Source: The Toledo Blade via Google News Archive plus partial assistance regarding CBC, WJBK, WTVS, and some other network programming from an entry of “The Newfoundland Herald” for the same date. Fort Wayne stations were on standard time year-round. Listings presented are in EDT.
WJBK Channel 2 Detroit (CBS)
4:30: Movie “Silver Star”
5:45: Movie “Savage Drums”
7:00: Captain Kangaroo
8:00: Charlie Brown & Snoopy
8:30: Saturday Supercade
9:00: Dungeons & Dragons
10:00: Kidsworld
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: Stars of Tomorrow
12:30: Movie “Love of Three Queens”
2:00: Movie “Three the Hard Way”
4:00: Rat Patrol
4:30: PGA Golf: Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
6:00: TV2 Eyewitness News (time approximate)
6:30: J.P. McCarthy (CBS Evening News not carried by WJBK on Saturday nights)
7:00: Too Close for Comfort
7:30: PM Detroit Weekend
8:00: Movie “Watership Down” (Part 1)
9:00: Movie “A Little Romance”
11:15: TV2 Eyewitness News
11:45: NFL Preseason Football: Philadelphia Eagles @ Detroit Lions (Tape-Delay; Lions won 17-14)
2:45: Movie: “Curse of the Undead” (1959) (time approximate)
WKYC Channel 3 Cleveland (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: Friend or Foe (not the 2002 game show)
2:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox @ Milwaukee Brewers (White Sox won 7-3)
5:00: Music City U.S.A. (time approximate)
5:30: The Bob Newhart Show
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Feagler
7:30: Dance Fever
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Silver Spoons
9:00: Bosom Buddies
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: Boone
11:00: News
11:30: David Letterman’s 2nd Anniversary
WDIV Channel 4 Detroit (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: America’s Top Ten
12:00: Movie: “Where the Spies Are” (1966; David Niven)
2:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox @ Milwaukee Brewers
5:00: Martial Arts (time approximate)
5:30: All in the Family
6:00: News4
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Dance Fever
7:30: Music Machine
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Silver Spoons
9:00: Bosom Buddies
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: Boone
11:00: News4 Tonight
11:30: Movie: “The Desert Fox” (1951; James Mason, Jessica Tandy)
1:30: New York Hot Tracks
WEWS Channel 5 Cleveland (ABC)
8:00: Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich
9:00: Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo
9:30: Pac-Man/Rubik’s Cube/Menudo
10:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
6:30: ?? (time approximate)
7:00: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
12:00: News (time approximate)
12:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
WLNS Channel 6 Lansing (CBS)
8:00: Charlie Brown & Snoopy
8:30: Saturday Supercade
9:30: Dungeons & Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts
12:30: Benji
1:00: Fat Albert
1:30: Film Festival
2:00: Wild Kingdom
2:30: Superchargers
3:00: Amateur Bowling
4:30: PGA Golf: Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
6:00: News (time approximate)
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: Movie “Watership Down” (Part 1)
9:00: Movie “A Little Romance”
11:15: News
12:15: Movie: “James Dean, the First American Teenager” (1978)
WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit (ABC)
8:00: Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich
9:00: Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo
9:30: Pac-Man/Rubik’s Cube/Menudo
10:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
6:30: ?? (time approximate)
7:00: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
12:00: Action News (time approximate)
12:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
2:15: Movie: “Crawlspace” (1971) (time approximate)
WJKW (WJW) Channel 8 Cleveland (CBS)
8:00: Charlie Brown & Snoopy
8:30: Saturday Supercade
9:30: Dungeons & Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
11:00: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: Movie: “Adios, Sabata” (1971; Yul Brynner)
2:05: Movie: “The Last Valley” (1971; Michael Caine)
4:30: PGA Golf: Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
6:00: News (time approximate)
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: The Muppet Show
7:30: The Muppet Show
8:00: Movie “Watership Down” (Part 1)
9:00: Movie “A Little Romance”
11:15: News
11:45: Movie: “The Sunshine Boys” (1975; George Burns, Walter Matthau)
1:45: Movie: “Lola” (1971; Charles Bronson)
CBET Channel 9 Windsor (CBC)
9:00: Sesame Street
10:00: Maja the Bee
10:30: Going Great
11:00: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
6:00: CBC News (time approximate)
6:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
11:00: CBC News (time approximate)
11:15: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
1:00: Wrestling (time approximate)
2:00: Chairman
WILX Channel 10 Jackson, Michigan (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Heckle and Jeckle
12:00: Comment
12:30: Spectrum
1:00: A Closer Look
1:30: This Week in Baseball
2:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox @ Milwaukee Brewers
5:00: Vega$ (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: The Muppet Show
7:30: The Muppet Show
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Silver Spoons
9:00: Bosom Buddies
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: Boone
11:00: News
11:30: David Letterman’s 2nd Anniversary
WTOL Channel 11 Toledo (CBS)
8:00: Agricountry
8:30: Patches and Pockets
9:00: Space Coaster
9:30: Dungeons & Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
11:00: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts
12:30: Benji
1:00: Fat Albert
1:30: Film Festival
2:00: Dayton Airshow
3:00: Amateur Bowling
4:30: PGA Golf: Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
6:00: News (time approximate)
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: Movie “Watership Down” (Part 1)
9:00: Movie “A Little Romance”
11:15: News
11:45: Movie: “Apache Uprising” (1966)
1:45: Love Connection
WTVG Channel 13 Toledo (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: Friend or Foe (not the 2002 game show)
2:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox @ Milwaukee Brewers
5:00: Music City U.S.A. (time approximate)
5:30: The Bob Newhart Show
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Weekend Magazine
7:30: M*A*S*H
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Silver Spoons
9:00: Bosom Buddies
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: Boone
11:00: News
11:30: David Letterman’s 2nd Anniversary
1:00: New York Hot Tracks
WANE Channel 15 Fort Wayne (CBS)
8:00: Charlie Brown & Snoopy
8:30: Saturday Supercade
9:30: Dungeons & Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
11:00: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts
12:30: Benji
1:00: Fat Albert
1:30: Film Festival
2:00: ??
3:00: Amateur Bowling
4:30: PGA Golf: Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
6:00: Wild Kingdom (time approximate)
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: News
7:30: This is Your Life
8:00: Movie “Watership Down” (Part 1)
9:00: Movie “A Little Romance”
11:15: News
11:45: ??
12:45: Movie: “Nevada Smith” (1966)
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta (Independent)
8:35: Movie: “Springfield Rifle” (1952; Gary Cooper)
10:35: Movie: “The War Lover” (1962)
12:45: Movie: “The Wrecking Crew” (1968)
3:05: Movie: “The Violent Men” (1955)
5:05: Fishing
5:35: Motorweek
6:05: Wrestling
7:05: Down to Earth
7:35: Major League Baseball: San Francisco Giants @ Atlanta Braves (Giants won 9-2)
10:00: This Week in Baseball (time approximate)
11:05: Night Tracks (all night I’d say)
WXON (WMYD) Channel 20 Detroit (Independent)
9:00: Greats of the Game
9:30: Starcade
10:00: Movie: “Return of the Secret Rivals”
12:00: Soul Train
1:00: The Man From Atlantis
2:00: Movie: “Atragon” (1964; Kenji Sawara)
3:30: Movie: “The Alien Oro” (Keir Dullea)
5:00: The Incredible Hulk
6:00: The Greatest American Hero
7:00: Switch
8:00: Movie: “Jubal” (1956; Glenn Ford)
10:00: Your Health
11:00: Movie: “Infernal Street” (1980)
WPTA Channel 21 Fort Wayne (ABC)
8:00: Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich (JIP)
9:00: Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo
9:30: Pac-Man/Rubik’s Cube/Menudo
10:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
6:30: ?? (time approximate)
7:00: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
12:00: News (time approximate)
12:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
2:00: Movie: “Airport” (1970; Dean Martin) (time approximate)
WDHO (WNWO) Channel 24 Toledo (ABC)
8:00: Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich (JIP)
9:00: Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo
9:30: Pac-Man/Rubik’s Cube/Menudo
10:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
6:30: At the Movies (time approximate)
7:00: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
12:00: News (time approximate)
12:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
WGTE Channel 30 Toledo (PBS)
9:00: Sesame Street
10:00: Victory Garden
10:30: America Works
11:00: Motorweek
11:30: Matinee
1:00: Gardening
1:30: Under Sail
2:00: Great Chefs
2:30: Victory Garden
3:00: Vietnam: A Television History
4:00: Impeachment Hearings
5:00: Tony Brown
5:30: Watercolors
6:00: Leo Buscaglia
7:00: To Serve Them
8:00: National Geographic
9:00: Movie: “The Hindenburg” (1975)
11:00: Soundstage
WKJG (WISE) Channel 33 Fort Wayne (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: NCAA Preview
1:30: This Week in Baseball
2:00: Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Cincinnati Reds (Dodgers won 5-3 in 11 innings)
5:00: America Rocks (time approximate)
5:30: Dayton Airshow
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Country Music
7:30: Dance Fever
8:00: NFL Preseason Football: Indianapolis Colts @ Miami Dolphins (Dolphins won 24-3)
11:00: News (time approximate)
11:30: David Letterman’s 2nd Anniversary
WLIO Channel 35 Lima, Ohio (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: He-Man
1:30: Working With Wood
2:00: Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Cincinnati Reds
5:00: WKRP in Cincinnati (time approximate)
5:30: Country
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Solid Gold Hits
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Silver Spoons
9:00: Bosom Buddies
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: Boone
11:00: News
11:30: David Letterman’s 2nd Anniversary
WUAB Channel 43 Cleveland (Independent)
9:00: Ernest Angley
10:00: Star Search
11:00: This Week in Baseball
11:30: The Jackson Five
12:00: Laughtoons
1:00: Movie: “Flight to Mars” (1952)
2:30: Movie: “The Lions are Free” (1969; Bill Travers)
4:00: Movie: “Checkered Flag or Crash” (1977)
6:00: Star Trek
7:00: Kung Fu
8:00: Major League Baseball: Cleveland Indians @ New York Yankees (Yankees won 8-5)
11:00: Country (time approximate)
11:30: Hee Haw
12:30: The Outer Limits
1:30: New York Hot Tracks
WKBD Channel 50 Detroit (Independent)
9:00: Wrestling
10:00: Movie: “Banjo Hackett: Roamin’ Free” (1976; Don Meredith)
12:00: Movie: “Tarzan and the Slave Girl” (1950; Lex Barker)
1:30: Movie: “Gamera, Super Monster” (1980)
3:00: Battlestar Galactica
5:00: Dance Show
6:00: Star Trek
7:00: Solid Gold Hits
8:00: On Stage America: Connie Francis, Alabama, Tom Sullivan, Julius LaRosa
10:00: Fame
11:00: Lifestyles
12:00: The White Shadow
1:00: Movie: “Fantastic Voyage” (1966; Stephen Boyd; Raquel Welch)
WFFT Channel 55 Fort Wayne (Independent)
9:30: Movie: “Ma and Pa Kettle at Home” (1954)
11:00: Wonder Woman
12:00: Putting
12:30: Love, American Style
1:00: Wrestling
2:00: Movie: “Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs” (1966; Vincent Price)
4:00: Movie: “Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine” (1965; Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon)
6:00: The Greatest American Hero
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: How the West was Won
10:00: Movie: “Top Secret Affair” (1957; Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas)
12:00: Movie: “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” (1943; Lon Chaney)
1:30: Movie: “The Crimson Canary” (1945; Noah Beery)
WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS)
4:00: Latenight America
5:00: Movie “Bells of Rosarita”
6:00: Movie “Range Defenders”
7:00: Sesame Street (x2)
9:00: Magic of Oil Painting
9:30: Pet Action Line
10:00: Victory Garden
10:30: This Old House
11:00: Sneak Previews
11:30: Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way
12:00: Last Chance Garage
12:30: Wine, What Pleasure
1:00: Square Foot Gardening
1:30: Great Chefs of New Orleans
2:00: Nova
3:00: National Geographic
4:00: Nature of Things
5:00: Perspective on Greatness
6:00: Enterprise
6:30: World War II GI Diary
7:00: Sneak Previews
7:30: Country Express
8:00: Austin City Limits
9:00: All Creatures Great & Small II
10:00: Spy
11:00: The Beat
12:00: Soundstage
1:00: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
1:30: Not the Nine O’Clock News
2:00: Sign-Off
WBGU Channel 57 (Channel 27) Bowling Green, Ohio (PBS)
9:00: Computer Chronicles
9:30: Financial Enterprise
10:00: Do it Yourself
10:30: Under Sail
11:00: Gardening
11:30: Watercolors
12:00: Lap Quilting
12:30: Victory Garden
1:00: Louisiana Cookin’
1:30: First Edition
2:00: Austin City Limits
3:00: Painting
3:30: Findlay Arts Fest
4:00: Soundstage
5:00: National Geographic
6:00: Matinee: “Cowboy Commandos” (1944; The Range Busters)
7:30: Jackie Gleason
8:00: Movie: “The Perils of Pauline” (1947; Betty Hutton, John Lund)
10:00: Leo Buscaglia
11:00: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
11:30: Austin City Limits
WGPR (WWJ) Channel 62 Detroit (Independent)
11:00: Wayne County
11:30: Coaches Corner
12:00: Sports Legends
12:30: Ladies’ Bowling
1:30: Golfun
2:00: Radio Videos
2:30: The Scene
3:30: Hit City
4:00: America Rocks
4:30: Adventure
5:00: Middle East
6:00: Rejoice
7:00: Zion Temple
8:00: Bob Jones
8:30: W.V. Grant
9:00: River Night
9:30: Phantom Children
10:00: Arab Voice
1:00: Variety
2:00: Movie: “Fantasies of a Sensuous Woman” (1977)
BONUS! WGN Channel 9 Chicago (Independent)
(Listed Central Time)
5:00: Sgt. Bilko
5:30: Dennis the Meance
6:00: Cartoons
6:15: Buyers Forum
6:30: The Three Stooges/Community Calendar
6:45: Cartoons
7:00: U.S. Farm Report
7:30: The World Tomorrow
8:00: Rex Humbard
8:30: Issues Unlimited
9:00: Charlando
9:30: In the Mix
10:00: Wild Kingdom
10:30: Kung Fu
11:30: Movie: “The Broken Sabre” (1964)
1:30: Hogan’s Heroes
2:00: Greatest Sports Legends
2:30: This Week in Baseball
3:00: Major League Baseball: Montreal Expos @ Chicago Cubs (Cubs won 4-1)
6:00: Fish (time approximate)
6:30: At the Movies
7:00: Movie: “Farewell to the Planet of the Apes” (1974; Roddy McDowall, Ron Harper)
9:00: WGN News
10:00: The Twilight Zone
10:30: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
11:30: The Twilight Zone
12:30: Solid Gold
1:30: Independent Network News
2:00: From the Editor’s Desk
2:30: Movie: “Fort Massacre” (1958; Joel McCrea, Forrest Tucker)
Source for WGN listings: The August 3, 1984 edition of the Bangor Daily News.
WJBK Channel 2 Detroit (CBS)
4:30: Movie “Silver Star”
5:45: Movie “Savage Drums”
7:00: Captain Kangaroo
8:00: Charlie Brown & Snoopy
8:30: Saturday Supercade
9:00: Dungeons & Dragons
10:00: Kidsworld
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: Stars of Tomorrow
12:30: Movie “Love of Three Queens”
2:00: Movie “Three the Hard Way”
4:00: Rat Patrol
4:30: PGA Golf: Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
6:00: TV2 Eyewitness News (time approximate)
6:30: J.P. McCarthy (CBS Evening News not carried by WJBK on Saturday nights)
7:00: Too Close for Comfort
7:30: PM Detroit Weekend
8:00: Movie “Watership Down” (Part 1)
9:00: Movie “A Little Romance”
11:15: TV2 Eyewitness News
11:45: NFL Preseason Football: Philadelphia Eagles @ Detroit Lions (Tape-Delay; Lions won 17-14)
2:45: Movie: “Curse of the Undead” (1959) (time approximate)
WKYC Channel 3 Cleveland (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: Friend or Foe (not the 2002 game show)
2:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox @ Milwaukee Brewers (White Sox won 7-3)
5:00: Music City U.S.A. (time approximate)
5:30: The Bob Newhart Show
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Feagler
7:30: Dance Fever
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Silver Spoons
9:00: Bosom Buddies
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: Boone
11:00: News
11:30: David Letterman’s 2nd Anniversary
WDIV Channel 4 Detroit (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: America’s Top Ten
12:00: Movie: “Where the Spies Are” (1966; David Niven)
2:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox @ Milwaukee Brewers
5:00: Martial Arts (time approximate)
5:30: All in the Family
6:00: News4
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Dance Fever
7:30: Music Machine
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Silver Spoons
9:00: Bosom Buddies
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: Boone
11:00: News4 Tonight
11:30: Movie: “The Desert Fox” (1951; James Mason, Jessica Tandy)
1:30: New York Hot Tracks
WEWS Channel 5 Cleveland (ABC)
8:00: Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich
9:00: Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo
9:30: Pac-Man/Rubik’s Cube/Menudo
10:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
6:30: ?? (time approximate)
7:00: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
12:00: News (time approximate)
12:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
WLNS Channel 6 Lansing (CBS)
8:00: Charlie Brown & Snoopy
8:30: Saturday Supercade
9:30: Dungeons & Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts
12:30: Benji
1:00: Fat Albert
1:30: Film Festival
2:00: Wild Kingdom
2:30: Superchargers
3:00: Amateur Bowling
4:30: PGA Golf: Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
6:00: News (time approximate)
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: Movie “Watership Down” (Part 1)
9:00: Movie “A Little Romance”
11:15: News
12:15: Movie: “James Dean, the First American Teenager” (1978)
WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit (ABC)
8:00: Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich
9:00: Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo
9:30: Pac-Man/Rubik’s Cube/Menudo
10:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
6:30: ?? (time approximate)
7:00: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
12:00: Action News (time approximate)
12:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
2:15: Movie: “Crawlspace” (1971) (time approximate)
WJKW (WJW) Channel 8 Cleveland (CBS)
8:00: Charlie Brown & Snoopy
8:30: Saturday Supercade
9:30: Dungeons & Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
11:00: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: Movie: “Adios, Sabata” (1971; Yul Brynner)
2:05: Movie: “The Last Valley” (1971; Michael Caine)
4:30: PGA Golf: Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
6:00: News (time approximate)
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: The Muppet Show
7:30: The Muppet Show
8:00: Movie “Watership Down” (Part 1)
9:00: Movie “A Little Romance”
11:15: News
11:45: Movie: “The Sunshine Boys” (1975; George Burns, Walter Matthau)
1:45: Movie: “Lola” (1971; Charles Bronson)
CBET Channel 9 Windsor (CBC)
9:00: Sesame Street
10:00: Maja the Bee
10:30: Going Great
11:00: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
6:00: CBC News (time approximate)
6:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
11:00: CBC News (time approximate)
11:15: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
1:00: Wrestling (time approximate)
2:00: Chairman
WILX Channel 10 Jackson, Michigan (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Heckle and Jeckle
12:00: Comment
12:30: Spectrum
1:00: A Closer Look
1:30: This Week in Baseball
2:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox @ Milwaukee Brewers
5:00: Vega$ (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: The Muppet Show
7:30: The Muppet Show
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Silver Spoons
9:00: Bosom Buddies
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: Boone
11:00: News
11:30: David Letterman’s 2nd Anniversary
WTOL Channel 11 Toledo (CBS)
8:00: Agricountry
8:30: Patches and Pockets
9:00: Space Coaster
9:30: Dungeons & Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
11:00: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts
12:30: Benji
1:00: Fat Albert
1:30: Film Festival
2:00: Dayton Airshow
3:00: Amateur Bowling
4:30: PGA Golf: Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
6:00: News (time approximate)
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: Movie “Watership Down” (Part 1)
9:00: Movie “A Little Romance”
11:15: News
11:45: Movie: “Apache Uprising” (1966)
1:45: Love Connection
WTVG Channel 13 Toledo (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: Friend or Foe (not the 2002 game show)
2:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox @ Milwaukee Brewers
5:00: Music City U.S.A. (time approximate)
5:30: The Bob Newhart Show
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Weekend Magazine
7:30: M*A*S*H
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Silver Spoons
9:00: Bosom Buddies
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: Boone
11:00: News
11:30: David Letterman’s 2nd Anniversary
1:00: New York Hot Tracks
WANE Channel 15 Fort Wayne (CBS)
8:00: Charlie Brown & Snoopy
8:30: Saturday Supercade
9:30: Dungeons & Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
11:00: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts
12:30: Benji
1:00: Fat Albert
1:30: Film Festival
2:00: ??
3:00: Amateur Bowling
4:30: PGA Golf: Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
6:00: Wild Kingdom (time approximate)
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: News
7:30: This is Your Life
8:00: Movie “Watership Down” (Part 1)
9:00: Movie “A Little Romance”
11:15: News
11:45: ??
12:45: Movie: “Nevada Smith” (1966)
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta (Independent)
8:35: Movie: “Springfield Rifle” (1952; Gary Cooper)
10:35: Movie: “The War Lover” (1962)
12:45: Movie: “The Wrecking Crew” (1968)
3:05: Movie: “The Violent Men” (1955)
5:05: Fishing
5:35: Motorweek
6:05: Wrestling
7:05: Down to Earth
7:35: Major League Baseball: San Francisco Giants @ Atlanta Braves (Giants won 9-2)
10:00: This Week in Baseball (time approximate)
11:05: Night Tracks (all night I’d say)
WXON (WMYD) Channel 20 Detroit (Independent)
9:00: Greats of the Game
9:30: Starcade
10:00: Movie: “Return of the Secret Rivals”
12:00: Soul Train
1:00: The Man From Atlantis
2:00: Movie: “Atragon” (1964; Kenji Sawara)
3:30: Movie: “The Alien Oro” (Keir Dullea)
5:00: The Incredible Hulk
6:00: The Greatest American Hero
7:00: Switch
8:00: Movie: “Jubal” (1956; Glenn Ford)
10:00: Your Health
11:00: Movie: “Infernal Street” (1980)
WPTA Channel 21 Fort Wayne (ABC)
8:00: Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich (JIP)
9:00: Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo
9:30: Pac-Man/Rubik’s Cube/Menudo
10:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
6:30: ?? (time approximate)
7:00: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
12:00: News (time approximate)
12:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
2:00: Movie: “Airport” (1970; Dean Martin) (time approximate)
WDHO (WNWO) Channel 24 Toledo (ABC)
8:00: Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich (JIP)
9:00: Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo
9:30: Pac-Man/Rubik’s Cube/Menudo
10:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
6:30: At the Movies (time approximate)
7:00: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
12:00: News (time approximate)
12:30: Games of the XXIII Olympiad
WGTE Channel 30 Toledo (PBS)
9:00: Sesame Street
10:00: Victory Garden
10:30: America Works
11:00: Motorweek
11:30: Matinee
1:00: Gardening
1:30: Under Sail
2:00: Great Chefs
2:30: Victory Garden
3:00: Vietnam: A Television History
4:00: Impeachment Hearings
5:00: Tony Brown
5:30: Watercolors
6:00: Leo Buscaglia
7:00: To Serve Them
8:00: National Geographic
9:00: Movie: “The Hindenburg” (1975)
11:00: Soundstage
WKJG (WISE) Channel 33 Fort Wayne (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: NCAA Preview
1:30: This Week in Baseball
2:00: Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Cincinnati Reds (Dodgers won 5-3 in 11 innings)
5:00: America Rocks (time approximate)
5:30: Dayton Airshow
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Country Music
7:30: Dance Fever
8:00: NFL Preseason Football: Indianapolis Colts @ Miami Dolphins (Dolphins won 24-3)
11:00: News (time approximate)
11:30: David Letterman’s 2nd Anniversary
WLIO Channel 35 Lima, Ohio (NBC)
8:00: Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: Smurfs
10:30: Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: He-Man
1:30: Working With Wood
2:00: Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Cincinnati Reds
5:00: WKRP in Cincinnati (time approximate)
5:30: Country
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Solid Gold Hits
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Silver Spoons
9:00: Bosom Buddies
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: Boone
11:00: News
11:30: David Letterman’s 2nd Anniversary
WUAB Channel 43 Cleveland (Independent)
9:00: Ernest Angley
10:00: Star Search
11:00: This Week in Baseball
11:30: The Jackson Five
12:00: Laughtoons
1:00: Movie: “Flight to Mars” (1952)
2:30: Movie: “The Lions are Free” (1969; Bill Travers)
4:00: Movie: “Checkered Flag or Crash” (1977)
6:00: Star Trek
7:00: Kung Fu
8:00: Major League Baseball: Cleveland Indians @ New York Yankees (Yankees won 8-5)
11:00: Country (time approximate)
11:30: Hee Haw
12:30: The Outer Limits
1:30: New York Hot Tracks
WKBD Channel 50 Detroit (Independent)
9:00: Wrestling
10:00: Movie: “Banjo Hackett: Roamin’ Free” (1976; Don Meredith)
12:00: Movie: “Tarzan and the Slave Girl” (1950; Lex Barker)
1:30: Movie: “Gamera, Super Monster” (1980)
3:00: Battlestar Galactica
5:00: Dance Show
6:00: Star Trek
7:00: Solid Gold Hits
8:00: On Stage America: Connie Francis, Alabama, Tom Sullivan, Julius LaRosa
10:00: Fame
11:00: Lifestyles
12:00: The White Shadow
1:00: Movie: “Fantastic Voyage” (1966; Stephen Boyd; Raquel Welch)
WFFT Channel 55 Fort Wayne (Independent)
9:30: Movie: “Ma and Pa Kettle at Home” (1954)
11:00: Wonder Woman
12:00: Putting
12:30: Love, American Style
1:00: Wrestling
2:00: Movie: “Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs” (1966; Vincent Price)
4:00: Movie: “Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine” (1965; Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon)
6:00: The Greatest American Hero
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: How the West was Won
10:00: Movie: “Top Secret Affair” (1957; Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas)
12:00: Movie: “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” (1943; Lon Chaney)
1:30: Movie: “The Crimson Canary” (1945; Noah Beery)
WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS)
4:00: Latenight America
5:00: Movie “Bells of Rosarita”
6:00: Movie “Range Defenders”
7:00: Sesame Street (x2)
9:00: Magic of Oil Painting
9:30: Pet Action Line
10:00: Victory Garden
10:30: This Old House
11:00: Sneak Previews
11:30: Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way
12:00: Last Chance Garage
12:30: Wine, What Pleasure
1:00: Square Foot Gardening
1:30: Great Chefs of New Orleans
2:00: Nova
3:00: National Geographic
4:00: Nature of Things
5:00: Perspective on Greatness
6:00: Enterprise
6:30: World War II GI Diary
7:00: Sneak Previews
7:30: Country Express
8:00: Austin City Limits
9:00: All Creatures Great & Small II
10:00: Spy
11:00: The Beat
12:00: Soundstage
1:00: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
1:30: Not the Nine O’Clock News
2:00: Sign-Off
WBGU Channel 57 (Channel 27) Bowling Green, Ohio (PBS)
9:00: Computer Chronicles
9:30: Financial Enterprise
10:00: Do it Yourself
10:30: Under Sail
11:00: Gardening
11:30: Watercolors
12:00: Lap Quilting
12:30: Victory Garden
1:00: Louisiana Cookin’
1:30: First Edition
2:00: Austin City Limits
3:00: Painting
3:30: Findlay Arts Fest
4:00: Soundstage
5:00: National Geographic
6:00: Matinee: “Cowboy Commandos” (1944; The Range Busters)
7:30: Jackie Gleason
8:00: Movie: “The Perils of Pauline” (1947; Betty Hutton, John Lund)
10:00: Leo Buscaglia
11:00: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
11:30: Austin City Limits
WGPR (WWJ) Channel 62 Detroit (Independent)
11:00: Wayne County
11:30: Coaches Corner
12:00: Sports Legends
12:30: Ladies’ Bowling
1:30: Golfun
2:00: Radio Videos
2:30: The Scene
3:30: Hit City
4:00: America Rocks
4:30: Adventure
5:00: Middle East
6:00: Rejoice
7:00: Zion Temple
8:00: Bob Jones
8:30: W.V. Grant
9:00: River Night
9:30: Phantom Children
10:00: Arab Voice
1:00: Variety
2:00: Movie: “Fantasies of a Sensuous Woman” (1977)
BONUS! WGN Channel 9 Chicago (Independent)
(Listed Central Time)
5:00: Sgt. Bilko
5:30: Dennis the Meance
6:00: Cartoons
6:15: Buyers Forum
6:30: The Three Stooges/Community Calendar
6:45: Cartoons
7:00: U.S. Farm Report
7:30: The World Tomorrow
8:00: Rex Humbard
8:30: Issues Unlimited
9:00: Charlando
9:30: In the Mix
10:00: Wild Kingdom
10:30: Kung Fu
11:30: Movie: “The Broken Sabre” (1964)
1:30: Hogan’s Heroes
2:00: Greatest Sports Legends
2:30: This Week in Baseball
3:00: Major League Baseball: Montreal Expos @ Chicago Cubs (Cubs won 4-1)
6:00: Fish (time approximate)
6:30: At the Movies
7:00: Movie: “Farewell to the Planet of the Apes” (1974; Roddy McDowall, Ron Harper)
9:00: WGN News
10:00: The Twilight Zone
10:30: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
11:30: The Twilight Zone
12:30: Solid Gold
1:30: Independent Network News
2:00: From the Editor’s Desk
2:30: Movie: “Fort Massacre” (1958; Joel McCrea, Forrest Tucker)
Source for WGN listings: The August 3, 1984 edition of the Bangor Daily News.
