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RandTV
Guest
Johnny Olson, the "king of game show announcers", died in Santa Monica that day.
2 KCBS (CBS)
AM
6:00 KidsWorld
6:30 KidQuiz - Maclovio Perez (KCBS meteorologist)
7:00 Berenstain Bears
7:30 Wuzzles
8:00 Muppet Babies
9:00 Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
10:00 CBS Storybreak - Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan
10:30 Dungeons & Dragons
11:00 Land of the Lost (repeats of the 1974-76 NBC version)
11:30 Charlie Brown & Snoopy
PM
12:00 Get-Along Gang
12:30 KidQuiz
1:00 NFL Week in Review
1:30 NCAA Football - UCLA vs. Stanford
4:30 American Adventure
5:00 Best of America
6:00 CBS Evening News - Bob Schieffer
6:30 Channel 2 News
7:00 Catch Phrase - Art James (aired weekly among the Los Angeles stations in this timeslot, but daily on KEYT Santa Barbara at 9:30 AM)
7:30 Dance Fever - Adrian Zmed; Judges: Richard Moll, Rene Enriquez, Tracey Bregman; Performers: Animotion
8:00 Airwolf
9:00 CBS Saturday Night Movies: "Out of the Darkness" (premiere, Crime Drama) - Martin Sheen, Hector Elizondo, Matt Clark, Jennifer Salt (fact-based film of the manhunt and capture of David Berkowitz [AKA "Son of Sam"])
11:00 Channel 2 News
11:30 Barnaby Jones
AM
12:30 Name of the Game
2:00 Movie: "Confessions of the D.A. Man" (1978, Drama) - Robert Conrad, Harry Morgan
4 KNBC (NBC)
AM
6:30 Serendipity
7:00 Snorks
7:30 Gummi Bears
8:00 Smurfs
9:30 It's Punky Brewster (animated version of the live-action series)
10:00 MLB National League Championship Series - Game 3: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. St. Louis Cardinals
PM
1:00 SportsWorld - WBC World Featherweight Championship
3:00 This Week in Baseball - Mel Allen
3:30 (Los Angeles) Raiders Playbook '85
4:00 Channel 4 News
4:30 NBC Nightly News - Connie Chung
5:00 MLB American League Championship Series - Game 4: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals
8:00 Movie: "American Werewolf in London" (1981, Comedy/Horror) - David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne (local KNBC broadcast)
10:00 Shattered Dreams (KNBC News Special on teen alcohol abuse and its prevention)
10:30 It's a Living (first-run syndication)
11:00 Channel 4 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live - repeat from December 15, 1984 with Eddie Murphy as host and Robert Plant & the Honeydrippers as musical guests
AM
1:00 Hit City
1:30 The Record Guide
2:00 Channel 4 News replay
5 KTLA (Ind.)
AM
6:00 Carrascolendas
6:30 Pacesetters
7:00 Little Rascals
8:00 Three Stooges
9:00 TV 2000 - Joie Gallo (music videos)
10:00 Video Beat - Richard Blade (music videos and interviews)
10:30 America's Top 10 - Casey Kasem
11:00 Puttin' on the Hits - Allen Fawcett
11:30 FTV (music video-oriented sketch comedy)
PM
12:00 Three Stooges
1:00 Munsters
1:30 Munsters
2:00 Gidget
2:30 Gidget
3:00 Movie: "3 Ring Circus" (1954, Comedy) - Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Dru, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Sig Ruman
5:00 Movie: "The Great Race" (1965, Comedy) - Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood
8:00 Mystery Movie: "Columbo: Dagger of the Mind" (originally aired on NBC November 26, 1972)
10:00 News at Ten
11:00 FTV
11:30 Puttin' on the Hits
AM
12:00 America's Top 10
12:30 New York Hot Tracks
2:00 Movie: "Anne of a Thousand Days" (1969, Period Drama) - Richard Burton (as King Henry VIII), Genevieve Bujold (as Anne Boleyn)
7 KABC (ABC)
AM
6:00 Human Behavior
6:30 It is Written
7:00 Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour
8:00 Ewoks/Droids Adventure Hour
9:00 Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (formerly Super Friends)
9:25 ABC Funfit - Mary Lou Retton
9:30 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
10:00 Scooby's Mystery Funhouse
10:25 ABC Funfit
10:30 The Littles
11:00 ABC Weekend Special
11:30 American Bandstand - Guest performers: Alison Moyet, King (30 minute episode)
PM
12:00 NCAA Football - Alabama vs. Penn State
4:00 The Race for #1: College Football Report
4:30 Greatest Sports Legends
5:00 War of the Stars
5:30 NFL Films Presents
6:00 Eyewitness News
7:00 Hollywood Closeup
7:30 Weekend Heroes
8:00 Hollywood Beat
9:00 Lime Street (starring child peace activist Samantha Smith who died with her father in a plane crash on August 25 before the series aired)
10:00 Love Boat (Andy Warhol, playing himself, among the guests)
11:00 Eyewitness News
11:45 ABC World News Saturday
AM
12:00 Movie: "Ryan's Daughter" (1970, Romance/Drama) - Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Leo McKern
2:00 Eyewitness News replay
9 KHJ (Ind.)
AM
6:00 Teen Talk
6:30 Meet the Mayors
7:00 Off-Hand - Herb Larson ("the deaf Johnny Carson"), Lou Fant (interpreter)
7:30 Youth & the Issues
8:00 Teen Talk
8:30 On Campus
9:00 New Zoo Revue
9:30 Super Sports America
11:00 Championship Wrestling
PM
12:00 Movie: "Game of Death" (1978, Action/Drama) - Bruce Lee (filmed August-October 1972; was to resume after filming "Enter the Dragon", but died on July 20, 1973; numerous doubles filled in with a new plot)
2:00 Voyagers!
3:00 Bionic Woman
4:00 Fantasy Island
5:00 Black Sheep Squadron
6:00 Soap Opera Awards - David Hasselhoff and then-wife Catherine Hickland
8:00 Million Dollar Movie: "The Hustler" (1961, Drama) - Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott
10:45 Movie: "Killjoy" (1981, Drama) - Kim Basinger, Robert Culp, Nancy Marchand, John Rubinstein
AM
12:30 SCTV
1:00 All-Star Wrestling
2:00 Ethiopia: The Nightmare Continues
11 KTTV (Ind.)
AM
6:00 Speak Out
6:30 Essense
7:00 New Forces
7:30 Good Day LA
8:00 Mannix
9:00 S.W.A.T.
10:00 Fame
11:00 The Start of Something Big - Steve Allen
PM
12:00 Movie: "Smoke in the Wind" (1975, Western) - John Ashley, Walter Brennan (final film; released posthumously)
2:00 Movie: "Fast Break" (1979, Comedy) - Gabriel Kaplan, Harold Sylvester, Bernard King
4:00 Movie: "Caboblanco" (1980, Drama) - Charles Bronson, Dominique Sanda, Jason Robards
6:00 Three's Company
6:30 Too Close for Comfort
7:00 Small Wonder
7:30 M*A*S*H
8:00 Channel 11 News
8:30 Weekend Magazine
9:00 Movie: "A Force of One" (1979, Action) - Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Ron O'Neal
11:00 Blackbelt Theater: "Master of Kung Fu" (1973, Chinese) - Chen Ping, Ku Feng
AM
1:00 Movie: "Romeo and Juliet" (1968) - Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey
13 KCOP (Ind.)
AM
6:00 In Studio
7:00 In Studio
8:00 Soul Train
9:00 Get Smart
9:30 NCAA Football - Florida State vs. Auburn
PM
12:30 Movie: "Dallas" (1950, Western) - Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Raymond Massey
2:00 Movie: "Lucky Luke" (alternate title: "Daisy Town") (1971, Animated, French)
4:00 Solid Gold - Guests: Natalie Cole, ABC, Crystal Gayle, Manhattan Transfer, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, OMD, Pointer Sisters (interview)
5:00 NCAA Football - Boston College vs. Army
8:00 Movie: "Guns of the Magnificent Seven" (1969, Western) - George Kennedy, James Whitmore, Monte Markham, Joe Don Baker, Bernie Casey, Reni Santoni, Scott Thomas
10:00 Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous
11:00 Benny Hill
11:30 Movie: "Cahill U.S. Marshall" (1973, Western) - John Wayne, George Kennedy, Gary Grimes, Neville Brand
28 KCET (PBS)
AM
7:00 Sesame Street
8:00 Connections
9:00 Adam Smith's Money World
9:30 Working Women
10:00 Square Foot Gardening
10:30 Yan Can Cook
11:00 Woodwright's Shop
11:30 This Old House
PM
12:00 Wonderworks
1:00 Doctor Who
2:30 Newton's Apple
3:00 Nova: "National Science Test II" - Defending champion Edwin Newman against Sir David Attenborough, Michelle Johnson, and Alvin Poussaint; hosted by original "Jeopardy!" host Art Fleming
4:00 Presente!
4:30 Innovation
5:00 On Campus
5:30 Wildife Safari
6:00 Sneak Previews
6:30 Wild America
7:00 The Human Race
8:00 The Brain
9:00 A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers
10:00 Movie: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934, Thriller) - Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre; directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who also directed the 1956 remake starring James Stewart and Doris Day
11:30 Comedy Tonight
AM
12:00 David Susskind
1:00 The Open Mind
1:25 Star Hustler
2 KCBS (CBS)
AM
6:00 KidsWorld
6:30 KidQuiz - Maclovio Perez (KCBS meteorologist)
7:00 Berenstain Bears
7:30 Wuzzles
8:00 Muppet Babies
9:00 Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
10:00 CBS Storybreak - Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan
10:30 Dungeons & Dragons
11:00 Land of the Lost (repeats of the 1974-76 NBC version)
11:30 Charlie Brown & Snoopy
PM
12:00 Get-Along Gang
12:30 KidQuiz
1:00 NFL Week in Review
1:30 NCAA Football - UCLA vs. Stanford
4:30 American Adventure
5:00 Best of America
6:00 CBS Evening News - Bob Schieffer
6:30 Channel 2 News
7:00 Catch Phrase - Art James (aired weekly among the Los Angeles stations in this timeslot, but daily on KEYT Santa Barbara at 9:30 AM)
7:30 Dance Fever - Adrian Zmed; Judges: Richard Moll, Rene Enriquez, Tracey Bregman; Performers: Animotion
8:00 Airwolf
9:00 CBS Saturday Night Movies: "Out of the Darkness" (premiere, Crime Drama) - Martin Sheen, Hector Elizondo, Matt Clark, Jennifer Salt (fact-based film of the manhunt and capture of David Berkowitz [AKA "Son of Sam"])
11:00 Channel 2 News
11:30 Barnaby Jones
AM
12:30 Name of the Game
2:00 Movie: "Confessions of the D.A. Man" (1978, Drama) - Robert Conrad, Harry Morgan
4 KNBC (NBC)
AM
6:30 Serendipity
7:00 Snorks
7:30 Gummi Bears
8:00 Smurfs
9:30 It's Punky Brewster (animated version of the live-action series)
10:00 MLB National League Championship Series - Game 3: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. St. Louis Cardinals
PM
1:00 SportsWorld - WBC World Featherweight Championship
3:00 This Week in Baseball - Mel Allen
3:30 (Los Angeles) Raiders Playbook '85
4:00 Channel 4 News
4:30 NBC Nightly News - Connie Chung
5:00 MLB American League Championship Series - Game 4: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals
8:00 Movie: "American Werewolf in London" (1981, Comedy/Horror) - David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne (local KNBC broadcast)
10:00 Shattered Dreams (KNBC News Special on teen alcohol abuse and its prevention)
10:30 It's a Living (first-run syndication)
11:00 Channel 4 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live - repeat from December 15, 1984 with Eddie Murphy as host and Robert Plant & the Honeydrippers as musical guests
AM
1:00 Hit City
1:30 The Record Guide
2:00 Channel 4 News replay
5 KTLA (Ind.)
AM
6:00 Carrascolendas
6:30 Pacesetters
7:00 Little Rascals
8:00 Three Stooges
9:00 TV 2000 - Joie Gallo (music videos)
10:00 Video Beat - Richard Blade (music videos and interviews)
10:30 America's Top 10 - Casey Kasem
11:00 Puttin' on the Hits - Allen Fawcett
11:30 FTV (music video-oriented sketch comedy)
PM
12:00 Three Stooges
1:00 Munsters
1:30 Munsters
2:00 Gidget
2:30 Gidget
3:00 Movie: "3 Ring Circus" (1954, Comedy) - Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Dru, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Sig Ruman
5:00 Movie: "The Great Race" (1965, Comedy) - Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood
8:00 Mystery Movie: "Columbo: Dagger of the Mind" (originally aired on NBC November 26, 1972)
10:00 News at Ten
11:00 FTV
11:30 Puttin' on the Hits
AM
12:00 America's Top 10
12:30 New York Hot Tracks
2:00 Movie: "Anne of a Thousand Days" (1969, Period Drama) - Richard Burton (as King Henry VIII), Genevieve Bujold (as Anne Boleyn)
7 KABC (ABC)
AM
6:00 Human Behavior
6:30 It is Written
7:00 Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour
8:00 Ewoks/Droids Adventure Hour
9:00 Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (formerly Super Friends)
9:25 ABC Funfit - Mary Lou Retton
9:30 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
10:00 Scooby's Mystery Funhouse
10:25 ABC Funfit
10:30 The Littles
11:00 ABC Weekend Special
11:30 American Bandstand - Guest performers: Alison Moyet, King (30 minute episode)
PM
12:00 NCAA Football - Alabama vs. Penn State
4:00 The Race for #1: College Football Report
4:30 Greatest Sports Legends
5:00 War of the Stars
5:30 NFL Films Presents
6:00 Eyewitness News
7:00 Hollywood Closeup
7:30 Weekend Heroes
8:00 Hollywood Beat
9:00 Lime Street (starring child peace activist Samantha Smith who died with her father in a plane crash on August 25 before the series aired)
10:00 Love Boat (Andy Warhol, playing himself, among the guests)
11:00 Eyewitness News
11:45 ABC World News Saturday
AM
12:00 Movie: "Ryan's Daughter" (1970, Romance/Drama) - Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Leo McKern
2:00 Eyewitness News replay
9 KHJ (Ind.)
AM
6:00 Teen Talk
6:30 Meet the Mayors
7:00 Off-Hand - Herb Larson ("the deaf Johnny Carson"), Lou Fant (interpreter)
7:30 Youth & the Issues
8:00 Teen Talk
8:30 On Campus
9:00 New Zoo Revue
9:30 Super Sports America
11:00 Championship Wrestling
PM
12:00 Movie: "Game of Death" (1978, Action/Drama) - Bruce Lee (filmed August-October 1972; was to resume after filming "Enter the Dragon", but died on July 20, 1973; numerous doubles filled in with a new plot)
2:00 Voyagers!
3:00 Bionic Woman
4:00 Fantasy Island
5:00 Black Sheep Squadron
6:00 Soap Opera Awards - David Hasselhoff and then-wife Catherine Hickland
8:00 Million Dollar Movie: "The Hustler" (1961, Drama) - Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott
10:45 Movie: "Killjoy" (1981, Drama) - Kim Basinger, Robert Culp, Nancy Marchand, John Rubinstein
AM
12:30 SCTV
1:00 All-Star Wrestling
2:00 Ethiopia: The Nightmare Continues
11 KTTV (Ind.)
AM
6:00 Speak Out
6:30 Essense
7:00 New Forces
7:30 Good Day LA
8:00 Mannix
9:00 S.W.A.T.
10:00 Fame
11:00 The Start of Something Big - Steve Allen
PM
12:00 Movie: "Smoke in the Wind" (1975, Western) - John Ashley, Walter Brennan (final film; released posthumously)
2:00 Movie: "Fast Break" (1979, Comedy) - Gabriel Kaplan, Harold Sylvester, Bernard King
4:00 Movie: "Caboblanco" (1980, Drama) - Charles Bronson, Dominique Sanda, Jason Robards
6:00 Three's Company
6:30 Too Close for Comfort
7:00 Small Wonder
7:30 M*A*S*H
8:00 Channel 11 News
8:30 Weekend Magazine
9:00 Movie: "A Force of One" (1979, Action) - Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Ron O'Neal
11:00 Blackbelt Theater: "Master of Kung Fu" (1973, Chinese) - Chen Ping, Ku Feng
AM
1:00 Movie: "Romeo and Juliet" (1968) - Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey
13 KCOP (Ind.)
AM
6:00 In Studio
7:00 In Studio
8:00 Soul Train
9:00 Get Smart
9:30 NCAA Football - Florida State vs. Auburn
PM
12:30 Movie: "Dallas" (1950, Western) - Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Raymond Massey
2:00 Movie: "Lucky Luke" (alternate title: "Daisy Town") (1971, Animated, French)
4:00 Solid Gold - Guests: Natalie Cole, ABC, Crystal Gayle, Manhattan Transfer, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, OMD, Pointer Sisters (interview)
5:00 NCAA Football - Boston College vs. Army
8:00 Movie: "Guns of the Magnificent Seven" (1969, Western) - George Kennedy, James Whitmore, Monte Markham, Joe Don Baker, Bernie Casey, Reni Santoni, Scott Thomas
10:00 Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous
11:00 Benny Hill
11:30 Movie: "Cahill U.S. Marshall" (1973, Western) - John Wayne, George Kennedy, Gary Grimes, Neville Brand
28 KCET (PBS)
AM
7:00 Sesame Street
8:00 Connections
9:00 Adam Smith's Money World
9:30 Working Women
10:00 Square Foot Gardening
10:30 Yan Can Cook
11:00 Woodwright's Shop
11:30 This Old House
PM
12:00 Wonderworks
1:00 Doctor Who
2:30 Newton's Apple
3:00 Nova: "National Science Test II" - Defending champion Edwin Newman against Sir David Attenborough, Michelle Johnson, and Alvin Poussaint; hosted by original "Jeopardy!" host Art Fleming
4:00 Presente!
4:30 Innovation
5:00 On Campus
5:30 Wildife Safari
6:00 Sneak Previews
6:30 Wild America
7:00 The Human Race
8:00 The Brain
9:00 A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers
10:00 Movie: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934, Thriller) - Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre; directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who also directed the 1956 remake starring James Stewart and Doris Day
11:30 Comedy Tonight
AM
12:00 David Susskind
1:00 The Open Mind
1:25 Star Hustler
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