Departing from my usual habit of retros for this particular date
in the past because I just got this Eastern Virginia TV Guide
and had not put up any listings from the area for 1981.
WTAR (WTKR) Ch. 3 Norfolk (CBS)
6:10 Down To Earth
6:15 These Things We Share
6:30 Health Field
7 AM CBS News (Charles Kuralt)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (guest: Nipsey Russell)
9 AM Donahue (Dr. Edward J. Beattie, author of "Towards The
Conquest Of Cancer"; Dr. Samuel Epstein, author of "The
Politics Of Cancer")
10 AM Magazine (author-feminist Jane O"Reilly, author of "The Girl
I Left Behind," discusses the women's movement's effect on
her and society; the problems facing female sportscasters;
joint custody, pre-empts the local "Morning Connection" and
CBS reruns of "Alice")
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N To Tell The Truth (Robin Ward version; panel: Soupy Sales,
Fannie Flagg, Tom Seaver, Peggy Cass)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
2 PM As The World Turns
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM Mary Tyler Moore
4:30 Merv Griffin (Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Richard
Benjamin, Fred Willard)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Family Feud
7:30 PM Magazine (Atlantic City showgirls; a decoy cop in Philadelphia)
8 PM The Waltons
9 PM Magnum, P.I.
10 PM Knots Landing
11 PM News
11:30 The Jeffersons
12 M McMillan & Wife
2:05 News
WHSV Ch. 3 Harrisonburg (ABC)
5:55 PTL Club
6:55 News
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM PTL Club continues
10 AM Your New Day (Vidal Sassoon)
10:30 Romper Room
11 AM Love Boat (passengers: Richard Anderson, Carol
Lynley, Donna Pescow, Ben Murphy, Hans Conried)
12 N Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Edge Of Night
4:30 Hour Magazine (Tom Jones is interviewed in part 4 of
5 on macho men; psychologist Neal Olshan discusses
dreams.)
5:30 All In The Family
6 PM News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7 PM Dance Fever (judges: Alison Arngrim, Roxie Roker,
Anson Williams)
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mork & Mindy
8:30 Bosom Buddies
9 PM Barney Miller
9:30 It's A Living
10 PM 20/20
11 PM News
11:30 Nightline
12 M Charlie's Angels
1:10 News
WTVR Ch. 6 Richmond (CBS)
6 AM Virginia Today
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "City In American Literature"
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Donahue (same as WTAR)
10 AM Magazine (pre-empts "The Jeffersons" and "Alice,"
both from CBS)
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N Richmond Today
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
2 PM As The World Turns
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM One Day At A Time (what CBS was showing)
4:30 Tom And Jerry
5 PM Andy Griffith
5:30 Sanford And Son
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM News
7:30 All In The Family
8 PM The Waltons
9 PM Magnum, P.I.
10 PM Knots Landing
11 PM News
11:30 The Jeffersons
12 M McMillan & Wife
WXEX (WRIC) Ch. 8 Petersburg-Richmond (ABC)
6 AM 700 Club
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM Good Morning Virginia
10 AM Hour Magazine (topics: reunions between adopted
children and their natural parents; Jeff Conaway of
"Taxi"; Gallagher goes to the supermarket)
11 AM Love Boat
12 N Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Starsky & Hutch
5 PM Rockford Files
6 PM News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7 PM Good Times
7:30 PM Magazine (same as WTAR)
8 PM Mork & Mindy
8:30 Bosom Buddies
9 PM Barney Miller
9:30 It's A Living
10 PM 20/20
11 PM News
11:30 Nightline
12 M Prisoner: Cell Block H
12:30 TBA
1 AM News
WAVY Ch. 10 Norfolk (NBC)
5:50 News
6 AM TBA
6:30 Tidewater Today
7 AM Today (fourth of five with first-term Senators:
Sen. James Abnor (R-S.D.))
9 AM Hollywood Squares
9:30 Bullseye
10 AM Las Vegas Gambit
10:30 Blockbusters
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Password Plus (Robert Donner, Joanna Gleason)
12 N Hello, Virginia
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM John Davidson (co-host Pat Harrington; Lou and
Carla Ferrigno, Joan Van Ark, singer Thelma Houston,
magician Larry Wilson, author Burton White ("The First
Three Years Of Life")
5:30 M*A*S*H
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News (John Chancellor)
7 PM Tic Tac Dough
7:30 Joker's Wild
8 PM NBC Movie: "Goldengirl" (Susan Anton as a runner programmed
to win three track events at the 1980 Moscow Olympics)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
12:30 Tomorrow (Shelley Berman, Herblock, Alabama)
2 AM News
2:10 Pride
WWBT Ch. 12 Richmond (NBC)
6:40 Virginia Almanac/News
7 AM Today
9 AM Movie: "Don't Give Up The Ship" (Jerry Lewis, from '59)
11:30 Password Plus
12 N Card Sharks (Jim Perry)
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM Bugs Bunny
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5 PM What's Happening!!
5:30 Happy Days Again
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 Barney Miller
8 PM NBC Movie: "Goldengirl"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
12:30 Tomorrow
WVEC Ch. 13 Norfolk (ABC)
6 AM News
6:30 Best Of Good Morning Tidewater
6:50 News
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM Good Morning Tidewater
10 AM Movie: "Kid Galahad" (one of Elvis' better ones,
from '62)
12 N Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Edge Of Night
4:30 Happy Days Again
5 PM All In The Family
5:30 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7 PM Hour Magazine
8 PM Mork & Mindy
8:30 Bosom Buddies
9 PM Barney Miller
9:30 It's A Living
10 PM 20/20
11 PM News
11:30 Nightline
12 M Charlie's Angels
WHRO Ch. 15 Norfolk (PBS)
In-school programs until
3:30 Villa Alegre
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Studio See
6:30 Over Easy (guest: Broderick Crawford)
7 PM MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30 Dick Cavett (last of four with John Gielgud,
who talks about Vivien Leigh, Greta Garbo,
and great-aunt Ellen Terry)
8 PM All Creatures Great And Small
9 PM Sneak Previews (Siskel and Ebert pick their
favorite movies from 1980: "Raging Bull,"
Ordinary People," "Being There," "Coal Miner's
Daughter")
9:30 This Old House
10 PM Austin City Limits (sixth-season premiere with
the Charlie Daniels Band)
11 PM Dick Cavett (repeat of 7:30 PM show)
sign off 11:30 PM
WCVE Ch. 23 Richmond (PBS)
In-school programs until
3:30 Electric Company
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6 PM Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
6:30 Studio See
7 PM Over Easy
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8 PM Battle Of The Brains (high-school quiz bowl)
8:30 TBA
9:30 This Old House
10 PM Sneak Previews
10:30 Sitcom: The Adventures Of Garry Marshall
11 PM Dick Cavett
11:30 Captioned ABC News
sign off 12 M
WYAH (WGNT) Ch. 27 Portsmouth (Ind.)
6 AM Ross Bagley
6:30 Romper Room
7 AM Tom And Jerry
7:30 Popeye/Bugs Bunny
8:30 Fred Flintstone And Friends
9 AM I Love Lucy
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10 AM 700 Club
11:30 Manna
12 N Get Smart
12:30 Let's Make A Deal
1 PM Andy Griffith
1:30 Leave It To Beaver
2 PM Great Space Coaster
2:30 Popeye/Bugs Bunny
3 PM Flintstones
3:30 Tom And Jerry/Woody Woodpecker
4:30 Scooby Doo
5 PM Brady Bunch
5:30 Wonder Woman
6:30 Welcome Back, Kotter
7 PM Get Smart
7:30 College Basketball: Richmond-Old Dominion
9:30 700 Club (time approximate)
11 PM Messianic Jewish Program
11:30 Movie: "-30-" (Jack Webb and William Conrad look
at a newspaper's night shift, from '59; -30-, as most
of you know, is newspaper code for "end of story.")
WVIR Ch. 29 Charlottesville (NBC)
6:30 Health Field
7 AM Today
9 AM Charlottesville Today
9:30 PTL Club
11:30 Password Plus
12 N Card Sharks
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM Mike Douglas (co-hostess Barbara Mandrell;
Bruce Dern, Kareem-Abdul Jabbar, Charlotte
Rae, Louise and Irlene Mandrell, author Karen
Lustgarten ("The Complete Guide To A Dynamic
Body")
5:30 Let's Make A Deal
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Donahue (same as WTAR)
8 PM NBC Movie: "Goldengirl"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
12:30 Tomorrow
WTVZ Ch. 33 Norfolk (Ind.)
6 AM PTL Club
7 AM Porky Pig
8 AM Deputy Dawg
8:30 The Archies
9 AM Dennis The Menace
9:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
10 AM My Favorite Martian
10:30 Ghost And Mrs. Muir
11 AM Perry Mason
12 N Mike Douglas (from San Francisco: co-host
Tony Orlando; Boz Scaggs, Todd Bridges)
1 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
1:30 Real McCoys
2 PM Josie And The Pussycats
2:30 Groovie Goolies
3 PM Speed Racer
3:30 Marine Boy
4 PM Superheroes
4:30 Batman (Burgess Meredith as the Penguin,
Ethel Merman as Lola Lasagne)
5 PM Sha Na Na (guest: Johnnie Ray)
5:30 What's Happening!!
6 PM Good Times (x2)
7 PM Sanford And Son
7:30 Maude
8 PM Movie: "Hamlet" (Laurence Olivier's Academy-Award-
winning performance, from '48)
11 PM Odd Couple
11:30 Movie: "California"
WVPT Ch. 51 Harrisonburg (PBS)
6:45 A.M. Weather
7 AM Over Easy (guest: actress Beulah Bondi)
7:30 Sesame Street
8:30 Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
9 AM In-school programs
3:30 Villa Alegre
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Room For Imagination
6:30 Over Easy
7 PM MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30 Dick Cavett
8 PM Capitol Communique
9 PM All Creatures Great And Small
10 PM On The Line
10:30 On Working (how Americans, from executives
to factory workers, feel about the work they do)
sign off 11 PM
in the past because I just got this Eastern Virginia TV Guide
and had not put up any listings from the area for 1981.
WTAR (WTKR) Ch. 3 Norfolk (CBS)
6:10 Down To Earth
6:15 These Things We Share
6:30 Health Field
7 AM CBS News (Charles Kuralt)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (guest: Nipsey Russell)
9 AM Donahue (Dr. Edward J. Beattie, author of "Towards The
Conquest Of Cancer"; Dr. Samuel Epstein, author of "The
Politics Of Cancer")
10 AM Magazine (author-feminist Jane O"Reilly, author of "The Girl
I Left Behind," discusses the women's movement's effect on
her and society; the problems facing female sportscasters;
joint custody, pre-empts the local "Morning Connection" and
CBS reruns of "Alice")
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N To Tell The Truth (Robin Ward version; panel: Soupy Sales,
Fannie Flagg, Tom Seaver, Peggy Cass)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
2 PM As The World Turns
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM Mary Tyler Moore
4:30 Merv Griffin (Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Richard
Benjamin, Fred Willard)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Family Feud
7:30 PM Magazine (Atlantic City showgirls; a decoy cop in Philadelphia)
8 PM The Waltons
9 PM Magnum, P.I.
10 PM Knots Landing
11 PM News
11:30 The Jeffersons
12 M McMillan & Wife
2:05 News
WHSV Ch. 3 Harrisonburg (ABC)
5:55 PTL Club
6:55 News
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM PTL Club continues
10 AM Your New Day (Vidal Sassoon)
10:30 Romper Room
11 AM Love Boat (passengers: Richard Anderson, Carol
Lynley, Donna Pescow, Ben Murphy, Hans Conried)
12 N Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Edge Of Night
4:30 Hour Magazine (Tom Jones is interviewed in part 4 of
5 on macho men; psychologist Neal Olshan discusses
dreams.)
5:30 All In The Family
6 PM News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7 PM Dance Fever (judges: Alison Arngrim, Roxie Roker,
Anson Williams)
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Mork & Mindy
8:30 Bosom Buddies
9 PM Barney Miller
9:30 It's A Living
10 PM 20/20
11 PM News
11:30 Nightline
12 M Charlie's Angels
1:10 News
WTVR Ch. 6 Richmond (CBS)
6 AM Virginia Today
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "City In American Literature"
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Donahue (same as WTAR)
10 AM Magazine (pre-empts "The Jeffersons" and "Alice,"
both from CBS)
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N Richmond Today
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
2 PM As The World Turns
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM One Day At A Time (what CBS was showing)
4:30 Tom And Jerry
5 PM Andy Griffith
5:30 Sanford And Son
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM News
7:30 All In The Family
8 PM The Waltons
9 PM Magnum, P.I.
10 PM Knots Landing
11 PM News
11:30 The Jeffersons
12 M McMillan & Wife
WXEX (WRIC) Ch. 8 Petersburg-Richmond (ABC)
6 AM 700 Club
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM Good Morning Virginia
10 AM Hour Magazine (topics: reunions between adopted
children and their natural parents; Jeff Conaway of
"Taxi"; Gallagher goes to the supermarket)
11 AM Love Boat
12 N Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Starsky & Hutch
5 PM Rockford Files
6 PM News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7 PM Good Times
7:30 PM Magazine (same as WTAR)
8 PM Mork & Mindy
8:30 Bosom Buddies
9 PM Barney Miller
9:30 It's A Living
10 PM 20/20
11 PM News
11:30 Nightline
12 M Prisoner: Cell Block H
12:30 TBA
1 AM News
WAVY Ch. 10 Norfolk (NBC)
5:50 News
6 AM TBA
6:30 Tidewater Today
7 AM Today (fourth of five with first-term Senators:
Sen. James Abnor (R-S.D.))
9 AM Hollywood Squares
9:30 Bullseye
10 AM Las Vegas Gambit
10:30 Blockbusters
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Password Plus (Robert Donner, Joanna Gleason)
12 N Hello, Virginia
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM John Davidson (co-host Pat Harrington; Lou and
Carla Ferrigno, Joan Van Ark, singer Thelma Houston,
magician Larry Wilson, author Burton White ("The First
Three Years Of Life")
5:30 M*A*S*H
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News (John Chancellor)
7 PM Tic Tac Dough
7:30 Joker's Wild
8 PM NBC Movie: "Goldengirl" (Susan Anton as a runner programmed
to win three track events at the 1980 Moscow Olympics)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
12:30 Tomorrow (Shelley Berman, Herblock, Alabama)
2 AM News
2:10 Pride
WWBT Ch. 12 Richmond (NBC)
6:40 Virginia Almanac/News
7 AM Today
9 AM Movie: "Don't Give Up The Ship" (Jerry Lewis, from '59)
11:30 Password Plus
12 N Card Sharks (Jim Perry)
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM Bugs Bunny
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5 PM What's Happening!!
5:30 Happy Days Again
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 Barney Miller
8 PM NBC Movie: "Goldengirl"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
12:30 Tomorrow
WVEC Ch. 13 Norfolk (ABC)
6 AM News
6:30 Best Of Good Morning Tidewater
6:50 News
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM Good Morning Tidewater
10 AM Movie: "Kid Galahad" (one of Elvis' better ones,
from '62)
12 N Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Edge Of Night
4:30 Happy Days Again
5 PM All In The Family
5:30 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7 PM Hour Magazine
8 PM Mork & Mindy
8:30 Bosom Buddies
9 PM Barney Miller
9:30 It's A Living
10 PM 20/20
11 PM News
11:30 Nightline
12 M Charlie's Angels
WHRO Ch. 15 Norfolk (PBS)
In-school programs until
3:30 Villa Alegre
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Studio See
6:30 Over Easy (guest: Broderick Crawford)
7 PM MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30 Dick Cavett (last of four with John Gielgud,
who talks about Vivien Leigh, Greta Garbo,
and great-aunt Ellen Terry)
8 PM All Creatures Great And Small
9 PM Sneak Previews (Siskel and Ebert pick their
favorite movies from 1980: "Raging Bull,"
Ordinary People," "Being There," "Coal Miner's
Daughter")
9:30 This Old House
10 PM Austin City Limits (sixth-season premiere with
the Charlie Daniels Band)
11 PM Dick Cavett (repeat of 7:30 PM show)
sign off 11:30 PM
WCVE Ch. 23 Richmond (PBS)
In-school programs until
3:30 Electric Company
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6 PM Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
6:30 Studio See
7 PM Over Easy
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8 PM Battle Of The Brains (high-school quiz bowl)
8:30 TBA
9:30 This Old House
10 PM Sneak Previews
10:30 Sitcom: The Adventures Of Garry Marshall
11 PM Dick Cavett
11:30 Captioned ABC News
sign off 12 M
WYAH (WGNT) Ch. 27 Portsmouth (Ind.)
6 AM Ross Bagley
6:30 Romper Room
7 AM Tom And Jerry
7:30 Popeye/Bugs Bunny
8:30 Fred Flintstone And Friends
9 AM I Love Lucy
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10 AM 700 Club
11:30 Manna
12 N Get Smart
12:30 Let's Make A Deal
1 PM Andy Griffith
1:30 Leave It To Beaver
2 PM Great Space Coaster
2:30 Popeye/Bugs Bunny
3 PM Flintstones
3:30 Tom And Jerry/Woody Woodpecker
4:30 Scooby Doo
5 PM Brady Bunch
5:30 Wonder Woman
6:30 Welcome Back, Kotter
7 PM Get Smart
7:30 College Basketball: Richmond-Old Dominion
9:30 700 Club (time approximate)
11 PM Messianic Jewish Program
11:30 Movie: "-30-" (Jack Webb and William Conrad look
at a newspaper's night shift, from '59; -30-, as most
of you know, is newspaper code for "end of story.")
WVIR Ch. 29 Charlottesville (NBC)
6:30 Health Field
7 AM Today
9 AM Charlottesville Today
9:30 PTL Club
11:30 Password Plus
12 N Card Sharks
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM Mike Douglas (co-hostess Barbara Mandrell;
Bruce Dern, Kareem-Abdul Jabbar, Charlotte
Rae, Louise and Irlene Mandrell, author Karen
Lustgarten ("The Complete Guide To A Dynamic
Body")
5:30 Let's Make A Deal
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Donahue (same as WTAR)
8 PM NBC Movie: "Goldengirl"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
12:30 Tomorrow
WTVZ Ch. 33 Norfolk (Ind.)
6 AM PTL Club
7 AM Porky Pig
8 AM Deputy Dawg
8:30 The Archies
9 AM Dennis The Menace
9:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
10 AM My Favorite Martian
10:30 Ghost And Mrs. Muir
11 AM Perry Mason
12 N Mike Douglas (from San Francisco: co-host
Tony Orlando; Boz Scaggs, Todd Bridges)
1 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
1:30 Real McCoys
2 PM Josie And The Pussycats
2:30 Groovie Goolies
3 PM Speed Racer
3:30 Marine Boy
4 PM Superheroes
4:30 Batman (Burgess Meredith as the Penguin,
Ethel Merman as Lola Lasagne)
5 PM Sha Na Na (guest: Johnnie Ray)
5:30 What's Happening!!
6 PM Good Times (x2)
7 PM Sanford And Son
7:30 Maude
8 PM Movie: "Hamlet" (Laurence Olivier's Academy-Award-
winning performance, from '48)
11 PM Odd Couple
11:30 Movie: "California"
WVPT Ch. 51 Harrisonburg (PBS)
6:45 A.M. Weather
7 AM Over Easy (guest: actress Beulah Bondi)
7:30 Sesame Street
8:30 Que Pasa, U.S.A.?
9 AM In-school programs
3:30 Villa Alegre
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Room For Imagination
6:30 Over Easy
7 PM MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30 Dick Cavett
8 PM Capitol Communique
9 PM All Creatures Great And Small
10 PM On The Line
10:30 On Working (how Americans, from executives
to factory workers, feel about the work they do)
sign off 11 PM