Inside the Guide: TV Guide 50 years ago (June 29-July 5, 1974 Part 7)

We have reached the end of the listings week in this issue of TV Guide from 50 years ago. Yes, I took a week off, and I am sorry, but we are in the 50-year-ago ballpark, eh? I mean, assuming it's the Astrodome or another really big one.

Here is some of what was going on July 5, 1974, in reverse order!

The night ends, more or less, with this eclectic lineup on Midnight Special. TV really crashed after midnight in those days. I don't know why, but I love the mag referring to the artists by their first names in the song listing.

It's a repeat, but I can't NOT mention the first appearance of Cousin Oliver!

Movie night on CBS!

Finally, a look at a few forgotten soap operas of the day. What a great title: How to Survive a Marriage! 

Somerset, an NBC soap, is a spinoff of Another World that ran from 1970-1976. In fact, it was the first soap spun off from another one. Ann Wedgeworth was one of the stars, and she later made an impact as Lana on Three's Company.

How to Survive lasted just over a year, also on NBC, and was known for its "social relevance" and emphasis on sexual themes. According to Wesley Hyatt's Encyclopedia of Daytime Television, it's 90-minute premiere episode was hyped with a pseudo-nude scene (characters were under covers in bed).