Here's the complete broadcast of a repeat of a made-for-TV movie, "Special Bulletin," that aired on NBC Sunday Night at the Movies over WMAQ Channel 5.

This "realistic depiction of fictional events," which stars Ed Flanders, Kathryn Walker, Roxanne Hart, Christopher Allport, David Clennon, David Rasche and Rosalind Cash, involves a terrorist attack on Charleston, SC, where a TV news team is taken hostage by terrorists who threaten to blow up an H-bomb off the coast of the state if the Navy refuses to disarm a key nuclear weapons facility in the area. (Because of the nature of this picture, bumpers were used at the start and end of each act.) This was one of the two TV-movies that aired in 1983 which dealt with the specter of nuclear destruction, the other being of course "The Day After."

NOTE: For extra verisimilitude, this broadcast features real tornado watch WMAQ-TV on-screen crawl messages during the movie beginning at two points - 1:18:46 and 1:32:55.

All bumper voiceovers are by Donald Rickles.

Includes:

Film title on screen, with tail-end of "It's only a movie" disclaimer (voiceover by Danny Dark)

Show opening titles, followed by "realistic depiction of fictional events" disclaimer (voiceover by Donald Rickles), and Act I

Commercials for:
Ford Ranger pickup
AT&T (construction workers discuss calls) (voiceover by Cliff Robertson)
Stroh's beer (dog pours drinks)
Keebler Swirly-Q's (voiceover by Danny Dark)

Film Act II

Commercials for:
Maxwell House Decaffeinated (1983 Copyright) (a few seconds had to be snipped out)
Jell-O Brand Gelatin Pops (with facsimiles of The Little Rascals)
Concentrated All detergent
Max Factor ColorFast long-lasting lipstick (with Jaclyn Smith)

Bumper
Promo for TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, and "Adam" (voiceover by Danny Dark)
Commercial: Ontario Ministry of Tourism & Recreation - "Yours to Discover"
Station ID / promo for Channel 5 News at 10pm (with Paul Hogan)

Film Act III

Commercials for:
Ford Laser Track paint system on cars (with engineer Laura J. Schaefer)
Pepsi (with Michael Jackson and The Jacksons)
Panadol maximum strength pain reliever (with lady from "The Day After", coincidentally enough)
Lysol Pine Action cleaner

Bumper
Promo for NBC Nightly News (voiceover by Howard Reig)

Commercials for:
American National Bank
TWA - deals on flights to Europe (voiceover by Don Criqui)

Station ID / promo for Channel 5 News at 10pm (with Deborah Norville)

Film Act IV

Commercials for:
Stroh's beer (beer mugs move like baseballs)
Polaroid - "Traveling Around America"
Mennen Skin Bracer
One-a-Day vitamins

Film Act V

Commercials for:
Ford Escort
Almay Hypo-Allergenic (with Morgan Brittany?)
Chic Sunset Blues collection
Tampax tampons

Bumper

Promo for Today (with Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley)

Commercials for:
Canada
The Cash Station Sweepstakes (with vocal choir)
Chicago Tribune (with Gene Siskel)

Channel 5 News Update with Deborah Norville

Film Act VI

Commercials for:
Ford F Series Light Trucks (with engineer Larry Ragan)
Stroh's beer (repeat of ad with beer-pouring dog)
Dimension shampoo
Cover Girl Thick Lash 2 (with Carol Alt)
Promo for "V: The Final Battle" (voiceover by Danny Dark)

Film Act VII

Commercials for:
American Motors Eagle
Vaseline Intensive Care
Commodore 64 home computer
Aqua-Fresh triple-protection formula toothpaste

Film ending credits (with voiceover promo for TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes and "Adam" by ??, and for Today by Bryant Gumbel)

Show ending titles (with voiceover promo for "Adam" by Donald Rickles)

Promo for Knight Rider (voiceover by Danny Dark)

Preview of coming newscast

Commercials for:
American Express Card (with Ben Cross of "Chariots of Fire")
Anti-drinking PSA (with Daniel J. Travanti)
Anais Anais (Carson Pirie Scott offer ends May 5th)
Emery Worldwide 1 lb. Urgent Pouch (voiceover by Joe Sirola)

Station ID / promo for Our World Underwater (voiceover by Jim Hill)

First 13 seconds of Channel 5 News at 10pm (full newscast seen here: [ Ссылка ] )

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, April 29th 1984 during the 8:00pm to 10:01pm timeframe. (Originally broadcast Sunday, March 20th 1983.)
 
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