Evening TV Highlights With Classic Films and Sitcoms
Tonight's schedule features World Missions Special at 7 and Movin' On rerun as Sonny is kidnapped. Prime time includes Happy Days, La Verne and Shirley, Good Times, MASH, and a Comedy Special. Late night offers The Wings of Eagles, Remember the Night, Lonely Hearts, and Our Man Flint among others.
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WEWS
WJW
WAKA
WVIZ
WUAB
WTOL
WSPD
Cleveland
Akron
Lorain
Toledo
ABC News
CBS News
Lowell Thomas
Laverne
Laverne and
Amer
Shirley Shirley
Monty Python
Mary Hartman
The
Wings
Fis Herman
Eagles’ Hearts
Ted Mack to Gong Show: Amateurs put on a show
A nostalgic column honors Ted Mack and recounts the rise of The Gong Show on NBC. It notes the enduring appeal of offbeat acts, describes host Chuck Barris and host venue details, and previews auditions and the fun chaotic style of the new program on Channel 3 with celebrity judges.
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Ted Mack
Texarkana
Tex
Spain
Mack
Frank Sinatra
Ann-Margret
Robert Merrill
Maria Callas
Jack Carter
NBC
Channel 3
Chuck
The
Game
Barris
Tatsie
Lynette Pope
California
Pope
Englard
Harry Kipperson
Ol’ Harry
Bionic Chicken set for Bert Convy show July to fall
CBS adds a four week late summer entry featuring Lenny Schultz as the Bionic Chicken on The Late Summer Early Fall Bert Convy Show. Convy discusses career breadth, Jolson project, and staging notes while joking about cross category stunts and guest talent.
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New York
Bert Convy
CBS
Lenny Schultz
Hunt for Barbara Walters replacement narrows
The NBC Today search tightens around Jane Pauley as a top candidate. Jane, co anchor at WMAQ TV Chicago, filled in for Walters during July and August and now faces a likely audition phase in New York before a possible permanent slot alongside Tom Brokaw.
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Barbara Walters
NBC
Jane Pauley
Chicago
Jane
Wmaq TV
Catherine Mackin
Betty Rollin
Linda Ellerbe
Betty Furness
Tom Brokaw
Dane
Lloyd Dobbins
Jim Artz
Pittsburgh
Mlinois
China
New York
Today
Indianapolis
Wish-Tv
Brokaw
Hunter
Floyd Kaber
Robert Mulholland
News
Los Angeles
Tom Strokaw
Barbara
Richard Pauley
Indiana University
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Gilligan's Island
Andy Grifith
WKYC
NBC News
Movin
Paton
Douglas
Sanford and Son
Days of Our Lives
Doctors
Another World
Daponer
Parridge Family
Bao
Robert Mac Neil
Er Zaranyamily
Altair Spacial
the Adventurers 700 Club
Arn
ASC News
Sia
NBG News
Angels
Inner
Parky Pig
Keehanga
America
Fun Factory
Coftes
Barnaby
Wheal of Fortune Storybook Squares
Ryan
Family Feud
Alt Tn
the Family
Merv Griffin
Gentle Ben
Restless
Ryan's Hope
Guiding Ly Ta
Guiding Light
Robert Young
General Family Hospital
Sesame Straat
Batman Ironside
Ie Electric Company
Mieka Mouse
Edge of
Night
Lassie
Adam
PLM
World Missions
Sonny
Ralph Richard Redpath
Rosey Gaer
Art Metrano
Richie
Fonzie
Pops Abraham
Lupe
Abraham
Puerto Rico
Shirley
Squiggy
Lenny
Florida
James
J.J
Gallup
N.M
Fritz Scholder
Scholder
Pete Royster
Charles Dierkop
Dane Clark
Lorenzo Music
Lisa Mordente
Dee Dee Rechler
Denver
Colorado
Alaska
Hawkeye
Blythe Danner
Tony Randall
Facade
the Pops Orchestra
Adam Wade
Westside Auditorium
Gary
Indiana
Alex Rocca
Anne Meara
City OF Angels
Jake
John McLiam
William Phipps
Pete
Malcolm
Joey Bishop
Naval Flying Academy
Poetie
John Wayne
Dan Daley
Maureen O'Hara
Barbara Stanwyck
Fred MacMurray
Beulah Bondi
Elizabeth Paterson
Lonely Hearts
Lonelyhearts
Montgomery Clift
Myrna Loy
Robert Ryan
Dolores Hast
Maureen Stapleton
Spy
Tammy Grimes
Tom Ewell
Orson Bean
St. Lawrence
Hudson River
Our Man Flint
Frogman
James Coburn
Gila Golan
Lee I. Cobb
Edward Mulhare
Ravel
Las Vegas
Convy
Perchick
Cliff Bradshaw
Michael York
Hollywood
Cale
Burt Reynolds
Dan Jenkins
Jolie
al Jalson
Jolson
Mr. Goody Two- Shoes
Larry Parks
George Jessel
Jalson
Jessel
Joel Grey
George M. Cohan
Philadelphia Phillies
Big Bird
Col. Sanders
Sanders
Sithar
Henry Polic
Laslie Jones
Marty Barris
Donna Ponterotto
Tijuana Light Opera & Pottery Co. Ensemble
Ernie Kovacs
Nairobi
Hunt
Jamie’s Flea Market Inc
Mit
Amherst
Ohio
New Orleans
Luainsburg
Radlow
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