What's on TV: Tuesday, October 8, 1974

Elsewhere in today's listings, we're warned that regular programming oculd be preempted due to the American and National League Championship Series (yes, boys and girls, the ALCS and NLCS used to be held early in October, once upon a time). Fortunately, if you're looking forward to seeing Yvette Mimeaux playing a hit woman, both of today's games, should they be needed, are scheduled for the afternoon, with the American League game at 2:00 p.m., and the National League game at 3:30 p.m.; if both games are played today, the National League game will be joined in progress. (You wouldn't see that today, either.) That's precisely what happened, so you can go ahead and wipe out most of NBC's afternoon lineup in favor of the Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles, followed by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers. It's all part of the road to the World Series, which starts next week. Yes, the Series used to be finished before Halloween, too. Ah, how times have changed, as you can see in this Eastern New England edition!

	-2- WGBH (BOSTON) (PBS)
	AFTERNOON
	3:00	INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
	3:30	MAGGIE AND THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE—Exercise
	4:00	SESAME STREET
	5:00	MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD—Children
	5:30	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	EVENING
	6:00	ZOOM—Children
	6:30	VILLA ALEGRE—Children
	7:00	ELLIOT NORTON REVIEWS
	7:30	EVENING COMPASS
	8:00	AMERICA—Documentary
	9:30	JOURNEY TO JAPAN—Travel
	10:00	COMPASS WEEKLY

 

 

	-3- WFSB (HARTFORD) (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:00	LEER SIN LETRAS—Spanish
	6:30	CALLENGE
	7:00	CBS NEWS—Hughes Rudd
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL Guest: Nancy Friday
	10:00	JOKER’S WILD—Game
	10:30	GAMBIT—Game
	11:00	NOW YOU SEE IT—Game
	11:30	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	11:55	CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:25	EYE ON WOMEN
	12:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	1:00	MATCH GAME Orson Bean, Betty White, Penny Marshall, Richard Dawson, Brett Somers
	1:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	2:00	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
	3:30	RANGER STATION
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS Guests: Victor Borge,  Marty Allen, Roger Caras
	5:00	RAYMOND BURR—Crime Drama
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	7:00	CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:30	SALE OF THE CENTURY
	8:00	GOOD TIMES—Comedy
	8:30	M*A*S*H
	9:00	HAWAII FIVE-O
	10:00	BARNABY JONES
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Musical “High Society” (1956)
	1:30	NEWS

 

 

	-4- WBZ (BOTSON) (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:15	SIGN ON SEMINAR
	6:45	DAILY ALMANAC
	7:00	TODAY—Jim Hartz/Barbara Walters Guests: Amos Elon and Sana Hassan, Pat Cook
	9:00	SONYA HAMLIN Co-host: Milton Berle. Guest: Mel Simons
	10:00	NAME THAT TUNE
	10:30	WINNING STREAK—Game
	11:00	HIGH ROLLERS—Game
	11:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES Guests: Shirley Jones, Roddy McDowall, Kate Jackson, Charo, Doc Severinsen, Paul Lynde. Host: Peter Marshall
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	CELEBRITH SWEEPSTAKES—Game Leslie Nielsen, Joey Forman, Don Adams, Susan Dey, Carol Wayne, Joey Bishop. Host: Jim McKrell
	12:55	NBC NEWS—Edwin Newman
	1:00	SOMERSET—Serial
	1:30	JEOPARDY!—Game
	2:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
	2:30	DOCTORS—Serial
	3:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	3:30	HOW TO SURVIVE A MARRIAGE—Serial
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS Guests: Victor Borge,  Marty Allen, Roger Caras, Marilyn Mulvey
	5:30	FAMILY AFFAIR—Comedy
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	7:00	NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
	7:30	PRICE IS RIGHT
	8:00	ADAM-12
	8:30	MOVIE—Drama “Long Ago, Tomorrow” (English; 1971)
	10:00	POLICE STORY
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON Guest host: Don Rickles. Guests: Carroll O’Connor, Norm Crosby
	1:00	TOMORROW—Discussion Guest: Ruth Montgomery

 

 

	-5- WCVB (BOSTON) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:25	NEWS FOR THE DEAF
	6:30	NEWS
	6:50	NEWS FOR THE DEAF
	7:00	JABBERWOCKY—Chldren
	7:30	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER  BW
	8:00	FATHER KNOWS BEST  BW
	8:30	ROMPER ROOM
	9:00	GOOD MORNING Guest: William Loeb
	10:30	PASSWORD Patty Duke Astin and John Astin vs. Edward and Nancy Asner. Host: Allen Ludden
	11:00	$10,000 PYRAMID—Game Soupy Sales, Anita Gillette. Host: Dick Clark
	11:30	BRADY BUNCH
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	SPLIT SECOND—Game
	1:00	ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
	1:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	2:30	GIRL IN MY LIFE
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
	3:30	ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
	4:00	BONANZA—Western
	5:00	FBI—Crime Drama
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
	7:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Kitty Carlisle, Joe Garagiola. Host: Garry Moore
	7:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL
	8:00	HAPPY DAYS—Comedy
	8:30	MOVIE—Crime Drama “Hit Lady” (Made-for-TV; 1974)
	10:00	BURT BACHARACH AND ASSOCIATES Guests: Sammy Davis Jr., Anthony Newley, Vicki Carr
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
	12:30	WIDE WORLD MYSTERY “Lady Killer”
	2:00	NEWS
	2:10	NEWS—Mystery  BW  “The Shanghai Chest” (1948)
	3:30	HOUSE CALL
	4:00	CANDLEPIN SUPER BOWL
	4:30	GOOD MORNING!

 

 

	-6- WTEV (NEW BEDFORD) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:00	FLYING NUN—Comedy
	6:30	JACK LaLANNE
	6:45	NEWS
	7:00	BULLWINKLE
	7:30	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER  BW
	8:00	NEW ZOO REVUE
	8:25	NEWS
	8:30	COMMUNITY
	9:00	ROMPER ROOM
	9:30	GOMER PYLE, USMC
	10:00	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy  BW
	10:30	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy  BW
	11:00	$10,000 PYRAMID—Game Soupy Sales, Anita Gillette. Host: Dick Clark
	11:30	BRADY BUNCH
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	PASSWORD Bill Bixby and Paul Williams vs. Joyce Bulifant and Loretta Swit; Charles Nelson Reilly and Richard Long vs. Joyce and Loretta
	12:30	NEWS
	1:00	ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
	1:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	2:30	GIRL IN MY LIFE
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
	3:30	ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
	4:00	FLINTSTONES
	4:30	HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
	5:00	RAYMOND BURR—Crime Drama
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
	7:00	DUCKPINS AND DOLLARS
	7:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES Edward Asner, Charo, Demond Wilson, Sandy Duncan, Ed McMahon, Rich Little Rose Marie, Charle Weaver, Paul Lynde. Host: Peter Marshall
	8:00	HAPPY DAYS—Comedy
	8:30	MOVIE—Crime Drama “Hit Lady” (Made-for-TV; 1974)
	10:00	MARCUS WELBY, M.D.
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	WIDE WORLD MYSTERY “Lady Killer”
	1:00	NEWS

 

 

	-7- WNAC (BOSTON) (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:10	GREATER BOSTONANS
	6:15	FARM AND MARKET REPORT
	6:20	SUNRISE SEMESTER The Meaning of Death: Plato’s philsophy of death
	6:50	LAS NOTICIAS DE HOY—Spanish
	7:00	CBS NEWS—Hughes Rudd
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	PAUL BENZAQUIN
	10:00	JOKER’S WILD—Game
	10:30	GAMBIT—Game
	11:00	TATTLETALES—Game
	11:30	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	11:55	CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	1:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
	1:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	2:00	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
	3:30	MATCH GAME Ann Elder, Patti Deutsch, Richard Dawson, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly. Host: Gene Rayburn
	4:00	MERV GRIFFIN
	5:30	CANDLEPIN BOWLING
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	WHAT’S MY LINE? Arlene Francis, Joe Silver, Meredith MacRae, Soupy Sales. Host: Larry Blyden
	7:30	HELP THY NEIGHBOR
	8:00	GOOD TIMES—Comedy
	8:30	M*A*S*H
	9:00	HAWAII FIVE-O
	10:00	BARNABY JONES
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Crime Drama “Cannon” (Made-for-TV; 1971)
	1:30	NEWS
	1:45	GREATER BOSTONIANS

 

 

	-8- WTNH (NEW HAVEN) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:15	DAVEY AND GOLIATH
	6:30	EIGHTH DAY
	7:00	NEW ZOO REVUE
	7:30	LOST IN SPACE—Adventure
	8:30	I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy
	9:00	PHIL DONAHUE Guest: John Davidson
	10:00	DIALING FOR DOLLARS
	11:00	PASSWORD Bert and Anne Convy vs. Edwards an dNancy Asner. Host: Allen Ludden
	11:30	BRADY BUNCH
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	FARMER’S DAUGHTER  BW
	1:00	ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
	1:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	2:30	GIRL IN MY LIFE
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
	3:30	ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
	4:00	$10,000 PYRAMID—Game Anson Williams, Lee Meriwether
	4:30	MERV GRIFFIN Guests: Karen Valentine, Ron Howard, Timothy Bottoms, Pat Wayne
	5:30	ROBIN HOOD—Adventure  BW
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
	7:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
	7:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL
	8:00	HAPPY DAYS—Comedy
	8:30	MOVIE—Crime Drama “Hit Lady” (Made-for-TV; 1974)
	10:00	MARCUS WELBY, M.D.
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	WIDE WORLD MYSTERY “Lady Killer”

 

 

	-9- WMUR (MANCHESTER) (ABC)
	MORNING
	10:00	MOVIE—Thriller  BW  “The Devil’s Messinger” (Swedish; 1961)
	11:30	BRADY BUNCH
	AFTERNOON
	12:30	SPLIT SECOND—Game
	1:00	ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
	1:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	2:30	GIRL IN MY LIFE
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
	3:30	ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
	4:30	UNCLE GUS
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
	7:00	TO BE ANNOUNCEDD
	7:30	THAT GOOD OLE NASHVILLE MUSIC Jeannie C. Riley, Bobby Bare, Billy Craddock
	8:00	HAPPY DAYS—Comedy
	8:30	MOVIE—Crime Drama “Hit Lady” (Made-for-TV; 1974)
	10:00	MARCUS WELBY, M.D.
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	WIDE WORLD MYSTERY “Lady Killer”

 

 

	10 WJAR (PROVIDENCE) (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:30	TV CLASSROOM—Literature  BW
	6:55	NEWS “Rappaccini’s Daughter”
	7:00	TODAY—Jim Hartz/Barbara Walters Guests: Amos Elon and Sana Hassan, Pat Cook
	9:00	GOOD MORNING Guest: William Loeb
	10:30	WINNING STREAK—Game
	11:00	HIGH ROLLERS—Game
	11:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES Guests: Shirley Jones, Roddy McDowall, Kate Jackson, Charo, Doc Severinsen, Paul Lynde. Host: Peter Marshall
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	CELEBRITH SWEEPSTAKES—Game Leslie Nielsen, Joey Forman, Don Adams, Susan Dey, Carol Wayne, Joey Bishop. Host: Jim McKrell
	12:55	NBC NEWS—Edwin Newman
	1:00	JACKPOT!—Game
	1:30	JEOPARDY!—Game
	2:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
	2:30	DOCTORS—Serial
	3:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	3:30	HOW TO SURVIVE A MARRIAGE—Serial
	4:00	SOMERSET—Serial
	4:30	BEWITCHED—Comedy  BW
	5:00	MOD SQUAD—Crime Drama
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
	7:00	CONCENTRATION
	7:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL
	8:00	ADAM-12
	8:30	MOVIE—Science Fiction “Where Have All the People Gone?” (Made-for-TV; 1974)
	10:00	POLICE STORY
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON Guest host: Don Rickles. Guests: Carroll O’Connor, Norm Crosby
	1:00	TOMORROW—Discussion Guest: Ruth Montgomery

 

 

	12 WPRI (PROVIDENCE) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER The Meaning of Death: Plato’s philsophy of death
	7:00	CBS NEWS—Hughes Rudd
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	12 CALLING
	10:00	JOKER’S WILD—Game
	10:30	GAMBIT—Game
	11:00	NOW YOU SEE IT—Game
	11:30	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	11:55	CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	1:00	WHAT’S MY LINE? Soupy Sales, Anita Gillette, Gene Shalit, Arlene Francis. Host: Larry Blyden
	1:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	2:00	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
	3:30	MATCH GAME Ann Elder, Patti Deutsch, Richard Dawson, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly. Host: Gene Rayburn
	4:00	PARTRIDGE FAMILY—Comedy
	4:30	MERV GRIFFIN Guests: Karen Valentine, Ron Howard, Timothy Bottoms, Pat Wayne
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	JEOPARDY!—Game
	7:30	TO TELL THE TRUTH Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Kitty Carlisle, Gene Rayburn. Host: Garry Moore
	8:00	GOOD TIMES—Comedy
	8:30	M*A*S*H
	9:00	HAWAII FIVE-O
	10:00	BARNABY JONES
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Crime Drama “Cannon” (Made-for-TV; 1971)

 

 

	27 WSMW (WORCESTER) (Ind.)
	MORNING
	11:00	BILKO—Comedy  BW
	11:30	JACK BENNY  BW
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	CHURCH SERVICE—Catholic
	12:30	MOVIE—Adventure “The Pride and the Passion” (1957)
	2:30	FELIX THE CAT
	3:00	POPEYE—Cartoon
	3:30	TIMMY AND LASSIE—Drama  BW
	4:00	MOVIE—Comedy  BW  “Bowery to Bagdad” (1954)
	5:30	GOMER PYLE, USMC
	EVENING
	6:00	PETTICOAT JUNCTION—Comedy
	6:30	MOVIE—Crime Drama  BW  “The Purple Gang” (1960)
	8:30	JOURNEY TO ADVENTURE
	9:00	JACK BENNY
	9:30	BILKO—Comedy  BW
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	MUSIC FOR ALL AMERICA
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	CHARLIE CHAPLIN—Comedy “The Floorwalker” (1916)

 

 

	36 WSBE (PROVIDENCE) (PBS)
	MORNING
	10:00	SESAME STREET
	AFTERNOON
	1:30	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	4:00	SESAME STREET
	5:00	MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD—Children
	5:30	VILLA ALEGRE—Children
	EVENING
	6:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	6:30	TIME OF OUR LIVES
	7:00	UNDERSTANDING ME
	8:00	AMERICA—Documentary
	9:30	WOMAN—Discussion
	10:00	ACCION CHICANO—Variety
	10:30	BURGLAR-PROOFING—Report
	11:00	ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner Captioned for the deaf

 

 

	38 WSBK (BOSTON) (Ind.)
	MORNING
	10:50	NEWS
	11:00	TOM LARSON
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	OF LANDS AND SEAS—Travel
	1:00	JACK LaLANNE
	1:30	FLYING NUN—Comedy
	2:00	PORKY PIG AND FRIENDS
	2:30	BUGS BUNNY AND FRIENDS
	3:00	BULLWINKLE
	3:30	SUPERMAN—Adventure  BW
	4:00	THREE STOOGES  BW
	5:00	F TROOP—Comedy  BW
	5:30	I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy
	EVENING
	6:00	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy  BW
	6:30	BEWITCHED—Comedy  BW
	7:00	HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
	7:30	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy  BW
	8:00	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
	8:30	GREEN ACRES—Comedy
	9:00	HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
	9:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy  BW
	10:00	MOVIE—Musical  BW  “Pennies from Heaven” (1936)
	11:30	LAUGH CLASSICS  BW

 

 

	44 WGBX (BOSTON) (PBS)
	AFTERNOON
	4:00	SESAME STREET
	5:00	HODGEPODGE LODGE
	5:30	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	EVENING
	6:00	SESAME STREET
	7:00	U.S. HISTORY
	7:30	ZEE COOKING SCHOOL—Children
	8:00	FIRING LINE—William F. Buckley Jr.
	9:00	CATCH 44
	9:30	ANTIQUES
	10:00	MARTIN AGRONSKY: EVENING EDITION
	10:30	ELLIOT NORTON REVIEWS
	11:00	ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner Captioned for the deaf

 

 

	53 WEDN (NORWICH) (PBS)
	MORNING
	10:00	SESAME STREET
	11:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	AFTERNOON
	3:30	MODERN SUPERVISORY TECHNIQUES
	4:00	SESAME STREET
	5:00	MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD—Children
	5:30	VILLA ALEGRE—Children
	EVENING
	6:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	6:30	BLACK EXPERIENCE
	7:00	BLACK EXPERIENCE
	7:30	ELECTIONS ‘74
	8:00	AMERICA—Documentary
	9:30	WITNESS TO YESTERDAY
	10:00	ELECTIONS ‘74

 

 

	56 WLVI (BOSTON) (Ind.)
	MORNING
	10:30	NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
	11:00	NEW ENGLAND NEWSCENE
	11:30	NEW ZOO REVUE
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	BANANA SPLITS
	12:30	MOVIE—Comedy  BW  “Dear Heart” (1964)
	2:30	TENNESSEE TUXEDO
	3:00	UNDERDOG
	3:30	BANANA SPLITS
	4:00	LITTLE RASCALS  BW
	4:30	BATMAN—Adventure Guest villain: John Astin (The Riddler)
	5:00	FLINTSTONES
	5:30	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
	EVENING
	6:00	STAR TREK—Adventure
	7:00	UNTOUCHABLES  BW
	8:00	DEALER’S CHOICE—Game
	8:30	MOVIE—Comedy “Help” (English; 1965)
	10:00	MOVIE—Drama  BW  “Pride of the Marines” (1945)

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