You're probably guessed that this week's listings are from the Twin Cities. And remember, comment approval may be slow this week while I'm on secret assignment.
2 KTCA (PBS) | ||
MORNING | ||
6:15 | COLLEGE FOR WORKING ADULTS | |
6:45 | WEATHER | |
7 AM | ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | |
7:30 | MISTER ROGERS—Children | |
8 AM | SESAME STREET (CC)—Children | |
9 AM | NOVA (CC) | |
10 AM | WHY IN THE WORLD | |
10:30 | ELECTRIC COMPANY—Company | |
11 AM | PEOPLE OF THE FIRST LIGHT (CC)—History | |
11:30 | SESAME STREET (CC)—Children | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:30 | MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD—Children | |
1 PM | DICK CAVETT Guest: Sidney Lumet | |
1:30 | OVER EASY (CC) Guest: Helen Forrest | |
2 PM | MASTERPIECE THEATRE (CC) “A Town Like Alice,” Part 3 | |
3 PM | VICTORY GARDEN—Thomson | |
3:30 | MISTER ROGERS—Children | |
4 PM | SESAME STREET (CC)—Children | |
5 PM | ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children | |
5:30 | STUDIO SEE—Children | |
EVENING | ||
6 PM | OVER EASY (CC) Guest: Harriet Nelson | |
6:30 | MacNEIL, LEHRER REPORT | |
7 PM | NIGHTTIMES: SPORTSLINE | |
7:30 | DICK CAVETT Guest: Jacqueline Bisset | |
8 PM | HUNTER AND THE HUNTED—Documentary Special | |
9 PM | WORLD—Documentary | |
10 PM | BUTTERFLIES—Comedy | |
10:30 | OMEGA FACTOR—Drama | |
11:20 | SPY!—Drama | |
12:20 | NIGHTTIMES: SPORTSLINE | |
4 WCCO (CBS) | ||
MORNING | ||
6 AM | MOVIE—Comedy “Loose in London” (1953) | |
7 AM | NEWS | |
7:30 | CHARLIE ROSE Guest: Sissy Spacek | |
8 AM | PHIL DONAHUE | |
9 AM | HOUR MAGAZINE Guests: Phyllis George, Gregory Harrison | |
10 AM | PRICE IS RIGHT—Game | |
11 AM | YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial | |
AFTERNOON | ||
Noon | NOON REPORT | |
12:30 | AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial | |
1:30 | SEARCH FOR TOMORROW | |
2 PM | GUIDING LIGHT—Serial | |
3 PM | JOKER’S WILD—Game | |
3:30 | JOHN DAVIDSON Guests: Gary Coleman, Ricky Schroder, Missy Gold, Glenn Scarpelli, Larry Wilson, Marjabelle Stewart | |
5 PM | NEWS | |
5:30 | CBS NEWS—Dan Rather | |
EVENING | ||
6 PM | NEWS | |
6:30 | PM MAGAZINE | |
7 PM | MR. MERLIN—Comedy | |
7:30 | WKRP IN CINCINNATI | |
8 PM | MOVIE—Drama “A Few Days in Weasel Creek” (Made-for-TV; 1981) | |
10 PM | NEWS | |
10:30 | CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS—Comedy | |
11 PM | WKRP IN CINCINNATI | |
11:35 | MOVIE—Comedy-Drama “The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings” (1976) | |
1:45 | NEWS | |
1:55 | MOVIE—Drama “Shadow of a Doubt” (1942) | |
2:15 | NEWS | |
4 AM | NEWS | |
5 KSTP (ABC) | ||
MORNING | ||
6 AM | COUNTRY DAY—Gary Schendel | |
6:30 | NEWS | |
7 AM | GOOD MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman | |
9 AM | TWIN CITIES TODAY Guests: The Lettermen, The Lockers | |
10 AM | LOVE BOAT | |
11 AM | FAMILY FEUD—Game | |
11:30 | RYAN’S HOPE—Serial | |
AFTERNOON | ||
Noon | ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial | |
1 PM | ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial | |
2 PM | GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial | |
3 PM | MATCH GAME Dick Martin, Elaine Joyce, Richard Paul, McLean Stevenson, Brett Somers, Holly Hallstrom | |
3:30 | HERE’S LUCY—Comedy | |
4 PM | HAPPY DAYS AGAIN—Comedy | |
4:30 | HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy | |
5 PM | NEWS | |
5:30 | ABC NEWS—Frank Reynolds | |
EVENING | ||
6 PM | NEWS | |
6:30 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT—Magazine | |
7 PM | WORLD SERIES Special: Game Two from the American League city | |
10:15 | NEWS | |
10:45 | NIGHTLINE—Ted Koppel | |
11:15 | STARSKY & HUTCH—Crime Drama | |
12:15 | LOVE BOAT | |
1:25 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT—Magazine | |
4 AM | FILM | |
4:30 | ABBOTT AND COSTELLO | |
5 AM | TO BE ANNOUNCED | |
None of the pomp and ceremony that used to signal the World Series in TV Guide; just a note that the game's being played in the home of the American League rep. Of course, as I mentioned on Saturday, there wasn't much reason to get worked up about this baseball season.
9 KMSP (Ind.) | ||
MORNING | ||
6 AM | 700 CLUB—Religion | |
7 AM | FRED FLINTSTONE & FRIENDS—Cartoon | |
7:30 | GREAT SPACE COASTER—Children | |
8 AM | KROFT SUPERSTARS—Children | |
8:30 | CASPER—Cartoon | |
9 AM | RICHARD SIMMONS—Health | |
9:30 | MORNING STRETCH WITH JOANIE—Exercise | |
10 AM | PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H—Drama | |
10:30 | DARK SECRETS OF HARVEST HOME—Drama | |
11:30 | NEWS | |
AFTERNOON | ||
Noon | TIC TAC DOUGH—Game | |
12:30 | BULLSEYE—Game | |
1 PM | MIKE DOUGLAS Guest host: Stuart Damon. Guests: Bill Hayes, Gloria Loring, Elizabeth Allen, Barb and Steve North, James Mizell | |
2 PM | LEAVE IT TO THE WOMEN Panel: Geraldine Papel, Phyllis Schlafly, Mary Murphy | |
2:30 | DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy | |
3 PM | POPEYE—Cartoon | |
3:30 | SCOOBY DOO—Children | |
4 PM | BRADY BUNCH—Comedy | |
4:30 | LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE | |
5:30 | GOOD TIMES | |
EVENING | ||
6 PM | BARNEY MILLER—Comedy | |
6:30 | ALL IN THE FAMILY | |
7 PM | GUNSMOKE—Western | |
8 PM | NEW YOU ASKED FOR IT—Rich Little | |
8:30 | PEOPLE’S COURT | |
9 PM | NEWS | |
10 PM | RHODA—Comedy | |
10:30 | SATURDAY NIGHT Guest host: Buck Henry. Musical guest: Gordon Lightfoot | |
11:30 | SANFORD AND SON—Comedy | |
Mid. | BEST OF SULLIVAN Guests: Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, the Temptations | |
1 AM | MERV GRIFFIN Guests: Ann Jillian, Rip Taylor, Brian Kerwin | |
2 AM | NEWS | |
I'm sure the Honeymooners bit with Jackie Gleason and Art Carney on Best of Sullivan was probably a riot. Midnight is no time for a show like that to be on, though; us senior citizens who remember Sullivan can't stay up that late. . .
11 WTCN (NBC) | ||
MORNING | ||
5:30 | WHAT’S NEW?—Nelson/Martin Guests: Joan Rivers, Arvonne Fraser | |
6 AM | JIM BAKKER—Religion | |
7 AM | TODAY—Tom Brokaw Guest: Viveca Lindfors | |
9 AM | LAS VEGAS GAMBIT—Game | |
9:30 | BLOCKBUSTERS—Game | |
10 AM | WHEEL OF FORTUNE—Game | |
10:30 | PASSWORD PLUS—Game Sorrell Booke, Irlene Mandrell | |
11 AM | HEALTH FIELD | |
11:30 | DOCTORS—Serial | |
AFTERNOON | ||
Noon | DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial | |
1 PM | ANOTHER WORLD—Serial | |
2 PM | TEXAS—Serial | |
3 PM | WALTONS—Drama | |
4 PM | LAVERNE & SHIRLEY & COMPANY—Comedy | |
4:30 | M*A*S*H | |
5 PM | M*A*S*H | |
5:30 | NBC NEWS—John Chancellor | |
EVENING | ||
6 PM | NEWS | |
6:30 | FAMILY FEUD—Game | |
7 PM | REAL PEOPLE | |
8 PM | MOVIE—Mystery “Friendships, Secrets and Lies” (Made-for-TV; 1979) | |
10 PM | NEWS | |
10:30 | TONIGHT Guests: George Carlin, Pat Boone, Brenda Boozer | |
11:30 | MARY TYLER MOORE—Comedy | |
Mid. | BOB NEWHART—Comedy | |
12:30 | LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE | |
1 AM | CHICO AND THE MAN—Comedy | |
Arvonne Fraser, one of the guests on What's New? with Nancy Nelson and Warren Martin, was, in addition to being the head of the Minnesota chapter of the National Organization for Women, the wife of Don Fraser, who represented Minneapolis in the U.S. House of Representatives, and would later become mayor of Minneapolis. My mother knew both of them back when she was working for Myers Printing, the official printer of the DFL, and liked them both, even though politically they were 180⁰ apart from her, That's how people were back then, although it might come as a shock to those today who can't separate ideology from any part of their lives.
17 KTCI (PBS) | ||
AFTERNOON | ||
4 PM | MISTER ROGERS—Children | |
4:30 | ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children | |
5 PM | PEOPLE OF THE FIRST LIGHT (CC) | |
5:30 | VILLA ALEGRE—Children | |
EVENING | ||
6 PM | COLLEGE FOR WORKING ADULTS | |
6:30 | DICK CAVETT | |
7 PM | SOCCER MADE IN GERMANY | |
8 PM | MacNEIL, LEHRER REPORT | |
8:30 | OVER EASY (CC) | |
9 PM | NOVA (CC) | |
10 PM | DICK CAVETT | |
10:30 | CAPTIONED ABC NEWS | |
I can't help it—whenever I see the captioned ABC News on KTCI, I think of this:
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