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Retro: Hartford/Springfield, Friday, November 15, 1985

Source: Record-Journal via Google News Archive.
The Record-Journal published weekday listings from 7:30AM to 2AM; descriptions of some primetime shows and bits of overnight programming were taken from The Hour and The Day.

02 - WCBS (CBS) New York
7:00 CBS Morning News
9:00 Catch Phrase
9:30 Break the Bank
10:00 $25.000 Pyramid
10:30 Press Your Luck
11:00 Price is Right
12:00 Body Language
12:30 Young and the Restless
1:30 As the World Turns
2:30 Capitol
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 America
5:00 News
7:00 CBS Evening News
7:30 Wheel of Fortune
8:00 The Twilight Zone
9:00 Dallas
10:00 Falcon Crest
11:00 News
11:30 Movie: "Murder in Coweta County" (1983)
1:45 Movie: "Goodbye, Columbus" (1969)
3:55 Newsmakers
4:25 Movie: "Nero Wolfe" (1979)

03 - WFSB (CBS) Hartford

7:00 CBS Morning News
9:00 $25.000 Pyramid
9:30 Let's Make a Deal
10:00 Hour Magazine
11:00 Price is Right
12:00 News
12:30 Young and the Restless
1:30 As the World Turns
2:30 Capitol
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 America
5:00 Taxi
5:30 News
7:00 CBS Evening News
7:30 PM Magazine (an interview with the widow of one of the Navy's Blue Angel pilots; a man who invented a cleansing agent to safely remove graffiti; looking for the perfect doll, Florida seashell heaven; Florida contest)
8:00 The Twilight Zone
9:00 Dallas
10:00 Falcon Crest
11:00 News
11:35 Entertainment Tonight (interview with Peter Strauss)
12:05 Movie: "Fallen Angel" (1981)
followed by sign-off

04 - WNBC (NBC) New York
7:00 Today
9:00 Donahue
10:00 Your Number's Up
10:30 Sale of the Century
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 Super Password
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 Love Connection
4:30 People's Court
5:00 News
7:00 NBC Nightly News
7:30 Newlywed Game
8:00 Knight Rider
9:00 Misfits of Science
10:00 Miami Vice
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (guest: pan flutist Gheorge Zamfir)
12:30 Friday Night Videos (hosted by Yoko Ono)
2:00 News
2:30 Price is Right
3:00 Music City USA
3:30 Hit City
4:00 Ben Casey

05 - WNEW (Ind) New York
7:30 Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny
8:30 The Flintstones
9:00 Brady Bunch
9:30 Leave It to Beaver
10:00 I Love Lucy
10:30 Love Songs
11:00 Divorce Court
11:30 News
12:00 Midday
1:00 Hour Magazine
2:00 Popeye
2:30 Woody Woodpecker
3:00 Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
3:30 She-Ra: Princess of Power
4:00 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
4:30 Brady Bunch
5:30 What's Happening!!
6:00 Diff'rent Strokes
6:30 Too Close for Comfort
7:00 Three's Company
7:30 M*A*S*H
8:00 PM Magazine (an interview with the widow of one of the Navy's Blue Angel pilots; the owner of a mail-order leather business)
8:30 All in the Family
9:00 Merv Griffin Show
10:00 News
11:00 Taxi
11:30 Dynasty
12:30 Comedy Tonight (routines from Glenn Farrington, Phil Van Tee, Yakov Smirnoff, Craig Shoemaker, Mike Irwin)
1:00 Star Search (guests: Sherman Hemsley, Maude Adams)
2:00 Movie: "The Chairman" (1969)
4:00 Get Smart!

07 - WABC (ABC) New York
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Morning Show
10:30 Sally
11:00 Three's A Crowd
11:30 All-Star Blitz
12:00 Ryan's Hope
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Jeopardy!
4:30 Sale of the Century
5:00 News
7:00 ABC World News Tonight
7:30 Entertainment Tonight (see ch. 3, 11:35PM)
8:00 Webster
8:30 Mr. Belvedere
9:00 Diff'rent Strokes
9:30 Benson
10:00 Our Family Honor
11:00 News
11:30 Nightline
12:00 Headline Chasers
12:30 New York Hot Tracks
2:00 Eye on Hollywood
2:30 Movie: "Willard" (1971)

08 - WTNH (ABC) New Haven
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Donahue
10:00 Sally
10:30 Catch Phrase
11:00 Divorce Court
11:30 People's Court
12:00 News
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Sale of the Century
4:30 Headline Chasers
5:00 Jeopardy!
5:30 News
7:00 ABC World News Tonight
7:30 Wheel of Fortune
8:00 Webster
8:30 Mr. Belvedere
9:00 Diff'rent Strokes
9:30 Benson
10:00 Our Family Honor
11:00 News
11:30 Movie: "Annie Hall" (1977)
1:30 News
2:00 sign-off

09 - WOR (Ind) New York
7:30 Straight Talk
8:30 Flying Nun
9:00 Gidget
9:30 Romper Room
10:30 Partridge Family
11:00 Bewitched
11:30 I Dream of Jeannie
12:00 News
1:00 Joker's Wild
1:30 Tic Tac Dough
2:00 Let's Make a Deal
2:30 Dating Game
3:00 Hawaii Five-O
4:00 Vega$
5:00 Police Woman
6:00 Hart to Hart
7:00 $100.000 Pyramid
7:30 Benny Hill Show
8:00 News
8:30 Family Feud
9:00 Movie: "After the Fox"
11:00 Bizarre (sketches: sing-along with Charles and Diana, a shrink on the blink, a "bizarre" crime alert)
11:30 TV 2000 (videos by Sting, Tina Turner and Bryan Adams, Jeff Beck, Stevie Wonder; Paul Young interview; "The Rocky Horror Picture Show": 10th anniversary)
12:30 Saturday Night (hosted by Lily Tomlin; guest: James Taylor)
1:00 Joe Franklin
2:00 Movie: "Captain from Castille" (1948)

11 - WPIX (Ind) New York
7:30 The Jetsons
8:00 Challenge of the GoBots
8:30 Scooby-Doo
9:00 Great Space Coaster
9:30 Private Benjamin
10:00 Sanford and Son
10:30 Best Talk in Town
11:00 The Love Boat
12:00 INDAY News
12:30 What's Hot! What's Not?
1:00 Streets of San Francisco
2:00 Tom and Jerry
2:30 M.A.S.K.
3:00 The Jetsons
3:30 Transformers
4:00 G.I. Joe
4:30 Heathcliff
5:00 Little House on the Prairie
6:00 Gimme a Break!
6:30 Benson
7:00 The Jeffersons
7:30 Independent Network News
8:00 Movie: "Thou Shalt Not Kill"
10:00 Independent Network News
10:30 News
11:00 Carson's Comedy Classics (guests: Charlton Heston, Carol Wayne)
11:30 The Honeymooners
12:00 Comedy Break with Mack and Jamie (guests: Buzz Belmondo, Paul Provenza)
12:30 Star Trek
1:30 Independent Network News
2:00 Solid Gold (songs from movies including "I Just Called to Say I Love You", "Footloose", "Ghostbusters", "I'm So Excited"; part 2 of 2)
3:00 Ethiopia: The Nightmare Continues
4:00 Space: 1999

13 - WNET (PBS) Newark
8:00 The Electric Company
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Educational programming
11:00 Why in the World?
11:30 New Literacy: An Introduction to Computers
12:30 Rutgers Forum
1:00 Educational programming
2:00 World of Work: Is Technology Stealing Your Job?
3:00 Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery
3:30 Square Foot Gardening
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers
5:30 3-2-1 Contact
6:00 News
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 Capitol Journal
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
8:30 Wall Street Week (Milton Friedman discusses the economy and the federal reserve)
9:00 Great Performances "Master Harold... and the Boys"
10:30 Salestalk
11:00 Sneak Previews (Jeffrey Lyons and Michael Medved review "Miracles" and "White Knights")
11:30 Movie: "The Scoundrel" (1935)
followed by sign-off

18 - WHCT (Ind) Hartford
7:30 Fantastic Voyage
8:00 Return to the Planet of the Apes
8:30 Top Cat
9:00 Professor Kitzel
9:30 Ghost and Mrs. Muir
10:00 Julia
10:30 20 Minute Workout
11:00 Good Housekeeping: A Better Way
11:30 Merv Griffin Show
12:30 Movie: "Love Spell"
2:30 Romper Room
3:00 Josie and the Pussycats
3:30 My Favorite Martian
4:00 Brady Bunch
4:30 Mork and Mindy
5:00 Dallas
6:00 Carson's Comedy Classics
6:30 The Odd Couple
7:00 Knots Landing
8:00 Columbo
9:30 Independent Network News
10:00 Mission: Impossible
11:00 Best of Saturday Night Live
11:30 SCTV (the results of Caballero's forgery; Jerry Lewis (Martin Short) stars in "Scenes from an Idiot's Marriage")
12:00 Uncle Floyd
12:30 The Untouchables
followed by sign-off

20 - WTXX (Ind) Waterbury
7:30 Transformers
8:00 Inspector Gadget
8:30 Heathcliff
9:00 Catholic Mass
9:30 Jimmy Swaggart
10:00 Richard Roberts
11:00 I Love Lucy
11:30 Andy Griffith Show
12:00 Love Songs
12:30 Movie: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
2:30 Woody Woodpecker
3:00 Scooby-Doo
3:30 Thundercats
4:00 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
4:30 G.I. Joe
5:00 Happy Days Again
5:30 Laverne and Shirley
6:00 Gimme a Break!
6:30 Too Close for Comfort
7:00 M*A*S*H
7:30 Barney Miller
8:00 Movie: "2001: A Space Odyssey"
11:00 Tales from the Darkside
11:30 Movie: "The Car" (1977)
1:30 Night Gallery
followed by sign-off

22 - WWLP (NBC) Springfield
7:00 Today
9:00 Donahue
10:00 Break the Bank
10:30 Sale of the Century
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 News
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 Divorce Court
4:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
5:00 M*A*S*H
5:30 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 M*A*S*H
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 Knight Rider
9:00 Misfits of Science
10:00 Miami Vice
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30 Friday Night Videos
followed by sign-off

24 - WEDH (PBS) Hartford
8:00 Mister Rogers
8:30 3-2-1 Contact
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Educational programming
12:00 Nova
1:00 Educational programming
2:00 River Journeys
2:30 Better Health
3:00 Wild, Wild World of Animals
3:30 Secret City
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers
5:30 3-2-1 Contact
6:00 Doctor Who
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
8:00 Washington Week in Review
8:30 Wall Street Week
9:00 Great Performances
10:30 Jinx
11:00 Doctor Who
followed by sign-off

30 - WVIT (NBC) New Britain
7:00 Today
9:00 Family Feud
9:30 Break the Bank
10:00 Your Number's Up
10:30 Sale of the Century
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 Super Password
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 Quincy
5:00 Benson
5:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Price is Right
7:30 Newlywed Game
8:00 Knight Rider
9:00 Misfits of Science
10:00 Miami Vice
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30 Friday Night Videos
followed by sign-off

38 - WSBK (Ind) Boston
7:30 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
8:00 Challenge of the GoBots
8:30 Scooby-Doo
9:00 Fat Albert
9:30 Friday Journal
10:00 Movie: "The Virginian"
12:00 Dick Van Dyke
12:30 Beverly Hillbillies
1:00 Andy Griffith Show
1:30 My Three Sons
2:00 Tranzor
2:30 Voltron, Defender of the Universe
3:00 Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
3:30 Challenge of the GoBots
4:00 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
4:30 She-Ra: Princess of Power
5:00 Quincy
6:00 Hart to Hart
7:00 M*A*S*H
7:30 Barney Miller
8:00 Movie: "The Exorcist" (1973)
10:30 Dick Van Dyke
11:00 M*A*S*H
11:30 Hogan's Heroes
12:00 Comedy Break with Mack and Jamie (same as ch. 11)
12:30 Maude
1:00 Break the Bank
1:30 sign-off

40 - WGGB (ABC) Springfield
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Headline Chasers
9:30 Catch Phrase
10:00 $100.000 Name That Tune
10:30 Alice
11:00 Three's A Crowd
11:30 All-Star Blitz
12:00 Ryan's Hope
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Quincy
5:00 People's Court
5:30 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 Newlywed Game
7:30 Benson
8:00 Webster
8:30 Mr. Belvedere
9:00 Diff'rent Strokes
9:30 Benson
10:00 Our Family Honor
11:00 News
11:30 Nightline
12:00 Barney Miller
12:30 sign-off

56 - WLVI (Ind) Boston
7:30 Heathcliff
8:00 Bugs Bunny and Woody Woodpecker
8:30 Tom and Jerry
9:00 Mighty Mouse
9:30 Great Space Coaster
10:00 New England Today
11:00 INDAY News
11:30 All About Us
12:00 It's a Great Life
12:30 What's Hot! What's Not?
1:00 Bewitched
1:30 Casper
2:00 The Flintstones
2:30 Tom and Jerry
3:00 Inspector Gadget
3:30 G.I. Joe
4:00 Transformers
4:30 Thundercats
5:00 Brady Bunch
5:30 Happy Days Again
6:00 Three's Company
7:00 Benson
7:30 Taxi
8:00 Movie: "The Entity" (1982)
10:30 News
11:00 Carson's Comedy Classics (Johnny does a spoof of Walter Cronkite's final newscast; guest: Joan Embery)
11:30 Wrestling
12:30 News
1:00 sign-off

57 - WGBY (PBS) Springfield
8:00 Mister Rogers
8:30 Sesame Street
9:30 The Electric Company
10:00 Educational programming
10:30 Reading Rainbow
11:00 Educational programming
12:00 Sesame Street
1:00 Educational programming
2:30 Magic of Oil Painting
3:00 French Chef
3:30 Wild, Wild World of Animals
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers
5:30 The Beachcombers
6:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7:00 Nightly Business Report
7:30 State We're In
8:00 Washington Week in Review
8:30 Wall Street Week
9:00 Great Performances
10:30 Capitol Journal
11:00 SCTV
11:30 News
12:05 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
1:05 sign-off

61 - WTIC (Ind) Hartford
7:30 Robotech
8:00 Tranzor
8:30 The Flintstones
9:00 Fantasy Island
10:00 Movie: "Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki"
11:30 INDAY News
12:00 All About Us
12:30 It's a Great Life
1:00 What's Hot! What's Not?
1:30 Love Connection
2:00 Green Acres
2:30 Superfriends
3:00 Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
3:30 Challenge of the GoBots
4:00 M.A.S.K.
4:30 The Jetsons
5:00 The Munsters
5:30 What's Happening!!
6:00 Good Times
6:30 One Day at a Time
7:00 Diff'rent Strokes (two episodes)
8:00 Movie: "The Entity" (1982)
10:00 Crime Inc.
11:00 Comedy Break with Mack and Jamie
11:30 Comedy Tonight (see ch. 5, 12:30AM)
12:00 Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1:00 Gene Scott
followed by sign-off
 
Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy weren't carried together then as they often are now. WPIX still had Independent Network News, which was syndicated nationwide to independent stations so they could offer a news product. PM Magazine was still doing well. Even Space:1999 was still showing up.
 
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