From the Boston Globe
BOSTON TV- LATE WINTER 1988
Friday March 11, 1988
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15- Test Pattern
6:45- Sign-on/AM Weather
7AM- Sesame Street
8AM- Mister Rogers
8:30- Sesame Street
9:30- Mister Rogers
10AM- Educational Programming
2:30- Joy of Painting
3pm- Frugal Gourmet
3:30- Sesame Street
4:30- Mister Rogers
5pm- Square One TV
5:30- 3-2-1 Contact
6PM- Macneil/Lehrer Newshour
7pm- When Bad Things Happen to Good People
8pm- Washington Week in Review
8:30- Wall Street Week
9PM- Hollywood Legends: Grace Kelly: The American Princess
10pm- Movie- The Swan (1956)
11:45pm- The Ten O’Clock News (repeat)
12:15am- 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 HIGHWAYMAN
9 PM MIAMI VICE
10 PM SONNY SPOON
11 PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
11:30 TONIGHT - Johnny Carson
12:30 LATE NIGHT - David Letterman
1:30 FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS
2:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
3 AM EVENING MAGAZINE
3:30 HAWAII-5-O
4:30 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 PERFECT STRANGERS
8:30 FULL HOUSE
9 PM MR. BELVEDERE
9:30 THE THORNS
10 PM 20/20
11 PM NEWSCENTER 5
11:30 NIGHTLINE
12 MID FRIDAY THE 13TH
1 AM DIVORCE COURT
1:30 THE JUDGE
2 AM WE’VE GOT IT MADE
2:30 DOM DELUISE
3 AM NIGHT SHIFT
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 HIGH ROLLERS
9:30 BLACKOUT
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 100,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID
4:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
5 PM LIVE AT 5
6 PM NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 PM WHEEL OF FORTUNE
7:30 JEOPARDY
8 PM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
9 PM DALLAS
10 PM FALCON CREST
11 PM NEWS
11:30 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
12:05 TOP OF THE POPS
1:05 LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS
2:05 RUNAWAY WITH THE RICH AND FAMOUS
2:35 NEWS
3:05 EBONY/JET SHOWCASE
3:35 SIGN-OFF
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 BRAVE STARR
9 AM SPIRAL ZONE
9:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
10 AM ANDY GRIFFITH
10:30 ALICE
11 AM DICK VAN DYKE
11:30 A.M BOSTON
12 NOON LOU GRANT
1 PM VEGAS
2 PM GALAXY RANGERS
2:30 SABER RIDERS
3 PM SCOOBY DOO
3:30 BEVERLY HILLS TEENS
4 PM COMIC STRIP
4:30 DUCKTALES
5 PM PUNKY BREWSTER
5:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME
6 PM FAMILY TIES
6:30 BOSOM BUDDIES
7 PM CHEERS
7:30 BARNEY MILLER
8 PM MOVIE LOFT – Tales That Witness Madness
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 ALICE
1:30 ODD COUPLE
2 AM TRAPPER JOHN MD
3 AM 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 BUNNY
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 DE TODO UN POCO
11:30 POINT OF VIEW
12 NOON GOOD TIMES
12:30 THAT GIRL
1 PM COLLEGE BASKETBALL- Syracuse .vs. Boston College (1988 Big East Tournament from Madison Square Garden in New York)
3 PM TEDDY RUXPIN
3:30 SMURFS
4 PM REAL GHSOTBUSTERS
4:30 GI JOE
5 PM GIMME A BREAK
5:30 BRADY BUNCH
6 PM THREE'S COMPANY
6:30 WEBSTER
7 PM FACTS OF LIFE
7:30 TAXI
8 PM MOVIE – Fire Starter (1984)
10 PM 56 NEWS AT 10
11 PM NEWLYWED GAME
11:30 DATING GAME
12 MIDNIGHT WRESTLING
1 AM USA TONIGHT
1:30 AUTO RACING
2:30 MEDICAL JOURNAL
3 AM 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 LITTLE RASCALS (Fox just pulled Jimmy Swaggart when it got wind of his misconduct)
6:30 MACRON ONE
7 AM TOP CAT
7:30 DINOSAUCERS
8 AM MIGHTY MOUSE
8:30 CASPER
9 AM MAYBERRY RFD
9:30 DAILY MASS
10 AM FOR THE LIFE IN THE CHILD
11 AM MOVIE- Light in the Piazza (1962)
1 PM CHIPS
2 PM DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH
2:30 POPEYE (TV 60'S)
3 PM ALVIN SHOW
3:30 PORKY PIG
4 PM BUGS BUNNY
4:30 JETSONS
5 PM DOUBLE DARE
5:30 HAPPY DAYS
6 PM DIFF'RENT STROKES
6:30 SILVER SPOONS
7 PM GIMME A BREAK
7:30 A CURRENT AFFAIR
8 PM FOX 25 MOVIE – Tribute (1980)
10:30 BENNY HILL
11 PM FOX LATE SHOW
12 MID GET SMART
12:30 I LOVE LUCY
1 AM SIGN OFF
68 WQTV (Ind/ABC) Christian Science Monitor
5 AM UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
5:30 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR REPORT
6 AM MORNING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BIBLE LESSON
6:30 CAPTAIN KANGAROO
7 AM PINK PANTHER
8 AM LITTLEST HOBO
8:30 ADDAMS FAMILY
9 AM MUNSTERS
9:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10 AM LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10:30 MOVIE- Men of the Dragon (1974)
12 NOON BONANZA
1 PM BIG VALLEY
2 PM THE SAINT
3 PM IRONSIDE
4 PM STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
5 PM SCARECROW & MRS KING
6 PM BARNABY JONES
7 PM CAROL BURNETT
7:30 BOB NEW HART
8 PM MOVIE- Deadline (1980)
10 PM ROCKFORD FILES
11 PM BOB NEWHART
11:30 KOJAK
12:30 BONANZA
1:30 MOVIE- Simba (1955)
3:10am SIGN OFF
27 WHLL (Ind) HILL
5 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK VARIETY OVERNIGHT EDITION
6 AM JIMMY SWAGGART (Picked Up From WFXT)
6:30 KENNETH COPELAND
7 AM PTL CLUB
8 AM FREEDOM FROM FAT
9 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
10 AM 700 CLUB (Picked up from WFXT)
11 AM SUCCESS N’ LIFE
12 NOON BARNABY JONES
1 PM MOVIE- Jane Doe (1983)
3 PM WEIGHT CONTROL
3:30 SUPERIOR COURT
4 PM MOVIE- Demonoid (1981)
6 PM ART OF LOOKING YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL
7 PM UNTOUCHABLES
8 PM MOVIE – Spartacus (1960)
12 AM FINANCIAL FREEDOM
1 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK VARIETY OVERNIGHT
44 WGBX (PBS) WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
1 PM SIGN-ON/THE WEST OF THE IMAGINATION
2 PM FRONTLINE
3 PM HEADACHE: THE ANCIENT ENEMY
4 PM GOTTSCHALK: AMUSICAL PORTRAIT
5 PM FIRING LINE
6 PM SESAME STREET
7 PM NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
7:30 MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR
8:30 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BROTHER
9:30 SAY BROTHER
10 PM NEWS (because Ch.2 was carrying the Movie)
10:30 NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
11 PM SIGN-OFF
BOSTON TV- LATE WINTER 1988
Friday March 11, 1988
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15- Test Pattern
6:45- Sign-on/AM Weather
7AM- Sesame Street
8AM- Mister Rogers
8:30- Sesame Street
9:30- Mister Rogers
10AM- Educational Programming
2:30- Joy of Painting
3pm- Frugal Gourmet
3:30- Sesame Street
4:30- Mister Rogers
5pm- Square One TV
5:30- 3-2-1 Contact
6PM- Macneil/Lehrer Newshour
7pm- When Bad Things Happen to Good People
8pm- Washington Week in Review
8:30- Wall Street Week
9PM- Hollywood Legends: Grace Kelly: The American Princess
10pm- Movie- The Swan (1956)
11:45pm- The Ten O’Clock News (repeat)
12:15am- 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 HIGHWAYMAN
9 PM MIAMI VICE
10 PM SONNY SPOON
11 PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
11:30 TONIGHT - Johnny Carson
12:30 LATE NIGHT - David Letterman
1:30 FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS
2:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
3 AM EVENING MAGAZINE
3:30 HAWAII-5-O
4:30 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 PERFECT STRANGERS
8:30 FULL HOUSE
9 PM MR. BELVEDERE
9:30 THE THORNS
10 PM 20/20
11 PM NEWSCENTER 5
11:30 NIGHTLINE
12 MID FRIDAY THE 13TH
1 AM DIVORCE COURT
1:30 THE JUDGE
2 AM WE’VE GOT IT MADE
2:30 DOM DELUISE
3 AM NIGHT SHIFT
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 HIGH ROLLERS
9:30 BLACKOUT
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 100,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID
4:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
5 PM LIVE AT 5
6 PM NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 PM WHEEL OF FORTUNE
7:30 JEOPARDY
8 PM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
9 PM DALLAS
10 PM FALCON CREST
11 PM NEWS
11:30 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
12:05 TOP OF THE POPS
1:05 LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS
2:05 RUNAWAY WITH THE RICH AND FAMOUS
2:35 NEWS
3:05 EBONY/JET SHOWCASE
3:35 SIGN-OFF
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 BRAVE STARR
9 AM SPIRAL ZONE
9:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
10 AM ANDY GRIFFITH
10:30 ALICE
11 AM DICK VAN DYKE
11:30 A.M BOSTON
12 NOON LOU GRANT
1 PM VEGAS
2 PM GALAXY RANGERS
2:30 SABER RIDERS
3 PM SCOOBY DOO
3:30 BEVERLY HILLS TEENS
4 PM COMIC STRIP
4:30 DUCKTALES
5 PM PUNKY BREWSTER
5:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME
6 PM FAMILY TIES
6:30 BOSOM BUDDIES
7 PM CHEERS
7:30 BARNEY MILLER
8 PM MOVIE LOFT – Tales That Witness Madness
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 ALICE
1:30 ODD COUPLE
2 AM TRAPPER JOHN MD
3 AM 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 BUNNY
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 DE TODO UN POCO
11:30 POINT OF VIEW
12 NOON GOOD TIMES
12:30 THAT GIRL
1 PM COLLEGE BASKETBALL- Syracuse .vs. Boston College (1988 Big East Tournament from Madison Square Garden in New York)
3 PM TEDDY RUXPIN
3:30 SMURFS
4 PM REAL GHSOTBUSTERS
4:30 GI JOE
5 PM GIMME A BREAK
5:30 BRADY BUNCH
6 PM THREE'S COMPANY
6:30 WEBSTER
7 PM FACTS OF LIFE
7:30 TAXI
8 PM MOVIE – Fire Starter (1984)
10 PM 56 NEWS AT 10
11 PM NEWLYWED GAME
11:30 DATING GAME
12 MIDNIGHT WRESTLING
1 AM USA TONIGHT
1:30 AUTO RACING
2:30 MEDICAL JOURNAL
3 AM 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 LITTLE RASCALS (Fox just pulled Jimmy Swaggart when it got wind of his misconduct)
6:30 MACRON ONE
7 AM TOP CAT
7:30 DINOSAUCERS
8 AM MIGHTY MOUSE
8:30 CASPER
9 AM MAYBERRY RFD
9:30 DAILY MASS
10 AM FOR THE LIFE IN THE CHILD
11 AM MOVIE- Light in the Piazza (1962)
1 PM CHIPS
2 PM DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH
2:30 POPEYE (TV 60'S)
3 PM ALVIN SHOW
3:30 PORKY PIG
4 PM BUGS BUNNY
4:30 JETSONS
5 PM DOUBLE DARE
5:30 HAPPY DAYS
6 PM DIFF'RENT STROKES
6:30 SILVER SPOONS
7 PM GIMME A BREAK
7:30 A CURRENT AFFAIR
8 PM FOX 25 MOVIE – Tribute (1980)
10:30 BENNY HILL
11 PM FOX LATE SHOW
12 MID GET SMART
12:30 I LOVE LUCY
1 AM SIGN OFF
68 WQTV (Ind/ABC) Christian Science Monitor
5 AM UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
5:30 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR REPORT
6 AM MORNING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BIBLE LESSON
6:30 CAPTAIN KANGAROO
7 AM PINK PANTHER
8 AM LITTLEST HOBO
8:30 ADDAMS FAMILY
9 AM MUNSTERS
9:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10 AM LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10:30 MOVIE- Men of the Dragon (1974)
12 NOON BONANZA
1 PM BIG VALLEY
2 PM THE SAINT
3 PM IRONSIDE
4 PM STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
5 PM SCARECROW & MRS KING
6 PM BARNABY JONES
7 PM CAROL BURNETT
7:30 BOB NEW HART
8 PM MOVIE- Deadline (1980)
10 PM ROCKFORD FILES
11 PM BOB NEWHART
11:30 KOJAK
12:30 BONANZA
1:30 MOVIE- Simba (1955)
3:10am SIGN OFF
27 WHLL (Ind) HILL
5 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK VARIETY OVERNIGHT EDITION
6 AM JIMMY SWAGGART (Picked Up From WFXT)
6:30 KENNETH COPELAND
7 AM PTL CLUB
8 AM FREEDOM FROM FAT
9 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
10 AM 700 CLUB (Picked up from WFXT)
11 AM SUCCESS N’ LIFE
12 NOON BARNABY JONES
1 PM MOVIE- Jane Doe (1983)
3 PM WEIGHT CONTROL
3:30 SUPERIOR COURT
4 PM MOVIE- Demonoid (1981)
6 PM ART OF LOOKING YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL
7 PM UNTOUCHABLES
8 PM MOVIE – Spartacus (1960)
12 AM FINANCIAL FREEDOM
1 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK VARIETY OVERNIGHT
44 WGBX (PBS) WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
1 PM SIGN-ON/THE WEST OF THE IMAGINATION
2 PM FRONTLINE
3 PM HEADACHE: THE ANCIENT ENEMY
4 PM GOTTSCHALK: AMUSICAL PORTRAIT
5 PM FIRING LINE
6 PM SESAME STREET
7 PM NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
7:30 MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR
8:30 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BROTHER
9:30 SAY BROTHER
10 PM NEWS (because Ch.2 was carrying the Movie)
10:30 NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
11 PM SIGN-OFF