What's on TV: Saturday, March 8, 1980

This is one of those days that reminds me how problematic television in 1980s is. Now, I don't want to step on anyone's toes (and if you saw the size of my shoes, you wouldn't want me to, either), but look at some of these morning cartoons: The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour? Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo? The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show? Has Plastic Man even made it to the movies yet?  Primetime isn't much better, considering the forgettable lineups for CBS and NBC; I suspect it's mostly due to the dominance of ABC's Saturday night lineup, particularly The Love Boat and Fantasy Island. CBS alone would have seven different Saturday night schedules during the season, while NBC had five. How many of you remember Hagen, a legal drama starring Chad Everett? Look fast; it was only on for seven weeks. The Chisholms started out as a miniseries in 1979, and worked its way into the Saturday night lineup; it will soon be replaced by The Tim Conway Show. And Tom Snyder's Prime Time Saturday apparently wasn't ready for prime time, was it? At least we're ready with the listings, this week from the New Hampshire Edition—which, you'll notice, consists mostly of stations in Boston and Portland. As I alluded to on Saturday, it's a complicated market.

	-2- WGBH (BOSTON) (PBS)
	MORNING
	8:00	SESAME STREET—Children
	9:00	MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD—Children
	9:30	ZOOM—Children
	10:00	SESAME STREET—Children
	11:00	3-2-1 CONTACT—Children
	11:30	HAROLD LLOYD’S WORLD OF COMEDY—Documentary
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW
	12:30	WORLD WAR II: G.I. DIARY
	1:00	OVER EASY—Hugh Downs Guest: Molly Picon
	1:30	OVER EASY—Hugh Downs Guest: Patti Page
	2:00	OVER EASY—Hugh Downs Guest: Jose Greco
	2:30	OVER EASY—Hugh Downs Guest: Edie Adams
	3:00	OVER EASY—Hugh Downs Guest: Phyllis Diller
	3:30	KUP’S SHOW
	4:30	AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
		Guest: Ray Charles
	5:30	AS WE SEE IT
	EVENING
	6:00	LA PLAZA—Raquel Ortiz
	6:30	ELLIOT NORTON REVIEWS—Discussion
	7:00	SNEAK PREVIEWS Included: “The Black Marble”
	7:30	NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Special: “The Invisible World”
	8:45	FRED ASTAIRE: PUTTIN’ ON HIS TOP HAT Special
	9:45	MOVIE—Musical “In the Good Old Summertime” (1949)

 

 

	-4- WBZ (BOSTON) (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:00	INTERNATIONAL ZONE—Documentary
	6:30	CARRASCOLENDAS—Children
	7:00	MUNDO REAL
	7:30	FOR KIDS ONLY—Ron Robin
	8:00	GODZILLA, GLOBETROTTERS—Cartoon
	9:00	FRED AND BARNEY MEET THE SHMOO—Cartoon
	10:30	DAFFY DUCK—Cartoon
	11:00	GET OFF YOUR BLOCK—Children
	11:30	NEWS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	HOT HERO SANDWICH—Children
	1:00	MARLO AND THE MAGIC MOVIE MACHINE—Children
	1:30	NCAA BASKETBALL Special: Second-round game
	3:45	NCAA BASKETBALL Special: Second-round game
	5:45	NCAA BASKETBALL WRAP-UP
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NBC NEWS—Jane Pauley
	7:00	GUINNESS GAME
	7:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
	8:00	CHiPs—Crime Drama
	9:00	BJ AND THE BEAR
	10:00	PRIME TIME SATURDAY—Tom Snyder
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Host: Rodney Dangerfield. Guest: J. Geils Band
	1:00	DON KIRSHNER’S ROCK CONCERT KISS, Gloria Gaynor, New England, Roger & Roger
	2:30	MOVIE—Comedy “The Monte Carlo Story” (Italian; 1957)
	4:30	MOVIE—Drama BW  “Woman and the Hunter” (1957)

 

 

	-5- WCVB (BOSTON) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:00	BETTER WAY—Consumer Report
	6:30	JABBERWOCKY—Children
	7:00	BARBAPAPA—Cartoon
	7:30	CAPTAIN BOB—Children
	8:00	WORLD’S GREATEST SUPERFRIENDS—Cartoon
	9:00	PLASTIC MAN—Cartoons
	10:30	SCOOBY AND SCRAPY-DOO—Cartoons
	11:30	KIDSWORLD—Children
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	CANDLEPIN BOWLING
	1:00	CANDLEPIN SUPERBOWL
	3:30	PRO BOWLING Fair Lanes Open, Washington, D.C.
	5:00	WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS Boxing: Earnie Shaves vs. Bernrdo Mercado; speed skating; gymnastics; downhill skiing
	EVENING
	6:30	NEWS
	7:00	LAWRENCE WELK
	8:00	ONE IN A MILLION—Comedy
	8:30	ROPERS
	9:00	LOVE BOAT
	10:00	FANTASY ISLAND
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Comedy BW  “The Shop Around the Corner” (1940)
	1:30	FIVE ALL NIGHT/LIVE ALL NIGHT—Matt Siegel Guest: Taj Mahal
	3:30	ABC NEWS
	3:45	WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE BW
	4:15	FIVE ALL NIGHT
	4:30	GOOD DAY! Guests: The Ink Spots

 

 

	-6- WCSH (PORTLAND) (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:35	NEWS EXTRA
	6:45	NEWS
	7:00	AG-USA
	7:30	KIDSWORLD—Children
	8:00	GODZILLA, GLOBETROTTERS—Cartoon
	9:00	FRED AND BARNEY MEET THE SHMOO—Cartoon
	10:30	DAFFY DUCK—Cartoon
	11:00	CASPER AND THE ANGELS—Cartoon
	11:30	JETSONS—Cartoon
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	EMERGENCY ONE!—Drama
	1:00	YOUNG MATADOR—Motorcycle Racing
	1:30	NCAA BASKETBALL Special: Second-round game
	3:45	NCAA BASKETBALL Special: Second-round game
	5:45	NCAA BASKETBALL WRAP-UP
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NBC NEWS—Jane Pauley
	7:00	MUPPET SHOW—Variety Guests: Mark Hamill, R2-D2, C-3PO
	7:30	DANCE FEVER Judges: Mimi Kennedy, Ron Palillo, Gavin MacLeod. Host: Deney Terrio
	8:00	CHiPs—Crime Drama
	9:00	BJ AND THE BEAR
	10:00	PRIME TIME SATURDAY—Tom Snyder
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Host: Rodney Dangerfield. Guest: J. Geils Band
	1:00	MOVIE—Musical BW  “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum” (1933)

 

 

	-7- WNAC (BOSTON) (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:25	GREATER BOSTONIANS—Music
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER Learning to Write/Writing to Learn
	7:00	REBOP—Children
	7:30	VEGETABLE SOUP—Children
	8:00	MIGHTY MOUSE/HECKLE AND JECKLE—Cartoons
	9:00	BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER—Cartoons
	10:30	POPEYE—Cartoons
	11:30	FAT ALBERT—Cartoon
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	SHAZAM!—Children
	12:30	SUPER 7—Cartoons
	1:30	30 MINUTES
	2:00	UP FRONT—Ted O’Brien
	2:30	JOKER! JOKER!! JOKER!!!—Game
	3:00	STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO—Crime Drama
	4:00	SPORTS SPECTACULAR Boxing: Leon Spinks vs. Eddie Lopez; Men’s World Speed Skating Championships
	5:00	GOLF Special: Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic, third rond
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	BLACK NEWS
	7:00	DANCE FEVER Judges: Eva Gabor, Gower Champion, David Hodo. Deney Terrio is the host.
	7:30	SHA NA NA—Variety
	8:00	CHISHOLMS—Western
	9:00	HAWAII FIVE-O—Crime Drama
	10:00	HAGEN—Drama
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY Special
	12:00	MOVIE—Adventure “Man in the Wilderness” (1971)
	2:00	MOVIE—Comedy BW  “I Was a Male War Bride” (1949)
	3:30	NEWS
	4:00	GREATER BOSTONIANS—Music

 

 

	-8- WMTW (POLAND SPRING) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:00	NEW YOU—Health
	7:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	7:30	KROFFT SUPERSTARS—Children
	8:00	WORLD’S GREATEST SUPERFRIENDS—Cartoon
	9:00	PLASTIC MAN—Cartoons
	10:30	SCOOBY AND SCRAPY-DOO—Cartoons
	11:30	CAPTAIN CAVEMAN AND THE TEEN ANGELS—Cartoon
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	WEEKEND SPECIAL
	12:30	AMERICA’S ATHLETES—1980
	2:00	AUTO RACING International Race of Champions
	2:45	AMERICAN SPORTSMAN
	3:30	PRO BOWLING Fair Lanes Open, Washington, D.C.
	5:00	WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS Boxing: Earnie Shaves vs. Bernrdo Mercado; speed skating; gymnastics; downhill skiing
	EVENING
	6:30	HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ Windham Vs. South Windham
	7:00	LAWRENCE WELK
	8:00	ONE IN A MILLION—Comedy
	8:30	ROPERS
	9:00	LOVE BOAT
	10:00	FANTASY ISLAND
	11:00	ABC NEWS
	11:15	MOVIE—Drama BW  “The Sweet Sound of Death” (Spanish; 1965)

 

 

	-9- WMUR (MANCHESTER) (ABC)
	MORNING
	8:00	WORLD’S GREATEST SUPERFRIENDS—Cartoon
	9:00	PLASTIC MAN—Cartoons
	10:30	SCOOBY AND SCRAPY-DOO—Cartoons
	11:30	CAPTAIN CAVEMAN AND THE TEEN ANGELS—Cartoon
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	WEEKEND SPECIAL
	12:30	AMERICAN BANDSTAND Guests: Bonnie Pointer, the Beat
	2:00	AUTO RACING International Race of Champions
	2:45	AMERICAN SPORTSMAN
	3:30	PRO BOWLING Fair Lanes Open, Washington, D.C.
	5:00	WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS Boxing: Earnie Shaves vs. Bernrdo Mercado; speed skating; gymnastics; downhill skiing
	EVENING
	6:30	THRILLSEEKERS
	7:00	HEE HAW Guests: Dennis Weaver, Dottsy, Randy Boone, Woody Woodbury
	8:00	ONE IN A MILLION—Comedy
	8:30	ROPERS
	9:00	LOVE BOAT
	10:00	FANTASY ISLAND
	11:00	ABC NEWS
	11:15	MOVIE—Drama “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (1945)

 

 

	11 WENH (DURHAM) (PBS)
	MORNING
	8:00	SESAME STREET—Children
	9:00	MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD—Children
	9:30	ONCE UPON A CLASSIC—Children
	10:00	WILD, WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS
	10:30	VOYAGE OF CHARLES DARWIN—Drama
	11:30	FOOTSTEPS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	GROWING YEARS—Instruction
	12:30	JULIA CHILD AND MORE COMPANY
	1:00	AMERICANS—Documentary
	2:00	NOVA
	3:00	MOVIE—Adventure BW  “Captain Kidd” (1945)
	4:40	MOVIE—Biography BW  “Pride of the Yankees” (1942)
	EVENING
	7:00	SPEAKING OF LOVE: LEO BUSCAGLIA—Lecture
	8:00	SONGS OF A LUSTY LAND Special: Host Tennessee Ernie Ford, Merle Haggard, Kay Starr, Tom T. Hall, Linda Hopkins, the Sons of the Pioneers
	10:00	MOVIE—Musical “Can-Can” (1960)

 

 

	12 WMEB (ORONO) (PBS)
	MORNING
	8:00	SESAME STREET—Children
	9:00	MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD—Children
	9:30	ONCE UPON A CLASSIC—Children
	10:00	AS WE SEE IT
	10:30	FREE TO CHOOSE—Economics
	11:30	NOVA
	AFTERNOON
	12:40	WOODS AND WATERS
	1:15	ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL—Drama
	2:10	BOGART—Profile
	3:15	MOVIE—Drama BW  “Dead End” (1937)
	5:00	LEGIS*STATE
	5:30	TO NORWAY: HOME OF GIANTS—Comedy Host: Norman Fearless (John Cleese)
	EVENING
	6:00	FOOTSTEPS
	6:30	ANOTHER VOICE—Interview
	7:00	ONCE UPON A CLASSIC
	7:30	AGRONSKY AND COMPANY--Discussion
	8:00	SONGS OF A LUSTY LAND Special: Host Tennessee Ernie Ford, Merle Haggard, Kay Starr, Tom T. Hall, Linda Hopkins, the Sons of the Pioneers
	10:00	MOVIE—Musical “Can-Can” (1960)

 

 

	13 WGAN (PORTLAND) (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:00	MAINE WEATHER
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER Learning to Write/Writing to Learn
	7:00	MARIO AND THE MAGIC MOVIE MACHINE—Children
	7:30	COURTSHIP OF EDDIE’S FATHER—Comedy-Drama
	8:00	MIGHTY MOUSE/HECKLE AND JECKLE—Cartoons
	9:00	BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER—Cartoons
	10:30	POPEYE—Cartoons
	11:30	FAT ALBERT—Cartoon
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	SHAZAM!—Children
	12:30	SUPER 7—Cartoons
	1:30	30 MINUTES
	2:00	WRESTLING
	3:00	IRONSIDE—Crime Drama
	4:00	NORM CROSBY’S THE COMEDY SHOP Guests: Jim Brown, Corbett Monica, Roberta Kent
	4:30	SPORTS SPECTACULAR Boxing: Leon Spinks vs. Eddie Lopez; Men’s World Speed Skating Championships [Joined in progress.]
	5:00	GOLF Special: Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic, third rond
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	CBS NEWS—Bob Schieffer
	7:00	HEE HAW Guests: Dennis Weaver, Dottsy, Randy Boone, Woody Woodbury
	8:00	CHISHOLMS—Western
	9:00	HAWAII FIVE-O—Crime Drama
	10:00	HAGEN—Drama
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY Special
	12:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Move” (1970)

 

 

	31 WNNE (HANOVER) (NBC)
	MORNING
	7:30	BAY CITY ROLLERS—Cartoon
	8:00	GODZILLA, GLOBETROTTERS—Cartoon
	9:00	FRED AND BARNEY MEET THE SHMOO—Cartoon
	10:30	DAFFY DUCK—Cartoon
	11:00	CASPER AND THE ANGELS—Cartoon
	11:30	JETSONS—Cartoon
	AFTERNOON
	1:00	NCAA BASKETBALL SPECIAL Special
	1:30	NCAA BASKETBALL Special: Second-round game
	3:45	NCAA BASKETBALL Special: Second-round game
	5:45	NCAA BASKETBALL WRAP-UP
	EVENING
	6:00	SHA NA NA—Variety Guest: Freddy Fender
	6:30	NBC NEWS—Jane Pauley
	7:00	AMERICA’S ATHLETES—1980
	8:00	CHiPs—Crime Drama
	9:00	BJ AND THE BEAR
	10:00	PRIME TIME SATURDAY—Tom Snyder
	11:00	PORTER WAGONER—Music
	11:30	SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Host: Rodney Dangerfield. Guest: J. Geils Band

 

 

	38 WSBK (BOSTON) (Ind.)
	MORNING
	6:00	HAZEL—Comedy
	6:30	HAZEL—Comedy
	7:00	TENNIS Peter Fleming vs. Tim Gullickson
	8:00	FAITH FOR TODAY
	8:30	VIEWPOINT ON NUTRITION
	9:00	VILLA ALEGRE—Children
	9:30	CARRASCOLENDAS—Children
	10:00	HOT FUDGE—Children
	10:30	MOVIE—Comedy BW  “Blondie’s Big Deal” (1949)
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MOVIE—Comedy BW  “High Society” (1955)
	2:30	MOVIE—Mystery BW  “Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw” (1944)
	4:00	MOVIE—Drama “The Adding Machine” (English; 1969)
	EVENING
	6:00	WILD, WILD WEST—Adventure
	7:00	FAMILY FEUD—Game
	7:30	FAMILY FEUD—Game
	8:00	NHL HOCKEY Boston Bruins at New York Islanders
	10:30	BRUINS WRAP-UP
	11:00	SECOND CITY TELEVISION—Comedy
	11:30	MOVIE—Mystery BW  “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum” (1940)
	1:00	ROCKWORLD—Music Guests: Jethro Tull, U-Roy
	1:30	MOVIE—Mystery BW  “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1939)
	3:00	MOVIE—Adventure BW  “The Jungle” (1952)
	4:15	MOVIE—Drama BW  “Heat Wave” (English; 1954)
	5:30	MOVIE—Comedy BW  “It Had to Be You” (1947)

 

 

	44 WGBX (BOSTON) (PBS)
	AFTERNOON
	5:00	QUE PASA, U.S.A.?
	5:30	INDIAN ART
	EVENING
	6:00	SESAME STREET—Children
	7:00	ONCE UPON A CLASSIC
	7:30	DIAMOND RIVERS—Documentary
	8:00	SONGS OF A LUSTY LAND Special: Host Tennessee Ernie Ford, Merle Haggard, Kay Starr, Tom T. Hall, Linda Hopkins, the Sons of the Pioneers
	9:50	THAT GREAT AMERICAN GOSPEL SOUND—Music Tennessee Ernie Ford, Della Reese, the Jordanaires, the Happy Goodman Family, Micki Fuhrman, the Fisk Jubilee Singers

 

 

	56 WLVI (BOSTON) (Ind.)
	MORNING
	8:30	MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD—Religion
	9:00	ORAL ROBERTS—Religion
	9:30	JIMMY SWAGGART—Religion
	10:30	DE TODO UN POCO—In Spanish
	11:00	WRESTLING
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	THEN CAME BRONSON—Drama
	1:00	MOVIE—Thriller BW  “Monster on the Campus” (1958)
	2:30	MOVIE—Thriller BW  “The Thing That Couldn’t Die” (1958)
	4:00	MOVIE—Western “The Savage” (1953)
	EVENING
	6:00	HAPPY DAYS AGAIN—Comedy
	6:30	SANFORD AND SON—Comedy
	7:00	STAR TREK—Science Fiction
	8:00	MOVIE—Biography BW  “The Joker is Wild” (1957)
	10:30	ROALD DAHL’S TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
	11:00	NORM CROSBY’S THE COMEDY SHOP
	11:30	MOVIE—Thriller “The Pit and the Pendulum” (1961)

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