Retro: Atlanta Sunday, January 11, 1987

[bpatrick]

A long-neglected answer to a request for an
Atlanta schedule from the late 1980s, this is
20 years ago today. From the Atlanta Constitution.

WSB Ch. 2 (ABC)

6 AM Sunday News Conference (rerun)
6:30 Helen Keller's Miracle Workers
7 AM D. James Kennedy
7:30 James Robison
8 AM Jimmy Swaggart
9 AM First Methodist Church
10 AM Oral Roberts
10:30 Inside America
11 AM Business World
11:30 Essence
12 N News
12:30 This Week With David Brinkley
1:30 Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous
2:30 You Write The Songs
3 PM The New Gidget
3:30 Check It Out!
4 PM It's A Living
4:30 Mama's Family
5 PM Entertainment This Week
6 PM News
6:30 Sunday News Conference
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney:
"Herbie Goes Bananas"
(Disney hadn't bought ABC yet.)
9 PM ABC Movie: "Uncommon Valor"
11 PM News
11:30 Sports Final
11:50 ABC News
12:05 You Write The Songs
12:35 Hollywood Closeup
1:05 True Confessions
1:35 Love Connection
2:05 Card Sharks
2:35 CNN Headline News (to 6)

WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)

6:15 With This Ring
6:30 Ebenezer Baptist Church
7 AM Kenneth Copeland
8 AM Second Ponce De Leon Church
9 AM Sunday Morning
10:30 Robert Schuller
11:30 World Tomorrow
12 N NFL Today
12:30 NFC Championship: New York Giants vs.
Washington (Giants win, 17-0)
4 PM Movie: "The Eyes Of Laura Mars" (time
approximate)
6 PM News
7 PM 60 Minutes
8 PM Murder, She Wrote
9 PM CBS Movie: "Gone With The Wind" (Part 1)
11 PM News
11:30 Sports Unlimited
11:50 CBS News
12:05 Movie: "The Internecine Project"
2:05 CBS News Nightwatch (to 6)

WGTV Ch. 8 (PBS)

6:30 Sesame Street
7:30 Sesame Street
8:30 Sherlock Jones And Proctor Watson
9 AM Jeff's Collie (the early Lassie episodes,
with Tommy Rettig)
9:30 Newton's Apple
10 AM Austin City Limits
11 AM Wild America
11:30 Wild Wild World Of Animals
12 N Victory Garden
12:30 McLaughlin Group
1 PM Firing Line
2 PM The West Of The Imagination
3 PM The Pallisers
4 PM Odyssey
5 PM Adam Smith's Money World
5:30 Tony Brown's Journal
6 PM Wonderworks
7 PM Connections
8 PM Nature
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre: "Goodbye
Mr. Chips" (Part 2 of 3)
10 PM Mystery!
11 PM Butterflies
11:30 Agony
sign off 12 Midnight

WXIA Ch. 11 (NBC)

6 AM Movie: "Tonto Basin Outlaws"
7 AM Ed Young
7:30 Joy Of Gardening
8 AM In Touch
9 AM There's Hope
9:30 Wieuca Baptist Church
10:30 Camera 11
11 AM Roswell Street Baptist Church
12 N Meet The Press
12:30 Ebony/Jet Showcase
1 PM Movie: "Born Again"
3:30 NFL '87
4 PM AFC Championship: Denver vs. Cleveland
(Broncos win, 23-20 but lose to the Giants,
39-20 in Super Bowl XXI)
7 PM Our House (time approximate)
8 PM Valerie (a/k/a Valerie's Family)
8:30 Easy Street
9 PM NBC Movie: "Mercy Or Murder?"
11 PM News
11:30 Nightlife
12:30 Strictly Business
1 AM Camera 11
1:30 News
2 AM Movie: "Cairo"
4 AM Harry O
5 AM Laverne & Shirley
5:30 Morning Stretch

WTBS Ch. 17 (Ind.)

6 AM CNN Headline News
6:30 World Tomorrow
7 AM It Is Written
7:30 Tom & Jerry & Friends
9:35 Andy Griffith
10:05 Good News
10:35 Movie: "Airport"
1:30 Movie: "The Philadelphia Story"
3:55 Movie: "Little Women"
6:30 New Leave It To Beaver
7 PM World Championship Wrestling
8 PM National Geographic Explorer
10 PM Sports Page
10:30 Jerry Falwell
11:30 John Ankerberg
12 M Jimmy Swaggart
1 AM World Tomorrow
1:30 Larry Jones
2 AM Christian Children's Fund
2:30 Bob Newhart
3 AM The Lucy Show
3:30 Get Smart
4 AM Catholic Mass
4:30 It's Your Business
5 AM Beverly Hillbillies
5:30 Andy Griffith

WPBA Ch. 30 (PBS)

6 AM America: Second Century
6:30 American Government Survey
7 AM Sesame Street
8 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
8:30 Secret City
9 AM OWL/TV
9:30 3-2-1 Contact
10 AM Wonderworks
11 AM Perkins Family
11:30 Sherlock Jones And Proctor Watson
12 N Matinee At The Bijou
1:30 Tony Brown's Journal
2 PM Take 30
2:30 Latin Atlanta
3 PM Firing Line
4 PM European Journal
4:30 Wall Street Week
5 PM Agronsky & Company
5:30 Georgia Film & Video Showcase
6 PM Nature
7 PM Wonderworks
8 PM Nanny (not The Nanny)
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre (same as Ch. 8)
10 PM Movie: "Deep Waters"
11:30 Cinema Showcase
sign off 12 Midnight

WATL Ch. 36 (Ind. but I think it was carrying
Joan Rivers' late night show on Fox)

7 AM Top Cat
7:30 This Is The Life
8 AM Real Life & You
9 AM Rainbow Brite
9:30 Popples
10 AM Get Along Gang
10:30 Movie: "Tarzan's Peril"
12 N Movie: "Haunts Of The Very Rich"
1:30 Movie: "The Tenth Month"
4 PM Movie: "Torn Between Two Lovers"
6 PM Movie: "The Last Challenge"
8 PM Solid Gold
9 PM Movie: "Superdome"
11 PM Movie: "Trapped"
sign off after the movie

WGNX Ch. 46 (Ind.)

6 AM Journey To The Center Of The Earth
6:30 Return To The Planet Of The Apes
7 AM Jonny Quest
7:30 Infomercials
8 AM Funtastic World Of Hanna-Barbera
9:30 JEM
10 AM Movie: "Telefon"
12 N Movie: "Warlock" (a Western, not
about a male witch)
2:30 Movie: "Fiddler On The Roof"
6 PM Fame
7 PM Puttin' On The Hits
7:30 At The Movies
8 PM Star Trek
9 PM Movie: "Cloak And Dagger"
11 PM Tales From The Darkside
11:30 Movie: "Showdown"
1:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
sign off 2 AM

WVEU Ch. 69 (Ind.)

6 AM Public Service
7 AM Key Alert
7:30 Peachtree Presbyterian Church
8:30 Shalom
9 AM Earl Paulk
10 AM Catholic Mass
10:30 First Presbyterian Church
11 AM St. Luke's Episcopal Service
12 N Nouveau
12:30 World Of Photography
1 PM Fishing In Georgia
1:30 Bowling: Seagram's Cooler U.S.
Open (don't know if this is the
Pro Bowlers Tour on delay)
3 PM Look At Me Now
3:30 TBA
4 PM Telephone Auction
6 PM Peachtree Presbyterian Church
7 PM Larry Jones
7:30 Alley Pat's Place
8 PM Christ For The World
8:30 The King Is Coming
9 PM Barbara King (the 8:30 program refers
to Christ)
9:30 Real Life & You
10:30 Earl Paulk
11:30 David Paul
12 M Auction Millionaire
1 AM Movie: "Girl In The Woods"
sign off after the movie

 

[chris12]

Cool, thanks. Could you post the weekday one too as well as anything else you can get.

 

[bpatrick]

Here is the weekday lineup for the week of January 12, 1987,
again from the Atlanta Constitution. Schedules run 6 AM-6 PM.

WSB Ch. 2 (ABC)

6 AM ABC News (at :00 and :30); News 15 and :45)
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM Oprah Winfrey (this is her first season, before 4 PM
became her standard airtime)
10 AM The Judge
10:30 Superior Court
11 AM Fame, Fortune And Romance
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N News
12:30 Ryan's Hope (aired on ABC at 12 Noon, Loving aired
on ABC at 12:30)
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM People's Court
4:30 Newlywed Game
5 PM M*A*S*H (2 episodes)

WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)

6 AM PM Magazine (rerun)
6:30 Early News (don't know if local or CBS)
7 AM This Morning's Business
7:30 News
8 AM Hour Magazine
9 AM Donahue
10 AM Sally Jessy Raphael
10:30 Card Sharks
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N News
12:30 Young And The Restless
1:30 As The World Turns
2:30 Capitol
NOTE: On March 23, Bold And The Beautiful debuted
at 1:30, ATWT moved to 2 PM, and Capitol was off
the CBS schedule.

3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM Magnum, P.I.
5 PM Divorce Court
5:30 The Jeffersons

WGTV Ch. 8 (PBS)

6 AM GED
6:30 Sunrise
6:45 A.M. Weather
7 AM Sesame Street
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:30 Polka Dot Door
9 AM Instructional TV
3 PM Various (I'm getting this from the Sunday paper)
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Jeff's Collie

WXIA Ch. 11 (NBC)

6 AM NBC News At Sunrise
6:30 Today With Hal And Steve
7 AM Today
9 AM Wordplay
9:30 Sale Of The Century
10 AM Dating Game
10:30 Blockbusters
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Ask Dr. Ruth
12 N Noonday
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Santa Barbara
4 PM Dallas
5 PM Jeopardy!
5:30 News

WTBS Ch. 17 (Ind.)

6 AM CNN Headline News
6:30 Tom & Jerry & Friends
8:05 I Dream Of Jeannie
8:35 Bewitched
9:05 Down To Earth
9:35 I Love Lucy
10:05 Movie
12:05 Perry Mason
1:05 Movie
3:05 Tom & Jerry & Friends
4:05 Scooby Doo
4:35 Flintstones
5:05 Gilligan's Island
5:35 Rocky Road

WPBA Ch. 30 (PBS)

6 AM Body Electric
6:30 Various
7:30 Yoga
7:45 A.M. Weather
8 AM Farm
8:30 Instructional TV
11:30 Sesame Street
12:30 Instructional TV
3 PM Secret City
3:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
4 PM Captain Kangaroo
4:30 Sesame Street
5:30 3-2-1 Contact

WATL Ch. 36 (Ind.)

6 AM Centurions
6:30 Bugs Bunny
7 AM Defenders (some sort of animated show)
7:30 Bugs Bunny
8 AM My Little Pony
8:30 Zoobilee Zoo
9 AM Jim & Tammy
10 AM Richard Roberts
11 AM 700 Club
12 N McCloud (Mon)/McMillan & Wife (Tue-Fri)
2 PM My Favorite Martian
2:30 Abbott And Costello
3 PM Defenders
3:30 Silverhawks
4 PM Rambo
4:30 Dennis The Menace (animated)
5 PM Bugs Bunny

WGNX Ch. 46 (Ind.)

6 AM Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 Pink Panther
7 AM Transformers
7:30 MASK
8 AM Heathcliff
8:30 Tom & Jerry
9 AM Alias Smith And Jones
10 AM Falcon Crest
11 AM Big Valley
12 N Rawhide
1 PM The Rifleman
1:30 Partridge Family
2 PM Tom & Jerry
2:30 Jetsons
3 PM Ghostbusters
3:30 Smurfs
4 PM He-Man And The Masters Of The
Universe
4:30 She-Ra
5 PM G.I. Joe
5:30 Thundercats

WVEU Ch. 69 (Ind.)

6 AM Hilarious House Of Frightenstein
6:30 Kidsworld
7 AM CBS Morning Program (that's what it
was called--The Morning Program)
9 AM Success-N-Life
10 AM 90 & 9 Club
11 AM Life Line
11:30 Community
12 N Telephone Shopping
3 PM Man In A Suitcase
4 PM Movie
5:30 Ozzie And Harriet

I'll post some more as time allows me to get them.

 

[genius]

I noticed that the Atlanta stations seemed to put off the Sunday morning shows till noon, and WAGA didn't even air Face The Nation.

I remember that Broncos game, I think it was the playoff that was pounded by snow if I remember correctly. They went to the Super Bowl three times in the late 80s, losing badly each time. After the horrific third game against the 49ers, they had enough. It was as bad as Buffalo loosing FOUR straight Super Bowl games in a row. But it seems after the Broncos won Super Bowl XXXII, their fortunes have changed, well actually the AFC's fortune changed!

As for the indys, all I have to say is that the 80s and early 90s was the golden era for independent stations, who were airing classic reruns as well as some great syndicated fare.

Oh wow, while I was typing bpatrick added more! Looks liked except for Loving, the daytime schedule remained in tact. It was a HUGE mistake for ABC to bump Ryan's Hope in favor of Loving. RH was a well-established show was still doing okay against Young and the Restless and a fading Search For Tomorroe in the 12:30 slot, Loving was a terrible show that never stood a chance.

 

[bpatrick]

I think at the time Meet The Press aired on NBC at noon;
I don't think it moved to 9 AM until it went to an hour in
the early '90s. Face The Nation does air on WGCL, but
WAGA had bumped it long before. Also, keep in mind
that WSB had aired Meet The Press at 12:30 when it
was an NBC affiliate and probably wanted to keep a
news interview program where people were accustomed
to it; This Week is on at 11 AM nowadays, however.

I totally agree about Ryan's Hope; in its heyday it was
(IMO) the best-written, possibly the best-acted of all
the soaps. ABC should have kept it at 12:30; Loving
never did do much in the ratings, and moving RH to 12,
with a loss of East Coast affiliates to local news, helped
kill that show.

Not all daytime shows aired in pattern; Channel 2 pre-empted
11:30 AM (don't even remember what was on ABC) as well
as Loving; Channel 5 pre-empted $25,000 Pyramid (10 AM);
Channel 11 delayed Wordplay (12:30 on NBC) and Sale Of
The Century (10 AM), and didn't carry Super Password at 12.

 

[classictvfan]

bpatrick, if WATL was carrying Joan Rivers by this time, they were a FOX affiliate.

 

[bpatrick]

True, and I debated whether to put Ind. or Fox
in parentheses by Ch. 36' s heading. IIRC, TV
Guide didn't start using (Fox) to indicate those
affiliates until the spring of 1987, when Fox
introduced a Sunday-night lineup built around
21 Jump Street and Married...With Children.
Also, the Journal-Constitution was still listing
36 as independent in January 1987. But you are
correct, classictvfan.

BTW, as an addendum to my comments about
what daytime programs aired out of pattern or
not at all, Scrabble (NBC, 11:30 AM) wasn't
carried on Channel 11. I don't recall what was
on ABC at that time; Hollywood Squares on
Channel 2 was the John Davidson version, syndicated.
Channel 2 ran Squares at that time because it had
run the Peter Marshall NBC version there from 1966-76
with great success.

 

[chris12]

I thought that channel 69 was airing $25,000 Pyramid from CBS in the afternoon around this time, I read on another site they were airining it around taht time and Card Sharks later in its run.