from The Daily Herald
Channels 26 and 44 weren't listed by the paper
2 WBBM CBS
5 WMAQ NBC
7 WLS ABC
9 WGN Ind
11 WTTW PBS
20 WYCC PBS
32 WFLD Fox
38 WCFC Ind
50 WPWR Ind
66 WGBO Ind
Morning
5:00
50 F-Troop
5:30
5 Slim Cooking
7 20 Minute Workout
9 Faith 20
38 Shape Up
50 Mr. Ed
66 CNN Headline News
6:00
2 Morning Stretch
5 Before Hours (NBC's business newscast hosted by Bob Jamieson)
7 ABC World News This Morning
9 The Muppets
20 Biology
32 Silverhawks
38 700 Club
50 Betty Boop and Friends
66 Jimmy Swaggart
6:15
5 News
6:30
2 CBS News (60-minute version)
5 NBC News
9 Spiral Zone
11 Economics USA
20 Growing Years
32 She-Ra: Princess of Power
50 Betty Boop and Friends
66 Richard Roberts
7:00
5 Today (interviews with Shelley Long, Tyne Daly and author John Jakes)
7 Good Morning America (interviews with futurist Marvin Citron, Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi and Kelly McGillis; the changing "American dream")
9 Bozo
11 Nightly Business Report (repeat)
20 Understanding Human Behavior
32 Thundercats
38 Joy Junction
50 Bionic Six
7:30
2 The Morning Program (guests Alan Havey and author-activist Dick Gregory)
11 Sesame Street
20 Health Care Organization
32 Dennis the Menace
38 Daily Restoration
50 Beverly Hills Teens
66 James Robison
8:00
9 Smurfs
20 American Government Survey
32 Woody Woodpecker
38 Jerry Falwell
50 Popeye
66 Saber Rider
8:30
9 Teddy Ruxpin
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
20 Business File
32 My Little Pony and Friends
50 Bewitched
66 Zoobilee Zoo
9:00
2 New $25.000 Pyramid
5 Sale of the Century
7 Oprah Winfrey (men obsessed with younger women)
9 Leave It to Beaver
11 Sesame Street
20 Russian Language and People
32 Happy Days
38 Shape Up
50 Richard Roberts
66 Discover
9:30
9:30
2 Card Sharks
5 Classic Concentration
9 Andy Griffith
20 New Literacy
32 Too Close for Comfort
38 CNN Headline News
66 I Dream of Jeannie
10:00
2 Price is Right
5 High Rollers
7 Who's the Boss? [R]
9 The Love Boat
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
20 To Life! Yoga with Priscilla Patrick
32 Donahue (guests James Brady and his wife)
38 Windy City Alive
50 Success-N-Life
66 Just Between Us
10:30
5 Win, Lose or Draw
7 Mr. Belvedere [R]
11 Captain Kangaroo
20 Biology
11:00
2 Lingo
5 Super Password
7 Ryan's Hope
9 Geraldo
11 Community of Living Things
20 Growing Years
32 I Love Lucy
38 Joy of Music
50 The Mod Squad
66 Daniel Boone
11:15
11 It Figures
11:30
2 Young and the Restless
5 Scrabble
7 Loving
11 Sesame Street
20 Understanding Human Behavior
32 Mork and Mindy
38 Jimmy Swaggart
Afternoon
12:00
5 Days of Our Lives
7 All My Children
9 News
20 Health Care Organization
32 Get Smart
38 Psychiary and You
50 It Takes a Thief
66 The Rifleman
12:30
2 Bold and the Beautiful
11 French Chef
20 American Government Survey
32 Brady Bunch
38 CNN Headline News
66 The Rifleman
1:00
2 As the World Turns
5 Another World
7 One Life to Live
9 Dick Van Dyke
11 Great Chefs of the West
20 Great Chefs of San Francisco
32 The Munsters
38 Camp Meeting USA
50 Partridge Family
66 Bonanza
1:30
9 Andy Griffith
11 Motorweek
20 Business File
32 Gilligan's Island
50 Addams Family
2:00
2 Guiding Light
5 Santa Barbara
7 General Hospital
9 Leave It to Beaver
11 Heritage: Civilization and the Jews
20 Mechanical Universe
32 Batman
38 Family Restoration Clinic
50 Get Along Gang
66 Movie "Amazons of Rome"
2:30
9 Ghostbusters
20 To Life! Yoga with Priscilla Patrick
32 Tom and Jerry
38 Family Seminar
50 Scooby-Doo
3:00
2 Love Connection
5 Newlywed Game
7 Win, Lose or Draw
9 Bravestarr
11 3-2-1 Contact
20 Body Electric
32 The Flintstones
38 100 Huntley Street
50 Comic Strip
3:30
2 Superior Court
5 Wheel of Fortune (despite being an O&O, WMAQ was airing it in the afternoon)
7 Jeopardy!
9 Transformers
11 Square One TV
20 Pappenheimers
32 Real Ghostbusters
50 Popeye
4:00
2 People's Court
5 Hollywood Squares
7 News
9 G.I. Joe
11 Sesame Street
20 Square One TV
32 DuckTales
38 Joy Junction
50 The Jetsons
66 Vega$
4:30
2 First Edition
5 News
9 Jem
20 New Literacy
32 Diff'rent Strokes
38 Gospel Bill
50 Dinosaucers
5:00
2-5-7 News
9 The Facts of Life
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
20 Focus on Society
32 Gimme a Break!
38 Lightmusic
50 Silver Spoons
66 Knight Rider
5:30
5 NBC News
7 ABC News
9 WKRP in Cincinnati
11 Wild, Wild World of Animals
20 Math for Modern Living
32 Three's Company
38 Jewish Jewels
50 Webster
Evening
6:00
2 CBS News (for a few years, WBBM aired the network newscast at 6pm; it moved back to 5:30 in the early 1990s)
5-7 News
9 Cheers
11 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
20 Stringalong
32 Family Ties
38 The Choices We Face
50 The A-Team
66 The Fall Guy
6:30
2 Truth of Consequences
5 Out of This World (part of NBC's Prime Time Begins at 7:30)
7 Wheel of Fortune
9 Barney Miller
20 Exercise with Billie
32 M*A*S*H
38 CNN Headline News
7:00
2 Tour of Duty "Burn, Baby, Burn"
5 Cosby Show "Autumn Gifts"
7 Sledge Hammer! "Dressed to Call"
9 Movie "Rio Lobo"
11 Chicago Tonight with John Callaway
20 The Africans
32 News
38 Windy City Alive
50 Black Sheep Squadron
66 Movie "Silent Movie"
7:30
5 A Different World "Rudy and the Snow Queen"
7 Movie "A View to a Kill"
11 Sneak Previews
32 A Current Affair
8:00
2 Wiseguy "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"
5 Cheers "Paint Your Office"
11 Oil
20 Bodywatch
32 Shaka Zulu
38 Christian Lifestyle Magazine
50 $100.000 Pyramid
8:30
5 Beverly Hills Buntz "Pilot"
20 Planet Earth
38 Young at Heart
50 Card Sharks
9:00
2 Knots Landing "Say Uncle"
5 LA Law "Brackman Vasektimized"
11 Mystery!
20 The Chinese: Adapting the Past, Building the Future
38 James Robison
50 Cross-Wits
66 Perry Mason
9:30
9 News
38 700 Club
50 Match Maker
10:00
2-5 News
9 USA Tonight
11 Nightly Business Report
20 Economics USA
32 Late Show (Arsenio Hall hosts with guests Yakov Smirnoff and musical group Deja)
50 The Odd Couple
66 Mary Tyler Moore
10:05
7 News
10:30
2 Night Heat "The Cost of Doing Business"
5 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (guests Chuck Berry, Michael Landon and Jan Karam)
9 Magnum, PI
11 Danger UXB
20 Conversations with the Chancellor
38 CNN Headline News
50 TJ Hooker
66 All in the Family
10:35
7 Nightline
11:00
20 Business of Management
32 News
38 PTL Club
66 All in the Family
11:05
7 Movie "Betrayal"
11:30
5 Late Night with David Letterman (guests Carol Leifer and Tony Bennett)
9 Movie "Junior Bonner"
11 Blake's 7
20 In Our Own Image
32 Entertainment Tonight
50 Phil Silvers
66 Mary Tyler Moore
11:40
2 Movie "The Cowboys"
Late night
12:00
32 Baretta
38 Jimmy Swaggart
50 Hour Magazine
66 Consumer Discount
12:20
11 Chicago Tonight with John Callaway (repeat)
12:30
5 Wil Shriner
38 Something Beautiful
12:50
11 CNN Headline News
1:00
2 News (repeat of 10pm)
32 A Celebration of Caring
50 Movie "Caxambu"
1:05
7 News (repeat of 10pm)
1:30
2 Lingo
5 News (repeat of 10pm)
9 Family Shopping Club
38 Heritage Singers
1:35
7 The Judge
2:00
2 CBS News Nightwatch
5 Dating Game
9 USA Tonight
32 Movie "Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story"
38 Nite Lite
2:05
7 Movie "After Tonight"
2:30
5 Getting in Touch
9 Laverne and Shirley
50 Movie "Three Steps North"
3:00
5 Divorce Court
9 Movie "The Wind and the Lion"
3:30
5 Sally Jessy Raphael
3:35
7 Weekend Edition
4:00
7 Vernon Jarrett: Face to Face
38 Sunderwirth Barbershop
50 The Beachcombers
66 Consumer Discount
4:05
32 Movie "The Earl of Chicago"
4:30
7 Oprah Winfrey (repeat of 9am)
38 Windy City Alive
50 Robin Hood
Channels 26 and 44 weren't listed by the paper
2 WBBM CBS
5 WMAQ NBC
7 WLS ABC
9 WGN Ind
11 WTTW PBS
20 WYCC PBS
32 WFLD Fox
38 WCFC Ind
50 WPWR Ind
66 WGBO Ind
Morning
5:00
50 F-Troop
5:30
5 Slim Cooking
7 20 Minute Workout
9 Faith 20
38 Shape Up
50 Mr. Ed
66 CNN Headline News
6:00
2 Morning Stretch
5 Before Hours (NBC's business newscast hosted by Bob Jamieson)
7 ABC World News This Morning
9 The Muppets
20 Biology
32 Silverhawks
38 700 Club
50 Betty Boop and Friends
66 Jimmy Swaggart
6:15
5 News
6:30
2 CBS News (60-minute version)
5 NBC News
9 Spiral Zone
11 Economics USA
20 Growing Years
32 She-Ra: Princess of Power
50 Betty Boop and Friends
66 Richard Roberts
7:00
5 Today (interviews with Shelley Long, Tyne Daly and author John Jakes)
7 Good Morning America (interviews with futurist Marvin Citron, Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi and Kelly McGillis; the changing "American dream")
9 Bozo
11 Nightly Business Report (repeat)
20 Understanding Human Behavior
32 Thundercats
38 Joy Junction
50 Bionic Six
7:30
2 The Morning Program (guests Alan Havey and author-activist Dick Gregory)
11 Sesame Street
20 Health Care Organization
32 Dennis the Menace
38 Daily Restoration
50 Beverly Hills Teens
66 James Robison
8:00
9 Smurfs
20 American Government Survey
32 Woody Woodpecker
38 Jerry Falwell
50 Popeye
66 Saber Rider
8:30
9 Teddy Ruxpin
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
20 Business File
32 My Little Pony and Friends
50 Bewitched
66 Zoobilee Zoo
9:00
2 New $25.000 Pyramid
5 Sale of the Century
7 Oprah Winfrey (men obsessed with younger women)
9 Leave It to Beaver
11 Sesame Street
20 Russian Language and People
32 Happy Days
38 Shape Up
50 Richard Roberts
66 Discover
9:30
9:30
2 Card Sharks
5 Classic Concentration
9 Andy Griffith
20 New Literacy
32 Too Close for Comfort
38 CNN Headline News
66 I Dream of Jeannie
10:00
2 Price is Right
5 High Rollers
7 Who's the Boss? [R]
9 The Love Boat
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
20 To Life! Yoga with Priscilla Patrick
32 Donahue (guests James Brady and his wife)
38 Windy City Alive
50 Success-N-Life
66 Just Between Us
10:30
5 Win, Lose or Draw
7 Mr. Belvedere [R]
11 Captain Kangaroo
20 Biology
11:00
2 Lingo
5 Super Password
7 Ryan's Hope
9 Geraldo
11 Community of Living Things
20 Growing Years
32 I Love Lucy
38 Joy of Music
50 The Mod Squad
66 Daniel Boone
11:15
11 It Figures
11:30
2 Young and the Restless
5 Scrabble
7 Loving
11 Sesame Street
20 Understanding Human Behavior
32 Mork and Mindy
38 Jimmy Swaggart
Afternoon
12:00
5 Days of Our Lives
7 All My Children
9 News
20 Health Care Organization
32 Get Smart
38 Psychiary and You
50 It Takes a Thief
66 The Rifleman
12:30
2 Bold and the Beautiful
11 French Chef
20 American Government Survey
32 Brady Bunch
38 CNN Headline News
66 The Rifleman
1:00
2 As the World Turns
5 Another World
7 One Life to Live
9 Dick Van Dyke
11 Great Chefs of the West
20 Great Chefs of San Francisco
32 The Munsters
38 Camp Meeting USA
50 Partridge Family
66 Bonanza
1:30
9 Andy Griffith
11 Motorweek
20 Business File
32 Gilligan's Island
50 Addams Family
2:00
2 Guiding Light
5 Santa Barbara
7 General Hospital
9 Leave It to Beaver
11 Heritage: Civilization and the Jews
20 Mechanical Universe
32 Batman
38 Family Restoration Clinic
50 Get Along Gang
66 Movie "Amazons of Rome"
2:30
9 Ghostbusters
20 To Life! Yoga with Priscilla Patrick
32 Tom and Jerry
38 Family Seminar
50 Scooby-Doo
3:00
2 Love Connection
5 Newlywed Game
7 Win, Lose or Draw
9 Bravestarr
11 3-2-1 Contact
20 Body Electric
32 The Flintstones
38 100 Huntley Street
50 Comic Strip
3:30
2 Superior Court
5 Wheel of Fortune (despite being an O&O, WMAQ was airing it in the afternoon)
7 Jeopardy!
9 Transformers
11 Square One TV
20 Pappenheimers
32 Real Ghostbusters
50 Popeye
4:00
2 People's Court
5 Hollywood Squares
7 News
9 G.I. Joe
11 Sesame Street
20 Square One TV
32 DuckTales
38 Joy Junction
50 The Jetsons
66 Vega$
4:30
2 First Edition
5 News
9 Jem
20 New Literacy
32 Diff'rent Strokes
38 Gospel Bill
50 Dinosaucers
5:00
2-5-7 News
9 The Facts of Life
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
20 Focus on Society
32 Gimme a Break!
38 Lightmusic
50 Silver Spoons
66 Knight Rider
5:30
5 NBC News
7 ABC News
9 WKRP in Cincinnati
11 Wild, Wild World of Animals
20 Math for Modern Living
32 Three's Company
38 Jewish Jewels
50 Webster
Evening
6:00
2 CBS News (for a few years, WBBM aired the network newscast at 6pm; it moved back to 5:30 in the early 1990s)
5-7 News
9 Cheers
11 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
20 Stringalong
32 Family Ties
38 The Choices We Face
50 The A-Team
66 The Fall Guy
6:30
2 Truth of Consequences
5 Out of This World (part of NBC's Prime Time Begins at 7:30)
7 Wheel of Fortune
9 Barney Miller
20 Exercise with Billie
32 M*A*S*H
38 CNN Headline News
7:00
2 Tour of Duty "Burn, Baby, Burn"
5 Cosby Show "Autumn Gifts"
7 Sledge Hammer! "Dressed to Call"
9 Movie "Rio Lobo"
11 Chicago Tonight with John Callaway
20 The Africans
32 News
38 Windy City Alive
50 Black Sheep Squadron
66 Movie "Silent Movie"
7:30
5 A Different World "Rudy and the Snow Queen"
7 Movie "A View to a Kill"
11 Sneak Previews
32 A Current Affair
8:00
2 Wiseguy "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"
5 Cheers "Paint Your Office"
11 Oil
20 Bodywatch
32 Shaka Zulu
38 Christian Lifestyle Magazine
50 $100.000 Pyramid
8:30
5 Beverly Hills Buntz "Pilot"
20 Planet Earth
38 Young at Heart
50 Card Sharks
9:00
2 Knots Landing "Say Uncle"
5 LA Law "Brackman Vasektimized"
11 Mystery!
20 The Chinese: Adapting the Past, Building the Future
38 James Robison
50 Cross-Wits
66 Perry Mason
9:30
9 News
38 700 Club
50 Match Maker
10:00
2-5 News
9 USA Tonight
11 Nightly Business Report
20 Economics USA
32 Late Show (Arsenio Hall hosts with guests Yakov Smirnoff and musical group Deja)
50 The Odd Couple
66 Mary Tyler Moore
10:05
7 News
10:30
2 Night Heat "The Cost of Doing Business"
5 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (guests Chuck Berry, Michael Landon and Jan Karam)
9 Magnum, PI
11 Danger UXB
20 Conversations with the Chancellor
38 CNN Headline News
50 TJ Hooker
66 All in the Family
10:35
7 Nightline
11:00
20 Business of Management
32 News
38 PTL Club
66 All in the Family
11:05
7 Movie "Betrayal"
11:30
5 Late Night with David Letterman (guests Carol Leifer and Tony Bennett)
9 Movie "Junior Bonner"
11 Blake's 7
20 In Our Own Image
32 Entertainment Tonight
50 Phil Silvers
66 Mary Tyler Moore
11:40
2 Movie "The Cowboys"
Late night
12:00
32 Baretta
38 Jimmy Swaggart
50 Hour Magazine
66 Consumer Discount
12:20
11 Chicago Tonight with John Callaway (repeat)
12:30
5 Wil Shriner
38 Something Beautiful
12:50
11 CNN Headline News
1:00
2 News (repeat of 10pm)
32 A Celebration of Caring
50 Movie "Caxambu"
1:05
7 News (repeat of 10pm)
1:30
2 Lingo
5 News (repeat of 10pm)
9 Family Shopping Club
38 Heritage Singers
1:35
7 The Judge
2:00
2 CBS News Nightwatch
5 Dating Game
9 USA Tonight
32 Movie "Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story"
38 Nite Lite
2:05
7 Movie "After Tonight"
2:30
5 Getting in Touch
9 Laverne and Shirley
50 Movie "Three Steps North"
3:00
5 Divorce Court
9 Movie "The Wind and the Lion"
3:30
5 Sally Jessy Raphael
3:35
7 Weekend Edition
4:00
7 Vernon Jarrett: Face to Face
38 Sunderwirth Barbershop
50 The Beachcombers
66 Consumer Discount
4:05
32 Movie "The Earl of Chicago"
4:30
7 Oprah Winfrey (repeat of 9am)
38 Windy City Alive
50 Robin Hood