From the Boston Globe
BOSTON TV- LATE FALL 1987
Thursday December 3, 1987
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15- Test Pattern
6:45- Sign-on/AM Weather (Tom Dunn doing the script for the sign-on, David Ives doing the mission statement)
7AM- Sesame Street
8AM- Mister Rogers
8:30- Sesame Street
9:30- Mister Rogers
10AM- Instructional TV
11:30- Sesame Street
12:30- Instructional TV
2:30- Joy of Painting
3pm- French Chef
3:30- Woodwright’s Shop
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers
5:30- 3-2-1 Contact
6PM- Macneil/Lehrer Newshour
7pm- Square One TV
7:30- This Old House
8:05 A Christmas Special with Luciano Pavarotti
9:15- Mystery!- Lord Peter Wimsey: Gaudy Night (Part 3 of 3)
10:20- James Galway’s Christmas Carol
11:25- One More Season
12:30am- sign-off
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC) Westinghouse
5 AM GETTING IN TOUCH
5:30 BEFORE HOURS
6 AM NBC NEWS
6:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
7 AM TODAY
9 AM WIL SHRINER
10 AM HOUR MAGAZINE
11 AM WHEEL OF FORTUNE
11:30 SCRABBLE
12 NOON EYEWITNESS NEWS
12:30 PEOPLE ARE TALKING
1:30 LOVE CONNECTION
2 PM DAYS OF OUR LIVES
3 PM SANTA BARBARA
4 PM MAGNUM PI
5 PM PEOPLE'S COURT
5:30 LIVE ON 4
6 PM EYEWITNESS NEWS (with Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Bruce Schweglor, Bob Lobel)
7 PM NBC NEWS
7:30 EVENING MAGAZINE
8 PM PRESIDENT REAGAN’S ADDRESS
8:30 COSBY SHOW
9 PM A DIFFERENT WORLD
9:30 CHEERS
10 PM NIGHT COURT
10:30 L.A LAW
11:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
12 AM TONIGHT - Johnny Carson
1 AM LATE NIGHT - David Letterman
2 AM EYEWITNESS NEWS
2:30 EVENING MAGAZINE
3 AM HAWAII-5-O
4 AM PEOPLE ARE TALKING
WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
5 AM CHRONICLE
5:30 NEWSCENTER 5 FIRST
6 AM NEWSCENTER 5
7 AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9 AM GOOD DAY
10 AM DIVORCE COURT
10:30 THE JUDGE
11 AM SALLY JESSIE RAPHAEL
11:30 RYAN'S HOPE
12 NOON NEWSCENTER 5
12:30 LOVING
1 PM ALL MY CHILDREN
2 PM ONE LIFE TO LIVE
3 PM GENERAL HOSPITAL
4 PM PHIL DONAHUE
5 PM OPRAH WINFREY
6 PM NEWSCENTER 5 (with Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson, Dick Albert and Mike Lynch)
7 PM ABC NEWS
7:30 CHRONICLE
8 PM PRESIDENT REAGAN’S ADDRESS
8:30 SMITHSONIAN’S TREASURES (pre-empting Sledge Hammer, why?)
9:30 MOVIE- Plaza Suite
11:30 NEWSCENTER 5
12 MID NIGHTLINE
12:30 HILL STREET BLUES
1:30 ALL IN THE FAMILY
2 AM NEWSCENTER 5 (replay of 11pm)
2:30 MOVIE- Babes in Arms (1939)
4 AM GOOD DAY
WNEV-TV 7 (CBS)
5 AM CBS NEWS NIGHTWATCH
6 AM MORNING STRETCH
6:30 NEWS
7 AM CBS THIS MORNING
9 AM JEOPARDY!
9:30 25,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID
10 AM NANCY MERRILL
11 AM PRICE IS RIGHT
12 NOON NEWS
12:30 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
1:30 BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL
2 PM AS THE WORLD TURNS
3 PM GUIDING LIGHT
4 PM HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
4:30 NEWLYWED GAME
5 PM LIVE AT 5
6 PM NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 PM WHEEL OF FORTUNE
7:30 JEOPARDY
8 PM PRESIDENT REAGAN’S ADDRESS
8:30- THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS
9:30- SIMON AND SIMON
10:30- KNOTS LANDING
11:30 NEWS
12:05 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
12:35 NIGHT HEAT
1:45- CBS LATE MOVIE- Wild Horses (1985)
3:15 NEWS
3:45 NANCY MERRILL
4:45 CBS NEWS NIGHTWATCH
38 WSBK (Ind.) Gillette
6 AM 20 MINUTE WORKOUT
6:30 RAMBO
7 AM GHOSTBUSTERS
7:30 HE MAN
8 AM SHE RA
8:30 SCOOBY DOO
9 AM SPIRAL ZONE
9:30 JOURNAL
10 AM ANDY GRIFFITH
10:30 PHYLLIS
11 AM ALICE
11:30 DICK VAN DYKE
12 NOON LOU GRANT
1 PM VEGAS
2 PM GALAXY RANGERS
2:30 SABER RIDERS
3 PM BEVERLY HILLS TEENS
3:30 COMIC STRIP
4 PM BRAVE STARR
4:30 DUCKTALES
5 PM TRAPPER JOHN M.D
6 PM FAMILY TIES
6:30 JEFFERSONS
7 PM CHEERS
7:30 BARNEY MILLER
8 PM MOVIE LOFT – Laura (1944)
10 PM HONEYMOONERS -
10:30 ODD COUPLE
11 PM M*A*S*H
11:30 HOGAN'S HEROES
12 MID ALFRED HICHCOCK
12:30 TWILIGHT ZONE
1 AM MAUDE
1:30 SIGN OFF
56 WLVI (Ind.) GANNETT
6 AM BIONIC 6
6:30 TRANSFORMERS
7 AM DENNIS THE MENACE CARTOONS
7:30 TOM AND JERRY
8 AM BUGS & WOODY
8:30 FLINTSTONES
9 AM JEM
9:30 POPEYE (Theatrical)
10 AM MIGHTY MOUSE
10:30 ZOOBILEE ZOO (Would leave Syndication later in the year and move To PBS)
11 AM CNN HEADLINE NEWS
12:30 THAT GIRL
1 PM BEWITCHED
1:30 I DREAM OF JEANNIE
2 PM BUGS & WOODY
2:30 MY LITTLE PONY
3 PM TEDDY RUXPIN
3:30 SMURFS
4 PM REAL GHSOTBUSTERS
4:30 GI JOE
5 PM BRADY BUNCH
5:30 BRADY BUNCH
6 PM THREE'S COMPANY
6:30 WEBSTER
7 PM FACTS OF LIFE
7:30 TAXI
8 PM MOVIE – D.O.A (1950) (COLOR)
10 PM 56 NEWS AT 10
11 PM DATING GAME
11:30 MATCH MAKER
12 MIDNIGHT USA TONIGHT
12:30 SIGN-OFF
25 WFXT (Fox) FOX
5 AM 700 CLUB (Fox moved this to an unviable Time Slot. TV 27 would pick up the live feed)
6 AM MACRON I
6:30 CASPER
7 AM DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH
7:30 DINASOURCERS
8 AM MIGHTY MOUSE
8:30 CASPER
9 AM FAMILY AFFAIR
9:30 DAILY MASS
10 AM 700 CLUB
11 AM DUKES OF HAZARD
12 NOON LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
1 PM I LOVE LUCY
1:30 MAYBERRY RFD
2 PM POPEYE (TV 60'S)
2:30 PORKY PIG
3 PM BUGS BUNNY
3:30 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS (Original)
4 PM DINOSAUCERS
4:30 THE JETSONS
5 PM HAPPY DAYS
5:30 DIFF'RENT STROKES
6 PM GIMME A BREAK
6:30 SILVER SPOONS
7 PM BENNY HILL
7:30 A CURRENT AFFAIR
8 PM FOX 25 MOVIE - The Day the Loving Stopped (1981)
10 PM SIMON AND SIMON
11 PM BENNY HILL
11:30 FOX LATE SHOW
1 AM I LOVE LUCY
1:30 100000 DOLLAR PYRAMID
2 AM SIGN OFF
68 WQTV (Ind/ABC) Christian Science Monitor
5 AM MORNING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BIBLE LESSON
5:30 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR REPORT
6 AM ABC NEWS (ABC)
7 AM THREE STOOGES
7:30 LITTLEST HOBO
8 AM DANGER MOUSE
8:30 ADDAMS FAMILY
9 AM MUNSTERS
9:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10 AM MOVIE- Desperate Moment (1953)
12 NOON THE SAINT
1 PM BURNS AND ALLEN
1:30 JACK BENNY
2 PM MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
2:30 MC HALE'S NAVY
3 PM IRONSIDE
4 PM STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
5 PM WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY
6 PM STAR TREK
7 PM SCARECROW AND MRS KING
8 PM MOVIE- The Braves (1971)
10 PM STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
11 PM BOB NEWHART
11:30 KOJAK
12:30 BARETTA
1:30 BONANZA
2:30 SIGN OFF
27 WHLL (Ind) HILL
5 AM KENNETH COPELAND
5:30 700 CLUB
7 AM PTL CLUB
8 AM RICHARD ROBERTS
9 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
10 AM SUCCESS ‘N LIFE
11 AM JERRY FAWELL
12 NOON TWELVE O’Clock High
1 PM BARNABY JONES
2 PM MOVIE- Midnight (1939)
4 PM ADDAMS FAMILY
4:30 BATMAN
5 PM WORLD WIDE WRESTLING
6 PM UNTOUCHABLES
7 PM SUPERIOR COURT
7:30 MOVIE – Where the Ladies Go (1980)
9:30 TBA
10 PM MOVIE- Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
12 MID HOME SHOPPING NETWORK VARIETY OVERNIGHT
44 WGBX (PBS) WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
1 PM SIGN-ON/GAVEL TO GAVEL (the Massachusetts House of Representative Program)
5 PM TONY BROWN’S JOURNAL
5:30 WORLD CHRONICLE
6 PM SESAME STREET
7 PM NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
7:30 MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR
8:30 AGENDA FOR A SMALL PLANET
9:30 VISIONS
10 PM NEWS (Channel 2 WGBH was Carrying Mystery!)
10:30 NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
11 PM SIGN-OFF
BOSTON TV- LATE FALL 1987
Thursday December 3, 1987
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15- Test Pattern
6:45- Sign-on/AM Weather (Tom Dunn doing the script for the sign-on, David Ives doing the mission statement)
7AM- Sesame Street
8AM- Mister Rogers
8:30- Sesame Street
9:30- Mister Rogers
10AM- Instructional TV
11:30- Sesame Street
12:30- Instructional TV
2:30- Joy of Painting
3pm- French Chef
3:30- Woodwright’s Shop
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers
5:30- 3-2-1 Contact
6PM- Macneil/Lehrer Newshour
7pm- Square One TV
7:30- This Old House
8:05 A Christmas Special with Luciano Pavarotti
9:15- Mystery!- Lord Peter Wimsey: Gaudy Night (Part 3 of 3)
10:20- James Galway’s Christmas Carol
11:25- One More Season
12:30am- sign-off
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC) Westinghouse
5 AM GETTING IN TOUCH
5:30 BEFORE HOURS
6 AM NBC NEWS
6:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
7 AM TODAY
9 AM WIL SHRINER
10 AM HOUR MAGAZINE
11 AM WHEEL OF FORTUNE
11:30 SCRABBLE
12 NOON EYEWITNESS NEWS
12:30 PEOPLE ARE TALKING
1:30 LOVE CONNECTION
2 PM DAYS OF OUR LIVES
3 PM SANTA BARBARA
4 PM MAGNUM PI
5 PM PEOPLE'S COURT
5:30 LIVE ON 4
6 PM EYEWITNESS NEWS (with Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Bruce Schweglor, Bob Lobel)
7 PM NBC NEWS
7:30 EVENING MAGAZINE
8 PM PRESIDENT REAGAN’S ADDRESS
8:30 COSBY SHOW
9 PM A DIFFERENT WORLD
9:30 CHEERS
10 PM NIGHT COURT
10:30 L.A LAW
11:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
12 AM TONIGHT - Johnny Carson
1 AM LATE NIGHT - David Letterman
2 AM EYEWITNESS NEWS
2:30 EVENING MAGAZINE
3 AM HAWAII-5-O
4 AM PEOPLE ARE TALKING
WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
5 AM CHRONICLE
5:30 NEWSCENTER 5 FIRST
6 AM NEWSCENTER 5
7 AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9 AM GOOD DAY
10 AM DIVORCE COURT
10:30 THE JUDGE
11 AM SALLY JESSIE RAPHAEL
11:30 RYAN'S HOPE
12 NOON NEWSCENTER 5
12:30 LOVING
1 PM ALL MY CHILDREN
2 PM ONE LIFE TO LIVE
3 PM GENERAL HOSPITAL
4 PM PHIL DONAHUE
5 PM OPRAH WINFREY
6 PM NEWSCENTER 5 (with Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson, Dick Albert and Mike Lynch)
7 PM ABC NEWS
7:30 CHRONICLE
8 PM PRESIDENT REAGAN’S ADDRESS
8:30 SMITHSONIAN’S TREASURES (pre-empting Sledge Hammer, why?)
9:30 MOVIE- Plaza Suite
11:30 NEWSCENTER 5
12 MID NIGHTLINE
12:30 HILL STREET BLUES
1:30 ALL IN THE FAMILY
2 AM NEWSCENTER 5 (replay of 11pm)
2:30 MOVIE- Babes in Arms (1939)
4 AM GOOD DAY
WNEV-TV 7 (CBS)
5 AM CBS NEWS NIGHTWATCH
6 AM MORNING STRETCH
6:30 NEWS
7 AM CBS THIS MORNING
9 AM JEOPARDY!
9:30 25,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID
10 AM NANCY MERRILL
11 AM PRICE IS RIGHT
12 NOON NEWS
12:30 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
1:30 BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL
2 PM AS THE WORLD TURNS
3 PM GUIDING LIGHT
4 PM HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
4:30 NEWLYWED GAME
5 PM LIVE AT 5
6 PM NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 PM WHEEL OF FORTUNE
7:30 JEOPARDY
8 PM PRESIDENT REAGAN’S ADDRESS
8:30- THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS
9:30- SIMON AND SIMON
10:30- KNOTS LANDING
11:30 NEWS
12:05 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
12:35 NIGHT HEAT
1:45- CBS LATE MOVIE- Wild Horses (1985)
3:15 NEWS
3:45 NANCY MERRILL
4:45 CBS NEWS NIGHTWATCH
38 WSBK (Ind.) Gillette
6 AM 20 MINUTE WORKOUT
6:30 RAMBO
7 AM GHOSTBUSTERS
7:30 HE MAN
8 AM SHE RA
8:30 SCOOBY DOO
9 AM SPIRAL ZONE
9:30 JOURNAL
10 AM ANDY GRIFFITH
10:30 PHYLLIS
11 AM ALICE
11:30 DICK VAN DYKE
12 NOON LOU GRANT
1 PM VEGAS
2 PM GALAXY RANGERS
2:30 SABER RIDERS
3 PM BEVERLY HILLS TEENS
3:30 COMIC STRIP
4 PM BRAVE STARR
4:30 DUCKTALES
5 PM TRAPPER JOHN M.D
6 PM FAMILY TIES
6:30 JEFFERSONS
7 PM CHEERS
7:30 BARNEY MILLER
8 PM MOVIE LOFT – Laura (1944)
10 PM HONEYMOONERS -
10:30 ODD COUPLE
11 PM M*A*S*H
11:30 HOGAN'S HEROES
12 MID ALFRED HICHCOCK
12:30 TWILIGHT ZONE
1 AM MAUDE
1:30 SIGN OFF
56 WLVI (Ind.) GANNETT
6 AM BIONIC 6
6:30 TRANSFORMERS
7 AM DENNIS THE MENACE CARTOONS
7:30 TOM AND JERRY
8 AM BUGS & WOODY
8:30 FLINTSTONES
9 AM JEM
9:30 POPEYE (Theatrical)
10 AM MIGHTY MOUSE
10:30 ZOOBILEE ZOO (Would leave Syndication later in the year and move To PBS)
11 AM CNN HEADLINE NEWS
12:30 THAT GIRL
1 PM BEWITCHED
1:30 I DREAM OF JEANNIE
2 PM BUGS & WOODY
2:30 MY LITTLE PONY
3 PM TEDDY RUXPIN
3:30 SMURFS
4 PM REAL GHSOTBUSTERS
4:30 GI JOE
5 PM BRADY BUNCH
5:30 BRADY BUNCH
6 PM THREE'S COMPANY
6:30 WEBSTER
7 PM FACTS OF LIFE
7:30 TAXI
8 PM MOVIE – D.O.A (1950) (COLOR)
10 PM 56 NEWS AT 10
11 PM DATING GAME
11:30 MATCH MAKER
12 MIDNIGHT USA TONIGHT
12:30 SIGN-OFF
25 WFXT (Fox) FOX
5 AM 700 CLUB (Fox moved this to an unviable Time Slot. TV 27 would pick up the live feed)
6 AM MACRON I
6:30 CASPER
7 AM DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH
7:30 DINASOURCERS
8 AM MIGHTY MOUSE
8:30 CASPER
9 AM FAMILY AFFAIR
9:30 DAILY MASS
10 AM 700 CLUB
11 AM DUKES OF HAZARD
12 NOON LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
1 PM I LOVE LUCY
1:30 MAYBERRY RFD
2 PM POPEYE (TV 60'S)
2:30 PORKY PIG
3 PM BUGS BUNNY
3:30 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS (Original)
4 PM DINOSAUCERS
4:30 THE JETSONS
5 PM HAPPY DAYS
5:30 DIFF'RENT STROKES
6 PM GIMME A BREAK
6:30 SILVER SPOONS
7 PM BENNY HILL
7:30 A CURRENT AFFAIR
8 PM FOX 25 MOVIE - The Day the Loving Stopped (1981)
10 PM SIMON AND SIMON
11 PM BENNY HILL
11:30 FOX LATE SHOW
1 AM I LOVE LUCY
1:30 100000 DOLLAR PYRAMID
2 AM SIGN OFF
68 WQTV (Ind/ABC) Christian Science Monitor
5 AM MORNING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BIBLE LESSON
5:30 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR REPORT
6 AM ABC NEWS (ABC)
7 AM THREE STOOGES
7:30 LITTLEST HOBO
8 AM DANGER MOUSE
8:30 ADDAMS FAMILY
9 AM MUNSTERS
9:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10 AM MOVIE- Desperate Moment (1953)
12 NOON THE SAINT
1 PM BURNS AND ALLEN
1:30 JACK BENNY
2 PM MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
2:30 MC HALE'S NAVY
3 PM IRONSIDE
4 PM STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
5 PM WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY
6 PM STAR TREK
7 PM SCARECROW AND MRS KING
8 PM MOVIE- The Braves (1971)
10 PM STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
11 PM BOB NEWHART
11:30 KOJAK
12:30 BARETTA
1:30 BONANZA
2:30 SIGN OFF
27 WHLL (Ind) HILL
5 AM KENNETH COPELAND
5:30 700 CLUB
7 AM PTL CLUB
8 AM RICHARD ROBERTS
9 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
10 AM SUCCESS ‘N LIFE
11 AM JERRY FAWELL
12 NOON TWELVE O’Clock High
1 PM BARNABY JONES
2 PM MOVIE- Midnight (1939)
4 PM ADDAMS FAMILY
4:30 BATMAN
5 PM WORLD WIDE WRESTLING
6 PM UNTOUCHABLES
7 PM SUPERIOR COURT
7:30 MOVIE – Where the Ladies Go (1980)
9:30 TBA
10 PM MOVIE- Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
12 MID HOME SHOPPING NETWORK VARIETY OVERNIGHT
44 WGBX (PBS) WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
1 PM SIGN-ON/GAVEL TO GAVEL (the Massachusetts House of Representative Program)
5 PM TONY BROWN’S JOURNAL
5:30 WORLD CHRONICLE
6 PM SESAME STREET
7 PM NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
7:30 MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR
8:30 AGENDA FOR A SMALL PLANET
9:30 VISIONS
10 PM NEWS (Channel 2 WGBH was Carrying Mystery!)
10:30 NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
11 PM SIGN-OFF