TBS, TV LAND and N@N?

I would be curious to see what I missed over the years and also reflect back on what I remember and actually watched. Thanks

Yeah. Google Newspaper Archive has old newspapers from over the years. I imagine you can get all of those networks' schedules from different papers for different seasons; you just have to do some scouring (it gets kind of tedious).

It might be a fun project to compile those old schedules in threads here. I know I'm not the only nerd on these boards that enjoys that sort of thing.

This is the TBS schedule from October 1983 from one of my tv guides

6AM CNN News
7AM Funtime
7:35 AM I Dream of Jeannie
8:05 AM Bewitched
8:35 AM I Love Lucy
9:05 AM TBS Movie
11:05 AM Catlins
11:35 AM Texas
12:05 PM Perry Mason
1:05 PM TBS Movie
3:05 PM Funtime
3:35 PM Flintstones
4:05 PM The Munsters
4:35 PM The Brady Bunch
5:05 PM Starcade
5:35 PM The Beverly Hillbillies
6:05 PM Little House on the Praire
7:05 PM Carol Burnett & Friends
7:35 PM Good News

TBS had movies in the evening

From the same tv guide this is WGN's fall schedule of 1983. It show's how far they've fallen.

6 AM Morning Stretch
6:30 Faith 20
7AM Top O'The Morning
7:30 Bullwinkle
8AM Bozo
9:30 Beverly Hillbillies
10AM Movie
12 PM Family
1:PM Newscope
2PM Dick Van Dyke Show
2:30 Andy Griffith Show
3PM I Dream of Jeannie
3:30 Bugs Bunny
4PM Superfriends
5PM Pink Panther
5:30 Laverne and Shirley
6PM One Day at a Time
6:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
7PM Barney Miller
7:30 Jeffersons
8PM Movie
10PM News
11PM Fantasy Island ( 30 minutes very strange lol)
11:30 Love Boat

1996 - 2004 for TV Land
http://www.freewebs.com/tvlandarchives/

TBS Log http://www.sitcomsonline.com/TBSLog1980-Present.txt

Nick at Nite http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=30227

1996 - 2004 for TV Land
http://www.freewebs.com/tvlandarchives/


Just looked at the schedule for TV Land for the month when I first moved in my apartment and it was similar to Antenna TV,

1996 - 2004 for TV Land
http://www.freewebs.com/tvlandarchives/


Why are some months missing? I wanted to look at the schedule for the month I joined SitcomsOnline and it wasn't available

But i checked November of 2002 and see that it was the same because i remember watching Happy days at 5pm when I came home from work

Why are some months missing? I wanted to look at the schedule for the month I joined SitcomsOnline and it wasn't available

But i checked November of 2002 and see that it was the same because i remember watching Happy days at 5pm when I came home from work

Not sure, I didn't make the site

Couldn't find August, but here is July 8th - 28th http://web.archive.org/web/20100104201151/http://www.classictvhits.com/schedules/tvland/02/july8-july28.htm

This is a box set block from August
http://web.archive.org/web/20041124213859/http://www.classictvhits.com/schedules/tvland/02/boxset/august.htm

And this is September 2002
http://web.archive.org/web/20021009022438/http://classictvhits.com/schedules/tvland/02/sept2-sept29.htm

On this site Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite schedules ae combined. The schedules are kind of sporadic, as some years only show Nickeodeon schedules while other years show only Nick at Nite schedules. Regardless, this is a very extensive schedule archive with schedules from multiple networks and years. TBS and TV Land are also featured.

http://www.nickandmore.com/schedules/

Not sure, I didn't make the site

Couldn't find August, but here is July 8th - 28th http://web.archive.org/web/20100104201151/http://www.classictvhits.com/schedules/tvland/02/july8-july28.htm

This is a box set block from August
http://web.archive.org/web/20041124213859/http://www.classictvhits.com/schedules/tvland/02/boxset/august.htm

And this is September 2002
http://web.archive.org/web/20021009022438/http://classictvhits.com/schedules/tvland/02/sept2-sept29.htm



2002........."A memorable year for cable television"

Sol, you might find these schedules interesting:

Tuesday, December 29, 1987. Source: The Spokesman-Review.

CBN [Currently ABC Family; EST]
5 am—The Wackiest Ship in the Army
6:00—Religious Programming
9:00—Father Knows Best
9:30—Hazel
10:00—The 700 Club
11:30—Doris Day’s Best Friends
12 pm—The Bill Cosby Show
12:30—The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1:00—Wendy & Me
1:30—Bachelor Father
2:00—Green Acres
2:30—The Flying Nun
3:00—Father Knows Best
3:30—Hazel
4:00—Straight Talk
5:00—The Big Valley
6:00—Crazy Like a Fox
7:00—Remington Steele
8:00—Crossbow
8:30—Butterfly Island
9:00—The 700 Club
10:00—Straight Talk
10:30—Celebrity Chefs
11:00—Remington Steele
A singer asks the agency’s help when she is harassed by people posing as such fictional sleuths as Sherlock Holmes and Mr. Moto.
12 am—The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Gracie pawns a diamond to raise money for a play.
12:30—The Best of Groucho
Groucho interviews Anna Badovinac.
1:00—The Jack Benny Program
Guest: Tennessee Ernie Ford.
1:30—Laurel and Hardy
2:00—The 700 Club
3:00—Medical Center
4:00—Stoney Burke

The Disney Channel
5 am—Walt Disney Presents
6:00—The Mickey Mouse Club
6:30—Mousercise
7:00—Good Morning, Mickey!
7:30—Welcome to Pooh Corner
8:00—Donald Duck Presents
8:30—Dumbo’s Circus
9:00—You and Me, Kid
9:30—MOVIE: “Nutcracker Fantasy”
(1979) Animated puppet musical about a little girl’s dream on Christmas Eve. Narrated by Michele Lee. Voices: Melissa Gilbert, Christopher Lee, Jo Anne Worley, Eva Gabor. (G)
11:00—Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
11:30—Walt Disney Presents
12:30 pm—The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
1:00—MOVIE: “Arthur’s Hallowed Ground”
(TV, 1986) Jimmy Jewel, Jean Boht. Directors of a losing cricket team want their stubborn old groundskeeper, Arthur, to groom the field to the home team’s advantage.
2:15—DTV
2:30—Disney Channel Preview
3:00—Dumbo’s Circus
3:30—Welcome to Pooh Corner
4:00—The Mickey Mouse Club
4:30—Donald Duck Presents
5:00—Bancan Adventure
6:00—MOVIE: “The Point”
(1971) The story of Oblio, a little boy without a point in a kingdom where everyone and everything has a point. Music by Harry Nilsson. Animated.
7:30—Mouseterpiece Theater
8:00—Don’t Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Big Bird, Cookie Monster and other “Sesame Street” characters are locked in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they befriend a 4,000-year-old Egyptian Prince.
9:00—Anne of Avonlea
Mischievous Anne Shirley (Megan Follows), still wooed by Gilbert Blythe, has a chance to teach at an exclusive girls school in Kingsport. Stars Colleen Dewhurst. (Part 1 of 4)
10:00—Anne of Avonlea
Free-spirited Anne offends stuffy Kingsport locals with her antics. Stars Jonathan Crombie. (Part 2 of 4)
11:00—The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
11:30—MOVIE: “To the Shores of Tripoli”
(1942) John Payne, Maureen O’Hara. An arrogant playboy joins the Marines, woos a nurse, clashes with his sergeant and finally shapes up.
1 am—Zorro
1:30—MOVIE: “Arthur’s Hallowed Ground”
(TV, 1986) Jimmy Jewel, Jean Boht.
3:00—Anne of Avonlea
4:00—Anne of Avonlea

Nickelodeon
6 am—Curious George
6:30—The Adventures of the Little Prince
7:00—Lassie
7:30—Mr. Wizard’s World
8:00—Dennis the Menace
8:30—Today’s Special
9:00—Pinwheel
11:00—Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
11:30—Maple Town
12 pm—MOVIE: “Gulliver’s Travels”
(1977) Richard Harris, Catherine Schell. A 17th-century English sailor, shipwrecked on an island, discovers a civilization of miniature people. Based on the Jonathan Swift classic.
1:30—Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
2:00—Today’s Special
2:30—The Mysterious Cities of Gold
3:00—Lassie
3:30—Inspector Gadget
4:00—You Can’t Do That on Television
4:30—The Monkees
5:00—Dennis the Menace
5:30—Double Dare
6:00—Finders Keepers
6:30—Nick Rocks
7:00—You Can’t Do That on Television
Supernatural events plague the show.
7:30—Mr. Wizard’s World
Make animated movies; break an iron bar in half.
8:00—Car 54, Where Are You?
Criminals get their ideas from television.
8:30—Mr. Ed
Ed wants to accompany Wilbur on a Boy Rangers outing.
9:00—My Three Sons
Dodie boards a departing bus before Ernie can stop her.
9:30—The Donna Reed Show
Donna’s handyman breaks as many objects as he fixes.
10:00—Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
10:30—The Monkees
The boys operate an answering service.
11:00—Susie
11:30—I Spy
12:30 am—Car 54, Where Are You?
1:00—Mr. Ed
1:30—The Donna Reed Show
2:00—Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
2:30—The Monkees
3:00—I Spy
4:00—MOVIE: “The Sin of Harold Diddlebock”
(1947) Harold Lloyd, Jimmy Conlin. When he loses his job, a middle-aged bookkeeper goes out on the town.

TBS (re-adjusted for EST)
5:05 am—Green Acres
5:35—Gomer Pyle, USMC
6:05—CNN News
6:35—Tom & Jerry & Friends
8:05—The Beverly Hillbillies
8:35—Bewitched
9:05—Little House on the Prairie
10:05—MOVIE: “Black Beauty”
(1946) Mona Freeman, Richard Denning. A 19th-century British girl loses the beautiful black colt she is given by her father. Based on the story by Anna Sewell.
12:05 pm—Perry Mason
1:05—MOVIE: “The Outlaws Is Coming”
(1965) The Three Stooges, Adam West. A city editor and three assistants run into problems when they try to stop the killing of buffalo in the Old West.
3:05—Tom & Jerry
4:05—The Flintstones
4:35—The Flintstones
5:05—The Munsters
5:35—Laverne & Shirley
6:05—Alice
6:35—Carol Burnett & Friends
7:05—The Andy Griffith Show
7:35—Sanford and Son
8:05—NBA Basketball
Portland Trail Blazers at New York Knicks.
10:20—MOVIE: “City Beneath the Sea”
(1970) Robert Wagner, Stuart Whitman. Inhabitants of a futuristic underwater society struggle for survival against overwhelming odds.
12:20 am—MOVIE: “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town”
(1936) Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur. Naïve New England poet Longfellow Deeds inherits $20 million during the Depression and goes to New York. Directed by Frank Capra.
2:50—MOVIE: “Crosscurrent”
(1971) Robert Hooks, Jeremy Slate. San Francisco detectives stalk a murderer who committed his crime aboard a cable car.
4:50—CNN News

USA Network
5 am—Search for Beauty
5:30—Thinner? [?]
6:00—Search for Beauty
6:30—Perfect Diet
7:00—Cartoon Express
10:00—MOVIE: “Cracking Up”
(1983) Jerry Lewis, Milton Berle. Klutzy, suicidal Warren Nefron blunders around and sees a psychiatrist, afraid he is going insane.
12 pm—Candid Camera
12:30—Anything for Money
1:00—Let’s Make a Deal
1:30—Play the Percentages
2:00—Hot Potato
2:30—Press Your Luck
3:00—Tic Tac Dough
3:30—Jackpot
4:00—Chain Reaction
4:30—Bumper Stumpers
5:00—Dance Party USA
5:30—Mr. T
6:00—Cartoon Express
7:00—Airwolf
8:00—Riptide
9:00—College Basketball
Cotton States Classic: Auburn vs. Villanova. From the Omni in Atlanta.
12 am—Dragnet
12:30—The Edge of Night
1:00—Search for Tomorrow
1:30—Insider [?]
2:00—MOVIE: “A Damsel in Distress”
(1937) Fred Astaire, George Burns. An American dancer on vacation in England falls for a sheltered noblewoman. Gracie Allen.
4:00—MOVIE: “The Mad Monster”
(1942) Johnny Downs, George Zucco. A mad scientist's experiments turn an innocent man into a nocturnal killer.

WGN (re-adjusted for CST)
5 am—Alice
5:30—Faith 20
6:00—The Muppet Show
6:30—Spiral Zone
7:00—Bozo’s Circus
8:00—Smurfs Adventures
8:30—The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
9:00—Leave It to Beaver
9:30—The Andy Griffith Show
10:00—The Love Boat
11:00—Geraldo
12 pm—WGN News at Noon
1:00—The Dick Van Dyke Show
1:30—The Andy Griffith Show
2:00—Leave It to Beaver
2:30—Ghostbusters [Filmation] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(1986_TV_series))
3:00—BraveStarr
3:30—The Transformers
4:00—G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
4:30—Jem
5:00—The Facts of Life
5:30—WKRP in Cincinnati
6:00—Cheers
6:30—Barney Miller
7:00—MOVIE: “More American Graffiti”
(1979) Ron Howard, Cindy Williams. Several teenage friends grow up to have diverse adventures, ranging from duty in Vietnam to a night in jail after a peace protest that turns rowdy.
9:00—WGN News at Nine
9:30—USA Tonight
10:00—The Jeffersons
Lionel decides to move into his own apartment.
10:30—Magnum, P.I.
Magnum’s weekend with his Los Angeles girlfriend (Dana Delany) is continually disrupted by a pornographic-film actress’s pleas for help.
11:30—MOVIE: “A Star Is Born”
(1976) Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson. The career of a drug-addicted rock singer begins to fall just as that of his lover starts to rise.
2:30 am—USA Tonight
3:00—MOVIE: “Five Deadly Venoms”
(1978) Sheng Chiang, Phillip Kwok. As the master of the Poison Clan lies dying, he sends his one faithful disciple to hunt down the five "Venoms," former students now turned to evil.

From time to time I'll look at Old Newspapers TV Listings to see what was on TV at a certain date to see what was on at the time, then see if I have DVDs of what was shown and recreate that day with my dvd player. For Example this past November 17 I recreated that day in 1968, watching the shows that played opposite the NBC Movie Heidi. :angryfire

This November 22 I'm doing this with a "twist" as I will watch shows that would have played on that day, if a certain event hadn't occured in Dallas. :eek:

From time to time I'll look at Old Newspapers TV Listings to see what was on TV at a certain date to see what was on at the time, then see if I have DVDs of what was shown and recreate that day with my dvd player. For Example this past November 17 I recreated that day in 1968, watching the shows that played opposite the NBC Movie Heidi. :angryfire

This November 22 I'm doing this with a "twist" as I will watch shows that would have played on that day, if a certain event hadn't occured in Dallas. :eek:


Well if it's the 50th anniversary then you have to PRE-EMPT your DVD's:lol:

Well if it's the 50th anniversary then you have to PRE-EMPT your DVD's:lol:

Thanks for reminding me. I'm putting this off until next year, to coincide with the anniversary. Hmmm, what day in history will I do this year instead?

Brad, thats a very good list!! Thanks for posting it!! Man, did USA Network have a lot of game shows or what? They showed more game shows than GSN.

I used to watch channels like TBS and WGN etc. quite often in the mid 1980s- the early 1990s,they were really good stations. These schedules show how good a number of cable channels used to be,and how far they have fallen.Older and obscure programs,movies etc. are really what originally put cable on the map.---Original programming,getting rid of classic shows etc. and of course relentless advertising is what ruined cable.

So I wonder what was the reason for the sudden shift to original programming and reality shows which happened sometime around 2004

So I wonder what was the reason for the sudden shift to original programming and reality shows which happened sometime around 2004
Probably for advertising reasons.You know,demographics and all that nonsense.

I think they got into original programming/reality junk for advertising reasons.You know,demographics and all that nonsense.


Wonder what was the first cable channel to start the new programming trend that lead to so many cable networks doing the same

Wonder what was the first cable channel to start the new programming trend that lead to so many cable networks doing the same
Are you kidding, Sol? Cable has had original programming since at least the early '80s; probably earlier than that.

Here's Thursday, June 29, 1989:

The Disney Channel
5 am—Walt Disney Presents
6:00—You and Me, Kid
6:30—Mousercise
7:00—Good Morning, Mickey!
7:30—Welcome to Pooh Corner
8:00—Donald Duck Presents
8:30—Dumbo’s Circus
9:00—Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus
10:00—Videopolis Star Tracks
10:30—You and Me, Kid
11:00—Walt Disney Presents
12 pm—Zorro
12:30—The Wind in the Willows
1:00—MOVIE: “Gulliver’s Travels”
(1977) Richard Harris, Catherine Schell. A 17th-century English sailor, shipwrecked on an island, discovers a civilization of miniature people. Based on the Jonathan Swift classic.
2:30—Dumbo’s Circus
3:00—Welcome to Pooh Corner
3:30—Disney’s Wuzzles
4:00—The Raccoons
4:30—Donald Duck Presents
5:00—Kids Incorporated
5:30—The All-New Mickey Mouse Club
6:00—MOVIE: “Young Detectives on Wheels”
(1987) Josie Vendramini, Fraser Stephen-Smith. A girl, her brother and a computer hacker unmask the “Mr. Big” behind a jewel heist.
7:30—The Making of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”
8:00—Walt Disney Presents
“Nature’s Better Built Homes.” Forest ranger J. Audobon Woodlore visits homes built by animal architects.
9:00—Loretta & Crystal: Going Home
Sisters Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle perform together for the first time on television. This video portrait includes interviews and taped concert footage.
10:00—Rick Nelson: A Brother Remembers
David Nelson pays tribute to his brother Rick, who died on New Year’s Eve, 1985, featuring home movies, concert footage and interviews with his mother Harriet and his children.
11:00—The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
A neighborhood kid wants David and Rick to show him the ropes of the law profession.
11:30—MOVIE: “Calgary ’88: 16 Days of Glory” (Part 2)
(TV, 1989) Sports filmmaker Bud Greenspan captures highlights of the 1988 Winter Olympics, including figure skating duels between USA’s Brian Boitano and Canada’s Brian Orser. (Part 2 of 2)
1:30 am—MOVIE: “Gulliver’s Travels”
(1977) Richard Harris, Catherine Schell.
3:00—Loretta & Crystal: Going Home
4:00—Rick Nelson: A Brother Remembers

The Family Channel [EST]
8 am—Father Knows Best
8:30—Hazel
9:00—Our House
10:00—The 700 Club
11:30—Scott Ross
12:30 pm—Cable Kitchen
1:00—Celebrity Chefs
1:30—Cooking Fat-Free
2:00—Here Come the Brides
3:00—The Campbells
3:30—Green Acres
4:00—Hazel
4:30—Father Knows Best
5:00—The Big Valley
6:00—Bonanza
7:00—Our House
8:00—MOVIE: “The Bible: In the Beginning” (Part 1)
Michael Parks, George C. Scott. Book of Genesis stories include Adam and Eve, Abraham and the Tower of Babel. Directed by John Huston, who plays Noah. (Part 1 of 2)
10:00—The 700 Club
11:00—Remington Steele
Laura must guard an art collection, and Remington, when an “old friend” of his hires the agency.
12 am—MOVIE: “The Bible: In the Beginning” (Part 1)
Michael Parks, George C. Scott. (Part 1 of 2)
2:00—The 700 Club
3:00—Religious Programming
[Until 8 am.]

Nickelodeon
6 am—The Mysterious Cities of Gold
6:30—The Adventures of the Little Prince
7:00—Mr. Wizard’s World
7:30—Dennis the Menace
8:00—Lassie
8:30—Belle and Sebastian
9:00—Today’s Special
9:30—The Adventures of the Little Prince
10:00—Maple Town
10:30—David the Gnome
11:00—Sharon, Lois & Bram’s Elephant Show
11:30—Adventures of the Little Koala
12 pm—Pinwheel
12:30—Pinwheel
1:00—Doctor Snuggles
1:30—Maple Town
2:00—Today’s Special
2:30—Lassie
3:00—Count Duckula
3:30—Finders Keepers
4:00—Heathcliff
4:30—Dennis the Menace
5:00—You Can’t Do That on Television
5:30—Don’t Just Sit There
6:00—Think Fast!
6:30—Double Dare
7:00—Inspector Gadget
7:30—Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon
8:00—Mister Ed
Wilbur wins a horse in a contest.
8:30—The Patty Duke Show
Martin makes rules when the telephone seems to be in constant use.
9:00—My Three Sons
The Douglas family is scrutinized when they apply for membership to a country club.
9:30—The Donna Reed Show
A young man can’t cope with the rigors of college.
10:00—The Best of Saturday Night
10:30—SCTV
“The 25th Anniversary of Leave It to Beaver” with an alcoholic Mr. Cleaver (Joe Flaherty) and an unfaithful Mrs. Cleaver (Catherine O’Hara).
11:00—Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
11:30—Car 54, Where Are You?
Jealousy strikes Toody when Lucille becomes a blonde to be more enticing to him.
12 am—Make Room for Daddy
Charley Halper discovers he’s going to be a father.
12:30—Mister Ed
1:00—The Patty Duke Show
1:30—The Best of Saturday Night
2:00—SCTV
2:30—Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
3:00—Car 54, Where Are You?
3:30—Susie
4:00—MOVIE: “Angel on My Shoulder”
(1946) Paul Muni, Anne Baxter. Slain gangster Eddie breaks his part of the bargain with Nick the devil, who brought him back to Earth as an honest judge.

TBS [EST]
5:05 am—Green Acres
5:35—Gomer Pyle, USMC
6:05—CNN News
6:35—Tom & Jerry’s Funhouse
8:05—The Beverly Hillbillies
8:35—Bewitched
9:05—Little House on the Prairie
10:05—MOVIE: “How to Stuff a Wild Bikini”
(1965) Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman. A Navy man’s girlfriend has some competition. Director William Asher’s fifth beach movie.
12:05 pm—CHiPs
1:05—MOVIE: “McHale’s Navy”
(1964) Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn. McHale, Ensign Parker and the PT-boat crew take a horse to New Caledonia for a race.
3:05—Tom & Jerry’s Funhouse
3:35—The Flintstones
4:05—The Flintstones
4:35—Gilligan’s Island
5:05—The Addams Family
5:35—Leave It to Beaver
6:05—Alice
6:35—Carol Burnett & Friends
7:05—The Andy Griffith Show
7:35—The Andy Griffith Show
8:05—MOVIE: “Devil Dog: The Hounds of Hell”
(1978) Richard Crenna, Yvette Mimieux. Suburban homeowners and their family cannot escape from a demonic dog.
10:05—MOVIE: “Day of the Animals”
(1977) Christopher George, Lynda Day George. Animals attack a guide, a newswoman, an adman and other hikers because of aerosols in the ozonosphere.
12:05 am—MOVIE: “Frogs”
(1972) Ray Milland, Sam Elliott. Big frogs, turtles and lizards attack a Southern patriarch’s island manson on the Fourth of July.
2:05—MOVIE: Disaster on the Coastliner”
(1979) Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr. A vengeful computer expert puts two packed passenger trains on a collision course.
4:05—The Honeymooners
4:35—All in the Family

USA
5:30 am—Paid Programming
6:00—Paid Programming
6:30—Paid Programming
7:00—Cartoon Express
9:00—She-Ra: Princess of Power
9:30—The Partridge Family
10:00—Lost in Space
11:00—Land of the Giants
12 pm—Chain Reaction
12:30—Bumper Stumpers
1:00—Name That Tune
1:30—Face the Music
2:00—Press Your Luck
2:30—Tic Tac Dough
3:00—High Rollers
3:30—The $25,000 Pyramid
4:00—Throb
4:30—My Sister Sam
5:00—Dance Party USA
6:00—Cartoon Express
7:00—Miami Vice
8:00—Murder, She Wrote
Jessica investigates when Magnum (Tom Selleck), already framed for murder, becomes the prime suspect in a second murder.
9:00—Boxing
Art Serwano vs. Tomas Perez in a USBA Junior Middleweight Title fight from the San Jose Civic Center. (Live)
11:00—Miami Vice
Crockett and Tubbs are assigned to protect a politically outspoken Latin American author scheduled to address Congress.
12 am—The New Mike Hammer
1:00—Dragnet
1:30—The Feather and Father Gang
2:30—Today’s F.B.I.
3:30—MOVIE: “Neon Maniacs”
(1986) Allan Hayes, Leilani Sarelle. San Francisco police and teens fight water-soluble monsters with the only weapon that works.

WGN [CST]
5 am—Kenneth Copeland
5:30—Faith Twenty
6:00—Alice
6:30—Jem
7:00—Bozo’s Circus
8:00—Smurfs Adventures
8:30—Gumby
9:00—The Dukes of Hazzard
10:00—Charlie’s Angels
11:00—Geraldo
12 pm—WGN News at Noon
1:00—Hogan’s Heroes
1:30—One Day at a Time
2:00—Welcome Back, Kotter
2:30—The Yogi Bear Show
3:00—Bugs Bunny
3:30—G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
4:00—C.O.P.S.
4:30—Fun House
5:00—The Facts of Life
5:30—The Jeffersons
6:00—The Andy Griffith Show
6:30—Benson
7:00—MOVIE: “Rivkin: Bounty Hunter”
(1981) Ron Leibman, Harry Morgan. Bounty hunter Stanley Rivkin chases an armed drug dealer on the streets of New York.
9:00—WGN News at Nine
9:30—USA Tonight
10:00—Tales From the Darkside
The twin sister of a dead computer whiz tries to bring her brother back to life.
10:30—Magnum, P.I.
Magnum’s trapped in a dangerous current while on his surf ski.
11:30—MOVIE: “A Majority of One”
(1961) Rosalind Russell, Alec Guiness. A Jewish widow from Brooklyn falls for a charming Japanese businessman on a cruise.
2:30—USA Tonight
3:00—MOVIE: “Murder in Mind”
(1973) Richard Johnson, Zena Walker. A policeman tries to figure out the connection between his wife and a mystery writer.
4:30—Alice

Do you guys have any older schedules you can post? This is a really good list so far.

Here's Thursday, June 29, 1989:

The Disney Channel
5 am—Walt Disney Presents
6:00—You and Me, Kid
6:30—Mousercise
7:00—Good Morning, Mickey!
7:30—Welcome to Pooh Corner
8:00—Donald Duck Presents
8:30—Dumbo’s Circus
9:00—Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus
10:00—Videopolis Star Tracks
10:30—You and Me, Kid
11:00—Walt Disney Presents
12 pm—Zorro
12:30—The Wind in the Willows
1:00—MOVIE: “Gulliver’s Travels”
(1977) Richard Harris, Catherine Schell. A 17th-century English sailor, shipwrecked on an island, discovers a civilization of miniature people. Based on the Jonathan Swift classic.
2:30—Dumbo’s Circus
3:00—Welcome to Pooh Corner
3:30—Disney’s Wuzzles
4:00—The Raccoons
4:30—Donald Duck Presents
5:00—Kids Incorporated
5:30—The All-New Mickey Mouse Club
6:00—MOVIE: “Young Detectives on Wheels”
(1987) Josie Vendramini, Fraser Stephen-Smith. A girl, her brother and a computer hacker unmask the “Mr. Big” behind a jewel heist.
7:30—The Making of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”
8:00—Walt Disney Presents
“Nature’s Better Built Homes.” Forest ranger J. Audobon Woodlore visits homes built by animal architects.
9:00—Loretta & Crystal: Going Home
Sisters Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle perform together for the first time on television. This video portrait includes interviews and taped concert footage.
10:00—Rick Nelson: A Brother Remembers
David Nelson pays tribute to his brother Rick, who died on New Year’s Eve, 1985, featuring home movies, concert footage and interviews with his mother Harriet and his children.
11:00—The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
A neighborhood kid wants David and Rick to show him the ropes of the law profession.
11:30—MOVIE: “Calgary ’88: 16 Days of Glory” (Part 2)
(TV, 1989) Sports filmmaker Bud Greenspan captures highlights of the 1988 Winter Olympics, including figure skating duels between USA’s Brian Boitano and Canada’s Brian Orser. (Part 2 of 2)
1:30 am—MOVIE: “Gulliver’s Travels”
(1977) Richard Harris, Catherine Schell.
3:00—Loretta & Crystal: Going Home
4:00—Rick Nelson: A Brother Remembers

The Family Channel [EST]
8 am—Father Knows Best
8:30—Hazel
9:00—Our House
10:00—The 700 Club
11:30—Scott Ross
12:30 pm—Cable Kitchen
1:00—Celebrity Chefs
1:30—Cooking Fat-Free
2:00—Here Come the Brides
3:00—The Campbells
3:30—Green Acres
4:00—Hazel
4:30—Father Knows Best
5:00—The Big Valley
6:00—Bonanza
7:00—Our House
8:00—MOVIE: “The Bible: In the Beginning” (Part 1)
Michael Parks, George C. Scott. Book of Genesis stories include Adam and Eve, Abraham and the Tower of Babel. Directed by John Huston, who plays Noah. (Part 1 of 2)
10:00—The 700 Club
11:00—Remington Steele
Laura must guard an art collection, and Remington, when an “old friend” of his hires the agency.
12 am—MOVIE: “The Bible: In the Beginning” (Part 1)
Michael Parks, George C. Scott. (Part 1 of 2)
2:00—The 700 Club
3:00—Religious Programming
[Until 8 am.]

Nickelodeon
6 am—The Mysterious Cities of Gold
6:30—The Adventures of the Little Prince
7:00—Mr. Wizard’s World
7:30—Dennis the Menace
8:00—Lassie
8:30—Belle and Sebastian
9:00—Today’s Special
9:30—The Adventures of the Little Prince
10:00—Maple Town
10:30—David the Gnome
11:00—Sharon, Lois & Bram’s Elephant Show
11:30—Adventures of the Little Koala
12 pm—Pinwheel
12:30—Pinwheel
1:00—Doctor Snuggles
1:30—Maple Town
2:00—Today’s Special
2:30—Lassie
3:00—Count Duckula
3:30—Finders Keepers
4:00—Heathcliff
4:30—Dennis the Menace
5:00—You Can’t Do That on Television
5:30—Don’t Just Sit There
6:00—Think Fast!
6:30—Double Dare
7:00—Inspector Gadget
7:30—Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon
8:00—Mister Ed
Wilbur wins a horse in a contest.
8:30—The Patty Duke Show
Martin makes rules when the telephone seems to be in constant use.
9:00—My Three Sons
The Douglas family is scrutinized when they apply for membership to a country club.
9:30—The Donna Reed Show
A young man can’t cope with the rigors of college.
10:00—The Best of Saturday Night
10:30—SCTV
“The 25th Anniversary of Leave It to Beaver” with an alcoholic Mr. Cleaver (Joe Flaherty) and an unfaithful Mrs. Cleaver (Catherine O’Hara).
11:00—Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
11:30—Car 54, Where Are You?
Jealousy strikes Toody when Lucille becomes a blonde to be more enticing to him.
12 am—Make Room for Daddy
Charley Halper discovers he’s going to be a father.
12:30—Mister Ed
1:00—The Patty Duke Show
1:30—The Best of Saturday Night
2:00—SCTV
2:30—Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
3:00—Car 54, Where Are You?
3:30—Susie
4:00—MOVIE: “Angel on My Shoulder”
(1946) Paul Muni, Anne Baxter. Slain gangster Eddie breaks his part of the bargain with Nick the devil, who brought him back to Earth as an honest judge.

TBS [EST]
5:05 am—Green Acres
5:35—Gomer Pyle, USMC
6:05—CNN News
6:35—Tom & Jerry’s Funhouse
8:05—The Beverly Hillbillies
8:35—Bewitched
9:05—Little House on the Prairie
10:05—MOVIE: “How to Stuff a Wild Bikini”
(1965) Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman. A Navy man’s girlfriend has some competition. Director William Asher’s fifth beach movie.
12:05 pm—CHiPs
1:05—MOVIE: “McHale’s Navy”
(1964) Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn. McHale, Ensign Parker and the PT-boat crew take a horse to New Caledonia for a race.
3:05—Tom & Jerry’s Funhouse
3:35—The Flintstones
4:05—The Flintstones
4:35—Gilligan’s Island
5:05—The Addams Family
5:35—Leave It to Beaver
6:05—Alice
6:35—Carol Burnett & Friends
7:05—The Andy Griffith Show
7:35—The Andy Griffith Show
8:05—MOVIE: “Devil Dog: The Hounds of Hell”
(1978) Richard Crenna, Yvette Mimieux. Suburban homeowners and their family cannot escape from a demonic dog.
10:05—MOVIE: “Day of the Animals”
(1977) Christopher George, Lynda Day George. Animals attack a guide, a newswoman, an adman and other hikers because of aerosols in the ozonosphere.
12:05 am—MOVIE: “Frogs”
(1972) Ray Milland, Sam Elliott. Big frogs, turtles and lizards attack a Southern patriarch’s island manson on the Fourth of July.
2:05—MOVIE: Disaster on the Coastliner”
(1979) Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr. A vengeful computer expert puts two packed passenger trains on a collision course.
4:05—The Honeymooners
4:35—All in the Family

USA
5:30 am—Paid Programming
6:00—Paid Programming
6:30—Paid Programming
7:00—Cartoon Express
9:00—She-Ra: Princess of Power
9:30—The Partridge Family
10:00—Lost in Space
11:00—Land of the Giants
12 pm—Chain Reaction
12:30—Bumper Stumpers
1:00—Name That Tune
1:30—Face the Music
2:00—Press Your Luck
2:30—Tic Tac Dough
3:00—High Rollers
3:30—The $25,000 Pyramid
4:00—Throb
4:30—My Sister Sam
5:00—Dance Party USA
6:00—Cartoon Express
7:00—Miami Vice
8:00—Murder, She Wrote
Jessica investigates when Magnum (Tom Selleck), already framed for murder, becomes the prime suspect in a second murder.
9:00—Boxing
Art Serwano vs. Tomas Perez in a USBA Junior Middleweight Title fight from the San Jose Civic Center. (Live)
11:00—Miami Vice
Crockett and Tubbs are assigned to protect a politically outspoken Latin American author scheduled to address Congress.
12 am—The New Mike Hammer
1:00—Dragnet
1:30—The Feather and Father Gang
2:30—Today’s F.B.I.
3:30—MOVIE: “Neon Maniacs”
(1986) Allan Hayes, Leilani Sarelle. San Francisco police and teens fight water-soluble monsters with the only weapon that works.

WGN [CST]
5 am—Kenneth Copeland
5:30—Faith Twenty
6:00—Alice
6:30—Jem
7:00—Bozo’s Circus
8:00—Smurfs Adventures
8:30—Gumby
9:00—The Dukes of Hazzard
10:00—Charlie’s Angels
11:00—Geraldo
12 pm—WGN News at Noon
1:00—Hogan’s Heroes
1:30—One Day at a Time
2:00—Welcome Back, Kotter
2:30—The Yogi Bear Show
3:00—Bugs Bunny
3:30—G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
4:00—C.O.P.S.
4:30—Fun House
5:00—The Facts of Life
5:30—The Jeffersons
6:00—The Andy Griffith Show
6:30—Benson
7:00—MOVIE: “Rivkin: Bounty Hunter”
(1981) Ron Leibman, Harry Morgan. Bounty hunter Stanley Rivkin chases an armed drug dealer on the streets of New York.
9:00—WGN News at Nine
9:30—USA Tonight
10:00—Tales From the Darkside
The twin sister of a dead computer whiz tries to bring her brother back to life.
10:30—Magnum, P.I.
Magnum’s trapped in a dangerous current while on his surf ski.
11:30—MOVIE: “A Majority of One”
(1961) Rosalind Russell, Alec Guiness. A Jewish widow from Brooklyn falls for a charming Japanese businessman on a cruise.
2:30—USA Tonight
3:00—MOVIE: “Murder in Mind”
(1973) Richard Johnson, Zena Walker. A policeman tries to figure out the connection between his wife and a mystery writer.
4:30—Alice
Quite a contrast to what they show today. :( :angryfire

Cable was so much better in the 90s. I wouldn't know about the 80s. Cause, I didn't come along till 87. And, I really don't remember anything pre-90.

All the channels either had a variety of programs. Or, they specialized in something. I remember when The Weather Channel was actually about nothing but weather forecasts, and A&E was Arts and Entertainment.