Retro: Seattle/Tacoma, Mon. April 17th, 1989

[crainbebo]

Source: Seattle Times microfilm

2 CBUT Vancouver [CBC]
4 KOMO Seattle [ABC]
5 KING Seattle [NBC]
7 KIRO Seattle [CBS]
9 KCTS Seattle [PBS]
11 KSTW Tacoma [IND]
12 KVOS Bellingham [IND]
13 KCPQ Tacoma [Fox]
22 KTZZ Seattle [IND]
28 KTPS Tacoma [PBS]

7AM
4 Good Morning America
Tax deadline; Nazi-war-criminal bounty hunter Simon Wiesenthal; Dr. Ronald R. Fieve ["Mood Swing"]; starting home renovations; whole-house renovations.
5 Today
British Foreign Minister Geoffrey Howe.
7 This Morning
9 Sesame Street
11 C.O.P.S
12 Flintstones
13 Popeye
22 Thundercats

7:30
11 Dennis the Menace
12 G.I. Joe
13 Tom & Jerry
22 Ghostbusters

8AM
2 Smith & Smitth
9 Captain Kangaroo
11 Jetsons
12 Scooby-Doo
13 The Smurfs
22 Gumby
28 Nutrition

8:30
2 Pasquale
9 Mister Rogers
11 Yogi Bear
12 My Little Pony
13 Snorks
22 Care Bears
28 Sesame Street

9AM
2 Fitness People
4 Geraldo
Topic: Can a marriage survive infidelity?
5 Seattle Today
Doreen Virtre ["My Kids Don't Live With Me Anymore"] gives tips on maintaining bonds with children who are separated from you.
7 Sally Jessy Raphael
Teens discuss sex.
9 Sesame Street
11 Get Smart
12 Mary Tyler Moore
13 Family Feud [from CBS]
22 Beat Baldness [infomercial]

9:30
2 Doctor
11 Lose Weight [infomercial]
12 Private Benjamin
13 Now You See It [short-lived revival of the Jack Narz game show, hosted by LA news anchor Chuck Henry. From CBS]
22 Casey Treat
28 Instructional TV

10AM
2 Fred Penner's Place
4 Home
Emma Samms refinishes furniture; breakthroughs for the hearing impaired; summer vacations.
5 Wheel of Fortune
7 Price is Right
9 Instructional TV
11 On Trial
12 Regis & Kathie Lee
Shirley MacLaine. [And nowhere to be seen in Seattle, KSTW/11 had it for a while in '88 but gave it up. For the last 20+ yrs it's been on KOMO]
13 To the Heart
22 Success-N-Life

10:30
2 Mr. Dressup
5 Win, Lose or Draw
Mary Beth Evans; Stephen Nichols; Finola Hughes; Ian Buchanan.
11 Divorce Court
13 Couch Potatoes

11AM
2 Sesame Street
4 Growing Pains
5 Scrabble
7 Young and the Restless
11 The Judge
12 Sally Jessy Raphael
See 9AM.
13 Benson
The unscrupulous lieutenant governor takes over.
22 700 Club
28 Square One Television

11:30
4 Loving
5 Classic Concentration
11 Superior Court
13 Moving Up
28 Sesame Street

Noon
2 4 All My Children
5 Wipeout [what was this?]
7 News
11 Movie
"Rodeo Girl." [1980] Katharine Ross. A young woman risks her marriage by defying her husband's fierce opposition to her career as a professional rodeo rider.
12 Cannon
13 Rockford Files
Prostitute Rita [Rita Moreno] asks Rockford's help when she is arrested for killing a client.
22 Moving Up

12:30
5 Generations
22 Paid Program
28 3-2-1 Contact

1PM
2 Midday
4 One Life to Live
5 Another World
7 As the World Turns
12 On Trial
13 Movie
"Almost You." [1984] Brooke Adams. Dullness pervades a young New Yorker's life until his wife has an auto accident and he has an affair with her nurse.
22 Robin Hood
"Robin & The Power of Albion." The sheriff arrests Marion and confiscates Robert's sword, Albion, intending to expose him as the new Robin Hood; John hires a ruthless new sheriff [Lewis Collins], known as the Butcher of Lincoln, to rid Nottingham of Robin Hood.
28 Instructional TV

1:30
9 Reading Rainbow
12 Newlywed Game

2PM
2 7 Guiding Light
4 General Hospital
5 Santa Barbara
9 M. MacKay
11 Dating Game
12 Hawaii Five-O

2:30
9 At Julia's
11 Scooby-Doo

3PM
2 Coronation Street
4 Northwest Afternoon
Shirley MacLaine.
5 Days of Our Lives
7 Oprah Winfrey
Spring fashions.
9 Sesame Street
11 Woody Woodpecker
12 Alvin & The Chipmunks
13 'Toon Time
22 Too Close [for Comfort?]
28 Joy of Painting

3:30
2 Talkabout
11 Alvin & The Chipmunks
12 C.O.P.S.
13 Flintstones
22 Moving Up
28 Acrylic Art

4PM
2 Generations
4 Win, Lose or Draw
5 Quincy
7 Donahue
9 28 3-2-1 Contact
11 Ghostbusters
12 The A-Team
13 Tom & Jerry
22 Double Dare

4:30
2 NHL Hockey
Adams or Patrick Division Final, Game 1.
4 Family Feud [syndicated]
9 Reading Rainbow
11 Bugs Bunny
13 Duck Tales
22 Knight Rider
28 Square One Television [not seen on KCTS/9 at this time]

5PM
4 5 7 News
9 Mister Rogers
11 Silver Spoons
12 New Leave it to Beaver
13 Webster
Webster finds a secret door in the family's new house.
28 Sesame Street

5:30
5 NBC News
9 Wild, Wild World of Animals
11 Charles in Charge
12 Three's Company
13 Happy Days
Richie wants to interview the stars of "Howdy Doody."
22 Leave it to Beaver

6PM and later tomorrow.

-crainbebo

 

[azumanga]

8AM
2 Smith & Smith

This was a 1975-1985 CHCH-TV comedy series starring Steve Smith and his wife, Morag Smith -- his Red Green character originated with this series.

8:30
2 Pasquale

This was "Pasquale's Kitchen", a cooking program that ran for several years through the mid-1990s on CBC daytime.

9:30
2 Doctor

"Doctor" who? (No pun intended.)

11:30
13 Moving Up

Noon
22 Moving Up

Considering that 13 and 22 are in the same market, I believe that these are also infomercials.

4:30
2 NHL Hockey
Adams or Patrick Division Final, Game 1.

The Adams Division was Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins; the Canadiens won, 3 to 2.
The Patrick Division was Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins; the Penguins won, 4 to 3.

 

[Scoobyfan1]

Noon
5 Wipeout [what was this?]

Wipeout(no relation to the current ABC reality competition show) was a short lived syndicated game show aired in the 1988-1989 season if I remember correctly.

It was taped at Paramount Studios in Hollywood and was hosted by the former host of the CBS game show Press Your Luck: Peter Tomarken.

More info about it can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_(1988_U.S._game_show)

 

[crainbebo]

Thanks for letting me know! No news at noon on KING is interesting, as well.

-crainbebo

 

[crainbebo]

6PM and later

6PM
4 ABC News
5 News
7 CBS News
9 Nightly Business Report
11 Family Ties
Coached by Alex, Jennifer presents a class speech.
12 M*A*S*H
13 Little House on the Prairie
Substitute-teacher Caroline deals with a boy [Dirk Blocker] whose limited literacy makes him the object of laughter.
22 Newhart
Dick eagerly awaits a reunion with his college jazz-group.
28 America by Design
"The Street" The development of roads within and between cities unifies the nation.

6:30
4 News
7 Cosby Show
Cliff's former English professor sits in at pinochie.
9 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
11 M*A*S*H
Approaching Chinese force the camp to relocate. [Part 1 of 2]
12 Couch Potatoes
22 Kate & Allie
Kate must return a pricey dress after one wearing.

7PM
4 Wheel of Fortune
5 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Tony Danza.
7 News
11 Cheers
Lilith buys a fling with Sam in Rebecca's charity auction.
12 Dating Game
13 Love Connection
22 St. Elsewhere
Morrison yields to Chinese custom to treat a dying boy; Samuels pines for Paxton; the "birdman" announces he will now be a human.
28 Doctor Who

7:30
2 News
4 Jeopardy!
5 Evening Magazine
Mountaineer Lou Whittaker; GuyRex, a company that coaches beauty pageant contestants.
7 People's Court
9 Yes, Minister
11 Night Court
Paychecks halt when the state runs out of money. Pat 1 of 2.
12 Hollywood Squares
13 A Current Affair
28 EastEnders
No one can find Mehmet; Lofty believes he'll be fired.

8PM
2 To Be Announced
4 Daycare Grows Up
Documentary examines the development of the problem and new solutions for parents.
5 ALF
ALF imagines himself and the Tanners in classic black-and-white films.
7 Live-In
Danny thinks a conversation concerns his father and an affair.
9 War & Peace in the Nuclear Age
"Visions of War & Peace" Nations face the challenge of resolving disputes without nuclear weapons or physical force.
11 A Parent's Greatest Fear
The problem of child abduction is examined in four cases and an interview with a child molester. Host: John Walsh.
12 Movie
"Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love." [1979] James Farentino. Loving parents of an autistic infant fight a winning battle to help their child.
13 Movie
"They Call Me Mister Tibbs!" [1970] Sidney Poitier. Detective Virgil Tibbs' friend, an activist clergyman, is suspected of killing a San Francisco prostitute.
22 Suspense Theatre
A charming undercover agent [Roger Smith] tricks a politician and his secretary into revealing mob connections.
28 Masterpiece Theatre
"Sorrell & Son" Kit's status as a surgeon satisfies Sorrell's ambitions; liberated Molly has no plans to marry. [Part 4 of 5]

8:30
5 Nearly Departed
Grant becomes panic-stricken when Gramps asks him to baby-sit with Derek.
7 Heartland
Gus learns he has to wrestle a girl; B.L. gives Johnny his slant on local history.

9PM
2 Movie
"B.L. Stryker: Auntie Sue." [1989] Burt Reynolds. Private eye Stryker crosses paths with Florida retirees mixed up in gem smuggling.
5 Around The World in 80 Days
In India, Fogg and Passepartout rescue Princess Aouda from imminent death at the hands of the Brahmans. Followed by Fix, they book passage to Hong Kong but are kidnapped during the sail. Part 2 of 3.
7 Murphy Brown
Murphy investigates a federal prosecutor linked to mob-run prostitution.
9 Learning in America
Some say schools should revise curricula to include technological skills needed for the 21st century.
11 Pornography in America
22 Movie
"Champagne Charlie." [1989] Hugh Grant. Charles Heidseick builds a champagne empire amid turmoil in 19th-century France and the United States.
28 The Minneapolis Souhnd
Interviews with Prince, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, the Jets and Ipso Facto suggest why the city became a center of pop music.

9:30
7 Designing Women
Charlene gets her co-workers to visit a dead music idol's mansion.

10PM
2 National-Journal
7 Newhart
Michael's plans for the annual apple festival offend the townspeople. [And how long has it been since a 30-minute show has been on a Big 3 network in the 10PM/9PM hour? Must have been years!]
9 Skid Road
Evaluations of indigent alcoholics raise moral and political issues on individual and public responsibility for treatment and policies.
11 News
12 WKRP in Cincinnati
The staff creates ads for a funeral home.
13 Public People, Private Lives
Malcolm Jamal-Warner; Barry Bostwick; Jessica Hahn; Sandy Duncan.
28 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
Sign off 11PM.

10:30
7 Heartland
B.L. moves out after an argument with Tom.
12 Barney Miller
A mental patient attempts robbery with a toy gun.

11PM
2 4 5 7 News
9 Movie
"Interrupted Melody." [1955] Eleanor Parker. Australian opera star Marjorie Lawrence makes a comeback after being crippled by polio.
11 M*A*S*H
Margaret becomes engaged during a trip to Tokyo.
12 M*A*S*H
Promotion decisions are up to Charles, Hawkeye and B.J.
13 Love Connection
22 Night Gallery
A woman buys a statue that looks like her husband.

11:30
4 Nightline
5 The Tonight Show
Guest host Jay Leno. Tom Brokaw; Loretta Lynn; Jim Henson.
7 The Pat Sajak Show
Author Stanley Karnow ["In Our Image"]; Alley Mills ["The Wonder Years"]; Meredith Baxter Birney; William Shatner.
11 Barney Miller
Harris refuses to wear a uniform.
12 The Honeymooners
Norton must teach Ralph to play golf.
13 Arsenio Hall
Singer Desiree Coleman.
22 Movie
"Family Enforcer." [1977] Joseph Cortese. A small-town hoodlum breaks into organized crime in New Jersey.

11:35
2 Newhart

12AM
4 Day's End [talk show?]
11 Morton Downey Jr.
Bizarre legal defenses include steroids, premenstrual syndrome and "crack."
12 Beat Baldness [infomercial]

12:05
2 Movie
"Best Pair of Legs in the Business." [1972] Reg Varney. A British comedian tries to succeed, unaware of the problesmn it is causing for his family

12:30
5 Late Night/David Letterman
Robin Williams, Jonathan Winters; a man who does not observe Daylight Saving Time.
12 Paid Program
13 A Current Affair

12:50
9 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

1AM
4 Hollywood Squares
7 Magnum P.I.
An anonymous informer tells a newswoman [Tyne Daly] an island republic's prime minister will be assassinated in Honolulu.
11 13 Moving Up [infomercial]
12 Movie
"Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice." [1969] Natalie Wood. Trendy West Coasters Bob and Carol try wife-swapping with square Ted & Alice.

-crainbebo

 

[azumanga]

8PM
4 Daycare Grows Up
Documentary examines the development of the problem and new solutions for parents.

9PM
2 Movie
"B.L. Stryker: Auntie Sue." [1989] Burt Reynolds. Private eye Stryker crosses paths with Florida retirees mixed up in gem smuggling.
22 Movie
"Champagne Charlie." [1989] Hugh Grant. Charles Heidseick builds a champagne empire amid turmoil in 19th-century France and the United States.

Was the daycare special on 4 all-evening? If so, the ABC movie at the time was either pre-empted altogether (if it was "B.L. Stryker") or punted to 22 ("Champagne Charlie").

12AM
4 Day's End [talk show?]

Yes it was -- it was a short-lived ABC late-night talk show co-hosted by Spencer Christian and Ross Shafer (the latter already-known in Seattle as a regular on "Almost Live"). It was presented more or less as a test series, with only selected affiliates carrying the show. (One of these was WTSP in Tampa Bay, where I had a chance to watch it.) Also, as it was a test program, the stations got all the commercial time, unlike a network or bartered syndicated show, where they only got some local commercial time.

 

[azumanga]

8:30
2 Pasquale

This was "Pasquale's Kitchen", a cooking program that ran for several years through the mid-1990s on CBC daytime.

Here's a commercial with Pasquale Carpino, advertising President's Choice pasta. He speaks in Italian, though it's subtitled in English:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=qkWkuajZ7XU

Here's Pasquale in action, in a clip from one of his shows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTOTb8FVrlk&feature=related

 

[crainbebo]

8PM
4 Daycare Grows Up
Documentary examines the development of the problem and new solutions for parents.

9PM
2 Movie
"B.L. Stryker: Auntie Sue." [1989] Burt Reynolds. Private eye Stryker crosses paths with Florida retirees mixed up in gem smuggling.
22 Movie
"Champagne Charlie." [1989] Hugh Grant. Charles Heidseick builds a champagne empire amid turmoil in 19th-century France and the United States.

Was the daycare special on 4 all-evening? If so, the ABC movie at the time was either pre-empted altogether (if it was "B.L. Stryker") or punted to 22 ("Champagne Charlie").

12AM
4 Day's End [talk show?]

Yes it was -- it was a short-lived ABC late-night talk show co-hosted by Spencer Christian and Ross Shafer (the latter already-known in Seattle as a regular on "Almost Live"). It was presented more or less as a test series, with only selected affiliates carrying the show. (One of these was WTSP in Tampa Bay, where I had a chance to watch it.) Also, as it was a test program, the stations got all the commercial time, unlike a network or bartered syndicated show, where they only got some local commercial time.

My mistake! The movie was on 4. The daycare special was 60 minutes.

-crainbebo

 

[azumanga]

8PM
4 Daycare Grows Up
Documentary examines the development of the problem and new solutions for parents.

9PM
2 Movie
"B.L. Stryker: Auntie Sue." [1989] Burt Reynolds. Private eye Stryker crosses paths with Florida retirees mixed up in gem smuggling.
22 Movie
"Champagne Charlie." [1989] Hugh Grant. Charles Heidseick builds a champagne empire amid turmoil in 19th-century France and the United States.

Was the daycare special on 4 all-evening? If so, the ABC movie at the time was either pre-empted altogether (if it was "B.L. Stryker") or punted to 22 ("Champagne Charlie").

My mistake! The movie was on 4. The daycare special was 60 minutes.

"B.L. Stryker" or "Champagne Charlie"? Initially, I thought it was the latter, as hockey was on 2 earlier, and seen live in eastern Canada. And considering that "Charlie" was made in 1989, I thought 22 got it from a network.

 

[crainbebo]

"B.L. Stryker." I don't know why Chamapagne Charlie was on 22 the same year it was released. Wonder if they got a syndication network that aired it? Eric Stein may be able to help on why a 1989 movie was on a mostly barter indie in the same year it was released.

-crainbebo