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Show TV Section - February 16. 1978 - Page One I TWZZZ X7AU ((thursday)) EVENING 6:00 BOOOI NEWS QZOOM 6:30 0 FAMILY feud a CROSS WITS 0 CONCENTRATION 0 UTAH WEEKEND 0) MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 7:00 O CHIPS A rash of calls sends CHP officers Baker and Ponch to a series of nonexistent nonexis-tent accidents. (60 min.) O JOHN DENVER IN AUSTRALIA Guests: Robby Benson, Debby Boone, John Newcombe, Susan Saint James, Lee Marvin. (90 min.) 0 CELEBRITY CHALLENGE OF THE SEXES Suzanne Somers, Clifton Davis, Reggie Jackson and Barbi Benton compete in a variety of sporting spor-ting events. O OVER EASY Guest: Arthur Godfrey. CD COUGAR COUNTDOWN re-game show with BYU Basketball coach Frank Arnold. Ar-nold. 7:30 O SHIELDS AND YARNELL Robert Shields as the robot Johnny Clinker, hosts a late night talk show, although he doesn't say a word, and Lorene Yarnell plays Johnny's robot guest. O MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT CD COUGAR BASKETBALL (LIVE) BYU vs Arizona State University. (2 hrs.) 8:00 0 MOVIE Never Give An Inch" 1971 Paul Newman, Henry Fonda. Oregon logging family defies a strike by most of the other loggers in the area, and pays dearly for their decision to keep their operation opera-tion going. (2 hrs.) 0 THE WALTONS Elizabeth suffers a treacherous fall, leaving her crippled and the Walton family with shattered hopes for her future. (2 hrs.) O NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "The Great Whales" People are only beginning to understand unders-tand the remarkable creatures who left the land to dwell in the sea over 60 million years ago. In this documentary special, the life of the earth's largest and oldest living mammal mam-mal is explored. (60 min.) 8:30 O MOVIE "Returning Home" 1975 Dabney Coleman, Whitney Blake. Tale of the casual meeting among three returning WW II veterans which examines the problems they face adjusting to the lives they left. (90 min.) 9:00 O WORLD "Holy Growth" Japan, the third richest nation in the world, has a remarkably high per capita production and a curious mixture of decay and affluence. English filmmaker Antony Thomas looks at the price Japan is paying for its postwar growth in this personal per-sonal essay. (60 min.) 9:30 CD MASTERPIECE THEATRE "Anna Karenina" Episode Two. The contrast between the lifestyles of the Russian aristocracy and the common people is evident when Levin visits his brother, a political activist living in a slum. Anna is the toast of Moscow and attends at-tends a gala ball where she pays a good deal of attention to Count Vronsky. (60 min.) 10:00 BOO NEWS O MASTERPIECE THEATRE "Anna Karenina" Episode Two. The contrast between the lifestyles of the Russian aristocracy and the common people is evident when Levin visits his brother, a political activist living in a slum. Anna Is the toast of Moscow and at tends a gala ball where she pays a good deal of attention to Count Vronsky. (60 min.) 10:30 0 THE TONIGHT SHOW Host: Johnny Carson. Guests: Robert Blake, Eugene Fodor, Mrs. Jack Benny. (90 min.) O STARSKY AND HUTCH-TOMA HUTCH-TOMA Starsky and Hutch-"Murder Hutch-"Murder On Stage 17" Starsky and Hutch become movie stuntmen in an effort to track down an embittered ex-comic. (R) Toma-"The Friends Of Danny Beecher" Toma impersonates imper-sonates the former cellmate of a young ex-convict wanted for tlje murder of a policeman. (R: 2 hrs., 15 min.) (EH) EVENING 6:00 0 O 0 CD NEWS QZOOM 6:30 0 CANDID CAMERA O CROSS WITS O CONCENTRATION O USU SPECIAL OF THE WEEK "USU Quilt Contest" CD MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT . 7:00 0 CPO SHARKEY Sharkey takes an exceptionally active interest in coaching Pruitt's starry-eyed and shapely sister for the annual "Miss Topside" contest. O DONNY AND MARIE Guests: Engelbert Humper-dinck, Humper-dinck, Paul Lynde, Parker Stevenson. (60 min.) 0 THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN Wonder Woman is pitted against a computer genius who steals the electronic memories and programs of the world's largest computers, as part of his plan to take control of the world. (60 min.) O OVER EASY Guest: Senator George McGovern, (D-S.D.). CD MOVIE ' "Road To Rio" 1947 Bing Crosby, Bob Hope. The bad luck of a couple of one-time top musicians take a bright turn when they stow away on a luxury liner bound for Rio. (2 hrs.) 7:30 0 CPO SHARKEY Fearful that a nagging back problem will make him ineligible for the "CPO of the Year" contest, Sharkey goes to his favorite turkish bath for a rubdown. O MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 8:00 0 THE ROCKFORD FILES When a student-friend dies in a college hazing mishap. Rockford suspects foul play and his investigation turns up a second homicide involving a wealthy Arabic student. (60 min.) O FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE "Three On A Date" Stars: Ray Bolger, Rick Nelson, Carol Lawrence. A madcap comedy-romance comedy-romance depicts the adventures adven-tures of four couples, winners on TV's "Dating Game," and their young chaperone on a Hawaiian dream holiday. (2 hrs.) 0 FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE "Big Mo" Stars: Bernie Casey, Janet MacLachlan. The true story of the touching relationship relation-ship between basketball player Maurice Stokes, who is crippled, and teammate Jack Twyman, who tries to help him. (2 hrs.) O WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW 8:30 O WALL $TREET WEEK "International Update" Host: Louis Rukeyser. Guest: Lan-don Lan-don Thomas, Executive vice president and director of the CD DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Aaron Copland, composer. com-poser. 10:40 0 GUNSMOKE 11:00 O DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Geraldine Fitzgerald, actress and singer. CD BOOK BEAT "Beggarman, Thief" by Irwin Shaw. 11:30 O ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 11:40 O F.B.I. 12:00 0 TOMORROW Host: Tom Snyder. Guest: David Merrick. (60 min.) 12:40 0 NEWS Fiduciary Trust Company of New York. 9:00 0 QUINCY A billionaire businessman is found murdered in his closely guarded guard-ed penthouse suite and all police evidence points to an ex-employee who Quincy believes was framed. (60 min.) O NOVA "Bamiki Bandula: Children Of The Forest" A rare look at Zaire's Mbuti pygmies in their tropical rain forest home reveals the secrets of survival of a culture that for thousands of years has remained re-mained untouched by modern civilization. (60 min.) CD MOVIE M2 "Santa Fe Stampede" 1938 John Wayne, June Martel. A miner and his young daughter are killed by claim jumpers. (60 min.) 10:00 BOO NEWS O AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Michael Murphey, one of the Southwest's most outspoken and musically gifted, performers, per-formers, is featured on .the premiere program of the third season of this series. Selections Selec-tions include: "Geronimo's Cadillac," "Cosmic Cowboy" and "Loner's Paradise." (60 min.) CD MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 10:30 0 THE TONIGHT SHOW Host: Johnny Carson. Guest: Buddy Rich. (90 min.) O BARETTA "The Mansion" Tony Baretta pretends to be a night club emcee in order to investigate the slaying of an undercover policewoman. (R) CD DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Geraldine Fitzgerald, actress and singer. 10:40 0 GUNSMOKE 11:00 O DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Paolo Soleri, visionary architect and city planner. CD HOW TO.. .STAY FIT 11:30 O ABC CAPTIONED N EWS 11:40 O MOVIE ' "The Neanderthal Neander-thal Man" 1953 Robert Shayne, Richard Crane. Scientist discovers drug which turns modern man into neanderthal man of past cave-man ages. (80 min.) 0 MOVIE "V2 "Come Fill The Cup" 1951 James Cagney, Phyllis Thaxter. An ex-newspaperman ex-newspaperman seeks to conquer con-quer alcoholism. (80 min.) 12:00 0 THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL "Million Seller Show" Guest stars: Olivia Newton-John, Queen, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Electric Light Orchestra, Or-chestra, Debby Boone. (90 min.) 1:00 O LUCY SHOW 0 NEWS NETWORKS AND STATIONS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES n Major Jake Gatlin (William Jordan, left) and Sgt. Harry Fitz (Caskey Swaim) study a map 3f unidentified flying objects in the premiere episode of Jack Webb s new fact-based series 'PROJECT JFO' Sunday, Feb. 19 on NBC-TV. AzJks'; If mi ' fJk i 4 Charles Durnlng plays a widower, George Parry portrays his mentally retarded son and Mare Wlnnlngham plays his daughter in 'SPECIAL OLYMPICS' Feb. 22 on 'The CBS Wednesday Night Movies.' 5 o o 9 11 JL ft J |