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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)

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.