Newsday TV Book, May 19-25, 1974.

Here's another Newsday TV Book from May of 1974, after missing a week--not my fault, I just don't have it in my collection! William Conrad hits the pipe on the cover, and endures a weight reference in the title and nearly every paragraph of the accompanying story by Bill Kaufman.

The TV Line gives us the skinny on Ken Howard (Manhasset High) and Peggy Lipton (Lawrence High), and there's also a Bowling for Dollars question. BFD, indeed.

On Sunday morning, Abbott and Costello met Karloff, the Bowery Boys found a baby, and the Stanley Cup may or may not have wiped out Captain Blood.

Another programming note is inserted into the Tuesday morning listings, explaining that impeachment hearings may impact your daytime viewing. Reviewer John Cashman, detailing Sea Devils on WPIX, neglects to mention just how passionate Yvonne DeCarlo was.

A Gary Viskupic illustration graces the close-up on an ABC In Concert special with California Jam coverage, featuring Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Rare Earth, and... Don Imus? Producer/promoter Don E. Branker died of COVID-19 complications in December, 2020.

It's unusual to see mostly good reviews for the movies offered on any given Saturday night, but this schedule especially stands out because of a rare late-night showing of King Kong, the flick's only appearance as part of WOR's "Fright Night" package.

Finally, the back cover gave us this ad for Holiday Spa (which still had a Plainview location at this point), as part of their "When you gonna do it?" campaign. The shapely third-grade teacher pictured would surely be appalled at such lousy grammar.

Next Time: Johnny Carson hosts the 26th Annual Emmy Award Show, the first (and only) such presentation to bestow "Super Emmys" to a select few. Super!