Retro: Puget Sound Cable, Thur. Sept 19th, 1996

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Source: TV Guide

CHANNELS
2 CBUT Vancouver, BC [CBC]
4 KOMO Seattle [ABC]
5 KING Seattle [NBC]
7 KIRO Seattle [UPN]
9 KCTS Seattle [PBS]
11 KSTW Tacoma [CBS]
13 KCPQ Tacoma [Fox]
22 KTZZ Seattle [WB]
28 KBTC Tacoma [PBS]

5AM
4 5 7 News
9 Desert Speaks
11 Geraldo Riviera
Scheduled guests: Don Johnson and Cheech Marin.
13 Infomercial
22 Shepherd's Bible Study
28 Taking the Lead: The Management Revolution

5:30
9 Japan Update
13 Flintstones

6AM
5 News
9 Sesame Street
11 Headline News
13 Bananas in Pajamas
22 Japanese News

6:30
11 CBS News-Kristin Jeannette-Meyers/Cynthia Bowers
13 Mega Man
22 Street Sharks

7AM
2 Morning News
4 Good Morning America
Scheduled: Valerie Bertinelli.
5 Today-Couric/Gumbel
7 7 Live [during UPN days, this was a local alternative to national morning shows with Joyce Taylor, now at KING/KONG TV]
9 Lamb Chop's Play-Along
11 This Morning/Diaz-Baiart-McEwen-Robelot
Scheduled: Actress Goldie Hawn.
13 Reboot
22 Animaniacs
28 Shining Time Station

7:30
9 Shining Time Station
13 Samurai Pizza Cats
22 Sailor Moon
28 Barney & Friends

8AM
9 Barney & Friends
13 Bobby's World
22 M.A.S.K.
28 Sesame Street

8:30
9 Mister Rogers
13 Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
22 Garfield

9AM
2 What on Earth
4 Regis & Kathie Lee
Scheduled: Priscilla Presley; Andrew Shue.
5 In Person with Maureen O'Boyle
7 Maury Povich
9 Sesame Street
11 Scoop with Sam & Dorothy
13 After Breakfast
22 Bugs 'n' Daffy
28 Sit and Be Fit

9:30
2 CBC Playground
22 Field Trip
28 Kaye's Quilting Friends

10AM
2 Theodore Tugboat
4 Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends
5 Another World
7 Sally Jessy Raphael
9 Puzzle Place
11 The Price is Right
13 Gordon Elliott
22 700 Club
28 Pittard's Painting

10:15
2 Fred Penner's Place

10:30
2 Mr. Dressup
9 Magic School Bus
28 Painting with Pastels

11AM
2 Sesame Street
4 Judge Judy [KOMO was original affiliate, then I think it went from KOMO to KCPQ to KIRO, where it is today.]
5 Days of Our Lives
7 Montel Williams
9 Shelly T. Turtle
11 News
13 Little House on the Prairie
22 Infomercials
28 Puzzle Place

11:30
4 The City
9 Big Comfy Couch
28 Reading Rainbow

Noon
2 4 All My Children
5 7 News
9 Adventures of Dudley the Dragon
11 Extra!
13 Dr. Quinn
22 Bradshaw Difference
Scheduled topic: preparing for the death of one's parents.
28 Sesame Street

12:30
5 Evening Magazine
9 Reppies
11 Bold & The Beautiful

1PM
2 Midday
4 One Life to Live
5 Real Life
7 Crook & Chase
Scheduled guest: k.d. lang.
9 Kidsongs
11 As The World Turns
13 Movie-Comedy/Drama
"Full Moon in Blue Water." [1988] Romance between a feisty bus driver [Teri Garr] and a lonely widower [Gene Hackmann] whose coastal saloon is going under.
22 Baywatch
28 Big Comfy Couch

1:30
9 28 Mark Kistler's Imagination Station

2PM
2 One Life to Live
4 General Hospital
5 Leeza
7 Pat Bullard
9 Sesame Street
11 Guiding Light
22 Brady Bunch
28 Out of the Past

2:30
22 Dinosaurs

3PM
2 Coronation Street
4 Northwest Afternoon
Scheduled: A look at the life of actor James Dean.
5 Rosie O'Donnell
Scheduled: Valerie Bertinelli.
7 Ricki Lake
9 Barney & Friends
11 Young and the Restless
13 Eek!stravaganza
22 Darkwing Duck
28 Sew Many Quilts

3:30
2 Urban Peasant
9 Puzzle Place
13 Batman & Robin
22 Gargoyles
28 Grilling with George Hirsch

4PM
2 Odyssey
4 Dating/Newlywed Hour
5 Oprah Winfrey
7 Jenny Jones
9 Kratts' Creatures
In Africa, the brothers go on the hunt with a clan of spotted hyenas, described as one of the world's most misunderstood animals.
11 News
13 Big Bad BeetleBorgs
22 Aladdin
28 Wishbone

4:30
2 Family Matters
9 Wishbone
The kids dig for a time capsule, and Wishbone plays Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle.
13 Power Rangers ZEO
Prince Sprocket shrinks the Rangers.
22 Quack Pack
28 Kratts' Creatures

5PM
2 Simpsons
4 5 7 News
9 Mister Rogers
11 Roseanne
Crowded conditions in the Conner house have Dan itching to give Becky and Mark the boot.
13 Full House
Michelle [Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen] makes a mistake that costs her soccer team a game. Danny: Bob Saget.
22 Blossom
Blossom's graduation is threatened when she stubbornly refuses to accept a grade that's lower than she thinks she deserves.
28 Magic School Bus

5:30
2 Fresh Prince
9 Nightly Business Report
Guest: public-policy expert William A. Niskanen.
11 CBS News
13 Full House
The twins are out of control, and the unsavory role of disciplinarian fails to Jesse [John Samos].
22 Fresh Prince
Will's life flashes before him [in series clips] when he's trapped in an elevator en route to his bachelor party.
28 European Journal

6PM
2 CBC News
4 ABC News-Peter Jennings
5 NBC News-Tom Brokaw
7 News
9 Newshour with Jim Lehrer
11 Home Improvement
Tim challenges tool master Bob Vila to a hot-rod race, but the car isn't ready yet.
13 Simpsons
Bart benefits when Principal Skinner falls for his Aunt Patty, who has Skinner but doesn't want him, while Aunt Selma has naught but want. Voices: Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
22 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Cooper [Mark Curry] substitutes for an algebra teacher and is pressured by his former basketball coach to fix a player's grade.
28 EastEnders

6:30
4 5 News
7 Hard Copy
11 Access Hollywood
13 M*A*S*H
A cold snap endangers the life of a patient already suffering hypothermia. Alan Alda.
22 Step by Step
Carol goes to bat for Mark when he wants on the youth-league Cubs just before their big game.
28 This Old House

7PM and later tomorrow.
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7PM and later that evening

7PM
2 Interview with Dennis Potter
The British dramatist [1935-94] discusses his career, his family, the future of British television, his works and his cancer, in a conversation taped two months before his death.
4 Wheel of Fortune
5 Evening Magazine
7 Entertainment Tonight
9 Bill Nye the Science Guy
What do Earth, a violent storm, and a rolling ball have in common? They are all "Spinning Things," and Nye explains why some objects spin and others don't.
11 Home Improvement
After pandemonium erupts at a pizza parlor outing, Tim promises Jill that he'll teach the boys some manners.
13 Mad About You
Jamie [Helen Hunt] wants Paul to give up his old bachelor pad, which he sublets to an odd fellow named Kramer [Michael Richards].
22 Martin
When word gets out that Gina makes more money than he does, Martin fears the blow to his image may jeopardize his job.
28 In The Mix

7:30
4 Jeopardy!
5 American Journal
7 Seinfeld
George visits a holistic healer [Stephen Tobolowsky] suggested by Kramer [Michael Richards].
9 Next of Kin
11 Extra!
13 The Simpsons
Legalized gambling comes to Springfield, and Marge becomes addicted; Robert Goulet entertains at Bart's casino for kids.
22 BZZZ!
28 ITN World News

8PM
2 Karaoke
4 High Incident
A gang tries to establish a foothold in El Camino. Also: a man [John Furey] suspected of killing his wife while she was dating Sgt. Marsh [David Keith] is believed to be stalking the cop.
5 Friends
In the third-season opener, Janice tries to change Joey's negative opinion of her; Ross's sexual fantasy is not kept between him and Rachel; and Monica can't shake memories of Richard.
7 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Echidna [Bridget Hoffman], the "mother of all monsters," is out to get Hercules for killing "all my children." Her unwitting ally: Herc's mother.
9 The West
As the Civil War comes to an end, work begins on the transcontinental railroad with the goal of uniting the coasts and accelerating the settlement of the lands West of the Missouri River. Included: how Congress provided loans and millions of acres of land to two railroad companies to connect Omaha and Sacramento; the near-extinction of the buffalo.
11 Diagnosis Murder
A friendly-fire incident in the fourth-season opener involves a veteran cop in a drug raid that leaves Steve's friend on the force dead; the shooting only *appears* to be unintentional.
13 Martin
After some misadventures with marriage counselors, bad advice from friends fouls things up even more for the constantly quarreling Martin and Gina [Tisha Campbell].
22 Babylon 5
After receiving a "well done" for his work as liaison to Minbar, Vir [Stephen Furst] returns to Babylon 5 and is introduced to his future wife [Carmen Thomas].
28 Nova

8:30
5 Single Guy
As the second season starts, Jonathan [Jonathan Silverman] gets slam-dunked by Dennis Rodman [briefly portrayed by a double]: he loses his girlfriend-and a book deal-to the basketball star. Another foul shot: he can't reclaim his old apartment, now rented by a tenant [Olivia d'Abo].
13 Living Single
Even the state can't shut up Regine, who can no longer keep quiet about the fact that she's the lone juror holding up the verdict in a controversial case. Judge Wills: Victor Raider-Wexler.

9PM
2 Karaoke
4 Behind Closed Doors
Joan Lunden visits the Pentagon's National Military Command Center for drills that train personnel in how to respond to a nuclear attack, and takes a flight aboard the plane on which the President and his aides would fly in the event of such crisis. Also: Lunden goes on the road with singer Celine Dion.
5 Seinfeld
In the eighth-season opener, George is involved when Susan's parents act to preserve her memory; Kramer gives Elaine a confidence boost after Peterman [John O'Hurley] puts her in charge; Jerry claims a "mutual breakup" with his fiancee.
7 Xena: Warrior Princess
Caught in the middle of a fierce war, Xena and Gabrielle aid the wounded inhabitants of a healing temple, then try to meditate talks between the warring factions. Hippocrates: Andrew Binns.
11 Moloney
Debut: Peter Strauss plays Nick Moloney, a divorced dad who's a psychiatrist for the LAPD. In the opener, Moloney's torn between doctor-patient confidentiality and his duty to uphold the law when a cop tells him the real story behind a drug dealer's murder.
13 New York Undercover
While investigating the assault of an 11-year-old girl, the detectives must deal with a rapist recently out of prison, his past victim and the enraged father of the child.
22 Baywatch Nights
When Baywatch's Caroline Holden [Yasmine Bleeth] is terrorized by a crazed stalker, Ryan and Griff join Mitch in a race against time to figure out the maniac's motives.
28 Nature

9:30
5 Suddenly Susan
Debut: Brooke Shields is Susan Keene, a suddenly unattached San Francisco magazine writer who embarks on a new journey: living life as a "happy grown-up". First up: Susan leaves her fiance, Kip, at the altar.
9 The West

10PM
2 National
4 Turning Point
Return: The newsmagazine begins it's third season with an involving report on the ill-fated expeditions that attempted to scale Mount Everest in May 1996. Eight people died during the three-day effort, among them two expert guides. Included are comments from survivors.
5 The Pretender
Debut: Michael T. Weiss plays Jarod Russell, who's been trained since childhood to become "anything he wants to be." In the opener, Jarod poses as a doctor to help an orphan whose spinal cord was severed during an operation. Dr. Hendricks: Peter Michael Goetz.
7 News
11 48 Hours
Scheduled: A report on the Class of 2000 at The Citadel follows two first-year students [one of them a woman] through orientation week at the South Carolina military academy, and examines how upperclassmen are dealing with the arrival of women at the previously all-male institution.
13 Star Trek: The Next Generation
After crashing the shuttlecraft onto Vagra 2, Troi [Marina Sirtis] is held hostage by a sadistic creature that delights in taunting the rescue team. Yar: Denise Crosby.
22 Stories of the Highway Patrol
28 EastEnders

10:30
22 Stories of the Highway Patrol
28 EastEnders

11PM
2 CBC News
4 5 7 11 News
9 To The Manor Born
Audrey decides to inform Richard of his duties.
13 M*A*S*H
Enlisted types are barred from the new officer's club.
22 Fresh Prince
Will blasts Carlton for stealing his woman while on a double date, and their ensuing fight lasts for days.
28 Charlie Rose

11:30
2 Empty Nest
9 As Time Goes By
13 Cops
In Kansas City, MO, officers respond to a shooting incident; help an animal-control officer capture a snake in a storage garage; arrest a man suspected of breaking into rental trucks.
22 Mama's Family
Privacy is a thing of the past after Vint [Ken Berry] installs an intercoms system in the Harper house.

11:35
4 Nightline
5 Jay Leno
7 Real TV
11 David Letterman
Scheduled: Jesse Jackson; Goldie Hawn ["The First Wives Club"].

Midnight
2 Movie-Comedy
"Crime Wave." [1985] A young scriptwriter with writer's block meets a scriptdoctor who's on the lookout for fresh talent in this quirky film noir parody. John Paizs, Eva Kovacs.
Sign off 2:05am.
9 The West
13 LAPD: Life on the Beat
22 Jerry Springer
Scheduled topic: disapproving of a family member's relationship.
28 Nova

12:05
4 Funniest Home Videos
7 Court TV: America's Courts

12:30
13 Strange Universe

12:35
5 Conan O'Brien
Scheduled: Valerie Bertinelli ["Two Mothers for Zachary"].
7 Infomercials
11 Day & Date

1AM
13 Infomercials
22 Rolonda
Scheduled topic: video surveillance cameras.
28 Nature

1:05
4 Inside Edition

1:30
9 The West

1:35
4 Judge Judy
5 Greg Kinnear
11 Tom Snyder
Scheduled guest: Chastity Bono.

2AM
13 Northern Exposure
22 Infomercials
28 EastEnders

2:05
4 News
5 Infomercials

2:30
7 Highlander
28 EastEnders

2:35
5 Nightside
11 News

2:40
4 World News Now

3AM
9 Instructional Television
13 Northern Exposure
22 Richard Bey
28 Charlie Rose

3:05
11 Up to The Minute

3:30
7 News

4AM
13 Bonanza
22 Ag Day

4:05
7 Headline News

4:30
5 NBC News
7 This Morning's Business
22 First Business

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8PM
2 Karaoke

9PM
2 Karaoke

What show was that about -- I haven't heard of that CBC program before.

 

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It had no description-maybe local Vancouver karaoke competition? But maybe that would fit more to a public-access channel than a full-blown network affiliate.

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