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Retro: Pennsylvania-New York State, Monday, Sept. 9th, 1985

C

crainbebo

Source: TV Guide, Sept 7-13 1985, issue #1693. [eBay purchase]

CHANNELS
3 WSTM Syracuse, NY [NBC]
5N WNEW New York City [IND]
5S WTVH Syracuse [CBS]
9 WIXT Syracuse [ABC]
11 WPIX New York City [IND]
12 WBNG Binghamton, NY [CBS]
16 WNEP Scranton, PA [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 [IND]
40 WICZ Binghamton [NBC]
44 WVIA Wilkes-Barre [PBS]
46 WSKG Binghamton [PBS]
WOR New York City [IND, Ch. 9]

Splitting into two parts due to the large number of channels. The second part will be done Tuesday afternoon.

5AM
WOR Headline News

5:30
11 INN News

5:45
12 Headline News

6AM
3 18 Vegetable Soup
5N New Zoo Revue
5S 20 Minute Workout
9 36 ABC News-Bell/Meserve
11 Physician's Television Network
Debut: This weekly series offering instructional programs for physicians originates from medical schools around the country. Topics include cardiology, grand rounds.
16 ABC News [30 min]
28 WOR Jimmy Swaggart
34 ABC/Local News
38 700 Club
38B Romper Room

6:15
46 To Life! Yoga With Priscilla Patrick

6:320
40 AM Twin Tiers

6:30
3 18 28 40 NBC News-Connie Chung
5N Groovie Goolies and Friends
5S CBS News-Daniels/Sawyer
11 Great Space Coaster
12 Encounter
16 News
22 Morning Stretch
38B 20 Minute Workout
44 46 Farm Day
WOR 700 Club

6:45
44 46 AM Weather

7AM
3 18 28 40 Today
A conversation with Linda Evans is among the scheduled segments.
5N Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
5S 12 22 CBS Morning News
Scheduled: A week-long series on talk-show hosts begins with Merv Griffin. Also: Dustin Hoffman in the first of three parts.
9 16 34 36 Good Morning America
Scheduled: Arnold Schwarzenegger ["Commando"]. Also: a segment on AIDS, and the first in a week-long series on cars.
11 Pink Panther
24 Farm Day
38 Inspector Gadget
38B Batman
44 American Government Survey
46 Sesame Street

7:15
24 A.M. Weather

7:30
5N Plastic Man
11 Scooby Doo
24 44 Sesame Street
38 38B Voltron
WOR Straight Talk
Topic: overweight children.

8AM
5N Woody Woodpecker
11 Superfriends
38 Tranzor Z
38B Fat Albert

8:30
5N Flintstones
11 Munsters BW
24 44 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
38 Heathcliff
38B Porky Pig/Bugs Bunny
WOR Romper Room and Friends

9AM
3 18 The Waltons
5N Brady Bunch
5S Hour Magazine
Actress Isabel Sanford [part 1 of 2]; David Horowitz, on child-proofing one's home; the transmission of AIDS; Anita McKeown, who talks about her calamity-filled first year as a policewoman.
9 12 28 Phil Donahue
Scheduled: Actress Shirley MacLaine.
11 Incredible Hulk
16 Hatchy Milatchy [local?]
22 Love Connection
24 46 Sesame Street
34 700 Club
36 Morning Stretch
38 Three Stooges BW
38B Charlie's Angels
40 Jim Bakker
44 Reading Rainbow

9:30
5N I Love Lucy BW
22 Let's Make a Deal ['84 syndi. version]
36 Jimmy Swaggart
38 Elegant Appetite
44 Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel
WOR Flying Nun

10AM
3 18 28 Silver Spoons
Rick's matchmaking pairs Grandfather Stratton [John Houseman] with Rick's teacher.
5N Bionic Woman
5S 12 22 $25,000 Pyramid
Scheduled: Patty Duke, Nipsey Russell.
9 Little House on the Prairie
11 Mork and Mindy
16 Green Acres
36 Jim Bakker
38 Alive & Well
Actress Christopher Norris; how parents can aid children with eating disorders.
38B Hogan's Heroes
40 Jimmy Swaggart
44 Great Chefs of New Orleans
WOR Gidget

10:30
3 18 28 40 Sale of the Century
5S 12 22 Press Your Luck
11 Family
16 Petticoat Junction
34 Love Connection
38B My Three Sons
44 Under Sail
WOR Partridge Family

11AM
3 18 28 40 Wheel of Fortune
5N Danny Thomas BW
5S 12 22 The Price is Right
9 All-Star Blitz
Scheduled: Marla Gibbs, Donna Pescow.
16 34 36 Angie
Brad and Angie [Robert Hays, Donna Pescow] dread telling their folks about their elopement. Maurice: Christian Seaborn.
38 Family
38B Divorce Court
44 NOVA
A docudrama on Gregor Mendel focuses on the condemnation of his heredity research by the Church.
WOR Bewitched

11:30
3 18 28 40 Scrabble
5N Carol Burnett & Friends
9 16 Ryan's Hope
11 Best Talk in Town
34 36 All-Star Blitz
Scheduled: Ted Lange, Anne Bloom.
38B Anything for Money
WOR I Dream of Jeannie

Noon
3 5S 12 18 22 News
5N Midday-Bill Boggs
9 Loving
11 INN News-Hanover/Scott
16 Midday
28 40 Super Password
Scheduled: Pat Sajak, Vicki Lawrence.
34 36 Ryan's Hope
38 Perry Mason BW
38B Movie
"Camelot" [1967] Director Joshua Logan's eye-filling version of the Broadway hit about King Arthur [Richard Harris], Queen Guinevere [Vanessa Redgrave] and Sir Lancelot [Franco Nero] in long-ago Britain.
44 Sesame Street
46 Behind the Wheel
WOR News

12:30
3 18 28 40 Search for Tomorrow
5S 12 22 Young & The Restless
9 Divorce Court
11 Movie BW
"They Got Me Covered." [1942] Bob Hope as a bungling newsman fending off foreign agents. Dorothy Lamour.
16 34 36 Loving

1PM
3 18 28 40 Days Of Our Lives
5N Hour Magazine
See 9AM, Ch. 5S.
9 16 34 36 All My Children
38 Movie
"Skateboard Madness." [1980] A photographer befriends four skateboarders to get an inside look at the sport. Stacey Peralta, Kent Senatore, Gregg Ayres.
44 Today's Special
WOR Joker's Wild

1:30
5S 12 22 As The World Turns
44 Movie BW
"My Love Came Back." [1940] Charming romantic comedy about a young violinist, which provided versatile Olivia de Havilland with one of her most ingratiating early roles. Tony: Jeffrey Lynn.
WOR Tic Tac Dough

2PM
3 18 28 40 Another World
5N News
9 16 34 36 One Life to Live
WOR Let's Make a Deal

2:15
5N Popeye

2:30
5S 12 22 Capitol
11 Pink Panther
WOR Dating Game

3PM
3 18 40 Santa Barbara
5N Inspector Gadget
5S 12 22 Guiding Light
9 16 34 36 General Hospital
11 Superfriends
24 Good Afternoon
28 38B Scooby Doo
38 Bugs Bunny & Friends
44 New Teach Times
46 Sports Week
Featured: pitchers Phil Niekro [Yankees] and Joe Niekro [Astros].
WOR Hawaii Five-O

3:30
5N Woody Woodpecker & Bugs Bunny
11 Heathcliff
28 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe [Big 3 airing weekday cartoons]
38 Thundercats [debut]
38B Voltron
44 Square Foot Gardening
46 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

4PM
3S 18 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe [60 min version, and both stations are Big 3 affiliates!]
5N 34 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe [30 min version, and Ch. 34 is another Big 3 airing weekday cartoons]
5S Love Boat
A woman [Carlene Watkins] falls for a man [Jim Stafford] who claims he's been celibate for a year; a woman's bridge partners [Rose Marie, Jan Clayton, Lucille Benson] interfere with her bid for a handsome man.
9 Quincy
Quincy and a psychiatrist [Anita Gillette] try to prove the innocence of a former gang member accused of murder. Ethan Kellough: DeVoreaux White.
11 38 Voltron
12 Waltons
Mary Ellen [Judy Norton-Taylor] rescues a girl from a contracted marriage, and her enraged fiance kidnaps Elizabeth in retaliation.
16 Quincy
The secluded cabin Quincy and Emily chose for their honeymoon is full of people, one of whom is systematically murdering the others.
22 Hawaii Five-O
24 44 46 Sesame Street
28 Little House on The Prairie
36 We're Cooking Now
38B Tranzor Z
40 Thundercats
WOR Dallas

4:30
5N Thundercats
11 Laverne & Shirley
34 Flintstones
36 Merv Griffin
38 Batman
Part 1. The Joker [Cesar Romero] and the Penguin [Burgess Meredith] join forces to humiliate Batman.
38B He-Man and the Masters of The Universe
40 Scooby Doo [another Big 3, NBC, airing afternoon toons]

5PM
3 18 Alice
5N Dukes of Hazzard
5S Trapped John, M.D.
Gonzo [Gregory Harrison[ believes he can cure a crippled man with surgery, but the patient won't okay the operation.
9 People's Court
Cases include a band performance that was cancelled, and a refunded for unsold merchandise on consignment. Judge Joseph A. Wapner. Reporter: Doug Llewelyn.
11 Little House on the Prairie
12 Three's Company
Jack and Janet fix Terri up with a man who, Furley learns, is a convicted murderer. John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt.
16 Rockford Files
Rocky's crony hires Rockford to find his missing granddaughter.
22 Joker's Wild
24 44 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
28 Three's Company
34 Bewitched
Darrin's boss accuses him of taking a business trip with another woman.
38 CHiPs
The CHiPs try to persuade a fellow officer to take sick leave after he takes unnecessary risks on the job. Andy: Robert Viharo.
38B Quincy
40 Woody Woodpecker
46 Electric Company
WOR Police Woman

5:30
3 18 Taxi
Louie's relationship with Zena [Rhea Perlman] hits the rocks when she falls for the local bartender. Louie: Danny De Vito.
9 News
12 22 People's Court
See 5PM, Ch. 9.
24 Timmy and Lassie BW
28 M*A*S*H
34 Tic Tac Dough
36 Bewitched
Samantha has trouble getting rid of an enchanted chair.
40 Jeopardy!
44 Untamed World
46 Secret City
How to draw planets and landscapes.

6PM
3 5S 9 12 16 18 22 28 34 36 40 News
5N What's Happening!!
11 Private Benjamin
24 Audubon Wildlife Theatre
38 Barney Miller
No one believes a man's ghost story until things start going "bump" in the night. Porter: Kenneth Tigar.
38B One Day at a Time
44 I Love Lucy BW
46 Wild, Wild World Of Animals
"Under Kilmanjaro." The threat posed by growing herds of cattle to wildlife in an African game reserve is examined. Animals seen include the cheetah, the zebra, the wildebeest.
WOR Hart to Hart

6:30
3 18 28 40 NBC News-Tom Brokaw
5N One Day At A Time
5S 12 22 CBS News-Dan Rather
9 16 34 36 ABC News-Peter Jennings
11 Benson
24 Nightly Business Report
Guest commentator: Charls E. Walker.
38 Alice
Flo's father [Forrest Tucker] tries to make amends for deserting the family when she was a child. Flo: Polly Holliday.
38B Jeffersons
44 Dark Shadows
46 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour

-crainbebo
 
PA-NY state was a very interesting edition.

The Syracuse stations were black boxes up until 1981, when they became the oblong 3S, 5S, 9S, and 24S. This could get confusing as there was a 5N and 5S, and a 9N and 9S. Around 1989 or 1990 they switched again, to white boxes and back to 3, 5, 9, and 24.
 
In this issue, 12, 16, 18, 22, 28, 34, 36, 38, 40, 44 and 46 were in black boxes. The others were in white. WOR was listed in the cable listings [you know how A&E, CNN etc follows the broadcast channels] and was not 9N.
But I would sure like to get a Utah-Idaho edition sometime, just to see those weird looking boxes...

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
6AM
11 Physician's Television Network
Debut: This weekly series offering instructional programs for physicians originates from medical schools around the country. Topics include cardiology, grand rounds.
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I remember this and Lifetime Medical Television -- both featuring programming for physicians and my first exposure to prescription drug ads, back when they were still restricted to the trade. Of course, at the time, TV ads for prescription drugs required very lengthy disclaimers, dosage information and side effects warnings, just like their print counterpart. Physicians TV had a brief segment at the end of the show for these disclaimers, while Lifetime Medical Television had an entire program filled with nothing but disclaimers for drugs featured that week.

crainbebo said:
11AM
9 All-Star Blitz
Scheduled: Marla Gibbs, Donna Pescow.
16 34 36 Angie
Brad and Angie [Robert Hays, Donna Pescow] dread telling their folks about their elopement. Maurice: Christian Seaborn.
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Odd that the game show where Donna was a guest (seen on a delay) was opposite reruns of her sitcom (which was shown "live").

crainbebo said:
3PM
44 New Teach Times
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Shouldn't this be "New Tech Times"?

crainbebo said:
4PM
3S 18 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe [60 min version, and both stations are Big 3 affiliates!]
5N 34 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe [30 min version, and Ch. 34 is another Big 3 airing weekday cartoons]
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I thought He-Man was always seen only in a half-hour format, unless the "hour" stations were doubling up on episodes.

harrisburgpatv said:
The Syracuse stations were black boxes up until 1981, when they became the oblong 3S, 5S, 9S, and 24S.
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crainbebo said:
In this issue, 12, 16, 18, 22, 28, 34, 36, 38, 40, 44 and 46 were in black boxes. The others were in white. WOR was listed in the cable listings [you know how A&E, CNN etc follows the broadcast channels] and was not 9N.
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As for the Syracuse channels during this time, were they listed with the "local" channels or with the cable channels? I would think that WNEW, WPIX and WSBK are listed in the cable section as "5N", "11N" and "38B", respectively.
 
azumanga said:
crainbebo said:
3PM
44 New Teach Times
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Shouldn't this be "New Tech Times"?

crainbebo said:
4PM
3S 18 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe [60 min version, and both stations are Big 3 affiliates!]
5N 34 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe [30 min version, and Ch. 34 is another Big 3 airing weekday cartoons]
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I thought He-Man was always seen only in a half-hour format, unless the "hour" stations were doubling up on episodes.


crainbebo said:
In this issue, 12, 16, 18, 22, 28, 34, 36, 38, 40, 44 and 46 were in black boxes. The others were in white. WOR was listed in the cable listings [you know how A&E, CNN etc follows the broadcast channels] and was not 9N.
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As for the Syracuse channels during this time, were they listed with the "local" channels or with the cable channels? I would think that WNEW, WPIX and WSBK are listed in the cable section as "5N", "11N" and "38B", respectively.
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Yep, it is New Tech Times. Typo on my part.

He-Man: The TV Guide listed 3S and 18 as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe-Cartoon; 60 min. 5N and 34 weren't-because they were half-hour.

3S, 5N, 5S, 9S, 11N, 24S and 38B were listed in the cable section. I included them in because they were ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and/or Independents other than WTBS. WOR, which TV Guide called a network, I added because WNEW and WPIX were in there as well. Didn't want Channel 9 left behind! :D

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
6AM
5N New Zoo Revue
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A dominant independent in the largest market was still showing this every morning in 1985? NZR was dated by then! Stranger than that was NBC-owned WMAQ-TV Chicago airing it in 1986 on weekend mornings. I thought by '85, NZR was relegated to weak UHF independents with small programming budgets.
 
7PM-5AM

7PM
3 18 Jeffersons
Louise [Isabel Sanford] loses her memory as the result of a mugging. Sherman Hemsley.
5N 38B M*A*S*H
5S 28 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: David Hasselhoff and his wife Catherine Hickland.
9 40 Wheel of Fortune
11 Jeffersons
112 M*A*S*H
A disjointed Christmas in Korea. Hawkeye: Alan Alda.
16 PM Magazine
A pretzel manufacturer in Lititz, Pa; a miniatures maker.
22 Jeopardy!
24 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
34 Race Report
36 Phil Donahue
Cocaine addiction in women.
38 All in the Family
On her own for a family wedding, Edith [Jean Stapleton] renews her friendship with her childhood friend, Cousin Roy [Tim O'Connor].
44 Nightly Business Report
Guest commentator: Charls E. Walker.
WOR $100,000 Pyramid

7:30
3 18 WKRP In Cincinnati
Carlson [Gordon Jump] practices his convention speech on his staffers, who find refuge from his boring bombast in daydreams.
5N Archie Bunker's Place
5S M*A*S*H
Potter [Harry Morgan] asks a wounded psychiatrist [Allan Arbus] to mollify his bickering doctors. Alan Alda.
9 Jeopardy!
11 INN News-Brad Holbrook
12 Bugs Bnny
"Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television" puts the rabbit in charge of a TV network, to the chagrin of Yosemite Sam, who plots an overthrow.
16 Wheel of Fortune
22 40 Family Feud
28 Dating Game
34 Road to Wealth
38 WKRP in Cincinnati
First of two parts. The station receives a terrorist bomb threat. Gordon Jump, Tim Reid.
38B Barney Miler
44 Doctor Who
46 Nightly Business Report
See 7PM, Ch. 44.
WOR Benny Hill

8PM
3 18 28 40 TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes
Practical jokes on Dick Van Patten and Stevie Wonder; "Days of Our Lives" bloopers, with Leann Hunley; a salute to TV horror-show hosts, with Elvira; news bloopers; a blooper by Al Molinaro.
5N Far Pavilions
Debut: In this three-part drama based on the novel by M.M. Kaye, a tale of forbidden love is set against the backdrop of 19th-century British India. Part 1 introduces Ashton Pelham-Martyn [Ben Cross], a British officer born and raised in India, who struggles to reconcile his conflicting loyalties; and Ashton's one-time childhood playmate Princess Anjuli [Amy Irving], with whom he falls in love.
5S 12 22 Scarecrow & Mrs. King
An apparent victim of job burnout, Lee [Bruce Boxleitner] is taken off field duty and assigned to a desk job. Jack Harris: George McDaniel.
9 Jack Van Impe: Escape the Second Death
Dr. Van Impe delivers the sermon "How to Escape the Second Death." Guests include former Miss U.S.A. Terri Utley [1982].
11 Movie
"Smile" [1975] Teen-age beauty contests are satirized in this dark-humored look at middle-class values and the American obsession with winning. Bruce Dern.
16 34 36 Hardcastle and McCormick
McCormick [Daniel Hugh-Kelly] grudgingly teams up with a cop he can't stand to give the judge [Brian Keith] the perfect birthday present: the continued incarceration of a vindictive killer who's about ready to be released. Sandy Knight: Stephen Shortridge.
24 46 Tiger, Tiger
An intimate study of "the biggest, most powerful [and] most fearsome of the great cats." Filmed in India and Nepal, this report [which aired on CBS in 1977] reveals that the nimble creatures are shy of sunlight, hunting mostly "in the forests of the night."
38 Movie
"Such Good Friends." [1971] Otto Preminger takes a bitter look at the medical profession and urban sexual mores. Filmed in Manhattan. James Coco, Dyan Cannon.
38B Movie
"The Only Game in Town." [1970] Frank D. Gilroy's adaptation of his Broadway play about the alliance of an aging Las Vegas showgirl [Elizabeth Taylor] and a cafe pianist [Warren Beatty] who is addicted to gambling.
44 Pennsylvania's Best
Featured: a river cruise; a medieval fair. Also: an interview with Fred Waring.
WOR News

8:30
44 Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
A look at the local theater company created by Alvina Krause.
WOR Family Feud

9PM
3 18 28 40 Movie
"Love Child" [1982], the fact-based story of a convict desperately fighting to have and keep her baby, fathered by a guard. Terry Jean Moore: Amy Madigan. Jack Hansen: Beau Bridges. J.J.: Mackenzie Phillips.
5S 12 22 Kate & Allie
Kate [Susan Saint James] is ecstatic about her marriage proposal from Ted [Greg Salata], but soon realizes that if she marries the plumber her independence may go down the drain. Allie: Jane Curtin.
9 16 34 36 NFL Football
Return: Washington at Dallas [with Joe Namath, Frank Gifford and O.J. Simpson, LONG before his trial, as commentators. Live]
24 46 Quest for the Killers
Debut: The achievements of those devoted to identifying and eradicating communicable diseases are chronicled in this five-part series based on a book by June Goodfield. "The Kuru Mystery" uses documentary footage and reenactments to trace pediatrician Carleton Gajdusek's discovery of a slow-acting but lethal virus that was decimating a Papua New Guinea tribe.
44 Movie
"Spinout" [1966] In this typical songfest, Elvis Presley, surrounded by adoring females, plays a rock 'n' roll entertainer who is also a racing-car enthusiast.
WOR Movie
"Singin' in The Rain" [1952] Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor in a hilarious spoof of Hollywood moviemaking in the late 1920s.

9:30
5S 12 22 Newhart
Guilt turns to gelt as Stephanie's wealthy parents [Jose Ferrer, Priscilla Morrill] welcome their disowner daughter back with open arms and open coffers. Stephanie: Julia Duffy.

10PM
5N News
5S 12 22 Cagney & Lacey
In the wake of a series of questionable police shootings in Spanish Harlem, Cagney [Sharon Gless] draws media fire when she shoots a young burglar in self-defense. Lacey: Tyne Daly.
11 INN News-Morton Dean
24 46 My Heart, Your Heart
In December 1983, Jim Lehrer suffered a heart attack and underwent coronary bypass surgery. In hopes of sparing others his ordeal, the newsman hosts this primer on heart-disease prevention, which first aired in December 1985.
38 Charlie's Angels
The Angels enter a ski competition to thwart a political kidnapping. First of two parts.
38B Odd Couple

10:30
11 News
38B Dick Van Dyke BW
44 Country Express

11PM
3 5S 12 18 22 28 News
5N WKRP In Cincinnati
11 Odd Couple
24 SCTV Network
The chief of surgery [John Candy] tries to get away with murder on "Days of the Week."
38 All in The Family
Songstress Edith [Jean Stapleton] loses her vocie on the day of her duet with Stephanie [Danielle Brisebois] at a school talent show.
38B M*A*S*H
40 INN News-Morton Dean
44 Twilight Zone BW
46 Motorweek
Selected for road tests: the Chevrolet Cavalier convertible and Cadillac V6 Cimarron.
WOR Bizarre

11:25
24 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler

11:30
3 18 28 40 Tonight Show
Scheduled: Joan Rivers [guest hostess], Philip Michael Thomas [Miami Vcie], movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, Howie Mandel, Mac Davis. '
5N Kojak
5S 12 22 Simon & Simon
The FBI suspects the Simons of a scam when A.J. is robbed of the diamond necklace he was delivering. Bailey: Anne Schedeen.
11 Honeymooners BW
24 46 Latenight America
Scheduled: Exercise and nutrition tips to reduce the risks of heart disease. [Live]
38 Mission: Impossible
Part 1. The agents sneak into a kingdom whose monarch runs a lucrative slave market.
38B Hogan's Heroes
44 Movie
"Red Skies of Montana." [1952] Action-packed story of conflict between parachute-jumping firefighters. Richard Widmark, Jeffrey Hunter.
WOR Hawaii Five-O

Midnight
9 16 34 36 News
11 Twilight Zone BW
38B Divorce Court

12:30
3 18 28 40 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: Teri Garr and Jimmy Buffett.
5N Naked City BW
9 16 34 36 Nightline-Ted Koppel
11 Space: 1999
24 46 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
38B Maude

12:40
5S 12 22 Movie
Telly Savalas matches with with Edith Evans in "Crooks and Coronets" [British; 1969] about a small-time gangster plotting to burgle a stately home.

1AM
16 News
38B Phil Silvers BW
44 Movie BW
"Fools for Scandal." [1938] Paris and London provide the backgrounds for this light diversion about an incognito movie star [Carole Lombard] and a penniless baron.
WOR Joe Franklin

1:30
5N How to Make it in America-Infomercial
11 INN News
40 It's A Wonderful Life [not movie]

2AM
5S 12 CBS News Nightwatch-Charles Rose
11 Christian Children's Fund Report
WOR Movie BW
"The Fortune Cookie." [1965] Billy Wilder's biting satire won an Oscar for Walter Matthau as a shyster lawyer who connives with his brother-in-law [Jack Lemmon] to start a phony lawsuit. Jackson: Ron Rich.

2:30
5N Best of Midday-Bill Boggs
11 Movie BW
"Blondie for Victory." [1942] Blondie [Penny Singleton] aids the war effort by organizing a Housewives Auxiliary on the home front. Arthur Lake, Stuart Erwin.
44 I Love Lucy BW

3:30
5N Off The Set

4AM
5S CBS News Nightwatch Continues
11 Abbott and Costello BW
12 Movie BW
"A Perilous Journey." [1953] A group of women sail to California in search of husbands. Vera Ralston.

4:30
11 Biography BW

-crainbebo
 
A few things:

Yes, "Hatchy Milatchy" was a local children's show that ran on WNEP for many years.

Speaking of children's shows, specifically airing on "Big 3" stations: I guess somebody had to pick up some of the slack since WSYT in Syracuse had not yet signed on. Ditto for a similar channel in Binghamton...

3/18's "He-Man" hour makes me wonder if "She-Ra" was "bundled" into it, but I don't think that hit the air until a year, if memory serves...
 
DToTheJ said:
3/18's "He-Man" hour makes me wonder if "She-Ra" was "bundled" into it, but I don't think that hit the air until a year, if memory serves...
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Maybe they included extra material during the program, such as "TV POWWW"?
 
DToTheJ said:
Speaking of children's shows, specifically airing on "Big 3" stations: I guess somebody had to pick up some of the slack since WSYT in Syracuse had not yet signed on. Ditto for a similar channel in Binghamton...

3/18's "He-Man" hour makes me wonder if "She-Ra" was "bundled" into it, but I don't think that hit the air until a year, if memory serves...
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And also noteworthy at this point was that WOLF-38 in Scranton (the market's first independent station) was only about 3 months old at this point. Beginning in early 1984 (and continuing for quite a few years after), WBRE-28 would air kids' shows in the 3-4pm hour - as apparent by this listing. They aired Scooby Doo at 3 and He-Man at 3:30. Later years would bring Dennis the Menace (the cartoon) into the mix. They also didn't clear "Santa Barbara" yet...I seem to remember 38 picking it up for a time but eventually WBRE would be airing it at either 9 or 10am.

On another note regarding this edition.....When did 3S/3 and 18 stop airing everything together?
 
I do remember seeing listings for KNDO 23 in Yakima airing He-Man in those days [NBC]. I guess with no independent you have to relegate cartoons into the Big 3 network stations.

PS: I also have a TVG from Sep. 1984 on the way, from the LA Metropolitan area. Should be a BIG listing!

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
24 46 My Heart, Your Heart
In December 1983, Jim Lehrer suffered a heart attack and underwent coronary bypass surgery. In hopes of sparing others his ordeal, the newsman hosts this primer on heart-disease prevention, which first aired in December 1985.

24 SCTV Network
The chief of surgery [John Candy] tries to get away with murder on "Days of the Week."

24 46 Latenight America
Scheduled: Exercise and nutrition tips to reduce the risks of heart disease. [Live]
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You'd think 24 would have opted to air a different episode of "SCTV" given the programmign airing around it? ::)

Oh, and to answer Harrisburg's question, I believe the 3/18 simulcast ended not long after the sale of 18 from Times Mirror to Robert Smith, which took place in 1986.
 
By the way, what were the ABC affiliates' regular late-night listings during the week? Looks like all expect WNEP signed off after Ted Koppel.
 
DToTheJ said:
Oh, and to answer Harrisburg's question, I believe the 3/18 simulcast ended not long after the sale of 18 from Times Mirror to Robert Smith, which took place in 1986.
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18 was a fairly robust "satellite" even in the Newhouse/Times Mirror days. While it shared some programming with WSYR-TV/WSTM, WSYE/WETM was doing its own local newscasts from its Elmira transmitter/studio site all the way back to its start in the 1950s. I believe the current downtown Elmira WETM studios were built around 1982, and once they opened the Elmira station was able to function completely independently of Syracuse, even if it was still listed officially as a "satellite" for a while.

It is a great irony indeed that once WETM became part of the Ackerley/Clear Channel/Newport upstate cluster in the late nineties, it ended up once again being run from a Syracuse master control - this time the ABC affiliate on channel 9 that (even more irony) is now known as WSYR-TV!
 
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