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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1982
Page
9
A dense list of late 1980s era shows, movies, and sports events across NBC CBS ABC HBO and more. Highlights include MASH Carol Burnett The Jeffersons You Asked For It Carole Burnett and Friends Miami sports and national news reports with multiple film titles and special segments listed throughout the evening.
Joan Ganz Cooney, president of Children’s Television Workshop, charges the three commercial networks with shortchanging children as cable growth sizzles. She criticizes the FCC for no rules on children’s programming and warns that kids lose when stations chase ratings.
Tonight on WNDR SYRACUSE NIGHTLINE covers disability payments with Social Security rep Terry Brawner at 7 p.m. MYSTERY THEATER airs The Ghost of Andersonville at midnight on WNDR. WSYR AM carries LARRY KING with Heloise tips at 12:05 a.m. Baseball on WSYRAM features Yankees vs White Sox at 7:55 p.m.. WABR-FM has Chiefs vs Rochester Red Wings at 7:25 p.m. CTW focuses on Sesame Street changes and funding shifts including federal support ending and continued backing for 3 2 1 Contact.
CBS led the week ended Sunday in Nielsen prime time with a 14.1 rating as Miss Universe Pageant aired live from Peru boosting CBS to first place. ABC and NBC trailed with 12.4 and 10.3 ratings respectively. top shows included Too Close for Comfort and Three's Company on ABC and 60 Minutes and WKRP in Cincinnati on CBS.
A dense, year 1980s style TV schedule lists films and air times across channels TMC HBO CMX SHW with titles including Cheaper To Keep Her The Water Babies Clash Of The Titans Eye Of The Needle Leave Yesterday Behind The First Nudie Musical The Little Ark To Race The Wind History Of The World Part 1 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs Come And Get It Red Mountain Friday The 13th Part II Octaman Walk On The Wild Side Wolfen For Your Eyes Only Heaven Can Wait Boulevard Nights A Man Alone Eye Of The Needle repeats See 9 See 6 41 20 Includes cast names years genres and parental ratings for a broad late night view.
Syracuse Cable may carry programs from CKWS WHEC WUTR and WKTV on certain wildcard stations 26 and 32. MTV is on Ch. 15 in Syracuse Upstate on Ch. 11 and Newchannels on Ch. 8. Ch. 31 ACSN runs from 6 am to 4 pm and 1 pm on weekends. CBN and K68BT Ch. 68 offer religious programming. CNN and Satellite News Network air 24 hours on Newchannels Ch. 2.
A cluttered TV schedule notes daytime shows and guests including Maureen Forrester Elaine Overholt Walter Stewart John Davidson Sonny Bono Anson Williams Lorrie Mahaffey Bill Hayes Susan Seaforth Hayes and others across NBC CBS and ABC lineups with soap operas Days of Our Lives As the World Turns and One Life to Live also listed alongside cartoons and movies through the day.
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