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6:00 BOD NEWS 3) CIRCUS TOWN Peru, Indiana, once he home of America s leading circuses, is the retting for this film which captures the excitenant of the town's teen-agers as they prepare or their big-top show. Featured are acrobatcs. trapeze acts and other daredevil feats O WELCOME BACK, KOTTER 30© NEWS(I HR.) © HAPPY DAYS AGAIN 33 DICK CAVETT Guest: Arthur Ashe. Part 1 of 2) (R) © ABC NEWS f) MOVIE A * * * "Julius Caesar" (1953, )rama) Marion Brando. James Mason. Based w the play by William Shakespeare. Political ntrigue and treachery culminate in murder in indent Rome. (2 hrs.) 6:30 B NBC NEWS D ADVENTURES IN RAINBOW COUNTRY "Skydiver" Roger Lemieux, a Jriter and photographer from Quebec, has wed Jack Sheldon to complete spectacular dots of jumps for his new film. □ LAVERNE & SHIRLEY & COMPANY © CBS NEWS ©NEWS 3D OVER EASY Guest: Joan Bennett, g 3D MARY TYLER MOORE 7:00 g m*a*s*h T WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF '(EXT? 3 JOKER'S WILD 3 ABC NEWS 0 CBS NEWS © THE MUPPETS © © NBC NEWS 3D KATHY’S KITCHEN 3D WILD, WILD WEST 7:30 B TIC TAC DOUGH 3) THE TOMORROW PEOPLE War Df The Empires: Contacts" The Tomorrow People take action to prevent the world from aecominq involved in an interqalactic war Part 2) 3 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Indiana University vs. Notre Dame (2 hrs.) 0 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT Seorge Carlin performs at the Ice House in 3 asadena 0 P.M. MAGAZINE A Chicago priest who adopted a black orphan; a North Carolina community's Strange Seafood Festival. © P.M. MAGAZINE A Chicago priest who adopted a black orphan; a North Carolila community’s Strange Seafood Festival; Chef Teti makes stuffed acorn squash; Paula kelson on record keeping. © FAMILY FEUD B LAVERNE & SHIRLEY 3D MACNEIL / LEHRER REPORT 8:00 B © © FATHER MURPHY An eldjrly mountain man leaves a child he has cared or since she was abandoned as a baby at the wphanage. (Part 1) (1 hr.) T) LIVEWIRE "Space. Science Fact / Science Fiction" Guests: former astronaut : red Haise; Glynn Lunney. NASA shuttle projram, Robert Malone, Omni magazine; Fred -laber, creator of ISAC. a robot; author Tonald Story; UFO abductee William Herrmann. Gene Roddenberry, creator of n/'s "Star Trek." (1 hr.) 3 © HAPPY DAYS Fonzie steals a kiss ■ rom an attractive new teacher. 0 SIMON & SIMON Rick calls on old nends from the underworld to help him and VJ. recover a beautiful co-ed's stolen car D ORAL ROBERTS SPECIAL 3D COSMOS The Edoe Of Forever" 7) BIZARRE John Byner 8:30 3 © LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY Lavirne loses a precious earring while on a date vith a phony Hollywood producer, g 7) LAFF-A-THON A comedian host and our comic contestants who compete against >ne another are featured in this uncensored ;omedy game show 9:00 B © © BRET MAVERICK (Premere) Itinerant gambler Bret Maverick (James Earner) returns to Sweetwater for the high Jakes "world championship poker game." (2 irs.) D OF PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS WITH ESTELLE PARSONS "Lillian Heilman' A profile of the playwright. (1 hr.) 3 © THREE'S COMPANY g 0 © THE MARVA COLLINS STORY Cicely Tyson stars as Marva Collins, a Chicago schoolteacher who abandoned the raditional school system and worked teachng miracles with students labelled "unteachible."(2 hrs.) © ODYSSEY "Dadi's Family" A portrait )f a farming family in India focuses on the jrandmother. whose ability to maintain the gmily unit is being threatened by social and jconomic changes g(1 hr.) 7) THE WACKY WORLD OF Jonathan winters Guest: biii Ty--9:30 O SCOREBOARD

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O © TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT Henry finally makes out a will and ends up watching in exasperation as a bickering Jacke and Sara begin spending their inheritance 7) MOVIE *** "The Longest Yard" 1974, Comedy) Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert. A former pro quarterback doing time in a Southern prison is given the job coaching a group of convicts for a no-holds-barred footoall game against the guards. (2 hrs., 3 min.) 9*35 O Tic TAC DOUGH 10:00 D OF PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS WITH ESTELLE PARSONS "Vincent Leonard Nimoy stars in his own one-man play ibout Vincent Van Gogh. (1 hr., 30 min.) O NEWS (1 HR.) 0 © HART TO HART Jennifer discovxs a stunning rhinestone outfit lent to her by i cowgirl bears stolen diamonds worth nine Trillion dollars. g(1 hr.) © THE DUCHESS OF DUKE STREET "The Legion Of The Living” Louisa ittends Charlie's memorial service and is rrought face to face with a problem which :ould affect her whole way of life. (Part 12) (R) 3(1 hr.) 11:00 BOO©©© NEWS O NEWLYWED GAME © DICK CAVETT Guest: Arthur Ashe Part 2 of 2) (R) ©THE ODD COUPLE 11:30 0 © © TONIGHT Guest host: David .etterman Guests: Rona Barrett, Dave Thomas, The Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band. 1 hr.) 0 STARSKY AND HUTCH 0 © ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE 0 NIGHTBEAT (D ALICE Mel falls madly in love with Alice's free-spirited young cousin. (R) © CAPTIONED ABC NEWS 7) MOVIE **** "Ordinary People" 1980, Drama) Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland. A guilt-ridden teen-ager trying to out his life back together after his brother's death and his own suicide attempt reaches out to his complacent father and his cold, eserved mother. R' (2 hrs., 3 min.) 12:00 0 © FANTASY ISLAND Two young women become professional cheerleaders, ind an ordinary man spends a weekend alone with a sex goddess. (R)(1 hr., 10 min.) 0 ALICE Vera starts dating a mortician. R) 12:05 B MCCLOUD McCloud finds a dead girl jn an apartment balcony, but by the time the oolice get there, the body has disappeared. R) (2 hrs., 10 min.) 12:30 B © TOMORROW Guest: guitarist Earl <lugh. (1 hr., 30 min.) 0 MOVIE *** "Finian's Rainbow" 1968, Musical) Fred Astaire, Petula Clark. An rishman and his daughter travel from their native land to the United States with a leprechaun on their trail. (2 hrs., 45 min.) © DAVE ALLEN AT LARGE 12:35 O MCCLOUD McCloud travels to Austraia to thwart the New York mob’s plan to infilrate Sydney. (1 hr., 30 min.) 1:00 © TOMORROW Guest: actress Veronica Hamel. (1 hr.,30 min.) 1:10 0 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT © WEATHER 1:45 2) MOVIE ** "The Bitch” (Adventure) Joan Collins. A million dollar diamond is hidden on a beautiful body and one man is determined to stop at nothing to find it. ’R’ (1 hr., 30 min.) 2:00 0 NEWS 2:30 © NEWS 3:00 (7) BIZARRE John Byner 3:15 Q MOVIE **'A "A Day At The Races" (1937, Comedy) Marx Brothers, Maureen O'Sullivan. Cheating jnd chasing hot tips highlight a visit to the track by Dr. Hackenbush and other zanies. 4:00 7) ★★★ “The Longest Yard” (1974, Comedy) Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert. A former pro quarterback doing time in a Southern orison is given the job coaching a group of convicts for a no-holds-barred football game against the guards. Movie Ratings Outstanding ★★★★ Excellent ★★★'A Very Good Good ★★'A Not Bad ★★ Fair *V4 Poor A

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TUESDAY'S MOVIES 6:00 T) ★★★★ "Julius Caesar” (1953, Drama) Marlon Brando, James Mason. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Political ntrigue and treachery culminate in murder in ancient Rome. 9:30 T) ★★★ "The Longest Yard” (1974, Comedy) Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert. A forner pro quarterback doing time in a Southern orison is given the job coaching a group of convicts lor a no-holds-barred football game against the guards. 11:30 7) ★★★★ “Ordinary People" (1980, Drama) Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherand. A guilt-ridden teen-ager trying to put his ife back together after his brother's death and his own suicide attempt reaches out to lis complacent father and his cold, reserved aiother. R’ 12:30 Q ★★★ "Finian's Rainbow" (1968, Musical) Ered Astaire, Petula Clark. An Irishnan and his daughter travel from their native and to the United States with a leprechaun cn their trail. (2 hrs, 45 min.) 1:45 T) kk "The Bitch” (Adventure) Joan Collins. A million dollar diamond is hidden on i beautiful body and one man is determined o stop at nothing to find it. 'R' 3:15 Q AA Vi "A Day At The Races" 1937, Comedy) Mar* Brothers, Maureen

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By 808 WISEIIART Newshouse News Service In tone and content, “The Marva Collins Story” reeks with the pungent odor of good intentions. The story is preposterous, going something like this: Fed up with fighting the octopus of red tape and systematic indifference, a spunky young black schoolteacher starts a school in her home in a Chicago ghetto with six students, two of them her own children. OPERATING ON something less than a shoestring, she’s sort of the Statue of Liberty of educators, crying: “Give me your tired, your poor, your underachievers.” She overcomes every obstacle placed before her by uncaring clods, takes those rejects, and turns them into little Rhodes scholars. Eventually, with 200 students and a waiting list of thousands, she becomes a national celebrity. President Reagan invites her to come to Washington and apply her common sense to the nation’s educational system from the very top. Naturally she rejects the post because she is above all a teacher. AS IT HAPPENS, “The Marva Collins Story,” scheduled Tuesday on CBS, is basically true. In fact, the film’s creators say it was toned down somewhat for TV because the real thing is such an outlandishly positive story no one would believe it. “The Marva Collins Story” stars Cicely Tyson as the indomitable Collins and Morgan Freeman as her patiently supportive blue-collar husband. It’s the latest CBS presentation of the “Hallmark Hall of Fame” series. BY NOW, THE Collins saga is fairly well known. It first came to light in the Chicago newspapers. Morley Safer followed with a “60 Minutes”

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report two years ago, since repeated. But a problem with the movie is that the story IS so well known. There are no surprises and no sense of danger. You never get the feeling that Collins runs the slightest risk of bumping into a situation she can’t handle. A teacher in the city school system: “In case you haven’t noticed, Mrs. Collins, we live in a ghetto. These kids don’t want to learn.” COLLINS’ husband when he learns of her plans: “You’d just be givin’ up one set of problems for a whole set of bigger ones.” Marva: “This school is going to work. Don’t ask me how. It’s just going to work.” You don’t need a crystal ball to figure out who’s right. AS MARVA, Tyson gives her usual solid performance. We can’t recall a bad performance every by the model-turned-actress in a career that has included “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” “Sounder” and “Roots.” “The Marva Collins Story” is as predictable as the sunrise, but that isn’t necessarily bad news. While your head tells you one thing, your heart sends you another message. We know what happened - but it’s nice, it’s very nice that it did happen. FOR ONCE, the good guys won. We’ve got a long way to go to get even, but Marva Collins put us a little closer.

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