RETRO: MARITIMES, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1983

[McCorryKL]

Source: TV Guide Maritime Edition (December 31-January 6); Farrah Fawcett on the cover

Note: All times listed are in Atlantic.

CKCW Channel 2 Moncton, Channel 8 Charlottetown / CJCB Channel 4 Sydney / CJCH Channel 5 Halifax / CKLT Channel 9 Saint John (CTV)
7:00 Pac-Man
7:30 Smurfs
9:00 Storytime
10:00 Let's Go
10:30 Swiss Family Robinson
11:00 Mighty Hercules
11:30 Harrigan
12:00 Shantytown
1:00 Red Fisher
1:30 NFL Football - Seattle @ Miami
4:30 CTV Sports in Review
5:00 Wide World of Sports
7:00 Sports Hot Seat
7:30 Andy Winters
8:00 Smith & Smith
8:30 Just Kidding
9:00 Movie - California Dolls (1981; Peter Falk, Burt Young, Richard Jaeckel)
11:00 New Music Magazine
12:00 CTV News
12:20 News
12:30 Movie - Bananas (1971; Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban)

CBHT Channel 3 Halifax / CBIT Channel 5 Sydney / CBCT Channel 13 Charlottetown (CBC)
10:00 Sesame Street
11:00 Maja the Bee
11:30 Spread Your Wings
12:00 Reach For the Top
12:30 Star Trek
1:30 Movie - Flight of the Doves (1971; Ron Moody, Jack Wild, Dorothy McGuire)
3:00 Rearview Mirror - "The Barris Beat"
6:00 CBC Year-End News
7:00 Night East
7:30 Fame Game
8:00 NHL Hockey - Quebec @ Montreal
11:00 The National
11:20 Royal Variety Performance
12:50 Dreams to Remember

CJBR Channel 3 Rimouski, Quebec (SRC)
8:30 Calimero/Grisu le petit dragon
9:00 Nils Holgerson
9:30 Passe-Partout
10:00 Remi
10:30 Candy
11:00 Ulysse 31
11:30 Rip Van Winkle
12:00 Heros du samedi
1:00 Carrossiere sur measure
1:30 Football de la league nationale - Seattle @ Miami
4:30 Bagatelle
5:00 Monde merveilleux de Disney
6:00 Course autour du monde
7:00 Impacts
8:00 LNH Hockey - Quebec @ Montreal
10:30 Weekend a Brighton
11:30 Telejournal et sports
12:00 Bye-Bye, '83 (reprise)
1:05 Cinema - La Boum (1980; Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau)

CHSJ (CBAT) Channel 4 Saint John / Channel 6 Newcastle / Channel 7 Moncton (CBC)
9:00 Circle Square
9:30 Charlie Brown and Snoopy
10:00 Terrytoons
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11:00 Heckle and Jeckle
11:30 Rupert's Circus
12:00 My Favorite Martian
12:30 Star Trek - "A Piece of the Action"
1:30 Reach For the Top - Fredericton Vs. Simmonds
2:00 Land and Sea (with Focus North in Newcastle only)
2:30 Inquiry
3:00 Heritage
3:30 Rock and Roll Video
4:00 Rearview Mirror - "The Barris Beat"
7:00 Dick Clark
8:00 NHL Hockey - Quebec @ Montreal
11:00 The National
11:15 News
11:25 Rich Little's Robin Hood
12:30 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve

CBAFT Channel 11 Moncton (SRC)
8:30 Calimero/Grisu le petit dragon
9:00 Nils Holgerson
9:30 Passe-Partout
10:00 Remi
10:30 Candy
11:00 Ulysse 31
11:30 Rip Van Winkle
12:00 Heros du samedi
1:00 Carrossiere sur measure
1:30 Football de la league nationale - Seattle @ Miami
4:30 Bagatelle
5:00 Monde merveilleux de Disney
6:00 Course autour du monde
7:00 Impacts
8:00 LNH Hockey - Quebec @ Montreal
10:30 Weekend a Brighton
11:30 Telejournal et sports
12:00 Bye-Bye, '83 (reprise)
1:05 Cinema - La Boum (1980; Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau)

WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC)
8:00 Muppet Show
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9:00 Bisketts
9:30 Shirt Tales
10:00 Smurfs
11:30 Alvin and the Chipmunks
12:00 Mister T
12:30 Wild Kingdom
1:00 NFL '83
1:30 NFL Football - Seattle @ Miami
4:30 To Be Announced
5:00 Music City U.S.A.
5:30 Austin City Limits
6:00 Nashville Music
6:30 This Week in Country Music
7:00 NBC News
7:30 News
8:00 Fame
9:00 King Orange Jamboree Parade
10:00 Diff'rent Strokes
10:30 Manimal
12:00 News
12:30 New Year's Eve With Bill Lombardo and His Orchestra

WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC)
7:00 New Zoo Revue
7:30 Great Space Coaster
8:00 Sport Billy
8:30 Jetsons
9:00 Bullwinkle
9:30 Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich
10:30 Pac-Man/Rubik the Amazing Cube/Menudo
11:30 Littles
12:00 Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour
1:00 Weekend Special
1:30 American Bandstand
2:30 Movie - The Bofor's Gun (1968; Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm, David Warner)
4:30 Movie - A Lovely Way to Die (1968; Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Sharon Farrell)
6:30 Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
7:30 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
8:00 Hee-Haw
9:00 T.J. Hooker
10:00 Love Boat
11:00 Fantasy Island
12:00 ABC News
12:30 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve

WAGM Channel 8 Presque Isle (CBS, NBC, ABC)
7:30 New Zoo Revue
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Bisketts
9:30 Shirt Tales
10:00 Smurfs
11:30 Charlie Brown and Snoopy
12:00 Benji, Zax, and Alien Prince
12:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (Part 2 and Part 3 only)
1:30 NFL Football - Seattle @ Miami
4:30 NFL Today
5:00 NFL Football - Divisional Semi-Final
8:00 Star Search
9:00 Cutter to Houston
10:00 Movie - Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1983; Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Patrick Macnee)
12:00 Music City U.S.A.
12:30 CBS Happy New Year America

WMEM Channel 10 Presque Isle / WMED Channel 13 Calais (PBS)
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Spaces
10:30 New Tech Times
11:00 Wildlife Woodcarvers
11:30 Woodwright's Workshop
12:00 Dinner at Julia's
12:30 Housewarming With Charlie Wing
1:00 Murder Most English
1:50 Box 86
10:00 Masterpiece Theatre - "The Citadel"
3:00 Movie - The Scarlet Letter (1934; Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright)
4:30 Sneak Previews
5:00 Maine Reporters' Notebook
5:30 State Wide
6:00 Candlepin Bowling
7:00 Matinee at the Bijou - Return of Rin Tin Tin (1947; Robert Blake, Donald Woods)
8:30 Agronsky and Company
9:00 Movie - Scott of the Antarctic (1948; John Mills, Derek Bond, Harold Warrender)
11:00 Mark Russell
11:30 The Generic News
12:00 Bless Me, Father
12:30 Monty Python's Flying Circus

ASN - Atlantic Satellite Network Cable TV only, Various Channels
3:30 Buckshot
4:00 Fabulous Talking Time Machine
4:30 Kidsworld
5:00 Friends of Man
5:30 Nashville Swing
6:00 Original Six Hockey Heroes - Boston Vs. Detroit
7:30 This Week in Hockey
8:00 Movie - Human Feelings (1978; Billy Crystal, Nancy Walker, Donna Pescow)
10:00 Atlantic Canada's Choice New Year's Eve

 

[DToTheJ]

WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC)
12:00 Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour
1:00 Weekend Special
1:30 American Bandstand
2:30 Movie - The Bofor's Gun (1968; Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm, David Warner)
4:30 Movie - A Lovely Way to Die (1968; Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Sharon Farrell)
6:30 Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
7:30 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
8:00 Hee-Haw
9:00 T.J. Hooker
10:00 Love Boat
11:00 Fantasy Island
12:00 ABC News
12:30 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve

Did they take the half-hour "ABC News" offered for the prime access hour, and delay it until after prime time, partly due to the fact that they weren't doing local news on the weekends? What if there was some major breaking news that broke out in between the evening hours on a weekend?

 

[azumanga]

CJBR Channel 3 Rimouski, Quebec (SRC)
12:00 Bye-Bye, '83 (reprise)

CBAFT Channel 11 Moncton (SRC)
12:00 Bye-Bye, '83 (reprise)

Shouldn't this been "en direct" ("live"), considering that they're ringing in 1984?

More about "Bye Bye" here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_Bye_(TV_series)

WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC)
6:30 Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
7:30 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
8:00 Hee-Haw
9:00 T.J. Hooker
10:00 Love Boat
11:00 Fantasy Island
12:00 ABC News
12:30 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve

Did they take the half-hour "ABC News" offered for the prime access hour, and delay it until after prime time, partly due to the fact that they weren't doing local news on the weekends? What if there was some major breaking news that broke out in between the evening hours on a weekend?

Didn't ABC still have a 15-minute late newscast on weekends?

 

[McCorryKL]

CJBR Channel 3 Rimouski, Quebec (SRC)
12:00 Bye-Bye, '83 (reprise)

CBAFT Channel 11 Moncton (SRC)
12:00 Bye-Bye, '83 (reprise)

Shouldn't this been "en direct" ("live"), considering that they're ringing in 1984?

More about "Bye Bye" here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_Bye_(TV_series)

You're right. It should be "en direct". It was "reprise" when shown on January 1. The old errata-proneness of cut-and-pasting my listings. The January 1 listings were done first & I cut and pasted the listing for "Bye-Bye" into the Dec. 31 list w/o making the change to "en direct". ... I wish there wasn't a deadline for modifying/correcting a listing.

WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC)
6:30 Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
7:30 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
8:00 Hee-Haw
9:00 T.J. Hooker
10:00 Love Boat
11:00 Fantasy Island
12:00 ABC News
12:30 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve

Did they take the half-hour "ABC News" offered for the prime access hour, and delay it until after prime time, partly due to the fact that they weren't doing local news on the weekends? What if there was some major breaking news that broke out in between the evening hours on a weekend?

Didn't ABC still have a 15-minute late newscast on weekends?

Possibly on this special occasion, a pending change to a new year, they aired a half-hour network newscast instead.