To be perfectly honest—and that's a terribly important thing around here, in case you hadn't noticed—there's not a whole lot to report on in Chicagoland today. We push on, nevertheless, and find some tidbits worth knowing. For instance, I'm the Law, a first-run syndicated police show on WBBM starring movie tough-guy George Raft (who, at least in the handful of episodes I've seen, is remarkably wooden) and is produced by Lou Costello and his brother, Pat. You can see Lou and his partner, Bud Abbott, in the morning on WBBM. Meanwhile, WNBQ has NBC's Canadian Football coverage, with one of two games from the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (the Eastern Conference for short), and WGN has a White Sox game. WBKB has the science fiction serial Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, and, perhaps surprisingly, you'll soon be reading about that as one of the shows I've been watching. And then, of course, there's the Miss America pageant, so I guess there is something important after all.
❷ WBBM (CBS) | ||
MORNING | ||
6:55 | Today’s Thoughts | |
7:00 | Ray Rayner Show (Five minutes of local news, 7:55, 8:55.) | |
9:00 | True Picture—Film | |
9:30 | Winky Dink And You | |
9:45 | Fashion Magic—Women | |
10:00 | Capt. Midnight—Adventure | |
10:30 | Abbot & Costello—Comedy | |
11:00 | Big Top—Circus Fun | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:00 | Lone Ranger—Western | |
12:30 | Ray Rayner Show—Variety | |
1:30 | Junior Cameraman—Hobby | |
2:00 | Buster Crabbe—Western | |
2:30 | Choose Your Career | |
3:00 | Operation New Horizons | |
3:30 | Sports—Fahey Flynn | |
3:45 | News Roundup | |
4:00 | MOVIE—Western Frontier Theater: “Rocky Mountain Rangers” | |
5:00 | Standout—News Features | |
5:15 | Barker Bill’s Cartoons | |
5:30 | Range Rider—Adventure | |
EVENING | ||
6:00 | Theater At Dusk—Drama | |
6:30 | Beat The Clock—Games Emcee: Bud Collyer | |
7:00 | STAGE SHOW—Variety Guests: Jerry Colonna, Phil Foster | |
8:00 | TWO FOR THE MONEY | |
8:30 | MY FAVORITE HUSBAND | |
9:00 | THAT’S MY BOY—Comedy | |
9:30 | STAR SHOWCASE—Drama “Never Trust a Lady” | |
10:00 | MOVIE—Drama “The Big Wheel” | |
11:30 | I’m The Law—Police Drama | |
12:00 | News | |
12:05 | MOVIE—Espionage ”Secrets Of The Underground” |
4 WTMJ (MILWAUKEE) (NBC) | ||
MORNING | ||
10:00 | Space Patrol—Adventure | |
10:30 | Cowboy G-Men—Adventure | |
11:00 | Wild West Theater—Film | |
11:30 | Smilin’ Ed—Kids | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:00 | What’s New In The Kitchen | |
12:45 | News | |
1:00 | Wild Bill Hickok—Western | |
1:30 | Farm Program—Discussion | |
2:00 | MOVIE—Musical “Here Comes Elmer” | |
3:30 | Big Picture—Army Films | |
4:00 | Hot Show Review—Musical | |
5:00 | Lone Ranger—Western | |
5:30 | Cisco Kid—Western | |
EVENING | ||
6:00 | News—Paul Skinner | |
6:10 | Weather—Bill Carlsen | |
6:15 | Sports—Lloyd Pettit | |
6:30 | Ethel And Albert | |
7:00 | MICKEY ROONEY SHOW | |
7:30 | AMATEUR HOUR—Talent Ted Mack emcees. Final show of the current series. Next week: The Duke, starring Paul Gilbert | |
8:00 | SATURDAY NIGHT REVIEW Host: Eddie Albert. Guest: Alan Young | |
9:30 | MOVIE—Suspense “The Big Cat” | |
10:55 | WEATHER | |
11:00 | Tony Martin Show—Music | |
11:15 | The Hunter—Adventure | |
11:45 | Boston Blackie—Mystery | |
12:15 | News—Tom Mercein | |
12:20 | MOVIE—Musical Comedy “That’s My Gal” |
❺ WNBQ (NBC) | ||
AFTERNOON | ||
12:45 | FOOTBALL—Canada Ottawa at Toronto or Hamilton at Montreal | |
3:45 | The Other Guy—Religious | |
4:00 | Youth Wants to Know Guest: David Beck, president of the Teamsters | |
4:30 | Industry On Parade—Film | |
4:45 | Hobby Time—Crafts | |
5:00 | Mr. Wizard—Science | |
5:30 | MOVIE—Western | |
EVENING | ||
6:30 | Ethel And Albert | |
7:00 | MICKEY ROONEY SHOW | |
7:30 | AMATEUR HOUR—Talent Ted Mack emcees. Final show of the current series. Next week: The Duke, starring Paul Gilbert | |
8:00 | SATURDAY NIGHT REVIEW Host: Eddie Albert. Guest: Alan Young | |
9:30 | YOUR HIT PARADE | |
10:00 | INNER SANCTUM—Mystery | |
10:30 | JANET DEAN, R.N.—Drama | |
11:00 | MOVIE—Mystery “The Westland Case” | |
12:00 | Faces In The Window |
❼ WBKB (ABC) | ||
MORNING | ||
9:45 | Cartoon Time—Kids | |
10:00 | Space Patrol—Adventure | |
10:30 | Roundup Time—Western | |
11:00 | MOVIE—Drama “When The Lights Go On Again” | |
AFTERNOON | ||
12:30 | The Center Of Things—Film | |
1:00 | MOVIE—Western “Wild Horse” | |
2:00 | MOVIE—Adventure “Isle Of Forgotten Sins” | |
3:30 | Ramar Of The Jungle—Adventure | |
4:00 | Smilin’ Ed’s Gang—Kids | |
4:30 | Cisco Kid—Western | |
5:00 | Superman—Adventure | |
5:30 | Rocky Jones—Space Ranger | |
EVENING | ||
6:00 | Cowboy G-Men—Adventure | |
6:30 | Sports Final—Duggan | |
7:00 | FOOTBALL ’54—Sport | |
7:30 | GREATEST SPORTS THRILLS | |
8:00 | BOXING—Cincinnati Joe Miceli vs. Wallace “Bud” Smith | |
8:45 | BATTER’S BOX—Quiz | |
9:00 | PLAYHOUSE—Drama | |
9:30 | MISS AMERICA PAGEANT | |
11:00 | MOVIE—Intrigue “The Argyle Secrets” | |
12:15 | MOVIE—Drama “Heads We Go” |
❾ WGN (Du Mont) | ||
MORNING | ||
9:00 | Great Americans—Documentary | |
9:30 | This Is The Life—Religious | |
10:00 | MOVIE—Western “Range Busters—Thunder River Road” | |
10:30 | Bob Atcher’s Playtime | |
11:00 | F Bar F Ranch—Education | |
11:30 | MOVIE—Western “Gun Packer” | |
AFTERNOON | ||
1:00 | Batting Practice—Warm Up | |
1:10 | Lead-Off Man—Interviews | |
1:25 | BASEBALL—Sox vs. Yankees From Comiskey Park | |
3:45 | Tenth Inning Interviews | |
4:00 | MOVIE—Western Frontier Playhouse: Western feature | |
EVENING | ||
6:00 | MOVIE—Western Six-Shooter Theater: “Law Of The Lash” | |
7:00 | MOVIE—Drama “Shadows Of The Orient” | |
8:15 | SENATOR’S REPORT—Talks Senators Dirkson and Douglas | |
8:30 | WRESTLING—Marigold | |
11:00 | MOVIE—Comedy “ ’Neath Brooklyn Bridge” | |
12:00 | Commercial |
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