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ENTERTAINMENT TERRE HAUTE TRIBUNE-STAR 1A McCarthy Highlight Viewing SEN. McCARTHY Sen. Joseph McCarthy (Peter Boyle) arouses a storm of controversy with his campaign to expose and expell alleged Communist party members from government posts in Gunner Joe" 8-11 m. Sunday on channel 2 By RON BRUSH Entertainment Writer Ihe television week is sprinkled with premieres, movies and specials, beginn mg with first-run productions Sunday on NBC and ABC. NBC's Event" Sundav is the movie "Tail Gunner Joe," the story of Joseph McCarthy.

It is telecast 8-11 p.m. on channel 2. Peter Boyle portrays McCarthy in the historical drama which follows the Wisconsin farm bov to the Marines and on to the S. Senate, where his battle against Communist infiltration made him one ot the most teared men in Congress. 1 he first third of six- hour saga "How the West Was Won" is shown 9-11 Sunday on channel 38.

Parts two and three air 9-11 m. Monday and the following Monday Conclusion Sets Television Ratings Mark NEW YORK (UPI) The final episode of has replaced the first half of "Gone With The as the most wached television program of all time, according to statistics released Tuesday by the AC Nielsen Co. The triumph of a black family from its roots in Africa through slavery to freedom not only has pushed the With The Wind" version of the Civil War out of first place, but it also has kicked all but this year's Superbowl game out ot the all-time top ten most watched television shows. The two-hour chapter broadcast by ABC Jan. 30, 9-11 p.m., Eastern time, was the episode that downgraded Part I to second place, and it also was the most watched show on network television for the week ending Jan 30, according the Nielsen ratings.

It was followed in the by the six other episodes in the televised version of Alex bestseller that were broadcast during the week. The opening episode of had captured first place the preceding week. ABC Research estimated that 130 million persons watched all or part of during its 8-part, 12 hours of broadcast time Tliat means that 85 per cent of all homes owning television sets tuned in to at least part of the program. The closing chapter of the story received a 51.1 rating and a 71 per cent share of the audience for a total ot 36.380,000 homes tuned in. That put it ahead of Ratings The ABC network dominated the ratings for the television viewing week ending Sunday, Jan.

30, according to the A Nielsen Co as reported by United Press International. took the top seven places and other ABC shows ptaced in following nine spots. The 10 most-watched prime time programs for that week were as follows: 1 (Jan 30) 2 (Jan 3 (Jan 27) 4 Roots" (Jan 25) 5 (Jan. 6 (Jan 26) 7. (Jan 29) 8 Days" 9 Loves Pinkie" 10 "Six Million Dollar Man" With The Wind" by 2.4 million homes In the list of most-watched shows of all time, for Jan 30 now ranks first, followed by With the Wind." Part I.

Part 11 holds third place, while for Jan, 28, 27 and 25 are in fourth through sixth place. Superbowl 11 ranks seventh, followed by for Jan. 24 26 and 29 in eighth through tenth place. for Jan. 23 ranks 13th The enormous audience for also gave ABC the highest rating and share of audience for the week ever recorded by a 35.5 rating and a 52.1 per cent share of the audience That compares with a 16 2 rating and a 23.9 sham for CBS and a 13.2 rating and 19 4 share for NBC.

The innovative programing, in putting "Roots" on the air on eight consecutive nights, along with the power of the story and excellent performances in the major roles, combined to give Us vast viewing public. The ABC official who telephoned Haley in California to tell him the good news said the author responded, baby, great. Wow!" James Arness plays mountain man Zeb Macahan, Eva Marie Saint is his widowed sister-in-law. and Bruce Box- leitrier plays Kate's son Luke Opening prime-time viewing Sunday on ABC and channel 38 is the premiere episode ol Drew starring Pamela Sue Martin as the young sleuth This week's mystery involves Strange goings-on in an abandoned lighthouse. Monday TV includes two movies on NBC and channel 2 p.m and Night Terror 9:3011 p.m.

Emily." a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation, depicts the efforts to teach a retarded young man how to cope with everyday living Thomas Hulce. John Forsythe, Karen Grassle and James Farentino star. Valerie Harper is relentlessly pursued by a killer after she itnesses the murder of a policeman in Night Killer." Angie Dickinson is cooked by numerous stars 10-11 Tuesday on Martin Celebrity The show is on channel 2. Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" premieres 8-9 m. Wednesday on NBC and channel 2.

Grizzly (Dan Haggerty i befriends a lost girl in the opening episode. The new series also stars Denver Pyle. "Rollerball" is a game with the violence ot ice hockey, motorcycle racing, roller derby and the martial arts. James Caan plays the best Area TV Stations EST WINNER James Arness stars as a frontiersman in the three-part movie the West Was Won 9-11 p.m. Sunday.

Mondav and next Monday on channel 38 WTWO Terre Haute, NBC WCIA Champaign. CBS (3) WTTV. Indtonapolu 4 WRTV Indianopolis. NBC (6 WTVW Evansville. ABC WISH Indianopoln CBS (5) WTHI Terre Haute.

CBS HR Indianapolis, ABC (13 WICD Champaign NBC WUSI Olney. PBS 9 )' WAND Detatur ABC WTIU, Bloomington. PBS Will Tene Haute. ABC (8) Numbers in parentheses are Terre Hau'-r cable television station numbers Channel 15 is carried over cable channel 11 when channel 30 is off the on Channe1 17 is carried over coble channel 9 when channel 16 is off the an (R repeat broadcast (b de block and while brood All Eastern Standard Time. Rollerball player in a world where there are no wars, pollution, hunger or crime.

Aggressions are worked off and worldwide disagreements are settled by 911 35 p.m Wednesday on CBS and channel 10. Avenue," which begins 9-11 p.m. Thursday as an NBC is bast'd on the novel by Norman Bogner The six-hour production continues on consecutive Thursdays in the same time period and is shown on channel 2. Steven Keats stars as Jay Blackman, an ambitious young New? Yorker whose goal is to earn a fortune in the garment industry. special Thursday fare is Third Annual Choice which is seen 9-11 p.m on channel 10.

Dick Van Dyke and Hollywood columnist Army Archerd Co-host the special, with Summer Bartholomew Miss I A of 1975 as the awards hostess. Winners of the awards are selected bj the American public. Richard Boone is trapped in a prehistoric time pocket without weapons and pursued by a primitive tribe as he hunts Last Dinosaur" 911 p.m. Friday on ABC and channel 38. Nancy Walker's new ABC series Beauties" premieres p.m Saturday.

Feb. 12, on channel 38. She is mother" to a group ol Las Vegas showgirls at the Oasis Hotel, where she stages lavish production numbers. Her first production involves Roz Kelly as Pinky Tuseadero (ot "Happy amei in a bike-jump over 20 ether showgirls. When his silent-movie career is eclipsed by the advent of talking films, come- aian Jolly Grimm (James Coco) throws "The Wild Party" with the aid of his girl friend Oueenie (Raquel Welch' The last-gasp effort to gain support for his comeback degenerates into wild revein 9-11 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 12. on NBC and channel 2 STAR James Caan plays the star athlete of the futuristic game p.m..