Source: The Newfoundland Herald (December 9 to 15, 1995)
Out-of-province stations listed in Newfoundland Time.
CBFJ Channel 4 St. John’s (SRC) (transmitter was shut down on August 31, 2012 and is now seen on cable; likely was and still is fed from Montreal)
7:35: Looping
8:00: Bon Matin
10:30: Pacha et les chats
10:45: Iris le gentil professeur (Iris the Happy Professor)
11:00: La maison de quimzie (Wimzie’s House)
11:30: Babar
12:00: Olives et Papayes
12:30: Christiane Charette en direct
1:30: Le Midi
2:30: Louvain a la carte
3:30: Les Petits Bonheurs de Clemence
4:30: Catherine Courage
5:30: La Ribambelle
6:00: L’Infernale Machine du Dr. V
6:30: Watatatow
7:00: Que Le Meilleur Gagne (a Quebec game show)
7:30: Ce Soir
8:30: La Lecon D’Elie
9:30: Sous un Ciel Variable
10:30: La Bataille du Saint-Laurent
11:30: Le Telejournal
11:55: Le Point
12:30: Les Nouvelle du Sport/Meteo
1:00: Cinema: “L’Echo des songes” (followed by sign-off)
WDIV Channel 4 Detroit, Michigan (NBC)
5:05: Leeza (if a network show, delayed from previous day 11:00 am)
6:05: NBC News Nightside
6:30: NBC News at Sunrise
7:00: Newsbeat
8:30: The Today Show
10:30: Maury Povich
11:30: Jerry Springer
12:30: Jenny Jones
1:30: Newsbeat
2:00: Jeopardy! (previous season reruns)
2:30: Days of Our Lives
3:30: Another World
4:30: Sally Jesse Raphael
5:30: Montel Williams
6:30: Newsbeat
7:30: Newsbeat
8:00: NBC Nightly News (Tom Brokaw)
8:30: Wheel of Fortune
9:00: Jeopardy!
9:30: Seaquest 2032
10:30: Garth Brooks: Ropin’ the Wind
11:30: Christmas in Washington
12:30: Nightbeat
1:05: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2:07: Jenny Jones
3:07: Emergency Call
3:37: Late Night with Conan O’Brien (delayed from 12:37 am)
4:36: Later with Bob Costas (delayed from 1:36 am)
CJON Channel 6 St. John’s (NTV/CTV)
5:30: Scenes of Newfoundland
6:00: Teddy Ruxpin
6:30: Babar
7:00: Care Bears
7:30: Inspector Gadget
8:00: Canada A.M.
10:30: Acting Crazy (hosted by longtime BCTV weatherman Wayne Cox, but produced at CKVU)
11:00: Dini
12:00: Newsday
12:30: The Young and the Restless (day-ahead of CBS)
1:30: Days of Our Lives (day-ahead of NBC)
2:30: Homestyle
3:00: The Bold and the Beautiful
3:30: Another World
4:30: General Hospital (it’s now on CityTV)
5:30: America’s Funniest Home Videos
6:00: NTV Evening Newshour
7:00: The Price is Right (badly chopped-up half-hour slot for NTV, and day-ahead of CBS)
7:30: Home Improvement
8:00: Beverly Hills 90210
9:00: Grace Under Fire
9:30: Ellen
10:00: Dave’s World
10:30: Murder She Wrote
11:30: Law and Order
12:30: CTV News
1:00: NTV News Late Night
1:30: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2:30: The Late Show with David Letterman
3:30: Nightline
4:00: Cheers
4:30: Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan before James Bond)
WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit, Michigan (ABC)
5:05: ABC World News Now
6:30: ABC World News This Morning
7:00: Action News
8:30: Good Morning America
10:30: Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee
11:30: Donahue (his final season; in earlier years, it was produced at WGN in Chicago)
12:30: Rolonda
1:30: Action News
2:00: The City (successor to “Loving”)
2:30: All My Children
3:30: One Life to Live
4:30: General Hospital
5:30: Oprah Winfrey
6:30: Action News
7:30: Action News
8:30: ABC World News Tonight (Peter Jennings)
9:00: Entertainment Tonight
9:30: Ellen
10:00: The Drew Carey Show
10:30: Grace Under Fire
11:00: The Naked Truth
11:30: Prime Time Live
12:30: Action News
1:05: Nightline
1:35: Inside Edition (ABC didn’t have a late night network show to run after “Nightline” at this stage, at least not until “Politically Incorrect” and then “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, and that will replace “Nightline” in January)
2:05: American Journal
2:35: Gordon Elliott
3:35: Lauren Hutton and...
4:05: Mike and Maty (delayed from 11:00 am)
CBNT Channel 8 St. John’s (CBC)
7:30: CBC Morning News
9:30: What on Earth
10:00: Playground
10:30: Theodore Tugboat
10:45: Fred Penner’s Place
11:00: Mr. Dressup
11:30: Sesame Street (with Canadian inserts)
12:30: Midday
1:30: The Urban Peasant
2:00: Odyssey
2:30: All My Children
3:30: One Life to Live
4:30: Coronation Street
5:00: Family Matters
5:30: The Simpsons
6:00: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
6:30: Here and Now
7:30: Adrienne Clarkson Presents
8:30: Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree
9:00: Liberty Street
9:30: Ice Princess
10:30: The National
11:30: Newsfinal
12:00: Absolutely Fabulous (very famous Britcom)
12:36: Open Wide
1:06: Late Night Movie: “The Virginian” (1946; Joel McCrea, I think) (followed by sign-off)
CHAN Channel 8 Vancouver, British Columbia (BCTV/CTV)
5:37: Cheers
6:07: Coach
6:37: Late Night Movie: “Sisters” (1991; Laurel Paetz, Helen Taylor)
8:52: Major Dad
9:22: Off the air
9:30: Amazing Medicine Book
10:00: Kenneth Copeland
10:30: Sharon, Lois and Bram’s Elephant Show
11:00: Canada A.M.
1:30: Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee
2:30: Jane Hawtin Live! (also seen on CHCH and CITV)
3:30: The Movie Show
4:00: America’s Funniest Home Videos
4:30: BCTV News
5:30: Homestyle
6:00: The Bold and the Beautiful
6:30: Another World
7:30: Ricki Lake
8:30: Oprah Winfrey
9:30: BCTV News
10:00: Canada Tonight (produced by BCTV)
10:30: BCTV News
11:30: NBA Basketball: Houston Rockets @ Vancouver Grizzlies (Houston defeated Vancouver 100-89)
2:00: Drew Carey Show (time approximate)
2:30: Prime Time Live
3:30: CTV News
4:00: BCTV News
4:35: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Cable Atlantic Channel 9 St. John’s (Cable Only)
Community Bulletin Board all day until
6:00 pm: Head On
6:30: Head On
7:25: AHL Hockey: PEI Senators @ St. John’s Maple Leafs (PEI defeated St. John’s 4-3) (followed by Community Bulletin Board)
CHCH Channel 11 Hamilton, Ontario (Independent)
5:00: Northern Response
6:00: Dial-A-Date
6:30: Northern Response
7:00: James Robison
7:30: It’s a New Day (IIRC, produced at CKND in Winnipeg)
8:00: Life Lessons
8:30: 100 Huntley Street
9:30: Body Moves (reruns; was produced by CHEK in Victoria, BC)
10:00: The Movie Show
10:30: Jenny Jones
11:30: Lynette Jennings Homeworks
12:00: Gardener’s Journal
12:30: The Price is Right (in-pattern with CBS)
1:30: CHCH News
2:30: Jane Hawtin Live!
3:30: As the World Turns
4:30: Guiding Light
5:30: Ricki Lake
6:30: Blossom
7:00: CHCH News or Canada Tonight
7:30: CHCH News
8:00: CHCH News or Canada Tonight
8:30: Wings
9:00: Extra
9:30: Seaquest 2032
10:30: Highlander the Series (note: there was another 9:30 entry for a movie called “Home for Christmas” from 1990 with Mickey Rooney; one of those entries is right)
11:30: Prime Time Live
12:30: CHCH News
1:30: Infomercials all night (these days, they air a late night movie)
WTOL Channel 11 Toledo, Ohio (CBS)
7:00: CBS Morning News
7:30: Morning News
8:30: CBS This Morning (later became “The Early Show” and back to “This Morning”)
10:30: Little House on the Prairie
11:30: Maury Povich (then syndicated by Paramount)
12:30: The Price is Right
1:30: News
2:00: The Young and the Restless
3:00: The Bold and the Beautiful
3:30: As the World Turns
4:30: Guiding Light (not sure at this stage how many stations ran this in-pattern as most in the east moved it to mornings)
5:30: Oprah Winfrey
6:30: News
7:30: News
8:00: CBS Evening News (Dan Rather)
8:30: Wheel of Fortune
9:00: Jeopardy!
9:30: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective – The Rein-Deer Hunter
10:00: Bless This House
10:30: Stars in the Making
11:30: People Yearbook
12:30: News
1:05: The Late Show with David Letterman
2:07: The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (much different compared later on with Craig Kilborn and Craig Ferguson)
3:07: Home Shopping Spree (all night)
CITV Channel 13 Edmonton, Alberta (Independent)
5:00: Infomercials until
9:30: ITV News
11:00: Adventures of Tintin
11:30: Young Robin Hood
12:00: Kitty Cats
12:30: 100 Huntley Street
1:30: Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee (these days it’s “Kelly and Michael”)
2:30: Jane Hawtin Live!
3:30: ITV News
4:00: Eric’s World (a spin-off of sorts from the “Elephant Show”)
4:30: Days of Our Lives (most likely day-ahead of NBC)
5:30: Stopwatch
6:00: The Next Line (it used the same set as a previous show called “The New Liar’s Club”; one of the regular panelists did both shows, and they were both produced at CKVU)
6:30: Ricki Lake
7:30: The Young and the Restless (day-ahead of CBS)
8:30: Baywatch
9:30: ITV News
10:00: Canada Tonight
10:30: Beverly Hills 90210
11:30: Grace Under Fire
12:00: Jeff Foxworthy
12:30: Bless This House
1:00: Dave’s World
1:30: ITV News
2:30: Sports Night
3:00: Comedy at Club 54
3:30: Star Trek: The Next Generation
4:30: Married... With Children
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta, Georgia (Independent)
5:05: Infomercials
6:35: Court TV: Inside America’s Courts
7:05: CNN Headline News
7:35: Captain Planet and the Planeteers
8:05: Scooby Doo Mysteries
8:35: The Jetsons
9:05: The Flintstones
9:35: Gilligan’s Island
10:05: Bewitched
10:35: Who’s the Boss?
11:05: Andy Griffith
11:35: Little House on the Prairie
12:35: Matlock
1:35: Perry Mason
2:35: Movie: “Miracle in the Wilderness” (1991; Kris Kristofferson, Kim Kattrall)
4:35: Cartoon Planet
5:35: Garfield and Friends
6:05: The Brady Bunch
6:35: Saved by the Bell
7:05: Saved by the Bell
7:35: Family Matters
8:05: Family Matters
8:35: America’s Funniest Home Videos
9:05: America’s Funniest Home Videos
9:30: NBA Basketball: Orlando Magic @ Chicago Bulls (Chicago defeated Orlando 112-103)
12:00: Movie: “Thunderball” (1965; Sean Connery, Claudine Auger) (time approximate)
2:45: Movie: “The Girl in the Empty Grave” (1977; Andy Griffith)
4:15: Ton of Fun
4:35: Infomercials
CICA Channel 19 Toronto, Ontario (TVOntario)
5:30: Wave Particle Duality
6:30: Programme to Request
7:30: Allan Gregg
8:00: Yellow Brick Roads
8:30: Speaking Up for Libraries
9:00: Your Best Business Partner: The Public Library
9:30: Polka Dot Shorts
9:40: Polka Dot Door
10:10: Zoe and Charlie
10:30: Join In!
11:00: Kids Canada
11:10: Today’s Special
11:40: Riddle of Wizard’s Oak
12:00: Bookmice
12:30: Chicken Minute
1:00: Polka Dot Door
1:30: Adventures of Dudley the Dragon
2:00: Inquirign Minds
2:30: Parenting (Part 1 of 5)
2:45: Help Me
3:00: Managing Diversity (Part 2 of 4)
3:30: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs; Myths and Realities
4:00: Time to Grow
4:30: Time to Grow
5:00: Adventures of Dudley the Dragon
5:30: Art Attack
6:00: Magic School Bus
6:30: Polka Dot Door
7:00: Bananas in Pajamas
7:05: Tots TV
7:15: Polka Dot Shorts
7:25: Pingu
7:30: Round the Twist
8:00: Bill Nye the Science Guy
8:30: Global Family
9:00: Wild South
9:30: Studio 2
10:30: Catherine Cookson Mysteries (Part 2 of 3)
11:30: The View from Here
12:30: Inquiring Minds
1:00: Car Racing
1:30: Look and Cook
2:00: Question Period (Ontario Legislature) (followed by sign-off)
WUHF Channel 31 Rochester, New York (FOX primary; UPN secondary)
5:00: Beverly Hills 90210
6:00: Empty Nest
6:30: Sailor Moon
7:00: Highlander: The Animated Series
7:30: Dinosaurs
8:00: Mutant League
8:30: Gargoyles
9:00: Bobby’s World (voiced by Howie Mandel of “St. Elsewhere” and later “Deal or No Deal”)
9:30: V.R. Troopers
10:00: Mighty Max
10:30: Goof Troop
11:00: Cubhouse
11:30: Infomercials
12:30: Baywatch
1:30: Ricki Lake (she launched a new talk show earlier this year in syndication)
2:30: Tempestt
3:30: Infomercials
4:00: Aladdin
4:30: Taz-Mania
5:00: X-Men
5:30: Adventures of Batman and Robin
6:00: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
6:30: Ricki Lake
7:30: Blossom
8:00: The Simpsons
8:30: Home Improvement
9:00: Seinfeld
9:30: Beverly Hills 90210
10:30: Party of Five
11:30: Matlock
12:30: Star Trek: The Next Generation
1:30: Infomercials
2:30: Doogie Howser, M.D.
3:00: Tempestt
4:00: Infomercials all night
WSBK Channel 38 Boston, Massachusetts (UPN)
5:00: Empty Nest
5:30: Andy Griffith
6:00: Hogan’s Heroes
6:30: I Dream of Jeannie
7:00: Yogi and Friends
7:30: Phantom 2040
8:00: Captain Planet and the Planeteers
8:30: Garfield and Friends
9:00: Tom and Jerry
9:30: Bugs Bunny (not sure if pre-48, post-48, or a mix)
10:00: Dinosaurs
10:30: Danny!
11:30: Lauren Hutton and...
12:00: Top Cops
12:30: Murphy Brown
1:00: Murphy Brown
1:30: Coach
2:00: Coach
2:30: M*A*S*H
3:00: M*A*S*H
3:30: The Flintstones
4:00: Tom and Jerry
4:30: Goof Troop
5:00: Bonkers
5:30: Aladdin
6:00: Gargoyles
6:30: Step by Step
7:00: Blossom
7:30: Beverly Hills 90210
8:30: Seinfeld
9:00: NHL Hockey: Boston Bruins @ New York Rangers (Rangers defeated the Bruins 4-2; future Sportsnet analyst Nick Kypreos got into a brief fight with Beddoes – both got fighting majors and 10-minute misconducts)
12:00: UPN38 Prime News (time approximate)
12:30: Cheers
1:00: Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
1:30: Stephanie Miller
2:30: Lauren Hutton and...
3:00: Infomercials
4:00: Richard Bey
WTVS Channel 56 Detroit, Michigan (PBS)
5:30: Inside the FBI (Part 2 of 4)
6:30: Victory at Sea
7:00: Business and the Law
7:30: Taste of Louisiana
8:00: Quilt in a Day (Part 1 of 2)
8:30: Morning Business Report
8:45: Stretching for Life
9:00: Fitness Firm
9:30: Barney and Friends
10:00: Shining Time Station (vulgar comedian George Carlin was in a kid-friendly role as “Mr. Conductor”, having succeeded ex-Beatle Ringo Starr starting with the second season)
10:30: Sesame Street
11:30: Barney and Friends
12:00: Mister Rogers
12:30: Storytime
1:00: Reading Rainbow
1:30: Lamb Chop’s Play Along (Shari Lewis had previously worked on other TV projects through the years)
2:00: Puzzle Place
2:30: Sesame Street
3:30: Barney and Friends
4:00: Reading Rainbow
4:30: Wishbone
5:00: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Lynne Thigpen was the Chief)
5:30: Bill Nye the Science Guy (produced by KCTS Seattle)
6:00: Club Connect (local show in Detroit)
6:30: Firing Line
7:00: Learn to Read
7:30: Newshour with Jim Lehrer
8:30: Nightly Business Report
9:00: House of Glass
9:30: Great Performances: The Sleeping Beauty
11:30: American Playhouse
1:00: Keeping Up Appearances
1:30: Charlie Rose (who is currently doing This Morning at CBS)
2:30: Great Performances
4:30: Golden Years of Television
ASN (CTV TWO Atlantic) Halifax, Nova Scotia (Independent)
6:30: Body Tech
7:00: Wizard of Oz (most likely the one with Margot Kidder IIRC)
7:30: Breakfast Television (currently known as CTV Morning Live on the same channel; the original “Breakfast Television” began on CityTV Toronto in 1989 and continues to this day)
9:30: Hotline (produced by CJCH which was on AM 920)
10:30: Maury Povich
11:30: Cityline (which is now produced by Rogers and still airs on CityTV)
12:30: Lunch Television (later replaced by a midday newscast)
1:00: Batman: The Animated Series
1:30: The Cosby Show
2:00: Travel Travel
2:30: Babar
3:00: Care Bears
3:30: Tiny Toon Adventures
4:00: Goof Troop
4:30: Aladdin
5:00: Gargoyles
5:30: Full House
6:00: Dinosaurs
6:30: Blossom
7:00: Murphy Brown
7:30: Wheel of Fortune
8:00: Jeopardy!
8:30: Great Movies: “The Myth That Wouldn’t Die” (1991; Erin Gray, Thierry L’Hermitte)
10:30: Atlantic Pulse
11:30: Katts and Dog
12:00: Comedy Club
12:30: Great Movies: “One Woman’s Courage” (1994; Patty Duke) (followed by sign-off)
Out-of-province stations listed in Newfoundland Time.
CBFJ Channel 4 St. John’s (SRC) (transmitter was shut down on August 31, 2012 and is now seen on cable; likely was and still is fed from Montreal)
7:35: Looping
8:00: Bon Matin
10:30: Pacha et les chats
10:45: Iris le gentil professeur (Iris the Happy Professor)
11:00: La maison de quimzie (Wimzie’s House)
11:30: Babar
12:00: Olives et Papayes
12:30: Christiane Charette en direct
1:30: Le Midi
2:30: Louvain a la carte
3:30: Les Petits Bonheurs de Clemence
4:30: Catherine Courage
5:30: La Ribambelle
6:00: L’Infernale Machine du Dr. V
6:30: Watatatow
7:00: Que Le Meilleur Gagne (a Quebec game show)
7:30: Ce Soir
8:30: La Lecon D’Elie
9:30: Sous un Ciel Variable
10:30: La Bataille du Saint-Laurent
11:30: Le Telejournal
11:55: Le Point
12:30: Les Nouvelle du Sport/Meteo
1:00: Cinema: “L’Echo des songes” (followed by sign-off)
WDIV Channel 4 Detroit, Michigan (NBC)
5:05: Leeza (if a network show, delayed from previous day 11:00 am)
6:05: NBC News Nightside
6:30: NBC News at Sunrise
7:00: Newsbeat
8:30: The Today Show
10:30: Maury Povich
11:30: Jerry Springer
12:30: Jenny Jones
1:30: Newsbeat
2:00: Jeopardy! (previous season reruns)
2:30: Days of Our Lives
3:30: Another World
4:30: Sally Jesse Raphael
5:30: Montel Williams
6:30: Newsbeat
7:30: Newsbeat
8:00: NBC Nightly News (Tom Brokaw)
8:30: Wheel of Fortune
9:00: Jeopardy!
9:30: Seaquest 2032
10:30: Garth Brooks: Ropin’ the Wind
11:30: Christmas in Washington
12:30: Nightbeat
1:05: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2:07: Jenny Jones
3:07: Emergency Call
3:37: Late Night with Conan O’Brien (delayed from 12:37 am)
4:36: Later with Bob Costas (delayed from 1:36 am)
CJON Channel 6 St. John’s (NTV/CTV)
5:30: Scenes of Newfoundland
6:00: Teddy Ruxpin
6:30: Babar
7:00: Care Bears
7:30: Inspector Gadget
8:00: Canada A.M.
10:30: Acting Crazy (hosted by longtime BCTV weatherman Wayne Cox, but produced at CKVU)
11:00: Dini
12:00: Newsday
12:30: The Young and the Restless (day-ahead of CBS)
1:30: Days of Our Lives (day-ahead of NBC)
2:30: Homestyle
3:00: The Bold and the Beautiful
3:30: Another World
4:30: General Hospital (it’s now on CityTV)
5:30: America’s Funniest Home Videos
6:00: NTV Evening Newshour
7:00: The Price is Right (badly chopped-up half-hour slot for NTV, and day-ahead of CBS)
7:30: Home Improvement
8:00: Beverly Hills 90210
9:00: Grace Under Fire
9:30: Ellen
10:00: Dave’s World
10:30: Murder She Wrote
11:30: Law and Order
12:30: CTV News
1:00: NTV News Late Night
1:30: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2:30: The Late Show with David Letterman
3:30: Nightline
4:00: Cheers
4:30: Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan before James Bond)
WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit, Michigan (ABC)
5:05: ABC World News Now
6:30: ABC World News This Morning
7:00: Action News
8:30: Good Morning America
10:30: Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee
11:30: Donahue (his final season; in earlier years, it was produced at WGN in Chicago)
12:30: Rolonda
1:30: Action News
2:00: The City (successor to “Loving”)
2:30: All My Children
3:30: One Life to Live
4:30: General Hospital
5:30: Oprah Winfrey
6:30: Action News
7:30: Action News
8:30: ABC World News Tonight (Peter Jennings)
9:00: Entertainment Tonight
9:30: Ellen
10:00: The Drew Carey Show
10:30: Grace Under Fire
11:00: The Naked Truth
11:30: Prime Time Live
12:30: Action News
1:05: Nightline
1:35: Inside Edition (ABC didn’t have a late night network show to run after “Nightline” at this stage, at least not until “Politically Incorrect” and then “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, and that will replace “Nightline” in January)
2:05: American Journal
2:35: Gordon Elliott
3:35: Lauren Hutton and...
4:05: Mike and Maty (delayed from 11:00 am)
CBNT Channel 8 St. John’s (CBC)
7:30: CBC Morning News
9:30: What on Earth
10:00: Playground
10:30: Theodore Tugboat
10:45: Fred Penner’s Place
11:00: Mr. Dressup
11:30: Sesame Street (with Canadian inserts)
12:30: Midday
1:30: The Urban Peasant
2:00: Odyssey
2:30: All My Children
3:30: One Life to Live
4:30: Coronation Street
5:00: Family Matters
5:30: The Simpsons
6:00: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
6:30: Here and Now
7:30: Adrienne Clarkson Presents
8:30: Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree
9:00: Liberty Street
9:30: Ice Princess
10:30: The National
11:30: Newsfinal
12:00: Absolutely Fabulous (very famous Britcom)
12:36: Open Wide
1:06: Late Night Movie: “The Virginian” (1946; Joel McCrea, I think) (followed by sign-off)
CHAN Channel 8 Vancouver, British Columbia (BCTV/CTV)
5:37: Cheers
6:07: Coach
6:37: Late Night Movie: “Sisters” (1991; Laurel Paetz, Helen Taylor)
8:52: Major Dad
9:22: Off the air
9:30: Amazing Medicine Book
10:00: Kenneth Copeland
10:30: Sharon, Lois and Bram’s Elephant Show
11:00: Canada A.M.
1:30: Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee
2:30: Jane Hawtin Live! (also seen on CHCH and CITV)
3:30: The Movie Show
4:00: America’s Funniest Home Videos
4:30: BCTV News
5:30: Homestyle
6:00: The Bold and the Beautiful
6:30: Another World
7:30: Ricki Lake
8:30: Oprah Winfrey
9:30: BCTV News
10:00: Canada Tonight (produced by BCTV)
10:30: BCTV News
11:30: NBA Basketball: Houston Rockets @ Vancouver Grizzlies (Houston defeated Vancouver 100-89)
2:00: Drew Carey Show (time approximate)
2:30: Prime Time Live
3:30: CTV News
4:00: BCTV News
4:35: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Cable Atlantic Channel 9 St. John’s (Cable Only)
Community Bulletin Board all day until
6:00 pm: Head On
6:30: Head On
7:25: AHL Hockey: PEI Senators @ St. John’s Maple Leafs (PEI defeated St. John’s 4-3) (followed by Community Bulletin Board)
CHCH Channel 11 Hamilton, Ontario (Independent)
5:00: Northern Response
6:00: Dial-A-Date
6:30: Northern Response
7:00: James Robison
7:30: It’s a New Day (IIRC, produced at CKND in Winnipeg)
8:00: Life Lessons
8:30: 100 Huntley Street
9:30: Body Moves (reruns; was produced by CHEK in Victoria, BC)
10:00: The Movie Show
10:30: Jenny Jones
11:30: Lynette Jennings Homeworks
12:00: Gardener’s Journal
12:30: The Price is Right (in-pattern with CBS)
1:30: CHCH News
2:30: Jane Hawtin Live!
3:30: As the World Turns
4:30: Guiding Light
5:30: Ricki Lake
6:30: Blossom
7:00: CHCH News or Canada Tonight
7:30: CHCH News
8:00: CHCH News or Canada Tonight
8:30: Wings
9:00: Extra
9:30: Seaquest 2032
10:30: Highlander the Series (note: there was another 9:30 entry for a movie called “Home for Christmas” from 1990 with Mickey Rooney; one of those entries is right)
11:30: Prime Time Live
12:30: CHCH News
1:30: Infomercials all night (these days, they air a late night movie)
WTOL Channel 11 Toledo, Ohio (CBS)
7:00: CBS Morning News
7:30: Morning News
8:30: CBS This Morning (later became “The Early Show” and back to “This Morning”)
10:30: Little House on the Prairie
11:30: Maury Povich (then syndicated by Paramount)
12:30: The Price is Right
1:30: News
2:00: The Young and the Restless
3:00: The Bold and the Beautiful
3:30: As the World Turns
4:30: Guiding Light (not sure at this stage how many stations ran this in-pattern as most in the east moved it to mornings)
5:30: Oprah Winfrey
6:30: News
7:30: News
8:00: CBS Evening News (Dan Rather)
8:30: Wheel of Fortune
9:00: Jeopardy!
9:30: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective – The Rein-Deer Hunter
10:00: Bless This House
10:30: Stars in the Making
11:30: People Yearbook
12:30: News
1:05: The Late Show with David Letterman
2:07: The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (much different compared later on with Craig Kilborn and Craig Ferguson)
3:07: Home Shopping Spree (all night)
CITV Channel 13 Edmonton, Alberta (Independent)
5:00: Infomercials until
9:30: ITV News
11:00: Adventures of Tintin
11:30: Young Robin Hood
12:00: Kitty Cats
12:30: 100 Huntley Street
1:30: Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee (these days it’s “Kelly and Michael”)
2:30: Jane Hawtin Live!
3:30: ITV News
4:00: Eric’s World (a spin-off of sorts from the “Elephant Show”)
4:30: Days of Our Lives (most likely day-ahead of NBC)
5:30: Stopwatch
6:00: The Next Line (it used the same set as a previous show called “The New Liar’s Club”; one of the regular panelists did both shows, and they were both produced at CKVU)
6:30: Ricki Lake
7:30: The Young and the Restless (day-ahead of CBS)
8:30: Baywatch
9:30: ITV News
10:00: Canada Tonight
10:30: Beverly Hills 90210
11:30: Grace Under Fire
12:00: Jeff Foxworthy
12:30: Bless This House
1:00: Dave’s World
1:30: ITV News
2:30: Sports Night
3:00: Comedy at Club 54
3:30: Star Trek: The Next Generation
4:30: Married... With Children
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta, Georgia (Independent)
5:05: Infomercials
6:35: Court TV: Inside America’s Courts
7:05: CNN Headline News
7:35: Captain Planet and the Planeteers
8:05: Scooby Doo Mysteries
8:35: The Jetsons
9:05: The Flintstones
9:35: Gilligan’s Island
10:05: Bewitched
10:35: Who’s the Boss?
11:05: Andy Griffith
11:35: Little House on the Prairie
12:35: Matlock
1:35: Perry Mason
2:35: Movie: “Miracle in the Wilderness” (1991; Kris Kristofferson, Kim Kattrall)
4:35: Cartoon Planet
5:35: Garfield and Friends
6:05: The Brady Bunch
6:35: Saved by the Bell
7:05: Saved by the Bell
7:35: Family Matters
8:05: Family Matters
8:35: America’s Funniest Home Videos
9:05: America’s Funniest Home Videos
9:30: NBA Basketball: Orlando Magic @ Chicago Bulls (Chicago defeated Orlando 112-103)
12:00: Movie: “Thunderball” (1965; Sean Connery, Claudine Auger) (time approximate)
2:45: Movie: “The Girl in the Empty Grave” (1977; Andy Griffith)
4:15: Ton of Fun
4:35: Infomercials
CICA Channel 19 Toronto, Ontario (TVOntario)
5:30: Wave Particle Duality
6:30: Programme to Request
7:30: Allan Gregg
8:00: Yellow Brick Roads
8:30: Speaking Up for Libraries
9:00: Your Best Business Partner: The Public Library
9:30: Polka Dot Shorts
9:40: Polka Dot Door
10:10: Zoe and Charlie
10:30: Join In!
11:00: Kids Canada
11:10: Today’s Special
11:40: Riddle of Wizard’s Oak
12:00: Bookmice
12:30: Chicken Minute
1:00: Polka Dot Door
1:30: Adventures of Dudley the Dragon
2:00: Inquirign Minds
2:30: Parenting (Part 1 of 5)
2:45: Help Me
3:00: Managing Diversity (Part 2 of 4)
3:30: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs; Myths and Realities
4:00: Time to Grow
4:30: Time to Grow
5:00: Adventures of Dudley the Dragon
5:30: Art Attack
6:00: Magic School Bus
6:30: Polka Dot Door
7:00: Bananas in Pajamas
7:05: Tots TV
7:15: Polka Dot Shorts
7:25: Pingu
7:30: Round the Twist
8:00: Bill Nye the Science Guy
8:30: Global Family
9:00: Wild South
9:30: Studio 2
10:30: Catherine Cookson Mysteries (Part 2 of 3)
11:30: The View from Here
12:30: Inquiring Minds
1:00: Car Racing
1:30: Look and Cook
2:00: Question Period (Ontario Legislature) (followed by sign-off)
WUHF Channel 31 Rochester, New York (FOX primary; UPN secondary)
5:00: Beverly Hills 90210
6:00: Empty Nest
6:30: Sailor Moon
7:00: Highlander: The Animated Series
7:30: Dinosaurs
8:00: Mutant League
8:30: Gargoyles
9:00: Bobby’s World (voiced by Howie Mandel of “St. Elsewhere” and later “Deal or No Deal”)
9:30: V.R. Troopers
10:00: Mighty Max
10:30: Goof Troop
11:00: Cubhouse
11:30: Infomercials
12:30: Baywatch
1:30: Ricki Lake (she launched a new talk show earlier this year in syndication)
2:30: Tempestt
3:30: Infomercials
4:00: Aladdin
4:30: Taz-Mania
5:00: X-Men
5:30: Adventures of Batman and Robin
6:00: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
6:30: Ricki Lake
7:30: Blossom
8:00: The Simpsons
8:30: Home Improvement
9:00: Seinfeld
9:30: Beverly Hills 90210
10:30: Party of Five
11:30: Matlock
12:30: Star Trek: The Next Generation
1:30: Infomercials
2:30: Doogie Howser, M.D.
3:00: Tempestt
4:00: Infomercials all night
WSBK Channel 38 Boston, Massachusetts (UPN)
5:00: Empty Nest
5:30: Andy Griffith
6:00: Hogan’s Heroes
6:30: I Dream of Jeannie
7:00: Yogi and Friends
7:30: Phantom 2040
8:00: Captain Planet and the Planeteers
8:30: Garfield and Friends
9:00: Tom and Jerry
9:30: Bugs Bunny (not sure if pre-48, post-48, or a mix)
10:00: Dinosaurs
10:30: Danny!
11:30: Lauren Hutton and...
12:00: Top Cops
12:30: Murphy Brown
1:00: Murphy Brown
1:30: Coach
2:00: Coach
2:30: M*A*S*H
3:00: M*A*S*H
3:30: The Flintstones
4:00: Tom and Jerry
4:30: Goof Troop
5:00: Bonkers
5:30: Aladdin
6:00: Gargoyles
6:30: Step by Step
7:00: Blossom
7:30: Beverly Hills 90210
8:30: Seinfeld
9:00: NHL Hockey: Boston Bruins @ New York Rangers (Rangers defeated the Bruins 4-2; future Sportsnet analyst Nick Kypreos got into a brief fight with Beddoes – both got fighting majors and 10-minute misconducts)
12:00: UPN38 Prime News (time approximate)
12:30: Cheers
1:00: Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
1:30: Stephanie Miller
2:30: Lauren Hutton and...
3:00: Infomercials
4:00: Richard Bey
WTVS Channel 56 Detroit, Michigan (PBS)
5:30: Inside the FBI (Part 2 of 4)
6:30: Victory at Sea
7:00: Business and the Law
7:30: Taste of Louisiana
8:00: Quilt in a Day (Part 1 of 2)
8:30: Morning Business Report
8:45: Stretching for Life
9:00: Fitness Firm
9:30: Barney and Friends
10:00: Shining Time Station (vulgar comedian George Carlin was in a kid-friendly role as “Mr. Conductor”, having succeeded ex-Beatle Ringo Starr starting with the second season)
10:30: Sesame Street
11:30: Barney and Friends
12:00: Mister Rogers
12:30: Storytime
1:00: Reading Rainbow
1:30: Lamb Chop’s Play Along (Shari Lewis had previously worked on other TV projects through the years)
2:00: Puzzle Place
2:30: Sesame Street
3:30: Barney and Friends
4:00: Reading Rainbow
4:30: Wishbone
5:00: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Lynne Thigpen was the Chief)
5:30: Bill Nye the Science Guy (produced by KCTS Seattle)
6:00: Club Connect (local show in Detroit)
6:30: Firing Line
7:00: Learn to Read
7:30: Newshour with Jim Lehrer
8:30: Nightly Business Report
9:00: House of Glass
9:30: Great Performances: The Sleeping Beauty
11:30: American Playhouse
1:00: Keeping Up Appearances
1:30: Charlie Rose (who is currently doing This Morning at CBS)
2:30: Great Performances
4:30: Golden Years of Television
ASN (CTV TWO Atlantic) Halifax, Nova Scotia (Independent)
6:30: Body Tech
7:00: Wizard of Oz (most likely the one with Margot Kidder IIRC)
7:30: Breakfast Television (currently known as CTV Morning Live on the same channel; the original “Breakfast Television” began on CityTV Toronto in 1989 and continues to this day)
9:30: Hotline (produced by CJCH which was on AM 920)
10:30: Maury Povich
11:30: Cityline (which is now produced by Rogers and still airs on CityTV)
12:30: Lunch Television (later replaced by a midday newscast)
1:00: Batman: The Animated Series
1:30: The Cosby Show
2:00: Travel Travel
2:30: Babar
3:00: Care Bears
3:30: Tiny Toon Adventures
4:00: Goof Troop
4:30: Aladdin
5:00: Gargoyles
5:30: Full House
6:00: Dinosaurs
6:30: Blossom
7:00: Murphy Brown
7:30: Wheel of Fortune
8:00: Jeopardy!
8:30: Great Movies: “The Myth That Wouldn’t Die” (1991; Erin Gray, Thierry L’Hermitte)
10:30: Atlantic Pulse
11:30: Katts and Dog
12:00: Comedy Club
12:30: Great Movies: “One Woman’s Courage” (1994; Patty Duke) (followed by sign-off)