What's on TV? Friday, December 10, 1965

Yes, it's time for another edition of everyone's favorite - What's On TV?  This week we're taking a look at the listings for Friday, December 10, 1965.  You can read all about that issue of TV Guide here; now, be prepared for an in-depth look at the day.  We'll get right to it, after the break.

	KTCA, Channel 2 (Educ.)
	Morning
	09:15a	Classroom
		(off air from 11:40a to 12:55p)
	Afternoon
	12:55p	Classroom
	02:10p	Film Short
	02:25p	Classroom
		(off air from 2:55p to 5:00p)
	05:00p	Kindergarten
	05:30p	Inquiry
	Evening
	06:00p	French
	06:50p	Anthropology
	07:40p	Modern Literature
	08:30p	Macalester College
	09:00p	Moliere
	10:00p	Biology

We're lucky to have gotten this much from the local public broadcasting channel; next week they're off the air for the Christmas holiday.  (This TV Guide is so old, even the public broadcasting station refers to it as Christmas.)

	WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
	Morning
	06:00a	Sunrise Semester
	06:30a	Siegfried and His Flying Saucer
	07:00a	Axel and Deputy Dawg
	07:30a	Clancy and Company
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Dr. Reuben K. Youngdahl
	09:05a	News (local)
	09:10a	Mike Douglas (co-host Milton Berle, guests Paul Anka, Al Kelly, George Kirby)
	10:00a	Andy Griffith
	10:30a	Dick Van Dyke
	11:00a	Love of Life
	11:25a	CBS News
	11:30a	Search for Tomorrow
	11:45a	The Guiding Light
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local)
	12:15p	Something Special
	12:25p	Weather (local)
	12:30p	As the World Turns
	01:00p	Password (contestants Virginia Graham, Chester Morris)
	01:30p	House Party (guest Johnny Crawford)
	02:00p	To Tell the Truth
	02:25p	CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
	02:30p	The Edge of Night
	03:00p	The Secret Storm
	03:30p	I Love Lucy
	04:00p	Movie – “The Bandit of Zhobe” (1959)
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:15p	Sports (local)
	06:20p	Direction
	06:25p	Weather (local)
	06:30p	The Wild, Wild West
	07:30p	Hogan’s Heroes (color)
	08:00p	Gomer Pyle, USMC (color)
	08:30p	Smothers Brothers
	09:00p	The Trials of O’Brien
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:15p	Weather (local)
	10:20p	Sports (local)
	10:30p	Movie – “A Hatful of Rain” (1957)
	12:00a	Sports (local)
	12:10a	Movie – “Dead Men Tell” (1941)

Virginia Graham, one of the celebrity contestants on Password, is the host of Girl Talk, the syndicated program shown at 3pm on Channel 11.  Johnny Crawford, Art Linkletter's guest on House Party is, of course, Mark McCain from The Rifleman. You can see him often on MeTV commercials. The Trials of O'Brien, on at 9pm, would seem at first glance to be a poor vehicle for its star, Peter Falk,  Perhaps we're just too used to seeing him on Columbo to believe in him as a courtroom attorney.  But not to fear too much - O'Brien has his share of quirks and messes in his personal life as well.  In fact, Falk said he preferred this role to that of Columbo.  Have a look for yourself.

	KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
	Morning
	06:00a	Continental Classroom
	06:30a	City and Country (color)
	07:00a	Today (examining the student protest movement) (color)
	09:00a	Fractured Phrases (color)
	09:00a	NBC News (Edwin Newman)
	09:30a	Concentration
	10:00a	Morning Star (color)
	10:30a	Paradise Bay (color)
	11:00a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:30a	Post Office (color)
	11:55a	NBC News (Frank McGee)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local) (color)
	12:10p	Weather (local) (color)
	12:15p	Dialing for Dollars (color)
	12:30p	Let’s Make a Deal (color)
	12:55p	NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
	01:00p	Days of Our Lives (color)
	01:30p	The Doctors
	02:00p	Another World
	02:30p	You Don’t Say! (contestants Hal March, Mary Ann Mobley)
	03:00p	The Match Game (contestants Ray Bolger, Betty White)
	03:25p	NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
	03:30p	Dialing for Dollars (color)
	04:30p	Lloyd Thaxton (guest Tommy Sands) (color)
	05:25p	Doctor’s House Call (color)
	05:30p	Huntley-Brinkley Report (color)
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local) (color)
	06:15p	Weather (local) (color)
	06:25p	Sports (local) (color)
	06:30p	Camp Runamuck (color)
	07:00p	Hank (color)
	07:30p	Convoy
	08:30p	Mr. Roberts (color)
	09:00p	The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (color)
	10:00p	News (local) (color)
	10:15p	Weather (local) (color)
	10:20p	Sports (local) (color)
	10:30p	Johnny Carson (color)
	12:15a	Movie – “Invasion of the Saucer Men” (1957)

Looking at the listings for both WCCO and KSTP, I'm struck by the notion that they both have early-morning educational programs - Continental Classroom here, and the better-known Sunrise Semester on Channel 4.  Imagine that today.

You can really see how NBC has embraced colorcasts - the only prime-time program in B&W is Convoy, which was made that way due to its location shooting, I believe.

We're used to seeing hour-long dramas from ABC in the daytime schedule - with the exception of General Hospital, ABC wasn't exactly known for that part of their programming.  Until Chuck Barris came along, that is.  But to see two of them is, I think, interesting.  And the choices - The Eleventh Hour was actually an NBC program, which competed with ABC's own psychiatrist drama, Breaking Point - which itself was spun off from Ben Casey, the noontime offering.  I wonder if Eleventh Hour was just a syndicated pickup for Channel 9?

Don Riley, the host of 8:00am's Riley 'Round the Town, was a sports columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and hosted a call-in sports show on the radio.  He was known for having a big mouth and liked provocative stories, but I met him at a carnival when I was young, and he was very nice to me.  Far as I'm concerned, that's all that's important.

	WTCN, Channel 11 (NBC)
	Morning
	09:15a	News (local)
	09:30a	Movie – “College Scandal” (1935)
	10:55a	News (local)
	11:00a	Donna Reed
	11:30a	Father Knows Best
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Lunch with Casey
	12:45p	The King and Odie
	01:00p	Movie – “Rhythm on the Moon” (1940)
	02:45p	Mel’s Notebook
	03:00p	Girl Talk (guests Dody Goodman, Wendy Vanderbilt, Rachel Goodman)
	03:30p	Amos ‘n’ Andy
	04:00p	Popeye and Pete
	04:30p	Casey and Roundhouse
	04:45p	Magilla Gorilla (color)
	05:00p	Rocky and Friends (color)
	05:30p	Bachelor Father
	Evening
	06:00p	The Rifleman
	06:30p	Bold Journey
	07:00p	Wild Cargo (color)
	07:30p	Movie – “Sahara” (1943)
	09:30p	News (local)
	09:45p	Weather (local)
	09:50p	Sports (local)
	10:00p	Movie – “Destination Moon” (1950) (color)
	12:00a	Sleepy Time (time approximate)

Ah yes, the aforementioned Rifleman, with Johnny Crawford.  See how interconnected these listings are?  It's strange looking at Channel 11 with a normal schedule; I mean that for many years it was the go-to station for sports: Twins, North Stars, Vikings highlights, high school championships, syndicated boxing, etc.  I'm always a little taken aback when I see just a normal programming day.  Lots of movies, hmm?

That's it for today, but on Saturday we'll go back even further, to the final month of the 1950s!