Chicago TV Flashback - November 25-26, 1987

WBBM channel 2 TV schedule for Wednesday, November 25, 1987

Morning

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6a - Morning Stretch

6:30a - CBS Morning News (1 hour)

7:30a - The Morning Program (1 hr, 30 min)

9a - The $25,000 Pyramid

9:30a - Card Sharks

10a - The Price is Right (1 hour)

11a - Lingo

11:30a - Young and the Restless (1 hour)

Afternoon

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12:30p - Bold and the Beautiful

1p - As the World Turns (1 hour)

2p - Guiding Light (1 hour)

3p - Love Connection

3:30p - Superior Court

4p - The People's Court

4:30p - First Edition

5p - Channel 2 News at 5 (1 hour)

Evening

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6p - CBS Evening News with Dan Rather

6:30p - Truth or Consequences

7p - Oldest Rookie (1 hour)

8p - CBS Wednesday Night Movie: Gandhi part 1 (2 hours)

10p - Channel 2: The 10 O'Clock News

10:30p - Adderly (1 hr, 10 min)

11:40p - CBS Late Movie: The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1 hr, 20 min)

Early Thursday, November 26, 1987

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1a - Channel 2: The 10 O'Clock News (Rebroadcast)

1:30a - Lingo

2a - CBS News Nightwatch (4 hours)

Channel 2 broke into regular programming to announce that Harold Washington, Chicago's 1st black mayor, passed away in his office at 65. Five days after his passing, a funeral service was held and aired on Chicago television.