Source: Spartanburg Hearld-Journal
Date: October 1, 1986
Greenville, South Carolina commercial stations only.
WYFF 4 (NBC)
7:00am: Today (Bryant Gumbel/Jane Pauley)
9:00am: Donahue
10:00am: Family Ties (daytime reruns)
10:30am: $ale of The Century (Jim Perry)
11:00am: Wheel of Fortune (daytime version)
11:30am: Scrabble (Chuck Woolery)
12:00pm: NewsCenter4 at Noon anchored by Kenn Sparks I think (pre-empts Super Password)
12:30pm: Search for Tomorrow
1:00pm: Days of our Lives (an Upstate South Carolina favorite)
2:00pm: Another World
3:00pm: Santa Barbara
4:00pm: Silver Spoons
4:30pm: Three's Company
5:00pm: The Oprah Winfrey Show
6:00pm: NewsCenter4 at Six anchored by Carl Clark and Carol Anderson (now Carol Goldsmith) (one hour)
7:00pm: NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
7:30pm: P.M. Magazine
8:00pm: Highway to Heaven
9:00pm: Gimmie a Break!
9:30pm: You Again?
10:00pm: St. Elsewhere
11:00pm: NewsCenter4 Update anchored by Carl Clark and Carol Anderson (Goldsmith)
11:30pm: The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12:30am: Late Night with David Letterman
1:30am: Sally Jesse Raphael
WSPA 7 (CBS)
7:00am: CBS Morning News
9:00am: Superior Court (Judge William Burns)
9:30am: Crosswits
10:00am: The $25,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark)
10:30am: Card Sharks (Bob Eubanks)
11:00am: The Price is Right (Bob Barker)
12:00pm: TV-7 Eyewitness News at Noon anchored by Don Dudley I think
12:30pm: The Young and The Restless
1:30pm: As The World Turns
2:30pm: Capitol
3:00pm: Guiding Light
4:00pm: Hour Magazine (Gary Collins)
5:00pm: Divorce Court (Judge William B. Keene presides with Jim Peck narrates)
5:30pm: The People's Court (Wapner)
6:00pm: TV-7 Eyewitness News anchored by Ed Bradford and Annette Estes (before the infamous "F" bomb inncodent and leaving for a rival station the following year)
6:30pm: CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
7:00pm: Entertainment Tonight (before it moved to 13, back to 7, and currently on 4)
7:30pm: Hollywood Squares (John Davidson hosts, Joan Rivers in the center square)
8:00pm: Together We Stand
8:30pm: Better Days
9:00pm: Magnum, P.I. (two hours)
11:00pm: TV-7 Eyewitness News Nightwatch with Ed Bradford and Annette Estes
11:30pm: Sanford & Son
12:00am: Adderty
1:10am: Movie ("Brotherly Love" from 1985)
WLOS 13 (ABC)
7:00am: Good Morning America (David Hartman/Joan Lunden)
9:00am: Falcon Crest
10:00am: The Judge (the late Bob Shield as Judge Robert J. Franklin)
10:30am: True Confessions
11:00am: Trapper John, M.D. (pre-empts Fame, Fortune, and Romance and Double Talk)
12:00pm: Love Connection (pre-empts Ryan's Hope)
12:30pm: Loving
1:00pm: All My Children
2:00pm: One Life to Live
3:00pm: General Hospital
4:00pm: The All-New Newlywed Game (Bob Eubanks)
4:30pm: The Dating Game (Elane Joyce)
5:00pm: Gimmie a Break! (off-network reruns)
5:30pm: First News at 5:30 (Ch. 13's experiment newscast)
6:00pm: News 13 at Six with Darcel Grimes and Jon Griener
6:30pm: ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (God rest his soul)
7:00pm: Wheel of Fortune (nightime version)
7:30pm: Jeopardy!
8:00pm: Perfect Strangers
8:30pm: Head of The Class
9:00pm: Dynasty
10:00pm: Hotel
11:00pm: News 13 Nightcast with Grimes and Griener
11:30pm: M*A*S*H
12:00am: Nightline with Ted Koppel (delay from 11:30pm)
12:30am: The Dick Cavett Show (ABC 1986-87 run)
WHNS 21 (Independent, now FOX)
7:00am: Transformers
7:30am: ThunderCats
8:00am: GhostBusters (animated version of the popular 1984 movie)
8:30am: The Flintstones
9:00am: I Love Lucy
9:30am: The Andy Griffith Show (currently seen on Ch. 4 at 12:30pm weekdays)
10:00am: Little House on The Prairie
11:00am: Petticoat Junction
11:30am: The Beverly Hillbillies
12:00pm: Perry Mason
1:00pm: Barnaby Jones
2:00pm: Quincy, M.E.
3:00pm: He-Man and Masters of the Universe
3:30pm: M.A.S.K.
4:00pm: G.I. Joe
4:30pm: SilverHawks
5:00pm: The Facts of Life
5:30pm: To Close for Comfort
6:00pm: The Fall Guy
7:00pm: Benson
7:30pm: Taxi
8:00pm: Movie ("Beulah Land") a 1980s TV miniseries
10:00pm: Magnum, P.I. (off-network reruns)
11:00pm: The Honeymooners
11:30pm: Bosom Buddies (the sitcom help launched the career of movie star Tom Hanks)
12:00am: The Odd Couple
12:30am: Archie Bunker's Place
1:00am: Bizarre
1:30am: INN News
WAXA 40 (Independent, now WMYA MyNetworkTV)
7:00am: Defenders of the Earth
7:30am: Super Chargers
8:00am: Heathcliff
8:30am: Zoobilee Zoo
9:00am: Richard Roberts
10:00am: Eight is Enough
11:00am: Julia
11:30am: Super Password hosted by the late Bert Convy (NBC, pre-empted on Ch. 4. One-day delay from 12:00pm)
12:00pm: Strike it Rich
12:30pm: In Search Of... (Leonard Nimoy)
1:00pm: Movie ("Swanee River" 1939)
3:00pm: Inspector Gadget
3:30pm: Robotech
4:00pm: Heathcliff
4:30pm: $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
5:00pm: Knots Landing
6:00pm: The Ted Knight Show (sadly we loss him that year)
6:30pm: Soap
7:00pm: Flamingo Road
8:00pm: Movie ("Goodnight, My Love" 1972)
10:00pm: Police Woman (with Angie Dickinson)
11:00pm: Starsky and Hutch
12:00am: Tales of the Unexpected
Date: October 1, 1986
Greenville, South Carolina commercial stations only.
WYFF 4 (NBC)
7:00am: Today (Bryant Gumbel/Jane Pauley)
9:00am: Donahue
10:00am: Family Ties (daytime reruns)
10:30am: $ale of The Century (Jim Perry)
11:00am: Wheel of Fortune (daytime version)
11:30am: Scrabble (Chuck Woolery)
12:00pm: NewsCenter4 at Noon anchored by Kenn Sparks I think (pre-empts Super Password)
12:30pm: Search for Tomorrow
1:00pm: Days of our Lives (an Upstate South Carolina favorite)
2:00pm: Another World
3:00pm: Santa Barbara
4:00pm: Silver Spoons
4:30pm: Three's Company
5:00pm: The Oprah Winfrey Show
6:00pm: NewsCenter4 at Six anchored by Carl Clark and Carol Anderson (now Carol Goldsmith) (one hour)
7:00pm: NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
7:30pm: P.M. Magazine
8:00pm: Highway to Heaven
9:00pm: Gimmie a Break!
9:30pm: You Again?
10:00pm: St. Elsewhere
11:00pm: NewsCenter4 Update anchored by Carl Clark and Carol Anderson (Goldsmith)
11:30pm: The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12:30am: Late Night with David Letterman
1:30am: Sally Jesse Raphael
WSPA 7 (CBS)
7:00am: CBS Morning News
9:00am: Superior Court (Judge William Burns)
9:30am: Crosswits
10:00am: The $25,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark)
10:30am: Card Sharks (Bob Eubanks)
11:00am: The Price is Right (Bob Barker)
12:00pm: TV-7 Eyewitness News at Noon anchored by Don Dudley I think
12:30pm: The Young and The Restless
1:30pm: As The World Turns
2:30pm: Capitol
3:00pm: Guiding Light
4:00pm: Hour Magazine (Gary Collins)
5:00pm: Divorce Court (Judge William B. Keene presides with Jim Peck narrates)
5:30pm: The People's Court (Wapner)
6:00pm: TV-7 Eyewitness News anchored by Ed Bradford and Annette Estes (before the infamous "F" bomb inncodent and leaving for a rival station the following year)
6:30pm: CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
7:00pm: Entertainment Tonight (before it moved to 13, back to 7, and currently on 4)
7:30pm: Hollywood Squares (John Davidson hosts, Joan Rivers in the center square)
8:00pm: Together We Stand
8:30pm: Better Days
9:00pm: Magnum, P.I. (two hours)
11:00pm: TV-7 Eyewitness News Nightwatch with Ed Bradford and Annette Estes
11:30pm: Sanford & Son
12:00am: Adderty
1:10am: Movie ("Brotherly Love" from 1985)
WLOS 13 (ABC)
7:00am: Good Morning America (David Hartman/Joan Lunden)
9:00am: Falcon Crest
10:00am: The Judge (the late Bob Shield as Judge Robert J. Franklin)
10:30am: True Confessions
11:00am: Trapper John, M.D. (pre-empts Fame, Fortune, and Romance and Double Talk)
12:00pm: Love Connection (pre-empts Ryan's Hope)
12:30pm: Loving
1:00pm: All My Children
2:00pm: One Life to Live
3:00pm: General Hospital
4:00pm: The All-New Newlywed Game (Bob Eubanks)
4:30pm: The Dating Game (Elane Joyce)
5:00pm: Gimmie a Break! (off-network reruns)
5:30pm: First News at 5:30 (Ch. 13's experiment newscast)
6:00pm: News 13 at Six with Darcel Grimes and Jon Griener
6:30pm: ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (God rest his soul)
7:00pm: Wheel of Fortune (nightime version)
7:30pm: Jeopardy!
8:00pm: Perfect Strangers
8:30pm: Head of The Class
9:00pm: Dynasty
10:00pm: Hotel
11:00pm: News 13 Nightcast with Grimes and Griener
11:30pm: M*A*S*H
12:00am: Nightline with Ted Koppel (delay from 11:30pm)
12:30am: The Dick Cavett Show (ABC 1986-87 run)
WHNS 21 (Independent, now FOX)
7:00am: Transformers
7:30am: ThunderCats
8:00am: GhostBusters (animated version of the popular 1984 movie)
8:30am: The Flintstones
9:00am: I Love Lucy
9:30am: The Andy Griffith Show (currently seen on Ch. 4 at 12:30pm weekdays)
10:00am: Little House on The Prairie
11:00am: Petticoat Junction
11:30am: The Beverly Hillbillies
12:00pm: Perry Mason
1:00pm: Barnaby Jones
2:00pm: Quincy, M.E.
3:00pm: He-Man and Masters of the Universe
3:30pm: M.A.S.K.
4:00pm: G.I. Joe
4:30pm: SilverHawks
5:00pm: The Facts of Life
5:30pm: To Close for Comfort
6:00pm: The Fall Guy
7:00pm: Benson
7:30pm: Taxi
8:00pm: Movie ("Beulah Land") a 1980s TV miniseries
10:00pm: Magnum, P.I. (off-network reruns)
11:00pm: The Honeymooners
11:30pm: Bosom Buddies (the sitcom help launched the career of movie star Tom Hanks)
12:00am: The Odd Couple
12:30am: Archie Bunker's Place
1:00am: Bizarre
1:30am: INN News
WAXA 40 (Independent, now WMYA MyNetworkTV)
7:00am: Defenders of the Earth
7:30am: Super Chargers
8:00am: Heathcliff
8:30am: Zoobilee Zoo
9:00am: Richard Roberts
10:00am: Eight is Enough
11:00am: Julia
11:30am: Super Password hosted by the late Bert Convy (NBC, pre-empted on Ch. 4. One-day delay from 12:00pm)
12:00pm: Strike it Rich
12:30pm: In Search Of... (Leonard Nimoy)
1:00pm: Movie ("Swanee River" 1939)
3:00pm: Inspector Gadget
3:30pm: Robotech
4:00pm: Heathcliff
4:30pm: $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
5:00pm: Knots Landing
6:00pm: The Ted Knight Show (sadly we loss him that year)
6:30pm: Soap
7:00pm: Flamingo Road
8:00pm: Movie ("Goodnight, My Love" 1972)
10:00pm: Police Woman (with Angie Dickinson)
11:00pm: Starsky and Hutch
12:00am: Tales of the Unexpected