TV Listings and News Highlights for Tuesday Night 1979
TV schedule overview for Tuesday September 11 1979 includes high profile programs across networks. Highlights feature Sanford and Son Bewitched The Dating Game My Three Sons Joker's Wild and Carol Burnett Show. Includes news reports from NBC CBS and ABC plus dramatic films and serials with noted actors and show guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joker's Wild
MacNeil
Lehrer Report
Carol Burnett
Ando
Kuralt eyes America with special, wandering poetry
AP writer Peter J. Boyer profiles Charles Kuralt, noting his TV and radio work on On The Road and Dateline America. The piece highlights Kuralt's intimate view of America, his playful prose, and his caution about literature in his book Dateline America. It praises his ability to find small wonders and contrasts his casual style with polished appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannie
Peter Benchley
Captain Newman
M.D
Gregory Peck
Angie Dickinson
Air Force
Peter J. Boyer
Los Angeles
Providence
Samuel Clemens
CBS News
Charles Kuralt
Kuralt
America
Eric Sevareid
CBS TV
Mark Twain
Tule Lake
Mackinac Island
St. Martinville Oaks
Kansas City
Lincoln
Duralt
Fantasy Island shifts to 8 p.m. Friday new time slot
Ricardo Montalban speaks on the move of Fantasy Island from Saturday to 8 p.m. Friday on ABC. He notes mixed NYC LA ratings, questions network strategy, and defends the show’s longevity while acknowledging the risks of changing time periods and competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fantasy Island
Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Hollywood
Ricardo Montalban
New York
Los Angeles
O.K
L.A
N.Y
ABC
Montalban
Hart
Robert Wagner
Stephanie Powers
CBS
Shirley
Jones
NBC
Pamela Hensley Enjoys Role in Buck Rogers
Pamela Hensley plays Ardala the wicked vamp in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. The Universal film and NBC series star Gil Gerard and Erin Gray, with Henry Silva as Killer Kane. Hensley says the fantasy shows glamour and fun, a shift from her dramatic work, with Ardala to return to menace Buck Rogers and Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Hensley
Buck Rogers
Jerry Buck
Hollywood
Princess Ardala
Drace the Conqueror
Universal
NBC
Gil Gerard
Erin Gray
Wilma Deering
Dick Calkins
Phil Nowlan
ABC
Glen Larson
Eat Slowly to Control Weight Says Texas Expert
Frances Reasonover of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service urges slower eating to curb weight. She notes digestion begins after about 20 minutes, and offers tips like setting utensils down after each bite, chewing thoroughly, pausing two minutes mid meal, and using smaller plates to avoid second helpings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Reasonover
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Original Scum Fighter detergent recalled in chatty reminiscence
Mayva pops into the utility room to joke about a detergent line evolving through dozens of reformulations, from Revolutionary Clean to Ultimate Perfection, with blurbs like All New Scum Fighter and Original Scum Fighter surfacing in a humorous back and forth about branding, upgrades, and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Bombeck
Mayva
Dallas Councilman accuses HUD of faulty housing data
Dallas City Council member Steve Bartlett charged HUD with inflammatory statements about a grant for low income neighborhoods. HUD official Irving Statman rebutted, calling Bartlett’s figures inaccurate and accusing him of demagoguery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Steve Bartlett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sanford and Son
Wonder Woman
Diana Prince
Angie
Babi Yar
Joseph Bottoms
Tovah Feldshuh
Rudi Weiss
Helena
Josef
Berta Weiss
Warsaw Ghetto
THREE
Jack Tripper
Chrissy
Freddie Prinze
Ira Augustain
Mary Tyler Moore
Taxi Anice
Louie
Bob Newhart
Atlanta Braves
San Francisco Giants
MacArthur St. Clair
Louis Gossett Jr
Ronald Hunter
Minnie and
Moskowitz
Gena Rowlands
Seymour Cassel
Carson
Robert Mitchum
Dick van Patten
George Miller
Barnaby Jones
Dawn
Eve Plumb
Bo Hopkins
Virgin Soldiers
Lynn Redgrave
Hywell Bennett
G.I
Britain
Tom Snyder
Paul Theroux
Veronica Hurst
Phil Brown
FAI Thruthurs
Lassie
Villa Alegre
Green Acres
Phil Donahue
FBI
Mon
Thur
MY Three Sons
Laverne and Shirley Electric Company
Wheel OF Fortune
Family Feud Studio
Sesame Street
Young and the Restless
New Mexico
Ironside
Glass Menagerie
Ryan's Hope
ALL MY Children
MacNeil Lehrer
Doctors
ONE Life TO Live
Paul Street
Guiding Light
General Hospital
M.A.S.H
Spectreman
Zoom Searraty
Merv Griffin
ABC News
Dick van Dyke
Rome
Giebre Michael Kifle Abeba
Eritrea
IN Our Own
Avengers
Dragnet
World AT Large
Antonia Herrera
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Saragosa Park
CBS Radio
Dateline America
Miss Hensley
Wit’s End
Kentucky
Eddy
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