RETRO: Detroit, Monday 7/6/1981

[MikeyBos]

Source:  TV Guide, Detroit Edition

Channels Listed

Detroit
2 WJBK (CBS)
4 WDIV (NBC)
7 WXYZ (ABC)
20 WXON (Ind.)
50 WKBD (Ind.)
56 WTVS (PBS)
62 WGPR (Ind.)

Windsor, Ontario
9 CBET (CBC)

Ann Arbor
31 WIHT (Ind.)

Bowling Green, Ohio
57 WBGU (PBS)

Toledo
11 WTOL (CBS)
13 WTVG (NBC)
24 WDHO (ABC)
30 WGTE (PBS)


MORNING

5:45
13 MEDITATION

5:50
24 JIM BAKKER

5:55
13 700 CLUB

6 AM
4 CLASSROOM
7 NEWS
56 MacNEIL, LEHRER REPORT

6:25
2 NEWS

6:30
2 ED ALLEN
4 BEWITCHED
7 NO NONSENSE EXERCISE
11 TO TELL THE TRUTH
20 VIEWPOINT
56 HERE'S TO YOUR HEALTH

6:50
24 GOOD MORNING TOLEDO
50 NEWS

6:55
4 KIDBITS
13 FARM REPORT
62 NEWS

7 AM
2-11 CBS NEWS
4-13 TODAY
7-24 GOOD MORNING AMERICA
20 700 CLUB
31 INTERNATIONAL BYLINE
50 CASPER
56 ERICA
62 JIM BAKKER

7:15
56 WEATHER

7:30
31 IT'S ACADEMIC
50 GREAT SPACE COASTER
56 LILIAS, YOGA AND YOU

8 AM
2 MORNING MAGAZINE
11 CAPTAIN KANGAROO
31 NEW ZOO REVUE
50 GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
56 OVER EASY
62 FUNNY FABLES

8:30
20 MOVIE: "The Grand Duel" (1973)
31 WOMEN'S CHANNEL
50 FLINTSTONES
56 VEGETABLE SOUP II
62 VILLA ALEGRE

8:40
57 COMMUNITY DATEBOOK

8:45
57 WEATHER

9 AM
2 JEFFERSONS
4-11 RICHARD SIMMONS
7 KELLY & COMPANY
13 PHIL DONAHUE
24 HOUR MAGAZINE
30-56-57 SESAME STREET
31 SUSAN NOON
50 I LOVE LUCY
62 PEOPLE ARE TALKING

9:30
2 NEWLYWED GAME
4 SONYA
11 ONE DAY AT A TIME
31 FRAN CARLTON
50 FAMILY AFFAIR

9:45
9 THIS WEEK IN ONTARIO

9:55
20 NEWS

10 AM
2 PHIL DONAHUE
11 JEFFERSONS
13 CHARLIE ROSE
20-31 700 CLUB
24 A.M. MAGAZINE
30 OVER EASY
50 DETROIT TODAY
56 MISTER ROGERS
57 FOOTSTEPS

10:15
9 FRIENDLY GIANT

10:30
4-13 BLOCKBUSTERS
7 EDGE OF NIGHT
9 MR. DRESSUP
11 ALICE
24 $50,000 PYRAMID
30 JULIA CHILD & COMPANY
50 HEALTH FIELD
56 ELECTRIC COMPANY
57 GUTEN TAG IN DEUTSCHLAND
62 TODAY'S BLACK WOMAN

11 AM
2-13 PRICE IS RIGHT
4-13 WHEEL OF FORTUNE
7-24 THREE'S COMPANY
9 SESAME STREET
20 ANOTHER LIFE
30 MAGIC OF OIL PAINTING
50 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
56 STUDIO SEE
57 DESIGNING HOME INTERIORS
62 JIM BAKKER

11:30
4 CHARLIE ROSE
7-24 THREE'S COMPANY
13 PASSWORD PLUS
20 NEWS
30 DICK CAVETT
31 ANOTHER LIFE
50 ANDY GRIFFITH
56 VEGETABLE SOUP II
57 OVER EASY

11:45
20 VIEWPOINT

AFTERNOON

Noon
2-4-11-13 NEWS
7-24 FAMILY FEUD
9 KING OF KENSINGTON
20 MIKE DOUGLAS
30 HIDDEN STRUGGLE
31 PLANT GROOM
50 $50,000 PYRAMID
56 SESAME STREET
57 MacNEIL, LEHRER REPORT
62 26 MEN

12:30
2-11 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
4-13 DOCTORS
7-24 RYAN'S HOPE
9 McLEAN AT LARGE
31 SUSAN NOON
50 TO TELL THE TRUTH
57 DICK CAVETT
62 26 MEN

1 PM
4-13 DAYS OF OUR LIVES
7-24 ALL MY CHILDREN
20 RHODA
30 MYSTERY!
50 MOVIE: "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938)
56 FREE TO CHOOSE
57 MASTERPIECE THEATRE
62 MOVIE: "I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew" (1969)

1:30
2-11 AS THE WORLD TURNS
9 WOK WITH YAN
20 PETTICOAT JUNCTION

2 PM
4-13 ANOTHER WORLD
7-24 ONE LIFE TO LIVE
9 MOVIE: "The Time, the Place and the Girl" (1946)
20 GOMER PYLE, USMC
30 NOVA
56 JULIA CHILD & COMPANY
57 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL

2:30
2-11 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
20 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
56 LILIAS, YOGA AND YOU

2:55
50 NEWS

3 PM
2-11 GUIDING LIGHT
4-13 TEXAS
7-24 GENERAL HOSPITAL
20 ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
30 EVENING AT SYMPHONY
31 IT'S A GREAT IDEA
50 POPEYE
56 OVER EASY
57 ROMAGNOLIS' TABLE
62 JIM BAKKER

3:30
20 MIGHTY MOUSE AND FRIENDS
31 WOMEN'S CHANNEL
50 FLINTSTONES
56 VILLA ALEGRE
57 DOLLAR STRETCHER

4 PM
2 ROCKFORD FILES
4 WHAT'S HAPPENING
7 MOVIE: "The Night Strangler" (1973)
9 BEN WICKS
11 MOVIE: "The Phantom of the Opera" (1943)
13 ROCKFORD FILES
20 BATMAN
24 BUGS BUNNY
30-56-57 SESAME STREET
31 FRAN CARLTON
50 SCOOBY DOO
62 HOUSE OF FRIGHTENSTEIN

4:30
4 ALL IN THE FAMILY
9 TAKE 30
20 ULTRA MAN
24 TOM AND JERRY
31 MOVIE: "Sing, Cowboy, Sing" (1937)
50 LOST IN SPACE
62 WATCH YOUR MOUTH

5 PM
2 MAUDE
4 BARNEY MILLER
9 CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS
13 BARNEY MILLER
20 SUPERMAN
24 WELCOME BACK, KOTTER
30-56-57 MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD
62 SCENE

5:30
2-4-7-24 NEWS
9 MARY TYLER MOORE
13 M*A*S*H
20 GET SMART
30-56 ELECTRIC COMPANY
50 BRADY BUNCH
57 ONCE UPON A CLASSIC

EVENING

6 PM
2-4-7-11-13-62 NEWS
9 NEWSDAY
20 PARTRIDGE FAMILY
24 ABC NEWS
30 STUDIO SEE
31 JOURNEY TO ADVENTURE
50 KUNG FU
56 BIOGRAPHY
57 LOOSENING THE GRIP

6:30
2-11 CBS NEWS
4-13 NBC NEWS
20 TWILIGHT ZONE
24 BEWITCHED
30 OVER EASY
31 TAVI
56 NAACP NATIONAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
57 GUTEN TAG IN DEUTSCHLAND
62 SOUTH BY NORTHWEST

7 PM
2 PM MAGAZINE
4-24 JOKER'S WILD
7 ABC NEWS
9 YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG TWICE
11 PM MAGAZINE
13 HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
20 CANDID CAMERA
30-57 MacNEIL, LEHRER REPORT
31 HISTORY OF SPACE
50 HOGAN'S HEROES
56 WILD, WILD WORLD OF AMINALS
62 100 HUNTLEY STREET

7:30
2 LET'S MAKE A DEAL
4 BULLSEYE
7 INSIGHT
9 DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE
11 MATCH GAME
13 TIC TAC DOUGH
20 GREEN ACRES
24 BENNY HILL
30 DICK CAVETT
31 GOOD LIVIN'
50 M*A*S*H
56 MacNEIL, LEHRER REPORT
57 MARKET TO MARKET

BASEBALL STRIKE
If the baseball strike continues, ABC will air an episode of "Breaking Away" and the TV-movie "Mother and Daughter: The Loving War," instead of the pilot and the baseball game.

8PM
2-11 WKRP IN CINCINNATI
4-13 LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
7-24 PILOT
9 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
30-56-57 GREAT PERFORMANCES
50 MOVIE: "Five Weeks in a Balloon" (1962)

8:30
2-11 TIM CONWAY
7-24 BASEBALL: Either Red Sox-Orioles at Baltimore or Royals-Brewers at Milwaukee
62 TO BE ANNOUNCED

9 PM
2-11 M*A*S*H
4-13 FLAMINGO ROAD
9 NEWFOUNDLAND OUTDOORS
62 JIM BAKKER

9:30
2-11 HOUSE CALLS
9 MEDICINE SHOW

10 PM
2-11 LOU GRANT
4-13 LAST CONVERTIBLE
9 THIS LAND
30-57 RESTAURANTS OF NEW ORLEANS
50 INN NEWS
56 NEWS
62 FAITH FOR MIRACLES

10:30
9 SOLO
50 HONEYMOONERS
56 MILITARY WIVES

11 PM
2-4-7-11-13-24 NEWS
9 CBC NEWS
30-57 DICK CAVETT
50 PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H
56 JACK BENNY
62 RODNEY LLOYD

11:25
9 NEWS

11:30
2 MAUDE
4-13 TONIGHT
7-24 NIGHTLINE
11 QUINCY
30 MacNEIL, LEHRER REPORT
50 BENNY HILL
56 AMERICANS
57 CAPTIONED ABC NEWS

11:45
9 MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.

Mid.
2 ROOKIES
7-24 FANTASY ISLAND
20 COLLEGE RODEO
50 NIGHT GALLERY
57 COMMUNITY DATEBOOK
62 MOVIE: "Gung Ho!" (1943)

12:30
4-13 TOMORROW COAST-TO-COAST
50 MOVIE: "Dark Passage" (1947)
56 NEWS

12:40
11 HARRY O

1 AM
2 CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS
56 GREAT PERFORMANCES

1:10
7 MOVIE: "Is Paris Burning?" (1966)
24 NEWS

1:30
2 MARCUS WELBY, M.D.
62 NEWS

1:45
62 MOVIE: "Intrigue" (1947)

1:50
11 NEWS

2 AM
13 NEWS

2:30
2 NEWS

3 AM
56 RESTAURANTS OF NEW ORLEANS

3:20
7 NEWS

3:25
62 MOVIE: "Search for Danger" (1949)

4 AM
56 DICK CAVETT

4:30
56 CAPTIONED ABC NEWS

4:35
62 MOVIE: "Three for Jamie Dawn" (1956)

5 AM
56 BIOGRAPHY

5:30
56 MILITARY WIVES

[Mike]

A few notes to pass along...

“The Night Strangler” was the second TV movie in the Kolchak series; it was then followed by a weekly series (20 episodes over one season).

I'm curious to see any visual evidence of WXYZ's version of The 4:00 Movie and/or the Late Night Movie (having seen various excerpts from WLS in the past).

[DToTheJ]

4 PM
2 ROCKFORD FILES
13 ROCKFORD FILES

5 PM
4 BARNEY MILLER
13 BARNEY MILLER

Different episodes?

[TexasTom]

4 PM
2 ROCKFORD FILES
13 ROCKFORD FILES

5 PM
4 BARNEY MILLER
13 BARNEY MILLER

Different episodes?

Almost certainly.  Syndicated shows were distributed on film or videotape back then, and the result was that different stations would normally air different episodes.  I lived in an area where I received three different stations (from different markets) that all aired "MASH" reruns at the same time -- and it was always a different episode on each of the three stations.  You could choose your favorite...

[DToTheJ]

Thanks for the comments, although what I found odd was that they were listed on separate lines as opposed to integrated on the same line. I'm guessing at least one of them had a program/episode description.

[Toledo Eleven]

I'm curious to see any visual evidence of WXYZ's version of The 4:00 Movie and/or the Late Night Movie (having seen various excerpts from WLS in the past).
[/quote]
I don't have any actual video clips but there are around 300 different TV Guide ads for movies on Detroit's channel 7 here: http://vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com/print-ads-wxyz/ and more for Detroit's channel 50 here: http://vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com/wkbd-tv-50-movies/.

[classictvfan]

Could you please post listings for Saturday 7/4/81?

[classictvfan]

Channel 20 was subscription TV beginning at 8 PM

[azumanga]

Channel 20 was subscription TV beginning at 8 PM

As was ch.31, with "IT", which began around this time, as competition to "ON-TV" on ch.20.

As for 31's regular programming, I noticed that many of their programs, such as "Susan Noon", "Fran Carlton" and "Women's Channel", are the same shows seen on the SPN cable network. Did 31 get their shows off of the SPN feed?

[dustintv]

Interesting that WXYZ, an ABC O&O back then had displaced Edge of Night to a mid-morning timeslot. Except later on for WPVI, ABC O&Os as well as all O&O usually followed the network schedule completely.