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Retro: Los Angeles channels 5, 9, 11, and 13 - Weekends, Winter/Spring 1989

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RandTV

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There are the most typical weekend schedules (excluding sports and specials) on LA's VHF independent channels, plus formerly independent KTTV 11 as the Fox network was in its infancy, broadcasting only on weekends.

Saturdays

5 KTLA
5:30 Rifleman
6:00 Weekend Gallery
6:30 Pacesetters
7:00 Little Rascals
8:00 Brady Bunch (x2)
9:00 Happy Days (x2)
10:00 Learning the Ropes
10:30 T and T (starring Mr. T)
11:00 America's Top 10 - Casey Kasem (he had stepped down as host of its radio counterpart "American Top 40" the previous summer and was succeeded by Shadoe Stevens)
11:30 At the Movies - Rex Reed, Dixie Whatley
NOON Three Stooges
1:00 Munsters (x2)
2:00 Laverne & Shirley (x2)
3:00 Family Film Festival - Tom Hatten
5:00 Magnum, P.I.
6:00 Movie
8:00 Movie
10:00 Channel 5 News at Ten
10:40 Channel 5 Sportspage
11:00 Cheers
11:30 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
12:30 Runaway With the Rich and Famous
1:00 USA Tonight (night version of the short-lived USA Today, TV version of the newspaper of that same name)

9 KHJ
6:00 Youth & the Issues
6:30 Teen Talk
7:00 BJ/Lobo
8:00 New Zoo Revue
8:30 Wild Kingdom
9:00 Greatest American Hero
10:00 BJ/Lobo
11:00 Fantasy Island
NOON Movie
2:00 Police Story (x2)
4:00 Hart to Hart
5:00 Hardcastle & McCormick
6:00 A-Team
7:00 Love Connection
7:30 Win, Lose or Draw
8:00 Movie
10:00 Freddy's Nightmares (AKA "A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series")
11:00 Movie
1:00 SCTV (x2)
2:00 Hit Video USA

11 KTTV (Fox programming in bold)
5:30 ThunderCats (x2)
6:30 SilverHawks
7:00 Kidsongs
7:30 Denver, the Last Dinosaur
8:00 Movie
10:00 S.W.A.T.
11:00 Soul Train
NOON Wrestling
1:00 Batman (x2)
2:00 Gilligan's Island (x2)
3:00 I Love Lucy (x2)
4:00 Movie
6:00 Wonderful World of Disney
7:00 Big Spin (California Lottery) - Geoff Edwards
7:30 Family Ties
8:00 The Reporters
9:00 Beyond Tomorrow/Cops*
10:00 Fox News (KTTV newscast title from that time)
10:30 A Current Affair Extra
11:00 Comic Strip Live (stand-up comedy)
MIDNIGHT Movie

*On March 11, 1989 came the hour-long pilot of "Cops". Starting March 18, was "Cops" at 9:00, and a half-hour version of "Beyond Tomorrow" at 9:30.

13 KCOP
6:00 In Studio
7:00 Financial Freedom
8:00 varied programming (x2)
9:00 Hawaii Five-O/varied programming (x2) starting April 1
10:00 Rockford Files (x2)
NOON Movie
2:00 Movie
4:00 Movie
6:00 Star Trek
7:00 Friday the 13th: The Series
8:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
9:00 War of the World (series)
10:00 Movie
MIDNIGHT Friday the 13th: The Series
1:00 Financial Freedom
2:00 Movie
4:00 Movie







 
RandTV said:
5 KTLA
1:00 USA Tonight (night version of the short-lived USA Today, TV version of the newspaper of that same name)
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I think that's the WPIX-syndicated newscast (which WAS known as USA Tonight at the time) and not USA Today on TV.
 
Sundays

5 KTLA
5:30 Rifleman
6:00 Weekend Gallery
6:30 Making It
7:00 Marvel Action Universe (Spider-Man, Dino-Riders, RoboCop)
8:30 Learning the Ropes
9:00 Starting From Scratch
9:30 Charles in Charge
10:00 Family Film Festival
NOON Three Stooges
1:00 Munsters (x2)
2:00 Laverne & Shirley (x2)
3:00 Family Film Festival
5:00 Magnum, P.I.
6:00 Movie
8:00 Movie
10:00 Channel 5 News at Ten
10:40 Channel 5 Sportspage
11:00 Twlight Zone
11:30 Monsters (not "Munsters")
MIDNIGHT Pacesetters
12:30 Tales From the Darkside
1:00 USA Tonight
1:30 Movies Till Dawn

9 KHJ
6:00 Frankly Female
6:30 Off Hand
7:00 Risking it All
7:30 Larry Jones Presents
8:00 Lloyd Ogilvie
8:30 Search
9:00 Oral Roberts
9:30 Radio Bible Class (formerly "Day of Discovery")
10:00 Robert Schuller
11:00 World Tomorrow
11:30 Fred Jordan
NOON Movie
2:00 Greatest American Hero
3:00 Fall Guy
4:00 Hart to Hart
5:00 Movie
7:00 Movie
9:00 Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
10:00 Great Escape (travel)
10:30 Health Matters
11:00 Movie
1:00 Crook & Chase (varying start times upon the length of the movie)

11 KTTV (Fox programming in bold)
6:00 Fred Jordan Mission
6:30 Heart of the Nation
7:00 It Is Written
7:30 Larry Jones
8:00 Amazing Facts
8:30 Frederick K. Price
9:30 World Tomorrow
10:00 Sybervision Weight Control
10:30 Midday Sunday
11:00 DJ Kat Show
NOON Wrestling Spotlight (I should've noted on Saturdays, it was "WWF Superstars of Wrestling")
1:00 Batman (x2)
2:00 Gilligan's Island (x2)
3:00 I Love Lucy (x2)
4:00 Movie
6:00 Wonderful World of Disney
7:00 21 Jump Street
8:00 America's Most Wanted
8:30 Married...With Children
9:00 It's Garry Shandling's Show
9:30 Tracey Ullman Show (featuring The Simpsons)
10:00 Duet
10:30 Fox News
11:00 WWF Wrestling Challenge
MIDNIGHT Father L. Booth
12:30 Secrets of Success

13 KCOP
6:00 In Studio
7:00 Transformers
7:30 Archies
8:00 Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
10:00 Dukes of Hazzard
11:00 Bewitched
11:30 I Dream of Jeannie
NOON War of the Worlds
1:00 Movie
3:00 Movie
5:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
6:00 Movie
8:00 Movie
10:00 Kenneth Copeland
11:00 Jerry Falwell
MIDNIGHT Jimmy Swaggart
1:00 Soloflex
 
itsTheRolyPoly said:
I think that's the WPIX-syndicated newscast (which WAS known as USA Tonight at the time) and not USA Today on TV.
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You're right, it was. Just Googled that info. I had to finish my Sunday schedule to respond to you. Otherwise, my reply would've been imbedded in that schedule.
 
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