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)
7am
4 Good Morning America
Author Gore Vidal ["Empire"]; Mamie Van Doren.
5 Today
From Beijing. Winston Lord, U.S. ambassador to China; interracial marriages; Chinese consumerism; Tibet; Inner Mongolia.
7 CBS Morning News
9 Sesame Street
11 Dennis the Menace
12 Kids Cont. (?)
13 G.I. Joe
22 Spiral Zone
7:30
7 The Morning Program
Tom Selleck; authors Arthur Schlesinger (sp?) and Clifton Daniel; Jessica Hahn; miscarriages; a self-help book for teenage girls; comedian Jonathon Solomon.
11 Jetsons
12 My Little Pony 'n Friends
13 Dinosaucers
22 Bionic Six
8am
9 Captain Kangaroo
11 12 Scooby-Doo
13 Smurfs
22 Silverhawks
8:30
9 Mister Rogers Neighborhood
11 My Little Pony
12 Kids Club (when did the local "Frisky Frolics" end?)
13 Teddy Ruxpin
22 Bullwinkle
28 Sesame Street (late sign on time)
9am
4 Geraldo
5 Good Company
A top Northwest chef prepares a delicious dish.
7 Oprah Winfrey
The effects of plastic surgery.
9 Sesame Street
11 The Brady Bunch
12 Leave it to Beaver
13 Sale of the Century (preempted from KING)
22 Pastor's Study
9:30
2 Crossfire (#1 - nothing to do with the CNN show. #2 - VERY late sign on time for 1987!)
11 Bewitched
12 Too Close for Comfort
13 Classic Concentration
28 Self, Inc
10am
2 Fred Penner's Place
4 Who's the Boss?
5 Wheel of Fortune (daytime)
7 Price is Right (shortly after Bob Barker dyed his hair gray, IIRC)
9 Instructional TV
11 I Love Lucy
12 Wil Shriner
Actress Marsha Warfield; Cris Lemmon ["Duet"]; Author Suzanne Brangham.
13 Hour Magazine
Jack Scalia; parents who murder their children; Double Dare host Marc Summers; Dr. John Zambetti & The Johnny Z Band.
22 Success-N-Life
28 Merry World
10:30
2 Mr. Dressup
4 Mr. Belvedere
5 Sally Jessy Raphael (30-minutes)
Shirley MacLaine interview (part 2 of 2).
11 Divorce Court
28 Voyage/Mimi (?)
11am
2 Sesame Street
4 Ryan's Hope
5 Super Password
7 Young and the Restless
11 The Judge
12 Hawaii Five-0
13 Love Connection
22 Weight (prob infomercial)
28 Family Classics
11:30
4 Loving
5 Scrabble
11 Superior Court
13 High Rollers (syndicated I think)
22 My Three Sons
28 Sesame Street
Noon
2 4 All My Children
5 Days of Our Lives
7 News
11 Movie
"The Great Santini." [1979] Robert Duvall. A teenager finally stands up to his bullying father, a fiercely competitive peacetime Marine pilot who runs his family like boot camp.
12 Perry Mason
13 $100,000 Pyramid
22 Slim Cooking
12:30
13 Card Sharks (from CBS, my best guess. There's a YouTube video showing Bob Eubanks' Card Sharks on KCPQ)
22 Dick Van Dyke
28 Place (?)
1PM
2 Midday
4 One Life to Live
5 Another World
7 As The World Turns
12 Dick Van Dyke
13 Movie
"Sam Whiskey." [1969] Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson. A fetching young widow seduces a westerner into salvaging a fortune in gold.
22 Hogan's Heroes
28 Newscasts
1:30
12 My Three Sons
22 Gomer Pyle, USMC
28 Reading Rainbow
2PM
2 7 Guiding Light
4 General Hospital
5 Santa Barbara
9 MotorWeek
11 Laverne and Shirley
12 I Love Lucy
22 Dennis the Menace
28 World of Science
2:30
9 Automania
11 JEM
12 Andy Griffith
22 Heathcliff
28 Teletales
3PM
2 Coronation Street
4 Northwest Afternoon
Divorced women tell off the trauma they experienced when their husbands remarried.
5 Wil Shriner
See 10am, KVOS.
7 Magnum P.I.
A lavish costume party provides the scenee for Higgin's accident-induced Shakespearean rantings, a jewel thief, murder and unrequited love.
9 Sesame Street
11 Beverly Hills Teens
12 Flintstones
13 Quincy, M.E.
22 Ghostbusters
28 Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cookin
3:30
2 Airwaves
11 Transformers
12 G.I. Joe
22 Saber Rider
28 Computer Chronicles
4PM
2 Facts of Life
4 Win, Lose or Draw
5 Donahue
Scheduled: Jessica Hahn.
7 People's Court
9 3-2-1 Contact
11 Ghostbusters
12 JEM
13 Gilligan's Island
22 She-Ra
28 Homework Hotline
4:30
2 OWL/TV
4 Hollywood Squares (John Davidson)
7 CBS News
9 Square One Television
11 Bravestarr
12 Diff'rent Strokes
13 DuckTales
22 Thundercats
5PM
2 Video Hits
4 5 7 News
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Diff'rent Strokes
12 Three's Company
13 Wonderful World of Disney
"Davy Crockett and the River Pirates." Davy teams with legendary boatman Mike Fink to battle pirates on the Ohio River.
22 Flintstones
28 Sesame Street
5:30
2 Three's Company
7 MLB Baseball
Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals.
9 Nightly Business Report
11 12 Silver Spoons
22 I Dream of Jeannie
6PM
2 News
4 ABC News
5 NBC News
9 MacNeil Lehrer NewsHour
11 Family Ties
12 M*A*S*H
13 Happy Days
22 Beverly Hillbillies
28 Nightly Business Report
6:30
4 News
5 Top Story
11 Three's Company
12 Taxi
13 Benson
22 Leave it to Beaver
28 Automania
7PM
2 'Slap' Maxwell Story
Slap comes to the frightening realization that many people want to get him.
4 Wheel of Fortune
5 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Dudley Moore ["Like Father/Like Son"].
9 Wild, Wild World of Animals
"Wildlife in New York"
11 Cheers
12 Wonderful World of Disney
The Tanners arrive at their Wyoming ranch to find a broken-down shambles with no water. Part 1 of 2.
13 Hill Street Blues
Furillo demands the councilman be subpoenaed, Hunter's tank is stolen; LaRue's business is razed; Marv's ashes lie in state.
22 Hawaii Five-0
McGarrett's investigation of a Japanese banker who committed ritual suicide uncovers an international swindle.
28 Nature
Attempts to protect the unique animals and plants of Brazil threatened by development of the Amazon jungle.
7:30
2 Hooperman
Harry tries to pass Biljoux off as a narcotics dog after he bites the mailman.
4 Jeopardy!
5 Evening
Tina Yothers discusses her singing career and her role on "Family Ties".
9 World of Survival
Thinning out elephant herds.
11 M*A*S*H
Klinger saves Charles from an operating-room explosion.
8pm
2 the fifth estate
A man who stole $17 million from a bank tells how he did it.
4 Who's the Boss?
Samantha's date with a "college man" sends Tony on a search for the guilty party.
5 Matlock
A vengedul sculptor [David Ogden Stiers] sets Michelle's friend up for the murder of the man responsible for his blindness.
9 Nova
"The Hole in the Sky." A mid-winter expedition to Antarctica to examine the recently discovered thinning of the Earth's protective ozone layer.
11 Movie
"The Horse Soldiers." [1959] John Wayne, William Holden. The Yankee Calvary cuts a path through TN to LA, despite the best efforts of the Confederate army.
12 Movie
"Will - G. Gordon Liddy." [1983] Robert Conrad. The ex-lawyer and FBI agent who would later be convicted as one of the Watergate burglars becomes a member of the Committee to Re-Elect the President.
13 Movie
"Cloak and Dagger." [1946] Gary Cooper. The OSS sends a physics professor to Italy, where partisans help him find an atomic scientist held by Nazis. Directed by Fritz Lang.
22 Perry Mason
A woman fashion magnate is poisoned on the eve of an important spring showing. Guests: Leslie Parrish, David White, Marie Windsor.
28 Bergerac
The detective is convinced that an accident of a rock star's yacht was really murder.
8:30
4 Growing Pains
Unemployed Maggie vents her frustrations by becoming a compulsive housekeeper.
7 Jake and the Fatman
When a wealthy businessman is murdered - supposedly by a burglar - McCabe suspects the victim's young wife (Karen Austin).
9pm
2 Market Place
4 Moonlighting
Maddie and David sort out their emotions as they try to plot the course of their relationship.
5 J.J. Starbuck
After learning of his assistant's plans to blackmail him, a corporate head-hunter [Robert Conrad] plans her murder to look like suicide.
9 We The People
The active role of the courts in interpreting the constitutional definitions of equality and discrimination.
22 McCloud
An Israeli soldier [Jane Seymour] seeks revenge on McCloud when he is mistakenly accused of killing her brother, a New York cab driver, during a shoot-out with a drug dealer (George Hamilton).
28 Among Brothers
Changes in urban politics caused by the growing frequency of elections between black candidates.
9:30
2 Man Alive
The effects of terrorism on the lives of victims and their families.
10pm
2 National-Journal
4 thirtysomething
Series premiere. A group of friends in their thirties struggles with life, love and careers. With Tim Busfield, Ken Olin, Patricia Wettig.
5 Crime Story
Torello confronts his feelings for his ex-wife when she requests his help in rescuing her kidnapped husband (David Soul).
9 Only One Earth
Environmental problems caused by development in Senegal, Mexico and Scotland, and possible solutions through conservation.
11 News
12 Honeymooners
13 Odd Couple
Oscar offers to fund the funeral for Felix's parrot.
28 Nightly Business Report
10:30
7 The Law and Harry McGraw
Harry matches wits with a condescending insurance investigator while defending a client accused of insurance fraud.
12 Phil Silvers Show
13 Financial (?)
22 USA Tonight
28 Globe Watch
Sign off 11pm.
11pm
2 4 5 News
9 Movie
"The Trouble with Angels." [1966] Hayley Mills. An all-knowing Mother Superior tries to tone down the antics of two rambunctious female students at her school.
11 Barney Miller
12 Cannon
13 Late Show
Guest host: Arsenio Hall.
22 Honeymooners
An adoption agency inspects the Kramdens.
11:30
4 Nightline
5 The Tonight Show
Guest host Garry Shandling. Guests: Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, Victoria Principal; actor/comedian Dave Coulier.
7 News
11 Saturday Night
22 1 Step Beyond
11:35
2 Maude
Midnight
4 Get in Touch
11 Benny Hill
12 BluBlocker
13 Financial (?)
22 Gunsmoke
12:05
2 Movie
"Brighton Rock." [1948] Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley. The girlfriend of a murdered reporter connects his death to an underworld leader.
7 Diamonds
A former husband and wife TV detective team (Nicholas Campbell, Peggy Smithhart) take a crack at the real thing following the cancellation of their series. (I have several episodes of this show on VHS tapes taped off USA Network c. 1990)
12:30
4 Police Story
A local narcotics detective [Robert Goulet] does a little maneuvering so that he and his partner can be in on a major drug bust.
5 Late Night
Jay Leno, Annie Potts, guitarist Hiram Bullock.
11 Twilight Zone
12 Benny Hill
13 Matchmaker
1AM
9 Bork Committee Highlights
Highlights of the Senate Confirmation Hearings on the nomination of Judge Robert H Bork for Supreme Court justice.
11 Dukes of Hazzard
12 Twilight Zone
13 Movie (unknown)
22 Movie
"Stockcar." [1976] Drivers including Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough and Bobby Allison discuss their exciting but dangerous profession.
1:15
7 Movie
"Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home." [1983] Paul Michael Glaser, Dee Wallace. An out-of-work high school football coach acts as house husband while his wife supports the family.
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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)
7am
4 Good Morning America
Author Gore Vidal ["Empire"]; Mamie Van Doren.
5 Today
From Beijing. Winston Lord, U.S. ambassador to China; interracial marriages; Chinese consumerism; Tibet; Inner Mongolia.
7 CBS Morning News
9 Sesame Street
11 Dennis the Menace
12 Kids Cont. (?)
13 G.I. Joe
22 Spiral Zone
7:30
7 The Morning Program
Tom Selleck; authors Arthur Schlesinger (sp?) and Clifton Daniel; Jessica Hahn; miscarriages; a self-help book for teenage girls; comedian Jonathon Solomon.
11 Jetsons
12 My Little Pony 'n Friends
13 Dinosaucers
22 Bionic Six
8am
9 Captain Kangaroo
11 12 Scooby-Doo
13 Smurfs
22 Silverhawks
8:30
9 Mister Rogers Neighborhood
11 My Little Pony
12 Kids Club (when did the local "Frisky Frolics" end?)
13 Teddy Ruxpin
22 Bullwinkle
28 Sesame Street (late sign on time)
9am
4 Geraldo
5 Good Company
A top Northwest chef prepares a delicious dish.
7 Oprah Winfrey
The effects of plastic surgery.
9 Sesame Street
11 The Brady Bunch
12 Leave it to Beaver
13 Sale of the Century (preempted from KING)
22 Pastor's Study
9:30
2 Crossfire (#1 - nothing to do with the CNN show. #2 - VERY late sign on time for 1987!)
11 Bewitched
12 Too Close for Comfort
13 Classic Concentration
28 Self, Inc
10am
2 Fred Penner's Place
4 Who's the Boss?
5 Wheel of Fortune (daytime)
7 Price is Right (shortly after Bob Barker dyed his hair gray, IIRC)
9 Instructional TV
11 I Love Lucy
12 Wil Shriner
Actress Marsha Warfield; Cris Lemmon ["Duet"]; Author Suzanne Brangham.
13 Hour Magazine
Jack Scalia; parents who murder their children; Double Dare host Marc Summers; Dr. John Zambetti & The Johnny Z Band.
22 Success-N-Life
28 Merry World
10:30
2 Mr. Dressup
4 Mr. Belvedere
5 Sally Jessy Raphael (30-minutes)
Shirley MacLaine interview (part 2 of 2).
11 Divorce Court
28 Voyage/Mimi (?)
11am
2 Sesame Street
4 Ryan's Hope
5 Super Password
7 Young and the Restless
11 The Judge
12 Hawaii Five-0
13 Love Connection
22 Weight (prob infomercial)
28 Family Classics
11:30
4 Loving
5 Scrabble
11 Superior Court
13 High Rollers (syndicated I think)
22 My Three Sons
28 Sesame Street
Noon
2 4 All My Children
5 Days of Our Lives
7 News
11 Movie
"The Great Santini." [1979] Robert Duvall. A teenager finally stands up to his bullying father, a fiercely competitive peacetime Marine pilot who runs his family like boot camp.
12 Perry Mason
13 $100,000 Pyramid
22 Slim Cooking
12:30
13 Card Sharks (from CBS, my best guess. There's a YouTube video showing Bob Eubanks' Card Sharks on KCPQ)
22 Dick Van Dyke
28 Place (?)
1PM
2 Midday
4 One Life to Live
5 Another World
7 As The World Turns
12 Dick Van Dyke
13 Movie
"Sam Whiskey." [1969] Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson. A fetching young widow seduces a westerner into salvaging a fortune in gold.
22 Hogan's Heroes
28 Newscasts
1:30
12 My Three Sons
22 Gomer Pyle, USMC
28 Reading Rainbow
2PM
2 7 Guiding Light
4 General Hospital
5 Santa Barbara
9 MotorWeek
11 Laverne and Shirley
12 I Love Lucy
22 Dennis the Menace
28 World of Science
2:30
9 Automania
11 JEM
12 Andy Griffith
22 Heathcliff
28 Teletales
3PM
2 Coronation Street
4 Northwest Afternoon
Divorced women tell off the trauma they experienced when their husbands remarried.
5 Wil Shriner
See 10am, KVOS.
7 Magnum P.I.
A lavish costume party provides the scenee for Higgin's accident-induced Shakespearean rantings, a jewel thief, murder and unrequited love.
9 Sesame Street
11 Beverly Hills Teens
12 Flintstones
13 Quincy, M.E.
22 Ghostbusters
28 Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cookin
3:30
2 Airwaves
11 Transformers
12 G.I. Joe
22 Saber Rider
28 Computer Chronicles
4PM
2 Facts of Life
4 Win, Lose or Draw
5 Donahue
Scheduled: Jessica Hahn.
7 People's Court
9 3-2-1 Contact
11 Ghostbusters
12 JEM
13 Gilligan's Island
22 She-Ra
28 Homework Hotline
4:30
2 OWL/TV
4 Hollywood Squares (John Davidson)
7 CBS News
9 Square One Television
11 Bravestarr
12 Diff'rent Strokes
13 DuckTales
22 Thundercats
5PM
2 Video Hits
4 5 7 News
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Diff'rent Strokes
12 Three's Company
13 Wonderful World of Disney
"Davy Crockett and the River Pirates." Davy teams with legendary boatman Mike Fink to battle pirates on the Ohio River.
22 Flintstones
28 Sesame Street
5:30
2 Three's Company
7 MLB Baseball
Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals.
9 Nightly Business Report
11 12 Silver Spoons
22 I Dream of Jeannie
6PM
2 News
4 ABC News
5 NBC News
9 MacNeil Lehrer NewsHour
11 Family Ties
12 M*A*S*H
13 Happy Days
22 Beverly Hillbillies
28 Nightly Business Report
6:30
4 News
5 Top Story
11 Three's Company
12 Taxi
13 Benson
22 Leave it to Beaver
28 Automania
7PM
2 'Slap' Maxwell Story
Slap comes to the frightening realization that many people want to get him.
4 Wheel of Fortune
5 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Dudley Moore ["Like Father/Like Son"].
9 Wild, Wild World of Animals
"Wildlife in New York"
11 Cheers
12 Wonderful World of Disney
The Tanners arrive at their Wyoming ranch to find a broken-down shambles with no water. Part 1 of 2.
13 Hill Street Blues
Furillo demands the councilman be subpoenaed, Hunter's tank is stolen; LaRue's business is razed; Marv's ashes lie in state.
22 Hawaii Five-0
McGarrett's investigation of a Japanese banker who committed ritual suicide uncovers an international swindle.
28 Nature
Attempts to protect the unique animals and plants of Brazil threatened by development of the Amazon jungle.
7:30
2 Hooperman
Harry tries to pass Biljoux off as a narcotics dog after he bites the mailman.
4 Jeopardy!
5 Evening
Tina Yothers discusses her singing career and her role on "Family Ties".
9 World of Survival
Thinning out elephant herds.
11 M*A*S*H
Klinger saves Charles from an operating-room explosion.
8pm
2 the fifth estate
A man who stole $17 million from a bank tells how he did it.
4 Who's the Boss?
Samantha's date with a "college man" sends Tony on a search for the guilty party.
5 Matlock
A vengedul sculptor [David Ogden Stiers] sets Michelle's friend up for the murder of the man responsible for his blindness.
9 Nova
"The Hole in the Sky." A mid-winter expedition to Antarctica to examine the recently discovered thinning of the Earth's protective ozone layer.
11 Movie
"The Horse Soldiers." [1959] John Wayne, William Holden. The Yankee Calvary cuts a path through TN to LA, despite the best efforts of the Confederate army.
12 Movie
"Will - G. Gordon Liddy." [1983] Robert Conrad. The ex-lawyer and FBI agent who would later be convicted as one of the Watergate burglars becomes a member of the Committee to Re-Elect the President.
13 Movie
"Cloak and Dagger." [1946] Gary Cooper. The OSS sends a physics professor to Italy, where partisans help him find an atomic scientist held by Nazis. Directed by Fritz Lang.
22 Perry Mason
A woman fashion magnate is poisoned on the eve of an important spring showing. Guests: Leslie Parrish, David White, Marie Windsor.
28 Bergerac
The detective is convinced that an accident of a rock star's yacht was really murder.
8:30
4 Growing Pains
Unemployed Maggie vents her frustrations by becoming a compulsive housekeeper.
7 Jake and the Fatman
When a wealthy businessman is murdered - supposedly by a burglar - McCabe suspects the victim's young wife (Karen Austin).
9pm
2 Market Place
4 Moonlighting
Maddie and David sort out their emotions as they try to plot the course of their relationship.
5 J.J. Starbuck
After learning of his assistant's plans to blackmail him, a corporate head-hunter [Robert Conrad] plans her murder to look like suicide.
9 We The People
The active role of the courts in interpreting the constitutional definitions of equality and discrimination.
22 McCloud
An Israeli soldier [Jane Seymour] seeks revenge on McCloud when he is mistakenly accused of killing her brother, a New York cab driver, during a shoot-out with a drug dealer (George Hamilton).
28 Among Brothers
Changes in urban politics caused by the growing frequency of elections between black candidates.
9:30
2 Man Alive
The effects of terrorism on the lives of victims and their families.
10pm
2 National-Journal
4 thirtysomething
Series premiere. A group of friends in their thirties struggles with life, love and careers. With Tim Busfield, Ken Olin, Patricia Wettig.
5 Crime Story
Torello confronts his feelings for his ex-wife when she requests his help in rescuing her kidnapped husband (David Soul).
9 Only One Earth
Environmental problems caused by development in Senegal, Mexico and Scotland, and possible solutions through conservation.
11 News
12 Honeymooners
13 Odd Couple
Oscar offers to fund the funeral for Felix's parrot.
28 Nightly Business Report
10:30
7 The Law and Harry McGraw
Harry matches wits with a condescending insurance investigator while defending a client accused of insurance fraud.
12 Phil Silvers Show
13 Financial (?)
22 USA Tonight
28 Globe Watch
Sign off 11pm.
11pm
2 4 5 News
9 Movie
"The Trouble with Angels." [1966] Hayley Mills. An all-knowing Mother Superior tries to tone down the antics of two rambunctious female students at her school.
11 Barney Miller
12 Cannon
13 Late Show
Guest host: Arsenio Hall.
22 Honeymooners
An adoption agency inspects the Kramdens.
11:30
4 Nightline
5 The Tonight Show
Guest host Garry Shandling. Guests: Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, Victoria Principal; actor/comedian Dave Coulier.
7 News
11 Saturday Night
22 1 Step Beyond
11:35
2 Maude
Midnight
4 Get in Touch
11 Benny Hill
12 BluBlocker
13 Financial (?)
22 Gunsmoke
12:05
2 Movie
"Brighton Rock." [1948] Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley. The girlfriend of a murdered reporter connects his death to an underworld leader.
7 Diamonds
A former husband and wife TV detective team (Nicholas Campbell, Peggy Smithhart) take a crack at the real thing following the cancellation of their series. (I have several episodes of this show on VHS tapes taped off USA Network c. 1990)
12:30
4 Police Story
A local narcotics detective [Robert Goulet] does a little maneuvering so that he and his partner can be in on a major drug bust.
5 Late Night
Jay Leno, Annie Potts, guitarist Hiram Bullock.
11 Twilight Zone
12 Benny Hill
13 Matchmaker
1AM
9 Bork Committee Highlights
Highlights of the Senate Confirmation Hearings on the nomination of Judge Robert H Bork for Supreme Court justice.
11 Dukes of Hazzard
12 Twilight Zone
13 Movie (unknown)
22 Movie
"Stockcar." [1976] Drivers including Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough and Bobby Allison discuss their exciting but dangerous profession.
1:15
7 Movie
"Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home." [1983] Paul Michael Glaser, Dee Wallace. An out-of-work high school football coach acts as house husband while his wife supports the family.
-crainbebo