Franko

Now, of course, the real fun would occur if Max had acted exactly as Stefano did. Imagine him being drawn to Maeve!

Correct on both counts. PFS was ripping herself off. (from the old Who's Who in Salem page) In early February, 1982, Tony DiMera went to Rome, Italy, to visit his powerful father, Stefano, who was making plans for coming to Salem to move the DiMera business and build a family there. Stefano had asked Tony to bring slides of the life and people of Salem. Tony had recently held a gala at his home which he had secretly taped for his father. Viewing the images from this party, Stefano got to know the good people of Salem before he arrived, acquiring a great advantage over them. However, he also wanted to see the female scenery. While watching the video, two women stood out to Stefano: Dr. Marlena Evans and Julie Williams. Marlena, Stefano thought, would make a great addition to the DiMera family as a bride to Tony. He believed her to be a great choice to give birth to a future DiMera heir. But Julie...Stefano wanted Julie for himself, despite the fact that she was married. A third woman, Kayla Brady, also caught their eye and they believed her to be very valuable in the future, although Tony warned Stefano that her brother was a captain in the police force.

Oh, this is just whetting my appetite that someday, the elusive Alan and Monica wedding will show up. Did we ever determine that it did 100 percent air? Heather being upset about Susan attending with Peter Taylor, and Tracy apparently making an impact on the guests, makes me think that yes, it was an on-screen event. "It's not every day you meet a lady doctor ... on the day she's facing indictment for murder ... is it?" (Truer words were never spoken.) Funny to see that Sanka ad, since Robert Young figured in the MAD parody from 1982, "DeGenerate Hospital." Speaking of commercials, might we someday see an immunization ad with Baby Yoda? Huh ... never knew he's Dr. Richard Webber. This episode is a good example of why talk-to characters are needed. I really love Gail's interactions with Monica and Lesley. And on the opposite end of the spectrum, her and Tracy's loaded conversation at the end. Interesting that there was no Genie in this episode. Still, Laura dominates the episode nearly as much as Lesley. Alan's stare as Monica kisses Rick goodbye is EVERYTHING.

Lest we forget, the house was a wedding present from Miss Ellie. Not to mention that within a few years, Gary had his inheritance from Jock Ewing, Val was a bestselling author, Karen was a businesswoman remarried to a man employed by the state and Laura was involved with a politician. And yet to David Jacobs, KL was about "us" while DALLAS was about "them."

I think it was in Waggett's Book of Lists that it was said Ilene was fired because of gaining weight (which she claimed was a side effect of some medication). The experience, if true, must have been sobering and humiliating. In the OLTL oral history, she mentioned staying a certain size to keep being hired.

Like develop dissociative iden -- whoops, getting ahead here ... And no, I don't actually think the show was laying the groundwork for that plot. If I remember right, Smith Island was still a peninsula until sometime before 1993. Supposedly Bo could drive his motorcycle all the way to the Horton cabin. No, but now I want to know. Spill, spill! Again, for all the good that's coming out of Doug and Julie's reunion, he's still being written as not as bright as before. And can we please leave Julie's boobs alone? Good god, guys! Read the room! RIP Margo. Mike's going to be relevant -- and younger -- for portions of the next 20 years, so to facilitate this, you no longer exist. "I love you." "There's a guy threatening to kill you." "Will you marry me?" "Um ... sure!" Interesting that the insurance investigator is sharp as a tack for Lee's story, yet able to be manipulated for Alex and David's story. I assume it's not the same person handling both cases. MAR-Y, MAR-Y, MAR-Y! Gawd, what an awful exit for a legacy character. David/Guthrie wasn't technically a massacre victim, but he might as well have been.

I'm going to assume Reginald was also somehow involved in real estate/developing, what with the Love Tower. And I think at one point it was actually VICKY (of all people) who owned the hospital.

I think that's the first time I've ever seen ATWT airing either that early or that late. Okay, big one for tonight. A while back, I did my hometown, Grand Rapids, Michigan, as it looked on Thursday, Sept. 17, 1992. Now here's the whole state, plus portions of Canada and Toledo, Ohio. CBS (Nine affiliates: Detroit/Kalamazoo/Escanaba/Lansing/Cadillac/Sault Ste. Marie/Toledo/Alpena/Saginaw) 9 a.m.: Joan Rivers/Sally Jessy Raphael/CBS This Morning end/Jenny Jones/Jenny/Jenny/Cosby Show reruns and That's Amore!/Jenny/Vicki! 10 a.m.: Cristina/Family Feud/Regis & Kathie Lee/ALF and Cosby Show reruns/Feud/Feud/Feud/Feud/Feud 11 a.m.: The Price Is Right (Across the board) 12 p.m.: News/News/Y&R/News/News/News/Love Connection/People's Court 12:30 p.m.: Y&R (except in Escanaba, airing the second half-hour of the show) 1 p.m.: News (Escanaba only) 1:30 p.m.: B&B (Across the board; also aired at 4 p.m. on CHBX, CTV in Sault Ste. Marie) 2 p.m.: ATWT (Across the board) 3 p.m.: GL (Across the board) 4 p.m.: News/Oprah Winfrey/Oprah/Maury Povich/Maury/Maury/Oprah/Highway to Heaven reruns/Jenny Jones (Donahue aired at 5 p.m. in Detroit and Kalamazoo) NBC (Seven affiliates: Detroit/Grand Rapids/Lansing/Traverse City/Cheboygan/Toledo/Bay City) 9 a.m.: Maury/Jenny/Regis & Kathie Lee/Vicki!/Vicki!/Sally Jessy/Regis & Kathie Lee 10 a.m.: Jerry Springer/Highway to Heaven reruns/Matlock reruns/Montel Williams/Montel/Springer/Matlock reruns 11 a.m.: Faith Daniels and Doctor Dean/Infatuation/Doctor Dean and Classic Concentration/DD and CC/DD and CC/DD & Faith/Classic Concentration and Night Court reruns 12 p.m.: News and Classic Concentration/News and CNN News/News and Rush Limbaugh/Whoopi Goldberg and Faith Daniels (this may be a typo, unless Whoopi's show was offered in 30 and 60-minute formats)/Whoopi and Faith/Unknown -- presumably news or Whoopi/News and Faith 1 p.m.: DAYS (across the board) 2 p.m.: AW (across the board; also aired on CHBX and CKCO, CTV in Sarnia) 3 p.m.: SANTA BARBARA (except in Detroit, airing Montel; also aired on CHBX and then-independent WGPR) 4 p.m.: Sally/Maury/Full House and Married with Children reruns/Matlock reruns/Matlock reruns/Maury/Cosby Show and MASH reruns ABC (Nine affiliates: Detroit/Grand Rapids/Battle Creek/Marquette/Lansing/Traverse City/Sault Ste. Marie/Toledo/Flint) 9 a.m.: Company/Regis & Kathie Lee/People's Court (2 episodes)/A Closer Look with Faith Daniels and One on One/Sally Jessy/Regis & Kathie Lee/Regis & Kathie Lee/Regis & Kathie Lee/Sally Jessy 10 a.m.: Regis & Kathie Lee/Geraldo/Newhart and I Dream of Jeannie reruns/Candid Camera and Cosby Show reruns/Donahue/700 Club/700 Club, Vicki!/Maury 11 a.m.: Jenny Jones/Joan Rivers/Home/Home/Geraldo/Home/Home/Home/Home 12 p.m.: News or filler 12:30 p.m.: Loving (across the board) 1 p.m.: AMC (across the board) 2 p.m.: OLTL (across the board) 3 p.m.: GH (across the board) 4 p.m.: (There was an Afterschool Special that day, but normally, Oprah/Growing Pains and Head of the Class reruns/Heathcliff/Oprah/Oprah/Oprah/Oprah/Brady Bunch and Laverne and Shirley reruns/Donahue

Just popping in to mention that Chris Robinson's last GH episodes were actually the week of Thanksgiving 1986. I see Vince McKinnon was gone from Dec. 1986-Jan. 1987 (to facilitate the recast from Stroud to Hogan). Seems like that would have been an ideal time to introduce Robinson. While we're on the subject, I want to say he *was* actually considered for Vince or another parental role (but didn't want to play the father of an adult?).

Okay, last for tonight: Seattle and vicinity, Thursday, May 31, 1979 (which goes well with the schedule @Paul Raven shared at the top of the last page.) ABC, KOMO 9 a.m.: Dusty's Treehouse and EDGE (between Nov. 1977-May 1979, EDGE moved from 3 p.m.) 10 a.m.: Laverne & Shirley, Pyramid (from 10:30-1, ABC's lineup was also on independent CKVU in Vancouver) 11 a.m.: Family Feud and RYAN'S HOPE 12 p.m.: AMC 1 p.m.: OLTL (OLTL and GH may have normally run in Vancouver, but were preempted for sports) 2 p.m.: GH (EDGE aired by its lonesome at 2 p.m. on CBUT, the CBC in Vancouver) 3 p.m.: Merv Griffin NBC, KING 9 a.m.: Seattle Today (Same as before, with preemptions of Card Sharks and All Star Secrets) 10 a.m.: High Rollers and Wheel of Fortune 11 a.m.: Password Plus and Hollywood Squares 12 p.m.: DAYS 1 p.m.: THE DOCTORS and AW (AW also aired on CHAN, the CTV in Vancouver) 2 p.m.: AW conclusion 3 p.m.: Movie CBS, KIRO (Seattle) and KVOS (Bellingham) 9 a.m.: Donahue/Dick Van Dyke reruns (not the network-scheduled All in the Family) and Whew! 10 a.m.: TPIR (both) (at some point, KIRO gained Donahue and dropped LOL and Match Game) 11 a.m.: Y&R and SEARCH/The 700 Club 12 p.m.: News and ATWT/Donahue (SEARCH aired at 12:30 on CBUT) 1 p.m.: ATWT and GL/LOVE OF LIFE and All in the Family reruns 2 p.m.: GL and MASH reruns/Two's Company (Elaine Stritch's sitcom) and MASH reruns 3 p.m.: Dinah!/Match Game (syndicated, not network) and Gong Show

Two looks at Kansas City/Topeka: Monday, July 11, 1994 NBC (two stations, KC first, then Topeka) 9 a.m.: Leeza/Sally Jessy 10 a.m.: Bertice Berry/Jerry Springer 11 a.m.: Geraldo/Rolonda 12 p.m.: News/DAYS 1 p.m.: AW (both) 2 p.m.: DAYS/Leeza 3 p.m.: Maury/Ricki Lake 4 p.m.: American Journal and A Current Affair/Oprah CBS (two stations) 9 a.m.: Regis and Kathie Lee/Donahue 10 a.m.: TPIR (both) 11 a.m.: Y&R (both) 12 p.m.: News and B&B (both) 1 p.m.: ATWT (both) 2 p.m.: GL (both) 3 p.m.: Ricki Lake/Star Trek: TNG reruns 4 p.m.: Hard Copy and Jeopardy!/Hard Copy and Entertainment Tonight ABC (two stations) 9 a.m.: Sally/Regis and Kathie Lee 10 a.m.: Rolonda/Vicki! 11 a.m.: Mike and Maty (both) 12 p.m.: AMC (both) 1 p.m.: OLTL (both) 2 p.m.: GH (both) 3 p.m.: Donahue/Goof Troop and The Flintstones 4 p.m.: Oprah/Bonkers and Full House reruns Three years later, Thursday, Sept. 4, 1997: NBC (two stations, still KC and Topeka in that order) 9 a.m.: Crook & Chase/Leeza 10 a.m.: Leeza/Dr. Quinn reruns 11 a.m.: All in the Family and Dear John reruns/SUNSET BEACH 12 p.m.: SUNSET/DAYS 1 p.m.: AW (both) 2 p.m.: DAYS/American Journal and Extra 3 p.m.: Dr. Quinn reruns/Rosie O'Donnell 4 p.m.: Rosie O'Donnell/Oprah CBS (two stations) 9 a.m.: Regis and Kathie Lee/Andy Griffith reruns 10 a.m.: TPIR (both) 11 a.m.: Y&R (both) 12 p.m.: News and B&B (both) 1 p.m.: ATWT (both) 2 p.m.: GL (both) 3 p.m.: Ricki Lake/Maury 4 p.m.: American Journal and Jeopardy!/Montel ABC (two stations) 9 a.m.: Sally Jessy/Regis and Kathie Lee 10 a.m.: Rolonda/The View 11 a.m.: The View/I Love Lucy reruns and PORT CHARLES 12 p.m.: AMC (both) 1 p.m.: OLTL (both) 2 p.m.: GH (both) 3 p.m.: Jerry Springer/Roseanne and Coach reruns 4 p.m.: Oprah/Home Improvement reruns KQTV, ABC's St. Joseph station, aired The View and PC in pattern at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., respectively

Maine, Monday, Sept. 9, 1996 NBC (Stations in Bangor and Portland) 9 a.m.: DAYS (both) 10 a.m.: AW (both) 11 a.m.: Newlywed and Dating games/Real Life 12 p.m.: News (both) 1 p.m.: Real Life/Roseanne and Blossom reruns 2 p.m.: Leeza (both) 3 p.m.: Blossom and Full House reruns/Murphy Brown and Night Court reruns 4 p.m.: Dr. Quinn reruns (both) CBS (Stations in Bangor and Portland) 9 a.m.: Regis and Kathie Lee/Maury Povich 10 a.m.: Jenny Jones/Montel 11 a.m.: The Price Is Right (both) 12 p.m.: Growing Pains reruns/News 12:30 p.m.: Y&R (both) 1:30 p.m.: B&B (both) 2 p.m.: ATWT (both) 3 p.m.: Guiding Light/Maury Povich (I'm not sure why Portland viewers needed to see Maury twice) 4 p.m.: Oprah (both) ABC (Stations in Bangor and Poland Spring) 9 a.m.: In Person/Regis and Kathie Lee 10 a.m.: Geraldo/Sally Jessy 11 a.m.: Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends (both) 12 p.m.: Hard Copy and The City/Ricki Lake 1 p.m.: AMC (both) 2 p.m.: OLTL (both) 3 p.m.: GH (both) 4 p.m.: Rosie O'Donnell (both) There was also WAGM in Presque Isle, which aired all of CBS's daytime lineup, plus DAYS 9 a.m.: Regis and Kathie Lee 10 a.m.: DAYS 11 a.m.: TPIR 12 p.m.: Hard Copy and Y&R 1:30 p.m.: B&B 2 p.m.: ATWT 3 p.m.: GL 4 p.m.: Rosie AMC and OLTL also aired from 1-3 on the CBC station in St. John. B&B and AW aired from 1:30-3 on the CTV station in St. John.

That's true. Lee went for broke and failed. It's truly insane that they'd go with that plot device so often. I mean, really, if it always has to happen when Chris is gone ... I'm not impressed with the set, either.

Like, seriously, what is the dynamic between Max and Kellam? Two guys on the d.l., with one actively seeking a beard? Is Max the Eva Peron/Nancy Reagan in this relationship? It's less concerning than the idea of Max and Liz together. For all the fun in Doug and Julie courting/flirting/reuniting with each other, you also get scenes like this, dependent on Doug not understanding the obvious. A pairing which really should have gone somewhere, but didn't. Over on the ATWT thread, there's discussion about how invaluable Lisa was as the great connector/mother hen for Oakdale folks. I know I said this already, but oh how I wish Julie fulfilled this role more. America's Next Top Beard takes a new direction ... Not to mention the one he took earlier in the year coinciding with Stephanie's death. If this played out even a fraction of how unintentionally funny it reads ... Shut the **** up, Donnie! I'm a little confused why Lee would be humiliated, unless Liz was talking real loud. "And after seeing you two together, Lizzie, I can understand how he earned that Oscar!" The Anderson/Chandler stuff is boring me so much, and there's nearly a year left to go.

Northeast California and Reno area, Friday, Jan. 28, 1994 CBS (four stations, including Reno, San Francisco, Sacramento and Chico) 9 a.m.: Ricki Lake/Vicki!/Vicki!/Donahue 10 a.m.: TPIR (all but San Francisco, airing Rolonda) 11 a.m.: Y&R (all four) 12 p.m.: News and B&B (instead of news, Reno aired Real Stories of the Highway Patrol) 1 p.m.: ATWT (all four) 2 p.m.: GL (all but Sacramento, airing Bertice Berry) 3 p.m.: Donahue/Schoolbreak/Geraldo/Geraldo 4 p.m.: Oprah/American Journal and Inside Edition/Oprah/Murphy Brown reruns and Hard Copy NBC (four stations, including Reno, San Francisco, Sacramento and Chico) 9 a.m.: Leeza/Regis & Kathie Lee/Leeza/Regis & Kathie Lee 10 a.m.: Jenny Jones/Leeza/Jane Whitney/Sally Jessy 11 a.m.: Montel Williams/Health Matters and news/Court TV and Rescue 911/Maury Povich 12 p.m.: Maury Povich/Hard Copy and Entertainment Tonight/News (1 hr)/News and Real Stories of the Highway Patrol 1 p.m.: A Current Affair and Designing Women reruns/AW/NewsCall and Montel/Leeza 2 p.m.: AW/DAYS/Montel and Ricki Lake/AW 3 p.m.: DAYS/Ricki Lake/Ricki and DAYS/DAYS 4 p.m.: Matlock reruns/Maury Povich/DAYS and news/Oprah ABC (four stations, including Reno, San Francisco, Stockton (Sacramento) and Redding (Chico)) 9 a.m.: Regis & Kathie Lee/Sally Jessy/Regis & Kathie Lee/Vicki! 10 a.m.: Joan Rivers/Home/Jerry Springer/Home 11 a.m.: News and LOVING/LOVING and news/AMC/Perfect Strangers reruns and LOVING 12 p.m.: AMC/AMC/News and Rush Limbaugh/AMC 1 p.m.: OLTL (all four) 2 p.m.: GH (all four) 3 p.m.: Vicki!/Donahue/Donahue/Who's the Boss? and The Wonder Years reruns 4 p.m.: Geraldo/Oprah/Sally Jessy/Designing Women and The Golden Girls reruns

Nice, @kalbir! Oklahoma/Texas, Monday, July 23, 1979 NBC (three full stations in Tulsa, Wichita Falls and Oklahoma City) 9 a.m.: Card Sharks and All Star Secrets (WF only; Donahue in Tulsa, Mike Douglas in OKC; All Star Secrets also aired at 9:30 a.m. on ABC's station in Ada) 10 a.m.: High Rollers and Wheel of Fortune (all three NBC stations) 11 a.m.: Password Plus and Hollywood Squares (HS only in WF and Ada ; news/local elsewhere) 12 p.m.: DAYS (only in Tulsa and Ada; WF and OKC aired news, then DAYS) 1 p.m.: DOCTORS and AW start (only in Tulsa; WF and OC finished DAYS, then aired DOCTORS; AW also aired at 1:30 on the mostly CBS station covering Ardmore, Sherman and Denison) 2 p.m.: AW conclusion (only in Tulsa and A-S-D); AW start (WF and OKC) 3 p.m.: AW conclusion (WF and OKC -- Ironside reruns at 3:30 in WF, Tom and Jerry at 3:30 in OKC), movie (Tulsa) 4 p.m.: Conclusion of the Tulsa movie, Ironside and Gunsmoke in WF, Brady Bunch and Lone Ranger in OKC ABC (five stations in Oklahoma City, Lawton, Tulsa, Sayre (satellite of the Amarillo station) and Ada 9 a.m.: Donahue (OKC, Lawton), Big Valley reruns (Tulsa), Mike Douglas (Sayre) and All in the Family reruns (picking up from the local CBS station) and All Star Secrets (Ada) 10 a.m.: Laverne & Shirley reruns and Family Feud (across the board) 11 a.m.: Pyramid and RYAN'S HOPE (Lawton and Tulsa only); AMC (OKC); Sayre aired Joker's Wild at 11:30, Ada aired Hollywood Squares 12 p.m.: AMC (Lawton and Tulsa only); news and RYAN'S HOPE (OKC); Sayre aired Cross-Wits at 12:30, Ada aired DAYS 1 p.m.: OLTL (across the board) 2 p.m.: GH (across the board) 3 p.m.: EDGE and Gilligan's Island reruns in OKC, EDGE and Merv Griffin in Lawton, EDGE and cartoons in Tulsa, EDGE and Bugs Bunny in Sayre and EDGE and RYAN'S HOPE in Ada 4 p.m.: Six Million Dollar Man in OKC, Merv conclusion in Lawton, Little Rascals and Andy Griffith in Tulsa, Bugs Bunny and Bradys in Sayre and AMC in Ada CBS (four stations, in Tulsa, Wichita Falls, OKC and A-S-D) 9 a.m.: All in the Family reruns and Whew! (WF aired Bewitched at 9, ASD aired "Today in Texoma", AitF, as mentioned, aired at 9 in Ada; Whew! aired across the board) 10 a.m.: TPIR (across the board) 11 a.m.: Y&R and SEARCH (not in OKC, which aired midday news at 11:30) 12 p.m.: News and ATWT (across the board 1 p.m.: ATWT conclusion and GL (ASD aired AW beginning at 1:30) 2 p.m.: GL conclusion and MASH reruns (except for ASD, finishing AW) 3 p.m.: LOVE OF LIFE and syndicated (not in Tulsa, which aired Dinah!, or OKC, which aired I Love Lucy and Gomer Pyle); WF aired Joker's Wild at 3:30 and ASD aired Leave it to Beaver 4 p.m.: Bonanza in Tulsa; Gilligan's Island and Bonanza in WF; Andy Griffith and Mary Tyler Moore in OKC; I Love Lucy and Six Million Dollar Man in ASD

Okay, last for tonight: Boston/Providence/Manchester, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1996 CBS (two stations, WBZ in Boston and WPRI in Providence) 9 a.m.: Gordon Elliott on both stations 10 a.m.: GL in Boston, Montel Williams in Providence 11 a.m.: TPIR on both 12 p.m.: News and Y&R on both 1 p.m.: Y&R and B&B on both 2 p.m.: ATWT on both 3 p.m.: Maury Povich in Boston, GL in Providence 4 p.m.: Day & Date on both ABC (three stations, WCVB in Boston, WLNE in New Bedford and WMUR in Manchester) 9 a.m.: Rolonda/Jenny Jones/Scoop with Sam & Dorothy 10 a.m.: Rosie O'Donnell/Dating Game and Newlywed Game/Sally Jessy 11 a.m.: Sally Jessy/Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends/Caryl & Marilyn 12 p.m.: News/America's Funniest Home Videos reruns/News 12:30 p.m.: THE CITY (all three) 1 p.m.: AMC (all three) 2 p.m.: OLTL (all three) 3 p.m.: GH (all three) 4 p.m.: Oprah/Rosie/Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman reruns NBC (two stations, WHDH in Boston and WJAR in Providence) 9 a.m.: Regis & Kathie Lee on both 10 a.m.: Real Life/Leeza 11 a.m.: Leeza/Real Life 12 p.m.: News (1 hr in Boston, 30 min in Providence, which also aired Access Hollywood) 1 p.m.: DOOL on both 2 p.m.: AW on both 3 p.m.: Geraldo/Maury 4 p.m.: News and Hard Copy/Oprah

Northern Wisconsin, Thursday, April 23, 1981 CBS (six stations, including one in Marquette, Michigan) 8 a.m.: The Jeffersons and Alice reruns (apparently a day behind and in Milwaukee only); Donahue (Marquette only) 9 a.m.: The Jeffersons and Alice reruns (in Green Bay, Madison, Marquette and La Crosse); Donahue in Milwaukee and Wausau 10 a.m.: The Price Is Right (across the board) 11 a.m.: Y&R (all but Marquette, which aired Upper Michigan Today and SEARCH) 12 p.m.: News/Local (except for Marquette, airing Y&R) 12:30 p.m.: SEARCH in Wausau and La Crosse, local in Green Bay, Bullseye in Madison, Y&R conclusion in Marquette, Charlie Rose in Milwaukee 1 p.m.: ATWT (across the board) 2 p.m.: GL (across the board) 3 p.m.: One Day at a Time reruns (except in Green Bay, airing The Joker's Wild) (From 3:30-5, the Marquette station aired AMC and Family Feud, although it's unknown if FF was the network edition.) NBC (four stations, plus two independents in Milwaukee and Green Bay) 9 a.m.: Las Vegas Gambit and Blockbusters (in Green Bay, Rhinelander and independent WVTV in Milwaukee; New Day in Milwaukee (WTMJ), Donahue in Eau Claire) 10 a.m.: Wheel of Fortune (in Green Bay, Rhinelander, Eau Claire and on WVTV; WTMJ aired Richard Simmons) 10:30 a.m.: Password Plus (Green Bay and Rhinelander only); WTMJ aired Pyramid, WTVT aired Doris Day reruns; Rhinelander aired The PTL Club 11 a.m.: Card Sharks (Milwaukee and independent WLRE in Green Bay only); Green Bay affiliate WFRV had Hour Magazine; conclusion of The PTL Club in Rhinelander and Bob Newhart reruns in Eau Claire) 11:30 a.m.: THE DOCTORS (all but WFRV, airing the conclusion of Hour Magazine; aired on WLRE in Green Bay) 12 p.m.: DAYS (at 12 in Milwaukee only, news/local on the other stations, which started the show at 12:30) 1 p.m.: AW (at 1 in Milwaukee only, AW started at 1:30 on the other stations) 2 p.m.: TEXAS (at 2 in Milwaukee only, TEXAS started at 2:30 on the other stations) (Merv Griffin aired at 3 in Milwaukee) ABC (three stations) 9 a.m.: Hour Magazine in Wausau, Donahue in Green Bay (EDGE aired at 9:30 on WLRE), AMC in Milwaukee 10 a.m.: Love Boat reruns (across the board) 11 a.m.: Family Feud and RYAN'S HOPE (except in Milwaukee, where EDGE aired at 11:30) 12 p.m.: AMC (except in Milwaukee, which aired At Twelve) 1 p.m.: OLTL (across the board) 2 p.m.: GH (across the board) 3 p.m.: EDGE in Wausau, All in the Family reruns in Green Bay and Hour Magazine in Milwaukee Spokane, October 1991 CBS (KREM) 9 a.m.: Designing Women reruns and Family Feud 10 a.m.: TPIR 11 a.m.: Maury Povich 12 p.m.: News and B&B 1 p.m.: ATWT 2 p.m.: GL 3 p.m.: Y&R 4 p.m.: Oprah ABC (KXLY) 9 a.m.: Donahue 10 a.m.: Home 11 a.m.: Sally Jessy Raphael 12 p.m.: AMC 1 p.m.: OLTL 2 p.m.: GH 3 p.m.: The Flintstones and The Jetsons reruns 4 p.m.: Star Trek reruns NBC (KHQ) 9 a.m.: Regis and Kathie Lee (I think this is the first time I've ever seen those two on an NBC station) 10 a.m.: Jenny Jones 11 a.m.: A Closer Look and Shop at Home 12 p.m.: DAYS 1 p.m.: AW 2 p.m.: SANTA BARBARA 3 p.m.: Widget and Family Ties reruns 4 p.m.: Candid Camera and Inside Edition

Okay, last one for tonight: Baltimore/Washington, D.C./Lancaster and thereabouts, Friday, Sept. 15, 1989 NBC (four stations -- WMAR in Baltimore, WRC in D.C., WGAL in Lancaster and WHAG in Hagerstown) 9 a.m.: Donahue/People's Court and Trial by Jury/Donahue/Highway to Heaven reruns 10 a.m.: Sally and Classic Concentration/Scrabble and CC/Joan Rivers/Scrabble and CC 11 a.m.: Golden Girls and 227 for all four 12 p.m.: News and GENERATIONS for all four 1 p.m.: DAYS for all four 2 p.m.: AW for all four 3 p.m.: SB for all four 4 p.m.: Oprah/Inside Edition and People's Court/Three's Company and Kate & Allie reruns/Oprah ABC (three stations -- WJZ in Baltimore, WJLA in D.C. and WHTM in Harrisburg) 9 a.m.: Highway to Heaven reruns/Geraldo/Regis & Kathie Lee 10 a.m.: Joan Rivers/Joan Rivers/The People's Court and Kenneth Copeland 11 a.m.: Divorce Court and The Judge/Home/Home 12 p.m.: News and LOVING/The Judge and LOVING/News (?) and LOVING 1 p.m.: AMC for all three 2 p.m.: OLTL for all three 3 p.m.: GH for all three 4 p.m.: Family Ties and Gimme a Break! reruns/Oprah/Oprah CBS (four stations -- WBAL in Baltimore, WUSA in D.C., WLYH in Lebanon and WHP in Harrisburg) 9 a.m.: Regis & Kathie Lee/Donahue/The Flintstones and Underdog reruns/The Judge and Divorce Court 10 a.m.: Trial by Jury and The People's Court/Sally Jessy (1 hr)/Family Feud and Wheel of Fortune/Sally Jessy 11 a.m.: TPIR for all four 12 p.m.: News and Y&R for most (Lebanon aired Carson's Comedy Classics at 12, followed by Y&R) 1 p.m.: Y&R and B&B for all 2 p.m.: ATWT for all 3 p.m.: GL for most (Lebanon aired Alvin and the Chipmunks and C.O.P.S., the cartoon) 4 p.m.: Geraldo/News/Woody Woodpecker and Fun House/Who's the Boss? and Newhart reruns Of note: Not only were the syndicated Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! on different D.C. stations at the time, WUSA and WJLA, respectively, they also were facing off against each other at 7:30 p.m.!

Miami and West Palm Beach, Thursday, Sept. 18, 1986 CBS (WTVJ in Miami, WTVX in West Palm Beach): 9 a.m.: Falcon Crest reruns/Ask Washington 10 a.m.: Pyramid for both, then either Cross-Wits in Miami or Card Sharks in WPB 11 a.m.: TPIR for both 12 p.m.: News and Y&R for both 1 p.m.: Y&R and ATWT for both 2 p.m.: ATWT and CAP for both 3 p.m.: GL for both 4 p.m.: Magnum, P.I. reruns/Knots Landing reruns NBC (WSVN in Miami, WPTV in WPB) 9 a.m.: Hour Magazine/Donahue 10 a.m.: Family Ties reruns and Strike it Rich (not Sale of the Century)/Oprah 11 a.m.: Wheel of Fortune and Scrabble for both 12 p.m.: News for both (not Super Password) and Superior Court in Miami, SEARCH in WPB 1 p.m.: DAYS for both 2 p.m: AW for both 3 p.m.: SB for both 4 p.m.: Divorce Court and People's Court/True Confessions and Divorce Court ABC (WPLG in Miami, WPEC in WPB) 9 a.m.: Donahue/Hour Magazine 10 a.m.: Oprah/Sally Jessy and Superior Court 11 a.m.: Fame, Fortune and Romance and Double Talk in Miami, RYAN'S HOPE in WPB 12 p.m.: LOVING and news/News and Headline News 1 p.m.: AMC for both 2 p.m.: OLTL for both 3 p.m.: GH for both 4 p.m.: The Facts of Life and Jeffersons reruns/The Fall Guy reruns

Dallas/Fort Worth, March 1983 KDFW (CBS) -- No Tattletales 9 a.m.: Pyramid and Child's Play 10 a.m.: TPIR 11 a.m.: Y&R 12 p.m.: News and ATWT 1 p.m.: ATWT conclusion and CAPITOL 2 p.m.: GL 3 p.m.: Carol Burnett and Sanford and Son reruns KXAS (NBC) -- No SEARCH 9 a.m.: Donahue 10 a.m.: Facts of Life reruns and Hit Man 11 a.m.: Just Men! and Wheel of Fortune 12 p.m.: News and DOOL 1 p.m.: DOOL conclusion and AW 2 p.m.: AW conclusion and Sale of the Century 3 p.m.: Lie Detector and Perry Mason WFAA (ABC) -- No EDGE, which aired at 9:30 a.m. on independent station KTWS 9 a.m.: Hour Magazine 10 a.m.: Love Boat reruns 11 a.m.: Family Feud and RH 12 p.m.: AMC 1 p.m.: OLTL 2 p.m.: GH 3 p.m.: Afternoon movie Detroit and Toledo, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1985 CBS (WJBK in Detroit and WTOL in Toledo) -- no Body Language for either 9 a.m.: Anything For Money and Let's Make a Deal/Jeopardy! and Every Second Counts 10 a.m.: Pyramid and Press Your Luck for both 11 a.m.: TPIR for both 12 p.m.: News and Y&R for both 1 p.m.: Y&R and ATWT for both 2 p.m.: ATWT and CAP for both 3 p.m.: GL for both 4 p.m.: Divorce Court and People's Court/Love Boat reruns NBC (WDIV in Detroit and WTVG in Toldeo) -- no Super Password for either, WDIV's preempting five total shows 9 a.m.: Donahue for both 10 a.m.: Santa Barbara/Silver Spoons reruns and Sale of the Century 11 a.m.: Love Boat reruns/Wheel of Fortune and Scrabble 12 p.m.: News and Every Second Counts/News and SEARCH 1 p.m.: DAYS for both 2 p.m.: AW for both 3 p.m.: Wheel of Fortune and Sale of the Century/Santa Barbara 4 p.m.: Jeffersons reruns/Hart to Hart reruns ABC (WXYZ in Detroit and WDHO in Toledo) 9 a.m.: Kelly and Company/Hour Magazine 10 a.m.: Kelly conclusion and No Nonsense Exercise/Sally Jessy Raphael and Here's Lucy reruns 11 a.m.: Angie reruns and All-Star Blitz for both 12 p.m.: RH and LOVING for both 1 p.m.: AMC for both 2 p.m.: OLTL for both 3 p.m.: GH for both 4 p.m.: Good Afternoon Detroit/Fabulous Fun Festival

I've been trying to figure that out, too. Was Kellam attempting a p.r. smokescreen ("Look, we're so honest, we even admit to having psychologists on call!") or a platform smokescreen ("Dr. Evans has been invaluable in furthering my understanding of mental health.")? This.Very much this.

YES! Yet another parallel between DAYS' evil men and the White House folks who tried to pull off "Stupid Watergate" (thank you, John Oliver). Would somebody please annul this damn marriage? I initially thought this was another attempt at topical storytelling, but Claus and Sunny von Bulow wouldn't enter the public eye for another year or so. On a whim, I read up on Liz's entire storyline. She and Neil barely had a moment of peace. HAHAAHHAHA! A staff psychologist is qualified to be the contact person? Well, I guess it is better than the candidate's daughter. *barely resists Ivanka jokes*

Lower Michigan, April 1977 CBS (six total stations) 9:30 a.m.: Tattletales (Lansing only) 10 a.m.: Double Dare (aired on most stations, except Saginaw, which aired the conclusion of The Mike Douglas Show and Detroit, which aired Tattletales) 10:30 a.m.: TPIR (aired on most stations, except Saginaw, which aired the 700 Club) 11:30 a.m.: Love of Life (aired on most stations, except for Detroit, which aired Y&R) 12 p.m.: Y&R (aired on most stations, except for Detroit and possibly Lansing, which aired news) 12:30 p.m.: SFT (aired across the board) 1 p.m.: Open half hour (Detroit aired Love of Life; Lansing is listed as airing Y&R twice; given that it had a 12 p.m. newscast in the fall of '76, I'm going to assume that remained and this is where Y&R still aired; news or filler on the other stations) 1:30 p.m.: ATWT (aired across the board) 2:30 p.m.: GL (aired across the board) 3 p.m.: All in the Family reruns (aired across the board) 3:30 p.m.: Match Game (aired across the board) 4 p.m.: Tattletales (aired in Kalamazoo, Cadillac and Alpena); Mike Douglas in Detroit, Confetti in Lansing and Bugs Bunny in Saginaw NBC (five total stations) 10 a.m.: Sanford & Son and Hollywood Squares (across the board) 11 a.m.: Wheel of Fortune and Shoot for the Stars (across the board) 12 p.m.: Name That Tune (only in Jackson; Flint and Grand Rapids aired news; Detroit aired To Tell the Truth; Traverse City aired Lassie) 12:30 p.m.: Lovers and Friends (only in Flint, Traverse City and Jackson; Detroit aired news; Grand Rapids aired Mike Douglas) 1 p.m.: The Gong Show (in all but Grand Rapids) 1:30 p.m.: DAYS (across the board) 2:30 p.m.: DOCTORS (across the board) 3 p.m.: AW (across the board) 4 p.m.: Dinah! in Detroit, movie in Flint, Bugs Bunny in Traverse City and Grand Rapids, Scrambled Eggs in Jackson ABC (five total stations) 10:30 a.m.: Second Chance (Grand Rapids only) 11 a.m.: EDGE (in Detroit, Grand Rapids and Battle Creek); Flint aired The Lucy Show while Traverse City was airing The PTL Club 11:30 a.m.: Happy Days reruns (all but Traverse City) 12 p.m.: Second Chance (in Detroit, Traverse City and Battle Creek; Grand Rapids and Flint aired news) 12:30 p.m.: RYAN'S HOPE (across the board) 1 p.m.: AMC and Family Feud (across the board) 2 p.m.: Pyramid and OLTL (across the board) 3:15 p.m.: GH (across the board; it would have been hard for an affiliate not to air both 45 minute soaps) 4 p.m.: EDGE (in Traverse City only; Hot Dog in Detroit, Bonanza in Flint, Bewitched in Grand Rapids and Mickey Mouse Club in Battle Creek)

Checking back in on the Tampa Bay area, Nov. 1992 and Sept. 1993 WFLA, NBC 9 a.m.: Classic Concentration and Doctor Dean, then Montel Williams (in 1993, CC aired on independent station WTMV) 10 a.m.: Montel, then John & Leeza from Hollywood 11 a.m.: Vicki! 12 p.m.: News and Harris & Company (Faith Daniels' show, then Caesar's Challenge, aired at 12:30 on WTMV) 1 p.m.: DAYS 2 p.m.: AW 3 p.m.: Matlock reruns (Santa Barbara aired on WTMV) 4 p.m.: In the Heat of the Night reruns WTSP, ABC 9 a.m.: Donahue 10 a.m.: Sally Jessy Raphael 11 a.m.: Home 12 p.m.: News and Designing Women reruns (LOVING aired on WWSB, ABC in Sarasota) 1 p.m.: AMC 2 p.m.: OLTL 3 p.m.: GH 4 p.m.: Maury Povich WTVT, CBS 9 a.m.: Regis & Kathie Lee 10 a.m.: Geraldo (Family Feud Challenge aired on WTMV) 11 a.m.: TPIR 12 p.m.: News and Eye on Tampa Bay (B&B aired at 12 on WTMV) 1 p.m.: Y&R 2 p.m.: ATWT 3 p.m.: GL 4 p.m.: Oprah