Retro: Pennsylvania-New York, Sat. September 7, 1985

[crainbebo]

Source: TV Guide

CHANNELS
3 WSTM Syracuse, NY [NBC]
5N WNEW New York [IND]
5S WTVH Syracuse [CBS]
9 WIXT Syracuse [ABC]
11 WPIX New York [IND]
12 WBNG Binghamton [CBS]
16 WNEP Scranton [ABC]
18 WETM Elmira, NY [NBC]
22 WDAU Wilkes-Barre [CBS]
24 WCNY Syracuse [PBS]
28 WBRE Scranton [NBC]
34 WMGC Binghamton [ABC]
36 WENY Elmira [ABC]
38 WOLF Scranton [IND]
38B WSBK Boston, MA [IND]
40 WICZ Binghamton [NBC]
44 WVIA Scranton [PBS]
46 WSKG Binghamton [PBS]
WOR New York [IND, Ch. 9]

5AM
11 U.S. Farm Report
WOR Headline News

5:30
11 INN News

6AM
5N Pattern for Living
5S Kung Fu
9 Insight '85
11 Wall Street Journal Report
12 Headline News
34 Good Morning Broome
WOR David Toma

6:30
3 18 U of M Presents
5N Insight
9 Newsmakers
11 Wild Kingdom
12 Action Views
34 King Leonardo
WOR Face-Off

6:45
28 Davey & Goliath

7AM
3 18 Saturday Showboat
5N Herbert W. Armstrong
5S Gilligan's Island
9 New Zoo Revue [another Big 3 in 1985!]
11 Pink Panther
12 Happy Days
16 Bugs Bunny Express
22 Joy of Gardening
28 Alvin & The Chipmunks
34 Valley of the Dinosaurs
38 700 Club
38B World of Photography
44 NASA At Work
46 Sesame Street
WOR New Jersey People

7:30
5N Wonderama
5S Porky Pig/Bugs Bunny
9 Jackson 5ive
11 Josie and the Pussycats
12 Laverne & Shirley
22 34 Kids Incorporated
28 Space Kidettes
38B Profile: Boston
40 Alvin & The Chipmunks
44 Innovation
WOR News 9: In Depth

8AM
3 18 Snorks
5N Movin' On
5S 12 22 Biskitts
9 16 34 36 Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour
Debut: A compilation of Warner Bros. cartoons features the adventures of Bugs Bunny.
11 Voltron
24 Square Foot Gardening
28 Valley of the Dinosaurs
38 Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew
38B It's Your Business
Topic: the Federal budget.
40 Woody Woodpecker
44 Lifeline
46 Lilias, Yoga and You
WOR Straight Talk

8:30
3 18 28 Pink Panther & Sons
5S 12 22 Get Along Gang
11 Hee Haw
24 Last Chance Garage
38B Editor's Desk
46 Pet Action Line

9AM
3 18 28 40 Smurfs
5N Star Search
5S 12 22 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
9 16 34 36 Ewoks
Debut: Animated Ewoks, the courageous furry creatures introduced in "The Return of The Jedi" [1983], come to television.
24 Innovation
38 Those Amazing Animals
38B Ask the Manager
44 Movie BW
"Charlie Chan at the Olympics." [1937] Excellent yarn about a missing secret weapon, with Chan [Warner Oland] trailing the suspects from Honolulu to Berlin.
46 Working Women
WOR Battlestar Galactica

9:30
5S 12 22 Dungeons & Dragons
9 16 34 36 Droids: The Advenutres of R2D2 and C3PO
Debut: "Star Wars" robots R2D2 and C3PO find more adventures in this animated series.
11 Puttin' On The Hits
24 Quilting
38B Movie BW
"Buck Privates." [1941] The hit comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, in their first starring vehicle, play bumbling Army recruits.
46 Last Chance Garage

10AM
5N Wonder Woman
5S 12 22 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
9 16 34 36 Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
Debut: Cyborg, a black bionic wonder, joins Saturday-morning heroes Superman, Batman and Robin, and Wonder Woman.
11 Soul Train
24 46 Motorweek
38 Bugs Bunny & Friends
44 Rawhide BW
WOR Wrestling [didn't say where]

10:30
3 18 Alvin & The Chipmunks
9 16 34 36 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo
24 46 This Old House
28 Transformers
38 Three Stooges BW
40 Jackson 5ive

11AM
3 18 28 40 Kidd Video
5N Movie
"The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe" [1976] TV-movie dealing the further misadventures of homesteader Cabe [John McIntire] and the trio he hires as his "daughters" [Renne Jarrett, Lezlie Dalton and Liberty Williams].
5S 12 22 Storybreak
A chicken killer is on the loose, and that's a challenge "Hank The Cowdog," the intrepid head of ranch security, can't ignore. Based on John R. Erickson's book. Host: Bob Keeshan.
9 Kids Incorporated
11 38 Wrestling
16 34 36 Scooby's Mystery Funhouse
24 46 Woodwright's Shop
38B Three Stooges BW
44 Lone Ranger BW
WOR BJ and The Bear

11:30
3 18 Laverne & Shirley
5S Happy Days
9 Muppet Show
12 Land of the Lost
A found diary suggests a hole in the Land of the Lost leads to New England.
16 34 36 The Littles
22 Paterno Way
24 46 New York's Master Chefs
28 40 Mr. T
44 Action-Packed Cliffhangers BW

Noon
3 18 Bowling
5S 12 22 U.S. Open Tennis
The women's final and the men's semifinals, telecast from Flushing Meadow, NY.
9 11 28 College Football
Temple at Boston College. The Owls look for offensive leadership from Paul Palmer, who rushed for 885 yards in 1984, while BC's Eagles can point to Outland Trophy candidate Mike Ruth, who has 17 sacks and has taken part in 218 tackles in his career.
16 College Football
Penn State at Maryland. Both teams have experienced defensive corps. PSU's Nittany Lions return 18 of their top 22 defenders, while the Terps can boast of nine defensive starters. In the 28 times the teams have met, Maryland has won only once-in 1961. Last year, the Terps almost made Penn State turn turtle, but fell short 25-24. [Subject to blackout on cable in the Scranton W-B areas]
24 46 Magic of Oil Painting
34 36 Weekend Special
"The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn," a two-part female variation on Mark Twain's classics about two mischievous lads, begins a new season of shows. In the opener, Con and Huck [Drew Barrymore, Brandy Ward] overhear three thugs plotting to replace a priceless jewel with a fake.
38 Greatest American Hero
38B Movie
"Checkered Flag or Crash." [1977] Daredevil driving highlights this action yarn about a grueling off-road race in Manila. Joe Don Baker, Larry Hagman.
40 Amazing Spider-Man
44 Grizzly Adams
WOR Those Amazing Animals

12:30
5N Rodeo
24 46 Victory Garden
34 36 American Bandstand
**** Robin and the X perform. Video: "The Power of Love" [Huey Lewis & The News].
40 Incredible Hulk

1PM
3 18 Movie BW
"The Frozen Ghost." [1945] Hypnotist [Lon Chaney] believes himself a murderer when a subject dies while under a spell. George: Milburn Stone.
5N Fame
24 Antiques and Americana
38 Women Who Willed a Miracle
Cloris Leachman stars in a fact-based drama about a woman who adopts a severely retarded blind boy named Leslie.
40 Osmonds' 25th Anniversary
The Osmonds-Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny, Marie and Jimmy-celebrate 25 years of show business in a program spotlighting their talents and successes as a family and as individuals. Also appearing are Lola Falana, Andy Gibb, The Oak Ridge Boys, Dick Clark.
44 Pet Action Line
46 Artscene
Included: the revolving-loan program, which brings new artists into Corning.
WOR Movie
"The Great Alligator." [Italian, 1981] A giant reptile spells terror for tourists on a remote tropical island. Mel Ferrer.

1:30
24 Never Too Old
34 At The Movies
Siskel and Ebert offer their choices for the worst movies of the summer.
36 Solid Gold
44 Acrylic Painting with Barclay Sheaks
46 Six-Gun Heroes BW

2PM
3 18 Movie BW
"The Black Cat." [1934] Devil cultist Hjalmar Poelzig [Boris Karloff] vs. vengeful Dr. Vitus Verdegast [Bela Lugosi], in an eerie, futuristic mansion atop the ruins of a World War I fort.
5N Wonder Woman
5S 12 22 U.S. Open Tennis Continues
24 Sting
34 Road to Wealth-infomercial
38 Barney Miller
38B Movie
"King of Kong Island." [1978] Mad scientists employ robots apes to subjugate earth. Brad Harris.
44 Movie BW
"The Kettles in the Ozarks." [1956] Ma [Marjorie Main] takes her family on a wacky train ride to visit a relative.

2:30
34 In Search Of...
36 America's Top 10
38 Seeing Stars
36 Action-Packed Cliffhangers BW

3PM
3 18 28 40 Baseball Pre-Game
5N Movie
"Executioners of Death." [Chinese, 1977] Wang Yue portrays a martial-arts expert out to avenge the deaths of both his father [Chen Kuan-Tai] and their religious instructor. Lo Lieh, Lily Li.
16 34 36 College Football Pre-Game
24 46 Masterpiece Theatre
"The Irish R.M." is an Englishman [Peter Bowles] serving as a legal arbiter in Ireland. In the opener of this six-part spoof, he becomes involved in a dispute over foxes.
38 Star Search
WOR Movie
"Alice, Sweet Alice." [1977] New Jersey locations highlight this effective chiller about a young girl [Brooke Shields] murdered on the day of her first Communion. Alice: Paula Sheppard.

3:15
3 18 28 40 Baseball
New York Mets at Los Angeles. [Alternative game: Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, taped earlier this afternoon.]

3:30
9 16 34 36 College Football
Florida State takes on Nebraska. FSU has moved via the running game in recent years, but this year's Seminole offense should show better balance. The kicking game is excellent with placekicker Derek Schmidt and punter Louis Berry. Nebraska, once again, offers a powerhouse on offense, led by Big Eight rushing champion Doug DuBose, an elusive back who averaged 6.7 yards per carry last season. A pair of All-Big Eight linebackers, Mike Knox and Marc Munford, anchor the defense. [Live]
11 This Week in Baseball
44 Movie BW
"Tarzan's Secret Treasure." [1941] The jungle lord's domain is invaded by explorers who attempt to appropriate his gold deposits. Johnny Weissmuller.

4PM
5S 12 22 U.S. Open Tennis Continues
11 Emergency!
24 Nature of Things
38 Movie
"Doctor Detroit." [1984] Dan Aykroyd as a pusillanimous professor duped into posing as a criminal. Howard Hesseman, T.K. Carter.
38B Movie
"An Eye for An Eye." [1966] Robert Lansing sets out to track down the murderer of his family. Good drama, but little action. Pat Wayne.
46 NOVA
A docudrama on Gregor Mendel focuses on the condemnation of his heredity research by the Church.

5PM
5N Mission: Impossible
11 Solid Gold
24 Firing Line
"Diplomats: Polite or Truthful?" examines the role ambassadors play in politics and considers delicate problems that they sometimes encounter. Host: William F. Bucklet Jr.
44 Victory Garden
46 1985 Drum Corps World Championships
WOR Vega$

5:30
44 This Old House

6PM
3 18 28 News
5N What's Happening Now!!
5S 12 22 U.S. Open Tennis Continues
11 Puttin' On The Hits
24 Capitol Journal
38 Mission: Impossible
The agents infiltrate a bank in East Berlin that preys on wealthy, would-be refugees. Belzig: James Daly.
38B White Shadow
40 Race for No. 1
Scores and highlights of the weekend's games plus a segment on Notre Dame's head football coach Gerry Faust.
44 de Bono's Thinking Course
Topic: making decisions.
WOR Wrestling

6:30
3 18 NBC News-Connie Chung
5N Small Wonder
11 Dance Fever
24 Tony Brown's Journal
The first of a two-part show on AIDS examine its impact on American blacks.
28 Solid Gold
New hostess Dionne Warwick welcomes co-host Johnny Mathis, Tina Turner, Tears for Fears, Juice Newton, John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, **** Robin and comedian Arsenio Hall. Also: an interview with Sting.
40 Paterno Way
44 Adam Smith's Money World
Topic: the benefits and drawbacks of employee stock-option plans.

7PM
3 18 Voter's Forum/Primary Candidates
5N Too Close for Comfort
5S Fame
9 40 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Segments on actors Ed Marinaro, Isabel Sanford, Barbara Bain, Sarah Douglas ["Falcon Crest"], singer Don Ho.
11 Jeffersons
12 22 Hee Haw
Guests include Willie Nelson, Jim Stafford, Faron Young.
16 Pennsylvania Outdoor Life
24 Inside Albany
34 Solid Gold
See 6:30pm for details.
36 This Week in Country Music
Performances by the Judds and Ronnie Milsap. Interviewed: Brenda Lee.
38 Start of Something Big
Interviews with John Forsythe, Linda Evans.
38B We Don't Knock!
44 People's Business
46 Tripods
Debut: This British series set in the year 2089 follows the efforts of three boys to free Earth from the control of menacing alien machines known as Tripods. In the opener, young Will Parker [John Shackley] is disturbed by the effects of the Tripod "capping ceremony" on his friend Jack [Michael Gilmour].
WOR News

7:30
5N Archie Bunker's Place
11 At The Movies
See 1:30pm, Ch. 34.
16 Wild Kingdom
Scientists, zoologists and Peace Corps volunteers team to explore Paraguay's Gran Chaco.
24 44 Agronsky & Company
28 36 Puttin' On The Hits
Lip-sync routines to Taco's "Puttin' on the Ritz"; Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out"; Vanity's "Pretty Mess."
38B Odd Couple
46 Sports Week
Featured: pitchers Phil Niekro [Yankees] and Joe Niekro [Astros].
WOR Movie
"Panic on the 5:22." [1974] TV-movie about the attempted robbery of a commuter train's private club car. Frankie: James Sloyan.

8PM and later will be added later tonight or tomorrow, as I have other things to do today.

-crainbebo

 

[dxtrfn]

8AM 9 16 34 36 Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour

10AM 5S 12 22 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner

Due to CBS coverage of the US Open Tennis tournament Bugs Bunny was on both CBS and ABC for one week only. At least the time slots were different.

I think 1985-86 was the first that CBS gave the 1pm hour to the affiliates.

 

[crainbebo]

Here's 8PM and later

8PM
3 18 28 40 Gimme a Break!
Nell's visit with her mother may turn into a permanent reunion now that Nell's sister is moving away from home. Mama: Rosetta Le Noire. [Now seen at this new time.]
5N Movie BW
"The Caretakers." [1963] The problems of patients and staff in a mental institution. Robert Stack.
5S 12 22 Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular
A talk show is the setting for this preview of CBS's Saturday-morning children's shows. New animated series are "The Berenstain Bears," "The Wuzzles," "Jim Henson's Muppets, Babies & Monsters" and "Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling." Guests include Patti Labelle, Hulk Hogan, Pee-Wee Herman, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Herve Villechaize, Lou Albano, New Edition and Gary Owens.
9 Billy Graham Crusade
From Anaheim, Cal.: "Will the World Survive?" Guests include Johnny and June Carter Cash, who sing "The Old Rugged Cross."
11 Baseball
Oakland at New York Yankees. Live.
16 34 36 T.J. Hooker
Hooker's vacation with his children is interrupted by a race-track robbery that leaves an officer dead. Hooker: William Shatner.
[Last show of the season, but repeat episode]
24 All Creatures Great and Small
In this episode, Siegfried [Robert Hardy] begins a physical-fitness program, while Tristan [Peter Davison] fails an examination.
38 Movie
"Hurricane." [1979] Overblown remake of the 1937 classic about ill-fated lovers and high winds in the South Seas. Jason Roberts, Mia Farrow.
38B Movie
"The Oscar." [1966] An unscrupulous actor [Stephen Boyd] claws his way to the top of the screen world. Elk Sommer, Milton Berle.
44 Nature of Things
46 All Creatures Great and Small
Siegfried [Robert Hardy] scores a victory, and James [Christopher Timothy] meets a rival.

9PM
3 18 28 40 Facts of Life
The girls try to persuade Natalie [Mindy Cohn] to enroll at Langley, but Natalie has plans of her own. Evie Green: Mitzi Hoag. Mrs. Garrett: Charlotte Rae. [Next week, The Facts of Life airs a half hour earlier and The Golden Girls premieres at this time.]
5S 22 Movie
In "Dark Night of the Scarecrow," a 1981 TV-movie, four men face chilling retribution for the vigilante slaying of a retarded man. Otis: Charles Durning. Skeeter: Robert F. Lyons. Philby: Claude Earl Jones.
9 16 34 36 Love Boat
On a cruise to Norway and Sweden, an American actress [Christopher Norris] poses as a Swede to impress an ad exec [John Davidson] seeking the perfect Scandinavian model; a man [Jack Klugman] decides to have a nose job while in Stockholm, but the woman [Susannah York] who's fallen for him thinks he's scheduled for a sex-change operation; Gopher plans to marry a jet-setting Swedish heiress [Priscilla Barnes]; a scientist [Telly Savalas] plots a robbery using a robot that looks and sounds like Issac.
12 Key to Rebecca
Conclusion. As Vandam [Cliff Robertson] continues to elude Wolff, Wolff [David Soul] kidnaps Elene [Season Hubley] and Billy, forcing a confrontation.
24 Movie
"Master of Ballantrae." [British, 1953] Errol Flynn as an 18th-century Scotsman fighting the English at home and battling with pirates in the West Indies. Alison: Beatrice Campbell.
44 World at War
A bitter German defeat at the hands of the Russians-the battle of Stalingrad [August 1942-February 1943].
46 Dad's Army
The law's after Mainwaring when he breaks the lights-out curfew. Making the charge stick is another matter.
WOR Marco Polo
Monica [Kathryn Dowling] is tried for treason and Kublai Khan faces an armed rebellion in the conclusion of the miniseries. Marco: Ken Marshall.

9:30
3 18 28 40 Our Time
Karen Valentine and Harry Anderson are joined by Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Coasters, William Christopher [M*A*S*H], Morgan Brittany [Dallas], Adam West [Batman], Joe Penny [Riptide], Telma Hopkins. [Last show of the series. The comedy 227 premieres at this time next week.]
46 Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Reggie [Leonard Rossiter] comes up with a seemingly drastic scheme to escape his unwanted success.

10PM
3 18 28 40 Hunter
An old flame of Hunter's tails her husband to a seedy motel room, where she finds a dead blonde-and no sign of her spouse. Hunter: Fred Dryer.
5N News
44 Combat! BW
46 Movie
"Blue Collar." [1978] Writer-director Paul Schrader's violent tale of union corruption in a Detroit auto factory. Richard Pryor.

10:30
5N Black News
11 INN News-Ed Miller
24 Movie
"Sweet Charity." [1969] Shirley MacLaine has one of her best roles in this film about a cockeyed optimist who works as a hostess in a Manhattan dance hall.
38B Odd Couple

10:45
38 Movie
"Romantic Comedy." [1983] Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen in Bernard Slade's play about collaborating playwrights.

11PM
3 5S 9 12 16 18 22 28 News
5N Movie
"The Mirror Crack'd." [British, 1980] Angela Lansbury plays Miss Marple in Agatha Christie's whodunit about a movie unit plagued by a killer. Elizabeth Taylor.
11 Tales from the Darkside
34 ABC News
36 Eyewitness Events
38B Alfred Hitchcock BW
40 Guns of Will Sonnett
44 Sorry
While searching for a buried treasure, Timothy is pleasantly surprised by the date dug up by his mother.
WOR Wrestling

11:15
34 Wrestling
36 ABC News

11:30
3 18 28 40 Saturday Night Live
Howard Cosell [host] emcees the "Run, Throw and Catch like a Girl Olympics," and talks with Fernando [Billy Crystal].
5S Benny Hill
Fred Scuttle, now in charge of a telly station, is interviewed.
9 Switch
11 Movie
"Volcano" [1969] Spectacular visual effects highlight this tale about a group of people searching for a sunken treasure ship. Diane Baker.
12 Movie
"Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in 'Margin for Murder' " enlists the veteran crime-writer's gumshoe [Kevin Dobson] in a tale of murder, mobsters and political corruption. A 1981 TV-movie.
16 Tales from the Darkside
A heavy smoker named Bigalow [Richard Romanus] gets some unsolicited help in kicking the habit from a bizarre psychologist.
22 TV 2000
36 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
38B Twilight Zone BW
44 Star Trek
An accident sends the Enterprise back in time to the 1960s, where Kirk [William Shatner] must erase all evidence of his star ship's journey before returning to his own era.

11:35
46 Movie
"Little Fauss and Big Halsy." [1970] Robert Redford and Michael J. Pollard play rootless, oddly matched motorcycle racers roaming the American Southwest.

Midnight
5S Movie
"How to Commit Marriage." [1969] Bob Hope trades quips with Jackie Gleason in this generation-gap farce capped by a golf match pitting Hope against a chimp. Jane Wyman.
16 Delvecchio
38B Movie BW
"Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise." [1940] The famous sleuth [Sidney Toler] takes a trip around the world, hoping to uncover a mysterious killer.
WOR Horse Racing

12:15
34 New York Hot Tracks
On video: Prince, Rick Springfield, Cameo, Madonna and Tina Turner. Music includes "Raspberry Beret," "State of the Heart."
44 Star Trek

12:30
9S At The Movies
22 MTV Summer Concerts
Fleetwood Mac performs in a 1982 concert taped in Los Angeles. Music: "The Chain," "Gypsy," "Love in Store," "I'm So Afraid."
WOR Movie
"A Taste of Evil." [1971] Made-for-TV suspense yarn about a former mental patient [Barbara Parkins] terrorized by weird memories. Barbara Stanwyck.

12:45
24 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
38 At The Movies

1AM
3 18 Movie
"Ride the High Country." [1962] Sam Peckinpah's outdoor classic about two aging gunfighters [Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea] who try to transport gold from a mining camp to a bank. Heck: Ron Starr.
9 ABC News
16 News
28 Hot Tracks
Simulcast on WTLQ-FM.
44 Star Trek

1:10
5N Movie BW
"Without Love." [1945] Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as a career-minded couple who try a platonic marriage for business reasons. Lucille Ball.

1:15
38 Joe Forrester
46 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler

1:50
44 Twilight Zone

2AM
5S Ethiopia: The Nightmare Continues
11 INN News
WOR Movie
"Berserk." [1967] Joan Crawford dominates this lurid tale of murder and mayhem in a traveling circus. Ty Hardin.

2:15
44 Sneak Previews

2:30
3 18 Melba Moore's Collection of Love Songs
11 At The Movies

3AM
5S Hawaii Five-O
11 Movie
"Up the Sandbox." [1972] Barbara Streisand offers one of her best non-musical performances as a hassled urban housewife who takes refuge in a fantasy world. David Selby.

3:30
WOR Movie BW
"It Conquered The World." [1956] Scientists discover that an outer-space monster has arrived from Venus to destroy Earth. Peter Graves.

4AM
5S Harry O

-crainbebo