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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1976
Page
8
A reader friendly run through prime time listings shows ABC NBC CBS and others airing programs such as The Muppets Truth or Consequences and The Waltons. Notable entries include The Price Is Right Hawaii Five O and Tonight Show with various time slots and channel labels.
Schedule lists daytime and prime time airings with show titles such as Doctor’s, Guiding Light, Another World, Dyn buts, Bonanza and Star Trek. Includes 4:00 pm matches and 5 minute segments. Networks feature The Merv Griffin Show Emergency and The Electric Company.
A fragmented TV guide shows a mix of network shows and specials across ABC CBS NBC and local listings. Notable items include The Waltons Homecoming Rockford Files Serpico Lawrence Welk Christmas programs and various game shows and movies.
Jean Shepherd presents a nostalgic slice of late 1940s blue collar life in a Midwest steel town. The program follows young Ralph and friends as they navigate work, prom night, family quirks, and dream big against a grimy, communal backdrop.
A group of regional television stations including WSAZ-TV Huntington WCMH-TV Columbus WTVN-TV Columbus WCHS-TV Charleston 10 WBNS-TV Columbus 13 WOWK-TV Huntington 15 WTAP TV Parkersburg 18 WHIZ-TV Zanesville and WOUB-TV Athens. The list highlights NBC ABC CBS and PBS affiliations across the area.
TV listings preview a block of family oriented programs with humor and holiday themes. Highlights include A Quiet Evening with Mother Goose featuring nursery rhymes, Welcome Back Kotter Christmas story, The Waltons with a new hairstyle, Doug Henning World of Magic special, Visions two plays about class mobility, Barney Miller Christmas Eve, The Tony Randall Show Christmas episode, Hawaii Five-O raid thriller, Once An Eagle wartime drama, The Nancy Walker Show spoof, and Gibbsville crime drama tied to mine safety hearing.
Los Angeles AP reports singer writer Hoyt Axton battled a decade of cocaine use and nightly boozing before deciding to quit on the road to Kansas City. He now pursues acting roles on TV including McCloud and Tronside while his comeback peaks with new songs and a hit for Ringo Starr.
A late evening program lists films from 9 11 pm including White Christmas The Great Caruso They Call Me Trinity No Sad Songs for Me Cry For Happy and Treasure Island with broadcast notes for Friday daylight 6 pm and Yours Mine and Ours Silent Night Lonely Night featuring Bing Crosby Mario Lanza Terence Hill Terence Hill Bud Spencer Jack Lemmon Betty Grable Wendell Corey Natale Wood Glen Ford Donald O Connor Lucille Ball Henry Fonda Lloyd Bridges Shirley Jones and more.
Question from Jane Logan of Cut Bank Montana asks if James MacArthur of Hawaii Five-O is Hayes real or adopted son. The note states Jimmy is Hayes’ adopted son.
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