January 29, 2024

What's on TV? Tuesday, January 29, 1980




If you're a fan of M*A*S*H and you have a sharp eye, you've probably been able to figure out the episode that's on WKYT, Channel 27, at 7:30 p.m. Since it's listed in black-and-white, it has to be "The Interview," the final episode of the fourth season and the only one to be shot in B&W, and features TV journalist Clete Roberts essentially playing himself as a war correspondent interviewing members of the 4077th. For my money, the pick of the night is 1964's Seven Days in May, on of the great political thrillers of all time, with Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster and a brewing military coup in the U.S. As timely as ever, don't you think? The listings are from the Kentucky edition.

 
-3- WAVE (LOUISVILLE) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
TODAY IN WAVE COUNTRY
 
   7 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw
Guest: Bob Fosse
 
   9 AM
MORNING SHOW
 
    9:30
DOCTORS—Serial
 
 10 AM
CARD SHARKS--Game
 
  10:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
George Gobel, Sydney Goldsmith, Michele Lee, Roddy McDowall, Kelly Monteith, Vincent Price, Debbie Reynolds, Wayland & Madame. Peter Marshall is the program host.
 
 11 AM
HIGH ROLLERS—Game
 
  11:30
WHEEL OF FORTUNE—Game
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
MIDDAY
 
  12:30
MIKE DOUGLAS
Co-host: Anne Murray. Guests: Jacqueline Bisset, Erma Bombeck, Larry Gatlin
 
    1:30
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    2:30
ANOTHER WORLD
 
   4 PM
MOVIE—Thriller
“The Strange and Deadly Occurrence” (Made-for-TV; 1974)
 
    5:30
NEWS
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor/David Brinkley
 
   7 PM
PLAY THE PERCENTAGES—Games
 
    7:30
COUNTRY ROADS—Music
 
   8 PM
MISADVENTURES OF SHERIFF LOBO
 
   9 PM
MARTIAN CHRONICLES—Science Fiction
Conclusion
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
TONIGHT
Angie Dickinson, Bobby Kelton, Marilyn Horne, David Horowitz.
 
   1 AM
TOMORROW—Tom Snyder
 
 
 
-5- WLWT (CINCINNATI) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    5:30
50 GOOD MORNING
 
   6 AM
PTL CLUB—Religion
 
   7 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw
Guest: Bob Fosse
 
   9 AM
PHIL DONAHUE
 
 10 AM
CARD SHARKS--Game
 
  10:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
George Gobel, Sydney Goldsmith, Michele Lee, Roddy McDowall, Kelly Monteith, Vincent Price, Debbie Reynolds, Wayland & Madame. Peter Marshall is the program host.
 
 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
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor/David Brinkley
 
   7 PM
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES--Game
Bernie Kopell, Barbi Benton, Scott Baio, Shelley Smith, John Byner, Joanna Cassidy, George Gobel, Leslie Uggams, Robert Walden
 
    7:30
MUPPET SHOW—Variety
Guest: Milton Berle
 
   8 PM
MISADVENTURES OF SHERIFF LOBO
 
   9 PM
MARTIAN CHRONICLES—Science Fiction
Conclusion
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
TONIGHT
Angie Dickinson, Bobby Kelton, Marilyn Horne, David Horowitz.
 
   1 AM
TOMORROW—Tom 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
Guests: Millicent Martin, Dick Latessa
 
   9 AM
UNCLE AL
 
 10 AM
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
 
  10:30
WHEW!—Game
Richard Paul, Roxie Roker
 
  10:55
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
 11 AM
PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
NOON REPORT
 
   1 PM
CINCINNATI: THE WHO AM I YEARS
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:30
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    3:30
ONE DAY AT A TIME
 
   4 PM
MOVIE—Adventure
“River of No Return” (1954)
 
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 BW 
“Seven Days in May” (1964)
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
CBS NEWS SPECIAL
Special: American Foreign Policy, Part 2
 
    Mid.
BARNABY JONES
 
    1:10
MOVIE—Crime Drama
“The Imposter” (Made-for-TV; 1975)
 
    2:50
BIBLE ANSWERS
 
    3:20
NEWS
 
 
 
11 WHAS (LOUISVILLE) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
   6 AM
ED ALLEN—Exercise
 
    6:30
LOUISVILLE TONIGHT
 
   7 AM
TUESDAY MORNING
 
   8 AM
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guests: Millicent Martin, Dick Latessa
 
   9 AM
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    9:30
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
 
 10 AM
OMELET—Metz/Lyles
 
  10:30
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
 11 AM
PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
NEWS
 
  12:30
BOB BRAUN—Variety
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:30
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    3:30
ONE DAY AT A TIME
 
   4 PM
CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS—Comedy
 
    4:30
BRADY BUNCH—Comedy
 
   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
RUNAWAY ROBOTS—ROMIE-O AND ULIE-8—Cartoon
 
   8 PM
WHITE SHADOW
 
   9 PM
MOVIE—Thriller
“Carrie” (1976)
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
CBS NEWS SPECIAL
Special: American Foreign Policy, Part 2
 
    Mid.
BARNABY JONES
 
    1:10
MOVIE—Crime Drama
“The Imposter” (Made-for-TV; 1975)
 
    2:50
NEWS
 
 
 
12 WKRC (CINCINNATI) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
   6 AM
HEALTH FIELD
 
    6:30
CONSULTATION—Medicine
 
   7 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman
Guest: Giancarlo Giannini
 
   9 AM
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    9:30
$20,000 PYRAMID—Game
Gina Hecht, Richard Dean Anderson. Dick Clark is the host.
 
 10 AM
MIKE DOUGLAS
Co-host: Robby Benson. Guests: Buddy Ebsen, Danielle Brisebois, Magic Johnson
 
 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! AND FRIENDS
Co-host: Fernando Lamas. Guests: Ron Howard, Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Beck, Chuck Cissel
 
    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
GOODTIME GIRLS—Comedy
 
   9 PM
THREE’S COMPANY
 
    9:30
TAXI
 
 10 PM
HART TO HART—Crime Drama
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Survive!” (Mexican; 1976)
 
 
 
15 WKPC (LOUISVILLE) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
    7:15
A.M. WEATHER
 
    7:30
SESAME STREET—Children
 
    8:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
SESAME STREET—Children
 
   3 PM
FOOTSTEPS—Children
 
    3:30
HODGEPODGE LODGE
 
   4 PM
SESAME STREET—Children
 
   5 PM
MISTER ROGERS—Children
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—ChIldren
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
3-2-1 CONTACT—Children
 
    6:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs
Mitch Miller
 
   7 PM
MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
 
    7:30
DICK CAVETT
Richard Mitchell
 
   8 PM
NOVA
“Black Tide”
 
   9 PM
WORLD—Documentary
[Last show of the season. “Mystery!” a 15-week anthology of British crime dramas, begins here next week.]
 
 10 PM
SOUNDSTAGE
Tom Johnston
 
 11 PM
DICK CAVETT
Guest: Richard Mitchell
 
  11:30
ABC CAPTIONED NEWS
 
 
 
18 WLEX (LEXINGTON) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
   6 AM
PTL CLUB—Religion
 
   7 AM
TODAY—Tom Brokaw
Guest: Bob Fosse
 
   9 AM
PHIL DONAHUE
 
 10 AM
CARD SHARKS--Game
 
  10:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
George Gobel, Sydney Goldsmith, Michele Lee, Roddy McDowall, Kelly Monteith, Vincent Price, Debbie Reynolds, Wayland & Madame. Peter Marshall is the program host.
 
 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
 
    4:30
MUNSTERS—Comedy BW 
 
   5 PM
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES BW 
 
    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
Guests: Jean Stapleton, Phil Silvers
 
   8 PM
MISADVENTURES OF SHERIFF LOBO
 
   9 PM
MARTIAN CHRONICLES—Science Fiction
Conclusion
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
TONIGHT
Angie Dickinson, Bobby Kelton, Marilyn Horne, David Horowitz.
 
   1 AM
TOMORROW—Tom Snyder
 
 
 
19 WXIX (CINCINNATI) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    6:15
PERSPECTIVE
 
   7 AM
ROMPER ROOM—Children
 
    7:30
BUGS AND PORKY—Cartoons
 
   8 AM
WOODY WOODPECKER
 
    8:30
FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
 
   9 AM
TOM & JERRY—Cartoons
 
    9:30
STAR BLAZERS—Cartoon
 
 10 AM
DENNIS THE MENACE BW 
 
  10:30
BEWITCHED—Comedy
 
 11 AM
MY THREE SONS—Comedy
 
  11:30
COURTSHIP OF EDDIE’S FATHER
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
MEDICAL CENTER—Drama
 
   1 PM
MOVIE—Western
“Red Sundown” (1956)
 
   3 PM
POPEYE—Cartoons
 
    3:30
FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
 
   4 PM
TOM & JERRY—Cartoons
 
    4:30
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
 
   5 PM
BRADY BUNCH—Comedy
 
    5:30
MARY TYLER MOORE—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS—Comedy
 
    6:30
HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
 
   7 PM
M*A*S*H
 
    7:30
ALL IN THE FAMILY
 
   8 PM
GUNSMOKE—Western
 
   9 PM
MERV GRIFFIN
Guests: Rupert Holmes; Keith, David, John, and Robert Carradine; Paul Dooley
 
  10:30
CROSS-WITS—Game
Guests: Orson Bean, Gretchen Wyler, Terry Carter, Lee Meriwether
 
 11 PM
LIFE AND TIMES OF EDDIE ROBERTS—Serial
 
  11:30
M*A*S*H
 
    Mid.
MEDICAL CENTER—Drama
 
 
 
27 WKYT (LEXINGTON) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
   7 AM
TUESDAY MORNING
 
   8 AM
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guests: Millicent Martin, Dick Latessa
 
   9 AM
BUGS BUNNY AND FRIENDS
 
    9:30
FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
 
 10 AM
BEAT THE CLOCK—Game
John McCook, Guy and Raina Hovis
 
  10:30
WHEW!—Game
Richard Paul, Roxie Roker
 
  10:55
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
 11 AM
PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
   1 PM
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:30
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    3:30
ONE DAY AT A TIME
 
   4 PM
GOMER PYLE, USMC
 
    4:30
MY THREE SONS—Comedy
 
   5 PM
ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy BW 
 
    5:30
NEWS
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
NEWS
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
   7 PM
PM MAGAZINE
 
    7:30
M*A*S*H BW 
 
   8 PM
WHITE SHADOW
 
   9 PM
TOP OF THE HILL—Drama
Special: Part one
[Pre-empts regular programming.]
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
CBS NEWS SPECIAL
Special: American Foreign Policy, Part 2
 
    Mid.
BARNABY JONES
 
    1:10
MOVIE—Crime Drama
“The Imposter” (Made-for-TV; 1975)
 
 
 
32 WLKY (LOUISVILLE) (ABC)
 
 
MORNING
 
 
    6:30
ROMPER ROOM—Children
 
 
   7 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman
Guest: Giancarlo Giannini
 
 
   9 AM
PHIL DONAHUE
 
 
 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
Gina Hecht, Richard Dean Anderson. Dick Clark is the host.
 
 
  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—Crime Drama
 
 
   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
 
 
 
   8 PM
HAPPY DAYS
 
 
    8:30
GOODTIME GIRLS—Comedy
 
 
   9 PM
THREE’S COMPANY
 
 
    9:30
TAXI
 
 
 10 PM
HART TO HART—Crime Drama
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
 
  11:30
MAKE ME LAUGH—Game
 
 
    Mid.
MOVIE—Drama
“Survive!” (Mexican; 1976)
 
 
 
 
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
JIM ROCKFORD, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR—Crime Drama
 
   9 PM
MERV GRIFFIN
Los Angeles Film Critics Awards. Guests: Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sally Field, Michael Douglas
 
  10:30
ODD COUPLE—Comedy
 
 11 PM
BENNY HILL—Comedy
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“The Petrified Forest” (1936)
 
 
 
62 WTVQ (LEXINGTON) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    5:30
700 CLUB—Religion
 
   7 AM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman
Guest: Giancarlo Giannini
 
   9 AM
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
 10 AM
IRONSIDE—Crime Drama
 
 11 AM
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
 
  11:30
FAMILY FEUD—Game
 
AFTERNOON
 
  Noon
$20,000 PYRAMID—Game
Gina Hecht, Richard Dean Anderson. Dick Clark is the host.
 
  12:30
RYAN’S HOPE—Serial
 
   1 PM
ALL MY CHILDREN
 
   2 PM
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
 
   3 PM
MARY TYLER MOORE—Comedy
 
    3:30
TOM & JERRY—Cartoons
 
   4 PM
SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
 
   5 PM
TIC TAC DOUGH—Music
 
    5:30
NEWS
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
ABC NEWS—Frank Reynolds
 
    6:30
HAPPY DAYS AGAIN—Comedy
 
   7 PM
GOOD TIMES—Comedy
 
    7:30
NEWLYWED GAME
 
   8 PM
HAPPY DAYS
 
    8:30
GOODTIME GIRLS—Comedy
 
   9 PM
THREE’S COMPANY
 
    9:30
TAXI
 
 10 PM
HART T HART—Crime Drama
 
 11 PM
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Survive!” (Mexican; 1976)
 
 
 
-E- Kentucky Educational Network
 
MORNING
 
    8:15
A.M. WEATHER
 
AFTERNOON
 
    3:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs
John Collum
 
   4 PM
SESAME STREET—Children
 
   5 PM
MISTER ROGERS—Children
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
EVENING
 
   6 PM
3-2-1 CONTACT—Children
 
    6:30
GED SERIES
 
   7 PM
MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
 
    7:30
1980 KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 
    8:30
DICK CAVETT
Richard Mitchell
 
   9 PM
NOVA
“Black Tide”
 
 10 PM
WORLD—Documentary

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1 comment:

  1. WTVQ in Lexington was just a couple months from moving from channel 62 to channel 36, leaving it spaced 9 channels from 27, which was 9 away from 18. Lexington, KY being very mountainous was a strange place I think to have an all-UHF market.

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