What's on TV? Wednesday, September 25, 1974

Usually I try to vary the days of the week that I use for these features; if I did a Tuesday in 1965 three weeks ago, it wouldn't make much sense to do a Tuesday again this week; not much would have changed. I figured it wouldn't matter this week though, seeing as how we're just at the start of a new season. No matter what day of the week I chose, you'd be likely looking at programs that you wouldn't see for very long. Do you remember any of them? This week's edition is from the Twin Cities.

	2  KTCA (PBS)
	MORNING
	10:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	SESAME STREET
	3:00	FILM
	3:30	EDUCATION FOR A NEW TIME
	4:00	MISTER ROGERS—Children
	4:30	SESAME STREET
	5:30	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	EVENING
	6:00	EFFICIENT READING
	6:30	INQUIRY
	7:00	MEN WHO MADE THE MOVIES—Documentary Return
	8:00	THE GLOUCESTERMEN—Documentary Special
	8:30	CAUGHT IN THE ACT—Music Debut
	9:00	FESTIVAL FILMS
	9:30	A SPECIAL CHILD Debut

Interestingly, there are more debut and return shows on PBS tonight than any of the other networks.

	4  WCCO (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER History of African Civilization
	7:00	CARMEN
	7:30	CLANCY AND WILLIE
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	JOKER’S WILD—Game
	9:30	GAMBIT—Game
	10:00	NOW YOU SEE IT—Game
	10:30	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	10:55	LIVE TODAY—Religion
	11:00	YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MIDDAY
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	1:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	2:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
	2:30	MATCH GAME Robert Morse, Adrienne Barbeau, Fannie Flagg, Richard Dawson, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly
	3:00	TATTLETALES—Game
	3:30	MOVIE—Mystery “The 39 Steps” (English; 1959)
	5:30	CBS NEWS—Roger Mudd
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	LAUREL AND HARDY—Comedy BW
	7:00	SONS AND DAUGHTERS—Drama
	8:00	CANNON
	9:00	MANHUNTER—Crime Drama
	10:00	NEWS
	10:50	MOVIE—Adventure “Ulysses” (Italian; 1954)
	12:50	MOVIE—Drama “The Sweet Drive” (1968)

Just in case you were curious, the movie Ulysses is an adaptation of Homer, not James Joyce. I don't think the latter would have made it to commercial TV in the 1970s.

	5  KSTP (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:00	MINNESOTA TODAY—Stone
	6:30	NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
	7:00	TODAY—Hartz/Walters Guest: Cornelius Ryan
	9:00	NAME THAT TUNE—Game
	9:30	WINNING STREAK—Game
	10:00	HIGH ROLLERS—Game
	10:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES Guests: George Gobel, Sandy Duncan, James Coco, Joan Rivers, Doc Severinsen, Wayne Rogers, Paul Lynde, Charley Weaver
	11:00	JACKPOT!—Game
	11:30	CELEBRITY SWEEPSTAKES Jo Ann Pflug, Mike Evans, Marty Feldman, Peter Brown, Joey Bishop, Carol Wayne
	11:55	NBC NEWS—Edwin Newman
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:15	TAKE FIVE—Jane Johnston
	1:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
	1:30	DOCTORS—Serial
	2:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	3:00	SOMERSET—Serial
	3:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy BW
	4:00	MOD SQUAD
	5:00	HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
	5:30	NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES William Conrad, Sandy Duncan, Vincent Price, John Davidson, Glenn Ford, Karen Valentine, James Brolin, Paul Lynde, Charley Weaver
	7:00	LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE—Drama
	8:00	BOB HOPE—Variety Special: Guests: Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Glen Campbell, Shirley Cothran
	9:00	PETROCELLI—Drama
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	JOHNNY CARSON Guests: Orson Bean, Jack Palance
	12:00	TOMORROW—Discussion Guests: Ann Hodges, Terrence O’Flaherty

Interesting description of Hope's special in the listings; at press time, the show was planned around a New York City theme, with various skits in the works, but clearly the show hadn't been completed by the time the issue went to press. Someone at MANC asked me how far in advance TV Guide issues were done; in fact, during the '60s it was common to have references to last week's live show in this week's issue, and I don't know if the Hope show is an indication that the listings were being done far further in advance in the '70s than they were the '60s, or if the Hope program was just being put together with a late lead time.

	9  KMSP (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:00	CBS NEWS—Hughes Rudd
	8:00	NEWS AND VIEWS
	8:30	GREEN ACRES—Comedy
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW
	9:30	BEAT THE CLOCK—Game Guest: Anita Gillette
	10:00	$10,000 PYRAMID—Game Guests: John Forsythe, Anna Meara
	10:30	BRADY BUNCH
	11:00	PASSWORD Guests: Betty White, Dick Gautier, Allen Ludden, Vicki Lawrence, James Hampton, Joyce Bulifant
	11:30	SPLIT SECOND—Game
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
	12:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL
	1:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	1:30	GIRL IN MY LIFE
	2:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
	3:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	3:30	MIKE DOUGLAS Guests: Donnie and Marie Osmond and their mother, the Hudson Brothers, Ken Berry, Barry Commoner
	5:00	NEWS—Boyett/Bremen
	5:30	ABC NEWS—Smith/Reasoner
	EVENING
	6:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game
	6:30	NAME THAT TUNE
	7:00	THAT’S MY MAMA—Comedy
	7:30	MOVIE—Drama “The California Kid” (Made for TV; 1974)
	9:00	GET CHRISTIE LOVE!—Crime Drama
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	WIDE WORLD SPECIAL
	12:00	MOVIE—Drama “Johnny Tiger” (1966) [Part one; concludes tomorrow at 12 midnight]
	12:45	NEWS

I've mentioned this before, but the CBS Morning News appears on the local ABC affiliate because WCCO still has local kids' shows, and ABC has yet to introduce their own morning show. That would change by 1975.

	11 WTCN (Ind.)
	MORNING
	6:30	FIGURE FITNESS
	7:00	WHAT’S NEW?
	7:30	NEW ZOO REVUE
	8:00	POPEYE AND PORKY—Children
	9:00	FLINTSTONES
	9:30	I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy
	10:00	FATHER KNOWS BEST BW
	10:30	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy BW
	11:00	LUCY SHOW
	11:30	NEWS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	WHAT’S NEW?
	12:30	JEOPARDY—Game
	1:00	VIRGINIAN—Western
	3:00	GOMER PYLE, USMC
	3:30	PETTICOAT JUNCTION—Comedy
	4:00	FLINTSTONES
	4:30	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
	5:00	BEWITCHED
	5:30	MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
	EVENING
	6:30	RAYMOND BURR—Crime Drama
	7:30	LUCY SHOW
	8:00	MERV GRIFFIN Guests: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Henry Winkler, Lord Snowden
	9:30	NEWS
	10:00	FBI—Crime Drama
	11:00	PERRY MASON BW
	12:00	IT TAKES A THIEF—Adventure

Channel 11 has the NBC network run of Jeopardy, because KSTP has their own local program, Take Five, after the noontime news. That used to be the timeslot for Dialing for Dollars, by the way; I wonder if that was part of Take Five? Anyway, Raymond Burr, the 6:30 crime drama, is the syndicated title for Ironside. And isn't that a great lineup for Merv? Inspector Erskine, the Fonz, and British royalty.

	17 KTCI (PBS)
	EVENING
	7:00	EDUCATION FOR A NEW TIME
	7:30	FIRING LINE—Buckley Guest: Chesterfield Smith
	8:30	PEOPLE AND CAUSES
	9:00	NATURALISTS—Profile
	9:30	OUTDOORS WITH ART REID
	10:00	ABC NEWS—Smith/Reasoner Captioned for the deaf.

Believe me, the captioned ABC News consisted of more than Garrett Morris shouting loudly. TV