Retro: Buenos Aires, Monday, May 20, 1985

[south_ferretti]

Source: Clarín newspaper

LS86 - Tevedos (channel 2)
16:00 Cartoons
17:00 Utilísima (programme aimed at women)
18:00 Cagney and Lacey
21:00 Streets of San Francisco
22:00 Kojak
23:00 Baretta
0:00 Trasnoche Grundig
Including a news summary, the movie "The Crooked Hearts" (1972), and an episode of The Love Boat.

LS82 - ATC (channel 7)
9:30 Teleescuela técnica
10:00 Buen día María (gymnastics and health)
11:00 Popeye
11:30 Vivir bien (magazine)
12:00 30 y 30 (magazine)
13:00 Extraños y amantes (soap opera)
14:00 20 mujeres (magazine)
16:30 Telejuegos (children's show)
17:30 Knight Rider
18:30 News
19:00 Gente como la gente (soap opera)
20:00 Mesa de noticias (comedy show)
21:00 Miniseries: Little Gloria... Happy at Last (2nd part)
22:00 Interpelación (journalistic programme)
0:00 Trasnoche club
Including a news summary and the episode of a miniseries "La excluida".

LS83 - Canal 9 Libertad (channel 9)
10:30 700 Club
11:00 La salud de nuestros hijos (children's health)
11:30 The Smurfs
12:00 Get Smart!
13:00 La viuda blanca (soap opera)
14:00 No es un juego vivir (soap opera)
15:00 Una puerta entreabierta (magazine)
16:00 Coraje, mamá
17:00 The Professionals
18:00 No, no, sí, sí (soap opera)
19:00 News
20:00 El infiel (soap opera)
21:00 Finalísima (variety show)
22:30 Dynasty
23:30 A solas (interviews)
0:30 Dios es mi descanso (night prayer)
0:35 sign-off

LS84 - Canal 11
11:30 Plaza Sésamo (the Mexican version of Sesame Street)
12:00 News
13:00 De acuerdo con Andrés Percivale (magazine)
14:00 Lucía Bonelli (soap opera)
15:00 Pobre Clara (soap opera)
16:00 National movie: TBA
18:00 Amor gitano (soap opera)
19:00 News
20:00 A la manera de Sofovich (game show)
21:00 El show de Carlos Perciavalle (variety show)
22:30 Los grandes (variety show)
23:30 News
0:00 sign-off

LS85 - Canal 13
10:25 Señor, danos este día (morning prayer)
10:30 Cartoons
11:30 La granja de Carozo y Narizota (children's show)
13:00 News
14:00 El espejo (magazine where different parts of the country are featured every day)
16:30 Marina de noche (soap opera)
17:00 Ta-te-ti para todos (soap opera)
18:00 Pelito (soap opera)
19:00 Bárbara Narváez (soap opera)
20:00 News
21:00 La aventura del hombre (documentaries)
22:00 A conciencia (drama)
23:00 News
23:30 Movies
"The Millionairess" (1960)
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966)

 

[Gregg.]

Interesting. As late at 1985, Buenos Aires, had only five TV stations, all VHF. Buenos Aires is the fourth largest metro area in the Americas, between NYC, #3, and LA, #5.

They all sign on in late morning (no local version of the Today Show or Good Morning America). Only two stay on the air past 1 am. Channel 2 uses many U.S. shows, with 7 and 9 using some. 11 and 13 use none, but they do air a lot of soap operas.

I see that 11 signs on with the Mexican version of Sesame Street. It never occurred to me that it isn't simply a Spanish-language version. But then, I guess the accents are different. I suppose Mexico supplies a lot of programming to other Latin American countries.

 

[davideduardo]

I see that 11 signs on with the Mexican version of Sesame Street. It never occurred to me that it isn't simply a Spanish-language version. But then, I guess the accents are different. I suppose Mexico supplies a lot of programming to other Latin American countries.

The Mexican accent is very different from the Argentine, but Televisa long ago learned the art of doing neutral Spanish so they could syndicate product. The major difference between countries is language usage, so they have to carefully write all scripts, too.

Colombia, which has the most "pure" Spanish in the Hemisphere syndicates lots of programming in upper South America and Central America, too. Argentina, with its different verb usage and very unusual accent, does not export much programming except to Southern Cone nations as it is difficult for others to understand.

As has been said, "Twenty countries separated by a single language".

 

[blackgold]

Of course, many of these countries send their channels via satellite to the USA, so we get these different countries' accents on their respective cable channels. I hear different forms of Spanish spoken in my home town of Boston, so I know how it feels.

 

[south_ferretti]

Did The Professionals air in the U.S.? Here in Argentina had a moderate success; the opposite happened with Dallas and Dynasty, which were two of the most watched shows through the 1980s.