Source: The Toledo Blade via Google News Archive
Note: Programming may be interrupted for results from the presidential primary in Texas.
Listings start at 8:00 AM. Fort Wayne stations are on standard time.
WJBK Channel 2 Detroit (CBS)
8:00: Snoopy (pre-empted on Channel 11)
8:30: Supercade (pre-empted on Channel 11)
9:30: Dungeons and Dragons
10:00: Kidsworld
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: Stars of Tomorrow
12:30: The Rat Patrol
1:00: Road to Los Angeles
2:00: NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Semifinal Game 4 Milwaukee Bucks @ New Jersey Nets (New Jersey won 106-99, tying the series at 2 games each; Milwaukee would win in 6)
4:30: Movie: “The Power Within” (1979) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: J.P. McCarthy
7:00: Too Close for Comfort
7:30: Detroit Weekend
8:00: Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over (originally broadcast in 1980)
8:30: CBS Movie: “The Wiz” (1978)
11:00: News
11:30: Movie: “Looking For Mr. Goodbar” (1977)
1:45: Movie: “One Man Jury” (1978)
3:40: Movie: “Hijacked”
4:45: Movie: “Heat Wave”
WKYC Channel 3 Cleveland (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T (says pre-empted on Channel 35, but I’m not sure)
11:30: Spiderman/Incredible Hulk (pre-empted on Channels 4 and 10)
12:30: Thundarr (pre-empted on Channels 4 and 10)
1:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox @ Boston Red Sox (White Sox won 8-5)
4:00: Golf: Tournament of Champions (pre-empted on Channels 4 and 10) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: Feagler
7:30: Dance Fever
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live (no info given) (sign-off at 1:00)
WDIV Channel 4 Detroit (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: America’s Top Ten
12:00: More Real People
12:30: Baseball Week
1:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 3)
4:00: Movie: “Thunder and Lightning” (1977)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: Dance Fever
7:30: Highland Park
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live
1:00: Videos
2:30: Entertainment
3:00: Movie: “Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster”
WEWS Channel 5 Cleveland (ABC)
8:00: Monchichis-Rascals-Richie-Schoolhouse
9:00: Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo
9:30: Pac-Man-Rubik Cube-Menudo (Ricky Martin in his youth was a member of Menudo)
10:30: The Littles
11:00: Puppy-Scooby Doo-Menudo
12:00: Mayday
12:30: American Bandstand
1:30: Movie: “Thursday’s Game” (1971)
3:30: Wide World of Sports: Invitational women’s platform diving, America’s Cup men’s gymnastics, pre-race report on the Kentucky Deby
4:30: The Kentucky Derby
6:00: Wide World of Sports: Invitational men’s platform diving, post-race report on the Kentucky Derby
6:30: News (possibly local for one hour unless ABC World News Tonight ran at 7:00)
7:30: Too Close for Comfort
8:00: T.J. Hooker
9:00: The Love Boat (features Ben Vereen, Jimmy Osmond, and Juliet Prowse) (2 hours)
11:00: News
11:30: Movie: “Helter Skelter” (Part 2 of 2)
1:30: Movie: “Little Moon and Jud McGraw” (1979) (sign-off after movie)
WJIM (WLNS) Channel 6 Lansing (CBS) (Would change calls to WLNS later in the year)
8:00: Snoopy
8:30: Supercade
9:30: Dungeons and Dragons
10:00: Baseball Bunch
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 8)
12:30: Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 8)
1:00: Fat Albert (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 8)
1:30: Children’s Film Festival (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 8)
2:00: NBA Basketball (see Channel 2)
4:30: Gymnastics: NCAA Men’s and Women’s (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 8) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: CBS News (pre-empted on Channel 2)
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over
8:30: CBS Movie: “The Wiz” (1978)
11:00: News
11:30: Benny Hill
12:00: Movie: “Shampoo” (1975) (sign-off after movie)
WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit (ABC)
8:00: Monchichis-Rascals-Richie-Schoolhouse
9:00: Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo
9:30: Pac-Man-Rubik Cube-Menudo (Ricky Martin in his youth was a member of the group)
10:30: The Littles
11:00: Puppy-Scooby Doo-Menudo
12:00: Mayday
12:30: American Bandstand
1:30: Woman to Woman
2:00: Olympiad
3:00: Sportsbeat
3:30: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
4:30: The Kentucky Derby
6:00: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
6:30: Action News
7:00: Olympiad
8:00: T.J. Hooker
9:00: The Love Boat
11:00: Action News
11:45: Movie: “Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday” (1976)
1:55: Movie: “Mustang Country” (1976) (sign-off after movie)
WJKW (WJW) Channel 8 Cleveland (CBS) (Would change calls back to WJW in 1985)
8:00: Snoopy
8:30: Supercade
9:30: Dungeons and Dragons
10:00: Tarzan (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 6)
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: Movie: “Invisible Man” (1975)
2:00: NBA Basketball (see Channel 2)
4:30: Movie: “California Kid” (1974) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: CBS News
7:00: The Muppet Show
7:30: Political Program
8:00: Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over
8:30: CBS Movie: “The Wiz” (1978)
11:00: News
11:30: Movie: “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot” (1974)
2:00: Movie: “Cloak and Dagger” (1946)
4:30: Movie: “Hell Raiders”
CBET Channel 9 Windsor (CBC)
9:00: Sesame Street
10:00: Maja the Bee
10:30: Going Great
11:00: Coronation Street
11:30: Coronation Street (until 1989, Corrie ran twice a week in the U.K.)
12:00: Wrestling (no info given)
1:00: Fishing
1:30: Original Six
2:30: Ramblewood Drive
3:00: Sportsweekend: Snooker championships, Canadian diving, Volleyball
6:00: News (did not say if it was local or The National)
7:00: Hockey Night in Canada: Wales Conference Final Game 6: Montreal Canadiens @ New York Islanders (Isles win the game 4-1 and the series 4-2)
10:00: Don Cherry (time approximate)
10:30: Front Page Challenge
11:00: News (did not say if it was local or The National)
11:35: Movie: “The Newspaper Game” (1976) (sign-off after movie)
WILX Channel 10 Jackson, Michigan (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Heckle and Jeckle
12:30: Spectrum
1:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 3)
4:00: Movie: “Golden Needles” (1974)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: The Muppet Show
7:30: The Muppet Show
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live
WTOL Channel 11 Toledo (CBS)
8:00: Agri Country
8:30: Baseball Bunch
9:00: Space Coaster
9:30: Dungeons and Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts
12:30: Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
1:00: Fat Albert
1:30: Children’s Film Festival
2:00: NBA Basketball (see Channel 2)
4:30: Gymnastics (see Channel 6) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: CBS News
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over
8:30: CBS Movie: “The Wiz” (1978)
11:00: News
11:30: Movie: “Hard Driver” (1973)
1:30: Love Connection
WTVG Channel 13 Toledo (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman/Incredible Hulk
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 3)
4:00: Golf: Tournament of Champions (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: Weekend Magazine
7:30: LaRouche Campaign
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live
1:00: New York Hot Tracks
WANE Channel 15 Fort Wayne (CBS)
8:00: Snoopy
8:30: Supercade
9:30: Dungeons and Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts
12:30: Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
1:00: Fat Albert
1:30: Children’s Film Festival
2:00: NBA Basketball (see Channel 2)
4:30: Gymnastics (see Channel 6) (time approximate)
6:00: Wild Kingdom
6:30: CBS News
7:00: News
7:30: Your Life
8:00: Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over
8:30: CBS Movie: “The Wiz” (1978)
11:00: News
11:30: Switch
12:30: Movie: “Reflections in a Golden Eye” (1967)
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta, Georgia (Independent)
8:35: Movie: “The Paratrooper” (1954)
10:30: Movie: “Naked and the Dead” (1958)
1:20: Movie: “The Gunfight at Dodge City” (1959)
3:05: Movie: “Apache” (1954)
5:05: Fishing
5:35: Motorweek
6:05: Wrestling
7:35: Down to Earth
8:05: Movie: “Man Without a Star” (1955)
10:00: High Chaparral
11:00: Videos
WXON (WMYD) Channel 20 Detroit (Independent)
9:00: Good Fishing
9:30: Starcade
10:00: Movie: “Invincible Kung Fu Legs” (1976)
12:00: Soul Train
1:00: The Man from Atlantis
2:00: Movie: “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death” (1971)
3:30: Movie: “Crack in the World” (1965)
5:00: The Incredible Hulk
6:00: The Greatest American Hero
7:00: Switch
8:00: Movie: “Three Violent People” (1956)
10:00: Your Health
11:00: Movie: “Shaolin Deadly Kicks”
1:00: Videos
WPTA Channel 21 Fort Wayne (ABC)
8:00: Monchichis-Rascals-Richie-Schoolhouse
9:00: Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo
9:30: Pac-Man-Rubik Cube-Menudo (Ricky Martin in his youth was a member of the group)
10:30: The Littles
11:00: Puppy-Scooby Doo-Menudo
12:00: Mayday
12:30: American Bandstand
1:30: Brother Tough
2:00: Happy Days
2:30: Taking Advantage
3:00: Sportsbeat
3:30: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
4:30: The Kentucky Derby
6:00: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
6:30: Barney Miller
7:00: M*A*S*H
7:30: Too Close for Comfort
8:00: T.J. Hooker
9:00: The Love Boat
11:00: News
11:30: M*A*S*H
12:00: Movie: “Rooster Cogburn” (1975)
WDHO (WNWO) Channel 24 Toledo (ABC)
8:00: Monchichis-Rascals-Richie-Schoolhouse
9:00: Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo
9:30: Pac-Man-Rubik Cube-Menudo (Ricky Martin in his youth was a member of the group)
10:30: The Littles
11:00: Puppy-Scooby Doo-Menudo
12:00: Mayday
12:30: American Bandstand
1:30: Movie: “New Centurions” (1972)
3:30: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
4:30: The Kentucky Derby
6:00: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
6:30: At the Movies
7:00: Solid Gold
8:00: T.J. Hooker
9:00: The Love Boat
11:00: News
11:35: Star Search
12:35: Soul Train
WGTE Channel 30 Toledo (PBS)
9:30: Victory Garden
10:00: Inside Story
10:30: Prize Winners
11:00: Motorweek
11:30: Matinee (no info given)
1:00: Gardening
1:30: Last Chance
2:00: World of Horses
2:30: Handy Hour
3:00: Frontline
4:00: Business America
5:00: Tony Brown
5:30: Oil Painting
6:00: Mom and Dad Can’t Hear Me: A young girl attempts to hide her parents’ deafness because of her fear of being ostracized by schoolmates in a new town.
7:00: Nancy Astor
8:00: Movie: “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962)
10:15: Movie: “Beneath the 12 Mile Reef” (1953) (sign-off at 12:15)
WKJG (WISE) Channel 33 Fort Wayne (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman/Incredible Hulk
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 3)
4:00: Golf: Tournament of Champions (time approximate)
6:00: Baseball Week
6:30: NBC News
7:00: Country Week
7:30: Nashville
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live
1:00: Movie: “Run for the Roses” (1978) (sign-off after movie)
WLIO Channel 35 Lima, Ohio (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman/Incredible Hulk
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 3)
4:00: Golf: Tournament of Champions (time approximate)
6:00: Baseball Week
6:30: NBC News
7:00: Solid Gold
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live (sign-off at 1:00)
WUAB Channel 43 Lorain (Cleveland), Ohio (Independent)
9:00: Ernest Angley
10:00: Conversation
10:30: News
11:00: Hogan’s Heroes
11:30: Baseball Week (don’t know why it’s 90 minutes)
1:00: Movie: “Voyage to the End of the Universe” (1964)
2:30: Movie: “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” (1943)
4:00: Movie: “The Sentinel” (1977)
6:00: Star Trek (assume it’s double episode)
8:00: Gunsmoke
9:00: A Married Man
11:00: Country Week
12:30: Star Search (sign-off after program)
WKBD Channel 50 Detroit (Independent)
9:00: Romper Room
9:30: Space Coaster
10:00: Movie: “Invitation to a Gunfighter” (1964)
12:00: Movie: “Tarzan’s Three Challenges” (1963)
1:30: Movie: “Haunted Palace” (1963)
3:00: Movie: “Batman” (1966)
5:00: Dance Show
6:00: Star Trek
7:00: Solid Gold
8:00: On Stage
10:00: The White Shadow
11:00: Lifestyles
12:00: Fame
1:00: Movie: “Willard” (1971) (sign-off after movie)
WFFT Channel 55 Fort Wayne (Independent)
9:30: Movie: “Violent Road” (1958)
12:30: Love, American Style
1:00: Wrestling
2:00: Movie: “Giant” (1956)
6:00: Greatest American Hero
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: How the West Was Won
9:00: Lifestyles
10:00: Movie: “Darby’s Rangers” (1955)
12:30: Movie: “The Mummy’s Curse” (1944)
1:30: Movie: “The Mummy’s Ghost” (1943)
3:00: Movie: “The Mummy’s Hand” (1940)
4:15: Movie: “The Mummy’s Tomb”
WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS)
9:00: Painting
9:30: Great Outdoors
10:00: Victory Garden
10:30: This Old House
11:00: Sneak Previews
11:30: Bits and Bytes
12:00: Last Chance
12:30: Spokesman
1:30: Great Chefs
2:00: NOVA
3:00: Living Wild
4:00: The Nature of Things
5:00: On Greatness
6:00: Enterprise
6:30: GI Diary
7:00: Sneak Previews
7:30: Country Express
8:00: Austin City Limits
9:00: All Creatures Great and Small
10:00: The Pallisers
11:00: The Beat
12:00: Monty Python
12:30: Not the Nine O’Clock News
1:00: Phil Spector (sign-off after program)
WBGU Channel 57 Bowling Green, Ohio (PBS)
8:30: Motorweek
9:00: Computer Chronicles
9:30: Enterprise
10:00: Do It Yourself
10:30: Last Chance
11:00: Oil Painting
11:30: Oil Painting
12:00: Quilting
12:30: Victory Garden
1:00: Play Bridge
1:30: Country Express
2:00: Austin City Limits
3:00: Great Outdoors
3:30: Rod and Reel
4:00: American Gathering
5:00: Living Wild
6:00: Matinee: “Moviestruck” (1937)
7:30: Jackie Gleason
8:00: Movie: “Inspector General” (1949)
10:00: Frontline
11:00: Monty Python
11:30: Austin City Limits (sign-off after program)
WGPR (WWJ) Channel 62 Detroit (Independent)
9:00: Movie: “The Big Cat” (1948)
10:30: Movie: “Carry On Spying” (1965)
12:30: Relationship
1:00: Black Forum
1:30: Teen Profile
2:00: Radio Videos
2:30: The Scene
3:00: The Scene
3:30: Hit City
4:00: TCI Special
6:00: Rejoice
7:00: Zion Temple
8:00: Temple Baptist
8:30: W.V. Grant
9:00: Deliverance
10:00: Arab Voice
1:00: Variety
2:00: Movie: “Orders to Kill” (1958)
3:35: Movie: “Something Creeping in the Dark”
Note: Programming may be interrupted for results from the presidential primary in Texas.
Listings start at 8:00 AM. Fort Wayne stations are on standard time.
WJBK Channel 2 Detroit (CBS)
8:00: Snoopy (pre-empted on Channel 11)
8:30: Supercade (pre-empted on Channel 11)
9:30: Dungeons and Dragons
10:00: Kidsworld
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: Stars of Tomorrow
12:30: The Rat Patrol
1:00: Road to Los Angeles
2:00: NBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Semifinal Game 4 Milwaukee Bucks @ New Jersey Nets (New Jersey won 106-99, tying the series at 2 games each; Milwaukee would win in 6)
4:30: Movie: “The Power Within” (1979) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: J.P. McCarthy
7:00: Too Close for Comfort
7:30: Detroit Weekend
8:00: Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over (originally broadcast in 1980)
8:30: CBS Movie: “The Wiz” (1978)
11:00: News
11:30: Movie: “Looking For Mr. Goodbar” (1977)
1:45: Movie: “One Man Jury” (1978)
3:40: Movie: “Hijacked”
4:45: Movie: “Heat Wave”
WKYC Channel 3 Cleveland (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T (says pre-empted on Channel 35, but I’m not sure)
11:30: Spiderman/Incredible Hulk (pre-empted on Channels 4 and 10)
12:30: Thundarr (pre-empted on Channels 4 and 10)
1:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox @ Boston Red Sox (White Sox won 8-5)
4:00: Golf: Tournament of Champions (pre-empted on Channels 4 and 10) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: Feagler
7:30: Dance Fever
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live (no info given) (sign-off at 1:00)
WDIV Channel 4 Detroit (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: America’s Top Ten
12:00: More Real People
12:30: Baseball Week
1:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 3)
4:00: Movie: “Thunder and Lightning” (1977)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: Dance Fever
7:30: Highland Park
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live
1:00: Videos
2:30: Entertainment
3:00: Movie: “Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster”
WEWS Channel 5 Cleveland (ABC)
8:00: Monchichis-Rascals-Richie-Schoolhouse
9:00: Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo
9:30: Pac-Man-Rubik Cube-Menudo (Ricky Martin in his youth was a member of Menudo)
10:30: The Littles
11:00: Puppy-Scooby Doo-Menudo
12:00: Mayday
12:30: American Bandstand
1:30: Movie: “Thursday’s Game” (1971)
3:30: Wide World of Sports: Invitational women’s platform diving, America’s Cup men’s gymnastics, pre-race report on the Kentucky Deby
4:30: The Kentucky Derby
6:00: Wide World of Sports: Invitational men’s platform diving, post-race report on the Kentucky Derby
6:30: News (possibly local for one hour unless ABC World News Tonight ran at 7:00)
7:30: Too Close for Comfort
8:00: T.J. Hooker
9:00: The Love Boat (features Ben Vereen, Jimmy Osmond, and Juliet Prowse) (2 hours)
11:00: News
11:30: Movie: “Helter Skelter” (Part 2 of 2)
1:30: Movie: “Little Moon and Jud McGraw” (1979) (sign-off after movie)
WJIM (WLNS) Channel 6 Lansing (CBS) (Would change calls to WLNS later in the year)
8:00: Snoopy
8:30: Supercade
9:30: Dungeons and Dragons
10:00: Baseball Bunch
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 8)
12:30: Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 8)
1:00: Fat Albert (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 8)
1:30: Children’s Film Festival (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 8)
2:00: NBA Basketball (see Channel 2)
4:30: Gymnastics: NCAA Men’s and Women’s (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 8) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: CBS News (pre-empted on Channel 2)
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over
8:30: CBS Movie: “The Wiz” (1978)
11:00: News
11:30: Benny Hill
12:00: Movie: “Shampoo” (1975) (sign-off after movie)
WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit (ABC)
8:00: Monchichis-Rascals-Richie-Schoolhouse
9:00: Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo
9:30: Pac-Man-Rubik Cube-Menudo (Ricky Martin in his youth was a member of the group)
10:30: The Littles
11:00: Puppy-Scooby Doo-Menudo
12:00: Mayday
12:30: American Bandstand
1:30: Woman to Woman
2:00: Olympiad
3:00: Sportsbeat
3:30: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
4:30: The Kentucky Derby
6:00: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
6:30: Action News
7:00: Olympiad
8:00: T.J. Hooker
9:00: The Love Boat
11:00: Action News
11:45: Movie: “Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday” (1976)
1:55: Movie: “Mustang Country” (1976) (sign-off after movie)
WJKW (WJW) Channel 8 Cleveland (CBS) (Would change calls back to WJW in 1985)
8:00: Snoopy
8:30: Supercade
9:30: Dungeons and Dragons
10:00: Tarzan (pre-empted on Channels 2 and 6)
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: Movie: “Invisible Man” (1975)
2:00: NBA Basketball (see Channel 2)
4:30: Movie: “California Kid” (1974) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: CBS News
7:00: The Muppet Show
7:30: Political Program
8:00: Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over
8:30: CBS Movie: “The Wiz” (1978)
11:00: News
11:30: Movie: “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot” (1974)
2:00: Movie: “Cloak and Dagger” (1946)
4:30: Movie: “Hell Raiders”
CBET Channel 9 Windsor (CBC)
9:00: Sesame Street
10:00: Maja the Bee
10:30: Going Great
11:00: Coronation Street
11:30: Coronation Street (until 1989, Corrie ran twice a week in the U.K.)
12:00: Wrestling (no info given)
1:00: Fishing
1:30: Original Six
2:30: Ramblewood Drive
3:00: Sportsweekend: Snooker championships, Canadian diving, Volleyball
6:00: News (did not say if it was local or The National)
7:00: Hockey Night in Canada: Wales Conference Final Game 6: Montreal Canadiens @ New York Islanders (Isles win the game 4-1 and the series 4-2)
10:00: Don Cherry (time approximate)
10:30: Front Page Challenge
11:00: News (did not say if it was local or The National)
11:35: Movie: “The Newspaper Game” (1976) (sign-off after movie)
WILX Channel 10 Jackson, Michigan (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Heckle and Jeckle
12:30: Spectrum
1:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 3)
4:00: Movie: “Golden Needles” (1974)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: The Muppet Show
7:30: The Muppet Show
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live
WTOL Channel 11 Toledo (CBS)
8:00: Agri Country
8:30: Baseball Bunch
9:00: Space Coaster
9:30: Dungeons and Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts
12:30: Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
1:00: Fat Albert
1:30: Children’s Film Festival
2:00: NBA Basketball (see Channel 2)
4:30: Gymnastics (see Channel 6) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: CBS News
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over
8:30: CBS Movie: “The Wiz” (1978)
11:00: News
11:30: Movie: “Hard Driver” (1973)
1:30: Love Connection
WTVG Channel 13 Toledo (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman/Incredible Hulk
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 3)
4:00: Golf: Tournament of Champions (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: Weekend Magazine
7:30: LaRouche Campaign
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live
1:00: New York Hot Tracks
WANE Channel 15 Fort Wayne (CBS)
8:00: Snoopy
8:30: Supercade
9:30: Dungeons and Dragons
10:00: Tarzan
10:30: Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
12:00: The Biskitts
12:30: Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
1:00: Fat Albert
1:30: Children’s Film Festival
2:00: NBA Basketball (see Channel 2)
4:30: Gymnastics (see Channel 6) (time approximate)
6:00: Wild Kingdom
6:30: CBS News
7:00: News
7:30: Your Life
8:00: Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over
8:30: CBS Movie: “The Wiz” (1978)
11:00: News
11:30: Switch
12:30: Movie: “Reflections in a Golden Eye” (1967)
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta, Georgia (Independent)
8:35: Movie: “The Paratrooper” (1954)
10:30: Movie: “Naked and the Dead” (1958)
1:20: Movie: “The Gunfight at Dodge City” (1959)
3:05: Movie: “Apache” (1954)
5:05: Fishing
5:35: Motorweek
6:05: Wrestling
7:35: Down to Earth
8:05: Movie: “Man Without a Star” (1955)
10:00: High Chaparral
11:00: Videos
WXON (WMYD) Channel 20 Detroit (Independent)
9:00: Good Fishing
9:30: Starcade
10:00: Movie: “Invincible Kung Fu Legs” (1976)
12:00: Soul Train
1:00: The Man from Atlantis
2:00: Movie: “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death” (1971)
3:30: Movie: “Crack in the World” (1965)
5:00: The Incredible Hulk
6:00: The Greatest American Hero
7:00: Switch
8:00: Movie: “Three Violent People” (1956)
10:00: Your Health
11:00: Movie: “Shaolin Deadly Kicks”
1:00: Videos
WPTA Channel 21 Fort Wayne (ABC)
8:00: Monchichis-Rascals-Richie-Schoolhouse
9:00: Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo
9:30: Pac-Man-Rubik Cube-Menudo (Ricky Martin in his youth was a member of the group)
10:30: The Littles
11:00: Puppy-Scooby Doo-Menudo
12:00: Mayday
12:30: American Bandstand
1:30: Brother Tough
2:00: Happy Days
2:30: Taking Advantage
3:00: Sportsbeat
3:30: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
4:30: The Kentucky Derby
6:00: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
6:30: Barney Miller
7:00: M*A*S*H
7:30: Too Close for Comfort
8:00: T.J. Hooker
9:00: The Love Boat
11:00: News
11:30: M*A*S*H
12:00: Movie: “Rooster Cogburn” (1975)
WDHO (WNWO) Channel 24 Toledo (ABC)
8:00: Monchichis-Rascals-Richie-Schoolhouse
9:00: Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo
9:30: Pac-Man-Rubik Cube-Menudo (Ricky Martin in his youth was a member of the group)
10:30: The Littles
11:00: Puppy-Scooby Doo-Menudo
12:00: Mayday
12:30: American Bandstand
1:30: Movie: “New Centurions” (1972)
3:30: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
4:30: The Kentucky Derby
6:00: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 5)
6:30: At the Movies
7:00: Solid Gold
8:00: T.J. Hooker
9:00: The Love Boat
11:00: News
11:35: Star Search
12:35: Soul Train
WGTE Channel 30 Toledo (PBS)
9:30: Victory Garden
10:00: Inside Story
10:30: Prize Winners
11:00: Motorweek
11:30: Matinee (no info given)
1:00: Gardening
1:30: Last Chance
2:00: World of Horses
2:30: Handy Hour
3:00: Frontline
4:00: Business America
5:00: Tony Brown
5:30: Oil Painting
6:00: Mom and Dad Can’t Hear Me: A young girl attempts to hide her parents’ deafness because of her fear of being ostracized by schoolmates in a new town.
7:00: Nancy Astor
8:00: Movie: “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962)
10:15: Movie: “Beneath the 12 Mile Reef” (1953) (sign-off at 12:15)
WKJG (WISE) Channel 33 Fort Wayne (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman/Incredible Hulk
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 3)
4:00: Golf: Tournament of Champions (time approximate)
6:00: Baseball Week
6:30: NBC News
7:00: Country Week
7:30: Nashville
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live
1:00: Movie: “Run for the Roses” (1978) (sign-off after movie)
WLIO Channel 35 Lima, Ohio (NBC)
8:00: The Flintstone Funnies
8:30: Shirt Tales
9:00: The Smurfs
10:30: Alvin and the Chipmunks
11:00: Mr. T
11:30: Spiderman/Incredible Hulk
12:30: Thundarr
1:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 3)
4:00: Golf: Tournament of Champions (time approximate)
6:00: Baseball Week
6:30: NBC News
7:00: Solid Gold
8:00: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30: Jennifer Slept Here
9:00: People are Funny
9:30: Mama’s Family
10:00: The Yellow Rose
11:00: News
11:30: Saturday Night Live (sign-off at 1:00)
WUAB Channel 43 Lorain (Cleveland), Ohio (Independent)
9:00: Ernest Angley
10:00: Conversation
10:30: News
11:00: Hogan’s Heroes
11:30: Baseball Week (don’t know why it’s 90 minutes)
1:00: Movie: “Voyage to the End of the Universe” (1964)
2:30: Movie: “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” (1943)
4:00: Movie: “The Sentinel” (1977)
6:00: Star Trek (assume it’s double episode)
8:00: Gunsmoke
9:00: A Married Man
11:00: Country Week
12:30: Star Search (sign-off after program)
WKBD Channel 50 Detroit (Independent)
9:00: Romper Room
9:30: Space Coaster
10:00: Movie: “Invitation to a Gunfighter” (1964)
12:00: Movie: “Tarzan’s Three Challenges” (1963)
1:30: Movie: “Haunted Palace” (1963)
3:00: Movie: “Batman” (1966)
5:00: Dance Show
6:00: Star Trek
7:00: Solid Gold
8:00: On Stage
10:00: The White Shadow
11:00: Lifestyles
12:00: Fame
1:00: Movie: “Willard” (1971) (sign-off after movie)
WFFT Channel 55 Fort Wayne (Independent)
9:30: Movie: “Violent Road” (1958)
12:30: Love, American Style
1:00: Wrestling
2:00: Movie: “Giant” (1956)
6:00: Greatest American Hero
7:00: Hee Haw
8:00: How the West Was Won
9:00: Lifestyles
10:00: Movie: “Darby’s Rangers” (1955)
12:30: Movie: “The Mummy’s Curse” (1944)
1:30: Movie: “The Mummy’s Ghost” (1943)
3:00: Movie: “The Mummy’s Hand” (1940)
4:15: Movie: “The Mummy’s Tomb”
WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS)
9:00: Painting
9:30: Great Outdoors
10:00: Victory Garden
10:30: This Old House
11:00: Sneak Previews
11:30: Bits and Bytes
12:00: Last Chance
12:30: Spokesman
1:30: Great Chefs
2:00: NOVA
3:00: Living Wild
4:00: The Nature of Things
5:00: On Greatness
6:00: Enterprise
6:30: GI Diary
7:00: Sneak Previews
7:30: Country Express
8:00: Austin City Limits
9:00: All Creatures Great and Small
10:00: The Pallisers
11:00: The Beat
12:00: Monty Python
12:30: Not the Nine O’Clock News
1:00: Phil Spector (sign-off after program)
WBGU Channel 57 Bowling Green, Ohio (PBS)
8:30: Motorweek
9:00: Computer Chronicles
9:30: Enterprise
10:00: Do It Yourself
10:30: Last Chance
11:00: Oil Painting
11:30: Oil Painting
12:00: Quilting
12:30: Victory Garden
1:00: Play Bridge
1:30: Country Express
2:00: Austin City Limits
3:00: Great Outdoors
3:30: Rod and Reel
4:00: American Gathering
5:00: Living Wild
6:00: Matinee: “Moviestruck” (1937)
7:30: Jackie Gleason
8:00: Movie: “Inspector General” (1949)
10:00: Frontline
11:00: Monty Python
11:30: Austin City Limits (sign-off after program)
WGPR (WWJ) Channel 62 Detroit (Independent)
9:00: Movie: “The Big Cat” (1948)
10:30: Movie: “Carry On Spying” (1965)
12:30: Relationship
1:00: Black Forum
1:30: Teen Profile
2:00: Radio Videos
2:30: The Scene
3:00: The Scene
3:30: Hit City
4:00: TCI Special
6:00: Rejoice
7:00: Zion Temple
8:00: Temple Baptist
8:30: W.V. Grant
9:00: Deliverance
10:00: Arab Voice
1:00: Variety
2:00: Movie: “Orders to Kill” (1958)
3:35: Movie: “Something Creeping in the Dark”
