TV Guide, Northern Alabama edition--cover, Fall Preview of 1982-83 season
NOTE: Only broadcast stations are covered in this schedule; the cable networks have been omitted. Listings are through 7 p.m. Channels in parentheses were originally designated by black bullets; those in brackets by white.
Birmingham, Alabama:
(6) WBRC (ABC)--now FOX affiliate
(10) WBIQ (PBS)*
(13) WVTM (NBC)
(21) WTTO (Ind.)--now CW affiliate
(42) WBMG (CBS)--now WIAT
Huntsville, Alabama:
(19) WHNT (CBS)
(25) WHIQ (PBS)*
(31) WAAY (ABC)
(48) WAFF (NBC)
Anniston, Alabama:
(40) WHMA (CBS)--now WJSU, an ABC affiliate
Cheaha State Park, Alabama:
(7) WCIQ (PBS)*
Florence, Alabama:
(15) WOWL (NBC)--now WHDF, a CW affiliate
(36) WFIQ (PBS)*
Tuscaloosa, Alabama:
(33) WCFT (CBS)--now ABC affiliate
Columbus, Mississippi:
(4) WCBI (CBS)
Tupelo, Mississippi:
(9) WTVA (NBC, ABC secondary)--no longer carries ABC
Nashville, Tennessee:
[2] WNGE (ABC)--now WKRN
[4] WSMV (NBC)
[5] WTVF (CBS)
*--translator relay of Alabama Public Television
MORNING
4:35
(13) Today in Alabama/Today in Birmingham--local public affairs
4:40
(13) Consultation (M)///Focus on Environment (Tu)///Viewpoint on Nutrition (W)///Conversation With ... (Th)///America's Problems and Challenges (F)
4:55
[4] Job Market--local
5:00
[2] ABC World News This Morning/WKRN News
(4) Jim Bakker
[4] NBC News at Sunrise--the "Today Show" cast of Bryant Gumbel, Jane Pauley, and Willard Scott handled this program also, at the time
(6) Country Boy Eddie--Birmingham TV institution still going strong
5:10
(13) Sunny Side Up--probably local morning show
5:15
[5] Country Journal--possibly farm reports
(13) WVTM News
5:30
[4] Ralph Emery (now expanded to 90 minutes)
[5] Carl Tipton--country-music half-hour featuring primarily non-Music Row talent
(9) (13) (15) (48) NBC News at Sunrise
(31) Cartoons--unspecified
5:45
(42) Focus--local public affairs
5:55
(19) Minister's Study--local devotional
6:00
[2] ABC/WKRN News
(4) [5] (40) (42) CBS Morning News--Bill Kurtis, Diane Sawyer
(9) Mornin'--local show that featured country music
(13) (15) (48) Today Show--note the Alabama NBC affils carrying the Eastern feed; all of them would return to the standard time of 7 Central by the early 1990s
(19) Mornin' Folks--local
(31) ABC News This Morning--Steve Bell, Kathleen Sullivan
6:30
(6) WBRC News
6:45
(33) Three Stooges/Little Rascals
7:00
[2] (6) (31) Good Morning America--David Hartman, Joan Lunden (WBRC only carried first hour)
[4] (9) Today Show
(19) (33) CBS Morning News
(21) Mighty Mouse--infamous Terrytoons 1940s and 1950s character
7:30
(21) Speed Racer--rerun of original version of Japanese anime cartoon
8:00
(4) CNN Headline News--some local stations carried the feed for the recently-established cable network, mainly to plug up holes in their schedules
[5] Cartoon Store--unspecified
(6) (48) Richard Simmons--the one and only
(13) Phil Donahue
(15) (40) Jim Bakker
(21) Addams Family--sitcom rerun
(42) 700 Club--Pat Robertson kept his show on local stations for years despite the exponential growth of his Christian Broadcasting Network on cable
8:30
[5] Alice--CBS rerun, tape-delayed from previous week
(6) Brady Bunch (unusual time slot--?)
(21) Leave It to Beaver--50s nostalgia was really getting big around 1982
(48) Charlie Rose--before his acclaimed work on CBS overnights and later PBS, the North Carolina-born interviewer tried syndication for a spell
9:00
[2] Richard Simmons
(4) [5] (33) (40) (42) One Day at a Time--CBS rerun; final week before debut of "The $25,000 Pyramid"
[4] (9) (19) Phil Donahue (different episodes)
(6) Morning Show--local, hosted by Tom York
(13) Hour Magazine--Group W/Westinghouse's fair-to-middling foray into a women's magazine format
(15) (48) Diff'rent Strokes--NBC rerun
(21) Movie--"About Mrs. Leslie," 1954 (M)///"The Matchmaker," 1958 (Tu)///"The File on Thelma Jordan," 1949 (W)///"My Friend Irma," 1949 (Th)///"No Man of Her Own," 1950 (F)
(31) Morning-WAAY--local
9:30
[2] Here's Lucy--rerun of her 1968-74 series
(4) (33) (40) (42) Alice--CBS rerun; final week before debut of the game show "Child's Play," hosted by Bill Cullen
[5] Laverne and Shirley and Company--syndicated title while show still ran on ABC primetime
(15) WOWL News
(31) Millionaire--rerun of late 1950s CBS anthology drama; show had been rarely seen in syndication previously
(48) Dark Shadows--syndicated rerun of cult 1960s soap opera
9:45
(15) Church of Christ--local religion
10:00
[2] (31) Love Boat--ABC rerun
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Price Is Right
[4] CHiPs--NBC rerun (M)///to be announced (Tu-F) (NOTE: this was tape-delayed from NBC the previous afternoon. NBC had just cancelled the reruns the previous Friday to make room for "Fantasy" [see below at 2 p.m.], and WSMV apparently opted not to pick up that show. There is no indication on what the station filled the time slot with, although the station would move its "Noon Show" to the mornings and rename it "Channel Four Magazine;" that may have well happened at this time.)
(6) All My Children--tape-delayed from ABC either the previous day or previous week
(9) (13) (15) (48) Texas--like other morning soaps, this one didn't fly and bit the dust at the end of the year
10:30
(7) (10) (25) (36) Electric Company
11:00
[2] (6) (31) Family Feud--original version
(4) (19) (33) (40) (42) Young and the Restless
[4] (9) (15) (48) Doctors--the soap was in a ratings freefall, earning some of the lowest daytime Nielsens ever recorded to date; NBC pulled the plug on New Year's Eve
[5] WTVF News
(7) (10) (25) (36) Sesame Street--nearing the beginning of its 14th season
(13) WVTM News
(21) Lost in Space--rerun
11:30
[2] (6) (31) Ryan's Hope--1975-89 soap whose ratings never quite kept up with its critical acclaim
[4] (9) (13) (15) (48) Search for Tomorrow--aging soap had switched networks six months earlier
[5] Young and the Restless
AFTERNOON
12:00
[2] (31) All My Children
(4) CNN Headline News
[4] Noon Show (see above--this may have been last week for this long-running show in this time slot, or close to it)
(6) WBRC News
(9) Noon--local
(13) (15) (48) Days of Our Lives
(19) WHNT News
(21) Munsters--rerun
(33) Richard Simmons
(40) By the Way--local public affairs
(42) Pete and Gladys--rerun of early 1960s sitcom that made Harry Morgan into a household name (long before "Dragnet" and "M*A*S*H")
12:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) As the World Turns--no longer on top, but still going strong
(6) People's Court--original version, with Judge Joseph Wapner
(9) Days of Our Lives (WTVA ran NBC afternoon sked on half-hour delay)
(21) Dick Van Dyke--rerun
1:00
[2] (6) (31) One Life to Live--14 years so far for this sudser
[4] (13) (15) (48) Another World--and 18 for this one
(21) Movie--"Mr. Belvidere Rings the Bell," 1951 (M)///"The Revolt of Mamie Stover," 1956 (Tu)///"A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed," 1958 (W)///"The Road to Glory," 1936 (Th)///"Tribes," 1970 (F)
1:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Capitol--soap set in D.C.
(9) Another World
2:00
[2] (6) (31) General Hospital--still riding the "Luke and Laura" high in Port Charles
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Guiding Light--show had been on TV 30 years by this point; it will die this fall at 57
[4] Texas--tape-delayed from NBC earlier in the day (in fact, its original timeslot on the network feed)
(13) Waltons--rerun
(15) (48) Fantasy--debut week of hybrid reality/game show hosted by Peter Marshall (in fact, packaged by "Hollywood Squares" producer Merrill Heatter)
2:30
(7) (10) (25) (36) Teaching Students with Special Needs (M)///
(9) Fantasy
3:00
[2] Little House on the Prairie--rerun
(4) (33) (40) Tattletales--1982-84 revival
[4] Days of Our Lives--tape-delayed from NBC earlier in the day
[5] Waltons
(6) (31) Edge of Night--sleuth soap would hang on for another couple of years
(7) (10) (25) (36) Sesame Street
(13) Bugs Bunny
(15) As the World Turns (WOWL carried this show for years, even though Huntsville's WHNT could be seen clearly in that area)
(19) Superman--"Adventures of," the 1952-58 live-action series with George Reeves
(21) Woody Woodpecker
(42) Muppet Show--rerun of 1970s variety show
(48) Tom and Jerry
3:30
(4) Richard Simmons
(6) Laverne and Shirley and Company
(9) (13) Tom and Jerry
(19) Little House on the Prairie
(21) Flintstones
(31) Woody Woodpecker and Friends
(33) Beverly Hillbillies
(40) Yan Can Cook--Chinese-cooking show that was mostly seen on public television
(42) I Love Lucy
(48) Scooby-Doo
NOTE: On Tuesday, (4) (19) (33) (40) carried the "CBS Afternoon Playhouse" special, "Just Pals," until 4:30 p.m., preempting regular programming.
4:00
[2] Carter Country--rerun of 1977-79 ABC Southern sitcom
[4] Good Times--ran from 1974 to 1979 on CBS
[4] Big Valley
[5] Incredible Hulk--rerun of 1978-82 CBS action series
(6) Charlie's Angels--rerun
(7) (10) (25) (36) Mister Rogers
(9) What's Happening
(13) (31) Happy Days Again--still running on ABC, hence the title (different episodes)
(15) Guiding Light--another CBS soap carried by this NBC affil
(21) Scooby-Doo
(33) (42) Andy Griffith (probably different episodes)
(40) Barnaby Jones--rerun of 1973-80 crime drama
(48) Bonanza
4:30
[2] You Asked for It--syndicated revival
(4) Sanford and Son
(7) (10) (25) (36) Electric Company
(9) Little House on the Prairie
(13) Jeffersons--still running on CBS
(19) All in the Family
(21) Gilligan's Island
(31) Laverne and Shirley and Company
(33) I Love Lucy
(42) Beverly Hillbillies
5:00
[2] WNGE News
(4) CNN Headline News
[4] (48) Tic Tac Dough (possibly same episode)
[5] Good Times
(6) WBRC News (recently ended its long practice of local news at 5:30)
(7) (10) (25) (36) 3-2-1 Contact
(13) WVTM News
(15) Tattletales (and yet ANOTHER CBS tape-delayed show! Why in the dickens did WHNT not complain to CBS about this?)
(19) People's Court (or else take WOWL to Judge Wapner?--!)
(21) Bionic Woman
(31) Jeffersons
(33) Happy Days Again
(42) Muppet Show (double shot; odd that WBMG did not run them back to back)
5:25
[4] WSMV Weather
[5] WTVF News
5:30
[2] (6) (31) ABC World News Tonight--Frank Reynolds, Peter Jennings, Max Robinson
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) CBS Evening News--Dan Rather
[4] (9) (13) NBC Nightly News--Tom Brokaw, Roger Mudd
(7) (10) (25) (36) This Old House (M)///American Story (Tu, W)///Understanding Human Behavior (Th)///Lawmakers--PBS show about Congress (F)
(15) Wheel of Fortune--tape-delayed from NBC earlier in the day; NOT the syndicated version
(48) WAFF News
EVENING
6:00
[2] WNGE News
(4) WCBI News
[4] WSMV News (60 minutes; this newscast was co-anchored by Dan Miller, who died the day before this was transcribed)
[5] WTVF News
(6) Entertainment Tonight
(7) (10) (25) (36) MacNeil/Lehrer Report (NOTE: ch. 10 broadcast "Metrospect" and ch. 25 "Upstate" instead, both of which were separately-produced--not by APT--public affairs/feature shows) (M)///Understanding Human Behavior (W)///On Target--possibly Alabama news/public affairs (F)
(15) (48) NBC Nightly News
(21) Buck Rogers (in the 25th Century)--rerun of 1979-81 NBC action/adventure series
(40) CHiPs Patrol--probably first week for show in syndication; NBC had just cancelled daytime reruns the previous week (see above)
(42) Joker's Wild
6:30
[2] (6) PM Magazine (same national stories)
(4) (42) Tic Tac Dough
[5] (9) (13) (33) (48) Family Feud (probably same episode)
(7) (10) (25) (36) Dick Cavett--last season for his stint on PBS
(15) WOWL News
(19) M*A*S*H--rerun
(31) Jeffersons
NOTE: Only broadcast stations are covered in this schedule; the cable networks have been omitted. Listings are through 7 p.m. Channels in parentheses were originally designated by black bullets; those in brackets by white.
Birmingham, Alabama:
(6) WBRC (ABC)--now FOX affiliate
(10) WBIQ (PBS)*
(13) WVTM (NBC)
(21) WTTO (Ind.)--now CW affiliate
(42) WBMG (CBS)--now WIAT
Huntsville, Alabama:
(19) WHNT (CBS)
(25) WHIQ (PBS)*
(31) WAAY (ABC)
(48) WAFF (NBC)
Anniston, Alabama:
(40) WHMA (CBS)--now WJSU, an ABC affiliate
Cheaha State Park, Alabama:
(7) WCIQ (PBS)*
Florence, Alabama:
(15) WOWL (NBC)--now WHDF, a CW affiliate
(36) WFIQ (PBS)*
Tuscaloosa, Alabama:
(33) WCFT (CBS)--now ABC affiliate
Columbus, Mississippi:
(4) WCBI (CBS)
Tupelo, Mississippi:
(9) WTVA (NBC, ABC secondary)--no longer carries ABC
Nashville, Tennessee:
[2] WNGE (ABC)--now WKRN
[4] WSMV (NBC)
[5] WTVF (CBS)
*--translator relay of Alabama Public Television
MORNING
4:35
(13) Today in Alabama/Today in Birmingham--local public affairs
4:40
(13) Consultation (M)///Focus on Environment (Tu)///Viewpoint on Nutrition (W)///Conversation With ... (Th)///America's Problems and Challenges (F)
4:55
[4] Job Market--local
5:00
[2] ABC World News This Morning/WKRN News
(4) Jim Bakker
[4] NBC News at Sunrise--the "Today Show" cast of Bryant Gumbel, Jane Pauley, and Willard Scott handled this program also, at the time
(6) Country Boy Eddie--Birmingham TV institution still going strong
5:10
(13) Sunny Side Up--probably local morning show
5:15
[5] Country Journal--possibly farm reports
(13) WVTM News
5:30
[4] Ralph Emery (now expanded to 90 minutes)
[5] Carl Tipton--country-music half-hour featuring primarily non-Music Row talent
(9) (13) (15) (48) NBC News at Sunrise
(31) Cartoons--unspecified
5:45
(42) Focus--local public affairs
5:55
(19) Minister's Study--local devotional
6:00
[2] ABC/WKRN News
(4) [5] (40) (42) CBS Morning News--Bill Kurtis, Diane Sawyer
(9) Mornin'--local show that featured country music
(13) (15) (48) Today Show--note the Alabama NBC affils carrying the Eastern feed; all of them would return to the standard time of 7 Central by the early 1990s
(19) Mornin' Folks--local
(31) ABC News This Morning--Steve Bell, Kathleen Sullivan
6:30
(6) WBRC News
6:45
(33) Three Stooges/Little Rascals
7:00
[2] (6) (31) Good Morning America--David Hartman, Joan Lunden (WBRC only carried first hour)
[4] (9) Today Show
(19) (33) CBS Morning News
(21) Mighty Mouse--infamous Terrytoons 1940s and 1950s character
7:30
(21) Speed Racer--rerun of original version of Japanese anime cartoon
8:00
(4) CNN Headline News--some local stations carried the feed for the recently-established cable network, mainly to plug up holes in their schedules
[5] Cartoon Store--unspecified
(6) (48) Richard Simmons--the one and only
(13) Phil Donahue
(15) (40) Jim Bakker
(21) Addams Family--sitcom rerun
(42) 700 Club--Pat Robertson kept his show on local stations for years despite the exponential growth of his Christian Broadcasting Network on cable
8:30
[5] Alice--CBS rerun, tape-delayed from previous week
(6) Brady Bunch (unusual time slot--?)
(21) Leave It to Beaver--50s nostalgia was really getting big around 1982
(48) Charlie Rose--before his acclaimed work on CBS overnights and later PBS, the North Carolina-born interviewer tried syndication for a spell
9:00
[2] Richard Simmons
(4) [5] (33) (40) (42) One Day at a Time--CBS rerun; final week before debut of "The $25,000 Pyramid"
[4] (9) (19) Phil Donahue (different episodes)
(6) Morning Show--local, hosted by Tom York
(13) Hour Magazine--Group W/Westinghouse's fair-to-middling foray into a women's magazine format
(15) (48) Diff'rent Strokes--NBC rerun
(21) Movie--"About Mrs. Leslie," 1954 (M)///"The Matchmaker," 1958 (Tu)///"The File on Thelma Jordan," 1949 (W)///"My Friend Irma," 1949 (Th)///"No Man of Her Own," 1950 (F)
(31) Morning-WAAY--local
9:30
[2] Here's Lucy--rerun of her 1968-74 series
(4) (33) (40) (42) Alice--CBS rerun; final week before debut of the game show "Child's Play," hosted by Bill Cullen
[5] Laverne and Shirley and Company--syndicated title while show still ran on ABC primetime
(15) WOWL News
(31) Millionaire--rerun of late 1950s CBS anthology drama; show had been rarely seen in syndication previously
(48) Dark Shadows--syndicated rerun of cult 1960s soap opera
9:45
(15) Church of Christ--local religion
10:00
[2] (31) Love Boat--ABC rerun
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Price Is Right
[4] CHiPs--NBC rerun (M)///to be announced (Tu-F) (NOTE: this was tape-delayed from NBC the previous afternoon. NBC had just cancelled the reruns the previous Friday to make room for "Fantasy" [see below at 2 p.m.], and WSMV apparently opted not to pick up that show. There is no indication on what the station filled the time slot with, although the station would move its "Noon Show" to the mornings and rename it "Channel Four Magazine;" that may have well happened at this time.)
(6) All My Children--tape-delayed from ABC either the previous day or previous week
(9) (13) (15) (48) Texas--like other morning soaps, this one didn't fly and bit the dust at the end of the year
10:30
(7) (10) (25) (36) Electric Company
11:00
[2] (6) (31) Family Feud--original version
(4) (19) (33) (40) (42) Young and the Restless
[4] (9) (15) (48) Doctors--the soap was in a ratings freefall, earning some of the lowest daytime Nielsens ever recorded to date; NBC pulled the plug on New Year's Eve
[5] WTVF News
(7) (10) (25) (36) Sesame Street--nearing the beginning of its 14th season
(13) WVTM News
(21) Lost in Space--rerun
11:30
[2] (6) (31) Ryan's Hope--1975-89 soap whose ratings never quite kept up with its critical acclaim
[4] (9) (13) (15) (48) Search for Tomorrow--aging soap had switched networks six months earlier
[5] Young and the Restless
AFTERNOON
12:00
[2] (31) All My Children
(4) CNN Headline News
[4] Noon Show (see above--this may have been last week for this long-running show in this time slot, or close to it)
(6) WBRC News
(9) Noon--local
(13) (15) (48) Days of Our Lives
(19) WHNT News
(21) Munsters--rerun
(33) Richard Simmons
(40) By the Way--local public affairs
(42) Pete and Gladys--rerun of early 1960s sitcom that made Harry Morgan into a household name (long before "Dragnet" and "M*A*S*H")
12:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) As the World Turns--no longer on top, but still going strong
(6) People's Court--original version, with Judge Joseph Wapner
(9) Days of Our Lives (WTVA ran NBC afternoon sked on half-hour delay)
(21) Dick Van Dyke--rerun
1:00
[2] (6) (31) One Life to Live--14 years so far for this sudser
[4] (13) (15) (48) Another World--and 18 for this one
(21) Movie--"Mr. Belvidere Rings the Bell," 1951 (M)///"The Revolt of Mamie Stover," 1956 (Tu)///"A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed," 1958 (W)///"The Road to Glory," 1936 (Th)///"Tribes," 1970 (F)
1:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Capitol--soap set in D.C.
(9) Another World
2:00
[2] (6) (31) General Hospital--still riding the "Luke and Laura" high in Port Charles
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Guiding Light--show had been on TV 30 years by this point; it will die this fall at 57
[4] Texas--tape-delayed from NBC earlier in the day (in fact, its original timeslot on the network feed)
(13) Waltons--rerun
(15) (48) Fantasy--debut week of hybrid reality/game show hosted by Peter Marshall (in fact, packaged by "Hollywood Squares" producer Merrill Heatter)
2:30
(7) (10) (25) (36) Teaching Students with Special Needs (M)///
(9) Fantasy
3:00
[2] Little House on the Prairie--rerun
(4) (33) (40) Tattletales--1982-84 revival
[4] Days of Our Lives--tape-delayed from NBC earlier in the day
[5] Waltons
(6) (31) Edge of Night--sleuth soap would hang on for another couple of years
(7) (10) (25) (36) Sesame Street
(13) Bugs Bunny
(15) As the World Turns (WOWL carried this show for years, even though Huntsville's WHNT could be seen clearly in that area)
(19) Superman--"Adventures of," the 1952-58 live-action series with George Reeves
(21) Woody Woodpecker
(42) Muppet Show--rerun of 1970s variety show
(48) Tom and Jerry
3:30
(4) Richard Simmons
(6) Laverne and Shirley and Company
(9) (13) Tom and Jerry
(19) Little House on the Prairie
(21) Flintstones
(31) Woody Woodpecker and Friends
(33) Beverly Hillbillies
(40) Yan Can Cook--Chinese-cooking show that was mostly seen on public television
(42) I Love Lucy
(48) Scooby-Doo
NOTE: On Tuesday, (4) (19) (33) (40) carried the "CBS Afternoon Playhouse" special, "Just Pals," until 4:30 p.m., preempting regular programming.
4:00
[2] Carter Country--rerun of 1977-79 ABC Southern sitcom
[4] Good Times--ran from 1974 to 1979 on CBS
[4] Big Valley
[5] Incredible Hulk--rerun of 1978-82 CBS action series
(6) Charlie's Angels--rerun
(7) (10) (25) (36) Mister Rogers
(9) What's Happening
(13) (31) Happy Days Again--still running on ABC, hence the title (different episodes)
(15) Guiding Light--another CBS soap carried by this NBC affil
(21) Scooby-Doo
(33) (42) Andy Griffith (probably different episodes)
(40) Barnaby Jones--rerun of 1973-80 crime drama
(48) Bonanza
4:30
[2] You Asked for It--syndicated revival
(4) Sanford and Son
(7) (10) (25) (36) Electric Company
(9) Little House on the Prairie
(13) Jeffersons--still running on CBS
(19) All in the Family
(21) Gilligan's Island
(31) Laverne and Shirley and Company
(33) I Love Lucy
(42) Beverly Hillbillies
5:00
[2] WNGE News
(4) CNN Headline News
[4] (48) Tic Tac Dough (possibly same episode)
[5] Good Times
(6) WBRC News (recently ended its long practice of local news at 5:30)
(7) (10) (25) (36) 3-2-1 Contact
(13) WVTM News
(15) Tattletales (and yet ANOTHER CBS tape-delayed show! Why in the dickens did WHNT not complain to CBS about this?)
(19) People's Court (or else take WOWL to Judge Wapner?--!)
(21) Bionic Woman
(31) Jeffersons
(33) Happy Days Again
(42) Muppet Show (double shot; odd that WBMG did not run them back to back)
5:25
[4] WSMV Weather
[5] WTVF News
5:30
[2] (6) (31) ABC World News Tonight--Frank Reynolds, Peter Jennings, Max Robinson
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) CBS Evening News--Dan Rather
[4] (9) (13) NBC Nightly News--Tom Brokaw, Roger Mudd
(7) (10) (25) (36) This Old House (M)///American Story (Tu, W)///Understanding Human Behavior (Th)///Lawmakers--PBS show about Congress (F)
(15) Wheel of Fortune--tape-delayed from NBC earlier in the day; NOT the syndicated version
(48) WAFF News
EVENING
6:00
[2] WNGE News
(4) WCBI News
[4] WSMV News (60 minutes; this newscast was co-anchored by Dan Miller, who died the day before this was transcribed)
[5] WTVF News
(6) Entertainment Tonight
(7) (10) (25) (36) MacNeil/Lehrer Report (NOTE: ch. 10 broadcast "Metrospect" and ch. 25 "Upstate" instead, both of which were separately-produced--not by APT--public affairs/feature shows) (M)///Understanding Human Behavior (W)///On Target--possibly Alabama news/public affairs (F)
(15) (48) NBC Nightly News
(21) Buck Rogers (in the 25th Century)--rerun of 1979-81 NBC action/adventure series
(40) CHiPs Patrol--probably first week for show in syndication; NBC had just cancelled daytime reruns the previous week (see above)
(42) Joker's Wild
6:30
[2] (6) PM Magazine (same national stories)
(4) (42) Tic Tac Dough
[5] (9) (13) (33) (48) Family Feud (probably same episode)
(7) (10) (25) (36) Dick Cavett--last season for his stint on PBS
(15) WOWL News
(19) M*A*S*H--rerun
(31) Jeffersons
