farmer wants the 4077th off his land, and a peasant girl claims an Army doctor fathered her child.
9 Vegetable Soup

2:45
11 Cartoons

3PM
2 6 Bob McLean
Scheduled guests include film producer-director George Romero.
4 Merv Griffin
Guests: Ralph Nader, Howard Jarvis and journalist Sarah McClendon. Mort Lindsey orchestra.
5 Movie-Comedy
'Island of Love.' (1963) Funny Runyonesque caper as a con man (Robert Preston) teams up with a writer (Tony Randall) to turn an island into a phony tourist trap.
7 Dinah!
Guests: Dick Van Patten; Bert Convy; Robby Benson; and Cheryl Barnes of 'Hair.'
8 Movie-Adventure
'Hot Enough for June.' (1963) Amusing comedy thriller that takes satirical pot shots at the James Bond genre. Amiably played by Dirk Bogarde.
9 Over Easy
11 Popeye
12 Match Game
Elaine Joyce, Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, Avery Avery Schreiber.
13 Teaching Elementary Science
21 Party Game-Bill Walker
62 Mulligan Stew

3:30
9 Educating for Responsible Behavior
11 Banana Splits & Friends
12 Gong Show
Jamie Farr, Eva Gabor and Jaye P. Morgan are the panelists.
13 Lilias, Yoga & You
21 Spider-Man
62 Frugal Gourmet
Italian recipes for sausage and roast chicken are prepared.

4PM
2 Sherlock Holmes BW
Holmes (Ronald Howard) takes on the 'Case of the Texas Cowgirl' when a murder is committed in the room of a rodeo performer.
4 Six Million Dollar Man
A senator-pilot (Pat HIngle) flies Steve (Lee Majors) to testify at a hearing that could end the politician's career.
6 Sanford & Son
Lamont's African clothes and diet are driving Fred crazy.
7 Mike Douglas
Guests: Carroll O'Connor (co-host), Paul Newman, director George Roy Hill, Burt Bacharach and actress Danielle Brisebois.
9 Sesame Street
11 Krofft's Superstars
12 Funorama
13 Mister Rogers
21 Petticoat Junction
All is not quiet at Shady Rest: the Cannonball was derailed.

4:30
2 For Kids Only
6 Price is Right
11 Leave it to Beaver BW
Beaver fears an angry reaction when he breaks Ward's golf club.
12 Brady Bunch
Marcia wants applause when she lands a part in the school production of 'Romeo and Juliet.'
13 Electric Company
21 Bewitched
On the rebound, Aunt Clara has a romance with a Japanese widower.
62 Educating for Responsible Behavior

5PM
2 Partridge Family
Danny (Danny Bonaduce) dreams of glory as a solo performer.
4 7 21 News
5 Carol Burnett & Friends
8 Six Million Dollar Man
Steve (Lee Majors) investigates a security leak that has imperiled a top-secret project.
9 62 Mister Rogers
11 12 I Love Lucy BW
KSTW: Lucy and Ethel go on strike for equal rights.
KVOS: A visit to the eye doctor creates problems for Lucy and Ricky.
13 Sesame Street

5:30
2 All in the Family
A flashback to Mike and Gloria's wedding preparations. Part 1 of 2.
5 6 News
9 Electric Company
11 Partridge Family
Keith is running for student body president; Laurie is managing his opponent's campaign.
12 Andy Griffith
Goober (George Lindsey) fears his minor back pain will prove fatal.
62 Villa Alegre

6PM
2 6 8 News
4 ABC News-Reynolds
7 CBS News-Cronkite
9 Studio See
11 Bewitched
Endora conjures up a hapless leprechaun (Henry Gibson) to bedevil Darrin.
12 Newlywed Game
13 Over Easy
Helen Forrest sings 'I Cried for You.' Also: the life and times of former President Harry Truman.
21 Carol Burnett & Friends
Glen Campbell is the guest. In a sketch, a man (Tim Conway) contracts swine flu-and turns into a pig.
62 Lilias, Yoga & You

6:30
4 News
5 NBC News-Chancellor/Brinkley
7 Mary Tyler Moore
Rhoda feels put out when Mary finds a new friend.
9 Dick Cavett
Playwright Edward Albee is scheduled in the first of two programs.
11 My Three Sons
The boys try to change a family tradition that calls for the oldest son to go fishing with Steve.
12 Dating Game
13 Explorations in Shaw
21 Bob Newhart
Bob's therapy group focuses its collective hostility on one member.
62 Over Easy
See 6PM, KCPQ.

 

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7PM
2 Mary Tyler Moore
The WJM staff haunts a singles bar for an unusual human-interest story.
4 PM Northwest/Town Meeting
A forum on the growth and development of the Seattle-King County area. Panelists include economists, planners and government officials. Moderator: Milt Furness.
5 Seattle Tonight Tonite
Alternative energy sources are discussed by people who use them.
6 Movie-Western
'Charro!' (1969) Elvis Presley tries a change of pace in this nonmusical action tale about a reformed outlaw whose former pals won't let him go straight.
7 Newlywed Game
8 Angie
See 8:30PM, KOMO.
9 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
11 Hogan's Heroes
Hogan tries to import a French POW's sweetheart from Paris.
12 Joker's Wild
13 Dick Cavett
The conclusion of a two-part discussion with Rex Harrison.
21 Vancouver
Vincent Bugliosi, prosecuting attorney for the Charles Manson trial and author of 'Helter Skelter' and 'Till Death Do Us Part,' is a guest.
62 Educating for Responsible Behavior

7:30
2 Bonkers!
Guest Petula Clark sings 'What Am I Doing Here?'
5 Match Game P.M.
Guests: Gary Burghoff, Bill Daily, Marcia Wallace, Elaine Joyce.
7 Joker's Wild
8 Stars on Ice
Guests include singer Gloria Loring ('Rock 'n' Roll') and skaters Leaside Lazers, Karen Kresge, Linda Tasker and Allen Carson, and Irene and Harold Avery. Skating routines feature 'Sing Hallelujah,' 'There from Star Wars,' 'Once Upon a Time.'
9 Stepping Out
11 Bob Newhart
Carol falls in love, and can't keep her mind on her job.
12 Tic Tac Dough
13 Upclose
62 Lowell Thomas Remembers
A profile of Adm. Richard E. Byrd, the first man to fly over the North and South Poles.

8PM
2 Count Dracula
Special: This British adaptation of the Bram Stoker classic finds the vampire (played by Louis Jourdan) stalking Victorian England. Van Helsing: Frank Finley.
4 Mork & Mindy
Looking for a weekend of rest and relaxation, Mork & Mindy (Robin Williams, Pam Dawber) journey to Exidor's private mountain retreat.
5 Inflation: The Fire That Won't Go Out
Special: Louis Rukeyser is the host of this report on the causes of inflation. Included: interviews with economists, the results of a poll assessing consumer response to inflation, and comments by Alfred Kahn, the Administration's chief inflation fighter. [Preempts regular programming.]
7 8 Waltons
Elizabeth (Kami Cotler) experiences the heartthrob of her first adolescent crush-on the local minister.
9 NOVA
A profile of Fred Young, a Navaho-born nuclear physicist who finds himself between two cultures. Young recalls how at age 10 he was forced to give up his tribal language and customs when he enrolled in a Government-run school.
11 Donna Fargo
12 Cross-Wits
Ross Hunter, Jo Anne Worley, Jack Cassidy and Meredith MacRae.
13 Masterpiece Theatre
Wedding bells chime twice in Part 12, when "Lillie" (Francesca Annis) and her daughter Jeanne Marie (Joanna David) both marry.
62 Advocates
The debate examines whether the U.S. should recognize the new government of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.

8:30
4 Angie
In a repeat of the pilot episode, Angie falls in love with Brad (Robert Hays), not suspecting that he is one of the richest men in Philadelphia. Sharon Spelman.
11 Marty Robbins' Spotlight
Marty honors Sammi Smith with the help of Bob Luman. Sammi solos on 'Help Me Make it Thru the Night.'
12 Merv Griffin

9PM
4 Barney Miller
Luger (James Gregory) experiences chest pains after a fiery dialogue with a jailed radical.
5 21 The Innocent and the Damned
Return: Illicit love, corruption and a sensational murder trial are the ingredients for melodrama in this miniseries set in a Colorado ski resort during the 1960s, which was originally telecast under the title 'Aspen.' Sam Elliott, Perry King. Gene Barry. [The miniseries will continue on subsequent Thursdays. Quincy airs tomorrow evening.]
6 7 Hawaii Five-O
A mystery writer claims that her niece's husband faked his death in a scuba dive as part of a conspiracy with a psychic to bilk his wife out of $500,000.
8 Live it Up
Items include possible health hazards of microwave ovens; an interview with singer Dan Hill.
9 Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Part 4. Miss Brodie (Geraldine McEwan) and the music teacher (George Cormack) develop different interests in student Rose Stanley.
11 Dolly
Dolly Parton is joined by the Hues Corporation. Music: 'Rock the Boat,' 'I'll Take a Melody.'
13 62 Views of Asia
This look at the Philippines explores the development of agriculture, the recent emergence of nationalism and a colonial past that produced a predominantly Catholic populace with a mixed-race middle class.

9:30
4 Carter Country
The mayor's grandiose plans for a new amusement park are almost matched by his fiancee's proposed wedding fete for 600 guests. Mayor: Richard Paul.
8 Soap
Elaine's kidnapers demand $250,000 for her safe return; Corinne (Diana Canova) tries to explain her five-months' pregnancy to her husband of a month; Eunice and Dutch (Jennifer Salt, Donnelly Rhodes) arrive at his grandmother's farmhouse.
11 Pop Goes the Country
Ralph Emery's guests are Jerry and Seldina Reed, and Dick Feller.

10PM
4 20/20
This newsmagazine begins weekly shows with a two-part Geraldo Rivera report from inside Laos. Rivera toured the country officially, and then returned undercover (in a segment to be seen next week) to examine resistance to the Pathet Lao government. Part 1 offers background on U.S. involvement in Laos, glimpses life in the capital Vientiane and views the bomb-scarred countryside.
6 7 Barnaby Jones
An old flame asks JR (Mark Shera) for protection from her deranged ex-husband, who will try anything-even violence-to restore their marriage.
8 Family
Willie (Gary Frank) tries to help a call girl go straight by giving her a job as his secretary. Kate: Sada Thompson.
9 Pro Soccer
Highlights: The Rochester Lancers vs. the Sounders, played May 26 at the Kingdome. Steve Fimmel and Cliff McCrath report.
11 News
12 Upstairs, Downstairs
A political career and a marriage hang in the balance when a detective overhears Edward gossiping about an adulterous affair. Christopher Beeny.
13 62 Cousteau Odyssey
Special: In 'Mediterranean: Cradle or Coffin?' Jacques Cousteau examines the ecology of the storied sea, and finds it 'suffocated by industrial and urban wastes of its bordering nations and the transient traffic that travels across it.' Cousteau visits Venice, imperiled by sewage discharged into its canals; Naples, a busy fishing port endangered by 'floating debris and pollution of every kind'; and a petrochemical company's underwater dumping site, where divers wearing protective suits survey 'an aquatic wasteland.'

10:30
11 Dating Game

11PM
2 6 CBC News
4 5 7 News
8 CTV News
9 Cinema: B.C.
The era of sailing ships is examined in a tour of the Victoria Maritime Museum.
11 Odd Couple
Flashbacks recall the odd couple's first meeting.
12 On the Buses
Mum sings the boarding-house blues when her new lodger, Inspector Blake, invites her persnickety mother for a visit.
13 Consultation
Caring for newborn infants afflicted with pulmonary or cardiac disorders.
21 Sports Page
Featured: the season return of the B.C. Lions' football report, from training camp in Courtenay.

11:20
6 8 News

11:25
2 News

11:30
4 Starsky & Hutch
Starsky and Hutch set out to avenge a friend who was beaten.
5 Johnny Carson
7 12 M*A*S*H
Ever-sneaky Frank steals a rare old Colt .45 from the supply room and lets Radar take the rap.
9 Los Voces de Oro
11 Gong Show
Jamie Farr, Jaye P. Morgan, Chuck Woolery.
13 Captioned ABC News

11:45
2 Movie-Crime Drama BW
'Stolen Harmony.' (1935) Gangsters hijack a band in this nice mixture of melody and misdeeds about an ex-convict (George Raft) who becomes a saxophonist.

12AM
11 700 Club
Johnny Cash and Jeannie C. Reily are featured in Part 2 of an inside look at the 700 Club.
21 Movie-Drama BW
'Pursued.' (1947) Suspenseful Western about a deadly family feud and how it dogs Robert Mitchum's life.

12:05
6 Movie-Comedy
'The Reluctant Debutante.' (1958) Vincente Minnelli-directed comedy of manners and customs focusing on an American debutante who falls for a drummer.
7 12 McCloud
After spotting a dead woman on a high-rise balcony, McCloud breaks into an irate U.S. senator's apartment-only to find that the body has vanished.
8 Movie
'The Green Slime.' (1969) Futuristic thriller about a jelly-like substance with a life of its own.

12:40
4 Mannix
A few words gasped by a badly beaten man are the only clues to blackmail and court corruption.

1am
5 Tomorrow-Tom Snyder
Guests: Ed McMahon, Regis Philbin.
11 News

2:05
6 Movie-Adventure
'Operation Atlantis.' (1963) A US Secret Service agent (John Ericson) is sent to investigate acts of sabotage in Africa.
8 Movie-Mystery
'The Deadly Volley.' (1975) TV-movie with Beverly Garland as the tyrannical owner of a pro tennis team disputed by jealousy and murder.

2:10
7 Movie-Adventure
'Ten Tall Men.' (1951) Burt Lancaster and his legionnaires vs Riff rebels. Good escapism.
12 700 Club
A minister and a family counselor discuss the family.

3:20
8 Emergency!
Doctors treat a boy who attempted to commit suicide by leaping from an apartment ledge; paramedics rescue a man trapped in a doughnut machine.

4:05
6 Emergency!
Curiosity runs rampant in the hospital, where a patient suffering from a mysterious psychosis is being guarded by secretive Government agents. Julie London.

 

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I can only assume that the listing for Match Game (3 PM, ch. 12) was syndicated repeats since CBS canceled it on April 20 and replaced it with Love of Life which I noted channel 12 carried on delay at 1 PM.