source: The Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE/NEW HAMPSHIRE TV- THANKSGIVING 1982
Thursday November 25, 1982
BOSTON
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15am- Test Pattern
6:45am- Sign-on/AM Weather
7am- Sesame Street
8am- Mister Rogers
8:30- Sesame Street
9:30- Electric Company
10AM- Nature
11am- An Evening of Championship Skating 1982
12pm- Sesame Street
1pm- Evening at Symphony
2:30- Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin
3pm- French Chef
3:30- Over Easy
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers
5:30- Electric Company
6pm- Sesame Street
7pm- Doctor Who
7:30- Wild World of Animals
8pm- This Old House
8:30- Odyssey- "Little Injustices: Laura Nader Looks at the Law"
9:30- Say Brother- "Ntozake Shange: Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo"
10PM- New England Begins
10:30- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
11pm- Business Report
11:30- Sign-Off (David Ives doing the Mission Statement, William Pierce doing the sign-off script)
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
5 AM FARM HOME GARDEN
5:30 MORNING STRETCH
6 AM EYEWITNESS NEWS/NBC NEWS
7AM- Today
9AM- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- Eyewitness News (with John Henning)
12:30- People Are Talking
1pm- Days of Our Lives
2pm- Another World
3pm- More Real People
3:30- NFL '82
4pm- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Dallas Cowboys
7pm- NBC News
7:30- Evening Magazine
8pm- Fame
9pm- Cheers
9:30- Taxi
10pm- Hill Street Blues
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Tonight
12:30- David Letterman
1:30- NBC News Overnight
2:30- Eyewitness News
WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
5 AM CHRONICLE:BEST OF
5:30 TOM COTTLE
6 AM NEWSCENTER 5
7AM- Good Morning America
9AM- Good Day!
10AM- Donahue
11AM- Tom Cottle- Up Close
11:30- Richard Simmons
12pm- NewsCenter 5- (with Jack Hynes, Anne McGrath and Bob Copeland)
12:30- Ryan's Hope
1PM- All My Children
2pm- One Life To Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- The Waltons
5pm- Rhoda
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- Joanie Loves Chachi
8:30- Star of the Family
9pm- Too Close for Comfort
9:30- Healthbeat
10pm- 20/20
11pm- NewsCenter 5
11:30- ABC News Nightline
12AM- Last Word
1am- Romance Theater
2am- Five All Night Live
WNEV-TV 7 (CBS)
5 AM CBS NEWS
6 AM LOCAL NEWS
7AM- CBS Morning News
9AM- All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NFL Today
12:30- NFL Football- New York Giants @ Detroit Lions
3:30- Meatballs & Spaghetti
4pm- Famous Classic Tales
5pm- CBS Library- "The Incredible Bok Escape"
6PM- Newse7en- (with Tom Ellis, Robin Young, Harvey Leonard and John Dennis)
7PM- CBS News
7:30- Entertainment Tonight
8pm- Movie- Mary Poppins (1964)
11pm- Newse7en
11:30- Quincy
12:40- McCloud
2am- CBS News Nightwatch
38 WSBK Storer
5 AM NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR
5:30 BILKO
6 AM ROMPER ROOM
6:30 BATMAN
7 AM BUGS BUNNY
7:30 SCOOBY DOO
8 AM PORKY PIG
8:30 CARTOONS
9 AM F TROOP
9:30 DAYTIME
10:30 WOMAN'S PAGE
11 AM ADAM 12
11:30 NEWS
12 NOON MARCUS WELBY MD
1 PM MOVIE - Great Expectations (1947)
3:30 BEWITCHED
4 PM MOVIE- Oliver Twist (1948)
6 PM M*A*S*H
6:30 THE JEFFERSONS
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 NHL HOCKEY- Boston Bruins .vs. New York Islanders (from Boston Garden)
10 PM ODD COUPLE
10:30 INN NEWS
11 PM MADAME'S PLACE
11:30 TWILIGHT ZONE
12 MID LATE MOVIE- WC Fields and Me (1976)
2 AM TWILIGHT ZONE
2:30 ALFRED HICHCOCK
3 AM MAUDE
3:30 DICK VAN DYKE
4 AM VEGAS
56 WLVI Field
6 AM CNN HEADLINE NEWS
6:30 BOZO
7 AM BUGS BUNNY
7:30 TOM AND JERRY
8 AM WOODY WOODPECKER
8:30 FLINTSTONES
9 AM GREAT SPACE COASTER
9:30 BANANA SPLITS
10 AM MOVIE- Amazing Spiderman: Escort to Danger
12 PM MOVIE- The Little Princess (1939)
2 PM YOGI BEAR
2:30 CASPER
3 PM MIGHTY MOUSE
3:30 WOODY WOODPECKER
4 PM TOM AND JERRY
4:30 FLINTSTONES
5 PM BRADY BUNCH
5:30 GOOD TIMES
6 PM HAPPY DAYS
6:30 LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY
7 PM THREE'S COMPANY
7:30 SANFORD AND SON
8 PM 8 OCLOCK MOVIE - West Side Story (1951)
10 PM CNN NEWS
10:30 I LOVE LUCY
11 PM BENNY HILL
11:30 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
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 SPIDERMAN
7 AM POPEYE
7:30 ALVIN SHOW
8 AM JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS
8:30 SPORT BILLY
9 AM LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
9:30 MCHALE'S NAVY
10 AM 700 CLUB
11:30 MOVIE- Throughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
1:30 FLIPPER
2 PM MOVIE- Kit Carson (1940)
4 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE
5 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH
6 PM CHIPS
7 PM MORK AND MINDY
7:30 WKRP IN CINCINNATI
8 PM PRIME MOVIE 25- Skyjacked (1972)
10 PM 700 CLUB
11 PM CAROL BURNETT
11:30 LATE MOVIE- The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
1:30 D JAMES KENNEDY
2 AM SIGN OFF
25 WXNE now signs off at 2 AM and back on at 6 AM.
27 WSMW (Ind/PREVIEW)
6 AM JIM AND TAMMY
7 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
7:30 BUGS BUNNY
8 AM WALTONS
9 AM BIG MONEY
9:30 JIMMY SWAGGART
10 AM VICKI JAMISON
11 AM JIM AND TAMMY
12 NOON DAILY MASS
12:30 CNN HEADLINE NEWS
1 PM PEARL
3 PM WELCOME BACK KOTTER
3:30 PITFALL
4 PM EDGE OF NIGHT (ABC)
4:30 1982 MISS TEEN-AGER PAGEANT
6:30 CNN HEADLINE NEWS
7 PM PREVIEW SUBSCRIPTION TV (TILL 6 AM)
Notice as a Worcester station that TV 27 WSMW duplicates a few syndicated shows from Boston stations.
68 WQTV (ON TV)
7 AM BIZ NET NEWS
8 AM ASK WASHINGTON
9 AM JIM BAKKER
10 AM MARKET OPENING
11 AM NYSE MOST ACTIVE
11:30 COMMODITIES
12 PM BUSINESS UPDATE
12:30 BUSINESS NEWS
1 PM MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
1:30 COMMODITIES
2 PM NYSE MOST ACTIVE
2:30 STOCK PRICES
3 PM NEWS
3:30 STOCK PRICES
4 PM MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
4:30 FNN WRAP-UP
5 PM SUBSCRIPTION TV
WGBX-TV 44 (PBS)
5pm- French Chef
5:30- Why in The World
6pm- 3-2-1 Contact
6:30- Business Report
7pm- Making it Count
7:30- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8pm- Making of the Contemporary Mind
8:30- American Story
9pm- Understanding Human Behavior
9:30- Systems Performance
10pm- Body In Question
11pm- Scoop
11:30- Sign-Off
6 WLNE- CBS- New Bedford/Providence
7am- CBS Morning News
9am- All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NFL Today
12:30- NFL Football- New York Giants @ Detroit Lions
3:30- Movie- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
6pm- Action News
6:30- CBS News
7pm- The Muppets
7:30- You Asked for It
8pm- Movie- Mary Poppins (1964)
11pm- Action News
11:30- Benny Hill
12:00- Quincy
1:10- McCloud
2:30am- CBS News Nightwatch
10 WJAR- NBC- Providence
7am- Today
9am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NewsWatch 10
12:30- Search for Tomorrow
1pm- Days of our Lives
2pm- Another World
3pm- Tom and Jerry
3:30- NFL '82
4pm- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Dallas Cowboys
7pm- P.M Magazine
7:30- Entertainment Tonight
8pm- Movie- Something for Joey (1977)
10pm- Hill Street Blues
11pm- NewsWatch 10
11:30- The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30- Late Night with David Letterman
1:30- NBC News Overnight
2:30- NewsWatch 10
3am- Sign-Off
12 WPRI- ABC- Providence
7am- Good Morning America
9am- The Waltons
10am- Thanksgiving: An American Tradition
10:30- Movie- Plymouth Adventure (1952)
12:30- Ryan’s Hope
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life To Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Merv Griffin
5pm- M*A*S*H
5:30- Barney Miller
6pm- NewsCenter 12- (anchored by Walter Cryan)
6:30- ABC News
7pm- Tic Tac Dough
7:30- Family Feud
8pm- Joanie Loves Chachi
8:30- Star of the Family
9pm- Too Close for Comfort
9:30- It Takes Two
10pm- 20/20
11pm- NewsCenter 12
11:30- ABC News Nightline
12am- The Last Word
1am- NewsCenter 12
1:30- Sign-Off
9 WMUR- ABC- Manchester, NH
7am- Good Morning America
9am- Donahue
10am- Richard Simmons
10:30- That Girl
11am- Love Boat
12pm- Family Feud
12:30- Ryan’s Hope
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life to Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- The Edge of Night
4:30- So You Think You Got Troubles
5pm- Soap World
5:30- Romance Theater
6pm- The News
6:30- ABC News
7pm- The Muppets
7:30- People's Court
8pm- Joanie Loves Chachi
8:30- Star of the Family
9pm- Too Close for Comfort
9:30- It Takes Two
10pm- 20/20
11pm- The News
11:30- ABC News Nightline
12am- The Last Word
1am- Sign-Off
11 WENH- PBS- Durham, N.H.
12pm- Sign-on/Sesame Street
1pm- Twilight Criterium
1:30- Survival
2:30- Mystery!
3:30- Lillias, Yoga and You
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
5:30- Magic of Oil Painting
6pm- Wild, Wild World of Animals
6:30- Doctor Who
7pm- Nightly Business Report
7:30- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8pm- Sneak Previews
8:30- N.H Crossroads
9pm- Movie- A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945)
11:10- Dick Cavett
11:30- PBS Latenight
12:30- Sign-off
RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE/NEW HAMPSHIRE TV- THANKSGIVING 1982
Thursday November 25, 1982
BOSTON
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15am- Test Pattern
6:45am- Sign-on/AM Weather
7am- Sesame Street
8am- Mister Rogers
8:30- Sesame Street
9:30- Electric Company
10AM- Nature
11am- An Evening of Championship Skating 1982
12pm- Sesame Street
1pm- Evening at Symphony
2:30- Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin
3pm- French Chef
3:30- Over Easy
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers
5:30- Electric Company
6pm- Sesame Street
7pm- Doctor Who
7:30- Wild World of Animals
8pm- This Old House
8:30- Odyssey- "Little Injustices: Laura Nader Looks at the Law"
9:30- Say Brother- "Ntozake Shange: Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo"
10PM- New England Begins
10:30- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
11pm- Business Report
11:30- Sign-Off (David Ives doing the Mission Statement, William Pierce doing the sign-off script)
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
5 AM FARM HOME GARDEN
5:30 MORNING STRETCH
6 AM EYEWITNESS NEWS/NBC NEWS
7AM- Today
9AM- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- Eyewitness News (with John Henning)
12:30- People Are Talking
1pm- Days of Our Lives
2pm- Another World
3pm- More Real People
3:30- NFL '82
4pm- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Dallas Cowboys
7pm- NBC News
7:30- Evening Magazine
8pm- Fame
9pm- Cheers
9:30- Taxi
10pm- Hill Street Blues
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Tonight
12:30- David Letterman
1:30- NBC News Overnight
2:30- Eyewitness News
WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
5 AM CHRONICLE:BEST OF
5:30 TOM COTTLE
6 AM NEWSCENTER 5
7AM- Good Morning America
9AM- Good Day!
10AM- Donahue
11AM- Tom Cottle- Up Close
11:30- Richard Simmons
12pm- NewsCenter 5- (with Jack Hynes, Anne McGrath and Bob Copeland)
12:30- Ryan's Hope
1PM- All My Children
2pm- One Life To Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- The Waltons
5pm- Rhoda
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- Joanie Loves Chachi
8:30- Star of the Family
9pm- Too Close for Comfort
9:30- Healthbeat
10pm- 20/20
11pm- NewsCenter 5
11:30- ABC News Nightline
12AM- Last Word
1am- Romance Theater
2am- Five All Night Live
WNEV-TV 7 (CBS)
5 AM CBS NEWS
6 AM LOCAL NEWS
7AM- CBS Morning News
9AM- All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NFL Today
12:30- NFL Football- New York Giants @ Detroit Lions
3:30- Meatballs & Spaghetti
4pm- Famous Classic Tales
5pm- CBS Library- "The Incredible Bok Escape"
6PM- Newse7en- (with Tom Ellis, Robin Young, Harvey Leonard and John Dennis)
7PM- CBS News
7:30- Entertainment Tonight
8pm- Movie- Mary Poppins (1964)
11pm- Newse7en
11:30- Quincy
12:40- McCloud
2am- CBS News Nightwatch
38 WSBK Storer
5 AM NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR
5:30 BILKO
6 AM ROMPER ROOM
6:30 BATMAN
7 AM BUGS BUNNY
7:30 SCOOBY DOO
8 AM PORKY PIG
8:30 CARTOONS
9 AM F TROOP
9:30 DAYTIME
10:30 WOMAN'S PAGE
11 AM ADAM 12
11:30 NEWS
12 NOON MARCUS WELBY MD
1 PM MOVIE - Great Expectations (1947)
3:30 BEWITCHED
4 PM MOVIE- Oliver Twist (1948)
6 PM M*A*S*H
6:30 THE JEFFERSONS
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 NHL HOCKEY- Boston Bruins .vs. New York Islanders (from Boston Garden)
10 PM ODD COUPLE
10:30 INN NEWS
11 PM MADAME'S PLACE
11:30 TWILIGHT ZONE
12 MID LATE MOVIE- WC Fields and Me (1976)
2 AM TWILIGHT ZONE
2:30 ALFRED HICHCOCK
3 AM MAUDE
3:30 DICK VAN DYKE
4 AM VEGAS
56 WLVI Field
6 AM CNN HEADLINE NEWS
6:30 BOZO
7 AM BUGS BUNNY
7:30 TOM AND JERRY
8 AM WOODY WOODPECKER
8:30 FLINTSTONES
9 AM GREAT SPACE COASTER
9:30 BANANA SPLITS
10 AM MOVIE- Amazing Spiderman: Escort to Danger
12 PM MOVIE- The Little Princess (1939)
2 PM YOGI BEAR
2:30 CASPER
3 PM MIGHTY MOUSE
3:30 WOODY WOODPECKER
4 PM TOM AND JERRY
4:30 FLINTSTONES
5 PM BRADY BUNCH
5:30 GOOD TIMES
6 PM HAPPY DAYS
6:30 LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY
7 PM THREE'S COMPANY
7:30 SANFORD AND SON
8 PM 8 OCLOCK MOVIE - West Side Story (1951)
10 PM CNN NEWS
10:30 I LOVE LUCY
11 PM BENNY HILL
11:30 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
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 SPIDERMAN
7 AM POPEYE
7:30 ALVIN SHOW
8 AM JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS
8:30 SPORT BILLY
9 AM LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
9:30 MCHALE'S NAVY
10 AM 700 CLUB
11:30 MOVIE- Throughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
1:30 FLIPPER
2 PM MOVIE- Kit Carson (1940)
4 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE
5 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH
6 PM CHIPS
7 PM MORK AND MINDY
7:30 WKRP IN CINCINNATI
8 PM PRIME MOVIE 25- Skyjacked (1972)
10 PM 700 CLUB
11 PM CAROL BURNETT
11:30 LATE MOVIE- The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
1:30 D JAMES KENNEDY
2 AM SIGN OFF
25 WXNE now signs off at 2 AM and back on at 6 AM.
27 WSMW (Ind/PREVIEW)
6 AM JIM AND TAMMY
7 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
7:30 BUGS BUNNY
8 AM WALTONS
9 AM BIG MONEY
9:30 JIMMY SWAGGART
10 AM VICKI JAMISON
11 AM JIM AND TAMMY
12 NOON DAILY MASS
12:30 CNN HEADLINE NEWS
1 PM PEARL
3 PM WELCOME BACK KOTTER
3:30 PITFALL
4 PM EDGE OF NIGHT (ABC)
4:30 1982 MISS TEEN-AGER PAGEANT
6:30 CNN HEADLINE NEWS
7 PM PREVIEW SUBSCRIPTION TV (TILL 6 AM)
Notice as a Worcester station that TV 27 WSMW duplicates a few syndicated shows from Boston stations.
68 WQTV (ON TV)
7 AM BIZ NET NEWS
8 AM ASK WASHINGTON
9 AM JIM BAKKER
10 AM MARKET OPENING
11 AM NYSE MOST ACTIVE
11:30 COMMODITIES
12 PM BUSINESS UPDATE
12:30 BUSINESS NEWS
1 PM MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
1:30 COMMODITIES
2 PM NYSE MOST ACTIVE
2:30 STOCK PRICES
3 PM NEWS
3:30 STOCK PRICES
4 PM MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
4:30 FNN WRAP-UP
5 PM SUBSCRIPTION TV
WGBX-TV 44 (PBS)
5pm- French Chef
5:30- Why in The World
6pm- 3-2-1 Contact
6:30- Business Report
7pm- Making it Count
7:30- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8pm- Making of the Contemporary Mind
8:30- American Story
9pm- Understanding Human Behavior
9:30- Systems Performance
10pm- Body In Question
11pm- Scoop
11:30- Sign-Off
6 WLNE- CBS- New Bedford/Providence
7am- CBS Morning News
9am- All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NFL Today
12:30- NFL Football- New York Giants @ Detroit Lions
3:30- Movie- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
6pm- Action News
6:30- CBS News
7pm- The Muppets
7:30- You Asked for It
8pm- Movie- Mary Poppins (1964)
11pm- Action News
11:30- Benny Hill
12:00- Quincy
1:10- McCloud
2:30am- CBS News Nightwatch
10 WJAR- NBC- Providence
7am- Today
9am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NewsWatch 10
12:30- Search for Tomorrow
1pm- Days of our Lives
2pm- Another World
3pm- Tom and Jerry
3:30- NFL '82
4pm- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Dallas Cowboys
7pm- P.M Magazine
7:30- Entertainment Tonight
8pm- Movie- Something for Joey (1977)
10pm- Hill Street Blues
11pm- NewsWatch 10
11:30- The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30- Late Night with David Letterman
1:30- NBC News Overnight
2:30- NewsWatch 10
3am- Sign-Off
12 WPRI- ABC- Providence
7am- Good Morning America
9am- The Waltons
10am- Thanksgiving: An American Tradition
10:30- Movie- Plymouth Adventure (1952)
12:30- Ryan’s Hope
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life To Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Merv Griffin
5pm- M*A*S*H
5:30- Barney Miller
6pm- NewsCenter 12- (anchored by Walter Cryan)
6:30- ABC News
7pm- Tic Tac Dough
7:30- Family Feud
8pm- Joanie Loves Chachi
8:30- Star of the Family
9pm- Too Close for Comfort
9:30- It Takes Two
10pm- 20/20
11pm- NewsCenter 12
11:30- ABC News Nightline
12am- The Last Word
1am- NewsCenter 12
1:30- Sign-Off
9 WMUR- ABC- Manchester, NH
7am- Good Morning America
9am- Donahue
10am- Richard Simmons
10:30- That Girl
11am- Love Boat
12pm- Family Feud
12:30- Ryan’s Hope
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life to Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- The Edge of Night
4:30- So You Think You Got Troubles
5pm- Soap World
5:30- Romance Theater
6pm- The News
6:30- ABC News
7pm- The Muppets
7:30- People's Court
8pm- Joanie Loves Chachi
8:30- Star of the Family
9pm- Too Close for Comfort
9:30- It Takes Two
10pm- 20/20
11pm- The News
11:30- ABC News Nightline
12am- The Last Word
1am- Sign-Off
11 WENH- PBS- Durham, N.H.
12pm- Sign-on/Sesame Street
1pm- Twilight Criterium
1:30- Survival
2:30- Mystery!
3:30- Lillias, Yoga and You
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
5:30- Magic of Oil Painting
6pm- Wild, Wild World of Animals
6:30- Doctor Who
7pm- Nightly Business Report
7:30- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8pm- Sneak Previews
8:30- N.H Crossroads
9pm- Movie- A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945)
11:10- Dick Cavett
11:30- PBS Latenight
12:30- Sign-off