TV Tonight Time Channel Docket Tuesday September 18 1979
A packed TV lineup lists 6:00 news clinics through prime time events including The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, The War Lord, and The Other Side Of Midnight film. The night features Happy Days, MASH, Buck Rogers, and multiple movie and talk show slots across NBC CBS ABC with sports and late news.
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NBC News
Burnett
Friends
Jeannie
Sheriff Lobo
Lobo
Claude Akins
Brian Kerwin
Charlton Heston
Richard Boone
North Sea
Fonz
Chachi
John Beck
Susan Sarandon
Flyer
Elam shifts from horror to comedy in Struck by Lightning
AP Television writer Jerry Buck reports Jack Elam, longtime screen heavy, now stars as Frank, a Frankenstein descendant at a New England inn in CBS Gothic comedy Struck by Lightning. The premise centers on Frank and inn owner Stein as they clash over a life formula while guests arrive, marking Elam’s first horror venture.
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Jerry Buck
Los Angeles
Jack Elam
Elam
The
Ledger
Frank
Stein
Boston
Ted
Dr. Frankenstein
Dakotas
Temple Huston
Matt Dillon
Quotes and quips from actors and politicians in play bylines
Ex Charlies Angels star Kate Jackson says I guess I did cause a few problems. Shelley Hack replaces her. Sen S I Hayakawa explains eye rests during briefings to fight boredom. Moshe Dayan backs Egypt’s peace move. Actors discuss liking to work, being paid, and filming Struck by Lightning with three cameras on the Paramount lot without an audience.
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Kate Jackson
Charlie’s Angels
Ms. Jackson
Here
San Francisco State
Sen
S.I. Hayakawa
Calif
Carter
Paramount
Dom DeLuise Directs His First Film Hot Stuff
Hollywood report notes Dom DeLuise directed and starred in Hot Stuff with Suzanne Pleshette Jerry Reed and Ossie Davis for Columbia Pictures. He explains directing lets him control tone fight scenes and character detail while aiming for more normal acting. The film features DeLuise as a Miami police detective with Carol DeLuise and sons Peter and David, with Hal Needham aiding stunts. Also mentions other directors who make their own films and lists birthdays Greta Garbo Robert Blake John Rhodes.
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Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Hollywood
Dom DeLuise
Hot Stuff
Suzanne Pleshette
Jerry Reed
Ossie Davis
Columbia Pictures
Woody Allen
Mel Brooks
Gene Wilder
Marty Feldman
Richard Pryor
Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Jerry Lewis
DeLuise
Fatso
Ica
Miami
Carol Deluise
Peter
David
Washington, D.C
Ray Stark
Mort Engleberg
Hal Needham
Florida
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Sanford and Son
Bewitched
Angie
Brad
Burt Reynolds
Jill Clayburgh
THREE
Chrissy
Jack
Richard
Mary Tyler Moore
Alex
Jack Gilford
Bob Newhart
MacArthur St. Clair
Joe Hamill
Horsemen
Omar Sharif
Leigh Taylor Young
Afghanistan
Atlanta Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers
Carson
Walter Matthau
Bob Uecker
Michael Fox
Barney Miller
Rand Report
12Th Precinct
Wojo
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby
Angie Dickinson
David Janssen
Cisco Pike
Gene Hackman
Karen Black
Tom Snyder
Jackie Collins
Don Murray
Inger Stevens
Vilings
Antonio Vilar
Marie Maher
Frithruthurs
ABC
Good Morning America
Lucy
Villa Alegre
Green Acres
Mister Rogers Gigglesnort Hotel
Phil Donahue
FBI
Carmen Jones
Rosie
Tegel
MY Three Sons
Laverne and Shirley Electric Company
Price IS Right
Pyramid
Young and the Restless
NEW Mexico Today
Ironside
Paradise
Asylum For
Ryan
Days OF Our Lives
ALL MY Children
Young and the Restless News
MacNeil Lehrer
ONE Life TO Live
Gannon
Gigglesnort Hotel
General Hospital
M.A.S.H
Gilligan's Island
Merv Griffin
Dream OF
NEW 700 Revue
Bonanza
Gloria Pena
Robert Hinojos
Ird
Belinda Orona
Shelley Hack
People Magazine
Egypt
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Villians
Barbra Streisand
Ryan O'Neal
Calien
Greta Garbo
Robert Blake
John Rhodes
Arizona
Pecos Enterprise