Retro: Miami, Florida Monday, November 2, 1987

[Tim-In-Houston]

Source: The Miami News “TV/Cable” - Published Saturday, October 31, 1987

WPBT-2 PBS

AM
6:15 – New Age Sunrise
6:30 – To Life! Yoga
6:45 – AM Weather
7:00 – Business Report
7:30 – Sesame Street
8:30 – Captain Kangaroo
9:00 – Sesame Street
10:00 – Mister Rogers
10:30 – Square One
11:00 – Reginald Perrin
11:30 – It Figures
PM
12:00 – We’re Cooking
12:30 – Frugal Gourmet
1:00 – Cities
2:00 – Movie: “The Caretaker” (1964 3 ½ stars)
4:00 – Sesame Street
5:00 – Wonderful World of Disney
6:00 – MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7:00 – Nightly Business Report
7:30 – World of Survival
8:00 – First Eden
9:00 – Palace on Wheels
10:00 – Peter Ustinov’s Russia
11:00 – Benny Hill
AM
12:00 – Wild Side
12:30 – Nightly Business Report

WTVJ-4 CBS (Now WFOR-CBS)

AM
6:00 – CBS News
7:30 – Morning Program
9:00 – Wil Shriner
10:00 – The $25,000 Pyramid
10:30 – The Judge
11:00 – The Price is Right
PM
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 – Magnum PI
5:00 – Newlywed Game
5:30 – News
6:00 – News
6:30 – CBS News
7:00 – Wheel of Fortune
7:30 – High Rollers
8:00 – Movie: “Echoes in the Darkness” (Premiere, Part 2 of 2, 3 stars)
11:00 – News
11:30 – Magnum PI
AM
12:30 – Simon & Simon
1:30 – Matchmaker
2:00 – Crook & Chase

WCIX-6 Ind (Now WTVJ-NBC)

AM
5:00 – Hit Video USA
6:00 – He-Man
6:30 – Jetsons
7:00 – Jem
7:30 – Smurfs
8:00 – Scooby-Doo
8:30 – Porky Pig
9:00 – Richard Roberts
10:00 – Robert Tilton
11:00 – Hour Magazine
PM
12:00 – I Love Lucy
12:30 – Laverne & Shirley
1:00 – Welcome Back, Kotter
1:30 – Muppets
2:00 – Bugs Bunny
2:30 – Tom and Jerry
3:00 – Jetsons
3:30 – Real Ghostbusters
4:00 – GI Joe
4:30 – Transformers
5:00 – Diff’rent Strokes
5:30 – Gimme a Break!
6:00 – Gimme a Break!
6:30 – Benson
7:00 – Family Ties
7:30 – MASH
8:00 – Movie: “Support Your Local Sheriff!” (1969, 3 stars)
10:00 – News
10:30 – MASH
11:00 – Late Show (Host: Arsenio Hall)
AM
12:00 – Kung Fu
1:00 – $100,000 Pyramid
1:30 – Movie: “Don’t Look in the Basement” (1972, 1 ½ stars)
3:30 – Hit Video USA

WSVN-7 NBC (Now Fox)

AM
5:15 – Morning Stretch
5:45 – Before Hours
6:00 – NBC News
6:30 – Today in Florida
7:00 – Today
9:00 – Quincy
10:00 – Lingo
10:30 – Classic Concentration
11:00 – Wheel of Fortune
11:30 – Win, Lose or Draw
PM
12:00 – News
12:30 – Superior Court
1:00 – Days of Our Lives
2:00 – Another World
3:00 – Santa Barbara
4:00 – Divorce Court
4:30 – People’s Court
5:00 – Live at Five
5:30 – The Judge
6:00 – News
6:30 – NBC News
7:00 – NBC News (not a mis-print on my part)
7:30 – Entertainment Tonight
8:00 – Alf
8:30 – Valerie’s Family
9:00 – Movie: “Oh God, You Devil” (1984, 2 stars)
11:00 – News
11:30 – Best of Carson
AM
12:30 – Late Night with David Letterman
1:30 – News

WPLG-10 ABC

AM
5:30 – Getting in Touch
6:00 – ABC News
6:30 – News
7:00 – Good Morning America
9:00 – Donahue
10:00 – Geraldo
11:00 – Sally Jesse Raphael
12:00 – Jeopardy!
12:30 – Loving
1:00 – All My Children
2:00 – One Life to Live
3:00 – General Hospital
4:00 – Oprah Winfrey
5:00 – News
5:30 – News
6:00 – News
6:30 – ABC News
7:00 – Hollywood Squares
7:30 – Jeopardy!
8:00 – George Schlatter’s Comedy Club
8:30 – Don Shula
9:00 – NFL Football: New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
AM
12:00 – News (Time approximate I would imagine, though not listed this way)
12:30 – Nightline
1:00 – Jeffersons
1:30 – Win, Lose or Draw
2:00 – Love Connection
2:30 – The Love Boat
3:30 – News

WLRN-17 PBS

AM
6:45 – AM Weather
7:00 – Biology
8:00 – 3-2-1 Contact
8:30 – Instructional
11:30 – Instructional
PM
3:00 – 3-2-1 Contact
4:00 – Sewing Without Pins
4:30 – Magic Brush
5:00 – Dial a Teacher
6:00 – Adams Chronicles (Miniseries about John Adams, part 4 of 13)
7:00 – Discover Metrozoo
7:30 – Arts in Focus
8:00 – Something on Seventeen
9:00 – Soapbox with Tom Cottle
9:30 – Degrassi Junior High
10:00 – Corridosi Tales of Passion and Revolution

WLTV-23 Spanish

6:00 – Follow Me
6:30 – Jimmy Swaggart
7:00 – Ritmo Vital
7:30 – Milagro De Viver
8:30 – Patoma
9:30 – Mundo Latino
PM
12:00 – Cantare Para Ti
1:00 – Leonela
2:00 – La Hora del Gane
3:00 – TNT
3:30 – El Mundo del Espectaculo
4:00 – Grecia
5:00 – La Imdomable
6:00 – Noticias
6:30 – Noticiero Univision
7:00 – La Dama de Rosa
8:00 – El Pecado de Oyuki
9:00 – Senda de Gloria
10:00 – Noticias
10:30 – Noticiero Univision Edicion Nocturna
11:00 – Rolando Barral
11:30 – Movie: “La Noche de los Mil Gatos” (No Date)

WFLX-29 Ind./West Palm Beach

AM
6:00 – PTL Club
7:00 – Smurfs
7:30 – Ducktales
8:00 – Thundercats
8:30 – SilverHawks
9:00 – Richard Roberts
10:00 – 700 Club
11:00 – Barnaby Jones
PM
12:00 – I Love Lucy
12:30 – Movie: “Bang the Drum Slowly” (1973, 3 stars)
2:30 – Bewitched
3:00 – Andy Griffith
3:30 – Leave it to Beaver
4:00 – Diff’rent Strokes
4:30 – Silver Spoons
5:00 – Facts of Life
5:30 – Gimme a Break!
6:00 – Jeffersons
6:30 – Taxi
7:00 – Hogan’s Heroes
7:30 – Barney Miller
8:00 – Movie: “The Breakfast Club” (1985, 3 stars)
10:00 – Honeymooners
10:30 – Maude
11:00 – Late Show (Host: Arsenio Hall)
AM
12:00 – Twilight Zone
12:30 – Movie: “Bang the Drum Slowly”

WBFS-33 Ind.

AM
6:00 – Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 – Bionic Six
7:00 – Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
7:30 – Dennis the Menace
8:00 – My Little Pony
8:30 – Ghostbusters
9:00 – Dennis the Menace
9:30 – F-Troop
10:00 – Get Smart
10:30 – McHale’s Navy
11:00 – Bonanza
PM
12:00 – Bewitched
12:30 – Green Acres
1:00 – Mister Ed
1:30 – Munsters
2:00 – Defenders of the Earth
2:30 – Galaxy Rangers
3:00 – Heathcliff
3:30 – Teddy Ruxpin
4:00 – Ducktales
4:30 – Bravestarr
5:00 – Happy Days
5:30 – What’s Happening Now!!
6:00 – To Close for Comfort
6:30 – Alice
7:00 – All in the Family
7:30 – Cheers
8:00 – Movie: “The Breakfast Club” (see WFLX)
10:00 – Odd Couple
10:30 – Carol Burnett and Friends
11:00 – Cheers
11:30 – All in the Family
AM
12:00 – Movie: “Welcome Home Soldier Boys” (1972, 2 stars)
2:00 – INN News

WDZL-39 Ind. (now WSFL-CW)

AM
6:00 – Robert Tilton
7:00 – Flintstones
7:30 – Spiral Zone
8:00 – Silverhawks
8:30 – She-Ra
9:00 – Gunsmoke
10:00 – 700 Club
11:00 – Knots Landing
PM
12:00 – Perry Mason
1:00 – Starskey and Hutch
2:00 – My Favorite Martian
2:30 – I Dream of Jeannie
3:00 – Dinosaucers
3:30 – Thundercats
4:00 – Flintstones
4:30 – Beverly Hills Teens
5:00 – Silver Spoons
5:30 – Punky Brewster
6:00 – A-Team
7:00 – Dating Game
7:30 – Taxi
8:00 – Movie: “Blood Simple” (1984, 3 stars)
10:00 – Wild, Wild West
11:00 – Tales from the Darkside
11:30 – Vega$
AM
12:30 – Movie: “Song Without End” (1960, 3 stars)
3:10 – Movie: “Stop Me Before I Kill” (1961, 2 ½ stars)
5:10 – Feature Film
5:30 – Twilight Zone

WHFT-45 Ind.

AM
6:00 – TBN Today
6:30 – Joy
7:30 – Dr. Cherry
8:00 – Lester Sumrall
8:30 – Richard Roberts
9:30 – Solo Act
10:00 – EV Hill
10:30 – Marilyn Hickey
11:00 – Randy Shankle
11:30 – Westbrook Hospital
12:00 – Get in Shape
12:30 – Feedback
1:00 – TBN Today
1:30 – Jimmy Swaggart
2:00 – James Robison
2:30 – Calling Dr. Whitaker
3:00 – 700 Club
4:00 – Another Life
4:30 – Lester Sumrall
5:00 – Praise the Lord
6:00 – Praise the Lord
7:00 – Praise the Lord
8:00 – TBN Today
8:30 – Best Day of Your Life
9:00 – Laverne Tripp Family
9:30 – Hal Lindsey
10:00 – Praise The Lord
AM
12:00 – In Touch
1:00 – TBN Today
1:30 – Marriage on the Rock
2:00 – Christian Lifestyle Magazine
2:30 – Shockwave
3:00 – Praise the Lord

WSCV-51 Spanish

AM
8:00 – Sabrina
8:30 – Conan el Nino del Futuro
9:00 – Los Titeras
10:00 – Romina
11:00 – Movie: “Cabalgando a la Luna” (No Date)
1:00 – Extranos y Amantes
2:00 – La Mujer sin Rostro
3:00 – Buenas Tardes, Miami
4:00 – Preciosa
5:00 – Y la Luna Tambien
6:00 – Noticiero
6:30 – Noticiero Telemundo
7:00 – Roberta
8:00 – La Intrusa
9:00 – Entre Amigos
10:00 – Noticiero
10:30 – Libertad Condicionado
11:30 – Movie: “Spring Hill” (No Date)

 

[classictvfan]

Can you post Saturday-Sunday listings from this, please?

 

[classictvfan]

Which version of Dennis The Menace is on WBFS? The
animated series or the Jay North sitcom?(or both)

 

[Tim-In-Houston]

I would hazard a guess and say the animated series...IIRC from my childhood (I would have been 10 in nov. 87), the 60s sitcom was airing on Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite.

BTW, I'll work on transcribing the Saturday/Sunday listings this afternoon.

 

[mleach]

I would hazard a guess and say the animated series...IIRC from my childhood (I would have been 10 in nov. 87), the 60s sitcom was airing on Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite.

BTW, I'll work on transcribing the Saturday/Sunday listings this afternoon.

I wouldn't rule out both actually considering the 7:30 Dennis The Menace was in between two cartoons. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the animated version. Meanwhile the 8:30 Dennis the Menace, considering the 9am show was F-Troop ( which was also on Nick BTW ), I bet that was the B/W Jay North version.

You are right that the Jay North version of Dennis did air on Nickelodeon as well as Nick@Nite ( Dennis was Nick@Nite's first show in 1985). However by the mid 90's both networks had "denied" airing Dennis the Menace at all with Nick@Nite going as far as saying on the air that DONNA REED was their first show when they celebrated their 10th anniversary in 1995. Of course at the time Jay North had been hitting the talk show circuit bringing up the abuse he had went through on the set. I am sure that made Nickelodeon & Nick@Nite quite unhappy. I still believe that was the reason why both channels would end up dropping Dennis. Wonder if there were any local stations who had done the same?

Of course Nick@Nite's sister channel TV Land would air Dennis ( Jay North ) many years later ( 2003?). However by that time Jay North somewhat had back away from talking about the abuse and had mellowed out, even poking fun at his role as Dennis Mitchell such as North's cameo in the David Spade movie "Dickie Roberts".

 

[azumanga]

You are right that the Jay North version of Dennis did air on Nickelodeon as well as Nick@Nite ( Dennis was Nick@Nite's first show in 1985). However by the mid 90's both networks had "denied" airing Dennis the Menace at all with Nick@Nite going as far as saying on the air that DONNA REED was their first show when they celebrated their 10th anniversary in 1995. Of course at the time Jay North had been hitting the talk show circuit bringing up the abuse he had went through on the set. I am sure that made Nickelodeon & Nick@Nite quite unhappy. I still believe that was the reason why both channels would end up dropping Dennis.

Another reason I heard was than an Australian company, Quintex, bought the rights to the series from Columbia Pictures, with the intent to release a colorised version of the series. However, Quintex went bankrupt, and the rights to the series was held up for several years. (The same went for McHale's Navy, which Quintex also acquired for colorisation.)

 

[mleach]

You are right that the Jay North version of Dennis did air on Nickelodeon as well as Nick@Nite ( Dennis was Nick@Nite's first show in 1985). However by the mid 90's both networks had "denied" airing Dennis the Menace at all with Nick@Nite going as far as saying on the air that DONNA REED was their first show when they celebrated their 10th anniversary in 1995. Of course at the time Jay North had been hitting the talk show circuit bringing up the abuse he had went through on the set. I am sure that made Nickelodeon & Nick@Nite quite unhappy. I still believe that was the reason why both channels would end up dropping Dennis.

Another reason I heard was than an Australian company, Quintex, bought the rights to the series from Columbia Pictures, with the intent to release a colorised version of the series. However, Quintex went bankrupt, and the rights to the series was held up for several years. (The same went for McHale's Navy, which Quintex also acquired for colorisation.)

I remember this !! I believe "Car 54..Where are You?" and "Mister Ed" were two other shows Quintex had wanted to colorised as well.

But still I am pretty sure it was the 1992 NBC-TV interview with Jay North who had first brought up the abuse on the set of Denns the Menace which sealed the doom for both the animated and 60's version of the show. While it is hardly for me to say whether he was/wasn't abused on the set of Dennis The Manace ( I also know that this subject has been discussed earlier on this site ), it needs to be said that neither Gloria Henry & Herb Anderson ( his TV parents ), Sylvia Fields ( the original Mrs. Wilson ), Gale Gordon ( the second Mr. Wilson ), Jean Russell ( Margret ), Billy Booth ( Tommy ), Mary Wickes ( Miss Cathcart ) or Irene Tedrow ( Mrs. Elkins )..all of whom were very much alive in 1992, interesting none of those people ever did stand up for Jay North when he had made those claims, even though North had said that a lot of the abuse had taken place on the set in front of the "others". I wouldn't be surprised that when North came out about this there was a meeting at Nickelodeon and Nick&Nite as well as the local stations that had aired Dennis the Menace had asked the question "..we have to do something about this ?".

 

[azumanga]

...I am pretty sure it was the 1992 NBC-TV interview with Jay North who had first brought up the abuse on the set of Denns the Menace which sealed the doom for both the animated and 60's version of the show... I wouldn't be surprised that when North came out about this there was a meeting at Nickelodeon and Nick&Nite as well as the local stations that had aired Dennis the Menace had asked the question "..we have to do something about this ?".

I'm surprised that the animated series was caught in the crossfire as well, even though North was never involved in that series. If that was the case, it's little wonder that the newspapers didn't dump the strip as well.

I believe "Car 54..Where are You?" and "Mister Ed" were two other shows Quintex had wanted to colorised as well.

Though if Car 54 was colorised, would they color the police car blue or red? (The latter was used, to set it apart from the real police cars during filming.)

 

[bk77]

Re: Jay North...

Jay North has bipolar disorder and during the time of these listings and a number of years afterward it was quite clear Jay was NOT taking his meds, at least on a regular basis anyway. This should explain why on NBC he was slamming Dennis The Menace and the cast while on other shows at the same time, shows like Geraldo & Sally Jessie he was speaking highly of the cast, much less even mentioning the abuse. I am sure this was the chief reason why the cast didn't stand up with North and spoke about on the abuse Jay had encountered on the set. Can't say for sure of course but I am sure there was a concern back in the day for those who had been airing Dennis the Menace ( both nationwide and locally and this would be including the cartoon version since people could at least try to make the connection ) that if somebody would had approached Jay North and mention Dennis The Menace to him, chances are they would encounter violence by the hands of Jay North. It was exactly the very same thing with Make Room For Daddy's Rusty Hamer in the years leading to his suicide. Mention Danny Thomas or Make Room to Daddy to Rusty....POW right in the kisser !!

At least Jay had got the help he needed later on, sadly it was not the case with Rusty Hamer.

 

[DToTheJ]

I guess WFLX was the first commercial independent ever to not air cartoons in the afternoon? ???