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Show September 28, 1978 - The TV Section - Page One ((thursday)) Michael Ansara (left) portrays an Indian leader, Richard Chambe : lain (cente I and Robert Conrad are European settlers who establish a foothold in the Old West and Barbara Carrera plays the Indian woman Chamberlain marries, in 'CENTENNIAL, the NBC-TV miniseries based on James A. Michener's best-seller. The epic drama will open on 'The Big Event Sunday, Oct. 1. David Spielberg as Casey, producer of 'The American Report.' assigns Debra Priscilla Barnes as Rebecca to research a story on arson, in 'THE AMERICAN on CBS-TV. ' fl K. I vf a'' dinger, left, as Amy and GIRLS,' Saturday, Oct. 7, EVENING 8:00 OOO0D NEWS O ZOOM 6'30 8 FAMILY FEUD NEWLYWEDGAME O CROSS WITS O UTAH WEEKEND QD MACNEIL LEHREF REPORT 7:00 O PROJECT U.F.O. A college professor and some friends witness and photograph two strange bluish-green v-shaped UFOs, which make a second appearance ap-pearance the following night. Guest star: Kim Hunter. (60 mins.) O MORK AND MINDY Mork leaves Mindy's house because he thinks he's getting get-ting in the way of her lovelife. 0 THE WALTONS Jim-Bob, an aviation buff, discovers his heart has wings when Mary Frances, a pretty Catholic girl, comes to Walton's Mountain to contemplate her religion, (60 mins.) O OVER EASY Host: Hugh Downs. Guest: George Montgomery, actor and artist. m DAMIEN 'We Lepers' " Terence Knapp stars in this original one-man drama about Father Damien de Veuster, a heroic Roman Catholic priest who went to Hawaii in the late 1800's to work with lepers. Father Damien later died there, a leper himself. (90 mins.) 7:30 O WHAT'S HAPPENING!! Shirley's torrid love affair with a handsome truck driver who, unknown to her is already married, has Raj, Rerun and Dwayne In a dilemma as to what to do. O MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 8:00 O QUINCY Don Ameche guest stars as an aging magician whose comeback is marred when his protege dies while attempting a water tank Illusion trick. (60 mins.) O BARNEY MILLER Wojo A cracks an illegal dog fighting ring, but his only reward is a painful bite, a lost dog and a trembling lip at the prospect of getting the needle. O MOVIE -COMEDY)"V! "The Out of Towners" 1970 jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis. a couple take h rrowmgtrip N60VCe upon A classic .what Katy Did' Episode Six. episode, Katy accusations against her. Later, the dashing young naval lieutenant, Ned Wor-thington, Wor-thington, reappears in her life. 8'30 O MOVIE COMEDY)" oll, Freddy, Roll" 1974 Tim Coway, Jan Murray. A conservative con-servative computer programmer lives on roller-skates roller-skates for seven days to win a place in the Guinness Book of World Records, and to compete for attention with his son's famous new stepfather. (90 mins.) O THE ISLANDER Walter Anderson was a prolific artistic ar-tistic genius who escaped the confines of society in his Intimate world of Horn Island. This re-creation of Anderson's life-style looks at his relationship with the island, his family and his art. (0 ME AND STELLA The story of Elizabeth Cotten, a cook and cleaner for most of her 83 years, is revealed in this program. The composer of 'Freight Train' sings and plays her music with her close friend Taj Mahal. 9:00 O W.E.B. An advertiser wants a Trans Atlantic Broadcasting network sales executive fired after he catches cat-ches him in an embrace with his wife. Guest stars: William Windom, Dana Wynter. (60 mins.) Q PREVIN AND THE PITTSBURGH PITT-SBURGH 'Creating an Impression' Im-pression' Thomas Hoving, Director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, joins in a review of the Impressionist Im-pressionist Movement in art and its influence on music. To Illustrate, Andre Previn conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in works by Debussy, Ravel, Ibert and Chabrier. (60 mins.) (D MASTERPIECE THEATRE 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' Episode Four. The Mayor's feud with Farfrae enters a new dimension as they both have Interest in the same woman. The town learns of the Mayor's secret past from a surprising source. (60 mins.) 10:00 OOQ NEWS O THE PALLISERS As the saga of the Pallisers draws to a close, Lady Glencora lays dying of pneumonia with one anxious desire 1hat she desperately wishes to convey to Plantagenet: that their daughter Mary and son Silverbridge be allowed the one thing she was deprived of - freedom of choice in marriage. (60 mins.) (D MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 10:30 O THE TONIGHT SHOW (EH) EVENING 6:00 OOOfD NEWS O ZOOM 8:30 8 EXTRA NEWLYWEDGAME 0 CROSS WITS O USU SPECIAL OF THE WEEK 'Nutrition And Your Health' (D MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 7.00 O ROCKFORD FILES Rita Moreno returns in her recurring role of Rita, a hooker friend of Jim Rockford, who seeks Jim's protection after her life Is threatened because she witnessed an underworld assassination of a customer. (60 mins.) O DONNY AND MARIE Guest stars: Jaclyn Smith, Rita Coolidge, Dirk Benedict and Paul Lynde. (60 mins.) 0 THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN I. A D C. agent Diana Prince tracks down a 'wanted woman' - the winged-nymph hood ornament or-nament of a smuggled Rolls Royce which hides a roll of top-secret microfilm. (60 mins.) O OVER EASY Host: Hugh Downs. Guest: Mabel Mercer, m MOVIE -SCIENCE FK TION)"' "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" 1956 Kevin McCarthy, Dana Winter. Large pods from outer space take over the minds and bodies of the people of a small town, turning them into soulless zombies. (90 mins.) 7:30 O MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 8:00 O MOVIE 'Call Of The Wild' Charlton Heston, Maria Rohm. (2 hrs.) O GENERAL ELECTRIC ALL-STAR ALL-STAR ANNIVERSARY The Guest host: Don Rickles. (90 mins.) 0 STARSKY AND HUTCH-S7W.A.T. HUTCH-S7W.A.T. Starsky and Hutch-'Manchlld Hutch-'Manchlld In The Streets' Starsky and Hutch face the difficult task of helping a youth overcome deep bitterness when his innocent father dies in a police shootout. (R) S.WA.T.-'The Vendetta' Hondo and a crooked property owner are marked for death by a pair of ex-convicts. (2 hrs., 15 mins.) (D DICK CAVETT SHOW 'Is . English a Dying Language?' Part II. Guests: Edwin Newman; John Kenneth Galbraith; Agnes DeMille; and John Simon. 10:40 O GUNSMOKE 11:00 O DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Tap dancer Honl Coles. 11:30 O ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 11:40 O F.B.I. 12:00 O TOMORROW Host: Tom Snyder. Guests: Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford. (60 mins.) 12:40 Q MIKE DOUGLAS 2:10 0 NEWS NETWORKS AND STATIONS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TV COMPULOG SERVICES, INC. laughter, song and dance that have brightened the last 100 years In America will come to life again as John Wayne plays host to an extraordinary lineup of stars. Guest stars: Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Henry Winkler, James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Red Skelton and many others. (2 hrs.) 0 INCREDIBLE HULK Ambitious residents of a dying resort town Invent their own version of the Hulk to attract tourists. (60 mins.) O WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW 8:30 O WALL UREET WEEK 'Futurestock: Does R and D Pay Off?' Host: Louis Rukeyser. Guest: Ronald J. Berger, Registered Representative, Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. (D THE ISLANDER Walter Anderson was a prolific artistic ar-tistic genius who escaped the confines of society in his intimate world of Horn Island. This re-creation of Anderson's life-style looks at his relationship with the island, his family and his art. 9:00 0 FLYING HIGH A high calorie time bomb in the form of a cheesecake is ready to explode In the cockpit of a Boeing 747, and when it does, Sunwest Airlines flight attendant at-tendant Lisa Benton will take on the biggest challenge of her life. Stars: Connie Sellecca, Pat Klous, Kathryn Witt. (Premiere; 60 mins.) O MASTERPIECE THEATRE The Mayor of Casterbridge' Episode Four. The Mayor's feud with Farfrae enters a new dimension as they both have interest In the same woman The town learns of th Mayor's secret past from surprising source. (60 mins.) Q) EVENING AT POP Eleven DeGroote' Sout |