June 12, 2023

What's on TV? Tuesday, June 13, 1978




I'm looking this week at the guest list for some of today's shows. Now, keep in mind I'm not as smart as casting directors and guest coordinators, and any one of you can probably cite an example in support of their decisions. Having said that, I'll note that Hope Lange is a curious choice on a show as bawdy as Match Game. Yes, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir was a comedy, as was The New Dick Van Dyke Show; and she might have had as raunchy a sense of humor as anyone; nonetheless, which of these things is not like the others? Likewise, I don't think of Earl Holliman in the same category as, say, Charley Weaver when it comes to The Hollywood Squares, but then I never saw how Glenn Ford fit on there either. And on The Mike Douglas Show (KMOX), it seems as if Lionel Hampton deserves a better supporting cast; he ought to be on The Tonight Show with, say, Keely Smith singing with him. But again, what do I know? On the other hand, these are observations 45 years later, so we're entitled to be curious. Anyway, enjoy this St. Louis Edition.

 
-2- KTVI (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
JEFF’S COLLIE—Drama BW 
 
   7 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman
Guest: Oliva Newton-John
 
   9 AM
PHIL DONAHUE
Guest: Burt Reynolds
 
 10 AM
HAPPY DAYS
 
  10:30
FAMILY FEUD—Game
 
 11 AM
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
NEWS
 
  12:30
RYAN’S HOPE—Serial
 
   1 PM
ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
 
   2 PM
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
   3 PM
MERV GRIFFIN
Guests: Robert and Elizabeth Stack, Jack and Allan Jones, Sheila and Meredith MacRae
 
    4:30
MARY TYLER MOORE—Comedy
 
   5 PM
NEWS
 
    5:30
ABC NEWS—Reasoner/Walters
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:30
BOWLING FOR DOLLARS
 
   7 PM
HAPPY DAYS
 
    7:30
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
 
   8 PM
THREE’S COMPANY
 
    8:30
CARTER COUNTRY—Comedy
 
   9 PM
20/20—Magazine
 
 10 PM
NEWS
 
  10:30
SOAP—Comedy
 
  11:05
MOVIE—Mystery
“Christina” (Canadian; 1974)
 
    1:05
FBI—Crime Drama
 
 
 
-4- KMOX (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    5:30
NEWS
 
    5:40
PEOPLE SPEAK—Wheatley
 
   6 AM
PS 4—Marian E. Cotter
 
    6:30
SUMMER SEMESTER
U.S. Foreign Policy: The role of the press
 
   7 AM
CBS NEWS—Stahl/Threlkeld
 
   8 AM
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guest: Jack Riley
 
   9 AM
PASS THE BUCK—Game
 
    9:30
PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
 
  10:30
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  10:55
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
 11 AM
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial
 
  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
MATCH GAME
Gary Burghoff, Richard Dawson, Patti Deutsch, Hope Lange, Charles Nelson Reily, Brett Somers. Host: Gene Rayburn
 
  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    1:30
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    2:30
ALL IN THE FAMILY
 
   3 PM
MIKE DOUGLAS
Co-host: Maria Cheatham. Guests: Robert Mandan, Lionel Hampton, Alan Bursky
 
   4 PM
DINAH!
Guests: Nanette Fabray, Joe LaDue, Caren Kaye, Jerry Orbach
 
   5 PM
NEWS
 
    5:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:30
MATCH GAME PM
 
   7 PM
MOVIE—Drama
“National Velvet” (1944) conclusion
 
   8 PM
MOVIE—Comedy
“Play It Again, Sam” (1972)
 
 10 PM
NEWS
 
  10:30
McMILLAN & WIFE—Crime Drama
 
  12:10
KOJAK—Crime Drama
 
    1:20
PEOPLE SPEAK—Wheatley
 
    1:40
MOVIE—Drama
“Counterpoint” (1968)
 
    3:50
NEWS
 
 
 
-5- KSD (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
FOCUS YOUR WORLD
 
   7 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw
Guests: Ron and Valerie Taylor
 
   9 AM
CARD SHARKS—Game
 
    9:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
Charlie Callas, Diahann Carroll, Joanna Cassidy, Richard Crenna, Pat Harrington, Earl Holliman, Steve Landesberg, Paul Lynde, Bernadette Peters. Host: Peter Marshall
 
 10 AM
HIGH ROLLERS—Game
 
  10:30
WHEEL OF FORTUNE—Game
 
 11 AM
SANFORD AND SON
 
  11:30
MID-DAY A.M.—Clif St. James
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
NEWS
 
  12:30
DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
 
    1:30
DOCTORS—Serial
 
   2 PM
ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
 
   3 PM
MEDICAL CENTER—Drama
 
   4 PM
BIG VALLEY—Western BW
 
   5 PM
NEWS
 
    5:30
NBC NEWS—Chancellor/Brinkley
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:15
DUGOUT
 
    6:30
BASEBALL
St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves
 
   9 PM
MOVIE—Drama
“Raid on Entebbe” (Made-for-TV; 1977)
[Joined in progress after baseball]
 
 10 PM
NEWS
 
  10:30
JOHNNY CARSON
Guests: Paul Lynde, McLean Stevenson, Bob Uecker, Carol Wayne
 
    Mid.
TOMORROW—Tom Snyder
 
   1 AM
NEWSBEAT—Ford/Aubie
 
 
 
-9- KETC (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
   7 AM
LILAS, YOGA AND YOU
 
    7:30
SESAME STREET—Children
 
    8:30
MISTER ROGERS—Children
 
   9 AM
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
    9:30
VEGETABLE SOUP—Children
 
 10 AM
ZOOM—Children
 
  10:30
HOW DO YOUR CHILDREN GROW?
 
 11 AM
FRENCH CHEF
 
  11:30
SESAME STREET—Children
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs
 
   1 PM
DICK CAVETT—Interview
 
    1:30
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS—Music
 
    2:30
MAKING THINGS GROW
 
   3 PM
SESAME STREET—Children
 
   4 PM
MISTER ROGERS—Children
 
    4:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
   5 PM
SESAME STREET—Children
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
ZOOM—Children
 
    6:30
MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
 
   7 PM
WILLA CATHER’S AMERICA—Documentary
Special
 
   8 PM
GOVERNORS DEBATE
Illinois candidates Michael Bakalis (D), James Thompson (R)
 
   9 PM
SIX AMERICAN FAMILIES—Documentary
 
10 PM
DICK CAVETT—Interview
 
  10:30
NOVA
 
  11:30
ABC NEWS—Reasoner/Walters
Captioned for the hearing-impaired
 
 
 
11 KPLR (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
   6 AM
BOZO’S BIG TOP—Children
 
    6:30
NEWS
 
   7 AM
SPEED RACER AND FRIENDS—Cartoon
 
    7:30
HECKLE AND JECKLE—Cartoon
 
   8 AM
FRED FLINTSTONE AND FRIENDS—Cartoon
 
    8:30
ARCHIES—Cartoon
 
   9 AM
BEWITCHED—Comedy
 
    9:30
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
 
10 AM
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
 
  10:30
HIGH HOPES—Serial
 
11 AM
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW 
 
  11:30
GONG SHOW—Game
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
NEW MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
 
  12:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“The Road Back” (1970)
 
    2:30
MAGILLA AND GEORGE—Cartoon
 
   3 PM
FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
 
    3:30
BUGS BUNNY AND FRIENDS—Cartoon
 
   4 PM
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
 
    4:30
GET SMART—Comedy
 
   5 PM
EMERGENCY ONE!—Drama
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
GOMER PYLE, USMC
 
    6:30
HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
 
   7 PM
GUNSMOKE—Western
 
   8 PM
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass, Soupy Sales, Kitty Carlisle. Host: Joe Garagiola
 
    8:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game
 
   9 PM
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
    9:30
NEWS
 
 10 PM
CROSS-WITS—Game
Celebrities: Alice Ghostley, Arte Johnson, Diane Ladd, Avery Schreiber. Host: Jack Clark
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Night of the Following Day” (1969)
 
  12:25
NEWS
 
  12:55
MOVIE—Western
“Battle of Rogue River” (1954)
 
    2:20
NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
 
 
 
30 KDNL (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
   7 AM
SPIDERMAN AND FRIENDS—Cartoon
 
    7:30
LITTLE RASCALS—Comedy BW 
 
   8 AM
POPEYE—Cartoon
 
    8:30
PTL CLUB—Religion
 
    9:30
FINANCIAL REPORTS
 
  10:30
700 CLUB—Religion
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“The Best Years of Our Lives” (1946)
 
    1:50
NEWS/FINANCIAL REPORTS
 
    2:30
BRADY KIDS—Cartoon
 
   3 PM
SPIDERMAN AND FRIENDS—Cartoon
 
    3:30
MUNSTERS—Comedy
 
   4 PM
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER BW 
 
    4:30
SUPERMAN—Adventure
 
   5 PM
BRADY BUNCH—Comedy
 
    5:30
MY THREE SONS—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
ODD COUPLE—Comedy
 
    6:30
NEW NEWLYWED GAME
 
   7 PM
DATING GAME
 
    7:30
GAMBIT—Game
 
   8 PM
MOVIE—Drama
“The Longest Hundred Miles” (1966)
 
 10 PM
ODD COUPLE—Comedy
 
  10:30
AMERICA 2NIGHT—Comedy
Guests: Robert Conrad, Jim Varney
 
 11 PM
NIGHT GALLERY
 
  11:30
700 CLUB—Religion

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4 comments:

  1. Back in The Day, when celebrity game shows were in fashion, Stars (and those who wanted to be stars) lined up to appear on them; they got on national TV, and got to be themselves, just like regular folks - smart, funny, and on the same level with the audience.
    On Hollywood Squares, Peter Marshall, who'd had a considerable career on stage and in nightclubs before this, used many friendships he'd made in the business to recruit panelists for the show (Glenn Ford and Earl Holliman are just two examples out of many I could cite here).
    The same applies here to Gene Rayburn, who made many friends in the business with his Goodson-Todman connection; Match Game (both old and new versions) and Tattletales drew their celebrity pools from old, long-standing friendships.

    True story that I just happened to remember:
    About the time she was doing Ghost And Mrs. Muir, Hope Lange was booked for a week's worth of Hollywood Squares.
    At one point, a contestant called on her, and Peter Marshall asked this question:
    " Lola Von Wagenen did something a number of years ago, that many American women have wanted to ever since. What was it?"
    Hope Lange thought about it for a bit, then gave an answer to the effect that the lady in question had won a certain political office (or something on that order).
    The contestant agreed with that answer, but that wasn't correct; Peter Marshall said:
    "She married Robert Redford."
    The audience laughed sympathetically - but Hope Lange let out a shriek:
    "LOLA! My God - I KNOW her!"
    And she did - she knew Lola Redford, the wife of a friend of hers; the "Von Wagenen" part threw her ...
    That sort of thing used to be possible in that bygone time; nowadays, who knows?

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  2. Both Speed Racer and Spider-Man had half-hour length episodes---Not sure where any "friends" would fit in.

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  3. John Reardon, the guest on Over Easy, was known for his opera performances on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

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  4. Me, I want to know what Mr. Carlin was doing on "Captain Kangaroo."

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