Source: The Newfoundland Herald (August 21-27, 1982); David Canary (“Another World”) on the cover
Note: All times listed are in Newfoundland Time. Also, PBS programming may be affected due to the pledge period.
CJON Channel 6 St. John’s (NTV/CTV)
6:00 AM: Romper Room
6:30 AM: Max the 2,000 Year Old Mouse
6:35 AM: Spiderman
7:00 AM: ATV News
7:30 AM: CTV National News
8:00 AM: Definition (Long-running game show hosted by Jim Perry)
8:30 AM: Canada A.M.
10:30 AM: 100 Huntley Street (Long-running show produced by Crossroads Television)
11:30 AM: Rocket Robin Hood
12:00 PM: Super Pay Cards (Short-lived revival of the late 1960s game show hosted by Art James)
12:30 PM: The Young and the Restless
1:30 PM: Days of Our Lives
2:30 PM: The Alan Thicke Show
3:30 PM: Another World
4:30 PM: Texas
5:30 PM: The Flintstones
6:00 PM: The NTV/ATV Newshour
7:00 PM: The Price is Right
8:00 PM: Little House on the Prairie
9:00 PM: Strike Force
10:00 PM: Thrill of a Lifetime
10:30 PM: Monday Night Movie: “Massarati and the Brain”
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: NTV News Update
1:00 AM: The Bionic Woman
2:00 AM: M*A*S*H
2:30 AM: NTV Monday Late Show: “Flatfoot” (Bud Spencer)
4:30 AM: The John Davidson Show
5:30 AM: Scenes of Newfoundland
CBNT Channel 8 St. John’s (CBC)
10:35 AM: Test Pattern and Music
10:42 AM: Sign-On
10:45 AM: The Friendly Giant
11:00 AM: Mr. Dressup
11:30 AM: Sesame Street
12:30 PM: The Afternoon News, Weather, and CBC Sports Report
12:40 PM: The Barbara McLeod Show
1:00 PM: Summer Magazine (From Halifax)
2:00 PM: Canadian Reflections
3:00 PM: The Edge of Night
3:30 PM: Coronation Street
4:00 PM: Take 30 From Toronto
4:30 PM: Wok With Yan
5:00 PM: The Beachcombers: “Skelton in the Closet”
5:30 PM: Happy Days
6:00 PM: The Muppet Show: Guest Melissa Manchester
6:30 PM: Here and Now
7:30 PM: Nashville Swing
8:00 PM: Teachers Only
8:30 PM: Private Benjamin (Short-lived TV spin-off of the 1980 film)
9:00 PM: WKRP in Cincinnati
9:30 PM: She’s With Me
10:00 PM: Front Page Challenge
10:30 PM: The National
10:55 PM: The Medicine Show
11:23 PM: Newsfinal
11:57 PM: Barney Miller
12:27 AM: Police Story (2-Hour episode)
2:27 AM: Sign-Off
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC) (Cable 11 in St. John’s)
8:05 AM: News
8:30 AM: The Today Show
10:30 AM: The Phil Donahue Show
11:30 AM: Diff’rent Strokes
12:00 PM: Wheel of Fortune (Pat Sajak and Susan Stafford; Vanna White would join the show on a regular basis on December 13)
12:30 PM: Texas
1:30 PM: The Doctors
2:00 PM: Search for Tomorrow
2:30 PM: Days of Our Lives
3:30 PM: Another World
4:30 PM: CHiPs
5:30 PM: Movie: “Passage to Marseilles” (1944; Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Hogan’s Heroes
9:00 PM: The Muppets: Guest Dom DeLuise
9:30 PM: Little House on the Prairie
10:30 PM: NBC Monday Night Movie: “Mrs. R.’s Daughter” (1978; Cloris Leachman, Season Hubley)
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: George Carlin guest-hosts
2:00 AM: Late Night With David Letterman
3:00 AM: Sign-Off
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC) (Cable 7 in St. John’s)
7:30 AM: Jim Bakker
8:30 AM: Good Morning America
10:30 AM: Movie: “The Lonely Profession” (1969; Harry Guardino, Dina Merrill)
12:30 PM: The Love Boat
1:30 PM: Family Feud
2:00 PM: Ryan’s Hope
2:30 PM: All My Children
3:30 PM: One Life to Live
4:30 PM: General Hospital
5:30 PM: Movie: “To Die in Paris” (1968; Louis Jordan, Kurt Krueger)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: ABC World News Tonight
8:30 PM: Happy Days Again
9:00 PM: Barney Miller
9:30 PM: Best of the West
10:00 PM: Major League Baseball: Regional coverage of Philadelphia Phillies @ Atlanta Braves and another match-up featuring two pennant contenders.
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: Nightline
1:30 AM: Movie: “Americathon” (1979; John Ritter, Harvey Korman)
(Sign-off after that.)
*WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS) (Cable 5 in St. John’s)
8:45 AM: A.M. Weather
9:15 AM: A.M. Weather
9:45 AM: A.M. Weather
10:15 AM: A.M. Weather
(In-school programs, I assume, until...)
4:30 PM: Vegetable Soup
5:00 PM: Villa Algere
5:30 PM: Sesame Street
6:30 PM: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
7:00 PM: The Electric Company
7:30 PM: Here’s To Your Health
8:00 PM: Over Easy
8:30 PM: The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
9:00 PM: The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
9:30 PM: Evening at Pops
10:40 PM: Gala of Stars 1982
12:30 AM: The Dick Cavett Show
1:00 AM: Captioned ABC News
1:30 AM: PBS Late Night with Dennis Wholey
(Sign-off after that.)
Galaxie (a joint venture between TVOntario and Rogers) (Cable 12 in St. John’s)
11:00 AM: Polka Dot Door
11:29 AM: The Adventures of Paddington Bear
11:35 AM: Fables of the Green Forest
12:01 PM: Ludwig
12:06 PM: Big Blue Marble
12:33 PM: Skippy
1:00 PM: Cucumber
1:29 PM: Jeremy
1:43 PM: Noddy
2:00 PM: Tales of Magic
2:13 PM: Readalong
2:26 PM: Willo the Wisp
2:30 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
St. John’s Community Channel (Cable 9 in St. John’s)
(Community messages until...)
7:00 PM: Bethesda Services
9:30 PM: Drag Racing: Held on Bell Island
(Community messages after that)
Corner Brook Community Channel (Cable 8 in Corner Brook)
(Community messages all day)
*Subject to further research.
A few questions that may have been asked about some parts of these listings are probably answered here, such as WVII doing their own version of the 4:00 Movie just like ABC’s original five O&Os at the time (and even doing a 9:00 AM movie), but there are likely some new questions that need to be addressed.
Note: All times listed are in Newfoundland Time. Also, PBS programming may be affected due to the pledge period.
CJON Channel 6 St. John’s (NTV/CTV)
6:00 AM: Romper Room
6:30 AM: Max the 2,000 Year Old Mouse
6:35 AM: Spiderman
7:00 AM: ATV News
7:30 AM: CTV National News
8:00 AM: Definition (Long-running game show hosted by Jim Perry)
8:30 AM: Canada A.M.
10:30 AM: 100 Huntley Street (Long-running show produced by Crossroads Television)
11:30 AM: Rocket Robin Hood
12:00 PM: Super Pay Cards (Short-lived revival of the late 1960s game show hosted by Art James)
12:30 PM: The Young and the Restless
1:30 PM: Days of Our Lives
2:30 PM: The Alan Thicke Show
3:30 PM: Another World
4:30 PM: Texas
5:30 PM: The Flintstones
6:00 PM: The NTV/ATV Newshour
7:00 PM: The Price is Right
8:00 PM: Little House on the Prairie
9:00 PM: Strike Force
10:00 PM: Thrill of a Lifetime
10:30 PM: Monday Night Movie: “Massarati and the Brain”
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: NTV News Update
1:00 AM: The Bionic Woman
2:00 AM: M*A*S*H
2:30 AM: NTV Monday Late Show: “Flatfoot” (Bud Spencer)
4:30 AM: The John Davidson Show
5:30 AM: Scenes of Newfoundland
CBNT Channel 8 St. John’s (CBC)
10:35 AM: Test Pattern and Music
10:42 AM: Sign-On
10:45 AM: The Friendly Giant
11:00 AM: Mr. Dressup
11:30 AM: Sesame Street
12:30 PM: The Afternoon News, Weather, and CBC Sports Report
12:40 PM: The Barbara McLeod Show
1:00 PM: Summer Magazine (From Halifax)
2:00 PM: Canadian Reflections
3:00 PM: The Edge of Night
3:30 PM: Coronation Street
4:00 PM: Take 30 From Toronto
4:30 PM: Wok With Yan
5:00 PM: The Beachcombers: “Skelton in the Closet”
5:30 PM: Happy Days
6:00 PM: The Muppet Show: Guest Melissa Manchester
6:30 PM: Here and Now
7:30 PM: Nashville Swing
8:00 PM: Teachers Only
8:30 PM: Private Benjamin (Short-lived TV spin-off of the 1980 film)
9:00 PM: WKRP in Cincinnati
9:30 PM: She’s With Me
10:00 PM: Front Page Challenge
10:30 PM: The National
10:55 PM: The Medicine Show
11:23 PM: Newsfinal
11:57 PM: Barney Miller
12:27 AM: Police Story (2-Hour episode)
2:27 AM: Sign-Off
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC) (Cable 11 in St. John’s)
8:05 AM: News
8:30 AM: The Today Show
10:30 AM: The Phil Donahue Show
11:30 AM: Diff’rent Strokes
12:00 PM: Wheel of Fortune (Pat Sajak and Susan Stafford; Vanna White would join the show on a regular basis on December 13)
12:30 PM: Texas
1:30 PM: The Doctors
2:00 PM: Search for Tomorrow
2:30 PM: Days of Our Lives
3:30 PM: Another World
4:30 PM: CHiPs
5:30 PM: Movie: “Passage to Marseilles” (1944; Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Hogan’s Heroes
9:00 PM: The Muppets: Guest Dom DeLuise
9:30 PM: Little House on the Prairie
10:30 PM: NBC Monday Night Movie: “Mrs. R.’s Daughter” (1978; Cloris Leachman, Season Hubley)
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: George Carlin guest-hosts
2:00 AM: Late Night With David Letterman
3:00 AM: Sign-Off
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC) (Cable 7 in St. John’s)
7:30 AM: Jim Bakker
8:30 AM: Good Morning America
10:30 AM: Movie: “The Lonely Profession” (1969; Harry Guardino, Dina Merrill)
12:30 PM: The Love Boat
1:30 PM: Family Feud
2:00 PM: Ryan’s Hope
2:30 PM: All My Children
3:30 PM: One Life to Live
4:30 PM: General Hospital
5:30 PM: Movie: “To Die in Paris” (1968; Louis Jordan, Kurt Krueger)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: ABC World News Tonight
8:30 PM: Happy Days Again
9:00 PM: Barney Miller
9:30 PM: Best of the West
10:00 PM: Major League Baseball: Regional coverage of Philadelphia Phillies @ Atlanta Braves and another match-up featuring two pennant contenders.
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: Nightline
1:30 AM: Movie: “Americathon” (1979; John Ritter, Harvey Korman)
(Sign-off after that.)
*WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS) (Cable 5 in St. John’s)
8:45 AM: A.M. Weather
9:15 AM: A.M. Weather
9:45 AM: A.M. Weather
10:15 AM: A.M. Weather
(In-school programs, I assume, until...)
4:30 PM: Vegetable Soup
5:00 PM: Villa Algere
5:30 PM: Sesame Street
6:30 PM: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
7:00 PM: The Electric Company
7:30 PM: Here’s To Your Health
8:00 PM: Over Easy
8:30 PM: The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
9:00 PM: The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
9:30 PM: Evening at Pops
10:40 PM: Gala of Stars 1982
12:30 AM: The Dick Cavett Show
1:00 AM: Captioned ABC News
1:30 AM: PBS Late Night with Dennis Wholey
(Sign-off after that.)
Galaxie (a joint venture between TVOntario and Rogers) (Cable 12 in St. John’s)
11:00 AM: Polka Dot Door
11:29 AM: The Adventures of Paddington Bear
11:35 AM: Fables of the Green Forest
12:01 PM: Ludwig
12:06 PM: Big Blue Marble
12:33 PM: Skippy
1:00 PM: Cucumber
1:29 PM: Jeremy
1:43 PM: Noddy
2:00 PM: Tales of Magic
2:13 PM: Readalong
2:26 PM: Willo the Wisp
2:30 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
St. John’s Community Channel (Cable 9 in St. John’s)
(Community messages until...)
7:00 PM: Bethesda Services
9:30 PM: Drag Racing: Held on Bell Island
(Community messages after that)
Corner Brook Community Channel (Cable 8 in Corner Brook)
(Community messages all day)
*Subject to further research.
A few questions that may have been asked about some parts of these listings are probably answered here, such as WVII doing their own version of the 4:00 Movie just like ABC’s original five O&Os at the time (and even doing a 9:00 AM movie), but there are likely some new questions that need to be addressed.