Channels Listed In The Providence Edition Of TV Guide:
Providence, R.I.
6 WLNE (CBS)
10 WJAR (NBC)
12 WPRI (ABC)
36 WSBE (PBS) (Temporarily off the air)
64 WSTG (Ind.)
Vineyard Haven, Mass.
58 WCVX (Ind.)
Boston
2 WGBH (PBS)
4 WBZ (NBC)
5 WCVB (ABC)
7 WNEV (CBS)
25 WXNE (Ind.)
38 WSBK (Ind.)
56 WLVI (Ind.)
68 WQTV (Ind.)
Worcester
27 WHLL (Ind.)
Marlborough
66 WVJV (Ind.)
Hartford, Conn.
3 WFSB (CBS)
24 WEDH (PBS)
61 WTIC (Ind.)
Waterbury
20 WTXX (Ind.)
New Britain
30 WVIT (NBC)
New Haven
8 WTNH (ABC)
Norwich
53 WEDN (PBS)
In addition to the listings herein, WVJV, Ch. 66 in Marlborough, Mass. airs music videos. (I checked, and these are the only programs listed on Channel 66 – a.k.a. “V-66” - for the week that I could find: “American Bandstand,” Saturday at 12:30 PM, “Soul Train,” Saturday at 6 PM; “A.M. Sunday,” an hour-long “discussion” program, Sunday at 7 AM; and a four-hour program titled “Bob & Zip,” listed as a “comedy” show, Sunday at 4 PM, followed by an hour-long episode of “Comedy Break” at 8 PM.)
To give you an idea of what channels had black bullets in the listings, all Rhode Island stations, all Connecticut stations except WTNH and WEDH, and only WCVX from Massachusetts have black bullets.
Also, regarding WSBE, here is the blurb about their absence from the air, as listed on the “Sports Calendar” page on page A-13:
“Off the air: WSBE, Ch. 36, plans to interrupt service until mid-September while a new transmitter is installed.”
Also, in select pages within the entire issue, on the top, there would be a disclaimer reading, “WSBE is off the air: See the note on page A-13.”
Anyway, without any further ado, here are the program listings for 9.11.86. I will also include listings for WPIX (New York City; Ind.) and WOR (New Jersey; Ind.), which are both included in the cable portion of the listings. And an added bonus, not only have I included the designation of shows that were black-and-white and closed captioned (of which there were literally a mere handful back around this time), but I have also listed the description of most of the programs, where applicable. I hope you enjoy the listings and the memories, as well as my pointed commentary, as much as I have putting it together – it helped me pass the time while my Internet connection was down. Have fun!
5 AM
3 6 7 CBS News Nightwatch Continues
5 Chronicle
PIX One Step Beyond (BW)
WOR Headline News
5:30 AM
4 Muppet Show
5 News
8 Dialogue
12 61 Morning Stretch
PIX INN News
6 AM
3 6 CBS News – Faith Daniels
4 10 NBC News – Bob Jamieson
5 News
7 Morning Stretch
8 12 ABC/Local News
20 Bugs Bunny
30 Black Perspective
38 :20 Minute Workout
61 64 Superfriends
PIX Aprenda Ingles (WPIX aired various programs in this timeslot, the others being “Carrascolendas” on Tuesdays; “Open Mind” on Wednesdays; and “Tom And Jerry” on Mondays and Fridays.)
WOR Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 AM
3 4 10 News
6 7 CBS News – Faith Daniels (apparently, WLNE aired it twice)
20 Woody Woodpecker
25 Jimmy Swaggart
27 Headline News
30 What About Women?
38 Voltron
56 Bozo’s Big Top
61 Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors
64 Heathcliff
PIX Great Space Coaster
WOR 700 Club
6:45 AM
2 24 53 A.M. Weather
7 AM
2 Sesame Street (CC)
3 6 7 CBS Morning News: Scheduled: Tenor Placido Domingo.
4 10 30 Today – Gumbel/Marin: Scheduled: Director Franco Zeffirelli.
5 8 12 Good Morning America – Joan Lunden: Scheduled: Conclusion of a talk with Sidney Biddle Barrows, who wrote “Mayflower Madam.” Also: a Julia Child cooking segment.
20 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
24 53 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
25 Jetsons
27 Jim And Tammy
38 Superfriends
56 64 MASK (CC)
58 New Zoo Revue
61 Voltron
PIX Heathcliff
7:30 AM
20 She-Ra: Princess Of Power
24 53 Captain Kangaroo
25 Top Cat
38 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
56 Heathcliff
58 Cape Escapes – Music
61 Robotech
64 Challenge Of The Gobots
PIX Scooby Doo
WOR Straight Talk
8 AM
2 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
20 56 Inspector Gadget
24 53 Sesame Street (CC)
25 Dinky Dog
27 Richard Roberts
38 61 PIX Challenge Of The Gobots
58 Headline News
64 Scooby Doo
8:30 AM
2 Sesame Street (CC)
20 Heathcliff
25 Bugs Bunny
38 Scooby Doo
56 Tom And Jerry
58 Sewing With Nancy
61 Mask (CC)
64 Inspector Gadget
68 New Zoo Revue
PIX Robotech
WOR Romper Room And Friends
9 AM
3 Hour Magazine: Sally Struthers and her daughter Samantha.
4 12 Oprah Winfrey: A discussion of Aryan Nation, a group advocating white supremacy.
5 8 10 Phil Donahue: Divorce is the scheduled discussion topic.
6 Movie: “The Nanny” (BW) (British; 1965)
7 Family Feud
20 Church Service
24 53 Sesame Street (CC)
25 Porky Pig
27 Jimmy Swaggart
30 More Real People
38 Fat Albert (CC)
56 Great Space Coaster
58 Ask Washington: Scheduled: John Downes (“Barron’s Finance & Investment Handbook”). (Live)
61 Gumby
64 700 Club
68 Family Ties: A hospitalized Jennifer (Tina Yothers) fears she may not survive a tonsillectomy.
PIX Little Rascals (BW)
9:30 AM
2 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
7 Let’s Make A Deal
20 Jimmy Swaggart
25 Popeye
27 Headline News
30 Crosswits
38 Journal
56 Bugs Bunny/Woody Woodpecker
61 Press Your Luck
68 Pet Action Line
PIX Munsters (BW)
WOR Gidget
10 AM
3 Oprah Winfrey: A discussion of sexual abuse in the doctor’s office. (Live)
4 Santa Barbara
5 Good Day!: Included: Jane Fonda. (Live)
7 61 $25,000 Pyramid: Scheduled: Mitchell Laurance, Meredith MacRae. Host: Dick Clark.
8 Sally Jessy Raphael: Topic: fathers who are separated from their children after a divorce.
10 Cross Wits (this was listed as one word on WVIT at 9:30 AM, and two words here – hey, I didn’t publish this, I’m just relaying what I’m reading)
12 Break The Bank
20 700 Club
24 53 Secret City
25 700 Club
27 Dynasty
30 Family Ties: Alex plays the Keaton Scrooge in an episode inspired by Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”
38 Movie: “Promise Her Anything” (1966)
58 Good Morning, Cape Cod!
64 Richard Roberts
68 Double Talk: Scheduled: Ilene Graff, Howard Morton.
PIX Odd Couple
WOR Monkees
10:30 AM
7 Morning/Live: Scheduled: Actors from the soap opera “The Young And The Restless.” (Live)
8 Perfect Match
10 30 Sale Of the Century
12 True Confessions
24 53 Reading Rainbow (CC)
56 Mighty Mouse
61 68 New Card Sharks
PIX Best Talk In Town
WOR Partridge Family
11 AM
3 6 7 Price is Right
4 Sale Of The Century
5 Divorce Court
8 12 Fame, Fortune & Romance: Loretta Swit, Diane von Furstenberg.
10 30 Wheel Of Fortune
20 Beverly Hillbillies (BW)
24 53 Cities
27 Waltons
56 Headline News
58 Break The Bank
61 Love Connection
64 All In The Family
68 Top 40 Videos
PIX Movie: “Possession” (British; 1973) (listed as a TV-movie)
WOR: Bewitched
11:30 AM
4 10 30 Scrabble
5 12 Ryan’s Hope
8 True Confessions
20 Andy Griffith (BW)
25 Church Service
58 Alive! – Health
61 Gidget (BW)
64 Beverly Hillbillies
68 Gidget (apparently, WTIC is airing it in black-and-white, with WQTV airing a colored episode)
WOR I Dream Of Jeannie
Noon
3 4 5 7 8 10 12 News
6 Divorce Court
20 Movie: “Women At West Point” (1979) (listed as a TV-movie)
24 53 Song Of Survival
25 Mork & Mindy
27 Movie: “Marriage Is Alive And Well” (1980) (listed as a TV-movie)
30 68 Super Password: Scheduled: Debbie Maffett, Richard Moll.
38 Break The Bank
56 True Confessions
58 Cape Escapes
61 Ryan’s Hope
64 I Love Lucy (BW)
WOR News (60 minutes)
12:30 PM
3 6 7 Young And The Restless
4 People Are Talking
5 8 12 Loving
10 Sally Jessy Raphael (see WTNH, 10 AM)
25 Leave It To Beaver (BW)
30 68 Search For Tomorrow (CC)
38 64 Dick Van Dyke (BW)
56 That Girl
58 Headline News
61 Perry Mason (BW)
PIX Movie: “Cheaper To Keep Her” (1980)
1 PM
5 8 12 All My Children
10 30 Days Of Our Lives
24 53 We’re Cooking Now
25 Gilligan’s Island
38 Beverly Hillbillies
56 Bewitched
58 Movie: “The Black Doll” (BW) (1938)
64 Andy Griffith
68 Another World
WOR Joker’s Wild
1:30 PM
3 6 7 As The World Turns
4 Love Connection
24 53 Victory Garden
25 Alvin & The Chipmunks
38 Andy Griffith (BW)
56 I Dream Of Jeannie
61 Can You Be Thinner? – Commercial
64 My Three Sons
WOR Tic Tac Dough
2 PM
4 Days Of Our Lives
5 8 12 One Life To Live
10 30 Another World
20 Can You Be Thinner? – Commercial
24 53 Comrades (CC)
25 Popeye
27 Movie: “Cry Of The Black Wolves” (1979)
38 Heckle & Jeckle/Deputy Dawg
56 Flintstones
61 Aches And Pains Test (not classified as a “commercial” though it sounds like infomercial material)
64 Jetsons
68 Connie Martinson Talks Books
WOR Let’s Make A Deal
2:30 PM
2 Joy Of Painting
3 6 7 Capitol
20 Gilligan’s Island
25 Porky Pig
38 Porky Pig/Bugs Bunny (this is interesting is that Porky was on competing channels! This reminds me of those two independent TV stations in, I believe, Dallas, that aired Bugs Bunny in the same timeslot)
56 PIX Tom And Jerry
61 Flintstones
64 Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors
68 Movie: “The Lady Vanishes” (BW) (British; 1938)
WOR Dating Game
3 PM
2 French Chef
3 6 7 Guiding Light
4 Wheel Of Fortune
5 8 12 General Hospital
10 30 Santa Barbara
20 Scooby Doo
24 53 Currents
25 Bugs Bunny
38 Jayce And The Wheeled Warriots
56 Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos
58 Hit Video USA
61 Robotech
64 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
PIX Mask (CC)
WOR Hawaii Five-O
3:30 PM
2 24 53 Wild, Wild World Of Animals
4 $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime
20 G.I. Joe
25 Robotech
38 Challenge Of The Gobots
56 Silverhawks
61 Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos
64 Thundercats (CC)
PIX Transformers
4 PM
2 24 53 Sesame Street (CC)
3 Hawaii Five-O: McGarrett (Jack Lord) battles heavy odds to find a scientist who believes he committed a murder.
4 Hawaii Five-O: William Shatner as a private eye in a scheme to blackmail a blackmailer.
5 Waltons: Jim-Bob’s dream of joining the Air Corps is shattered when his eye examination reveals an astigmatism. (Note that WHLL in nearby Worcester also aired a “Waltons” episode earlier at 11 AM.)
6 Movie: “Take The High Ground” (1953) (Notice that the bulk of WLNE’s off-network hours are filled not with syndicated programming, but with movies; I believe these were aired under the “Dialing For Dollars” banner; these days, WLNE has not been airing many desirable syndicated programs, and that’s not by choice, as their owner recently filed for bankruptcy… perhaps they should go back to their old “Dialing For Dollars” days? I can’t imagine it would cost more to just give away the money, than to pay staffers for another hour of local news.)
7 Jeopardy!
8 Divorce Court: Charge: mental cruelty.
10 Hour Magazine (see WFSB, 9 AM)
12 Hangin’ In: Kate (Lally Cadeau) helps out a young couple who want to start a party-planning service; Mike plays hairstylist for Webster.
20 56 64 Transformers
27 Mister Ed (BW): Ed tries to hypnotize Wilbur into spending more time in the stable.
30 Quincy: Quincy (Jack Klugman) removes a sack of diamonds from a body and peddles them for Federal agents who hope to catch a crime boss. (Yes, the word “Federal” in that episode description was capitalized.)
38 She-Ra: Princess Of Power
61 Silverhawks
68 Press Your Luck
PIX G.I. Joe
WOR Vega$
4:30 PM
7 Newlywed Game
8 People’s Court : Cases involve payment for refinishing a piano, and alterations of a pantsuit.
12 Barney Miller: Election night at the station: Yemana has bets on all races; a shoplifter demands an escort.
20 Thundercats (CC)
25 Hangin’ In (see WPRI, 4 PM)
27 Green Acres: Oliver’s plans to work the farm are interrupted by a surprise visitor.
38 Gumby
56 64 G.I. Joe
58 Fugitive (BW)
61 PIX Jetsons
68 Movie: “The Stranger” (BW) (1946)
Providence, R.I.
6 WLNE (CBS)
10 WJAR (NBC)
12 WPRI (ABC)
36 WSBE (PBS) (Temporarily off the air)
64 WSTG (Ind.)
Vineyard Haven, Mass.
58 WCVX (Ind.)
Boston
2 WGBH (PBS)
4 WBZ (NBC)
5 WCVB (ABC)
7 WNEV (CBS)
25 WXNE (Ind.)
38 WSBK (Ind.)
56 WLVI (Ind.)
68 WQTV (Ind.)
Worcester
27 WHLL (Ind.)
Marlborough
66 WVJV (Ind.)
Hartford, Conn.
3 WFSB (CBS)
24 WEDH (PBS)
61 WTIC (Ind.)
Waterbury
20 WTXX (Ind.)
New Britain
30 WVIT (NBC)
New Haven
8 WTNH (ABC)
Norwich
53 WEDN (PBS)
In addition to the listings herein, WVJV, Ch. 66 in Marlborough, Mass. airs music videos. (I checked, and these are the only programs listed on Channel 66 – a.k.a. “V-66” - for the week that I could find: “American Bandstand,” Saturday at 12:30 PM, “Soul Train,” Saturday at 6 PM; “A.M. Sunday,” an hour-long “discussion” program, Sunday at 7 AM; and a four-hour program titled “Bob & Zip,” listed as a “comedy” show, Sunday at 4 PM, followed by an hour-long episode of “Comedy Break” at 8 PM.)
To give you an idea of what channels had black bullets in the listings, all Rhode Island stations, all Connecticut stations except WTNH and WEDH, and only WCVX from Massachusetts have black bullets.
Also, regarding WSBE, here is the blurb about their absence from the air, as listed on the “Sports Calendar” page on page A-13:
“Off the air: WSBE, Ch. 36, plans to interrupt service until mid-September while a new transmitter is installed.”
Also, in select pages within the entire issue, on the top, there would be a disclaimer reading, “WSBE is off the air: See the note on page A-13.”
Anyway, without any further ado, here are the program listings for 9.11.86. I will also include listings for WPIX (New York City; Ind.) and WOR (New Jersey; Ind.), which are both included in the cable portion of the listings. And an added bonus, not only have I included the designation of shows that were black-and-white and closed captioned (of which there were literally a mere handful back around this time), but I have also listed the description of most of the programs, where applicable. I hope you enjoy the listings and the memories, as well as my pointed commentary, as much as I have putting it together – it helped me pass the time while my Internet connection was down. Have fun!
5 AM
3 6 7 CBS News Nightwatch Continues
5 Chronicle
PIX One Step Beyond (BW)
WOR Headline News
5:30 AM
4 Muppet Show
5 News
8 Dialogue
12 61 Morning Stretch
PIX INN News
6 AM
3 6 CBS News – Faith Daniels
4 10 NBC News – Bob Jamieson
5 News
7 Morning Stretch
8 12 ABC/Local News
20 Bugs Bunny
30 Black Perspective
38 :20 Minute Workout
61 64 Superfriends
PIX Aprenda Ingles (WPIX aired various programs in this timeslot, the others being “Carrascolendas” on Tuesdays; “Open Mind” on Wednesdays; and “Tom And Jerry” on Mondays and Fridays.)
WOR Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 AM
3 4 10 News
6 7 CBS News – Faith Daniels (apparently, WLNE aired it twice)
20 Woody Woodpecker
25 Jimmy Swaggart
27 Headline News
30 What About Women?
38 Voltron
56 Bozo’s Big Top
61 Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors
64 Heathcliff
PIX Great Space Coaster
WOR 700 Club
6:45 AM
2 24 53 A.M. Weather
7 AM
2 Sesame Street (CC)
3 6 7 CBS Morning News: Scheduled: Tenor Placido Domingo.
4 10 30 Today – Gumbel/Marin: Scheduled: Director Franco Zeffirelli.
5 8 12 Good Morning America – Joan Lunden: Scheduled: Conclusion of a talk with Sidney Biddle Barrows, who wrote “Mayflower Madam.” Also: a Julia Child cooking segment.
20 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
24 53 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
25 Jetsons
27 Jim And Tammy
38 Superfriends
56 64 MASK (CC)
58 New Zoo Revue
61 Voltron
PIX Heathcliff
7:30 AM
20 She-Ra: Princess Of Power
24 53 Captain Kangaroo
25 Top Cat
38 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
56 Heathcliff
58 Cape Escapes – Music
61 Robotech
64 Challenge Of The Gobots
PIX Scooby Doo
WOR Straight Talk
8 AM
2 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
20 56 Inspector Gadget
24 53 Sesame Street (CC)
25 Dinky Dog
27 Richard Roberts
38 61 PIX Challenge Of The Gobots
58 Headline News
64 Scooby Doo
8:30 AM
2 Sesame Street (CC)
20 Heathcliff
25 Bugs Bunny
38 Scooby Doo
56 Tom And Jerry
58 Sewing With Nancy
61 Mask (CC)
64 Inspector Gadget
68 New Zoo Revue
PIX Robotech
WOR Romper Room And Friends
9 AM
3 Hour Magazine: Sally Struthers and her daughter Samantha.
4 12 Oprah Winfrey: A discussion of Aryan Nation, a group advocating white supremacy.
5 8 10 Phil Donahue: Divorce is the scheduled discussion topic.
6 Movie: “The Nanny” (BW) (British; 1965)
7 Family Feud
20 Church Service
24 53 Sesame Street (CC)
25 Porky Pig
27 Jimmy Swaggart
30 More Real People
38 Fat Albert (CC)
56 Great Space Coaster
58 Ask Washington: Scheduled: John Downes (“Barron’s Finance & Investment Handbook”). (Live)
61 Gumby
64 700 Club
68 Family Ties: A hospitalized Jennifer (Tina Yothers) fears she may not survive a tonsillectomy.
PIX Little Rascals (BW)
9:30 AM
2 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
7 Let’s Make A Deal
20 Jimmy Swaggart
25 Popeye
27 Headline News
30 Crosswits
38 Journal
56 Bugs Bunny/Woody Woodpecker
61 Press Your Luck
68 Pet Action Line
PIX Munsters (BW)
WOR Gidget
10 AM
3 Oprah Winfrey: A discussion of sexual abuse in the doctor’s office. (Live)
4 Santa Barbara
5 Good Day!: Included: Jane Fonda. (Live)
7 61 $25,000 Pyramid: Scheduled: Mitchell Laurance, Meredith MacRae. Host: Dick Clark.
8 Sally Jessy Raphael: Topic: fathers who are separated from their children after a divorce.
10 Cross Wits (this was listed as one word on WVIT at 9:30 AM, and two words here – hey, I didn’t publish this, I’m just relaying what I’m reading)
12 Break The Bank
20 700 Club
24 53 Secret City
25 700 Club
27 Dynasty
30 Family Ties: Alex plays the Keaton Scrooge in an episode inspired by Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”
38 Movie: “Promise Her Anything” (1966)
58 Good Morning, Cape Cod!
64 Richard Roberts
68 Double Talk: Scheduled: Ilene Graff, Howard Morton.
PIX Odd Couple
WOR Monkees
10:30 AM
7 Morning/Live: Scheduled: Actors from the soap opera “The Young And The Restless.” (Live)
8 Perfect Match
10 30 Sale Of the Century
12 True Confessions
24 53 Reading Rainbow (CC)
56 Mighty Mouse
61 68 New Card Sharks
PIX Best Talk In Town
WOR Partridge Family
11 AM
3 6 7 Price is Right
4 Sale Of The Century
5 Divorce Court
8 12 Fame, Fortune & Romance: Loretta Swit, Diane von Furstenberg.
10 30 Wheel Of Fortune
20 Beverly Hillbillies (BW)
24 53 Cities
27 Waltons
56 Headline News
58 Break The Bank
61 Love Connection
64 All In The Family
68 Top 40 Videos
PIX Movie: “Possession” (British; 1973) (listed as a TV-movie)
WOR: Bewitched
11:30 AM
4 10 30 Scrabble
5 12 Ryan’s Hope
8 True Confessions
20 Andy Griffith (BW)
25 Church Service
58 Alive! – Health
61 Gidget (BW)
64 Beverly Hillbillies
68 Gidget (apparently, WTIC is airing it in black-and-white, with WQTV airing a colored episode)
WOR I Dream Of Jeannie
Noon
3 4 5 7 8 10 12 News
6 Divorce Court
20 Movie: “Women At West Point” (1979) (listed as a TV-movie)
24 53 Song Of Survival
25 Mork & Mindy
27 Movie: “Marriage Is Alive And Well” (1980) (listed as a TV-movie)
30 68 Super Password: Scheduled: Debbie Maffett, Richard Moll.
38 Break The Bank
56 True Confessions
58 Cape Escapes
61 Ryan’s Hope
64 I Love Lucy (BW)
WOR News (60 minutes)
12:30 PM
3 6 7 Young And The Restless
4 People Are Talking
5 8 12 Loving
10 Sally Jessy Raphael (see WTNH, 10 AM)
25 Leave It To Beaver (BW)
30 68 Search For Tomorrow (CC)
38 64 Dick Van Dyke (BW)
56 That Girl
58 Headline News
61 Perry Mason (BW)
PIX Movie: “Cheaper To Keep Her” (1980)
1 PM
5 8 12 All My Children
10 30 Days Of Our Lives
24 53 We’re Cooking Now
25 Gilligan’s Island
38 Beverly Hillbillies
56 Bewitched
58 Movie: “The Black Doll” (BW) (1938)
64 Andy Griffith
68 Another World
WOR Joker’s Wild
1:30 PM
3 6 7 As The World Turns
4 Love Connection
24 53 Victory Garden
25 Alvin & The Chipmunks
38 Andy Griffith (BW)
56 I Dream Of Jeannie
61 Can You Be Thinner? – Commercial
64 My Three Sons
WOR Tic Tac Dough
2 PM
4 Days Of Our Lives
5 8 12 One Life To Live
10 30 Another World
20 Can You Be Thinner? – Commercial
24 53 Comrades (CC)
25 Popeye
27 Movie: “Cry Of The Black Wolves” (1979)
38 Heckle & Jeckle/Deputy Dawg
56 Flintstones
61 Aches And Pains Test (not classified as a “commercial” though it sounds like infomercial material)
64 Jetsons
68 Connie Martinson Talks Books
WOR Let’s Make A Deal
2:30 PM
2 Joy Of Painting
3 6 7 Capitol
20 Gilligan’s Island
25 Porky Pig
38 Porky Pig/Bugs Bunny (this is interesting is that Porky was on competing channels! This reminds me of those two independent TV stations in, I believe, Dallas, that aired Bugs Bunny in the same timeslot)
56 PIX Tom And Jerry
61 Flintstones
64 Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors
68 Movie: “The Lady Vanishes” (BW) (British; 1938)
WOR Dating Game
3 PM
2 French Chef
3 6 7 Guiding Light
4 Wheel Of Fortune
5 8 12 General Hospital
10 30 Santa Barbara
20 Scooby Doo
24 53 Currents
25 Bugs Bunny
38 Jayce And The Wheeled Warriots
56 Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos
58 Hit Video USA
61 Robotech
64 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
PIX Mask (CC)
WOR Hawaii Five-O
3:30 PM
2 24 53 Wild, Wild World Of Animals
4 $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime
20 G.I. Joe
25 Robotech
38 Challenge Of The Gobots
56 Silverhawks
61 Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos
64 Thundercats (CC)
PIX Transformers
4 PM
2 24 53 Sesame Street (CC)
3 Hawaii Five-O: McGarrett (Jack Lord) battles heavy odds to find a scientist who believes he committed a murder.
4 Hawaii Five-O: William Shatner as a private eye in a scheme to blackmail a blackmailer.
5 Waltons: Jim-Bob’s dream of joining the Air Corps is shattered when his eye examination reveals an astigmatism. (Note that WHLL in nearby Worcester also aired a “Waltons” episode earlier at 11 AM.)
6 Movie: “Take The High Ground” (1953) (Notice that the bulk of WLNE’s off-network hours are filled not with syndicated programming, but with movies; I believe these were aired under the “Dialing For Dollars” banner; these days, WLNE has not been airing many desirable syndicated programs, and that’s not by choice, as their owner recently filed for bankruptcy… perhaps they should go back to their old “Dialing For Dollars” days? I can’t imagine it would cost more to just give away the money, than to pay staffers for another hour of local news.)
7 Jeopardy!
8 Divorce Court: Charge: mental cruelty.
10 Hour Magazine (see WFSB, 9 AM)
12 Hangin’ In: Kate (Lally Cadeau) helps out a young couple who want to start a party-planning service; Mike plays hairstylist for Webster.
20 56 64 Transformers
27 Mister Ed (BW): Ed tries to hypnotize Wilbur into spending more time in the stable.
30 Quincy: Quincy (Jack Klugman) removes a sack of diamonds from a body and peddles them for Federal agents who hope to catch a crime boss. (Yes, the word “Federal” in that episode description was capitalized.)
38 She-Ra: Princess Of Power
61 Silverhawks
68 Press Your Luck
PIX G.I. Joe
WOR Vega$
4:30 PM
7 Newlywed Game
8 People’s Court : Cases involve payment for refinishing a piano, and alterations of a pantsuit.
12 Barney Miller: Election night at the station: Yemana has bets on all races; a shoplifter demands an escort.
20 Thundercats (CC)
25 Hangin’ In (see WPRI, 4 PM)
27 Green Acres: Oliver’s plans to work the farm are interrupted by a surprise visitor.
38 Gumby
56 64 G.I. Joe
58 Fugitive (BW)
61 PIX Jetsons
68 Movie: “The Stranger” (BW) (1946)