Retro: Northern Wisconsin, Thurs. July 14th, 1988

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Source: TV Guide, Northern Wisconsin Edition

CHANNELS
2 WBAY Green Bay CBS
3 WISC Madison CBS
4 WTMJ Milwaukee NBC
5 WFRV Green Bay ABC
6m WLUC Marquette, MI CBS/ABC
6w WITI Milwaukee CBS (both cities start with M, so I used W for 'Wisconsin').
7 WSAW Wausau CBS
8 WKBT La Crosse CBS
9 WAOW Wausau ABC
10 WMVS Milwaukee PBS
11 WLUK Green Bay NBC
12m WISN Milwaukee ABC
12r WAEO Rhinelander NBC
13e WEAU Eau Claire NBC
13m WNMU Marquette, MI PBS
18 WVTV Milwaukee IND
20 WHRM Wausau PBS
24 WCGV Milwaukee Fox
26 WGBA Green Bay IND
32 WXGZ Appleton Fox
36 WLEF Park Falls PBS
38 WPNE Green Bay PBS
50 WKBD Detroit, MI IND
WGN ch 9 Chicago IND
WOR WWOR ch 9 Secaucus NJ IND
(6m, 13m, 50 listed as Central Time, not Eastern)

7/14/1988

5AM
2 CBS News-Charles Osgood
3 20 Minute Workout
4 Headline News Continues
5 9 America's Value Network
6m NBC News-Deborah Norville
6w Barry Silberg
12m Morning Stretch
50 Headline News
WGN Alice
WOR Zoobilee Zoo

5:15
6w Answer is Love
13e Ag Day

5:30
2 12m Business This Morning
3 6m 6w 7 CBS News
11 NBC News
32 Ag Day
50 Bravestarr
WGN Faith 20
WOR Comic Strip

5:45
12r 13e Before Hours-Bob Jamieson

5:55
12m Weather

6AM
2 3 6m 6w This Morning
4 News
5 12r 18 Jimmy Swaggart
7 8 Business This Morning (60 minutes on WKBT)
9 Morning Agriculture Report
10 20 36 38 To Life! Yoga with Priscilla Patrick
11 13e NBC News
12m ABC/Local News
24 She-Ra: Princess of Power
26 JEM
32 Headline News
50 WOR Beverly Hills Teens
WGN Muppet Show

6:10
4 Before Hours

6:15
10 20 36 38 AM Weather

6:25
4 News

6:30
4 11 12r 13e NBC News
5 9 ABC News-Sawyer/Zahn
7 Headline News
10 Nightly Business Report
Commentator: Adam Smith.
18 Beverly Hills Teens
20 36 38 Homestretch
24 Silverhawks
26 WOR Jetsons
32 Crook & Chase
50 G.I. Joe
WGN Spiral Zone

6:40
13m America Today

6:45
13m AM Weather

7AM
4 11 12r 13e Today
Scheduled: Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.
5 9 12m Good Morning America
Scheduled: a report on epilepsy.
7 8 This Morning-Sullivan/Smith
10 Sesame Street
13m Body Electric
18 Woody Woodpecker & Friends
20 36 38 Communication Skills II
24 Dennis the Menace
26 50 Flintstones
32 She-Ra: Princess of Power
WGN Bozo
WOR Bugs Bunny & Friends

7:30
13m Captain Kangaroo
18 Bugs Bunny & Friends
24 Ghostbusters
26 Smurfs' Adventures
32 G.I. Joe
WOR Dinosaucers

8AM
2 Geraldo
From Los Angeles: Scams and frauds are the scheduled topics.
3 6w Sally Jessy Raphael
Scheduled: Surviving traumatic experiences. (Airs for 30 mins. on WISC)
6m Phil Donahue
10 20 36 38 Captain Kangaroo
13m Sesame Street
18 Scooby-Doo
24 My Little Pony 'n Friends
26 Thundercats
32 Transformers
50 Brady Bunch
WGN Smurfs' Adventures
WOR My Favorite Martian BW

8:30
3 Superior Court
10 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
18 Flintstones
20 36 38 Microwaves are for Cooking
24 WGN Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
26 Ghostbusters
32 Dinosaucers
50 Beverly Hillbillies
WGN I Dream of Jeannie

9AM
2 3 6m 7 8 Family Feud (Ray Combs had just started the week prior)
4 Sale of the Century
5 12m 13e Hour Magazine
Country singers the Forester Sisters; polygamy; an AIDS update; a cooking feature.
6w Young & The Restless
9 Oprah Winfrey
10 Homestretch
11 Phil Donahue
12r Bewitched
13m Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
18 Mister Ed BW
20 36 38 Upstairs, Downstairs
24 32 Zoobilee Zoo
26 Big Valley
50 Andy Griffith
WGN Incredible Hulk
WOR People Are Talking (two hours?)

9:30
2 High Rollers
3 6m 7 8 Card Sharks
4 Concentration
10 Struggles for Poland
Chronicling Polish history from 1900 to 1923.
12r 18 I Dream of Jeannie
13m Reading Rainbow
24 I Love Lucy
32 Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
50 Morning Break
Scheduled: State senator Doug Cruce (R-16th).

10AM
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 Price is Right
4 12r Wheel of Fortune
5 12m Growing Pains
Maggie feels that Jason is usurping her maternal role after Carol turns to him for advice.
9 13e Phil Donahue
11 Sally Jessy Raphael
See 8am.
13m 3-2-1 Contact
18 Dukes of Hazzard
20 36 38 Reading Rainbow
24 Andy Griffith BW
26 Success-N-Life
32 Jimmy Swaggart
50 700 Club
WGN Geraldo

10:30
4 Trapper John M.D.
5 12m Home
Included: a segment on wallpapering.
10 Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
11 12r Win, Lose or Draw
13m Zoobilee Zoo (syndicated and PBS at the same time)
20 36 38 Art of Ashley Jackson
24 Dick Van Dyke BW
32 20 Minute Workout

11AM
2 3 7 8 Young & the Restless
5 9 Ryan's Hope
6m Upper Michigan Today
6w Phil Donahue
10 Bunraku Puppet Theatre of Japan
11 12r 13e Super Password
Scheduled: David Doyle, Dionne Warwick.
12m All My Children
13m National Audubon Society
18 Love Boat
20 36 38 Programming for the Gifted & Talented
24 Perry Mason
26 Movie
'Kissin' Cousins.' (1964) Elvis Presley tackles a dual role-an Army officer and his hillbilly lookalike-in this slice of Tennessee mountain life. Pappy: Arthur O'Connell.
32 Lingo
50 Odd Couple
WGN WOR News

11:30
4 11 12r Scrabble
5 9 Loving
6m Young & The Restless
10 20 36 38 Sesame Street
13e Wheel of Fortune
32 Ag Day

Noon
2 6 8 12m 13e News
3 News/Mid-Day
4 11 12r Days of Our Lives
5 9 All My Children
7 32 Headline News
13m Magic of Oil Painting
18 Gimme a Break!
24 Tony Randall Show
50 CHiPs
WGN Baseball
Los Angeles at Chicago Cubs in the first game of a doubleheader.
WOR High Rollers

12:30
3 6m 6w 7 8 Bold & The Beautiful
10 20 36 38 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
12m Hollywood Squares
13m Naturescene
13e Days of Our Lives
18 Name of the Game
24 Movie
'Houdini.' (1953) Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh in a romanticized and entertaining account of the life and times of the great magician-escape artist.
32 Movie
'Nobody's Perfect.' (1981) Antics of three psychiatric patients (Gabe Kaplan, Alex Karras, Robert Klein).
WOR Love Connection

1PM
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 As the World Turns
4 11 12r Another World
5 9 12m One Life to Live
10 20 36 38 Reading Rainbow
13m An Empire of Reason
Constitution ratification debates-on TV.
26 Perry Mason BW
50 Gilligan's Island
WOR Newlywed Game

1:30
10 Homestretch
13e Another World
20 36 38 Six-Gun Heroes BW
50 Smurfs' Adventures
WOR Dating Game

2PM
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 Guiding Light
4 11 12r Santa Barbara
5 9 12m General Hospital
10 French Chef
13m Size Small
18 Bionic Six
26 Bewitched
50 Bugs Bunny & Friends
WOR Cannon

2:30
10 Pizza Gourmet
13e Santa Barbara
13m Sesame Street
18 JEM
20 36 38 Hopalong Cassidy BW
24 Thundercats
26 My Little Pony 'n Friends
32 Heathcliff
50 Porky Pig & Friends

3PM
2 Divorce Court
3 4 5 6m Oprah Winfrey
6w Matt Houston
To a boxer's wife (Berlinda Tolbert), the death of a member of his entourage was an accident only in that the knife missed her husband.
7 Geraldo
See 8am.
8 Double Dare (seems very odd for a CBS station to air a kids' game show)
9 50 Ducktales
10 Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel
11 Wheel of Fortune (this is the NBC version - preempted to afternoon)
12m People's Court
12r Flintstones
18 Bugs Bunny & Friends
20 36 38 Woodcarving with Rick Butz
24 Heathcliff
26 Scooby-Doo
32 Dennis the Menace
WGN Baseball
The second game of the doubleheader between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
WOR Barnaby Jones

3:30
2 The Judge
8 Bewitched
9 Wonderful World of Disney
10 Size Small
11 Three's Company
12m Newlywed Game
12r Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
13e Oprah Winfrey
13m Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
18 Jetsons
20 36 38 Sesame Street
24 Smurfs' Adventures
26 Comic Strip
32 Beverly Hills Teens
50 Double Dare

4PM
2 8 Newlywed Game
3 Love Connection
4 Win, Lose or Draw
Marsha Warfield, Jamie Farr, Robyn Bernard and Peter DeLuise. Host: Bert Convy. (obviously the syndicated version)
5 6m Jeopardy!
6w Superior Court
An adopted brother and sister, unrelated by blood, petition the court for a marriage license.
7 Lingo
10 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Little House on the Prairie
Jonathan (Merlin Olsen) refuses to let his wife (Hersha Parady) take a job when their corn crop is destroyed.
12m Geraldo
See 8am.
12r Little House on the Prairie
Farm boy Johnny Johnson (Mitch Vogel) runs off to see the world.
13m Reading Rainbow
The histry of U.S. immigration, including a visit to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
18 26 Real Ghostbusters
24 DuckTales
32 Bravestarr
50 What's Happening!!
WOR Hawaii Five-O

4:30
2 Hollywood Squares
From New York: Ben Vereen, Allison Smith, Brian Bloom, Marjabell Stewart, Joan Rivers.
3 13e People's Court
4 Jeopardy!
5 7 Win, Lose or Draw
See 4pm.
6m Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: An interview with Cheryl Ladd.
6w The Judge
A woman seeks custody of her niece.
8 Dating Game
9 Too Close for Comfort
Monroe (JM J. Bullock) has difficulties finding a job, until Henry (Ted Knight) hires him as his assistant, thus beginning Henry's difficulties.
10 Sesame Street
13m 20 36 38 3-2-1 Contact
How to insulate the body against cold weather.
18 32 Double Dare
24 Silver Spoons
Rick (Ricky Schroder) faces a troubling dilemma on his 16th birthday-he's asked two girls to be his date at the party.
26 DuckTales
50 Good Times

5PM
2 3 4 5 6m 6w 12r 13e News
7 11 People's Court
8 12m M*A*S*H
9 Jeopardy!
13m European Journal
18 The Facts of Life
Mrs. Garrett (Charlotte Rae) enrolls in a Shakespeare class, but worries that she might have trouble fitting in with the college crowd.
20 36 38 Newton's Apple
Segments on a chimpanzee that uses sign language; the physiology of sweating.
24 Happy Days
A merchant ship docks in Milwaukee, and debarks a mysterious woman.
26 Knight Rider
Michael hopes to flush out a futuristic sports car by challenging its murderous owner (Alan Feinstein) to a street race-with Kitt as the prize.
32 Brady Bunch
Bobby (Mike Lookinland) finds a wallet containing $1100. Robert Reed.
WOR T.J. Hooker

5:30
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 CBS News
4 11 12r 13e NBC News
5 9 12m ABC News
10 3-2-1 Contact
13m 20 36 38 Nightly Business Report
Commentator: Lester Thurow.
18 Leave it to Beaver BW
The boys try to fix a punctured tire on the family car.
24 Laverne & Shirley
Hector scribbles the girls' phone number in a men's room. Hector: Greg Antonucci.
32 Partridge Family
Lovelorn Danny's got it bad for a girl whose eyes are only on big brother Keith.
50 Facts of Life

6PM
2 3 4 5 6w 7 8 9 11 12m 13e News
6m Wheel of Fortune
10 13m 20 36 38 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
12r Andy Griffith BW
Oscar winner George Kennedy appears in this episode as a state detective jailed by Barney (Don Knotts).
18 Family Ties
Conclusion. Rebecca (Melinda Culea) gets drunk at a cocktail party and insults the bank director.
24 Star Trek
Attorney Melvin Bell stars as Gorgan the Friendly Angel, the incarnation of pure evil who uses children to unleash the beast in human souls.
26 I Love Lucy BW
A visit to the eye doctor creates problems for Lucy and Ricky.
32 Star Trek
A rest-and-recreation stop is anything but restful when the crew sights living persons from their own pasts and a host of other unexplainable objects.
50 Family Ties (different episode, but no description)
WGN Barney Miller

6:30
2 6m Entertainment Tonight
See 4:30.
3 7 8 11 Family Ties
WISC: Elyse (Meredith Baxter Birney) is obsessed with finding the perfect woman for a co-worker, despite Steven's suggestion not to meddle.
WSAW: Jennifer (Tina Yothers) gets more than she bargained for when she asks for Alex's help on a social-studies project.
WKBT: no description
WLUK: Jennifer's drive for good grades takes a back seat to her drive for popularity after she begins dating an athlete (Wil Wheaton).
4 5 9 Wheel of Fortune
6m Cosby Show
When Cliff (Bill Cosby) claims he can replace a broken bathtub pipe himself, he isn't exactly showered with votes of confidence from family members.
12m Current Affair
12r Hollywood Squares
13e Facts of Life
A former student brings her baby for a visit with her old classmates, then disappears, leaving her infant in their care.
18 Diff'rent Strokes
Sam's sore throat may get him out of school, but fails to get him out of a tonsillectomy. Danny Cooksey.
26 Beverly Hillbillies
Jed tries to patch things up between Granny and Mrs. Drysdale.
50 Three's Company
WGN Benson
WOR Barney Miller

7pm-later in a separate post.

 

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7PM
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 48 Hours
Scheduled: An in-the-pits look at the 24-hour Le Mans auto race, held June 11-12 in France. Great Britain's venerable Jaguar hadn't won at Le Mans in 31 years, as Lesley Stahl discovered, Team Jaguar arrived determined to take the checkered flag, with '14 of the world's best drivers, five cars and a small infantry of 300 engineers, mechanics, tire changers, medics and one fashion coordinator.' The cost: $10 million. Not surprisingly, the Jags battled the always powerful Porsches for the early lead, but by the 15th hour, a surprise challenge emerged from a Japanese team.
4 11 12r 13e The Cosby Show
Cliff endures freezing temperatures to challenge a friend (Sullivan Walker) to a game of petanque; Theo goes to great heights to impress a girl (Laurie Morrison) who's into rock climbing.
5 9 12m Movie
'The Impostor' (Anthony Geary) fast-talks his way into a job as a high-school principal to rekindle a romance with an English teacher (Lorna Patterson), and winds up battling student drug abuse. A 1984 TV-movie. Matthew: Billy Dee Williams. Michelle: Penny Johnson.
10 Wild America
A view of the diverse world of birds includes the arctic tern, which migrates 20,000 miles annually, and the roadrunner, seen in a battle to the death with a sidewinder.
13m Day the Universe Changed
18 Three's a Crowd
Vicky agrees to take E.Z.'s pregnant dog to the vet, whose subsequent call to Jack has Jack believing he's about to become a father.
20 36 38 Outdoor Wisconsin
A talk with sailor Hans Melges, an Olympic hopeful from Lake Geneva.
24 Perry Mason BW
Mason's only hope of clearing his client-a suspected murderer (Kathie Browne)-lies in locating $200,000 in embezzled funds.
26 Greats of the Game
32 Hit Squad
50 Movie
'Band of the Hand.' (1986) Juvenile survivalists fight Miami vice. Stephen Lang.
WGN Movie
'Firestarter.' (1984) Stephen King's horror story of a girl (Drew Barrymore) with an incendiary personality, sought after by a a maniacal assassin (George C. Scott).
WOR Evening Magazine

7:30
4 Great Circus Memories
Celebration of the 25th anniversary of Milwaukee's Great Circus Parade.
10 This Old House
Boston mayor Kevin White checks on the renovation work.
11 12r 13e Different World
It's the good, the bad and the ugly during finals week: Denise's volunteer work leaves her no time to write a paper; and exam pressures take their toll on the girls' looks. Denise: Lisa Bonet.
18 26 Baseball
Milwaukee at Texas.
20 36 38 Wild America
Natural defenses used by animals to discourage predators are examined. Included: anatomical defenses such as the porcupine's quills; behavioral defenses.
32 Crook & Chase
WOR Entertainment Tonight

8pm
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 Simon & Simon
When Rick's client in a divorce case is accused of murder, Rick teams up with a pair of sleazy PIs who claim to have information on the murder. Rick: Gerald McRaney.
4 11 12r 13e Cheers
Evan (Tom Skerritt) promotes Sam to the executive ranks, but Sam could face big-league disappointment when he finds out why he was called up to the corporate majors.
10 National Audubon Society
13m Michigan Outdoors
20 36 38 Cousteau Odyssey
In 'Mediterranean: Cradle or Coffin?' Jacques Cousteau examines the ecology of the storied sea, and finds it spoiled by industrial and urban wastes. Cousteau visits Venice, imperiled by sewage discharged into its canals.
24 Movie
'Cat People.' (1982) Paul Schrader's gory remake of the hair-raising horror classic about a young woman (Nastassia Kinski) with unusual pedigree. Paul: Malcolm McDowell.
32 Movie
'The Birds.' (1963) Alfred Hitchcock's terrifying vision of what might happen should our feathered friends go amok. Marvelous special effects. Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette.
WOR Morton Downey, Jr.

8:30
4 11 12r 13e Night Court
Harry's new blind assistant (Elayne Boosler) is a cutup who turns his life upside down; a seductive woman (Janice Lynde) puts Dan to the test after his bout with impotence.
13m Media Meet

9PM
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 Cagney & Lacey
Lacey (Tyne Daly) takes an interest in two welfare children she suspects are being abused, while Cagney (Sharon Gless) makes choices for her future after receiving a marriage proposal. Samuels: Al Waxman.
4 11 12r 13e L.A. Law
Another long-lost relative makes a surprise appearance at the funeral of Brackman's mother; Sifuentes (Jimmy Smits) goes to bat for a widow who claims malpractice on the part of her previous lawyer (Ralph Bellamy); Abby and Rollins (Michele Greene, Blair Underwood) work out their differences while burning the midnight oil; and Kuzak urges Van Owen to return to the courtroom. Gordon: Jeffrey Tambor.
5 9 12m Hothouse
Marsha Mason appears as an actress who suffers a breakdown on a movie set, and Edward Herrmann plays her studio-exec husband who vacillates between concern for his wife and for the film. At the center, she's assigned to Ved (Art Malik), who fears his dislike for her will affect treatment.
10 Outdoor Wisconsin
A talk with sailor Hans Melges, an Olympic hopeful from Lake Geneva.
13m Mystery!
In the first of 7 episodes of 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes,' Watson (Edward Hardwicke) is impressed as usual when Holmes (Jeremy Brett) uses 'The Empty House' across from 221b Baker St. to catch a killer. Lestrade: Colin Jeavons. Mrs. Hudson: Rosalie Williams.
20 36 38 This Old House
Plans for the renovation of a 40-year-old Cape-style house are studied by Bob Vila.
50 WGN WOR News

9:30
10 Motorweek '88
Scheduled: A road test of the BMW 750iL.
20 36 38 Victory Garden
A tour of Long Island's Old Westbury Gardens.
50 Honeymooners BW
WGN INN News

10PM
2 3 4 5 6m 6w 7 8 9 11 12m 12r 13e News
10 World of Survival
A look at the raccoon, which can survive in a variety of habitats.
13m Alive from Off Center
Samples of works by video artists in Japan and Holland are offered in 'Mt. Fuji,' by Ko Nakajima; and 'Hyster Pulsatu,' a Dutch work.
20 36 38 Woodwright's Shop
An 18th-century style wood-shaping machine.
24 Bob Newhart
Carol's new husband (Will Mackenzie) is drowning her in attention.
50 Sanford & Son
WOR Twilight Zone
WGN Benny Hill

10:30
2 6w Cheers
WBAY - Sam's regulars are reluctant to hang out at a bar that's promising to become a gay hangout.
WITI - The woman who refused to marry Sam changes her mind and tries to ruin his romantic weekend with another woman.
3 9 M*A*S*H
WISC - Hawkeye offers to deliver the eulogy for a nurse no one really knew.
WAOW - Potter (Harry Morgan) asks a wounded psychiatrist (Allan Arbus) to mollify his bickering doctors.
4 Magnum, P.I.
Rick (Larry Manetti) returns from a trip with a fiancee and a million dollars; Magnum and T.C. land in jail when they try to save a kids' clubhouse from a land developer.
5 Love Connection
6m Night Heat
Giambone and O'Brien (Jeff Wincott, Scott Hylands) probe a limo explosion.
10 Smith & Company
Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo).
11 12r 13e 18 Tonight Show
Comic John Mendoza, Christina Pickles, kayaker Ed Gillette. Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon.
12m Hill Street Blues
Howard gives three Russians a tour of the precinct; Belker poses as an ambulance attendant; LaRue's brother-in-law (Louis Giambalvo) is busted for soliciting.
13m MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
20 36 38 Nature
A study of wildlife in the massive Central American rain forest stretching across parts of Belize, Costa Rica and Panama. Observed: three-toed sloths, army ants and a jaguar.
24 All in the Family
Archie is thirsting for blood after he is robbed of $50.
26 Movie BW
'The Angry Silence.' (1960) Strong indictment of labor-management relations in modern Britain. Tom: Richard Attenborough. Anna: Pier Angeli.
32 Late Show
Scheduled: Actress Sarah Douglas, real-estate lecturer Dave Del Dotto.
50 Star Trek
WGN Trapper John M.D.
WOR Baretta

10:35
7 Cheers
Carla (Rhea Perlman) thinks the only way she can win a dance contest is by teaming up with her old partner-Nick (Dan Hedaya).
8 M*A*S*H

11PM
2 Night Heat
Controversy surrounds a group of young people patrolling the streets to combat crime. Scott Hylands, Jeff Wincott.
3 Simon & Simon
A writer (Murphy Dunne) specializing in 'participatory journalism' is framed for murder after apprenticing himself to the Simons (Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney).
5 9 Nightline
6m Barney Miller
Harris must play a female mugging decoy-without his mustache; a woman reports her father missing-since her birth.
10 All American Jazz
Ronnie Leigh and Alliance; Transfusion.
24 Best of Groucho BW
Oscar-winning costume designer Edith Head and a model are guests on a 1954 show.

11:05
7 8 Night Heat
See 11pm.

11:30
4 11 12r 13 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: Comedian Jake Johannsen.
5 Wil Shriner
6w WKRP in Cincinnati
9 Magnum P.I.
A psychic (Samantha Eggar) 'sees' her own murder, and hires Magnum to keep it from happening.
10 First Comes Caring
12m Nightline
18 Morton Downey Jr.
Scheduled topic: the writer's strike.
20 36 38 Science Journal
24 Movie
'Blood from the Mummy's Tomb.' (1971) Above-average horror yarn about an attempt to reincarnate a queen of ancient Egypt.
32 Matchmaker
WGN Movie
'Brainstorm.' (1983) Imaginative visual effects illuminate a murky yarn about a mind-boggling invention. Natalie Wood (her last role), Christopher Walken.
WOR The Street (a rarity - a weeknight syndicated police drama)

11:40
6m Movie
'Deadly Blessing' (1981) concerns supernatural terror in a repressive religious sect. Martha: Maren Jensen.

12AM
3 Dukes of Hazzard
6m Movie BW
'A Day at the Races.' (1937) Hectic Marx Brothers nonsense about horse-doctor Groucho trying to coerce a rich dowager (Margaret Dumont) into paying the mortgage on a sanitarium. Allan Jones.
10 20 36 38 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
12m Wil Shriner
32 INN News-Brad Holbrook
WOR Joe Franklin

12:10
2 Movie
'Counter Measures' (1985) pits the pilot (Monte Markham) of a helicopter-rescue team against a drug kingpin (Norman Forsey).

12:15
7 8 Movie
See 12:10.

12:30
4 High Rollers
5 News
9 American Value Network
11 Morton Downey Jr.
12r Hit Squad
13e Honeymooners BW
18 Movie
'Tom Horn.' (1980) Steve McQueen portrays the legendary frontiersman caught up in a turn-of-the-century range war. Linda Evans.
50 Movie
'Kung Fu Executioner.' (1981) A martial-arts expert (Billy Chong) takes on Japanese drug traffickeres in 1920s Shanghai. Carl R. Scott.

1AM
3 CBS News Nightwatch
4 $100,000 Pyramid
5 Dr. Gene Scott
12m Dating Game
13e News
WOR Home Shopping Overnight Service

1:30
2 CBS News Nightwatch
4 11 12m News
24 Rawhide BW
WGN Alice

2AM
4 Headline News
12m Record Guide
WGN Michael Reagan Show

2:10
6w News

2:30
12m Matchmaker
18 Movie
'An Enemy of the People' (1978) Bloated version of Ibsen's 1883 play about a small-town doctor's campaign against factory pollution.
WGN INN News

2:40
6w CBS News Nightwatch

3AM
5 America's Value Network
12m More Real People
WGN Movie
'Nickelodeon.' (1976) Peter Bogdanovich directed and co-authored this affectionate tribute to the pioneer days of silent films. Alice: Tatum O'Neal.

3:30
12 SCTV Network

4AM
12 Record Guide

4:30
12 Morning Agriculture Report
18 America's Value Network

 

[ftballfan]

Both TV stations in the Upper Peninsula (WLUC and then-WFRV satellite WJMN) carried Wheel of Fortune. WLUK and WKBD were on cable in most of the UP, with WWTV/WWUP getting some carriage when CBS had the NFC rights

 

[crainbebo]

That would be a no-no nowadays...but I'm sure the UP enjoyed getting to see it a 2nd time in case they missed the first couple of puzzles!