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Retro: Indianapolis, Friday, August 31, 2001

Source: The Indianapolis Star

WTTV 4 - WB
5:00 Paid programming
5:30 Sister, Sister
6:00 First Business
6:30 Rocky and Bullwinkle
7:00 Men in Black
7:30 Histeria!
8:00 Moesha
8:30 The Parent 'Hood
9:00 The Wayans Bros.
9:30 Caroline in the City
10:00 Jerry Springer
11:00 Sally
12:00 Ricki Lake
1:00 Sex Wars
1:30 Mad About You
2:00 700 Club
3:00 Batman Beyond
3:30 Pokemon
4:30 Batman Beyond
5:00 Jerry Springer
6:00 Home Improvement
6:30 3rd Rock from the Sun
7:00 Seinfeld
7:30 Frasier
8:00 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
"Sabrina's Got Spirit".
8:30 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
"Finally". Eden's Crush, the all-female singing group that emerged from the series "Popstars", is featured in this repeat of last season's finale. They provide the music for a singles' night at the coffeehouse.
9:00 The Nightmare Room (series premiere, two episodes)
R.L. Stine, the best-selling writer of suspense stories for young readers, tackles TV again with another live-action anthology series in the tradition of his "Goosebumps" tales.
10:00 News (produced by WRTV)
10:30 Drew Carey Show
11:00 3rd Rock from the Sun
11:30 M*A*S*H
12:00 Married... with Children
12:30 Jamie Foxx Show
1:00 Star Trek
2:00 Thunderbirds
3:00 Jerry Springer
4:00 In House
4:30 Paid programming

WRTV 6 - ABC
5:00 News
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Regis and Kathie Lee
10:00 The View
11:00 Judge Joe Brown
11:30 News
12:00 All My Children
1:00 One Life to Live
2:00 General Hospital
3:00 People's Court
4:00 Judge Judy
5:00 News (longtime anchors Clyde Lee and Diane Willis left the station that day to start a consulting firm)
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 Access Hollywood
7:30 Hollywood Squares
8:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Piñata mishaps, gymnast follies.
9:00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Couples edition.
10:00 20/20
11:00 News
11:35 Nightline
12:05 Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
12:35 Inside Edition
1:05 Hollywood Squares
1:35 Port Charles
2:05 Judge Judy
2:35 Paid programming

WISH 8 - CBS
5:00 News
7:00 The Early Show
9:00 Judge Mathis
10:00 Iyanla
11:00 Price is Right
12:00 News
12:30 Young and the Restless
1:30 Bold and the Beautiful
2:00 As the World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Crossing Over
5:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 Diagnosis Murder
Someone kills a student, stores the corpse in the morgue.
9:00 That's Life
Paulie produces money to help Frank buy Joe's luncheonette.
10:00 48 Hours
Interesting stories are found in some of the least likely places.
11:00 News
11:35 Late Show with David Letterman
Scheduled: Craig Kilborn; comedian George Wallace.
12:35 US Open
1:05 Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Scheduled: Jon Favreau; Jami Gertz; comedian Greg Behrendt.
2:05 Dr. Laura
3:05 Maury Povich
4:00 Paid programming

WTHR 13 - NBC
5:00 News
7:00 Today
10:00 Rosie O'Donnell
11:00 Days of Our Lives
12:00 News
1:00 Passions
2:00 Jenny Jones
3:00 Montel Williams
4:00 Oprah Winfrey
5:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Extra
7:30 Entertainment Tonight
8:00 Providence
During a trip to testify at a medical hearing in Washington DC, Syd fights her attraction to a married politician. Meanwhile, Robbie has relationship problems.
9:00 Dateline NBC
10:00 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
A bizarre murder leads Benson and Stabler to the victim's twin sister. The dead woman had left an abusive marriage, then became involved with a series of rich men.
11:00 News
11:35 Tonight Show with Jay Leno
12:35 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Scheduled: Jon Lovitz.
1:35 Late Friday
Comedy performances by Jamie Kennedy and Candy Ford.
2:35 Tonight Show with Jay Leno
3:35 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
4:35 Allen Smith

WNDY 23 - UPN
5:00 Movie: "Fire, Ice and Dynamite" (1991) (continued)
6:00 Paid programming
6:30 Kenneth Copeland
7:00 Paid programming
8:00 Little House on the Prairie
9:00 Bewitched
9:30 I Dream of Jeannie
10:00 Andy Griffith Show
10:30 I Love Lucy
11:00 Andy Griffith Show
11:30 I Love Lucy
12:00 Curtis Court
12:30 Blind Date
1:00 Shipmates
1:30 Spin City
2:00 Full House
2:30 Clueless
3:00 Pepper Ann
3:30 Sabrina: The Animated Series
4:00 Recess
4:30 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
5:00 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
5:30 The Nanny
6:00 Divorce Court
6:30 Power of Attorney
7:00 Cops
8:00 Manhunt
9:00 All Souls
10:00 News (produced by WTHR)
10:35 Real Blind Date
11:35 Divorce Court
12:05 Power of Attorney
12:35 Spin City
1:05 Unhappily Ever After
1:35 Real TV
2:05 Paid programming
3:00 Moral Court
4:00 Paid programming

WXIN 59 - FOX
5:00 AgDay
5:30 Roseanne
6:00 News
9:00 Family Feud
10:00 Queen Latifah
11:00 Judge Hatchett
12:00 Judge Mills Lane
12:30 National Enquirer's Uncovered
1:00 Paid programming
2:30 Magic School Bus
3:00 Action Man
3:30 Big Guy and Rusty
4:00 Digimon: Digital Monsters
5:00 7th Heaven
6:00 The Simpsons
7:00 Friends
8:00 World's Wildest Police Videos
A suspect talks on a phone while being pursued.
9:00 Dark Angel
Max and Logan reach the moment of truth with each other. His scientific know-how gives him the ability to walk again, and the joy he shares with Max over that prompts them to face their true feelings.
10:00 News
10:35 Star Trek: The Next Generation
11:35 Street Smarts
12:05 Heart
12:35 Suddenly Susan
1:05 Arrest and Trial
1:35 Street Smarts
2:05 Charlie's Angels
3:00 Arrest and Trial
3:30 Heart
4:00 National Enquirer's Uncovered
4:30 Grace Under Fire
 
Three runs of Jerry Springer on WTTV? And one at 5PM? That must have been startling for children, going from WB Kids and cereal/toy ads, to strippers fighting and brawling each other.
And 1 1/2 hours of infomercials on WXIN, midday no less. They could have put Arrest and Trial/Charlie's Angels etc. at 1-2:30, and swapped 3AM for infomercials like everyone else!
 
The 5pm airing of Springer on WTTV lasted for years. For example, the 1998 schedule posted last month:
http://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?699692-Retro-Indianapolis-Tuesday-May-19-1998

I can't remember when Springer moved to WXIN. It might not have been until Tribune purchased WTTV in '02.

This day was also the last day WRTV was really a player in the Indianapolis news market. For most if not all of the time since Clyde and Dion left, WRTV's evening and late news has been in 4th place.
 
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