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sii 5s DETROIT FREE PRESSWEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1900 SD tv today: Bible drama The movie was too sexy for Channel 20 NOW YOU see it, now you don't. First Channel 20 aired a movie featuring sexual intercourse and male and female frontal nudity. Then, 10 days later, it didn't. At 9:30 p.m. on March 1 2, WXON-TV (Channel 20) carried, The station did not screen the film; questions arose only after it first aired.

1 the movie, called "Is There Sex After 7 Wv Buck Henry is a star of "Is There Sex After the movie Channel 20 decided did not deserve a second chance on its pay TV schedule. ueatnr Then, on March 22, Channel 20 decided against airing the movie, even though It was scheduled for a second showing in the ON TV March program guide. Instead, Channel 20 substituted "Saturday Night Fever." The controversial three-hour drama, "The Day Christ Died," is at 8 p.m. on Channel 2. Chris Sarandon plays Jesus.

Keith Mitchell, Hope Lange head the cast. (See story on Page 1C.) ABC dug back to Sept. 14, 1977, for a two-hour "Char-He's Angels" rerun at 9 p.m. on Channel 7. It's the show that introduced Cheryl Ladd as Kris Munroe and Kate Jackson was still around as Sabrina.

Add the barely clad girls to the Hawaiian scenery and who cares if they're supposed to be after a syndicate leader? Wednesday hockey is gone for the season on Channel 9. Into the line-up comes "Superspeclal," at 9 p.m. with something different, a tour of Prince Edward Island by former Irish Rover singer Will Miller, a native of the island. Parts of "Young Tom Edison," Bill Kennedy's movie at 1 p.m. on Channel 50, were filmed at Greenfield Village.

Mickey Rooney stars in the 1940 movie. Lorrle Kapp tours Mackinac Island's gVeat old Grand Hotel on "PM Magazine," at 7 p.m. on Channel 2. Hockey has ended its season on Channel 9. At 10 p.m., singer Grant Smith has some fun recreating great moments in the movies on "Mr.

Smith Goes to the Movies." Among the spoofs, an all-new ending for "Casablanca" a different treatment of "Citizen Kane." Bettelou Peterson I 1 Chris Stoshi's "IS THERE SEX After Death?" was part of the pay TV schedule, which is only available to subscribers of ON. Channel 20 merely carries the ON programming the station does not select it. ON TV Is a tv column Johnson said the film was not rated by the association, but the association's office says it was. They say that in 1975 they gave the film an rating. That apparently would make it acceptable for ON TV.

"Our agreement with Subscription Television (ON) is that they be In accordance with MPAA ratings, and they believed this one to be, but it wasn't," Johnson said. JOHNSON SAID Channel 20 only got one complaint on the film. Most complaints, he surmised, went to ON TV in Troy because their phone number is listed in the program guide. How many complaints ON received is not known. Program executives at ON TV in Troy did not return Free Press phone calls Monday and Tuesday "We don't want anything like this on the air.

I don't know how many (calls) National Subscription Television had, but they said they had more favorable comment than complaint. That's a good judgment right there of what the public wants. I don't know. If that's the judgment of what the public wants, we can't fill it," said Johnson. Johnson did say the station management usually prescreens ON's foreign film offerings, which are routinely rated by the motion picture association.

Channel 20 also prescreens "fill films," short subjects run between films. As of yet, Johnson has not seen "Is There Sex After Death?" film as it went out over the pay TV system. When Aben Johnson, general manager of Channel 20, 'heard about the film's subject matter, he had a station employe look at the film to decide about running it again. ONLY THEN did Channel 20 management decide not to run the movie again. Johnson felt it was too explicit for his station.

Channel 20 is responsible for the programs ON carries, according to Federal Communications Commission guidelines. For most ON TV movies, John said, "we feel we can rely on that board (the motion picture association) a little bit, so maybe we didn't scrutinize it as closely as we could have." separate enterprise. The film is a satire of current sexual preoccupations, starring Buck Henry, which carries an rating. It was shown in Detroit, as well as other ON TV cities, including Los Angeles. ON TV has a policy against airing films originally rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

The association is a voluntary rating system: Producers submit films for rating and get a PG, or X. In theatrical release, an rating means no one under 18 can be admitted without an adult guardian. An absolutely bars those under 18. Channel 20 did not screen the picture before broadcast. The question of taste arose only when a station employe saw the Channel 8 update The Channel 56 Auction Tuesday raised $35,645 as of 11 p.m.

for a grand total of 281,380 since the auction started last Friday. The 1980 auction is slightly behind the pace of 1979's, which raised $676, 609. This year's goal is $750,000. top shews: daytime programs 8:30 H) Health Field Warts." Brother Dave 11:00 HBENSON lm ERITS MARLBORO WINSTON VANTAGE LV. KENTS Price Is Right Gt New High Rollers Laverne A Shirley Sesame Street 09 Romper Room 09 Electric Co.

GD PTL Club ES LIGHTSiS DOESN'TIHEDGE D0N'TraD0N'TiIPL GHTSR GHTSl 09 Auction Isr-Eciml Sixth day of the annual fun-dralslng event. (Runs to midnight.) GD Spirit of Detroit Rev. George Bogle. 1:30 89 Twilight Zone GD Faith for Miracles 2:00 As the World Turns The Doctors One Life to Live Insight Sara Stimson, child actress, starring In "Little Miss Elwyn Davis, organist 89 Movie Telly Sa-valas. Clint Walker, Anne Francis, Chuck Connors.

Story of the famed Mexican revolutionary and the account of his Invasion of the U.S. border town of Columbus. 09 Gllllgan's Island Over Easy (R) Hypothermia; H.O.M.E., a non-profit organization that helps low-Income seniors; Geraldlne Fitzgerald. (Closed captioned.) CD Mission Magic D0N'TeHAVED0N'T MHAVETOAVElMDON'Till HAVE mini ITJm 1 IT1: JlTl HAVE IT! The CBS movie set in Detroit, "Jimmy B. Andre," finished a disappointing 45th out of a total of 69 shows in prime time last week.

Here are the top 10 shows for the week ending Sunday, March 23, and their ratings, according to statistics compiled by A.C. Nielsen. Each rating point represents approximately 763,000 11:30 Wheel of Fortune Family Feud 69 NewsGreen Acres 09 Lucy Show 09 Mister Rogers OnlyTareyton has the best filter! and choir director at the Ca 8:45 12:00 Friendly Qlant 9:00 thedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit. 89 F-Troop 09 Auction isftcml Annual fundraiser.

(Runs to For a taste too good to be 5 News $20,000 Pyramid Movie "Susan Slade," '61, Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Dorothy McGulre. Lloyd Nolan. Mother of young girl who becomes pregnant, passes off child as her own. Problems surface later. G9 Petticoat Junction 09 Popeye 09 Educational TAREYTON LIGHTS asm midnight.) GD Judge Roy Bean 2:30 Gt Another World Take 30 89 Leave It to Beaver GD Movie "The Southerner," 45 (B) Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J.

Phil Donahue Trayer In Schools." Movie "Aloha Means Goodbye," 74, Sally Struthers, James Franclscus. Terrified woman, with rare blood type, discovers she Is the unwilling heart donor to a doctor's III son. Kelly Company From Now On 09 Don't Eat the Daisies 09 A.M. Weather Educational till 10 GB Rllleman Movie "What's New Pussycat," '65, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Woody Allen, Peter O'Toole, Paula Prentiss, Romy Schneider, Capuclne. Young engaged man Is reluctant to give up his women friends and seeks the aid of a married psychiatrist, with a much worse problem.

Comedy. Beyond Reason 89 Splderman 09 Tom Jerry 09 Auction Isptcuil GD New Zoo Revue 4:30 Mike Douglas Show Co-host Larry Wilcox; Thel-ma Houston, Michael Keaton, Charles Sailor, Claude Akins, Derek Wilcox (Larry's son) Bewitched Beachcombers 89 Superman 09 Fllntstones Fred wins a bundle at the dinosaur track but finds that his lining has a dark cloud to go with It. GD Rocky Friends 5:00 Gt What's Happening Dick Van Dyke 89 Addams Family 09 Brady Bunch Marcla plans to enter her stepfather In the Father of the Year contest, but she has trouble keeping her plan a secret. 09 Auction isftcini GD The Scene 5:30 News All In the Family Jeannle 89 New Soupy Sales 09 1 Love Lucy On their way to Hollywood to launch Ricky's film career, the Rlcardos and the Mertzes stop In Ethel's home town, where the folks think that Ethel Is the one marked for stardom. 6:00 Classroom "Waves of Change." TV College Words and Music: "Before Grand Opera." 6:30 fl 8hazamNewt Bugi8uperttars Action News GD Abbott It Coslello 6:45 News 23 A.M.

Weather 6:50 ED News: Local 7:00 Captain Kangaroo SI Today Show eports on the previous day's presidential primaries; John Swearlnger, chief executive of Exxon; Peter Yates, director of "Breaking fashion expert Leigh Feldon tells how to dress economically for spring. Good Morning, America Report on New York primary; Willie Stargell at Pittsburgh Pirates training camp; preview of a documentary on Cambodia. 09700 Club Anita Bryant and her husband, Bob Green; Peter Jenkins discusses his experiences during his walk across the U.S. SD Bugs Bunny CD Feelings "Family." 7:30 ED Casper DlckCavett GB 8lgn OnNews 7:45 Today from Ontario 8:00 Good Morning, Detroit 09 Tom and Jerry MacNollLehrer GB Rocky Friends 1 "Dallae" 32.7 CBS 2- "DukMOfHaizrd" 28 6 CBS 3- "60 MlnulM" 28.0 CBS 4 "Real People" 27.1 NBC 6 "8moky the Bandit" 2B.1 NBC 6- 25 CBS 7- "That'i Incredible" 25.2 ABC 8- "Dlff'rent 8troke" 24.5 NBC 9- "Three's Company" 24.2 ABC 24.1 NBC 12:30 Carrol Nalsh. Struggle of a poor Southern family to make Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health.

mJ a living on the land. Jean Re 9:30 mg.tar 0.4mg.nlc. 5 mg. 0.4 mg. nicotine av.

per cigarette by FTC method. noir oiiecteo. 2:55 09 News: Makupson 3:00 Guiding Light General Hospital Bob McLean 89 M. MouseD. Dawg 09 Bugs Bunny 09 Auction iSPicml Wicks 09 Family Affair GB Something Special 10:00 The Jeffersons Ontario Schools GO 700 Club 09 Detroit Today Search for Tomorrow Gt Taylor Made Acupuncture.

Ryan's Hope 89 Big Valley 09 Beverly Hillbillies Jethro begins dressing and acting like the noblest Roman of them all to win the hand of Maria, the beautiful Italian cook. i 1:00 0 Young and Restless Gt Days of Our Lives All My Children 09 Movle-BIII Kennedy Dora Irwin, director of the Annual fundraiser. (Runs to Family Resource Center at the Association of Retarded FIRST TIME EVER ON TELEVISION. THE GREATEST STORY AS IT'S NEVER BEEN TOLD BEFORE. midnight.) 3:30 89 Superheroes 09 Woody Woodpecker 4:00 "Young Tom Edison," '40 (B) Mickey Rooney, Fay Balnter, George Bancroft.

Bi Citizens. 09 Sesame Street GD Morning News 10:30 Tic Tac Dough Gt Hollywood Squares Edge of Night Mr. Dressup CBS News smut ography of Tom Edison's childhood depicted from his first Inventions to the time he saved a train from being "Carter and the Economy: Other Views. Good Times wrecked and became a hero. nightime programs channels WJBK-TV Gt WDIV-TV WXYZ-TV CBET-TV 89 WXON-TV 09 WKBD-TV 09 WTVS-TV GD WGPR-TV Compiled by Christine Schmuckal 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 2 New'ywed The day Christ Died (Special) 4 Jokers Wild Real People Difl.

Strokes Hello, Larry Profiles rvi Detroit 7 Family Feud Eight Is Enough Charlie's Angels (Special) 9 Carol Burnett Nature of Things jSuperspecial Mr. Smith Goes to the Movies 20 Pay TV Programming 50 M'A'S'H Movie: "Wild and Wonderful" and Friends 56 Auction continues until midnight 62 Rifleman Gospel Hour Methodist PTL Club Jeannette Nolan. Pat Harrington. Floi ence Henderson, Bert Convy and Leigh Taylor-Young make waves. (R) "Baretta." Baretta has gained evidence to bring a ruthless extortionist to trial, only to discover that the blackmailer's latest victim is the iudge trying the case.

Geraldlne Brooks. 9:30 Hello, Larry Temporarily unemployed, Larry goes Into a holding pattern as a flying traffic reporter. 9:55 SD News: MacGregor 10:00 Profiles Mr. Smith Goes to the Movies Ispeci al Musical comedy spectacular with Grant Smith recreating great moments In film. Dinah Friends Co-host Fernando Lamas; Krlsty McNichols, Billy Preston, Gary Sandy, Dr.

Aaron Haas. 12:00 :00 The Pay Christ DledlsPECinl Special dramatizing the arrest, trial and Ci ucifixlon of Jesus in the politically troubled Roman-occupied city of Jerusalem. Chris Sarandon, Colin Bla-kely, Keith Mitchell. Jonathan Pryce, Hope Lange. (Runs to 11 p.m.) Real People Skiing on grass at Pepperdihe College; training future baseball referees at umpire school; a school for violinists In Pasadena; a race on the Beaver River in western Canada; three female cyclists traveling across the country.

Eight la Enough (R) Joannle's boss wants special "favors" In return for assigning her to a hot news story; Nicholas wrestles with the problem of a female classmate who keeps beating him up. Nature of Things The Chlrlcahuas; violins and seal psychology. 09 Movie "Wild and Wonderful," '64, Tony Curtis, Larry Storch, Christine Kautmann. When the Idol of French films, a cognac-quaffing poodle takes French leave, he gets his French mistress Involved with an American musician with hilarious results. MA-'H Mf VrX 'Ml til 4f: armed soldiers if "IfPiirfe '5iIliililliIM sfl That night a friend became 1 I an informer, 5m nrT That night i if I would soon If turn liltelEHRisr- UJltlJ CBS Features (R) "Black Sheep Squadron: The 200 Pound Gorilla," 77, Robert Conrad.

Burly mechanic Andy Mlcklln (Red West) Is promoted and finds himself torn between accepting what he's offered and refusing to become a dlsplsed officer. "Psychic Killer," 75, Paul Burke, Jim Hutton, Julie Adams, Nehemiah Per-soft, Neville Brand, Aldo Ray. A psychopath, released from the hospital, returns to his mother's house. Soon, people In the area are beginning to die in strange ways. 09 Make Me Laugh Lani O'Grady; Denny Johnston, Paul Mooney, Sandra Bernhard.

Auction; Tools And Furs Can Be Yoursl 6:00 OQOQGB News: Local 69 Get Smart The Chief assigns Agent 99 to join the harem of a prince to discover a KAOS girl who has Infiltrated the group. 09 Happy Days Again The Fonz falls for a wealthy woman whose life centers around the country club set. CD Auction srtciu Sixth day of the annual fundraiser. (Runs to midnight.) 6:30 CB8 News: Cronklte 69 Gomer Pyle Gomer tries to make Lou Ann jealous when Sgt. Carter tells him that she has been going out with other men.

89 Sanford Son Fred wants a color TV and Lamant wants a car, but they can't afford both. GB Twenty-Six Men Western serial. 7:00 PM Magazine Visit to the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island and Christopher Reeve filming a movie there; exercising gadgets you can use at home; medical advances in intravenous feeding. NBC News: Chancellor ABC News Mary Tyler Moor Ted and Georgette are afraid they will never have children. 69 Dating Game BDM'A'S'H Hawkeys tangles with a tough army colonel, B.J.

helps a G.I. who's gotten a "Dear John" letter and Frank looks endlessly for Korean saboteurs. 03 Auction isfEcmi The fundraislng madness continues. GB This Is the Day Interpreted for the Deaf 7:30 Newlywed Game Joker's Wild Dally Lottery at 7:36 p.m. Family Feud Carol Burnett Steve Lawrence.

12:30 69 Auction special! 10:30 FYI Detroit 11:00 oooo News: Local S9 L.A.T.E.R. 09 Movie "The Tuttles of Tahiti," '42 (B) Charles Laughton, Peggy Drake. Story of a ne'er-do-well but happy-go-lucky family who live like beachcombers GB Spirit of Detroit Celebs Galore In Public TV Auction! WDV. taaie parents consider a group encounter session. Tony and Chiquita threaten a teacher's strike.

Eddie Is Invited to discuss sexual harassment on a local TV talk show. Auction jsPEcnil Fundraising continues until midnight. GB Faith for Miracles 1:00 11:30 Tomorrow Show Grace Slick, former iead singer with Jefferson Starshlp; Lisa Robinson of "Rock Talk," a gossip column about rock stars. 09 Auctlonflftcuu Fundraislng continues until midnight. GD Full Gospel Hour 8:30 GD Methodist Hour 9:00 Maude Arthur is constantly talking about his late wife and Maude is talking about her ex-husband, much to Vivian's and Walter's dismay.

Tonight Show Crystal Gayle, Fernando Lamas, Henry Fonda, Lacey Neuhaus. ABC News: Koppel 09 Benny Hill (R) Benny's sketch "Holiday Time." 11:45 2:00 Marcus Welby Drs. Welby and Klley help a teenage alcoholic and his parents face their problems and work towarda solution. Gl Diary Action News GB All Night Movies "Pimpernel Smith," '42 (B) Leslie Howard, Mary Morris, Francis L. Sullivan.

Absent-minded archeologist is an unaei cover leader, who is hiding people from Gestapo. (To approx. 4:05) "The Southerner" '45 (B) Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish. Struggle of poor Southern family to make a living on the land, (To approx.

5:40) Channel 20s Wednesday evening programming Is available only to pay-TV Dlff'rent Strokes Willis gets stung when he loins a street gang called the Scorpions and gets caught painting graffiti on buildings. Charlie's Angels IsrtciAil (R) Sabrlna, Kelly and Bosiey welcome new angel Kris to the team and fly off to Hawaii to save Charlie from some kidnappers. France Nuyen, Art Metrano, Norman Fell. (Runs to 1 1 p.m.) Superspeclal "My Island." Irish Rover Will Millar conducts an intimate tour of a special island, Prince Edward Island. 05 Auction swim GD PTL Club Movie "The Lion and the Horse," '62, Steve Cochran, Ray Teal.

Sherry Jackson, Wildfire the Wonder Horse. Cowboy and his horse flee to the back country to get away from the law and run Into a marauding Hon. STARRING CHRIS SARANDON, HOPE LANGE, COLIN BLAKELY, KEITH MICHELL A 3 HOUR MOTION PICTURE EVENT FROM THE GREAT BEST SELLER. 8PMCBS2 SD MA8H While Potter writes home, Frank and Hot Lips have a woodcarving made for him and Radar rescues a horse and makes him a present of It. GB Rifleman 11:50 Wed.

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