Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Chicago TV Flashback - September 26-27, 1986

WBBM channel 2 TV schedule for Friday, September 26, 1986

Morning
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5a - Bill Cosby Show
5:30a - Morning Stretch
6a - Daybreak
6:30a - CBS Morning News
7a - CBS Morning News (2 hours)
9a - The $25,000 Pyramid
9:30a - Card Sharks
10a - The Price is Right (1 hour)
11a - Press Your Luck (Finale)
11:30a - Young and the Restless (1 hour)

Afternoon
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12:30p - As the World Turns (1 hour)
1:30p - Capitol
2p - Guiding Light (1 hour)
3p - Divorce Court
3:30p - Donahue (1 hour)
4:30p - First Edition (1 hour)
5:30p - CBS Evening News with Dan Rather

Evening
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6p - Channel 2 News at 6 (1 hour)
7p - Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1 hour)
8p - Dallas (2-hour 9th season premiere)
10p - Channel 2: The 10 O'Clock News
10:30p - T.J. Hooker (1 hr, 10 min)
11:40p - CBS Late Movie: Atlantic City (2 hours)

Early Saturday, September 27, 1986
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1:40a - The Late Show: Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (2 hrs, 5 min)
3:45a - The Late Show: Sssssss (1 hr, 45 min)

After 3 years and 757 shows, Press Your Luck concluded its run on CBS. In the finale, Karen defeated her final 2 opponents with $12,777 giving her a final total of $39,583 after 3 days.

Peter Tomarken brought back the "Whammy Outhouse", which was sent by the Reynolds family from Oklahoma. The show itself wound up in the outhouse after it failed to work the 1st time after Bob Chic putting it together and Peter himself was the one to blame. He tried it again and it worked saying there will be "one last Whammy" when the show returns.

Starting Monday, the syndicated show, Superior Court takes over the 11a time slot until its move to the overnight hours and the afternoon for 1987.

Chicago TV Flashback - February 5-6, 1974

WBBM channel 2 TV schedule for Tuesday, February 5, 1974

Morning
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5:50a - TV2 News Update
6a - Sunrise Semester
6:30a - It's Worth Knowing
7a - CBS Morning News with Hughes Rudd (1 hour)
8a - Captain Kangaroo (1 hour)
9a - The Joker's Wild
9:30a - The $10,000 Pyramid
10a - Gambit
10:30a - Love of Life
10:55a - CBS Newsbreak with Douglas Edwards
11a - Young and the Restless
11:30a - Search for Tomorrow

Afternoon
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Noon - Lee Phillip Show
12:30p - As the World Turns
1p - Guiding Light
1:30p - Edge of Night
2p - The Price is Right
2:30p - Match Game '74
3p - Secret Storm
3:30p - The Early Show: The Savage (2 hours)
5:30p - CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite

Evening
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6p - TV2 News at 6 (1 hour)
7p - Maude
7:30p - Hawaii Five-O (1 hour)
8:30p - Hawkins (1 hr, 30 min)
10p - TV2 News at 10
10:30p - CBS Late Movie: The Badlanders (1 hr, 45 min)
12:15a - TV2 News Update
12:30a - The Late Show: The Fireball (1 hr, 45 min)

Early Wednesday, February 6, 1974
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2:15a - The Late Show II: The Big Lift (2 hrs, 30 min)

Monday, November 11, 2024

November 11, 2024

 


Hey y'all, what's going on?

Last week was a very hellacious week, but the week before it, I had a great halloween where I watched some horror flicks and wore my '96 graduation robe. With the exeception of my world almanacs where I choose an event from the 80s or 90s and write it down and then pasted it onto my MS Word file and post it on here, but after when happened in the elections a week ago, I'm staying away from it.

I've said it on other sites for the past few days, but I'm gonna tell you that politics and the news on TV can be silly, scary and can ruin one's mental health at the same time. I say this, because these two things has really got the best of me and my mental health. After the 2016 election, I quit following politics and watching the news before my uncle's death. Now I'm coming clean to everyone to say that I quit following politics and watching the news on TV for the past 8 years, because they're not healthy and they're not good for you.

I barely broke my record in Shao-Lin's Road late last month, because I was really on the brink of setting a world record with over 700,000 with a couple of 1-ups left in the game, but a fuse blew and I was angry. For the asking, my record was 469,300. There's not much for me to do today, but I'll try to find me something to do and maybe be a bit more constructive.

Always be yourself, always be you and happy Veterans Day 💚

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Chicago TV Flashback - July 18-19, 1973

WGN channel 9 TV schedule for Wednesday, July 18, 1973

Morning
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5:45a - NewsNine Update
6a - Five Minutes to Live By
6:05a - Top o' the Morning
6:30a - New Zoo Revue
7a - Ray Rayner Show (1 hour)
8a - Garfield Goose and Friends
8:30a - Romper Room
9a - I Love Lucy
9:30a - Living Easy
10a - Morning Movie: The Romance of Rosy Ridge (2 hours)

Afternoon
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Noon - Bozo's Circus (1 hour)
1p - NewsNine Update
1:15p - Lead-Off Man
1:25p - Baseball: San Diego Padres v. Cubs at Wrigley Field (2 hrs, 20 min)
3:45p - 10th Inning
4p - Patty Duke Show
4:30p - The Flintstones
5p - NewsNine at 5 with Jack Taylor
5:30p - Hogan's Heroes

Evening
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6p - Andy Griffith Show
6:30p - Dick Van Dyke Show
7p - Dragnet
7:30p - N.Y.P.D.
8p - Bonanza (1 hour)
9p - Perry Mason (1 hour)
10p - NewsNine at 10
10:30p - WGN Presents: Three Coins in the Fountain (2 hours)
12:30a - Nightbeat with Carl Greyson
12:45a - The Late Movie: Sands of Beersheba (2 hrs, 10 min)

Early Thursday, July 19, 1973
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2:55a - NewsNine Update
3a - Five Minutes to Live By

Chicago TV Flashback - October 13-14, 1973

WBBM channel 2 TV schedule for Saturday, October 13, 1973

Morning
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5:50a - TV2 News Update
6a - Sunrise Semester
6:30a - It's Worth Knowing
7a - The Flintstones
7:30a - Bailey's Comets
8a - New Scooby-Doo Movies (1 hour)
9a - My Favorite Martians
9:30a - Jeannie
10a - Speed Buggy
10:30a - Josie and the Pussycats
11a - Everything's Archie
11:30a - Fat Albert

Afternoon
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Noon - CBS Children's Film Festival (1 hour)
1p - Different Drummers
1:30p - Opportunity Line
2p - Soul Train (1 hour)
3p - Getting It Together
3:30p - Notions and Other Sundries
4p - Newsmakers
4:30p - Outdoors
5p - Animal World
5:30p - CBS Evening News with Dan Rather

Evening
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6p - TV2 News at 6 with Bill Kurtis
6:30p - Great Mysteries
7p - All in the Family
7:30p - M*A*S*H
8p - Mary Tyler Moore Show
8:30p - Bob Newhart Show
9p - Carol Burnett Show (1 hour)
10p - TV2 News at 10
10:30p - Best of CBS: The Battle of the Villa Florita (2 hours)
12:30a - TV2 News Update
12:45a - Common Ground (2 hrs, 30 min)

Early Sunday, October 14, 1973
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3:15a - The Late Show: Midnight Lace (2 hrs, 15 min)

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Chicago TV Flashback - July 14-15, 1989

WBBM channel 2 TV schedule for Friday, July 14, 1989

Morning
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6a - This Morning's Business
6:30a - CBS Morning News with Faith Daniels and Charles Osgood
7a - CBS This Morning with Harry Smith and Kathleen Sullivan (2 hours)
9a - Family Feud
9:30a - Now You See It (Finale)
10a - The Price is Right (1 hour)
11a - Superior Court
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 - Divorce 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 - Entertainment Tonight
7p - Beauty and the Beast (1 hour)
8p - CBS Friday Night Movie: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (2 hours)
10p - Channel 2: The 10 O'Clock News
10:30p - Pat Sajak Show (1 hr, 30 min)
Midnight - Arsenio Hall Show (1 hour)

Early Saturday, July 15, 1989
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1a - Channel 2: The 10 O'Clock News (Rebroadcast)
1:30a - Family Medical Center
2a - CBS Late Movie: Lost in London (2 hours)
4a - The Late Show: Letters from Three Lovers (1 hr, 30 min)

The 1989 revival of Now You See It airs its last show where the default champion won her first and only game, then went on to win $35,000 in the solo game after it went unclaimed for 7 days. The player's grand total was $36,100. The following Monday, July 17th, Wheel of Fortune will air at 9:30a as the 1st show without the shopping format that ended June 30th on NBC after Rolf Benirschke ended his 5-month run as host and also the first show to take place at CBS Television City's Studio 33. The host who will be replacing Benirschke is Bob Goen.

Chicago TV Flashback - August 26-27, 1989

WGN channel 9 TV schedule for Saturday, August 26, 1989

Morning
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5a - SCTV Network
5:30a - Infomercial
6a - Larry Jones
6:30a - World Tomorrow
7a - U.S. Farm Report
7:30a - People to People
8a - Charlando
8:30a - Heart of Chicago
9a - Minority Business Report
9:30a - Infomercials (1 hour)
10:30a - Triple Threat
11a - Soul Train (1 hour)

Afternoon
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Noon - WGN Weekend Theater: G.I. Joe--The Movie (2 hours)
2p - Starting from Scratch
2:30p - Lead-Off Man
3p - Baseball: Atlanta Braves v. Cubs at Wrigley Field (3 hours)

Evening
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6p - She's the Sheriff
6:30p - Benson
7p - Supermodel of the World (2-hour special)
9p - The Nine O'Clock News
9:30p - INN News
10p - Twilight Zone
10:30p - WGN Presents: Flight of the Phoenix (3 hours)

Early Sunday, August 27, 1989
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1:30a - At the Movies
2a - INN News (Rebroadcast)
2:30a - Runaway with the Rich and Famous
3a - The Late Movie: The American Success Company (2 hours)

The official winning numbers in the Illinois State Lottery's Daily Game, Pick 4 and Lotto were 7-7-5, 9-0-1-6 and 06-09-33-40-51-54.

Friday, November 1, 2024

Chicago TV Flashback - February 16-17, 1978

WGN channel 9 TV schedule for Thursday, February 16, 1978

Morning
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6:20a - Five Minutes to Live By
6:25a - Channel 9 Newsbreak
6:30a - Top o' the Morning
6:55a - Morning Report
7a - Ray Rayner Show (1 hr, 30 min)
8:30a - I Dream of Jeannie
9a - Morning Movie: Meet Me in Las Vegas (2 hours)
11a - Donahue (1 hour)

Afternoon
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Noon - Bozo's Circus (1 hour)
1p - Family Affair
1:30p - Jim Nabors Show (1 hour)
2:30p - Mickey Mouse Club
3p - The Flintstones
3:30p - The Flintstones
4p - Gilligan's Island
4:30p - I Dream of Jeannie
5p - Bewitched
5:30p - My Three Sons

Evening
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6p - Dick Van Dyke Show
6:30p - Odd Couple
7p - Star Trek (1 hour)
8p - The 8:00 Movie: The Purple Plain (2 hours)
10p - NewsNine at 10
10:30p - WGN Presents: Invitation to a Gunfighter (1 hr, 50 min)
12:20a - Nightbeat
12:50a - The Late Movie: The Mummy's Tomb (1 hr, 15 min)

Early Friday, February 17, 1978
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2:05a - The Saint (1 hour)
3:05a - Channel 9 Newsbreak
3:10a - Five Minutes to Live By

Chicago TV Flashback - March 18-19, 1973

WGN channel 9 TV schedule for Sunday, March 18, 1973

Morning
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6:45a - NewsNine Update
7a - Cartoon Corner
7:30a - Growing Edge
7:45a - What's Nu?
8a - Mass for Shut-ins (45 min)
8:45a - Chicagoland Church Hour (45 min)
9:30a - I Love Lucy
10a - Gideon, C.I.D. (1 hour)
11a - Issues Unlimited
11:30a - Chicago at Large

Afternoon
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Noon - Sunday Matinee: Dangerous Money (1 hr, 30 min)
1:30p - Movie Greats: Luck fo the Irish (2 hrs, 30 min)
4p - Family Classics with Frazier Thomas: Mysterious Island (2 hours)

Evening
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6p - Family Theatre: Sleeping Beauty
6:30p - Bobby Goldsboro
7p - Bill Berry: People to People
8p - Fun at the Races
8:30p - This is Your Life
9p - Lawrence Welk Show (1 hour)
10p - NewsNine at 10
10:30p - When Movies Were Movies: Adventures of Marco Polo (2 hrs, 5 min)
12:35a - Nightbeat with Carl Greyson

Early Monday, March 19, 1973
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1a - Cromie Circle (1 hr, 30 min)

U.S. Observes Constitution Bicentennial - September 1987

The 200th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution was observed, September 17. At the principal celebration, in Philadelphia, Pres. Ronald Reagan stood near Independence Hall and asserted, "In a very real sense, it was then--in 1787--that the revolution truly began." He said it was a revolution "to free man from tyranny of every sort and secure his freedom the only way possible in this world; through the checks and balances and institutions of limited, democratic government." Former Chief Justice Warren Burger, chairman of the Bicentennial Commission, struck a replica of the Liberty Bell. Floats and marching bands containing citizens from all 50 states paraded past Independence Hall.