TV listings roundup for Monday March 19 1979
Prime time schedule features The Dallas era mix with Little House on the Prairie Gunsmoke MASH The Rockford Files and Tomorrow segments plus Afternoon and late night programs across CBS NBC and ABC including News and Weather briefs.
ABC Dominates Top Ten TV Shows In Nielsen Rankings
ABC captured six of the week’s top ten programs through March 11, led by Laverne and Shirley and other comedies. CBS followed with 60 Minutes and All in the Family among week’s top 15, while NBC struggled with several lower-rated lineup slots.
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New York
ABC
CBS
60 Minutes
Stockard Channing
WKRP
Cincinnati
A.C. Nielsen Co
NBC
Nielsen
Networks
Mark
Mindy
Three's
Just Friends
Chips
Carter Gamble
Inside the Union
Little Women
Alice
In the
Father Brown Detective World Premiere Movie On NBC TV
Esteemed actor Barnard Hughes stars as Father Brown in a world premiere NBC TV film airing Monday March 19. Lenz plays Carol Bain, Hearn portrays Msgr Kerrigan, McGuire is Lt Bellamy, and Schenkkan appears as Fr Wembley in the tale of a parish priest who solves crimes.
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Barnard Hughes
Father Brown
Nbc-Tv
Hughes
New York City
Kay Lenz
Carol Bain
George Hearn
Msgr
Kerrigan
Fr. Brown
Michael McGuire
Bellamy
New York Police
Robert Schenkkan
Fr. Wembley
Movie portrays Sherlock Holmes
Associated Press profile surveys Holmes film history from 1900 to Murder by Decree Christopher Plummer stars as Holmes with James Mason as Watson The piece notes many actors who portrayed Holmes including Basil Rathbone John Barrymore and Christopher Lee It cites John Hopkins original screenplay for Murder by Decree which links Holmes to Jack the Ripper chasing fiction not Doyle
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Tarzan
Superman
Charlie Chan
Philip Marlowe
James Bond
Sherlock Holmes
Avco
Christopher Plummer
Holmes
Sherlocks
William Gillette
John Barrymore
Carlyle Blackwell
Clive Brook
Rayond Massey
Peter Cushing
Christopher Lee
John Neville
Robert Stephens
Nicol Williamson
Stewart Granger
Baker Street
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Dr. Watson
Watson
James Mason
James
Arthur Conan Doyle
John Hopkins
Jack the Ripper
Donald Houston
Flatt and Scruggs May Play Together Again
Nashville report says blue grass legends Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs discussed a possible reunion show during a hospital visit. Promoters have offered about ten thousand dollars each, but Scruggs called it insufficient while Flatt called it a starter.
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Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Lester Flatt
Earl Scruggs
Flatt
Scruggs
Baptist Hospital
Flatt-Scruggs
Earl
Jed Clampett
Gino Vanelli Refuses to Be Labeled as Sensual Crooner
Canadian singer Gino Vanelli rejects being likened to Engelbert Humperdinck or Tom Jones, arguing his music is broader and more adventurous. As he launches a 34 city tour, he leads a 40 member crew, including brothers Joe and Ross, stressing self-produced quality and diverse artistry.
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Yardena Arar
Associated Press
Hollywood
Gino Vanelli
Tom Jones
Engelbert Humperdinck
Vanelli
Joe
Ross
Annual swine short course set for Plainview April 4
Reeves County swine producers may attend an April 4 short course in Plainview to learn current management and production strategies. Texas Agricultural Extension Service sponsors the day-long program featuring leading animal scientists and producers from Texas and five other states.
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Reeves County
Plainview
Texas
Arizona
Minnesota
Iowa
Indiana
The
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
County Extension Office
Country Music Awards nominees announced for 1979 show
Kenny Rogers leads ballots for the 1979 Country Music Awards with multiple nominations including Top Male Vocalist Entertainer of the Year and Song of the Year for The Gambler. Dolly Parton vies for Entertainer and Top Female Vocalist with other notable nominees across categories.
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Los Angeles
Kenny Rogers
Academy of Country Music
Hollywood Palladium
Rogers
Dottie West
the Gambler
Dolly Parton
Crystal Gale
Loretta Lynn
Barbara Mandrell
Anne Murray
Miss Lynn
Roy Clark
Willie Nelson
Larry Gatlin
Merle Haggard
Eddie Rabbitt
Don __—~Williams
Miss Murray
Gambler
Charley Pride
Ronnie Milsap
West
Oak Ridge Boys
Rogers and West
Dave
Sugar
Statler Brothers
Conway Twitty
John Conlee
Kenny O'Dell
Ronnie McDowell
Don Hunley
Lee Dresser
Susie Allanson
Christy Lane
Zella Lehr
Bonnie Tyler
Charly McClain
Temperature to Celsius and sea depths quiz
Question set asks 90 F to Celsius, options for correct choice, shallowest sea, and longer distance unit. Includes a garbled trailing numeric sequence and foreign text.
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Black Sea
Red Sea
Yellow Sea
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Mary Tyler Moore
Joker's
MacNeil Lehrer Report
Carol Burnett and Friends
MY Three Sons
Dream OF
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Laura
Albert
Pacific Ocean
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Newsday
Charlie Brown
Battleline
Poland
Billy
Edie Adams
Dick Shawn
Luke
National Geographic Special
Great Mojave Desert
M.A
Johnny Fever
Bob Newhart
Bill Moyers
William Irwin Thompson
William Thompson
Lou Grant
Lou
Donovan
Clark Gable
Lana Turner
Beverly Sills
Phyllis Newman
Victor Buono
Spitfire
FBI
Rockford
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Susan Saint James
Maverick
Tom
WaLl StreEt
Captain Kangaroo
Dusty
Phil Donahue
Sesame Street
Allin the Family
Leave IT TO Beaver
High Rollers
Happy Days Electric Company
Pyramid
Young and the Restless
Ironside
Hollywood Squares
Ryan
ALL MY Children
New Mexico
Doctors
Another World
Guiding Light
General Hospital
Popeye and Friends
Love Lucy
Andy Griffith
Lilias
Merv Griffin
Krofft
NEW Zoo Revue
Gilligan's Island
Brady Bunch
Green Acres
NBC News
Asc
Ces
Dick van Dyke
John Denver
Audra Lindley
Norman Fell
Helen
Stanley Roper
Abc-Tv
the Ropers
Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey P. Brookes III
Mueel McCormack
Anne Brookes
Evan Cohen
David Brookes
Consul
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By Joe Edwards
Sasakwa
Okla
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Country Music Awards
the World Almanac
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