source: The Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1986
Thursday November 27, 1986
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 (FOX) Boston
27 WHLL-TV (Ind.) Worcester
36 WSBE-TV (PBS) Providence
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
46 WHRC-TV (Ind.) Norwell
50 WNDS-TV (Ind.) Derry,NH
56 WLVI-TV (Ind.) Boston
64 WNAC-TV (FOX) Providence
66 WHSH-TV (Ind.) Marlborough/Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind./ABC/CBS/NBC) Boston
MORNING
7:00
2- Sesame Street
4-10- Today
5-9-12- Good Morning America
6-7- CBS Morning News
21- Ask Washington
25- The Jetsons
27- Jim and Tammy
38- GoBots
56- Dennis the Menace
64- Heathcliff
7:30
11- Farm Day
25- Centurions
38- Galaxy Rangers
56- Thundercats
64- Scooby Doo
7:45
11- A.M Weather
8:00
2- Mister Rogers
11- Sesame Street
21- 20 Minute Workout
25- Defenders of the Earth
27- Richard Roberts
38- Superfriends
56- Heathcliff
64- My Little Pony
68- New Zoo Revue
8:30
2- Sesame Street
21- CNN News
25- Bugs Bunny
38- Scooby Doo
56- My Little Pony
64- Zoobillee Zoo
68- Kidsworld
9:00
4-10- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
5- Good Day!
6-7- CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
9- Jim and Tammy
11- Mister Rogers
12- Oprah Winfrey
21- Donahue
25- Porky Pig
27- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Fat Albert
50- 700 Club
56- Inspector Gadget
64- 700 Club
68- Family Ties
9:30
2- Mister Rogers
11- OWL/TV
25- Casper
27- 700 Club
38- Christmas with Benji and Waldo
56- Tom and Jerry
68- Sale of the Century
10:00
2- Newton's Apple
5- Divorce Court
9- Partridge Family
11- Kentucky: The Ultimate Equestrian Trial
12- Hollywood Squares
21- Fantasy Island
25- 700 Club
27- Dynasty
38- The City that forgot About Christmas
50-64- Richard Roberts
56- Holiday Cartoons
68- Double Talk
10:30
2-36- 3-2-1 Contact
5- The Judge
9- Dating Game
12- True Confessions
38- The Stableboy's Christmas
68- Top 40 Videos
11:00
2- Nature
5- Hollywood Squares
9-12-68- Fame, Fortuner and Romance
21- Falcon Crest
27- Waltons
38- Nearly No Christmas
50- Mannix
64- Telephone Auction
66- Home Shopping
11:30
5-12- Ryan's Hope
9- Celebrity Double Talk
11- Drive to Win
25- Catholic Mass
68- Strike It Rich
AFTERNOON
12:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4-5-10- News
6-7- NFL Today
9- Ryan's Hope
12- Thanksgiving Mass
21- Dynasty
25- Movie- Hansel and Gretel
27- Telephone Auction
38- $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
50- I Love Lucy
56- Yogi's First Christmas (Part 1 of 5) (animated)
68- Super Password
12:30
4- People are Talking
5-9-12- Loving
6-7- NFL Football- Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions
10- Sally Jesse Raphael
38- Dick Van Dyke
50- Family Affair
68- Search for Tomorrow
1:00
2- A Day in the Life of America
5-9-12- All My Children
10- Days of our Lives
11- Great Performances
21- Telephone Auction
38- Andy Griffith
50- Petticoat Junction
64- Family Feud
68- Another World
1:30
4- Love Connection
25- Alvin and Friends
38- Beverly Hillbillies
56- Gomer Pyle
64- Jetsons
2:00
2- Atomic Artist
4- Days of Our Lives
5-9-12- One Life to Live
10- Another World
21- Great Gildersleeves
25- Casper
27- Green Acres
38- Fat Albert
50- My Three Sons
56- Blinkins/Animated
64- The GoBots
68- Connie Martinson Talks Books
2:30
2- Joy of Painting
11- Mystery!
21- The Ropers
25- Porky Pig
27- Addams Family
38- Wheeled Warriors
50- He-Man and Masters of the Universe
56- M.A.S.K
64- Smurfs' Adventures
3:00
2- French Chef
4- Evening Magazine Special- "Outward Bound"
5-9-12- General Hospital
10- Crosswits
21- Gilligan's Island
25- Bugs Bunny
27- Eight is Enough
38-50- She-Ra: Princess of Power
56- Smurfs' Adventures
64- Dennis the Menace
3:30
2- Wild, Wild World of Animals
4-10- NFL '86
11- Secret City
21- Kids' World
25- Defenders of the Earthj
38- He-Man and Masters of the Universe
50- The GoBots
56- SilverHawks
64- Transformers
4:00
2-36- Sesame Street
4-10- NFL Football- Seattle Seahawks @ Dallas Cowboys
5- Donahue
6- Movie- Mame (1974)
7- Jeopardy
9- Knots Landing
11- 3-2-1 Contact
12- Divorce Court
21- Vegas
25- Centurions
27- Love Boat
38- Rambo
50- Ghostbusters
56- Transformers
64- G.I Joe
68- Movie- Life with Father
4:30
7- Newlywed Game
11- Mister Rogers
12- The Judge
25- Jetsons
38- Ghostbusters
50- Bewitched
56- G.I Joe
64- Rambo
5:00
2-36- Mister Rogers
5- Too Close for Comfort
7- $100,000 Pyramid
9- Hart to Hart
11- Sesame Street
12- M*A*S*H
21- Crosswits
25- Greatest American Hero
27- Little House
38- White Shadow
44- Tony Brown's Journal
50- Eight is Enough
56- Brady Bunch
64- Movie- Hansel and Gretel
66- Home Shopping
5:30
2-36- 3-2-1 Contact
5- All In The Family
7- Wheel of Fortune
12- Taxi
21- Three's Company
44- Sesame Street
56- Brady Bunch
EVENING
6:00
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
5-6-7-9-12- News
21- Wonderful World of Disney- "The Adventures of Gallagher"
25- Diff'rent Strokes
27- Love Connection
38- Quincy
50- Hogan's Heroes
56- Movie- A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain
68- Strike it Rich
6:30
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
25- Gimme a Break
27- People's Court
44- Nightly Business
50- Taxi
64- Blinkins (animated)
68- Top 40 Videos
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- Superior Court
7- CBS News
9- Newlywed Game
10- PM Magazine
11-36- Nightly Business
12- Wheel of Fortune
21- Barney Miller
25- Diff'rent Strokes
27- The Saint
38- M*A*S*H
44- Open Mind
50- WKRP In Cincinnati
64- Too Close for Comfort
68- Top 40 Videos
7:30
2-11- This Old House
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6- Love Connection
7-10- Entertainment Tonight
9-64- Benson
12- Jeopardy
21- Too Close for Comfort
25- WKRP in Cincinnati
38- Barney Miller
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
50- All in the Family
68- Telephone Auction
8:00
2- Victory Garden
4-10- Cosby Show
5- National Geographic
6- Movie- Smokey the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
7- Movie- Grease (1978)
9-12- Disney's Fluppy Dogs
11- Nova
21- Movie- Tron (1982)
25- Movie- Wizard of Oz (1982)
27- Movie- Doctor Detroit
38- Movie- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad World (1963)
50- Streets of San Francisco
56- Movie- Fiddler on the Roop (1971) (Part 1 of 2)
64- Kojak
66- Home Shopping
8:30
2- Say Brother
4-10- Family Ties
44- Assignment Africa: An Inside Story Special Edition
68- Journey to Adventure
9:00
2-11-36- Mystery!- "Bret Ferrar"
4-10- Cheers
5-9-12- The Colbys
50- Hawaii Five-O
64- Honeymooners
68- Telephone Auction
9:30
4-10- Night Court
44- Capitol Journal
64- Sergeant Bilko
10:00
2- News: Special Edition (interview with Alistair Cooke)
4-10- Hill Street Blues
5-9-12- 20/20
6-7- Knots Landing
11- The Music of the Big Bands
21-56- News
25- Matt Houston
27- Barnaby Jones
44- News
50- Untouchables
64- Bob Newhart
68- Jimmy Swaggart
10:30
2-44- Business Report (sign-off time for WGBX, 11pm)
21- Here's Lucy
56- INN News
64- Twilight Zone
68- 800 Club
11:00
2- The Africans (sign-Off time for WGBH, midnight)
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- Computer Chronicles (sign-off time for WENH, 11:30pm)
21- Star Trek
25- Get Smart
27- Mister Ed
38- M*A*S*H
50- Death Valley Days
56- David Brenner
64- Joan Rivers
66- Home Shopping
68- Movie- Pride of the Bowery (1941) (sign-off time for WQTV, roughly around 12:30am)
11:30
4-10- Tonight Show
5-9- Nightline
6- Night Heat
7- Entertainment Tonight
12- Barney Miller
25- 700 Club
27- Movie- A Little Sex (1961)
38- Hogan's Heroes
50- Bob Newhart
56- Sanford and Son
12:00
5- Night Gallery
7- Night Heat
9- Jimmy Breslin's People
12- Nightline
21-64- Tales of the Unexpected
38- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
56- News
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
5-64- Tales of the Unexpected
12- David Brenner
38- Hitchcock Presents
56- Teleshopping (sign-off time for WLVI, 1am)
1:00
5- Sally Jesse Raphael
9- News
12- Trapper John M.D (sign-off time for WPRI, 2am)
25- Star's Table
38- Maude (sign-off time for WXNE and WSBK, 1:30am)
1:10
7- Movie- Bimini Code (1984)
1:30
4-5-10- News
9- Route 66- (sign-off time for WMUR and WJAR, 2am)
2:00
4- Evening Magazine
5- Movie- The Pied Piper
27- Record Guide
66- Home Shopping
2:30
4- Hawaii Five-O
6- Nightwatch
7- News
3:00
7- Nightwatch
27- 800 Club (sign-off time for WHLL, 3:30am)
3:30
4- More Real People
4:00
4- People Are Talking
5- Good Day!
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1986
Thursday November 27, 1986
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 (FOX) Boston
27 WHLL-TV (Ind.) Worcester
36 WSBE-TV (PBS) Providence
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
46 WHRC-TV (Ind.) Norwell
50 WNDS-TV (Ind.) Derry,NH
56 WLVI-TV (Ind.) Boston
64 WNAC-TV (FOX) Providence
66 WHSH-TV (Ind.) Marlborough/Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind./ABC/CBS/NBC) Boston
MORNING
7:00
2- Sesame Street
4-10- Today
5-9-12- Good Morning America
6-7- CBS Morning News
21- Ask Washington
25- The Jetsons
27- Jim and Tammy
38- GoBots
56- Dennis the Menace
64- Heathcliff
7:30
11- Farm Day
25- Centurions
38- Galaxy Rangers
56- Thundercats
64- Scooby Doo
7:45
11- A.M Weather
8:00
2- Mister Rogers
11- Sesame Street
21- 20 Minute Workout
25- Defenders of the Earth
27- Richard Roberts
38- Superfriends
56- Heathcliff
64- My Little Pony
68- New Zoo Revue
8:30
2- Sesame Street
21- CNN News
25- Bugs Bunny
38- Scooby Doo
56- My Little Pony
64- Zoobillee Zoo
68- Kidsworld
9:00
4-10- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
5- Good Day!
6-7- CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
9- Jim and Tammy
11- Mister Rogers
12- Oprah Winfrey
21- Donahue
25- Porky Pig
27- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Fat Albert
50- 700 Club
56- Inspector Gadget
64- 700 Club
68- Family Ties
9:30
2- Mister Rogers
11- OWL/TV
25- Casper
27- 700 Club
38- Christmas with Benji and Waldo
56- Tom and Jerry
68- Sale of the Century
10:00
2- Newton's Apple
5- Divorce Court
9- Partridge Family
11- Kentucky: The Ultimate Equestrian Trial
12- Hollywood Squares
21- Fantasy Island
25- 700 Club
27- Dynasty
38- The City that forgot About Christmas
50-64- Richard Roberts
56- Holiday Cartoons
68- Double Talk
10:30
2-36- 3-2-1 Contact
5- The Judge
9- Dating Game
12- True Confessions
38- The Stableboy's Christmas
68- Top 40 Videos
11:00
2- Nature
5- Hollywood Squares
9-12-68- Fame, Fortuner and Romance
21- Falcon Crest
27- Waltons
38- Nearly No Christmas
50- Mannix
64- Telephone Auction
66- Home Shopping
11:30
5-12- Ryan's Hope
9- Celebrity Double Talk
11- Drive to Win
25- Catholic Mass
68- Strike It Rich
AFTERNOON
12:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4-5-10- News
6-7- NFL Today
9- Ryan's Hope
12- Thanksgiving Mass
21- Dynasty
25- Movie- Hansel and Gretel
27- Telephone Auction
38- $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
50- I Love Lucy
56- Yogi's First Christmas (Part 1 of 5) (animated)
68- Super Password
12:30
4- People are Talking
5-9-12- Loving
6-7- NFL Football- Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions
10- Sally Jesse Raphael
38- Dick Van Dyke
50- Family Affair
68- Search for Tomorrow
1:00
2- A Day in the Life of America
5-9-12- All My Children
10- Days of our Lives
11- Great Performances
21- Telephone Auction
38- Andy Griffith
50- Petticoat Junction
64- Family Feud
68- Another World
1:30
4- Love Connection
25- Alvin and Friends
38- Beverly Hillbillies
56- Gomer Pyle
64- Jetsons
2:00
2- Atomic Artist
4- Days of Our Lives
5-9-12- One Life to Live
10- Another World
21- Great Gildersleeves
25- Casper
27- Green Acres
38- Fat Albert
50- My Three Sons
56- Blinkins/Animated
64- The GoBots
68- Connie Martinson Talks Books
2:30
2- Joy of Painting
11- Mystery!
21- The Ropers
25- Porky Pig
27- Addams Family
38- Wheeled Warriors
50- He-Man and Masters of the Universe
56- M.A.S.K
64- Smurfs' Adventures
3:00
2- French Chef
4- Evening Magazine Special- "Outward Bound"
5-9-12- General Hospital
10- Crosswits
21- Gilligan's Island
25- Bugs Bunny
27- Eight is Enough
38-50- She-Ra: Princess of Power
56- Smurfs' Adventures
64- Dennis the Menace
3:30
2- Wild, Wild World of Animals
4-10- NFL '86
11- Secret City
21- Kids' World
25- Defenders of the Earthj
38- He-Man and Masters of the Universe
50- The GoBots
56- SilverHawks
64- Transformers
4:00
2-36- Sesame Street
4-10- NFL Football- Seattle Seahawks @ Dallas Cowboys
5- Donahue
6- Movie- Mame (1974)
7- Jeopardy
9- Knots Landing
11- 3-2-1 Contact
12- Divorce Court
21- Vegas
25- Centurions
27- Love Boat
38- Rambo
50- Ghostbusters
56- Transformers
64- G.I Joe
68- Movie- Life with Father
4:30
7- Newlywed Game
11- Mister Rogers
12- The Judge
25- Jetsons
38- Ghostbusters
50- Bewitched
56- G.I Joe
64- Rambo
5:00
2-36- Mister Rogers
5- Too Close for Comfort
7- $100,000 Pyramid
9- Hart to Hart
11- Sesame Street
12- M*A*S*H
21- Crosswits
25- Greatest American Hero
27- Little House
38- White Shadow
44- Tony Brown's Journal
50- Eight is Enough
56- Brady Bunch
64- Movie- Hansel and Gretel
66- Home Shopping
5:30
2-36- 3-2-1 Contact
5- All In The Family
7- Wheel of Fortune
12- Taxi
21- Three's Company
44- Sesame Street
56- Brady Bunch
EVENING
6:00
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
5-6-7-9-12- News
21- Wonderful World of Disney- "The Adventures of Gallagher"
25- Diff'rent Strokes
27- Love Connection
38- Quincy
50- Hogan's Heroes
56- Movie- A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain
68- Strike it Rich
6:30
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
25- Gimme a Break
27- People's Court
44- Nightly Business
50- Taxi
64- Blinkins (animated)
68- Top 40 Videos
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- Superior Court
7- CBS News
9- Newlywed Game
10- PM Magazine
11-36- Nightly Business
12- Wheel of Fortune
21- Barney Miller
25- Diff'rent Strokes
27- The Saint
38- M*A*S*H
44- Open Mind
50- WKRP In Cincinnati
64- Too Close for Comfort
68- Top 40 Videos
7:30
2-11- This Old House
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6- Love Connection
7-10- Entertainment Tonight
9-64- Benson
12- Jeopardy
21- Too Close for Comfort
25- WKRP in Cincinnati
38- Barney Miller
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
50- All in the Family
68- Telephone Auction
8:00
2- Victory Garden
4-10- Cosby Show
5- National Geographic
6- Movie- Smokey the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
7- Movie- Grease (1978)
9-12- Disney's Fluppy Dogs
11- Nova
21- Movie- Tron (1982)
25- Movie- Wizard of Oz (1982)
27- Movie- Doctor Detroit
38- Movie- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad World (1963)
50- Streets of San Francisco
56- Movie- Fiddler on the Roop (1971) (Part 1 of 2)
64- Kojak
66- Home Shopping
8:30
2- Say Brother
4-10- Family Ties
44- Assignment Africa: An Inside Story Special Edition
68- Journey to Adventure
9:00
2-11-36- Mystery!- "Bret Ferrar"
4-10- Cheers
5-9-12- The Colbys
50- Hawaii Five-O
64- Honeymooners
68- Telephone Auction
9:30
4-10- Night Court
44- Capitol Journal
64- Sergeant Bilko
10:00
2- News: Special Edition (interview with Alistair Cooke)
4-10- Hill Street Blues
5-9-12- 20/20
6-7- Knots Landing
11- The Music of the Big Bands
21-56- News
25- Matt Houston
27- Barnaby Jones
44- News
50- Untouchables
64- Bob Newhart
68- Jimmy Swaggart
10:30
2-44- Business Report (sign-off time for WGBX, 11pm)
21- Here's Lucy
56- INN News
64- Twilight Zone
68- 800 Club
11:00
2- The Africans (sign-Off time for WGBH, midnight)
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- Computer Chronicles (sign-off time for WENH, 11:30pm)
21- Star Trek
25- Get Smart
27- Mister Ed
38- M*A*S*H
50- Death Valley Days
56- David Brenner
64- Joan Rivers
66- Home Shopping
68- Movie- Pride of the Bowery (1941) (sign-off time for WQTV, roughly around 12:30am)
11:30
4-10- Tonight Show
5-9- Nightline
6- Night Heat
7- Entertainment Tonight
12- Barney Miller
25- 700 Club
27- Movie- A Little Sex (1961)
38- Hogan's Heroes
50- Bob Newhart
56- Sanford and Son
12:00
5- Night Gallery
7- Night Heat
9- Jimmy Breslin's People
12- Nightline
21-64- Tales of the Unexpected
38- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
56- News
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
5-64- Tales of the Unexpected
12- David Brenner
38- Hitchcock Presents
56- Teleshopping (sign-off time for WLVI, 1am)
1:00
5- Sally Jesse Raphael
9- News
12- Trapper John M.D (sign-off time for WPRI, 2am)
25- Star's Table
38- Maude (sign-off time for WXNE and WSBK, 1:30am)
1:10
7- Movie- Bimini Code (1984)
1:30
4-5-10- News
9- Route 66- (sign-off time for WMUR and WJAR, 2am)
2:00
4- Evening Magazine
5- Movie- The Pied Piper
27- Record Guide
66- Home Shopping
2:30
4- Hawaii Five-O
6- Nightwatch
7- News
3:00
7- Nightwatch
27- 800 Club (sign-off time for WHLL, 3:30am)
3:30
4- More Real People
4:00
4- People Are Talking
5- Good Day!