Newsday TV Book, January 5-11, 1975.

I haven't done much with my Newsday TV books from 1975 (I only have the first two months), so to remedy that, here's a look at the issue for the first full week of the year. The cover features an appropriately chilly Newman drawing of Richard Chamberlain as The Count of Monte Cristo, a Bell System Family Theater special on NBC.

In the TV Line, D.DiP. (from my hometown of Plainview) feels for Chaka Khan. Plus, some info on your various Baddeleys, and various failed movies, TV shows and relationships.

I present Sunday afternoon for the Gary Viskupic illustration accompanying the Ali/Foreman close-up, but there are several edifying John Cashman reviews--negative and positive--to be found in there too.

Here's a look at the weekday afternoon schedule that began the year, Monday listings with a close-up on the new ABC morning show AM America, co-hosted by my favorite local newscaster of my childhood, WABC's Bill Beutel.

Tuesday's late-night page has another Viskupic sketch, this one demonstrating how Early Man evolved into Stephen Bishop.

Tennessee Ernie Ford pre-empts Petrocelli for his CBS special, Tennessee Ernie's Nashville-Moscow Express, starring precisely zero other celebrities.
(Could've at least thrown Barry Newman a little pea-pickin' bone.)

Now here's all of Saturday, just because, as Spanky once sang, "It's Saturday, oh it's Saturday, with a hey-nonny-nonny and a hot-cha-cha!"
Oh, and there's yet another Viskupic pic, of John Wayne having a laugh with his cowboy elves.

Last but not least, some New Year ads, some with old clip art, and one with hubba-hubba!

Next week: The Brothers Smothers get an article about working for their third network, and the ninth Super Bowl (Vikings vs. Steelers, if you care about that sort of thing) gets minimal coverage with a half-hour each pre-game show and post-game show, and no mention whatsoever of half-time...