source: The Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE TV- THANKSGIVING 1983
Thursday November 24, 1983
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15- Test Pattern
6:45- Sign-on/AM Weather (William Pierce doing the sign-on script, David Ives doing the mission statement)
7AM- Sesame Street
8AM- Mister Rogers
8:30- Sesame Street
9:30- Electric Company
10AM-Movie of the Week
11am- Rookie of the Year
12pm- Sesame Street
1pm- Movie- John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (1966)
2:30- Thank You Mr. President: The Press Conferences of J.F.K
3:30- Electric Company
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers
5:30- 3-2-1 Contact
6PM- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7pm- Doctor Who
7:30- Wild World of Animals
8pm- All-New This Old House
8:30- Music Special- Two Gentleman Folk
9:30- Say Brother
10pm- The Ten O'Clock News (with Christopher Lydon and Gail Harris)
10:30- Business Report
11pm- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
12am- Sign-Off
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- NFL '83
12:30- NFL Football- Pittsburgh Steelers @ Detroit Lions
3:30- More Real People
4pm- Love Boat
5pm- People's Court
5:30- Live on 4
6pm- Eyewitness News at 6- (with Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Bruce Schweglor, Bob Lobel)
7pm- NBC News with Tom Brokaw
7:30- Evening Magazine
8pm- Animals are the Funniest People
9pm- We Got it Made
9:30- Cheers
10pm- Hill Street Blues
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30- Late Night with David Letterman
1:30am- NBC News Overnight
2:30am- 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 Live!
10AM- Donahue
11AM- Merv Griffin
12pm- NewsCenter 5- (with Jack Hynes and Anne McGrath)
12:30- Ryan's Hope
1PM- All My Children
2pm- One Life To Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Breakaway
5pm- Family Feud
5:30- All in the Family
6pm- NewsCenter 5- (with Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson, Dick Albert and Don Gillis)
7pm- ABC News
7:30- Thanksgiving: An American Tradition: Mormon Youth Symphony
8pm- Hollywood's Private Home Movies II
9pm- Trauma Center
10pm- 20/20
11pm- NewsCenter 5
11:30- ABC NEWS Nightline
12:30- Thicke of the Night
2am- NewsCenter 5
2:30- Five On Five
3am- Good Day!
4:00am- Chronicle
WNEV-TV 7 (CBS)
5 AM CBS NEWS
6 AM LOCAL NEWS
7AM- CBS Morning News
9AM- All-American Thanksgiving Parade
12pm- Newse7en
12:30- The Legend of Hiawatha
1:30- Secret Agent Boy
2:30- Dirkham Detective Agency
3:30- NFL Today
4pm- NFL Football- St. Louis Cardinals @ Dallas Cowboys
7PM- CBS News
7:30- Entertainment Tonight
8pm- Magnum P.I
9pm- Simon and Simon
10pm- Knots Landing
11PM- Newse7en
11:30pm- Trapper John M.D
12:40- Movie- Health (1979)
2AM- CBS News Nightwatch
38 WSBK (Ind.) Storer
6 AM ROMPER ROOM
6:30 HECKLE & JECKLE
7 AM BATMAN
7:30 HE MAN
8 AM PORKY PIG
8:30 BEWITCHED
9 AM 20 MINUTE WORKOUT
9:30 DAYTIME
10:30 DICK VAN DYKE
11 AM ANDY GRIFFITH
11:30 INN NEWS
12 NOON MOVIE- Dr. Doolittle (1967)
3 PM HECKLE & JECKLE
3:30 PORKY PIG AND FRIENDS
4 PM SCOOBY-DOO
4:30 BATMAN
5 PM CHARLIE'S ANGLES
6 PM M*A*S*H
6:30 JEFFERSONS
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 NHL HOCKEY- Quebec Nordiques @ Boston Bruins
10 PM CARTER COUNTRY
10:30 INN NEWS
11 PM TWILIGHT ZONE
11:30 BOB NEWHART
12 MID MOVIE- The Rising of the Moon (1957)
2 AM OUR MISS BROOKS
2:30 SIGN-OFF
56 WLVI Gannett
5 AM CNN HEADLINE NEWS
5:30 BOZO
6 AM MIGHTY HERCULES
6:30 SPEED RACOR
7 AM TOM AND JERRY
7:30 WOODY WOODPECKER
8 AM FLINTSTONES
8:30 POPEYE (THEATRICAL)
9 AM CASPER
9:30 BANANA SPLITS
10 AM YOGI'S FIRST CHRISTMAS
12 NOON MOUSE ON THE MAYFLOWER
1 PM SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
2 PM WOODY WOODPECKER
2:30 BUGS BUNNY
3:30 INSPECTOR GADGET
4 PM MOVIE- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
6:30 HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
7 PM HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
7:30 HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
8 PM 8 OCLOCK MOVIE- Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (Part 1)
10 PM AMOS AND ANDY: ANATOMY OF CONTROVERSY
11 PM BENNY HILL
11:30 ROBIN’S NEST
12 AM NEWS
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 D JAMES KENNEDY
7 AM POPEYE
7:30 AQUAMAN
8 AM STAR BLAZERS
8:30 GREAT SPACE COASTER
9 AM FLIPPER
9:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10 AM 700 CLUB
11:30 DAILY MASS
12 NOON MOVIE- The Song of Bernadette (1943)
3 PM MOVIE- The Wonderful World of Brothers Grimm (1962)
6 PM BUCK ROGERS
7 PM LAUGH IN
7:30 WKRP IN CINCINNATI
8 PM PRIME MOVIE 25- Doctor Zhiavgo (1965) (Part 1)
10 PM 700 CLUB
11 PM FAMILY
12 MID NFL WEEK IN REVIEW
12:30 NFL PRO REVIEW
1 AM BONANZA
2 AM SIGN OFF
27 WSMW (PREVIEW) SIBOS
6 AM JIM AND TAMMY
7 AM WORCESTER A.M NEWS
7:15 JOE HYDEN
8 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
8:30 RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING
9 AM PREVIEW SUBSCRIPTION TV (TILL 6 AM)
68 WQTV (Ind/NBC) Arlington
7 AM BIZ NET NEWS
8 AM JIM AND TAMMY
9 AM BULLSEYE
9:30 PLAY THE PERCENTAGES
10 AM MARKETWATCH
11 AM MARKETWATCH
12 NOON MARKETWATCH
2 PM MARKETWATCH
4 PM FNN MONEYTALK
5 PM WILD WILD WEST
6 PM BJ/LOBO
7 PM HOUSE CALLS
7:30 TIC TAC DOUGH
8 PM KOJAK
9 PM CANNON
10 PM BARNABY JONES
11 PM PERRY MASON
12 MID SIGN OFF
44 WGBX (PBS) WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
5 PM SIGN-ON/FRENCH CHEF
5:30 MAGGIE
6 PM SESAME STREET
7 PM AMERICAN STORY
7:30 MAKING IT COUNT
8 PM HUMAN BEHAVIOR
8:30 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
9 PM EXPLORING LANGUAGE
9:30 INTRO TO HUMANITIES
10 PM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
11 PM SIGN-OFF
6 WLNE- CBS- New Bedford/Providence
7am- CBS Morning News
9am- All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- Movie- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
2:30- Dirkham Detective Agency
3:30- NFL Today
4pm- NFL Football- St. Louis Cardinals @ Dallas Cowboys
7pm- Tic Tac Dough
7:30- The Joker’s Wild
8pm- Magnum, P.I
9pm- Simon and Simon
10pm- Knots Landing
11pm- Action News
11:30- Benny Hill
12am- Trapper John M.D
1:10- Movie- Fast Friends (1978)
2:20- CBS News Nightwatch
10 WJAR- NBC- Providence
7am- Today
9AM- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NFL '83
12:30- NFL Football- Pittsburgh Steelers @ Detroit Lions
4pm- Three's Company
4:30- Movie- Charlotte's Web (1973)
6pm- NewsWatch 10 (anchored by Doug White)
6:30- NBC News
7pm- P.M Magazine
7:30- Entertainment Tonight
8pm- Animals are the Funniest People
9pm- We Got it Made
9:30- Cheers
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- Thanksgiving Mass
10am- Barney Miller
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- Family Feud
7:30- Wheel of Fortune
8pm- Hollywood's Private Home Movies II
9pm- Trauma Center
10pm- 20/20
11pm- NewsCenter 12
11:30- ABC News Nightline
12:30- Thicke of the Night
2am- Sign-Off
RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE TV- THANKSGIVING 1983
Thursday November 24, 1983
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)
6:15- Test Pattern
6:45- Sign-on/AM Weather (William Pierce doing the sign-on script, David Ives doing the mission statement)
7AM- Sesame Street
8AM- Mister Rogers
8:30- Sesame Street
9:30- Electric Company
10AM-Movie of the Week
11am- Rookie of the Year
12pm- Sesame Street
1pm- Movie- John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (1966)
2:30- Thank You Mr. President: The Press Conferences of J.F.K
3:30- Electric Company
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers
5:30- 3-2-1 Contact
6PM- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7pm- Doctor Who
7:30- Wild World of Animals
8pm- All-New This Old House
8:30- Music Special- Two Gentleman Folk
9:30- Say Brother
10pm- The Ten O'Clock News (with Christopher Lydon and Gail Harris)
10:30- Business Report
11pm- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
12am- Sign-Off
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- NFL '83
12:30- NFL Football- Pittsburgh Steelers @ Detroit Lions
3:30- More Real People
4pm- Love Boat
5pm- People's Court
5:30- Live on 4
6pm- Eyewitness News at 6- (with Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Bruce Schweglor, Bob Lobel)
7pm- NBC News with Tom Brokaw
7:30- Evening Magazine
8pm- Animals are the Funniest People
9pm- We Got it Made
9:30- Cheers
10pm- Hill Street Blues
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30- Late Night with David Letterman
1:30am- NBC News Overnight
2:30am- 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 Live!
10AM- Donahue
11AM- Merv Griffin
12pm- NewsCenter 5- (with Jack Hynes and Anne McGrath)
12:30- Ryan's Hope
1PM- All My Children
2pm- One Life To Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Breakaway
5pm- Family Feud
5:30- All in the Family
6pm- NewsCenter 5- (with Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson, Dick Albert and Don Gillis)
7pm- ABC News
7:30- Thanksgiving: An American Tradition: Mormon Youth Symphony
8pm- Hollywood's Private Home Movies II
9pm- Trauma Center
10pm- 20/20
11pm- NewsCenter 5
11:30- ABC NEWS Nightline
12:30- Thicke of the Night
2am- NewsCenter 5
2:30- Five On Five
3am- Good Day!
4:00am- Chronicle
WNEV-TV 7 (CBS)
5 AM CBS NEWS
6 AM LOCAL NEWS
7AM- CBS Morning News
9AM- All-American Thanksgiving Parade
12pm- Newse7en
12:30- The Legend of Hiawatha
1:30- Secret Agent Boy
2:30- Dirkham Detective Agency
3:30- NFL Today
4pm- NFL Football- St. Louis Cardinals @ Dallas Cowboys
7PM- CBS News
7:30- Entertainment Tonight
8pm- Magnum P.I
9pm- Simon and Simon
10pm- Knots Landing
11PM- Newse7en
11:30pm- Trapper John M.D
12:40- Movie- Health (1979)
2AM- CBS News Nightwatch
38 WSBK (Ind.) Storer
6 AM ROMPER ROOM
6:30 HECKLE & JECKLE
7 AM BATMAN
7:30 HE MAN
8 AM PORKY PIG
8:30 BEWITCHED
9 AM 20 MINUTE WORKOUT
9:30 DAYTIME
10:30 DICK VAN DYKE
11 AM ANDY GRIFFITH
11:30 INN NEWS
12 NOON MOVIE- Dr. Doolittle (1967)
3 PM HECKLE & JECKLE
3:30 PORKY PIG AND FRIENDS
4 PM SCOOBY-DOO
4:30 BATMAN
5 PM CHARLIE'S ANGLES
6 PM M*A*S*H
6:30 JEFFERSONS
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 NHL HOCKEY- Quebec Nordiques @ Boston Bruins
10 PM CARTER COUNTRY
10:30 INN NEWS
11 PM TWILIGHT ZONE
11:30 BOB NEWHART
12 MID MOVIE- The Rising of the Moon (1957)
2 AM OUR MISS BROOKS
2:30 SIGN-OFF
56 WLVI Gannett
5 AM CNN HEADLINE NEWS
5:30 BOZO
6 AM MIGHTY HERCULES
6:30 SPEED RACOR
7 AM TOM AND JERRY
7:30 WOODY WOODPECKER
8 AM FLINTSTONES
8:30 POPEYE (THEATRICAL)
9 AM CASPER
9:30 BANANA SPLITS
10 AM YOGI'S FIRST CHRISTMAS
12 NOON MOUSE ON THE MAYFLOWER
1 PM SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
2 PM WOODY WOODPECKER
2:30 BUGS BUNNY
3:30 INSPECTOR GADGET
4 PM MOVIE- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
6:30 HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
7 PM HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
7:30 HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
8 PM 8 OCLOCK MOVIE- Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (Part 1)
10 PM AMOS AND ANDY: ANATOMY OF CONTROVERSY
11 PM BENNY HILL
11:30 ROBIN’S NEST
12 AM NEWS
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 D JAMES KENNEDY
7 AM POPEYE
7:30 AQUAMAN
8 AM STAR BLAZERS
8:30 GREAT SPACE COASTER
9 AM FLIPPER
9:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10 AM 700 CLUB
11:30 DAILY MASS
12 NOON MOVIE- The Song of Bernadette (1943)
3 PM MOVIE- The Wonderful World of Brothers Grimm (1962)
6 PM BUCK ROGERS
7 PM LAUGH IN
7:30 WKRP IN CINCINNATI
8 PM PRIME MOVIE 25- Doctor Zhiavgo (1965) (Part 1)
10 PM 700 CLUB
11 PM FAMILY
12 MID NFL WEEK IN REVIEW
12:30 NFL PRO REVIEW
1 AM BONANZA
2 AM SIGN OFF
27 WSMW (PREVIEW) SIBOS
6 AM JIM AND TAMMY
7 AM WORCESTER A.M NEWS
7:15 JOE HYDEN
8 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
8:30 RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING
9 AM PREVIEW SUBSCRIPTION TV (TILL 6 AM)
68 WQTV (Ind/NBC) Arlington
7 AM BIZ NET NEWS
8 AM JIM AND TAMMY
9 AM BULLSEYE
9:30 PLAY THE PERCENTAGES
10 AM MARKETWATCH
11 AM MARKETWATCH
12 NOON MARKETWATCH
2 PM MARKETWATCH
4 PM FNN MONEYTALK
5 PM WILD WILD WEST
6 PM BJ/LOBO
7 PM HOUSE CALLS
7:30 TIC TAC DOUGH
8 PM KOJAK
9 PM CANNON
10 PM BARNABY JONES
11 PM PERRY MASON
12 MID SIGN OFF
44 WGBX (PBS) WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
5 PM SIGN-ON/FRENCH CHEF
5:30 MAGGIE
6 PM SESAME STREET
7 PM AMERICAN STORY
7:30 MAKING IT COUNT
8 PM HUMAN BEHAVIOR
8:30 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
9 PM EXPLORING LANGUAGE
9:30 INTRO TO HUMANITIES
10 PM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
11 PM SIGN-OFF
6 WLNE- CBS- New Bedford/Providence
7am- CBS Morning News
9am- All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- Movie- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
2:30- Dirkham Detective Agency
3:30- NFL Today
4pm- NFL Football- St. Louis Cardinals @ Dallas Cowboys
7pm- Tic Tac Dough
7:30- The Joker’s Wild
8pm- Magnum, P.I
9pm- Simon and Simon
10pm- Knots Landing
11pm- Action News
11:30- Benny Hill
12am- Trapper John M.D
1:10- Movie- Fast Friends (1978)
2:20- CBS News Nightwatch
10 WJAR- NBC- Providence
7am- Today
9AM- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NFL '83
12:30- NFL Football- Pittsburgh Steelers @ Detroit Lions
4pm- Three's Company
4:30- Movie- Charlotte's Web (1973)
6pm- NewsWatch 10 (anchored by Doug White)
6:30- NBC News
7pm- P.M Magazine
7:30- Entertainment Tonight
8pm- Animals are the Funniest People
9pm- We Got it Made
9:30- Cheers
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- Thanksgiving Mass
10am- Barney Miller
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- Family Feud
7:30- Wheel of Fortune
8pm- Hollywood's Private Home Movies II
9pm- Trauma Center
10pm- 20/20
11pm- NewsCenter 12
11:30- ABC News Nightline
12:30- Thicke of the Night
2am- Sign-Off