October 28, 2019

What's on TV? Thursday, November 2, 1978

This week's issue takes us to Denver, and the Colorado State Edition (in addition to which we have three stations from Rapid City, South Dakota). Even as late as 1978, we can see how many stations still have multiple affiliations, and in doing so we get a hint of what the most popular shows are. The Waltons, for instance, which plays on KTVS, an ABC/CBS affiliate, and KREX in Grand Junction, which boasts all three networks. And I like how KREX handles the morning: the CBS Morning News, Today, and Good Morning America. Not taking any chances, are they?




 2  KWGN (Ind.)

MORNING

     6:35
FARM/RANCH REPORT

     6:40
NEWS

    7 AM
UNDERDOG—Children

     7:30
McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy BW 

    8 AM
FLINTSTONES—Cartoon

     8:30
BLINKY’S FUN CLUB

    9 AM
NEW ZOO REVUE

     9:30
NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY

  10 AM
DENVER NOW—Beverly Martinez

   10:30
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“The Secret Partner” (English; 1961)

AFTERNOON

     12 N
EVERYDAY
Guests: James Mason, Melissa Sue Anderson, Jess Lair

    1 PM
MIKE DOUGLAS
Co-hosts: the Captain and Tennile. Guests: Chris Evert, Ron Palillo, Robert and Rosemary Stack

     2:30
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE

    3 PM
FLINTSTONES—Cartoon

     3:30
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND

    4 PM
FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy

     4:30
THAT GIRL—Comedy

    5 PM
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW 

     5:30
ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy BW 

EVENING

    6 PM
DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy BW 

     6:30
ODD COUPLEComedy

    7 PM
DATING GAME

     7:30
MOVIE—Western
“Law of the Lawless” (1964)

     9:30
NEWS

  10 PM
LOVE EXPERTS—Game
Panelists: Jo Anne Worley, David Letterman, Jo Ann Pflug, Soupy Sales

   10:30
GONG SHOW—Game
Judges: Gary Muledeer, Elayne Boosler, Carl Ballantine

  11 PM
MOVIE—Comedy BW 
“Here Comes the Sun” (English; 1946)

   12:55
NEWS



 3  KTVS (STERLING) (ABC, CBS)

MORNING

    6 AM
CBS NEWS—Stahl/Threlkeld

    7 AM
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guest: Michael Vale

    8 AM
ALL IN THE FAMILY

     8:30
MAGAZINE
Special Guest: Margo St. James

     9:30
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial

     9:55
CBS NEWS—Edwards

  10 AM
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial

   10:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  11 AM
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial

AFTERNOON

     12 N
NEWS

   12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial

     1:30
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

    2 PM
DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial

     2:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE

     3:30
M*A*S*H

    4 PM
MATCH GAME
David Doyle, Elaine Joyce

     4:30
ABC NEWS

    5 PM
CBS NEWS—Cronkite

     5:30
NEWS

EVENING

    6 PM
MORK & MINDY—Comedy

     6:30
WHAT’S HAPPENING!!

    7 PM
WALTONS

    8 PM
CINDERELLA AT THE PALACE—Variety
Special

  10 PM
NEWS

   10:30
M*A*S*H

   11:05
MOVIE—Mystery
“The Carey Treatment” (1972)



 3  KOTA (RAPID CITY) (CBS, NBC)

MORNING

     5:30
COUNTRY DAY—Edstrom

    6 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw

    8 AM
PHIL DONAHUE
Guest: Floyd Abrams

    9 AM
HIGH ROLLERS—Game

     9:30
WHEEL OF FORTUNE—Game

  10 AM
AMERICA ALIVE!

  11 AM
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
Eve Plumb, Stephen Shortridge, Ed Bluestone, Ron Glass, George Gobel, Brianne Leary, Paul Lynde, Anthony Newley
         
   11:30
JEOPARDY!—Game

AFTERNOON

     12 N
PARTY LINE—Sheppard

   12:30
DOCTORS—Serial

    1 PM
ANOTHER WORLD

    2 PM
DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial

    3 PM
CARD SHARKS—Game

     3:30
FLINTSTONES—Cartoon

    4 PM
STAR TREK—Science Fiction

    5 PM
NBC NEWS—Chancellor/Brinkley

     5:30
NEWS

EVENING

    6 PM
WALTONS

    7 PM
PROJECT U.F.O.

    8 PM
QUINCY—Crime Drama

    9 PM
DAVID CASSIDY—MAN UNDERCOVER—Crime Drama
Debut

  10 PM
NEWS

   10:30
JOHNNY CARSON
Scheduled: Diahann Carroll, Bess Armstrong, Los Indios Trabajaras

    12 M
TOMORROW—Tom Snyder
Guests: Art Buchwald, Michael Murphy



 4  KOA (NBC)

MORNING

    6 AM
PTL CLUB—Religion

    7 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw

    9 AM
PHIL DONAHUE

  10 AM
AMERICA ALIVE!

  11 AM
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
Eve Plumb, Stephen Shortridge, Ed Bluestone, Ron Glass, George Gobel, Brianne Leary, Paul Lynde, Anthony Newley
         
   11:30
MARY TYLER MOORE—Comedy

AFTERNOON

     12 N
NOONDAY—Jones/Everett

    1 PM
ANOTHER WORLD

    2 PM
DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial

    3 PM
BRADY BUNCH—Comedy

     3:30
LITTLE RASCALS—Comedy BW 

    4 PM
STAR TREK—Science Fiction

    5 PM
NEWS

     5:30
NBC NEWS—Chancellor/Brinkley

EVENING

    6 PM
CROSS-WITS—Game
Jack Carter, Alice Ghostley, Rick Hurst, Shari Lewis

     6:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
Alex Cord, Britt Ekland, Erik Estrada, Susan Sullivan, Paul Lynde, Lauren Tewes, George Gobel, Loni Anderson, Dick Clark

    7 PM
PROJECT U.F.O.

    8 PM
QUINCY—Crime Drama

    9 PM
DAVID CASSIDY—MAN UNDERCOVER—Crime Drama
Debut

  10 PM
NEWS

   10:30
JOHNNY CARSON
Scheduled: Diahann Carroll, Bess Armstrong, Los Indios Trabajaras

    12 M
TOMORROW—Tom Snyder
Guests: Art Buchwald, Michael Murphy

    1 AM
PTL CLUB—Religion

    2 AM
NEWS



 5  KOAA (PUEBLO) (NBC)

MORNING

    6 AM
PTL CLUB—Religion

    7 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw

    9 AM
PHIL DONAHUE
Guest: John Davidson

  10 AM
AMERICA ALIVE!

  11 AM
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
Eve Plumb, Stephen Shortridge, Ed Bluestone, Ron Glass, George Gobel, Brianne Leary, Paul Lynde, Anthony Newley
         
   11:30
WHEEL OF FORTUNE—Game

AFTERNOON

     12 N
ODD COUPLE—Comedy

   12:30
DOCTORS—Serial

    1 PM
ANOTHER WORLD

     1:30
M*A*S*H

    2 PM
DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial

    3 PM
SUPER SHOW—Bob Alan

    5 PM
NBC NEWS—Chancellor/Brinkley

     5:30
NEWS

EVENING

    6 PM
SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN—Adventure

    7 PM
PROJECT U.F.O.

    8 PM
QUINCY—Crime Drama

    9 PM
DAVID CASSIDY—MAN UNDERCOVER—Crime Drama
Debut

  10 PM
NEWS

   10:30
JOHNNY CARSON
Scheduled: Diahann Carroll, Bess Armstrong, Los Indios Trabajaras

    12 M
TOMORROW—Tom Snyder
Guests: Art Buchwald, Michael Murphy

    1 AM
NEWS



 2  KREX (GRAND JUNCTION) (ABC, CBS, NBC)

MORNING

    6 AM
CBS NEWS—Stahl/Threlkeld

    7 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw

    8 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA

    9 AM
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guest: Michael Vale

  10 AM
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial

   10:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  11 AM
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial

   11:25
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
         
   11:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS

AFTERNOON

   12:30
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

     1:30
M*A*S*H

    2 PM
MATCH GAME
David Doyle, Elaine Joyce

     2:30
ALL IN THE FAMILY

    3 PM
MAGAZINE—Report
Special

    4 PM
BAGGY PANTS—Cartoons

     4:30
KNOW YOUR SCHOOLS

    5 PM
CBS NEWS—Cronkite

     5:30
NEWS

EVENING

    6 PM
WALTONS

    7 PM
CINDERELLA AT THE PALACE—Variety
Special

    9 PM
PROJECT U.F.O.

  10 PM
NEWS

   10:35
M*A*S*H

   11:10
McMILLAN & WIFE—Crime Drama



 6  KRMA (PBS)

MORNING

     9:30
SESAME STREET—Children

   11:25
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children

AFTERNOON

     12 N
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs

   12:30
UPHOLSTERY—Instruction

     1:05
VEGETABLE SOUP—Children

     3:30
VILLA ALEGRE—Children

    4 PM
SESAME STREET—Children

    5 PM
MISTER ROGERS—Children

     5:30
STUDIO SEE—Children

EVENING

    6 PM
ZOOM—Children

     6:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs

    7 PM
ESTA SEMANA

     7:30
MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT

    8 PM
COLORADO WEEKLY

    9 PM
ELECTIONS ’78: PRELUDE TO ’80—Report

     9:30
MOVIE—Documentary
“Hollywood on Trial” (1976)

   11:30
ABC NEWS
Captioned for the hearing-impaired



 7  KMGH (CBS)

MORNING

     5:20
PASTORAL CALL

     5:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
American Character: Cybernation

    6 AM
CBS NEWS—Stahl/Threlkeld

    7 AM
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guest: Michael Vale

    8 AM
NOELL AND ANDY—Children

     8:30
MAGAZINE
Special Guest: Margo St. James

     9:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW

  10 AM
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial

   10:30
M*A*S*H

  11 AM
ALL IN THE FAMILY
         
   11:30
MATCH GAME
Joyce Bulifant, Raymond Burr

AFTERNOON

     12 N
NEWS

   12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial

     1:30
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

     2:30
DINAH!
Guests: Gerald Ford, Susan Ford, Danny Thomas, Glen Campbell

     3:30
MERV GRIFFIN
Guests: Wayne Newton, Bobby Goldsboro, major-league team rodeo

     4:30
CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS

    5 PM
NEWS

EVENING

    6 PM
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite

     6:30
MUPPET SHOW—Variety

    7 PM
WALTONS

    8 PM
CINDERELLA AT THE PALACE—Variety
Special

  10 PM
NEWS

   10:30
M*A*S*H

   11:05
MOVIE—Mystery
“The Carey Treatment” (1972)

     1:10
MARCUS WELBY, M.D.—Drama



 7  KEVN (RAPID CITY) (ABC, CBS)

MORNING

    5 AM
PTL CLUB—Religion

    6 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
Guests: Alan King, B.J. Thomas

    8 AM
PRICE IS RIGHT—Game

    9 AM
HAPPY DAYS

     9:30
FAMILY FEUD—Game

  10 AM
$20,000 PYRAMID
Fred Grandy, Didi Conn

   10:30
RYAN’S HOPE—Serial

  11 AM
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial

AFTERNOON

     12 N
ONE LIFE TO LIVE

    1 PM
GENERAL HOSPITAL

    2 PM
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial

     2:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial

     3:30
MATCH GAME
David Doyle, Elaine Joyce

    4 PM
NEW MICKEY MOUSE CLUB

     4:30
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES BW 

    5 PM
ABC NEWS

     5:30
NEWS

EVENING

    6 PM
MORK & MINDY—Comedy

     6:30
WHAT’S HAPPENING!!

    7 PM
BARNEY MILLER

     7:30
SOAP

    8 PM
CINDERELLA AT THE PALACE—Variety
Special

  10 PM
NEWS

   10:30
STARSKY & HUTCH—Crime Drama

   11:40
S.W.A.T.—Crime Drama



 8  KTSC (PUEBLO) (PBS)

MORNING

     8:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs

    9 AM
ELECTRIC COMPANY

     9:30
INFINITY FACTORY—Children

  10 AM
SESAME STREET—Children

AFTERNOON

     12 N
GETTING’ OVER

    3 PM
LILIAS, YOGA AND YOU

     3:30
VILLA ALEGRE—Children

    4 PM
SESAME STREET—Children

    5 PM
MISTER ROGERS—Children

     5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children

EVENING

    6 PM
VEGETABLE SOUP—Children

     6:30
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF—Instruction

    7 PM
MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT

     7:30
STATE RACES

  10 PM
NOVA

  11 PM
MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT

   11:30
ABC NEWS
Captioned for the hearing-impaired



 9  KBTV (ABC)

MORNING

    6 AM
SERGEANT PRESTON

     6:30
NEW MICKEY MOUSE CLUB

    7 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
Guests: Alan King, B.J. Thomas

    9 AM
HAPPY DAYS

     9:30
FAMILY FEUD—Game

  10 AM
$20,000 PYRAMID
Fred Grandy, Didi Conn

   10:30
RYAN’S HOPE—Serial

  11 AM
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial

AFTERNOON

     12 N
NEWS

   12:30
DORIS DAY—Comedy

    1 PM
GENERAL HOSPITAL

    2 PM
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial

     2:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE

     3:30
PARTRIDGE FAMILY—Comedy

    4 PM
SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN—Adventure

    5 PM
NEWS

EVENING

    6 PM
ABC NEWS

     6:30
JOKER’S WILD—Game

    7 PM
MORK & MINDY—Comedy

     7:30
WHAT’S HAPPENING!!

    8 PM
BARNEY MILLER

     8:30
SOAP

    9 PM
FAMILY

  10 PM
NEWS

   10:35
TIC TAC DOUGH

   11:05
NEW NEWLYWED GAME

   11:35
STARSKY & HUTCH—Crime Drama

   12:45
S.W.A.T.—Crime Drama



 9  KOTA (RAPID CITY) (PBS)

MORNING

    8 AM
SESAME STREET—Children

AFTERNOON

     12 N
SESAME STREET—Children

     3:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children

    4 PM
MISTER ROGERS—Children

     4:30
SESAME STREET—Children

     5:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs

EVENING

    6 PM
SEW SMART

     6:30
MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT

    7 PM
BIRTH WITHOUT VIOLENCE—Documentary BW 

     7:30
NOVA

     8:30
EVENING WITH CHUCK MANGOINE—Music
Special

   10:30
CONTINUING PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION



11 KKTV (COLORADO SPRINGS) (CBS)

MORNING

     5:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
American Character: Cybernation

    6 AM
CBS NEWS—Stahl/Threlkeld

    7 AM
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guest: Michael Vale

    8 AM
ROMPER ROOM

     8:30
MAGAZINE
Special Guest: Margo St. James

     9:30
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial

     9:55
CBS NEWS—Edwards

  10 AM
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial

   10:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  11 AM
ALL IN THE FAMILY
         
   11:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS

AFTERNOON

   12:30
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

     1:30
PM 11

     2:30
M*A*S*H

    3 PM
DINAH!
Guests: Gerald Ford, Susan Ford, Danny Thomas, Glen Campbell

    4 PM
MERV GRIFFIN
Guests: Wayne Newton, Bobby Goldsboro, major-league team rodeo

    5 PM
NEWS

     5:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite

EVENING

    6 PM
HEE HAW
Guests: Larry Gatlin, Ava Barber

    7 PM
WALTONS

    8 PM
CINDERELLA AT THE PALACE—Variety
Special

  10 PM
NEWS

   10:30
M*A*S*H

   11:05
MOVIE—Mystery
“The Carey Treatment” (1972)



13 KRDO (COLORADO SPRINGS) (ABC)

MORNING

    6 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
Guests: Alan King, B.J. Thomas

    8 AM
KIDS ARE PEOPLE TOO

     8:30
VILLA ALLEGRE—Children

    9 AM
HAPPY DAYS

     9:30
FAMILY FEUD—Game

  10 AM
$20,000 PYRAMID
Fred Grandy, Didi Conn

   10:30
RYAN’S HOPE—Serial

  11 AM
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial

AFTERNOON

     12 N
ONE LIFE TO LIVE

    1 PM
GENERAL HOSPITAL

    2 PM
MOVIE—Western
“Charro!” (1969)

    4 PM
FLINTSTONES—Cartoon

     4:30
LUCY SHOW

    5 PM
NEWS

     5:30
ABC NEWS

EVENING

    6 PM
DATING GAME

     6:30
NEWLYWED GAME

    7 PM
MORK & MINDY—Comedy

     7:30
WHAT’S HAPPENING!!

    8 PM
BARNEY MILLER

     8:30
SOAP

    9 PM
FAMILY

  10 PM
NEWS

   10:30
STARSKY & HUTCH—Crime Drama

   11:40
S.W.A.T.—Crime Drama
TV  

3 comments:

  1. A couple of stations showed "Mork and Mindy" or "The Waltons" at 6 P.M. Mountain time.

    Could they have taken the East Coast network feed (since it was 8 P.M. Eastern time)?

    Or were they in the Central time zone?

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  2. KREX Grand Junction gave their viewers one hour of each of the three network morning shows (of in the case of the "CBS Morning News", the entire one-hour program).

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  3. Wow, you really brought back some memories with that Casper mask. I had the same costume when I was about eight or nine. I wore it for a couple years too.

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Thanks for writing! Drive safely!