source: The Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1988
Thursday November 24, 1988
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 (CBS) Concord, NH
25 WFXT-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
60 WGOT-TV (Ind.) Merrimack,NH
64 WNAC-TV (FOX) Providence
66 WHSH-TV (Ind.) Marlborough/Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind.) Boston
MORNING
7:00
2- Sesame Street
4-10- Today
5-9-12- Good Morning America
6-7-21- CBS This Morning
11- Body Electric
25- Mighty Mouse and Alvin
27- Success N' Life
38- Thundercats
46- Hooked on Aerobics
56- Dennis the Menace
60- Gumby
64- C.O.P.S
68- Pink Panther
7:30
11- To Life
25- Dinosaucers
38- He-Man
46- New Zoo Revue
50- Morning Business
56- G.I Joe
60- Alvin and the Chipmunks
64- Fun House
68- Littlest Hobo
7:45
11- A.M Weather
8:00
2- Mister Rogers
11- Sesame Street
25- Casper
27- Aerobics
38- Care Bears
44- Nova
46- Snelgrove Small
50- CNN News
56- Bugs Bunny and Friends
60- Double Dare
64- Dennis the Menace
68- Leave it To Beaver
8:30
2- Sesame Street
25- Popeye
27- Heart of the Nation
38- My Little Pony
46- Pink Lemonade Theatre
50- Gary Collins
56- New Zoo Review
64- Alvin and the Chipmunks
68- Leave it To Beaver
9:00
4-10- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
5- Good Day!
6-7-21- CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
9- Geraldo
11- Mister Rogers
12- Growing Pains
25- Mayberry R.F.D
27- Study in the Word
38- Gidget
44- American Experience
46- Movie- Father's Little Dividend (1951)
56- JEM
60- Ask Washington
64- Little House
68- Munsters
9:30
2- Mister Rogers
11- N.H Crossroads
12- Home
25- Catholic Mass
27- Government Loans
38- Andy Griffith
50- A Better Way
56- Popeye and Friends
68- Daily Bible Lesson
10:00
2- Nature
5-12- Geraldo
9- Wipeout
11- 1987 Drum Corps International World Championship
25- Dukes of Hazzard
27- 700 Club
38- Beverly Hillbillies
44- Movie- The Front Page
50- Liar's Club
56- Zoobillee Zoo
64- People's Court
66- Home Shopping
68- Movie- Make Mine Mink
10:30
9- Gong Show
38- Alice
50- Relatively Speaking
56- Mighty Mouse
64- Superior Court
11:00
2- Wild America
5- Sally Jessy Raphael
9- Ryan's Hope
12- Regis and Kathie Lee
25- Movie- Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
27- Liar's Club
38- Divorce Court
46- Elegant Appetite
50- CNN News
56- Teddy Ruxpin
64- 700 Club
11:30
2- Sesame Street
5- Ryan's Hope
9- Home
27- 27 West
38- AM Boston
46- Lingo
50- Quincy, M.E
56- Smurfs
AFTERNOON
12:00
4-5-9-10-12- News
6-7-21- NFL Today
11- Sesame Street
27- Dynasty
38- Trapper John M.D
44- Victory Garden
46- Movie- Fire Over England
56- Movie- The Magic of Lassie
60- Ask Washington
64- Denver, the Last Dinosaur
68- Twilight Zone
12:30
2- Wonderworks
4- Last of the Red Hot Dragons
5-9-- Loving
6-7-21- NFL Football- Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions
10- Sally Jessy Raphael
12- Thanksgiving Day Mass
44- This Old House
50- Magnum P.I
68- Twilight Zone
1:00
4- The Coneheads
5-9-12- All My Children
10- Days Of Our Lives
11- Madeline Cooks
25- Hollywood Squares
27- Barnaby Jones
38- Maude
44- Movie- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
60- Movie- Mr. Emmanuel
64- Dino-Riders
68- Twilight Zone
1:30
2- Mystery!
4- On Trial
11- Backstage/Front Row
25- Relatively Speaking
38- Jeffersons
46- Movie- Algiers (1938)
50- Dick Van Dyke
68- Twilight Zone
2:00
4- Days of Our Lives
5-9-12- One Life to Live
10- Another World
25- Bugs and Porky
27- Superior Court
38- Scooby Doo
50- It Takes A Thief
56- Barbie and the Rockers
64- Pillow People
66- Home Shopping
68- Twilight Zone
2:15
44- Movie- The Kennel Murder Case (1933) (BTW, I have that movie on a blank tape from Ch. 2)
2:30
2- Joy of Painting
11- Mystery!
25- Snorks
27- Beauty
38- Ghostbusters
64- Jetsons
68- Twilight Zone
3:00
2- Woodwright's Shop
4- On Trial
5-9-12- General Hospital
10- Family Feud
25- Yogi Bear
27- Mr. Ed
38- Beverly Hillbillies
46- Gillette World Spors
50- New Leave it To Beaver
56- Dino-Riders
60- Gumby
64- Woody Woodpecker
68- Twilight Zone
3:30
2- Sesame Street
4-10- NFL Live
11- Square One TV
25- Flintstones
27- Room 222
38- Comic Strip
44- Martin Luther King Jr.- The Dream on Hold
46- ITN World News
56- Bewitched
60- Alvin and the Chipmunks
64- Real Ghostbusters
4:00
4-10- NFL Football- Houston Oilers @ Dallas Cowboys
5- Donahue
6- Movie- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
7- Cagney and Lacey
9- Newlywed Game
11- 3-2-1 Contact
12-21- Oprah Winfrey
25- Jetsons
27- Little House on the Prairie
38- Alvin and the Chipmunks
46- Women in Rock
50- Eight is Enoguh
56- Woody Woodpecker
60- Fun House
64- Duck Tales
68- Twilight Zone
4:30
2-11- Mister Rogers
9- Dating Game
25-64- Double Dare
38- Ducktales
56- Real Ghostbusters
60- Finders Keepers
68- Twilight Zone
5:00
2- Square One TV
5- Oprah Winfrey
7- News
9- Hollywood Squares
11- Sesame Street
12- Cosby
21- Donahue
25- Gilligan's Island
27- Video Request
38- Fun House
44- Tony Brown's Journal
46- Paul Ryan
50- Hogan's Heroes
56- Movie- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
60- Double Dare
64- Finders Keepers
68- Twilight Zone
5:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
9- 5:30 Live
12- Cheers
25- Happy Days
38-64- Punky Brewster
44- World Chronicle
46- Liar's Club
50- CNN News
60- Hit Video USA
EVENING
6:00
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
5-6-7-9-12-21- News
25- Denver, the Last Dinosaur
27- Lost in Space
38- Family Ties
44- Sesame Street
46- Movie- The Man in the Eiffel Tower (1939)
50- Movie- Huckleberry Finn
64- A-Team
66- Home Shopping
68- Twilight Zone
6:30
6-7-21- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
38- Family Ties
68- Twilight Zone
7:00
2- Nova
4- News
5- ABC News
6- USA Today
7-12-21- Wheel of Fortune
9-25- Entertainment Tonight
10- PM Magazine
11-44- Nightly Business Report
27- Batman
38- Cheers
60- Crook & Chase
64- Star Trek
68- Twilight Zone
7:30
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6-9- Win, Lose or Draw
7-12-21- Jeopardy!
10- Entertainment Tonight
11- This Old House
25- Current Affair
27- Crook and Chase
38- Newhart
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
50- Movie- Mayflower: The Pilgrim's Adventure
56- USA Today
60- Movie- King Solomon's Mines (1937)
68- World Monitor
8:00
2- This Old House
4-10- The Cosby Shw
5-9-12- Movie- Mary Poppins
6-7-21- Smothers Brothers Thanksgiving
11- Nova
25- Movie- Heidi (1968)
27- Morton Downey Jr.
38- Movie- Silver (1968)
46- Movie- Masculine Feminine
56- Movie- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
64- Movie- Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
68- Twilight Zone
8:30
2- Say Brother
4-10- A Different World
44- Chillida
9:00
2- Mystery!
4-10- Cheers
6-7-21- Paradise
11- Four Strong Winds
27- Movie- On Golden Pond (1981)
68- Twilight Zone
9:30
4-10- Dear John
44- La Plaza
50- CNN News
60- Improv Tonight
68- Twilight Zone
10:00
2-44- News
4-10- L.A Law
6-7-21- Knots Landing
11- The Day The Universe Changed
25- Simon and Simon
46- Movie- Dark Journey
50- Hill Street Blues
56- News
60- USA Tonight
64- Morton Downey Jr.
66- Home Shopping
68- Twilight Zone
10:30
2-44- Nightly Business Report
50- Movie- The Inspector Gadget (1948)
11:00
2- South American Journey
4-5-6-7-9-10-12-21- News
11- Bill Moyers Journal
25- Current Affair
38- M*A*S*H
44- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (sign-off time for WGBX, 12am)
50- Saturday Night
56- USA Today
64- Benny Hill
68- World Monitor
11:30
4-10- The Tonight Show
5-9-12- Nightline
11- Your Show of Shows
21- Night Heat
25- Entertainment Tonight
27- Improv Tonight
38- Morton Downey Jr.
56- Gong Show
64- Barney Miller
68- Baretta
12:00
2- News (sign-off time for WGBH, 12:30am)
5- Hill Street Blues
9- Morton Downey Jr.
11- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour (sign-off time for WENH, 1am)
12- On Trial
25- I Love Lucy
27- Hope
46- Hit Video USA
50- Twilight Zone
56- Newlywed Game
64- Post Time Lincoln Park
12:05
6-7- Night Heat
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
12- CNN News
25- Get Smart
38- Hitchcock
56- Dating Game
64- Movie- The Inspector General (1949)
68- Movie- The Jordan Choice
1:00
5- Sweethearts
9- Entertainment Tonight
12- News
27- Movie- The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979)
38- Hart to Hart
56- Cossman
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1988
Thursday November 24, 1988
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 (CBS) Concord, NH
25 WFXT-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
60 WGOT-TV (Ind.) Merrimack,NH
64 WNAC-TV (FOX) Providence
66 WHSH-TV (Ind.) Marlborough/Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind.) Boston
MORNING
7:00
2- Sesame Street
4-10- Today
5-9-12- Good Morning America
6-7-21- CBS This Morning
11- Body Electric
25- Mighty Mouse and Alvin
27- Success N' Life
38- Thundercats
46- Hooked on Aerobics
56- Dennis the Menace
60- Gumby
64- C.O.P.S
68- Pink Panther
7:30
11- To Life
25- Dinosaucers
38- He-Man
46- New Zoo Revue
50- Morning Business
56- G.I Joe
60- Alvin and the Chipmunks
64- Fun House
68- Littlest Hobo
7:45
11- A.M Weather
8:00
2- Mister Rogers
11- Sesame Street
25- Casper
27- Aerobics
38- Care Bears
44- Nova
46- Snelgrove Small
50- CNN News
56- Bugs Bunny and Friends
60- Double Dare
64- Dennis the Menace
68- Leave it To Beaver
8:30
2- Sesame Street
25- Popeye
27- Heart of the Nation
38- My Little Pony
46- Pink Lemonade Theatre
50- Gary Collins
56- New Zoo Review
64- Alvin and the Chipmunks
68- Leave it To Beaver
9:00
4-10- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
5- Good Day!
6-7-21- CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
9- Geraldo
11- Mister Rogers
12- Growing Pains
25- Mayberry R.F.D
27- Study in the Word
38- Gidget
44- American Experience
46- Movie- Father's Little Dividend (1951)
56- JEM
60- Ask Washington
64- Little House
68- Munsters
9:30
2- Mister Rogers
11- N.H Crossroads
12- Home
25- Catholic Mass
27- Government Loans
38- Andy Griffith
50- A Better Way
56- Popeye and Friends
68- Daily Bible Lesson
10:00
2- Nature
5-12- Geraldo
9- Wipeout
11- 1987 Drum Corps International World Championship
25- Dukes of Hazzard
27- 700 Club
38- Beverly Hillbillies
44- Movie- The Front Page
50- Liar's Club
56- Zoobillee Zoo
64- People's Court
66- Home Shopping
68- Movie- Make Mine Mink
10:30
9- Gong Show
38- Alice
50- Relatively Speaking
56- Mighty Mouse
64- Superior Court
11:00
2- Wild America
5- Sally Jessy Raphael
9- Ryan's Hope
12- Regis and Kathie Lee
25- Movie- Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
27- Liar's Club
38- Divorce Court
46- Elegant Appetite
50- CNN News
56- Teddy Ruxpin
64- 700 Club
11:30
2- Sesame Street
5- Ryan's Hope
9- Home
27- 27 West
38- AM Boston
46- Lingo
50- Quincy, M.E
56- Smurfs
AFTERNOON
12:00
4-5-9-10-12- News
6-7-21- NFL Today
11- Sesame Street
27- Dynasty
38- Trapper John M.D
44- Victory Garden
46- Movie- Fire Over England
56- Movie- The Magic of Lassie
60- Ask Washington
64- Denver, the Last Dinosaur
68- Twilight Zone
12:30
2- Wonderworks
4- Last of the Red Hot Dragons
5-9-- Loving
6-7-21- NFL Football- Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions
10- Sally Jessy Raphael
12- Thanksgiving Day Mass
44- This Old House
50- Magnum P.I
68- Twilight Zone
1:00
4- The Coneheads
5-9-12- All My Children
10- Days Of Our Lives
11- Madeline Cooks
25- Hollywood Squares
27- Barnaby Jones
38- Maude
44- Movie- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
60- Movie- Mr. Emmanuel
64- Dino-Riders
68- Twilight Zone
1:30
2- Mystery!
4- On Trial
11- Backstage/Front Row
25- Relatively Speaking
38- Jeffersons
46- Movie- Algiers (1938)
50- Dick Van Dyke
68- Twilight Zone
2:00
4- Days of Our Lives
5-9-12- One Life to Live
10- Another World
25- Bugs and Porky
27- Superior Court
38- Scooby Doo
50- It Takes A Thief
56- Barbie and the Rockers
64- Pillow People
66- Home Shopping
68- Twilight Zone
2:15
44- Movie- The Kennel Murder Case (1933) (BTW, I have that movie on a blank tape from Ch. 2)
2:30
2- Joy of Painting
11- Mystery!
25- Snorks
27- Beauty
38- Ghostbusters
64- Jetsons
68- Twilight Zone
3:00
2- Woodwright's Shop
4- On Trial
5-9-12- General Hospital
10- Family Feud
25- Yogi Bear
27- Mr. Ed
38- Beverly Hillbillies
46- Gillette World Spors
50- New Leave it To Beaver
56- Dino-Riders
60- Gumby
64- Woody Woodpecker
68- Twilight Zone
3:30
2- Sesame Street
4-10- NFL Live
11- Square One TV
25- Flintstones
27- Room 222
38- Comic Strip
44- Martin Luther King Jr.- The Dream on Hold
46- ITN World News
56- Bewitched
60- Alvin and the Chipmunks
64- Real Ghostbusters
4:00
4-10- NFL Football- Houston Oilers @ Dallas Cowboys
5- Donahue
6- Movie- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
7- Cagney and Lacey
9- Newlywed Game
11- 3-2-1 Contact
12-21- Oprah Winfrey
25- Jetsons
27- Little House on the Prairie
38- Alvin and the Chipmunks
46- Women in Rock
50- Eight is Enoguh
56- Woody Woodpecker
60- Fun House
64- Duck Tales
68- Twilight Zone
4:30
2-11- Mister Rogers
9- Dating Game
25-64- Double Dare
38- Ducktales
56- Real Ghostbusters
60- Finders Keepers
68- Twilight Zone
5:00
2- Square One TV
5- Oprah Winfrey
7- News
9- Hollywood Squares
11- Sesame Street
12- Cosby
21- Donahue
25- Gilligan's Island
27- Video Request
38- Fun House
44- Tony Brown's Journal
46- Paul Ryan
50- Hogan's Heroes
56- Movie- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
60- Double Dare
64- Finders Keepers
68- Twilight Zone
5:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
9- 5:30 Live
12- Cheers
25- Happy Days
38-64- Punky Brewster
44- World Chronicle
46- Liar's Club
50- CNN News
60- Hit Video USA
EVENING
6:00
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
5-6-7-9-12-21- News
25- Denver, the Last Dinosaur
27- Lost in Space
38- Family Ties
44- Sesame Street
46- Movie- The Man in the Eiffel Tower (1939)
50- Movie- Huckleberry Finn
64- A-Team
66- Home Shopping
68- Twilight Zone
6:30
6-7-21- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
38- Family Ties
68- Twilight Zone
7:00
2- Nova
4- News
5- ABC News
6- USA Today
7-12-21- Wheel of Fortune
9-25- Entertainment Tonight
10- PM Magazine
11-44- Nightly Business Report
27- Batman
38- Cheers
60- Crook & Chase
64- Star Trek
68- Twilight Zone
7:30
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6-9- Win, Lose or Draw
7-12-21- Jeopardy!
10- Entertainment Tonight
11- This Old House
25- Current Affair
27- Crook and Chase
38- Newhart
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
50- Movie- Mayflower: The Pilgrim's Adventure
56- USA Today
60- Movie- King Solomon's Mines (1937)
68- World Monitor
8:00
2- This Old House
4-10- The Cosby Shw
5-9-12- Movie- Mary Poppins
6-7-21- Smothers Brothers Thanksgiving
11- Nova
25- Movie- Heidi (1968)
27- Morton Downey Jr.
38- Movie- Silver (1968)
46- Movie- Masculine Feminine
56- Movie- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
64- Movie- Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
68- Twilight Zone
8:30
2- Say Brother
4-10- A Different World
44- Chillida
9:00
2- Mystery!
4-10- Cheers
6-7-21- Paradise
11- Four Strong Winds
27- Movie- On Golden Pond (1981)
68- Twilight Zone
9:30
4-10- Dear John
44- La Plaza
50- CNN News
60- Improv Tonight
68- Twilight Zone
10:00
2-44- News
4-10- L.A Law
6-7-21- Knots Landing
11- The Day The Universe Changed
25- Simon and Simon
46- Movie- Dark Journey
50- Hill Street Blues
56- News
60- USA Tonight
64- Morton Downey Jr.
66- Home Shopping
68- Twilight Zone
10:30
2-44- Nightly Business Report
50- Movie- The Inspector Gadget (1948)
11:00
2- South American Journey
4-5-6-7-9-10-12-21- News
11- Bill Moyers Journal
25- Current Affair
38- M*A*S*H
44- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (sign-off time for WGBX, 12am)
50- Saturday Night
56- USA Today
64- Benny Hill
68- World Monitor
11:30
4-10- The Tonight Show
5-9-12- Nightline
11- Your Show of Shows
21- Night Heat
25- Entertainment Tonight
27- Improv Tonight
38- Morton Downey Jr.
56- Gong Show
64- Barney Miller
68- Baretta
12:00
2- News (sign-off time for WGBH, 12:30am)
5- Hill Street Blues
9- Morton Downey Jr.
11- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour (sign-off time for WENH, 1am)
12- On Trial
25- I Love Lucy
27- Hope
46- Hit Video USA
50- Twilight Zone
56- Newlywed Game
64- Post Time Lincoln Park
12:05
6-7- Night Heat
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
12- CNN News
25- Get Smart
38- Hitchcock
56- Dating Game
64- Movie- The Inspector General (1949)
68- Movie- The Jordan Choice
1:00
5- Sweethearts
9- Entertainment Tonight
12- News
27- Movie- The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979)
38- Hart to Hart
56- Cossman
