Friday, October 30, 2015

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 1989

Morning
=========
5:00 am                  Kenneth Copeland
5:30 am                  Faith 20
6:00 am                  Good Times
6:30 am                  Gumby
7:00 am                  Bozo
8:00 am                  Bugs Bunny
8:30 am                  Leave It to Beaver
9:00 am                  Fantasy Island
10:00 am                Joan Rivers
11:00 am                Geraldo



Afternoon
========
12 noon                News
1:00 pm                Andy Griffith
1:30 pm                Dick Van Dyke
2:00 pm                Facts of Life
2:30 pm                Yogi Bear
3:00 pm                C.O.P.S. (cartoons)
3:30 pm                Duck Tales
4:00 pm                Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers
4:30 pm                Fun House
5:00 pm                Charles In Charge
5:30 pm                WKRP In Cincinnati



Evening
========
6:00 pm                Cheers
6:30 pm                Night Court
7:00 pm                Thorn Birds (miniseries; part 5 of 5; rerun)
9:00 pm                News
9:30 pm                USA Tonight
10:00 pm              Newhart
10:30 pm              Hill Street Blues
11:30 pm              Movie   "The Bad Seed"



Early Saturday, October 21, 1989
==============================
2:00 am               Stop Smoking
2:30 am               USA Tonight
3:00 am               Movie   "Medusa"

WPWR(50) Ad # 4

Here's another WPWR(50) ad spotlighting the 7:00 pm Movie presentation of "The Saint: the Blue Dulac" as well as late-night reruns of the Odd Couple. From the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

WLS Channel 7 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 1989

Morning
========
4:00 am                 Movie   "On Again, Off Again"
5:00 am                 Oprah Winfrey
6:00 am                 News This Morning
6:30 am                 News
7:00 am                 Good Morning America
9:00 am                 Oprah Winfrey
10:00 am               Home
11:00 am               Perfect Strangers
11:30 am               Loving



Afternoon
========
12 noon                All My Children
1:00 pm                One Life To Live
2:00 pm                General Hospital
3:00 pm                Win, Lose, or Draw
3:30 pm                Jeopardy
4:00 pm                News
5:00 pm                News
5:30 pm                ABC News



Evening
=======
6:00 pm              News
6:30 pm              Wheel of Fortune
7:00 pm              Full House   "Granny Tanny"
7:30 pm              Family Matters   "Straight A's"
8:00 pm              Perfect Strangers  "Dog Day Mid-Afternoon"
8:30 pm              Just the Ten of Us   "Simple Gifts"
9:00 pm              20/20
10:00 pm            News
10:30 pm            Nightline
11:00 pm            Movie   "The Hostage Tower"



Early Saturday, October 21, 1989
======================
1:00 am             News (rerun)
1:30 am             3rd Degree
2:00 am             Movie   "The Life of Vergie Winters"

WMAQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 1989

Morning
========
5:30 am                   Morning Stretch
6:00 am                   News at Sunrise
6:30 am                   News
7:00 am                   Today
9:00 am                   Scrabble
9:30 am                   Classic Concentration
10:00 am                 Golden Girls
10:30 am                 227
11:00 am                 Days of Our Lives



Afternoon
=========
12 noon                   News
12:30 pm                Generations
1:00 pm                  Another World
2:00 pm                  Santa Barbara
3:00 pm                  The Judge
3:30 pm                  Trial by Jury
4:00 pm                  News
5:00 pm                  News
5:30 pm                  NBC News



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                 News
6:30 pm                 Hard Copy
7:00 pm                 Baywatch  "Message In a Bottle"
8:00 pm                 Hardball
9:00 pm                 Mancuso FBI
10:00 pm               News
10:30 pm               Best of Carson (guest: Bette Midler; rerun)
11:30 pm               Late Night



Early Saturday, October 21, 1989
==============================
12:30 am             Friday Night Videos
1:30 am               News (rerun)
2:00 am               Family Feud
2:30 am               Movie   "The Man Who Knew Too Much"

Thursday, October 29, 2015

WBBM Channel 2 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 1989

Morning
========
4:00 am                     Nightwatch
6:00 am                     This Morning's Business
6:30 am                     Morning News
7:00 am                     This Morning
9:00 am                     Family Feud
9:30 am                     Wheel of Fortune
10:00 am                   Price Is Right
11:00 am                   Divorce Court
11:30 am                   Young & the Restless



Afternoon
========
12:30 pm                 Bold & the Beautiful
1:00 pm                   As The World Turns
2:00 pm                   Guiding Light
3:00 pm                   Who's the Boss?
3:30 pm                   Love Connection
4:00 pm                   People's Court
4:30 pm                   First Edition
5:00 pm                   News



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                  CBS News
6:30 pm                  Entertainment Tonight (featured: Lauren Bacall)
7:00 pm                  Snoops   "Remember When"
8:00 pm                  Dallas   "Pride & Prejudice"
9:00 pm                  Falcon Crest   "Payback"
10:00 pm                News
10:30 pm                Pat Sajak Show



Early Saturday, October 21, 1989
==============================
12 midnight            Arsenio Hall
1:00 am                  News (rerun)
1:30 am                  Entertainment Tonight
2:00 am                  Movie   "The Red Spider"

Thursday Highlights

Here are the Thursday Highlights from the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

Monday, October 26, 2015

WGBO Channel 66 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
========
5:00 am                 Rifleman
5:30 am                 CNN News
6:00 am                 Cartoons
6:30 am                 Cartoons
7:00 am                 Success-N-Life
8:00 am                 PMS
8:30 am                 Cartoons
9:00 am                 700 Club
10:00 am               Home Shopping
11:00 am               Mayberry, R.F.D.
11:30 am               Here's Lucy



Afternoon
=========
12 noon                 Everyday
1:00 pm                 Bonanza
2:00 pm                 Fall Guy
3:00 pm                 Knight Rider
4:00 pm                 Mr. Ed
4:30 pm                 Father Knows Best
5:00 pm                 Punky Brewster
5:30 pm                 New Leave It to Beaver



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                  Highway to Heaven
7:00 pm                  Movie   "Defcon-4"
9:00 pm                  Carol Burnett
9:30 pm                  Kate & Allie
10:00 pm                Brothers
10:30 pm                Barney Miller
11:00 pm                Maude
11:30 pm                It's a Living



Early Friday, October 20, 1989
========================
12 midnight           Unmasking the Cults
1:00 am                 Home Shopping

WPWR Channel 50 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
========
5:00 am                     Success-N-Life
6:00 am                     Smurfs
6:30 am                     Smurfs
7:00 am                     Jetsons
7:30 am                     Police Academy (cartoons)
8:00 am                     Popeye
8:30 am                     Scooby Doo
9:00 am                     Movie   "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison"
11:00 am                   Police Woman



Afternoon
========
12 noon                     Brady Bunch
12:30 pm                   Laverne & Shirley
1:00 pm                     Mary Tyler Moore
1:30 pm                     Bewitched
2:00 pm                     Care Bears
2:30 pm                     Heathcliff
3:00 pm                     Bugs Bunny & Friends
3:30 pm                     Tom & Jerry
4:00 pm                     Tom & Jerry
4:30 pm                     Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5:00 pm                     Brady Bunch
5:30 pm                     Growing Pains



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Growing Pains
6:30 pm                    Silver Spoons
7:00 pm                    Movie   "The Saint: the Blue Dulac"
9:00 pm                    After Hours (featured: Stephanie Mills)
9:30 pm                    Mary Tyler Moore
10:00 pm                  Sanford & Son
10:30 pm                  All In the Family
11:00 pm                  All In the Family
11:30 pm                  Odd Couple



Early Friday, October 20, 1989
=========================
12 midnight          Crimewatch
12:30 am               Night Gallery
1:00 am                 Success-N-Life
2:00 am                 Blondie
2:30 am                 McHale's Navy
3:00 am                 Movie   "Tony Rome"

Sunday, October 25, 2015

WSNS Channel 44 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
========
8:00 am                    Cine
10:00 am                  Venganza de Mujer
10:30 am                  Cocina Crisco
11:00 am                  Cara a Cara



Afternoon
==========
12 noon                  El Duende Azul
1:00 pm                  Movie   "Taquito de Ojo"
3:00 pm                  Uno Nunca Sabe
3:30 pm                  Adivinelo con Senas
4:00 pm                  La Feria de la Alegria
5:00 pm                  Noticiero
5:30 pm                  Noticiero Telemundo/CNN



Evening
========
6:00 pm                 Maria, Maria
7:00 pm                 Abigail
8:00 pm                 Cine   "Cargamento Mortal"
10:00 pm               Noticiero Telemundo/CNN
10:30 pm               Entre Amigos
11:30 pm               Cara a Cara (rerun)



Early Friday, October 20, 1989
==========================
12:30 am             Noticiero

WPWR(50) Ad # 3

Here's a 3rd ad for WPWR(50), spotlighting their 7 pm movie   "Fade to Black" as well as late-night reruns of All In the Family. From the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

WCFC Channel 38 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
=======
4:00 am                     Jessy Dixon
4:30 am                     Among Friends
5:30 am                     Paul Gaudino
6:00 am                     700 Club
7:00 am                     Morris Cerullo
7:30 am                     James Robison
8:00 am                     Kenneth Copeland
8:30 am                     Larry Lea
9:00 am                     Paul Gaudino
9:30 am                     CNN News
10:00 am                   Among Friends
11:00 am                   Marilyn Hickey
11:30 am                   Fletcher Brothers




Afternoon
==========
12 noon                     Psychiatry & You
12:30 pm                   CNN News
1:00 pm                     Something Beautiful
2:00 pm                     Shape Up
2:30 pm                     Perfecting the Saints
3:00 pm                     100 Huntley Street
4:00 pm                      Kids' Jamboree
4:30 pm                      Gospel Bill
5:00 pm                      Light Music
5:30 pm                      Jewish Jewels




Evening
========
6:00 pm                      Jessy Dixon
6:30 pm                     CNN News
7:00 pm                     700 Club
8:00 pm                     Christian Lifestyle
8:30 pm                     Young at Heart
9:00 pm                     Among Friends
10:00 pm                   James Robison
10:30 pm                   CNN News
11:00 pm                   Heritage Today



Early Friday, October 20, 1989
================================
12 midnight             Love Special
12:30 am                 Something Beautiful
1:30 am                   Bridge
2:00 am                   Nite Light
3:00 am                   Nite Light

WFLD Channel 32 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
=========
6:00 am                    Thundercats
6:30 am                    Denver, the Last Dinosaur
7:00 am                    Flintstones
7:30 am                    Dennis the Menace (cartoons)
8:00 am                    Alvin & the Chipmunks
8:30 am                    Maxie's World
9:00 am                    Gilligan's Island
9:30 am                    Too Close for Comfort
10:00 am                  Donahue
11:00 am                  Sally Jessy Raphael



Afternoon
========
12 noon                   Jackpot
12:30 pm                Talkabout
1:00 pm                  Last Word
1:30 pm                  I Love Lucy
2:00 pm                  I Dream of Jeannie
2:30 pm                  Woody Woodpecker
3:00 pm                  Real Ghostbusters (cartoons)
3:30 pm                  Muppet Babies (cartoons)
4:00 pm                  Super Mario Bros.
4:30 pm                  Small Wonder
5:00 pm                  Family Ties
5:30 pm                  Mr. Belvedere



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                  Cosby Show
6:30 pm                  A Current Affair
7:00 pm                 Movie   "The Cat From Outer Space"
9:00 pm                 News
10:00 pm               M*A*S*H
10:30 pm               Comedy Express
11:00 pm               Three's Company
11:30 pm                Star Trek   "The Galileo Seven"




Early Friday, October 20, 1989
=========================
12:30 am              Alfred Hitchcock
1:00 am                World Vision
2:00 am                Movie   "World Below"

Friday, October 23, 2015

WCIU Channel 26 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
========
6:00 am                    Univision y los Ninos
6:30 am                    W.V. Grant
7:00 am                    Faith 20
7:30 am                    Oral Roberts
8:30 am                    News
8:50 am                    Ask an Expert
9:15 am                    Newsmakers
10:00 am                  News
10:30 am                  Stock Market Observer
11:00 am                  News
11:30 am                  Stock Market Observer



Afternoon
========
12 noon                    News
12:30 pm                  Market Observer
1:00 pm                    News
1:30 pm                    Market Observer
2:00 pm                    News
2:30 pm                    Market Observer
3:05 pm                    Richard Ney
3:20 pm                    Market Wrap-Up
3:30 pm                    TV Mujer
4:30 pm                    Cristina
5:30 pm                    Noticiero Univision




Evening
=======
6:00 pm                 Senora
6:30 pm                 Rubi
7:00 pm                 Rebelde
8:00 pm                 Dulce Desafio
9:00 pm                 Ayuda
10:00 pm               Noticiero
10:30 pm               Mi Segunda Madre
11:30 pm               Boxeo (taped)



Early Friday, October 20, 1989
=======================
1:00 am               Hair Care
1:30 am               Nuestra Familia
2:00 am               Shepherd's Chapel

Wednesday Highlights

Here are the Wednesday Highlights from the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

WYCC Channel 20 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
=======
6:00 am                  Understanding Human Behavior
6:30 am                  To Life!
7:00 am                  Business of Management
7:30 am                  Health Care
8:00 am                  Business & the Law
8:30 am                  New Literacy
9:00 am                  Faces of Culture
9:30 am                  American Government Survey
10:00 am                American Adventure
10:30 am                Human Behavior
11:00 am                Health Care
11:30 am                Business & the Law



Afternoon
========
12 noon                 Business & the Law
12:30 pm               New Literacy
1:00 pm                 Pizza Gourmet
1:30 pm                 Japan: the Living & Changing Tradition
2:00 pm                 American Government Survey
2:30 pm                 To Life!
3:00 pm                 Body Electric
3:30 pm                 Ramona
4:00 pm                 Degrassi Junior High
4:30 pm                 Playing Guitar with Frederick Noad
5:00 pm                 Biology
5:30 pm                 Learn to Read




Evening
=======
6:00 pm                 Principles of Accounting
6:30 pm                 Deutsch Direkt!
7:00 pm                 Ethics In America   "Does Doctor Know Best?"
8:00 pm                 The Brain
9:00 pm                 Art of the Western World
10:00 pm               To Life!
10:30 pm               City Colleges
11:00 pm               Marketing
11:30 pm               Focus On Society

WTTW Channel 11 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
=======
6:00 am                    A.M. Weather
6:30 am                    Against All Odds: Inside Statistics
7:00 am                    3-2-1 Contact
7:30 am                    Sesame Street
8:30 am                    Mister Rogers
9:00 am                    Sesame Street
10:00 am                  Mister Rogers
10:30 am                  Zoobilee Zoo
11:00 am                  Mathworks
11:15 am                  Community of Living Things
11:30 am                  Sesame Street




Afternoon
========
12:30 pm                 Frugal Gourmet
1:00 pm                   Make Yourself at Home
1:30 pm                   Hometime
2:00 pm                   American Experience
3:00 pm                   Sesame Street
4:00 pm                   Mister Rogers
4:30 pm                   Shining Time Station
5:00 pm                   World of Survival
5:30 pm                   Nightly Business



Evening
========
6:00 pm                 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
7:00 pm                 Chicago Tonight with John Callaway
7:30 pm                 Sneak Previews Goes Video
8:00 pm                 Cousteau Odyssey   "Time Bomb at Fifty Fathoms"
9:00 pm                 Mystery!   "Campion: Case of the Late Pig"
10:00 pm               Two's Company
10:30 pm               Day the Universe Changed   "Fit to Rule"
11:30 pm               Sorry



Early Friday, October 20, 1989
============================
12 midnight         Chicago Tonight (rerun)
12:30 am             CNN News

Thursday, October 22, 2015

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
========
5:00 am                 Kenneth Copeland
5:30 am                 Faith 20
6:00 am                 Good Times
6:30 am                 Gumby
7:00 am                 Bozo
8:00 am                 Bugs Bunny
8:30 am                 Leave It to Beaver
9:00 am                 Fantasy Island
10:00 am               Joan Rivers
11:00 am               Geraldo



Evening
========
12 noon               News
1:00 pm              Andy Griffith
1:30 pm              Dick Van Dyke
2:00 pm              Facts of Life
2:30 pm              Yogi Bear
3:00 pm              C.O.P.S. (cartoons)
3:30 pm              Duck Tales
4:00 pm              Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers
4:30 pm              Fun House
5:00 pm              Charles In Charge
5:30 pm              WKRP In Cincinnati



Evening
=======
6:00 pm              Cheers
6:30 pm              Night Court
7:00 pm              Thorn Birds (miniseries; part 4 of 5)
9:00 pm              News
9:30 pm              USA Tonight
10:00 pm            Newhart
10:30 pm            Hill Street Blues
11:30 pm            Movie   "International Airport"



Early Friday, October 20, 1989
=========================
1:30 am             SCTV
2:00 am             USA Tonight
2:30 am             SCTV
3:00 am             Movie   "Killer On Board"

Another Jamaica Inn Ad

Here's another ad for the movie "Jamaica Inn" ad. The movie was split into a 2-parter that aired on WFLD(32). From the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

WLS Channel 7 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
========
4:00 am                 Movie   "Make Mine Laughs"
5:00 am                 Oprah Winfrey
6:00 am                 News This Morning
6:30 am                 News
7:00 am                 Good Morning America
9:00 am                 Oprah Winfrey
10:00 am               Home
11:00 am               Perfect Strangers
11:30 am               Loving



Afternoon
========
12 noon               All My Children
1:00 pm               One Life To Live
2:00 pm               General Hospital
3:00 pm               Win, Lose, or Draw
3:30 pm               Jeopardy
4:00 pm               News
5:00 pm               News
5:30 pm               ABC News



Evening
========
6:00 pm             News
6:30 pm             Wheel of Fortune
7:00 pm             Baseball: 1989 World Series: Oakland Athletics at San
                                          Francisco Giants, game 5 (not played; presumably
                                                                                     regular programs aired)
10:30 pm          News
11:00 pm          Nightline
11:30 pm          Movie   "Donner Pass: The Road to Survival"



Early Friday, October 20, 1989
==========================
1:30 am        News (rerun)
2:00 am        3rd Degree
2:30 am        Movie   "Captain Hurricane"

WMAQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
========
5:30 am                    Morning Stretch
6:00 am                    News at Sunrise
6:30 am                    News
7:00 am                    Today
9:00 am                    Scrabble
9:30 am                    Classic Concentration
10:00 am                  Golden Girls
10:30 am                  227
11:00 am                  Days of Our Lives



Afternoon
========
12 noon                   News
12:30 pm                Generations
1:00 pm                  Another World
2:00 pm                  Santa Barbara
3:00 pm                  The Judge
3:30 pm                  Trial by Jury
4:00 pm                  News
5:00 pm                  News
5:30 pm                  NBC News



Evening
========
6:00 pm                News
6:30 pm                Hard Copy (featured: Claudia Schiffer)
7:00 pm                Cosby Show   "Theo's Gift"
7:30 pm                A Different World   "The Hat Makes the Man"
8:00 pm                Cheers   "How to Marry a Mailman"
8:30 pm                Dear John   "Ralph's Second Chance"
9:00 pm                L.A. Law (rerun)
10:00 pm              News
10:30 pm              Best of Carson (guests: Jonathan Winters & Kenny Loggins;
                                                                     rerun)
11:30 pm              Late Night (rerun)



Early Friday, October 20, 1989
======================
12:30 am            Later with Bob Costas
1:00 am              News (rerun)
1:30 am              Family Feud
2:00 am              Movie   "A Town Called Hell"

WBBM Channel 2 TV Schedule for Thursday, October 19, 1989

Morning
=======
4:00 am                   Nightwatch
6:00 am                   This Morning's Business
6:30 am                   News This Morning
7:00 am                   This Morning
9:00 am                   Family Feud
9:30 am                   Wheel of Fortune
10:00 am                 Price Is Right
11:00 am                 Divorce Court
11:30 am                 Young & the Restless



Afternoon
=========
12:30 pm                 Bold & the Beautiful
1:00 pm                   As The World Turns
2:00 pm                   Guiding Light
3:00 pm                   Who's the Boss?
3:30 pm                   Love Connection
4:00 pm                   People's Court
4:30 pm                   First Edition
5:00 pm                   News



Evening
========
6:00 pm                News
6:30 pm                Entertainment Tonight (featured: Billy Joel)
7:00 pm                48 Hours
8:00 pm                Women of the 21st Century
9:00 pm                Falcon Crest  
10:00 pm              News
10:30 pm              Pat Sajak Show



Early Friday, October 20, 1989
===========================
12 midnight          Arsenio Hall
1:00 am                News (rerun)
1:30 am                Entertainment Tonight
2:00 am                Night Heat (rerun)
3:00 am                Nightwatch

Growing Pains Ad

Here's an ad for reruns of Growing Pains when they aired on WPWR(50). From the Chicago Tribune's TV Week dated October 15-21, 1989.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

WGBO Channel 66 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
========
5:00 am                   Rifleman
5:30 am                   CNN News
6:00 am                   Cartoons
6:30 am                   Cartoons
7:00 am                   Success-N-Life
8:00 am                   Beauty
8:30 am                   Cartoons
9:00 am                   700 Club
10:00 am                 Home Shopping
11:00 am                 Mayberry R.F.D.
11:30 am                 Here's Lucy



Afternoon
========
12 noon                 Everyday
1:00 pm                Bonanza
2:00 pm                Fall Guy
3:00 pm                Knight Rider
4:00 pm                Mr. Ed
4:30 pm                Father Knows Best
5:00 pm                Punky Brewster
5:30 pm                New Leave It to Beaver



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                Highway to Heaven
7:00 pm                Movie   "Assault On Aragon"
9:00 pm                Carol Burnett
9:30 pm                Kate & Allie
10:00 pm              Brothers
10:30 pm              Barney Miller
11:00 pm              Maude
11:30 pm              It's a Living



Early Thursday, October 19, 1989
============================
12 midnight        Soloflex
12:30 am            Best of Groucho
1:00 am              Home Shopping

WPWR Channel 50 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
=======
5:00 am                   Success-N-Life
6:00 am                   Wolf Rock Power Hour
7:00 am                   Jetsons
7:30 am                   Police Academy (cartoons)
8:00 am                   Popeye
8:30 am                   Scooby Doo
9:00 am                   Movie   "Flaming Star"
11:00 am                 Police Woman



Afternoon
========
12 noon                   Brady Bunch
12:30 pm                 Laverne & Shirley
1:00 pm                   Mary Tyler Moore
1:30 pm                   Bewitched
2:00 pm                   Care Bears
2:30 pm                   Heathcliff
3:00 pm                   Bugs Bunny & Friends
3:30 pm                   Tom & Jerry
4:00 pm                   Tom & Jerry
4:30 pm                   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5:00 pm                   Brady Bunch
5:30 pm                   Growing Pains



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Growing Pains
6:30 pm                    Silver Spoons
7:00 pm                    Movie   "Fade to Black"
9:00 pm                    After Hours
9:30 pm                    Mary Tyler Moore
10:00 pm                  Sanford & Son
10:30 pm                  All In the Family
11:00 pm                  All In the Family
11:30 pm                  Odd Couple



Early Thursday, October 19, 1989
===========================
12 midnight           Crimewatch
12:30 am               Night Gallery
1:00 am                 Success-N-Life
2:00 am                 Blondie
2:30 am                 McHale's Navy
3:00 am                 Movie   "Riffraff"

WSNS Channel 44 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
========
8:00 am                  Cine
10:00 am                Venganza de Mujer
10:30 am                Cocina Crisco
11:00 am                Cara a Cara



Afternoon
========
12 noon                 El Duende Azul
1:00 pm                 Movie   "El Muerte un el Gallaro"
3:00 pm                 Uno Nunca Sabe
3:30 pm                 Adivinelo con Senas
4:00 pm                 La Feria de la Alegria
5:00 pm                 Noticiero
5:30 pm                 Noticiero Telemundo/CNN



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                 Maria, Maria
7:00 pm                 Abigail
8:00 pm                 Cine   "Mojados de Corazon"
10:00 pm               Noticiero Telemundo/CNN
10:30 pm               Walter Mercado
11:30 pm               Cara a Cara (rerun)



Early Thursday, October 19, 1989
==========================
12:30 am              Noticiero

WPWR Ad

Here's another ad for WPWR(50). This one spotlights "Demons" as the evening movie at 7:00 pm, & reruns of Sanford & Son at 10:00 pm. From the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

Monday, October 19, 2015

WCFC Channel 38 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
=======
4:00 am                    Dean & Mary Brown
4:30 am                    Among Friends
5:30 am                    Paul Gaudino
6:00 am                    700 Club
7:00 am                    Morris Cerullo
7:30 am                    James Robison
8:00 am                    Kenneth Copeland
8:30 am                    Larry Lea
9:00 am                    Paul Gaudino
9:30 am                    CNN News
10:00 am                  Among Friends
11:00 am                  Marilyn Hickey
11:30 am                  Fletcher Brothers



Afternoon
========
12 noon                   Psychiatry & You
12:30 pm                 CNN News
1:00 pm                   Something Beautiful
2:00 pm                   Shape Up
2:30 pm                   Perfecting the Saints
3:00 pm                   100 Huntley Street
4:00 pm                   Toddler's Friends
4:30 pm                   Superbook
5:00 pm                   Light Music
5:30 pm                   Food for Life



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                  Dean & Mary Brown
6:30 pm                  CNN News
7:00 pm                  700 Club
8:00 pm                  Al Smith
8:30 pm                  Powerteam
9:00 pm                  Among Friends
10:00 pm                James Robison
10:30 pm                CNN News
11:00 pm                Heritage Today



Early Thursday, October 19, 1989
=========================
12 midnight         Jessy Dixon
12:30 am             Something Beautiful
1:30 am               This Is the Life
2:00 am               Nite Light
3:00 am               Nite Light

WFLD Channel 32 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
=======
6:00 am                    Thundercats
6:30 am                    Denver, the Last Dinosaur
7:00 am                    Flintstones
7:30 am                    Dennis the Menace (cartoons)
8:00 am                    Alvin & the Chipmunks
8:30 am                    Maxie's World
9:00 am                    Gilligan's Island
9:30 am                    Too Close for Comfort
10:00 am                  Donahue
11:00 am                  Sally Jessy Raphael



Afternoon
========
12 noon                    Jackpot
12:30 pm                 Talkabout
1:00 pm                   Last Word
1:30 pm                   I Love Lucy
2:00 pm                   I Dream of Jeannie
2:30 pm                   Woody Woodpecker
3:00 pm                   Real Ghostbusters (cartoons)
3:30 pm                   Muppet Babies (cartoons)
4:00 pm                   Super Mario Bros,
4:30 pm                   Small Wonder
5:00 pm                   Family Ties
5:30 pm                   Mr. Belvedere



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                 Cosby Show
6:30 pm                 A Current Affair
7:00 pm                 Movie   "Jamaica Inn" (part 2)
9:00 pm                 News
10:00 pm               M*A*S*H
10:30 pm               Comedy Express
11:00 pm               Three's Company
11:30 pm               Star Trek



Early Thursday, October 19, 1989
============================
12:30 am              Alfred Hitchcock
1:00 am                Movie   "One Man Jury"

WCIU Channel 26 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
========
6:00 am                   Conservative Investor
6:30 am                   W.V. Grant
7:00 am                   Faith 20
7:30 am                   Oral Roberts
8:30 am                   News
8:50 am                   Ask an Expert
9:15 am                   Newsmakers
9:30 am                   Stocks, Futures, & Options
10:00 am                 News
10:30 am                 Stock Market Observer
11:00 am                 News
11:30 am                Stock Market Observer



Afternoon
========
12 noon                  News
12:30 pm                Market Observer
1:00 pm                  News
1:30 pm                  Market Observer
2:00 pm                  Conservative Investor
2:35 pm                  Market Observer
3:05 pm                  Richard Ney
3:20 pm                  Market Wrap-Up
3:30 pm                  TV Mujer
4:30 pm                  Cristina
5:30 pm                  Noticiero Univision



Evening
========
6:00 pm                 Senora
6:30 pm                 Rubi
7:00 pm                 Rebelde
8:00 pm                 Dulce Desafio
9:00 pm                 Super Estella
9:30 pm                 Portada
10:00 pm               Noticiero
10:30 pm               Mi Segunda Madre
11:30 pm               Movie   "Golpe a la Mafia"



Early Thursday, October 19, 1989
=============================
1:30 am                Noticiero
2:00 am                Shepherd's Chapel

Tuesday Highlights

Here are the Tuesday Highlights from the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

WYCC Channel 20 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
=======
6:00 am                   Principles of Accounting
6:30 am                   Body Electric
7:00 am                   Growing Years
7:30 am                   Math
8:00 am                   Science & Culture
8:30 am                   Focus On Society
9:00 am                   In Our Own Image
9:30 am                   Marketing
10:00 am                 Deutsch Direkt
10:30 am                 Accounting
11:00 am                 Growing Years
11:30 am                 Math



Afternoon
=========
12 noon                 Science & Culture
12:30 pm               Focus On Society
1:00 pm                 International Cooking School
1:30 pm                 In Our Own Image
2:00 pm                 Marketing
2:30 pm                 To Life!
3:00 pm                 Body Electric
3:30 pm                 Shining Time Station
4:00 pm                 Degrassi Junior High
4:30 pm                 Gentle Doctor: Veterinary Medicine
5:00 pm                 English as a Second Language
5:30 pm                 GED



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                Adventures In Scale Modeling
6:30 pm                Business File
7:00 pm                Mechanical Universe
7:30 pm                Business & the Law
8:00 pm                War & Peace In the Nuclear Age
9:00 pm                Transformations of Myth Through Time
10:00 pm              Body Electric
10:30 pm              Economics U$A
11:00 pm              American Government Survey
11:30 pm              Faces of Culture

WTTW Channel 11 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
========
6:00 am                  A.M. Weather
6:30 am                  Western Tradition
7:00 am                  3-2-1 Contact
7:30 am                  Sesame Street
8:30 am                  Mister Rogers
9:00 am                  Sesame Street
10:00 am                Mister Rogers
10:30 am                Zoobilee Zoo
11:00 am               Mathworks
11:15 am               It Figures
11:30 am               Sesame Street



Afternoon
========
12:30 pm               Frugal Gourmet
1:00 pm                 Make Yourself at Home
1:30 pm                 Hometime
2:00 pm                 Nova
3:00 pm                 Sesame Street
4:00 pm                 Mister Rogers
4:30 pm                 Shining Time Station
5:00 pm                 World of Survival
5:30 pm                 Nightly Business



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
7:00 pm                 Chicago Tonight with John Callaway
7:30 pm                 New Yankee Workshop
8:00 pm                 One Plus One
9:00 pm                 8th Annual Van Cliburn Piano Competition with Dudley
                                                                                                       Moore
10:30 pm              The Day the Universe Changed
11:30 pm              Sorry



Early Thursday, October 19, 1989
=============================
12 midnight        Chicago Tonight (rerun)
12:30 am            CNN News

Saturday, October 17, 2015

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
=======
5:00 am                 Kenneth Copeland
5:30 am                 Faith 20
6:00 am                 Good Times
6:30 am                 Gumby
7:00 am                 Bozo
8:00 am                 Bugs Bunny
8:30 am                 Leave It to Beaver
9:00 am                 Fantasy Island
10:00 am               Joan Rivers
11:00 am               Geraldo



Afternoon
=========
12 noon                 News
1:00 pm                 Andy Griffith
1:30 pm                 Dick Van Dyke
2:00 pm                 Facts of Life
2:30 pm                 Yogi Bear
3:00 pm                 C.O.P.S. (cartoons)
3:30 pm                 Duck Tales
4:00 pm                 Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers
4:30 pm                 Fun House
5:00 pm                 Charles In Charge
5:30 pm                 WKRP In Cincinnati



Evening
========
6:00 pm                 Cheers
6:30 pm                 Night Court
7:00 pm                 Thorn Birds (miniseries; part 3 of 5)
9:00 pm                 News
9:30 pm                 USA Tonight
10:00 pm               Newhart
10:30 pm               Hill Street Blues
11:30 pm               Movie   "East of Eden" (miniseries; part 2)



Early Thursday, October 19, 1989
=============================
2:30 am                USA Tonight
3:00 am                Movie   "The Bermuda Triangle"

Jamaican Inn Ad

Here's an ad for the movie  "Jamaica Inn" that aired on WFLD(32). From the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

WLS Channel 7 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
=======
4:00 am                 Movie   "The Big Shot"
6:00 am                 News This Morning
6:30 am                 News
7:00 am                 Good Morning America
9:00 am                 Oprah Winfrey
10:00 am               Home
11:00 am               Perfect Strangers
11:30 am               Loving



Afternoon
=========
12 noon                All My Children
1:00 pm                One Life To Live
2:00 pm                General Hospital
3:00 pm                Win, Lose, or Draw
3:30 pm                Jeopardy
4:00 pm                News
5:00 pm                News
5:30 pm                ABC News



Evening
========
6:00 pm                News
6:30 pm                Wheel of Fortune
7:00 pm                Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics at San Francisco
                                           Giants (game 4; postponed to October 28, 1989 due
                                                       to earthquake; presumably regular programs
                                                           aired instead)
10:30 pm               News
11:00 pm               Nightline
11:30 pm               Movie   "And I Alone Survived"



Early Thursday, October 19, 1989
==============================
1:30 am                News (rerun)
2:00 am                3rd Degree
2:30 am                Movie   "Romance In Manhattan"

Thursday, October 15, 2015

WMAQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
=======
5:30 am                 Morning Stretch
6:00 am                 News at Sunrise
6:30 am                 News
7:00 am                 Today
9:00 am                 Scrabble
9:30 am                 Classic Concentration
10:00 am               Golden Girls
10:30 am               227
11:00 am               Days of Our Lives



Afternoon
========
12 noon               News
12:30 pm            Generations
1:00 pm              Another World
2:00 pm              Santa Barbara
3:00 pm              The Judge
3:30 pm              Trial by Jury
4:00 pm              News
5:00 pm              News
5:30 pm              NBC News



Evening
========
6:00 pm           News
6:30 pm           Hard Copy (featured: John Travolta)
7:00 pm           Unsolved Mysteries
8:00 pm           Night Court   "The Cop & the Lady"
8:30 pm           Nutt House   "21 Men & a Baby"
9:00 pm           Quantum Leap  (rerun)
10:00 pm         News
10:30 pm         Best of Carson (rerun)
11:30 pm         Late Night



Early Thursday, October 19, 1989
===========================
12:30 am        Later with Bob Costas
1:00 am          News (rerun)
1:30 am          Family Feud
2:00 am          Movie   "Penny Serenade"

WBBM Channel 2 TV Schedule for Wednesday, October 18, 1989

Morning
========
4:00 am                   Nightwatch
6:00 am                   This Morning's Business
6:30 am                   Morning News
7:00 am                   This Morning
9:00 am                   Family Feud
9:30 am                   Wheel of Fortune
10:00 am                 Price Is Right
11:00 am                 Divorce Court
11:30 am                 Young & the Restless



Afternoon
=========
12:30 pm               Bold & the Beautiful
1:00 pm                 As The World Turns
2:00 pm                 Guiding Light
3:00 pm                 Who's the Boss?
3:30 pm                 Love Connection
4:00 pm                 People's Court
4:30 pm                 First Edition
5:00 pm                 News



Evening
=======
6:00 pm               CBS News
6:30 pm               Entertainment Tonight (featured: Billy Joel)
7:00 pm               48 Hours
8:00 pm               Women of the 21st Century
9:00 pm               Knots Landing  "Close Call"
10:00 pm             News
10:30 pm             Pat Sajak Show



Early Thursday, October 20, 1989
==========================
12 midnight        Arsenio Hall
1:00 am              News (rerun)
1:30 am              Entertainment Tonight
2:00 am              Night Heat (rerun)
3:00 am              Nightwatch

WPWR(50) Ad

Here's a vintage WPWR(50) ad spotlighting the early-evening lineup: back to back reruns of Growing Pains at 5:30 & 6:00 pm, & the evening movie, which was "Charley & the Angel" on Monday, October 16, 1989. No mention, however, of the rerun of Silver Spoons that was on at 6:30 pm. From the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

WGBO Channel 66 TV Schedule for Tuesday, October 17, 1989

Morning
=======
5:00 am               Rifleman
5:30 am               CNN News
6:00 am               Unmasking the Cults
7:00 am               Success-N-Life
8:00 am               Cartoons
8:30 am               Cartoons
9:00 am               700 Club
10:00 am             Home Shopping
11:00 am             Mayberry, R.F.D.
11:30 am             Here's Lucy




Afternoon
========
12 noon              Everyday
1:00 pm              Bonanza
2:00 pm              Fall Guy
3:00 pm              Knight Rider
4:00 pm              Mr. Ed
4:30 pm              Father Knows Best
5:00 pm              Punky Brewster
5:30 pm              New Leave It to Beaver



Evening
=======
6:00 pm             Highway to Heaven
7:00 pm             Movie   "Last Plane Out"
9:00 pm             Carol Burnett
9:30 pm             Kate & Allie
10:00 pm           Brothers
10:30 pm           Barney Miller
11:00 pm           Maude
11:30 pm           It's a Living



Early Wednesday, October 18, 1989
==================================
12 midnight      Pantron
12:30 am          Best of Groucho
1:00 am            Home Shopping

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

WPWR Channel 50 TV Schedule for Tuesday, October 17, 1989

Morning
=======
5:00 am               Success-N-Life
6:00 am               Smurfs
6:30 am               Bionic Six
7:00 am               Jetsons
7:30 am               Police Academy (cartoons)
8:00 am               Popeye
8:30 am               Scooby Doo
9:00 am               Movie   "Beware, My Lovely"
10:30 am             Branded
11:00 am             Police Woman



Afternoon
========
12 noon              Brady Bunch
12:30 pm            Laverne & Shirley
1:00 pm              Mary Tyler Moore
1:30 pm              Bewitched
2:00 pm              Care Bears
2:30 pm              Heathcliff
3:00 pm              Bugs Bunny & Friends
3:30 pm              Tom & Jerry
4:00 pm              Tom & Jerry
4:30 pm              Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5:00 pm              Brady Bunch
5:30 pm              Growing Pains



Evening
=======
6:00 pm             Growing Pains
6:30 pm             Silver Spoons
7:00 pm             Movie   "Demons"
9:00 pm             After Hours (featured: Jonathan Winters)
9:30 pm             Mary Tyler Moore
10:00 pm           Sanford & Son
10:30 pm           All In the Family
11:00 pm           All In the Family
11:30 pm           Odd Couple



Early Wednesday, October 18, 1989
==============================
12 midnight     Crimewatch
12:30 am         Night Gallery
1:00 am           Success-N-Life
2:00 am           Blondie
2:30 am           McHale's Navy
3:00 am           Movie   "Mannequin" (1937 film)

WSNS Channel 44 TV Schedule for Tuesday, October 17, 1989

Morning
========
 8:00 am                Cine
10:00 am               Venganza de Mujer
10:30 am               Cocina Crisco
11:00 am               Cara a Cara



Afternoon
=========
12 noon               El Duende Azul
1:00 pm              Movie   "Tres Amigos"
3:00 pm              Uno Nunca Sabe
3:30 pm              Adivinelo con Senas
4:00 pm              La Feria de la Alegria
5:00 pm              Noticiero
5:30 pm              Noticiero Telemundo/CNN



Evening
=======
6:00 pm             Maria, Maria
7:00 pm             Abigail
8:00 pm             Cine   "Forajidos en la Mira"
10:00 pm           Noticiero Telemundo/CNN
10:30 pm           Anabella
11:30 pm           Cara a Cara (rerun)



Early Wednesday, October 18, 1989
============================
12:30 am         Noticiero

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Monday Highlights

Here is the Chicago Tribune's TV Week's Monday Highlights column, from the issue dated October 15-21, 1989.

WCFC Channel 38 TV Schedule for Tuesday, October 17, 1989

Morning
========
4:00 am                 Downings
4:30 am                 Among Friends
5:30 am                 Paul Gaudino
6:00 am                 700 Club
7:00 am                 Morris Cerullo
7:30 am                 James Robison
8:00 am                 Kenneth Copeland
8:30 am                 Larry Lea
9:00 am                 Paul Gaudino
9:30 am                 CNN News
10:00 am               Among Friends
11:00 am               Marilyn Hickey
11:30 am               Fletcher Brothers



Afternoon
=========
12 noon              Psychiatry & You
12:30 pm           CNN News
1:00 pm             Something Beautiful
2:00 pm             Shape Up
2:30 pm             Perfecting the Saints
3:00 pm             100 Huntley Street
4:00 pm             Quigley's Village
4:30 pm             Davey & Goliath
5:00 pm             Light Music
5:30 pm             Living Stones



Evening
=======
6:00 pm            Heritage Singers
6:30 pm            CNN News
7:00 pm            700 Club
8:00 pm            John Ankerberg
8:30 pm            Diane Bish
9:00 pm            Among Friends
10:00 pm          James Robison
10:30 pm          CNN News
11:00 pm          Heritage Today



Early Wednesday, October 18, 1989
===============================
12 midnight     Dean & Mary
12:30 am         Something Beautiful
1:30 am           Christ Is the Answer
2:00 am           Nite Light
3:00 am           Nite Light