WKBD Channel 50 [Detroit, MI] - 'The Critical List (Part II)' (Complete Broadcast, 9/24/1982) 📺

Here's Part 2 of a made-for-TV movie, "The Critical List" as aired on the Eight O'Clock Movie over WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit, MI. Though not from Chicago, there is a relation as WKBD in those days was a fellow Field Communications station, and sister station to Chicago's WFLD Channel 32.

This made-for-tv movie starring Lloyd Bridges, Melinda Dillon, Buddy Ebsen, Robert Wagner, Louis Gossett Jr., and Pat Harrington Jr., originally aired on the NBC Network over two days in September 1978.

Includes:

Preview of Part II, followed by opening titles and first segment

Commercials for:

Like 99% Caffeine-Free Cola

Color Tile - "All the Choices Make All the Difference"

Houghton Lake Holiday Inn - "Great Inndoors Pass"

JCPenney - sales on coats and jackets - with Marilyn Turner

Imperial Margarine

Bill Kennedy voiceover with Lloyd Bridges capsuled bio

Commercials for:

Greater Detroit Chrysler-Plymouth Dealers - "Factory Authorized Clearance" of 1982 models

Political ad for Senator Don Riegle (with R. Michael McCarthy, Executive Director of Chippewa County Economic Development Corp.; Eleanor Josaitis, Associate Director of Focus Hope; and Frank Lada, Mayor of Allen Park)

Arthur Treacher's Restaurants - "What's so special about Tuesdays?"

Promo for Bill Kennedy at the Movies presentation of "The French Connection II" for Sunday at 1pm and Movie Greats presentation of "The Flood" for 4pm (voiceover by Bill Kennedy)

2nd segment of film

Commercials for:

Partager French country wine

NuVision - "We Put the 'Care' Back in Eye Care"

Promo for live Steve Miller Band concert for Saturday at 8:00pm (simulcast on WLLZ FM 98.7)

Political ad for Phil Ruppe for U.S. Senate

Granada TV Rental (yes, this is connected with the UK ITV company franchised to the North of England)

Bill Kennedy voiceover previewing "At Long Last Love" for Monday at 8pm

Commercials for:

Kroger Supermarkets

Rafinée perfume by Houbigant - at Hudson's

Burger King - "The Late Show" (open till 4am)

Political ad - "No on D" (sponsored by Citizens for Michigan Jobs and Energy)

WLLZ FM 98.7 - "Detroit's Best Rock" (shown on screen as "Detroit's Wheels")

3rd segment of film

Promo for The White Shadow

Snickers bar - "Now Even Bigger"

Political ad for Jim Blanchard for Governor

Autumn Harvest Festival for September 25th-October 3rd at Greenfield Village

Theatrical trailer for TV for "Amityville II: The Possession"

TV50 News Scene preview with Byron MacGregor

Commercials for:

McDonald's - "Play and Win" promo for Atari video game prizes

Sturm, Ruger & Co. PSA on gun safety - with Jim Carmichel, Field Editor of Outdoor Life

Sprint - A Subsidiary of Southern Pacific Communications Co. (where'd the -rint come from?)

MoreTV - Free Installation with HBO offer

Ultra Krazy Nails - with Crystalex Ridge Filler (and possibly Linda Watkins, better known in New York area as longtime ShopRite spokesperson)

4th segment of film, followed by ending credits (with voiceover promo for Mork & Mindy by Dr. Don Rose?)

Commercials for:

D.O.C. Optics - Eyeglass Sale

Michigan National Banks (voiceover by John Bartholomew Tucker)

Michigan Lottery - "Top 10" game

Houghton Lake Holiday Inn - "Great Inndoors Pass" (repeat)

Promos for coming movies "At Long Last Love," "Crisis in Mid Air" and "Killer Elite" (voiceover by Bill Kennedy)

Promo for Hee Haw

Sprint - Phone calls for $2.50 rather than $5.00

Elias Brothers Big Boy

Political ad for Congressman Jim Dunn

Preview for "At Long Last Love" (voiceover by ??)

Station ID / promo for CNN Headline News (premiering October 4th at 5:30am)

TV50 News Scene with Byron MacGregor (Detroit's equivalent of, say, Kathy McFarland)

Commercials for:

Snapper Hi-Vac

Waterbed Gallery

Part 2 of News Scene, with lottery numbers, sports scores (including interview with Lions coach Monte Clark about NFL players' strike) and weather

Opening of Independent Network News (recording ends soon after we see the date)

This aired on local Detroit TV on Friday, September 24th 1982 during the 8:00pm to 10:00pm (Eastern) timeframe.

About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:

[jagengrant]

Thank you so much for this! Please do more of WKBD Channel 50 as you get it, especially anything from the seventies and eighties. Again, you rock!

[batgas]

You are correct about the woman in the Ultra Krazy Nails commercial.

[christopherpineda]

Amityville 2 The Possession tv spot at 1:16:09

[timdailey]

Barry’s mom from Close Encounters
Dr. Hill is Felton Perry from Magnum Force aNd Robocop films