Channels:
2—KREM (CBS)
4—KXLY (ABC)
6—KHQ (NBC)
7—KSPS (PBS)
28—KAYU (Fox)
Saturday, January 13, 1990
MORNING
5:30 am
4—Sunday School of the Air
6—Paid Programming
6:00
2—Porky Pig & Friends
4—Bugs Bunny & Buddies
6—ALF Tales
6:30
4—Maxie’s World
6—Camp Candy
7:00
2—Dink, the Little Dinosaur
4—A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
6—Home & Garden
7—National Geographic
28—Paid Programming
7:30
2—Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies
4—Disney’s Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour
8:00
6—Captain N: The Game Master
7—European Journal
28—American Skiier
8:30
2—Pee-wee’s Playhouse
4—Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters
6—The Karate Kid
7—Make Yourself at Home
28—Billy Packer’s College Basketball
9:00
2—The California Raisin Show
6—The Smurfs
7—Faces of Culture
28—MOVIE: “The Tomb”
(1986) Cameron Mitchell, Michelle Bauer. A tomb robber steals artifacts from an unmarked tomb in Egypt and sells them to different archeologists in America, displeasing the immortal woman whose tomb has been desecrated,
9:30
2—Dungeons & Dragons
4—Beetlejuice
7—Faces of Culture
10:00
2—College Basketball
Georgetown at DePaul.
4—The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
6—The Chipmunks
7—Project Universe
10:30
6—College Basketball
Regional games: Nevada-Las Vegas at Temple or Texas at Oklahoma.
7—Project Universe
11:00
4—The Flintstone Kids
7—America’s Second Century
28—Paid Programming
11:30
4—ABC Weekend Special
7—America’s Second Century
AFTERNOON
12 pm
2—CBS Sports Saturday
4—College Mad House
7—Understanding Human Behavior
28—Wrestling
12:30
4—MOVIE: “The Great Adventure”
(Italian, 1975) Jack Palance, Joan Collins. A young boy and his trusty dog struggle to survive in Gold Rush-era Alaska but run afoul of a corrupt town boss in this adaptation of a Jack London story
6—College Football
“Hula Bowl.”
7—Understanding Human Behavior
1:00
2—College Basketball
Maryland at Duke.
7—North Idaho College Public Forum
28—College Basketball
Arizona State at USC.
1:30
7—Computer Chronicles
2:00
7—Do It Yourself
2:30
4—Good Fishing
7—The Joy of Painting
3:00
2—Better Your Home
4—Bowling
AC-Delco Classic.
7—Sneak Previews Goes Video
28—College Basketball
Arizona at UCLA.
3:30
2—Paid Programming
7—MotorWeek
4:00
2—Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
6—Golf: The Perfect Passion
7—All About Trains
4:30
4—Wide World of Sports
Featured: The Harlem Globetrotters from St. Croix, Virgin Islands; “Athlete of the Year” presentation.
6—Water Sportsworld
7—Newton’s Apple
5:00
2—Simon & Simon
6—Carson’s Comedy Classics
7—Austin City Limits
28—Charles in Charge
5:30
6—Q6 News
28—The New Lassie
EVENING
6:00
2—CBS Evening News
4—News 4
6—MOVIE: “The Black Hole”
(1979) Maximillian Schell, Anthony Perkins. Researchers discover a lost space ship on the edge of a black hole.
7—The Lawrence Welk Show
28—MOVIE: “Born in East L.A.”
(1987) Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez. A Los Angeles native is rounded up by mistake with illegal aliens and dumped south of the border.
6:30
2—KREM 2 News
4—World News Tonight
7:00
2—Woman’s Body
4—Star Trek: The Next Generation
“The Hunted.” On the planet Angosia, the crew aids in the capture of a prison escapee, whose reputation is belied when Troi interviews him. Prime Minister Nayrok: James Cromwell. Zayner: J. Michael Flynn. Troi: Marina Sirtis.
7—Degrassi High
“A New Start.” The gang start their first year of high school. (Part 1 of 2)
7:30
2—Trying Times
“The Boss.” A widow (Jean Stapleton) working at a fast-food joint clashes with her tyrannical teenage manager (Corey Feldman). Written by Marilyn Suzanne Miller. Gene: Jerry Houser. Luanda: Gail Boggs.
8:00
2—Paradise
“Devil’s Escort.” The accused killer Ethan is escorting back to Paradise for trial is dead set on killing him—if pursuing vigilantes don't get the man first. Lee Horsley. Bishop: P.L. Brown. Ted Ramsey: Patrick Dollaghan. Fletcher: R.D. Call. Cliff Ramsey: Dave Adams.
4—Mission: Impossible
“Cargo Cult.” The IMF tries to usurp the authority of a Pacific island "god" and his partner, who are using natives as slave labor in an illegal and lethal method for mining gold. Otagi: Lani Tupu. Regehr: Adrian Wright. Bull: Mike Bishop. Shannon: Jane Badler. Grant: Phil Morris.
6—227
“Play Christy for Me.” While working as a deejay, Lester gets suggestive requests from a caller who he thinks is Mary. Christy: Arnetia Walker. Lester: Hal Williams. Travis: Stoney Jackson. Mary: Marla Gibbs. Dylan: Barry Sobel. Rose: Alaina Reed Hall.
7—KSPS Saturday Night Cinema: “The Grapes of Wrath”
(1940) Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell. Director John Ford’s Oscar-winning version of the Steinbeck novel about destitute Oklahoma farmers migrating West.
28—Cops
Los Angeles: Officers arrest a knife-wielder and a violent husband.
8:30
6—Amen
“The Roast.” The Deacon is roasted at a dinner, where some share less-than-reverential recollections of the honoree. Inga: Elsa Raven. Rolly: Jester Hairston. Deacon: Sherman Hemsley.
28—Totally Hidden Video
9:00
2—Tour of Duty
“Angel of Mercy.” Goldman is physically wounded in the field, and mentally wounded when reunited with nurse Nikki Raines (Pamela Gidley). Trang: James Hong. Ba Tho: Clyde Kusatsu. Anderson: Terence Knox. Goldman: Stephen Caffrey. (Repeat)
4—ABC Saturday Mystery: B.L. Stryker
“Winner Takes All.” Football and money figure in the murder of a high-school star's father, who's killed by his bookmaker's enforcers. Cody Pearson: Paul Gleason. Ruth Hastings: Cicely Tyson. Mark Hastings Jr.: Eriq LaSalle. Stryker: Burt Reynolds. Coach: Ken Vitulli.
6—The Golden Girls
“Great Expectations.” Rose is touting the power of positive thinking, which Blanche could use when her beau has a heart attack. Mary Ellen: Michele Pawk. Nurse: Kathy Bendett. Woman in Hospital: Kat Sawyer-Young.
28—The Reporters
9:30
6—Empty Nest
“Harry’s Choice.” When the man who shot her partner gets off on a technicality, Barbara stops chasing bad guys and starts chasing real-estate buyers, making Harry one happy dad. Cookie: Kathleen Noone. Barbara: Kristy McNichol.
10:00
2—Saturday Night with Connie Chung
The story of civil-rights pioneer Vernon Johns, who was succeeded by Dr. Martin Luther King as preacher of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala.; an exploration of the fur controversy.
6—Hunter
“The Nightmare.” McCall finds the slain body of her cleaning woman, a Latin American immigrant whose body is marked by signs of torture from years before. Maria Gonsalves: Kamala Lopez. Pomo Aragon: Joe Renteria. Edwardo: Carlos Carrasco. McCall: Stepfanie Kramer.
28—The Arsenio Hall Show
Jennifer Tilly; Judge Joseph A. Wapner; D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. (Repeat)
10:15
7—Doctor Who
“Trial of a Time Lord.” The Doctor faces death when the Time Lords place him on trial for interfering in galactic affairs. Peri: Nicola Bryant. Melanie: Bonnie Langford. The Valeyard: Michael Jayston. Katryca: Joan Sims.
LATE NIGHT
11:00
2—KREM 2 News
4—News 4
6—Q6 News
28—Comic Strip Live
Scheduled: Tim Allen, Scott Herriott. From Los Angeles.
11:30
2—RollerGames
4—Star Trek: The Next Generation
6—Carson’s Comedy Classics
11:45
7—Comedy Tonight
12 am
6—Carson’s Comedy Classics
28—Freddy’s Nightmares
“Easy Come, Easy Go.” A wealthy killer must wed a blackmailer (Tracey Walter) who witnessed her crimes. Later, she's surprised by an unsettling visit from her sister and brother-in-law (Jill Jacobson, Wings Hauser). Wes/Hank: Richard Eden. Herman: Frank Birney.
12:15
7—Austin City Limits
12:30
2—Cinema 2: “Legend of the Champions”
(1968) Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo. A secret agent is interrogated by his superiors on suspicion of being a double agent and being involved with a Tibetan guru who has supernatural powers.
4—Paid Programming
6—Saturday Night Live
Ed O'Neill (host); Harry Connick Jr.
1:00
4—News 4 (Repeat)
28—Off the Air
1:15
7—Off the Air
1:30
4—ABC News
1:45
4—Off the Air
2:00
6—Paid Programming
2:30
2—Off the Air
6—Off the Air
2—KREM (CBS)
4—KXLY (ABC)
6—KHQ (NBC)
7—KSPS (PBS)
28—KAYU (Fox)
Saturday, January 13, 1990
MORNING
5:30 am
4—Sunday School of the Air
6—Paid Programming
6:00
2—Porky Pig & Friends
4—Bugs Bunny & Buddies
6—ALF Tales
6:30
4—Maxie’s World
6—Camp Candy
7:00
2—Dink, the Little Dinosaur
4—A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
6—Home & Garden
7—National Geographic
28—Paid Programming
7:30
2—Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies
4—Disney’s Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour
8:00
6—Captain N: The Game Master
7—European Journal
28—American Skiier
8:30
2—Pee-wee’s Playhouse
4—Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters
6—The Karate Kid
7—Make Yourself at Home
28—Billy Packer’s College Basketball
9:00
2—The California Raisin Show
6—The Smurfs
7—Faces of Culture
28—MOVIE: “The Tomb”
(1986) Cameron Mitchell, Michelle Bauer. A tomb robber steals artifacts from an unmarked tomb in Egypt and sells them to different archeologists in America, displeasing the immortal woman whose tomb has been desecrated,
9:30
2—Dungeons & Dragons
4—Beetlejuice
7—Faces of Culture
10:00
2—College Basketball
Georgetown at DePaul.
4—The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
6—The Chipmunks
7—Project Universe
10:30
6—College Basketball
Regional games: Nevada-Las Vegas at Temple or Texas at Oklahoma.
7—Project Universe
11:00
4—The Flintstone Kids
7—America’s Second Century
28—Paid Programming
11:30
4—ABC Weekend Special
7—America’s Second Century
AFTERNOON
12 pm
2—CBS Sports Saturday
4—College Mad House
7—Understanding Human Behavior
28—Wrestling
12:30
4—MOVIE: “The Great Adventure”
(Italian, 1975) Jack Palance, Joan Collins. A young boy and his trusty dog struggle to survive in Gold Rush-era Alaska but run afoul of a corrupt town boss in this adaptation of a Jack London story
6—College Football
“Hula Bowl.”
7—Understanding Human Behavior
1:00
2—College Basketball
Maryland at Duke.
7—North Idaho College Public Forum
28—College Basketball
Arizona State at USC.
1:30
7—Computer Chronicles
2:00
7—Do It Yourself
2:30
4—Good Fishing
7—The Joy of Painting
3:00
2—Better Your Home
4—Bowling
AC-Delco Classic.
7—Sneak Previews Goes Video
28—College Basketball
Arizona at UCLA.
3:30
2—Paid Programming
7—MotorWeek
4:00
2—Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
6—Golf: The Perfect Passion
7—All About Trains
4:30
4—Wide World of Sports
Featured: The Harlem Globetrotters from St. Croix, Virgin Islands; “Athlete of the Year” presentation.
6—Water Sportsworld
7—Newton’s Apple
5:00
2—Simon & Simon
6—Carson’s Comedy Classics
7—Austin City Limits
28—Charles in Charge
5:30
6—Q6 News
28—The New Lassie
EVENING
6:00
2—CBS Evening News
4—News 4
6—MOVIE: “The Black Hole”
(1979) Maximillian Schell, Anthony Perkins. Researchers discover a lost space ship on the edge of a black hole.
7—The Lawrence Welk Show
28—MOVIE: “Born in East L.A.”
(1987) Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez. A Los Angeles native is rounded up by mistake with illegal aliens and dumped south of the border.
6:30
2—KREM 2 News
4—World News Tonight
7:00
2—Woman’s Body
4—Star Trek: The Next Generation
“The Hunted.” On the planet Angosia, the crew aids in the capture of a prison escapee, whose reputation is belied when Troi interviews him. Prime Minister Nayrok: James Cromwell. Zayner: J. Michael Flynn. Troi: Marina Sirtis.
7—Degrassi High
“A New Start.” The gang start their first year of high school. (Part 1 of 2)
7:30
2—Trying Times
“The Boss.” A widow (Jean Stapleton) working at a fast-food joint clashes with her tyrannical teenage manager (Corey Feldman). Written by Marilyn Suzanne Miller. Gene: Jerry Houser. Luanda: Gail Boggs.
8:00
2—Paradise
“Devil’s Escort.” The accused killer Ethan is escorting back to Paradise for trial is dead set on killing him—if pursuing vigilantes don't get the man first. Lee Horsley. Bishop: P.L. Brown. Ted Ramsey: Patrick Dollaghan. Fletcher: R.D. Call. Cliff Ramsey: Dave Adams.
4—Mission: Impossible
“Cargo Cult.” The IMF tries to usurp the authority of a Pacific island "god" and his partner, who are using natives as slave labor in an illegal and lethal method for mining gold. Otagi: Lani Tupu. Regehr: Adrian Wright. Bull: Mike Bishop. Shannon: Jane Badler. Grant: Phil Morris.
6—227
“Play Christy for Me.” While working as a deejay, Lester gets suggestive requests from a caller who he thinks is Mary. Christy: Arnetia Walker. Lester: Hal Williams. Travis: Stoney Jackson. Mary: Marla Gibbs. Dylan: Barry Sobel. Rose: Alaina Reed Hall.
7—KSPS Saturday Night Cinema: “The Grapes of Wrath”
(1940) Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell. Director John Ford’s Oscar-winning version of the Steinbeck novel about destitute Oklahoma farmers migrating West.
28—Cops
Los Angeles: Officers arrest a knife-wielder and a violent husband.
8:30
6—Amen
“The Roast.” The Deacon is roasted at a dinner, where some share less-than-reverential recollections of the honoree. Inga: Elsa Raven. Rolly: Jester Hairston. Deacon: Sherman Hemsley.
28—Totally Hidden Video
9:00
2—Tour of Duty
“Angel of Mercy.” Goldman is physically wounded in the field, and mentally wounded when reunited with nurse Nikki Raines (Pamela Gidley). Trang: James Hong. Ba Tho: Clyde Kusatsu. Anderson: Terence Knox. Goldman: Stephen Caffrey. (Repeat)
4—ABC Saturday Mystery: B.L. Stryker
“Winner Takes All.” Football and money figure in the murder of a high-school star's father, who's killed by his bookmaker's enforcers. Cody Pearson: Paul Gleason. Ruth Hastings: Cicely Tyson. Mark Hastings Jr.: Eriq LaSalle. Stryker: Burt Reynolds. Coach: Ken Vitulli.
6—The Golden Girls
“Great Expectations.” Rose is touting the power of positive thinking, which Blanche could use when her beau has a heart attack. Mary Ellen: Michele Pawk. Nurse: Kathy Bendett. Woman in Hospital: Kat Sawyer-Young.
28—The Reporters
9:30
6—Empty Nest
“Harry’s Choice.” When the man who shot her partner gets off on a technicality, Barbara stops chasing bad guys and starts chasing real-estate buyers, making Harry one happy dad. Cookie: Kathleen Noone. Barbara: Kristy McNichol.
10:00
2—Saturday Night with Connie Chung
The story of civil-rights pioneer Vernon Johns, who was succeeded by Dr. Martin Luther King as preacher of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala.; an exploration of the fur controversy.
6—Hunter
“The Nightmare.” McCall finds the slain body of her cleaning woman, a Latin American immigrant whose body is marked by signs of torture from years before. Maria Gonsalves: Kamala Lopez. Pomo Aragon: Joe Renteria. Edwardo: Carlos Carrasco. McCall: Stepfanie Kramer.
28—The Arsenio Hall Show
Jennifer Tilly; Judge Joseph A. Wapner; D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. (Repeat)
10:15
7—Doctor Who
“Trial of a Time Lord.” The Doctor faces death when the Time Lords place him on trial for interfering in galactic affairs. Peri: Nicola Bryant. Melanie: Bonnie Langford. The Valeyard: Michael Jayston. Katryca: Joan Sims.
LATE NIGHT
11:00
2—KREM 2 News
4—News 4
6—Q6 News
28—Comic Strip Live
Scheduled: Tim Allen, Scott Herriott. From Los Angeles.
11:30
2—RollerGames
4—Star Trek: The Next Generation
6—Carson’s Comedy Classics
11:45
7—Comedy Tonight
12 am
6—Carson’s Comedy Classics
28—Freddy’s Nightmares
“Easy Come, Easy Go.” A wealthy killer must wed a blackmailer (Tracey Walter) who witnessed her crimes. Later, she's surprised by an unsettling visit from her sister and brother-in-law (Jill Jacobson, Wings Hauser). Wes/Hank: Richard Eden. Herman: Frank Birney.
12:15
7—Austin City Limits
12:30
2—Cinema 2: “Legend of the Champions”
(1968) Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo. A secret agent is interrogated by his superiors on suspicion of being a double agent and being involved with a Tibetan guru who has supernatural powers.
4—Paid Programming
6—Saturday Night Live
Ed O'Neill (host); Harry Connick Jr.
1:00
4—News 4 (Repeat)
28—Off the Air
1:15
7—Off the Air
1:30
4—ABC News
1:45
4—Off the Air
2:00
6—Paid Programming
2:30
2—Off the Air
6—Off the Air