Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's the complete broadcast of the first-run premiere episode of the short-lived Square Pegs - the pilot (S01E01), as aired on the CBS Network over WBBM Channel 2.
This program, an early starring vehicle for Sarah Jessica Parker (many years before HBO's Sex and the City), also co-starred Amy Linker, Merritt Butrick, John Femia, Tracy Nelson (Rick's daughter; years before co-starring in Father Dowling Mysteries), Jami Gertz (another one who went on to somewhat "bigger and better things" - and B.T.W., a Chicago native), Claudette Wells, Jon Caliri, Dawn Jeffory and Ben Marley, and was created and produced by onetime Saturday Night Live writer Anne Beatts.
In this installment, best friends Patty Greene (Parker) and Lauren Hutchinson (Linker), new students at Weemawee High School, are anxious to fit in with the other students and become popular, and Patty in particular gets her chance when she attracts the attention of a handsome senior. Also starring Basil Hoffman, David Hubbard, Carol Androsky, and new wave band The Waitresses.
(NOTE: About 30 seconds of The Waitresses performing "I Know What Boys Like" during the episode (which surprisingly is not listed in the Wikipedia article for the song) had to be modified, to prevent YouTube blocking. Also, the opening credits were flown in from another source as they started late on the original recording.)
Includes:
Opening titles, followed directly by prologue
Commercials for:
Coca-Cola - "Coke Is It!"
Dial soap
Act I
Commercials for:
MoistureWear by Cover Girl (with Stefanie Powers)
Eveready Energizer batteries (no bunny yet) - "Energized for Life!"
Promo for Bring 'Em Back Alive and "The Shadow Riders" (voiceover by Brad Crandall)
Act II
Commercials for:
Super Strength Clearasil (with Diane McDaniel)
Finesse conditioner
Promo for "Drop-Out Father" (with now-centenarian Dick Van Dyke) (voiceover by Mark Elliott)
Promo for Private Benjamin (voiceover by Rick Dees)
Epilogue and ending credits with (sadly?) no CBS voiceover over The Waitresses' ending number, titled - what else - "Square Pegs"
Incomplete promo for Wednesday lineup including the short-lived TV version of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (voiceover by Mark Elliott), before recording ends
"It all breaks down into cliques..."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, September 27th 1982 during the 7:00pm to 7:29pm timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
Here's the complete broadcast of the first-run premiere episode of the short-lived Square Pegs - the pilot (S01E01), as aired on the CBS Network over WBBM Channel 2.
This program, an early starring vehicle for Sarah Jessica Parker (many years before HBO's Sex and the City), also co-starred Amy Linker, Merritt Butrick, John Femia, Tracy Nelson (Rick's daughter; years before co-starring in Father Dowling Mysteries), Jami Gertz (another one who went on to somewhat "bigger and better things" - and B.T.W., a Chicago native), Claudette Wells, Jon Caliri, Dawn Jeffory and Ben Marley, and was created and produced by onetime Saturday Night Live writer Anne Beatts.
In this installment, best friends Patty Greene (Parker) and Lauren Hutchinson (Linker), new students at Weemawee High School, are anxious to fit in with the other students and become popular, and Patty in particular gets her chance when she attracts the attention of a handsome senior. Also starring Basil Hoffman, David Hubbard, Carol Androsky, and new wave band The Waitresses.
(NOTE: About 30 seconds of The Waitresses performing "I Know What Boys Like" during the episode (which surprisingly is not listed in the Wikipedia article for the song) had to be modified, to prevent YouTube blocking. Also, the opening credits were flown in from another source as they started late on the original recording.)
Includes:
Opening titles, followed directly by prologue
Commercials for:
Coca-Cola - "Coke Is It!"
Dial soap
Act I
Commercials for:
MoistureWear by Cover Girl (with Stefanie Powers)
Eveready Energizer batteries (no bunny yet) - "Energized for Life!"
Promo for Bring 'Em Back Alive and "The Shadow Riders" (voiceover by Brad Crandall)
Act II
Commercials for:
Super Strength Clearasil (with Diane McDaniel)
Finesse conditioner
Promo for "Drop-Out Father" (with now-centenarian Dick Van Dyke) (voiceover by Mark Elliott)
Promo for Private Benjamin (voiceover by Rick Dees)
Epilogue and ending credits with (sadly?) no CBS voiceover over The Waitresses' ending number, titled - what else - "Square Pegs"
Incomplete promo for Wednesday lineup including the short-lived TV version of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (voiceover by Mark Elliott), before recording ends
"It all breaks down into cliques..."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, September 27th 1982 during the 7:00pm to 7:29pm timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
![WREG Channel 3 [Memphis, TN] - Early Saturday Morning (5/12/1979)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DrsIPdWlG0A/mqdefault.jpg "WREG Channel 3 [Memphis, TN] - Early Saturday Morning (5/12/1979)
Heres the complete, over 16-minute sample of what aired over WREG Channel 3 in Memphis, TN - then as now a CBS affiliate - on an early Saturday morning in May of 1979.
Includes:
Ending of a Crime Does Not Pay MGM short
PSA for American Cancer Society - Raise Your Hand Against [Breast] Cancer
Opportunity Line segment on available jobs in Memphis area (presented in association with Tennessee Department of Employment Security) (whos the lady?)
Station ID / promo for Tarzans New York Adventure (voiceover by ??)
Short in MGMs John Nesbitts Passing Parade series, A Really Important Person [1947], featuring a young Dean Stockwell in a tale of a policemans son seeking a suitable subject for an essay about an important person
Station sign-on, with shot of their Channel 3 Drive studios, U.S. flag (but no National Anthem) and a particularly colorful 1965 variant of National Association of Broadcasters Television Code display (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/Z48sRvuJ7O4) (voiceover by ??)
Thought for the Day, delivered by Chaplain Raymond Cook, starting off reading from John 14:14
The Archie Show opening with first minute of Sabrina, The Teenage Witch segment Tragic Magic (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/kaCxqmfuARg)
This aired on local Memphis TV on Saturday, May 12th 1979 between around 6:15am and 6:31am.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!")
![KTTV Channel 11 [Los Angeles, CA] - The 10 OClock News (Complete Broadcast, 8/20/1984) 📺](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EfcCz4S7fKg/mqdefault.jpg "KTTV Channel 11 [Los Angeles, CA] - The 10 OClock News (Complete Broadcast, 8/20/1984) 📺
Heres a complete broadcast of The 10 OClock News on KTTV Channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA, anchored by Ken Matz. A little bonus will follow.
Includes:
Newscast open (first few seconds recorded over) (same theme package as used by sister station WNEW Channel 5 in New York), leading with coverage of Day 1 of 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, plus:
- Olympic Volleyball Gold Medalists Steve Salmons and Dusty Dvorak being among the delegates
- Hot temperatures outside ruin a planned protest, as CNNs Frank Seltzer reports
- Reagan contrasts his policies with Carters in a Cincinnati speech
Commercials for:
Minolta Talker camera
Riviera Express to Las Vegas
Ken Cranes Audio Video
Bold 3 detergent plus fabric softener
- Eric Rabe reports on Geraldine Ferraros release of her tax returns
- Walter Mondale watching convention from his home, asked about Ferraro disclosure
- Women (and others) at Republican National Convention sound off about Ferraro revelations, as reported by CNNs James Alan [Jim] Miklaszewski
- VP George Bush said itd be too difficult to release his tax returns
- Voters in 14th District to decide on whether to recall Councilman Art Snyder, as reported by Larry Attebery; Elizabeth Anderson interviews some of the voters
- George Putnam One Reporters Opinion commentary on whats at stake in coming 14th District election
- Hal Eisner reports on admission of first women to Jaycees
Commercials for:
The Intercept Program of Parkview Community Hospital (for people with drinking problems)
2000 Flushes toilet bowl cleaner (with inventor Al Eisen)
Chrysler Fifth Avenue - at Southern California Chrysler-Plymouth Dealers
Zachary All mens clothes
- Delays and legal maneuvering in first day of preliminary hearings for McMartin Pre-School molestation case
- Michael David Ruby, 17, arraigned in Torrance on child molestation charges at Manhattan Ranch Pre-School in Manhattan Beach
- Cathy Evelyn Smith loses bid to fight extradition over John Belushis death
- Hal Eisner reports on joint Marine exercise at Port Huemene naval base
- State and County officials imposing quarantine to fight against Oriental fruit flies
- L.A. Board of Education signs off on closing 7 elementary schools
- Letter carriers agree to arbitration over planned Federal wage freeze
- Business news, including Miller beer introducing quart can, report from CNNs John Holliman on economy, Wall Street closes, and Kaiser selling Fontana Works to California Steel Industries
Sponsor billboard for Daily News Los Angeles
Commercials for:
Daily News Los Angeles
Sparkletts (featuring Harvey Hood)
Value Dodge Clearance Sale
Mobil Mart
Promo for 2nd Annual Kick-Off Classic (with Curt Gowdy)
- Andy Reynolds reports on Derrick Gordon, 20, in critical condition as his body rejects new heart
- Army Corp. John Hicks becomes father of baby daughter whose mother (and his wife Tammy, 16) is in coma following February auto accident and may not survive
- U.S. Swimming Long Distance Championships held in San Pedro
- Caribbean salvage crew finds sunken treasure off Haiti coast, as reported by CNNs John Zarrella
List of Billboard Top 5 LPs
Commercials for:
Jack LaLannes Health Spas (with Heather Thomas)
Jet America
Roto-Rooter
Worthington Ford
Pampers Double Elastic diapers
- Tom Kelly sports report, featuring Elaine Perkins report on polo tournament
Commercials for:
Fotomat Preferred Customer Card
C&R Clothiers
La Mesa RV Center
Los Alamitos racetrack (voiceover by Gary Owens?)
- Weather forecast with Bill Austin
- CNNs Robert Vito reports on people who collect reamers
End of newscast
Commercials for:
Dodge Daytona Turbo-Z at Value Dodge
Jell-O Gelatin
Arrowhead water - Official Water of the 1984 Olympics
Station ID, plus Welcome for Marcia Brandwynne to The 10 OClock News starting in September
Bonus: The Jeffersons opening with closed captions notice (reversed to avoid YouTube blocking)
Commercials for:
Coors Light
New Luvs diapers with 1-step refashionable tapes
This aired on local Los Angeles TV on Monday, August 20th 1984 during the 10pm to 11:02pm (Pacific) timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!")
![WNAC-TV - The Streets of San Francisco - The Thrill Killers-Part I [with TD Moment!] (12/20/1979)📺](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FuEfn6GqWj4/mqdefault.jpg "WNAC-TV - The Streets of San Francisco - The Thrill Killers-Part I [with TD Moment!] (12/20/1979)📺
Heres the complete broadcast of a rerun of the 1972-77 cop show The Streets of San Francisco (starring Karl Malden and Michael Douglas), more specifically the episode The Thrill Killers - Part I (S05E01, original airdate September 30th 1976) as presented over WNAC Channel 7 (later WNEV, now WHDH) in Boston, MA.
In the first of a two-part episode, an entire jury is kidnapped by four dangerous killers who threaten to murder them all if their demands are not met. Like all Quinn Martin (or is it Norman Fell?) productions, this features an all-star guest cast (including Patty Duke Astin, Darleen Carr, Susan Dey, Norman Fell (or is it Quinn Martin?), Doris Roberts, Dick Van Patten - and, listed in the end credits, Anthony Geary (!), Ron Glass (of Barney Miller fame), and Marion Ross (from Happy Days!).
All local voiceovers are by longtime WNAC staff announcer Leif Jensen.
Includes:
Station ID slide / PSA for Child-at-Risk Hotline
Show opening titles (voiceover by longtime QM announcer Hank Simms) (music modification to prevent YouTube blocking) (Norman Fell modification just for fun)
Commercials for:
Crimson Travel (with Rex and Sgt. Billy)
Birds Eye French Style Rice
Promo for The Newlywed Game
PSA for OXFAM-America (with international disaster expert Jim Howard talking about situation in Cambodia)
Act I (as with all QM productions, this and other acts are shown as such on screen)
Commercials for:
StarCase (movie channel) (voiceover by Jackson Beck)
Promo for Newsroom 7: The 11 OClock Update
Access (a public-affairs segment) - Sen. Sharon Pollard (D-Methuen) speaks about solar power in New England
Act II (ends with return in a moment bumper, voiceover by Hank Simms)
December Community Calendar (special event at Worcester Art Museum and goings-on at Salvation Army Harbor Lights Center)
Commercial: Victors Cough Drops - from Vicks
Promo for Candlepins for Cash
Act III
Theatrical trailer for The Electric Horseman
Looking Good promo of station lineup (featuring clips from various CBS shows like M*A*S*H, Candlepins for Cash, Dinah & Friends, Newsroom 7: The 11 OClock Update, The Newlywed Game, The Bad News Bears, The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Show, At Noon, Peanuts specials, CBS News Sunday Morning, The Jokers Wild, Sha Na Na [with guest Dusty Springfield], Hawaii Five-0, Movie 7, Newsroom 7, Rebop, Dance Fever, and others)
PSA from U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission - Childrens Hazards
Act IV [Technical Difficulties Alert!] - note that from 43:16 to 44:17, the sound disappears, after which a station ID slide with CBSs 1979-80 slogan Looking Good is on the screen for 1 minute and 12 seconds; at 44:41, the mellifluous tones of Leif Jensen advise, Please stand by, followed at 45:11 by, We regret the interruption in this program, whatever difficulties should be cleared momentarily. Please stand by. Thank you. The action then resumes as normal at 45:53]
Christmas Greetings from John Henning (flanked by other members of Newsroom 7 team)
Commercial: Thomas English Muffins - Thomas or Toast? (at Belleville School No. 3 in New Jersey) (voiceover by Peter Thomas)
PSAs for:
School Volunteers for Boston - requiring tutors in Boston public schools
Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD!) (with M.L. Carr of Boston Celtics) (background music: Aint No Stoppin Us Now by McFadden & Whitehead)
Epilog
Followed directly by closing credits (station cuts out of credits midway through them)
Preview of Newsroom 7 (with Mike Taibbi)
Animated station promo of three children outside snow-covered street wishing everybody happy holidays
Commercial: Purity Supreme, The Basic Value Store - Big Holiday Meat Sale
PSA from National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute and U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare on controlling your diet and blood pressure (voiceover by Karl Weber)
Station ID / Happy Chanuka wishes
First minute of The Jokers Wild (full broadcast posted separately here: https://youtu.be/YseICbLM-3c)
This aired on local Boston TV on Thursday, December 20th 1979 during the 4pm to 5pm (EST) timeframe. (incidentally, this was day 47 of the ongoing Iranian hostage crisis)
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thanks for your help!")
