I’m especially struck by the Variety ad, and I am positive I saw that very presentation on ... SELECT-TV! Oh my, what a powerful name from the past. As with Theta Cable and Z Channel, this early L.A. cable history is fascinating to me.
But the main thing is, I clearly remember watching those (yes, including China Syndrome!) on the TV one of those evenings, and December 1979 proves the place of those memories. What I don’t know is how often and for how long these particular movies would have run on SELECT-TV. But that very date, Dec. 13, is totally possible.