Chicago TV Flashback - March 3-4, 1989

WMAQ channel 5 TV schedule for Friday, March 3, 1989

Morning

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5a - Sally Jessy Raphael Show

5:30a - Morning Stretch

6a - NBC News at Sunrise with Deborah Norville

6:30a - Channel 5 News at 6:30

7a - Today with Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley (2 hours)

9a - Sale of the Century (Last show until March 20th)

9:30a - Classic Concentration

10a - Wheel of Fortune

10:30a - Win, Lose or Draw

11a - Super Password

11:30a - Scrabble

Afternoon

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Noon - Days of Our Lives (1 hour)

1p - Another World (1 hour)

2p - Santa Barbara (1 hour)

3p - Cagney & Lacey (1 hour)

4p - Channel 5 News at 4

4:30p - Channel 5 News at 4:30

5p - Channel 5 News at 5

5:30p - NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

Evening

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6p - Inside Edition

6:30p - Family Feud

7p - Father Dowling Mysteries (1 hour; 2nd-to-last show of the 1st season)

8p - Miami Vice (1 hour)

9p - Hunter (1 hour)

10p - Channel 5 News at 10

10:30p - Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (1 hour)

11:30p - Late Night with David Letterman (1 hour)

12:30a - Friday Night Videos (1 hour)

Early Saturday, March 4, 1989

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1:30a - Channel 5 News at 10 (Rebroadcast)

2a - The Judge

2:30a - Family Feud

3a - Movie Greats Network: Dream No Evil (2 hours)

Before the 2nd instant bargain offer, host Jim Perry reminded everyone that Sale of the Century is ending its successful 6-year run on NBC. The reason for this is because the show will be taking a break for 2 weeks due to the interview show hosted by Rona Barrett temporarily occupies Sale of the Century 9a time slot. Then the show returns for its final week Monday, March 20th. For this show and leading up to the finale, three garage sale offers takes place. A garage sale is where the prizes were offered in past instant bargains during its daytime run, and in some cases, prizes unsold from the nighttime version. Champion Darrell Garrison was the first to buy the 19" TV, VCR and the music machine totalling $2,829, but to make it more interesting since Sale takes a break starting Monday, March 6th, $500 cash was thrown in for $3,329. Garrison comes back for the final week with $40,670 after 4 days.