May 8, 2023

What's on TV? Tuesday, May 6, 1980




Not only do we see the basketball and hockey playoffs this week, we're also in the midst of the presidential playoffs! The Texas primary was Saturday, and today we've got primaries in Indiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, and the District of Columbia. On the GOP side, Ronald Reagan already has things all but wrapped up; George Bush, his only remaining opponent, wins only Washington, D.C. and he'll withdraw by the end of the month. The Democrats, on the other hand, are still battling it out mano a mano; like Reagan, President Carter loses only in D.C.; his rival, Senator Edward Kennedy, has some late momentum after the failed Iranian hostage rescue attempt last month, but at this point Carter has a dominant lead and wins the nomination later in the summer. In this long, drawn out playoff season, Reagan and Carter (and independent John Anderson) won't meet in the playoff finals until November; gotta give the advantage to the stick-and-ball sports this time. The listings come to us live from the Kentucky edition.

 
-3- WAVE (LOUISVILLE) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
   6 AM
TODAY IN WAVE COUNTRY
 
   7 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw
Guest: Susan Strasberg
 
   9 AM
PASSWORD PLUS—Game
Betty White, Greg Morris. Host: Bill Cullen
 
    9:30
DOCTORS
 
 10 AM
CARD SHARKS
 
  10:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
Didi Conn, Mary Crosby, George Gobel, Judy Landers, Barbara Mandrell, Jan Murray, Vincent Price, Skip Stephenson, Wayland & Madame. Host: Peter Marshall
 
 11 AM
HIGH ROLLERS—Game
 
  11:30
WHEEL OF FORTUNE—Game
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
MIDDAY
 
  12:30
MIKE DOUGLAS
Co-host: Billy Cristal. Guests: Dick Martin, Judy Carter, Pinky Lee
 
    1:30
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    2:30
ANOTHER WORLD
 
   4 PM
MOVIE—Comedy
“Let’s Switch!” (Made-for-TV; 1975)
 
    5:30
NEWS
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor/David Brinkley
 
   7 PM
PLAY THE PERCENTAGES—Games
 
    7:30
POP GOES THE COUNTRY—Music
Guests: Ray Stevens, Dottsy
 
   8 PM
MISADVENTURES OF SHERIFF LOBO
 
   9 PM
BIG SHOW
Hosts: Gene Kelly and Nancy Walker. Guests: Sherman Hemsley, Mel Tillis. Georgia Engel, Placido Domingo, Kriztina Regoczy, and Andras Sallay, Picasso, Sean Morey, Monteith and Rand, the Two Ronnies
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
PRIMARY COVERAGE
Special: Indiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, D.C.
 
    Mid.
TONIGHT
Scheduled: Diahann Carroll, Joe Garagiola
 
    1:30
TOMORROW—Snyder
 
    2:30
NEWS
 
 
 
 5  WLWT (CINCINNATI) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    5:50
GOOD MORNING
 
   6 AM
PTL CLUB—Religion
 
   7 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw
Guest: Susan Strasberg
 
   9 AM
PHIL DONAHUE
Guest: Mike Douglas
 
 10 AM
CARD SHARKS
 
  10:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
Didi Conn, Mary Crosby, George Gobel, Judy Landers, Barbara Mandrell, Jan Murray, Vincent Price, Skip Stephenson, Wayland & Madame. Host: Peter Marshall
 
 11 AM
DOCTORS—Serial
 
  11:30
MIDDAY
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
BOB BRAUN—Variety
 
    1:30
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    2:30
ANOTHER WORLD
 
   4 PM
STARSKY & HUTCH
 
   5 PM
STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO—Crime Drama
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor/David Brinkley
 
   7 PM
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
Guests: Vincent Price, Dianne Kay, Jimmie Walker, Skiles & Henderson, Harvey Korman, Valerie Bertinelli, George Gobel, Christopher Norris
 
    7:30
MUPPET SHOW—Variety
Guest: Doug Henning
 
   8 PM
BASEBALL
Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets
 
  10:30
$100,000 NAME THAT TUNE
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
PRIMARY COVERAGE
Special: Indiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, D.C.
 
    Mid.
TONIGHT
Scheduled: Diahann Carroll, Joe Garagiola
 
    1:30
TOMORROW—Snyder
 
 
 
 9   WCPO (CINCINNATI) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    5:30
CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP
 
    5:45
FARM NEWS
 
   6 AM
SUNRISE SEMESTER
Learning to Write/Writing to Learn
 
    6:30
ED ALLEN—Exercise
 
   7 AM
TUESDAY MORNING
 
   8 AM
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
   9 AM
UNCLE AL
 
 10 AM
JEFFERSONS
 
  10:30
WHEW!—Game
Robert Mandan, Joan Prather
 
  10:55
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
 11 AM
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
NOON REPORT
 
   1 PM
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial
 
   2 PM
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
   3 PM
GUIDING LIGHT
 
   4 PM
MOVIE—Mystery
“Night Watch” (1973)
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
   7 PM
7 O’CLOCK REPORT
 
    7:30
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
   8 PM
WHITE SHADOW
 
   9 PM
MOVIE—Drama
“Like Mom, Like Me” (Made-for-TV; 1978)
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
PRIMARY COVERAGE
Special: Indiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, D.C.
 
  11:45
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
   2 AM
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE—Religion
 
    2:30
NEWS
 
 
 
11 WHAS (LOUISVILLE) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
   6 AM
ED ALLEN—Exercise
 
    6:30
LOUISVILLE TONIGHT
 
   7 AM
TUESDAY MORNING
 
   8 AM
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
   9 AM
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
 
 10 AM
JEFFERSONS
 
  10:30
MARY TYLER MOORE—Comedy
 
 11 AM
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
NEWS
 
  12:30
BOB BRAUN—Variety
 
    1:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
   2 PM
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
   3 PM
GUIDING LIGHT
 
   4 PM
RAZZMATAZZ—Children
 
    4:30
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
 
   5 PM
ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy BW 
 
    5:30
M*A*S*H
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
   7 PM
LOUISVILLE TONIGHT
 
    7:30
FACE THE MUSIC—Game
 
   8 PM
WHITE SHADOW
 
   9 PM
MOVIE—Drama
“Like Mom, Like Me” (Made-for-TV; 1978)
  
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
PRIMARY COVERAGE
Special: Indiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, D.C.
 
  11:45
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
   2 AM
NEWS
 
 
 
12  WKRC (CINCINNATI) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    5:30
HEALTH FIELD
 
   6 AM
CONSULTATION—Medicine
 
    6:30
NEW ZOO REVUE
 
   7 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman
Guest: Bob Newhart, Mrs. Thurman Munson
 
   9 AM
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    9:30
$20,000 PYRAMID—Game
Didi Conn, Soupy Sales. Host: Dick Clark
 
 10 AM
MIKE DOUGLAS
Co-host: Steve Landesberg. Guests: Diana Canova, Oliver Reed.
 
 11 AM
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
 
  11:30
FAMILY FEUD—Game
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
EXTRA!
 
  12:30
RYAN’S HOPE—Serial
 
   1 PM
ALL MY CHILDREN
 
   2 PM
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
 
   3 PM
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
   4 PM
DINAH! & FRIENDS
Co-host: Don Meredith. Guests: Isabel Sanford, Mike Evans, Berlinda Tolbert, Roxie Roker, Marla Gibbs, Franklin Cover
 
    5:30
NEWS
 
EVENING
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Frank Reynolds
 
   7 PM
TIC TAC DOUGH—Game
 
    7:30
PM MAGAZINE
 
   8 PM
HAPPY DAYS
 
    8:30
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
 
   9 PM
THREE’S COMPANY
 
    9:30
TAXI
 
 10 PM
HART TO HART
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
ABC NEWS—Ted Koppel
 
  11:50
SOAP
 
   1 AM
SOUL TRAIN—Music
The Spinners, Con funk shun
 
   2 AM
MOVIE—Western BW 
“Apache Uprising” (1953)
[Time approximate.]
 
   4 AM
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Easy Living” (1949)
 
 
 
15 WKPC (CINCINNATI) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
    7:15
A.M. WEATHER
 
    7:30
SESAME STREET—Children
 
    8:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
 11 AM
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
SESAME STREET—Children
 
   3 PM
LOOK AT ME—Phil Donahue
 
    3:30
HODGEPODGE LODGE
 
   4 PM
SESAME STREET
 
   5 PM
MISTER ROGERS
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
ZOOM—Children
 
    6:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs
[Closed-captioned for hearing-impaired viewers.]
 
   7 PM
MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
 
    7:30
DICK CAVETT
Guest: Dorothy Loudon
 
   8 PM
NOVA
[Closed-captioned for hearing-impaired viewers.]
 
   9 PM
MYSTERY!
“Sergeant Cribb,” episode 1
[Closed-captioned for hearing-impaired viewers.]
 
 10 PM
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
Guests: Mel Tillis and the Statesiders, Cail Davies
 
 11 PM
DICK CAVETT
Guest: Dorothy Loudon
 
  11:30
CAPTIONED ABC NEWS
 
 
 
18 WLEX (LEXINGTON) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
   6 AM
PTL CLUB—Religion
 
   7 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw
Guest: Susan Strasberg
 
   9 AM
PHIL DONAHUE
Guest: Mike Douglas
 
 10 AM
CARD SHARKS
 
  10:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
Didi Conn, Mary Crosby, George Gobel, Judy Landers, Barbara Mandrell, Jan Murray, Vincent Price, Skip Stephenson, Wayland & Madame. Host: Peter Marshall
 
 11 AM
HIGH ROLLERS—Game
 
  11:30
DOCTORS—Serial
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
NEWS
 
  12:30
BOB BRAUN—Variety
 
    1:30
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    2:30
ANOTHER WORLD
 
   4 PM
SUPERMAN—Adventure BW 
 
    4:30
MUNSTERS—Comedy BW 
 
   5 PM
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
 
    5:30
NEWS
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor/David Brinkley
 
   7 PM
SANFORD AND SON—Comedy
 
    7:30
CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS
 
   8 PM
BASEBALL
Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets
 
  10:30
OUR LAST FRONTIER: THE SEA—Documentary
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
PRIMARY COVERAGE
Special: Indiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, D.C.
 
    Mid.
TONIGHT
Scheduled: Diahann Carroll, Joe Garagiola
 
    1:30
TOMORROW—Snyder
 
 
 
19 WXIX (CINCINNATI) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    6:15
PERSPECTIVE
 
   7 AM
ROMPER ROOM—Children
 
    7:30
BUGS AND PORKY—Cartoons
 
   8 AM
POPEYE—Cartoons
 
    8:30
FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
 
   9 AM
TOM AND JERRY—Cartoon
 
    9:30
STAR BLAZERS—Cartoon
 
 10 AM
COURTSHIP OF EDDI’'S FATHER—Comedy-Drama
 
  10:30
BEWITCHED—Comedy
 
 11 AM
ODD COUPLE—Comedy
 
  11:30
MARY TYLER MOORE—Comedy
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
MEDICAL CENTER—Drama
 
   1 PM
MOVIE—Drama
“The Woman Hunter” (Made-for-TV; 1972)
 
   3 PM
POPEYE—Cartoons
 
    3:30
FLINTSTONS—Cartoons
 
   4 PM
TOM AND JERRY—Cartoon
 
    4:30
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
 
   5 PM
SUPERMAN—Adventure
 
    5:30
BRADY BUNCH—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS—Comedy
 
    6:30
HAPPY DAYS AGAIN—Comedy
 
   7 PM
M*A*S*H
 
    7:30
ALL IN THE FAMILY
 
   8 PM
GUNSMOKE—Western
 
   9 PM
MERV GRIFFIN
Guests: Omar Sharif, Gregory Harrison, Virginia Graham, Rosemary Clooney
 
  10:30
CROSS-WITS
Soupy Sales, Gina Hecht, Brian Patrick Clarke, Judy Norton-Taylor
 
 11 PM
PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H
 
  11:30
ALL IN THE FAMILY
 
    Mid.
MEDICAL CENTER—Drama
 
 
 
27 WKYT (LEXINGTON) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
   6 AM
TOWN AND COUNTRY
 
   7 AM
TUESDAY MORNING
 
   8 AM
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
   9 AM
BUGS BUNNY AND FRIENDS
 
    9:30
FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
 
 10 AM
JEFFERSONS
 
  10:30
WHEW!—Game
Robert Mandan, Joan Prather
 
  10:55
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
 11 AM
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
   1 PM
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial
 
   2 PM
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
   3 PM
GUIDING LIGHT
 
   4 PM
RAZZMATAZZ—Children
[Preempts regular programming.]
 
    4:30
REAL McCOYS—Comedy BW 
 
   5 PM
MAYBERRY, R.F.D.—Comedy
 
    5:30
NEWS
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
   7 PM
PM MAGAZINE
 
    7:30
M*A*S*H
 
   8 PM
WHITE SHADOW
 
   9 PM
MOVIE—Drama
“Like Mom, Like Me” (Made-for-TV; 1978)
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
PRIMARY COVERAGE
Special: Indiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, D.C.
 
  11:45
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
 
 
32 WLKY (LOUISVILLE) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
ROMPER ROOM—Children
 
   7 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman
Guest: Bob Newhart, Mrs. Thurman Munson
 
   9 AM
PHIL DONAHUE
Guest: Ayn Rand
 
 10 AM
GREEN ACRES—Comedy
 
  10:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
 11 AM
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
 
  11:30
FAMILY FEUD—Game
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
$20,000 PYRAMID—Game
Didi Conn, Soupy Sales. Host: Dick Clark
 
  12:30
RYAN’S HOPE—Serial
 
   1 PM
ALL MY CHILDREN
 
   2 PM
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
 
   3 PM
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
   4 PM
STARSKY & HUTCH
 
   5 PM
HAPPY DAYS AGAIN—Comedy
 
    5:30
NEWS
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
ABC NEWS—Frank Reynolds
 
    6:30
TIC TAC DOUGH—Game
 
   7 PM
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
    7:30
SHA NA NA—Variety
Guest: Lola Falana
 
   8 PM
HAPPY DAYS
 
    8:30
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
 
   9 PM
THREE’S COMPANY
 
    9:30
TAXI
 
 10 PM
HART TO HART
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
DAVE ALLEN AT LARGE
 
    Mid.
ABC NEWS—Ted Koppel
 
  12:20
SOAP
 
 
 
41 WDRB (LOUISVILLE) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    7:45
NEWS
 
   8 AM
NEW ZOO REVUE
 
    8:30
BUGS BUNNY—Cartoon
 
   9 AM
PTL CLUB—Religion
 
 11 AM
NEWS/INTROSPECT
 
  11:30
HEALTH FIELD
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
700 CLUB—Religion
 
    1:30
ROSS BAGLEY—Religion
 
   2 PM
PARTRIDGE FAMILY—Comedy
 
    2:30
BULLWINKLE—Cartoon
 
   3 PM
PRESTO AND FRIENDS
 
    4:30
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
 
   5 PM
BEWITCHED—Comedy
 
    5:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW 
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
BIONIC WOMAN—Adventure
 
   7 PM
GOOD TIMES—Comedy
 
    7:30
SANFORD AND SON—Comedy
 
   8 PM
BASEBALL
Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets
 
  10:30
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
 11 PM
BENNY HILL—Comedy
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Assignment to Kill” (1969)
 
 
 
62 WTVQ (LEXINGTON) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    5:30
700 CLUB—Religion
 
   7 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman
Guest: Bob Newhart, Mrs. Thurman Munson
 
   9 AM
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
 10 AM
TIC DAC DOUGH—Game
 
  10:30
NEWLYWED GAME
 
 11 AM
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
 
  11:30
FAMILY FEUD—Game
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
$20,000 PYRAMID—Game
Didi Conn, Soupy Sales. Host: Dick Clark
 
  12:30
RYAN’S HOPE—Serial
 
   1 PM
ALL MY CHILDREN
 
   2 PM
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
 
   3 PM
GET SMART—Comedy
 
    3:30
TOM AND JERRY—Cartoon
 
   4 PM
SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
 
   5 PM
NEWS
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
ABC NEWS—Frank Reynolds
 
    6:30
HAPPY DAYS AGAIN—Comedy
 
   7 PM
ALL IN THE FAMILY
 
    7:30
SULLIVANS—Drama
 
   8 PM
HAPPY DAYS
 
    8:30
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
 
   9 PM
THREE’S COMPANY
 
    9:30
TAXI
 
 10 PM
HART TO HART
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
ABC NEWS—Ted Koppel
 
  11:50
SOAP
 
 
 
KET (Kentucky Educational Network)
 
MORNING
 
    8:15
A.M. WEATHER
 
AFTERNOON
 
    3:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs
 
   4 PM
SESAME STREET
 
   5 PM
MISTER ROGERS
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
ZOOM—Children
 
    6:30
GED SERIES
 
   8 PM
MASTERPIECE THEATRE
“My Son, My Son,” part 4
 
   9 PM
NOVA
 
 10 PM
MYSTERY!
“Sergeant Cribb,” episode 1

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6 comments:

  1. There were a few game shows worthy of comment back then. WHEW! was going into its last month on CBS w/ celebrities added to try to rescue it. I remember liking the show a lot more before the celebs were thrown in, as they were shoehorned into the format almost 6 months earlier. WHAS-TV dumped WHEW! for MTM reruns. HOLLYWOOD SQUARES was also close to the end of its almost 14-year run. I don't remember ever seeing it in its last years, when my local NBC affiliate preempted it after the network pulled it from the 11:30 AM ET timeslot where it comfortably sat for almost 10 years. CROSS-WITS was another game that usually showed up on indie stations, as it did here.

    ABC aired its last episodes of the season for HAPPY DAYS (Ron Howard & Donny Most's last regular episode) and THREE'S COMPANY tonight.

    WTVQ was at the time the highest channel number for a network affiliate. It finally got approval to move up the dial (to channel 36) the next month.

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    1. Per Randy's comment below, when I was a kid I always hated it when affiliates messed around with game shows - some of them came and went without me ever getting to see them in the summer.

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  2. Bill Cullen is in his fourth and final week filling in for the ailing Allen Ludden on Password Plus. For the first two of those weeks, Geoff Edwards (also hosting Play the Percentages) filled in for Bill.

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    1. Bill Cullen could do it all - not only the game shows, but he was also a co-host of the mid-1960s show NBC Sports in Action with Jim Simpson. I love the thought of Bill Cullen hosting the Stanley Cup Final intermission show!

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  3. I forgot to point out that none of these NBC affiliates aired Chain Reaction.

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