What's on TV? Sunday, May 26, 1974

I don't know about you, but I find the sports lineup in today's Twin Cities issue quite interesting—not for the events themselves, but for what they say about the time. Here's what I mean: tennis was a very popular pasttime in 1974, and we've got four tennis-related events. Let's throw out Celebrity Tennis, even though that may be the most telling; the other three are all taped, and two of the three are from tournaments that were packaged for television. You don't see prerecorded sports like that anymore. And then there's the golf—the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic. It's still around, albeit with FedEx as the title sponsor, but nowadays the final round is shown in its entirety, rather than having coverage start on the 15th hole, as was the case here. Oh, and in 1974, the winner took home $35,000; last year, Justin Thomas won $1.8 million. And finally, there's the major event of the day, the Indianapolis 500, shown on a tape delay from the afternoon. The 500 was perhaps the last major sports event to be broadcast live, in 1986. Moving ABC's coverage of the race from the following Saturday's Wide World of Sports to same-day coverage was done to capitalize on the race's popularity. Today, NBC would probably do anything it could to keep it out of primetime coverage, such has been the decline in its fortunes. Yes, times have changed.

	-2- KTCA (PBS)
	AFTERNOON
	5:00	BICENTENNIAL LECTURE SERIES
	EVENING
	6:00	ZOOM—Children
	6:30	NOVA—Science
	7:30	WHO’S AFRAID OF OPERA? “Faust”
	8:00	MASTERPIECE THEATRE “Upstairs, Downstairs,” Part 6
	9:00	FIRING LINE Guest: Rep. Les Aspin (D-Wisconsin)

 

 

	-4- WCCO (CBS)
	MORNING
	7:00	SUNDAY MORNING
	7:45	JOBS NOW!
	8:00	BAILEY’S COMETS—Cartoon
	8:30	AMAZING CHAN—Cartoon
	9:00	CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL “Six Bears and a Clown”
	10:00	MOVIE—Comedy BW  “Bonnie Scotland” (1935)
	11:00	FACE THE NATION
	11:30	SPORTSMAN’S HOLIDAY
	11:45	WORLD OF AVIATION
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	SAINT—Crime Drama
	1:30	CBS TENNIS CLASSIC Arthur Ashe vs. Cliff Drysdale
	2:30	CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR Diving, Equestrian show
	4:30	NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
	5:00	60 MINUTES
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	APPLE’S WAY—Drama
	7:30	MANNIX—Crime Drama
	8:30	BARNABY JONES—Crime Drama
	9:30	MOORE ON SUNDAY
	10:00	NEWS

 

 

	-5- KSTP (NBC)
	MORNING
	7:30	HYMN TIME—David Stone
	8:00	JIMMY SWAGGART—Religion
	8:30	DAY OF DISCOVERY
	9:00	FAITH FOR TODAY
	9:30	AMERICAN RELIGIOUS TOWN HALL
	10:00	HOUR OF POWER
	11:00	HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ BOWL
	11:30	MEET THE PRESS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	HENRY WOLF Guest: Buzz Aldrin
	12:30	NORTH STAR REPORT
	1:00	GORILLA IN THE BEDROOM Special
	1:30	HOPES OR FEARS—Discussion Special
	2:00	FAMILY CIRCLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT Special: Chris Evert vs. Kerry Melville
	3:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	4:30	KATE SMITH Guests: Florence Henderson, Dom DeLuise, the Supremes, Eric Weissberg, Steve Mandell, the Kids Next Door
	5:30	UNTAMED WORLD
	EVENING
	6:00	TREASURE HUNT
	6:30	WORLD OF DISNEY “The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton,” conclusion
	7:30	COLUMBO—Crime Drama Guest murderer: Jose Ferrer
	9:00	NBC NEWS: SPECIAL EDITION
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	PAUL HELM—Discussion
	12:00	HENRY WOLF Guest: George Romney

 

 

	-9- KMSP (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:00	REX HUMBARD
	8:00	KATHRYN KUHLMAN
	8:30	NEW CASEY JONES—Children
	9:00	KID POWER—Cartoon
	9:30	OSMONDS—Cartoon
	10:00	H.R. PUFNSTUF—Children
	10:30	MAKE A WISH—Children
	11:00	SENIOR CITIZENS’ FORUM
	11:30	FOCUS—Phil Bremen
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	FISHIN’ HOLE
	12:30	ISSUES AND ANSWERS Guests: Sen. J. William Fullbright and Gov. Dale Bumpers, candidates for Democratic Senate seat, Arkansas
	1:00	DIRECTIONS Guest: Sen. Harold Hughes (D-Iowa)
	1:30	RAT PATROL—Adventure
	2:00	NAME OF THE GAME—Drama
	3:30	CELEBRITY TENNIS
	4:00	WORLD INVITATIONAL TENNIS CLASSIC Rod Laver and John Newcombe vs. Stan Smith and Arthur Ashe
	5:00	MY PARTNER THE GHOST
	EVENING
	6:00	SECRETS OF THE DEEP
	6:30	FBI
	7:30	INDIANAPOLIS 500 Special
	9:30	GREAT MYSTERIES
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	MOVIE—Crime Drama “Madigan” (1968)
	12:30	NEWS—Bill Beutel

 

	11 WTCN (Ind.)
	MORNING
	7:00	CHURCH SERVICE
	7:30	SPEAKING OF RELIGION
	8:00	OLD-TIME GOSPEL HOUR
	9:00	ORAL ROBERTS
	9:30	SOUL’S HARBOR—Religion
	10:00	WONDERAMA
	AFTERNOON
	12:30	FESTIVAL OF FAMILY CLASSICS
	1:00	FATHER KNOWS BEST
	1:30	BRACKEN’S WORLD—Drama
	2:30	LUCY SHOW—Comedy
	3:00	DANNY THOMAS MEMPHIS CLASSIC Special: Final-round coverage
	5:00	STAR TREK—Adventure
	EVENING
	6:00	MOVIE—Adventure BW  “Tarzan’s New York Adventure”
	7:30	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy BW
	8:00	MERV GRIFFIN Guests: Maximillian Schell, Richard Thomas, Jason Miller, Randy Quaid
	9:30	NEWS
	10:00	MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Adventure
	11:00	HIGH CHAPARRAL
	12:00	IT TAKES A THIEF—Adventure

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