Source: TV Week magazine from the January 14, 1990 edition of The Spokesman-Review.
I thought some would find this interesting. This is the Disney Channel I remember from my youth. It's jarringly different from the Disney Channel of today.
NOTE: There are some holes in these listings, mainly due to the fact that TV Week didn't have any listings between 6-8 am for some reason.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 14
8 am – Good Morning, Mickey!
8:30 – Superman
9:00 – Disney’s Wuzzles
9:30 – Donald Duck Presents
10:00 – MOVIE: “No Deposit, No Return”
(1976, Comedy) David Niven, Darren McGavin. Safecrackers help a brother and sister fake their own kidnapping and make their grandfather pay. (G; 105 minutes)
12 pm – Anne of Green Gables
1:00 – Born Free
1:50 – Disney Salutes the American Teacher
2:00 – MOVIE: “A Shining Season”
(1979, Docudrama) Timothy Bottoms, Allyn Ann McLerie. Terminally ill miler John Baker devotes his last year to handicapped children and a girls' track team. (NR; 100 minutes)
4:00 – MOVIE: "The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men"
(1952, Adventure) Richard Todd, Joan Rice. Friar Tuck, Little John, Maid Marian and the rest help the forest outlaw fight the sheriff of Nottingham. (NR; 84 minutes)
5:30 – Animals of Africa
6:00 – Danger Bay
6:30 – MOVIE: "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
(1967, Musical-comedy) Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore. A would-be flapper in 1920s New York saves her friend from white slavers in a Chinatown firecracker factory. (G; 138 minutes)
9:00 – Ready Steady Go!
The Who perform "Shout;" the Rolling Stones sing "I Am Waiting."
9:30 – Ready Steady Go!
Otis Redding performs "My Girl."
10:00 – MOVIE: "Solomon Northup's Odyssey"
(1984, Biography) Avery Brooks, John Saxon. A black man from New York State is kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery. Directed by Gordon Parks. (NR; 113 minutes)
12 am – MOVIE: "The Great Waldo Pepper"
(1975, Adventure) Robert Redford, Bo Svenson. A Former World War I pilot barnstorms with his partner and dogfights a German ace in Hollywood. (PG: Violence; 107 minutes)
2:00 – MOVIE: “A Shining Season”
(1979, Docudrama) Timothy Bottoms, Allyn Ann McLerie. Terminally ill miler John Baker devotes his last year to handicapped children and a girls' track team. (NR; 100 minutes)
3:40 – MOVIE: "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
(1967, Musical-comedy) Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore. A would-be flapper in 1920s New York saves her friend from white slavers in a Chinatown firecracker factory. (G; 138 minutes)
MONDAY, JANUARY 15
8 am – Donald Duck Presents
8:30 – Dumbo’s Circus
9:00 – MOVIE: "The Treasure of Swamp Castle" (1980)
10:30 – You and Me, Kid
11:00 – Walt Disney Presents
12 pm – Lunch Box
12:30 - Kaleidoscope Concert
1:00 – MOVIE: "Once Upon a Brothers Grimm"
(1977, Musical) Dean Jones, Paul Sand. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm enter a forest and become part of their own fairy tales. (NR; 102 minutes)
3:00 – Welcome to Pooh Corner
3:30 – Superman
4:00 – The Raccoons
4:30 – Donald Duck Presents
5:00 – Kids, Incorporated
5:30 – Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 – MOVIE: “Tom Thumb”
(1958, Fantasy) Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young. A forest queen rewards a woodcutter and his wife with a son just shy of six inches high. (G; 92 minutes)
8:00 – Anne of Green Gables
9:00 – MOVIE: "The Flame and the Arrow"
(1950, Adventure) Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo. An acrobatic rebel and his band of mountain men trick Hessian mercenaries in medieval Italy. (NR; 88 minutes)
10:30 – Ready Steady Go!
11:00 – Ozzie & Harriet
11:30 – MOVIE: “Charlotte Forten’s Mission: Experiment in Freedom”
(1985, Biography) Melba Moore, Ned Beatty. A young black woman from Philadelphia teaches freed slaves on an island near Beaufort, S.C. (NR; 114 minutes)
1:30 am – MOVIE: " Once Upon a Brothers Grimm"
(1977, Musical) Dean Jones, Paul Sand. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm enter a forest and become part of their own fairy tales. (NR; 102 minutes)
3:30– MOVIE: "The Flame and the Arrow"
(1950, Adventure) Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo. An acrobatic rebel and his band of mountain men trick Hessian mercenaries in medieval Italy. (NR; 88 minutes)
5:00 – Walt Disney Presents
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16
8 am – Donald Duck Presents
8:30 – Dumbo’s Circus
9:00 – MOVIE: "The Magic Snowman"
(1987, Children) Justin Fried, Dragana Marjanovic. Snowman Lumi Ukko (voice of Roger Moore) advises a Yugoslavian boy about fishing and skating. (NR; 86 minutes)
10:30 – You and Me, Kid
11:00 – Walt Disney Presents
12 pm – Lunch Box
12:30 – Dumbo’s Circus
1:00 – MOVIE: "The Secret World of Polly Flint"
(1985, Children) Katie Reynolds, Susan Jameson. Sent to live with her strict aunt, a girl uses her imagination to visit a magical lost village. (NR; 96 minutes)
3:00 – Welcome to Pooh Corner
3:30 – Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?
4:00 – The Raccoons
4:30 – Donald Duck Presents
5:00 – Kids, Incorporated
5:30 – Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 – MOVIE: “The Care Bears Movie”
(1985, Children) The bears use their Rainbow Rescue Beams against an evil spirit. Animated. Voices: Mickey Rooney, Georgia Engel, Harry Dean Stanton. (G; 75 minutes)
7:30 – Mouseterpiece Theater
8:00 – Lord of the Lions
"Adamson of Africa" George Adamson discusses his past motivation and life among the lions during an interview in the summer of 1989 at the Kora National Reserve in Kenya.
8:50 – Disney Salutes the American Teacher
Barbara Bush profiles dedicated teachers across the country.
9:00 – MOVIE: "Murder at the Gallop"
(1963, Mystery) Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley. Agatha Christie's sleuth Miss Marple waddles around with the horsy set to prove murder. (NR; 81 minutes)
10:30 – Ready Steady Go!
The Dave Clark Five boats up the Thames to the sound of "Catch Us If You Can."
11:00 – Ozzie & Harriet
11:30 – MOVIE: "National Velvet"
(1945, Drama) Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor. An ex-jockey coaches an English girl to the Grand National. Directed by Clarence Brown. Best supporting actress Oscar for Anne Revere. (G; 125 minutes)
1:35 am – MOVIE: "The Secret World of Polly Flint"
(1985, Children) Katie Reynolds, Susan Jameson. Sent to live with her strict aunt, a girl uses her imagination to visit a magical lost village. (NR; 96 minutes)
3:30 – MOVIE: "Murder at the Gallop”
(1963, Mystery) Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley. Agatha Christie's sleuth Miss Marple waddles around with the horsy set to prove murder. (NR; 81 minutes)
5:00 – Walt Disney Presents
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17
8 am – Donald Duck Presents
8:30 – Dumbo’s Circus
9:00 – MOVIE: "Hockey Night"
(1984, Drama) Megan Follows, Rick Moranis. A 14-year-old girl tries out as goalie for the coach of a small-town boys' team in Canada. (NR; 77 minutes)
10:30 – You and Me, Kid
11:00 – Walt Disney Presents
12 pm – Lunch Box
12:30 – Dumbo’s Circus
1:00 – Who’s In Charge, Here?
2:00 – The Fig Tree
3:00 – Welcome to Pooh Corner
3:30 – Pound Puppies
4:00 – The Raccoons
4:30 – Donald Duck Presents
5:00 – Kids, Incorporated
5:30 – Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 – MOVIE: “Unico in the Island of Magic”
(1984, Children) A baby unicorn hears of a magician who wants to turn all animals and people into puppets. Animated. (NR; 92 minutes)
7:30 – Danger Bay
Grant investigates sabotage at a fish plant.
8:00 – MOVIE: "The Time Machine"
(1960, Science fiction) Rod Taylor, Alan Young. H.G. Wells' Victorian traveler visits three world wars and the year 802701. Directed by George Pál. (G; 103 minutes)
10:00 – MOVIE: "Friendly Persuasion"
(1956, Drama) Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire. Indiana Quakers disagree over their son's desire to join the Civil War. Directed by William Wyler. (NR; 140 minutes)
12:30 am – MOVIE: "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
(1983, Suspense) Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce. Mr. Dark comes to town with his pandemonium carnival and grants wishes for a price. From the Ray Bradbury novel. (PG: Adult situations, violence; 94 minutes)
2:00 – MOVIE: "Hockey Night"
(1984, Drama) Megan Follows, Rick Moranis. A 14-year-old girl tries out as goalie for the coach of a small-town boys' team in Canada. (NR; 77 minutes)
3:30 – MOVIE: "The Time Machine"
(1960, Science fiction) Rod Taylor, Alan Young. H.G. Wells' Victorian traveler visits three world wars and the year 802701. Directed by George Pál. (G; 103 minutes)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18
8 am – Donald Duck Presents
8:30 – Dumbo’s Circus
9:00 – MOVIE: "Barry of the Great St. Bernard"
(1977, Adventure) Jean-Claude Dauphin, Pierre Tabard. The true story of a legendary 19th-century rescue dog raised by a Swiss Alps monk. (NR; 91 minutes)
10:30 – You and Me, Kid
11:00 – Walt Disney Presents
12 pm – Lunch Box
12:30 – Dumbo’s Circus
1:00 – MOVIE: "Mooncussers"
(1962, Children) Oscar Homolka, Kevin Corcoran. A 19th-century boy catches shipwreckers using fake beacons to lure ships to their doom. (NR; 85 minutes)
3:00 – Welcome to Pooh Corner
3:30 – Disney’s Wuzzles
4:00 – The Raccoons
4:30 – Donald Duck Presents
5:00 – Kids, Incorporated
5:30 – Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 – MOVIE: "The Journey of Natty Gann"
(1985, Adventure) Meredith Salenger, John Cusack. A teen leaves 1935 Chicago by rail, heading west with a wolf and a drifter to find her father. (PG: Language; 105 minutes)
8:00 – MOVIE: "Little Miss Broadway" [colorized]
(1938, Musical comedy) Shirley Temple, George Murphy. A singing-and-dancing orphan shows broke vaudevillians how to put on a show. (NR; 70 minutes)
9:30 – MOVIE: “Russkies”
(1987, Comedy-drama) Whip Hubley, Leaf Phoenix. Three boys full of Rambo befriend a stranded Soviet from a submarine off Key West, Fla. (PG, Adult situations; 99 minutes)
11:30 – MOVIE: “The Disorderly Orderly”
(1964, Comedy) Jerry Lewis, Glenda Farrell. A wacky orderly assumes symptoms of the patients in the sanitarium where he works. (NR; 90 minutes)
1 am – MOVIE: "Mooncussers"
(1962, Children) Oscar Homolka, Kevin Corcoran. A 19th-century boy catches shipwreckers using fake beacons to lure ships to their doom. (NR; 85 minutes)
3:00 – MOVIE: “Russkies”
(1987, Comedy-drama) Whip Hubley, Leaf Phoenix. Three boys full of Rambo befriend a stranded Soviet from a submarine off Key West, Fla. (PG, Adult situations; 99 minutes)
5:00 – Walt Disney Presents
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19
8 am – Donald Duck Presents
8:30 – Dumbo’s Circus
9:00 – MOVIE: “Almost Angels”
(1962, Children) Peter Weck, Vincent Winter. A schoolboy fights bad grades, bad peers and a bad father to stay in the Vienna Boys' Choir. (NR; 93 minutes)
10:35 – You and Me, Kid
11:05 – Walt Disney Presents
12 pm – Lunch Box
12:30 – Dumbo’s Circus
1:00 – MOVIE: "The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men"
(1952, Adventure) Richard Todd, Joan Rice. Friar Tuck, Little John, Maid Marian and the rest help the forest outlaw fight the sheriff of Nottingham. (NR; 84 minutes)
2:30 – Grimm’s Fairy Tales
3:00 – Welcome to Pooh Corner
3:30 – Pound Puppies
4:00 – The Raccoons
4:30 – Donald Duck Presents
5:00 – Kids, Incorporated
5:30 – Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 – Don’t Eat the Pictures
7:00 – MOVIE: "The Emperor's New Clothes"
(1987, Children) Sid Caesar, Clive Revill. An emperor’s new clothes are just what they appear to be. From the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. (NR; 80 minutes)
8:30 – Videopolis: StarTracks
Neil Patrick Harris ("Doogie Howser, MD")
9:00 – MOVIE: “Star Wars”
(1977, Science fiction) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford. Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, C3PO, R2D2 and Princess Leia are a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Directed by George Lucas. (PG: Violence; 123 minutes)
11:00 – MOVIE: "Murder at the Gallop"
(1963, Mystery) Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley. Agatha Christie's sleuth Miss Marple waddles around with the horsy set to prove murder. (NR; 81 minutes)
12:30 am – MOVIE: "Spinout"
(1966, Musical comedy) Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares. An auto racer/pop star flirts with a drummer, an heiress and the author of a book about men. (NR; 95 minutes)
2:30 – MOVIE: “Star Wars”
(1977, Science fiction) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford. Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, C3PO, R2D2 and Princess Leia are a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Directed by George Lucas. (PG: Violence; 123 minutes)
4:30 – Scheme
5:00 – Walt Disney Presents
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20
7 am: Welcome to Pooh Corner
7:30 – Dumbo’s Circus
8:00 – Good Morning, Mickey
8:30 – Superman
9:00 – Disney’s Wuzzles
9:30 – Donald Duck Presents
10:00 – MOVIE: "Alice in Wonderland"
(1985) Natalie Gregory, Red Buttons.
12 pm – Mickey Mouse Club
12:30 – Teen Win, Lose or Draw
1:00 – Lord of the Lions
2:00 – MOVIE: “Dennis the Menace”
(1987, Comedy-drama) Victor Dimattia, Patricia Estrin. A paleontologist promotes a dinosaur theme park after Dennis discovers an old bone. (NR; 94 minutes)
3:35 – Here’s Boomer
4:00 – MOVIE: “No Deposit, No Return”
(1976, Comedy) David Niven, Darren McGavin. Safecrackers help a brother and sister fake their own kidnapping and make their grandfather pay. (G; 105 minutes)
6:00 – Anne of Green Gables
7:00 – MOVIE: "Time Flyer"
(1985, Science fiction) Peter Coyote, Huckleberry Fox. A boy goes back to 1927 in an old neighbor's time machine to save his aviator grandfather's life. (NR; 100 minutes)
8:30 – Sidekicks
A schoolyard fight escalates into a serious confrontation.
9:00 – MOVIE: “Lucas”
(1986, Comedy-drama) Corey Haim, Kerri Green. School bullies pick on a scrawny 14-year-old in front of his 16-year-old summer dreamgirl. (PG-13: Language; 100 minutes)
11:00 – MOVIE: "Rooster Cogburn"
(1975, Western) John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn. One-eyed Marshal Cogburn helps a Bible-toting spinster find the men who killed her preacher father. (PG: Violence; 107 minutes)
1 am – MOVIE: “No Deposit, No Return”
(1976, Comedy) David Niven, Darren McGavin. Safecrackers help a brother and sister fake their own kidnapping and make their grandfather pay. (G; 105 minutes)
3:00 – MOVIE: “Lucas”
(1986, Comedy-drama) Corey Haim, Kerri Green. School bullies pick on a scrawny 14-year-old in front of his 16-year-old summer dreamgirl. (PG-13: Language; 100 minutes)
5:00 – Walt Disney Presents