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)
13 KCPQ Tacoma (FOX)
22 KTZZ Seattle (IND)
28 KTPS Tacoma (PBS)
7AM
2 CBC Morning News
4 Good Morning America
Spencer Christian in Italica, Spain. Rstoration of Italica and Seville; Jason Robards; author Maurice Sendak.
5 Today
Singer Nancy Wilson; floor care; sharing homes.
7 This Morning
Wilt Chamberlain; actor Phill Lewis ["Teech"]; talking to children about sex; decorating with quilts.
9 Sesame Street
11 Jetsons
13 G.I. Joe
22 JEN (from 6:30)
7:30
11 Merrie Melodies
13 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
22 Casper the Friendly Ghost
8am
9 Captain Kangaroo
11 Ranger Charlie and Rosco
13 Peter Pan
22 Inspector Gadget
28 Sesame Street
8:30
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Dennis the Menace
13 Flintstones
22 He-Man
9am
2 Anything (?)
4 Regis & Kathie Lee
Guests: psychic Char; chef Paul Prudhomme.
5 Days of Our Lives
7 Geraldo
9 Sesame Street
11 Little House on the Prairie
13 Family Feud
22 The 700 Club
28 Sit & Be Fit
9:30
2 Wok with Yan
13 $100,000 Pyramid (syndicated)
28 French in Action
10am
2 Fred Penner's Place
4 Home
Getting coupon items free; Indianapolis Children's Museum; Christmas decorations; orchids; chef George Mahafi.
5 Jenny Jones
Boy-crazy teens; fear of pregnancy and birth.
7 The Price is Right
9 Instructional TV
11 Chuck Woolery
Guest: David Leisure; Jodie Sweetin ["Full House"]; Charnelle Brown ["A Different World"].
13 Happy Days
22 Success-N-Life
28 Joy of Painting
10:30
2 Mr. Dressup
13 Mr. Belvedere
22 Glass (?)
11am
2 Sesame Street
5 Classic Concentration
7 Young and the Restless
11 People's Court
13 Matlock
A legal secretary [Shirley Knight] is accused of murdering her boss, who was having an affair with her daughter.
22 Casey Treat
28 3-2-1 Contact
11:30
4 Loving
5 One on One with John Tesh
Larry Gatlin; Bruce Boxleitner.
11 People's Court
22 Tomorrow (World?)
28 Reading Rainbow
Noon
2 4 All My Children
5 7 News
9 Nova
Crews film the North American black bear for a year in the wild as it forages, mates, gives birth and hibernates.
11 Joan Rivers
13 Rockford Files
A stewardness [Sharon Gless], a friend of Rockford's, becomes an assassin's target after an innocent conversation with a passenger.
22 Movie
"Mr. Denning Drives North." [1951] John Mills, Phyllis Calvert. A man accidentally kills his daughter's lover and then dumps the corpse, which disappears.
28 Sesame Street
12:30
5 Closer Look
Legalizing suicide.
1PM
2 Midday
4 One Life to Live
5 Another World
7 As The World Turns
9 Instructional TV
11 Movie
"Secret Weapons." [1985] Linda Hamilton, Sally Kellerman. A KGB colonel's wife turns a young Soviet and her comrades into seductive spies.
13 Horror Hall of Fame
Robert Englund pays tribute to horror films with clips, and awards are presented for achievement in the field.
28 Instructional TV
2PM
2 Coronation Street
4 General Hospital
5 Santa Barbara
7 Guiding Light
9 Woodcarving (?)
22 Ron Reagan
28 French in Action
2:30
2 Alice
9 Sesame Street
28 French in Action
3PM
2 Facts of Life
4 Northwest Afternoon
Mr. Blackwell's best-and-worst dressed lists.
5 Maury Povich
7 Sally Jessy Raphael
"I tried to kill my best friend who stole my man."
11 Video Power
13 DuckTales
22 I Love Lucy
28 Quilting (?)
3:30
2 Danger Bay
9 Reading Rainbow
11 James Bond Jr.
13 Chip 'n Dale
22 Leave it to Beaver
28 Quilt in a Day
4PM
2 WKRP in Cincinnati
4 Love Connection
5 Oprah Winfrey
7 Donahue
Topic: multiple spouses.
9 Square One Television
11 Tiny Toon Adventures
13 Tale Spin
22 I Dream of Jeannie
28 Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Double Trouble steals Minnehaha Falls.
4:30
2 Taxi
4 Family Feud
9 Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
See 4PM.
11 Saved By The Bell
13 Darkwing Duck
22 Bewitched
28 Shining Time Station
5PM
2 Video Hits
4 5 7 News
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Hogan Family
13 Beetlejuice
22 Too Close for Comfort
28 Reading Rainbow
5:30
2 Golden Girls
9 Nightly Business Report
11 Growing Pains
13 Perfect Strangers
22 Three's Company
28 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6PM
2 News
4 ABC News
5 NBC News
7 CBS News
9 MacNeil/ Lehrer NewsHour
11 Who's the Boss?
13 Candid Camera (in 1991?)
22 Amen
28 One on One
6:30
4 5 News
7 Cosby Show
Rudy feels ill-equipped for sixth grade.
11 Night Court
13 Hard Copy
22 Newhart
28 Hometime
Structural repairs. Part 2 of 4.
7PM
2 Newsmagazine
4 Wheel of Fortune
5 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Demi Moore.
7 News
9 National Geographic
Amazonian creatures adapt to extreme seasonal fluctuations in water levels.
11 Cheers
13 Inside Edition
Inside Buckingham Palace.
22 Movie
"Hell Night." [1981] Linda Blair. Fraternity and sorority pledges spend the night in a mansion haunted by victims of a family massacre.
28 Nightly Business Report
7:30
2 The Wonder Years
In hopes of a night on the town, Kevin coaches an aspiring driver.
4 Jeopardy!
5 Evening Magazine
7 Inside Line
11 Golden Girls
13 A Current Affair
28 Emmerdale Farm
Nick goes to court; Jackie disposes of dangerous pesticides.
8PM
2 Urban Angel
Concern for a battered wife lands Victor in jail, Tribune staffers worry about conditions in the neighborhood.
4 Dinosaurs
Refrigerators creatures take Charlene and Baby hostage.
5 Unsolved Mysteries
Bizarre happenings at the St. James Hotel in New Mexico; haunted house in Florida; con artist poses as doctor.
7 The Royal Family
Al [Redd Foxx] learns a former romantic rival is attending a church barbecue.
9 Mark Russell
Russell lampoons politicians and newsmakers.
11 Movie
"Deepstar Six." [1989] Taurean Blacque; Nancy Everhard. Underwater researchers are trapped 6 miles down by a prehistoric sea monster.
13 Movie
"Something Wicked This Way Comes." [1983] Jason Robards. Mr. Dark opens his pandemonium carnival and grants wishes, for a price, from the Ray Bradbury novel.
28 National Geographic
Through the ages, people regard the domestic cat with both admiration and loathing.
8:30
4 Wonder Years
See 7:30.
7 It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Linus waits in the pumpkin patch.
9 Great Performances
Kiri Te Kanawa and Jerry Hadley perform Paul McCartney and Carl Davis' eight-movement composition, an autobiography of McCartney's Liverpool years, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir.
9PM
2 Nature of Things
Forensic scientists use DNA testing and other techniques to investigate crimes.
4 Doogie Howser, MD
Wanda returns to town with an admirer, sparking jealousy in Doogie.
5 Night Court
Wired for sound by the FBI, Dan dines with his girlfriend's gangster father.
7 Volunteer-athon (probably local)
22 Perry Mason
Perry tracks down an unfaithful wife's killer. Guests: Jason Evers, Lloyd Bochner.
28 Quality...Or Else!
Government, businesses, managers and workers make drastic changes to survive. Part 2 of 3.
9:30
4 Sibs
Nora [Marsha Mason] gets Lily [Jami Gertz] a job as an assistant to a basketball star.
5 Seinfeld
Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer lose their car in a mall parking garage.
10PM
2 National-Journal
4 Anything But Love
Aboard a train, Marty dreams a murder mystery.
5 Quantum Leap
As a 21-year-old rape victim [Cheryl Pollak], Sam takes the attacker [Matthew Sheehan] to court.
7 48 Hrs
Americans fight back against crime.
11 22 News
13 Star Trek: The Next Generation
A distress call from a small Earth colony learns to another colony, composed entirely of clones.
28 Nightly Business Report
10:30
4 Good & Evil
Caroline [Brooke Theiss] breaks her silence and saves George's [Mark Blankfield] life.
22 Bob Newhart
28 Emmerdale Farm
See 7:30. Sign off 11PM.
11PM
2 4 5 7 News
9 Comedy Tonight
Ellen DeGeneres; Dan Chopin; Warren Thomas.
11 Married...with Children
13 Arsenio Hall
Guests: Jean Claude Van Damme; Sharon Stone ["Year of the Gun"].
22 Kojak
Kojak must overcome his disapproval of a female detective [Joan Van Ark] to pursue a drug dealer. Guests: George Maharis, Lisa Pelikan.
11:30/35
2 Newhart
4 Nightline
5 Tonight Show
7 Scene of the Crime
9 Movie
"Night of the Living Dead." [1968] Duane Jones. People hide in a house from carnivorous walking corpses revived by radiation fallout. Directed by George Romero.
11 Hunter
Typhoon Thompson [Isaac Hayes] leaves prison after eight years and seeks the person who framed him for murder.
12AM/05
4 Studio 50 (what was this?)
13 Hill Street Blues
A man will testify against the driver who killed his family; Davenport decides whether to try a case on scant evidence.
22 Baretta
12:10
2 Welcome Back, Kotter
12:30/35
5 Late Night David Letterman
Guest: author Sgt. James E. Eagan.
7 Inside Line (repeat)
11 Twilight Zone
12:40
2 MOVIE
"Son of Dracula." [1943] Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Paige. Count Alucard comes out of a lake in his coffin and makes a Southern belle his bride.
1AM/05
4 Love Connection
7 13 Paid Program
11 Now It Can Be Told
22 Movie
"Porridge." [1979] Ronnie Barker. An English jailbird accidentally escapes from prison, then tries to break back in.
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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)
13 KCPQ Tacoma (FOX)
22 KTZZ Seattle (IND)
28 KTPS Tacoma (PBS)
7AM
2 CBC Morning News
4 Good Morning America
Spencer Christian in Italica, Spain. Rstoration of Italica and Seville; Jason Robards; author Maurice Sendak.
5 Today
Singer Nancy Wilson; floor care; sharing homes.
7 This Morning
Wilt Chamberlain; actor Phill Lewis ["Teech"]; talking to children about sex; decorating with quilts.
9 Sesame Street
11 Jetsons
13 G.I. Joe
22 JEN (from 6:30)
7:30
11 Merrie Melodies
13 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
22 Casper the Friendly Ghost
8am
9 Captain Kangaroo
11 Ranger Charlie and Rosco
13 Peter Pan
22 Inspector Gadget
28 Sesame Street
8:30
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Dennis the Menace
13 Flintstones
22 He-Man
9am
2 Anything (?)
4 Regis & Kathie Lee
Guests: psychic Char; chef Paul Prudhomme.
5 Days of Our Lives
7 Geraldo
9 Sesame Street
11 Little House on the Prairie
13 Family Feud
22 The 700 Club
28 Sit & Be Fit
9:30
2 Wok with Yan
13 $100,000 Pyramid (syndicated)
28 French in Action
10am
2 Fred Penner's Place
4 Home
Getting coupon items free; Indianapolis Children's Museum; Christmas decorations; orchids; chef George Mahafi.
5 Jenny Jones
Boy-crazy teens; fear of pregnancy and birth.
7 The Price is Right
9 Instructional TV
11 Chuck Woolery
Guest: David Leisure; Jodie Sweetin ["Full House"]; Charnelle Brown ["A Different World"].
13 Happy Days
22 Success-N-Life
28 Joy of Painting
10:30
2 Mr. Dressup
13 Mr. Belvedere
22 Glass (?)
11am
2 Sesame Street
5 Classic Concentration
7 Young and the Restless
11 People's Court
13 Matlock
A legal secretary [Shirley Knight] is accused of murdering her boss, who was having an affair with her daughter.
22 Casey Treat
28 3-2-1 Contact
11:30
4 Loving
5 One on One with John Tesh
Larry Gatlin; Bruce Boxleitner.
11 People's Court
22 Tomorrow (World?)
28 Reading Rainbow
Noon
2 4 All My Children
5 7 News
9 Nova
Crews film the North American black bear for a year in the wild as it forages, mates, gives birth and hibernates.
11 Joan Rivers
13 Rockford Files
A stewardness [Sharon Gless], a friend of Rockford's, becomes an assassin's target after an innocent conversation with a passenger.
22 Movie
"Mr. Denning Drives North." [1951] John Mills, Phyllis Calvert. A man accidentally kills his daughter's lover and then dumps the corpse, which disappears.
28 Sesame Street
12:30
5 Closer Look
Legalizing suicide.
1PM
2 Midday
4 One Life to Live
5 Another World
7 As The World Turns
9 Instructional TV
11 Movie
"Secret Weapons." [1985] Linda Hamilton, Sally Kellerman. A KGB colonel's wife turns a young Soviet and her comrades into seductive spies.
13 Horror Hall of Fame
Robert Englund pays tribute to horror films with clips, and awards are presented for achievement in the field.
28 Instructional TV
2PM
2 Coronation Street
4 General Hospital
5 Santa Barbara
7 Guiding Light
9 Woodcarving (?)
22 Ron Reagan
28 French in Action
2:30
2 Alice
9 Sesame Street
28 French in Action
3PM
2 Facts of Life
4 Northwest Afternoon
Mr. Blackwell's best-and-worst dressed lists.
5 Maury Povich
7 Sally Jessy Raphael
"I tried to kill my best friend who stole my man."
11 Video Power
13 DuckTales
22 I Love Lucy
28 Quilting (?)
3:30
2 Danger Bay
9 Reading Rainbow
11 James Bond Jr.
13 Chip 'n Dale
22 Leave it to Beaver
28 Quilt in a Day
4PM
2 WKRP in Cincinnati
4 Love Connection
5 Oprah Winfrey
7 Donahue
Topic: multiple spouses.
9 Square One Television
11 Tiny Toon Adventures
13 Tale Spin
22 I Dream of Jeannie
28 Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Double Trouble steals Minnehaha Falls.
4:30
2 Taxi
4 Family Feud
9 Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
See 4PM.
11 Saved By The Bell
13 Darkwing Duck
22 Bewitched
28 Shining Time Station
5PM
2 Video Hits
4 5 7 News
9 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11 Hogan Family
13 Beetlejuice
22 Too Close for Comfort
28 Reading Rainbow
5:30
2 Golden Girls
9 Nightly Business Report
11 Growing Pains
13 Perfect Strangers
22 Three's Company
28 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6PM
2 News
4 ABC News
5 NBC News
7 CBS News
9 MacNeil/ Lehrer NewsHour
11 Who's the Boss?
13 Candid Camera (in 1991?)
22 Amen
28 One on One
6:30
4 5 News
7 Cosby Show
Rudy feels ill-equipped for sixth grade.
11 Night Court
13 Hard Copy
22 Newhart
28 Hometime
Structural repairs. Part 2 of 4.
7PM
2 Newsmagazine
4 Wheel of Fortune
5 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Demi Moore.
7 News
9 National Geographic
Amazonian creatures adapt to extreme seasonal fluctuations in water levels.
11 Cheers
13 Inside Edition
Inside Buckingham Palace.
22 Movie
"Hell Night." [1981] Linda Blair. Fraternity and sorority pledges spend the night in a mansion haunted by victims of a family massacre.
28 Nightly Business Report
7:30
2 The Wonder Years
In hopes of a night on the town, Kevin coaches an aspiring driver.
4 Jeopardy!
5 Evening Magazine
7 Inside Line
11 Golden Girls
13 A Current Affair
28 Emmerdale Farm
Nick goes to court; Jackie disposes of dangerous pesticides.
8PM
2 Urban Angel
Concern for a battered wife lands Victor in jail, Tribune staffers worry about conditions in the neighborhood.
4 Dinosaurs
Refrigerators creatures take Charlene and Baby hostage.
5 Unsolved Mysteries
Bizarre happenings at the St. James Hotel in New Mexico; haunted house in Florida; con artist poses as doctor.
7 The Royal Family
Al [Redd Foxx] learns a former romantic rival is attending a church barbecue.
9 Mark Russell
Russell lampoons politicians and newsmakers.
11 Movie
"Deepstar Six." [1989] Taurean Blacque; Nancy Everhard. Underwater researchers are trapped 6 miles down by a prehistoric sea monster.
13 Movie
"Something Wicked This Way Comes." [1983] Jason Robards. Mr. Dark opens his pandemonium carnival and grants wishes, for a price, from the Ray Bradbury novel.
28 National Geographic
Through the ages, people regard the domestic cat with both admiration and loathing.
8:30
4 Wonder Years
See 7:30.
7 It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Linus waits in the pumpkin patch.
9 Great Performances
Kiri Te Kanawa and Jerry Hadley perform Paul McCartney and Carl Davis' eight-movement composition, an autobiography of McCartney's Liverpool years, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir.
9PM
2 Nature of Things
Forensic scientists use DNA testing and other techniques to investigate crimes.
4 Doogie Howser, MD
Wanda returns to town with an admirer, sparking jealousy in Doogie.
5 Night Court
Wired for sound by the FBI, Dan dines with his girlfriend's gangster father.
7 Volunteer-athon (probably local)
22 Perry Mason
Perry tracks down an unfaithful wife's killer. Guests: Jason Evers, Lloyd Bochner.
28 Quality...Or Else!
Government, businesses, managers and workers make drastic changes to survive. Part 2 of 3.
9:30
4 Sibs
Nora [Marsha Mason] gets Lily [Jami Gertz] a job as an assistant to a basketball star.
5 Seinfeld
Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer lose their car in a mall parking garage.
10PM
2 National-Journal
4 Anything But Love
Aboard a train, Marty dreams a murder mystery.
5 Quantum Leap
As a 21-year-old rape victim [Cheryl Pollak], Sam takes the attacker [Matthew Sheehan] to court.
7 48 Hrs
Americans fight back against crime.
11 22 News
13 Star Trek: The Next Generation
A distress call from a small Earth colony learns to another colony, composed entirely of clones.
28 Nightly Business Report
10:30
4 Good & Evil
Caroline [Brooke Theiss] breaks her silence and saves George's [Mark Blankfield] life.
22 Bob Newhart
28 Emmerdale Farm
See 7:30. Sign off 11PM.
11PM
2 4 5 7 News
9 Comedy Tonight
Ellen DeGeneres; Dan Chopin; Warren Thomas.
11 Married...with Children
13 Arsenio Hall
Guests: Jean Claude Van Damme; Sharon Stone ["Year of the Gun"].
22 Kojak
Kojak must overcome his disapproval of a female detective [Joan Van Ark] to pursue a drug dealer. Guests: George Maharis, Lisa Pelikan.
11:30/35
2 Newhart
4 Nightline
5 Tonight Show
7 Scene of the Crime
9 Movie
"Night of the Living Dead." [1968] Duane Jones. People hide in a house from carnivorous walking corpses revived by radiation fallout. Directed by George Romero.
11 Hunter
Typhoon Thompson [Isaac Hayes] leaves prison after eight years and seeks the person who framed him for murder.
12AM/05
4 Studio 50 (what was this?)
13 Hill Street Blues
A man will testify against the driver who killed his family; Davenport decides whether to try a case on scant evidence.
22 Baretta
12:10
2 Welcome Back, Kotter
12:30/35
5 Late Night David Letterman
Guest: author Sgt. James E. Eagan.
7 Inside Line (repeat)
11 Twilight Zone
12:40
2 MOVIE
"Son of Dracula." [1943] Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Paige. Count Alucard comes out of a lake in his coffin and makes a Southern belle his bride.
1AM/05
4 Love Connection
7 13 Paid Program
11 Now It Can Be Told
22 Movie
"Porridge." [1979] Ronnie Barker. An English jailbird accidentally escapes from prison, then tries to break back in.
-crainbebo