Xhat a great night of television Friday was back in the early 1960s. CBS alone has Route 66, The Twilight Zone, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. NBC has Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater, which usually had a top-flight cast, and The Jack Paar Program. ABC has Burke's Law, and sports fans would have fun with the Friday night fights. For me, that would have been must-see TV, even if you have to switch between channels. I suppose that makes me old, but you know what? I am old. And if you're a classic TV fan and you can't find anything to watch tonight, I can't help you. By the way, tonight's listings are from Minneapolis-St. Paul.
-2- KTCA (EDUC.) | ||
Evening | ||
6:00 | FRESHMAN ENGLISH—Preview | |
6:30 | TO BE ANNOUNCED | |
7:00 | DRAMA FESTIVAL | |
8:30 | TO BE ANNOUNCED | |
9:00 | SUMMER SESSION—Kuhn | |
9:30 | TO BE ANNOUNCED | |
10:00 | AMERICANS AT WORK | |
10:15 | INDUSTRY ON PARADE | |
10:30 | SOUTHEAST ASIA |
-4- WCCO (CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
6:30 | SUMMER SEMESTER—Education | |
7:00 | SIEFRIED, AXEL, CLANCY | |
8:00 | CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children | |
9:00 | NEWS—Dean Montgomery | |
9:15 | WHAT’S NEW?—Women | |
9:25 | DR. REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL | |
9:30 | I LOVE LUCY—Comedy | |
10:00 | McCOYS—Comedy | |
10:30 | PETE AND GLADYS—Comedy | |
11:00 | LOVE OF LIFE—Serial | |
11:25 | NEWS—Robert Trout | |
11:30 | SEARCH FOR TOMORROW | |
11:45 | GUIDING LIGHT—Serial | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00 | NEWS—Dave Moore | |
12:15 | SOMETHING SPECIAL | |
12:25 | WEATHER—Bud Kraehling | |
12:30 | AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial | |
1:00 | PASSWORD—Allen Ludden Guests: Carol Lawrence, Tom Poston | |
1:30 | HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter Guest: Earl Wilson | |
2:00 | TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel Panelists: Phyllis Newman, Robert Q. Lewis, Chester Morris | |
2:25 | NEWS—Douglas Edwards | |
2:30 | EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial | |
3:00 | SECRET STORM—Serial | |
3:30 | DANGER MAN—Mystery | |
4:00 | AROUND THE TOWN—Interview | |
4:30 | AXEL AND DEPUTY DAWG | |
5:00 | CLANCY AND COMPANY | |
5:30 | NEWS—Charles Kuralt | |
Evening | ||
6:00 | NEWS—Dean Montgomery | |
6:15 | SPORTS—Don Dahl | |
6:20 | SPOTLIGHT—George Rice | |
6:25 | WEATHER—Don O’Brien | |
6:30 | GREAT ADVENTURE—Drama | |
7:30 | ROUTE 66—Drama | |
8:30 | TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama | |
9:00 | ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama | |
10:00 | NEWS—Dave Moore | |
10:15 | WEATHER—Bud Kraehling | |
10:20 | SPORTS—Hal Scott | |
10:30 | STEVE ALLEN—Variety | |
12:00 | SPORTS—Hal Scott | |
12:10 | MOVIE—Adventure “East of Kilimanjaro” (1962) |
-5- KSTP (NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
6:30 | CITY AND COUNTRY | |
7:00 | TODAY—Hugh Downs Guest: Godfrey Cambridge | |
9:00 | MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY | |
9:30 | WORD FOR WORD | |
9:55 | NEWS—Edwin Newman | |
10:00 | CONCENTRATION—Hugh Downs | |
10:30 | JEOPARDY—Fleming | |
11:00 | SAY WHEN—Art James | |
11:30 | TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Bob Barker | |
11:55 | NEWS—Ray Scherer | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00 | NEWS—MacDougall | |
12:15 | WEATHER—Morris | |
12:25 | WOMAN’S WORLD | |
12:30 | LET’S MAKE A DEAL | |
12:55 | NEWS—Floyd Kalber | |
1:00 | LORETTA YOUNG—Drama | |
1:30 | DOCTORS—Serial | |
2:00 | ANOTHER WORLD—Serial | |
2:30 | YOU DON’T SAY!—Tom Kennedy COLOR Guests: Agnes Moorehaed, Allen Young | |
3:00 | MATCH GAME—Gene Rayburn Guests: Jayne Mansfield, Orson Bean | |
3:25 | NEWS—Sander Vanocur | |
3:30 | TREASURE CHEST | |
4:00 | GOP CONVENTION—Preview | |
4:30 | MOVIE—Western “The Walking Hills” (1949) | |
5:25 | DOCTOR’S HOUSE CALL—Fox | |
5:30 | NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley | |
Evening | ||
6:00 | NEWS—Bob Ryan | |
6:15 | WEATHER—Morris | |
6:25 | SPORTS—Al Tighe | |
6:30 | INTERNATIONAL SHOWTIME | |
7:30 | BOB HOPE—Comedy COLOR “The Square Peg” | |
8:30 | THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS—Satire | |
9:00 | JACK PAAR—Variety COLOR Guests: Robert F. Kennedy, George Gobel, Helen O’Connell | |
10:00 | NEWS—MacDougall | |
10:15 | WEATHER—Morris | |
10:20 | SPORTS—Al Tighe | |
10:30 | TONIGHT—Woody Allen | |
12:00 | NEWS AND SPORTS | |
12:05 | MOVIE—Melodrama “Behind the Mask” (1932) |
-9- KMSP (ABC) | ||
Morning | ||
7:45 | BREAKFAST—Grandpa Ken | |
8:30 | ROMPER ROOM—Miss Betty | |
9:30 | PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen Guest: Allen Sherman | |
10:00 | GET THE MESSAGE—Buxton Panel: Hy Gardner, Jack Cassidy, Georgia Brown | |
10:30 | MISSING LINKS—Dick Clark Panelists: Sam Levenson, Kaye Ballard, Joel Grey | |
11:00 | FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy | |
11:30 | ERNIE FORD—Variety | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00 | MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy | |
12:30 | PETER GUNN—Mystery | |
1:00 | LOIS LEPPART—Interview | |
1:30 | DAY IN COURT—Serial | |
1:55 | NEWS—Lisa Howard | |
2:00 | GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial | |
2:30 | QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey | |
3:00 | TRAILMASTER—Western | |
4:00 | MOVIE—Drama “One Crowded Night” (1940) | |
5:00 | NEWS—Bob Allard | |
5:15 | NEWS—Ron Cochran | |
5:30 | LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy | |
Evening | ||
6:00 | DOBIE GILLIS—Comedy | |
6:30 | DESTRY—Western | |
7:30 | BURKE’S LAW—Mystery | |
8:30 | PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen Guest: Lauren Bacall | |
9:00 | BOXING—New York City Ernest Terrell vs. Bob Foster | |
9:45 | GOP CONVENTION—Preview SPECIAL “Make That Spare” is pre-empted | |
10:00 | NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS | |
10:30 | MOVIE—Drama “Devil’s Canyon” (1953) |
11 WTCN (IND.) | ||
Morning | ||
10:45 | KUKLA AND OLLIE—Children | |
11:00 | ELEVEN O’CLOCK SCHOLAR | |
11:30 | DATELINE: MINNESOTA | |
11:45 | TRICKS FOR TREATS | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00 | LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children | |
12:45 | KING AND ODIE—Cartoon | |
1:00 | MOVIE—Western “Wyoming Renegades” (1955) | |
3:00 | BACHELOR FATHER—Comedy | |
3:30 | ROBIN HOOD-Adventure | |
4:00 | DAVE LEE AND PETE—Children | |
4:30 | MICKEY MOUSE CLUB—Children | |
5:00 | MAGILLA GORILLA—Cartoons | |
5:30 | MACK AND MEYER—Children | |
5:45 | ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS | |
Evening | ||
6:15 | RIFLEMAN—Western | |
6:30 | BOLD JOURNEY—Travel | |
7:00 | ADVENTURE THEATER—Travel | |
7:30 | HARMON KILLEBREW—Baseball | |
7:40 | BASEBALL WARMUP—Scott | |
7:55 | BASEBALL—Twins Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Athletics | |
10:45 | SCOREBOARD—Frank Buetel | |
11:00 | NEWS—Dick Ford | |
11:15 | WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman | |
11:20 | SPORTS—Buetel, Horner | |
11:30 | MOVIE-Drama “I Accuse” (1958) | |
1:45 | LATE, LATE MEL CALVERT |
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