Friday, September 27, 2019

What's On Tonight (Saturday): Preserving Our Television Heritage, The Fourth Part

The Brady Bunch, "The Subject Was Noses" (via Giphy)
Welcome to the fourth edition of Preserving Our Television Heritage! This is here on slower TV nights to highlight the retro stuff in hopes that not everything old falls through the culture cracks. There are a few new offerings, such as the Yvette Nicole Brown-penned movie, a Ted Turner doc, Saturday Night Live, and almost-the-end of Dragon Ball Super. But most of these listings are for pre-2010 programs, from long-running stuff like Doctor Who and Frasier, landmark programs like Hill Street Blues and Star Trek, and short-lived curiosities and oddities like The Paul Lynde Show, Blue Thunder, and The Time Tunnel. So don't play ball in the house, here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, September 28!

EARLY PRIMETIME

The Brady Bunch πŸ“Ί (Decades, 7 p.m.): The weekend binge celebrates the classic sitcom's 50th anniversary and Saturday is a showcase of its best episodes. This particular hour is comprised of two of the show's best-known episodes: "The Subject Was Noses" and "Getting Davy Jones." Later in the evening are the two three-part episodes when the Bradys traveled to the Grand Canyon and then Hawaii.

Doctor Who πŸ“Ί (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): Both the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and the Master (Roger Delgado) appeal to ancient horned alien Azal (Stephen Thorne), who has immense power. Later, the Doctor and Jo (Katy Manning) discover the High Priest Hepesh (Geoffrey Toone) conspiring to stop the planet Peladon from joining the Galactic Federation so that the old ways on the planet are preserved.

Wonder Woman πŸ“Ί (MeTV, 7 p.m.): Wonder Woman must stop a terrorist organization from kidnapping Steve and other IADC agents. She finds an ally in a Vietnam vet turned cab driver.
Doctor Who, "The Curse of Peladon" (via Giphy)

πŸ•— EASTERN / πŸ•– CENTRAL

All That (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.): Grammy winner H.E.R. attempts to place an order at Good Burger, Reece tries to figure out who tickled her, Nathan cancels reboots, and Chinguun gets a last-minute edit to his script.

Always a Bridesmaid πŸŽ₯ (BET, 8 p.m.): Written by Yvette Nicole Brown, a woman is stuck being everyone's bridesmaid. Deciding to no longer be a lady-in-waiting, she bravely reenters the dating scene. That sounds nice.

Barney Miller πŸ“Ί (Antenna TV, 8 p.m.): It's Election Day in NYC! A woman, being prevented by her husband from voting, throws a toilet seat into the street to get attention. Meanwhile, Wojo escorts a shoplifter to vote, who then loses him.

Columbo πŸ“Ί (Cozi TV, 8 p.m.): Commandant Patrick McGoohan murders the chairman of the board, who wanted to oust him. Lt. Columbo takes up residence in the barracks.

Henry Danger (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): When Ray's memories accidentally get erased, Schwoz devises a plan to send Henry deep inside Ray's brain to get them back.

Isn't It Romantic πŸŽ₯ (HBO, 8 p.m.): Rebel Wilson, disenchanted with love, mysteriously finds herself trapped inside a romantic comedy.

Sale of the Century πŸ“ΊπŸ’² (Buzzr, 8 p.m.): A couple retro game show episodes from 1985.

Svengoolie: Dracula πŸŽ₯ (MeTV, 8 p.m.): The Bela Lugosi classic!

Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story πŸŽ₯ (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): When a teenager reveals that she is gay to her devout Mormon parents, they decide to send her to a conversion therapy home in Utah.

FOR THE RECORDRidiculousness (MTV); The Case That Haunts Me (ID)
Dracula (via Giphy)

πŸ•˜ EASTERN / πŸ•— CENTRAL

The District πŸ“Ί (Heroes & Icons, 9 p.m.): This third-season episode is a tribute to Lynne Thigpen, who played Ella Farmer and died shortly before this episode. Chief!

Home Improvement πŸ“Ί (Laff, 9:30 p.m.): The Taylors' lives come to a halt when Jill is told she might need a hysterectomy.

The Illustrated Man (Reelz, 9 p.m.): Directed by fashion photographer Sophy Holland, this documentary profiles men with tattoos through the ages. That reminds me... remember t.A.T.u.?

The Saint πŸ“Ί (fetv, 9 p.m.): Templar plays along with an amorous wife (Shirley Eaton) to reveal smuggling activities and the true reason for her romantic interest.

Ted Turner: Captain Planet (CNN, 9 p.m.): A profile of Ted Turner and his environmental work.

FOR THE RECORDCake Boss (Discovery Family); Dr. Oakley Yukon Vet (Nat Geo Wild, premiere); Live PD (A&E); Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN); The Zoo: San Diego (Animal Planet, finale)

πŸ•™ EASTERN / πŸ•˜ CENTRAL

48 Hours (CBS, 10 p.m.): Profiles of crimes returns for yet another season, because that's something you can't find anywhere on television.

Frasier πŸ“Ί (Cozi TV, 10 p.m.): A beautiful PR executive (Virginia Madsen) toys with Frasier on Valentine's Day. Martin takes Daphne to dinner.

Profiler πŸ“Ί (Start TV, 10 p.m.): Samantha seeks help from a tribal elder when people blame a 1,000-year-old spirit for the ritual murders of several American Indian chiefs.

Star Trek πŸ“Ί (MeTV, 10 p.m.): In this series highlight, the Enterprise encounters the wrecked Constellation and its distraught commodore who's determined to stop the giant planet-destroying robot ship that killed his crew.

FOR THE RECORDFear Thy Neighbor (ID); House Hunters Renovation (HGTV); Pick, Flip & Drive (FYI); The Vet Life (Animal Planet, finale)

πŸ•š EASTERN / πŸ•™ CENTRAL

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century πŸ“Ί (MeTV, 11 p.m.): Buck's Olympic visit is complicated when an athlete wants to defect to Earth.

Dragon Ball Super (Adult Swim, 11 p.m.): In the penultimate episode, Goku's mastery of Ultra Instinct gives him another transformation with the power to equal Jiren, but he must defeat the warrior quickly before his body succumbs to the brutal stress.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air πŸ“Ί (MTV2, 11 p.m.): Will meets an activist (Peggy Blow) from the 1960s and takes her message to heart.

Hill Street Blues πŸ“Ί (Heroes & Icons, 11 p.m.): On tonight's trio of episodes: LaRue and Washington investigate two policemen suspected of stealing, Furillo blackmails Chief Daniels to get Goldblume reinstated, Renko is unhappy with his birthday present (a call girl), Calletano lets loose when accepting the award for Hispanic Officer of the Year, and Bates gets upset when Davenport undermines her testimony on the witness stand.

Peter Gunn πŸ“Ί (fetv, 11:30 p.m.): A district attorney is given an ultimatum -- either he drops the case of a chronic criminal or his son will be framed for murder. This episode features Roy Thinnes, who will fight The Invaders later tonight.

Sanford and Son πŸ“Ί (TV One, 11:30 p.m.): Pilot! Lamont discovers that the porcelain figure he has bought is worth a great deal of money.

(Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:29 p.m.): PREMIERE. This is to let you know that our regular live-thread will be up for tonight's season premiere!)

FOR THE RECORDMountain Mamas (HGTV)

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Blue Thunder πŸ“Ί (getTV, 2 a.m.): The guys befriend parachutist Gretchen Terrell during an air show. Later, Blue Thunder heads security for a troubled foreign country's embassy party. Unbeknownst to them, Gretchen is married to the leader of the revolt!

Friends πŸ“Ί (Nickelodeon, 12:10 a.m.): Ross and Rachel take a break. They are on a break!

Grace Under Fire πŸ“Ί (Laff, 2:30 a.m.): Matthew (Tom Everett Scott) calls Grace after he's arrested for running naked through a women's rights protest. Grace tells him she's upset because he trivialized their event.

The Invaders πŸ“Ί (MeTV, midnight): A woman discovers an injured alien.

Joan of Arcadia πŸ“Ί (Start TV, 2 a.m.): Joan and Adam have their first real date! AWWWWWW. Judith suffers a life-threatening assault during a botched drug deal. I liked this show.

Lost in Space πŸ“Ί (MeTV, 1 a.m.): In the series premiere, the Robinson family takes off to colonize Alpha Centauri, but the spy Dr. Smith (Jonathan Harris), trying to sabotage the project, becomes trapped and throws the ship of course. They are all... lost in space! The Dr. Smith story is a bit detached from a lot of the show's events because it was added after the original pilot version wrapped. His late addition allowed him to garner the "Special Guest Star" credit.

The Paul Lynde Show πŸ“Ί (Antenna TV, 12:30 a.m.): Paul hosts a big client at his home, but his kids organize a protest of the client's company because of the amount of pollution it generates.

Police Story πŸ“Ί (Heroes & Icons, 2 a.m.): While working out his last three days before retirement, Edward Asner is assigned a hot case. Dabney Coleman also guest stars on this episode of the police anthology.

The Time Tunnel πŸ“Ί (MeTV, 4 a.m.): Gen. Southall (Carroll O'Connor) travels back to the War of 1812 to confront his ancestor and save Doug and Tony. An average episode.


LATE-NIGHT TV

The Greg Gutfeld Show (Fox News, 10 p.m.): Dave Rubin, Dave Smith, Kat Timpf, and Tyrus
Johnny Carson πŸ“Ί (Antenna TV, 10 p.m.): Tony Randall, Tom Dreesen, Buddy Rich, and Merie Earle (21 Jun 1977)
Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:29 p.m.): PREMIERE. Woody Harrelson wit Billie Eilish
SNL Vintage πŸ“Ί (NBC, 10 p.m.): Adam Driver with Kanye West (29 Sep 2018)

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SourcesThe Futon CriticTV PassportZap2it
πŸ“Ί: Throwback
πŸŽ₯: Movie
πŸ’²: Game shows

Happy watching, everyone!

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