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Retro: New York Metro, Tuesday 10/25/83 (VHF only)

Source: TV Guide (New York Metro Edition)

Tuesday 10/25/83

Ch. 2 WCBS New York City
5 AM CBS NEWS CONTINUES
6 AM DAYBREAK
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 AM CBS NEWS
9 AM TIC TAC DOUGH
9:30 JOKER'S WILD
10 AM $25,000 PYRAMID
10:30 PRESS YOUR LUCK
11 AM PRICE IS RIGHT
Noon TATTLETALES
12:30 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
1:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS
2:30 CAPITOL
3 PM GUIDING LIGHT
4 PM BARNABY JONES
5 PM NEWS
6 PM NEWS
6:55 EDITORIAL
7 PM CBS NEWS
7:30 2 ON THE TOWN
8 PM MISSISSIPPI
9 PM MOVIE: "First Affair" (1983)
11 PM NEWS
11:30 MAGNUM, P.I.
12:40 McCLOUD
2 AM CBS NEWS

Ch. 3 WFSB (CBS) Hartford
5 AM CBS NEWS CONTINUES
6 AM FACE THE STATE
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 AM CBS NEWS
9 AM $25,000 PYRAMID
9:30 CARD SHARKS
10 AM HOUR MAGAZINE
11 AM PRICE IS RIGHT
Noon NEWS
12:30 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
1:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS
2:30 CAPITOL
3 PM GUIDING LIGHT
4 PM JEFFERSONS
4:30 THREE'S COMPANY
5 PM BARNEY MILLER
5:30 NEWS
6 PM NEWS
7 PM CBS NEWS
7:30 PM MAGAZINE
8 PM MISSISSIPPI
9 PM MOVIE: "First Affair" (1983)
11 PM NEWS
11:35 HAWAII FIVE-O
12:35 ALL IN THE FAMILY
1:05 LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
1:35 SANFORD AND SON
2 AM CBS NEWS

Ch. 4 WNBC New York City
5:30 HEALTH FIELD
6 AM TODAY IN NEW YORK
6:30 NBC NEWS
7 AM TODAY
9 AM PHIL DONAHUE
10 AM DIFF'RENT STROKES
10:30 SALE OF THE CENTURY
11 AM WHEEL OF FORTUNE
11:30 DREAM HOUSE
Noon GO!
12:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
1 PM DAYS OF OUR LIVES
2 PM ANOTHER WORLD
3 PM FANTASY
4 PM SPECIAL TREAT
5 PM LIVE AT FIVE
6 PM NEWS
7 PM NBC NEWS
7:30 FAMILY FEUD
8 PM A-TEAM
10 PM BAY CITY BLUES
11 PM NEWS
11:30 TONIGHT
12:30 LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN
1:30 NBC NEWS
2:30 MORE REAL PEOPLE
3 AM MARY TYLER MOORE
3:30 BOB NEWHART
4 AM HERE'S LUCY
4:30 NBC NEWS

Ch. 5 WNEW (Ind.) New York City
6 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
6:30 POPEYE
7 AM WOODY WOODPECKER
7:30 BUGS AND PORKY
8 AM WOODY WOODPECKER
8:30 FLINTSTONES
9 AM I LOVE LUCY
9:30 MY THREE SONS
10 AM WELCOME BACK, KOTTER
10:30 ALL IN THE FAMILY
11 AM BREAKAWAY
Noon MIDDAY
1 PM HOUR MAGAZINE
2 PM NEWS
2:15 POPEYE
3 PM INSPECTOR GADGET
3:30 WONDERFUL WORLD OF STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
4 PM HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
4:30 WHAT'S HAPPENING!!
5 PM ONE DAY AT A TIME
5:30 WKRP IN CINCINNATI
6 PM THREE'S COMPANY
6:30 TAXI
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 ALL IN THE FAMILY
8 PM PM MAGAZINE
8:30 CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS
9 PM MERV GRIFFIN
10 PM NEWS
11 PM M*A*S*H
11:30 THICKE OF THE NIGHT
1 AM HOGAN'S HEROES
1:30 CHICO AND THE MAN
2 AM MOVIE: "The Marrying Kind" (1952)

Ch. 7 WABC New York City
5 AM OCEANUS: THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
5:30 MORNING STRETCH
6 AM ABC NEWS
7 AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9 AM MORNING SHOW
10:30 WOMAN TO WOMAN
11 AM BENSON
11:30 LOVING
Noon FAMILY FEUD
12:30 RYAN'S HOPE
1 PM ALL MY CHILDREN
2 PM ONE LIFE TO LIVE
3 PM GENERAL HOSPITAL
4 PM EDGE OF NIGHT
4:30 EYEWITNESS EXTRA
5 PM NEWS
6 PM NEWS
7 PM ABC NEWS
7:30 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
8 PM JUST OUR LUCK
8:30 HAPPY DAYS
9 PM THREE'S COMPANY
9:30 OH MADELINE
10 PM HART TO HART
11 PM NEWS
11:30 NIGHTLINE
12:30 MOVIE: "Hot Blood" (1956)
2:10 NEWS
4:55 NEWS

Ch. 8 WTNH (ABC) New Haven
5:30 DIALOGUE
6 AM ABC/LOCAL NEWS
7 AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9 AM PHIL DONAHUE
10 AM TIC TAC DOUGH
10:30 JOKER'S WILD
11 AM BENSON
11:30 LOVING
Noon NEWS
12:30 RYAN'S HOPE
1 PM ALL MY CHILDREN
2 PM ONE LIFE TO LIVE
3 PM GENERAL HOSPITAL
4 PM BREAKAWAY
5 PM PEOPLE'S COURT
5:30 NEWSCOPE
6 PM NEWS
7 PM ABC NEWS
7:30 FAMILY FEUD
8 PM JUST OUR LUCK
8:30 HAPPY DAYS
9 PM THREE'S COMPANY
9:30 OH MADELINE
10 PM HART TO HART
11 PM NEWS
11:35 ROCKFORD FILES
12:35 NIGHTLINE

Ch. 9 WOR (Ind.) Secaucus
5:05 NEWS
5:30 JOE FRANKLIN
6:30 JIMMY SWAGGART
7 AM 700 CLUB
8 AM NEW JERSEY REPORT
8:30 STRAIGHT TALK
9:30 CNN HEADLINE NEWS
10 AM ROMPER ROOM AND FRIENDS
11 AM BONANZA
Noon NEWS
1 PM MOVIE: "Sweet, Sweet Rachel" (1971)
3 PM FAMILY
4 PM MOVIE: "House of Wax" (1953)
6 PM BUCK ROGERS
7 PM ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN
7:30 BENNY HILL
8 PM SAINT
9 PM BOXING: Bobby Czyz vs. Bill Madel
10 PM NEW JERSEY PEOPLE
10:30 NINE ON NEW JERSEY
11 PM SOAP
11:30 HAWAII FIVE-O
12:30 CHILDREN RUNNING OUT OF TIME
1:30 CNN HEADLINE NEWS
2 AM JOE FRANKLIN
3 AM MOVIE: "Female on the Beach" (1955)

Ch. 11 WPIX (Ind.) New York City
5 AM BIOGRAPHY
5:30 INN NEWS
6 AM 20 MINUTE WORKOUT
6:30 TOM & JERRY & FRIENDS
7:30 PINK PANTHER
8 AM SCOOBY-DOO
8:30 TOM AND JERRY
9 AM GREAT SPACE COASTER
9:30 HERMAN BADILLO'S URBAN JOURNAL
10:30 MAGIC GARDEN
11 AM RICHARD SIMMONS
11:30 I DREAM OF JEANNIE
Noon INN NEWS
12:30 MOVIE: "Woman of Straw" (1964)
2:30 TOM & JERRY & FRIENDS
3 PM PINK PANTHER
3:30 SUPERFRIENDS
4 PM SCOOBY-DOO
4:30 HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
5 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
6 PM LOVE BOAT
7 PM FANTASY ISLAND
7:30 NEWS
8 PM MOVIE: "The Green Berets" (1968)
10 PM INN NEWS
10:30 NEWS
11 PM BARNEY MILLER
11:30 HONEYMOONERS
Mid. SATURDAY NIGHT
1 AM TWILIGHT ZONE
1:30 INN NEWS
2 AM EMERGENCY!
3 AM MOVIE: "Road to Bali" (1952)

Ch. 13 WNET Newark
7:30 NEW JERSEY NEWS
8 AM MacNEIL, LEHRER NEWSHOUR
9 AM SESAME STREET
12:30 BUSINESS OF MANAGEMENT
2:30 TOMORROW'S FAMILIES
3 PM OVER EASY
3:30 STATE OF THE ARTS
4 PM SESAME STREET
5 PM MISTER ROGERS
5:30 3-2-1 CONTACT
6 PM NEW JERSEY NEWS
6:30 NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
7 PM MacNEIL, LEHRER NEWSHOUR
8 PM NOVA
9 PM VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY
10 PM TELEVISION FROM SCANDINAVIA
11 PM MASTERPIECE THEATRE
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by MikeyBos on 03/15/06 12:03 AM.</FONT></P>
 
MikeyBos said:
Ch. 4 WNBC New York City

4 PM SPECIAL TREAT

Special Treat was obviously NBC's answer to ABC's Afterschool Specials, but what usually aired in that 4 p.m. slot leading into Live at Five?
 
"8 WTNH
12PM NEWS"
Why didn't the daytime Family Feud air on Chanel 8? It aired on Channel 7, why not 8?

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
"8 WTNH
12PM NEWS"
Why didn't the daytime Family Feud air on Chanel 8? It aired on Channel 7, why not 8?

Blame the network for moving the daytime Feud to Noon (which by then was a time slot prone to preemptions for local news in the Eastern time zone) in 1980. Three years make a big difference, because I think the daytime version was beginning to slip in the ratings by this time (though I could be wrong).

Of course WABC-TV, being the network flagship, couldn't pre-empt. WTNH-TV did carry the nighttime Family Feud, which was still going strong -- until the PM Wheel of Fortune overtook it a year later.
 
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