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Show Excellent (don't miss this one) Good (worth watching) Fair (has its moments) Poor (disaster) 0 PARK PLACE O SNEAK PREVIEWS Hosts Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert take a look at an encouraging new trend at the box office -films about families -with scenes from 'Ordinary 'Ordin-ary People,' 'The Great Santini.'and'Kramervs. Kramer.' 8:00 O MOVIE -(MUSICAL) "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" 1954 Howard Keel, Jane Powell. When the eldest of seven uncouth brothers in the Oreaon territory brings home a wife, the other six become restless and sneak into town and steal 6 girls. (2 hrs.) O BARNEY MILLER Comical turmoil engulfs the 12th precinct whena new detective sparks career jealousy in Officer Of-ficer Levitt, then drops a bombshell by accusing his fellow investigators of being on the take. (Repeat; Closed-Captioned) 0 MAGNUM, P.I. Under ordinary circumstances, circum-stances, Thomas Magnum Mag-num goes all out to help hisclients, but enteringa marathon swim, run and bikeraceisgoingtootar. (60 mins.) O MOVIE -(COMEDY) "BallOf Fire" 1942 Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck. Delightful play on 'Snow White' as a burlesque queen who moves in with seven prissy professors studying American slang. (2 hrs.) CD THEY TELL IT FOR THE TRUTH 'Ozark Storytelling' This documentary explores the unique folk culture of the Ozark Mountains, where folklorlst Kathy Nicol spent several months searching for authentic tale tellers who spin yarnssimilarto those of western Europe. Eur-ope. (60mlns.) 8:30 O TAXI Louie tries to steer his way to romance with a pretty new driver, but winds up with a $1 million lawsuit when he pilots the cab into a little old lady as she steps off a curb. 9:00 O 20-20 Hugh Downs anchors this weekly magazine profiling noteworthy no-teworthy eventainnews, science and entertainment. entertain-ment. (60 mins.) O NURSE Mary is as-toundedbytheunexpec-tedly negative reaction of a deaf hospital employee em-ployee to the news that an operation may restore res-tore his hearing. (60 mins.) O SNEAK PREVIEWS Hosts Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert take a look at an encouraging new trend at the box office -films about families -with scene8from 'Ordinary 'Ordin-ary People,' 'The Great Santini.'and'Kramervs. Kramer.' 63 INDEPENDENT NETWORK NEWS 9:30 CJ THE LAWMAKERS 63 ODD COUPLE 10:00 nOO NEWS O CHARLIE CHAPLIN COMEDY THEATRE: THE COUNT CI DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Peter Shaffer, playwright. 83 WAYNE AND SHUSTER 10:30 O THE TONIGHT SHOW Guests: Don McLean, Lorna Patterson. Patter-son. (60 mins.) O ABC NEWS . NIGHTUNE O THIS OLD HOUSE Bob Vila sizes up the tree cutting and clearing job and discusses the wood beam framing and the stairway. (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) CD ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 63 CBS LATE MOVIE THE JEFFERSONS: Bentley'8 Problem' Harry Bentley seeks George's advice, and when he listens to his neighbor, he winds up in jail. 'MCMILLAN AND WIFE: Aftershock' The McMillans put their house up for sale, and when a minor earthquake earth-quake sends a skeleton tumbling down their chimney, an Italian actress shows great interest in purchasing the old place. )repeat) 10:40 0 M.A.S.H. 11:00 O CHARLIE'S ANGELS AN-GELS The angels' champagne party on when they discover dis-cover millions in gold bullion hidden below deck. (Repeat; 70 mins.) O DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Peter Shaffer, playwright. 0 BLUEGRASS RAMBLE 11:10 0 STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO 11:30 O NEWS ' O ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 12:00 O TOMORROW COAST-TO-COAST Guests: Ted Nugent, Senator Jeremiah Denton. Den-ton. (90 mins.) 12:10 O MOVIE -(DRAMA) K "Rolling Man" 1972 Dennis Weaver, Donna Mills. After spending four years in prison, a man finds out that his two sons have been farmed out to fos-- fos-- terhomesandhebegins a cross-country search to find them. (2 hrs.) 0 MERV GRIFFIN 1:10 0 NEWS ((fridayjj) APR. 17, 1981 EVENING 6:00 00 NEWS 0 JOKER'S WILD O FREESTYLE CI OVER EASY Guest: Helen Ward. Host: Hugh Downs. (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) 63 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES 6:30 0 PM MAGAZINE O FAMILY FEUD 0 TIC TAC DOUGH 0 OVER EASY Guest: Helen Ward. Host: Hugh Downs. (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) O WEEKNIGHT 63 ANDY GRIFFITH 7:00 0 HARPER VALLEY PTA Tossed of the school carnival committee commit-tee by hypocritical PTA members, Stella re- AAMZtNO ANIMALS Spcll Dv" srar Brook ShialtSa iotn rBQular hoars Burgess Meredefh. Jim Stafford and Priacilla Preafey aa they Introduce exciting new segments and the most thrilling segments from past shows. (60 mins.) 0 THE INCREDIBLE HULK Banner is befriended be-friended by a dwarf wrestler who tries to by telling tall tales, oneofwhlchputsBanner on the wrong side of some desperate characters. char-acters. (60 mins.) O MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT CD HALL OF FAME 'Dear Liar' The legendary legen-dary 40-year correspondence corre-spondence between George Bernard Shaw and British actress Beatrice Bea-trice Campbell is brought to the stage in this two-act adaptation by Jerome Kilty. The production stars Ed-wardHerrmannandJane Ed-wardHerrmannandJane Alexander. (90 mins.) 63 MOVIE -(HORROR) tt "Frozen Dead" 1967 Dana Andrews, Anna Palk. Scientists try toreviveNazisfromtheir frozen tombs and lead the Third Reich back to power. (2 hrs.) 7:30 THE BRADY BRIDES 0 CIVIC DIALOGUE 8:00 O GRIZZLY ADAMS 'The Renewal' (90 mins.) O MOVIE -(BIOGRAPHICAL) "It's Good to be Alive" 1974 Paul Winfield, Ruby Dee. The story of Roy Campanella, a baseball ba-seball catcher whose brilliant careerwas halted halt-ed by a car crash which paralyzed him. (2 hrs.) 0 THE DUKES OF HAZZARDAmistakeina medical report makes a changed man out of Boss Hogg when he thinks he has but a short time to live. (60 mins.) 8:30 O WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW CD THEY WRITE THE SONGS: 'YIP' HAR-BURG HAR-BURG This program features fea-tures songwriter Yip Harburg singing hit melodies from such works as 'The Wizard of Oz' and discussing such diverse stage personalities person-alities as Judy Garland and the Marx Brothers. 9:00 O DALLAS Kristin Shepard returns; Sue Ellenmeet8Dustyagain; and Lucy moves out on Mitch. (60 mins.) OCD WALL STREET WEEK 'Insider Moves' Guest: Larry Unterbrink, president of Consensus of Insiders, Inc.. Host: Louis Rukeyser. 63 INDEPENDENT NETWORK NEWS 9:30 0 CAPITAL CITIES SPECIAL 'Josie' O BILL MOYERS' JOURNAL 'Joseph Campbell: MythsToLive By' Part I. (60 mins.) CD MARKET TO MARKET 83 ODD COUPLE 10:00 DOO NEWS t.4 THE LAWMAKERS CD DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Stanley Elkin, novelist. 63 WAYNE AND SHUSTER 10:30 0 THE TONiGHT SHOW Guest: ueorge Carlin. (60 mins ) 0 ABC HEWS NIGHTLINE O ABC CAPT10NF;D NEWS 63 MOVIE -(SCIENCE FICTION) "Journey "Jour-ney to theCenterof the Earth" 1959 James Mason, Pat Boone. Scientist and student start a hazardous journey jour-ney to find the center of f. H t W ..., Stanley E Ifcln. novaliat. CD MVS If RYI -The Racing Game. Part 111: Horsenap' When a celebrity cele-brity racehorse la atolen after making a highly publicized appearance. It becomes quickly apparent that a cash ransom Isn t the reason behind the crime. (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) U.-S.A.) (60 mins.) 11:10 O NBA BASKETBALL PLAYOFF GAME Teams and site to be announced. 11:30 0 NEWS O ABC CAPTIONED Cannon.'silm Whitman. (I I , p,ti I . oomlns.) 12:10 KB SOLID GOLD 12:30 B3 MOVIE -(CLASSICAL) "Richard III" 1056 Sir Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom. Shakespeare's classic story of the mad King. (2 hrs.) 1:10 0 NEWS 2:30 63 MOVIE -(DRAMA) tt "Night and the City" Ci-ty" 1950 Richard Wid-mark, Wid-mark, Gene Tierney. Small-time crook Is on the run from underworld powershecrossesonce too often. (2 hrs.) ((saturday)) APR. 18, 1981 MORNING 6:00 O GODZILLA-HONG KONG PHOOEY; ASK NBC NEWS O SUPERFRIENDS HOUR; SCHOOL. ROCK 0 TOM AND JERRY COMEDY SHOW; IN THE NEWS 6:30 0 BUGS BUNNY AND ROAD RUNNER; INTHE NEWS 7:00 THEFLINTSTONES SHOW; ASK NBC NEWS O FONZ AND THE HAPPY DAYS GANG 7:30 O RICHIE RICH-SCOOBY RICH-SCOOBY DOO; SCHOOL. ROCK 8:00 O LONE RANGER-TARZAN RANGER-TARZAN ADVENTURES; ADVEN-TURES; IN THE NEWS O THIS OLD HOUSE Bob Vila sizes up the tree cutting and clearing job and discusses the wood beam framing and the stairway. (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) 8:30 0 DAFFY DUCK; ASK NBC NEWS THUNDARR O NOVA 'The Sea Behind the Dunes' One yearintheintricatelifeof a coastal lagoon unfolds when Nova documents the fragile tidal ecosystem eco-system which supports the entire ocean. (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) U.-S.A.) (60 mins.) 9:00 0 BATMAN AND THE SUPER SEVEN o HEATHCLIFF-DINGBAT 0 POPEYE; IN THE NEWS 9:30 O HOTEL BALDERDASH O COUSTEAU ODYSSEY ODYS-SEY 'Calypso's Search For Atlantis' Part II. Jacques Jac-ques Cousteau digs deeper into the Atlantis legend when he explores ex-plores Pseira, off Crete'a northern coast. (60 mins.) 10:00 O JONNY QUEST; TIME OUT ABC WEEKEND SPECIAL 'The Trouble With Miss Switch' Part I. A boy whose passion for science doesn't allow for mysteries and an old fBshionedwitchwhohas been banished because her witchcraft is out of date join forces and discover dis-cover they have powers they never before appreciated. ap-preciated. (Repeat) 0 FAT ALBERT; IN THE NEWS CD THE VICTORY GARDEN fJS) WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHAM-PIONSHIP TENNIS 10:30 Q DRAWING POWER Animatedandliveaction series with Lenny Schultz, Bob Kaliban, and Karl Page. &"B AMERICAN BANDSTAND BAND-STAND Host: Dick Clark. (60 mins.) 0DRAK PACK; INTHE fEWS 0 PAPER CHASE 'Scavenger Hunt' ProfessorKingsfield's annual 'scavenger hunt' involves researching 100 legal questions in threedays... an impossible impossi-ble task. (60 mins.) CD THIS OLD HOUSE Bob Vila sizes up the tree cutting and clearing job and discusses the wood beam framing and the stairway. (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) 11:00 O TWO'S COMPANY O JASON OF STAR COMMAND; IN THE NEWS CD SLIM CUISINE 63 AMAZING WORLD 11:30 O MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: AN INSIDE LOOK CROSSFIRE 0 30 MINUTES 0 MASTERPIECE THEATRE 'Therese Raquin' Episode I. Emile Zola's classic novel of passion, set in Paris, 1675, is dramatized in this series starring Kate Nelligan, Brian Cox and Mona Washburn. Therese Ther-ese becomes involved with her husband's best friend, and they decide that her husband is the only obstacle to their happiness. (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) (60 mins.) CD ANTIQUES 11:45 0 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME-OF-THE-WEEK Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros; or New York Yankees vs Texas Rangers; or Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals. (Region will determine de-termine game to be televised in your area.) AFTERNOON 12:00 O THAT NASHVILLE MUSIC CD SESAME STREET 63 STAR TREK 12:30 O TOP RANK FIGHTS OF THE 70' 0 FACES 0 MOVIE -(COMEDY) "BallOf Fire" 1942 Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck. Delightful play on 'Snow White' as a burlesque queen who moves in with seven prissy professors studying American slang. (2 hrs.) 1:00 0 EASTER FEVER CD MISTER ROGERS 63 BATTLESTAR GALLACTICA 1:30 0 PRO BOWLERS TOUR ABC Sports provides live coverage 01 the $95,000 Greater Hartford Open from the Bradley Bowl in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. (90 mins.) 0 CAMERAS IN MOTION CD FREESTYLE 2:00 0 TO BE ANNOUNCED B BIG BLUE MARBLE 2:30 0 TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS GOLF NBC Sports provides coverage of the semifinal semi-final round of this prestigious pres-tigious tournament from La Costa Country Club in Carlsbad, California. (90 mins.) 0 SPORTS SPEC- Hawaii. 3)PWorldPower-llftlng 3)PWorldPower-llftlng Championships from Texas. (90 mins.) SPORTS AMERICA (a! KHAN DU 'Chris' As a volunteer at a televl-aion televl-aion atation's acene shop. Chris finds It difficult dif-ficult to work with others beceuae she is deaf. 3:00 WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS ABC Sports provides coverage of the Wood Memorial horse race from Aqueduct race track In New York; also, an encore en-core presentation of the Harlem Globetrotters in Hollywood. (90 mins.) CD OVER EASY Guest: Helen Ward. Host: Hugh Downs. (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) 63 MOVIE -(MYSTERY) W "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death" 1943 Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce. The discovery dis-covery of a subterranean subterran-ean crypt helps solve the murders of several brothers. (90 mins.) 3:30 O WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW CD BONAVENTURE TRAVEL SHOW 4:00 0 WILD KINGDOM O ROUNDTABLE O WALL STREET WEEK 'Insider Moves' Guest: Larry Unterbrink, president of Consensus of Insiders, Inc.. Host: Louis Rukeyser. CD ALL STAR SOCCER 4:30 0 NBC NEWS ALL IN THE FAMILY 0 CBS NEWS O USU AND YOU 63 MOVIE -(COMEDY) "Mexican Hayride" 1948 Abbott and Cos- tello, Virginia Grey. Two zanies go on a wild goose chase for a mine deed in Mexico. (90 mins.) 5:00 0 NBC MAGAZINE WITH DAVID BRINK-LEY BRINK-LEY This weekly series offers a blend of current news stories, topical reports and profiles. Host David Brinkley is joined by contributing reporters Garrick Utley, Jack Perkins, Douglas Kiker and Betsy Aaron. (60 mins.) LAWRENCE WELK SHOW O HEE HAW Guests: The Kendalls, Million Dollar Band, Razzy Bailey. (60 mins.) O ONCE UPON A CLASSIC 'The Talisman' Talis-man' Part VII. The Christian Chris-tian camp prepares tor a ceremony, while Edith offers herself as a slave to Saladin In exchange for Kenneth's freedom. (Closed-Captioned; U S.A.) O SPORTS AMERICA ' 5:30 0 ALL CREATURES GREATANDSMALLBe Prepared" (60 mins.) EVENING 6:00 0 DOLLY SOLID GOLD 0 NEWS CD OLDFRIENDS, NEW FRIENDS 63KUNGFU 6:30 0 NAME THAT TUNE 0 DIMENSION FIVE ft FIESTA LATINA 01 TOMORROW TODAY i 7:00 0 BARBARA MAN- DRELL AND THE MAN- ; DRELL SISTERS EIGHT IS ENOUGH Tommy moves Into Ellen's El-len's apartment and plans their wedding amid bombshell events; a new, sexy female reporter just hired at the television station stirs jealousy in Joanie, and Jeremy celebrates his 16thblrthday.(60min8.) (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) & TO BE ANNOUNCED |