Retro: Spokane Broadcast and Cable - Monday, May 21, 1990 ("The Last Newhart")
Channels:
2—KREM (CBS)
4—KXLY (ABC)
6—KHQ (NBC)
7—KSPS (PBS)
28—KAYU (Fox)
MORNING
5 am
4—Hart to Hart
5:30
6—This Morning's Business
6:00
2—The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
4—Maxie's World
6—NBC News at Sunrise
(Faith Daniels)
28—Underdog
6:30
2—KREM 2 Morning News
4—World News This Morning
(Mike Schneider)
6—Q6 News
28—C.O.P.S.
6:45
7—A.M. Weather
7:00
2—CBS This Morning
Gene Siskel; Bob Newhart; the Detroit Tigers' Cecil Fielder. (Harry Smith, Paula Zahn)
4—Good Morning America
Dr. C. Everett Koop and Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Louis Sullivan discuss tobacco's threat worldwide; Japanese Parliament member Shintaro Ishihara; how corporate crises become public relations coups; test-tube zoo babies; making science entertaining for elementary-school children. (Joan Lunden, Charles Gibson)
6—Today
From Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania: Preferred camping locations; fly fishing; urban and rural park rangers; conservationist David Brower; Adirondack tour; camp cooking; singer Nanci Griffith; National Parks Service director Jim Ridenour. (Bryant Gumbel, Deborah Norville)
28—ThunderCats
7:05
7—Zoobilee Zoo
7:30
7—Captain Kangaroo
28—Dennis the Menace
8:00
7—Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
28—Smurfs' Adventures
8:30
7—Today's Special
28—The Comic Strip
9:00
2—Family Feud
4—Donahue
Choosing the ideal mate.
6—227
7—Sesame Street
28—The 700 Club
9:30
2—Wheel of Fortune
6—Classic Concentration
10:00
2—The Price Is Right
4—Home
Myths and responsibilities of being beautiful; plastic surgery; windows for the new house; quitting smoking; actor Michael York; home service for AIDS patients.
6—The Golden Girls
7—Body Pulse
28—The Brady Bunch
10:30
6—The Marsha Warfield Show
7—Sit and Be Fit
28—The Odd Couple
11:00
2—Geraldo
Advocates of vigilantism.
4—Sally Jessy Raphael
Sammy Davis, Jr. memorial tribute.
6—Webster
7—Studio [?]
28—The People's Court
11:30
6—Generations
7—The Frugal Gourmet
28—Paid Programming
AFTERNOON
12 pm
2—KREM 2 News at Noon
4—All My Children
6—Days of Our Lives
7—The McLaughlin Group
28—Perry Mason
12:30
2—The Bold and the Beautiful
7—John McLaughlin's One on One
1:00
2—As the World Turns
4—One Life to Live
6—Another World
7—Sesame Street: Sing Along
28—MOVIE: Brewster's Millions
(1985) Richard Pryor, John Candy. A down-on-his-luck minor-league baseball player stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can spend one million dollars a day for thirty days in a row.
2:00
2—Guiding Light
4—General Hospital
6—Santa Barbara
7—Big Bird in Japan
3:00
2—The Young and the Restless
4—Bugs Bunny & Buddies
6—Highway to Heaven
7—Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
3:30
4—The Jetsons
7—Sesame Street
28—DuckTales
4:00
2—The Oprah Winfrey Show
Multiple personalities.
4—Star Trek
6—A Current Affair
(Maury Povich)
28—Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
4:30
6—Inside Edition
(Bill O'Reilly)
7—Reading Rainbow
28—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5:00
2—KREM 2 News at 5
4—News 4 at 5
6—Q6 News at 5
7—3-2-1 Contact
28—Laverne & Shirley
5:30
6—NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
7—The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
28—Leave It to Beaver
EVENING
6:00
2—CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
4—World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
6—Q6 News at 6
28—Charles in Charge
6:30
2—The Cosby Show
"A Girl and Her Dog." Rudy wants to keep a stray dog; Vanessa would rather go to a party than on a family trip.
4—Entertainment Tonight
Goldie Hawn ("Bird on a Wire"). (John Tesh, Mary Hart)
6—Wheel of Fortune
7—Nightly Business Report
28—Growing Pains
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Jason is flabbergasted when his spirited mother returns from a Mexican cruise with a new lease on life—and a fiancé.
7:00
2—Cheers
"The Big Kiss-Off." Sam and Woody make a bet that before closing time, one of them must get a four-lip, three-second, "tongue optional" kiss from Rebecca (Kirstie Alley).
4—Who's the Boss?
6—Jeopardy!
7—Yes, Prime Minister
"The Real Partnership." The Government runs into a financial crisis just as MPs and top civil servants are due for a pay increase. Sir Humphrey relies on all his finest skills to push through his own claim.
28—Mr. Belvedere
"Fat Cats." George and Belvedere wager the battle of the bulge at a fat farm and find it hazardous to their health.
7:30
2—Night Court
"Clip Show." A city auditor threatens to charge the courtroom staff with fraud for unlikely expenditures. Part 1 of two.
4—M*A*S*H
"Hepatitis." The 4077th springs into action to stop an outbreak of hepatitis when Father Mulcahy comes down with the disease. Meanwhile, Hawkeye develops a mysterious back ailment after receiving news about a doctor from his home town.
6—Family Feud
7—Shelley
"The Distaff Side." Shelley is afraid to tell Fran's father that she is pregnant. Hywel Bennett, Belinda Sinclair.
28—Hard Copy
The business of weddings.
8:00
2—Major Dad
"Face the Music... and Dance." (Season Finale) Conclusion. A defense contractor considers hiring Mac, and his family advises him to loosen up for the interview. Eagleton: Barry Pearl. Rodman: Bob Hastings. Gen. Gunderson: John Ingle. Mac: Gerald McRaney.
4—MacGyver
"Children of Light." A Chinese student appears at MacGyver's home claiming to be his foster daughter, while secretly holding evidence of the bloodletting at Tiananmen Square. Wing Lee: Tzi Ma. Peng Chow: Robert Ito. Zhao: Keone Young. MacGyver: Richard Dean Anderson.(Repeat)
6—Night of 100 Stars III
Taped at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on May 5, the entertainment event benefits the Actors' Fund. Chairpersons are James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Helen Hayes.
7—Skyscraper
Part 3. A "truss fiasco" involving the granite facade puts the building months behind schedule in "Steel and Stone." Also: an inspection of stonework in Venice by construction manager Dominic Fonti.
28—21 Jump Street
"Everyday Is Christmas." After being busted down to a corrupt city precinct, Penhall (Peter DeLuise) feels even lower after setting the wrong example for a rookie (David Barry Gray). Martin Wolf: Stephen Shellen. Peter Murray: Ivory Ocean. Larry Rodman: Ronald William Lawrence.
8:30
2—Newhart
"The Last Newhart." (Series Finale) It's sayonara to all as a Japanese investor buys out everyone but Dick and Joanna, who stay on at the inn, which becomes a hazard on a golf course. Tagadachi: Gedde Watanabe. Sedaka: Shuko Akune. Sunatra: Sab Shimono. Baby Stephanie: Candy Hutson.
9:00
2—Murphy Brown
"Goin' to the Chapel." (Season Finale) Conclusion. With the press bearing down on her wedding day, Corky (Faith Ford) again questions her wish to wed. The Temptations, Kathleen Sullivan, Leeza Gibbons and John Tesh appear. Claire Forrest: Frances Bergen (Candice's mother). Will: Scott Bryce.
4—The ABC Monday Night Movie: Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
(TV, 1990; Part 2 of 2) Shelley Long, Tom Conti. A young woman attempts to unravel the mystery behind the multiple personality disorder threatening to destroy her life. In the conclusion, sessions with Dr. Phillips lead Truddi to confront long-suppressed emotions.
7—Inside Gorbachev's U.S.S.R.
"Coming Apart." Conclusion. Hedrick Smith tours the "minority republics" of Lithuania, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Included: the resurgence of independence movements; economic hardships; and violence among ethnic groups.
28—Alien Nation
"Crossing the Line." Recognizing a serial killer's MO, Sikes goes outside the law to find the man; the Franciscos prepare for the christening-like ceremony for their newborn. Det. Zepeda: Jenny Gago. Burns: Jeff Doucette. Doctor of Death: Tobin Bell. Dr. Allen: Michele Lamar Richards. (Repeat)
9:30
2—Designing Women
"La Place Sans Souci." (Season Finale) At a plush spa, the vigorous exercise program and thermal mud baths bring out the worst in Suzanne (Delta Burke). Charlene: Jean Smart. Mary Jo: Annie Potts. Julia: Dixie Carter Anthony: Meshach Taylor.
10:00
2—Siskel & Ebert
Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel look at the film industry. Joining the movie critics are Clint Eastwood; Kathleen Turner; Danny DeVito; MPAA president Jack Valenti; and Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, and director Franco Zeffirelli, from the set of "Hamlet."
7—Local Heroes, Global Change
Part 3 profiles people in developing nations who are discovering the "Power to Change." Included: a development worker in India; a poor Bolivian woman seeking education; and the president of the National Farmers Association of Zimbabwe.
28—The Arsenio Hall Show
Scheduled: Dolly Parton; Marsha Warfield.
LATE NIGHT
11:00
2—KREM 2 News at 11
4—News 4 at 11
6—Q6 News at 11
7—Adam Smith's Money World
Warren Buffet.
28—After Hours
The French Riviera; Beau Bridges.
11:30
2—Wiseguy
"Not for Nothing." Vinnie is shot by a butcher who was axed from the Steelgrave mob; and Mel Profitt's right-hand man is suspicious of Vinnie. Lococco: William Russ. Profitt: Kevin Spacey. Susan Profitt: Joan Severance.
4—Nightline
6—The Best of Carson
Guests: actor Dudley Moore; music group Etta James at the Roots Band; comic Jack Mayberry. (Repeat)
7—FDR
Roosevelt's health is an issue in his fourth candidacy.
28—MOVIE: Eddie Macon's Run
Kirk Douglas, John Schneider. A young idealist, serving time in prison on false charges, has one last chance to escape. Lee Purcell.
12 am
4—Paid Programming
7—Off the Air
12:30
4—Hart to Hart
6—Late Night with David Letterman
Guests: actor-director Rob Reiner; comic Ritch Shydner; 5-year-old fisherman Bubba Kielb. (Repeat)
12:35
2—Stingray
1:30
4—Paid Programming
6—To Be Announced
28—Off the Air
1:35
2—KREM 2 News at 11
2:00
4—News 4 at 11
2:10
2—CBS News Nightwatch
2:30
4—Off the Air
6—Later with Bob Costas
Allen Funt ("Candid Camera") (Part 1 of 2).
3:00
6—To Be Announced
4:30
6—Success-N-Life
Channels:
2—KREM (CBS)
4—KXLY (ABC)
6—KHQ (NBC)
7—KSPS (PBS)
28—KAYU (Fox)
MORNING
5 am
4—Hart to Hart
5:30
6—This Morning's Business
6:00
2—The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
4—Maxie's World
6—NBC News at Sunrise
(Faith Daniels)
28—Underdog
6:30
2—KREM 2 Morning News
4—World News This Morning
(Mike Schneider)
6—Q6 News
28—C.O.P.S.
6:45
7—A.M. Weather
7:00
2—CBS This Morning
Gene Siskel; Bob Newhart; the Detroit Tigers' Cecil Fielder. (Harry Smith, Paula Zahn)
4—Good Morning America
Dr. C. Everett Koop and Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Louis Sullivan discuss tobacco's threat worldwide; Japanese Parliament member Shintaro Ishihara; how corporate crises become public relations coups; test-tube zoo babies; making science entertaining for elementary-school children. (Joan Lunden, Charles Gibson)
6—Today
From Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania: Preferred camping locations; fly fishing; urban and rural park rangers; conservationist David Brower; Adirondack tour; camp cooking; singer Nanci Griffith; National Parks Service director Jim Ridenour. (Bryant Gumbel, Deborah Norville)
28—ThunderCats
7:05
7—Zoobilee Zoo
7:30
7—Captain Kangaroo
28—Dennis the Menace
8:00
7—Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
28—Smurfs' Adventures
8:30
7—Today's Special
28—The Comic Strip
9:00
2—Family Feud
4—Donahue
Choosing the ideal mate.
6—227
7—Sesame Street
28—The 700 Club
9:30
2—Wheel of Fortune
6—Classic Concentration
10:00
2—The Price Is Right
4—Home
Myths and responsibilities of being beautiful; plastic surgery; windows for the new house; quitting smoking; actor Michael York; home service for AIDS patients.
6—The Golden Girls
7—Body Pulse
28—The Brady Bunch
10:30
6—The Marsha Warfield Show
7—Sit and Be Fit
28—The Odd Couple
11:00
2—Geraldo
Advocates of vigilantism.
4—Sally Jessy Raphael
Sammy Davis, Jr. memorial tribute.
6—Webster
7—Studio [?]
28—The People's Court
11:30
6—Generations
7—The Frugal Gourmet
28—Paid Programming
AFTERNOON
12 pm
2—KREM 2 News at Noon
4—All My Children
6—Days of Our Lives
7—The McLaughlin Group
28—Perry Mason
12:30
2—The Bold and the Beautiful
7—John McLaughlin's One on One
1:00
2—As the World Turns
4—One Life to Live
6—Another World
7—Sesame Street: Sing Along
28—MOVIE: Brewster's Millions
(1985) Richard Pryor, John Candy. A down-on-his-luck minor-league baseball player stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can spend one million dollars a day for thirty days in a row.
2:00
2—Guiding Light
4—General Hospital
6—Santa Barbara
7—Big Bird in Japan
3:00
2—The Young and the Restless
4—Bugs Bunny & Buddies
6—Highway to Heaven
7—Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
3:30
4—The Jetsons
7—Sesame Street
28—DuckTales
4:00
2—The Oprah Winfrey Show
Multiple personalities.
4—Star Trek
6—A Current Affair
(Maury Povich)
28—Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
4:30
6—Inside Edition
(Bill O'Reilly)
7—Reading Rainbow
28—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5:00
2—KREM 2 News at 5
4—News 4 at 5
6—Q6 News at 5
7—3-2-1 Contact
28—Laverne & Shirley
5:30
6—NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
7—The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
28—Leave It to Beaver
EVENING
6:00
2—CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
4—World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
6—Q6 News at 6
28—Charles in Charge
6:30
2—The Cosby Show
"A Girl and Her Dog." Rudy wants to keep a stray dog; Vanessa would rather go to a party than on a family trip.
4—Entertainment Tonight
Goldie Hawn ("Bird on a Wire"). (John Tesh, Mary Hart)
6—Wheel of Fortune
7—Nightly Business Report
28—Growing Pains
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Jason is flabbergasted when his spirited mother returns from a Mexican cruise with a new lease on life—and a fiancé.
7:00
2—Cheers
"The Big Kiss-Off." Sam and Woody make a bet that before closing time, one of them must get a four-lip, three-second, "tongue optional" kiss from Rebecca (Kirstie Alley).
4—Who's the Boss?
6—Jeopardy!
7—Yes, Prime Minister
"The Real Partnership." The Government runs into a financial crisis just as MPs and top civil servants are due for a pay increase. Sir Humphrey relies on all his finest skills to push through his own claim.
28—Mr. Belvedere
"Fat Cats." George and Belvedere wager the battle of the bulge at a fat farm and find it hazardous to their health.
7:30
2—Night Court
"Clip Show." A city auditor threatens to charge the courtroom staff with fraud for unlikely expenditures. Part 1 of two.
4—M*A*S*H
"Hepatitis." The 4077th springs into action to stop an outbreak of hepatitis when Father Mulcahy comes down with the disease. Meanwhile, Hawkeye develops a mysterious back ailment after receiving news about a doctor from his home town.
6—Family Feud
7—Shelley
"The Distaff Side." Shelley is afraid to tell Fran's father that she is pregnant. Hywel Bennett, Belinda Sinclair.
28—Hard Copy
The business of weddings.
8:00
2—Major Dad
"Face the Music... and Dance." (Season Finale) Conclusion. A defense contractor considers hiring Mac, and his family advises him to loosen up for the interview. Eagleton: Barry Pearl. Rodman: Bob Hastings. Gen. Gunderson: John Ingle. Mac: Gerald McRaney.
4—MacGyver
"Children of Light." A Chinese student appears at MacGyver's home claiming to be his foster daughter, while secretly holding evidence of the bloodletting at Tiananmen Square. Wing Lee: Tzi Ma. Peng Chow: Robert Ito. Zhao: Keone Young. MacGyver: Richard Dean Anderson.(Repeat)
6—Night of 100 Stars III
Taped at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on May 5, the entertainment event benefits the Actors' Fund. Chairpersons are James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Helen Hayes.
7—Skyscraper
Part 3. A "truss fiasco" involving the granite facade puts the building months behind schedule in "Steel and Stone." Also: an inspection of stonework in Venice by construction manager Dominic Fonti.
28—21 Jump Street
"Everyday Is Christmas." After being busted down to a corrupt city precinct, Penhall (Peter DeLuise) feels even lower after setting the wrong example for a rookie (David Barry Gray). Martin Wolf: Stephen Shellen. Peter Murray: Ivory Ocean. Larry Rodman: Ronald William Lawrence.
8:30
2—Newhart
"The Last Newhart." (Series Finale) It's sayonara to all as a Japanese investor buys out everyone but Dick and Joanna, who stay on at the inn, which becomes a hazard on a golf course. Tagadachi: Gedde Watanabe. Sedaka: Shuko Akune. Sunatra: Sab Shimono. Baby Stephanie: Candy Hutson.
9:00
2—Murphy Brown
"Goin' to the Chapel." (Season Finale) Conclusion. With the press bearing down on her wedding day, Corky (Faith Ford) again questions her wish to wed. The Temptations, Kathleen Sullivan, Leeza Gibbons and John Tesh appear. Claire Forrest: Frances Bergen (Candice's mother). Will: Scott Bryce.
4—The ABC Monday Night Movie: Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
(TV, 1990; Part 2 of 2) Shelley Long, Tom Conti. A young woman attempts to unravel the mystery behind the multiple personality disorder threatening to destroy her life. In the conclusion, sessions with Dr. Phillips lead Truddi to confront long-suppressed emotions.
7—Inside Gorbachev's U.S.S.R.
"Coming Apart." Conclusion. Hedrick Smith tours the "minority republics" of Lithuania, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Included: the resurgence of independence movements; economic hardships; and violence among ethnic groups.
28—Alien Nation
"Crossing the Line." Recognizing a serial killer's MO, Sikes goes outside the law to find the man; the Franciscos prepare for the christening-like ceremony for their newborn. Det. Zepeda: Jenny Gago. Burns: Jeff Doucette. Doctor of Death: Tobin Bell. Dr. Allen: Michele Lamar Richards. (Repeat)
9:30
2—Designing Women
"La Place Sans Souci." (Season Finale) At a plush spa, the vigorous exercise program and thermal mud baths bring out the worst in Suzanne (Delta Burke). Charlene: Jean Smart. Mary Jo: Annie Potts. Julia: Dixie Carter Anthony: Meshach Taylor.
10:00
2—Siskel & Ebert
Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel look at the film industry. Joining the movie critics are Clint Eastwood; Kathleen Turner; Danny DeVito; MPAA president Jack Valenti; and Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, and director Franco Zeffirelli, from the set of "Hamlet."
7—Local Heroes, Global Change
Part 3 profiles people in developing nations who are discovering the "Power to Change." Included: a development worker in India; a poor Bolivian woman seeking education; and the president of the National Farmers Association of Zimbabwe.
28—The Arsenio Hall Show
Scheduled: Dolly Parton; Marsha Warfield.
LATE NIGHT
11:00
2—KREM 2 News at 11
4—News 4 at 11
6—Q6 News at 11
7—Adam Smith's Money World
Warren Buffet.
28—After Hours
The French Riviera; Beau Bridges.
11:30
2—Wiseguy
"Not for Nothing." Vinnie is shot by a butcher who was axed from the Steelgrave mob; and Mel Profitt's right-hand man is suspicious of Vinnie. Lococco: William Russ. Profitt: Kevin Spacey. Susan Profitt: Joan Severance.
4—Nightline
6—The Best of Carson
Guests: actor Dudley Moore; music group Etta James at the Roots Band; comic Jack Mayberry. (Repeat)
7—FDR
Roosevelt's health is an issue in his fourth candidacy.
28—MOVIE: Eddie Macon's Run
Kirk Douglas, John Schneider. A young idealist, serving time in prison on false charges, has one last chance to escape. Lee Purcell.
12 am
4—Paid Programming
7—Off the Air
12:30
4—Hart to Hart
6—Late Night with David Letterman
Guests: actor-director Rob Reiner; comic Ritch Shydner; 5-year-old fisherman Bubba Kielb. (Repeat)
12:35
2—Stingray
1:30
4—Paid Programming
6—To Be Announced
28—Off the Air
1:35
2—KREM 2 News at 11
2:00
4—News 4 at 11
2:10
2—CBS News Nightwatch
2:30
4—Off the Air
6—Later with Bob Costas
Allen Funt ("Candid Camera") (Part 1 of 2).
3:00
6—To Be Announced
4:30
6—Success-N-Life
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