Weekend TV and film lineup with sports and HBO features
A dense schedule lists NFL analysis, cartoons, movies, and live sports across HBO, ABC, and ESPN. Highlights include NFL action previews, The Oakridge Boys performances, classic films like Stagecoach, and top shows such as Jim Henson era specials and Raiders coverage.
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HBO
NFL
Len Dawson
Nick Buoniconti
Bugs Bunny & Friends
Woodwright’s Shop
ABC
Oakridge Boys
Charlie Daniels
Rosanne Cash
Jetsons
Young Peoples
Philadelphia
New York Giants
Victory Garden
NFL Films
Dallas
Denver
BLACQUE ROCKY II ATTORNEY CLARIFIES CREED LINK
Taurean Blacque played Apollo Creed's attorney in Rocky II proving his connection to the film. Hill Street Blues remains unnamed in city setting with NBC noting a large unnamed metropolis east of Chicago. Pamela Hensley played Steve Kiley's wife Janet Blake in Marcus Welby M D with Welby canceled at end of season. Leroy from Fame is Gene Anthony Ray a New York native who trained at the New York School for the Performing Arts before landing the role. Johnny Carson height speculation remains between 5'9 and 6' tall with a humorous Dutch treat bet in 1982.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Newton
Sally Gray
Phil Brown
Starsky and Hutch
HBO
Flash Gordon
Flash
Earth
Ming the Merciless
Sam J. Jones
Melody Anderson
Max von Sydow
Southern California
Iowa
Houston
Syracuse
San Diego
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Nev
Zorro
Clayton Moore
Pamela Blake
Steve Clark
Real McCoys
Wide World of Sports
Neptune
Gests
Red Skelton
Esther Williams
U.S
Emmet Otter
Emmet
Motorweek Illustrated
Wild Kingdom
Buck Rogers
New Wilderness
Chevy Chase
Blacque
Taurean Blacque
Officer Washington
Hill Street Blues
Apollo Creed
Creed
NBC
Hill Street
Chicago
New York
Kiley
Pamela Hensley
Matt Houston
Steve Kiley
Marcus Welby
M.D
Hensley
Janet Blake
Welby & Co
FAME
Leroy
Gene Anthony Ray
Big Apple
New York School For the Performing Arts
Moody Dancer
ABC
Ray
Michael York
L.A
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Dirt Schaefer
Gilligan’s Island
Saigon
Dennis Christopher
Susan Saint James
Illinois
Kentucky
Cheyenne
Ann Margaret
Bing Crosby
Alex Cord
Virginia
I Odyssey
Masters of Metal
CBS News
Nashville
Espn SportsCenter
Solid Gold
Jack Anderson
Cincinnati
T.J. Hooker
Jack Nicholson
Valerie Perrine
Warren Oates
Diff'rent Strokes
Wills
Sidney Sidney
Sidney
Fantasy Island
Deviin
Nick
South Sea
Spencer Tracy
Frank Sinatra
Kerwin Mathews
Sheila Levine
Pennsylvania
Jeannie Berlin
Roy Scheider
Rebecca Diana Smith
David Susskind
Wen
Tworth
England
London
Alan Bates
Donald Pleasance
Robert Shaw
Laugh Trax
Barbary Coast
Sanrancisco
John Wayne
Ann Dvorak
Zalman King
Deborah Winters
Mark Goddard
Tony Kendall
Brad Harris
Maria Perschy
Christian Children’s Fund
Espn SportsCenter News
Johnny Carson
Carson
United Feature Syndicate
Pepper O’brien
Park Avenue
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