The Character Behind Columbo and TV's Edge on Censorship
A lively column surveys Peter Falk and Columbo including Falk's view of the show and scripting while contrasting other cops. It notes Jane Keen on Honeymooners and Las Vegas stage work, then turns to past TV moments with Danny Kaye and Carol Burnett and ends with a reflective sign-off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbo
NBC
Peter Falk
Falk
Cannon
McMillan
Mr. X
John Cassavetes
Jane Keen
Jane
Trixie
Art Carney
Jackie Gleason
Jackie
Las Vegas
Phil Ford
Final Airing for Keep On Truckin on ABC Tonight
The fourth and final Run of Keep On Truckin on ABC Channel 13 features rapid fire comedy and satire with hosts and guest stars including Marion Ramsey and Jiffy Wayland Flowers. The show airs Saturday 8 9 p m from Hollywood.
Network Highlights Saturday Night Schedule Summary
NBC carries baseball soon after midnight while ABC airs Wide World of Sports at 1 p.m. NFL Hall of Fame game Cincinnati Bengals vs Washington Redskins from Canton. CBS Sports Spectacular features world swimming from Cali Colombia at 4 30 p.m. PBS airs Firing Line with Buckley and Halperin. CBS offers All in the Family at 8 p.m. and The Jeffersons later. ABC covers Keep on Truckin. PBS hosts Philadelphia Folk Festival highlights with Guthrie and Sky. NBC Emergency follows, CBS 9 p.m. Mary Tyler Moore leads to a proposal, and films and documentaries air on PBS NBC and ABC late. The Lawgiver ends CBS 10 p.m. and PBS presents The Pointer Sisters at 10 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
ABC Wide World of Sports
Cincinnati Bengals
Washington Redskins
Canton
Ohio
CBS Sports Spectacular
Cali
Colombia
PBS
William Buckley
Morton Halperin
State Dept
Henry Kissinger
CBS
ABC
Arlo Guthriel
Irene
Patrick Sky
Emergency
Gage
ABC News
Saturday Television Guide with Classic UHF Listings
A dense schedule listing multiple channels, programs, and showtimes across cartoons, dramas, sports, and specials. It names programs such as Bugs Bunny, Gilligan, Star Trek, NBC Baseball, Harlem Globetrotters, Alfred Hitchcock style reels, and various regional titles, with times ranging from early afternoon to late night. The item reads as a TV guide fragment with many program titles and channel numbers.
Movie Listings And Schedule Highlights
A dense listing of films and TV programs with times and channels including Saturday and weekend blocks. Notable items feature Terror, Adventure and Sci Fi titles such as Giant Claw and Fire Maidens of Outer Space along with classic series and talk shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Castle
Juan Quilligan
William Bendix
Joan Blondell
Phil Silvers
Burge
Cardinal Richleuw
George Arliss
Maureen O Sullivan
Cesar Romero
France
Shirley Temple
Richard Greene
Judy Garland profile and Ultra Secret featured on 60 Minutes
CBS News 60 Minutes surveys Judy Garland’s life with memories from Liza Minnelli and Sidney Luft as four new books surface. The episode also revisits the Ultra Secret at Bletchley Park, showing how German codes were broken in World War II and revealing the cipher machine publicly for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Garland
CBS News
60 Minutes
Judy
TV-8
Miss Garland
Liza Minnelli
Lorna
Joey Luft
Sidney Luft
Artie Shaw
Mike Wallace
Miss Minnelli
MGM
Andy Hardy
St. Louis
Metro
Summer Stock
London
Hitler
Morley Safer
Bletchley Park
Coventry
Churchill
Germany
Safer
John Tiffin
TV Notes Highlights 1970s Dives Into Drugs, Boxing, and War
NBC airs a documentary on Mary Jane and marijuana culture with Jack Perkins reporting plus a profile of a college professor in prison a grandmother user and a small dealer earning 250 yearly. Muhammad Ali stars in an ABC entertainment special with guests Wilson Kaplan White and Franklin. Hal Holbrook portrays Lincoln in The Unwilling Warrior. Elton John hosts the First Annual Rock Music Awards on CBS. Fonda narrates FDR The Man Who Changed America as part of The American Parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Manjuana
NBC
Mary Jane
Jack Perkins
Mohammad Ali
ABC
Flip Wilson
Gabe Kaplan
Barry White
Aretha Franklin
Ali
Howard Cosell
Hal Holbrook
Abraham Lincoln
Warrior
Carl Sandbure
CBS
Also Mentioned on This Page
Danny Kaye
Eddie Foy Jr
Mary Tyler Moore
Carol Burnett
Henry Morgan
Ed Sullivan
Vaughn Meader
Death Valley
Red Buttons
Levi Straus
Blue Jeans
Burt Reynolds
Keep On
Johnny
Sammy Davis Jr
Karl Malden
Burbank Symphony Orchestra
Wooling
Johnny Mathis
John Denver
Hubert Humphrey
Chain Saw Stewardess
Marion Ramsey
Georgia
Ziegfeld
Wayland Flowers
Franklyn Ajaye
Rhonda Bates
Kathrine Baumann
Jeannine Bumier
Didi Conn
Charles Fleischer
Larry Ragland
Rhilo
Jack Riley
Fred Travalena
Gailard Sartain
Richard Lee
Frank Peppiatt
John Aylesworth
ABC Television Center
Hollywood
Tony Modente
Jeffersons
George
Lionel
Louise
Ward
Tom
Ted
Georgette
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Lead Pipe Louie
Hot Horse
Herbie
Damon Runyon
Charles Ives
Ingrid Bergman
Yves Montand
Anthony Perkins
Francoise Sagan
Bob Newhart
the Promised Land
the Boarding House
Insight
Humanist Movement
Addams Family
Insight News
Yogi's Gang
Chopper Bunch
Bugs Bunny
Spotlight
Hong Kong
Vegas View
Gilligan
Ralph Pearl
Jeannie
Devlin 930
Sigmund
Shock Theatre
Lassie
Pink Panther
Star Trek
Hudson Brothers
Harlem Globetrotters
Fat Algert
Moses the Law Giver
Ferrill
NYPD
Pointer Sisters
Channel 8 News
Goldfoot
Starlight Theatre
Jack Kogan Theatre
Channel 8 Journal
Inquiry
Washington Week In Review
Vincent Price
Gordon Machae
Dan Dailey
Ernest Borgnine
Sheree North
de Sviva
Brown and
Hender
John Mills
Ralph Richardson
Peter Sellers
Victorian
England
Mistant
Gary Cooper
Alden
Semmoles
Everglades
Li Baba
Jon Hall
Maria Montez
Jack Kogan
Jenny Wilde
Tony Franciosa
Lawrence Welk
Wall Street
Rosemary Clooney
Jack Carson
Guy Mitchell
Dr. Goldfoot
Alan Alda
Mike Farrell
B. J. Hunnicutt
Wayne Rogers
John
Harry Morgan
Sherman Potter
McLean Stevenson
Henry Blake
Honey Talk Nelson
Virgil Yokum
Martin & Lewis
Martin
Lewis
Michael Hawkins
Frank Ryan
Hawkins
Frank
George Lefferts
Ryan's
TV-13
ABC Televisio
Lincoln
Elton John
del Webb
America
Bourbon Street
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