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Show pritigutile Hentto October 26, 1978 ((thursday)) EVENING 6:00 630 0 FAMILY FEUD Q NFL FOOTBALL SPECIAL Minnesota ViKings vs Dallas Cowboys 0 CROSS WITS O UTAH WEEKEND CD MACNEIL LEHRER ' REPORT 7:00 0 THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES 'Cotton Candy-Stars: Candy-Stars: Charles Martin Smith, Clint Howard. A group of high school misfits form a rock band, called Cotton Candy, to compete with the school's obnoxious established band. (2hrs.) 0 THE WALTONS Elizabeth encounters uncanny and frightening incidents that terrorize her into believing she is haunted by ghosts. (60 mins.) Q DICK CAVETT SHOW Tjocaine Panel' Guests: Dr. Peter Bourne, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, and Leslie Fuller; Part II. (D OVER EASY Host: Hugh Downs. Guest: singer Helen O'Connell. 7:30 O ' MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT CD U.N. DAY CONCERT 1977 Eugene Ormandy conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in a concert taped Oct. 24 at United Nations headquarters in New York. Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 are performed. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 features guest soloist Andre Watts. (90 mins.) 8:00 0 MOVIE -(BIOGRAPHICAL-DRAMA) "F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles" 1974 Richard Chamberlain, Blyth Danner. Fitzgerald meets Zelda while an army officer stationed in the South. (2hrs.) O NOVA 'The Great Wine Revolution' unlocks the secrets of the grape that have baffled wine-makers and drinkers for centuries. Economics has forced the wine industry to look at the laboratory 'orslp- (60 mins.) 0 QUINCY A young black doctor's alleged incompetence in-competence poses a threat to a hospital's affirmative-action program unless Quincy can prove that the physician's patient was murdered. (60 mins.) '. O GREASEBAND This program features a seven-piece seven-piece rock group that performs per-forms songs from the 50' s and 60's. A live concert at Asbury Park, N.J. was taped before 3000 spectators who enjoyed tunes from the last two decades. (60 mins.) CD MASTERPIECE THEATRE 'The Duchess of Duke Street: A Present Sovereign' Episode One. This story by John Hawkesworth was inspired by the life of Rosa Lewis, a scullery maid who became an intimate friend of peers, princes and kings. In this episode, Louisa starts working as assistant cook in the household of Lord Henry Norton. (60 mins.) 10:00 OOO NEWS 0 TO BE ANNOUNCED CD MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 10:30 Q THE TONIGHT SHOW Guest host: David Brenner. Guests: Bert Convy, Rip Taylor. (90 mins.) Q STARSKY AND HUTCH- S.W.A.T. Starsky and Hutch-'Las Hutch-'Las Vegas Strangled Starsky and Hutch go undercover for the Las Vegas police to find a 'Jack-the-Ripper' type killer of showgirls. (R) 'S.W.A.T.-Ordeal' 'S.W.A.T.-Ordeal' Hondo and a talkative dope dealer marked for execution are stranded in rugged terrain after surviving the crash of a sabotaged helicopter. (R; 2 hrs., 15 mins.) P POMPEII: FROZEN IN FIRE When Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. and buried Pompeii in 12 feet of ash and pumice, a rich cultural and artistic heritage was preserved in its entirety for 1900 years. Alexander Scourby narrates this visit back in time from the Museum of Fine Arts where over 300 rare examples of Roman art and culture were on exhibition in the United States for the first time. Q) ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 10:40 0 GUNSMOKE 11:00 P MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT CD SNEAK PREVIEWS Scenes from tne newest movies released, including 'The Wiz' and 'Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?' are presented with reviews by Robert Ebert and Gene Siskel. 11:30 0 ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 11:40 0 F.B.I. 12:00 f) TOMORROW Host: Tom nyder. Guest: Laurie Cabot, officially designated as witch of Salem, Mass. (60 mins.) 0 MARIE CURIE 'Failure Is Followed By Success' Pierre and Marie Curie begin to realize the potential danger of radium. In 1903, Marie becomes the fjrst woman to win iNobel Priie. (60 mins.) . 12:W 0 MIKE DOUGLAS 2:10 0 NEWS NETWORKS AND STATIONS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TV COMPULOG SERVICES, INC. ((friday)) EVENING em1 6:00 CD NEWS 1:30 0 EXTRA NEWLYWED GAME CROSS WITS OVER EASY Host: Hugh Downs. Guest: Senator Alan Cranston (D-California). CD MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 7:00 O ROCKFORD FILES Rock-ford's Rock-ford's help in Det. Becker's investigation into the slaying of the police chief's philandering philan-dering wife leads Jim and Joe down a strange path. (60 mins.) 0 DONNY AND MARIE Guests: Ruth Buzzi, Sherman Hemsley, Lassie, Johnny Dark. (60 mins.) 0 MAGIC OF DAVID COP-PtRFIELD COP-PtRFIELD Master magician David Copperfield and a cast of celebrity guest magicians will perform acts of the seemingly impossible in a music and comedy format. Guest stars: Orson Welles, Cindy Williams, Valerie Bertinelli, Bernadette Peters and Sherman Hemsley. (60 mins.) P DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Itzhak Perlman, violinist. CD OVER EASY Host: Hugh Downs. Guest: Senator Alan Cranston (D-California). 7:30 P MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT CD USU SPECIAL OF THE WEEK 'Your Pets, Pt. 3' 8:00 O MOVIE -WESTERN)V4 "A Gunflght" 1971 Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash. Two aging gunfighters meet and decide to sell tickets for a winner-take-all final bout. (2 hrs.) O FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE Obsession' 1976 Stars: Cliff Robertson, Geneveive Bujold. A grief-stricken man on a business trip in Rome encounters en-counters a young woman who bears an amazing resemblance resem-blance to his late wife. The haunting likeness drives him to make her his second wife, (2 hrs.) 0 INCREDIBLE HULK A chance encounter with a Chinese philosopher gives David Banner hope that his- new friend's lessons can help him control his autonomic nervous system and, in turn, the Hulk. (60 mins.) 0 WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW CD FALL OF EAGLES 'The Honest Broker' Bismarck's power is broken by Vicky's son, arrogant young Kaiser Wilhelm lland Empress Vicky withdraws1 frorrt politics upon her husband's death. (60 mins.) 830 P WALL ItREET WEEK 'View From the White House' Host: Louis Rukeyser. Guest: Charles L. Schultze, Chairman, Chair-man, Council of Economic Advisors. 9:00 0 FLYING HIGH Lisa Benton finds herself caught up in a May-December romance with a millionaire who is 30 years her senior. Guest stars: Craig Stevens, John Carradine. (60 mins.) P CD CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK 'Should Congress Ratify the Salt II Treaty and Enter Into Nuclear Weapon Agreements With the Soviet Union?' Host: Pat Tyler. Guests: Senator Jake Garn, Paul Warnke and Paul Nitze. (60 mins.) 9:30 8 TO BE ANNOUNCED TURNABOUT 'Work Alert" Workers outline on-the-job health hazards for all and potential occupational nazards for women, and Robin Baker warns that complaining about work conditions can get one fired. 10:00 8Q 0 NEWS MACNEIL LEHRER REPRT 10:30 0 THE TONIGHT SHOW Guest host: David Brenner. Guests: Lola Falana, Stan Kann. (90 mins.) O BARETTA 'I'll Take You To Lunch' Billy is taken hostage and Baretta begins life and death negotiations between the captors and a politically minded sheriff. (R) CD ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 10:40 0 GUNSMOKE 11:00 CD WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVUE 11:40 O MOVIE -(DRAMA) V4 "Point of Terror" 1971 Peter 'i f.' ' IK "v r;- - (if '5 ' f , . Louis Jourdan stars as the eternally infamous vampire COUNT DRACULA in this 'Grea Performances' "encore treat" on Tuesday, Oct. 31 on PBS. J 1A2 0 x&'S 1 VV ' X!. 1 t b PC T1 it Walter Brennan, in a dual role, portrays an angry gnome (second from right) who scolds a lumber tycoon (left) despite the pleas of his grandson (Tom Lowell, second from left) in 'THE GNOME-MOBILE,' a two-part comedy on NBC-TV's 'The Wonderful World of Disney,' Sundays, Oct. 29 and Nov. 5. Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber play the tycoon's grandchildren. |