source: The Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1985
Thursday November 28, 1985
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
64 WSTG-TV (Ind.) Rehoboth-Providence
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- Good Housekeeping
25- Popeye and Friends
27- Waltons
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- Merv Griffin
21- We're Cooking Now
25- Josie and the Pussycats
38- Fat Albert
56- Mighty Mouse
64- 700 Club
68- Big Valley
9:30
2- Electric Company
11- Movie- Stowaway
21- Movie- The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
25- Good Housekeeping
27-50- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Thursday Journal
56- The Hobbit
10:00
2- Newton's Apple
5- Good Day!
9- Muppets
12- Headline Chasers
25- 700 Club
27-64- Richard Roberts
38- Movie- Pufnstuf
50- High School Football- Bishop Guertin at Nashua
68- Ben Casey
10:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
9- Muppets
12- Thanksgiving Mass
11:00
2-11- Comet Halley
5- Divorce Court
9- Three's a Crowd
27- Jim Bakker
56- Movie- Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
64- Dick Van Dyke
68- Perry Mason
11:30
5-12- Ryan's Hope
9- All-Star Blitz
25- Catholic Mass
64- Horrible Honchos
AFTERNOON
12:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4-10- NFL '85
5-7-12-27- News
6- Let's Make A Deal
9- Ryan's Hope
21- TV Auction
25- Movie- The Last Giraffe (1979)
38- Dick Van Dyke
68- Combat!
12:30
4-10- NFL Football- New York Jets @ Detroit Lions
5-9-12- Loving
6-7- The Price is Right
38- Beverly Hillbillies
50- I Love Lucy
64- The Amazing Cosmic Awarenesss of Duffy Moon
1:00
2- Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight II
5-9-12- All My Children
11- Movie- Mr. Deeds goes to Town (1936)
21- Movie- Black Beauty (1978)
27- Movie
38- Andy Griffith
50- Petticoat Junction
56- Bewitched
68- I Dream of Jeannie
1:30
6-7- Movie- Quarterback Princess (1983)
38- Phil Silvers
50- Family Affair
56- Casper
64- I Love Lucy
68- Petticoat Junction
2:00
5-9-12- One Life to Live
25- Movie- National Velvet (1945)
38- Tranzor
50- Gomer Pyle
56- Flintstones
64- Jetsons
68- My Favorite Martian
2:30
2- Joy of Painting
38- Voltron
50- My Three Sons
56- Tom and Jerry
64- The Wheeled Warriors
68- F-Troop
3:00
2- French Chef
5-9-12- General Hospital
11- Sister Adrian: The Mother Teresa of Scranton
27- Superfriends
38- The Wheeled Warriors
50-64- He-Man
56- Inspector Gadget
68- Barnaby Jones
3:30
2- Wild World of Animals
6-7- NFL Today
10- Catch Phrase
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
27- Father Knows Best
38- Challenge of the GoBots
50- She-Ra: Princess of Power
56- G.I Joe
64- Thundercats
4:00
2- Sesame Street
4- Hawaii Five-O
5- Dynasty
6-7- NFL Football- St. Louis Cardinals @ Dallas Cowboys
9- Knots Landing
10- Newlywed Game
11- 3-2-1 Contact
12- America
25- Jetsons
27- Dennis the Menace
38- He-Man
50- Challenge of the GoBots
56-64- Transformers
68- Barbara Mandrell Thanksgiving Special
4:30
10- Movie- Bill
11- Mister Rogers
25- Jetsons
27- Millionaire Maker
38- She-Ra
50- Bewitched
56- ThunderCats
64- G.I Joe
5:00
2- Mister Rogers
4- People's Court
5- Too Close for Comfort
9- Hart to Hart
11- Sesame Street
12- M*A*S*H
21- Movie- The Wizard of Oz (1982)
25- Diff'rent Strokes
27- Hazel
38- Quincy
44- Electric Company
50- Happy Days Again
56- Brady Bunch
64- Bewitched
68- Munsters
5:30
2- 3-2-1- Contact
4- Live on 4
5- All in the Family
12- Taxi
25- Mork and Mindy
27- Love Connection
44- Sesame Street
50- Laverne and Shirley
56- Happy Days Again
64- Andy Griffith
68- Addams Family
EVENING
6:00
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
4-5-9-10-12- News
25- Diff'rent Strokes
27- People's Court
38- Hart to Hart
50- Taxi
56- Movie- Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1969)
64- Beverly Hillbillies
68- Mary Tyler Moore
6:30
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
25- Gimme A Break
27- News
44- Business Report
50- WKRP In Cincinnati
64- Hogan's Heroes
68- Bob Newhart
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- People's Court
7- News
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- P.M Magazine
11- Business Report
12- Wheel of Fortune
21- Catch Phrase
25- Private Benjamin
38- M*A*S*H
44- Open Mind
50- All In The Family
64- Hawaii Five-O
68- Star Trek
7:30
2-11- This Old House
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6- Love Connection
7-10- Entertainment Tonight
9- Benson
12- Jeopardy!
21- Teacher in Space
25- WKRP In Cincinnati
38- Barney Miller
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
50- TV 50 Bingo
8:00
2- Mystery!- "Death of an Expert Witness (Part 6 of 6)
4-10- Cosby Show
5-9- Shadow Chasers
6-7 Movie- High Road to China (1983)
11- The Brain
12- Holiday Shopping Guide
21- Dynasty
25- Movie- The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
38- Mvoie- Summer of '42 (1971)
50- Movie- Muppet Movie (1979)
56- Movie- The Miracle
64- Miss World Pageant
68- Movie- It's A Wonderful World (1947)
8:30
4-10- Family Ties
12- Woody Spring
44- Free Show Tonight
9:00
2- Great Chefs of Chicago
4-10- Cheers
5-9-12- Dynasty II: The Colbys
11- Mystery!- Death of an Expert Witness (Part 6 of 6)
21- Vegas
9:30
2- Say Brother
4-10- Night Court
44- Capitol Journal
10:00
2-21-44-50-56- News
4-10- Patti LaBelle Show
5-9-12- 20/20
6-7- Simon and Simon
11- Constitution
25- Matt Houston
38- Odd Couple
64- INN News
10:30
2- Business Report
21- Sally Jessy Raphael
38- Dick Van Dyke
44- Nova (sign-off time for WGBX, 11:30pm)
50- Hogan's Heroes
56- Carson's Comedy Classics
64-68- Bob Newhart
11:00
2- Story of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (sign-off time for WGBH, midnight)
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- Rod and Reel
21-25- Comedy Tonight
38- M*A*S*H
50- Untouchables
56- Bizarre
64- Twilight Zone
68- Bosom Buddies
11:30
4-10- Tonight
5-9- ABC News Nightline
6-56- Benny Hill
7- Entertainment Tonight
11- Victory at Sea- (Sign-off Time for WENH and WNHT, midnight)
12- M*A*S*H
21- Best of Jackie Gleason
25- 700 Club
38- Hogan's Heroes
64- Wild, Wild West
68- Honeymooners
12:00
5- Sally Jessy Raphael
6-7- Night Heat
9- Eye on Hollywood
12- ABC News Nightline
38- Comedy Break
50-56- News
68- That's Incredible
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
5- Divorce Court
9- News
12- Trapper John M.D (sign-off time for WPRI, 1:30am)
38- Maude
64- Saturday Night Live
1:00
5- News
9- Joe Forrester
25- INN News (sign-off time for WXNE, 1:30am)
38- Break the Bank (sign-off time for WSBK, 1:30am)
64- Bizarre
1:10
6-7- Movie- A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
1:30
4- America
5- Movie- Waterloo Bridge (1940)
10- News (Sign-off time for WJAR, 2am)
64- Comedy Tonight- (sign-off time for WSTG, 2:30am)
2:30
4-7- News
6- CBS News Nightwatch
3:00
4- News
7- CBS News Nightwatch
3:30
4- Community Auditions
5- News
4:00
4- More Real People
5- Good Day!
4:30
4- People are Talking
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1985
Thursday November 28, 1985
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
64 WSTG-TV (Ind.) Rehoboth-Providence
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- Good Housekeeping
25- Popeye and Friends
27- Waltons
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- Merv Griffin
21- We're Cooking Now
25- Josie and the Pussycats
38- Fat Albert
56- Mighty Mouse
64- 700 Club
68- Big Valley
9:30
2- Electric Company
11- Movie- Stowaway
21- Movie- The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
25- Good Housekeeping
27-50- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Thursday Journal
56- The Hobbit
10:00
2- Newton's Apple
5- Good Day!
9- Muppets
12- Headline Chasers
25- 700 Club
27-64- Richard Roberts
38- Movie- Pufnstuf
50- High School Football- Bishop Guertin at Nashua
68- Ben Casey
10:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
9- Muppets
12- Thanksgiving Mass
11:00
2-11- Comet Halley
5- Divorce Court
9- Three's a Crowd
27- Jim Bakker
56- Movie- Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
64- Dick Van Dyke
68- Perry Mason
11:30
5-12- Ryan's Hope
9- All-Star Blitz
25- Catholic Mass
64- Horrible Honchos
AFTERNOON
12:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4-10- NFL '85
5-7-12-27- News
6- Let's Make A Deal
9- Ryan's Hope
21- TV Auction
25- Movie- The Last Giraffe (1979)
38- Dick Van Dyke
68- Combat!
12:30
4-10- NFL Football- New York Jets @ Detroit Lions
5-9-12- Loving
6-7- The Price is Right
38- Beverly Hillbillies
50- I Love Lucy
64- The Amazing Cosmic Awarenesss of Duffy Moon
1:00
2- Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight II
5-9-12- All My Children
11- Movie- Mr. Deeds goes to Town (1936)
21- Movie- Black Beauty (1978)
27- Movie
38- Andy Griffith
50- Petticoat Junction
56- Bewitched
68- I Dream of Jeannie
1:30
6-7- Movie- Quarterback Princess (1983)
38- Phil Silvers
50- Family Affair
56- Casper
64- I Love Lucy
68- Petticoat Junction
2:00
5-9-12- One Life to Live
25- Movie- National Velvet (1945)
38- Tranzor
50- Gomer Pyle
56- Flintstones
64- Jetsons
68- My Favorite Martian
2:30
2- Joy of Painting
38- Voltron
50- My Three Sons
56- Tom and Jerry
64- The Wheeled Warriors
68- F-Troop
3:00
2- French Chef
5-9-12- General Hospital
11- Sister Adrian: The Mother Teresa of Scranton
27- Superfriends
38- The Wheeled Warriors
50-64- He-Man
56- Inspector Gadget
68- Barnaby Jones
3:30
2- Wild World of Animals
6-7- NFL Today
10- Catch Phrase
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
27- Father Knows Best
38- Challenge of the GoBots
50- She-Ra: Princess of Power
56- G.I Joe
64- Thundercats
4:00
2- Sesame Street
4- Hawaii Five-O
5- Dynasty
6-7- NFL Football- St. Louis Cardinals @ Dallas Cowboys
9- Knots Landing
10- Newlywed Game
11- 3-2-1 Contact
12- America
25- Jetsons
27- Dennis the Menace
38- He-Man
50- Challenge of the GoBots
56-64- Transformers
68- Barbara Mandrell Thanksgiving Special
4:30
10- Movie- Bill
11- Mister Rogers
25- Jetsons
27- Millionaire Maker
38- She-Ra
50- Bewitched
56- ThunderCats
64- G.I Joe
5:00
2- Mister Rogers
4- People's Court
5- Too Close for Comfort
9- Hart to Hart
11- Sesame Street
12- M*A*S*H
21- Movie- The Wizard of Oz (1982)
25- Diff'rent Strokes
27- Hazel
38- Quincy
44- Electric Company
50- Happy Days Again
56- Brady Bunch
64- Bewitched
68- Munsters
5:30
2- 3-2-1- Contact
4- Live on 4
5- All in the Family
12- Taxi
25- Mork and Mindy
27- Love Connection
44- Sesame Street
50- Laverne and Shirley
56- Happy Days Again
64- Andy Griffith
68- Addams Family
EVENING
6:00
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
4-5-9-10-12- News
25- Diff'rent Strokes
27- People's Court
38- Hart to Hart
50- Taxi
56- Movie- Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1969)
64- Beverly Hillbillies
68- Mary Tyler Moore
6:30
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
25- Gimme A Break
27- News
44- Business Report
50- WKRP In Cincinnati
64- Hogan's Heroes
68- Bob Newhart
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- People's Court
7- News
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- P.M Magazine
11- Business Report
12- Wheel of Fortune
21- Catch Phrase
25- Private Benjamin
38- M*A*S*H
44- Open Mind
50- All In The Family
64- Hawaii Five-O
68- Star Trek
7:30
2-11- This Old House
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6- Love Connection
7-10- Entertainment Tonight
9- Benson
12- Jeopardy!
21- Teacher in Space
25- WKRP In Cincinnati
38- Barney Miller
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
50- TV 50 Bingo
8:00
2- Mystery!- "Death of an Expert Witness (Part 6 of 6)
4-10- Cosby Show
5-9- Shadow Chasers
6-7 Movie- High Road to China (1983)
11- The Brain
12- Holiday Shopping Guide
21- Dynasty
25- Movie- The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
38- Mvoie- Summer of '42 (1971)
50- Movie- Muppet Movie (1979)
56- Movie- The Miracle
64- Miss World Pageant
68- Movie- It's A Wonderful World (1947)
8:30
4-10- Family Ties
12- Woody Spring
44- Free Show Tonight
9:00
2- Great Chefs of Chicago
4-10- Cheers
5-9-12- Dynasty II: The Colbys
11- Mystery!- Death of an Expert Witness (Part 6 of 6)
21- Vegas
9:30
2- Say Brother
4-10- Night Court
44- Capitol Journal
10:00
2-21-44-50-56- News
4-10- Patti LaBelle Show
5-9-12- 20/20
6-7- Simon and Simon
11- Constitution
25- Matt Houston
38- Odd Couple
64- INN News
10:30
2- Business Report
21- Sally Jessy Raphael
38- Dick Van Dyke
44- Nova (sign-off time for WGBX, 11:30pm)
50- Hogan's Heroes
56- Carson's Comedy Classics
64-68- Bob Newhart
11:00
2- Story of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (sign-off time for WGBH, midnight)
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- Rod and Reel
21-25- Comedy Tonight
38- M*A*S*H
50- Untouchables
56- Bizarre
64- Twilight Zone
68- Bosom Buddies
11:30
4-10- Tonight
5-9- ABC News Nightline
6-56- Benny Hill
7- Entertainment Tonight
11- Victory at Sea- (Sign-off Time for WENH and WNHT, midnight)
12- M*A*S*H
21- Best of Jackie Gleason
25- 700 Club
38- Hogan's Heroes
64- Wild, Wild West
68- Honeymooners
12:00
5- Sally Jessy Raphael
6-7- Night Heat
9- Eye on Hollywood
12- ABC News Nightline
38- Comedy Break
50-56- News
68- That's Incredible
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
5- Divorce Court
9- News
12- Trapper John M.D (sign-off time for WPRI, 1:30am)
38- Maude
64- Saturday Night Live
1:00
5- News
9- Joe Forrester
25- INN News (sign-off time for WXNE, 1:30am)
38- Break the Bank (sign-off time for WSBK, 1:30am)
64- Bizarre
1:10
6-7- Movie- A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
1:30
4- America
5- Movie- Waterloo Bridge (1940)
10- News (Sign-off time for WJAR, 2am)
64- Comedy Tonight- (sign-off time for WSTG, 2:30am)
2:30
4-7- News
6- CBS News Nightwatch
3:00
4- News
7- CBS News Nightwatch
3:30
4- Community Auditions
5- News
4:00
4- More Real People
5- Good Day!
4:30
4- People are Talking