Source: Seattle Times microfilm
CHANNELS
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
12/12/88
7am
4 Good Morning America
Steve Martin ["Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels"]; Jon Lovitz ["My Stepmother is an Alien"]; the Rev. Billy Graham; consumer report on humidifiers.
5 Today
Hal Holbrook and Eva Marie Saint ["I'll Be Home for Christmas].
7 This Morning
9 Sesame Street
11 C.O.P.S.
12 Flintstones
13 Double Dare
22 Thundercats
7:30
11 Dennis the Menace
12 G.I. Joe
13 Dinosaucers
22 Ghostbusters
8am
2 The Professionals
9 Captain Kangaroo
11 Bugs Bunny
12 Scooby-Doo
13 Tom & Jerry
22 Gumby
28 Nutrition
8:30
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Scooby-Doo
12 My Little Pony
13 Snorks
22 Care Bears
28 Sesame Street
9am
2 Fitness People
4 Geraldo
Families of porn stars.
5 Seattle Today
Dealing with men's fears of intimacy; toys for adults.
7 Sally Jessy Raphael
9 Sesame Street
11 Brady Bunch
12 Leave it to Beaver
13 Family Feud (CBS)
22 Silverhawks
9:30
2 Doctor (?)
11 Bewitched
12 Bob Newhart
13 Card Sharks (CBS)
22 Casey Treat
28 Instructional TV
10am
2 Fred Penner's Place
4 Home
Breast-augmentation dangers; Emma Samms; Christmas stockings.
5 Wheel of Fortune
7 The Price is Right
9 Instructional TV
11 On Trial
12 Regis & Kathie Lee
Shadoe Stevens; actor Barry Williams; exercises for overweight people.
13 Gong Show
22 Success-N-Life
10:30
2 Mr. Dressup
4 Growing Pains
5 Win, Lose or Draw
11 Divorce Court
13 Relatively Speaking
11am
2 Sesame Street
4 Ryan's Hope
5 Super Password
7 Young and the Restless
11 The Judge
12 Sally Jessy Raphael
Women escape from an abusive cult.
13 Happy Days
Family feuds threaten an appearance by Frankie Avalon.
22 The 700 Club
28 Square One Television
11:30
4 Loving
5 Scrabble
11 Superior Court
13 Diet (infomercial I think)
28 Sesame Street
Noon
2 4 All My Children
5 Sale of the Century
7 News
11 Regis & Kathie Lee
See 10am, KVOS.
12 22 Perry Mason
13 Gary Collins
Joan Van Ark; interfaith marriages and the holidays; holiday fashions.
12:30
5 Classic Concentration
28 3-2-1 Contact
1PM
2 Midday
4 One Life to Live
5 Another World
7 As the World Turns
11 Newlywed Game
12 I Love Lucy
13 Movie
"The Trial of Chaplain Jensen." [1975] James Franciscus. A devout young chaplain faces court-martial after two Navy wives accuse him of adultery. Based on a true incident.
22 Be Successful (paid program)
28 Instructional TV
1:30
9 Reading Rainbow
11 Dating Game
12 Mary Tyler Moore
2PM
2 7 Guiding Light
4 General Hospital
5 Santa Barbara
9 Modern Maturity
11 JEM (early start for cartoons, imo!)
12 Quincy, M.E.
22 Gunsmoke (probably color eps)
2:30
9 Yan Can Cook
11 My Little Pony
13 'Toon Time
3PM
2 Coronation Street
4 Northwest Afternoon
Guest: Author Alex Haley ["Roots"].
5 Days of Our Lives
7 Oprah Winfrey
9 Sesame Street
11 Woody Woodpecker
12 Alvin and the Chipmunks
13 Smurfs
22 Moving Up (infomercial I think)
28 Joy of Painting
3:30
2 Talkabout
11 Alvin and the Chipmunks
12 C.O.P.S.
13 Flintstones
22 Bob Newhart
28 Art/Jackson
4PM
2 Facts of Life
4 Win, Lose or Draw
5 Tracey and Company (local show)
Amazing Kreskin; Northwest Pacific Ballet ["The Nutcracker"].
7 Donahue
Scheduled topic: Discipline or child abuse?
9 28 3-2-1 Contact
11 Ghostbusters
12 Wonderful World of Disney
"Track of the Giant Snowbear." An Eskimo boy saves a polar bear cub snared in a trap and begs to keep her. Part 1 of 2.
13 Tom & Jerry
22 Weight Loss-infomercial
4:30
2 Degrassi Kids
4 Family Feud (Syndicated)
9 28 Square One Television
11 Jetsons
13 DuckTales
22 Hogan's Heroes
5PM
2 Video Hits
4 5 7 News
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Silver Spoons
12 Facts of Life
13 Wonderful World of Disney
"Superdad." A middle-aged man tries to keep up with the activities of his daughter and her teenage friends. Part 1 of 2.
22 He-Man, She-Ra Christmas
Two Earth children try to spread good cheer where the protector of the universe lives. Animated.
28 Sesame Street
5:30
2 Kate & Allie
Chip befriends a retarded man who needs shelter.
5 NBC News
9 Wild, Wild World of Animals
11 12 Three's Company
6PM
2 5 News
4 ABC News
7 CBS News
9 Nightly Business Report
11 Family Ties
Alex helms Mallory's bid for student-body president.
12 M*A*S*H
13 Love Connection
22 Newhart
Dick eagerly awaits a reunion with his college jazz group.
28 PM Tacoma
6:30
4 News
7 Cosby Show
Denise copies a designer shirt for Theo to wear on a date.
9 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
11 M*A*S*H
12 Newlywed Game
13 A Current Affair
22 Kate & Allie
Kate and hypnotized Allie appear on a TV talk-show.
7PM
2 Pacific Report
4 Monday Night Football
Cleveland Brows at Miami Dolphins.
5 Entertainment Tonight
Harrison Ford ["Working Girl"].
7 News
11 Cheers
Sam's dashing brother enchants Diane. Part 1 of 2.
12 Dating Game
13 Hill Street Blues
Neighborhood tempers grow short; LaRue's drinking nearly causes a tragedy; Goldblume considers early retirement.
22 St. Elsewhere
The teen-age prostitute gives birth; Myra White has Peter's baby; a helicopter-crash survivor wonders why; Mrs. Hufnagel won't pay.
28 Doctor Who
7:30
2 Danger Bay
Grant investigates the father of Nicole's classmate.
5 Evening
Seattle native and video jockey Kevin Seal; Gretchen Carlson, Miss America 1989.
7 USA Today
Kurt Russell ["Tequila Sunrise"].
9 Bill Moyers' World of Ideas
Guest: ethicist Sissela Bok.
11 Night Court
The agency finds parents for Leon. Guest: Mel Torme.
12 Hollywood Squares
28 EastEnders
8PM
2 7 Newhart
Stephanie becomes attracted to the stonemason working at the inn.
5 ALF
Amateur magician ALF makes Brian disappear.
11 Movie
"A Long Way Home." [1981] Timothy Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro. After being abandoned by his parents as a child and separated from his brother and sister by social agencies, a young man sets out in search of his siblings.
12 Movie
"He's Fired, She's Hired." [1984] Wayne Rogers, Karen Valentine. An out-of-work New York adman gets his wife a job as a copywriter and feeds her ideas from home.
13 Movie
"Ashanti." [1979] Michael Caine. A World Health Organization doctor searches the Middle East for his wife and the slave trader who took her.
22 Best of National Geographic
Two families raft on the Potomac, Hudson and Salmon rivers, observing the destruction of fragile environments.
28 Masterpiece Theatre
"Silas Marner." A golden haired toddler wanders into an embittered weaver's [Ben Kingsley] cottage on New Year's Eve, transforming the recluse's life. From the George Eliot novel.
8:05
9 Movie
"Julia." [1977] Jane Fonda. Playwright Lillian Hellman recalls World War II, her best friend and writer Dashiell Hammett. Best supporting Oscars for Redgrave and Jason Robards.
8:30
2 Degrassi Junior High
Caitlin campaigns for animal rights.
5 The Hogan Family
Sandy must stay awake for two days as part of David's psychology experiment.
7 Kate & Allie
Allie and Bob's honeymoon disappoints; Kate decides to propose to Ted.
9PM
2 thirtysomething
Elliott and Nancy pursue other romances as their divorce progresses.
5 Movie
"I'll Be Home for Christmas." [1988] Hal Holbrook, Eva Marie Saint. Members of a New England family reunite for the holiday, hoping one will return from World War II.
7 Murphy Brown
Murphy feels maternal pangs after a visit with a pregnant friend.
22 Movie
"Tales of Beatrix Potter." [1971] "Peter Rabbit," and many of the author's other beloved stories are brought to life in music and dance by members of the Royal Ballet Company.
9:3o
7 Designing Women
Mary Jo uses a windfall on cosmetic surgery.
10pm
2 National-Journal
4 Curt Warner with Bruce King
A review of Sunday's Seattle/Denver game. (Either Wheel and Jeopardy were moved to after the 1AM Hollywood Squares airing, or not shown at all on KOMO due to football)
7 Almost Grown
Suzie and Norman happily anticipate a Christmas visit from old friends, until the realize how much the friends have changed.
11 News
12 On Trial
13 Public People, Private Lives
Bob Hope; Judith Krantz; the Beach Boys.
28 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
Sign off 11PM.
10:25
9 The "Real" Julia
American psychiatrist Muriel Gardner risks death to help Jews and anti-Nazis escape 1930's Vienna.
10:30
12 Barney Miller
Wentworth and Wojo go under cover.
11PM
2 4 5 7 News
11 M*A*S*H
12 M*A*S*H
Hawkeye tape-records a colorful letter to his father.
13 Love Connection
22 Weight Loss (infomercial)
11:30
4 Nightline
5 The Tonight Show
Guest host Jay Leno. Guests: Pee-Wee Herman, Ricardo Montalban.
9 Movie
"Oliver Twist." [1933] Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel. A homeless Victorian-era waif becomes an accomplished pickpocket in exchange for food and lodging.
11 Barney Miller
Wojo shoots a holdup suspect.
12 WKRP in Cincinnati
Johnny is sued for palimony. Part 1 of 2.
13 A Current Affair
22 Movie
"The Divorce of Lady X." [1938] Merle Oberon. The morning after a London barrister lets a woman stay in his suite, it sounds like grounds for a friend's divorce.
11:35
2 Newhart
Joanna helps Larry and the Darryls promote their café.
7 Magnum P.I.
Magnum finds himself at the scene of a murder contract's completion when he accepts a job to locate a client's long-lost father.
12AM
4 MacGyver
Mac steps in for an old college buddy injured in a race-car accident and races against an old adversary.
11 Morton Downey, Jr.
Scheduled topic: child abuse. Scheduled guest: former WBC light heavyweight champion Donny Lalonde.
12 Gong Show (wasn't there a revival?)
13 Improv Tonight
Host: John Matuszak. Guests: Jeff Jena; Jim Brogan; Blake Clark.
12:05
2 Movie
"Billy Liar." [1963] Tom Courtenay. A British undertaker's clerk embezzles, lies to his girlfriends and dreams of a mythical land where he is king.
12:30
5 Late Night with David Letterman
13 Liar's Club
12:35
7 Movie
"White Line Fever." [1975] Jan-Michael Vincent. An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.
12:45
9 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
1AM
4 Hollywood Squares
11 Diet (infomercial)
12 Movie
"The Five of Me." [1981] David Birney, Dee Wallace. Korean War veteran Henry Hawksworth has four alter egos locked in his mind, ranging from a child to a wife beater.
13 SCTV
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CHANNELS
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
12/12/88
7am
4 Good Morning America
Steve Martin ["Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels"]; Jon Lovitz ["My Stepmother is an Alien"]; the Rev. Billy Graham; consumer report on humidifiers.
5 Today
Hal Holbrook and Eva Marie Saint ["I'll Be Home for Christmas].
7 This Morning
9 Sesame Street
11 C.O.P.S.
12 Flintstones
13 Double Dare
22 Thundercats
7:30
11 Dennis the Menace
12 G.I. Joe
13 Dinosaucers
22 Ghostbusters
8am
2 The Professionals
9 Captain Kangaroo
11 Bugs Bunny
12 Scooby-Doo
13 Tom & Jerry
22 Gumby
28 Nutrition
8:30
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Scooby-Doo
12 My Little Pony
13 Snorks
22 Care Bears
28 Sesame Street
9am
2 Fitness People
4 Geraldo
Families of porn stars.
5 Seattle Today
Dealing with men's fears of intimacy; toys for adults.
7 Sally Jessy Raphael
9 Sesame Street
11 Brady Bunch
12 Leave it to Beaver
13 Family Feud (CBS)
22 Silverhawks
9:30
2 Doctor (?)
11 Bewitched
12 Bob Newhart
13 Card Sharks (CBS)
22 Casey Treat
28 Instructional TV
10am
2 Fred Penner's Place
4 Home
Breast-augmentation dangers; Emma Samms; Christmas stockings.
5 Wheel of Fortune
7 The Price is Right
9 Instructional TV
11 On Trial
12 Regis & Kathie Lee
Shadoe Stevens; actor Barry Williams; exercises for overweight people.
13 Gong Show
22 Success-N-Life
10:30
2 Mr. Dressup
4 Growing Pains
5 Win, Lose or Draw
11 Divorce Court
13 Relatively Speaking
11am
2 Sesame Street
4 Ryan's Hope
5 Super Password
7 Young and the Restless
11 The Judge
12 Sally Jessy Raphael
Women escape from an abusive cult.
13 Happy Days
Family feuds threaten an appearance by Frankie Avalon.
22 The 700 Club
28 Square One Television
11:30
4 Loving
5 Scrabble
11 Superior Court
13 Diet (infomercial I think)
28 Sesame Street
Noon
2 4 All My Children
5 Sale of the Century
7 News
11 Regis & Kathie Lee
See 10am, KVOS.
12 22 Perry Mason
13 Gary Collins
Joan Van Ark; interfaith marriages and the holidays; holiday fashions.
12:30
5 Classic Concentration
28 3-2-1 Contact
1PM
2 Midday
4 One Life to Live
5 Another World
7 As the World Turns
11 Newlywed Game
12 I Love Lucy
13 Movie
"The Trial of Chaplain Jensen." [1975] James Franciscus. A devout young chaplain faces court-martial after two Navy wives accuse him of adultery. Based on a true incident.
22 Be Successful (paid program)
28 Instructional TV
1:30
9 Reading Rainbow
11 Dating Game
12 Mary Tyler Moore
2PM
2 7 Guiding Light
4 General Hospital
5 Santa Barbara
9 Modern Maturity
11 JEM (early start for cartoons, imo!)
12 Quincy, M.E.
22 Gunsmoke (probably color eps)
2:30
9 Yan Can Cook
11 My Little Pony
13 'Toon Time
3PM
2 Coronation Street
4 Northwest Afternoon
Guest: Author Alex Haley ["Roots"].
5 Days of Our Lives
7 Oprah Winfrey
9 Sesame Street
11 Woody Woodpecker
12 Alvin and the Chipmunks
13 Smurfs
22 Moving Up (infomercial I think)
28 Joy of Painting
3:30
2 Talkabout
11 Alvin and the Chipmunks
12 C.O.P.S.
13 Flintstones
22 Bob Newhart
28 Art/Jackson
4PM
2 Facts of Life
4 Win, Lose or Draw
5 Tracey and Company (local show)
Amazing Kreskin; Northwest Pacific Ballet ["The Nutcracker"].
7 Donahue
Scheduled topic: Discipline or child abuse?
9 28 3-2-1 Contact
11 Ghostbusters
12 Wonderful World of Disney
"Track of the Giant Snowbear." An Eskimo boy saves a polar bear cub snared in a trap and begs to keep her. Part 1 of 2.
13 Tom & Jerry
22 Weight Loss-infomercial
4:30
2 Degrassi Kids
4 Family Feud (Syndicated)
9 28 Square One Television
11 Jetsons
13 DuckTales
22 Hogan's Heroes
5PM
2 Video Hits
4 5 7 News
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Silver Spoons
12 Facts of Life
13 Wonderful World of Disney
"Superdad." A middle-aged man tries to keep up with the activities of his daughter and her teenage friends. Part 1 of 2.
22 He-Man, She-Ra Christmas
Two Earth children try to spread good cheer where the protector of the universe lives. Animated.
28 Sesame Street
5:30
2 Kate & Allie
Chip befriends a retarded man who needs shelter.
5 NBC News
9 Wild, Wild World of Animals
11 12 Three's Company
6PM
2 5 News
4 ABC News
7 CBS News
9 Nightly Business Report
11 Family Ties
Alex helms Mallory's bid for student-body president.
12 M*A*S*H
13 Love Connection
22 Newhart
Dick eagerly awaits a reunion with his college jazz group.
28 PM Tacoma
6:30
4 News
7 Cosby Show
Denise copies a designer shirt for Theo to wear on a date.
9 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
11 M*A*S*H
12 Newlywed Game
13 A Current Affair
22 Kate & Allie
Kate and hypnotized Allie appear on a TV talk-show.
7PM
2 Pacific Report
4 Monday Night Football
Cleveland Brows at Miami Dolphins.
5 Entertainment Tonight
Harrison Ford ["Working Girl"].
7 News
11 Cheers
Sam's dashing brother enchants Diane. Part 1 of 2.
12 Dating Game
13 Hill Street Blues
Neighborhood tempers grow short; LaRue's drinking nearly causes a tragedy; Goldblume considers early retirement.
22 St. Elsewhere
The teen-age prostitute gives birth; Myra White has Peter's baby; a helicopter-crash survivor wonders why; Mrs. Hufnagel won't pay.
28 Doctor Who
7:30
2 Danger Bay
Grant investigates the father of Nicole's classmate.
5 Evening
Seattle native and video jockey Kevin Seal; Gretchen Carlson, Miss America 1989.
7 USA Today
Kurt Russell ["Tequila Sunrise"].
9 Bill Moyers' World of Ideas
Guest: ethicist Sissela Bok.
11 Night Court
The agency finds parents for Leon. Guest: Mel Torme.
12 Hollywood Squares
28 EastEnders
8PM
2 7 Newhart
Stephanie becomes attracted to the stonemason working at the inn.
5 ALF
Amateur magician ALF makes Brian disappear.
11 Movie
"A Long Way Home." [1981] Timothy Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro. After being abandoned by his parents as a child and separated from his brother and sister by social agencies, a young man sets out in search of his siblings.
12 Movie
"He's Fired, She's Hired." [1984] Wayne Rogers, Karen Valentine. An out-of-work New York adman gets his wife a job as a copywriter and feeds her ideas from home.
13 Movie
"Ashanti." [1979] Michael Caine. A World Health Organization doctor searches the Middle East for his wife and the slave trader who took her.
22 Best of National Geographic
Two families raft on the Potomac, Hudson and Salmon rivers, observing the destruction of fragile environments.
28 Masterpiece Theatre
"Silas Marner." A golden haired toddler wanders into an embittered weaver's [Ben Kingsley] cottage on New Year's Eve, transforming the recluse's life. From the George Eliot novel.
8:05
9 Movie
"Julia." [1977] Jane Fonda. Playwright Lillian Hellman recalls World War II, her best friend and writer Dashiell Hammett. Best supporting Oscars for Redgrave and Jason Robards.
8:30
2 Degrassi Junior High
Caitlin campaigns for animal rights.
5 The Hogan Family
Sandy must stay awake for two days as part of David's psychology experiment.
7 Kate & Allie
Allie and Bob's honeymoon disappoints; Kate decides to propose to Ted.
9PM
2 thirtysomething
Elliott and Nancy pursue other romances as their divorce progresses.
5 Movie
"I'll Be Home for Christmas." [1988] Hal Holbrook, Eva Marie Saint. Members of a New England family reunite for the holiday, hoping one will return from World War II.
7 Murphy Brown
Murphy feels maternal pangs after a visit with a pregnant friend.
22 Movie
"Tales of Beatrix Potter." [1971] "Peter Rabbit," and many of the author's other beloved stories are brought to life in music and dance by members of the Royal Ballet Company.
9:3o
7 Designing Women
Mary Jo uses a windfall on cosmetic surgery.
10pm
2 National-Journal
4 Curt Warner with Bruce King
A review of Sunday's Seattle/Denver game. (Either Wheel and Jeopardy were moved to after the 1AM Hollywood Squares airing, or not shown at all on KOMO due to football)
7 Almost Grown
Suzie and Norman happily anticipate a Christmas visit from old friends, until the realize how much the friends have changed.
11 News
12 On Trial
13 Public People, Private Lives
Bob Hope; Judith Krantz; the Beach Boys.
28 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
Sign off 11PM.
10:25
9 The "Real" Julia
American psychiatrist Muriel Gardner risks death to help Jews and anti-Nazis escape 1930's Vienna.
10:30
12 Barney Miller
Wentworth and Wojo go under cover.
11PM
2 4 5 7 News
11 M*A*S*H
12 M*A*S*H
Hawkeye tape-records a colorful letter to his father.
13 Love Connection
22 Weight Loss (infomercial)
11:30
4 Nightline
5 The Tonight Show
Guest host Jay Leno. Guests: Pee-Wee Herman, Ricardo Montalban.
9 Movie
"Oliver Twist." [1933] Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel. A homeless Victorian-era waif becomes an accomplished pickpocket in exchange for food and lodging.
11 Barney Miller
Wojo shoots a holdup suspect.
12 WKRP in Cincinnati
Johnny is sued for palimony. Part 1 of 2.
13 A Current Affair
22 Movie
"The Divorce of Lady X." [1938] Merle Oberon. The morning after a London barrister lets a woman stay in his suite, it sounds like grounds for a friend's divorce.
11:35
2 Newhart
Joanna helps Larry and the Darryls promote their café.
7 Magnum P.I.
Magnum finds himself at the scene of a murder contract's completion when he accepts a job to locate a client's long-lost father.
12AM
4 MacGyver
Mac steps in for an old college buddy injured in a race-car accident and races against an old adversary.
11 Morton Downey, Jr.
Scheduled topic: child abuse. Scheduled guest: former WBC light heavyweight champion Donny Lalonde.
12 Gong Show (wasn't there a revival?)
13 Improv Tonight
Host: John Matuszak. Guests: Jeff Jena; Jim Brogan; Blake Clark.
12:05
2 Movie
"Billy Liar." [1963] Tom Courtenay. A British undertaker's clerk embezzles, lies to his girlfriends and dreams of a mythical land where he is king.
12:30
5 Late Night with David Letterman
13 Liar's Club
12:35
7 Movie
"White Line Fever." [1975] Jan-Michael Vincent. An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.
12:45
9 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
1AM
4 Hollywood Squares
11 Diet (infomercial)
12 Movie
"The Five of Me." [1981] David Birney, Dee Wallace. Korean War veteran Henry Hawksworth has four alter egos locked in his mind, ranging from a child to a wife beater.
13 SCTV
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