Here is Boston TV Listings from September 17, 1982
This is for Primetime listings only
Source: Brockton Enterprise
Friday September 17, 1982
6:00
2- Sesame Street
4-5-6-7-10-12 News
25 CHiPs Patrol
38 The Jeffersons
44 3-2-1 Contact
56- Welcome Back, Kotter
6:30
6- CBS News
10- NBC News
12- ABC News
27- News
38- Bob Newhart
44- Business Report
56- Laverne & Shirley and Company
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- The Muppets
7- CBS News
10- P.M Magazine
12- Tic Tac Dough
25- Mork and Mindy
38- M*A*S*H
44- Writer's Workshop
56- Good Times
7:30
2- Wild World of Animals
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6-38- Baseball- Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers- (Detroit won 5-1)
7- Entertainment Tonight
10- Richard Simmons
12- Family Feud
25- Mork and Mindy
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
56- Benny Hill
8:00
2- Washington Week in Review
4-10- The Powers of Matthew Star
5-12- The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
7- Dukes of Hazzard
25- Mission: Impossible
44- I Remember Harlem
56- Movie- Assignment K (1968)
8:30
2- Wall Street Week
9:00
2- Masterpiece Theater
4-10- Movie- The Martian Chronicles
5-12- The Greatest American Hero
7- Dallas
25- The Rockford Files
44- Say Brother (program focusing on Boston's African American Community)
9:30
44- Presents
10:00
2- News (The Ten O'clock news with Christopher Lydon)
5-12 Strike Force
6-7- Falcon Crest
25- 700 Club
44- Mystery!
56- Mary Tyler Moore
10:30
2- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
38- Independent Network News
56- Mary Tyler Moore Show
11:00
2- Business Report (Both WGBH and WGBX would sign-off at 11:30)
4-5-6-7-10-12 News
25- Carol Burnett and Friends
38- Twilight Zone
44- Captioned ABC News
56- Saturday Night
11:30
4-10- The Tongiht Show
5-12- ABC News Nightline
6- Benny Hill
7- Movie- Hardhat and Legs (1980)
25- Movie- The Beast of the City (1932)(WXNE would sign off at 12:56am)
38- Twilight Zone
12:00
5-12- Fridays
6- Movie- Jackson County Jail (1976)
38- Movie- Baron Blood (1972)(WSBK would sign-off at 1:30am)
56- Evening at the Improv (WLVI would sign-off at either 1:30am or 2:00am)
12:30
4-10- SCTV Network 90
1:30
5- Five All Night Live
12- Movie- The Long Goodbye (1973)(WPRI would sign-off at 3:22am)
1:45
7- News- (WNEV would sign-off at 2:15am)
2:00
4-10- NBC News Overnight
6- News
2:30
6- Community Calendar
2:45
6- Movie- Shalako (1968)
3:00
4-10- News (WJAR would sign-off at 3:00am)
5- Portrait of a Legend
3:30
4- Movie- The Devil's Hand (1961)
5- Rhoda
4:00
5- News
4:30
5- Good Day!
4:40
6- Movie- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
STATION LINEUP
2- WGBH-TV Boston (PBS)
4- WBZ-TV Boston (NBC)
5- WCVB-TV Boston (ABC)
6- WLNE-TV Providence/New Bedford (CBS)
7- WNEV-TV Boston (CBS)(shortly after changing from WNAC-TV, 4 months later)
10- WJAR-TV Providence (NBC)
12- WPRI-TV Providence (ABC)
25- WXNE-TV Boston (Ind.)
27- WSMW-TV Worcester (Ind.)
38- WSBK-TV Boston (Ind.)
44- WGBX-TV Boston (PBS)
56- WLVI-TV Boston (Ind.)
This is for Primetime listings only
Source: Brockton Enterprise
Friday September 17, 1982
6:00
2- Sesame Street
4-5-6-7-10-12 News
25 CHiPs Patrol
38 The Jeffersons
44 3-2-1 Contact
56- Welcome Back, Kotter
6:30
6- CBS News
10- NBC News
12- ABC News
27- News
38- Bob Newhart
44- Business Report
56- Laverne & Shirley and Company
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- The Muppets
7- CBS News
10- P.M Magazine
12- Tic Tac Dough
25- Mork and Mindy
38- M*A*S*H
44- Writer's Workshop
56- Good Times
7:30
2- Wild World of Animals
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6-38- Baseball- Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers- (Detroit won 5-1)
7- Entertainment Tonight
10- Richard Simmons
12- Family Feud
25- Mork and Mindy
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
56- Benny Hill
8:00
2- Washington Week in Review
4-10- The Powers of Matthew Star
5-12- The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
7- Dukes of Hazzard
25- Mission: Impossible
44- I Remember Harlem
56- Movie- Assignment K (1968)
8:30
2- Wall Street Week
9:00
2- Masterpiece Theater
4-10- Movie- The Martian Chronicles
5-12- The Greatest American Hero
7- Dallas
25- The Rockford Files
44- Say Brother (program focusing on Boston's African American Community)
9:30
44- Presents
10:00
2- News (The Ten O'clock news with Christopher Lydon)
5-12 Strike Force
6-7- Falcon Crest
25- 700 Club
44- Mystery!
56- Mary Tyler Moore
10:30
2- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
38- Independent Network News
56- Mary Tyler Moore Show
11:00
2- Business Report (Both WGBH and WGBX would sign-off at 11:30)
4-5-6-7-10-12 News
25- Carol Burnett and Friends
38- Twilight Zone
44- Captioned ABC News
56- Saturday Night
11:30
4-10- The Tongiht Show
5-12- ABC News Nightline
6- Benny Hill
7- Movie- Hardhat and Legs (1980)
25- Movie- The Beast of the City (1932)(WXNE would sign off at 12:56am)
38- Twilight Zone
12:00
5-12- Fridays
6- Movie- Jackson County Jail (1976)
38- Movie- Baron Blood (1972)(WSBK would sign-off at 1:30am)
56- Evening at the Improv (WLVI would sign-off at either 1:30am or 2:00am)
12:30
4-10- SCTV Network 90
1:30
5- Five All Night Live
12- Movie- The Long Goodbye (1973)(WPRI would sign-off at 3:22am)
1:45
7- News- (WNEV would sign-off at 2:15am)
2:00
4-10- NBC News Overnight
6- News
2:30
6- Community Calendar
2:45
6- Movie- Shalako (1968)
3:00
4-10- News (WJAR would sign-off at 3:00am)
5- Portrait of a Legend
3:30
4- Movie- The Devil's Hand (1961)
5- Rhoda
4:00
5- News
4:30
5- Good Day!
4:40
6- Movie- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
STATION LINEUP
2- WGBH-TV Boston (PBS)
4- WBZ-TV Boston (NBC)
5- WCVB-TV Boston (ABC)
6- WLNE-TV Providence/New Bedford (CBS)
7- WNEV-TV Boston (CBS)(shortly after changing from WNAC-TV, 4 months later)
10- WJAR-TV Providence (NBC)
12- WPRI-TV Providence (ABC)
25- WXNE-TV Boston (Ind.)
27- WSMW-TV Worcester (Ind.)
38- WSBK-TV Boston (Ind.)
44- WGBX-TV Boston (PBS)
56- WLVI-TV Boston (Ind.)