Retro: Eastern Pennsylvania, Wednesday, July 22, 1987

[south_ferretti]

Source: Reading Eagle via Google News Archive.
This post lists the VHF channels. Later, I'll post the large section of UHF channels.

WMAR 2 - NBC Baltimore
5:45 Before Hours
6:00 Sally
6:30 NBC News at Sunrise
7:00 Today
9:00 Oprah Winfrey
10:00 Donahue
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 News
12:30 Wordplay
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 Magnum, P.I.
5:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 Baseball (preempts all the evening's programmes)
Baltimore Orioles vs. Chicago White Sox.
11:00 News
11:30 Benson
After Taylor's disastrous attempt for political office, he blames Benson for his defeat.
12:00 WKRP in Cincinnati
The staff is approached to organize a union when the station's ratings soar.
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: entertainer Carl Reiner, comic Jake Johansen.
1:30 Nightlife
Host: David Brenner. Guest: actor Steve Landesberg.
2:00 True Confessions
2:30 sign-off

KYW 3 - NBC Philadelphia
5:05 Morning Stretch
5:35 Farm, Home and Garden
5:45 Before Hours
6:00 NBC News at Sunrise
6:30 News
7:00 Today
9:00 Santa Barbara
10:00 People are Talking
11:00 Hour Magazine
12:00 News
12:30 $1.000.000 Chance of a Lifetime
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Scrabble
4:00 Wheel of Fortune
4:30 Hollywood Squares
5:00 Newlywed Game
5:30 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 People's Court
7:30 Evening Magazine
Controversial lingerie ads.
8:00 Highway to Heaven
Jonathan and Mark, posing as high school teachers, help a diverse group of students deal with the trauma of the upcoming senior prom.
9:00 Night Court
Leon returns just as Harry's putting the finishing touches on his annual Halloween bash.
9:30 Bennett Brothers
A playboy and his straight-laced brother share an apartment.
10:00 St. Elsewhere
The elusive John Doe no. 6 wreaks havoc at the hospital; Luther Hawkins returns to St. Eliglus.
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
Scheduled: physics professor Jearl Walker.
12:30 Late Show with David Letterman
1:30 Love Connection
2:00 Movie: "Chad Hanna" (1940) Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour.
4:00 sign-off

WPVI 6 - ABC Philadelphia
5:00 Perspective
5:30 A.M. Philadelphia: A Second Look
6:00 ABC World News This Morning
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Donahue
10:00 A.M. Philadelphia
11:00 Jeopardy!
11:30 Ryan's Hope
12:00 News
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Oprah Winfrey
5:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 Jeopardy!
7:30 Wheel of Fortune
8:00 Perfect Strangers
Larry is suspicious of his sister's reason when Elaine interrupts her New York trip to stop and see him.
8:30 Head of the Class
Facing a solitary Thanksgiving, Charlie winds up having holiday dinner with school principal Samuels.
9:00 MacGyver
MacGyver, suffering from amnesia, faces off against an assassin whose targets include America's top military men.
10:00 Hotel
A domineering father pushes his son to excel in basketball. Guest stars include John Beck and Sabrina LeBeauf.
11:00 News
11:30 Nightline
12:00 Movie: "A Howling in the Woods" (1971) Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman.
2:00 Perspective
2:30 sign-off

WGAL 8 - NBC Lancaster
5:45 Before Hours
6:00 NBC News at Sunrise
6:30 News
7:00 Today
9:00 Donahue
10:00 Hour Magazine
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 News
12:30 Wordplay
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 Diff'rent Strokes
4:30 Too Close for Comfort
5:00 Three's Company
5:30 Entertainment Tonight
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 News
7:30 PM Magazine
8:00 Highway to Heaven
9:00 Night Court
9:30 Bennett Brothers
10:00 St. Elsewhere
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30 Late Show with David Letterman
1:30 News
2:00 The Love Boat
3:00 sign-off

WWOR 9 - Secaucus (Independent)
5:00 Movie: "Kiss the Blood Off My Hands" (1948) Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine. (continued)
5:30 CNN Headline News
6:00 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 700 Club
7:30 Straight Talk
8:30 Romper Room
9:30 Zoobilee Zoo
10:00 My Favorite Martian
10:30 The Monkees
11:00 Bosom Buddies
11:30 House Calls
12:00 News
1:00 Phil Silvers
1:30 Baseball
4:15 Kiner's Korner
4:30 Greats of the Game
5:00 Hawaii Five-O
6:00 Matt Houston
Matt looks for a Marilyn Monroe look-alike in his search for clues to the muder of one of his employees.
7:00 $100.000 Pyramid
7:30 Entertainment Tonight
Actor James Brolin ("Hotel"); sponsors' influence on TV programming.
8:00 News
8:30 $1.000.000 Chance of a Lifetime
9:00 Movie: "Battle Vry" (1955) Van Heflin, Aldo Ray.
12:00 Cannon
Cannon loses his memory while delivering a kidnap ransom in the desert.
1:00 Joe Franklin
2:00 Movie: "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (1957) Richard Egan, Jan Sterling.
4:00 Movie: "The Man with a Cloak" (1951) Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck.

WCAU 10 - CBS Philadelphia
5:00 CBS News Nightwatch
6:00 CBS Morning News
7:30 The Morning Program
9:00 Divorce Court
9:30 Home Shopping Game
10:00 $25.000 Pyramid
10:30 Card Sharks
11:00 Price is Right
12:00 News
12:30 Young and the Restless
1:30 Bold and the Beautiful
2:00 As the World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Hart to Hart
5:00 $100.000 Pyramid
5:30 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Entertainment Tonight
7:30 Dating Game
8:00 New Mike Hammer
Hammer helps a novice private eye find the person who killed his partner.
9:00 Magnum, P.I.
Magnum's Pulitzer Prize winning aunt arrives in Hawaii.
10:00 The Equalizer
McCall's victimized in an elaborate scam designed to frame him for murder.
11:00 News
11:30 Hot Shots
Amanda and Jason examine a politician's relationship with a sexy actress.
12:40 CBS Late Movie: "The City" (1976) Robert Forster, Jimmy Dean.
2:00 CBS News Nightwatch

WPIX 11 - New York (Independent)
5:00 One Step Beyond
5:30 Independent Network News
6:00 Open Mind
6:30 M.A.S.K
7:00 Heathcliff
7:30 Transformers
8:00 Challenge of the GoBots
8:30 Superfriends
9:00 The Munsters
9:30 F-Troop
10:00 Mork and Mindy
10:30 Sanford and Son
11:30 Best Talk in Town
12:00 The Odd Couple
12:30 Movie: "Escape fron DS-3" (1980) Jackson Bowsick, David Chandler.
2:30 Scooby Doo
3:00 Smurfs' Adventures
3:30 Ghostbusters
4:00 G.I. Joe
4:30 Good Times
5:00 CHiPs
6:00 Gimme a Break!
Katie thinks a piece of Andy Gibb's clothing will provide her with the ticket she needs to get into a popular clique.
6:30 Benson
Benson poses as a prisoner to investigate conditions at a state prison.
7:00 The Jeffersons
George plots revenge against the female gang that mugged him (part 1 of 2).
7:30 Independent Network News
8:00 Movie: "Foxes" (1980) Jodie Foster, Sally Kellerman.
10:00 News
10:30 Independent Network News
11:00 The Odd Couple
Oscar is literally put out when Felix invites his former wife to share the apartment while her house is being painted.
11:30 The Honeymooners
When Ralph has to learn how to play golf so that he can join his boss in a foursome, he resorts to having Norton teach him.
12:00 Star Trek
The crew of the Enterprise is captured by a dying race of aliens who hope to repopulate their planet.
1:00 The Twilight Zone
A timid bank clerk acquires the ability to read other people's minds.
1:30 Independent Network News
2:00 The Twilight Zone
Ace Larsen discovers that his boss can command inanimate objects to do his will.
2:30 The Twilight Zone
Adam Grant is sentenced to death in the electric chair.
3:00 Movie: "Pursuit to Algiers" (1945) Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce.
4:30 One Step Beyond
A handicapped victim of polio is alone in her home when she hears a tidal wave alert.

WHYY 12 - PBS Wilmington
6:45 AM Weather
7:00 Reading Rainbow
7:30 Mister Rogers
8:00 Sesame Street
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Mister Rogers
10:30 Reading Rainbow
11:00 3-2-1 Contact
11:30 Wild, Wild World of Animals
12:00 Frugal Gourmet
12:30 Joy of Painting
1:00 Evening at Pops
2:00 An Evening of Championship Skating
3:00 3-2-1 Contact
3:30 Sesame Street
4:30 Mister Rogers
5:00 Reading Rainbow
5:30 News
6:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7:00 Nightly Business Report
7:30 Wild, Wild World of Animals
Beavers in the American West are profiled as social animals as well as engineers.
8:00 Survival
A history of the European bison, its near destruction during World Wars I and II and the herd's dependency on Poland's Bialowieza forest preserve, home also to a variety of species including the tarpan.
9:00 Monsters, Madmen and Machines
Gil Gerard hosts this retrospective of science fiction movies that begins with the 1902 film "A Trip to the Moon" and touches on other notable films such as "King Kong", "The Andromeda Strain" and "Star Wars".
10:00 The Horror of it All
José Ferrer narrates a look at some of the foremost horror films of the last 60 years, featuring film clips and interviews with those who helped make them.
11:00 SCTV
Sketches: Moe Green (Harold Ramis) is kidnapped by the "Leutonian Liberation Front"; Dinah Shore (Catherine O'Hara) on her new show "Donna".
11:30 South American Journey
Jack Pizzey visits the Amazon's jungles and its Indian inhabitants.
12:30 sign-off

WJZ 13 - ABC Baltimore
5:00 Movie: "Quality Street" (1937) Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone. (continued)
5:25 Muppets
6:00 Morning Stretch
6:30 News
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 People are Talking
10:00 Hour Magazine
11:00 Who's the Boss?
11:30 Bargain Hunters
12:00 News
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Diff'rent Strokes
4:30 Carter Country
5:00 Gimme a Break!
5:30 Taxi
6:00 News
7:00 ABC World News Tonight
7:30 Evening Magazine
8:00 Perfect Strangers
8:30 Head of the Class
9:00 MacGyver
10:00 Hotel
11:00 News
11:30 Entertainment Tonight
12:00 Nightline
12:30 Hawaii Five-O
McGarrett believes the wrong man may have been convicted in an assault case.
1:30 News
2:00 Movie: "Mighty Joe Young" (1949) Terry Moore, Robert Armstrong.
3:45 Movie: "Murder on the Bridle Path" (1936) Helen Broderick, James Gleason.

 

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WLYH 15 - CBS Lancaster
6:00 CNN Headline News
6:30 Forum 15
7:00 CBS Morning News
7:30 The Morning Program
9:00 Underdog
10:00 $25.000 Pyramid
10:30 Card Sharks
11:00 Price is Right
12:00 Home Shopping Game
12:30 Young and the Restless
1:30 Bold and the Beautiful
2:00 As the World Turns
3:00 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
3:30 Defenders of the Earth
4:00 She-Ra: Princess of Power
4:30 Dennis the Menace
5:00 Centurions
5:30 Gimme a Break!
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Magnum, P.I.
Magnum investigates a case involving computer espionage.
8:00 New Mike Hammer
9:00 Magnum, P.I.
10:00 The Equalizer
11:00 News
11:30 Hot Shots
12:40 CBS Late Movie: "The City" (1976) Robert Forster, Jimmy Dean.
2:00 Forum
2:30 sign-off

WNEP 16 - ABC Scranton
6:00 ABC World News This Morning
6:30 News
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Hatchy Milatchy
10:00 Hour Magazine
11:00 Who's the Boss?
11:30 Bargain Hunters
12:00 News
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Hart to Hart
5:00 Quincy
6:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 PM Magazine
7:30 Entertainment Tonight
8:00 Perfect Strangers
8:30 Head of the Class
9:00 MacGyver
10:00 Hotel
11:00 News
11:30 Nightline
12:00 The Rockford Files
Rockford breaks a long-standing precedent when he becomes involved with a beautiful and blind client (part 1 of 2).
1:00 News
1:30 sign-off

WPHL 17 - Philadelphia (Independent)
5:00 Delaware Valley Forum
5:30 Richard Roberts
6:30 Jimmy Swaggart
7:00 Woody Woodpecker
7:30 Defenders of the Earth
8:00 The Flinstones
8:30 Silverhawks
9:00 PTL Club
10:00 700 Club
11:00 Love Your Skin
11:30 Mork and Mindy
12:00 Leave it to Beaver
12:30 McHale's Navy
1:00 Hogan's Heroes
1:30 The Addams Family
2:00 The Munsters
2:30 Brady Bunch
3:00 Ghostbusters
3:30 Popeye
4:00 Dancin' On Air
5:00 Knight Rider
6:00 Diff'rent Strokes
With Mrs. Garrett as judge and the family as jury, Arnold goes on trial for putting goldfish in the hot tub.
6:30 Facts of Life
Natalie is assaulted on campus.
7:00 Barney Miller
Dietrich and Levitt haul in a brokerage firm employee suspected of embezzlement.
7:30 The Jeffersons
George sets out to create a legacy for himself so he'll be remembered long after he's dead.
8:00 Movie: "Tilt" (1979) Brooke Shields, Charles Durning.
10:00 Matt Houston
A schizophrenic woman falls in love with Matt, endangering his life.
11:00 Abbott and Costello
"Uncle Bozzo's Visit".
11:30 Movie: "How to Steal a Million (Dollars and Live Happily Ever After)" (1966) Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole.
2:05 Milin Seminar
2:35 Movie: "Woman of the Year" (1942) Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.

WTBS 17 - Atlanta (Independent)
5:00 Mary Tyler Moore
5:30 Bob Newhart
6:00 CNN Headline News
6:30 Tom and Jerry and Friends
8:05 I Dream of Jeannie
8:35 Bewitched
9:05 Safe at Home
9:35 Hazel
10:05 Movie: "Born to Dance" (1936) Eleanor Powell, James Stewart.
12:05 Perry Mason
1:05 Sanford and Son
1:35 Baseball
4:15 Tom and Jerry and Friends
4:35 The Flinstones
5:05 The Addams Family
5:35 The Munsters
6:05 Down to Earth
Duane and Samantha pretend to be married for a school project.
6:35 New Leave it to Beaver
Beaver notices that the golfer he's caddying for is cheating to win $500.
7:05 Sanford and Son
Fred gets an act together for a TV amateur show with Lamont and Bubba.
7:35 The Honeymooners
Ralph and Ed try to get on the good side of a bus company executive.
8:05 Movie: "Love at First Bite" (1979) George Hamilton, Susan Saint James.
10:05 Movie: "Reckless" (1984) Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah.
12:05 Movie: "Downhill Racer" (1969) Robert Redford, Gene Hackman.
2:20 Movie: "The Man from the Diners' Club" (1963) Danny Kaye, Cara Williams.
4:20 CNN Headline News

WHP 21 - CBS Harrisburg
6:00 Morning Stretch
6:30 CBS Morning News
7:30 The Morning Program
9:00 PTL Club
10:00 $25.000 Pyramid
10:30 Card Sharks
11:00 Price is Right
12:00 $1.000.000 Chance of a Lifetime
12:30 Young and the Restless
1:30 Bold and the Beautiful
2:00 As the World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 $100.000 Pyramid
4:30 Card Sharks
5:00 Superior Court
5:30 People's Court
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 New Mike Hammer
9:00 Magnum, P.I.
10:00 The Equalizer
11:00 News
11:30 Hot Shots
12:40 CBS Late Movie: "The City" (1976) Robert Forster, Jimmy Dean.
2:00 sign-off

WYOU 22 - CBS Scranton
6:00 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 CBS Morning News
7:30 The Morning Program
9:00 Oprah Winfrey
10:00 $25.000 Pyramid
10:30 Card Sharks
11:00 Price is Right
12:00 News
12:30 Young and the Restless
1:30 Bold and the Beautiful
2:00 As the World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Love Connection
4:30 Divorce Court
5:00 People's Court
5:30 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 New Mike Hammer
9:00 Magnum, P.I.
10:00 The Equalizer
11:00 News
11:30 Hot Shots
12:40 CBS Late Movie: "The City" (1976) Robert Forster, Jimmy Dean.
2:00 News
2:30 sign-off

WHTM 27 - ABC Harrisburg
6:00 ABC World News This Morning
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Dating Game
9:30 True Confessions
10:00 Alice
10:30 Cross-Wits
11:00 Who's the Boss?
11:30 Bargain Hunters
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 Oprah Winfrey
5:00 Divorce Court
5:30 The Judge
6:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 Newlywed Game
7:30 Hollywood Squares
8:00 Perfect Strangers
8:30 Head of the Class
9:00 MacGyver
10:00 Hotel
11:00 News
11:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
A preacher who heads up a media task force to clean up radio makes WKRP his first Cincinnati stop.
12:00 Nightline
12:30 sign-off

WBRE 28 - NBC Wilkes-Barre
6:15 Before Hours
6:30 NBC News at Sunrise
7:00 Today
9:00 Donahue
10:00 Santa Barbara
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12:00 Super Password
12:30 Wordplay
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Dennis the Menace
3:30 The Muppets
4:00 Little House on the Prairie
5:00 Facts of Life
5:30 Hollywood Squares
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 M*A*S*H
Turned down for a future position at home, Charles is so irate he refuses to talk to anyone in the unit.
7:30 Newlywed Game
8:00 Highway to Heaven
9:00 Night Court
9:30 Bennett Brothers
10:00 St. Elsewhere
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30 Late Show with David Letterman
1:30 News
2:00 sign-off

WTAF 29 - FOX Philadelphia
5:00 Movie: "Diary of a Bachelor" (1964) Joe Silver, Dom DeLuise. (continued)
5:50 Cartoons
6:00 Community Update
6:10 Cartoons
6:30 Fat Albert
7:00 Challenge of the GoBots
7:30 Tom and Jerry
8:00 The Jetsons
8:30 Scooby Doo
9:00 My Little Pony and Friends
9:30 The Monkees
10:00 Who's the Boss?
10:30 Gilligan's Island
11:00 Fame
12:00 True Confessions
12:30 My Favorite Martian
1:00 The Three Stooges
2:00 M.A.S.K.
2:30 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
3:00 Smurfs' Adventures
3:30 Thundercats
4:00 Transformers
4:30 G.I. Joe
5:00 What's Happening!!
5:30 That's My Mama
6:00 Benson
After a series of mishaps, Benson, Kraus and the governor spend the night on the roof.
6:30 Private Benjamin
When Lewis goes undercover to get the goods on a clip joint, Benjamin thinks she has flipped.
7:00 Bosom Buddies
After Henry's mom sees him on TV dressed as a woman, she comes to the hotel to confront him.
7:30 The Ropers
Helen's and David's birthday party is a disaster when first Stanley and Jeffrey and then Helen and Anne start squabbling.
8:00 Movie: "Sheena" (1984) Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass.
10:00 News
10:30 Taxi
With a little encouragement from Tony, Elaine's son decides to give up the oboe and take up boxing.
11:00 Late Show
Scheduled: recording artist Andy Summers.
12:00 Nightlife (same as ch. 3)
12:30 Movie: "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952) Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton.
3:30 Movie: "A Lawless Street" (1955) Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury.
4:50 Father Murphy

WITF 33 - PBS Harrisburg
6:15 Yoga
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 Mister Rogers
7:30 Captain Kangaroo
8:00 Sesame Street
9:00 Today's Special
9:30 OWL TV
10:00 Square One TV
10:30 Reading Rainbow
11:00 Frugal Gourmet
11:30 House for All Seasons
12:00 Sesame Street
1:00 Kathy's Kitchen
1:30 Ilona's Palette
2:00 Evening at Pops
3:00 Mister Rogers
3:30 Sesame Street
4:30 Reading Rainbow
5:00 Wild, Wild World of Animals
5:30 News
5:45 Weather World
6:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7:00 Wonderful World of Disney
8:00 Rush: The Fallow Deer
The life of a fallow deer living in the south of Britain.
9:00 Outdoor Pennsylvania
10:00 Smithsonian World
An exploration of Islam's Judeo-Christian roots, principles and beliefs.
11:00 Nightly Business Report
11:30 Movie: "Passport to Pimlico" (1949) Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford.
12:40 sign-off

WOLF 38 - FOX Hazleton
6:00 CNN Headline News
6:30 Zoobilee Zoo
7:00 Heathcliff
7:30 The Flinstones
8:00 My Little Pony and Friends
8:30 She-Ra: Princess of Power
9:00 Jerry Falwell
10:00 700 Club
11:00 PTL Club
12:00 CNN Headline News
12:30 Home Shopping Game
1:00 Perry Mason
2:00 M.A.S.K.
2:30 Silverhawks
3:00 Smurfs' Adventures
3:30 He-Man and Masters of the Universe
4:00 Thundercats
4:30 The Jetsons
5:00 Brady Bunch
5:30 Bewitched
6:00 The Fall Guy
A country-western star kills his ghostwriter and places the blame on his chauffeur.
7:00 Barney Miller
The bomb squad confiscates a student's master's thesis project -a homemade atomic bomb- and delivers it to the 12th.
7:30 Bosom Buddies
Kip fears Henry is falling in love with a beautiful California girl.
8:00 Movie: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956) James Stewart, Doris Day.
10:30 Under Deadly Influence
11:00 Late Show
12:00 Romance... The Right Way
12:30 CNN Headline News

WLVT 39 - PBS Bethlehem
7:15 AM Weather
7:30 Captain Kangaroo
8:00 Sesame Street
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Mister Rogers
10:30 Reading Rainbow
11:00 Art is Fun
11:30 French Chef
12:00 War: A Commentary by Gwynne Dyer
1:00 South American Journey
2:00 Nova
3:00 French Chef
3:30 Mister Rogers
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Reading Rainbow
5:30 3-2-1 Contact
6:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
7:00 Nightly Business Report
7:30 Health Matters
Topic: heart surgery.
8:00 National Geographic
The tropical mangrove forests of the island of Siarau, north of Borneo, are home to a varied number of unusual creatures including the proboscis monkey, fiddler crab and mudskipper.
9:00 Korea: The Forgotten War
Combat footage is included in this documentary on American participation in the Korean War (1950-53), a battle officially designated as a U.N. police action. Host: Robert Stack.
11:00 Doctor Who
11:30 Motorweek
12:00 War: A Commentary by Gwynne Dyer
Footage of NATO's 1980-81 West German war games and Warsaw Pact weaponry illustrates Central Europe's potential vulnerability to war.
1:00 sign-off

WPMT 43 - FOX York
6:00 Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
6:30 M.A.S.K.
7:00 Thundercats
7:30 Transformers
8:00 Tom and Jerry
8:30 My Little Pony and Friends
9:00 Ghostbusters
9:30 Jimmy Swaggart
10:00 Richard Roberts
11:00 Bonanza
12:00 Perry Mason
1:00 I Love Lucy
1:30 Bewitched
2:00 Woody Woodpecker
2:30 The Jetsons
3:00 Scooby Doo
3:30 Smurfs' Adventures
4:00 G.I. Joe
4:30 Leave it to Beaver
5:00 The Monkees
5:30 I Dream of Jeannie
6:00 Happy Days
6:30 Facts of Life
Jo must make a decision between a teaching job and an offer from a major corporation.
7:00 Private Benjamin
Benjamin is determined to prove to a discouraging Allan that she's a good soldier.
7:30 Bosom Buddies
Kip is furious when he thinks Henry has acted improperly with his kid sister.
8:00 Movie: "Summer Fantasy" (1984) Julianne Phillips, Ted Shackelford.
10:00 The Twilight Zone
Thomas Patrick McNutty is given a watch that possesses a strange power.
10:30 The Twilight Zone
Grady, a down-and-out jockey, is justifiably accused of having fixed a race.
11:00 Late Show
12:00 Crook and Chase
12:30 Independent Network News
1:00 sign-off

WVIA 44 - PBS Scranton
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 Business of Management
7:30 Sesame Street
8:30 Mister Rogers
9:00 Sesame Street
10:00 Mister Rogers
10:30 Secret City
11:00 Living Body
11:30 Frugal Gourmet
12:00 Sesame Street
1:00 Collectibles, Etc.
1:30 Cooking Plain and Fancy
2:00 Masterpiece Theatre
3:00 Great Chefs of the West
3:30 Mister Rogers
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Captain Kangaroo
5:30 Weather World
5:45 Taking Note
6:00 Dick Van Dyke
6:30 The Honeymooners
7:00 Dark Shadows
7:30 Doctor Who
"The Seeds of Doom". The Doctor and Sarah face the Krynold and some human enemies as well (part 2 of 6).
8:00 Nova
A profile of Harold E. Edgerton, designer of the electronic strobe, a light that allows events in action to be photographed.
9:00 National Geographic (same as ch. 39)
10:00 Spaceflight
A profile of U.S. and Soviet space programs from the early 1960s to the initiation of the Gemini space walk and docking effort.
11:00 Nightly Business Report
11:30 Movie: "Let's Make Love" (1960) Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand.
1:30 Movie: "Blondie in the Dough" (1948) Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake.
2:35 Burns and Allen
3:05 sign-off

WGBS 57 - Philadelphia (Independent)
5:00 America's Marketplace
6:00 Multi Trim
6:30 Popeye
7:00 Rambo
7:30 Centurions
8:00 Heathcliff
8:30 Inspector Gadget
9:00 Can You Be Thinner?
9:30 Gomer Pyle
10:00 Big Valley
11:00 Bonanza
12:00 I Love Lucy
12:30 Dick Van Dyke
1:00 Mary Tyler Moore
1:30 Bob Newhart
2:00 Gomer Pyle
2:30 Popeye
3:00 Centurions
3:30 Heathcliff
4:00 She-Ra: Princess of Power
4:30 Dennis the Menace
5:00 I Dream of Jeannie
5:30 Bewitched
6:00 Battlestar Galactica
The mysterious alien grants the Galacticans three wishes in exchange for their blind allegiance.
7:00 All in the Family
Archie has trouble adjusting to Edith's sudden fame after she saves a life.
7:30 The Odd Couple
Felix and Oscar attempt to escape the turmoil of modern living by taking up residence in a religious retreat.
8:00 International Swimsuit Spectacular
Swimwear fashions for men, women and children are modeled against scenic backgrounds on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
9:00 Movie: "My Tutor" (1983) Caren Kaye, Matt Lattanzi.
11:00 The Honeymooners
Norton wins a television set with a ticket Ralph purchased for him.
11:30 All in the Family
Archie panics when Edith invites an old schoolmate to dinner.
12:00 America's Shopping Place

WFMZ 69 - Allentown (Independent)
6:30 Fletcher Brothers
7:00 700 Club
8:00 James Robison
8:30 Richard Roberts
9:30 Fletcher Brothers
10:00 Jimmy Swaggart
10:30 Fran Carlton
11:00 PTL Club
12:00 CNN Headline News
12:30 Bob Newhart
1:00 Hogan's Heroes
1:30 Family Affair
2:00 Perry Mason
3:00 Little House on the Prairie
4:00 I Love Lucy
4:30 My Three Sons
5:00 Leave it to Beaver
5:30 Andy Griffith Show
6:00 Dick Van Dyke
Rob's uncle George arrives in town, and asks his nephew to find him a wife.
6:30 Mary Tyler Moore
One of Mary's ex-boyfriends gets a job in the newsroom.
7:00 News
7:30 Bob Newhart
Bob can't resist the psychologist in him even when the Hartleys embark on a seagoing vacation.
8:00 Sportseat with Rich Lerner
Guest: basketball guru Sonny Hill.
9:00 Donahue
Scheduled: welfare babies.
10:00 News
10:30 Independent Network News
11:00 Hogan's Heroes
LeBeau convinces Klink that he (LeBeau) is a gypsy fortune teller.
11:30 700 Club
12:30 James Robison
1:00 Richard Roberts
2:00 sign-off