August 12, 2024

What's on TV? Friday, August 15, 1980




I chose Friday for this week's listing because it's the only weekday not broken up by convention coverage, so it's the only day that really gives us a look at what's on. And the Illinois-Wisconsin Edition gives us quite a look; for the last few years I've tried to include in the listings all the local stations from the edition, but one of the things you notice as you get into 1980s TV Guides is the proliferation of stations, especially on the UHF side of the dial. There are 23 channels in this week's edition, including 11 UHF channels, and my dedication to providing you a comprehensive look at what's on does have its limits. Instead, I've opted to focus on Chicago and Milwaukee, and I think that gives us a pretty good sampling, don't you?

 
-2- WBBM (CHICAGO) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
SUMMER SEMESTER
Reading for Parent and Child: Teaching preschool children
 
    6:30
IT’S WORTH KNOWING
 
    7:00
FRIDAY MORNING—Bob Schieffer
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guests: Anita Gillette, Dick Latessa
 
    9:00
JEFFERSONS
 
    9:30
ALICE
 
  10:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:00
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NOONBREAK
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    1:00
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    3:00
ONE DAY AT A TIME
 
    3:30
MATCH GAME
 
    4:00
JIM ROCKFORD, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR—Crime Drama
 
    5:00
NEWS
 
    5:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    7:00
INCREDIBLE HULK
 
    8:00
DUKES OF HAZZARD
 
    9:00
DALLAS
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:30
AVENGERS—Adventure
 
  11:40
RETURN OF THE SAINT—Crime Drama
 
  12:50
DON KIRSHNER’S ROCK CONCERT
Guests: Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, the Police, the Specials
 
    2:20
NEWS
 
    2:40
COMMON GROUND
 
 
 
-4- WTMJ (MILWAUKEE) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    5:55
GIGGLESNORT HOTEL
 
    6:25
EXERCISE BREAK
 
    6:30
TOPPER—Comedy BW 
 
    7:00
TODAY—Tom Brokaw
 
    9:00
NEW DAY
 
  10:00
DINAH! & FRIENDS
Guests: Deborah Raffin, Pete Hamill, Loni Ackerman, Regis Philbin
 
  11:00
CARD SHARKS
 
  11:30
DOCTORS
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    1:00
ANOTHER WORLD
 
    2:00
TEXAS—Serial
 
    3:00
CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS
 
    3:30
MERV GRIFFIN
Guests: Tom Wopat, Herve Villechaize, Barbara Goldsmith
 
    5:00
NEWS
 
    5:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
BASEBALL
Milwaukee Brewers at Cleveland Indians
[Pre-empts regular programming]
 
    9:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:30
TONIGHT
Guests: Dick Cavett, George Gobel, Martina Arroyo
 
  12:00
HONEYMOONERS—Comedy BW 
 
  12:30
BEST OF GROUCHO—Game BW 
 
    1:00
BILKO—Comedy BW 
 
    1:30
ALFRED HITCHCOCK BW 
 
    2:00
HEALTH FIELD
 
 
 
-5- WMAQ (CHICAGO) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    5:55
NEWS
 
    6:00
KNOWLEDGE
 
    6:30
TODAY IN CHICAGO
 
    7:00
TODAY—Tom Brokaw
 
    9:00
DAVID LETTERMAN
 
  10:00
WHEEL OF FORTUNE—Game
 
  10:30
PASSWORD PLUS
Jon Bauman, Susan Richardson
 
  11:00
CARD SHARKS
 
  11:30
NEWS
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    1:00
ANOTHER WORLD
 
    2:00
TEXAS—Serial
 
    3:00
DOCTORS—Serial
 
    3:30
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    4:00
MARY TYLER MOORE—Comedy
 
    4:30
NEWS
 
    5:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT OLYMPATHON ‘80
 
    7:00
HERE’S BOOMER—Adventure
 
    7:30
FACTS OF LIFE
 
    8:00
SPEAK UP AMERICA
 
    9:00
NBC REPORTS
Special: “The Migrants, 1980”
[Pre-empts regular programming]
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:30
TONIGHT
Guests: Dick Cavett, George Gobel, Martina Arroyo
 
  12:00
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Hosts: Gladys Knight & the Pips. Guests: Linda Ronstadt, Frankie Valli, Randy Newman, the O’Jays, Herb Alpert, Glen Campbell
 
    1:30
EVERYMAN
 
    2:00
TODAY IN CHICAGO—Norman Mark
 
 
 
-6- WITI (MILWAUKEE) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
FRIDAY MORNING—Bob Schieffer
 
    7:00
LONE RANGER—Western
 
    7:30
FURY—Drama BW 
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guests: Anita Gillette, Dick Latessa
 
    9:00
YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
 
  10:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:00
PHIL DONAHUE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS AT NOON
 
  12:30
JEFFERSONS
 
    1:00
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    3:00
ONE DAY AT A TIME
 
    3:30
STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
 
    4:30
JIM ROCKFORD, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR—Crime Drama
 
    5:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
    7:00
INCREDIBLE HULK
 
    8:00
DUKES OF HAZZARD
 
    9:00
DALLAS
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:30
BOB NEWHART—Comedy
 
  11:00
MOVIE—Science Fiction
“Silent Running” (1972)
 
  12:40
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Action in the North Atlantic” (1943)
 
    3:05
NEWS
 
 
 
-7- WLS (CHICAGO) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:10
PERSPETIVES
 
    6:35
ED ALLEN—Exercise
 
    6:55
NEWS
 
    7:00
GOOD MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman
 
    9:00
A.M. CHICAGO—Robb Weller
 
    9:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
  10:00
LOVE BOAT
 
  11:00
FAMILY FEUD
 
  11:30
RYAN’S HOPE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
 
    1:00
ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
 
    2:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
    3:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Marooned” (1969)
 
    4:30
NEWS
 
    5:30
ABC NEWS—Frank Reynolds
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    7:00
BENSON—Comedy
 
    7:30
GOODTIME GIRLS
 
    8:00
NFL FOOTBALL
Special: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Atlanta Falcons
[Pre-empts regular programming]
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
TENSPEED AND BROWN SHOE—Adventure
 
    1:45
MOVIE—Thriller
“Dracula’s Castle” (1969)
 
 
 
-9- WGN (CHICAGO) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    5:55
TOP O’ THE MORNING
 
    6:25
NEWS
 
    6:30
STARBLAZERS—Cartoon
 
    7:00
RAY RAYNER—Children
 
    8:00
BOZO’S CIRCUS
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Apartment for Beggy” (1948)
 
  11:00
PHIL DONAHUE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
MIKE DOUGLAS
Co-host: Barbara Mandrell. Guests: Larry Hagman, Chip Tolbert, Victoria Principal
 
    1:30
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
 
    2:00
MAUDE—Comedy
 
    2:30
DENNIS THE MENACE BW 
 
    3:00
BUGS BUNNY & FRIENDS
 
    4:00
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND BW 
 
    4:30
I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy
 
    5:00
McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy BW 
 
    5:30
MY THREE SONS—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy BW 
 
    6:30
DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy BW 
 
    7:00
NEWS
 
    7:15
BASEBALL WARM-UP
 
    7:30
BASEBALL
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
 
  10:30
INN NEWS
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“The 300 Spartans” (1962)
 
    1:30
NEWS
 
    2:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“So Evil My Love” (English; 1948)
 
    4:00
ZANE GREY—Western BW 
 
    4:30
FBI—Crime Drama
 
    5:30
DANIEL BOONE—Adventure
 
 
 
10 WMVS (MILWAUKEE) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
    9:30
A.M. WEATHER
 
  10:00
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
  10:30
WILDLIFE IN CRISIS
 
  11:00
READALONG—Children
 
  11:30
SESAME STREET
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:30
MISTER ROGERS
 
    1:00
STUDIO SEE—Children
 
    1:30
REBOP—Children
 
    2:00
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
    3:00
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs
Guest: Anna Maria Alberghetti
[Closed-captioned]
 
    3:30
DICK CAVETT
Frank Garcia
 
    4:00
MISTER ROGERS—Children
 
    4:30
SESAME STREET—Children
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
STUDIO SEE—Children
 
    6:30
MacNEIL, LEHRER REPORT
 
    7:00
WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW
 
    7:30
WALL $TREET WEEK
 
    8:00
MARKET TO MARKET
 
    8:30
PAVAROTTI AT JULLIARD
Return
 
    9:00
HERE’S TO YOUR HEALTH
[Closed-captioned]
 
    9:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs
[Closed-captioned]
 
  10:00
DICK CAVETT
Guest: Freeman Dyson
 
  10:30
JAZZ AT THE MAINTENANCE SHOP
 
 
 
11 WTTW (CHICAGO) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:45
A.M. WEATHER
 
    7:00
ZOOM—Children
 
    7:30
SESAME STREET—Children
 
    8:30
MISTER ROBERS—Children
 
    9:00
SESAME STREET
 
  10:00
EXPLORING THE RESTLESS SEA
 
  10:30
ZOOM—Children
 
  11:00
FOOTSTEPS
 
  11:30
PAINT ALONG WITH NANCY KOMINSKY
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
FRENCH CHEF
Ice cream
 
  12:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs
Guest: Anna Maria Alberghetti
[Closed-captioned]
 
    1:00
DICK CAVETT
Frank Garcia
 
    1:30
MOVIE—Fantasy BW 
“The Devil’s Envoys” (French; 1942)
 
    3:30
MISTER ROGERS—Children
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
 
    5:00
WILD, WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS
 
    5:30
OVER EASY—Hugh Downs
[Closed-captioned]
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
DICK CAVETT
Guest: Freeman Dyson
 
    6:30
MacNEIL, LEHRER REPORT
 
    7:00
WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW
 
    7:30
WALL $TREET WEEK
 
    8:00
CHICAGO WEEK IN REVIEW
 
    8:30
HUMAN FACE OF CHINA—Documentary
[Closed-captioned]
 
    9:00
FREE TO CHOOSE
 
  10:00
DR. WHO—Science Fiction
 
  10:30
NON-FICTION TELEVISION—Documentary
 
  11:30
ACADEMY LEADERS—Film
 
  12:30
CAPTIONED ABC NEWS
 
 
 
12 WISN (MILWAUKEE) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
BODY BUDDIES—Exercise
 
    7:00
GOOD MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman
 
    9:00
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
 
  10:00
LOVE BOAT
 
  11:00
FAMILY FEUD
 
  11:30
MATCH GAME
Patty Duke Astin, Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, Debralee Scott, Alfie Wise, Jack Jones. Host: Gene Rayburn
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
DIALING FOR DOLLARS
 
    1:00
ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
 
    2:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
    3:00
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:30
COURTSHIP OF EDDIE’S FATHER—Comedy-Drama
 
    4:00
HAPPY DAYS AGAIN—Comedy
 
    4:30
ODD COUPLE—Comedy
 
    5:00
ABC NEWS—Frank Reynolds
 
    5:30
NEWS
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Game
 
    6:30
PM MAGAZINE
 
    7:00
BENSON—Comedy
 
    7:30
ROD LUCK: FLYING HIGH
 
    8:00
NFL FOOTBALL
Special: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Atlanta Falcons
[Pre-empts regular programming]
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
M*A*S*H
 
  12:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Chubasco” (1968)
 
    1:45
GREEN ACRES—Comedy
 
    2:15
NEWS
 
 
 
18 WVTV (MILWAUKEE) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    8:30
LITTLE RASCALSComedy BW 
 
  10:00
WHEEL OF FORTUNE—Game
 
  10:30
THAT GIRL—Comedy
 
  11:00
THE LESSON—Religion
 
  11:30
700 CLUB—Religion
Guests: Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) and Mrs. Nancy Thurmond
 
AFTERNOON
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
    1:30
ED ALLEN—Exercise
 
    2:00
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
 
    2:30
CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST—Cartoon
 
    3:00
KROFFT SUPERSTARS
 
    3:30
BANANA SPLITS AND COMPANY—Children
 
    4:00
SPIDERMAN—Cartoon
 
    4:30
BATMAN—Adventure
 
    5:00
FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy
 
    5:30
BEWITCHED—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES BW 
 
    6:30
DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy BW 
 
    7:00
HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
 
    7:30
HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
 
    8:00
MOVIE—Musical BW 
“Ship Ahoy” (1942)
 
  10:00
DAVE ALLEN AT LARGE
 
  10:30
NEWS
 
  11:00
AVENGERS—Adventure
 
  12:10
RETURN OF THE SAINT—Crime Drama
 
    1:20
NEWS
 
 
 
24 WCGV (MILWAUKEE) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    7:55
NEWS
 
    8:00
UNCLE WALDO—Music
 
    8:30
UNDERDOG—Cartoon
 
    9:00
YOUNG SAMSON—Cartoon
 
    9:30
NEW ZOO REVUE
 
  10:00
PTL CLUB—Religion
 
AFTERNOON
 
    1:00
TEMPO 24
 
    3:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Gilda” (1946)
 
    5:00
CHICO AND THE MAN—Comedy
 
    5:30
GET SMART—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
BONANZA—Western
 
 
 
26 WCIU (CHICAGO) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    9:00
MARKET REPORTS, NEWS
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:30
ASK AN EXPERT
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
ASK AN EXPERT
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:20
ASK AN EXPERT
 
  12:50
MARKET REPORTS, NEWS
 
    1:30
ASK AN EXPERT
 
    2:00
MARKET REPORTS, NEWS
 
    2:30
ASK AN EXPERT
 
    3:00
MARKET REPORT, NEWS
 
    3:30
RUFF HOUSE—Discussion
 
    4:00
CHICAGO TODAY
 
    4:30
BLACK’S VIEW OF THE NEWS
 
    4:45
TODAY’S RACING
 
    5:00
LOS RICOS TAMBIEN LLORAN—Novela
 
    5:30
LA OTRA MUJER
 
EVENING
 
    6:30
NOTICIAS
 
    7:00
LA CRIADA BIEN CRIADA
 
    7:30
MI SECRETARIA
 
    8:00
LO MEJOR DEL CINE ESPANOL
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:30
HONRARAS A LOS TUYOS—Novela
 
  11:30
FIEBRE—Music
 
 
 
32 WFLD (CHICAGO) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
NEWSTALK
 
    6:30
BRADY KIDS—Cartoons
 
    7:00
POPEYE—Cartoons
 
    8:00
BATTLE OF THE PLANETS
 
    8:30
MONKEES—Comedy
 
    9:00
ROMPER ROOM—Children
 
    9:30
PLEASE DON’T EAT THE DAISIES—Comedy
 
  10:00
PARTRIDGE FAMILY—Comedy
 
  10:30
GREEN ACRES—Comedy
 
  11:00
LOST IN SPACE—Adventure BW 
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
UNDERDOG—Cartoons
 
  12:30
TENNESSEE TUXEDO
 
    1:00
COURTSHIP OF EDDIE’S FATHER—Comedy-Drama
 
    1:30
LUCY SHOW
 
    2:00
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES BW 
 
    2:30
MAGILLA GORILLA—Cartoons
 
    3:00
CASPER THE GHOST—Cartoon
 
    3:30
THREE STOOGES/LITTLE RASCALS—Comedy BW 
 
    4:30
TOM & JERRY—Cartoons
 
    5:00
MUNSTERS—Comedy BW 
 
    5:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
ALL IN THE FAMILY
 
    6:30
ALL IN THE FAMILY
 
    7:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
    7:30
PLAY THE PERCENTAGES—Game
 
    8:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Game
 
    8:30
MERV GRIFFIN
Guests: Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Conrad, Dudley Moore, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jayne Kennedy
 
    9:55
NEWS
 
  10:00
M*A*S*H
 
  10:30
BENNY HILL—Comedy
 
  11:00
THREE STOOGES—Comedy BW 
 
  11:30
NEWSTALK
 
 
 
36 WMVT (MILWAUKEE) (PBS)
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
WALLY’S WORKSHOP
 
    6:30
VILLA ALEGRE—Children
 
    7:00
NEW WORLD OF AMATEUR RADIO—Documentary
 
    7:30
HATHA YOGA—Exercise
 
    8:00
LIKE IT IS—Interview
 
    8:30
SAILING, SAILING
 
    9:00
FIRING LINE
 
  10:00
CONSULTATION—Health
 
  10:30
CAPTIONED ABC NEWS
 
 
 
44 WSNS (CHICAGO) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    9:30
MUNDO HISPANO
 
  10:30
700 CLUB—Religion
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
AMAZING CHAN—CartoonsR
 
  12:30
NEW THREE STOOGES
 
    1:00
DINAH! & FRIENDS
Co-host Burt Reynolds: Guests: Carol Burnett; Andy Gibb; Betty White; Larry Csonka; Lee Corso; Susan Shashy; Jack Pickney
 
    2:30
GET SMART—Comedy
 
    3:00
SPECTREMAN—Children
 
    3:30
SPEED RACER—Cartoons
 
    4:00
SPACE GIANTS—Cartoons
 
    4:30
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER BW 
 
    5:00
GONG SHOW—Game
 
    5:30
DATING GAME
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
BONANZA—Western
 
    7:00
SPORTS SPOTLIGHT—Jim Durham
 
    7:15
BASEBALL WARM-UP
 
    7:30
BASEBALL
Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox
[Pre-empts regular programming]
 
  10:30
IT TAKES A THIEF—Adventure
 
  11:30
700 CLUB—Religion
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Boccaccio ‘70” (Italian; 1962)
 
    3:50
MOVIE—Thriller BW 
“Vampire Bat” (1933)
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Adventure
“A Bullet for the General” (Italian; 1966)

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3 comments:

  1. I see that JIM ROCKFORD, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR is listed on a couple stations. I think this was among the last substitute titles for syndicated shows that were still on the network. MASH was after all syndicated as MASH even though it still lasted 4 more seasons on CBS primetime. NBC cancelled THE ROCKFORD FILES in 1980, so the syndicated title probably reverted to that in the next month or so.

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  2. Mike Douglas' co-host this week, Barbara Mandrell, headlined her own NBC prime-time variety show three months later. Not knowing when that program was first announced, was her appearance to get some emcee experience under her belt, or was she approached for her own series because of an acceptable showing here?

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  3. Had completely forgotten that Jeff Goldblum had a sort of TV career before going on to do blockbuster movies. I'll have to take a look at Tenspeed and Brownshoe. With Stephen J. Cannell writing it, it couldn't be all bad.

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