Source: The Bangor Daily News, December 23, 1988 Edition (also used the December 26, 1988 edition for revised information)
Monday, December 26, 1988
Note #1: All listings began at 10:00 am (if a program on a station began before 10:00 am and continued past, the first entry after that is listed)
Note #2: Listings regarding NFL playoffs were subject to change (ultimately, just one game was played, Minnesota defeating Los Angeles 28-17 at the Metrodome, and it likely ran early; based later entries on what ran the rest of the week)
Note #3: Canadian and Chicago stations listed Eastern Time.
Note #4: When printed, TBS listings were as being on the top/bottom of hour; add at least 5 minutes each time.
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor/W57AQ Calais (NBC)
10:00: Sale of the Century
10:30: Classic Concentration
11:00: Wheel of Fortune
11:30: Scrabble
12:00: News
12:30: Donahue
1:30: Super Password (delayed from noon)
2:00: Another World
3:00: Santa Barbara
4:00: Quincy
5:00: M*A*S*H
5:30: Cheers
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Family Feud
7:30: Family Ties
8:00: ALF (One-hour Christmas episode)
9:00: NBC Movie: “Miracle on Beekman’s Place” (1988; Scoey Mitchell, Robert Costanzo; PREMIERE)
11:00: News
11:30: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
12:30: Late Night with David Letterman (followed by sign-off)
CHSJ (CBAT) Channel 4 Saint John, New Brunswick (Fredericton) (CBC)
10:00: Canadian Reflections (Coronation Street TUE/WED; Eastenders THU/FRI)
10:30: Talkabout
11:00: Midday
12:00: Days of Our Lives (Channels 2 and 57 ran it most likely on a day-behind at 9:00 am)
1:00: All My Children
2:00: Guiding Light
3:00: The Facts of Life
3:30: The Kids of Degrassi Street (later evolved into Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High, and the most recent incarnations of the franchise)
4:00: Video Hits
4:30: Kate and Allie
5:00: CBC News
6:00: Land and Sea
6:30: Danger Bay
7:00: CBC Movie: “Anne of Green Gables” (1985; Megan Follows, Richard Farnsworth; Part 1 of 2)
9:00: The National
9:25: The Journal
10:00: CBC News
10:18: Kate and Allie
10:48: Late Night Movie: “One Potato, Two Potato” (1964; Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton) (followed by sign-off)
WABI Channel 5 Bangor (CBS)
10:00: Family Feud
10:30: Card Sharks
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: The NFL Today
12:30: NFL Playoffs
4:00: Schoolbreak Special or Oprah Winfrey (time approximate)
5:00: Win Lose or Draw
5:30: Hollywood Squares
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: The Cosby Show
7:30: Newhart (syndicated reruns)
8:00: Newhart
8:30: Kate and Allie
9:00: CBS Monday Night Movie: “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story” (1988; Michael Noun, Pam Dawber)
11:00: News
11:30: Hunter
12:40: CBS Late Night Movie: “Terror of Frankenstein” (followed by sign-off)
WCSH Channel 6 Portland (NBC)
10:00: Sweethearts
10:30: Classic Concentration
11:00: Wheel of Fortune
11:30: Scrabble
12:00: News
12:30: Donahue
1:30: Sale of the Century (delayed from 10:00 am)
2:00: Another World
3:00: Santa Barbara
4:00: Magnum P.I.
5:00: Hollywood Squares
5:30: Entertainment Tonight
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Family Feud
7:30: Family Ties
8:00: ALF (One-hour Christmas episode)
9:00: NBC Movie: “Miracle on Beekman’s Place” (1988; Scoey Mitchell, Robert Costanzo; PREMIERE)
11:00: News
11:30: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
12:00: Meet the Press (very odd situation; it would otherwise be Late Night at 12:30 and whatever would occur at 1:30 and beyond)
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC)
10:00: Growing Pains
10:30: Home
11:00: DuckTales
11:30: My Little Pony
12:00: Geraldo (“Ryan’s Hope” and/or “Loving” were either carried on delay or day-behind in Bangor or not at all at this stage)
1:00: All My Children
2:00: One Life to Live
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: Yogi Bear
4:30: Kate and Allie
5:00: The People’s Court
5:30: News
6:00: USA Today
6:30: ABC World News Tonight
7:00: Entertainment Tonight
7:30: The Dating Game
8:00: ABC Movie Special: “Ewoks: The Battle for Endor” (1985; Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis)
10:00: Koppel Report: News From Earth
11:00: News
11:30: Nightline
12:00: To Be Announced (followed later by sign-off)
WAGM Channel 8 Presque Isle (CBS/ABC/NBC)
10:00: Family Feud
10:30: Card Sharks
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: The NFL Today
12:30: NFL Playoffs
4:00: Schoolbreak Special or Donahue (time approximate)
5:00: Jeopardy!
5:30: The People’s Court
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: Wheel of Fortune
7:30: The Golden Girls
8:00: Newhart
8:30: Kate and Allie
9:00: CBS Monday Night Movie: “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story” (1988; Michael Noun, Pam Dawber)
11:00: News
11:30: Hunter
12:40: CBS Late Night Movie: “Terror of Frankenstein” (followed by sign-off)
WMTW Channel 8 Poland Spring (serves Portland) (ABC)
10:00: Sally Jesse Raphael
10:30: Family Medical Center
11:00: Growing Pains
11:30: Home
12:00: Ryan’s Hope
12:30: Loving
1:00: All My Children
2:00: One Life to Live
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: Simon and Simon
5:00: Superior Court
5:30: The People’s Court
6:00: News
6:30: ABC World News Tonight
7:00: Mysteries of the Mind
8:00: ABC Movie Special: “Ewoks: The Battle for Endor” (1985; Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis)
10:00: Koppel Report: News From Earth
11:00: News
11:30: Nightline
12:00: Love Connection
12:30: News (followed by sign-off)
CKLT Channel 9 Saint John, New Brunswick (CTV)
10:00: Definition
10:30: Secret Lives
11:00: The Real Ghostbusters
11:30: Fun House (hosted by J.D. Roth)
12:00: ATV News
12:30: City Lights
1:00: Lifetime
2:00: Another World
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: Live at Five
5:00: ATV News
5:30: The Cosby Show
6:00: Who’s the Boss?
6:30: MacGyver
7:30: Exhibition Hockey: CSKA Moscow @ Quebec Nordiques (game ended in a 5-5 tie)
10:30: To Be Announced (time approximate)
11:00: CTV News
11:30: ATV News
11:45: City Lights
12:15: Simon and Simon (followed by sign-off)
WGN Channel 9 Chicago, Illinois (Independent)
10:00: Alice
10:30: Archie Bunker’s Place
11:00: Charlie’s Angels
12:00: Geraldo
1:00: WGN News
2:00: Andy Griffith
2:30: Dick Van Dyke
3:00: Leave it to Beaver
3:30: Ghostbusters (not sure which one)
4:00: Bugs Bunny and Friends
4:30: G.I. Joe
5:00: C.O.P.S.
5:30: Fun House
6:00: The Facts of Life
6:30: WKRP in Cincinnati
7:00: Cheers
7:30: Night Court
8:00: Movie: “Middle Age Crazy” (1980; Bruce Dern, Ann-Margret)
10:00: WGN News at Nine
10:30: Independent Network News
11:00: The Honeymooners
11:30: Hill Street Blues
12:30: Bare Essence
2:30: Hogan’s Heroes (ran out of space afterward)
WCBB Channel 10 Augusta (serves Lewiston and Portland too) (PBS)
10:00: Mister Rogers
10:30: Square One Television
11:00: 3-2-1 Contact
11:30: Sesame Street
12:30: Mister Rogers
1:00: Tax Tips
1:15: Tax Tips
1:30: Tax Tips
1:45: Tax Tips
2:00: Zoobilee Zoo
2:30: Yan Can Cook
3:00: Body Electric
3:30: Sesame Street
4:30: Mister Rogers
5:00: Square One Television
5:30: 3-2-1 Contact
6:00: Today’s Special
6:30: Nightly Business Report
7:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
8:00: Smithsonian World
9:00: First Eden (Part 3 of 4)
10:00: Mission: Miskito
10:30: How Far Home: Veterans After Vietnam
11:00: Never the Twain
11:30: Are You Being Served?
12:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour (followed by sign-off)
WMEB Channel 12 Orono (serves Bangor) (PBS)
10:00: Captain Kangaroo
10:30: Square One Television
11:00: 3-2-1 Contact
11:30: Sesame Street
12:30: Mister Rogers
1:00: Handel’s Messiah with Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
2:00: Science Journal
2:30: Body Electric
3:00: McLaughlin Group
3:30: Sesame Street
4:30: Mister Rogers
5:00: Square One Television
5:30: 3-2-1 Contact
6:00: Newton’s Apple
6:30: Nightly Business Report
7:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
8:00: Smithsonian World
9:00: First Eden (Part 3 of 4)
10:00: Mission: Miskito
10:30: How Far Home: Veterans After Vietnam
11:00: Tax Tips on Tape (followed by sign-off)
WGME Channel 13 Portland (CBS)
10:00: Family Feud
10:30: Card Sharks
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: The NFL Today
12:30: NFL Playoffs
4:00: Schoolbreak Special or Oprah Winfrey (time approximate)
5:00: Win Lose or Draw
5:30: USA Today
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: Wheel of Fortune
7:30: Jeopardy!
8:00: Newhart
8:30: Kate and Allie
9:00: CBS Monday Night Movie: “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story” (1988; Michael Noun, Pam Dawber)
11:00: News
11:30: Hunter
12:40: CBS Late Night Movie: “Terror of Frankenstein”
2:00: Nightwatch (either ran all night or signed off later)
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta, Georgia (Independent)
10:00: Movie (no details given)
12:00: Perry Mason
1:00: Movie (no details given)
3:00: Tom and Jerry’s Funhouse
3:30: The Flintstones
4:00: The Flintstones
4:30: The Brady Bunch
5:00: The Munsters
5:30: Laverne and Shirley
6:00: One Day at a Time
6:30: 9 to 5
7:00: Andy Griffith
7:30: Sanford and Son
8:00: Movie: “Katherine” (1975; Art Carney, Sissy Spacek)
10:00: Movie: “Journey to the Far Side of the Sun” (1969; Roy Thinnes, Patrick Wymark)
12:00: National Geographic Explorer
1:00: Movie: “Colorado Territory” (ran out of space, next program may have started 3:30 am or later)
WSBK Channel 38 Boston, Massachusetts (Independent)
10:00: The Beverly Hillbillies
10:30: Alice
11:00: Divorce Court
11:30: AM Boston
12:00: Scholastic Sports Special (Trapper John M.D. ran normally)
1:00: Maude
1:30: The Jeffersons
2:00: Gumby
2:30: My Little Pony
3:00: Ghostbusters
3:30: Care Bears
4:00: Alvin and the Chipmunks
4:30: DuckTales
5:00: Fun House
5:30: Punky Brewster
6:00: Family Ties
6:30: Family Ties
7:00: Cheers
7:30: NHL Hockey: Boston Bruins @ Buffalo Sabres (Buffalo defeated Boston 2-1)
10:00: The Odd Couple (time approximate)
10:30: Hogan’s Heroes
11:00: M*A*S*H
11:30: Morton Downey, Jr.
12:30: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1:00: Hart to Hart
2:00: Home Shopping Overnight Service
WPXT Channel 51 Portland (FOX)
10:00: I Dream of Jeannie
10:30: The Dating Game
11:00: The Newlywed Game
11:30: Divorce Court
12:00: Perry Mason
1:00: Happy Days
1:30: Gidget
2:00: Jem – Truly Outrageous
2:30: The Jetsons
3:00: C.O.P.S.
3:30: DuckTales
4:00: Double Dare (Marc Summers)
4:30: Webster
5:00: Star Trek
6:00: M*A*S*H
6:30: All in the Family
7:00: M*A*S*H
7:30: Newhart (the ’80s sitcom)
8:00: Movie: “Knute Rockne: All American” (1940; Pat O’Brien, Ronald Reagan)
10:00: News
11:00: The Gong Show
11:30: Late Night Movie: “Title Shot” (followed by sign-off)
WLVI Channel 56 Boston, Massachusetts (Independent)
10:00: Zoobilee Zoo (also ran on PBS)
10:30: Mighty Mouse and Friends
11:00: De Todo Un Poco
11:30: CNN Headline News
12:00: Laverne and Shirley
12:30: That Girl
1:00: Bewitched
1:30: I Dream of Jeannie
2:00: Bugs Bunny and Friends
2:30: Teddy Ruxpin
3:00: Smurfs’ Adventures
3:30: C.O.P.S.
4:00: Woody Woodpecker
4:30: The Real Ghostbusters
5:00: 5-4-3-2-Run (produced by CTV, IIRC)
5:30: Webster
6:00: Three’s Company
6:30: The Facts of Life
7:00: Night Court
7:30: USA Today
8:00: Movie: “Dark Mirror” (1984; Jane Seymour, Stephen Collins)
10:00: News
11:00: USA Today
11:30: The Gong Show
12:00: The Newlywed Game
12:30: The Dating Game
1:00: Government Grants (followed by sign-off)
Monday, December 26, 1988
Note #1: All listings began at 10:00 am (if a program on a station began before 10:00 am and continued past, the first entry after that is listed)
Note #2: Listings regarding NFL playoffs were subject to change (ultimately, just one game was played, Minnesota defeating Los Angeles 28-17 at the Metrodome, and it likely ran early; based later entries on what ran the rest of the week)
Note #3: Canadian and Chicago stations listed Eastern Time.
Note #4: When printed, TBS listings were as being on the top/bottom of hour; add at least 5 minutes each time.
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor/W57AQ Calais (NBC)
10:00: Sale of the Century
10:30: Classic Concentration
11:00: Wheel of Fortune
11:30: Scrabble
12:00: News
12:30: Donahue
1:30: Super Password (delayed from noon)
2:00: Another World
3:00: Santa Barbara
4:00: Quincy
5:00: M*A*S*H
5:30: Cheers
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Family Feud
7:30: Family Ties
8:00: ALF (One-hour Christmas episode)
9:00: NBC Movie: “Miracle on Beekman’s Place” (1988; Scoey Mitchell, Robert Costanzo; PREMIERE)
11:00: News
11:30: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
12:30: Late Night with David Letterman (followed by sign-off)
CHSJ (CBAT) Channel 4 Saint John, New Brunswick (Fredericton) (CBC)
10:00: Canadian Reflections (Coronation Street TUE/WED; Eastenders THU/FRI)
10:30: Talkabout
11:00: Midday
12:00: Days of Our Lives (Channels 2 and 57 ran it most likely on a day-behind at 9:00 am)
1:00: All My Children
2:00: Guiding Light
3:00: The Facts of Life
3:30: The Kids of Degrassi Street (later evolved into Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High, and the most recent incarnations of the franchise)
4:00: Video Hits
4:30: Kate and Allie
5:00: CBC News
6:00: Land and Sea
6:30: Danger Bay
7:00: CBC Movie: “Anne of Green Gables” (1985; Megan Follows, Richard Farnsworth; Part 1 of 2)
9:00: The National
9:25: The Journal
10:00: CBC News
10:18: Kate and Allie
10:48: Late Night Movie: “One Potato, Two Potato” (1964; Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton) (followed by sign-off)
WABI Channel 5 Bangor (CBS)
10:00: Family Feud
10:30: Card Sharks
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: The NFL Today
12:30: NFL Playoffs
4:00: Schoolbreak Special or Oprah Winfrey (time approximate)
5:00: Win Lose or Draw
5:30: Hollywood Squares
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: The Cosby Show
7:30: Newhart (syndicated reruns)
8:00: Newhart
8:30: Kate and Allie
9:00: CBS Monday Night Movie: “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story” (1988; Michael Noun, Pam Dawber)
11:00: News
11:30: Hunter
12:40: CBS Late Night Movie: “Terror of Frankenstein” (followed by sign-off)
WCSH Channel 6 Portland (NBC)
10:00: Sweethearts
10:30: Classic Concentration
11:00: Wheel of Fortune
11:30: Scrabble
12:00: News
12:30: Donahue
1:30: Sale of the Century (delayed from 10:00 am)
2:00: Another World
3:00: Santa Barbara
4:00: Magnum P.I.
5:00: Hollywood Squares
5:30: Entertainment Tonight
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Family Feud
7:30: Family Ties
8:00: ALF (One-hour Christmas episode)
9:00: NBC Movie: “Miracle on Beekman’s Place” (1988; Scoey Mitchell, Robert Costanzo; PREMIERE)
11:00: News
11:30: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
12:00: Meet the Press (very odd situation; it would otherwise be Late Night at 12:30 and whatever would occur at 1:30 and beyond)
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC)
10:00: Growing Pains
10:30: Home
11:00: DuckTales
11:30: My Little Pony
12:00: Geraldo (“Ryan’s Hope” and/or “Loving” were either carried on delay or day-behind in Bangor or not at all at this stage)
1:00: All My Children
2:00: One Life to Live
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: Yogi Bear
4:30: Kate and Allie
5:00: The People’s Court
5:30: News
6:00: USA Today
6:30: ABC World News Tonight
7:00: Entertainment Tonight
7:30: The Dating Game
8:00: ABC Movie Special: “Ewoks: The Battle for Endor” (1985; Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis)
10:00: Koppel Report: News From Earth
11:00: News
11:30: Nightline
12:00: To Be Announced (followed later by sign-off)
WAGM Channel 8 Presque Isle (CBS/ABC/NBC)
10:00: Family Feud
10:30: Card Sharks
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: The NFL Today
12:30: NFL Playoffs
4:00: Schoolbreak Special or Donahue (time approximate)
5:00: Jeopardy!
5:30: The People’s Court
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: Wheel of Fortune
7:30: The Golden Girls
8:00: Newhart
8:30: Kate and Allie
9:00: CBS Monday Night Movie: “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story” (1988; Michael Noun, Pam Dawber)
11:00: News
11:30: Hunter
12:40: CBS Late Night Movie: “Terror of Frankenstein” (followed by sign-off)
WMTW Channel 8 Poland Spring (serves Portland) (ABC)
10:00: Sally Jesse Raphael
10:30: Family Medical Center
11:00: Growing Pains
11:30: Home
12:00: Ryan’s Hope
12:30: Loving
1:00: All My Children
2:00: One Life to Live
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: Simon and Simon
5:00: Superior Court
5:30: The People’s Court
6:00: News
6:30: ABC World News Tonight
7:00: Mysteries of the Mind
8:00: ABC Movie Special: “Ewoks: The Battle for Endor” (1985; Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis)
10:00: Koppel Report: News From Earth
11:00: News
11:30: Nightline
12:00: Love Connection
12:30: News (followed by sign-off)
CKLT Channel 9 Saint John, New Brunswick (CTV)
10:00: Definition
10:30: Secret Lives
11:00: The Real Ghostbusters
11:30: Fun House (hosted by J.D. Roth)
12:00: ATV News
12:30: City Lights
1:00: Lifetime
2:00: Another World
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: Live at Five
5:00: ATV News
5:30: The Cosby Show
6:00: Who’s the Boss?
6:30: MacGyver
7:30: Exhibition Hockey: CSKA Moscow @ Quebec Nordiques (game ended in a 5-5 tie)
10:30: To Be Announced (time approximate)
11:00: CTV News
11:30: ATV News
11:45: City Lights
12:15: Simon and Simon (followed by sign-off)
WGN Channel 9 Chicago, Illinois (Independent)
10:00: Alice
10:30: Archie Bunker’s Place
11:00: Charlie’s Angels
12:00: Geraldo
1:00: WGN News
2:00: Andy Griffith
2:30: Dick Van Dyke
3:00: Leave it to Beaver
3:30: Ghostbusters (not sure which one)
4:00: Bugs Bunny and Friends
4:30: G.I. Joe
5:00: C.O.P.S.
5:30: Fun House
6:00: The Facts of Life
6:30: WKRP in Cincinnati
7:00: Cheers
7:30: Night Court
8:00: Movie: “Middle Age Crazy” (1980; Bruce Dern, Ann-Margret)
10:00: WGN News at Nine
10:30: Independent Network News
11:00: The Honeymooners
11:30: Hill Street Blues
12:30: Bare Essence
2:30: Hogan’s Heroes (ran out of space afterward)
WCBB Channel 10 Augusta (serves Lewiston and Portland too) (PBS)
10:00: Mister Rogers
10:30: Square One Television
11:00: 3-2-1 Contact
11:30: Sesame Street
12:30: Mister Rogers
1:00: Tax Tips
1:15: Tax Tips
1:30: Tax Tips
1:45: Tax Tips
2:00: Zoobilee Zoo
2:30: Yan Can Cook
3:00: Body Electric
3:30: Sesame Street
4:30: Mister Rogers
5:00: Square One Television
5:30: 3-2-1 Contact
6:00: Today’s Special
6:30: Nightly Business Report
7:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
8:00: Smithsonian World
9:00: First Eden (Part 3 of 4)
10:00: Mission: Miskito
10:30: How Far Home: Veterans After Vietnam
11:00: Never the Twain
11:30: Are You Being Served?
12:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour (followed by sign-off)
WMEB Channel 12 Orono (serves Bangor) (PBS)
10:00: Captain Kangaroo
10:30: Square One Television
11:00: 3-2-1 Contact
11:30: Sesame Street
12:30: Mister Rogers
1:00: Handel’s Messiah with Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
2:00: Science Journal
2:30: Body Electric
3:00: McLaughlin Group
3:30: Sesame Street
4:30: Mister Rogers
5:00: Square One Television
5:30: 3-2-1 Contact
6:00: Newton’s Apple
6:30: Nightly Business Report
7:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
8:00: Smithsonian World
9:00: First Eden (Part 3 of 4)
10:00: Mission: Miskito
10:30: How Far Home: Veterans After Vietnam
11:00: Tax Tips on Tape (followed by sign-off)
WGME Channel 13 Portland (CBS)
10:00: Family Feud
10:30: Card Sharks
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: The NFL Today
12:30: NFL Playoffs
4:00: Schoolbreak Special or Oprah Winfrey (time approximate)
5:00: Win Lose or Draw
5:30: USA Today
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: Wheel of Fortune
7:30: Jeopardy!
8:00: Newhart
8:30: Kate and Allie
9:00: CBS Monday Night Movie: “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story” (1988; Michael Noun, Pam Dawber)
11:00: News
11:30: Hunter
12:40: CBS Late Night Movie: “Terror of Frankenstein”
2:00: Nightwatch (either ran all night or signed off later)
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta, Georgia (Independent)
10:00: Movie (no details given)
12:00: Perry Mason
1:00: Movie (no details given)
3:00: Tom and Jerry’s Funhouse
3:30: The Flintstones
4:00: The Flintstones
4:30: The Brady Bunch
5:00: The Munsters
5:30: Laverne and Shirley
6:00: One Day at a Time
6:30: 9 to 5
7:00: Andy Griffith
7:30: Sanford and Son
8:00: Movie: “Katherine” (1975; Art Carney, Sissy Spacek)
10:00: Movie: “Journey to the Far Side of the Sun” (1969; Roy Thinnes, Patrick Wymark)
12:00: National Geographic Explorer
1:00: Movie: “Colorado Territory” (ran out of space, next program may have started 3:30 am or later)
WSBK Channel 38 Boston, Massachusetts (Independent)
10:00: The Beverly Hillbillies
10:30: Alice
11:00: Divorce Court
11:30: AM Boston
12:00: Scholastic Sports Special (Trapper John M.D. ran normally)
1:00: Maude
1:30: The Jeffersons
2:00: Gumby
2:30: My Little Pony
3:00: Ghostbusters
3:30: Care Bears
4:00: Alvin and the Chipmunks
4:30: DuckTales
5:00: Fun House
5:30: Punky Brewster
6:00: Family Ties
6:30: Family Ties
7:00: Cheers
7:30: NHL Hockey: Boston Bruins @ Buffalo Sabres (Buffalo defeated Boston 2-1)
10:00: The Odd Couple (time approximate)
10:30: Hogan’s Heroes
11:00: M*A*S*H
11:30: Morton Downey, Jr.
12:30: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1:00: Hart to Hart
2:00: Home Shopping Overnight Service
WPXT Channel 51 Portland (FOX)
10:00: I Dream of Jeannie
10:30: The Dating Game
11:00: The Newlywed Game
11:30: Divorce Court
12:00: Perry Mason
1:00: Happy Days
1:30: Gidget
2:00: Jem – Truly Outrageous
2:30: The Jetsons
3:00: C.O.P.S.
3:30: DuckTales
4:00: Double Dare (Marc Summers)
4:30: Webster
5:00: Star Trek
6:00: M*A*S*H
6:30: All in the Family
7:00: M*A*S*H
7:30: Newhart (the ’80s sitcom)
8:00: Movie: “Knute Rockne: All American” (1940; Pat O’Brien, Ronald Reagan)
10:00: News
11:00: The Gong Show
11:30: Late Night Movie: “Title Shot” (followed by sign-off)
WLVI Channel 56 Boston, Massachusetts (Independent)
10:00: Zoobilee Zoo (also ran on PBS)
10:30: Mighty Mouse and Friends
11:00: De Todo Un Poco
11:30: CNN Headline News
12:00: Laverne and Shirley
12:30: That Girl
1:00: Bewitched
1:30: I Dream of Jeannie
2:00: Bugs Bunny and Friends
2:30: Teddy Ruxpin
3:00: Smurfs’ Adventures
3:30: C.O.P.S.
4:00: Woody Woodpecker
4:30: The Real Ghostbusters
5:00: 5-4-3-2-Run (produced by CTV, IIRC)
5:30: Webster
6:00: Three’s Company
6:30: The Facts of Life
7:00: Night Court
7:30: USA Today
8:00: Movie: “Dark Mirror” (1984; Jane Seymour, Stephen Collins)
10:00: News
11:00: USA Today
11:30: The Gong Show
12:00: The Newlywed Game
12:30: The Dating Game
1:00: Government Grants (followed by sign-off)