I never noticed at the time how many British comedies were being aired in the Twin Cities in 1981. Sure, there was Monty Python, but look at the rest: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin on KTCA; Dave Allen and Morecambe and Wise on WCCO. (I was probably too preoccupied with my college studies.) Soon, you won't be able to spit without seeing Britcoms everywhere. (Of course, you might have had them even earlier in your market.) And that doesn't even include the ones that have been Americanized, from All in the Family to Sanford and Son to Three's Company. And yes, if you're sharp-eyed, you'll notice that those are TV Guide critic Robert MacKenzie's fingers drumming away on the typewriter on the left. Enjoy these listings from the Twin Cities edition.
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-2- KTCA (PBS)
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MORNING
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6:15
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DOMESTIC
AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
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6:45
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A.M.
WEATHER
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7
AM
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VILLA
ALEGRE—Children
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7:30
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MISTER
ROGERS—Children
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8
AM
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SESAME
STREET—Children
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9
AM
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ELECTRIC
COMPANY—Children
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9:30
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ONCE
UPON A CLASSIC
“The Mill on
the Floss,” part 6
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10
AM
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3-2-1
CONTACT—Children
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10:30
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ELECTRIC
COMPANY—Children
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11
AM
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UP
AND COMING
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11:30
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SESAME
STREET—Children
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AFTERNOON
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12:30
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MISTER
ROGERS—Children
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1
PM
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DICK
CAVETT
Guest: Peter
Ustinov
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1:30
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OVER
EASY
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2
PM
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BEGIN
WITH GOODBE
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2:30
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OLD
FRIENDS, NEW FRIENDS
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3
PM
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JULIA
CHILD & COMPANY—Cooking
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3:30
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MISTER
ROGERS—Children
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4
PM
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SESAME
STREET—Children
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5
PM
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ELECTRIC
COMPANY—Children
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5:30
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3-2-1
CONTACT
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EVENING
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6
PM
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OVER
EASY
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6:30
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MacNEIL,
LEHRER REPORT
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7
PM
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THE
BOTTOM LINE
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7:30
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DICK
CAVETT
Guest:
Lillian Roberts
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8
PM
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WASHINGTON
WEEK IN REVIEW
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8:30
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WALL
STREET WEEK
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9
PM
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HARD
CHOICES—Medical Report
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10
PM
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FALL
AND RISE OF REGINALD PERRIN—Comedy
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10:30
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MOVIE—Musical
“In the Good
Old Summertime” (1949)
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12:15
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SNEAK
PREVIEWS
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12:45
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NIGHTTIMES—Variety
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-4- WCCO (CBS)
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MORNING
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6
AM
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CBS
NEWS—Charles Kuralt
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7
AM
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NEWS
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7:30
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ALICE
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8
AM
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PHIL
DONAHUE
Guest: Mike
Royko
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9
AM
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HOUR
MAGAZINE
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10
AM
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PRICE
IS RIGHT—Game
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11
AM
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YOUNG
AND THE RESTLESS—Serial
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AFTERNOON
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Noon
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MIDDAY
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12:30
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SEARCH
FOR TOMORROW—Serial
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1
PM
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AS
THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
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2
PM
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GUIDING
LIGHT—Serial
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3
PM
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JOKER’S
WILD—Game
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3:30
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JOHN
DAVIDSON
Guests:
Shelly Winters, Skip Stephenson, Stuart Damon, Marty Leshner
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5
PM
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NEWS
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5:30
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CBS
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
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EVENING
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6
PM
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NEWS
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6:30
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PM
MAGAZINE
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7
PM
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INCREDIBLE
HULK
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8
PM
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DUKES
OF HAZZARD
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9
PM
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DALLAS
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10
PM
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NEWS
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10:30
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CAROL
BURNETT AND FRIENDS—Comedy
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11
PM
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DAVE
ALLEN AT LARGE
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11:30
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MORECAMBE
& WISE—Comedy
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Mid.
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BONANZA—Western
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1
AM
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NEWS
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1:30
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NEWS
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4
AM
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NEWS
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-5- KSTP (ABC)
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MORNING
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6
AM
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COUNTRY
DAY—Gary Schendel
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6:30
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NEWS
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7
AM
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GOOD
MORNING AMERICA
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9
AM
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TWIN
CITIES TODAY
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10
AM
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LOVE
BOAT
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11
AM
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FAMILY
FEUD—Game
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11:30
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RYAN’S
HOPE—Serial
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AFTERNOON
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Noon
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ALL
MY CHILDREN—Serial
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1
PM
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ONE
LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
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2
PM
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GENERAL
HOSPITAL—Serial
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3
PM
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MATCH
GAME
David Doyle,
Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, Marcia Wallace, Susan Howard, Gary
Burghoff
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3:30
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STARSKY
& HUTCH—Crime Drama
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4:30
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HAPPY
DAYS AGAIN—Comedy
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5
PM
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NEWS
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5:30
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ABC
NEWS—Frank Reynolds
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EVENING
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6
PM
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NEWS
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6:30
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TIC
TAC DOUGH—Game
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7
PM
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BENSON
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7:30
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I’M
A BIG GIRL NOW—Comedy
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8
PM
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MOVIE—Drama
“Inmates: A
Love Story”
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10
PM
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NEWS
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10:30
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FRIDAYS
Guests: Kool
and the Gang
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11:40
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AMERICA’S
TOP 10—Music
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12:10
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DON
LANE
Guests: Tiny
Tim, the Dance Theater of Harlem Inc.
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1:10
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LAUREL
AND HARDY—Comedy
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1:40
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MOVIE—Drama
“Now and
Forever” (1934)
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3:20
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MOVIE—Comedy
“The Palm
Beach Story” (1942)
[Time approximate.]
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5
AM
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TO
BE ANNOUNCED
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-9- KMSP (Ind.)
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MORNING
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6
AM
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700
CLUB—Religion
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7
AM
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FRED
FLINTSTONE & FRIENDS
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7:30
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GREAT
SPACE COASTER
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8
AM
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KROFFT
SUPERSTARS—Children
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8:30
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ROCKY
& FRIENDS—Cartoon
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9
AM
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CANDID
CAMERA
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9:30
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DICK
VAN DYKE—Comedy
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10
AM
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MERV
GRIFFIN
Guests: Bill
Cosby, Elliot Gould, Susan Anspach, Julie Budd, Adam Rich
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11:30
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MIKE
DOUGLAS
Co-host:
Anthony Geary. Gusts: Leigh McCloskey, Lauren Chapin, the Imperials, Hildegard
Knef, Liona Boyd
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AFTERNOON
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1
PM
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$50,000
PYRAMID—Game
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1:30
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LET’S
MAKE A DEAL—Game
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2
PM
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YOU
BET YOUR LIFE—Game
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2:30
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HOLLYWOOD
SQUARES—Game
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3
PM
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CASPER—Cartoon
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3:30
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POPEYE—Cartoon
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4
PM
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SCOOBY-DOO—Cartoon
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4:30
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GILLIGAN’S
ISLAND
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5
PM
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BRADY
BUNCH—Comedy
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5:30
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GOOD
TIMES
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EVENING
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6
PM
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BARNEY
MILLER—Cartoon
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6:30
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ALL
IN THE FAMILY
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7
PM
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GUNSMOKE—Western
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8
PM
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TONI
TENNILLE
Guests: Flip
Wilson, Betty White and Allen Ludden, Mumenschanz, Stephanie Mills
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9
PM
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WORLD
OF PEOPLE
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9:30
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NEWS
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10
PM
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RHODA—Comedy
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10:30
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MOVIE—Thriller
“Frenzy”
(English; 1972)
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Mid.
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MOVIE—Mystery
“Look Back
in Darkness” (English; 1975)
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1:30
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NEWS
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11 WTCN (NBC)
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MORNING
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5:30
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WHAT’S
NEW—Nelson/Martin
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6
AM
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JIM
BAKKER—Religion
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7
AM
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TODAY—Tom
Brokaw
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9
AM
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LAS
VEGAS GAMBIT—Game
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9:30
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BLOCKBUSTERS—Game
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10
AM
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WHEEL
OF FORTUNE—Game
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10:30
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PASSWORD
PLUS—Game
Audrey
Landers, Nipsey Russell
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11
AM
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TO
TELL THE TRUTH—Game
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11:30
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DOCTORS—Serial
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AFTERNOON
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Noon
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DAYS
OF OUR LIVES—Serial
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1
PM
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ANOTHER
WORLD—Serial
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2
PM
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TEXAS—Serial
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3
PM
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MY
THREE SONS—Comedy
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3:30
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WELCOME
BACK, KOTTER—Comedy
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4
PM
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CHICO
AND THE MAN—Comedy
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4:30
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M*A*S*H
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5
PM
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M*A*S*H
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5:30
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NEWS
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EVENING
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6
PM
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NBC
NEWS—John Chancellor
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6:30
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FAMILLY
FEUD—Game
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7
PM
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HARPER
VALLEY P.T.A.—Comedy
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7:30
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BRADY
GIRLS—Comedy
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8
PM
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NERO
WOLFE—Crime Drama
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9
PM
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NBC
MAGAZINE WITH DAVID BRINKLEY
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10
PM
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NEWS
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10:30
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TONIGHT
Scheduled:
Bob and Ray.
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11:30
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MIDNIGHT
SPECIAL
Host: Bob
Uecker. Guests: Howard Cosell, Rick Nelson, Devo
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1
AM
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MARY
TYLER MOORE—Comedy
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17 KTCI (PBS)
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AFTERNOON
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5:30
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VILLA
ALEGRE—Children
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EVENING
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6
PM
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DOMESTIC
AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
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6:30
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DICK
CAVETT
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7
PM
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WASHINGTON
WEEK IN REVIEW
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7:30
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WALL
STREET WEEK
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8
PM
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MacNEIL,
LEHRER REPORT
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8:30
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OVER
EASY
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9
PM
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LAWMAKERS
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9:30
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OLD
FRIENDS, NEW FRIENDS
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10
PM
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DICK
CAVETT
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10:30
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CAPTIONED
ABC NEWS
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I'm surprised KSTP-TV was still calling its morning program TWIN CITIES TODAY, as I'd think it would rename it to a title more in line w/ its new network's morning show, something like GOOD MORNING TWIN CITIES. WATE-TV in Knoxville, TN, another NBC to ABC affiliate since 1979, renamed its morning show from TODAY IN TENNESSEE to GOOD MORNING TENNESSEE.
ReplyDeleteSeeing your opening image w/ the DALLAS listing reminds me that a week later, TV GUIDE got in trouble w/ DALLAS producers for giving away too many details of a major plot twist in its listing for that night. A character named Dusty Farlow came back from a long absence, and TV GUIDE mentioned that, including his physical & mental state at the time. DALLAS producers were so incensed that they switched from sending scripts to the magazine to sending sketchy details from then on, at least for awhile. I remember reading this in the tv listings digest a few weeks later in the NEW ORLEANS TIMES PICAYUNE, which I think I found in the Nashville library back then. I'm not sure if this was ever cleared up between the show & the magazine. I was surprised to see that's how TV GUIDE got its information for its listings. I imagine TV GUIDE had a nice collection of tv scripts if that was the case for all shows.
Just saw channel 9's listing of the Toni Tenille Show at 8 pm with Allen Ludden being among the guests, considering he would've been too ill to appear on TV by that date, just four months before he passed away. I have just seen other newspapers' lisitngs and saw them air the previous October or November, just after Ludden's final illness began October 7.
ReplyDeleteTest Run, because my confuser is going wonkola on me.
ReplyDeleteIf it goes, I may be back soon.
Count three and curse ...
Was "Match Game" still on CBS's daytime schedule?
ReplyDeleteIf so, WCCO Channel 4 refused to clear it and ABC affiliate KSTP Channel 5 ran it instead.
It was the 1979-82 syndicated version, apart from Match Game PM.
DeleteToni Tennille show - this was one of Allen Ludden's last TV appearance.
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