Chicago TV Flashback - May 8, 1975

WLS channel 7 TV schedule for Thursday, May 8, 1975

Morning

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6:30a - Perspectives

6:55a - Earl Nightingale

7a - AM America (2 hours)

9a - Steve Edwards' AM Chicago (1 hr, 30 min)

10:30a - Blankety Blanks

11a - Password

11:30a - Split Second

Afternoon

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Noon - All My Children

12:30p - Let's Make a Deal

1p - The $10,000 Pyramid

1:30p - Big Showdown

2p - General Hospital

2:30p - One Life to Live

3p - Money Maze

3:30p - The 3:30 Movie: The Cardinal (1 hr, 30 min; Part 1)

5p - Eyewitness News at 5

5:30p - ABC Evening News with Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner

Evening

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6p - Eyewitness News at 6 (1 hour)

7p - Barney Miller

7:30p - Karen

8p - Streets of San Francisco (1 hour)

9p - Harry O (1 hour)

10p - Eyewitness News at 10

10:30p - Wide World Special (1 hr, 30 min)

Midnight - Late Night Movie: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1 hr, 45 min)

It was a wild and crazy game of Split Second where 4-time champion Marvin Shinkman trying to win any car on his 5th and last day against Shari Jensen and Valiant Stahl. The first 2 rounds ran smoothly until the Countdown Round where Valiant needed only 3 answers to become the new champion, Shari needs 4 to win, and Marvin must answer all 5 to join the elite list of players who retire undefeated after 5 days. Without a shadow of a doubt, Marvin nail down the final 2 answers that deals with months before October 10th. The studio audience at Hollywood's ABC Television Center erupted when he won his 5th and final game. As far as the question goes, the answers were February 10th (8 months), April 10th (6 months) and July 10th (3 months).

Shari Jensen won $265 and a Broyhill sofa, Valiant was one answer away from the championship, but he gets $330 and a Lear Jet car stereo along with the Gillette Max Hatter hair dryer and flatware by Washington Forge. On Split Second, if a player wins 5 times, get to pick any of the 5 cars after choosing the wrong one for the past 4 days. Marvin Shinkman has officially joined the elite list of undefeated champions, since its March 20, 1972 inception, to retire undefeated after 5 shows has won $1,570 cash, along with the $1,430 in prizes for any Singleton answer he got, the $3,000 jackpot and the 1975 Pontiac Le Mans Safari station wagon for a grad total of $12,268. He wanted to take the Grand Prix, but Tom Kennedy, jokingly said he'd "bet a million dollars." Three new players will be ushered in to close out this awesome week.

Chicago TV Flashback - May 6-7, 1978

WLS channel 7 TV schedule for Saturday, May 6, 1978

Morning

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7a - The All-New Super Friends Hour (1 hour)

8a - Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (2 hours)

10a - Krofft Supershow (1 hour)

11a - ABC Weekend Special

11:30a - American Bandstand (1 hour)

Afternoon

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12:30p - Black on Black

1p - Feminine Franchise

1:30p - ABC Sports Golf: Third round of the Byron Nelson Classic (1 hr, 30 min)

3p - Wide World of Sports (1 hour)

4p - ABC Sports Horse Racing: The 104th Running of the Kentucky Derby (1 hour)

5p - Wide World of Sports

5:30p - ABC Saturday News

Evening

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6p - Eyewitness Chicago

6:30p - Hollywood Squares

7p - Mel & Susan Together

7:30p - Operation Petticoat (2nd-to-last show of the 1st season)

8p - The Love Boat (1 hour)

9p - Fantasy Island (1 hour)

10p - Eyewitness News at 10

10:15p - ABC Saturday News

10:30p - Saturday Night Movie: The Andromeda Strain (2 hrs, 40 min)

Early Sunday, May 7, 1978

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1:10a - Late Night Movie: The Night Walker (1 hr, 50 min)

Affirmed wins the 104th running of the Kentucky Derby followed by Alydar came in 2nd and Believe It finishes 3rd.

Chicago TV Flashback - May 29, 1975

WSNS channel 44 TV schedule for Thursday, May 29, 1975

Morning

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10:30a - 700 Club (1 hr, 30 min)

Afternoon

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Noon - Mundo Hispano (1 hour)

1p - Not for Women Only

1:30p - It's Your Bet

2p - Adventures of Robin Hood

2:30p - Prince Planet

3p - Popeye with Steve Hart

3:30p - Iron Man

4p - Spider-Man

4:30p - The Adventures of Superman

5p - The Adventures of Superman

5:30p - Leave It to Beaver

Evening

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6p - Get Smart

6:30p - Gomer Pyle, USMC

7p - Movie: You Were Meant for Me (2 hours)

9p - Big Valley (1 hour)

10p - Peter Gunn

10:30p - International Detective

11p - 700 Club (1 hr, 30 min)

Chicago TV Flashback - May 17-18, 1986

WMAQ channel 5 TV schedule for Saturday, May 17, 1986

Morning

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6a - Hickory Hideout

6:30a - New Zoo Revue

7a - Snorks

7:30a - Adventures of the Gummi Bears

8a - Smurfs (1 hr, 30 min)

9:30a - Punky Brewster

10a - Alvin and the Chipmunks

10:30a - Kidd Video

11a - Mister T

11:30a - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Afternoon

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Noon - NBC Sports Baseball: Kansas City Royals v. White Sox at Comsikey Park (3 hours)

3p - NBC Sports Baseball: New York Mets v. Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium or St. Louis Cardinals v. Atlanta Braves at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (3 hours)

Evening

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6p - Warner

6:30p - Fight Back! with David Horowitz

7p - Gimme a Break!

7:30p - Facts of Life

8p - Golden Girls

8:30p - 227

9p - Remington Steele (1 hour)

10p - Channel 5 News at 10

10:30p - Saturday Night Live (1 hr, 30 min)

Midnight - Entertainment This Week (1 hour)

Early Sunday, May 18, 1986

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1a - Movie 5: Indiscretion of an American Wife (1 hr, 30 min)

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Chicago TV Flashback - August 30-31, 1990

WGN channel 9 TV schedule for Thursday, August 30, 1990

Morning

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5a - Soap

5:30a - Faith 20

6a - Fantasy Island (1 hour)

7a - The Bozo Show (1 hour)

8a - Bugs Bunny and Friends (Finale)

8:30a - Leave It to Beaver

9a - Dukes of Hazzard (1 hour)

10a - Geraldo (1 hour)

11a - WGN Midday News (1 hour)

Afternoon

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Noon - White Sox Pre-Game

12:15p - Baseball: White Sox v. Minnesota Twins at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (3 hrs, 15 min)

3:30p - DuckTales

4p - Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers

4:30p - Fun House

5p - The Jeffersons

5:30p - WKRP in Cincinnati

Evening

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6p - Andy Griffith Show

6:30p - Benson

7p - Baseball: Cincinnati Reds v. Cubs at Wrigley Field (3 hours)

10p - Nine O'Clock News

10:30p - Magnum, P.I. (1 hour)

11:30p - WGN Presents: Crooks and Coronets (2 hours)

Early Friday, August 31, 1990

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1:30a - Tales from the Darkside

2a - Commercial Programs (1 hour)

3a - The Late Movie: Mary, Mary (2 hrs, 30 min)

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The official winning numbers in the Illinois State Lottery's Daily Game and Pick 4 were 8-2-1 and 8-1-9-5

Bugs Bunny and Friends ends its successful run as a daytime cartoon show on channel 9. Smurfs' Adventures replaces Bugs Bunny and Friends to close out the month of August.

Bush Sets New Goals For Space Program - July 1989

In an address in Washington, D.C., July 20, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the landing of 2 U.S. astronauts on the moon, Pres. George Bush called for a new national commitment in space. Saying he wanted to establish the United States as "the pre-eminent spacefaring nation," Bush advocated an orbiting space station, a manned base on the moon, and a manned mission to Mars. It was estimated that these ventures would cost several hundred billion dollars.

Bush Bars Import of Assault Rifles - March 1989

In the wake of the killing of 5 California schoolchildren in January, opposition of assault rifles continued to grow. The California Senate, March 9, and the Assembly, March 13, passed differing versionsof a bill barring the sale, possession, or manufacture of semiautomatic assault weapons. In a reversal of policy, the Bush administration March 14, banned imports of semiautomatic assault rifles indefinetly. Law enforcement officials said that such weapons were preferred by drug dealers. The Soviet AK-47 and the Israeli Uzi were 2 well-known makes affected by the ban. U.S.-manufactured weapons of that type were not affected by the ban.

Discipline Ricochet

Hey y'all, what's going on?

Couple of things I wanna get out of the way. First of all, to those who watched AEW Revolution over the weekend, it's great that you've enjoyed it. And second, congratulations to those who won their respective matches and won or retained their titles.

There's one thing I want to touch on that has been bothering me this week is where AEW wrestler Ricochet insulted a fan with Multiple Sclerosis on social media. Ricochet, as you may know, had lost the AEW National Championship in a battle royal match won by Jungle Jack Perry after he's the last to elminate him. After I read that the now former AEW National Champion made that insult, it really made me sick to my stomach. The idiots in the IWC been doing the same thing since day one by not only insult and mock those because of their disability, disease or illness. Why? Because they did the same to me because of my disability.

Going on social media insulting or mocking people because of their disability, inflicted with a disease or having a mental illness or any other illness, whether they're famous or not, is totally not okay. But this is where it gets better, after that insult, Ricochet apologized. That apology he gave on social media is not even going to cut it, because that was the weakest apology I've ever heard.

If I were AEW right about now, I'd discipline or even slap a monetary fine on Ricochet. Because like I said, insulting people because of their disability, coming down with a disease or having an illness is totally NOT okay. All wrestling promotions, not just AEW, but ALL promotions need to start setting up some guardrails to prevent these incidents like this during a live show or on social media to be repeated ever again.

Federal Holiday Honors Dr. King - November 1983

Pres. Reagan, November 2, signed a bill designating the third Monday in January as a national holiday in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. King who was born January 15, 1929, was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., April 4, 1968. In the last decade of his life, he had emerged as the unofficial leader and most articulate spokesman for the black civil-rights movement in the United States. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The House, in August, and the Senate, in October had approved the holiday. Reagan had agreed to sign the bill after blacks and their supporters in Congress conveyed the intensity of their desire for the holiday.

Cold Wave Breaks Records - December 1983

A severe cold wave swept across the United States for a 2-week period beginning December 17. More than 400 deaths were attributed to the severe weather. The National Severe Storms Forecast Center reported that temperature records in 60 cities in 21 states had been broken. In the northern Great Plains, wind-chill factor temperatures were as low as -100˚ Fahrenheit. Some 80 tugboats and 800 barges on the Mississippi River were frozen in place by 8-inch-thick ice. Citrus crops in Florida and Texas were severely damaged.