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RETRO: France, Friday, August 26, 1988

From August 26, 1988, here are the listings for the six over-the-air French networks of that time, adapted from a post by user Glouglouste on the French ORTForum:

TF1

6:25AM Une première
7:30 Club Dorothée
8:30 Le Magazine de l'Objet (infomercial)
9:00 Haine et Passions (Guiding Light)
10:40 Et avec les oreilles
11:10 C'est déjà Demain (Search for Tomorrow)
11:35 On ne vit qu'une fois (One Life to Live)
12:00noon Tournez Manège (game show)
12:30 Flash (news update)
12:35 Le Juste prix (game show)
1:00 Le Journal (news) and business news
1:40 Côte Ouest (Knots Landing)
2:25 Des Agents très spéciaux (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)
3:15 Le Gerfaut
4:30 Club Dorothée
6:10 Chips
7:00 Santa Barbara
7:30 La Roue de la Fortune (Wheel of Fortune, French version)
7:55 Tac O Tac
8:00 Le Journal (news)
8:35 Intervilles
10:25 Ushuaia (news)
11:20 Le Journal
11:30 Un Métier de Seigneur
01:05AM Minuit Sport

Antenne 2

6:45AM Télématin (morning show)
8:30 Amoureusement Vôtre
9:00 L'Eté en baskets
11:00 Aventures, voyages
11:25 La Demoiselle d'Avignon
12:05PM Kazcado
12:30 Flash (news update)
12:35 Les Mariés de l'A2
1:00 Le Journal (news)
1:40 La Vie en panne
2:05 Jeunes docteurs
2:45 Arno Domini
4:20 Sports
5:30 L'Arche d'Or
6:00 Frank, chasseur de fauves (Bring ‘Em Back Alive)
6:45 Des Chiffres et des Lettres (game show)
7:10 Regional news
7:35 Petit déjeuner compris (series)
8:00 Le Journal (news)
8:35 La Fille du Fleuve (TV movie)
10:05 Apostrophes d'Eté (literary discussion)
11:15 Le Journal (news)
11:30 Un nommé Cable Hogue (The Ballad of Cable Hogue)

FR3

12:00noon Estivales
1:00PM Astro-Vacances
1:30 Cap Danger (Danger Bay)
2:00 40° à l'ombre
5:00 Amuse 3
6:00 Colorado
7:00 19/20 (news; partly regional, partly national)
7:55 Jouez à la case
8:00 La Classe
8:30 Terre des Gangs (Gangster Wars)
9:20 Thalassa
10:05 Soir 3 (news)
10:30 Documentary
11:30 Nocturnes

Canal Plus (over-the-air subscription channel; mostly encrypted)

7:00AM Cabou Cadin
8:00 CBS Evening News
8:25 Batman
8:45 Dessin animé
9:00 Breakfast Club
10:35 La Légende des Amants Maudits
12:30PM T.N.T.
1:05 Top 50
1:30 Soap
2:00 Remo sans arme et dangereux (Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, film)
3:50 La Minute de Vérité (film)
5:40 Batman
6:05 Cabou Cadin
6:50 Trip Trap
7:00 Top 50
7:20 Flash (news update)
7:30 Stalag 13
7:55 Objectif Nul
8:05 Starquizz
8:25 Flash (news update)
8:30 Ray Bradbury présente La Dame Blanche (The Ray Bradbury Theater)
9:00 Quai des brumes (film)
10:35 Documentary
11:05 Le Solitaire
12:35AM Les Flics ne dorment pas la Nuit

La Cinq

5:00AM Le Journal Permanent
8:00 Youpi !
9:15 Capitol
9:40 Vive la Vie
10:05 Corsaires et Flibustiers (series)
10:30 Mathias Sandorf (dramatization of Jules Verne’s story)
11:25 Riptide
12:10PM Capitol
12:30 Duel (Jean-Claude Bourret)
1:00 Le Journal (Jean-Claude Bourret)
1:30 Mike Hammer (Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer)
2:20 La Nuit qui terrifia l'Amérique (The Night that Panicked America, TV movie)
3:55 Capitaine Furillo (Hill Street Blues)
4:55 Youpi!
6:05 Riptide
6:55 Journal en images
7:05 L'Homme qui valait Trois Milliards (The Six Million Dollar Man)
8:00 Le Journal (news)
8:30 La Cour Martiale (with Andy Griffith; is this Matlock?)
10:30 Mike Hammer (Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer)
11:20 Le Cauchemar aux Yeux Verts (The Aliens are Coming, TV Movie)
1:00AM Capitaine Furillo (Hill Street Blues)

M6

5:10AM Matin Chaud
8:00 Nans le Berger
8:30 Paul et Virginie
9:00 Plein les baffles
10:00 Boulevard des Clips
11:00 Grand Prix
11:30 Paul et Virginie
11:55 Hit Hit Hit Hourra
12:05PM Dessins animés
12:30 Le Journal
12:45 La Petite Maison dans la Prairie (guess!)
1:30 Poigne de Fer et Séduction (The Protectors)
1:55 Nans le Berger
2:20 L'Ile Mystérieuse
3:15 Faites Moi 6
4:15 Clip Combat
4:55 Hit Hit Hit Hourra
5:05 Hawaï Police d'Etat (Hawaii Five-O)
6:00 Le Journal (news)
6:15 Les Routes du Paradis (Highway to Heaven)
7:00 Les Têtes brulées (Black Sheep Squadron)
7:54 6 Minutes
8:00 The Cosby Show
8:30 Le Saint
9:20 Espion Modèle (Cover Up)
10:15 Ciné 6
10:30 Tante Zita
12:10AM Charmes
 
TVWorldwide said:
La Cinq

8:30 La Cour Martiale (with Andy Griffith; is this Matlock?)

Noting the two-hour run time, it could also be Fatal Vision, a 1984 NBC miniseries about a military doctor convicted of murder, based on the book of the same name.
 
Thanks, azumanga.

By the way, here are some videos of the French networks' news opens from this era:

TF1 (recorded in 1989):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2os35_tf1-10-10-89-teaser-debut-jt-nuit_news

^^ The news starts at 1:07. Note the commercial for the Minitel, the early French computer network.

Antenne 2 (recorded in 1988):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5z612_antenne-2-jt-1988_news

FR3 (recorded in 1988):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x428vk_fr3-edition-nationale-1920_news

M6 (recorded in 1988):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2soyo_m6-25-09-88-pubs-teaser-hebdo-debut_news

^^ Preceded by several commercials.

La Cinq (recorded in 1988):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x13dvi_generique-journal-la-5-1988

^^ You'll recognize the theme music!
 
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