Any of these stations' schedules is complete. Channels 3, 8, 9, 11, 20, 38 and 61 listings ran from 10:30AM to sign-off.
Sources: The Day and Record-Journal via Google News Archive.
02 - WGBH (PBS) Boston highlights
5PM Reading Rainbow (Isabel Sanford narrates "The Patchwork Quilt", the story of a young girl who learns a secret about her grandmother's special quilt of memories)
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6:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7:00 Doctor Who
7:30 Wild, Wild World of Animals (a wild variety of insect life populates even the smallest suburban garden)
8:00 Nova (within the rain forests of Borneo, scientists live in trees among the orangutans to study these human-like apes in their natural habitat)
9:00 South American Journey (how the South American Catholic Church is threatened by Mormon missionaries and the dilemma facing priest who must choose to support the needs of the poor or the political regime in power)
10:00 News
10:30 Nightly Business Report
11:00 War: A Commentary by Gwynne Dyer (a film history of the nuclear-arms buildup since 1945 focusing on the Western powers and the Warsaw Pact nations)
03 - WFSB (CBS) Hartford
11AM Price is Right
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 Oprah Winfrey
5:00 News
7:00 CBS Evening News
7:30 PM Magazine (a 37-year-old woman who wants to prove that over-30 females stand a good chance of marrying; shopping at home via television; scene of the crime; half-way to hell)
8:00 Simon and Simon
9:00 Houston Knights
10:00 Night Heat
11:00 News
11:35 Entertainment Tonight (a tour of Alaska, part 2 of 2)
12:05 T.J. Hooker
1:15 Movie: "Special Delivery"
2:35 CBS News Nightwatch
04 - WBZ (NBC) Boston highlights
12PM News
12:30 People Are Talking (wives of men on death row)
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3:00 Santa Barbara
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5:00 People's Court
5:30 Live on 4
6:00 News
7:00 NBC Nightly News
7:30 Evening Magazine (groupie Pamela Des Barre; Dustin Nguyen, co-star of Fox's '21 Jump Street'; visiting Oyutungi, a thriving African village in Sheldon, South Carolina)
8:00 Matlock
9:00 Movie: "Beverly Hills Madam" (1986)
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (guests actress Allyce Beasley, musician Midori)
05 - WCVB (ABC) Boston highlights
11AM Sally
11:30 Ryan's Hope
12:00 News
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children (both this soap and OLTL may be preempted for coverage of the Iran-Contra hearings)
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
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6:00 News
7:00 ABC World News Tonight
7:30 Chronicle
8:00 Who's the Boss?
8:30 Growing Pains
9:00 Moonlighting
10:00 Spenser: For Hire
11:00 News
11:30 Nightline
06 - WLNE (CBS) New Bedford highlights
11AM Price is Right
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12:30 Young and the Restless
1:30 Bold and the Beautiful
2:00 As the World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Movie: "Hannie Caulder" (1971)
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 People's Court
7:30 Love Connection
8:00 Simon and Simon
9:00 Houston Knights
10:00 Night Heat
11:00 News
11:30 Benny Hill (as host of a quiz show, Benny tries to present a beautiful blonde with a holiday for two)
07 - WNEV (CBS) Boston highlights
11AM Price is Right
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
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6:00 News
7:00 CBS Evening News
7:30 Entertainment Tonight (see ch. 3, 11:35PM)
8:00 Simon and Simon
9:00 Houston Knights
10:00 Night Heat
11:00 News
11:35 Entertainment Tonight
08 - WTNH (ABC) New Haven
10:30 Superior Court
11:00 Divorce Court
11:30 Home Shopping Game
12:00 News
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 The Judge
4:30 People's Court
5:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 Who's the Boss?
8:30 Growing Pains
9:00 Moonlighting
10:00 Spenser: For Hire
11:00 News
11:30 Nightline
12:00 Ask Dr. Ruth
12:30 Nightlife
1:00 True Confessions
09 - WOR (Ind) New York
10:30 The Monkees
11:00 Bosom Buddies
11:30 House Calls
12:00 News
1:00 Movie: "The Time Machine"
3:00 Cannon
4:00 Barnaby Jones
5:00 Hawaii Five-O
6:00 Matt Houston
7:00 $100.000 Pyramid
7:30 Entertainment Tonight
8:00 News
8:30 $1.000.000 Chance of a Lifetime
9:00 Movie: "The Dirty Dozen" (1967)
12:00 Cannon
1:00 Joe Franklin
2:00 Movie: "Ironmaster"
4:00 Movie: "The Inspector General"
10 - WJAR (NBC) Providence highlights
12PM News
12:30 Sally (children kidmapped by their parents)
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 Hour Magazine (Lily Tomlin, Ted McGinley, sex educations for teenagers, country singer Mickey Gilley, Dr. William Rader on polio)
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6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 PM Magazine (see ch. 3, 7:30PM)
7:30 Entertainment Tonight
8:00 Matlock
9:00 Movie: "Beverly Hills Madam" (1986)
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
11 - WPIX (Ind) New York
10:30 Sanford and Son
11:30 Best Talk in Town
12:00 The Odd Couple
12:30 Movie: "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison"
2:30 Scooby-Doo
3:00 Smurfs' Adventures
3:30 Ghostbusters
4:00 G.I. Joe
4:30 Good Times
5:00 CHiPs
6:00 Gimme a Break! "The Gun"
6:30 The Jeffersons "Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner" (part 1)
7:00 Independent Network News
7:30 Baseball: New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians
10:00 News
10:30 Independent Network News
11:00 The Odd Couple "Vocal Girl Makes Good"
11:30 The Honeymooners "Something Fishy"
12:00 Star Trek
1:00 The Twilight Zone
1:30 Independent Network News
2:00 The Twilight Zone
3:00 Focus on Success
3:30 Movie: "Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes"
12 - WPRI (ABC) Providence highlights
12PM News
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
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6:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 Who's the Boss?
8:30 Growing Pains
9:00 Moonlighting
10:00 Spenser: For Hire
11:00 News
11:30 Nightline
20 - WTXX (Ind) Waterbury
11AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Beverly Hillbillies
12:00 Movie: "Designing Woman"
2:30 Tom and Jerry
3:00 Ghostbusters
3:30 Smurfs' Adventures
4:00 Dennis the Menace
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5:00 I Dream of Jeannie
5:30 Bewitched
6:00 Angie
6:30 Laverne and Shirley
7:00 M*A*S*H
7:30 Barney Miller
8:00 Movie: "Grease"
10:00 Star Trek
11:00 Barney Miller "Hot Dogs"
11:30 The Honeymooners
12:00 Movie: "Designing Woman"
26 - WTWS (Ind) New London highlights
1PM Movie: "Man and Boy" (1972)
3:00 Zoobilee Zoo
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6:00 Charlie's Angels "Target: Angels"
7:00 Barney Miller "The Indian"
7:30 Baseball: New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians
10:00 News
10:30 Independent Network News
30 - WVIT (NBC) New Britain
10:30 Classic Concentration
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 Super Password
12:30 Split Second
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 Hollywood Squares
4:30 $100.000 Pyramid
5:00 Bob Newhart
5:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Dating Game
7:30 Newlywed Game
8:00 Matlock
9:00 Movie: "Beverly Hills Madam" (1986)
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
38 - WSBK (Ind) Boston
10:30 Tony Randall
11:00 Maude
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12:00 Home Shopping Game
12:30 $1.000.000 Chance of a Lifetime
1:00 Harry-O
2:00 Maverick
3:00 Superfriends
3:30 Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
4:00 Ghostbusters
4:30 Rambo
5:00 Lou Grant
6:00 Quincy
7:00 The Jeffersons "What Makes Sammy Run?"
7:30 Alice "Mel's in a Family Way"
8:00 Movie: "The Fan"
10:00 The Honeymooners "Something Fishy"
10:30 The Odd Couple "Oscar's Ulcer"
11:00 M*A*S*H "Bug Out" (part 2 of 2)
11:30 Hogan's Heroes "The Great Impersonation"
12:00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1:00 Maude
1:30 Home Shopping Game
53 - WEDN (PBS) Norwich highlights
12PM National Audubon Society Specials (John Heard narrates this look at efforts in North America to reverse the declining duck population resulting from the loss of wetland habitats)
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5:30 Reading Rainbow (see ch. 2, 5PM)
6:00 Doctor Who "Planet of Evil" (part 1 of 4)
7:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
8:00 Nova (see ch. 2, 8PM)
9:00 South American Journey (see ch. 2, 9PM)
10:00 Moyers: In Search of the Constitution (the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor discusses her role and the Constitution)
56 - WLVI (Ind) Cambridge highlights
6PM Three's Company "Chrissy's Date"
6:30 What's Happening!! "Puppy Love"
7:00 The Fall Guy
8:00 Movie: "The Four Seasons" (1981)
10:00 News
11:00 Tales of the Unexpected
11:30 Nightlife (hosted by David Brenner, guest Jackie Mason)
12:00 Independent Network News
61 - WTIC (FOX) Hartford
10:30 Card Sharks
11:00 Who's the Boss?
11:30 Bargain Hunters
12:00 Ryan's Hope
12:30 Movie: "How to Break Up a Happy Divorce"
2:00 Superfriends
2:30 Gumby
3:00 Heathcliff
3:30 The Flintstones
4:00 The Jetsons
4:30 M.A.S.K.
5:00 The Monkees
5:30 Love Connection
6:00 Fame
7:00 Matt Houston "Blood Money"
8:00 Movie: "The Last Porno Flick" (1974)
10:30 That's Hollywood "Monster Rally"
11:00 Late Show (guest host Paul Rodriguez, guest musician Julian Cope)
12:00 Gene Scott
Sources: The Day and Record-Journal via Google News Archive.
02 - WGBH (PBS) Boston highlights
5PM Reading Rainbow (Isabel Sanford narrates "The Patchwork Quilt", the story of a young girl who learns a secret about her grandmother's special quilt of memories)
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6:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7:00 Doctor Who
7:30 Wild, Wild World of Animals (a wild variety of insect life populates even the smallest suburban garden)
8:00 Nova (within the rain forests of Borneo, scientists live in trees among the orangutans to study these human-like apes in their natural habitat)
9:00 South American Journey (how the South American Catholic Church is threatened by Mormon missionaries and the dilemma facing priest who must choose to support the needs of the poor or the political regime in power)
10:00 News
10:30 Nightly Business Report
11:00 War: A Commentary by Gwynne Dyer (a film history of the nuclear-arms buildup since 1945 focusing on the Western powers and the Warsaw Pact nations)
03 - WFSB (CBS) Hartford
11AM Price is Right
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 Oprah Winfrey
5:00 News
7:00 CBS Evening News
7:30 PM Magazine (a 37-year-old woman who wants to prove that over-30 females stand a good chance of marrying; shopping at home via television; scene of the crime; half-way to hell)
8:00 Simon and Simon
9:00 Houston Knights
10:00 Night Heat
11:00 News
11:35 Entertainment Tonight (a tour of Alaska, part 2 of 2)
12:05 T.J. Hooker
1:15 Movie: "Special Delivery"
2:35 CBS News Nightwatch
04 - WBZ (NBC) Boston highlights
12PM News
12:30 People Are Talking (wives of men on death row)
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3:00 Santa Barbara
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5:00 People's Court
5:30 Live on 4
6:00 News
7:00 NBC Nightly News
7:30 Evening Magazine (groupie Pamela Des Barre; Dustin Nguyen, co-star of Fox's '21 Jump Street'; visiting Oyutungi, a thriving African village in Sheldon, South Carolina)
8:00 Matlock
9:00 Movie: "Beverly Hills Madam" (1986)
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (guests actress Allyce Beasley, musician Midori)
05 - WCVB (ABC) Boston highlights
11AM Sally
11:30 Ryan's Hope
12:00 News
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children (both this soap and OLTL may be preempted for coverage of the Iran-Contra hearings)
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
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6:00 News
7:00 ABC World News Tonight
7:30 Chronicle
8:00 Who's the Boss?
8:30 Growing Pains
9:00 Moonlighting
10:00 Spenser: For Hire
11:00 News
11:30 Nightline
06 - WLNE (CBS) New Bedford highlights
11AM Price is Right
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12:30 Young and the Restless
1:30 Bold and the Beautiful
2:00 As the World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Movie: "Hannie Caulder" (1971)
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 People's Court
7:30 Love Connection
8:00 Simon and Simon
9:00 Houston Knights
10:00 Night Heat
11:00 News
11:30 Benny Hill (as host of a quiz show, Benny tries to present a beautiful blonde with a holiday for two)
07 - WNEV (CBS) Boston highlights
11AM Price is Right
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
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6:00 News
7:00 CBS Evening News
7:30 Entertainment Tonight (see ch. 3, 11:35PM)
8:00 Simon and Simon
9:00 Houston Knights
10:00 Night Heat
11:00 News
11:35 Entertainment Tonight
08 - WTNH (ABC) New Haven
10:30 Superior Court
11:00 Divorce Court
11:30 Home Shopping Game
12:00 News
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 The Judge
4:30 People's Court
5:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 Who's the Boss?
8:30 Growing Pains
9:00 Moonlighting
10:00 Spenser: For Hire
11:00 News
11:30 Nightline
12:00 Ask Dr. Ruth
12:30 Nightlife
1:00 True Confessions
09 - WOR (Ind) New York
10:30 The Monkees
11:00 Bosom Buddies
11:30 House Calls
12:00 News
1:00 Movie: "The Time Machine"
3:00 Cannon
4:00 Barnaby Jones
5:00 Hawaii Five-O
6:00 Matt Houston
7:00 $100.000 Pyramid
7:30 Entertainment Tonight
8:00 News
8:30 $1.000.000 Chance of a Lifetime
9:00 Movie: "The Dirty Dozen" (1967)
12:00 Cannon
1:00 Joe Franklin
2:00 Movie: "Ironmaster"
4:00 Movie: "The Inspector General"
10 - WJAR (NBC) Providence highlights
12PM News
12:30 Sally (children kidmapped by their parents)
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 Hour Magazine (Lily Tomlin, Ted McGinley, sex educations for teenagers, country singer Mickey Gilley, Dr. William Rader on polio)
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6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 PM Magazine (see ch. 3, 7:30PM)
7:30 Entertainment Tonight
8:00 Matlock
9:00 Movie: "Beverly Hills Madam" (1986)
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
11 - WPIX (Ind) New York
10:30 Sanford and Son
11:30 Best Talk in Town
12:00 The Odd Couple
12:30 Movie: "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison"
2:30 Scooby-Doo
3:00 Smurfs' Adventures
3:30 Ghostbusters
4:00 G.I. Joe
4:30 Good Times
5:00 CHiPs
6:00 Gimme a Break! "The Gun"
6:30 The Jeffersons "Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner" (part 1)
7:00 Independent Network News
7:30 Baseball: New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians
10:00 News
10:30 Independent Network News
11:00 The Odd Couple "Vocal Girl Makes Good"
11:30 The Honeymooners "Something Fishy"
12:00 Star Trek
1:00 The Twilight Zone
1:30 Independent Network News
2:00 The Twilight Zone
3:00 Focus on Success
3:30 Movie: "Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes"
12 - WPRI (ABC) Providence highlights
12PM News
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
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6:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 Who's the Boss?
8:30 Growing Pains
9:00 Moonlighting
10:00 Spenser: For Hire
11:00 News
11:30 Nightline
20 - WTXX (Ind) Waterbury
11AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Beverly Hillbillies
12:00 Movie: "Designing Woman"
2:30 Tom and Jerry
3:00 Ghostbusters
3:30 Smurfs' Adventures
4:00 Dennis the Menace
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5:00 I Dream of Jeannie
5:30 Bewitched
6:00 Angie
6:30 Laverne and Shirley
7:00 M*A*S*H
7:30 Barney Miller
8:00 Movie: "Grease"
10:00 Star Trek
11:00 Barney Miller "Hot Dogs"
11:30 The Honeymooners
12:00 Movie: "Designing Woman"
26 - WTWS (Ind) New London highlights
1PM Movie: "Man and Boy" (1972)
3:00 Zoobilee Zoo
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6:00 Charlie's Angels "Target: Angels"
7:00 Barney Miller "The Indian"
7:30 Baseball: New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians
10:00 News
10:30 Independent Network News
30 - WVIT (NBC) New Britain
10:30 Classic Concentration
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 Super Password
12:30 Split Second
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 Hollywood Squares
4:30 $100.000 Pyramid
5:00 Bob Newhart
5:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Dating Game
7:30 Newlywed Game
8:00 Matlock
9:00 Movie: "Beverly Hills Madam" (1986)
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
38 - WSBK (Ind) Boston
10:30 Tony Randall
11:00 Maude
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12:00 Home Shopping Game
12:30 $1.000.000 Chance of a Lifetime
1:00 Harry-O
2:00 Maverick
3:00 Superfriends
3:30 Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
4:00 Ghostbusters
4:30 Rambo
5:00 Lou Grant
6:00 Quincy
7:00 The Jeffersons "What Makes Sammy Run?"
7:30 Alice "Mel's in a Family Way"
8:00 Movie: "The Fan"
10:00 The Honeymooners "Something Fishy"
10:30 The Odd Couple "Oscar's Ulcer"
11:00 M*A*S*H "Bug Out" (part 2 of 2)
11:30 Hogan's Heroes "The Great Impersonation"
12:00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1:00 Maude
1:30 Home Shopping Game
53 - WEDN (PBS) Norwich highlights
12PM National Audubon Society Specials (John Heard narrates this look at efforts in North America to reverse the declining duck population resulting from the loss of wetland habitats)
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5:30 Reading Rainbow (see ch. 2, 5PM)
6:00 Doctor Who "Planet of Evil" (part 1 of 4)
7:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
8:00 Nova (see ch. 2, 8PM)
9:00 South American Journey (see ch. 2, 9PM)
10:00 Moyers: In Search of the Constitution (the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor discusses her role and the Constitution)
56 - WLVI (Ind) Cambridge highlights
6PM Three's Company "Chrissy's Date"
6:30 What's Happening!! "Puppy Love"
7:00 The Fall Guy
8:00 Movie: "The Four Seasons" (1981)
10:00 News
11:00 Tales of the Unexpected
11:30 Nightlife (hosted by David Brenner, guest Jackie Mason)
12:00 Independent Network News
61 - WTIC (FOX) Hartford
10:30 Card Sharks
11:00 Who's the Boss?
11:30 Bargain Hunters
12:00 Ryan's Hope
12:30 Movie: "How to Break Up a Happy Divorce"
2:00 Superfriends
2:30 Gumby
3:00 Heathcliff
3:30 The Flintstones
4:00 The Jetsons
4:30 M.A.S.K.
5:00 The Monkees
5:30 Love Connection
6:00 Fame
7:00 Matt Houston "Blood Money"
8:00 Movie: "The Last Porno Flick" (1974)
10:30 That's Hollywood "Monster Rally"
11:00 Late Show (guest host Paul Rodriguez, guest musician Julian Cope)
12:00 Gene Scott