Source: TV Guide
CHANNELS
2 KQTV St. Joseph ABC
4 WDAF Kansas City NBC
5 KCTV Kansas City CBS
6 KMOS Sedalia PBS
9 KMBC Kansas City ABC
11 KTWU Topeka PBS
13 WIBW Topeka CBS
19 KCPT Kansas City PBS
27 KSNT Topeka NBC
41 KSHB Kansas City FOX
49 KTKA Topeka ABC
62 KZKC Kansas City IND
WGN WGN 9 Chicago IND
5AM
5 CBS News-Daniels/Osgood
41 Fantasy Island (30min version)
WGN Kenneth Copeland
5:30
2 Morning Agriculture Report
4 This Morning's Business
5 Morning Stretch
9 ABC News-Schneider/Zahn
19 Focus on Society
41 Bravestarr
49 Morning Ag Report
WGN Faith 20
6AM
2 ABC/Local News
4 27 NBC News-John Palmer
5 Jimmy Swaggart
13 This Morning's Business
41 :20 Minute Workout
49 ABC News-Schneider/Zahn
62 Gumby
WGN Alice
6:30
4 9 27 News
5 13 CBS News-Charles Osgood
41 Smurfs
62 C.O.P.S.
WGN Gumby
6:45
11 AM Weather
49 Good Morning Northeast Kansas
7AM
2 9 49 Good Morning America-Gibson/Lunden
Scheduled: Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Lewis ["Anything But Love"]; writer Dan Jenkins.
4 27 Today-Gumbel/Pauley
Scheduled: Bob Hope, actor John Larroquette.
5 13 This Morning-Smith/Sullivan
Scheduled: 1990 automobiles.
6 Nightly Business Report
11 Zoobilee Zoo
19 To Life! Yoga with Priscilla Patrick
41 Yogi Bear
62 Fun House
WGN Bozo
7:15
19 AM Weather
7:30
6 To Life! Yoga with Priscilla Patrick
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
19 Square One Television
41 Flintstones
62 Woody Woodpecker
7:45
6 AM Weather
8AM
6 11 19 Sesame Street
41 Jetsons
62 Maxie's World
WGN Smurfs' Adventures
8:30
41 WGN Leave It to Beaver
62 Police Academy
9AM
2 5 Regis & Kathie Lee
Scheduled: Ivana Trump; Elayne Boosler.
4 27 Scrabble
9 Sally Jessy Raphael
Scheduled topic: full-figured women who are content with their weight.
11 Sesame Street
13 Family Feud (CBS)
41 Perfect Strangers
Larry prays that Balki won't embarrass them at a party for a photographer [James Greene].
49 Joan Rivers
Scheduled: cancer treatment and pregnancy; Roxanne Pulitzer.
62 700 Club
WGN Fantasy Island
9:30
4 27 Classic Concentration
13 Wheel of Fortune (CBS, with Bob Goen)
10AM
2 49 Home
Scheduled: Moroccan recipes; a New York loft with Caribbean-style decor.
4 Joan Rivers
Scheduled: A panel of grade-school students tests cereals. Also: comedian Joy Behar.
5 13 Price is Right
9 People's Court
11 Body Electric
19 Reading Rainbow
27 Golden Girls
A visit by Rose's naive cousin Sven [Casey Sander] takes an unusual turn.
41 Webster (Says 45 min...??? Did KSHB add 15 mins of commercials in the broadcast, or what? This was reruns of the sitcom from ABC.)
62 Success in Life
WGN Joan Rivers
10:30
9 The Judge
11 Faces of Culture
27 227
Calvin imitates the boorish behavior of a pro basketball star [Julius Carry].
10:45
41 The Facts of Life (the odd times continue...at 35 min on this one)
11AM
2 49 Perfect Strangers
Larry becomes oblivious to Balki's needs after landing a job at a major newspaper.
4 Generations
5 13 Young and the Restless
9 Home (30 mins on this one...not 60. Did they still do 30/60 depending on station?)
See 10AM, KQTV/KTKA.
11 Faces of Culture
27 Family Ties
62 I Dream of Jeannie
WGN Gerald
Scheduled topic: pleasing a mate sexually.
11:30
2 9 Loving
4 News
11 Intermediate Algebra
27 Generations
49 Growing Pains
62 Honeymooners BW
12PM
2 9 49 All My Children
4 27 Days of Our Lives
5 13 News
6 11 19 Sesame Street
41 Andy Griffith
62 Movie-Thriller
"Stranger in Our House." [1978] TV-movie about a teenage witch [Lee Purcell] who uses her supernatural powers to dominate a suburban family. Linda Blair, Carol Lawrence.
WGN News
12:30
5 13 Bold and the Beautiful
41 Beverly Hillbillies
1PM
2 9 49 One Life to Live
4 27 Another World
5 13 As the World Turns
11 Nova
19 American History
41 Dick Van Dyke BW
WGN Andy Griffith BW
1:30
41 My Three Sons
WGN Dick Van Dyke
2PM
2 9 49 General Hospital
4 27 Santa Barbara
5 13 Guiding Light
11 Yan Can Cook
41 I Love Lucy BW
62 Brady Bunch
WGN Facts of Life
2:30
11 Creative Painting with Jackie Shaw
41 Bugs Bunny & Friends
62 Care Bears
WGN Yogi Bear
3PM
2 Opeah Winfrey
4 Family Feud (Syndicated)
5 Love Connection
6 Sesame Street
9 Phil Donahue
Scheduled: the cast of "Saturday Night Live," including Jon Lovitz, Nora Dunn, Dennis Miller, Victoria Jackson, Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks.
11 Homestretch
13 Phil Donahue
19 3-2-1 Contact
27 Everyday
Scheduled: Brook Shields; shoplifting.
41 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
49 Woody Woodpecker
62 Denver, the Last Dinosaur
WGN C.O.P.S.
3:30
4 Hard Copy
Included: bounty hunting.
5 3rd Degree
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
19 Julia Child and More Company
41 Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
49 WGN Ducktales
62 Alvin & The Chipmunks
4PM
2 Phil Donahue
4 Geraldo
Scheduled topic: pleasing a mate sexually.
5 People's Court
6 Captain Kangaroo
9 27 Oprah Winfrey
11 Square One Television
A samurai warrior breaks boards to demonstrate fractions.
13 Family Feud
19 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
41 Real Ghostbusters
49 Gerald
Scheduled topic: feeling betrayed by one's wealthy ex-husband or ex-lover.
62 Ducktales
WGN Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers
4:30
5 Jeopardy!
6 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 3-2-1 Contct
New York first-graders make maps of their neighborhoods.
13 Who's the Boss
19 Sesame Street
41 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
62 Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers
WGN Fun House
5PM
2 Cheers
Norm [George Wendt] tries to make points with his boss by having the firm's annual party at Sam's bar, and by arranging for Diane to be the "old man's" date. Ted Danson, Shelley Long.
4 5 9 49 News
6 Square One Television
A samurai warrior breaks boards to demostrate fractions.
11 Sesame Street
13 Take Five
27 Jeopardy!
41 Family Ties
Jennifer's drive for good grades takes a back seat to her drive for popularity after she begins dating an athlete [Wil Wheaton].
62 Wonderful World of Disney
WGN Charles in Charge
5:30
2 9 49 ABC News-Peter Jennings
4 27 NBC News-Tom Brokaw
5 13 CBS News-Dan Rather
6 Developing Discipline
19 Captain Kangaroo
41 Growing Pains
WGN WKRP in Cincinnati
6PM
2 4 5 9 13 27 News
6 11 19 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
41 Who's the Boss?
49 M*A*S*H
The spirit of Christmas maifests itself at the 4077th, beginning with a potluck party for the Korean orphans. B.J.: Mike Ferrell.
62 Charles in Charge
WGN Baseball
Chicago at Montreal.
6:30
2 5 27 Wheel of Fortune
4 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: A segment on Alfred Hitchcock.
9 Inside Edition
13 Cosby Show
The Huxtables act out Rudy's story in which the Nasty People declare war on the Happy People. Keshia Knight Pulliam, Bill Cosby.
41 Mr. Belvedere
49 A Current Affair
62 Win, Lose or Draw
Guests: Lynn Redgrave, Mitchell and Matthew Laurance, Rosie O'Donnell. Host: Robb Weller.
7PM
2 9 49 Growing Pains
Mike [Kirk Cameron] gets cold feet as his wedding day nears, and he finds himself searching for answers to philosophical questions. Julie: Julie McCullough. Irma: Jane Powell.
4 27 Unsolved Mysteries
Segments on the murder of a Michigan real-estate agent; the Florida search for a man believed to have swindled occupants of a nudist camp; and a statue of Jesus in Pennsylvania that is said to have moved.
5 13 Peaceable Kingdom
Her family is rattled when Rebecca [Lindsay Wagner] is bitten by a snake, and the zoo staff rushes to find the renegade reptile and identify the antivenin. Jed: Tom Wopat. Dean: Michael Manassen.
6 11 19 AIDS Quarterly
Peter Jennings anchors a report on the proliferation of AIDS among females and minorities. According to researchers interviewed, the virus often goes undetected in women, leaving many without the health and experimental services available to AIDS patients. Minority groups are examined in Chicago, where blacks and Hispanics account for 48% of all AIDS patients.
41 Highway to Heaven
At a posh hotel, dreams come true for some, while others get their just desserts. Barry Rudd: Brian Kerwin.
62 Gunsmoke
Nehemiah Persoff stars as a former Confederate officer tormented by his past. Louise: Louise Latham. Matt: James Arness.
7:30
2 9 49 Head of the Class
The fourth year brings some new faces to the class: the artistic Aristotle [De'Voreaux White], all-boys-school refugee Alex [Michael DeLorenzo] and new-age thinker Viki [Lara Piper]. Meanwhile, Samuels [William G. Schilling] thinks he recognizes a familiar face-Charlie's-on "America's Most Wanted." T.J.: Rain Pryor. Eric: Brian Robbins.
8PM
2 9 49 Anything But Love
Hannah [Jamie Lee Curtis] and the magazine both undergo some changes in the second season opener, as the hip new editor Catherine Hughes [Ann Magnuson] shakes everything up, especially easily rattled Marty [Richard Lewis]. Robin Dulitski: Holly Fulger.
4 27 Night Court
Homeless after leaving the institution, Harry's eccentric dad [John Astin] moves in with Harry [Harry Anderson] in the series' seventh-season opener, which also finds Dan [John Larroquette] and his unscrupulous real-estate agent [Charles Levin] scheming to take over a dying man's Park Avenue apartment.
5 13 Jake and the Fatman
The past haunts McCabe [William Conrad] in the form of his boozing ex-partner, who turns up dead just as he was about to crack a 20-year-old murder case. Jake: Joe Penny.
6 11 19 China In Revolution 1911-1949
Archival footage and interviews chronicle 1911-49. The first hour, "Battle for Survival 1911-36," covers the overthrow of the Ching dynasty and the birth of the republic in 1911; the 1926 military campaign led by Chiang Kai-shek to wrest control of China from the warlords; and the "Long March" of 1934-35, when 87,000 Communists fled Chiang's troops during a brutal, 6000-mile odyssey. "Fighting for the Future 1936-49" recalls 1937, when Japan invaded and easily defeated the "United Front,"; a fragile Nationalist-Communist alliance.
41 Eyes of War
Robert Mitchum hosts a 50th-anniversary retrospective on World War II, slated to air intermittently over the next two years. =The first program chronicles events leading up to the war, from the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 to the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939. Archival footage is interspersed with interviews featuring Henry Kissinger; author Studs Terkel; Nazi field marshal Erwin Rommel's son Manfred; and Winston Churchill's daughter Mary.
62 Movie-Comedy
"Return of the Pink Panther." [1975] Peter Sellers again plays the interpid but inept inspector Clouseau, on the track of a priceless stolen diamond. Sir Charles: Christopher Plummer.
8:30
2 9 49 Doogie Howser M.D.
Out on a date with Doogie, Wanda [Lisa Dean Ryan] suffers an appendicitis attack and is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, an even that becomes a source of embarrassment for patient and doctor alike. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris.
4 27 Nutt House
An INS inspector comes to the hotel and Ms. Frick [Cloris Leachman] can't prove her citizenship, but the solution to Ms. Frick's problem alienates Tarkington [Harvey Korman], the hotel's most eligible bachelor.
9PM
2 9 49 China Beach
McMurphy [Dana Delany] enlists K.C. [Marg Helgenberger] to boost the morale of a GI whose face has been disfigured. Meanwhile, donut dolly Holly [Ricki Lake] organizes a Miss China Beach pageant. Frankie: Nancy Giles.
4 27 Quantum Leap
Sam [Scott Bakula] boogies into 1976 as a stuntman working on a disaster flick called "Disco Inferno," but he has to hustle to prevent his younger brother from attempting a life-threatening stunt. Al: Dean Stockwell.
5 13 Wiseguy
Cerrico [Robert Davi] raises a big stink in Chinatown over control of garbage collection, while Amber [Patti D'Arbanville] finds that Vinnie's dirty business is tainting their relationship. Vinnie: Ken Wahl.,
WGN News
9:30
WGN INN News-Brad Holbrook
10PM
2 4 5 9 13 27 49 News
6 American Interests
11 Snake River First in Time
A history of water rights in the western U.S. focuses on the Idaho river.
19 Nightly Business Report
Commentator: Tom Peters.
41 Night Court
The naturalization ceremony for an expectant Quon Le [Denice Kumagai] is interrupted when both she and Mac are hospitalized.
62 Sledge Hammer
WGN Tales from the Darkside
10:25
5 Missouri Lottery
10:30
2 Nightline
4 27 Tonight Show
Scheduled: 97-year-old hospital volunteer Florence Hodges. Johnny Carson.
5 Pat Sajak
Scheduled: David Hasselhoff [Baywatch], Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers.
6 11 Nightly Business Report
Commentator: Tom Peters.
9 Cosby Show
See 6:30, WIBW.
13 Cheers
Diane won't stay in the house she and Sam bought because it's alive with the memories of its previous residents. Bert: Douglas Seale.
19 This Old House
Tips on landscaping and installing a boiler.
41 Arsenio Hall
Scheduled: Dana Delany ["China Beach"].
49 Night Court
The gang works to clear the docket of 207 cases so an orphanage can be saved and so Dan [John Larroquette] can win the pool for the most convictions. Otis: Pat Corley.
62 Movie-Adventure
"The Ultimate Impostor." [1979] TV-movie with Joseph Hacker as a U.S. secret agent with a surgical implanted brain that can be programmed like a computer. Keith Andes.
WGN Magnum P.I.
11PM
2 Arsenio Hall
See 10:30 KSHB.
6 Globe Watch
Examined: the impact of NATO on countries that are not a part of the alliance.
9 M*A*S*H
A delirious Klinger communicates with the spirit of a dead GI. Jamie Farr, Alan Alda.
11 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
13 Pat Sajak
See 10:30 KCTV.
19 Learning in America
49 Entertainment Tonight
See 6:30 WDAF.
11:30
4 Cheers
Frasier [Kelsey Grammer] rewrites an unkind critique of Diane's dancing ability from a Soviet ballet instructor whose class she attended.
9 A Current Affair
27 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: Dolly Parton.
41 After Hours
Scheduled: Bowling with singer Samantha Fox; comedian Martin Short.
49 Nightline
WGN Movie-Drama
"Hellinger's Law." [1981] TV-movie with Telly Savalas as an unorthodox Philadelphia lawyer who travels to Houston to defend an accused murderer [James Sutorius] with mob connections. Melinda Dillon.
12AM
2 Entertainment Tonight
4 Late Night with David Letterman
See 11:30 KSNT.
5 Simon & Simon
9 Nightline
11 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
41 Twilight Zone
49 Hard Copy
Included: bounty hunting.
12:30
9 USA Today
13 Night Heat
Controversy surrounds a group of youths patrolling the streets to combat crime.
27 Later with Bob Costas
Steve Allen.
41 Night Gallery
49 News
1AM
4 Later with Bob Costas
Steve Allen.
5 Crimewatch Tonight
9 News
41 Movie-Drama
"The Secret War of Jackie's Girls." [1980] TV-movie about six female aviators who undertake top-secret helicopter missions for England during World War II. Mariette Hartley, Lee Purcell.
1:30
4 Jeffersons
5 Divorce Court
WGN Commercial Program
2AM
5 News
WGN INN News-Brad Holbrook
2:30
5 CBS News Nightwatch-Charlie Rose
WGN One Day at a Time
3AM
41 Movie-Crime Drama
"Forced Vengeance." [1982] Chuck Norris vs. a Hong Kong syndicate. Claire: Mary Louise Weller.
WGN Movie-Drama
"Goldengirl." [1979] Susan Anton stars as a statuesque runner programmed to win three track events at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. James Coburn.
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CHANNELS
2 KQTV St. Joseph ABC
4 WDAF Kansas City NBC
5 KCTV Kansas City CBS
6 KMOS Sedalia PBS
9 KMBC Kansas City ABC
11 KTWU Topeka PBS
13 WIBW Topeka CBS
19 KCPT Kansas City PBS
27 KSNT Topeka NBC
41 KSHB Kansas City FOX
49 KTKA Topeka ABC
62 KZKC Kansas City IND
WGN WGN 9 Chicago IND
5AM
5 CBS News-Daniels/Osgood
41 Fantasy Island (30min version)
WGN Kenneth Copeland
5:30
2 Morning Agriculture Report
4 This Morning's Business
5 Morning Stretch
9 ABC News-Schneider/Zahn
19 Focus on Society
41 Bravestarr
49 Morning Ag Report
WGN Faith 20
6AM
2 ABC/Local News
4 27 NBC News-John Palmer
5 Jimmy Swaggart
13 This Morning's Business
41 :20 Minute Workout
49 ABC News-Schneider/Zahn
62 Gumby
WGN Alice
6:30
4 9 27 News
5 13 CBS News-Charles Osgood
41 Smurfs
62 C.O.P.S.
WGN Gumby
6:45
11 AM Weather
49 Good Morning Northeast Kansas
7AM
2 9 49 Good Morning America-Gibson/Lunden
Scheduled: Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Lewis ["Anything But Love"]; writer Dan Jenkins.
4 27 Today-Gumbel/Pauley
Scheduled: Bob Hope, actor John Larroquette.
5 13 This Morning-Smith/Sullivan
Scheduled: 1990 automobiles.
6 Nightly Business Report
11 Zoobilee Zoo
19 To Life! Yoga with Priscilla Patrick
41 Yogi Bear
62 Fun House
WGN Bozo
7:15
19 AM Weather
7:30
6 To Life! Yoga with Priscilla Patrick
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
19 Square One Television
41 Flintstones
62 Woody Woodpecker
7:45
6 AM Weather
8AM
6 11 19 Sesame Street
41 Jetsons
62 Maxie's World
WGN Smurfs' Adventures
8:30
41 WGN Leave It to Beaver
62 Police Academy
9AM
2 5 Regis & Kathie Lee
Scheduled: Ivana Trump; Elayne Boosler.
4 27 Scrabble
9 Sally Jessy Raphael
Scheduled topic: full-figured women who are content with their weight.
11 Sesame Street
13 Family Feud (CBS)
41 Perfect Strangers
Larry prays that Balki won't embarrass them at a party for a photographer [James Greene].
49 Joan Rivers
Scheduled: cancer treatment and pregnancy; Roxanne Pulitzer.
62 700 Club
WGN Fantasy Island
9:30
4 27 Classic Concentration
13 Wheel of Fortune (CBS, with Bob Goen)
10AM
2 49 Home
Scheduled: Moroccan recipes; a New York loft with Caribbean-style decor.
4 Joan Rivers
Scheduled: A panel of grade-school students tests cereals. Also: comedian Joy Behar.
5 13 Price is Right
9 People's Court
11 Body Electric
19 Reading Rainbow
27 Golden Girls
A visit by Rose's naive cousin Sven [Casey Sander] takes an unusual turn.
41 Webster (Says 45 min...??? Did KSHB add 15 mins of commercials in the broadcast, or what? This was reruns of the sitcom from ABC.)
62 Success in Life
WGN Joan Rivers
10:30
9 The Judge
11 Faces of Culture
27 227
Calvin imitates the boorish behavior of a pro basketball star [Julius Carry].
10:45
41 The Facts of Life (the odd times continue...at 35 min on this one)
11AM
2 49 Perfect Strangers
Larry becomes oblivious to Balki's needs after landing a job at a major newspaper.
4 Generations
5 13 Young and the Restless
9 Home (30 mins on this one...not 60. Did they still do 30/60 depending on station?)
See 10AM, KQTV/KTKA.
11 Faces of Culture
27 Family Ties
62 I Dream of Jeannie
WGN Gerald
Scheduled topic: pleasing a mate sexually.
11:30
2 9 Loving
4 News
11 Intermediate Algebra
27 Generations
49 Growing Pains
62 Honeymooners BW
12PM
2 9 49 All My Children
4 27 Days of Our Lives
5 13 News
6 11 19 Sesame Street
41 Andy Griffith
62 Movie-Thriller
"Stranger in Our House." [1978] TV-movie about a teenage witch [Lee Purcell] who uses her supernatural powers to dominate a suburban family. Linda Blair, Carol Lawrence.
WGN News
12:30
5 13 Bold and the Beautiful
41 Beverly Hillbillies
1PM
2 9 49 One Life to Live
4 27 Another World
5 13 As the World Turns
11 Nova
19 American History
41 Dick Van Dyke BW
WGN Andy Griffith BW
1:30
41 My Three Sons
WGN Dick Van Dyke
2PM
2 9 49 General Hospital
4 27 Santa Barbara
5 13 Guiding Light
11 Yan Can Cook
41 I Love Lucy BW
62 Brady Bunch
WGN Facts of Life
2:30
11 Creative Painting with Jackie Shaw
41 Bugs Bunny & Friends
62 Care Bears
WGN Yogi Bear
3PM
2 Opeah Winfrey
4 Family Feud (Syndicated)
5 Love Connection
6 Sesame Street
9 Phil Donahue
Scheduled: the cast of "Saturday Night Live," including Jon Lovitz, Nora Dunn, Dennis Miller, Victoria Jackson, Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks.
11 Homestretch
13 Phil Donahue
19 3-2-1 Contact
27 Everyday
Scheduled: Brook Shields; shoplifting.
41 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
49 Woody Woodpecker
62 Denver, the Last Dinosaur
WGN C.O.P.S.
3:30
4 Hard Copy
Included: bounty hunting.
5 3rd Degree
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
19 Julia Child and More Company
41 Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
49 WGN Ducktales
62 Alvin & The Chipmunks
4PM
2 Phil Donahue
4 Geraldo
Scheduled topic: pleasing a mate sexually.
5 People's Court
6 Captain Kangaroo
9 27 Oprah Winfrey
11 Square One Television
A samurai warrior breaks boards to demonstrate fractions.
13 Family Feud
19 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
41 Real Ghostbusters
49 Gerald
Scheduled topic: feeling betrayed by one's wealthy ex-husband or ex-lover.
62 Ducktales
WGN Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers
4:30
5 Jeopardy!
6 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 3-2-1 Contct
New York first-graders make maps of their neighborhoods.
13 Who's the Boss
19 Sesame Street
41 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
62 Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers
WGN Fun House
5PM
2 Cheers
Norm [George Wendt] tries to make points with his boss by having the firm's annual party at Sam's bar, and by arranging for Diane to be the "old man's" date. Ted Danson, Shelley Long.
4 5 9 49 News
6 Square One Television
A samurai warrior breaks boards to demostrate fractions.
11 Sesame Street
13 Take Five
27 Jeopardy!
41 Family Ties
Jennifer's drive for good grades takes a back seat to her drive for popularity after she begins dating an athlete [Wil Wheaton].
62 Wonderful World of Disney
WGN Charles in Charge
5:30
2 9 49 ABC News-Peter Jennings
4 27 NBC News-Tom Brokaw
5 13 CBS News-Dan Rather
6 Developing Discipline
19 Captain Kangaroo
41 Growing Pains
WGN WKRP in Cincinnati
6PM
2 4 5 9 13 27 News
6 11 19 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
41 Who's the Boss?
49 M*A*S*H
The spirit of Christmas maifests itself at the 4077th, beginning with a potluck party for the Korean orphans. B.J.: Mike Ferrell.
62 Charles in Charge
WGN Baseball
Chicago at Montreal.
6:30
2 5 27 Wheel of Fortune
4 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: A segment on Alfred Hitchcock.
9 Inside Edition
13 Cosby Show
The Huxtables act out Rudy's story in which the Nasty People declare war on the Happy People. Keshia Knight Pulliam, Bill Cosby.
41 Mr. Belvedere
49 A Current Affair
62 Win, Lose or Draw
Guests: Lynn Redgrave, Mitchell and Matthew Laurance, Rosie O'Donnell. Host: Robb Weller.
7PM
2 9 49 Growing Pains
Mike [Kirk Cameron] gets cold feet as his wedding day nears, and he finds himself searching for answers to philosophical questions. Julie: Julie McCullough. Irma: Jane Powell.
4 27 Unsolved Mysteries
Segments on the murder of a Michigan real-estate agent; the Florida search for a man believed to have swindled occupants of a nudist camp; and a statue of Jesus in Pennsylvania that is said to have moved.
5 13 Peaceable Kingdom
Her family is rattled when Rebecca [Lindsay Wagner] is bitten by a snake, and the zoo staff rushes to find the renegade reptile and identify the antivenin. Jed: Tom Wopat. Dean: Michael Manassen.
6 11 19 AIDS Quarterly
Peter Jennings anchors a report on the proliferation of AIDS among females and minorities. According to researchers interviewed, the virus often goes undetected in women, leaving many without the health and experimental services available to AIDS patients. Minority groups are examined in Chicago, where blacks and Hispanics account for 48% of all AIDS patients.
41 Highway to Heaven
At a posh hotel, dreams come true for some, while others get their just desserts. Barry Rudd: Brian Kerwin.
62 Gunsmoke
Nehemiah Persoff stars as a former Confederate officer tormented by his past. Louise: Louise Latham. Matt: James Arness.
7:30
2 9 49 Head of the Class
The fourth year brings some new faces to the class: the artistic Aristotle [De'Voreaux White], all-boys-school refugee Alex [Michael DeLorenzo] and new-age thinker Viki [Lara Piper]. Meanwhile, Samuels [William G. Schilling] thinks he recognizes a familiar face-Charlie's-on "America's Most Wanted." T.J.: Rain Pryor. Eric: Brian Robbins.
8PM
2 9 49 Anything But Love
Hannah [Jamie Lee Curtis] and the magazine both undergo some changes in the second season opener, as the hip new editor Catherine Hughes [Ann Magnuson] shakes everything up, especially easily rattled Marty [Richard Lewis]. Robin Dulitski: Holly Fulger.
4 27 Night Court
Homeless after leaving the institution, Harry's eccentric dad [John Astin] moves in with Harry [Harry Anderson] in the series' seventh-season opener, which also finds Dan [John Larroquette] and his unscrupulous real-estate agent [Charles Levin] scheming to take over a dying man's Park Avenue apartment.
5 13 Jake and the Fatman
The past haunts McCabe [William Conrad] in the form of his boozing ex-partner, who turns up dead just as he was about to crack a 20-year-old murder case. Jake: Joe Penny.
6 11 19 China In Revolution 1911-1949
Archival footage and interviews chronicle 1911-49. The first hour, "Battle for Survival 1911-36," covers the overthrow of the Ching dynasty and the birth of the republic in 1911; the 1926 military campaign led by Chiang Kai-shek to wrest control of China from the warlords; and the "Long March" of 1934-35, when 87,000 Communists fled Chiang's troops during a brutal, 6000-mile odyssey. "Fighting for the Future 1936-49" recalls 1937, when Japan invaded and easily defeated the "United Front,"; a fragile Nationalist-Communist alliance.
41 Eyes of War
Robert Mitchum hosts a 50th-anniversary retrospective on World War II, slated to air intermittently over the next two years. =The first program chronicles events leading up to the war, from the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 to the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939. Archival footage is interspersed with interviews featuring Henry Kissinger; author Studs Terkel; Nazi field marshal Erwin Rommel's son Manfred; and Winston Churchill's daughter Mary.
62 Movie-Comedy
"Return of the Pink Panther." [1975] Peter Sellers again plays the interpid but inept inspector Clouseau, on the track of a priceless stolen diamond. Sir Charles: Christopher Plummer.
8:30
2 9 49 Doogie Howser M.D.
Out on a date with Doogie, Wanda [Lisa Dean Ryan] suffers an appendicitis attack and is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, an even that becomes a source of embarrassment for patient and doctor alike. Doogie: Neil Patrick Harris.
4 27 Nutt House
An INS inspector comes to the hotel and Ms. Frick [Cloris Leachman] can't prove her citizenship, but the solution to Ms. Frick's problem alienates Tarkington [Harvey Korman], the hotel's most eligible bachelor.
9PM
2 9 49 China Beach
McMurphy [Dana Delany] enlists K.C. [Marg Helgenberger] to boost the morale of a GI whose face has been disfigured. Meanwhile, donut dolly Holly [Ricki Lake] organizes a Miss China Beach pageant. Frankie: Nancy Giles.
4 27 Quantum Leap
Sam [Scott Bakula] boogies into 1976 as a stuntman working on a disaster flick called "Disco Inferno," but he has to hustle to prevent his younger brother from attempting a life-threatening stunt. Al: Dean Stockwell.
5 13 Wiseguy
Cerrico [Robert Davi] raises a big stink in Chinatown over control of garbage collection, while Amber [Patti D'Arbanville] finds that Vinnie's dirty business is tainting their relationship. Vinnie: Ken Wahl.,
WGN News
9:30
WGN INN News-Brad Holbrook
10PM
2 4 5 9 13 27 49 News
6 American Interests
11 Snake River First in Time
A history of water rights in the western U.S. focuses on the Idaho river.
19 Nightly Business Report
Commentator: Tom Peters.
41 Night Court
The naturalization ceremony for an expectant Quon Le [Denice Kumagai] is interrupted when both she and Mac are hospitalized.
62 Sledge Hammer
WGN Tales from the Darkside
10:25
5 Missouri Lottery
10:30
2 Nightline
4 27 Tonight Show
Scheduled: 97-year-old hospital volunteer Florence Hodges. Johnny Carson.
5 Pat Sajak
Scheduled: David Hasselhoff [Baywatch], Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers.
6 11 Nightly Business Report
Commentator: Tom Peters.
9 Cosby Show
See 6:30, WIBW.
13 Cheers
Diane won't stay in the house she and Sam bought because it's alive with the memories of its previous residents. Bert: Douglas Seale.
19 This Old House
Tips on landscaping and installing a boiler.
41 Arsenio Hall
Scheduled: Dana Delany ["China Beach"].
49 Night Court
The gang works to clear the docket of 207 cases so an orphanage can be saved and so Dan [John Larroquette] can win the pool for the most convictions. Otis: Pat Corley.
62 Movie-Adventure
"The Ultimate Impostor." [1979] TV-movie with Joseph Hacker as a U.S. secret agent with a surgical implanted brain that can be programmed like a computer. Keith Andes.
WGN Magnum P.I.
11PM
2 Arsenio Hall
See 10:30 KSHB.
6 Globe Watch
Examined: the impact of NATO on countries that are not a part of the alliance.
9 M*A*S*H
A delirious Klinger communicates with the spirit of a dead GI. Jamie Farr, Alan Alda.
11 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
13 Pat Sajak
See 10:30 KCTV.
19 Learning in America
49 Entertainment Tonight
See 6:30 WDAF.
11:30
4 Cheers
Frasier [Kelsey Grammer] rewrites an unkind critique of Diane's dancing ability from a Soviet ballet instructor whose class she attended.
9 A Current Affair
27 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: Dolly Parton.
41 After Hours
Scheduled: Bowling with singer Samantha Fox; comedian Martin Short.
49 Nightline
WGN Movie-Drama
"Hellinger's Law." [1981] TV-movie with Telly Savalas as an unorthodox Philadelphia lawyer who travels to Houston to defend an accused murderer [James Sutorius] with mob connections. Melinda Dillon.
12AM
2 Entertainment Tonight
4 Late Night with David Letterman
See 11:30 KSNT.
5 Simon & Simon
9 Nightline
11 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
41 Twilight Zone
49 Hard Copy
Included: bounty hunting.
12:30
9 USA Today
13 Night Heat
Controversy surrounds a group of youths patrolling the streets to combat crime.
27 Later with Bob Costas
Steve Allen.
41 Night Gallery
49 News
1AM
4 Later with Bob Costas
Steve Allen.
5 Crimewatch Tonight
9 News
41 Movie-Drama
"The Secret War of Jackie's Girls." [1980] TV-movie about six female aviators who undertake top-secret helicopter missions for England during World War II. Mariette Hartley, Lee Purcell.
1:30
4 Jeffersons
5 Divorce Court
WGN Commercial Program
2AM
5 News
WGN INN News-Brad Holbrook
2:30
5 CBS News Nightwatch-Charlie Rose
WGN One Day at a Time
3AM
41 Movie-Crime Drama
"Forced Vengeance." [1982] Chuck Norris vs. a Hong Kong syndicate. Claire: Mary Louise Weller.
WGN Movie-Drama
"Goldengirl." [1979] Susan Anton stars as a statuesque runner programmed to win three track events at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. James Coburn.
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