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)

Full boxscore: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN199008300.shtml

Full boxscore: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN199008300.shtml

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.