Retro: San Francisco/Sacramento, Saturday, August 30, 1986

Source: The Union Democrat via Google News Archive.
Listings ran from 7:30AM to 12AM.

02 - KTVU (Ind) Oakland
7:30 It Is Written
8:00 World Tomorrow
8:30 Three Faces of Love
9:00 Asians Now
9:30 Aquí y Ahora
10:00 WWF Championship Wrestling
11:00 Soul Train
12:00 Movie: "The Secret of Santa Vittoria" (1969)
3:00 Puttin' on the Hits
3:30 Dance Fever
4:00 Solid Gold
5:00 Movie: "Gaslight" (1944)
7:30 Big Spin
8:00 Dempsey and Makepeace
9:00 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
10:00 News
10:30 Assignment Two
11:00 Carson's Comedy Classics
11:30 Relative Solution

03 - KCRA (NBC) Sacramento
7:30 Gummi Bears
8:00 Smurfs
9:30 Muppets
10:00 Alvin and the Chipmunks
10:30 Kidd Video
11:00 Baseball Pre-Game
11:15 Major League Baseball: TBA
2:00 This Week in Baseball
2:30 Greatest Sports Legends
3:00 Fight Back! with David Horowitz
3:30 Wild Kingdom
4:00 Punky Brewster
4:30 Entertainment This Week
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 News
6:30 Carson's Comedy Classics
7:00 Small Wonder
7:30 At the Movies
8:00 Facts of Life
8:30 227
9:00 Golden Girls
9:30 Spitting Image
10:00 Hunter
11:00 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live

04 - KRON (NBC) San Francisco
7:30 Gummi Bears
8:00 Smurfs
9:30 Buster and Me
10:00 Alvin and the Chipmunks
10:30 Kidd Video
11:00 Baseball Pre-Game
11:15 Major League Baseball: TBA
2:00 This Week in Baseball
2:30 Road to Pasadena
3:30 LTC
4:30 War Chronicles
5:00 News
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Entertainment This Week
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 Facts of Life
8:30 227
9:00 Golden Girls
9:30 Spitting Image
10:00 Hunter
11:00 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live

05 - KPIX (CBS) San Francisco early evening and primetime listings only
5:00 News
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 NFL Pre-Season Game: Oilers vs. Cowboys
9:00 Powers Play
10:00 Vega$
11:00 News
11:30 Hawaii Five-O

06 - KVIE (PBS) Sacramento
7:30 Wall Street Week
8:00 Woodwright's Shop
8:30 Yan Can Cook
9:00 Lap Quilting
10:00 Rockschool
10:30 Play Bridge
11:00 Barbara's World of Horses and Ponies
11:30 Victory Garden
12:00 Everest: The Last Unlimited Ridge
1:00 Wilderness Alive
2:00 Survival Special (from 1985)
3:00 Nova (from 1985)
4:00 Living Wild (from 1984)
5:00 The Greatest Adventure: Man's Voyage to the Moon (narrated by Orson Welles)
6:00 National Geographic Special
7:00 One by One
8:00 From Blitzkrieg to the Bom
9:30 Good Time Rock 'n' Roll
11:00 Doctor Who

07 - KGO (ABC) San Francisco
7:30 The Littles
8:00 Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Hour
9:00 Laff-A-Lympics
9:30 Ewoks and Droids
10:30 Superpowers Team
11:00 ABC Weekend Special
11:30 American Bandstand
12:30 That's Hollywood
1:00 Movie: "What's Up, Doc?" (1972)
3:00 McMillan and Wife
4:30 ABC Wide World of Sports
6:00 ABC World News Saturday
6:30 News
7:00 Good Time Cafe
7:30 Price is Right
8:00 Diff'rent Strokes
8:30 Benson
9:00 Movie: "Deadly Lessons"
11:00 News
11:45 ABC News

08 - KSBW (NBC) Salinas
7:30 Kids, Inc.
8:00 Smurfs
9:30 Punky Brewster
10:00 Alvin and the Chipmunks
10:30 Kidd Video
11:00 Baseball Pre-Game
11:15 Major League Baseball: TBA
2:00 49ers' Magazine
2:30 Race for No.1
3:30 College Football Preview
4:00 Music City, USA
4:30 This Week in Country Music
5:00 Viewpoint
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Star Search
7:00 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
8:00 Facts of Life
8:30 227
9:00 Golden Girls
9:30 Spitting Image
10:00 Hunter
11:00 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live

09 - KQED (PBS) San Francisco
8:00 Sesame Street
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Frugal Gourmet
10:30 Dining in France
11:00 Yan Can Cook
11:30 Madellene Cooks
12:00 Bodywatch
12:30 Nature of Things
1:30 Nova
2:30 Wit and World of George Bernard Shaw
4:00 Sneak Previews
4:30 Cinema Showcase
5:00 Cats and Dogs
5:30 Great Chefs of San Francisco
6:00 Ken Hom's Chinese Cookery
6:30 New York's Master Chefs
7:00 All Creatures Great and Small
8:00 Nature
9:00 Wild America
9:30 Profiles of Nature
10:00 Mark Russell Comedy Special
10:30 Monty Python's Flying Circus
11:00 Alive from Off Center
11:30 Mystery!

10 - KXTV (CBS) Sacramento
7:30 Berenstain Bears
8:00 Muppet Babies and Monsters
9:00 Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
10:00 Richie Rich
10:30 Dungeons and Dragons
11:00 Pole Position
11:30 US Open Tennis (from Forest Hills, NY)
5:00 1986 Top 10 College Football Preview
5:30 News
6:00 NFL Pre-Season Game: Oilers vs. Cowboys
9:00 Powers Play
10:00 Wheel of Fortune
10:30 Jeopardy!
11:00 News
11:30 Movie: "One More Train to Rob" (1971)

13 - KOVR (ABC) Stockton
7:30 The Littles
8:00 Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Hour
9:00 Laff-A-Lympics
9:30 Ewoks and Droids
10:30 Superpowers Team
11:00 ABC Weekend Special
11:30 American Bandstand
12:30 America's Top Ten
1:00 Telephone Auction
2:00 Star Games
3:00 Movie: "Smokey and the Bandit II" (1980)
4:30 ABC Wide World of Sports
6:00 News
6:30 Puttin' on the Hits
7:00 Dance Fever
7:30 Big Spin
8:00 Diff'rent Strokes
8:30 Benson
9:00 Movie: "Deadly Lessons"
11:00 News
11:30 WWF Superstars of Wrestling

31 - KRBK (Ind) Sacramento
8:00 Spectrum
8:30 World Tomorrow
9:00 Wild, Wild West
10:00 Movie: "Charlie Chan on Broadway" (1937)
11:30 Movie: "Blondie Goes to College" (1942)
1:00 Movie: "My Old Man" (1979)
3:00 Movie: TBA
5:00 Star Search
6:00 Fame
7:00 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
8:00 Movie: "Executioners of Death"
10:00 Championship Wrestling
11:00 Tales from the Darkside
11:30 Top 20 Video Countdown

40 - KTXL (Ind) Sacramento
8:30 Thunderbirds
9:00 Jimmy Swaggart
10:00 Telephone Auction
11:00 Saturday Morning
11:30 Gilligan's Island
12:00 Bionic Woman
1:00 Battlestar Galactica
2:00 Whiz Kids
3:00 The Greatest American Hero
4:00 Buck Rogers
5:00 Gimme a Break!
5:30 What's Happening Now!!
6:00 House Calls
6:30 Taxi
7:00 Star Trek
8:00 Movie: "The Sacketts" (1979, part 1)
10:00 News
10:30 Independent Network News
11:00 Batman
11:30 Forgotten Child of the 80's

44 - KBHK (Ind) San Francisco
8:00 World of Photography
8:30 Leave It to Beaver
9:00 Telephone Auction
10:00 Movie: "Dummy" (1979)
12:00 Buck Rogers
1:00 Battlestar Galactica
2:00 CHiPs
3:00 Brady Bunch
3:30 Small Wonder
4:00 Check It Out
4:30 What's Happening Now!!
5:00 Ted Knight
5:30 It's a Living
6:00 Movie: "McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force"
8:00 Movie: "Executive Action"
10:00 Good Times
10:30 Movie: "Victory at Entebbe" (1976)

Random notes:
Interesting seeing 'That's Hollywood!' was still turning up on KGO as filler in '86. Incidentally, Van Amburg did his last newscast for the station the night before.

Ted Knight had passed away just a few days before this date. The 'Ted Knight Show' listed here was the continuation under a new name of 'Too Close for Comfort', without the two daughters, as Henry and Muriel moved to Marin County. Pat Carroll co-starred as Henry's new boss, the editor-publisher of a 'small town' paper, for which Henry was the editorial cartoonist. The show had debuted in early 1986, with production delayed because of Knight's cancer diagnosis. Although he felt well enough to do a half-season, he faltered shortly after production had wrapped up.

The NBC 'Game of the Week' was the Dodgers(going nowhere that year) at the Mets(running away with the NL East on the way to a thrilling World Series win; they're still waiting for their next title).

Surprised that two independent stations were airing 'Battlestar Galactica' at the same time. I wasn't aware that 'Whiz Kids' with only a single season was ever offered for syndication.

umfan said:

Surprised that two independent stations were airing 'Battlestar Galactica' at the same time. I wasn't aware that 'Whiz Kids' with only a single season was ever offered for syndication.

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The two independents were (and are) in different markets, but in the 80s, both were probably on many cable systems together.

Also kind of odd to see a Salinas station listed in this paper, which was based in Sonora.

For those curious about "Punky Brewster" airing on Saturday mornings (well, except on KRON)...that's the animated version. NBC in the 80s (and ABC too, with the Garry Marshall sitcoms getting their own animated series) had a penchant of having Saturday morning series featuring more of their family-friendly prime time stars--Gary Coleman, Mr. T, the aforementioned Punky Brewster, and ALF, whose animated companion series premiered in fall 1987. NBC even ran reruns of Fat Albert on Saturday mornings during 1989, while The Cosby Show was still at its height of popularity (while the reruns were still running concurrently in syndication in some areas).

Please post listings for Wednesday 8/27/1986.