The Eighties Club
The Politics and Pop Culture of the 1980s
Primetime Schedules, 1986 & 1987
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1986

DAY
8:00 (EST)
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30

Sunday
Disney Sunday Movie (cont.)
ABC Sunday Movie
ABC
Murder, She Wrote
CBS Sunday Movie
CBS
Easy Street
Valerie
NBC Sunday Movie
NBC

Monday
MacGyver
Monday Night Football
ABC
Kate & Allie
My Sister Sam
Kate & Allie
Newhart
Cagney & Lacey
CBS
Alf
Amazing Stories
NBC Monday Movie
NBC

Tuesday
Who's the Boss?
Growing Pains
Moonlighting
Jack and Mike
ABC
The Wizard
CBS Tuesday Movie
CBS
Matlock
Crime Story
1986
NBC

Wednesday
Perfect Strangers
Head of the Class
Dynasty
Hotel
ABC
Together We Stand
Better Days
Magnum, P.I.
The Equalizer
CBS
Highway to Heaven
Gimme a Break
You Again
St. Elsewhere
NBC

Thursday
Our World
The Colbys
20/20
ABC
Simon & Simon
Knots Landing
Kay O'Brian
CBS
Cosby Show
Family Ties
Cheers
Night Court
Hill Street Blues
NBC

Friday
Webster
Mr. Belvedere
Sidekicks
Sledge Hammer
Starman
ABC
Scarecrow & Mrs. King
Dallas
Falcon Crest
CBS
The A-Team
Miami Vice
L.A.Law
NBC

Saturday
Life with Lucy
Ellen Burstyn Show
Heart of the City
Spenser: For Hire
ABC
Downtown
New Mike Hammer
Twilight Zone
CBS
Facts of Life
227
Golden Girls
Amen
Hunter
NBC

1987

DAY
8:00 (EST)
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30

Sunday
Spenser: For Hire
Dolly
Buck James
ABC
Murder, She Wrote
CBS Sunday Movie
CBS
Family Ties
My Two Dads
NBC Sunday Movie
NBC

Monday
MacGyver
Monday Night Football
ABC
Frank's Place
Kate & Allie
Newhart
Designing Women
Cagney & Lacey
CBS
Alf
Valerie's Family
NBC Monday Movie
NBC

Tuesday
Who's the Boss?
Growing Pains
Moonlighting
thirtysomething
ABC
Houston Knights
Jake and the Fatman
Law and Harry McGraw
CBS
Matlock
J.J. Starbuck
Crime Story
NBC

Wednesday
Perfect Strangers
Head of the Class
Hooperman
Slap Maxwell Story
Dynasty
ABC
Oldest Rookie
Magnum, P.I.
The Equalizer
CBS
Highway to Heaven
A Year in the Life
St. Elsewhere
NBC

Thursday
Sledge Hammer
The Charmings
ABC Thursday Movie
ABC
Tour of Duty
Wiseguy
Knots Landing
CBS
Cosby Show
A Different World
Cheers
Night Court
L.A. Law
NBC

Friday
Full House
I Married Dora
Max Headroom
20/20
ABC
Beauty and the Beast
Dallas
Falcon Crest
CBS
Rags to Riches
Miami Vice
Private Eye
NBC

Saturday
Once a Hero
Ohara
Hotel
ABC
My Sister Sam
Everything's Relative
Leg Work
West 57th
CBS
Facts of Life
227
Golden Girls
Amen
Hunter
NBC

Fox Network, 1987

DAY
8:00 (EST)
8:30
9:00
9:30
Sunday
Werewolf
Married with Children
Tracey Ullman
Duet
Saturday
Mr. President
Women in Prison
New Adventures of Beans Baxter
Second Chance