From the Boston Globe
BOSTON TV- MAY 1989
Tuesday May 2, 1989
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15am- Test Pattern
6:45am- Sign-on/A.M Weather (Tom Dunn doing the script for the sign-on, David Ives doing the mIssion statement)
7:00am- Sesame Street
8:00am- Mister Rogers
8:30am- Sesame Street
9:30am- Mister Rogers
10:00am- Reading Rainbow
10:30am- Thinkabout
10:45am- Like You, Like Me
11:00am- Nutrition
11:30am- Sesame Street
12:30pm- Russian Language and People
1:00pm- Solve It
1:15pm- American Legacy
1:30pm- Fairy Tales
1:45pm- Community of Living Things
2:00pm- Return of the Art Maker
2:15pm- Voyage of the Mimi
2:30pm- William Alexander
3:00pm- This Old House
3:30pm- Sesame Street
4:30pm- Mister Rogers
5:00pm- Reading Rainbow
5:30pm- 3-2-1 Contact
6:00pm- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7:00pm- Creatures, Great & Small
8:00pm- Nova- "The Right Stuff"
9:00pm- Frontline- "Extrodinary People"
10:00pm- The Ten O'Clock News (with Christopher Lydon and Carmen Fields)
10:30pm- Nightly Business Report
11:00pm- The Ring of Truth
12:00am- The Ten O'Clock News (repeat of 10 o'clock)
12:30am- Sign-Off (Tom Dunn doing the script for the sign-off, David Ives doing the mIssion statement)
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
5 AM BODY BY JAKE
5:30 BUSINESS THIS MORNING
6 AM NBC NEWS
6:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
7:00am- Today
9:00am- Family Medical Center
9:30am- Love Connection
10:00am- Win, Lose or Draw (NBC daytime version hosted by Vicki Lawrence)
10:30am- Classic Concentration
11:00am- Wheel of Fortune
11:30am- Scrabble
12:00pm- Eyewitness News at Noon (with John Henning)
12:30pm- People are Talking
1:30pm- Generations
2:00pm- Days of Our Lives
3:00pm- Santa Barbara
4:00pm- Win, Lose or Draw (the Syndicated version hosted by the late Bert Convy)
4:30pm- Family Feud (the Syndicated Version of the CBS Game Show hosted by the late Ray Combs)
5:00pm- People's Court (Judge Wapner, Rusty and Doug)
5:30pm- Eyewitness News
6:00pm- Eyewitness News (with Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Bruce Schwegglor and Bob Lobel)
7:00pm- NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
7:30pm- Evening Magazine
8:00pm- Matlock
9:00pm- In the Heat of the Night
10:00pm- Midnight Caller
11:00pm- Eyewitness News
11:30pm- Best of Carson
12:30am- Late Night with David Letterman
1:30am- Eyewitness News
WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
5 AM CHRONICLE
5:30 NEWSCENTER 5 FIRST
6 AM NEWSCENTER 5
7:00am- Good Morning America (with Charles Gibson and Joan Lunden)
9:00am- Good Day! (with Eileen Prose)
10:00am- Geraldo
11:00am- Sally Jessy Raphael
12:00pm- NewsCenter 5 Midday (with Jim Boyd, Susan Wornick and Bob Copeland)
12:30pm- Loving
1:00pm- All My Children
2:00pm- One Life To Live
3:00pm- General Hospital
4:00pm- Phil Donahue
5:00pm- Oprah Winfrey
6:00pm- NewsCenter 5 (with Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson, Dick Albert and Mike Lynch)
7:00pm- ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
7:30pm- Chronicle
8:00pm- Who’s The Boss
8:30pm- The Wonder Years
9:00pm- Roseanne
9:30pm- Have Faith
10:00pm- Thirtysomething
11:00pm- NewsCenter 5
11:30pm- ABC News Nightline
12:00am- Day’s End
1:00am- USA Today
1:30am- Hill Street Blues
WNEV-TV 7 (CBS- (Who was the News Lineup for Channel 7 in 1989)
5 AM CBS NEWS NIGHTWATCH
6 AM CBS NEWS
6:30 NEWS
7:00am- Ready To Go (Local Kid’s Show hosted by Scot Reese and Liz Callaway)
8:00am- CBS This Morning (DELAYED ONE HOUR)
10:00am- Cagney & Lacey
11:00am- The Price is Right
12:00pm- News (what was Channel 7’s news title in 1989)
12:30pm- The Young and the Restless
1:30pm- The Bold and the Beautiful
2:00pm- As The World Turns
3:00pm- Guiding Light
4:00pm- Kate & Allie
4:30pm- Inside Edition
5:00pm- News
6:00pm- News
6:30pm- CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
7:00pm- Wheel of Fortune
7:30pm- Jeopardy!
8:00pm- Tour of Duty
9:00pm- Guts and Glory (Part 2 of 2)
11:00pm- News
11:35pm- Jeopardy!
12:05am- The Pat Sajak Show
38 WSBK (Ind.) Gillette
5 AM MORNING STRETCH
5:30 DICK VAN DYKE
6 AM BRAVESTARR
6:30 THUNDERCATS
7 AM HE MAN AND SHE RA
7:30 BEVERLY HILLS TEENS
8 AM COMIC STRIP
8:30 SCOOBY DOO
9 AM GIDGET
9:30 ANDY GRIFFITH
10 AM BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
10:30 ALICE
11 AM DIVORCE COURT
11:30 AM BOSTON
12 NOON TRAPPER JOHN MD
1 PM MAUDE
1:30 JEFFERSONS
2 PM GUMBY
2:30 CARE BEARS
3 PM GHOSTBUSTERS
3:30 SCOOBY DOO
4 PM NEW ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS
4:30 DUCKTALES
5 PM FUN HOUSE
5:30 PUNKY BREWSTER
6 PM FAMILY TIES
6:30 FAMILY TIES
7 PM CHEERS
7:30 NEWHART
8 PM BASEBALL- Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins
11 PM M*A*S*H
11:30 ST. ELSEWHERE
12:30 MORTON DOWNEY JR.
1:30 HOGAN’S HEROES
2 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK OVERNIGHT SERVICE
56 WLVI (Ind.) GANNETT
6 AM TRANSFORMERS
6:30 GI JOE
7 AM DENNIS THE MENACE CARTOONS
7:30 TOM & JERRY
8 AM WOODY WOODPECKER
8:30 POPEYE (THEATRICAL)
9 AM MIGHTY MOUSE
9:30 JEM
10 AM ZOOBILEE ZOO
10:30 BIONIC 6
11 AM WEBSTER
11:30 ARCHIE BUNKER’S PLACE
12 NOON DATING GAME
12:30 NEWLYWED GAME
1 PM THAT GIRL
1:30 BEWITCHED
2 PM I DREAM OF JEANNIE
2:30 TEDDY RUXPIN
3 PM SMURFS
3:30 TOM & JERRY
4 PM C.OP.S
4:30 REAL GHOSTBUSTERS
5 PM WELCOME BACK, KOTTER
5:30 WEBSTER
6 PM CHARLES IN CHARGE
6:30 FACTS OF LIFE
7 PM THREE’S COMPANY
7:30 NIGHT COURT
8 PM MOVIE – Three Amigos (1986)
10 PM 56 NEWS AT 10
11 PM ARSENIO HALL
12 MIDNIGHT GONG SHOW
12:30 PAID PROGRAMMING
3 AM SIGN OFF
25 WFXT (Fox) FOX
6 AM LITTLE RASCALS
6:30 FAMILY AFFAIR
7 AM MIGHTY MOUSE AND ALVIN
7:30 DINOSAUCERS
8 AM CASPER
8:30 POPEYE (TV)
9 AM MAYBERRY R.F.D
9:30 DAILY MASS
10 AM I LOVE LUCY
10:30 BRANDED
11 AM DUKES OF HAZARD
12 NOON MOVIE – Fort Vengeance (1953)
1:30 GUNS OF WILL SONNETT
2 PM DOUBLE DARE
2:30 BUGS AND PORKY
3 PM SNORKS
3:30 YOGI BEAR
4 PM FLINTSTONES
4:30 JETSONS
5 PM DIFF'RENT STROKES
5:30 HAPPY DAYS
6 PM STRAIGHT TO THE HEART
6:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
7 PM ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
7:30 A CURRENT AFFAIR
8 PM FOX 25 MOVIE – Bad Boys (1983)
10 PM SIMON AND SIMON
11 PM A CURRENT AFFAIR
11:30 ON TRIAL
12 MID ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
12:30 RELATIVELY SPEAKING
1 AM WKRP IN CINCINNATI
1:30 BENNY HILL
2 AM SIGN OFF
68 WQTV (Ind.) Christian Science Monitor
5 AM JACK BENNY
5:30 GROUCHO
6 AM MONITOR REPORT
6:30 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BIBLE LESSON
7 AM PINK PANTHER
7:30 LITTLELEST HOBO
8 AM LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
8:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
9 AM MC HALE'S NAVY
9:30 ADDAMS FAMILY
10 AM MOVIE- Mousey (1968)
11:30 BOB NEWHART
12 NOON ROCKFORD FILES
1 PM BIG VALLEY
2 PM THE SAINT
3 PM IRONSIDE
4 PM CHARLIE'S ANGELS
5 PM BARNABY JONES
6 PM TJ HOOKER
7 PM TWILIGHT ZONE
7:30 WORLD MONITOR
8 PM AIRWOLF
9 PM AIRWOLF
10 PM STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
11 PM WORLD MONITOR
11:30 KOJAK
12 MID GREAT BARGAINS
12:30am- MOVIE- Captain Boycott (1947)
2 AM CANNON
3 AM MANNIX
4 AM KOJAK
27 WHLL (Ind.) HILL
5 AM BOB TILTON
6 AM 700 CLUB
7 AM SUCCESS IN LIFE
8 AM STUDY IN THE WORD
8:30 AEROBICS
9 AM MOVING ON UP
9:30 ROOM 222
10 AM 700 CLUB
11 AM HOME (ABC)
12 PM GROWING PAINS (ABC)
12:30 27 WEST
1 PM MOVING ON UP
1:30 MISTER ED
2 PM ADDAMS FAMILY
2:30 GREEN ACRES
3 PM MOVIE- Buck Privates (1941)
4:30 CELLULITE
5 PM WEEKDAY
5:30 SUPERIOR COURT
6 PM IT TAKES A THIEF
7 PM VIDEO REQUEST
8 PM MOVIE – How To Marry A Millionaire (1953)
10 PM VEGAS
11 PM 27 WEST
11:30 MOVIE- Silent Running (1972)
1:30 AM- MOVIE- Up from the Beach (1965)
3:09 AM- VIDEO SHOPPING MALL
66 WHSH (HSN) Home Shopping Network
MON-SATURDAY
HOME SHOPPING CLUB 24 HOURS A DAY
44 WGBX (PBS) WGBH Educational Foundation
8 AM- NATURE
9 AM- MASTERPIECE THEATER
10 AM- MOVIE- Meet John Doe (1941)
12 PM- NOVA
1 PM- GAVEL TO GAVEL (The Massachusetts House of Representatives show)
5 PM- SCIENCE JOURNAL
5:30- COMPUTER CHRONICLES
6 PM- SESAME STREET
7 PM- NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
7:30- MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR
8:30- BILL MOYERS JOURNAL
9 PM- A PORTRAIT OF ELIE WIESEL
10 PM- THE TEN O’CLOCK NEWS- (Same as WGBH Channel 2)
10:30- NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
11 PM-MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR
12 AM- SIGN OFF
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by highwayman128 on 10/04/05 08:27 PM.</FONT></P>
BOSTON TV- MAY 1989
Tuesday May 2, 1989
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15am- Test Pattern
6:45am- Sign-on/A.M Weather (Tom Dunn doing the script for the sign-on, David Ives doing the mIssion statement)
7:00am- Sesame Street
8:00am- Mister Rogers
8:30am- Sesame Street
9:30am- Mister Rogers
10:00am- Reading Rainbow
10:30am- Thinkabout
10:45am- Like You, Like Me
11:00am- Nutrition
11:30am- Sesame Street
12:30pm- Russian Language and People
1:00pm- Solve It
1:15pm- American Legacy
1:30pm- Fairy Tales
1:45pm- Community of Living Things
2:00pm- Return of the Art Maker
2:15pm- Voyage of the Mimi
2:30pm- William Alexander
3:00pm- This Old House
3:30pm- Sesame Street
4:30pm- Mister Rogers
5:00pm- Reading Rainbow
5:30pm- 3-2-1 Contact
6:00pm- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7:00pm- Creatures, Great & Small
8:00pm- Nova- "The Right Stuff"
9:00pm- Frontline- "Extrodinary People"
10:00pm- The Ten O'Clock News (with Christopher Lydon and Carmen Fields)
10:30pm- Nightly Business Report
11:00pm- The Ring of Truth
12:00am- The Ten O'Clock News (repeat of 10 o'clock)
12:30am- Sign-Off (Tom Dunn doing the script for the sign-off, David Ives doing the mIssion statement)
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
5 AM BODY BY JAKE
5:30 BUSINESS THIS MORNING
6 AM NBC NEWS
6:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
7:00am- Today
9:00am- Family Medical Center
9:30am- Love Connection
10:00am- Win, Lose or Draw (NBC daytime version hosted by Vicki Lawrence)
10:30am- Classic Concentration
11:00am- Wheel of Fortune
11:30am- Scrabble
12:00pm- Eyewitness News at Noon (with John Henning)
12:30pm- People are Talking
1:30pm- Generations
2:00pm- Days of Our Lives
3:00pm- Santa Barbara
4:00pm- Win, Lose or Draw (the Syndicated version hosted by the late Bert Convy)
4:30pm- Family Feud (the Syndicated Version of the CBS Game Show hosted by the late Ray Combs)
5:00pm- People's Court (Judge Wapner, Rusty and Doug)
5:30pm- Eyewitness News
6:00pm- Eyewitness News (with Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Bruce Schwegglor and Bob Lobel)
7:00pm- NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
7:30pm- Evening Magazine
8:00pm- Matlock
9:00pm- In the Heat of the Night
10:00pm- Midnight Caller
11:00pm- Eyewitness News
11:30pm- Best of Carson
12:30am- Late Night with David Letterman
1:30am- Eyewitness News
WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
5 AM CHRONICLE
5:30 NEWSCENTER 5 FIRST
6 AM NEWSCENTER 5
7:00am- Good Morning America (with Charles Gibson and Joan Lunden)
9:00am- Good Day! (with Eileen Prose)
10:00am- Geraldo
11:00am- Sally Jessy Raphael
12:00pm- NewsCenter 5 Midday (with Jim Boyd, Susan Wornick and Bob Copeland)
12:30pm- Loving
1:00pm- All My Children
2:00pm- One Life To Live
3:00pm- General Hospital
4:00pm- Phil Donahue
5:00pm- Oprah Winfrey
6:00pm- NewsCenter 5 (with Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson, Dick Albert and Mike Lynch)
7:00pm- ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
7:30pm- Chronicle
8:00pm- Who’s The Boss
8:30pm- The Wonder Years
9:00pm- Roseanne
9:30pm- Have Faith
10:00pm- Thirtysomething
11:00pm- NewsCenter 5
11:30pm- ABC News Nightline
12:00am- Day’s End
1:00am- USA Today
1:30am- Hill Street Blues
WNEV-TV 7 (CBS- (Who was the News Lineup for Channel 7 in 1989)
5 AM CBS NEWS NIGHTWATCH
6 AM CBS NEWS
6:30 NEWS
7:00am- Ready To Go (Local Kid’s Show hosted by Scot Reese and Liz Callaway)
8:00am- CBS This Morning (DELAYED ONE HOUR)
10:00am- Cagney & Lacey
11:00am- The Price is Right
12:00pm- News (what was Channel 7’s news title in 1989)
12:30pm- The Young and the Restless
1:30pm- The Bold and the Beautiful
2:00pm- As The World Turns
3:00pm- Guiding Light
4:00pm- Kate & Allie
4:30pm- Inside Edition
5:00pm- News
6:00pm- News
6:30pm- CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
7:00pm- Wheel of Fortune
7:30pm- Jeopardy!
8:00pm- Tour of Duty
9:00pm- Guts and Glory (Part 2 of 2)
11:00pm- News
11:35pm- Jeopardy!
12:05am- The Pat Sajak Show
38 WSBK (Ind.) Gillette
5 AM MORNING STRETCH
5:30 DICK VAN DYKE
6 AM BRAVESTARR
6:30 THUNDERCATS
7 AM HE MAN AND SHE RA
7:30 BEVERLY HILLS TEENS
8 AM COMIC STRIP
8:30 SCOOBY DOO
9 AM GIDGET
9:30 ANDY GRIFFITH
10 AM BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
10:30 ALICE
11 AM DIVORCE COURT
11:30 AM BOSTON
12 NOON TRAPPER JOHN MD
1 PM MAUDE
1:30 JEFFERSONS
2 PM GUMBY
2:30 CARE BEARS
3 PM GHOSTBUSTERS
3:30 SCOOBY DOO
4 PM NEW ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS
4:30 DUCKTALES
5 PM FUN HOUSE
5:30 PUNKY BREWSTER
6 PM FAMILY TIES
6:30 FAMILY TIES
7 PM CHEERS
7:30 NEWHART
8 PM BASEBALL- Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins
11 PM M*A*S*H
11:30 ST. ELSEWHERE
12:30 MORTON DOWNEY JR.
1:30 HOGAN’S HEROES
2 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK OVERNIGHT SERVICE
56 WLVI (Ind.) GANNETT
6 AM TRANSFORMERS
6:30 GI JOE
7 AM DENNIS THE MENACE CARTOONS
7:30 TOM & JERRY
8 AM WOODY WOODPECKER
8:30 POPEYE (THEATRICAL)
9 AM MIGHTY MOUSE
9:30 JEM
10 AM ZOOBILEE ZOO
10:30 BIONIC 6
11 AM WEBSTER
11:30 ARCHIE BUNKER’S PLACE
12 NOON DATING GAME
12:30 NEWLYWED GAME
1 PM THAT GIRL
1:30 BEWITCHED
2 PM I DREAM OF JEANNIE
2:30 TEDDY RUXPIN
3 PM SMURFS
3:30 TOM & JERRY
4 PM C.OP.S
4:30 REAL GHOSTBUSTERS
5 PM WELCOME BACK, KOTTER
5:30 WEBSTER
6 PM CHARLES IN CHARGE
6:30 FACTS OF LIFE
7 PM THREE’S COMPANY
7:30 NIGHT COURT
8 PM MOVIE – Three Amigos (1986)
10 PM 56 NEWS AT 10
11 PM ARSENIO HALL
12 MIDNIGHT GONG SHOW
12:30 PAID PROGRAMMING
3 AM SIGN OFF
25 WFXT (Fox) FOX
6 AM LITTLE RASCALS
6:30 FAMILY AFFAIR
7 AM MIGHTY MOUSE AND ALVIN
7:30 DINOSAUCERS
8 AM CASPER
8:30 POPEYE (TV)
9 AM MAYBERRY R.F.D
9:30 DAILY MASS
10 AM I LOVE LUCY
10:30 BRANDED
11 AM DUKES OF HAZARD
12 NOON MOVIE – Fort Vengeance (1953)
1:30 GUNS OF WILL SONNETT
2 PM DOUBLE DARE
2:30 BUGS AND PORKY
3 PM SNORKS
3:30 YOGI BEAR
4 PM FLINTSTONES
4:30 JETSONS
5 PM DIFF'RENT STROKES
5:30 HAPPY DAYS
6 PM STRAIGHT TO THE HEART
6:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
7 PM ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
7:30 A CURRENT AFFAIR
8 PM FOX 25 MOVIE – Bad Boys (1983)
10 PM SIMON AND SIMON
11 PM A CURRENT AFFAIR
11:30 ON TRIAL
12 MID ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
12:30 RELATIVELY SPEAKING
1 AM WKRP IN CINCINNATI
1:30 BENNY HILL
2 AM SIGN OFF
68 WQTV (Ind.) Christian Science Monitor
5 AM JACK BENNY
5:30 GROUCHO
6 AM MONITOR REPORT
6:30 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BIBLE LESSON
7 AM PINK PANTHER
7:30 LITTLELEST HOBO
8 AM LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
8:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
9 AM MC HALE'S NAVY
9:30 ADDAMS FAMILY
10 AM MOVIE- Mousey (1968)
11:30 BOB NEWHART
12 NOON ROCKFORD FILES
1 PM BIG VALLEY
2 PM THE SAINT
3 PM IRONSIDE
4 PM CHARLIE'S ANGELS
5 PM BARNABY JONES
6 PM TJ HOOKER
7 PM TWILIGHT ZONE
7:30 WORLD MONITOR
8 PM AIRWOLF
9 PM AIRWOLF
10 PM STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
11 PM WORLD MONITOR
11:30 KOJAK
12 MID GREAT BARGAINS
12:30am- MOVIE- Captain Boycott (1947)
2 AM CANNON
3 AM MANNIX
4 AM KOJAK
27 WHLL (Ind.) HILL
5 AM BOB TILTON
6 AM 700 CLUB
7 AM SUCCESS IN LIFE
8 AM STUDY IN THE WORD
8:30 AEROBICS
9 AM MOVING ON UP
9:30 ROOM 222
10 AM 700 CLUB
11 AM HOME (ABC)
12 PM GROWING PAINS (ABC)
12:30 27 WEST
1 PM MOVING ON UP
1:30 MISTER ED
2 PM ADDAMS FAMILY
2:30 GREEN ACRES
3 PM MOVIE- Buck Privates (1941)
4:30 CELLULITE
5 PM WEEKDAY
5:30 SUPERIOR COURT
6 PM IT TAKES A THIEF
7 PM VIDEO REQUEST
8 PM MOVIE – How To Marry A Millionaire (1953)
10 PM VEGAS
11 PM 27 WEST
11:30 MOVIE- Silent Running (1972)
1:30 AM- MOVIE- Up from the Beach (1965)
3:09 AM- VIDEO SHOPPING MALL
66 WHSH (HSN) Home Shopping Network
MON-SATURDAY
HOME SHOPPING CLUB 24 HOURS A DAY
44 WGBX (PBS) WGBH Educational Foundation
8 AM- NATURE
9 AM- MASTERPIECE THEATER
10 AM- MOVIE- Meet John Doe (1941)
12 PM- NOVA
1 PM- GAVEL TO GAVEL (The Massachusetts House of Representatives show)
5 PM- SCIENCE JOURNAL
5:30- COMPUTER CHRONICLES
6 PM- SESAME STREET
7 PM- NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
7:30- MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR
8:30- BILL MOYERS JOURNAL
9 PM- A PORTRAIT OF ELIE WIESEL
10 PM- THE TEN O’CLOCK NEWS- (Same as WGBH Channel 2)
10:30- NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
11 PM-MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR
12 AM- SIGN OFF
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by highwayman128 on 10/04/05 08:27 PM.</FONT></P>