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Show m 'Gator 1978 Start: Burt Reynolds, Lauren Hutton. Gator McCloeky, a moonshiner who operates still in a remota Southern swamp, is ..' called upon by a Department of ' . Justice agent to help collect , evidence that will convict a corrupt political boss. (Repeat; 2 hrs.) CD NOVA 'Cancer Detectives of P Lin Xian' In one of the first films to coma out of modem China, NOVA 'U X' sifts through clues which Chinese V ' scientists have uncovered in their '", -.;.' pursuit of aaophageal cancer. (Cloaed-Captioned; U.S.A.) (60 mlna.) '-':. . H) uvewire 92) LATIN NEW YORK , - 030 (D RACE FOR THE PENNANT PREVIEWHBOSportatakeaalook backat 1980baseball,providesan analysis of the winter trades, and notes how the 1981 season is shaping up. 92) NINE ON NEW JERSEY 9:00 CD FLAMINGO ROAD A former high school football star who was a boyhood friend ol Sheriff Pusser returns to McNeal County and renews ren-ews their friendship, but in reality he has been hired to kill the sheriff. (Repeat; 60 mine.) 0 KING FAMILY IN ATLANTA CD MYSTERY! The Racing Game, Part II: Horses for Courses' Bribes, double cross and murder are all involved when a horse not favored to win comes in first. (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) (60 mins.) 92) BENNY HILL INDEPENDENT NETWORK NEWS :30 CD MOVIE -(COMEDY) "Hot Lead And ColdFeet" 1978 Karen Valentine, Don Knotta. Old Jasper Bloodshy is founding father of a cowboy town that ia aa mean and rickety as he ia. Inhabitants of the townincludeaverynervoussheriff, a crooked mayor and old Jasper's favorite son Wild Billy, who spends most of his time terrorizing the town. (Rated G) (2 hrs.) CD SPORTS CENTER MAUDE & ODD COUPLE 10:00 CD CD CD news O MORMON WORLD CONFERENCE CD THIS WEEK IN THE NBA CD DEXTER GORDON IN CONCERT CON-CERT The Downbeat Critics Poll at Ohio State University, accompanied ac-companied by Eddie Gladen on drums, Rufus Reid on bass, and Al bert Dailey on piano. (60 mins.) 92) HARNESS RACING FROM ROOSEVELT RACEWAY TO BE ANNOUNCED 10:30 CD THE TONIGHT SHOW Guests: Dick Cavett, Suzanne Pleshette. (60 mins.) 33 ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE CD PKA FULL-CONTACT KARATE ' 92)MOViE -(SUSPENSE) K "Cat Creature" 1973 Meredith Baxter. David Hedison. A tightly-woven mystery c'f nters on a stolen amulet and an eerie web of Egyptian cat-worship cat-worship Lore. (90 mins.) . MOVIE -(ADVENTURE) "Hall, and High Water" 1954 Richard Widmark, Cameron Mitchell. Mit-chell. Trackingstrange Communist activities, a submarine captain follows fol-lows them to the Arctic and finds the Reds plan to explode an atomic bomb over Korea. (2 hrs.) ' 10:0 CD M.A.S.H. 11:00 CD TUESDAY MOVIE OF THE WEEK 'The White Dawn' 1974 Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Lou Gos-sett. Gos-sett. Three sailors on a whaling boat are shipwrecked and stranded strand-ed in the Canadian Arctic. They are discovered bv Eskimos and must adapt to their way ot me. CD DICK CAVETT SHOW 11:10 CD NBA BASKETBALL PLAYOFF GAME Teams and site to be announced. . CD NEWS CD MOVIE -(COMEDY) "Last Romantic Lover" 1978 Dayle Haddon, Fernando Rey. A glamor- ous New York editor travels to Paris to stage the ultimate male beauty contest, with very surprising surpris-ing results. (Rated R) (9 1 mins.) CD ABC CAPTIONED NEWS . 12:00 CD TOMORROW COAST-TO-COAST u2 JOE FRANKLIN SHOW ' 12:30 CD SPORTS CENTER 1:00 (I)MOVIE-(WESTERN), "Hondo" "Hon-do" 1953 John Wayne, Geraldine Page. An Army soldier encounters a widow and her son living in a deserted de-serted area of Texas, unalarmed about an impending Indian attack. (78 mins.) GO EXHIBITION BASEBALL New York Yankees vs North Carolina (3 hrs., 30 mins.) 92) MOVIE -(SPECTACULAR) V4 "Goliath Against the Giant" I 1961 Brad Harris, Gloria Millsnd. The legendary muscleman lights amazons and sea monsters. (2 hrs.) , 1:10 Gfi MERV GRIFFIN 2:10 3D NEWS 2:20 CD MOVIE -(ADVENTURE) "Raise The Titanic" 1980 Jason Robards, Richard Jordan. Two mission to claim the precious contents of the famous ship's vault before the Russians do. (Rated PG) (114 mins) 3:00 92) NEWS 3:30 92) DANIEL BOONE 4:30 CO TO BE ANNOUNCED 92) NEWS . 5:00 CD SPORTS CENTER 02) RICHARD SIMMONS SHOW 5:30 92) JIM BAKKER (wedsday)) mins ) 98) LIVEWIRE 92) NEWARK AND REALITY 8:30 QPIAF.BRELANDLEBRUNThis program features singer Denise La Brun performing the music ol her countrymen Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf. 92) MEET THE MAYORS 9:00 CD OUINCV To stop crime in their neighborhood two brothers organize organ-ize a vigilante committee, but it ia only after one ol them is slain that the survivor will listen to Quincy's advice. (60 mins.) CD LIDO DE PARIS STARRING SHIRLEY MACLAINE Shirley Madame Ma-dame and Tom Jonea star in thia dazzlingmusical spectacular, featuring fea-turing the Lido's Bluebell Girls O MASTERPIECE THEATRE 'Danger UXB' Episode XIII Brian's iniuries have left him shattered and doubtlul ot his ability to return to normal life. (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) (60 mins.) CD SOUNDSTAGE 'An Evening WithRoberta Flack' Theinimitable Roberta Flack stars in her first national na-tional TV special, taped before an audience at Chicago's Park West Theater Club. (60 mins.) (12) BENNY HILL (2$ INDEPENDENT NETWORK NEWS 9:30 CD SPORTS CENTER 92) MAUDE S3 ODD COUPLE 10:00 CD CD CD news CD MOVIE -(ROMANCE) "Steel" 1980 JenniferO'Neill. LeeMajors. Awomantakesoveras a construction chief after her father's accidental death. (Rated PG)(101 mins.) 0 MORMON WORLD CONFERENCE CfDwCTTENNISSinglesAndDou-bies CfDwCTTENNISSinglesAndDou-bies Finals From Frankfort, Germany Ger-many (3 hrs.) CD THEY WRITE THE SONGS: 'YIP' HARBURG This program features fea-tures songwriter Yip Harburg sing-inghit sing-inghit melodiestrom such worksas 'The Wizard ot Oz' and discussing such diverse stage personalities as Judy Garland and the Marx Brothers 92) MOVIE -(DRAMA)"" "A Ball For Adano" 1945 William Bendix.JohnHodiak.AU S. officer in charge of an occupied Italian village vil-lage wins the people's love when he finds a toll for their church. (2 hrs.) 24) TO BE ANNOUNCED 10:30 CD THE TONIGHT SHOW Guest: Angie Dickinson. (60 mins ) CD ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE CD PIAF, BREL ANDLEBRUNThiS programleaturessingerDeniseLa Brun performing the music ol her countrymen Jacques Brel and Edith Pial. 12$ MOVIE -(ADVENTURE) "Kangaroo" 1952 Peter Law-ford, Law-ford, Richard Boone. A couple of Americans, down under, get involved in-volved with holdups, Wders. cattle cat-tle round up, drought, aborigines and romance. (2 hrs.) 10:40 CD M.A.S.H. 11:00 CD LOVE BOAT-POLICE STORY Love Boat: 'Tres Amigos' Vicki and aboy.travelingwithhisparents.try to help out a stowaway. Police Story: 'A Game Of Lose' A paroled ex-convictcan't seemtoavoid getting get-ting in trouble with the law. (Repeat; 2 hrs., 20 mins.) CD DICK CAVETT SHOW 11:10 CD STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO 11:30 CD NEWS CD ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 12:00 CD TOMORROW COAST-TO-COAST CD RACE FOR THE PENNANT PREVIEWHBOSportstakesalook backat 1980baseball,providesaa analysis of the winter trades, and notes how the 1981 sesson Is) shaping up. 92) JOE FRANKLIN SHOW 12:10 ' CD MERV GRIFFIN 1:00 (DMOVIE-(THRILLER),,H "TtW Fog" 1980 AdrienneBarbeau.HeJ Holbrook. A boatful of lepers are turned away from California and drownintheocean. lOOyearslater a fog comes and gets revenge. (Rated R) (90 mine.) CD SPORTS CENTER 92) MOVIE -(ADVENTURE) "Northeast to Seoul" 1972 Joha Ireland, Anita Ekberg. Three conspirators sre trying to get a famouaiewel-encrusdtedancient sword out of Korea. (2 hrs.) 1:10 CD NEWS ,1:30 CD NATIONAL LEAGUE 1981 PERSPECTIVE 2:30 CD ADOLF HITLER: PORTRAIT OF A TYRANT With the help ol exclusive ex-clusive film footage, HBOpresenta a powerful portrait of a power-crazed power-crazed man. Hal Holbrook hosts this Iscinating documentary. QD NCAA LA CROSSE Johns Hopkins Hop-kins vs Virginia (2 hrs., 30 mins.) WEDNESDAY APR. 8, 1981 EVENING 6:00 C23CD news (7) JOKER'S WILD 0 OVER EASY Guest: Alexis Smith. Host:HughDowns. (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) CD NATIONAL LEAGUE 1981 PERSPECTIVE CD 3-2-1 CONTACT 99) HOCUS FOCUS 92) MOVIE -(MYSTERY) "Strangers on a Train" 1951 Farley Granger, Robert Walker. A psychopath becomes involved with a tennis star in 'exchange murders.' (2 hrs ) 39 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES 6:30 CD PM MAGAZINE CD MOVIE -(ADVENTURE) "Prince And The Pauper" 1937 Errol Flynn, Claude Raina. The story of young look-alikes, one a mistreated urchin, the other a prince, exchanging places. (Pt.lll.;48mins CD FAMILY FEUD O WEEKNIGHT QD TIC TAC DOUGH CD OVER EASY Guest: Alexis Smith.Host:Hugh Downs. (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; USA.) I29 ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW 7:00 CDREALPEOPLEJohnBarbourat areunion of POW'sfrom World War Hand theKoreanWarinLas Vegas, a professional roller sketing team teachea Sarah Pureed to skate, and an interview with a woman who produces s line of custom made bikinia for men and women. (Repeat; 60 mins.) (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) CD Mtttt?K?HK???WABC EIGHT IS ENOUGH O MOVIE -(DRAMA) "Shocking "Shock-ing Miss Pilgrim" 1947 Betty Grable, Dick Haymes. The story of a pioneer woman in the business world. (90 mins.) CD ENOS CD AUTO RACING '81 QD MACNEILLEHRER REPORT 95) FIRST ROW FEATURES 129 MOVIE -(COMEDY) "The Hospital" 1971 George C. Scott, Diana Rigg. A doctor has to contend with murder, a witch doctor doc-tor and a beautiful girl in a crazy New York City metropolitan hospital. hospi-tal. (2 hrs.) 7:30 CD SUNSHINE PORCUPINE CD THE LAWMAKERS 8:00 ' CD DIFF'RENT STROKES CD CIRCUS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPION-SHIPS The world's premier big-lop performers compete in four categories: ca-tegories: trick riding. Juggling, trampoline and flying trapeze. CD ABC NOVEL FOR TELEVISION: TELEVI-SION: MASADA Silva and Eleazar meet again, but to no avail. The war ' will go on. Finally, the ramp is com-plete com-plete and an assault tower hss been built, with a battering ram to shatter Masada's protective wall. Eleazar gathers hia people togetherandpresentshisfinalplan to deprive the Romans of their victory. vic-tory. Stars: Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauas. (Conclusion; 2 hrs.) (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) CD CBS WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE Hardhat And Legs' 1979 Stars: Kevin Dobson, Sharon Gless. A New York City construction construc-tion worker with a double passion for gambling and beautiful legs becomes fascinated by a lovely pair of gams belonging to a young woman in the neighborhood and decides he wants to know more about her. (Repeat; 2 hrs.) CD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 'Gorillas' This special takes a look at the conservationists who are working to assure that the largest of the great apes, the gorilla, will not fall victim to extinction. (60 |