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Retro: Seattle/Tacoma, Thursday, August 27, 1987

Source: Seattle Times

CHANNELS
2 CBUT Vancouver CBC
4 KOMO Seattle ABC
5 KING Seattle NBC
7 KIRO Seattle CBS
9 KCTS Seattle PBS
11 KSTW Tacoma IND
12 KVOS Bellingham IND
13 KCPQ Tacoma IND/Fox
22 KTZZ Seattle IND
28 KTPS Tacoma PBS

8/27/87
4 Good Morning America
Sen. Bill Bradley [D-NJ]; the resort area of Chautauqua, N.Y.; John Denver.
5 Today
Elton John; Oliver Reed ["Castaway"].
7 CBS Morning News
9 Sesame Street
11 Smurfs
12 Kids Cont. (?)
13 700 Club
22 Voltron

7:30
7 The Morning Program
Waylon Jennings; comedian Jim Morris; image consultant Patrick Lucas.
11 The Jetsons
12 My Little Pony
22 Inspector Gadget

8am
9 Captain Kangaroo
11 12 Scooby-Doo
13 Centurions
22 Alvin Show

8:30
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Dennis the Menace
12 Kids Club
13 Zoobilee Zoo (at this time, the ONLY kids show on KCPQ. They were an independent catered to adults.)
22 Heathcliff
28 Sesame Street

9am
4 Hour Magazine
Barbara Eden; male menopause; Wil Wheaton ["Stand By Me"]; striped fashions; coping with a parent's illness; Susan Rutten ["L.A. Law].
5 Good Company
UFO investigator Gus Hopkins tells about visitors from other planets.
7 Oprah Winfrey
Children of famous people. Featured: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Joe Louis Jr.
9 Sesame Street
11 Brady Bunch
12 The Jeffersons
13 Sale of the Century
22 Pastor's Study

9:30
11 The Monkees
12 Hangin' In (what was this?)
13 Classic Concentration
28 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

10am
2 Fred Penner's Place (late sign on time)
4 Who's the Boss?
5 Wheel of Fortune
7 The Price is Right
9 Boomerang
11 Be Thinner (infomercial)
12 Movie
"Butterflies Are Free." [1972] Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert. A kooky actress gives a sightless young man the confidence he needs to break away from his writer mother. Best supporting actress Oscar for Heckart.
13 Trapper John M.D.
22 MLB Baseball
Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees.
28 3-2-1 Contact

10:30
2 Mr. Dressup
4 Bargain Hunters
5 Scrabble
9 Wild, Wild World of Animals
11 Divorce Court
28 Secret City

11am
2 Sesame Street
4 Ryan's Hope
5 Super Password
7 Young and the Restless
9 Profiles of Nature
Highlights of the filming career of the nature cinematographer Robert Hermes.
11 The Judge
13 Love Connection
28 Square One Television

11:30
4 Loving
5 Sally Jessy Raphael
9 All Around Us
11 Divorce Court
13 Wordplay (I think this was syndicated)
28 Sesame Street

Noon
2 4 All My Children
5 Days of Our Lives
7 News
9 Soapbox
11 Movie
"Maneaters Are Loose." [1978] Tom Skerritt, Steve Forrest. A California mountain community is terrorized when an animal trainer abandons the tigers he can no longer afford to feed.
12 Perry Mason
13 $25,000 Pyramid (I think CBS still had that show)

12:30
9 The Human Face of the Pacific
"Marshall Islands: Living with the Bomb."
13 Card Sharks (CBS)
28 Eat Well

1PM
2 Midday
4 One Life to Live
5 Another World
7 As the World Turns
9 Moviemakers
"Masters of Horror."
12 Quincy, M.E.
13 Movie
"Woman Obsessed." [1959] Susan Hayward, Stephen Boyd. Remarried widow torn between her young son and husband.
22 Hogan's Heroes
28 Microwaves

1:30
9 Lovin' (?)
22 Gomer Pyle, USMC
28 We're Cooking Now

2PM
2 Movie
"Suspect (The Risk)." [1961] Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence. A team of scientists works feverishly to find a germ that can prevent a mass epidemic of bubonic plague.
4 General Hospital
5 Santa Barbara
7 Guiding Light
9 Collectors
Sun-colored glass; a tour of the Old Things Museum.
11 Bewitched
12 I Love Lucy
22 Leave it to Beaver
28 Flower Shop

2:30
9 Frugal Gourmet
11 Rangers (? cartoon c. 1980s - anyone could help me out?)
12 Andy Griffith Show
22 Dennis the Menace
28 Sneak Previews

3pm
4 Northwest Afternoon
Elizabeth Upton talks about being a nun.
5 Hollywood Squares
7 Magnum
With only a 10-year-old postcard as a clue, Magnum agrees to help a woman find her long-missing father [Noah Beery]. Guest: Red West.
9 Sesame Street
11 Transformers
12 She-Ra
13 Quincy, M.E.
22 Ghostbusters
28 Maturity

3:30
5 Card Sharks (syndicated)
11 Tom and Jerry
12 G.I. Joe
22 Flintstones
28 Focus On

4PM
2 Facts of Life
4 $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
5 Donahue
Scheduled topic: The battered woman: victim or masochist?
7 People's Court
9 Reading Rainbow
11 Woody Woodpecker
12 Flintstones
13 Rockford Files
Rockford's hunt for a bail-jumping banker leads an unscrupulous doctor to commit the detective to an out-of-state mental hospital.
22 She-Ra
28 3-2-1 Contact

4:30
2 Kids/Degrassi
4 Jeopardy! (2nd run)
7 News
9 3-2-1 Contact
11 Bugs Bunny
12 Diff'rent Strokes
22 Thundercats
28 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

5PM
2 Video Hits
4 5 7 News
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Gimme a Break!
12 Dick Van Dyke
13 Wonderful World of Disney
"Gallegher: A Case of Murder." Reporter Gallegher sets out to clear his friend Brownie of the murder of a matinee idol.
22 Silverhawks
28 Sesame Street

5:30
2 Three's Company
9 Nightly Business Report
Scheduled commentator: Lester Thurow.
11 Bosom Buddies
12 Facts of Life
22 I Dream of Jeannie

6PM
2 News
4 ABC News
5 NBC News
7 CBS News
9 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
11 Gimme a Break!
The chief objects to Nell's overnight guest.
12 Mary Tyler Moore
13 Happy Days
College reporter Richie uncovers a sanitation scandal.
22 Beverly Hillbillies
28 Nightly Business Report

6:30
4 7 News
5 Top Story
11 WKRP in Cincinnati
Tragedy hits a Cincinnati concert by the Who.
12 Taxi
13 Benson
The governor's televised fireside chat is a near disaster.
22 Leave it to Beaver
28 This Old House
Insulating the renovated attic; a tour of the Lexington Hotel in Chicago.

7PM
2 Best Years
4 Wheel of Fortune
5 Entertainment Tonight
Michael Caine ["The Fourth Protocol"].
7 New Newlywed Game
9 Wild, Wild World of Animals
"The Monkeys of Koshima."
11 Taxi
Tony's seaman father asks his son to follow in his footsteps.
12 Wonderful World of Disney
See 5PM, KCPQ.
13 Happy Days
Joanie wants to tour with a female rock group. Part 1 of 2.
22 Hawaii Five-0
A search for sunken treasure leads halfway around the world and into the Pacific off Oahu. Guests: James J. Sloyan, Peter Donat.
28 Wild America
The ecosystem of Yellowstone Lake (Part 1 of 3).

7:30
2 Beachcombers
Nick must rescue two injured power workers, trapped after a storm.
4 Jeopardy!
5 Evening
Lottery winners tell what they do with their sudden fortunes; fans share in a scene re-created from "The Blob."
7 Dating Game
9 World of Survival
"Creatures of the Wild."
11 Barney Miller
A group of Orthodox Jews riot at the precinct.
13 Odd Couple
Oscar decides to run for office to save a city park.
28 Sneak Previews

8PM
2 A Moving Picture
Features choreographer Ann Ditchburn and a company of dancers from the National Ballet of Canada.
4 Sledge Hammer!
A concussion transforms Dori into a female version of Sledge.
5 The Cosby Show
Rudy and Theo's horseplay results in injury for Rudy.
7 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Arab terrorist Birol foils Lee's capture attempt by taking Amanda hostage, then offers to trade her for top agent Night Crawler.
9 Upstairs, Downstairs
Rose's chance encounter with a cheerful young man almost changes her life.
11 Movie
"Executive Action." [1973] Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan. Investigation probes assassination of John F. Kennedy.
12 Movie
"Don't Go Near the Water." [1957] Glenn Ford. Madison Avenue-trained Navy men come to a South Pacific island during World War II to handle public relations.
13 Lifequest: Ageless America
Forecast of the societal and cultural changes that will occur as America's post-Word War II "baby boomers" become senior citizens.
22 Perry Mason
Perry defends a woman accused of committing murder with an ice pick. Guest: Ruta Lee.
28 Mystery!
"Sherlock Holmes: The Resident Patient." A young doctor asks Holmes to investigate the strange behavior of his benefactor.

8:30
4 The Charmings
Eric decides to buy Snow a car for their anniversary.
5 The Art of Being Nick
Aspiring artist Nick [Scott Valentine] moves to New York to pursue career goals. With Julia Louis Dreyfuss (and in two years, would become the famous Elaine character on Seinfeld...)

9pm
2 He Shoots, He Scores
Pierre returns to the ice and plays fantastic hockey, Pierre forces Lucie to examine her feelings about their relationship.
4 Our World
Fall, 1946. Soldiers return from Europe; the GI bill; postwar housing shortage; Republican landslide in the congressional elections.
5 Cheers
The gang makes a movie to show Woody's worried parents how well he is doing in Boston.
7 Movie
"Man, Woman and Child." [1983] Martin Sheen, Blythe Danner. A California professor, his wife and daughters make room for the recently orphaned illegitimate French son he never knew he had.
9 Mystery!
See 8PM, KTPS.
13 National Geographic
Profile of the life and accomplishments of anthropologist Louis S.B. Leakey, who studied human evolution in East Africa.
22 McCloud
While the New York City police are on alert for a sniper, McCloud is called in on a murder case in which the victim was not shot, but instead had the blood sucked from his body. Guests: Tom Snyder, John Carradine.
28 Upstairs, Downstairs
James' growing affection for Georgina and Hazel's behavior strain their marriage.

9:30
5 Night Court
The subject of Dan's paternity suit possesses many qualities of the accused.

10pm
2 National-Journal
4 20/20
A new means of artificial fertilization; a teenage girl who hired a schoolmate to kill her father.
5 Hill Street Blues
A nighttime fire guts the station; Buntz faces suspension for cocaine theft; Goldblume investigates a series of prostitute murders.
9 Masterpiece Theatre
"The Jewel in the Crown." Perron, Sarah and Susan are on a train during an anti-Mostem riot as India prepares to split with Pakistan. Part 14 of 14.
11 News
12 The Honeymooners
Ralph tries to hypnotize Alice. Part 1 of 2.
13 National Geographic
Hawaiian mariners set out to retrace an ancient route to Tahiti aboard the Hokule'a, a 60-foot, double-hulled sailing canoe.
28 Nightly Business Report

10:30
22 USA Tonight
28 Innovation
Connections between stress and illness.

11PM
2 4 5 7 News
9 Movie
"Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams." [1973] Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam. An aloof woman, obsessed with her childhood, is forced to face the frailties of her family.
11 Twilight Zone
12 Cannon
13 The Late Show
Guest host: Rich Hall.
22 The Honeymooners
Ralph hides cash in a suit Alice gives to charity.
28 Off the Air

11:30
4 Nightline
5 The Tonight Show
11 Saturday Night
22 Unexpected (what was this show?)

11:35
2 Maude
Vivian wants to relive her college days without Arthur.

11:45
7 Movie
"Pope John Paul II." [1984] Albert Finney, Michael Crompton. Young Karol Wojtyla opposes communism and the Nazis in his native Poland and in 1978 becomes head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Midnight
4 The Avengers
Steed and Emma find a hidden army when they go to a remote coastal village to investigate the strange disappearance of four agents.
11 Outer Limits
12 Discover
13 Love Your Skin (infomercial)
22 Gunsmoke (1-hour, probably color shows)

12:05
2 Movie
"Tovarich." [1937] Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer. A royal couple flees Russia laden with 40 billion francs intending to keep it safe for the Czar.

12:30
5 Late Night/David Letterman
Chinese television personality Yue Sai Kan; comedian Jeff Altman.
12 Movie
"The Rainmaker." [1956] Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn. A huckster hitches his wagon to a Southwest homestead where, exuding confidence and charming a spinster, he offers to end a dry spell for a fee.
13 Movie
"Who Is The Black Dahlia?" [1975] Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Lucie Arnaz. A Los Angeles detective attempts to find the murderer of a young unidentified girl whose body was discovered in a vacant lot. Based on an actual crime.

12:40
9 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour

1AM
4 News
11 Off the Wall
22 Movie (unknown)

-crainbebo
 
"Hangin' In" was a Canadian sitcom that was syndicated in the U.S. It also ran on superstation WOR.

13's morning lineup is almost all network-rejects: "Sale" and "Concentration" from NBC (in pattern). "Wordplay" also was from NBC, shown in network pattern at 11:30. "Pyramid" and "Card Sharks" were delayed from 9am.

Here's a ID for 13 going into a 12:30 showing of "Card Sharks": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkbcGu1TyuM
 
KCPQ was about to add a morning cartoon block in September of 87. They also began running an hour of cartoons in afternoons that month as well. At the same time WOR TV Channel 9 New York began offering children's shows in the 6 to 9 a.m. block as well. So most of the adult indies were converting to more traditional fare. Still the adult type indies would begin making a comeback in the 90's with stations like WSVN Miami, The New WOrld Fox converts, stations like KIRO for a couple years from 95-97, KRON, etc. Then the Fox stations all became adult oriented stations in 2001, as did most others. Today virtually all independents no longer offer children's entertainment shows (I include Fox, CW, and My stations). I still think WSVN's change from NBC to news based independent/Fox programming was the huge influence. Once they became successful other stations slowly followed suit. Today WSVN is the typical independent in terms of news content and other content as well.
 
WSVN has news, news and more news. 63 hours/week, more than any station in the United States. They have that "HD Newsplex" studio that looks like a news office and master control combined. Impressive set. They stopped cartoons in 1993 as they went mainly news or syndicated programming. Like all stations, they have E/I programming but they didn't carry Fox Kids for many years in the 1990s.

KIRO in the 1990s also had an unusual WSVN-like programming block. More talk shows than anyone else, with Maury, Sally, Montel, Carnie Wilson's short-lived show, Ricki Lake, Jenny Jones, the short lived Pat Bullard, etc. being aired in the daytime between 1995-97. Loads of news as well - KSTW's news was weird in it's last year as CBS (11AM, 4PM and 11PM??) But KIRO stayed with a traditional news format, putting 2 full hours of news on between 5-7PM, as well as 10PM, 11PM, morning and noon.

-crainbebo
 
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers.

No. The first program of what would become "The Disney Afternoon" premiered in 1987, which was "DuckTales." I believe the show in this schedule was "The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers," which was co-produced by Gaylord Broadcasting, KSTW's owner at the time.
 
Yes Ducktales was the original cartoon that began Disney Afternoon in 1987. Chip & Dales came on board in 1989 alongside of Ducktales, Tale Spin and Gummi Bears joined in 1990 making it a 2 hour block. Gummi Bears was taken off in favor of Darkwing Duck in 1991. In 1992, Ducktales remained in syndication but out of Disney Afternoon and Goof Troop was added. Chip & Dales went to weekends in 1993 and Bonkers were added. Then I began to lose track.

WSVN did flirt a bit with Fox KIds from 1990 to 1993 I believe but I think thay ran the block an hour early and was out of it by 4 PM. It then moved to 39 WDZL in 1993. The New World stations took a page from WSVN when they converted to Fox. Yes WSVN as well as Fox O & O's like 13 WTVT Tampa, 10 KSAZ Phoenix, 4 WDAF TV Kansas City, among others have lots of news...63 hours a week sounds right.
 
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