Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here's the complete broadcast (except for the closing credits) of a first-run airing of an installment of Matt Houston, "Caged" (S03E05), as transmitted via WLS Channel 7.

In this episode, C.J. (Pamela Hensley) has been mistaken for a prostitute and is imprisoned after suffering amnesia in a car accident, and Matt (Lee Horsley) is out to rescue her. With guest stars Jamie Rose, Brett Halsey, Ron Soble, Bruce M. Fischer, R.G. Armstrong, and special guest stars Ramon Bieri and Julie Carmen.

Includes:

Animated ABC ID (with lower-third station ID) (edited in from later on in the broadcast)

Show opening titles

Commercials for:
Kellogg's Product 19 cereal
AMC/Jeep/Renault dealers - 10.9% financing on Alliance and Encore models (ends October 31st)

Act I

Commercials for:
AT&T - 40% savings Sundays from 5pm to 11pm (with Cliff Robertson)
Lipton Onion Soup Mix
Lite Beer (with jazz musician Howard Johnson)
Promo for Hardcastle & McCormick and "Wet Gold" (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Animated ABC ID (with lower-third station ID)

Act II

Commercials for:
Actifed Nasal Decongestant/Antihistamine (with Wally Schirra)
Mennen Speed Stick anti-perspirant
Promo for T.J. Hooker and The Love Boat (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Wally Parker)

Bumper

Promo for New York City Marathon (voiceover by Norman Rose)

Commercials for:
WFYR 103.5 FM (with voiceover by C.K. Cooper) - "Pay Your Rent or Mortgage for a Month"
1-800-FLOWERS
Dominick's Finer Foods - sale on Heritage House canned vegetables (with some nice shots of the old can styles) (through October 31st)

Station ID / Rock On Chicago promo

Eyewitness News Brief with John Drury:

- 16-year-old girl shot in crossfire between rival gang members on North Side, clings to life at Swedish Covenant Hospital

- Elk Grove Village business cited by Fire Department for multiple violations after fatal explosion

Commercial: Montgomery Ward - "Lowest Prices of the Year"

- Preview of Roger Ebert's review of "First Born"

Act III

Commercials for:
One a Day Maximum Formula
Renault Encore
Promo for Three's a Crowd and Who's the Boss? (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Act IV

Bumper

Commercials for:
Wendy's (with Clara Peller - one of the "Where's the Beef?" series of ads)
Prudential Insurance (with man who barely survived medical emergency)
Promo for Paper Dolls and Jessie (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Epilogue (recording cuts out after brief shot of commercial)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, October 26th 1984 during the 9:00pm to 9:57pm timeframe.

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