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Retro: Lowell, MA, Sunday, August 31, 1997

from Lowell Sun

2 WGBH PBS Boston

7:00 Big Comfy Couch
7:30 Bloopy's Buddies
8:00/8:30 Arthur
9:00/10:00 Sesame Street
11:00 Over New England
11:30 A Portrait of Newport
12:00 The Unknown Marx Brothers
1:55 Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter
3:15 Your Financial Future marathon
4:45 Andre Rieu: The Vienna I Love
6:15 Out of Ireland
9:00 Riverdance: The Show
11:00 Elvis '56 (followed by sign-off)

4 WBZ CBS Boston
5:00 Insight
5:30 MotorWeek
6:00 Paid programming
6:30 Beakman's World
7:00 Timon & Pumbaa
7:30 News for Kids
8:00 News
9:00 CBS News Sunday Morning
10:30 News
11:00 Tennis: US Open (rounds 3 and 4)
6:00 CBS Evening News
6:30 News
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Touched by an Angel
9:00 Movie "The Gift of Love"
11:00 News
11:35 Sports Final
12:05 F/X: The Series
1:05 Fire Rescue: Emergency Response
1:35 Coast Guard
2:05 Paid programming
2:35 Lighter Side of Sports
3:05 Could It Be a Miracle?
4:05 CBS News Up to the Minute (to 5am)

5 WCVB ABC Boston
5:00 Headline News
6:00 Prevention's Bodysense
6:30 Rebecca's Garden
7:00 Robert Schuller
8:00 Good Morning America-Sunday
9:00 Rebecca's Garden
9:30 DeWolfe: Home Vision
10:00 Paid programming
10:30 This Week with Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts
11:30 Five on Five
12:00 News
12:30 CityLine
1:00 Paid programming
2:00 Movie "Sodbusters"
4:00 Golf: Greater Milwaukee Open (final round)
6:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Sunday
7:00 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
7:30 Recess
8:00/8:30 America's Funniest Home Videos
9:00 MDA Labor Day Telethon
11:00 News
11:35 MDA Labor Day Telethon (cont'd)

7 WHDH NBC Boston
5:00 America's Black Forum
5:30 Wall Street Journal Report
6:00 Asian Focus
6:30 Paid programming
7:00 Charles Stanley
7:30 Sunday Mass
8:00 Sunday Today
9:00 News
10:30 Meet the Press
11:30 Boston Common
12:00 NFL on NBC
1:00 NFL: Indianapolis at Miami, Oakland at Tennessee or San Diego at New England
4:00 5th Quarter
4:30 The Entertainers
5:30 Hard Copy
6:00 News
7:00 Dateline NBC
8:00 3rd Rock from the Sun
8:30 Men Behaving Badly
9:00 Movie "In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory"
11:00 News
11:30 Sports Extra
12:00 Hard Copy
12:30 The Entertainers
1:30 Emergency with Alex Paen
2:00 News
2:30 Sports Extra
3:00 NBC News Nightside (to 5am)

9 WMUR ABC Manchester
5:00 High Tide
6:00 Paid programming
6:30 Day of Discovery
7:00 News
9:00 Your Health
9:30 Bottom Line
10:00 News
10:30 This Week with Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts
11:30 Close-Up on New Hampshire
12:00 News
12:30 Paid programming
2:00 Movie "The Hudsucker Proxy"
4:00 Golf: Greater Milwaukee Open (final round)
6:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Sunday
7:00 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
8:00/8:30 America's Funniest Home Videos
9:00 MDA Labor Day Telethon
11:00 News
11:35 MDA Labor Day Telethon (cont'd)

10 WJAR NBC Providence
5:00 NBC News Nightside
5:30 Empty Nest
6:00 Sing Me a Story
6:30 Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures
7:00 News
8:00 Sunday Today
9:00 Meet the Press
10:00 News
11:00 Crosscurrents
11:30 N.E. Patriots Special
12:00 NFL on NBC
1:00 NFL: regional coverage (see 7, 1pm; at 4pm it's Jacksonville at Baltimore, Kansas City at Denver or NY Jets at Seattle)
7:00 Dateline NBC
8:00 3rd Rock from the Sun
8:30 Men Behaving Badly
9:00 Movie "In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory"
11:00 News
11:30 N.E. Patriots Sunday Night
11:45 George Michael Sports Machine
12:15 EXTRA
1:15 Siskel & Ebert
1:45 The Extremists
2:15 NBC News Nightside
4:30 This Morning's Business

11 WENH PBS Durham
7:00 Lamb Chop's Play-Along
7:30 Arthur
8:00 Magic School Bus
8:30 Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
9:00 Victory Garden
9:30 Cabin Country
10:00 This Old House
10:30 Hometime
11:00 New Yankee Workshop
11:30 American Woodshop
12:00 Trailside: Make Your Own Adventure
12:30 Rod & Reel
1:00 Voyage of the Matthew
1:30 Anyplace Wild
2:00 Granite State Super Challenge
3:00 Your Financial Future
3:30 Healthweek
4:00 NH Roundtable
4:30 Inside Washington
5:00 McLaughlin Group
5:30 NH Crossroads
6:00 Symphony in D Major, K.504 'Prager'
6:30 Symphony in E Flat Major, K.543
7:00/7:30 Wild World with David Attenborough
8:00 Pole to Pole
9:00 Scientific American Frontiers
10:00 Frank Sinatra
11:00 Evening at Pops
12:00 On Tour (sign-off at 1am)

12 WPRI CBS Providence
7:00 Madison's Adventures Growing Up Wild
7:30 Ghostwriter
8:00 Robert Schuller
9:00 CBS News Sunday Morning
10:30 Face the Nation
11:00 Tennis: US Open (rounds 3 and 4)
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Touched by an Angel
9:00 Movie "The Gift of Love"
11:00 News
11:35 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
12:35 Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1:35 Adventures of Sinbad
2:35 CBS Sunday Night News
2:50 CBS News Up to the Minute (to 5:30am)

25 WFXT Fox Boston
5:00 Hunter
6:00 Laverne & Shirley
6:30 Dr. D. James Kennedy
7:00/7:30 Happy Days
8:00/8:30 Cosby Show
9:00 NFL Films Presents
9:30 This Old House
10:00 Fox News Sunday
11:00/11:30 All in the Family
12:00 Fox NFL Sunday
1:00 Movie "Jewel of the Nile"
3:00/3:30 Roseanne
4:00 NFL: San Francisco at Tampa Bay
7:00 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 King of the Hill
9:00 The X-Files
10:00 News
10:30 Sports Sunday
11:00 Roseanne
11:30 All in the Family
12:00 Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

27 WUNI Univision Worcester
6:00 Programa Comprado
6:30 Santa Misa
7:00 Programa Comprado
12:00 Titulares Deportivos
12:30 Caliente
1:00 Domingo Deportivo
3:00 MLS: Colorado at Dallas
5:00 Siempre en Domingo
6:00 Programa Comprado
6:30 Noticiero Univision
7:00 Maite Internacional
8:00 Camara Infraganti
9:00 Cine "La Rielera"
11:00 Noticiero Univision
11:30 Titulares Deportivos
12:00 Programa Comprado
1:00 Sera Anunciado

38 WSBK UPN Boston
6:30 Key of David
7:00 Kenneth Copeland
8:00 Bill Nye the Science Guy
8:30 All Dogs Go to Heaven
9:00 Jumanji
9:30 Mouse & the Monster
10:00 Incredible Hulk
10:30 BAD: Bureau of Alien Detectors
11:00 The Jetsons
11:30 The Flintstones
12:00 Beverly Hills, 90210
1:00 Movie "The Execution of Private Slovik"
3:30 Movie "Farewell to the King"
6:00 Movie "The Empire of the Sun"
9:00 Viper
10:00 News
10:30 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
11:00 Babylon 5
12:00 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol

44 WGBX PBS Boston
7:00 Tommy Tang's Modern Thai Cuisine
7:30 Pierre Franey's Cooking in France
8:00 New Yankee Workshop
8:30 Woodwright's Shop
9:00 Spontaneous Healing
10:45 Eight Weeks to Optimum Health
12:30/1:50/3:10 The Hermitage: A Russian Odyssey
4:30 Colm Wilkinson Sings Music from Les Miz, Phantom, Evita & Much More
6:20 An Evening with Patti LuPone
7:50 Great Performances "Les Miserables"
11:20 Leonard Bernstein's New York

56 WLVI WB Cambridge
6:30 Gladiators 2000
7:00 Skysurfer Strike Force
7:30 Street Sharks
8:00 Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
8:30 Real Ghostbusters
9:00 Dragon Ball Z
9:30 Richie Rich
10:00/10:30 California Dreams
11:00 Adventures of Sinbad
12:00 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1:00 Xena: Warrior Princess
2:00 Movie "Fresh Horses"
4:00 Movie "Crossing the Bridge"
6:00 Full House
6:30 Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
7:00 Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
7:30 The Parent 'Hood
8:00/8:30 Jamie Foxx
9:00 Unhappily Ever After
9:30 Wayans Bros.
10:00 News
10:30 Star Trek: The Next Generation
11:30 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
12:30 Access Hollywood

68 WABU Ind Boston
5:00 Young America Outdoors
5:30 Paid programming
6:00 Weekly Bible Lesson
6:30 Paid programming
7:00 Executive Forum
7:30 Paid programming
8:30 Auto Classifieds
9:00 Real Estate
9:30 Business World with Jim Howell
10:00 Doctors on Call
11:00 ECU with Gail Harris
11:30 Challenge
12:00 Movie "Young Doctors in Love"
2:00 Movie "To Sleep with Anger"
4:00 Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
5:00 Baywatch Nights
6:00 Beach Patrol
7:00 Bounty Hunters
8:00 Highlander: The Series
9:00 Two
10:00 ECU with Gail Harris
10:30 Business World with Jim Howell
11:00 More Than a Game
11:30 America's Dumbest Criminals
12:00 Paid programming
 
This is very significant!

This date was significant since the previous night Princess Diana had died, so there was lots of news on the tragedy that day.
 
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