Evening TV Schedule Highlights and Major Premieres
A compact listing of prime time programs across networks for Wednesday evening. Highlights include HBO and Cinemax movie blocks, NBC/CBS/NBC sports, classic sitcoms like All in the Family and MASH, NBC News programs, and notable films such as El Cid Part II and Robinson Crusoe on Mars. The schedule also notes college football games Michigan State Iowa and Notre Dame Penn State, plus cultural programming from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Charlie Chaplin era retrospectives.
The Muppet Movie Makes Network TV Debut on CBS
CBS airs The Muppet Movie with Kermit the Frog and companions as a TV premiere. The program features Jim Henson’s Muppets, Charles Durning and Austin Pendleton and is scheduled for 7 p.m. NBC presents Real People saluting New York with Mayor Ed Koch and a steel workers impersonation. The Fall Guy features Colt and Howie undercover as convicts to clear a man in a robbery case at 8 p.m. on ABC.
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CBS
Kermit the Frog
Hollywood
Jim Henson
Charles Durning
Austin Pendleton
New York
Ed Koch
Central Park
NBC
Colt
Howie
ABC
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WTBS
Miller
Carol
HBO
Family Feud
PM Magazine
Joker's Wiih
MacNeil-Lehrer
Laverne and Shirley
Sanford and Son
Another Life
Mars
National Geographic
Michigan State
Iowa
Carlo Maria Giulini
Notre Dame
Penn State
Steve Martin
Views of
Asia
Cinemax
NHL
Toronto
New York Rangers
Onco
Barney Miller
Nashville
R.F.D
WKAP
Cincinnati
Nightline
Sam
Arother Life
Love Boat
Dick Cavett
Donahue P.M
Life of Riley
Purdue
Indiana
Marcus Welby
Medical Center
My Little
Margie
Manhattan
Mike Douglas
Jouk Benny
Baylor
Texas
Charter Coaches
Cedar A
Mike
FBI
Red Wing
Tonite
Amarillo
Pink Elephant Lounge
3Rd St. SE
Wwe
10Th St. Marion
George Segal
Arthur
Spike
McGlynn
Center Point Rd
Clint Eastwood
1St Avenue
3Rd Street
Tinsel Town
Rose
Royce
Bill Murray
The
Eace
Tm AL A
Geastown
Plaza “Stripes
Iowa Public Broadcasting
Iowa City
Friends OF Ipbn
TV Today
Eos
1St Ave
2Nd Ave
Blaiks Ferry RD
Gazette
Jack Barry
America
Lee Majors
Dynasty
Eyewitness
Krile
Campbell
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