What's On TV Today (1974)?

 I think I'm going to try to post a lot more at the HP. It's fun.

I did about a half hour of deep dive into the name and address listed on the cover of this TV Guide. I found the house in Rockland, Maine, where it was delivered. I found a preacher/author/publisher in Rockland with the same last name, who may or may not, of course, have been connected to the people. This fella has written a good bit about Universalists in Maine, and, indeed, the house where this TV Guide was delivered is just up Broadway/U.S. 1-A from a Universalist church. In its Google Maps picture, you can see several hand-printed signs in front of the church, along the street:

UB BRAVE

Rise Up in spite of the Ache

We Work For Justice

Rise UP

Don't Agonize/ORGANIZE

Well, whoever it was who lived in this house and paid for this TV Guide that my wife purchased for me off eBay, thank you. And thank you, Wife, for I sure enjoy flipping through it.

Here's what was on TV this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1974, in Rockland, Maine.

Man, The Waltons sure was a big deal. My mom loved it.

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1975: The new season (Thursdays)

Thursday nights 1975 look a little more promising than most of the daily prime-time lineups. 

I'm a Waltons fan, and I thought last season ended with one of the strongest stories in the show's three-years-so-far run. Even still, I'm going to have a hard time keeping away from ABC's returning Barney Miller and an intriguing new sitcom, On the Rocks. 

NBC, meanwhile, is taking its chances with a couple of new entrants, The Montefuscos, which sounds none too appealing, and Fay, which I'm absolutely certain I would've loved.

I'm not much into murder mysteries or crime or hospital dramas, so ABC and NBC pretty much lose me at 8 p.m. Central.

So, that leaves me with The CBS Thursday Night Movies, which I'm thrilled to learn is scheduled to include a re-airing of the fantastic Bob Newhart/Dick Van Dyke delight, Cold Turkey, one of America's all-time-great films.

Previous dispatches:

-- Mondays

-- Tuesdays

-- Wednesdays