From the Boston Globe
BOSTON TV- LATE FALL 1983
Wednesday December 7, 1983
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15- Test Pattern
6:45- Sign-on/AM Weather (William Pierce doing the sign-on script, David Ives doing the mission statement)
7AM- Sesame Street
8AM- Mister Rogers
8:30- Sesame Street
9:30- Electric Company
10AM-Educational Program
12pm- Sesame Street
1pm- Educational Program
2:30- Magic of Oil Painting
3pm- French Chef
3:30- Electric Company
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers
5:30- 3-2-1 Contact
6PM- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7pm- Doctor Who
7:30- Wild World of Animals
8pm- The Snow Queen
9:30- 1983 U.S Ballroom Grand Champions
11pm- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
12am- Sign-Off
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
5 AM FARM HOME GARDEN
5:30 MORNING STRETCH
6 AM EYEWITNESS NEWS/NBC NEWS
7AM- Today
9AM-Hour Magazine
10AM- Facts of Life (R)
10:30- Sale of The Century
11AM- Wheel Of Fortune
11:30- Dream House
12pm- Eyewitness News (with John Henning)
12:30- People Are Talking
1:30pm- Days of Our Lives
2:30- More Real People
3pm- Hawaii Five-O
4pm- Love Boat
5pm- People's Court
5:30- Live on 4
6pm- Eyewitness News at 6- (with Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Bruce Schweglor, Bob Lobel)
7pm- NBC News with Tom Brokaw
7:30- NBA Basketball- Boston Celtics @ Indiana Pacers (Boston won 100-95)
10pm- St. Elsewhere
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30- Late Night with David Letterman
1:30am- Eyewitness News
2am- Movie- Mr. Ace (1946)
4am- Eyewitness News
4:30am- People Are Talking
WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
5 AM CHRONICLE:BEST OF
5:30 TOM COTTLE
6 AM NEWSCENTER 5
7AM- Good Morning America
9AM- Good Day Live!
10AM- Donahue
11AM- Merv Griffin
12pm- NewsCenter 5- (with Jack Hynes and Anne McGrath)
12:30- Ryan's Hope
1PM- All My Children
2pm- One Life To Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Afterschool Special
5pm- Family Feud
5:30- All in the Family
6pm- NewsCenter 5- (with Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson, Dick Albert and Don Gillis)
7pm- ABC News
7:30- Chronicle
8pm- Fall Guy
9pm- Dynasty
10pm- Hotel
11pm- NewsCenter 5
11:30- ABC NEWS Nightline
12:30- Thicke of the Night
2am- NewsCenter 5
2:30- Five On Five
3am- Good Day!
4:00am- Chronicle
WNEV-TV 7 (CBS)
5 AM CBS NEWS
6 AM LOCAL NEWS
7AM- CBS Morning News
9AM- Woman To Woman
10AM- The New $25,000 Pyramid
10:30- Press Your Luck
11AM- The Price is Right
12PM- Newse7en
12:30- The Young and The Restless
1:30- As The World Turns
2:30- Capitol
3pm- Guiding Light
4pm- CBS Library- “ The Wrong Way Kid”
5pm- Joker's Wild
5:30- Wheel of Fortune
6PM- Newse7en- (with Tom Ellis, Robin Young, Harvey Leonard and John Dennis)
7PM- CBS News
7:30- Entertainment Tonight
8pm- Snow White Christmas
9pm- Movie- Prototype (1983)
11PM- Newse7en
11:30pm- Police Story
12:40am- Movie- Gibbsville (1975)
2AM- CBS News Nightwatch
38 WSBK (Ind.) Storer
6 AM ROMPER ROOM
6:30 HECKLE & JECKLE
7 AM BATMAN
7:30 HE MAN
8 AM PORKY PIG
8:30 BEWITCHED
9 AM 20 MINUTE WORKOUT
9:30 DAYTIME
10:30 DICK VAN DYKE
11 AM ANDY GRIFFITH
11:30 INN NEWS
12 NOON MOVIE- She’s Working Her Way Through College (1952)
2 PM WHAT'S HAPPENING
2:30 MY THREE SONS
3 PM HECKLE & JECKLE
3:30 PORKY PIG AND FRIENDS
4 PM SCOOBY-DOO
4:30 BATMAN
5 PM CHARLIE'S ANGLES
6 PM M*A*S*H
6:30 JEFFERSONS
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 BARNEY MILLER
8 PM MOVIE- Hard Driver (1973)
10 PM ODD COUPLE
10:30 INN NEWS
11 PM TWILIGHT ZONE
11:30 BOB NEWHART
12 MID MOVIE- Operation Pacific (1951)
1:51am SIGN-OFF
56 WLVI Gannett
5 AM CNN HEADLINE NEWS
5:30 BOZO
6 AM MIGHTY HERCULES
6:30 SPEED RACOR
7 AM TOM AND JERRY
7:30 HEALTH FIELD
8 AM FLINTSTONES
8:30 POPEYE (THEATRICAL)
9 AM CASPER
9:30 BANANA SPLITS
10 AM PEOPLE POWER
10:30 NEW ENGLAND TODAY
11 AM BENSON (ABC)
11:30 LOVING (ABC)
12 NOON I LOVE LUCY
12:30 MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
1 PM BANANA SPLITS
1:30 CASPER
2 PM MIGHTY MOUSE
2:30 BUGS BUNNY
3:30 INSPECTOR GADGET
4 PM TOM AND JERRY
4:30 BRADY BUNCH
5 PM BRADY BUNCH
5:30 HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
6 PM THREE'S COMPANY
6:30 LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY
7 PM THREE'S COMPANY
7:30 TAXI
8 PM 8 OCLOCK MOVIE- Sebastian (1968)
10 PM NEWS
10:30 BIG MONEY GAME
11 PM BENNY HILL
11:30 ROBIN’S NEST
12 AM NEWS
12:30 WELCOME BACK KOTTER
1 AM MAN FROM UNCLE
2 AM SIGN OFF
25 WXNE Christian Broadcasting Network
5 AM 700 CLUB
6 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
6:30 D JAMES KENNEDY
7 AM POPEYE
7:30 SUPERMAN
8 AM STAR BLAZERS
8:30 GREAT SPACE COASTER
9 AM FLIPPER
9:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10 AM 700 CLUB
11:30 DAILY MASS
12 NOON MOVIE- Iron Man (1951)
1:30 LITTLE RASCALS
2 PM CARTOONS
2:30 STAR BLAZERS
3 PM POPEYE
3:30 FORCE FIVE
4 PM HE-MAN
4:30 SUPERMAN
5 PM SUPERFRIENDS
5:30 GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
6 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH
7 PM LAUGH IN
7:30 WKRP IN CINCINNATI
8 PM PRIME MOVIE 25- State Fair (1962)
10 PM 700 CLUB
11 PM FAMILY
12 MID RAT PATROL
1 AM BONANZA
2 AM SIGN OFF
27 WSMW (PREVIEW) SIBOS
6 AM JIM AND TAMMY
7 AM WORCESTER A.M NEWS
7:15 JOE HYDEN
8 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
8:30 RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING
9 AM PREVIEW SUBSCRIPTION TV (TILL 6 AM)
68 WQTV (Ind/NBC) Arlington
7 AM BIZ NET NEWS
8 AM JIM AND TAMMY
9 AM BULLSEYE
9:30 PLAY THE PERCENTAGES
10 AM MARKETWATCH
11 AM MARKETWATCH
12 NOON MARKETWATCH
2 PM MARKETWATCH
4 PM FNN MONEYTALK
5 PM WILD WILD WEST
6 PM BJ/LOBO
7 PM HOUSE CALLS
7:30 TIC TAC DOUGH
8 PM KOJAK
9 PM CANNON
10 PM BARNABY JONES
11 PM PERRY MASON
12 MID SIGN OFF
44 WGBX (PBS) WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
5 PM SIGN-ON/FRENCH CHEF
5:30 MAGGIE
6 PM SESAME STREET
7 PM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
7:30 HUMAN BEHAVIOR
8 PM OPEN MIND
8:30 PERSONAL FINANCE
9 PM SOCIAL PSYCHCOLOGY
9:30 SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE
10 PM NEWS (same as Ch. 2)
10:30 BUSINESS REPORT
11 PM SOUNDINGS- Ivana Therman
12 AM SIGN-OFF
BOSTON TV- LATE FALL 1983
Wednesday December 7, 1983
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15- Test Pattern
6:45- Sign-on/AM Weather (William Pierce doing the sign-on script, David Ives doing the mission statement)
7AM- Sesame Street
8AM- Mister Rogers
8:30- Sesame Street
9:30- Electric Company
10AM-Educational Program
12pm- Sesame Street
1pm- Educational Program
2:30- Magic of Oil Painting
3pm- French Chef
3:30- Electric Company
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers
5:30- 3-2-1 Contact
6PM- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7pm- Doctor Who
7:30- Wild World of Animals
8pm- The Snow Queen
9:30- 1983 U.S Ballroom Grand Champions
11pm- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
12am- Sign-Off
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
5 AM FARM HOME GARDEN
5:30 MORNING STRETCH
6 AM EYEWITNESS NEWS/NBC NEWS
7AM- Today
9AM-Hour Magazine
10AM- Facts of Life (R)
10:30- Sale of The Century
11AM- Wheel Of Fortune
11:30- Dream House
12pm- Eyewitness News (with John Henning)
12:30- People Are Talking
1:30pm- Days of Our Lives
2:30- More Real People
3pm- Hawaii Five-O
4pm- Love Boat
5pm- People's Court
5:30- Live on 4
6pm- Eyewitness News at 6- (with Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Bruce Schweglor, Bob Lobel)
7pm- NBC News with Tom Brokaw
7:30- NBA Basketball- Boston Celtics @ Indiana Pacers (Boston won 100-95)
10pm- St. Elsewhere
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30- Late Night with David Letterman
1:30am- Eyewitness News
2am- Movie- Mr. Ace (1946)
4am- Eyewitness News
4:30am- People Are Talking
WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
5 AM CHRONICLE:BEST OF
5:30 TOM COTTLE
6 AM NEWSCENTER 5
7AM- Good Morning America
9AM- Good Day Live!
10AM- Donahue
11AM- Merv Griffin
12pm- NewsCenter 5- (with Jack Hynes and Anne McGrath)
12:30- Ryan's Hope
1PM- All My Children
2pm- One Life To Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Afterschool Special
5pm- Family Feud
5:30- All in the Family
6pm- NewsCenter 5- (with Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson, Dick Albert and Don Gillis)
7pm- ABC News
7:30- Chronicle
8pm- Fall Guy
9pm- Dynasty
10pm- Hotel
11pm- NewsCenter 5
11:30- ABC NEWS Nightline
12:30- Thicke of the Night
2am- NewsCenter 5
2:30- Five On Five
3am- Good Day!
4:00am- Chronicle
WNEV-TV 7 (CBS)
5 AM CBS NEWS
6 AM LOCAL NEWS
7AM- CBS Morning News
9AM- Woman To Woman
10AM- The New $25,000 Pyramid
10:30- Press Your Luck
11AM- The Price is Right
12PM- Newse7en
12:30- The Young and The Restless
1:30- As The World Turns
2:30- Capitol
3pm- Guiding Light
4pm- CBS Library- “ The Wrong Way Kid”
5pm- Joker's Wild
5:30- Wheel of Fortune
6PM- Newse7en- (with Tom Ellis, Robin Young, Harvey Leonard and John Dennis)
7PM- CBS News
7:30- Entertainment Tonight
8pm- Snow White Christmas
9pm- Movie- Prototype (1983)
11PM- Newse7en
11:30pm- Police Story
12:40am- Movie- Gibbsville (1975)
2AM- CBS News Nightwatch
38 WSBK (Ind.) Storer
6 AM ROMPER ROOM
6:30 HECKLE & JECKLE
7 AM BATMAN
7:30 HE MAN
8 AM PORKY PIG
8:30 BEWITCHED
9 AM 20 MINUTE WORKOUT
9:30 DAYTIME
10:30 DICK VAN DYKE
11 AM ANDY GRIFFITH
11:30 INN NEWS
12 NOON MOVIE- She’s Working Her Way Through College (1952)
2 PM WHAT'S HAPPENING
2:30 MY THREE SONS
3 PM HECKLE & JECKLE
3:30 PORKY PIG AND FRIENDS
4 PM SCOOBY-DOO
4:30 BATMAN
5 PM CHARLIE'S ANGLES
6 PM M*A*S*H
6:30 JEFFERSONS
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 BARNEY MILLER
8 PM MOVIE- Hard Driver (1973)
10 PM ODD COUPLE
10:30 INN NEWS
11 PM TWILIGHT ZONE
11:30 BOB NEWHART
12 MID MOVIE- Operation Pacific (1951)
1:51am SIGN-OFF
56 WLVI Gannett
5 AM CNN HEADLINE NEWS
5:30 BOZO
6 AM MIGHTY HERCULES
6:30 SPEED RACOR
7 AM TOM AND JERRY
7:30 HEALTH FIELD
8 AM FLINTSTONES
8:30 POPEYE (THEATRICAL)
9 AM CASPER
9:30 BANANA SPLITS
10 AM PEOPLE POWER
10:30 NEW ENGLAND TODAY
11 AM BENSON (ABC)
11:30 LOVING (ABC)
12 NOON I LOVE LUCY
12:30 MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
1 PM BANANA SPLITS
1:30 CASPER
2 PM MIGHTY MOUSE
2:30 BUGS BUNNY
3:30 INSPECTOR GADGET
4 PM TOM AND JERRY
4:30 BRADY BUNCH
5 PM BRADY BUNCH
5:30 HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
6 PM THREE'S COMPANY
6:30 LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY
7 PM THREE'S COMPANY
7:30 TAXI
8 PM 8 OCLOCK MOVIE- Sebastian (1968)
10 PM NEWS
10:30 BIG MONEY GAME
11 PM BENNY HILL
11:30 ROBIN’S NEST
12 AM NEWS
12:30 WELCOME BACK KOTTER
1 AM MAN FROM UNCLE
2 AM SIGN OFF
25 WXNE Christian Broadcasting Network
5 AM 700 CLUB
6 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
6:30 D JAMES KENNEDY
7 AM POPEYE
7:30 SUPERMAN
8 AM STAR BLAZERS
8:30 GREAT SPACE COASTER
9 AM FLIPPER
9:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10 AM 700 CLUB
11:30 DAILY MASS
12 NOON MOVIE- Iron Man (1951)
1:30 LITTLE RASCALS
2 PM CARTOONS
2:30 STAR BLAZERS
3 PM POPEYE
3:30 FORCE FIVE
4 PM HE-MAN
4:30 SUPERMAN
5 PM SUPERFRIENDS
5:30 GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
6 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH
7 PM LAUGH IN
7:30 WKRP IN CINCINNATI
8 PM PRIME MOVIE 25- State Fair (1962)
10 PM 700 CLUB
11 PM FAMILY
12 MID RAT PATROL
1 AM BONANZA
2 AM SIGN OFF
27 WSMW (PREVIEW) SIBOS
6 AM JIM AND TAMMY
7 AM WORCESTER A.M NEWS
7:15 JOE HYDEN
8 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
8:30 RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING
9 AM PREVIEW SUBSCRIPTION TV (TILL 6 AM)
68 WQTV (Ind/NBC) Arlington
7 AM BIZ NET NEWS
8 AM JIM AND TAMMY
9 AM BULLSEYE
9:30 PLAY THE PERCENTAGES
10 AM MARKETWATCH
11 AM MARKETWATCH
12 NOON MARKETWATCH
2 PM MARKETWATCH
4 PM FNN MONEYTALK
5 PM WILD WILD WEST
6 PM BJ/LOBO
7 PM HOUSE CALLS
7:30 TIC TAC DOUGH
8 PM KOJAK
9 PM CANNON
10 PM BARNABY JONES
11 PM PERRY MASON
12 MID SIGN OFF
44 WGBX (PBS) WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
5 PM SIGN-ON/FRENCH CHEF
5:30 MAGGIE
6 PM SESAME STREET
7 PM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
7:30 HUMAN BEHAVIOR
8 PM OPEN MIND
8:30 PERSONAL FINANCE
9 PM SOCIAL PSYCHCOLOGY
9:30 SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE
10 PM NEWS (same as Ch. 2)
10:30 BUSINESS REPORT
11 PM SOUNDINGS- Ivana Therman
12 AM SIGN-OFF