This post looks at the week of April 5-11, 1987. This week saw the rollout of the Fox Broadcasting Company's prime time lineup; Fox began operations on October 6, 1986 with the debut of The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers, with KAUT (channel 43) as the network's charter affiliate for the Oklahoma City market. Fox's prime time efforts began on Sunday, April 5, with the debuts of Married... with Children (which eventually became, and remains as of 2019, the network's longest-running live-action sitcom) and The Tracey Ullman Show (which served as the progenitor of The Simpsons, the longest-running scripted prime time program in U.S. television history, which began as a series of animated shorts that aired during the sketch comedy series, featuring Ullman cast members Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner voicing Homer and Marge Simpson, respectively, as well as other characters).
The Fox Broadcasting Company is the only successful effort at a fourth commercial television network in United States television history, eventually gaining stature with a list of early hits like Married... with Children, The Simpsons, Beverly Hills, 90210, 21 Jump Street, Cops, In Living Color and America's Most Wanted and eventually started what has become a very robust sports division with the acquisition of National Football Conference television rights (assumed from CBS) in 1994. The Fox affiliation in Oklahoma City would eventually transfer from KAUT to KOKH-TV (channel 25) – which originally passed over the affiliation in 1986 due to concerns over disruptions to the station's prime time film schedule – in August 1991, after former KAUT owner Heritage Media donated the channel 43 license to the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) and purchased channel25 from Busse Broadcast Holdings.
Source: The Daily/Sunday Oklahoman (Television News and daily listings page), via the Oklahoman Archives
Local stations
Sunday, April 5, 1987 (listings ran from 5:00am until 5:00am the following morning or their respective station sign-offs)
KTVY 4 (NBC)
5:00am - off-air
6:30am - Morningstar
7:00am - Jimmy Swaggart
8:00am - Believer's Voice of Victory with Kenneth Copeland
9:00am - Telephone Auction
10:00am - Westminster at Worship
10:30am - Creative Crafts
11:00am - 4 The Record
11:30am - Meet the Press
12:00pm - Carol Burnett and Friends
12:30pm - Tennis: Volvo Tournament
3:00pm - Golf: Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational – Final Round
5:00pm - News 4 Oklahoma at 5:00
5:30pm - NBC Nightly News (Garrick Utley)
6:00pm - Our House
7:00pm - Rags to Riches
8:00pm - NBC Sunday Night at the Movies: "Trading Places" (1983)
10:30pm - News 4 Nightcast (half-hour delay)
11:00pm - What a Country! (half-hour delay)
11:30pm - Entertainment This Week (half-hour delay)
12:30am - Siskel & Ebert and the Movies (half-hour delay)
1:00am - sign-off
KOCO-TV 5 (ABC)
5:30am - Here's Lucy
6:30am - Special: "World General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints"
8:00am - In Search of the Lord's Way
8:30am - The World Tomorrow
9:00am - Dwight Thompson
9:30am - Something Special
10:00am - Business World
10:30am - This Week with David Brinkley
11:30am - Kaleidoscope
12:00pm - Sunday Noon
12:30pm - New York Beat with Jo Ann Fullerton
1:00pm - Women's Tennis: Challenge of the Champions
3:00pm - Senior Golf: Chrysler Cup
5:00pm - ABC World News Sunday (Sam Donaldson)
5:30pm - 5 Alive News at 5:30
6:00pm - The Disney Sunday Movie: "The [Original] Parent Trap" (1963)
8:00pm - ABC Sunday Night Movie: "Daddy" (1987; premiere)
10:00pm - 5 Alive News Tonight
10:30pm - M*A*S*H
11:00pm - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
12:00am - ValueTelevision
1:00am - ABC News Weekend Report
1:15am - sign-off
KWTV 9 (CBS)
5:00am - off-air
6:00am - Oklahoma Perspectives
6:30am - Hour of Power with Dr. Robert Schuller
7:30am - Day of Discovery
8:00am - Expect a Miracle
8:30am - First Baptist Church of Del City
9:30am - Rev. Larry Jones
10:00am - The World Tomorrow
10:30am - First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City
11:30am - Tony Clark: Newsmakers
12:00pm - NBA Basketball: Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers
2:30pm - NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets
5:00pm - CBS Evening News
5:30pm - Newsline 9 Weekend Edition
6:00pm - 60 Minutes
7:00pm - Murder, She Wrote
8:00pm - CBS Sunday Night Movie: "Still Crazy Like a Fox" (1987; premiere)
10:00pm - Newsline 9 Weekend Edition
10:30pm - Marathon Running: Redbud Classic
11:30pm - Movie: "The Big Red One" (1980)
1:30am - sign-off
* Local public affairs program
KETA-TV 13 (PBS) - flagship station of OETA
5:00am - off-air
7:30am - Business of Management
8:00am - Business of Management
8:30am - Outdoor Oklahoma
9:00am - Nature
10:00am - Adventure
11:00am - Nova
12:00pm - Washington Week in Review
12:30pm - Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser
1:00pm - Firing Line
2:00pm - Masterpiece Theatre
4:00pm - This Old House
4:30pm - Oklahoma Gardening
5:00pm - Tony Brown's Journal
5:30pm - Candid Campus
6:00pm - Austin City Limits
7:00pm - Nature
8:00pm - Lou Grant
9:00pm - Masterpiece Theatre: "Star Quality: Noel Coward Stories – Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill"
10:30pm - The McLaughlin Group
11:00pm - American Government Survey
11:30pm - sign-off
KTBO-TV 14 (TBN)
5:00am - TBN Today
5:30am - Sermons from Science
6:00am - Love Special
7:00am - Cornerstone
8:00am - The Harvester Hour
9:00am - James Robison Presents
9:30am - Glory of God
10:00am - Dr. D. James Kennedy
11:00am - Dwight Thompson
12:00pm - Day of Discovery
12:30pm - Abundant Living
1:00pm - The Word for Today
1:30pm - Christ's Church
2:00pm - Church in the Home
2:30pm - Behind the Scenes
3:00pm - In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley
4:00pm - Ed Young
4:30pm - Marriage on the Rock
5:00pm - Something More!
5:30pm - Introduction to Life
6:00pm - Roger McDuff
6:30pm - Capital Christian Center
7:30pm - Catholic Good News
8:00pm - E.V. Hill
8:30pm - Let God Love You with Lloyd Ogilvie
9:00pm - Believer's Voice of Victory with Kenneth Copeland
10:00pm - Praise the Lord
1:00am - sign-off
KOKH-TV 25 (Ind.)
5:00am - off-air
6:30am - Sunday AM
7:00am - Cossman's Secrets
8:00am - Telephone Auction
9:00am - Leave It to Beaver
9:30am - The Andy Griffith Show
10:00am - Leave It to Beaver
10:30am - Green Acres
11:00am - I Love Lucy
11:30am - Movie: "To Each His Own" (1946)
2:00pm - Movie: "Jubal" (1956)
4:00pm - Movie: "The Music Man" (1962)
7:00pm - Movie: "Electric Dreams" (1984)
9:00pm - Special: "Steve Crowley's Smart Money"
9:30pm - First Sunday
10:00pm - In Search of the Lord's Way
10:30pm - Wesleyan Methodist Church of Oklahoma City
11:00pm - The Ernest Angley Hour
12:00am - Tales from the Darkside
12:30am - At the Movies
1:00am - sign-off
KGMC 34 (Ind.)
7:00am - Windsor Hills Baptist Church
8:00am - Jerry Falwell
9:00am - Rawhide
10:00am - Gunsmoke
11:00am - Movie: "Apache" (1954)
3:00pm - Movie: "Charley Varrick" (1973)
5:00pm - Movie: "Impasse" (1969)
7:00pm - Movie: "Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean" (1982)
9:00pm - Jerry Falwell
10:00pm - Prophecy in the News
10:30pm - World Class Championship Wrestling
11:30pm - Forgotten Children of the Eighties
12:30am - Consumer Discount Network
1:00am - sign-off
KAUT 43 (Fox) – first night of Fox's prime time lineup
5:00am - off-air
7:00am - The Fantastic World of Hanna-Barbera
9:00am - Dennis the Menace*
9:30am - Jem
10:00am - Puttin' on the Hits
10:30am - Special: "Fox: The Birth of a Network"
11:00am - Voyagers!
12:00pm - Movie: "The Noose Hangs High" (1948)
1:30pm - The Honeymooners
2:00pm - Movie: "A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story" (1977)
4:00pm - Father Murphy
5:00pm - Fame
6:00pm - Married... with Children (series premiere)
6:30pm - The Tracey Ullman Show (series premiere)
7:00pm - Married... with Children (encore of 6:00pm broadcast)
7:30pm - The Tracey Ullman Show (encore of 6:30pm broadcast)
8:00pm - Married... with Children (encore of 6:00pm broadcast)
8:30pm - The Tracey Ullman Show (encore of 6:30pm broadcast)
9:00pm - The Insiders
10:00pm - The World Tomorrow
10:30pm - Rev. Larry Jones
11:30pm - Jimmy Swaggart
12:00am - Today's Business
12:30am - sign-off
* Animated series
Monday, April 6, 1987 (listings ran from 5:00am until 5:00am the following morning or their respective station sign-offs)
KTVY 4 (NBC)
5:00am - off-air
5:15am - Before Hours
5:30am - NBC News at Sunrise
6:00am - News 4 Oklahoma Today
7:00am - Today
9:00am - Sale of the Century
9:30am - Blockbusters
10:00am - Wheel of Fortune‡
10:30am - Scrabble
11:00am - Super Password
11:30am - WordPlay
12:00pm - News 4 Oklahoma at Noon
12:30pm - Divorce Court
1:00pm - Another World
2:00pm - Santa Barbara
3:00pm - Days of Our Lives
4:00pm - Hour Magazine
5:00pm - News 4 Oklahoma at 5:00
5:30pm - NBC Nightly News (Tom Brokaw)
6:00pm - News 4 Oklahoma at 6:00
6:30pm - PM Magazine
7:00pm - ALF
7:30pm - Valerie*
8:00pm - Special: "Academy of Country Music Awards"
10:00pm - News 4 Nightcast
10:35pm - The Best of Carson
11:35pm - Entertainment Tonight
12:05am - Late Night with David Letterman
1:05am - sign-off
* Sitcom later retitled Valerie's Family and then The Hogan Family after original series star Valerie Harper's subsequent firing that summer amid creative control and salary disputes
‡ NBC daytime version
KOCO-TV 5 (ABC)
5:00am - off-air
6:00am - ABC World News This Morning
6:30am - ABC World News This Morning
7:00am - Good Morning America
9:00am - Donahue
10:00am - Sally Jessy Raphael†
10:30am - Loving (tape delay from 11:00am)†
11:00am - All My Children (tape delay from 12:00pm)†
12:00pm - 5 Alive News at Noon
12:30pm - Ryan's Hope
1:00pm - One Life to Live
2:00pm - General Hospital
3:00pm - One Day at a Time
3:30pm - The $100,000 Pyramid
4:00pm - Card Sharks
4:30pm - Hollywood Squares
5:00pm - 5 Alive News at 5:00
5:30pm - ABC World News Tonight (Peter Jennings)
6:00pm - 5 Alive News at 6:00
6:30pm - It's a Living
7:00pm - MacGyver
8:00pm - ABC Monday Night Movie: "Sworn to Silence" (1987; premiere)
10:00pm - 5 Alive News Tonight
10:35pm - M*A*S*H
11:05pm - Taxi
11:35pm - Nightline
12:05am - ValueTelevision
1:05am - Tales of the Unexpected
1:35am - sign-off
† The April 5 edition of "Television News" incorrectly listed The Oprah Winfrey Show, Webster and an hour-long episode of Ryan's Hope would air at 10:00, 10:30 and 11:00am, respectively, on this date
KWTV 9 (CBS)
5:00am - off-air
5:30am - Wake Up Workout!
6:00am - CBS Morning News
6:30am - The Morning Program
8:00am - Newsline 9 Morning Edition
8:30am - The $25,000 Pyramid
9:00am - $25,000 Bingomania
9:30am - The Dating Game
10:00am - The Price Is Right
11:00am - The Young and the Restless
12:00pm - Newsline 9 at Noon
12:30pm - The Bold and the Beautiful
1:30pm - As the World Turns
2:00pm - Guiding Light
3:00pm - The Oprah Winfrey Show
4:00pm - The Newlywed Game
4:30pm - Jeopardy!
5:00pm - Newsline 9 at 5:00
5:30pm - CBS Evening News (Dan Rather)
6:00pm - Newsline 9 at 6:00
6:30pm - Wheel of Fortune
7:00pm - Kate and Allie
7:30pm - My Sister Sam
8:00pm - Newhart
8:30pm - Designing Women
9:00pm - West 57th (season premiere)
10:00pm - Newsline 9 Late Edition
10:35pm - The People's Court
11:05pm - Superior Court
11:35pm - Nightlife
12:05am - D.H. Direct
1:05am - True Confessions
1:35am - sign-off
KETA-TV 13 (PBS) - flagship station of OETA
5:00am - off-air
7:00am - Sunup
7:15am - A.M. Weather
7:30am - Focus on Society
8:00am - Sesame Street
9:00am - Square One TV
9:30am - Spaces
10:00am - Instructional programming
12:00pm - GED
12:30pm - Instructional programming
2:00pm - Survival Spanish
2:30pm - Storybook International
3:00pm - Sesame Street
4:00pm - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
4:30pm - Captain Kangaroo
5:00pm - The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
6:00pm - The Nightly Business Report
6:30pm - The Oklahoma Report
7:00pm - Adventure
8:00pm - World at War
9:00pm - American Playhouse
10:30pm - The Music of Thomas Morley
11:00pm - American Government Survey
11:30pm - sign-off
KTBO-TV 14 (TBN)
5:00am - sign-off
6:00am - Hal Lindsey Presents
6:30am - Waves of Praise
7:00am - The Meadowlark Lemon Show
7:30am - Richard Roberts
8:30am - Joy
9:30am - Marilyn Hickey
10:00am - Randy Shankle
10:30am - Westbrook Hospital
11:00am - Get in Shape
11:30am - The Living Way
12:00pm - TBN Today
12:30pm - Study in the Word with Jimmy Swaggart
1:00pm - James Robison Presents
1:30pm - God's Healing Covenant
2:00pm - Roger McDuff
2:30pm - Joy
3:30pm - Lester Sumrall
4:00pm - Praise the Lord
7:00pm - TBN Today
7:30pm - The Best Day of Your Life
8:00pm - The Tripp Family
8:30pm - Hal Lindsey Presents
9:00pm - Praise the Lord
12:00am - TBN Today
12:30am - Marriage on the Rock
1:00am - Christian Lifestyle Magazine
1:30am - Praise the Lord
4:30am - TBN Today
KOKH-TV 25 (Ind.)
5:00am - off-air
5:30am - The PTL Club
6:30am - Study in the Word with Jimmy Swaggart
7:00am - The Jetsons
7:30am - The Smurfs' Adventures
8:00am - Defenders of the Earth
8:30am - Challenge of the GoBots
9:00am - Webster
9:30am - The Andy Griffith Show
10:00am - The PTL Club
11:00am - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
11:30am - Green Acres
12:00pm - Quincy, M.E.
1:00pm - The Andy Griffith Show
1:30pm - Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
2:00pm - I Dream of Jeannie
2:30pm - Bewitched
3:00pm - Eight is Enough
4:00pm - The Beverly Hillbillies
4:30pm - The Beverly Hillbillies
5:00pm - The Fall Guy
6:00pm - The Wonderful World of Disney: "Hog Wild" (Part 1, 1974)
7:00pm - Movie: "Miracle of the Heart: A Boy's Town Story" (1986)
9:00pm - Movie (Viewer's Choice): "The Butterfield Eight" (1960) or "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958)
12:00am - Movie: "Code Name: Minus One" (1976)
2:00am - Movie: "The Aliens are Coming" (1980)
4:00am - Movie: "Tough as They Come" (1942)
KGMC 34 (Ind.)
5:00am - off-air
7:00am - She-Ra: Princess of Power
7:30am - Woody Woodpecker and Friends
8:00am - The Flintstones
8:30am - My Little Pony and Friends
9:00am - Hawaii Five-0
10:00am - Movie: "Human Feelings" (1978)
12:00pm - B.J. and the Bear/Sheriff Lobo
1:00pm - Welcome Back, Kotter
1:30pm - What's Happening Now!!
2:00pm - The Muppet Show
2:30pm - Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
3:00pm - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
3:30pm - The Real Ghostbusters
4:00pm - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
4:30pm - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
5:00pm - Gimme a Break!
5:30pm - Benson
6:00pm - Star Trek
7:00pm - Gunsmoke
8:00pm - Movie: "The Return of the Pink Panther" (1975)
10:00pm - Too Close for Comfort
10:30pm - Alice
11:00pm - Trapper John, M.D.
12:00am - Movie: "Vanished" (Part 1, 1970)
2:00am - sign-off
KAUT 43 (Fox)
5:00am - off-air
6:00am - CNN Headline News (simulcast)
6:30am - Today's Business
7:00am - Rambo*
7:30am - Centurions
8:00am - Heathcliff
8:30am - Inspector Gadget
9:00am - The 700 Club
10:00am - Study in the Word with Jimmy Swaggart
10:30am - Richard Roberts
11:30am - Morning Stretch
12:00pm - Dallas
1:00pm - Major League Baseball: Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles
4:00pm - ThunderCats
4:30pm - The Brady Bunch
5:00pm - Happy Days
5:30pm - The Facts of Life
6:00pm - Magnum†
7:00pm - Movie: "The Last Chase" (1981)
9:00pm - Tomorrow's Champions Telethon
10:00pm - The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers
11:00pm - Simon and Simon
12:00am - Movie: "The California Gold Rush" (1981)
1:30am - Today's Business
2:00am - sign-off
* Animated series
† Syndication retitling of Magnum, P.I.
The Fox Broadcasting Company is the only successful effort at a fourth commercial television network in United States television history, eventually gaining stature with a list of early hits like Married... with Children, The Simpsons, Beverly Hills, 90210, 21 Jump Street, Cops, In Living Color and America's Most Wanted and eventually started what has become a very robust sports division with the acquisition of National Football Conference television rights (assumed from CBS) in 1994. The Fox affiliation in Oklahoma City would eventually transfer from KAUT to KOKH-TV (channel 25) – which originally passed over the affiliation in 1986 due to concerns over disruptions to the station's prime time film schedule – in August 1991, after former KAUT owner Heritage Media donated the channel 43 license to the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) and purchased channel25 from Busse Broadcast Holdings.
Source: The Daily/Sunday Oklahoman (Television News and daily listings page), via the Oklahoman Archives
Local stations
Sunday, April 5, 1987 (listings ran from 5:00am until 5:00am the following morning or their respective station sign-offs)
KTVY 4 (NBC)
5:00am - off-air
6:30am - Morningstar
7:00am - Jimmy Swaggart
8:00am - Believer's Voice of Victory with Kenneth Copeland
9:00am - Telephone Auction
10:00am - Westminster at Worship
10:30am - Creative Crafts
11:00am - 4 The Record
11:30am - Meet the Press
12:00pm - Carol Burnett and Friends
12:30pm - Tennis: Volvo Tournament
3:00pm - Golf: Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational – Final Round
5:00pm - News 4 Oklahoma at 5:00
5:30pm - NBC Nightly News (Garrick Utley)
6:00pm - Our House
7:00pm - Rags to Riches
8:00pm - NBC Sunday Night at the Movies: "Trading Places" (1983)
10:30pm - News 4 Nightcast (half-hour delay)
11:00pm - What a Country! (half-hour delay)
11:30pm - Entertainment This Week (half-hour delay)
12:30am - Siskel & Ebert and the Movies (half-hour delay)
1:00am - sign-off
KOCO-TV 5 (ABC)
5:30am - Here's Lucy
6:30am - Special: "World General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints"
8:00am - In Search of the Lord's Way
8:30am - The World Tomorrow
9:00am - Dwight Thompson
9:30am - Something Special
10:00am - Business World
10:30am - This Week with David Brinkley
11:30am - Kaleidoscope
12:00pm - Sunday Noon
12:30pm - New York Beat with Jo Ann Fullerton
1:00pm - Women's Tennis: Challenge of the Champions
3:00pm - Senior Golf: Chrysler Cup
5:00pm - ABC World News Sunday (Sam Donaldson)
5:30pm - 5 Alive News at 5:30
6:00pm - The Disney Sunday Movie: "The [Original] Parent Trap" (1963)
8:00pm - ABC Sunday Night Movie: "Daddy" (1987; premiere)
10:00pm - 5 Alive News Tonight
10:30pm - M*A*S*H
11:00pm - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
12:00am - ValueTelevision
1:00am - ABC News Weekend Report
1:15am - sign-off
KWTV 9 (CBS)
5:00am - off-air
6:00am - Oklahoma Perspectives
6:30am - Hour of Power with Dr. Robert Schuller
7:30am - Day of Discovery
8:00am - Expect a Miracle
8:30am - First Baptist Church of Del City
9:30am - Rev. Larry Jones
10:00am - The World Tomorrow
10:30am - First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City
11:30am - Tony Clark: Newsmakers
12:00pm - NBA Basketball: Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers
2:30pm - NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets
5:00pm - CBS Evening News
5:30pm - Newsline 9 Weekend Edition
6:00pm - 60 Minutes
7:00pm - Murder, She Wrote
8:00pm - CBS Sunday Night Movie: "Still Crazy Like a Fox" (1987; premiere)
10:00pm - Newsline 9 Weekend Edition
10:30pm - Marathon Running: Redbud Classic
11:30pm - Movie: "The Big Red One" (1980)
1:30am - sign-off
* Local public affairs program
KETA-TV 13 (PBS) - flagship station of OETA
5:00am - off-air
7:30am - Business of Management
8:00am - Business of Management
8:30am - Outdoor Oklahoma
9:00am - Nature
10:00am - Adventure
11:00am - Nova
12:00pm - Washington Week in Review
12:30pm - Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser
1:00pm - Firing Line
2:00pm - Masterpiece Theatre
4:00pm - This Old House
4:30pm - Oklahoma Gardening
5:00pm - Tony Brown's Journal
5:30pm - Candid Campus
6:00pm - Austin City Limits
7:00pm - Nature
8:00pm - Lou Grant
9:00pm - Masterpiece Theatre: "Star Quality: Noel Coward Stories – Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill"
10:30pm - The McLaughlin Group
11:00pm - American Government Survey
11:30pm - sign-off
KTBO-TV 14 (TBN)
5:00am - TBN Today
5:30am - Sermons from Science
6:00am - Love Special
7:00am - Cornerstone
8:00am - The Harvester Hour
9:00am - James Robison Presents
9:30am - Glory of God
10:00am - Dr. D. James Kennedy
11:00am - Dwight Thompson
12:00pm - Day of Discovery
12:30pm - Abundant Living
1:00pm - The Word for Today
1:30pm - Christ's Church
2:00pm - Church in the Home
2:30pm - Behind the Scenes
3:00pm - In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley
4:00pm - Ed Young
4:30pm - Marriage on the Rock
5:00pm - Something More!
5:30pm - Introduction to Life
6:00pm - Roger McDuff
6:30pm - Capital Christian Center
7:30pm - Catholic Good News
8:00pm - E.V. Hill
8:30pm - Let God Love You with Lloyd Ogilvie
9:00pm - Believer's Voice of Victory with Kenneth Copeland
10:00pm - Praise the Lord
1:00am - sign-off
KOKH-TV 25 (Ind.)
5:00am - off-air
6:30am - Sunday AM
7:00am - Cossman's Secrets
8:00am - Telephone Auction
9:00am - Leave It to Beaver
9:30am - The Andy Griffith Show
10:00am - Leave It to Beaver
10:30am - Green Acres
11:00am - I Love Lucy
11:30am - Movie: "To Each His Own" (1946)
2:00pm - Movie: "Jubal" (1956)
4:00pm - Movie: "The Music Man" (1962)
7:00pm - Movie: "Electric Dreams" (1984)
9:00pm - Special: "Steve Crowley's Smart Money"
9:30pm - First Sunday
10:00pm - In Search of the Lord's Way
10:30pm - Wesleyan Methodist Church of Oklahoma City
11:00pm - The Ernest Angley Hour
12:00am - Tales from the Darkside
12:30am - At the Movies
1:00am - sign-off
KGMC 34 (Ind.)
7:00am - Windsor Hills Baptist Church
8:00am - Jerry Falwell
9:00am - Rawhide
10:00am - Gunsmoke
11:00am - Movie: "Apache" (1954)
3:00pm - Movie: "Charley Varrick" (1973)
5:00pm - Movie: "Impasse" (1969)
7:00pm - Movie: "Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean" (1982)
9:00pm - Jerry Falwell
10:00pm - Prophecy in the News
10:30pm - World Class Championship Wrestling
11:30pm - Forgotten Children of the Eighties
12:30am - Consumer Discount Network
1:00am - sign-off
KAUT 43 (Fox) – first night of Fox's prime time lineup
5:00am - off-air
7:00am - The Fantastic World of Hanna-Barbera
9:00am - Dennis the Menace*
9:30am - Jem
10:00am - Puttin' on the Hits
10:30am - Special: "Fox: The Birth of a Network"
11:00am - Voyagers!
12:00pm - Movie: "The Noose Hangs High" (1948)
1:30pm - The Honeymooners
2:00pm - Movie: "A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story" (1977)
4:00pm - Father Murphy
5:00pm - Fame
6:00pm - Married... with Children (series premiere)
6:30pm - The Tracey Ullman Show (series premiere)
7:00pm - Married... with Children (encore of 6:00pm broadcast)
7:30pm - The Tracey Ullman Show (encore of 6:30pm broadcast)
8:00pm - Married... with Children (encore of 6:00pm broadcast)
8:30pm - The Tracey Ullman Show (encore of 6:30pm broadcast)
9:00pm - The Insiders
10:00pm - The World Tomorrow
10:30pm - Rev. Larry Jones
11:30pm - Jimmy Swaggart
12:00am - Today's Business
12:30am - sign-off
* Animated series
Monday, April 6, 1987 (listings ran from 5:00am until 5:00am the following morning or their respective station sign-offs)
KTVY 4 (NBC)
5:00am - off-air
5:15am - Before Hours
5:30am - NBC News at Sunrise
6:00am - News 4 Oklahoma Today
7:00am - Today
9:00am - Sale of the Century
9:30am - Blockbusters
10:00am - Wheel of Fortune‡
10:30am - Scrabble
11:00am - Super Password
11:30am - WordPlay
12:00pm - News 4 Oklahoma at Noon
12:30pm - Divorce Court
1:00pm - Another World
2:00pm - Santa Barbara
3:00pm - Days of Our Lives
4:00pm - Hour Magazine
5:00pm - News 4 Oklahoma at 5:00
5:30pm - NBC Nightly News (Tom Brokaw)
6:00pm - News 4 Oklahoma at 6:00
6:30pm - PM Magazine
7:00pm - ALF
7:30pm - Valerie*
8:00pm - Special: "Academy of Country Music Awards"
10:00pm - News 4 Nightcast
10:35pm - The Best of Carson
11:35pm - Entertainment Tonight
12:05am - Late Night with David Letterman
1:05am - sign-off
* Sitcom later retitled Valerie's Family and then The Hogan Family after original series star Valerie Harper's subsequent firing that summer amid creative control and salary disputes
‡ NBC daytime version
KOCO-TV 5 (ABC)
5:00am - off-air
6:00am - ABC World News This Morning
6:30am - ABC World News This Morning
7:00am - Good Morning America
9:00am - Donahue
10:00am - Sally Jessy Raphael†
10:30am - Loving (tape delay from 11:00am)†
11:00am - All My Children (tape delay from 12:00pm)†
12:00pm - 5 Alive News at Noon
12:30pm - Ryan's Hope
1:00pm - One Life to Live
2:00pm - General Hospital
3:00pm - One Day at a Time
3:30pm - The $100,000 Pyramid
4:00pm - Card Sharks
4:30pm - Hollywood Squares
5:00pm - 5 Alive News at 5:00
5:30pm - ABC World News Tonight (Peter Jennings)
6:00pm - 5 Alive News at 6:00
6:30pm - It's a Living
7:00pm - MacGyver
8:00pm - ABC Monday Night Movie: "Sworn to Silence" (1987; premiere)
10:00pm - 5 Alive News Tonight
10:35pm - M*A*S*H
11:05pm - Taxi
11:35pm - Nightline
12:05am - ValueTelevision
1:05am - Tales of the Unexpected
1:35am - sign-off
† The April 5 edition of "Television News" incorrectly listed The Oprah Winfrey Show, Webster and an hour-long episode of Ryan's Hope would air at 10:00, 10:30 and 11:00am, respectively, on this date
KWTV 9 (CBS)
5:00am - off-air
5:30am - Wake Up Workout!
6:00am - CBS Morning News
6:30am - The Morning Program
8:00am - Newsline 9 Morning Edition
8:30am - The $25,000 Pyramid
9:00am - $25,000 Bingomania
9:30am - The Dating Game
10:00am - The Price Is Right
11:00am - The Young and the Restless
12:00pm - Newsline 9 at Noon
12:30pm - The Bold and the Beautiful
1:30pm - As the World Turns
2:00pm - Guiding Light
3:00pm - The Oprah Winfrey Show
4:00pm - The Newlywed Game
4:30pm - Jeopardy!
5:00pm - Newsline 9 at 5:00
5:30pm - CBS Evening News (Dan Rather)
6:00pm - Newsline 9 at 6:00
6:30pm - Wheel of Fortune
7:00pm - Kate and Allie
7:30pm - My Sister Sam
8:00pm - Newhart
8:30pm - Designing Women
9:00pm - West 57th (season premiere)
10:00pm - Newsline 9 Late Edition
10:35pm - The People's Court
11:05pm - Superior Court
11:35pm - Nightlife
12:05am - D.H. Direct
1:05am - True Confessions
1:35am - sign-off
KETA-TV 13 (PBS) - flagship station of OETA
5:00am - off-air
7:00am - Sunup
7:15am - A.M. Weather
7:30am - Focus on Society
8:00am - Sesame Street
9:00am - Square One TV
9:30am - Spaces
10:00am - Instructional programming
12:00pm - GED
12:30pm - Instructional programming
2:00pm - Survival Spanish
2:30pm - Storybook International
3:00pm - Sesame Street
4:00pm - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
4:30pm - Captain Kangaroo
5:00pm - The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
6:00pm - The Nightly Business Report
6:30pm - The Oklahoma Report
7:00pm - Adventure
8:00pm - World at War
9:00pm - American Playhouse
10:30pm - The Music of Thomas Morley
11:00pm - American Government Survey
11:30pm - sign-off
KTBO-TV 14 (TBN)
5:00am - sign-off
6:00am - Hal Lindsey Presents
6:30am - Waves of Praise
7:00am - The Meadowlark Lemon Show
7:30am - Richard Roberts
8:30am - Joy
9:30am - Marilyn Hickey
10:00am - Randy Shankle
10:30am - Westbrook Hospital
11:00am - Get in Shape
11:30am - The Living Way
12:00pm - TBN Today
12:30pm - Study in the Word with Jimmy Swaggart
1:00pm - James Robison Presents
1:30pm - God's Healing Covenant
2:00pm - Roger McDuff
2:30pm - Joy
3:30pm - Lester Sumrall
4:00pm - Praise the Lord
7:00pm - TBN Today
7:30pm - The Best Day of Your Life
8:00pm - The Tripp Family
8:30pm - Hal Lindsey Presents
9:00pm - Praise the Lord
12:00am - TBN Today
12:30am - Marriage on the Rock
1:00am - Christian Lifestyle Magazine
1:30am - Praise the Lord
4:30am - TBN Today
KOKH-TV 25 (Ind.)
5:00am - off-air
5:30am - The PTL Club
6:30am - Study in the Word with Jimmy Swaggart
7:00am - The Jetsons
7:30am - The Smurfs' Adventures
8:00am - Defenders of the Earth
8:30am - Challenge of the GoBots
9:00am - Webster
9:30am - The Andy Griffith Show
10:00am - The PTL Club
11:00am - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
11:30am - Green Acres
12:00pm - Quincy, M.E.
1:00pm - The Andy Griffith Show
1:30pm - Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
2:00pm - I Dream of Jeannie
2:30pm - Bewitched
3:00pm - Eight is Enough
4:00pm - The Beverly Hillbillies
4:30pm - The Beverly Hillbillies
5:00pm - The Fall Guy
6:00pm - The Wonderful World of Disney: "Hog Wild" (Part 1, 1974)
7:00pm - Movie: "Miracle of the Heart: A Boy's Town Story" (1986)
9:00pm - Movie (Viewer's Choice): "The Butterfield Eight" (1960) or "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958)
12:00am - Movie: "Code Name: Minus One" (1976)
2:00am - Movie: "The Aliens are Coming" (1980)
4:00am - Movie: "Tough as They Come" (1942)
KGMC 34 (Ind.)
5:00am - off-air
7:00am - She-Ra: Princess of Power
7:30am - Woody Woodpecker and Friends
8:00am - The Flintstones
8:30am - My Little Pony and Friends
9:00am - Hawaii Five-0
10:00am - Movie: "Human Feelings" (1978)
12:00pm - B.J. and the Bear/Sheriff Lobo
1:00pm - Welcome Back, Kotter
1:30pm - What's Happening Now!!
2:00pm - The Muppet Show
2:30pm - Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
3:00pm - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
3:30pm - The Real Ghostbusters
4:00pm - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
4:30pm - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
5:00pm - Gimme a Break!
5:30pm - Benson
6:00pm - Star Trek
7:00pm - Gunsmoke
8:00pm - Movie: "The Return of the Pink Panther" (1975)
10:00pm - Too Close for Comfort
10:30pm - Alice
11:00pm - Trapper John, M.D.
12:00am - Movie: "Vanished" (Part 1, 1970)
2:00am - sign-off
KAUT 43 (Fox)
5:00am - off-air
6:00am - CNN Headline News (simulcast)
6:30am - Today's Business
7:00am - Rambo*
7:30am - Centurions
8:00am - Heathcliff
8:30am - Inspector Gadget
9:00am - The 700 Club
10:00am - Study in the Word with Jimmy Swaggart
10:30am - Richard Roberts
11:30am - Morning Stretch
12:00pm - Dallas
1:00pm - Major League Baseball: Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles
4:00pm - ThunderCats
4:30pm - The Brady Bunch
5:00pm - Happy Days
5:30pm - The Facts of Life
6:00pm - Magnum†
7:00pm - Movie: "The Last Chase" (1981)
9:00pm - Tomorrow's Champions Telethon
10:00pm - The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers
11:00pm - Simon and Simon
12:00am - Movie: "The California Gold Rush" (1981)
1:30am - Today's Business
2:00am - sign-off
* Animated series
† Syndication retitling of Magnum, P.I.
