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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1977)
Sunday _____ IV < |SHI I p Ihflß I * f * ysg*. Br f s3K* < »* *^ t ? * * UH Uffc. ' J F JAMES FARENTINO stars as a defrocked minister battling the forces of evil at a girls school while struggling to redeem his soul, in THE POSSESSED, a series pilot airing May 1 over NBC. 10:00 P.M. 0 — David Susskind 03 — Nothing Is Impos sible 10:30 P.M. 09 — Max Morris 11:00 P.M. oom — News © — Open Up 00 —Moment Os Truth 11:30 P.M. O — MOVIE: 'Slaugh terhouse Five' Michael Sacks stars as Billy Pil girm, a middle aged American optometrist who becomes 'unstuck in time' and moves back and forth from the pre sent to his wartime expe riences as a POW in a Dresden slaughter house to the futuristic planet of Tralfamodore. Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine. 1972 0 —CBS News (D — Streets Os San Francisco 00 — Sign Off 11:45 P.M. 0 _ MOVIE: 'A Cove nant With Death' A newly-appointed young judge of a southwestern town in the 20's be comes involved in a strange case. George Maharis, Laura Devon. 1967. 12:00 A.M. 0 — Sign Off MONDAY 10:00 A.M. © — MOVIE: 'Singa pore' Man returns to Sin gapore after the war for pearls he had hidden. Finds Fiancee, he be lieved dead, an amnesia victim and married. He tries to restore her me mory..succeeds. Ava Gardner, Fred Mac Mu rray, Richard Haydn, Thomas Gomez. 1947. 1:00 P.M. (B _ MOVIE: 'Three Strangers' Three strang ers meet, share a sweep stakes ticket, and win... the result is disastrous and the ending ironic. Geraldine Fitzgerald, Sydney Greenstreet, Pe ter Lorre, Joan Lorring, Alan Napier, 1946. 6:00 P.M. oom — News o — Sesame Street Cont*d © — Beverly Hillbillies 09 — Dick Van Dyke 6:30 P.M. Q — Withit © — A B C News © — Andy Griffith 09 — Rifleman 7:00 P.M. 0 — NBC News 0 — CBS Nows 0 — Guppies to Grou pers (D — Concentration © — Gomer Pyle 00 — Big Valley 7:30 P.M. 0 — In Search Os ESP 0 — Wild World Os Animals 0 — Atlanta Week In Review © — To Tell The Truth © — Hogan’s Heroes 8:00 P.M. 0 — MOVIE: In Search Os Noah's Ark' After a dramatic re enactment of the Bibli cal story of Noah and the great flood, this docu drama presents a host of evidence supporting the story, particularly the findings of numerous ex peditions which claim to have located the Ark on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. Brad Crandall narrates. 1976. 0 — Jeffersons George can hardly stand Florence once a week, so when Louise hires her as a live-in' maid, he hits the roof. (Repeat) 0 — Six American Families The Stephens Family of lowa." These generations enjoy their chosen way of life on this family farm. But the spread isn't big enough to divide among the six children. The oldest son works for his father as a hired hand, and the stag gering costs of land and equipment make farm ing a vanishing way of life for the next genera tion. (60 min.) © — MOVlE:'Charlie's Angels' Three attractive female detectives usa their wits and feminine charms to con the slayer of a wealthy man into re vealing the wereabouts of his victim's body. Star- ring Kate Jackson, Far rah Fawcett-Majors, Ja clyn Smith, David Doyle, David Ogden, Diana Muldaur and Bo Hop kins. 1976. © — Let's Go To The Races 00 —7OO Club 8:30 P.M. 0 — Busting Loose Lenny and his friends, who are anticipating a wild singles weekend at a New York resort hotel, are not diappointed when they encounter a veritable smorgasbord of feminine company, and even shy Lester finds himself an attrac tive girl. (Repeat) © — Last Os The Wild 9:00 P.M. 0 — Maude While Walter is out of town, Maude's life is threat ened by an oversexed housepainter. (Repeat) 0 — The Pallisers On the basis of circumstan tial evidence, Phineas Finn is accused of mur dering his political rival. Widowed Laura Ken nedy urges him to use her money for defense, while Madame Max sets out to find the real mur derer. (60 min.) © — MOVIE: Abbott and Costello Go to Mars' Bud and Lou and two es caped convicts acciden tally touch the starter button of a rocket ship and land on another planet. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Blan chard, Robert Paige, Horace McMahon, 1953. 9:30 P.M. 0 — Phyllis Phyllis Lindstrom turns the Dex ter living room into a wedding chapel when she hilariously misman ages Mother Dexter's marriage to Arthur Lan son. Conclusion of a two-part episode. (Re peat) © — MOVIE: 'Roger And Harry* Roger Quen tin and his partner, Harry Jaworsky, are hired by a millionaire businessman to find his daughter who has been kidnapped and apparently taken out of the country. John David son, Barry Primus, Ri chard Lynch, Carole Wagner Mallory, Anne Randall Stewart, Susan Sullivan and Harris Yu lin. 1977. © — Life In The Spirit 10:00 P.M. 0 — Dean Martin Ce lebrity Roast Peter Mar shall is roasted' by host Dean Martin and celebri ties including Orson Welles, Paul Lynde, Rose Marie, Jack Carter, Joey Bishop, Ed Blue stone, Foster Brooks, Rip Taylor, Wayland Flowers and Madam, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jimmie Walker, Red Buttons, Karen Valentine, Vin cent Price and Jackie Gayle. (60 min.) 0 — Andros Targets A football hero, about to receive the Player of the Year Award, is sus pected of involvement in an attempted rape and murder. (60 min.) 0 — 58 Minutes 00 — Charisma 10:30 P.M. 0 — Dialogue w/ Samm Nunn © — Good News 11:00 P.M. 0 0© — News 0 — MOVIE: The Hu man Monster" Scotland Yard inspector investi gates five drownings, discovers 'monster' that carried out scheme. Bela Lugosi, 1940. © — All That Glitters All That Glitters, Norman Lear's newest program, is a serial that focuses on the excutives, em ployees, and families of the fictional Globatron Corporation, a multi billion dollar interna tional business com glomerate. In Globatron, as in every aspect of All That Glitters, the tradi tional male-female roles have been turned around 180 degrees. © — Best Os Groucho 11:30 P.M. 0 _ Tonight Show Rich Little is the guest host. (90 min.) 0 — MOVIE: Kojak: A Question Os Answers' A desperate man tries to clear his own name and stay out of prison by helping Kojak trap a ruthless loan shark. Telly Savalas, Eli Wal lach, Michael Gazzo, Jerry Orbach. 1976. © — Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman © —MOVIE: Fail Safe' Due ot mechanical fail ure, SAC plane on way to bomb Moscow passes 'fail-safe* zone. Presi dent promises Russians if bomb is dropped to re taliate by bombing ah unwarned New York. Henry Fonda, Dan O'Her lihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Nancy Berg. 1964. © — Mayberry, R. F. D. 12:00 A.M. © — Streets of San Franciso/ Toma STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO. A Trout in the Milk.' A poet balladeer confesses to the murder of his daugh ter's boyfriend giving a homosexual attachment as his motive. Guest starring Roscoe Lee Brown and Brenda Sykes. (Repeat)--TOMA: Ambush on 7th Ave nue.' While investigat ing a gangland killing, Toma is given the added responsibility of a uni versity student observer whose interest in the case proves to be far more than academic. Guest-starring Geoffrey Deuel. (Repeat) © — News TUESDAY 10:00 A.M. © _ MOVIE: The Command' Depicts the war which for all time re solved the possession of the territory known as Wyoming. Guy Madison, Joan Weldon, James Whitmore, Carl Benton Reid, Harvey Lembeck, 1954. 1:00 P.M. © _ MOVIE: The Spoilers' Conspiracy to rob gold miners results in a no-holds-barred fight, and death for the villian. John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Ran dolph Scott. **. 1956. 6:00 P.M. 0 0 © — News 0 — Sesame Street Cont*d © — Beverly Hillbillies © — Dick Van Dyke 6:30 P.M. 0 — Once Upon A Classic ©—ABC News © — Andy Griffith © — Rifleman 7:00 P.M. 0 — NBC News 0 — C B S News 0 — Animals Are Crying © — Concentration © — Gomer Pyle © — Big Valley 7:30 P.M. 0 — Wild Kingdom 0 — Price is Right 0 — Irish Rovers © — To Tell The Truth © _ Hogan's Heroes 8:00 P.M. 0 — Country Music Hit Parade Jimmy Dean is the host and Tennes see Ernie Ford is the spe cial guest in tonight's star-studded presenta tion featuring some of the top names and most popular songs in country music today. Among the scheduled performers are: Tammy Wynette, Donna Fargo, Freddie Fender, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Mel Tillis, Ray Stevens, the Oakridge Boys, Don Williams, Larry Gatlin, Crystal Gayle, Jan Howard, George Jones and Ron nie Milsap. (90 min.) 0 — who's Who 0 — American Short Story Tonight's program presents two short sto ries: (I)'PARKER AD DERSON, PHILOSO PHER' Ambrose Bierce s taut story of confronta tion between a captured Union spy and the gen eral of a battered Con federate army. (2) THE JOLLY CORNER.' Henry James's haunting tale of an expatriate American who fled from the Civil War and 35 years later, returns to New York to seek the identity that would have been his if he had remained. (90 min.) © — Happy Days Fon zie the Father.' The cool of Fonzie and Richie is put to the supreme test when a pregnant woman unexpectedly becomes a Cunningham house guest and the baby de cides to arrive prema turely. (Repeat) © — Star Trek © —7OO Club 8:30 P.M. © — Laverne And Shir ley 'Bachelor Mothers.' The Fonz visits his good ol' friends Laverne and Shirley and drops off a surprise bundle -a baby - much to their chagrin. 9:00 P.M. 0 — M*A*S*H Frank Burns can't believe it when a wounded North Korean officer describes his own injury and cor rectly diagnoses the Monday RICHARD DAWSON reigns over the craziness as host of FAMILY FEUD, a game show in which two families compete to match answers with those given in a national survey. It airs mornings, Mon.- Fri., on ABC. wounds of another pa tient. (Repeat) © — Eight Is Enough © _ MOVIE: 'Buck Privates' First of a pa rade of comedies about Army life, but one of the best Abbott & Costello.* 1941. 9:30 P.M. 0 _ MOVIE: Code Name: Diamond Head' Drama of spies and counterspies set in Ha waii and involving a plot to steal a highly lethal chemical explosive. Roy Thinnes, France Nuyen, Zulu, Don Knight and Ward Costello. 1977. 0 — One Day at a Time When David is of fered the opportunity of a life time, an uncertain Ann must decide if she will share in his good fortune for the rest of her life. First of a two-part episode. (Repeat) 0 — MOVIE: 'L'E clisse' The sensitive study of a young woman who is driven to despair as she leaves one lover, takes another and then becomes disenchanted with him. Directed by Mi chelangelo Antonioni. B/W 1962 © — Christian Living 10:00 P.M. 0 — Kojak Rosie Grier is guest star in a return appearance as Salathiel Harms, a bounty hunter after a desperate man who jumped bail in San Francisco. (Repeat; 60 min.) © — Family An Endan gered species.' Kate and a recently divorced man, a family friend, are drawn to each other when Kate's husband Doug, becomes en grossed in his work. Guest-starring William Windom. (60 min.) © — Hi Doug 10:30 P.M. © —TheCriswell Hour 11:00 P.M. 0 0© — News 0 — MOVIE: 'Mr. Den ning Drives North' Mur der is committed and everyone knows it, but nobody can find the corpse to prove it. John Mills, Sam Wanamaker, Phyllis Calvert. •” 1953. © — All That Glitters © — Best Os Groucho 11:30 P.M. 0 — Tonight Show Johnny Carson's guests are Michael Landon and Sam Blotner, a Costa R t . can businessman. (90 min.) 0 _ MOVIE: Col umbo: A Stitch In Crime' A brilliant surgeon mur ders a nurse after she guesses correctly that the doctor has murdered a colleague by operating on him. Peter Falk, Leon ard Nimoy, Anne Fran cis. 1973. © — Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman © — MOVIE: Lonely Are The Brave' Cowboy who escapes from jail heads for the mountains with his fiathful horse pursued by sheriff and his posse who are aided by walkie-talkie equip ment and a helicopter until tragic finale. Kirk Douglas, Michael Caine, Walter Matthau, Gena Rowlands, 1962. © — Mayberry, R. F. D. 12:00 A.M. © — MOVIE: Matt Helm' When a beautiful movie star's life is threat ened, crack private eye Matt Helm takes the case only to find himself involved in an interna tional black market op eration in heavy muni tions. Tony Franciosa, Vai Bisoglio, Laraine Stephens, Patrick Mac- Nee, John Vernon, Ann Turkel. 1975. © — News WEDNESDAY 10:00 A.M. © — MOVIE: Hold Back The Night* Korea 1950: Marine captain ordered to retreat his company to protect main division, tells his men story behind bottle of Scotch he always car ries. John Payne, Mona Freeman. Chuck Con nors, Peter Graves, Au drey Dalton, Bob Ni chols, John Wilder. 1956. 1:00 P.M. © — MOVIE: The Big Gamble' Adventure and fun in the wilds of Africa as an Irishman, his young bride, and meek bank clerk cousin seek their fortune on the Ivory Coast. Stephen Boyd, Juliette Greco, David Wayne, 1961. 6:00 P.M. 0 0© — News 0 — Sesame Street Corn'd © — Beverly Hillbillies © — Dick Van Dyke 6:30 P.M. 0 — Zoom ©—ABC News © — Andy Griffith © — Rifleman 7:00 P.M. 0 — NBC News 0 — C B S News 0 — Classic Th. Prev iew © — Concentration © — Gomer Pyle © — Big Valley 7:30 P.M. 0 — Nixon/Frost Inter view Exclusive no holds barred visit with the for mer President. No re strictions on type of questions and Frost will probe Nixon answers. Direct from San Clem ente. 0 — Crosswits 0 — Folk Guitar © —ToTell The Truth © — Hogan's Heroes 8:00 P.M. 0 — In Concert Neil Sedaka