September 20, 2021

What's on TV? Wednesday, September 19, 1979



This week we're back in the Twin Cities, in an issue from my own personal collection. At first glance, it looks to be to be as thick as the Minnesota State Editions I used to get when I lived in The World's Worst Town™, even though we only have listings for six stations. The reason? Ads. You can't turn a page without seeing one, two, perhaps three ads for various shows. They're bold, with lots of wide black striping and white lettering. In isolation, it perhaps looks crisp and easy to read, but when you see them bunched one after another, the effect is cluttered and cramped, hard on the eyes, and the busyness of the page makes it difficult to find and focus on the listings. But that's progress.

 
-2- KTCA (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
     7:45
A.M. WEATHER
 
    8 AM
SESAME STREET—Children
 
    9 AM
MISTER ROGERS—Children
 
     9:30
FREESTYLE
 
  10 AM
ONCE UPON A CLASSIC—Children
“The Copter Kids”
 
  11 AM
ONCE UPON A CLASSIC—Children
“The Secret Garden”
         
   11:30
SESAME STREET—Children
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:30
MISTER ROGERS—Children
 
    1 PM
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
     1:30
ISSUES IN WORLD COMMUNICATIONS
 
    2 PM
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs
Guests: Robert and Anthony Alda
 
     2:30
DICK CAVETT
Guest: John Ehrlichman
 
    3 PM
MEETING OF MINDS—Discussion
 
    4 PM
MISTER ROGERS—Children
 
     4:30
SESAME STREET—Children
 
     5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
EVENING
 
    6 PM
ONCE UPON A CLASSIC—Children
“The Secret Garden,” Part 2
 
     6:30
MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
 
    7 PM
DICK CAVETT
Guest: John Ehrlichman (part 2)
 
     7:30
DANCING DISCO—Instruction
 
    8 PM
GREAT PERFORMANCES—Music
 
     9:30
IRISH TREASURES—Art
 
  10 PM
RIPPING YARNS—Comedy
 
   10:30
BILL MOYERS’ JOURNAL
 
  11 PM
BLACK MAN’S LAND—Documentary
Special
 
 
 
-4- WCCO (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6 AM
WEDNESDAY MORNING
 
    7 AM
ALLAN’S WINDOW—Children
 
     7:30
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    8 AM
PHIL DONAHUE
 
    9 AM
CROSS-WITS—Game
Guests: Marty Allen, Rita Moreno, Orson Bean, Barbara Cason
 
     9:30
WHEW!—Game
 
     9:55
NEWS
 
  10 AM
PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
 
  11 AM
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
         
   11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
AFTERNOON
 
   Noon
MIDDAY
 
   12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
     1:30
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
     2:30
ONE DAY AT A TIME
 
    3 PM
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
     3:30
MIKE DOUGLAS
Guests: Burt Reynolds, George Hamilton, Lesley-Anne Down
 
    5 PM
NEWS
 
     5:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
EVENING
 
    6 PM
NEWS
 
     6:30
PM MAGAZINE
 
    7 PM
LAST RESORT—Comedy
Debut
 
     7:30
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Debut
 
    8 PM
MOVIE—Comedy-Drama
“Sex and the Single Parent” (Made-for-TV; 1979)
 
  10 PM
NEWS
 
   10:30
MARCUS WELBY, M.D.—Drama
 
  11 PM
BONANZA—Western
 
   12:30
NEWS
 
    1 AM
PHIL DONAHUE
 
    2 AM
NEWS
 
    4 AM
NEWS
 
 
 
-5- KSTP (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6 AM
NEWS
 
     6:20
COUNTRY DAY
 
    7 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman
Guest: Psycic Ruth Montgomery
 
    9 AM
TWIN CITIES TODAY
 
  10 AM
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
 
   10:30
FAMILY FEUD—Game
 
  11 AM
$20,000 PYRAMID—Game
Sal Viscuso, Elaine Joyce
         
   11:30
RYAN’S HOPE
 
AFTERNOON
 
   Noon
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
 
    1 PM
ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
 
    2 PM
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
    3 PM
MATCH GAME
 
     3:30
STARSKY & HUTCH—Crime Drama
 
     4:30
HAPPY DAYS AGAIN—Comedy
 
    5 PM
HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
 
     5:30
ABC NEWS—Frank Reynolds
 
EVENING
 
    6 PM
NEWS
 
     6:30
MATCH GAME PM
Bart Braverman, Robert Walden, Betty White, Brianne Leary, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly
 
    7 PM
EIGHT IS ENOUGH
 
    8 PM
CHARLIE’S ANGELS
 
    9 PM
VEGA$—Crime Drama
 
  10 PM
NEWS
 
   10:30
LOVE BOAT
 
   12:50
NEWS
 
     1:20
DOCTOR WHO—Science Fiction
“Seeds of Doom,” Part 4
 
     1:50
THRILLSEEKERS
 
    2 AM
NEWS
 
     2:20
MOVIE—Western
“Bugles in the Afternoon” (1952)
 
    5 AM
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
 
 
-9- KMSP (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    6 AM
700 CLUB—Religion
 
    7 AM
UNDERDOG—Cartoon
 
     7:30
BULLWINKLE—Cartoon
 
    8 AM
POPEYE—Cartoon
 
     8:30
ARCHIES—Cartoon
 
    9 AM
DINAH!
Guests: Chuck Wollery, Mimi Kennedy, Teri DeSario, Richard Simmons, Jay Johnson, Kazoos Brothers
 
   10:30
GONG SHOW—Game
 
  11 AM
MEDICAL CENTER—Drama
 
AFTERNOON
 
   Noon
NOON ON NINE
 
   12:30
ROOM 222—Comedy-Drama
 
    1 PM
BOLD ONES—Drama
The New Doctors
 
    2 PM
BEST OF GROUCHO—Comedy BW 
 
     2:30
KROFFT SUPERSTARS—Children
 
    3 PM
CASPER—Cartoon
 
     3:30
POPEYE—Cartoons
 
    4 PM
MUNSTERS—Comedy BW 
 
     4:30
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
 
    5 PM
BRADY BUNCH—Comedy
 
     5:30
DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy BW 
 
EVENING
 
    6 PM
TIC TAC DOUGH—Game
 
     6:30
GOOD TIMES—Comedy
 
    7 PM
GUNSMOKE—Western
 
    8 PM
KOJAK—Crime Drama
 
    9 PM
SANFORD AND SON—Comedy
 
     9:30
NEWS
 
  10 PM
ALL IN THE FAMILY
 
   10:30
JIM ROCKFORD PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR—Crime Drama
 
  11 PM
STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO—Crime Drama
 
   11:40
BARETTA—Crima Drama
 
   12:30
PERRY MASON BW 
 
     1:30
TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama BW 
 
 
 
11 WTCN (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6 AM
PTL CLUB—Religion
 
    7 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw
Guest: Ivan Tors
 
    9 AM
CARD SHARKS—Game
 
     9:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
Conrad Bain, Barbi Benton, John Byner, George Gobel, Joan Rivers, Elke Sommer, Leslie Uggams, Jimmie Walker, Wayland & Madame
 
  10 AM
HIGH ROLLERSGame
 
   10:30
WHEEL OF FORTUNEGame
 
  11 AM
MINDREADERS—Game
Fred Travelena, Marcia Wallace
         
   11:30
PASSWORD—Game
Wesley Bure, Debralee Scott
 
AFTERNOON
 
   Noon
DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
 
    1 PM
DOCTORS—Serial
 
     1:30
ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
 
    3 PM
MERV GRIFFIN
Guests: David Brenner, Doc Severinsen, the Ritchie Family, Greg Evigan, J.J. Walker, Maureen McGovern
 
     4:30
CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS—Comedy
 
    5 PM
M*A*S*H—Comedy
 
     5:30
NBC NEWS—Chancellor/Brinkley
 
EVENING
 
    6 PM
NEWS
 
     6:30
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    7 PM
REAL PEOPLE
 
    8 PM
MOVIE—Drama
“Mrs. R’s Daughter” (Made-for-TV; 1979)
 
  10 PM
NEWS
 
   10:30
JOHNNY CARSON
Guests: Dolly Parton, Patrick Duffy, Henny Youngman
 
     Mid.
TOMORROW—Tom Snyder
 
    1 AM
DATING GAME
 
     1:30
BEWITCHED—Comedy
 
    2 AM
FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy
 
     2:30
LUCY SHOW
 
    3 AM
MAYBERRY R.F.D.—Comedy
 
     3:30
GONG SHOW—Game
 
    4 AM
IRONSIDE—Crime Drama
 
    5 AM
WHAT’S NEW?
 
 
 
17 KTCI (PBS)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     5:30
VILLA ALEGRE—Children
 
EVENING
 
    6 PM
DICK CAVETT
 
     6:30
MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
 
    7 PM
MISTER ROGERS—Children
 
     7:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
    8 PM
MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
 
     8:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs
 
    9 PM
BILL MOYERS’ JOURNAL
 
  10 PM
DICK CAVETT
 
   10:30
ABC NEWS—Frank Reynolds
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2 comments:

  1. I think that these listings are for Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1979. Sept. 18, 1979 fell on a Tuesday. Also the actor appearing with Debralee Scott on PASSWORD [PLUS] is Wesley Eure (not Bure).

    I like that WTCN has all-night programming and the programming is better than ancient movies & infomercials.

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  2. So the Twin Cities' CBS station only aired the first half of Captain Kangaroo back then? From when to when did that last? Were there CBS stations from elsewhere that aired the full hour-long episodes?

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Thanks for writing! Drive safely!