Sources: The Charlotte Observer and The Dispatch (Lexington, NC via Google News Archive)
WBTV Channel 3 (CBS)
6:00 CBS Early Morning News (Faith Daniels/Forrest Sawyer)
6:30 Morning Report (Jim Patterson)
7:00 CBS Morning News (Forrest Sawyer/Maria Shriver; scheduled: Peter Ustinov, Lisa Hartman and Arthur Hailey)
9:00 Hour Magazine (scheduled: Morgan Fairchild; commitments in romantic relationships; the rights of the physically disabled; child abduction)
10:00 The $25,000 Pyramid (guests Heidi Bohay and Jamie Farr)
10:30 The Price is Right
11:30 Top o'the Day
12:30 The Young and the Restless
1:30 As the World Turns
2:30 Capitol
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Mork & Mindy
4:30 The New Newlywed Game
5:00 Jeopardy!
5:30 Wheel of Fortune
6:00 News (Bob Inman/Diana Williams)
7:00 CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
7:30 PM Magazine (Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase; an Air Force air-to-ground target shooting competition)
8:00 Scarecrow & Mrs. King "One Bear Dances, One Bear Doesn't"
9:00 Kate & Allie "Dark Victory"
9:30 Newhart "Much Ado About Mitch"
10:00 Cagney & Lacey "Rebukes"
11:00 News (Bob Inman/Diana Williams)
11:30 WKRP in Cincinnati "The Painting"
12:00 Remington Steele "To Stop a Steele"
1:00 CBS Late Night Movie "Second-Hand Hearts"
WSOC Channel 9 (ABC)
5:00 Headline News
6:00 World News This Morning (Steve Bell/Jeanne Meserve)
6:15 Eyewitness News Daybreak (Cullen Ferguson)
6:30 World News This Morning (Steve Bell/Jeanne Meserve)
6:45 Eyewitness News Daybreak (Cullen Ferguson)
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Donahue
10:00 Sally Jessy Raphael
10:30 Ryan's Hope
11:00 Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak
11:30 The New Love American Style
12:00 Midday with Mayes (Doug Mayes/Janet England)
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Diff'rent Strokes
4:30 What's Happening!!
5:00 Three's Company
5:30 Sanford and Son
6:00 Eyewitness News (Bill Walker/Meg MacDonald)
7:00 World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
7:30 Entertainment Tonight (behind the scenes of "The Redd Foxx Show")
8:00 Hardcastle & McCormick "If You Could See What I See"
9:00 ABC Monday Night Movie "Shattered Spirits"
11:00 Eyewitness News (Bill Walker/Meg MacDonald)
11:30 Nightline (Ted Koppel)
12:00 The Big Valley "Rimfire"
WCCB Channel 18 (Independent)
6:00 Carolina Morning
6:30 The Great Space Coaster
7:00 Tom & Jerry
7:30 Challenge of the GoBots
8:00 Inspector Gadget
8:30 Carolina Morning
9:00 Richard Roberts
10:00 The 700 Club
11:00 The PTL Club
12:00 The Flying Nun
12:30 I Love Lucy
1:00 The Wild Wild West
2:00 The Flintstones
2:30 ThunderCats
3:00 She-Ra: Princess of Power
3:00 Scooby-Doo
4:00 Transformers
4:30 G.I. Joe
5:00 The Beverly Hillbillies
5:30 Private Benjamin
6:00 Gimme a Break!
6:30 One Day at a Time
7:00 The Jeffersons "Bobbles, Bangles and Booboos"
7:30 Benson
8:00 Movie "The Pink Panther Strikes Again"
10:00 Gunsmoke "The Hide-Cutters"
11:00 Marshal Dillon
11:30 Hogan's Heroes "Two Nazis for the Price of One"
12:00 The PTL Club
1:00 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. "Show Me the Way to Go Home"
WPCQ Channel 36 (NBC)
5:30 Morning Stretch
6:00 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 NBC News at Sunrise
7:00 Today
9:00 Santa Barbara
10:00 Family Ties
10:30 Sale of the Century
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 Let's Make a Deal
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Days of our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Bonanza
4:00 Catch Phrase
4:30 Break the Bank
5:00 Divorce Court
5:30 Love Connection
6:00 The People's Court
6:30 NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
7:00 The Price is Right
7:30 The $100,000 Pyramid
8:00 TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes (Meredith Baxter-Birney and Jennifer O'Neill are practical joke victims; bloopers with Dan Marino and Eric Dickerson)
9:00 Monday Night at the Movies "The Enforcer"
11:00 The Benny Hill Show
11:30 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (repeat from January 1985: guests John Davidson, Michael Davis and Elya Baskin)
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman (guests Don King and Jeff Altman)
WTVI Channel 42 (PBS) Charlotte
7:30 Homestretch
7:45 A.M. Weather
8:00 Sesame Street (#2131)
9:00 ETV
1:00 Indoor Garden
1:30 Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel
2:00 The Joy of Painting
2:30 A House for All Seasons
3:00 3-2-1 Contact
3:30 Timmy and Lassie
4:00 Sesame Street (encore)
5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 3-2-1 Contact
6:00 Timmy and Lassie
6:30 The Nightly Business Report
7:00 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
8:00 WonderWorks "Run, Rebecca, Run"
9:00 County Commission Meeting
WUNG Channel 58 (North Carolina Public Television/PBS)
7:00 Farm Day
7:15 A.M. Weather
7:30 Body Electric
8:00 GED
8:30 Educational Programming
9:00 Sesame Street (#2131)
10:00 School TV
2:00 3-2-1 Contact
2:30 Aiding in Education
3:00 Innovation
3:30 Insuring the American Dream
4:00 Sesame Street (encore)
5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Doctor Who
6:00 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
7:00 The Nightly Business Report (Linda O'Bryon/Paul Kangas/Dean Shepherd)
7:30 North Carolina People (Bill Friday interviews Richard Jenrette)
8:00 Great Performances "Live From Lincoln Center: Pavarotti Plus!"
11:00 Doctor Who "The Armageddon Factor, Part 6"
11:30 Dave Allen at Large
WBTV Channel 3 (CBS)
6:00 CBS Early Morning News (Faith Daniels/Forrest Sawyer)
6:30 Morning Report (Jim Patterson)
7:00 CBS Morning News (Forrest Sawyer/Maria Shriver; scheduled: Peter Ustinov, Lisa Hartman and Arthur Hailey)
9:00 Hour Magazine (scheduled: Morgan Fairchild; commitments in romantic relationships; the rights of the physically disabled; child abduction)
10:00 The $25,000 Pyramid (guests Heidi Bohay and Jamie Farr)
10:30 The Price is Right
11:30 Top o'the Day
12:30 The Young and the Restless
1:30 As the World Turns
2:30 Capitol
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Mork & Mindy
4:30 The New Newlywed Game
5:00 Jeopardy!
5:30 Wheel of Fortune
6:00 News (Bob Inman/Diana Williams)
7:00 CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
7:30 PM Magazine (Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase; an Air Force air-to-ground target shooting competition)
8:00 Scarecrow & Mrs. King "One Bear Dances, One Bear Doesn't"
9:00 Kate & Allie "Dark Victory"
9:30 Newhart "Much Ado About Mitch"
10:00 Cagney & Lacey "Rebukes"
11:00 News (Bob Inman/Diana Williams)
11:30 WKRP in Cincinnati "The Painting"
12:00 Remington Steele "To Stop a Steele"
1:00 CBS Late Night Movie "Second-Hand Hearts"
WSOC Channel 9 (ABC)
5:00 Headline News
6:00 World News This Morning (Steve Bell/Jeanne Meserve)
6:15 Eyewitness News Daybreak (Cullen Ferguson)
6:30 World News This Morning (Steve Bell/Jeanne Meserve)
6:45 Eyewitness News Daybreak (Cullen Ferguson)
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Donahue
10:00 Sally Jessy Raphael
10:30 Ryan's Hope
11:00 Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak
11:30 The New Love American Style
12:00 Midday with Mayes (Doug Mayes/Janet England)
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Diff'rent Strokes
4:30 What's Happening!!
5:00 Three's Company
5:30 Sanford and Son
6:00 Eyewitness News (Bill Walker/Meg MacDonald)
7:00 World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
7:30 Entertainment Tonight (behind the scenes of "The Redd Foxx Show")
8:00 Hardcastle & McCormick "If You Could See What I See"
9:00 ABC Monday Night Movie "Shattered Spirits"
11:00 Eyewitness News (Bill Walker/Meg MacDonald)
11:30 Nightline (Ted Koppel)
12:00 The Big Valley "Rimfire"
WCCB Channel 18 (Independent)
6:00 Carolina Morning
6:30 The Great Space Coaster
7:00 Tom & Jerry
7:30 Challenge of the GoBots
8:00 Inspector Gadget
8:30 Carolina Morning
9:00 Richard Roberts
10:00 The 700 Club
11:00 The PTL Club
12:00 The Flying Nun
12:30 I Love Lucy
1:00 The Wild Wild West
2:00 The Flintstones
2:30 ThunderCats
3:00 She-Ra: Princess of Power
3:00 Scooby-Doo
4:00 Transformers
4:30 G.I. Joe
5:00 The Beverly Hillbillies
5:30 Private Benjamin
6:00 Gimme a Break!
6:30 One Day at a Time
7:00 The Jeffersons "Bobbles, Bangles and Booboos"
7:30 Benson
8:00 Movie "The Pink Panther Strikes Again"
10:00 Gunsmoke "The Hide-Cutters"
11:00 Marshal Dillon
11:30 Hogan's Heroes "Two Nazis for the Price of One"
12:00 The PTL Club
1:00 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. "Show Me the Way to Go Home"
WPCQ Channel 36 (NBC)
5:30 Morning Stretch
6:00 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 NBC News at Sunrise
7:00 Today
9:00 Santa Barbara
10:00 Family Ties
10:30 Sale of the Century
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 Let's Make a Deal
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Days of our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Bonanza
4:00 Catch Phrase
4:30 Break the Bank
5:00 Divorce Court
5:30 Love Connection
6:00 The People's Court
6:30 NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
7:00 The Price is Right
7:30 The $100,000 Pyramid
8:00 TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes (Meredith Baxter-Birney and Jennifer O'Neill are practical joke victims; bloopers with Dan Marino and Eric Dickerson)
9:00 Monday Night at the Movies "The Enforcer"
11:00 The Benny Hill Show
11:30 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (repeat from January 1985: guests John Davidson, Michael Davis and Elya Baskin)
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman (guests Don King and Jeff Altman)
WTVI Channel 42 (PBS) Charlotte
7:30 Homestretch
7:45 A.M. Weather
8:00 Sesame Street (#2131)
9:00 ETV
1:00 Indoor Garden
1:30 Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel
2:00 The Joy of Painting
2:30 A House for All Seasons
3:00 3-2-1 Contact
3:30 Timmy and Lassie
4:00 Sesame Street (encore)
5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 3-2-1 Contact
6:00 Timmy and Lassie
6:30 The Nightly Business Report
7:00 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
8:00 WonderWorks "Run, Rebecca, Run"
9:00 County Commission Meeting
WUNG Channel 58 (North Carolina Public Television/PBS)
7:00 Farm Day
7:15 A.M. Weather
7:30 Body Electric
8:00 GED
8:30 Educational Programming
9:00 Sesame Street (#2131)
10:00 School TV
2:00 3-2-1 Contact
2:30 Aiding in Education
3:00 Innovation
3:30 Insuring the American Dream
4:00 Sesame Street (encore)
5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Doctor Who
6:00 The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
7:00 The Nightly Business Report (Linda O'Bryon/Paul Kangas/Dean Shepherd)
7:30 North Carolina People (Bill Friday interviews Richard Jenrette)
8:00 Great Performances "Live From Lincoln Center: Pavarotti Plus!"
11:00 Doctor Who "The Armageddon Factor, Part 6"
11:30 Dave Allen at Large