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thursday, december 15, 1977 page 6 ad lib """" 'Hi.' isljV ". jig. s, f - V - - ' SM. SPORTS PROFILE FOR THE WEEK SATURDAY (NBC) NFL '77: 12:30 PM E.S.T. -11:30 AM C.S.T. Football news, interviews and features. (NBQ NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE GAME: 1:00 PM E.S.T. -12:00 NOON C.S.T. American Football Conference playoff game. (NBC) NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE GAME: 4:00 PM E.S.T. -3:00PMC.S.T. American Football Conference playoff game. (CBS) SPORTS SPECTACULAR: 4:30 PM E.S.T. - 3:30 PM C.S.T. Coverage of the European Figure Skating Championships from Helsinki, Finland, and the National Skateboard Speed Championships from Akron, Ohio. (ABC) WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS: 5:00 PM E.S.T. - 4:00 PM C.S.T. (NBC) NFL '77: M5 PM E.S.T. - 5:45 PM C.S.T. Wrap-up of today's football news. SUNDAY (ABC) NCAA BOWL PREVIEW: 12:30 PM E.S.T. -11:30 AM C.S.T. (CBS) THE NFL TODAY: 12:30 PM E.S.T. -11:30 AM C.S.T. NFL news and features and other sports news. (NBC) NFL '77: 12:30 PM E.S.T. 11:30 AM C.S.T. Football news, interviews and features. (CBS) THE NFL TODAY: 1:00 PM E.S.T. -12:00 NOON C.S.T. Atlanta Falcons vs. New Orleans Saints; Chicago Bears vs. Giants; St. Louis Cardinals vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (Check local station for game in your area.) (NBC) NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE GAME: 1:00 PM E.S.T. -12:00 NOON C.S.T. New York Jets vs. Philadelphia Eagles. (Check local station for game In your area.) (CBS) THE NFL TODAY: 2:00 PM E.S.T. -1 :00 PM C.S.T. Green Bay Packers vs. San Francisco 49ers. (Check local station for game In your area.) (NBC) NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE GAME: 2:00 PM E.S.T. -1:00 PM C.S.T. Cincinnati Bengals vs. Houston Oilers; Dallas Cowboys vs. Denver Broncos. (Check local station for game in your area.) (CBS) THE NFL TODAY: .45 PM E.S.T. 2:45 PM C.S.T. . Post-game scores, WghlighUi and spprts news, (NBC) NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE GAME: 4.00 PM E.S.T. 3:C0PMC.S.T. " Baltimore Colts vs. New England Patriots; Cleveland Browns vs. Seattle Seahawks; Kansas. City Chiefs vs. Oakland Raiders; Pittsburgh Sleelers vs. San Diego Chargers. (Check local station for gam.e In your area.) , ' , . :... ' t (NBC)Na'77- MSX5:45PMC.S.Tt V . Wrap-up of tx. s football news. . . . t MONDAY X ' v. (ADC) MONDAY WlOKT FOdTBALli PMIe's.T. - fruVfM Live coverage of the Liberty rjop . . ' 4 Shirley Jo Finney stars as Wilma Rudolph in 'Wilma, a fact-based NBC world premiere drama about the early career of the 1960 triple Olympic gold medal winner Monday, Dec. 19. Emmy winner Cicely Tyson (right) co-stars as Wilma's mother. Finney (left) portrays the track star as the teenager from Clarksville, Tenn., who overcame physical handicaps to become a successful sprint runner. After several years of wearing a leg brace following numerous childhood illnesses, Wilma perseveres with her mother's encouragement. She enters a summer track -program at Tennessee State University and meets Coach Ed Temple, a pioneer in girls' track and field who guides her to a position on the 1956 Olympic team. She wins a bronze medal in the 100-meter relay. Wilma's plans to compete bur years laters hit a snag when she gives birth to a daughter in 1958 but she convinces her father to allow her to accept a scholarship at Tennessee State and continue to train for the 1960 Olympics. WILMA TUESDAY DEC. 20,1977 EVENING 1:00 O WOK VAN DYKE SHOW HO OO CD NEWS . U EMERGENCY ONE m SUN: FREEHAND SKETCHING 30 flO COO COUPLE O TO TELL THE TRUTH IS CONCENTRATION U QS NAME THAT TUNE MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT H) ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW 00 CI SERGEANT BILKO fj 0 CHUCK BARRta VARIETY HOUR Guests: Redd Foxx, Stephen Bishop, Jaye P. Morgan, Mills Brothers. Michelle Phillips. (60 min.) O CJ HAPPY DAYS Richie ac cidentally discovers that Fonzie, who has been boasting of a big holiday feast with relatives, Is miserably alone on Christmas Eve. (R) O CD mZPATFUCKS Kerry, the girl next door, runs away from home and Sean feels responsible because he had accused her of stealing. (60 mln.) C9 CHRISTMASTIME WfTH MISTER ROGERS Fred Rogers, his "Neighborhood" friends and other guests present a family special which celebrates the hoH day season while acknowledging that it can bring disappointment as well as joy. (60 min.) 09 JOKER'S WILD 740 fl ADAM 12 CJSOAP U LA VERNE AND SHIRLEY Its a tun-fllled Christmas when Laverne and Shirley and their friends entertain at a hospital Christmas parts. (R) ID HOUYWCOOOONNECTtON -a, r ff-s i I s z ' if J T J? arnttk, -a. J.. Ptier Martini and Suzanne Farrell regally dance the pas da deux from "Diamonds' when 'Dance In America' presents part two of CHORfcOGRAPHY BY BALANCHINE with members of the New York City Ballet Wednesday, Dec 21 MS.fl A BAfta DOLL FOR . UiftiTMAS O 41 LAUOHIN Guests: Flip Wilson, Shirley MacLatne, Robed Conrad, Roger Moore. (00 mln.) . O O THRtt i COMPANY Jack. Janet nd Chrissy plot to escape a bortng ChrisftrtaS party wtth the Jtopera. because the three roonv etates hav bn Invited to anetherpwty. , . O -to MASK Chartes emoeiratas an uncrujrcteristia streek of generosity, first lending B J. money to buy his dream lot in r ' MONDAY DEC.10.1tT7 EVENING 1:00 Q DtCKVAN DYKE SHOW tlOOOGDNEWS J EMERGENCY ONE 1$ JAPAN: THE LIVING TRADI TION ISO OfJODO COUPLE O TO TELL THE TRUTH O CONCENTRATION O $128,000 QUESTION CD MUPPET SHOW Quest: George Burnt. O MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 3 ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW 7:00 fj SERGEANT BILKO O O BOB HOPE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Guests: Olivia Newton John, Perry Como, Mark Hamlll, Associated Press All-American football team. (60 mln.) Q O SAN PEDRO BEACH BUMS Because of Dancer's blunder, Moose Is fired by the president of the beer firm he works for. When the rest of the Bums set out to help him, they discover the beer firm president Is trying to shield his more than business-like In terest in his secretary. Q CD LOQAN'8 RUN A Sandman who assumes the Identity of dead Runner Hal 14 to lure Logan and Jessica back to the City of Domes encounters unexpected trouble after he meets the Runners with Rem. (60 min.) C3 ARTISTS IN THE SCHOOLS Q9 JOKER'8 WILD 7:30 O ADAM 12 (D HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION L-00 Q MOVIE The First Traveling Saleslady" 1956 Ginger Rogers. Barry Nelson. A corset designer travels West to become a barbed wire saleslady because a Broad way show using her corsets as costumes has been closed down by police.2 hrs.) ijlatflstfliV il ' T TTQI Hlil fftlHlilt n - J California aid then paying off Hawfceye't bar bill. Fl W FCRPORMANCt AT WOLF IHAP The Nutcracker Andre Kostelaneu qpnducls h n. onal Symphony OrcheaUa tn a production of Tchaikoveky's classic, The Nutcracker " British actress Rohan 'MuCuHoufh will narvte vemes by Qofn Nash to the timfrfconored noitday faetaay. (Wmm.) . ' , O MOVtt SUmnt fght LooeJy' . Nighr I0ftt Lloyd Bridges. Shirley Jones, two lonely' adults fry. to O O NBC MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE Wilma" Stars: Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard, Shirley Jo Finney. The true story of the triple Olympic gold medal winner. Wilma Rudolph, who was undeter red by childhood physical han dicaps, pregnancy or lnurles and went on to achieve a brilliant triumph In International competi tion. (2 hrs.) Q Q NCAA FOOTBALL ABC Sports will provide live coverage of the Liberty Bowl featuring North Carolina and Nebraska. O CD MAUDE Maude's holiday celebration seems to be turning out quite differently than she plan ned. C9 GRAND GENERATION (0 MOVIE "Come To The Stable" 1949 Loretta Young. Celeste Holm. Gentle, but dauntless, per sistence of two Roman Catholic nuns from France In procuring land and resources for a children' s hospital in New England. (2 hrs.) 1:30 O CD BETTY WHITE SHOW An old girlfriend of John's, from before his marriage to Joyce, shows up In town and Is ready to become John's next wife. ELIZABETH R The Enterprise Of England" Philip of Spain uses the execution of Mary Queen of Scots as a pretext for sending the Spanish Armada to conquer England. Meanwhile. Elizabeth hopes that peace talks will avert war. (90 mln.) 00 O SWITCH Pete and Mac journey to Mexico to save an experiment In underwater habitation for its at tractive young leader after she In herits the Job from her father. (60 min.) 10:00 QOOOG9NEW8 Q3 DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Edward Gorey, author, Illustrator and costume designer for the play "Dracula." STAR TREK "Assignment: Earth" (60 min.) 10:30 O AMERICAN LIFESTYLE "Alexander Graham Bell" TELL ME MY NAME Arthur Hill star in the 'GE Me My Name,' mother who is forced to face the truth about her life after she is confronted by her illegitimate 19-year-old daughter Tuesday, Dec. 20 on CBS. 'Tell Me My Name' is a sensitive study of Emily McPhail, a middle aged wife and mother with two young sons, who is confronted by her illegitimate daughter Alexandra (Valerie Mahaffey, right) at a time In her life when Emilv Questions who she is and What her marriage offers her. Her teenage daughter, born out of wedlock and returns to seeking the truth about her origins. tmiiy must past and examine her relationship with her husband Porter whom she has never told about tier daughter, oorn oetore Alexandra discovers her real lineage and forges new relationships with her adopted parents and her new-found tamily. find happiness outside the frame worK of yesterday's memories when brought together on Chrtstmaa Eve in a New England inn. (2 hrs.) MO EJ O SOAP O CD at THEATRE Tell Me My Name" Stars: Arthur Hill, Barbara Barrie. A middle-aged wife and mother with two young sons Is confronted by her Illegitimate daughter at a time In her life when she questions who she Is and what her marriage offers her. (BO mln.) 0:00 O NBA BASKETBALL Denver Nuggets vs Seattle Supersonlcs (2 hrs., 30 min.) tl O NBC REPORTS: TROUBLE N COAL COUNTRY NBC News correspondent Douglas Kiker will serve as on-camera reporter ex amining the enormous problems we face In the effort Id make coal America's major energy source (60 mln.) OQ FAMILY 09 GREENPEACE ADVENTURES "Voyages To Save The Whales' The story of the Greenpeace Foundation members who track down whaling fleets at sea and put themselves between the whales and harpooners In an effort to focus world attention on the exter mination of various species. (60 min.) , WOO OO0QQQ MEWS' O DICK CAVtTT SHOM Goesi: Julian Jaynes, author: C9 STAR TREK -Spectre Of The fl O JmTONIGHT 4HOW Guest heat: John Davtdaon. Quests: Sandy Ounce,. Marilyn Sokdl.reomi.) "V OOTaOAYMOVti6pTM .rrtLK "Hey.-jvn iive Stars Cd Asnar. f StMnhera."?h W tory of eer aoVerauouvvouna w2tr ' mana, of aurvtval escetn m,j. her fl. 2 hrs O POREVIR fRNWOOD O O THE TONIGHT 8MOW Guest host: John Davidson. Guests: Debbie Reynolds. Kenny Rogers, Pete Barbuttl. (90 mln.) 0 FOREVER FERNVtfOOO Cfl CBS LATE MOVte "All My Dart ing Daughters' Anniversary" Stars: Robert Young. Raymond Massey. A widower's recently married daughters decide to play matchmaker for their father. (90 mln.) C3 FORSYTE SAGA "Birth Of A Forsyte" (60 mln.) 10:46 O NEWS 11:00 U MOVIE "Boom Town" 1940 Clark Gable. Spencer Tracy. Two men strike oil In the wild west, but their partnership and friendship dissolve over the girt they both love. (2 hrs.. 30 mln.) 0 NEWS fj CBS LATE MOVIE 'Joy In The Morning" Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Yvette Mimleux. A young couple Is faced with pover ty, parental opposition to their marriage plus the problems of ad justing to married life. (2 hrs.) (J) AVENGERS 11:18 onONSIDE 1140 O GREATEST SPORTS tETjfiupa) O ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 100 U Q TOMORROW Host: Tom Snyder. Guest: Bette Davis. (60 min.) 0 AFFIRMATIVE UP! POWER f) SERGEANT BILKO 12:15 I J NEWS 1M0 CD NEWS . OQROUCHO 1:00 U DRAGNET tJ FOCUS 13 MOVIE "Come To The Stable" 1949 Loretta Young, Celeste Holm. (90 min.) 1:30 ONEWS 2:30 83 LOVE AMERICAN STYLE 00 O WCK VAN DYKE SHOW 3:30 fj) NIGHT GALLERY 4:00 fcl THRILLER 8.-00 ANDY GrtFFTTH SHOW M0 fcJQOMERPYLE and Barbara Barrie (left) Theater' drama 'Tell a poignant story of a given up for adoption, her natural mother. come to terms with her sne and Porter met. CD C8S LATE MOVIE 'Norwood Stars: Glen Campbell, Joe Namath. Norwood Pratt, home from Vietnam, decides civilian life In Texas Is so boring that he goes to New York to become a televi sion star. (00 min.) Kojak: Best War In Town Stars: Telly Savalas, Kevin Dobson. (R; 00 mln.) 0 MO AND MEN "A Tuberculin Affair" The Germarr government pressures Robert Koch to reveal his findings on tuberculosis .before Ns research la completed and the results soon prove deadly. But two of Koch's associates, Paul Ehrllch and Errtfl Behrlng. achieve success In the development of a diphtheria serum. (60 mln.) 110 O CBS LATE MOVIE Hitchhike" Stars: Clorls Leachman, Michael Brandon. A woman driving to San Francisco on a vacation stop to pick up a young hitchhiker suspected of killing Ms step mother. (2 hrs) "Kojak: Life. Liberation And The Pursuit Of Death' Stars: Telly Savalas, Kevin Dobson. (R;80 mln.) CO AVENGERS "40 & NEWS 12 O MOVIE 'Joan Of Arc" 1048 Irv 0"d Bergman,. Jose Ferrer. (2 hrs., S mln.) O O TOMORROW Host: Tom Snyder. Quests: Members of the Songwrltere Hall of Fame. (00 min.) , OfMHOEANTfeKO W CaTONSC . ISlUkCWS O efOVW "Silent Night, Lonely fcught" 1908 Lloyd Brldeee, SWrtey . Jones. (80 mtn.) 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