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Retro: Portland, Maine - Saturday, August 24, 1985

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This was the final weekend of the life of 13-year-old Maine schoolgirl and peace activist Samantha Smith of Manchester near Augusta.

6 WSCH (NBC)
6:35 NewsCenter Extra
6:45 News
7:00 Muppet Show
7:30 Baseball Bunch
8:00 Snorks
8:30 Pink Panther & Sons
9:00 Smurfs
10:30 Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00 Kidd Video
11:30 Kidsworld
NOON NewsCenter 6
12:30 This Week in Baseball
1:00 Eight is Enough
2:00 Minor League Baseball: Toledo Mud Hens (farm team of Detroit Tigers) vs. Maine Guides (farm team of Cleveland Indians)
4:30 Music City USA
5:00 That Nashville Music
5:30 This Week in Country Music
6:00 NewsCenter 6
6:30 NBC Nightly News - Connie Chung
7:00 Fame (Samantha's favorite, according to People magazine)
8:00 Diff'rent Strokes
8:30 Our Time (1960s nostalgia variety series)
9:00 NFL Pre-Season Football: Miami Dolphins vs. Los Angeles Raiders
MIDNIGHT NewsCenter 6
12:30 It Came From Hollywood - Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, John Candy, Cheech & Chong (A lighthearted look at classic B movies.)

8 WMTW (ABC)
6:00 New You
7:00 Transformers
7:30 Jackson Five (stylized as '5ive')
8:00 Superfriends: Legendary Super Powers Show
8:55 Schoolhouse Rock!
9:00 Mighty Orbots
9:30 Turbo Teen
9:55 Schoolhouse Rock!
10:00 Rubik, the Amazing Cube
10:25 Schoolhouse Rock!
10:30 New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
11:00 Scary Scooby Funnies
11:25 Schoolhouse Rock!
11:30 The Littles
NOON ABC Weekend Special: "The Haunted Mansion Mystery" (Part 1 of 2)
12:30 American Bandstand - Guests: Run DMC; Video: "Only for Love" - Limahl
1:30 Wild Kingdom (Marlin Perkins would soon step down due to deteriorating health from cancer, succumbing to it on June 14 the following year. He was succeeded by Jim Fowler.)
2:00 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
2:30 At the Movies - Siskel & Ebert
3:00 NFL Update
4:00 ABC's Wide World of Sports
6:00 TV 8 News
6:30 ABC World News Saturday - Kathleen Sullivan
7:00 Star Search
8:00 Love Boat (90 min.)
9:30 Finder of Lost Loves
11:00 TV 8 News
11:30 Benny Hill
MIDNIGHT Solid Gold - Hosts: Lou Rawls, Crystal Gayle; Guests: Kim Carnes, Rick Springfield, Jean Knight, Paul Young, Carly Simon (Solid Gold Interview), Weird Al Yankovic, James Ingram & Patti Austin (repeat from July 13, 1985)
1:00 America's Top Ten
1:30 TV 8 News (replay)

10 WCBB (PBS)
7:00 Sesame Street
8:00 Washington Week in Review
8:30 Wall $treet Week
9:00 Firing Line
10:00 Kentucky: The Ultimate Equestrian Trial
11:30 Rod and Reel
NOON Kathy's Kitchen
12:30 This Old House
1:00 Saving Energy
1:30 Movie: "Band of Angels" (1957) - Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
4:00 Movie: "The Left-Handed Gun" (1958) - Paul Newman (as Billy the Kid), John Dehner (as Pat Garrett)
6:15 A Master of Illusion - Behind-the-scenes look at Albert Whitlock creating the special effects for the film "History of the World - Part I", with star/writer/director/producer Mel Brooks guesting.
7:00 Glenn Miller: A Moonlight Serenade - Host: Van Johnson; Guest performers: Tex Beneke, Johnny Desmond, Sylvia Sims, Anita Gillette, Julius LaRosa
9:00 Doctor Who
11:00 Mystery!: "Reilly: Ace of Spies" (Part 12 of 12)
12:15 Movie: "Kiss of Death" (1947) - Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray

13 WGME (CBS)
6:00 Weather
6:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner (local version?)
7:00 Great Space Coaster
7:30 Kids Incorporated (featuring Martika and Stacy Ferguson, now know as Fergie)
8:00 Biskits
8:30 Get Along Gang
9:00 Muppet Babies
9:30 Dungeons & Dragons
10:00 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
11:00 CBS Storybreak
11:30 Land of the Lost (reruns from 1974-76)
NOON Wrestling
1:00 Shopsmith
1:30 PGA Golf: World Series of Golf, from Akron, Ohio
3:00 NFL Pre-Season Football: San Diego Chargers vs. San Francisco 49ers
6:00 News 13
6:30 CBS Evening News - Morton Dean
7:00 Little House on the Prairie
8:00 Airwolf
9:00 CBS Miniseries: "The Blue and the Gray" (Part 2 of 3)
11:00 News 13
11:30 M*A*S*H
MIDNIGHT Movie: "The Deadly Trackers" (1973) - Richard Harris, Rod Taylor
 
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Wow minor league baseball on broadcast TV!
Notice the music shows still on the air. WSCH has a country music block, standard in the 70s but dying out due to TNN/CMT. And although American Bandstand is still on the air the fact it's airing videos shows how the show's desperately trying to stay relevant.
 
Wow minor league baseball on broadcast TV!
Notice the music shows still on the air. WSCH has a country music block, standard in the 70s but dying out due to TNN/CMT. And although American Bandstand is still on the air the fact it's airing videos shows how the show's desperately trying to stay relevant.
Solid Gold also aired a video for each episode.
 
America's Top Ten chart:

1. The Power of Love - Huey Lewis & the News
2. St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) - John Parr
3. Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
4. We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner
5. Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
6. Shout - Tears for Fears
7. Never Surrender - Corey Hart
8. Cherish - Kool & the Gang
9. You're Only Human (Second Wind) - Billy Joel
10. Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
 
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