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PRAIRIE Laura Ingalla' Innocent
oke about a fat man leads to
grave consequences when she
learns that the fellow she wa;
making fun of Is her besf friend's
father. (60 mins.)
WELCOME BACK,
All the sweathogs
compete to save a troubled girl
who will risk her life to become a
member of their special class.
O O WKRP IN CINCINNATI A
scurrilous remark from a sports
writer leads WKRP's timid new;
director, Les Nessman, to think
his manhood is being
questioned.
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Without Love" 1945 Spencer
Tracy, Katharine Hepburn. A
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WASHINGTON Senator Joe
Kelley matches wits with a
crooked land developer to save
the baseball field used by his
grandson's little league team. (60
mins.)
SO AMERICAN LEAGUE
AMPIONSHIP SERIES ABC
Sports will provide live coverage
of the first game in the American
League playoff series from the
city of the Western Division
champions.
O O PAPER CHASE The study
group's well-laid plans for a
weekend of frivolity off-campus
go awry when Professor
Klngsfield gives a monumental
assignment for Monday. (60
mins.)
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"Stage Door" 1037 Katharine
Hepburn, Ginger Rogers.
Aspiring actresses struggle to
attain success In a theatrical
boarding house. (2 hra.)
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O BIG EVENT MOVIE 'Little
Women' Stars: Meredith Baxter
Bimey, Susan Dey. Amy travels
in Europe as companion to s
relative; Beth battles ill health at
home; and would-be-author Jo
goes as a governess to New York
where she falls in love for the first
time. (Concluding episode: 2
hrs.)
QQ TUESDAY NIGHT MOVIE
Xarrie' Stars: Sissy Spacek,
John Travolta. An unpopular
teenager uses her supernatural
powers to gain devastating
revenge against her cruel
classmates. (2 hrs.)
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Frying Misfits' 1976 Robert
Conrad. Simon Oakland. Story of
World War II flying ace. 'Pappy
Boy tog ton' who commanded one
of the most decorated, least
disciplined squadrons in the
Pacific. (2 hrs.)
tMO 0 Q OPIUM Pt. IN. 'The White
Powder' This program focuses
on heroin users in Hong Kong,
the notorious center lor Htegal
drug dealings. (SO mins.)
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sleepwalking scientist rents a
room from a willful widow in
overcrowded Washington. (2
hrs.)
O O OPERATION PETTICOAT
When Lt. Kern, the Admiral's
skittish aide, finds Nurse
Crandall and Yeoman Hunkle
together in the shower room, he
sets out to cool their torrid
romance.
CARRIE
An unpopular teenager uses her
supernatural powers to gain a
devastating revenge against her cruel
classmates in 'Carrie,' the hit thriller
starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie,
John Travolta, Amy Irving and William
Katt, premiering on television on 'The
CBS Tuesday Night Movies,' Oct.
3.
Carrie (Miss Spacek) is shy,
withdrawn, unpopular and naive. At
home, her mother (Miss Laurie) runs
her life with a fanatically stern hand.
At school, her classmates subject her
to taunts and cruel jokes. What they
don't know is that Carrie has a
supernatural power to make objects
move through concentration, a
telekinetic power she will eventually
use against them.
The scene is set when a sympathe
tic gym teacher catches some of
Carrie's tormentors in action and
disciplines them. Their ringleader
Chris (Nancy Allen, pictured with
John Travolta as her boyfriend),
vows to get even with Carrie for
spoiling their fun.
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O O THE TONIGHT SHOW
'Best Of Carson' Guests: Tony
Curtis, John R2tter, Charles
Aznavour, Freda
O TUESDAY MOVIE OF THE
WEEK 'Shootout' Stars: Gregory
Peck. An ex-gunman Is torn
between his obsession with
revenge and his responsibility for
a six-year-old girl and a lonely
widow.
0 HONEYMOONERS
U CBS LATE MOVIE 'Barnaby
Jones: Sunday Doomsday' A
former convict sends Barnaby
and Betty a series of morbid
letters and gifts announcing
Barnaby's death. (R) 'Con
fessions Of The D.A. Man' Stars:
Robert Conrad, Harry Morgan.
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O STAR TREK Space Seed' (60
mins.)
CI TUESDAY MOVIE OF THE
WEEK 'Shootout' Stars: Gregory
10:45
Peck. An ex-gunman is tom
between his obsession with
revenge and his responsibility for
a six-year-old girl and a lonely
widow.
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tj CBS LATE MOVIE 'Barnaby
Jones: Murder-Go-Round' Hired
to locate the money that a hit-and-run
victim was supposed to
be carrying, Bamaby travels to a
mall town to Investigate. (R)
'Banacek: A Million The Hard
Way' Stars: George Peppard,
Maroot Kidder. (R)
11:30 no ABC CAPTIONED NEWS
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O TOMORROW Host: Tom
yder. Guest: William Man
cheater, author of 'American
Caesar - Douglas MacArthur 1680
1964.' (60 mins.)
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fj MOVIE-( DRAMA) " The
Flying Misfits' 1976 Robert
Conrad. Simon Oakland. Story of
World War 0 flying ace. 'Pappy
Boylngton' who commanded one
of the most decorated, least
disciplined squadrons in the
Pacific. (2 hrs.)
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island" 1942 Brian Donievy.
Robert Preston. The story of the
heroic action of the U.S. Marine
Corps on Wake Island during WW
H. (105 mins.)
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LITTLE WOMEN
'Little Women,' Louisa May Alcott's
classic novel of family life during the
Civil War starring Greer Garson in a
rare TV dramatic appearance and
(alphabetically) Meredith Baxter Bir
ney, Susan Dey, Ann Dusenberry,
Richard Gilliland, Virginia Gregg,
Dorothy McGuire, Eve Plumb, Cliff
Potts, William Schallert, William
Shatner and Robert Young (pictured
with Miss Dusenberry) will be color
cast on 'NBC Monday Night at the
Movies' Oct. 2, and The Big Event'
Tuesday, Oct. 3.
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MOVIES 'Little Women' Stars:
Meredith Baxter-Birney, Susan
Dey. An adaptation of Louisa May
Alcott's tale of a New England
family during the Civil War years.
The wife and four daughters of
the Rev. John March, a chaplain
with the Union Army, attempt tc
carry on In his absence despite
poverty. (Pt. I. of a two-part
episode, 2 hrs.)
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3TBALL Dallas Cowboys vs
Washington Redskins
M.A.S.H. Colonel Potter
strikes up a warm friendship with
the visiting Eighth Army head
nurse.
m PRISONER 'Free For All'
The prisoner views the election
with satirical amusement,
suspecting that it Is not at all
democratic, but rather Just
another trick. Then, Number Two
suggests that the Prisoner stand
as a candidate. (60 mins.)
CD MOVIE -(COMEDY)"
"Houseboat" 1958 Cary Grant,
Sophia Loren. Italian symphony
conductor's daughter, con
cealing her identity becomes a
widower's family maid. (2 hrs.)
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Ann's apparent success and
enthusiasm for her new lifestyle
becomes a real problem when
she unknowingly influences the
wrong person.
9:00 O LOU GRANT Lou has to
find out why his friend and boss
Charlie Hume behaves
Irrationally when the Trib runs an
expose on political torture. (60
OPIUM Pt. II. 'The
Politicians' This segment takes a
behind-the-scenes look at the
battle between a congressional
committee and the White House
over drug traffickers' offer to sell
the U.S. 35 million worth of opium
to be destroyed. (60 mins.)
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WEDNESDAY
OCT. 4, 1976
AFTERNOON
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
AMPIONSHIP SERIES ABC
Sports will provide live coverage
of the second game in the
American League playoff series
from the city of the Western
Division champions.
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Guests: James Mason, Arnold
Schwarzenegger. (90 mins.)
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CBS LATE MOVIE The Rock
ford Files: The Countess' A
wealthy Texan's wife finds her
lifestyle threatened. (R) 'Mc
Millan And Wife: An Elementary
Case Of Murder' Stars: Rock
Hudson, Susan Saint James. (R)
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STAR TREK A Taste Of Ar
mageddon (60 mins.)
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II CBS LATE MOVIE 'The Rock
ford Files: The Dark And Bloody
Ground' Jim Rockford's lawyer
friend pressures him into in
vestigating the death of a
screenwriter. (R) 'For Better, For
Worse' Stars: Gene Hackman, Liv
Ullmann.
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13 Q TOMORROW Host Tom
Snyder takes a tour of New York
City. (60 mins.)
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CD MOVIE -(COMEDY)"
"Houseboat" 1958 Cary Grant,
Sophia Loren. Italian symphony
conductor's daughter, con
cealing her identity becomes a
widower's family maid. (105
mins.)
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"Let's Kill
Uncle" 1966 Nigel Green, Mary
Badham. A twelve-year-old tries
to kill his uncle because his uncle
is trying to kill him, because of a
five million dollar inheritance.
NETWORK
The blockbuster hit satirical drama
'Network,' winner of four Academy
Awards and starring Faye Dunaway,
William Holden (both pictured), Peter
Finch and Robert Duvall, will premiere
on television on 'The CBS Wednesday
Night Movies,' Oct. 4.
Sidney Lumet directed the funny,
yet terrifying account of the power
struggle in a failing television network,
the United Broadcasting System,
recently taken over by a giant
conglomerate determined to make it
a profitable enterprise.
As part of the revamping, veteran
newscaster Howard Beale (Finch) has
been given the axe by his old friend
and boss Max Schumacher (Holden).
Distraught, Beale goes beserk on his
broadcast and announces his upcom
ing on-the-air suicide.
Schumacher, the news division and
network executives are thrown into an
uproar by Beale's bizarre action but
up-and-coming programming execu
tive Diana Christensen (Miss Dun
away) sees the event as an opportuni
ty to take control of the Howard Beale
Show and make it the vanguard of her
programming strategy.
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Cooper.
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Hartford, Moe Bandy, Gunilla
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WEDNESDAY Tonight's guests.
Raquel Welch, Paul Williams.
Billy Crystal, Rodney Danger
field, stunt expert Steve Baker
and a salute to disco fever. (60
mins.)
SO NATIONAL LEAGUE
AMPIONSHIP SERIES ABC
Sports will provide live coverage
of the first game in the National
League playoff series from the
city of the Eastern Division
champions.
0 THE JEFFERSONS Allan
Willis sees through George's
scheme to con him out of his
newly inherited warehouse, so
Cxtrge directs his fl'm-Hammery
at an alternate target-Louise.
63 O UVE FROM LINCOLN
Lincoln
Captain & Tennille, Sept. 29, presented by Lincoln
General Hospital Auxiliary Benefit Fashion Show,
Pershing Auditorium.
Willie NelsonPure Prarie League, Oct. 17, Pershing.
Al Stewart, Oct. 21 , Pershing.
Omaha
Victor Borge, Oct. 2, Orpheum Theater.
Joe Cocker, Oct. 12, Music Hall.
Leo Kottke, Oct. 14, Orpheum.
Billy Joel, Oct. 22, Civic
CommodoresL.T.D., Oct. 28, Civic.
Bob Dylan, Nov. 4, Civic.
Kansas City
Charlie Pride, Sept. 29, Civic Arena.
Steve Martin, Sept. 30, KemperArena.
Bill Cosby, Oct. 4, Music Hall.
Genesis, Oct. 17, Civic Arena.
Billy Joel, Oct. 22 Civic Auditorium.
CommodoresL.T.D., Oct. 28 Civic Auditorium.
Bob Dylan, Nov. 4, Civic Auditorium.
Todd Rundgren, Oct. 17-18, One Block West.
Denver
Styx, Oct. 6, McNichols Sports Arena.
Neil Young, Oct. 19, McNichols.
Billy Joel, Oct. 24, McNichols.
Reo Speedwagon, Oct. 3 1 , McNichols.
Boulder, Colorado
Tom WaitsLeon Redbone, Oct. 14, Macky Auditorium.
Al Stewart, Oct. 15, Macky Auditorium.
Grover Washington, Oct. 28, Machy Auditorium.
St. Paul, Minnesota Civic Aud.
Aerosmith, Oct. 14.
Neil Young, Oct. 15.
Billy Joel, Oct. 16.
Bob Dylan, Oct. 31.
Moody Blues, Nov. 3.
CENTER 'The Turk In Italy' The
New York City Opera presents
Beverly Sills In Rossini's tale of
an Italian noblewoman and her
many loves. This production is
performed In English. (3 hrs.)
0 TIC TAC DOUGH
7 JO MOVIE -(COMEDY) The
Philadelphia Story" 1940 Cary
Grant. Katharine Hepburn. A
society girl who yearns for a
down-to-earth romance, has to
contend with her ex-husband and
a reporter who falls in love with
her. (2 hrs.)
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JOKER'S WILD
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THE MOVIES BJ And The Bear
Stars: Greg Evlgan, Penny
Peyser. Free-lance trucker 'BJ'
McKay Is hired by a woman called
Stilts to transport an undisclosed
cargo across the county line, and
ends up being chased by
determined law enforcement and
military authorities (2 hrs.)
O 0 Q WEDNESDAY NIGHT
MOVIE Network' Stars: Faye
Dunaway. William Holden. The
drama revolves around the power
struggle In a tailing tetevfeion
concerts
network that was recently taken
over by a giant conglomerate
determined to make it a profitable
enterprise. (2 hrs., 15 mins.)
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host: Johnny Carson. Guests:
Kelly Monteith, Senor Wences,
Frank Abagnale. (90 mins.)
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Police Woman-'lt's Only A
Game' Kevin Duffy, following the
footsteps of his ex-lieutenant
father, oin Pepper and Crowley
In trying to break a drug ring. (R)
S.W.A.T.-'Deadly Weapons'
Hondo Investigates the murder of
a young man who was slain after
helping a group of
'professionals' burglarize his
father's warehouse. (R; 2 hrs., 15
mins.)
CBS LATE MOVIE Hawaii
Five-O: One Born Every Minute'
Well-heeled tourists are played
upon by a bunch of con-artists
who use a pretty girl to sell them
phony diamonds. (R) 'Kojak:
When You Hear The Beep, Drop
Dead' Stars: Telly Savalas, Kevin
Dobson. (R)
3 STAR TREK 'This Side Of
Paradise'
0 F.B.I.
0 CBS LATE MOVIE Hawaii
Five-O: One Born Every Minute'
Well-heeled tourists are played
upon by a bunch of con-artists
who use a pretty girt to sell them
phony diamonds. (R) 'Kojak:
When You Hear The Beep, Drop
Dead' Stars: Telly Savalas, Kevin
Dobson. (R)
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Snyder. Guests: Roger Ebert and
Gene Siskel, film critics. (60
mins.)
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MOVIE -(ADVENTURE-COMEDY)
"That Man From
Rio" 1964 Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Franco'se Porteac. A French
soldier on one week's leave,
foMows his kidnapped sweetheart
to Rio. to rescue her from a gang
bent on finding three starlettes
which holds the secret to a for
tune in gems (2 hrs.)
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Love A Duck" 1966 Tuesday
Weld, Roddy McDowell. A
sophisticated 'older' senior plays
Svengali to a transferred high
school senior, and shows her
how to get what she wants. (90
mins.)
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