Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Lottery Shows Ad

Here's a vintage ad for some Illinois Lottery game shows when they aired on WGN(9). From the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

WGBO Channel 66 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
========
5:00 am                     Rifleman
5:30 am                     CNN News
6:00 am                     Ag Day
6:30 am                     It's Your Business
7:00 am                     Public Affairs
7:30 am                     Rifleman
8:00 am                     Rifleman
8:30 am                     Make Cash
9:00 am                     Beauty
9:30 am                     Sunglasses
10:00 am                   Rifleman
10:30 am                   Beauty
11:00 am                   World Wide Wrestling (no contenders listed)



Afternoon
==========
12 noon                     Hee Haw
1:00 pm                     Bonanza
2:00 pm                     Movie   "This Girl for Hire"
4:00 pm                     Movie   "Without Warning"



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Mama's Family
6:30 pm                    It's a Living
7:00 pm                    Columbo
9:00 pm                    Secret World
9:30 pm                    Mysteries
10:00 pm                  Mastersellers
11:00 pm                  On the Beam



Early Sunday, October 22, 1989
===========================
12 midnight             To be announced
1:00 am                    Home Shopping

WPWR Channel 50 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
========
5:00 am                   Weekend
5:30 am                   Jim Bowie
6:00 am                   Branded
6:30 am                   Guns of Will Sonnett
7:00 am                   Dimensions Northwest Indiana
7:30 am                   Paid Programming
8:30 am                   Real Estate
9:00 am                   This Week In College Football
9:30 am                   Wholesale Auto
10:00 am                  Better Your Home
10:30 am                  Inside Video
11:00 am                  America's Top 10
11:30 am                  Munsters Today



Afternoon
========
12 noon                  Out of This World
12:30 pm                My Secret Identity
1:00 pm                  Movie   "The Demon Murder Case"
3:00 pm                  Friday the  13th (TV series)
4:00 pm                  Twilight Zone
4:30 pm                  Superboy
5:00 pm                  War of the Worlds



Evening
========
6:00 pm                  Star Trek: the Next Generation
7:00 pm                  American Gladiators
8:00 pm                  Movie   "Jennifer (the Snake Goddess)"
10:00 pm                Twilight Zone
10:30 pm                Twilight Zone
11:00 pm                Friday the 13th (TV series)



Early Sunday, October 22, 1989
==============================
12 midnight          Saturday Night Party
1:00 am                Talking Money
1:30 am                 Tufftrax
2:30 am                 It Takes a Thief

WSNS Channel 44 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
========
8:00 am                   Mazapan
9:00 am                   Arca de Noe
9:30 am                   Hombre y la Tierra
10:00 am                 Arca de Noe



Afternoon
========
12 noon                 Lucha Libre
1:00 pm                 Movie   "El Carro de la Muerte"
3:00 pm                 Deportes Telemundo
5:00 pm                 MTV Internacional



Evening
========
6:00 pm                 Movie   "Valle de los Miserables"
8:00 pm                 En Concierto (guest: Pandora)
9:00 pm                 Medico de Senoras
9:30 pm                 Linea Abierta
10:00 pm               Cine   "Ay Chabela"



Early Sunday, October 22, 1989
=========================
12 midnight           World Vision

WCFC Channel 38 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
========
4:00 am                   Heritage Singers
4:30 am                   Among Friends
5:30 am                   Paul Gaudino
6:00 am                   Midwest Angler
6:30 am                   Midwest Outdoors
7:00 am                   Outdoors with Art Reid
7:30 am                   Christian Lifestyle
8:00 am                   Toddler's Friends
8:30 am                   Davey & Goliath
9:00 am                   Flying House
9:30 am                   Superbook
10:00 am                 Peppermint Place
10:30 am                 Gospel Bill
11:30 am                 Fire by Night



Afternoon
========
12 noon                  Solid Rock VDO
12:30 pm                CNN News
1:00 pm                  Weekend Gardener
1:30 pm                  Wally's Workshop
2:00 pm                  Viver el 100 Per Cento (in Italian)
2:30 pm                  100 Percent Living (in Greek)
3:00 pm                  Yi Yi Avila
3:30 pm                  Nuestros Amigos
4:30 pm                  Outdoor America
5:00 pm                  Wild Game & Country Cooking
5:30 pm                  Midwest Outdoors



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                 Fishing the West with Curt Gowdy
6:30 pm                 CNN News
7:00 pm                 Charles Stanley
8:00 pm                 Day of Discovery
8:30 pm                 Dwight Thompson
9:30 pm                 What a Fellowship
10:30 pm               Saturday Nite Sing
11:30 pm               Liberty Hour



Early Sunday, October 22, 1989
============================
12:30 am            Fire by Night
1:30 am              CNN News
2:00 am              Saturday Nite Sing
3:00 am              Scriptures

Sunday, November 22, 2015

WFLD Channel 32 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
========
6:00 am                    Esta Semana
7:00 am                    32 This Week
8:00 am                    Sunglasses
8:30 am                    Home Hunt
9:00 am                    Home Showcase
9:30 am                    Europainter
10:00 am                  Beauty Breakthrough
10:30 am                  Personal Power
11:00 am                  WWF Superstars of Wrestling (no contenders listed)



Afternoon
==========
12 noon                   Wonderful World of Disney
1:00 pm                   Movie   "Jamaica Inn" (part 1)
3:00 pm                   Movie   "Jamaica Inn" (part 2)
5:00 pm                   Movie   "Family Ties Vacation"



Evening
=======
7:00 pm                  Cops
7:30 pm                  The Reporters
8:30 pm                  Beyond Tomorrow
9:00 pm                  Simon & Simon
10:00 pm                Comic Strip Live
11:00 pm                Movie   "Warning Sign"



Early Sunday, October 22, 1989
============================
1:30 am                 Make Cash
2:00 am                 Personal Power

WCIU Channel 26 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
========
6:00 am                     Univision y los Ninos (rerun)
6:30 am                     Club del Nino
7:00 am                     Way of Deliverance
7:30 am                     Garner Ted Armstrong
8:00 am                     Bombay Broadcasting
9:00 am                     Chitrahar
10:00 am                   Ernest Angley
11:00 am                   Harvest Time
11:30 am                   NNN News



Afternoon
========
12:30 pm                   Philippine Reports TV
1:00 pm                     Chinese Spotlight
3:00 pm                     TV Arabic
3:30 pm                     Sera Anunciado
4:00 pm                     Beautiful Korea
5:00 pm                     Success
5:30 pm                     Noticiero Univison



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                   Sabado Gigante
9:30 pm                   Tu Musica
10:00 pm                 Cine: Matrimonio y Sexo



Early Sunday, October 22, 1989
==========================
12 midnight           Auto Racing (taped)
1:00 am                 Palabras de Vida

Friday, November 20, 2015

American Gladiators Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the show American Gladiators when it aired on WPWR(50). From the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

WYCC Channel 20 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
========
6:00 am                    Sesame Street
7:00 am                    Shining Time Station
7:30 am                    Long Ago & Far Away
8:00 am                    English as a Second Language
8:30 am                    GED
9:00 am                    GED
9:30 am                    Understanding Human Behavior
10:00 am                  Math for Modern Living
10:30 am                  Health Care Organization
11:00 am                  Business File
11:30 am                  Biology



Afternoon
==========
12 noon                   Business of Management
12:30 pm                 In Our Own Image
1:00 pm                   Growing Years
1:30 pm                   Faces of Culture
2:00 pm                   Story of English
3:00 pm                   Science & Culture In the Western Tradition
3:30 pm                   Planet Earth
4:00 pm                   New Literacy
4:30 pm                   American Adventure
5:00 pm                   The Constitution: That Delicate Balance




Evening
========
6:00 pm                   The World: A Television History
6:30 pm                   Hometime
7:00 pm                   Transformations of Myth Through Time
8:00 pm                   Voices & Visions
9:00 pm                   Movie   "D.O.A."
9:30 pm                   Movie Palaces
11:00 pm                 Mechanical Universe
11:30 pm                 Art Forum

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

WTTW Channel 11 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
=======
6:00 am                  Computer Chronicles
6:30 am                  Wall Street Week
7:00 am                  CNN News
9:00 am                  Outdoor Digest
9:30 am                  Wild Game & Country Cooking
10:00 am                Louisiana Cookin'
10:30 am                Hometime
11:00 am                MotorWeek
11:30 am                This Old House



Afternoon
========
12 noon                 Best of National Geographic
1:00 pm                 Making of a Continent   "Price of Gold"
2:00 pm                 Victory Garden
2:30 pm                 Vintage: History of Wine
3:00 pm                 Country Cooking
3:30 pm                 Rod & Reel
4:00 pm                 Yan Can Cook
4:30 pm                 New Yankee Workshop
5:00 pm                 This Old House
5:30 pm                 Frugal Gourmet



Evening
========
6:00 pm               Chicago Week In Review
6:30 pm               McLaughlin Group
7:00 pm               Movie   "Brigadoon"
9:00 pm               Great Railway Journeys   "Three Miles High"
10:00 pm             Image Union
10:30 pm             Not All Parents Are Straight
11:30 pm             Movie   "Boom Town"

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
========
5:00 am                 Dukes of Hazzard
6:00 am                 Larry Jones
6:30 am                 World Tomorrow
7:00 am                 U.S. Farm Report
7:30 am                 People to People
8:00 am                 Charlando
8:30 am                 Heart of Chicago
9:00 am                 Minority Report
9:30 am                 At the Movies (reviewed:  "Fat Man & Little Boy" &
                                                          "Look Who's Talking")
10:00 am               Good Times
10:30 am               T & T (rerun)
11:00 am               Soul Train



Afternoon
==========
12 noon                Movie   "Jimmy the Kid"
2:00 pm                Movie   "John & Mary"
4:00 pm                RollerGames: Violators vs. Rockers (musical guest: Tammy
                                                                                           Hanson)
5:00 pm                Remote Control
5:30 pm                Charles In Charge (rerun)



Evening
========
6:00 pm              Cheers
6:30 pm              $100,000 Fortune Hunt
7:00 pm              Movie   "The Last Married Couple In America"
9:00 pm              News
9:30 pm              USA Tonight
10:00 pm            Twilight Zone
10:30 pm            Movie   "The Return of a Man Called Horse"



Early Sunday, October 22, 1989
=======================
12:30 am           SCTV
1:00 am             Tales from the Dark Side
1:30 am             Monsters
2:00 am             USA Tonight
2:30 am             Runaway with the Rich & Famous
3:00 am             Movie   "The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training"

Monday, November 16, 2015

WLS Channel 7 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
========
6:30 am                  Travel & Adventure
7:00 am                  A Pup Named Scooby Doo
7:30 am                  Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh
8:30 am                  Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters (cartoons)
9:30 am                  Beetlejuice (cartoons)
10:00 am                Bugs Bunny & Tweety
11:00 am                Animal Crack-Ups
11:30 am                Weekend Specials (rerun)



Afternoon
=========
12 noon                Movie   "Blue Hawaii"
2:00 pm               Working On the Edge with Janet Davies
2:30 pm               College Football: either Michigan at Iowa or UCLA at Oregon
                                                              State


Evening
========
6:00 pm               News
6:30 pm               Monday Night Football
7:00 pm               1989 Baseball World Series: San Francisco Giants at Oakland
                                     Athletics (Game 6; not needed, so presumably regular
                                                       programming aired instead)
10:30 pm             News
11:00 pm             Movie   "Critters"



Early Sunday, October 22, 1989
=========================
1:00 am              Movie   "The Conqueror Worm"
2:30 am              ABC News

WMAQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
========
5:30 am                   Hickory Hideout
6:30 am                   Flying Whales & Peacock Tales
7:00 am                   ALF-Tales (cartoons)
7:30 am                   Camp Candy
8:00 am                   Captain N
8:30 am                   Karate Kid (cartoons)
9:00 am                   Smurfs
10:00 am                 Chipmunks
10:30 am                 Saved by the Bell
11:00 am                 ALF
11:30 am                 Kissyfur



Afternoon
========
12 noon                Adventures In Space with Leonard Nimoy
1:00 pm                Adventures In Space with Leonard Nimoy
2:00 pm                InSport
2:30 pm                Golf: Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic (final round)
5:00 pm                News
5:30 pm                NBC News



Evening
=======
6:00 pm              Pro Football Weekly
6:30 pm              To be announced
7:00 pm              227  "The Fight of the Century"
7:30 pm              Amen   "Who Am I?"
8:00 pm              Golden Girls  "Rose Fights Back"
8:30 pm              Empty Nest
9:00 pm              Hunter   "Shillelagh"
10:00 pm            News
10:30 pm            Saturday Night Live (Host: Kathleen Turner. Musical Guest:
                                                                  Billy Joel)




Early Sunday, October 22, 1989
===========================
12 midnight         Freddy's Nightmares
1:00 am               Byron Allen
2:00 am               It's Showtime at the Apollo
3:00 am               Smash Hits

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Saturday Highlights

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

WBBM Channel 2 TV Schedule for Saturday, October 21, 1989

Morning
=======
6:00 am                     Newday Chicago
6:30 am                     Dr. Fad
7:00 am                     Dink, the Little Dinosaur
7:30 am                     Muppet Babies (cartoons)
8:30 am                     Pee-Wee's Playhouse
9:00 am                     California Raisins (cartoons)
9:30 am                     Garfield & Friends
10:30 am                   Rude Dog & the Dweebs
11:00 am                   College Football (no teams listed)



Afternoon
=========
2:30 pm                    College Football (no teams listed)



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                    News
6:30 pm                    Siskel & Ebert (reviewed:   "Fat Man & Little Boy" &
                                                                "Look Who's Talking")
7:00 pm                   Paradise  (rerun)
8:00 pm                   Tour of Duty (rerun)
9:00 pm                   Saturday Night with Connie Chung
10:00 pm                 News
10:35 pm                 Barnaby Jones
11:30 pm                 Siskel & Ebert



Early Sunday, October 22, 1989
=======================
12 midnight            Arsenio Hall (rerun)
1:00 am                  Common Ground
2:00 am                  Movie  "High Plains Drifter"

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

WGBO Channel 66 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 1989

Morning
=======
5:00 am                   Rifleman
5:30 am                   CNN News
6:00 am                   Second Paycheck
6:30 am                   Cartoons
7:00 am                   Success-N-Life
8:00 am                   Robocop (cartoons)
8:30 am                   Dino-Riders
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               Mister 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   "Gorky Park"
9:00 pm             Carol Burnett
9:30 pm             Kate & Allie
10:00 pm           Brothers
10:30 pm           Barney Miller
11:00 pm           To be announced



Early Saturday, October 21, 1989
=========================
12 midnight      Sunglasses
12:30 am          Best of Groucho
1:00 am            Home Shopping

WPWR Channel 50 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 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   "W.W. & the Dixie Dancekings"
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 Devil's Brigade"
9:00 pm               After Hours (featured: Shelley Duvall)
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 Saturday, October 21, 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   "Public Hero # 1"

Friday, November 6, 2015

WSNS Channel 44 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 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 Centauro de Pancho Villa"
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                    Boxeo: Nigel Benn vs. Jorge Amparo
10:00 pm                  Noticiero Telemundo/CNN
10:30 pm                  Salsa con Chipsa
11:30 pm                  Cara a Cara (rerun)



Early Saturday, October 21, 1989
================================
12:30 am                 Noticiero

Friday Highlights

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

Thursday, November 5, 2015

WCFC Channel 38 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 1989

Morning
=======
4:00 am                      Love Special
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 Like You
4:30 pm                    Circle Square
5:00 pm                    Light Music
5:30 pm                    Zola Levitt



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Wally's Workshop
6:30 pm                    CNN News
7:00 pm                    700 Club
8:00 pm                    Israel & You
8:30 pm                    Classroom 38
9:00 pm                    Among Friends
10:00 pm                  James Robison
10:30 pm                  CNN News
11:00 pm                  Heritage Today



Early Saturday, October 21, 1989
=============================
12 midnight           Heritage Singers
12:30 am               Something Beautiful
1:30 am                 Jack Hayford
2:00 am                 Nite Light
3:00 am                 Nite Light

WFLD Channel 32 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 1989

Morning
========
6:00 am                     Plastic Man
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   "Some Like It Hot"
9:30 pm                 News
10:00 pm               M*A*S*H
10:30 pm               Comedy Express
11:00 pm               Three's Company
11:30 pm               WWF Wrestling Challenge (no contenders listed)



Early Saturday, October 21, 1989
=============================
12:30 am              Alfred Hitchcock
1:00 am                Personal Power
1:30 am                Soloflex
2:00 am                Movie  "Come September"

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

WCIU Channel 26 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 1989

Morning
=======
6:00 am                   Sig's Superstar Show
6:30 am                   Sister E.R. Allen
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               Hablemos de Cine
9:30 pm               Tu Musica
10:00 pm             Noticiero
10:30 pm             Mi Segunda Madre
11:30 pm             Futbol



Early Saturday, October 21, 1989
===============================
1:30 am             Reforma TV

"We're Up to Something Good!"

Here's a vintage ad for WFLD(32)'s late afternoon lineup, consisting of reruns of Small Wonder, Family Ties, Mr. Belvedere, & the Cosby Show. From the Chicago Tribune's TV Week, dated October 15-21, 1989.

Monday, November 2, 2015

WYCC Channel 20 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 1989

Morning
========
6:00 am                 Principles of Accounting
6:30 am                 Body Electric
7:00 am                 Earth Explored
7:30 am                 French
8:00 am                 Science & Culture
8:30 am                 Economics U$A
9:00 am                 In Our Own Image
9:30 am                 Marketing
10:00 am               Deutsch Direkt
10:30 am               Accounting
11:00 am               Earth Explored
11:30 am               French



Afternoon
=========
12 noon                Science & Culture
12:30 pm              Economics U$A
1:00 pm                Microwave Master
1:30 pm                In Our Own Image
2:00 pm                Marketing
2:30 pm                To Life!
3:00 pm                Body Electric
3:30 pm                Long Ago & Far Away
4:00 pm                Degrassi Junior High
4:30 pm                Sit & Be Fit
5:00 pm                Collectors
5:30 pm                GED



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                Art of Ashley Jackson
6:30 pm                Write Course
7:00 pm                Mechanical Universe
7:30 pm                Zarabanda
8:00 pm                The Africans   "New Conflicts"
9:00 pm                The Constitution
10:00 pm              Innovation
10:30 pm              Japan
11:00 pm              Colorsounds
11:30 pm              Deaf Mosaic

WTTW Channel 11 TV Schedule for Friday, October 20, 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                Across Cultures
11:15 am                Arts Alive
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                 Mystery!
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               Washington Week In Review with Paul Duke
7:30 pm               Wall Street Week
8:00 pm               Moyers: Power of the Word   "Where the Soul Lives"
9:00 pm               Making of a Continent   "Price of Gold"
10:00 pm             Sneak Previews Goes Video (rerun)
10:30 pm             Wild Chicago
11:00 pm             Trying Times
11:30 pm             Movie   "Playboy of the Western World"



Early Saturday, October 21, 1989
==============================
1:10 am               CNN News

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"