No villains in This Child Is Mine telemovie
Elyria paper notes a TV telemovie about a child custody fight between an upper middle class couple and an unwed teen mother. Craig Wilkerson and Bonnie Wilkerson appear ideal adoptive parents while Kimberly Downs pursues a steady path after an illegitimate pregnancy. The film features no encounters between leads.
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NBC Tonight
Craig
Bonnie Wilkerson
Chris Sarandon
Lindsay Wagner
Norman Rockwell
Saturday Evening Post
Kimberly Downs
Nancy McKeon
Dramatic custody battle over newborn in Wilkerson case
V news editor Shannon Jewell frames a two year custody fight between Kim and the Wilkersons. Kim 17 works as a waitress after signing over her baby to an adoption agency. A court fight tests the natural mother’s rights as the family contemplates fleeing to Canada.
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Wilkersons
Bonnie
Kim
Canada
Tracy
the Wilkersons
John Darling shines in Bonnie Wilkerson climactic courtroom scene
The critic notes John Darling’s portrayal elevates a slow TV movie as Wagner delivers a moving courtroom moment. Rosin’s script elevates the telefilm, though some scenes drag with home movie inserts as Craig films his daughter.
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Wagner
Bonnie Wilkerson
Rosin
Wilkersons
Tracy
Counter programming battle over This Child Is Mine and Monday Night Football
The telemovie This Child Is Mine targets women with a motherhood theme while ABC airs a male dominated Monday Night Football. The clash pits opposite audience appeals as viewers choose between family drama and sports action tonight.
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ABC
TV Highlights Nightline Schedule Review
A packed guide lists multiple networks and shows including Hall & Oates on Entertainment Tonight, The Boy Who Left Home To Find Out About The Shivers in a haunted castle, movie lineups from Showtime HBO Cinemax and WTBS, plus special features like Kate & Allie and Larry King Live. Key titles include City Heat, All The Right Moves, Eddie And The Cruisers, Silkwood, Death Wish II, Newhart, On Golden Pond, Fort Apache The Bronx and The Jerk with various stars and ratings.
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Entertainment Tonight
Hall & Oates
Showtime
Peter MacNichal
Christopher Lee
Dana Hill
P.M
Ed Begley Jr
Laura Branigan
Hardcastle
McCormick
Scarecrow
King Lee
Amanda
Gregory Harrison
Lee Grant
Nyc
Robin Hood
Robin
Michael Praed
Cinemax
Clint Eastwood
Burt Reynolds
TMC
Tom Cruise
Craig T Nelson
Steel Town Dreams
HBO
Eddie and the Cruisers
Tom Berenger
Michael Pare
Bing Crosby
Grace Kelly
Lindsay Wagner
Chris Sarandon
Kate & Allie
Emma
Jenny
Jenny Baines
Dyan Cannon
Nazi Germany
CNX
Larry King
Judy Carne
WOR
Charles Bronson
Jill Ireland
Los Angeles
Meryl Streep
Kurt Russell
Cagney
Lacey Cagneys
U.S
Golden Pond
Katharine Hepburn
Henry Fonda
Fort Apache
The
Bronx
Paul Newman
Ed Asner
Touga
New York City
South Bronx
Inheritance of Fortune From Odd Invention Narrated
A night of TV listings lists films and cast names with brief plot hooks. The block notes titles such as The Last American Virgin, Private School, Dynasty, Buckstone County Prison, The Strip, Yenil, Oh God You Devil, and A Woman Of Distinction with lead actors and brief premise cues.
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Elyria
Mon
Kimberly
V News
Shannon Jewell
Charles Rosin
Abe Rosenberg
Michael Lerner
Abe
John Darling
Shirley Temple
BY Batiuk
Shamray
Prince Charles
Cleveland, Chi
Why
Newhart
Larry
Michael
Stephanie
Ben Gazzara
Robert Vaughn
Tony Brown
Cleveland
Carson Buddy Hackett
Tony Tennille
Teresa Ganzel
Steve Martin
Bernadette Peters
Lawrence Monoson
Diane Franklin
Phoebe Cates
Betsy Russell
Sarah Miles
Stacy Keach
James Michener
Ohio Valley
Buckstone County
Earl Owensby
Don “Red” Barry
Mickey Rooney
Sally Forrest
Barbra Streisand
Mandy Patinkin
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Europe
George Burns
Ted Wass
Rosalind Russell
Ray Mill
England
Renner Fortune Nightline
Dallas Cowboys
St Louis Cardinals
Fortune
St. Lows Cardinals
Matt Houston
Barnaby Jones
Quincy
Sanfordigi Society
SportsLook
SportsCenter
NFL
WGN
Video Island
Bagley Rd
Ronald J. Ruskan
ST. John's
St. John’s Church
Nomewood & Grove Ave
Lorain
RCA
Magravox
Fisher TV
Phedaie
COLOR
Thes & Thurs
Elyria, Ohio
Raat the Bast TV
Stareos
Closfa Wed
SUN World
Cleveland St
the Supreme Court
Nagy
Wim. Fitch, Treas
Garford Ave
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