Sources: tvtango.com, tv.com, The Charlotte Observer, The (Raleigh) News & Observer, The (Greensboro) News & Record, The Robesonian (via Google News Archive), The (Wilmington) Star-News (via Google News Archive) and the Winston-Salem Journal
WHKY Channel 14 Hickory (Independent)
6:00 True Adventures Trails
6:30 MDTV
7:00 :20 Minute Workout (x2)
8:00 Richard Roberts
9:00 We're Cooking Now
9:30 D.A.W.N.
10:00 The 700 Club
11:30 The Independent News: Midday Edition
12:00 Super Password (guests are Lindsay Bloom and James Widdoes; pre-empted from WPCQ)
12:30 Midday Unifour
1:00 :20 Minute Workout
1:30 We're Cooking Now
2:00 The Little Rascals
2:30 The New Zoo Revue
3:00 Tranzor Z
3:30 Santa Barbara (pre-empted from WPCQ)
4:30 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
5:00 The Record Guide
5:30 The Little Rascals
6:00 News
6:30 D.A.W.N.
7:00 Showers of Blessings
8:00 The Old-Time Gospel Hour with Jerry Falwell
8:30 Word in Truth
9:00 Movie "Young Buffalo Bill"
10:00 News
10:30 The Independent News
11:00 The Record Guide (x2)
WRDG Channel 16 Burlington (Religious Independent; now WGPX an Ion affiliate)
10:00 Richard Roberts
11:00 Westbrook Hospital
11:30 Jimmy Swaggart
12:30 James Robison
1:00 Cavalry Calling
1:30 Sounds of Staley
2:00 100 Huntley Street
3:00 Heartbeat
3:30 Evangelist Baptist
4:00 Kids' Jamboree
4:30 Circle Square
5:00 Charles and Frances Hunter
5:30 Success-N-Life
6:00 Altamahaw Baptist Church (services from Elon, NC)
6:30 Jimmy Swaggart
7:00 Heartbeat
10:00 Richard Roberts
11:00 The PTL Club
12:00 Heartbeat
WCCB Channel 18 Charlotte (Independent; now CW)
5:00 The Jackie Gleason Show
5:30 The Independent News
6:00 Bodyworkshop
6:30 Forum
7:00 The Great Space Coaster
7:30 Popeye
8:30 Inspector Gadget
9:00 Richard Roberts
10:00 The 700 Club
11:00 The PTL Club
12:00 The Bob Newhart Show
12:30 Barney Miller
1:00 The Wild, Wild West
2:00 The Little Rascals and Friends
3:00 Tom & Jerry
3:30 The Flintstones
4:00 Scooby-Doo
4:30 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
5:00 Battlestar Galactica
6:00 The Jeffersons
6:30 Good Times
7:00 Benson "Thick as Thieves"
7:30 One Day at at Time "Ann's Crisis"
8:00 Movie "Class of '44"
10:00 Jerry Falwell Presents: B.R. Lakin, Country Preacher (the preacher celebrates the life of his mentor; pre-empts "Gunsmoke")
11:00 Marshal Dillon (the half-hour black-and-white version of "Gunsmoke")
11:30 Hogan's Heroes
12:00 The PTL Club
1:00 The Rockford Files
2:00 The Outer Limits
WLFL Channel 22 Raleigh (Independent; now CW)
6:00 The Great Space Coaster
6:30 The Underdog Show
7:00 Popeye
7:30 The Flintstone
8:00 SuperFriends
8:30 Deputy Dawg
9:00 Leave It to Beaver
9:30 I Dream of Jeannie
10:00 The 700 Club
11:30 The PTL Club
12:30 Movie "Claudia"
2:30 Bewitched
3:00 SuperFriends
3:30 Tranzor Z
4:00 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
4:30 Scooby-Doo
5:00 The Brady Bunch (x2)
6:00 One Day at a Time
6:30 Barney Miller
7:00 Trapper John, M.D.
8:00 Hawaii Five-O "Odd Man In"
9:00 Movie "Plaza Suite"
11:00 Taxi
11:30 Africa: Continent in Crisis
12:30 The Independent News
WJKA Channel 26 Wilmington (CBS; now WSFX, a Fox affiliate)
6:00 CBS Early Morning News (Faith Daniels)
7:00 CBS Morning News (Bill Kurtis/Phyllis George)
9:00 Hour Magazine (Mel Tillis; husbands of breast cancer victims; Teresa Brewer; incest victims turning to alcohol)
10:00 The $25,000 Pyramid (guests are Lauri Hendler and Ed Begley Jr.)
10:30 Press Your Luck
11:00 The Price is Right
12:00 Anything for Money
12:30 The Young and the Restless
1:30 As the World Turns
2:30 Capitol
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Tom & Jerry
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5:00 The Beverly Hillbillies
5:30 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
6:00 The Andy Griffith Show "Class Reunion"
6:30 CBS Evening News (Dan Rather)
7:00 Benson "Getting Even"
7:30 Family Feud
8:00 The Lucie Arnaz Show "Sisters"
8:30 CBS Movie Special "Coal Miner's Daughter"
11:00 Entertainment Tonight (featured: Gary Coleman)
11:30 The Fall Guy "Win One for the Gipper???"
12:40 Columbo "Forgotten Lady"
2:00 Bizarre
WPTF-TV Channel 28 Durham (NBC; now WRDC, a MyNetworkTV affiliate)
5:45 Yesterday's Newsreels
6:00 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 :20 Minute Workout
7:00 Today (scheduled: Part 2 of a two-part interview with Richard Chamberlain, star of the new miniseries "Wallenberg: A Hero's Story"; Part 1 of a three-parter with Gloria Vanderbilt; Secretary of the Treasury James Baker; children of the homeless; part 1 of a two-part look at "Leader of the Pack")
9:00 Tic Tac Dough
9:30 The Joker's Wild
10:00 Time Machine
10:30 Sale of the Century (the day after Mark DeCarlo's big win)
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 Super Password (guests are Lindsay Bloom and James Widdoes)
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Days of our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 The Pink Panther
3:30 Inspector Gadget
4:00 Heathcliff
4:30 Voltron: Defender of the Universe
5:00 Star Trek
6:00 Dallas
7:00 NBC Nightly News (Tom Brokaw)
7:30 Bosom Buddies
8:00 The A-Team "Beverly Hills Assault"
9:00 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (Part 2)
11:00 The Benny Hill Show
11:30 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Joan Rivers subs for Johnny this week; guests Gary Coleman, Cher, and Louie Anderson)
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman (scheduled: stupid pet tricks; Marv Albert; Julian Lennon)
WPCQ Channel 36 Charlotte (NBC; now WCNC, still with NBC)
5:30 Morning Stretch
6:00 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 NBC News at Sunrise (Connie Chung)
7:00 Today
9:00 The Love Boat
10:00 Time Machine
10:30 Sale of the Century (the day after Mark DeCarlo's big win)
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 More Real People
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Days of our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Leave It to Beaver
3:30 The Lone Ranger
4:00 The Dukes of Hazzard
5:00 Bonanza
6:00 Tic Tac Dough
6:30 NBC Nightly News (Tom Brokaw)
7:00 Bowling for Dollars
7:30 The New $100,000 Name That Tune
8:00 The A-Team "Beverly Hills Assault"
9:00 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (Part 2)
11:00 The Newlywed Game
11:30 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Joan Rivers subs for Johnny this week; guests Gary Coleman, Cher, and Louie Anderson)
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman (scheduled: stupid pet tricks; Marv Albert; Julian Lennon)
WKFT Channel 40 Fayetteville (Independent; now WUVC, a Univision affiliate)
6:00 Beverly Exercise
6:30 Morning Stretch
7:00 Inspector Gadget
7:30 Underdog
8:00 Morning Madness
9:00 The Andy Griffith Show
9:30 Bewitched
10:00 The 700 Club
11:30 Richard Roberts
12:30 Carolina Spotlight
1:00 The Independent News: Midday Edition
1:30 The Three Stooges
2:15 Tom & Jerry
3:00 Scooby-Doo
3:30 The Flintstones
4:00 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
4:30 SuperFriends
5:00 Little House on the Prairie
6:00 News
6:30 Wheel of Fortune
7:00 Family Feud
7:30 Carol Burnett & Friends
8:00 Movie "Street People"
10:00 News
10:30 The Independent News
11:00 Hogan's Heroes "The Tiger Hunt"
11:30 The Benny Hill Show (Benny's version of The Dark Number Flasher" gives him the biggest fig leaf of all)
12:00 Gene Scott
WNRW Channel 45 Winston-Salem (Independent; now WXLV, an ABC affiliate)
6:30 Jimmy Swaggart
7:00 Woody Woodpecker
7:30 The Flintstones
8:00 SuperFriends
8:30 Inspector Gadget
9:00 Plasticman
9:30 The Great Space Coaster
10:00 The 700 Club
11:00 The PTL Club
12:00 Family
1:00 My Favorite Martian
1:30 Bewitched
2:00 Popeye
2:30 The Flintstones
3:00 Robotman & Friends (animated special which pre-empted the 3 p.m. showing of Woody Woodpecker)
3:30 Inspector Gadget
4:00 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
4:30 Scooby-Doo
5:00 Heathcliff
5:30 One Day at a Time
6:00 Diff'rent Strokes
6:30 Julia
7:00 Sanford and Son (x2)
8:00 Movie "Best Friends"
10:00 The Greatest American Hero
11:00 Star Trek
12:00 Family Affair
12:30 The Fabulous Follies
1:00 The Doctor is In
WGGT Channel 48 Greensboro (Independent; now WMYV, a MyNetwork affiliate)
6:00 :20 Minute Workout
6:30 Morning Stretch
7:00 CBS Morning News (Bill Kurtis/Phyllis George; pre-empted from WFMY)
9:00 Richard Roberts
10:00 Movie "Carmen Jones"
12:00 I Love Lucy
12:30 The Dick Van Dyke Show
1:00 The Real McCoys
1:30 Mayberry R.F.D.
2:00 Bugs Bunny and Friends
3:00 Tranzor Z
3:30 Tom & Jerry
4:00 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (the new adventures)
4:30 Voltron: Defender of the Universe
5:00 Leave it to Beaver
5:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
6:00 Too Close for Comfort "A Thanksgiving Tale"
6:30 Benson
7:00 Hawaii Five-O
8:00 Movie "Killers"
10:00 Trapper John, M.D.
11:00 Bizarre
11:30 Harry-O
WFCT Channel 62 Fayetteville (Independent; now WFPX, an Ion Affiliate)
7:00 Cartoons
8:30 The Great Space Coaster
9:00 The Big Valley
10:00 Richard Roberts
11:00 The PTL Club
12:00 I Love Lucy
12:30 The Beverly Hillbillies
1:00 The Flying Nun
1:30 The Monkees
2:00 Leave It to Beaver
2:30 Gilligan's Island
3:00 Cartoons
4:00 CHiPs
5:00 The Wild, Wild West
6:00 Hawaii Five-O "Force of Waves"
7:00 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. "The Booty Prize"
7:30 WKRP in Cincinnati "God Talks to Johnny"
8:00 Movie "Never Steal Anything Small"
10:00 Kojak "Slay Ride"
11:00 Bizarre
11:30 Gunsmoke "The Prodigal"
WHKY Channel 14 Hickory (Independent)
6:00 True Adventures Trails
6:30 MDTV
7:00 :20 Minute Workout (x2)
8:00 Richard Roberts
9:00 We're Cooking Now
9:30 D.A.W.N.
10:00 The 700 Club
11:30 The Independent News: Midday Edition
12:00 Super Password (guests are Lindsay Bloom and James Widdoes; pre-empted from WPCQ)
12:30 Midday Unifour
1:00 :20 Minute Workout
1:30 We're Cooking Now
2:00 The Little Rascals
2:30 The New Zoo Revue
3:00 Tranzor Z
3:30 Santa Barbara (pre-empted from WPCQ)
4:30 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
5:00 The Record Guide
5:30 The Little Rascals
6:00 News
6:30 D.A.W.N.
7:00 Showers of Blessings
8:00 The Old-Time Gospel Hour with Jerry Falwell
8:30 Word in Truth
9:00 Movie "Young Buffalo Bill"
10:00 News
10:30 The Independent News
11:00 The Record Guide (x2)
WRDG Channel 16 Burlington (Religious Independent; now WGPX an Ion affiliate)
10:00 Richard Roberts
11:00 Westbrook Hospital
11:30 Jimmy Swaggart
12:30 James Robison
1:00 Cavalry Calling
1:30 Sounds of Staley
2:00 100 Huntley Street
3:00 Heartbeat
3:30 Evangelist Baptist
4:00 Kids' Jamboree
4:30 Circle Square
5:00 Charles and Frances Hunter
5:30 Success-N-Life
6:00 Altamahaw Baptist Church (services from Elon, NC)
6:30 Jimmy Swaggart
7:00 Heartbeat
10:00 Richard Roberts
11:00 The PTL Club
12:00 Heartbeat
WCCB Channel 18 Charlotte (Independent; now CW)
5:00 The Jackie Gleason Show
5:30 The Independent News
6:00 Bodyworkshop
6:30 Forum
7:00 The Great Space Coaster
7:30 Popeye
8:30 Inspector Gadget
9:00 Richard Roberts
10:00 The 700 Club
11:00 The PTL Club
12:00 The Bob Newhart Show
12:30 Barney Miller
1:00 The Wild, Wild West
2:00 The Little Rascals and Friends
3:00 Tom & Jerry
3:30 The Flintstones
4:00 Scooby-Doo
4:30 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
5:00 Battlestar Galactica
6:00 The Jeffersons
6:30 Good Times
7:00 Benson "Thick as Thieves"
7:30 One Day at at Time "Ann's Crisis"
8:00 Movie "Class of '44"
10:00 Jerry Falwell Presents: B.R. Lakin, Country Preacher (the preacher celebrates the life of his mentor; pre-empts "Gunsmoke")
11:00 Marshal Dillon (the half-hour black-and-white version of "Gunsmoke")
11:30 Hogan's Heroes
12:00 The PTL Club
1:00 The Rockford Files
2:00 The Outer Limits
WLFL Channel 22 Raleigh (Independent; now CW)
6:00 The Great Space Coaster
6:30 The Underdog Show
7:00 Popeye
7:30 The Flintstone
8:00 SuperFriends
8:30 Deputy Dawg
9:00 Leave It to Beaver
9:30 I Dream of Jeannie
10:00 The 700 Club
11:30 The PTL Club
12:30 Movie "Claudia"
2:30 Bewitched
3:00 SuperFriends
3:30 Tranzor Z
4:00 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
4:30 Scooby-Doo
5:00 The Brady Bunch (x2)
6:00 One Day at a Time
6:30 Barney Miller
7:00 Trapper John, M.D.
8:00 Hawaii Five-O "Odd Man In"
9:00 Movie "Plaza Suite"
11:00 Taxi
11:30 Africa: Continent in Crisis
12:30 The Independent News
WJKA Channel 26 Wilmington (CBS; now WSFX, a Fox affiliate)
6:00 CBS Early Morning News (Faith Daniels)
7:00 CBS Morning News (Bill Kurtis/Phyllis George)
9:00 Hour Magazine (Mel Tillis; husbands of breast cancer victims; Teresa Brewer; incest victims turning to alcohol)
10:00 The $25,000 Pyramid (guests are Lauri Hendler and Ed Begley Jr.)
10:30 Press Your Luck
11:00 The Price is Right
12:00 Anything for Money
12:30 The Young and the Restless
1:30 As the World Turns
2:30 Capitol
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Tom & Jerry
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5:00 The Beverly Hillbillies
5:30 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
6:00 The Andy Griffith Show "Class Reunion"
6:30 CBS Evening News (Dan Rather)
7:00 Benson "Getting Even"
7:30 Family Feud
8:00 The Lucie Arnaz Show "Sisters"
8:30 CBS Movie Special "Coal Miner's Daughter"
11:00 Entertainment Tonight (featured: Gary Coleman)
11:30 The Fall Guy "Win One for the Gipper???"
12:40 Columbo "Forgotten Lady"
2:00 Bizarre
WPTF-TV Channel 28 Durham (NBC; now WRDC, a MyNetworkTV affiliate)
5:45 Yesterday's Newsreels
6:00 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 :20 Minute Workout
7:00 Today (scheduled: Part 2 of a two-part interview with Richard Chamberlain, star of the new miniseries "Wallenberg: A Hero's Story"; Part 1 of a three-parter with Gloria Vanderbilt; Secretary of the Treasury James Baker; children of the homeless; part 1 of a two-part look at "Leader of the Pack")
9:00 Tic Tac Dough
9:30 The Joker's Wild
10:00 Time Machine
10:30 Sale of the Century (the day after Mark DeCarlo's big win)
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 Super Password (guests are Lindsay Bloom and James Widdoes)
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Days of our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 The Pink Panther
3:30 Inspector Gadget
4:00 Heathcliff
4:30 Voltron: Defender of the Universe
5:00 Star Trek
6:00 Dallas
7:00 NBC Nightly News (Tom Brokaw)
7:30 Bosom Buddies
8:00 The A-Team "Beverly Hills Assault"
9:00 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (Part 2)
11:00 The Benny Hill Show
11:30 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Joan Rivers subs for Johnny this week; guests Gary Coleman, Cher, and Louie Anderson)
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman (scheduled: stupid pet tricks; Marv Albert; Julian Lennon)
WPCQ Channel 36 Charlotte (NBC; now WCNC, still with NBC)
5:30 Morning Stretch
6:00 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 NBC News at Sunrise (Connie Chung)
7:00 Today
9:00 The Love Boat
10:00 Time Machine
10:30 Sale of the Century (the day after Mark DeCarlo's big win)
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 More Real People
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Days of our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Leave It to Beaver
3:30 The Lone Ranger
4:00 The Dukes of Hazzard
5:00 Bonanza
6:00 Tic Tac Dough
6:30 NBC Nightly News (Tom Brokaw)
7:00 Bowling for Dollars
7:30 The New $100,000 Name That Tune
8:00 The A-Team "Beverly Hills Assault"
9:00 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (Part 2)
11:00 The Newlywed Game
11:30 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Joan Rivers subs for Johnny this week; guests Gary Coleman, Cher, and Louie Anderson)
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman (scheduled: stupid pet tricks; Marv Albert; Julian Lennon)
WKFT Channel 40 Fayetteville (Independent; now WUVC, a Univision affiliate)
6:00 Beverly Exercise
6:30 Morning Stretch
7:00 Inspector Gadget
7:30 Underdog
8:00 Morning Madness
9:00 The Andy Griffith Show
9:30 Bewitched
10:00 The 700 Club
11:30 Richard Roberts
12:30 Carolina Spotlight
1:00 The Independent News: Midday Edition
1:30 The Three Stooges
2:15 Tom & Jerry
3:00 Scooby-Doo
3:30 The Flintstones
4:00 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
4:30 SuperFriends
5:00 Little House on the Prairie
6:00 News
6:30 Wheel of Fortune
7:00 Family Feud
7:30 Carol Burnett & Friends
8:00 Movie "Street People"
10:00 News
10:30 The Independent News
11:00 Hogan's Heroes "The Tiger Hunt"
11:30 The Benny Hill Show (Benny's version of The Dark Number Flasher" gives him the biggest fig leaf of all)
12:00 Gene Scott
WNRW Channel 45 Winston-Salem (Independent; now WXLV, an ABC affiliate)
6:30 Jimmy Swaggart
7:00 Woody Woodpecker
7:30 The Flintstones
8:00 SuperFriends
8:30 Inspector Gadget
9:00 Plasticman
9:30 The Great Space Coaster
10:00 The 700 Club
11:00 The PTL Club
12:00 Family
1:00 My Favorite Martian
1:30 Bewitched
2:00 Popeye
2:30 The Flintstones
3:00 Robotman & Friends (animated special which pre-empted the 3 p.m. showing of Woody Woodpecker)
3:30 Inspector Gadget
4:00 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
4:30 Scooby-Doo
5:00 Heathcliff
5:30 One Day at a Time
6:00 Diff'rent Strokes
6:30 Julia
7:00 Sanford and Son (x2)
8:00 Movie "Best Friends"
10:00 The Greatest American Hero
11:00 Star Trek
12:00 Family Affair
12:30 The Fabulous Follies
1:00 The Doctor is In
WGGT Channel 48 Greensboro (Independent; now WMYV, a MyNetwork affiliate)
6:00 :20 Minute Workout
6:30 Morning Stretch
7:00 CBS Morning News (Bill Kurtis/Phyllis George; pre-empted from WFMY)
9:00 Richard Roberts
10:00 Movie "Carmen Jones"
12:00 I Love Lucy
12:30 The Dick Van Dyke Show
1:00 The Real McCoys
1:30 Mayberry R.F.D.
2:00 Bugs Bunny and Friends
3:00 Tranzor Z
3:30 Tom & Jerry
4:00 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (the new adventures)
4:30 Voltron: Defender of the Universe
5:00 Leave it to Beaver
5:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
6:00 Too Close for Comfort "A Thanksgiving Tale"
6:30 Benson
7:00 Hawaii Five-O
8:00 Movie "Killers"
10:00 Trapper John, M.D.
11:00 Bizarre
11:30 Harry-O
WFCT Channel 62 Fayetteville (Independent; now WFPX, an Ion Affiliate)
7:00 Cartoons
8:30 The Great Space Coaster
9:00 The Big Valley
10:00 Richard Roberts
11:00 The PTL Club
12:00 I Love Lucy
12:30 The Beverly Hillbillies
1:00 The Flying Nun
1:30 The Monkees
2:00 Leave It to Beaver
2:30 Gilligan's Island
3:00 Cartoons
4:00 CHiPs
5:00 The Wild, Wild West
6:00 Hawaii Five-O "Force of Waves"
7:00 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. "The Booty Prize"
7:30 WKRP in Cincinnati "God Talks to Johnny"
8:00 Movie "Never Steal Anything Small"
10:00 Kojak "Slay Ride"
11:00 Bizarre
11:30 Gunsmoke "The Prodigal"
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