TV Listings Preview of Weekend Arts and Sports Specials
Channel guides detail broadcasts from 4:30 to 9:30 PM with golf tennis and film. Highlights include ABCs Coaches All-America Game from Texas and U.S. Open final round from Duluth Georgia, plus Barbara Cook Jane Goodall Masterpiece Theatre and Meet the Press style programs.
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Atlanta Athletic
Duluth
Georgia
U.S
Richard Reeves
Lincoln
William F. Buckley
Mary As Moore
Channel 5
Ted
Georgette
Mary Richards
George Engle
ABC
Jones Stadium
Lubbock
Texas
Bob Newhart
Per Vane
Henger
Bob Hartley
Bob
Atlanta Athletic Club
Jane Goodall
World OF
Animal Behavior
Lions
Serengeti
Bears
Ms. Goodall
Masterpiece Theatre
George Sand
Rosemary Harris
Paris
Casimir
Shane Brian
Alfred de Masset
Jeremy Irons
Franz Liszt
Belmont Plaza
Long Beach
California
The Quest pilot tops Western slate for NBC
Tim Matheson learns his Western pilot The Quest with Kurt Russell was sold to NBC and becomes the network’s sole Western on the schedule. Writer Tracy Keenan Wynn crafts a gunfight filled tale about brothers divided by an Indian raid. Matheson, tied to past TV roles, grows into a convincing frontiersman as he rides toward a future in Hollywood Westerns.
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Hollywood
KFL
Tim Matheson
Quest
NBC
Kurt Russell
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Wynn
San Francisco
Brian Keith
Fermer Wynn
Bibbested
AVN Chatter A Ot Review of Rock Albums
Fred Freeman surveys Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble and Neil Sedaka, plus Patrick Moraz. Wakeman’s synthesis driven set features dense textures and many Brazilian percussionists. Sedaka’s 1975 return yields hits like Birthday and Sweet Sixteen, while Moraz builds a lush instrumental palette in a multi‑layered project. The piece highlights ambitious production and expansive soundscapes.
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Fred Freeman
Rick Wakeman
A&m
Wakeman
Akeman
Australia
Neil Sedaka
RCA
Patrick Moraz
Atlantic
Moraz
Freee
Van Wert Legal Note Mentions Walters Family History
Legal note from Van Wert, Ohio references Sumner E. Walters, once a prominent local figure until 1938, with brief mention of his death shortly thereafter in the area.
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van Wert
Ohio
Sumner E. Walters
Bob Hope not offered sit com role by Norman Lear
TV Mailbag answers clarify that Bob Hope has not been offered a situation comedy by Norman Lear and will continue making specials next season. Other notes cover Paul Lynde and Karen Valentine’s potential, Ruth Gordon’s role in The Great Houdinis, Saturday Night’s Emmys and fan base, Robert Wagner’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof casting, and a National Geographic note on quick clay mudslides.
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Bob Hope
Norman Lear
Hope
L.C
Dallas
Texas
Bob
Robert Wagner
Natalie Wood
R. E
Stockton
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Wagners
Laurence Olivier
Maureen Stapleton
Tennessee Williams
Weekend TV Guide Highlights Movies by Channel
Saturday night listings show Elvis Presley in Charro on channel 3 at 9 p m followed by The Bramble Bush with Richard Burton on channel 7 at 11 10 p m and A Summer Place on channel 3 at 11 30 p m. Additional titles include Last of the Power Seekers on channel 5 at 11 30 p m The Accursed on channel 9 at 12 30 a m and The Jolson Story on channel 13 at 12 30 a m featuring George Hamilton Richard Burton and others.
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Charro
Elvis Presley
Ina Balin
Bramble Bush
Richard Burton
Barbara Rush
Richard Egan
Dorothy
McGuire
George Hamilton
Ralph Bellamy
Donald Wolfit
Robert Bray
the Jolson
Larry Parks
Bill Goodwin
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