Source: The Commercial Appeal 11/8/86
WREG-TV (Channel 3, CBS)
MORNING
06:00 CBS Morning News
08:00 Morning
08:30 Happy Days
09:00 $25,000 Pyramid
09:30 Card Sharks
10:00 Price Is Right
11:00 Young and Restless
AFTERNOON
12:00 News 3
12:30 As the World Turns
01:30 Capitol
02:00 Guiding Light
03:00 Leave It to Beaver
03:30 Andy Griffith
04:00 Chance of a Lifetime
04:30 People’s Court
05:00 The Jeffersons
05:30 CBS Evening News
EVENING
06:00 News 3
06:30 Entertainment Tonight
07:00 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
08:00 Dallas
09:00 Falcon Crest
10:00 News 3
10:30 MASH
11:00 The Honeymooners
11:30 All in the Family
12:00 Channel 3 Late Movie (“House of Horrors”)
WMC-TV (Channel 5, NBC)
MORNING
07:00 Today (Meredith Baxter, Paul Prudhomme)
09:00 Donahue (Husband’s secrets)
10:00 Oprah Winfrey
11:00 Santa Barbara
AFTERNOON
12:00 Action News 5
12:30 Days of our Lives
01:30 Another World
02:30 Wheel of Fortune (network version shifted from 10am)
03:00 Little House on the Prairie
04:00 Divorce Court
04:30 Jeopardy
05:00 Action News 5
EVENING
06:00 NBC Nightly News
06:30 Wheel of Fortune (syndicated version)
07:00 Fame (1st run syndication)
08:00 Miami Vice
09:00 L.A. Law
10:00 Action News 5
10:30 Tonight Show (Dabney Coleman)
11:30 Friday Night Videos
WHBQ-TV (Channel 13, ABC)
MORNING
07:00 Good Morning America (Power of the pulpit)
09:00 Hawaii Five-O
10:00 Fame, Fortune & Romance
10:30 Double Talk
11:00 All My Children (one day network delay)
AFTERNOON
12:00 Eyewitness News
12:30 Loving
01:00 One Life to Live
02:00 General Hospital
03:00 Falcon Crest
04:00 Good Times
04:30 Dating Game
05:00 Eyewitness News
EVENING
06:00 ABC World News Tonight
06:30 Newlywed Game
07:00 Webster
07:30 Mr. Belvedere
08:00 Sledgehammer
08:30 Sidekicks
09:00 Starman
10:00 Eyewitness News
10:30 Magnum P.I.
11:30 Nightline
12:00 Jimmy Breslin’s People
WPTY-TV (Channel 24, Independent)
07:00 Ghostbusters
07:30 Scooby Doo
08:00 Dennis
08:30 Rocky & Friends
09:00 Richard Roberts
10:00 Jimmy Swaggert
10:30 Family Ties
11:00 Knots Landing
AFTERNOON
12:00 True Confessions
12:30 Bewitched
01:00 I Dream of Jeannie
01:30 Three Stooges
02:30 The Jetsons
03:00 She-Ra
03:30 He-Man
04:00 Transformers
04:30 G.I. Joe
05:00 Rambo
05:30 Knight Rider
EVENING
06:00 Fall Guy
07:00 Police Woman
08:00 24 Movie (“Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid”)
10:00 Benson
10:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
11:00 Movie (“Tower of Evil”)
WMKW-TV (Channel 30, Independent)
07:00 Defenders
07:30 MASK
08:00 Flintstones
08:30 Heathcliff
09:00 700 Club
10:00 Jim and Tammy
11:00 Eight is Enough
AFTERNOON
12:00 Trapper John, M.D.
01:00 Mork and Mindy
01:30 Gomer Pyle, USMC
02:00 Superfriends
02:00 GoBots
03:00 My Little Pony
03:30 Smurfs
04:00 Thundercats
04:30 Silverhawks
05:00 Gimme a Break
05:30 Gimme a Break
EVENING
06:00 Facts of Life
06:30 One Day at a Time
07:00 Quincy
08:00 Movie (“The Howling”)
10:00 The Late Show
11:00 Cannon
12:00 Twilight Zone
MISCELLANEOUS EVENING
CBN:
7PM Why Do They Hate Us?
8PM Daktari
9PM Why Do They Hate Us?
10P Hardcastle & McCormick
11P Burns & Allen
11:30 Best of Groucho
12AM Jack Benny
12:30 Dobie Gillis
WTBS:
7PM NBA Basketball (Boston Celtics @ Chicago Bulls)
9:30 Sanford and Son
10P Night Tracks
11P Night Tracks
12A Night Tracks
WGN
7PM MOVIE: “The Man Who Knew Too Much”
9:30 News
10:30 Magnum PI
11:30 MOVIE (“Prehistoric Women”)
NASH:
7PM Nashville Now
8:30 New Country
9PM Crook & Chase
9:30 Video Country
10PM You Be a Star
10:30 Fandango
11PM Nashville Now
12AM New Country
LIFE:
7PM Two Marriages
8PM Regis Philbin’s Lifestyles
9PM Dr. Ruth
10PM Washington Behind Closed Doors
12AM Everybody’s Money Matters
USA:
7PM Sanchez of Bel Air
7:30 Check it Out
8PM Robert Klein Time (“Alien Comic”)
9PM Airwolf
10P New Music Awards
11:30 USA Night Flight
12AM MOVIE: ”Mister Rock ‘n Roll”
WOR:
7PM News
7:30 Lifetime
8PM NBA NY Knicks @ Milwaukee Bucks
10:30 Police Woman
11:30 Entertainment Tonight
12A Joe Franklin
ARTS:
7PM MOVIE: “Richard’s Things”
9:30 Short Stories
10PM Jazz at the Smithsonian
11PM MOVIE: “Richard’s Things”
ESPN:
7PM PGA Golf Cont’d
8PM Harness Racing: Breeder’s Crown
10PM Speed Week
10:30 Sports Center
11PM NFL Game
11:30 Kick Boxing
12:30 Running & Racing
MAX:
7PM “Gremlins”
9PM “Jaws”
11PM “Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
HBO:
7PM “Victor, Victoria”
9:30 “Apology”
11PM Not the News
11:30 “Final Option”
DISNEY:
7PM Five Mile Creek
8PM “Kiss Me Kate”
9:30 DTV
10PM Ozzie and Harriet
10:30 “The Great Muppet Caper”
12PM The Long Hills
SHOWTIME:
7PM “Red Sonja” Cont’d
8:30 “Missing in Action”
10:30 “Cocoon”
WREG-TV (Channel 3, CBS)
MORNING
06:00 CBS Morning News
08:00 Morning
08:30 Happy Days
09:00 $25,000 Pyramid
09:30 Card Sharks
10:00 Price Is Right
11:00 Young and Restless
AFTERNOON
12:00 News 3
12:30 As the World Turns
01:30 Capitol
02:00 Guiding Light
03:00 Leave It to Beaver
03:30 Andy Griffith
04:00 Chance of a Lifetime
04:30 People’s Court
05:00 The Jeffersons
05:30 CBS Evening News
EVENING
06:00 News 3
06:30 Entertainment Tonight
07:00 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
08:00 Dallas
09:00 Falcon Crest
10:00 News 3
10:30 MASH
11:00 The Honeymooners
11:30 All in the Family
12:00 Channel 3 Late Movie (“House of Horrors”)
WMC-TV (Channel 5, NBC)
MORNING
07:00 Today (Meredith Baxter, Paul Prudhomme)
09:00 Donahue (Husband’s secrets)
10:00 Oprah Winfrey
11:00 Santa Barbara
AFTERNOON
12:00 Action News 5
12:30 Days of our Lives
01:30 Another World
02:30 Wheel of Fortune (network version shifted from 10am)
03:00 Little House on the Prairie
04:00 Divorce Court
04:30 Jeopardy
05:00 Action News 5
EVENING
06:00 NBC Nightly News
06:30 Wheel of Fortune (syndicated version)
07:00 Fame (1st run syndication)
08:00 Miami Vice
09:00 L.A. Law
10:00 Action News 5
10:30 Tonight Show (Dabney Coleman)
11:30 Friday Night Videos
WHBQ-TV (Channel 13, ABC)
MORNING
07:00 Good Morning America (Power of the pulpit)
09:00 Hawaii Five-O
10:00 Fame, Fortune & Romance
10:30 Double Talk
11:00 All My Children (one day network delay)
AFTERNOON
12:00 Eyewitness News
12:30 Loving
01:00 One Life to Live
02:00 General Hospital
03:00 Falcon Crest
04:00 Good Times
04:30 Dating Game
05:00 Eyewitness News
EVENING
06:00 ABC World News Tonight
06:30 Newlywed Game
07:00 Webster
07:30 Mr. Belvedere
08:00 Sledgehammer
08:30 Sidekicks
09:00 Starman
10:00 Eyewitness News
10:30 Magnum P.I.
11:30 Nightline
12:00 Jimmy Breslin’s People
WPTY-TV (Channel 24, Independent)
07:00 Ghostbusters
07:30 Scooby Doo
08:00 Dennis
08:30 Rocky & Friends
09:00 Richard Roberts
10:00 Jimmy Swaggert
10:30 Family Ties
11:00 Knots Landing
AFTERNOON
12:00 True Confessions
12:30 Bewitched
01:00 I Dream of Jeannie
01:30 Three Stooges
02:30 The Jetsons
03:00 She-Ra
03:30 He-Man
04:00 Transformers
04:30 G.I. Joe
05:00 Rambo
05:30 Knight Rider
EVENING
06:00 Fall Guy
07:00 Police Woman
08:00 24 Movie (“Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid”)
10:00 Benson
10:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
11:00 Movie (“Tower of Evil”)
WMKW-TV (Channel 30, Independent)
07:00 Defenders
07:30 MASK
08:00 Flintstones
08:30 Heathcliff
09:00 700 Club
10:00 Jim and Tammy
11:00 Eight is Enough
AFTERNOON
12:00 Trapper John, M.D.
01:00 Mork and Mindy
01:30 Gomer Pyle, USMC
02:00 Superfriends
02:00 GoBots
03:00 My Little Pony
03:30 Smurfs
04:00 Thundercats
04:30 Silverhawks
05:00 Gimme a Break
05:30 Gimme a Break
EVENING
06:00 Facts of Life
06:30 One Day at a Time
07:00 Quincy
08:00 Movie (“The Howling”)
10:00 The Late Show
11:00 Cannon
12:00 Twilight Zone
MISCELLANEOUS EVENING
CBN:
7PM Why Do They Hate Us?
8PM Daktari
9PM Why Do They Hate Us?
10P Hardcastle & McCormick
11P Burns & Allen
11:30 Best of Groucho
12AM Jack Benny
12:30 Dobie Gillis
WTBS:
7PM NBA Basketball (Boston Celtics @ Chicago Bulls)
9:30 Sanford and Son
10P Night Tracks
11P Night Tracks
12A Night Tracks
WGN
7PM MOVIE: “The Man Who Knew Too Much”
9:30 News
10:30 Magnum PI
11:30 MOVIE (“Prehistoric Women”)
NASH:
7PM Nashville Now
8:30 New Country
9PM Crook & Chase
9:30 Video Country
10PM You Be a Star
10:30 Fandango
11PM Nashville Now
12AM New Country
LIFE:
7PM Two Marriages
8PM Regis Philbin’s Lifestyles
9PM Dr. Ruth
10PM Washington Behind Closed Doors
12AM Everybody’s Money Matters
USA:
7PM Sanchez of Bel Air
7:30 Check it Out
8PM Robert Klein Time (“Alien Comic”)
9PM Airwolf
10P New Music Awards
11:30 USA Night Flight
12AM MOVIE: ”Mister Rock ‘n Roll”
WOR:
7PM News
7:30 Lifetime
8PM NBA NY Knicks @ Milwaukee Bucks
10:30 Police Woman
11:30 Entertainment Tonight
12A Joe Franklin
ARTS:
7PM MOVIE: “Richard’s Things”
9:30 Short Stories
10PM Jazz at the Smithsonian
11PM MOVIE: “Richard’s Things”
ESPN:
7PM PGA Golf Cont’d
8PM Harness Racing: Breeder’s Crown
10PM Speed Week
10:30 Sports Center
11PM NFL Game
11:30 Kick Boxing
12:30 Running & Racing
MAX:
7PM “Gremlins”
9PM “Jaws”
11PM “Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
HBO:
7PM “Victor, Victoria”
9:30 “Apology”
11PM Not the News
11:30 “Final Option”
DISNEY:
7PM Five Mile Creek
8PM “Kiss Me Kate”
9:30 DTV
10PM Ozzie and Harriet
10:30 “The Great Muppet Caper”
12PM The Long Hills
SHOWTIME:
7PM “Red Sonja” Cont’d
8:30 “Missing in Action”
10:30 “Cocoon”