9/16/1986
Source: TV Guide, Kansas City Edition
CHANNELS LISTED
2 KQTV St. Joseph ABC
4 WDAF Kansas City NBC
5 KCTV Kansas City CBS
6 KMOS Sedalia PBS
9 KMBC Kansas City ABC
11 KTWU Topeka PBS
13 WIBW Topeka CBS
19 KCPT Kansas City PBS
27 KSNT Topeka NBC
41 KSHB Kansas City IND/FOX
49 KTKA Topeka ABC
62 KZKC Kansas City IND
WGN Chicago (Channel 9, IND)
5AM
5 Headline News
41 Lucy Show
WGN Movietone News BW
5:25
2 Good Morning St. Joe
5:30
2 Morning Agriculture Report
4 Richard Roberts
13 Headline News
19 Introducing Biology
41 Cisco Kid
WGN Faith 20
6AM
2 ABC News-Bell/Sullivan
5 49 Jimmy Swaggart
9 ABC News
19 Many Lives of Dr. Faust
27 NBC News at Sunrise-Bob Jamieson
41 Rambo
62 Heathcliff
WGN Superfriends
6:20
9 Good Morning
6:30
4 NBC News-Bob Jamieson
5 13 CBS News-Faith Daniels
9 ABC News
11 Farm Day
19 Nature of Human Conflict
27 News
41 Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
49 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
62 She-Ra: Princess of Power
WGN Bugs Bunny
6:45
2 News
11 A.M. Weather
7AM
2 9 49 Good Morning America-Hartman/Lunden
Scheduled: A three-part series on the Philippines begins with a study of its ties to the U.S.
4 27 Today-Gumbel/Steinem
Scheduled: A conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
5 13 CBS Morning News
11 Today's Special
19 Farm Day
41 My Little Pony 'N' Friends
62 The Mask
WGN Bozo
7:15
19 AM Weather
7:30
6 Farm Day
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
19 Nightly Business Report
Guest commentator: Charls E. Walker.
41 Superfriends
62 Transformers
7:45
6 AM Weather
8AM
11 Sesame Street
41 Challenge of the Gobots
62 Adventures of Galaxy Ranger
8:30
41 Leave it to Beaver
62 Great Space Coaster
WGN Beverly Hillbillies
9AM
2 49 700 Club
4 27 Hour Magazine
Kevin Dobson ["Knots Landing"]; Catherine Deneuve [conclusion].
5 13 $25,000 Pyramid
Scheduled: Teresa Ganzel, Nathan Cook.
9 Phil Donahue
11 Sesame Street
41 Family Ties
Mallory [Justine Bateman] needs comforting after the death of her favorite aunt.
62 Inspector Gadget
WGN Waltons
9:30
5 True Confessions
13 New Card Sharks
41 Mary Tyler Moore
62 Jimmy Swaggart
10AM
2 49 Fame, Fortune and Romance
Actors John and Sandy Gabriel.
4 Wheel of Fortune
5 13 The Price is Right
9 Sally Jessy Raphael
Topic: controlling emotions.
11 Body Electric
27 Jeopardy!
41 Laverne & Shirley (45 min?)
62 Jim & Tammy
WGN Big Valley
10:30
2 49 Double Talk
Scheduled: Brian Mitchell, Vicki Lawrence.
4 27 Scrabble
6 19 Letter People
9 Hollywood Squares
11 Hatha Yoga
10:45
41 Bewitched (35 min)
11AM
2 9 49 Ryan's Hope
4 27 Super Password
Scheduled: Marcia Wallace.
5 13 Young & The Restless
11 Intro to College Composition
62 Richard Roberts
WGN Falcon Crest
11:20
41 My Three Sons (40 min)
11:30
2 9 49 Loving
4 News/Mid-Day
6 19 Sesame Street
11 Environmental Psychology
27 Wheel of Fortune
Noon
2 9 49 All My Children
4 Days of Our Lives
5 27 WGN News
11 Sesame Street
13 Mid-Day in Kansas
41 Get Smart
62 I Dream of Jeannie
12:30
5 13 As the World Turns
6 19 3-2-1 Contact
27 Days of Our Lives
41 Andy Griffith BW
62 Welcome Back, Kotter
1PM
2 9 49 One Life to Live
4 Another World
11 Masterpiece Theatre
41 Beverly Hillbillies
62 Perry Mason
WGN Dick Van Dyke BW
1:30
5 13 Capitol
6 19 Think About
27 Another World
41 Green Acres
WGN Carol Burnett & Friends
1:45
6 19 Letter People
2PM
2 9 49 General Hospital
4 Santa Barbara
5 13 Guiding Light
11 Modern Maturity
41 Munsters
62 Courtship of Eddie's Father
WGN Andy Griffith
2:30
11 Creative Living with Sheryl Borden
27 Santa Barbara
41 Zoobilee Zoo
62 Voltron
WGN Heathcliff
3PM
2 Divorce Court
4 Oprah Winfrey
Scheduled topic: the psychological effects of abortion of men.
5 Trapper John M.D.
6 Sesame Street
9 Love Connection
11 We're Cooking Now
13 Magnum P.I
19 Magic of Oil Painting
41 Scooby Doo
49 She-Ra: Princess of Power
62 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
WGN Ghostbusters
3:30
2 Three's Company
9 Dating Game
11 Hooked on Aerobics
19 Madeleine Cooks
27 Happy Days
41 Tom & Jerry
49 Scooby Doo
62 G.I. Joe
WGN The Mask
4PM
2 New Newlywed Game
4 The Jeffersons
George [Sherman Hemsley] makes a play for the financial big leagues.
5 $100,000 Pyramid
Guests: Audrey Landers, Charles Siebert.
6 11 19 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9 Divorce Court
Charge: mental cruelty. Nancy: Sue Carlton.
13 Phil Donahue
27 Diff'rent Strokes
Sam's dad [Hoyt Axton] tags along on a camping trip designed to bring Drummond and Sam closer together. Sam: Danny Cooksey.
41 Flintstones
49 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
62 Thundercats
WGN G.I. Joe
4:30
2 9 People's Court
4 Benson
Stripped of the party nomination, the Governor [James Noble] and his staff take a working vacation in the woods. Part 2 of 3.
5 Jeopardy!
6 11 3-2-1 Contact
Topic: computer voice recognition.
19 Captain Kangaroo
27 The Facts of Life
Conclusion. The girls are released from jail and put in the custody of Mrs. Garrett [Charlotte Rae], who promptly assigns them to KP.
41 Jetsons
49 G.I. Joe
62 Silverhawks
WGN Transformers
5PM
2 Jeopardy!
4 5 9 13 News
6 Earth Explored
11 19 Sesame Street
27 Three's Company
After making two dates for the same time, Jack has to come up with an alter ego-so he drafts Larry for the role. Richard Kline.
41 Brady Bunch
The Bradys prepare for high-school talent night. Marcia: Maureen McCormick.
49 Newlywed Game
62 Wonderful World of Disney
Movie: "The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again," a 1979 sequel with Tim Conway and Don Knotts as bumbling outlaws. Part 1 of 2.
WGN One Day at a Time
5:30
2 9 49 ABC News-Peter Jennings
4 27 NBC News-Tom Brokaw
5 13 CBS News-Dan Rather
6 Victory Garden
Observed: an inner-city beautification project in Philadelphia.
41 Laverne & Shirley
The girls house-sit in Malibu and play unwilling hostesses to an outrageous party.
WGN Welcome Back, Kotter
6PM
2 4 5 9 13 27 News
6 11 19 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
41 Mork & Mindy
Intrigued by a priest's good deeds, Mork decides to become a man of the cloth. Robin Williams. Father Denny: Garry Goodrow.
49 Taxi
Conclusion. The cabbies' reunion continues with Alex [Judd Hirsch], Bobby [Jeff Conaway] and Louie [Danny DeVito] telling their on-the-job tales. Claire Malis.
62 Sanford and Son
WGN WKRP in Cincinnati
6:30
2 5 27 Wheel of Fortune
4 Entertainment Tonight
ScheduleD: Amy Irving.
9 13 New Newlywed Game
41 Hangin' In
Kate's father comes to visit and proposes marriage to her friend Elaine; Mike [David Eisner] helps a group of teens form a Dixieland band.
49 M*A*S*H
Father Mulcahy tries to accommodate a GI's request for a Jewish religious ceremony.
62 Sanford & Son
WGN MLB Baseball
Chicago Cubs at Montreal.
7PM
2 9 49 Who's the Boss?
Samantha [Alyssa Milano] gives up everything to concentrate on ballet after her instructor tells Tony [Tony Danza] that she has the talent to become a prima ballerina. Sergei: George Grant.
4 27 Remington Steele
Laura [Stephanie Zimbalist] has her hands full with a client trying to cover up a murder, while Steele [Pierce Brosnan] plans to marry-a call girl? Mildred: Doris Roberts.
5 13 The Wizard
In Hong Kong, Simon [David Rappaport] answers an old friend's plea for help and winds up confronting his archenemy, a man who holds Simon responsible for his radiation poisoning.
6 11 19 Live from Lincoln Center
Violinist Itzhak Perlman joins conductor Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic in the series' 11th-season opener. Perlman is scheduled to open the program with three French violin pieces from the Romantic and impressionist periods: Ravel's "Tzigane," Chausson's "Poeme" and Sarasate's "Carmen Fantasy." Then, the orchestra is to play Tchaikovsky's bold and majestic Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, composed in 1888.
41 Black Sheep Squadron
Boyington [Robert Conrad] injuries his hands pulling a downed pilot from a burning plane. Part 1 of 2.
62 Gunsmoke
Newly and Kitty are kidnaped by a robbery gang who think the gunsmith is a doctor. Newly: Buck Taylor. Manez: John Saxon.
7:30
2 9 49 Moonlighting BW
Orson Welles introduces and episode that pays homage to the film noir by dissolving into black and white when Maddie and David [Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis] dream conflicting versions of what happened in an unsolved 1946 murder case.
[Next week, "Sledge Hammer!" premieres here.]
8PM
4 27 Cheers
Diane [Shelley Long] is depressed because she feels left out of the gang's social activities, so Frasier comes up with a plan to cheer her-a night at the opera with Sam and the boys. Sam: Ted Danson. Frasier: Kelsey Grammer.
5 13 Movie
"Oceans of Fire." [1986] A bull-headed supervisor [Gregory Harrison] and his crew of ex-cons brave the deep in their work for an offshore oil-drilling operation. Filmed in the Mexican Caribbean. Helen: Cynthia Sikes. J.C. Busch: David Carradine.
41 Movie
"Mussolini and I," conclusion.
62 Movie BW
"The Helen Morgan Story." [1957] The life story of the Twenties torch singer. More fiction than fact, but good tunes and performances. Paul Newman, Ann Blyth, Richard Carlson.
8:30
2 9 49 Jack & Mike
DEBUT: Jack [Shelly Hack] is a popular syndicated columnist, her husband Mike [Tom Mason] is a successful restaurateur; together they form Chic ago's hottest couple. In the opener, Jack goes to bat for a man [Gary Cole] who claims he was unjustly convicted of rape, while Mike frets over the opening of a new restaurant.
4 27 Night Court
Harry [Harry Anderson] has a plan to rehabilitate his one-time idol, now a down-and-out magician [Carl Ballantine]. But the illusionist still has tricks up his sleeve that even Harry doesn't count on. Bull: Richard Moll.
9PM
4 27 1986-Chung/Mudd
Among the scheduled segments is a report on the illegal killing of sea otters and walruses off the coast of Alaska.
6 Firing Line
National Public Radio commentator Daniel Schorr discusses memorable events he has covered, including Watergate; the censorship of American journalists abroad.
11 War & Peace
Natasha [Morag Hood] learns of Anbdrei's presence among wounded soldiers at Troitska, where the Rostovas have fled from Moscow.
19 Kansas City Illustrated
9:30
WGN News
10PM
2 4 5 9 13 27 News
6 Adam Smith's Money World
Discussed: International finance and industry.
11 TV Classics
19 Nightly Business Report
41 Leave it to Beaver BW
June refuses to let BEaver keep his recently purchased rat. Beaver: Jerry Mathers.
49 Benson
A governor's conference turns into bedlam when Gatling's invalid father uses his wheelchair as a mobile skirt chaser.
WGN INN News-Morton Dean
10:30
2 Nightline
4 27 Tonight Show
Scheduled: Steve Landesberg, actor Jason Bateman, musicians Wild Bill Davidson and Segal Wilcox. Johnny Carson.
5 Hart to Heart
The Harts [Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers] investigate why their toy company's secrets keep falling into the hands of the competition.
6 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
9 M*A*S*H
The generator explodes while quick-fix artists Radar is on leave in Tokyo. First of two parts.
11 Nightly Business Report
13 Dating Game
19 To the Manor Born
Richard [Peter Bowles] invites Audrey on a ski holiday after her recovery from a back injury and ends up requiring some medical attention himself.
41 I Love Lucy BW
Ricky won't let Fred and Lucy play Indiana in his new act-but when has that ever stopped Lucy?
49 Mannix
Two bizarre clues figure in a case involving a fatal plane crash.
62 Odd Couple
The odd couple take turns as Big Brothers to a fatherless boy. Randy: Clint Howard.
WGN Trapper John M.D.
11PM
2 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione.
[Next week, the Dick Cavett Show premieres here.]
9 Taxi
Tony falls for the woman who hired him as a chauffeur.
11 Newsleaders
Retired Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster talks about his 50 years at that paper and how he "became a journalist by default."
13 Magnum P.I.
Magnum challenges an insurance rep to test the estate's security system in preparation for an upcoming jewelry-making competition.
19 Mind Your Language
Miss Courtney's long-lost fiance reappears with a new proposal of marriage-and a request for a loan to cover wedding expenses.
41 News
62 Carol Burnett & Friends
Roddy McDowall is the guest.
11:15
41 All Night Live
11:30
2 One Day at a Time
Julie's boss [Jim Hutton] invites her on an out-of-town trip. Second of four parts.
4 $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
9 Too Close for Comfort
Henry [Ted Knight] receives sinister letters about his Cosmic Cow cartoon.
11 19 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
27 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: Diana Scarwid ["Psycho III"],
41 Andy Griffith BW
The town's women protest the performance of an exotic dancer at a local carnival.
49 Nightline
62 Carson's Comedy Classics
Jack Webb and Robert Blake appear in TV-crime spoofs. Also: Aunt Blabby; Joan Embery.
WGN Movie
"The Third Day." [1965] Unlikely but relatively intriguing tale of family deceptions, amnesia and accidental death. George Peppard.
11:35
5 Nightlife-David Brenner
Scheduled: Actress Susan Saint James.
12AM
2 I Dream of Jeannie
4 Late Night with David Letterman
9 Nightline
41 Dick Van Dyke BW
49 Dukes of Hazzard
62 Untouchables
12:05
5 Rockford Files
12:10
13 Movie
George Segal plays "Blume In Love" [1973], a Beverly Hills divorce lawyer trying to win back his estranged wife [Susan Anspach]. Kris Kristofferson.
12:30
2 News
9 Strike it Rich
27 Dr. Gene Scott
41 Three Stooges
1AM
2 Good Morning St. Joe
4 9 News
41 Movie
"The 7th Voyage of Sinbad." [1958] The legendary Arabian Nights hero [Kerwin Mathews] battles horrifying monsters on an ancient isle.
62 Mannix
1:10
5 Movie
"Come September." [1961] One of those battle-of-the-sexes entries, with Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darrin as the principals. Walter Slezak.
1:30
4 Falcon Crest
2AM
62 CHiPs
WGN Comedy Break
2:30
WGN INN News
3AM
41 Movie BW
"In Cold Blood." [1967] Robert Blake and Scott Wilson in director Richard Brooks' hard-hitting semidocumentary about the two youths who murdered the Clutter family of Holcomb, KS, in 1959. From Truman Capote's book.
62 INN News
WGN Movie
"Unwed Father." [1974] TV-movie about a teenager's battle to gain custody of his illegitimate baby. Peter: Joseph Bottoms.
3:30
5 News
4AM
5 CBS News Nightwatch
4:45
41 News
Source: TV Guide, Kansas City Edition
CHANNELS LISTED
2 KQTV St. Joseph ABC
4 WDAF Kansas City NBC
5 KCTV Kansas City CBS
6 KMOS Sedalia PBS
9 KMBC Kansas City ABC
11 KTWU Topeka PBS
13 WIBW Topeka CBS
19 KCPT Kansas City PBS
27 KSNT Topeka NBC
41 KSHB Kansas City IND/FOX
49 KTKA Topeka ABC
62 KZKC Kansas City IND
WGN Chicago (Channel 9, IND)
5AM
5 Headline News
41 Lucy Show
WGN Movietone News BW
5:25
2 Good Morning St. Joe
5:30
2 Morning Agriculture Report
4 Richard Roberts
13 Headline News
19 Introducing Biology
41 Cisco Kid
WGN Faith 20
6AM
2 ABC News-Bell/Sullivan
5 49 Jimmy Swaggart
9 ABC News
19 Many Lives of Dr. Faust
27 NBC News at Sunrise-Bob Jamieson
41 Rambo
62 Heathcliff
WGN Superfriends
6:20
9 Good Morning
6:30
4 NBC News-Bob Jamieson
5 13 CBS News-Faith Daniels
9 ABC News
11 Farm Day
19 Nature of Human Conflict
27 News
41 Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
49 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
62 She-Ra: Princess of Power
WGN Bugs Bunny
6:45
2 News
11 A.M. Weather
7AM
2 9 49 Good Morning America-Hartman/Lunden
Scheduled: A three-part series on the Philippines begins with a study of its ties to the U.S.
4 27 Today-Gumbel/Steinem
Scheduled: A conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
5 13 CBS Morning News
11 Today's Special
19 Farm Day
41 My Little Pony 'N' Friends
62 The Mask
WGN Bozo
7:15
19 AM Weather
7:30
6 Farm Day
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
19 Nightly Business Report
Guest commentator: Charls E. Walker.
41 Superfriends
62 Transformers
7:45
6 AM Weather
8AM
11 Sesame Street
41 Challenge of the Gobots
62 Adventures of Galaxy Ranger
8:30
41 Leave it to Beaver
62 Great Space Coaster
WGN Beverly Hillbillies
9AM
2 49 700 Club
4 27 Hour Magazine
Kevin Dobson ["Knots Landing"]; Catherine Deneuve [conclusion].
5 13 $25,000 Pyramid
Scheduled: Teresa Ganzel, Nathan Cook.
9 Phil Donahue
11 Sesame Street
41 Family Ties
Mallory [Justine Bateman] needs comforting after the death of her favorite aunt.
62 Inspector Gadget
WGN Waltons
9:30
5 True Confessions
13 New Card Sharks
41 Mary Tyler Moore
62 Jimmy Swaggart
10AM
2 49 Fame, Fortune and Romance
Actors John and Sandy Gabriel.
4 Wheel of Fortune
5 13 The Price is Right
9 Sally Jessy Raphael
Topic: controlling emotions.
11 Body Electric
27 Jeopardy!
41 Laverne & Shirley (45 min?)
62 Jim & Tammy
WGN Big Valley
10:30
2 49 Double Talk
Scheduled: Brian Mitchell, Vicki Lawrence.
4 27 Scrabble
6 19 Letter People
9 Hollywood Squares
11 Hatha Yoga
10:45
41 Bewitched (35 min)
11AM
2 9 49 Ryan's Hope
4 27 Super Password
Scheduled: Marcia Wallace.
5 13 Young & The Restless
11 Intro to College Composition
62 Richard Roberts
WGN Falcon Crest
11:20
41 My Three Sons (40 min)
11:30
2 9 49 Loving
4 News/Mid-Day
6 19 Sesame Street
11 Environmental Psychology
27 Wheel of Fortune
Noon
2 9 49 All My Children
4 Days of Our Lives
5 27 WGN News
11 Sesame Street
13 Mid-Day in Kansas
41 Get Smart
62 I Dream of Jeannie
12:30
5 13 As the World Turns
6 19 3-2-1 Contact
27 Days of Our Lives
41 Andy Griffith BW
62 Welcome Back, Kotter
1PM
2 9 49 One Life to Live
4 Another World
11 Masterpiece Theatre
41 Beverly Hillbillies
62 Perry Mason
WGN Dick Van Dyke BW
1:30
5 13 Capitol
6 19 Think About
27 Another World
41 Green Acres
WGN Carol Burnett & Friends
1:45
6 19 Letter People
2PM
2 9 49 General Hospital
4 Santa Barbara
5 13 Guiding Light
11 Modern Maturity
41 Munsters
62 Courtship of Eddie's Father
WGN Andy Griffith
2:30
11 Creative Living with Sheryl Borden
27 Santa Barbara
41 Zoobilee Zoo
62 Voltron
WGN Heathcliff
3PM
2 Divorce Court
4 Oprah Winfrey
Scheduled topic: the psychological effects of abortion of men.
5 Trapper John M.D.
6 Sesame Street
9 Love Connection
11 We're Cooking Now
13 Magnum P.I
19 Magic of Oil Painting
41 Scooby Doo
49 She-Ra: Princess of Power
62 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
WGN Ghostbusters
3:30
2 Three's Company
9 Dating Game
11 Hooked on Aerobics
19 Madeleine Cooks
27 Happy Days
41 Tom & Jerry
49 Scooby Doo
62 G.I. Joe
WGN The Mask
4PM
2 New Newlywed Game
4 The Jeffersons
George [Sherman Hemsley] makes a play for the financial big leagues.
5 $100,000 Pyramid
Guests: Audrey Landers, Charles Siebert.
6 11 19 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9 Divorce Court
Charge: mental cruelty. Nancy: Sue Carlton.
13 Phil Donahue
27 Diff'rent Strokes
Sam's dad [Hoyt Axton] tags along on a camping trip designed to bring Drummond and Sam closer together. Sam: Danny Cooksey.
41 Flintstones
49 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
62 Thundercats
WGN G.I. Joe
4:30
2 9 People's Court
4 Benson
Stripped of the party nomination, the Governor [James Noble] and his staff take a working vacation in the woods. Part 2 of 3.
5 Jeopardy!
6 11 3-2-1 Contact
Topic: computer voice recognition.
19 Captain Kangaroo
27 The Facts of Life
Conclusion. The girls are released from jail and put in the custody of Mrs. Garrett [Charlotte Rae], who promptly assigns them to KP.
41 Jetsons
49 G.I. Joe
62 Silverhawks
WGN Transformers
5PM
2 Jeopardy!
4 5 9 13 News
6 Earth Explored
11 19 Sesame Street
27 Three's Company
After making two dates for the same time, Jack has to come up with an alter ego-so he drafts Larry for the role. Richard Kline.
41 Brady Bunch
The Bradys prepare for high-school talent night. Marcia: Maureen McCormick.
49 Newlywed Game
62 Wonderful World of Disney
Movie: "The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again," a 1979 sequel with Tim Conway and Don Knotts as bumbling outlaws. Part 1 of 2.
WGN One Day at a Time
5:30
2 9 49 ABC News-Peter Jennings
4 27 NBC News-Tom Brokaw
5 13 CBS News-Dan Rather
6 Victory Garden
Observed: an inner-city beautification project in Philadelphia.
41 Laverne & Shirley
The girls house-sit in Malibu and play unwilling hostesses to an outrageous party.
WGN Welcome Back, Kotter
6PM
2 4 5 9 13 27 News
6 11 19 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
41 Mork & Mindy
Intrigued by a priest's good deeds, Mork decides to become a man of the cloth. Robin Williams. Father Denny: Garry Goodrow.
49 Taxi
Conclusion. The cabbies' reunion continues with Alex [Judd Hirsch], Bobby [Jeff Conaway] and Louie [Danny DeVito] telling their on-the-job tales. Claire Malis.
62 Sanford and Son
WGN WKRP in Cincinnati
6:30
2 5 27 Wheel of Fortune
4 Entertainment Tonight
ScheduleD: Amy Irving.
9 13 New Newlywed Game
41 Hangin' In
Kate's father comes to visit and proposes marriage to her friend Elaine; Mike [David Eisner] helps a group of teens form a Dixieland band.
49 M*A*S*H
Father Mulcahy tries to accommodate a GI's request for a Jewish religious ceremony.
62 Sanford & Son
WGN MLB Baseball
Chicago Cubs at Montreal.
7PM
2 9 49 Who's the Boss?
Samantha [Alyssa Milano] gives up everything to concentrate on ballet after her instructor tells Tony [Tony Danza] that she has the talent to become a prima ballerina. Sergei: George Grant.
4 27 Remington Steele
Laura [Stephanie Zimbalist] has her hands full with a client trying to cover up a murder, while Steele [Pierce Brosnan] plans to marry-a call girl? Mildred: Doris Roberts.
5 13 The Wizard
In Hong Kong, Simon [David Rappaport] answers an old friend's plea for help and winds up confronting his archenemy, a man who holds Simon responsible for his radiation poisoning.
6 11 19 Live from Lincoln Center
Violinist Itzhak Perlman joins conductor Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic in the series' 11th-season opener. Perlman is scheduled to open the program with three French violin pieces from the Romantic and impressionist periods: Ravel's "Tzigane," Chausson's "Poeme" and Sarasate's "Carmen Fantasy." Then, the orchestra is to play Tchaikovsky's bold and majestic Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, composed in 1888.
41 Black Sheep Squadron
Boyington [Robert Conrad] injuries his hands pulling a downed pilot from a burning plane. Part 1 of 2.
62 Gunsmoke
Newly and Kitty are kidnaped by a robbery gang who think the gunsmith is a doctor. Newly: Buck Taylor. Manez: John Saxon.
7:30
2 9 49 Moonlighting BW
Orson Welles introduces and episode that pays homage to the film noir by dissolving into black and white when Maddie and David [Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis] dream conflicting versions of what happened in an unsolved 1946 murder case.
[Next week, "Sledge Hammer!" premieres here.]
8PM
4 27 Cheers
Diane [Shelley Long] is depressed because she feels left out of the gang's social activities, so Frasier comes up with a plan to cheer her-a night at the opera with Sam and the boys. Sam: Ted Danson. Frasier: Kelsey Grammer.
5 13 Movie
"Oceans of Fire." [1986] A bull-headed supervisor [Gregory Harrison] and his crew of ex-cons brave the deep in their work for an offshore oil-drilling operation. Filmed in the Mexican Caribbean. Helen: Cynthia Sikes. J.C. Busch: David Carradine.
41 Movie
"Mussolini and I," conclusion.
62 Movie BW
"The Helen Morgan Story." [1957] The life story of the Twenties torch singer. More fiction than fact, but good tunes and performances. Paul Newman, Ann Blyth, Richard Carlson.
8:30
2 9 49 Jack & Mike
DEBUT: Jack [Shelly Hack] is a popular syndicated columnist, her husband Mike [Tom Mason] is a successful restaurateur; together they form Chic ago's hottest couple. In the opener, Jack goes to bat for a man [Gary Cole] who claims he was unjustly convicted of rape, while Mike frets over the opening of a new restaurant.
4 27 Night Court
Harry [Harry Anderson] has a plan to rehabilitate his one-time idol, now a down-and-out magician [Carl Ballantine]. But the illusionist still has tricks up his sleeve that even Harry doesn't count on. Bull: Richard Moll.
9PM
4 27 1986-Chung/Mudd
Among the scheduled segments is a report on the illegal killing of sea otters and walruses off the coast of Alaska.
6 Firing Line
National Public Radio commentator Daniel Schorr discusses memorable events he has covered, including Watergate; the censorship of American journalists abroad.
11 War & Peace
Natasha [Morag Hood] learns of Anbdrei's presence among wounded soldiers at Troitska, where the Rostovas have fled from Moscow.
19 Kansas City Illustrated
9:30
WGN News
10PM
2 4 5 9 13 27 News
6 Adam Smith's Money World
Discussed: International finance and industry.
11 TV Classics
19 Nightly Business Report
41 Leave it to Beaver BW
June refuses to let BEaver keep his recently purchased rat. Beaver: Jerry Mathers.
49 Benson
A governor's conference turns into bedlam when Gatling's invalid father uses his wheelchair as a mobile skirt chaser.
WGN INN News-Morton Dean
10:30
2 Nightline
4 27 Tonight Show
Scheduled: Steve Landesberg, actor Jason Bateman, musicians Wild Bill Davidson and Segal Wilcox. Johnny Carson.
5 Hart to Heart
The Harts [Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers] investigate why their toy company's secrets keep falling into the hands of the competition.
6 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
9 M*A*S*H
The generator explodes while quick-fix artists Radar is on leave in Tokyo. First of two parts.
11 Nightly Business Report
13 Dating Game
19 To the Manor Born
Richard [Peter Bowles] invites Audrey on a ski holiday after her recovery from a back injury and ends up requiring some medical attention himself.
41 I Love Lucy BW
Ricky won't let Fred and Lucy play Indiana in his new act-but when has that ever stopped Lucy?
49 Mannix
Two bizarre clues figure in a case involving a fatal plane crash.
62 Odd Couple
The odd couple take turns as Big Brothers to a fatherless boy. Randy: Clint Howard.
WGN Trapper John M.D.
11PM
2 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione.
[Next week, the Dick Cavett Show premieres here.]
9 Taxi
Tony falls for the woman who hired him as a chauffeur.
11 Newsleaders
Retired Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster talks about his 50 years at that paper and how he "became a journalist by default."
13 Magnum P.I.
Magnum challenges an insurance rep to test the estate's security system in preparation for an upcoming jewelry-making competition.
19 Mind Your Language
Miss Courtney's long-lost fiance reappears with a new proposal of marriage-and a request for a loan to cover wedding expenses.
41 News
62 Carol Burnett & Friends
Roddy McDowall is the guest.
11:15
41 All Night Live
11:30
2 One Day at a Time
Julie's boss [Jim Hutton] invites her on an out-of-town trip. Second of four parts.
4 $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
9 Too Close for Comfort
Henry [Ted Knight] receives sinister letters about his Cosmic Cow cartoon.
11 19 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
27 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: Diana Scarwid ["Psycho III"],
41 Andy Griffith BW
The town's women protest the performance of an exotic dancer at a local carnival.
49 Nightline
62 Carson's Comedy Classics
Jack Webb and Robert Blake appear in TV-crime spoofs. Also: Aunt Blabby; Joan Embery.
WGN Movie
"The Third Day." [1965] Unlikely but relatively intriguing tale of family deceptions, amnesia and accidental death. George Peppard.
11:35
5 Nightlife-David Brenner
Scheduled: Actress Susan Saint James.
12AM
2 I Dream of Jeannie
4 Late Night with David Letterman
9 Nightline
41 Dick Van Dyke BW
49 Dukes of Hazzard
62 Untouchables
12:05
5 Rockford Files
12:10
13 Movie
George Segal plays "Blume In Love" [1973], a Beverly Hills divorce lawyer trying to win back his estranged wife [Susan Anspach]. Kris Kristofferson.
12:30
2 News
9 Strike it Rich
27 Dr. Gene Scott
41 Three Stooges
1AM
2 Good Morning St. Joe
4 9 News
41 Movie
"The 7th Voyage of Sinbad." [1958] The legendary Arabian Nights hero [Kerwin Mathews] battles horrifying monsters on an ancient isle.
62 Mannix
1:10
5 Movie
"Come September." [1961] One of those battle-of-the-sexes entries, with Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darrin as the principals. Walter Slezak.
1:30
4 Falcon Crest
2AM
62 CHiPs
WGN Comedy Break
2:30
WGN INN News
3AM
41 Movie BW
"In Cold Blood." [1967] Robert Blake and Scott Wilson in director Richard Brooks' hard-hitting semidocumentary about the two youths who murdered the Clutter family of Holcomb, KS, in 1959. From Truman Capote's book.
62 INN News
WGN Movie
"Unwed Father." [1974] TV-movie about a teenager's battle to gain custody of his illegitimate baby. Peter: Joseph Bottoms.
3:30
5 News
4AM
5 CBS News Nightwatch
4:45
41 News
