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supplies worldwide and will examine President Carter's legislative pro posals. Correspondent Walter Cronkite is the anchorman. (60 min.) CD — Eight Is Enough When Tom's flamboy ant, Auntie Marne-type older sister, Vivian, comes for a visit, chaos reigns in the Bradford household. Guest star: Janis Paige. (Repeat; 60 min.) CD —7OO Club 9:00 P.M. 0 — Oral Roberts in San Francisco Special o — Opera Theater: Die Fledermaus The most popular and scintil lating of Johann Strauss's waltzes give this famous light opera an air of irresistable Viennese charm and gaiety. The libretto is in English. (2 hours) CD — Charlie's Angels Ida Lupino guest stars as a movie queen who hires Charlie s three gor geous sleuths to find out who is trying to drive her insane just as she is about to make a big comeback. (Repeat; 60 min.) 9:30 P.M. CD — The Rock 10:00 P.M. 0 — The Making of a Bridge Too Far One hour film showing the high lights and giving a des cription of the making of the motion picture, 'A Bridge Too Far' which is based on the best selling book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan. Interviews with most of the stars of the film and four generals who parti cipated in the actual Al lied military debacle at Arnhem, Holland, in 1944. 'Tales of the Unexpected' is pre empted. CD — The New Love Boat The Pacific Prin cess is a cruise ship filled with romance and comedy. Gavin MacLeod stars as Captain Merrill Stubing making his first voyage on the Princess, whose interest in a beau tiful young woman he thinks is a passenger brings together the lives of the crew members and passengers in a very personal way. Bernie Ko pell, Fred Gandy, Ted Lange, Laureen Tewes, Stella Stevens, Pat Har rington, Phil Silvers. (Re peat; 60 min.) CD — Night Gallery CD — Crisis Living / Courage 10:30 P.M. CD — Gerald Derstine 11:00 P.M. 0 0 CD — News Q _ MOVIE: 'Scarlet Street* Cashier, to im press girl, pretends he's famous artist and em bezzles money to carry out fraud. Discovering she was using him, he murders her. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay. 1945 CD -i Love Lucy CD — Best Os Groucho 11:30 P.M. 0 — Tonight Host Johnny Carson. (90 min.) 0 — U.S. Open High lights of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships from the West Side Ten nis Club, Forest Hills, N.Y. CD — Femwood 2 Night CD — MOVIE: 'Doctor Ehrlich's Magic Bullet' A doctor devotes his life and his family to medical research. The struggles and triumphs of finding a medical cure for social disease. Edward G. Rob- inson, Ruth Gordon. *** 1940 CD — Mayberry, R. F. D. 11:45 P.M. 0 — MOVIE: 'Hell's Angels on Wheels' The Hell's Angels are terror izing a gas station and its customers when they meet Poet, a trouble maker who has been be aten up by a gang of sailors. Intent on re venge, the gang kills one of the sailors and flees across Nevada. Jack Ni cholson, Adam Rourke, Sabina Scharf. 1967 12:00 A.M. CD — Rookies After wit nessing a murder com mitted by an emotionally unstable young man, Jill is abducted by the killer and an accomplice who plan to kill her. (Repeat; 60 min.) CD — News THURSDAY 10:00 A.M. CD — MOVIE: The Unholy Wife' Young woman married to a wealthy vineyard owner, plots to murder husband but accidentally kills other man. Rod Steiger, Diana Dors, Marie Wind sor, Tom Tryon. 1957. 12:30 P.M. CD — MOVIE: 'So Well Remembered' Struggles of mill-town newspaper editor against commer cial greed to obtain so cial reform. John Mills, Patricia Roc, Martha Scott. Trevor Howard, Richard Carlson. " 1947. 6:00 P.M. 0 0 CD — News © — Sesame Street Contd CD — Andy Griffith CD — F-Troop 6:30 P.M. 0 — Hong Kong CD — ABC News CD — My Three Sons CD — Rifleman 7:00 P.M. 0 — NBC News 0 — CBS News 0 — University News CD — Concentration CD — Gomer Pyle CD — Big Valley 7:15 P.M. 0 — Hand-Gliding Wednesday W a Kt ■■ FRED GANDY stars as Burl “Gopher” Smith, flirtatious purser of the Pacific Princess, a luxury cruise ship whose passengers and crew find comical and sentimental adventures, on The New Love Boat, Wed., Aug. 31 on ABC. 7:30 P.M. 0 -$25,000 Pyramid 0 — Match Game PM O — Something Personal CD —To Tell The Truth CD — Hogan's Heroes 8:00 P.M. 0 — Rubber Gun Squad Andy Romano and Lenny Baker star as two hapless New York City policemen assigned to a special squad based at a Central Park pre cinct. All of the officers are misfits who have un wittingly or purposely become an embarrass ment to the department, and they now patrol the park without benefit of guns. Tonight: A young man attempts to hold up a streetwalker and the park meteorologist at the weather station with his ultimate goal being the hijacking of a plane at Kennedy Airport. 0 — Waltons John- Boy (Richard Thomas) is mesmerized by the strik ing contrast between New York City and Wal tons Mountain when the impatient writer goes to the big city in hopes of finding out if his finally completed novel will be published. (Repeat; 60 min.) 0 — Key to the Universe This two hour science special focuses on a string of recent breakthroughs in man's quest for an understand ing of the basic ingre dients of all matter. Discovery of sub-atomic particles called 'quarks' is linked with research into 'black holes' said to exist in outer space. Un derstanding mysterious properties which high energy scientists have dubbed strangeness' and 'charm' could hold the key to understand ing the universe. CD — Welcome Back, Kotter There are mixed emotions at the Kotter apartment when Gabe learns Julie is expecting a baby. Meanwhile, the Sweathogs are excited and await the arrival of their little buddy. (Re peat) CD — Mission Impossible CD —7OO Club 8:30 P.M. 0 — Good Penny Penny Burdock is a wife whose husband departs leaving her seven months pregnant with two children and with out any means of sup port. Seeking a job, she is advised by a prospec tive employer to see a psychiatrist who recom mends she become in volved in group therapy with his collection of misfits. Renee Taylor, who with her actor writer husband Joseph Bologna wrote the play, stars as Penny. CD — What's Happening!! Dwayne doesn't know what to do when his pretty date's ex-boyfriend, a mean dude named Darryle, threatens him with bod ily harm if he takes the lovely girl out again. And he has to decide what to do pretty fast because she's just agreed to date him the following night. (Repeat) 9:00 P.M. 0 — MOVIE: 'Coogan's Bluff* Arizona deputy sheriff applies his rough-and-ready tac tics of the frontier when he arrives in New York to find and extradite an es caped murderer. Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Tisha Ster ling, and Don Stroud. 1968. 0 — Hawaii Five-0 Rich Little guest stars in a dramatic role depict ing the self-appointed avenger of a girl, who af ter kicking her drug ha bit, was turned on to it again by a pusher and died from an overdose. Mel Ferrer makes a spe cial guest appearance. Jack Lord, James Ma cArthur. (Repeat; 60 min.) CD —Barney Miller Wo tohowicz brings in a >atch of cookies baked by his girlfriend and they have a strange effect on the detectives who eat them. (Repeat) CD — MOVIE: Come Blow Your Horn' Play boy, living in a luxurious penthouse, introduces his younger brother to his way of life, and horri fies their old-country parents. When older brother decides to settle down, kid brother takes up where he left off. Frank Sinatra, Molly Pi con, Barbara Rush, Lee J. Cobb, Jill St. John, Tony Bill. 1963. 9:30 P.M. CD — Three's Company When Jack brings home a puppy, roommates Ja net and Chrissy remind him that the landlord doesn't allow pets on the premises. (Repeat) CD — Manna 10:00 P.M. 0 — Barnaby Jones Betty becomes a pros pective target of a psy chopathic killer, who sends his victims gaily decorated Valentines containing messages fa shioned from magazine clippings, when she re ceives one of the menac ing packets and a threatening phone call. Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meri wether. (Repeat; 60 min.) 0 — In Performance at Wolf Trap Singer Sarah Vaughn and drummer Buddy Rich are featured in a jazz concert taped at Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts. (60 min.) CD — College Football ‘77: Anybody's Ball game A preview of the upcoming NCAA Foot ball season. (60 min.) CD — The Answer 10:30 P.M. CD — Travel 11:00 P.M. 0 0 CD — News 0 _ MOVIE: 'Sparrows' A mother cares for her nine child ren on an impoverished farm, warding off starva tion and kidnappers. Mary Pickford, Gustav Von Seyffertiz, Roy Ste wart, Mary Louise Miller, 1926. CD — Best Os Groucho 11:30 P.M. 0 — Tonight Host Johnny Carson. (90 min.) 0 — U.S. Open High lights of the U.S. Open Tennis tournament from the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York. CD — Fernwood 2 Night CD — MOVIE: 'All My Sons' Airplane manufac turer, who during war made defective parts, is confronted by his son. Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster. 1948. CD — Mayberry, R. F. D. 11:45 P.M. 0 — Kojak Eli Wallach guest stars as a desper ate man who tries to clear his own name and stay out of prison by helping Kojak trap a ruthless loanshark - one whose reach has over taken many legitimate businesses. (Repeat; 60 mim.) 12:00 A.M. CD — S.W.A.T./ Thursday Night Special S.W.A.T.: Time bombs are planted throughout a radio station by a group demanding the imme diate release of a mass killer, leaving S.W.A.T. with only two hours to rescue the hostages and dispose of the bombs. THURSDAY NIGHT SPE CIAL: 'The Third Unoffi cial Miss Las Vegas Showgirl Pageant.' Steve Allen is the host and Rose Marie is the co lor commentator in this parody of beauty con tests in which the major awards are laughs. Taped in Las Vegas' Thunderbird Hotel. (Re peat; 2 hours, 30 min.) CD — News FRIDAY 10:00 A.M. CD — MOVIE: 'Embraceable You’ Small time crook runs down a girl, injuring her. He visits her in the hospi tal and eventually they fall in love. Dane Clark, Geraldine Brooks, Lina Romay, S. Z. Sakall, Wal lace Ford. 1948. 12:30 P.M. CD — MOVIE: It's Your Move' A distinguished Englishman, living in Majorca sets out on a wild and humorous coup to rob the local bank us ing look alikes for four bank employers. Edward G. Robinson, Adolfo Celi, Terry-Thomas, 1968. 5:30 P.M. CD — Major League Baseball: Atlanta vs. New York 6:00 P.M. 0 0 CD — News 0 — Sesame Street Contd CD — Baseball Contd CD — F-Troop 6:30 P.M. 0 — Withit CD — ABC News CD — Rifleman 7:00 P.M. 0 — NBC News 0 — CBS News 0 — Untamed World CD — Concentration CD — Big Valley 7:30 P.M. 0 — Lets Make A Friday ml- IF ™ * wwrwis if TOM (background) and JOHN KEANE are surrounded by a bevy of young ladies, THE ANITA MANN DANCERS, who go through their paces regularly on the continuing summer series The Keane Brothers Show, airing Fri., Sept. 2 over CBS. Deal 0 — The Muppets 0 — Inner Tennis CD —To Tell The Truth 8:00 P.M. 0 — Sanford and Son Fred's accountant (Jack Carter) tries to get him to complete his income tax forms and avoid a late payment penalty, but all that Fred's interested in is winning a Redd Foxx look-alike contest. Redd's daughter, De braca, makes a guest ap pearance as his secretary. (Repeat) 0 — Keane Brothers Bob Keane, former band leader, and father of Tom and John Keane, is this week's special guest star. 0 — National Geographic Special CD — NFL Pre-Season Football: Chicago vs. St. Louis Live coverage of the game between the Chicago Bears and the St. Louis Cardinals from St. Louis, Missouri. (3 hours) CD — Between Games Show CD —7OO Club 8:30 P.M. 0 — Chico and the Man Chico and Della de cide that Ed needs some female companionship to smooth his rough edges, and sure enough, when Peggy Randall (Jeff Donnell) asks a fa vor, Ed is changed into a gallant garageman. Jack Albertson and Freddie Prinze co-star. (Repeat) 0 — A Year At the Top CD — Major League Baseball: Atlanta vs. New York 9:00 P.M. 0 — Rockford Files Christina Marks (Joan Van Ark) pleads with Rockford (James Gar ner) to use her $ 10,000 to play poker, hoping he can win enough to buy a kidney machine for her father, Eddie (Howard Duff). But the poker party is cleaned out by masked bandits, and Rockford suddenly real izes he was 'used' by the pair. (Repeat; 60 min.) 0 —MOVIE:'I Want to Keep My Baby* Sue Ann, a Denver high-school student becomes preg nant, then suffers aban donment by her boyfriend, the father of the child. She bows to pressure from her par ents, church and peers to have the baby and raise it in her mother's home. Mariel Heming way, Susan Anspach, Jack Rader, Vince Be gatta, Dori Brenner, Rhea Pearlman. 1976 0 — Wash. Week In Review 9:30 P.M. 0 — Wall Street Week CD — Pat Robertson 10:00 P.M. 0 — Quincy When the wife of Quincy's boss is hospitalized following an accident, Quincy dis covers that her passen ger -a runaway hitchhiker - is a victim of child abuse and sets out to build a case against the child's mother. Guest stars: Gloria De Haven, Barbara Babcock and Shane Sinutka. (Repeat; 60 min.) o — Upstairs, Downstairs CD — Living Word 11:00 P.M. 0 0 09 — News 0 — MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes And The Woman In Green' An other case for Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, as he solves the 'finger murders'. Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke. 1945. CD -1 Love Lucy CD — Best Os Groucho 11:30 P.M. 0 — Tonight 0 — U.S. Open High lights of the U.S. Open Tennis tournament from The West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, N.Y. 09 — Fernwood 2 Night CD — MOVIE: Zombies Os Mora Tau' The strange tale of how the beautiful wife of an American tycoon is killed by Zombies guard ing a fortune in dia monds. Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes. *. 1957. CD — Mayberry, R. F. D. 11:45 P.M. 0 _ MOVIE: The Group' The story of a group of eight college girls who graduate from Vassar in 1933 and what happens to them for the next six years. Shirley Knight, Elizabeth Hartman, Hal Holbrook, Candice Bergen, James Broderick, Joan Hackett, Jessica Walter. 1966. 12:00 A.M. CD — Baretta Baretta takes his life in his hands when he gets himself thrown in prison next to
