source: The Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1984
Thursday November 22, 1984
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (PBS) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WCVB-TV (ABC) Boston
6 WLNE-TV (CBS) Providence/New Bedford
7 WNEV-TV (CBS) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC) Providence
11 WENH-TV (PBS) Durham, NH
12 WPRI-TV (ABC) Providence
21 WNHT-TV (Ind.) Concord, NH
25 WXNE-TV (Ind.) Boston
27 WSMW-TV (Ind.) Worcester
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
50 WNDS-TV (Ind.) Derry, NH
56 WLVI-TV (Ind.) Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind.) Boston
MORNING- (starts at 8:30)
8:30
2- Sesame Street
4-10- Today Show (from 7:00am)
5-9-12- Good Morning America (from 7:00am)
6-7- CBS Morning News (from 7:00am)
21- 20 Minute Workout
25- Star Blazers
27- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Porky Pig
56- Flintstones
9:00
4-10- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
5- Donahue
6-7- CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
9- Jim Bakker
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
12-25- Family
21- Merv Griffin
38- Groovie Goolies
56- Popeye
668- Petticoat Junction
9:30
2- Electric Company
11- WonderWorks
38- Daytime
50- Jimmy Swaggart
56- Casper
68- F-Troop
10:00
2- The Navigators
5- Good Day!
9- The Muppets
12- Jeopardy!
21- Donahue
25- 700 Club
38- Movie- The Adventures of Pinocchio
50- High School Football
56- Holiday Cartoons
68- My Favorite Martian
10:30
9- Edge of Night
11- Matinee at the Bijou
12- Guilty or Innocent
68- House Calls
11:00
2- Soundstage
5- Tattletales
9-12- Trivia Trap
21- Marketwatch
68- Big Valley
11:30
5- Ryan's Hope
9- Family Feud
12- Thanksgiving Mass
25- Catholic Mass
AFTERNOON
12:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4-5-10-21- News
6-7- NFL Today
9- Ryan's Hope
25- Movie- National Velvet (1945)
38- Movie- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
56- Movie- Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1969)
68- Super Password
12:30
4- People Are Talking
5-9-12- Loving
6-7- NFL Football- Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions
10-68- Search for Tomorrow
21- Marketwatch
50- INN News
1:00
2- Wild World of Animals
5-9-12- All My Children
10- Days of Our Lives
11- Non-Fiction Television
38- Adventures of Sinbad
50- Odd Couple
68- Dating Game
1:30
2- Nature
4- Love Connection
50- Rhoda
68- Newlywed Game
2:00
4- Days of Our Lives
5-9-12- One Life to Live
10-68- Another World
11- River Town
21- Marketwatch
25- Movie- The Yearling
38- Underdog
50- Mary Tyler Moore
56- Movie- Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) (the idea for the Brady Bunch?)
2:30
2- Magic of Oil Painting
11- The Brain
38- Popeye
50- Cartoons
3:00
2- French Chef
4-10- Squash- "Xerox Open National Championship"
5-9-12- General Hospital
38- Superfriends
50- He-Man
68- Speed Racer
3:30
2- Electric Company
4-10- NFL '84
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
38- Scooby Doo
50- Brady Bunch
68- Plasticman
4:00
2- Sesame Street
4-10- NFL Football- New England Patriots @ Dallas Cowboys
5- Rituals
6-7- Beauty and the Beast
9- Hart to Hart
12- Merv Griffin
21- FNN: Moneytalk
25- Dukes of Hazzard
38- He-Man
50- Brady Bunch
56- Movie- The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1983)
68- Movie- Diary of the Madman (1963)
4:30
5- Soap
38- Voltron
50- Music Magazine
5:00
2-11- Mister Rogers
5- Too Close for Cmfort
7- Name That Tune
9- Barnaby Jones
12- M*A*S*H
21- News
25- Eight is Enough
38- Quincy
44- Why in The World
50- Quincy
5:30
2-11- 3-2-1 Contact
5- All in the Family
7- Wheel of Fortune
12- Taxi
44- Sesame Street
50- Happy Days Again
56- Movie- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
EVENING
6:00
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
5-6-7-9-12-50- News
21- Soap
25- Diff'rent Strokes
38- One Day at A Time
68- Barbara Mandrell Thanksgiving Special
6:30
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
21- Barney Miller
25- Mork and Mindy
38- Jeffersons
44- Business Report
50- Taxi
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- People's Court
7- CBS News
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- P.M Magazine
11- Business Report
12- Family Feud
21- Barney Miller
25- Diff'rent Strokes
38- M*A*S*H
44- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
50- WKRP in Cincinanti
68- Dallas
7:30
2-11- This Old House
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6- Love Connection
7-10- Entertainment Tonight
9- Benson
12- Wheel of Fortune
21- Mouse on the Mayflower
25- WKRP In Cincinnati
38- Barney Miller
50- Family Feud
8:00
2- Mystery!- "Rumpole of the Bailey"
4- Cosby Show
5-9-12- Movie- Arthur (1981)
6-7- Magnum P.I
10- G.I Joe: A Real American Hero
11- N.H Crossroads
25- Movie- Jungle Book (1942)
38- Movie- The Terry Fox Story (1983)
44- Frontline
50- Movie- Charlotte's Web (1973)
56- Movie- Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (Part 1)
8:30
4- Family Ties
11- Granite State Challenge
21- Huckleberry Film Escapes
9:00
2- Potters at Work
4- Cheers
6-7- Simon & Simon
11- Nature
44- Congress: We are the People
68- Cannon
9:30
2- Say Brother
4- Night Court
44- Systems Organization
10:00
2-21-50-56- News
4-10- Hill Street Blues
5-9-12- 20/20
6-7- Knots Landing
11- World at War
25- 700 Club
38- Tony Randall
44- Nova (sign-off time for WGBX, 11pm)
68- Kojak
10:30
2- Sneak Previews
21- FNN Final (sign-off time for WNHT, 11pm)
38- Odd Couple
50- Bob Newhart
56- Archie Bunker's Place
11:00
2- Business Report (sign-off time for WGBH, 11:30pm)
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- World War II: Gi Diary (sign-off time for WENH, 12am)
25- Protectors
38- M*A*S*H
50- Saturday Night
56- Bizarre
68- That's Incredible
11:30
4-10- Johnny Carson
5-9-12- ABC News Nightline
6-38- Anything for Money
7- Entertainment Tonight
25- Mission: Impossible
50- Mannix
56- Benny Hill
68- The Honeymooners
12:00
5- Soap
6-7- Newhart
9-68- Eye on Hollywood (sign-off time for WQTV, 12:30am)
12- The Waltons
38- Movie- My Darling Clementine (1948)
56- News
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
5- Movie- Melody of Hate (1975)
9- Fish
25- INN News
50-56- CNN Headline News (sign-off time for WNDS and WLVI, 1am)
12:35
6-7- Movie- Happily Ever After (1978)
1:00
9- News
12- Eye on Hollywood (sign-off times for WMUR and WPRI and WXNE, 1:30am)
25- Guilty or Innocent
1:30
4-10- News- (sign-off time for WJAR, 2am)
2:00
4- Evening Magazine
5- News
2:30
4- Movie- Mysteries of the Golden Eye (1984)
5- Rhoda
6-7- CBS News Nightwatch
3:00
5- Here's Lucy
3:30
5- Cityline
4:00
4- People Are Talking
5- Good Day!
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1984
Thursday November 22, 1984
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (PBS) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WCVB-TV (ABC) Boston
6 WLNE-TV (CBS) Providence/New Bedford
7 WNEV-TV (CBS) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC) Providence
11 WENH-TV (PBS) Durham, NH
12 WPRI-TV (ABC) Providence
21 WNHT-TV (Ind.) Concord, NH
25 WXNE-TV (Ind.) Boston
27 WSMW-TV (Ind.) Worcester
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
50 WNDS-TV (Ind.) Derry, NH
56 WLVI-TV (Ind.) Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind.) Boston
MORNING- (starts at 8:30)
8:30
2- Sesame Street
4-10- Today Show (from 7:00am)
5-9-12- Good Morning America (from 7:00am)
6-7- CBS Morning News (from 7:00am)
21- 20 Minute Workout
25- Star Blazers
27- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Porky Pig
56- Flintstones
9:00
4-10- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
5- Donahue
6-7- CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
9- Jim Bakker
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
12-25- Family
21- Merv Griffin
38- Groovie Goolies
56- Popeye
668- Petticoat Junction
9:30
2- Electric Company
11- WonderWorks
38- Daytime
50- Jimmy Swaggart
56- Casper
68- F-Troop
10:00
2- The Navigators
5- Good Day!
9- The Muppets
12- Jeopardy!
21- Donahue
25- 700 Club
38- Movie- The Adventures of Pinocchio
50- High School Football
56- Holiday Cartoons
68- My Favorite Martian
10:30
9- Edge of Night
11- Matinee at the Bijou
12- Guilty or Innocent
68- House Calls
11:00
2- Soundstage
5- Tattletales
9-12- Trivia Trap
21- Marketwatch
68- Big Valley
11:30
5- Ryan's Hope
9- Family Feud
12- Thanksgiving Mass
25- Catholic Mass
AFTERNOON
12:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4-5-10-21- News
6-7- NFL Today
9- Ryan's Hope
25- Movie- National Velvet (1945)
38- Movie- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
56- Movie- Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1969)
68- Super Password
12:30
4- People Are Talking
5-9-12- Loving
6-7- NFL Football- Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions
10-68- Search for Tomorrow
21- Marketwatch
50- INN News
1:00
2- Wild World of Animals
5-9-12- All My Children
10- Days of Our Lives
11- Non-Fiction Television
38- Adventures of Sinbad
50- Odd Couple
68- Dating Game
1:30
2- Nature
4- Love Connection
50- Rhoda
68- Newlywed Game
2:00
4- Days of Our Lives
5-9-12- One Life to Live
10-68- Another World
11- River Town
21- Marketwatch
25- Movie- The Yearling
38- Underdog
50- Mary Tyler Moore
56- Movie- Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) (the idea for the Brady Bunch?)
2:30
2- Magic of Oil Painting
11- The Brain
38- Popeye
50- Cartoons
3:00
2- French Chef
4-10- Squash- "Xerox Open National Championship"
5-9-12- General Hospital
38- Superfriends
50- He-Man
68- Speed Racer
3:30
2- Electric Company
4-10- NFL '84
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
38- Scooby Doo
50- Brady Bunch
68- Plasticman
4:00
2- Sesame Street
4-10- NFL Football- New England Patriots @ Dallas Cowboys
5- Rituals
6-7- Beauty and the Beast
9- Hart to Hart
12- Merv Griffin
21- FNN: Moneytalk
25- Dukes of Hazzard
38- He-Man
50- Brady Bunch
56- Movie- The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1983)
68- Movie- Diary of the Madman (1963)
4:30
5- Soap
38- Voltron
50- Music Magazine
5:00
2-11- Mister Rogers
5- Too Close for Cmfort
7- Name That Tune
9- Barnaby Jones
12- M*A*S*H
21- News
25- Eight is Enough
38- Quincy
44- Why in The World
50- Quincy
5:30
2-11- 3-2-1 Contact
5- All in the Family
7- Wheel of Fortune
12- Taxi
44- Sesame Street
50- Happy Days Again
56- Movie- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
EVENING
6:00
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
5-6-7-9-12-50- News
21- Soap
25- Diff'rent Strokes
38- One Day at A Time
68- Barbara Mandrell Thanksgiving Special
6:30
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
21- Barney Miller
25- Mork and Mindy
38- Jeffersons
44- Business Report
50- Taxi
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- People's Court
7- CBS News
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- P.M Magazine
11- Business Report
12- Family Feud
21- Barney Miller
25- Diff'rent Strokes
38- M*A*S*H
44- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
50- WKRP in Cincinanti
68- Dallas
7:30
2-11- This Old House
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6- Love Connection
7-10- Entertainment Tonight
9- Benson
12- Wheel of Fortune
21- Mouse on the Mayflower
25- WKRP In Cincinnati
38- Barney Miller
50- Family Feud
8:00
2- Mystery!- "Rumpole of the Bailey"
4- Cosby Show
5-9-12- Movie- Arthur (1981)
6-7- Magnum P.I
10- G.I Joe: A Real American Hero
11- N.H Crossroads
25- Movie- Jungle Book (1942)
38- Movie- The Terry Fox Story (1983)
44- Frontline
50- Movie- Charlotte's Web (1973)
56- Movie- Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (Part 1)
8:30
4- Family Ties
11- Granite State Challenge
21- Huckleberry Film Escapes
9:00
2- Potters at Work
4- Cheers
6-7- Simon & Simon
11- Nature
44- Congress: We are the People
68- Cannon
9:30
2- Say Brother
4- Night Court
44- Systems Organization
10:00
2-21-50-56- News
4-10- Hill Street Blues
5-9-12- 20/20
6-7- Knots Landing
11- World at War
25- 700 Club
38- Tony Randall
44- Nova (sign-off time for WGBX, 11pm)
68- Kojak
10:30
2- Sneak Previews
21- FNN Final (sign-off time for WNHT, 11pm)
38- Odd Couple
50- Bob Newhart
56- Archie Bunker's Place
11:00
2- Business Report (sign-off time for WGBH, 11:30pm)
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- World War II: Gi Diary (sign-off time for WENH, 12am)
25- Protectors
38- M*A*S*H
50- Saturday Night
56- Bizarre
68- That's Incredible
11:30
4-10- Johnny Carson
5-9-12- ABC News Nightline
6-38- Anything for Money
7- Entertainment Tonight
25- Mission: Impossible
50- Mannix
56- Benny Hill
68- The Honeymooners
12:00
5- Soap
6-7- Newhart
9-68- Eye on Hollywood (sign-off time for WQTV, 12:30am)
12- The Waltons
38- Movie- My Darling Clementine (1948)
56- News
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
5- Movie- Melody of Hate (1975)
9- Fish
25- INN News
50-56- CNN Headline News (sign-off time for WNDS and WLVI, 1am)
12:35
6-7- Movie- Happily Ever After (1978)
1:00
9- News
12- Eye on Hollywood (sign-off times for WMUR and WPRI and WXNE, 1:30am)
25- Guilty or Innocent
1:30
4-10- News- (sign-off time for WJAR, 2am)
2:00
4- Evening Magazine
5- News
2:30
4- Movie- Mysteries of the Golden Eye (1984)
5- Rhoda
6-7- CBS News Nightwatch
3:00
5- Here's Lucy
3:30
5- Cityline
4:00
4- People Are Talking
5- Good Day!