This week signals a return to New England, and a return to the late '50s, so familiar and yet so different from the early '60s. Or maybe that's just me; looking at all these listings, 1958 always seems to be so much older than, say, 1963. But television is still an evolving medium in the late '50s, barely ten years old, and things change fast.
Yet, for all that, there are so many familiar names, whether on their own shows or guesting on others. The two Andys, Williams and Griffith, Huntley and Brinkley, Captain Kangaroo, Jim Backus. Jack Paar hosts Tonight, as he will until 1962; his successor, Johnny Carson, hosts Who Do You Trust? with his sidekick, Ed McMahon. Similar, but different.
Well, let's get to it, anyway. No commentary this week, just shows.
Yet, for all that, there are so many familiar names, whether on their own shows or guesting on others. The two Andys, Williams and Griffith, Huntley and Brinkley, Captain Kangaroo, Jim Backus. Jack Paar hosts Tonight, as he will until 1962; his successor, Johnny Carson, hosts Who Do You Trust? with his sidekick, Ed McMahon. Similar, but different.
Well, let's get to it, anyway. No commentary this week, just shows.
WGBH, Channel 2 (Educ.) | ||
Evening | ||
06:15p | Uncle Wonder’s Workshop | |
06:30p | News (Louis M. Lyons) | |
06:45p | Elliot Norton | |
07:00p | World in Action | |
07:30p | German (beginners) | |
08:00p | People | |
08:30p | Scientific Creativity Conference (special) | |
10:00p | The Big Picture (Army) | |
10:30p | News (William Pierce) |
WBZ, Channel 4 (NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
06:30a | Sign On Seminar | |
06:45a | Daily Almanac | |
06:55a | Weather (Don Kent) | |
07:00a | Today (guest host Jim Backus) | |
09:00a | Today at Home | |
09:30a | Tic Tac Dough | |
10:00a | Dough Re Mi | |
10:30a | Treasure Hunt | |
11:00a | The Price is Right | |
11:30a | Concentration (guest host Art James) | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | News (Jack Chase) | |
12:10p | Weather (Bob Copeland) | |
12:15p | Big Brother | |
01:00p | Movie – “The Man I Love” | |
02:25p | News (Leo Egan) | |
02:30p | The Court of Human Relations | |
03:00p | Young Dr. Malone | |
03:30p | From These Roots | |
04:00p | Truth or Consequences (color) | |
04:30p | County Fair | |
05:00p | Movie – “The Jungle Princess” | |
Evening | ||
06:45p | News (Arch Macdonald) | |
06:55p | Weather (Don Kent) | |
07:00p | Highway Patrol | |
07:30p | Northwest Passage (color) | |
08:00p | Steve Canyon | |
08:30p | Jimmie Rodgers (guests Joni James, Robert Maxwell) (color) | |
09:00p | Fanfare | |
09:30p | Bob Cummings | |
10:00p | David Niven | |
10:30p | Decoy | |
11:00p | News, Weather (local) | |
11:25p | Movie Double Feature – “Stage Struck”, “Nancy Drew, Trouble Shooter” |
WHDH, Channel 5 (ABC, CBS, NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
08:00a | News (Blair Clark) | |
08:15a | Breakfast Show | |
08:45a | Take Five | |
09:00a | Romper Room (color) | |
09:45a | Marge Mills | |
10:00a | News (color) | |
10:30a | Morning Playhouse | |
11:00a | Beulah | |
11:30a | Stu Erwin | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Across the Board | |
12:30p | Farm and Home (color) | |
12:55p | Take Five | |
01:00p | Music Bingo | |
01:30p | Susie | |
02:00p | Day in Court | |
02:30p | Gale Storm | |
03:00p | Beat the Clock | |
03:30p | Who Do You Trust? | |
04:00p | American Bandstand | |
05:30p | Adventure Time | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Dateline Boston (color) | |
06:30p | The Life of Riley | |
07:00p | The Huntley-Brinkley Report | |
07:15p | News, Sports (local) (color) | |
07:25p | Weather (local) (color) | |
07:30p | Sugarfoot | |
08:30p | Wyatt Earp | |
09:00p | The Rifleman | |
09:30p | The Naked City | |
10:00p | One Step Beyond (Alcoa Presents) | |
10:30p | Sea Hunt | |
11:00p | News, Weather (local) | |
11:15p | Jack Paar Tonight |
WCSH, Channel 6 (Portland, ME) (NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
06:30a | Sunrise Semester | |
07:00a | Today (guest host Jim Backus) | |
09:00a | Romper Room (Miss Connie) | |
09:30a | Topper | |
10:00a | Dough Re Mi | |
10:30a | Treasure Hunt | |
11:00a | The Price is Right | |
11:30a | Concentration (guest host Art James) | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Tic Tac Dough | |
12:30p | It Could Be You | |
01:00p | News (Henry Magnuson) | |
01:05p | Agnes Gibbs | |
01:15p | Community in Focus | |
01:30p | The Life of Riley | |
02:00p | Queen For a Day | |
02:30p | The Court of Human Relations | |
03:00p | Young Dr. Malone | |
03:30p | From These Roots | |
04:00p | Truth or Consequences (color) | |
04:30p | County Fair | |
05:00p | Satellite Police | |
05:30p | Popeye | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Woody Woodpecker | |
06:30p | News, Weather, Sports (local) | |
06:45p | The Huntley-Brinkley Report | |
07:00p | Citizen Soldier | |
07:30p | Northwest Passage (color) | |
08:00p | Steve Canyon | |
08:30p | Jimmie Rodgers (guests Joni James, Robert Maxwell) (color) | |
09:00p | Fanfare | |
09:30p | Bob Cummings | |
10:00p | David Niven | |
10:30p | Mike Hammer | |
11:00p | News, Weather (local) | |
11:15p | Jack Paar Tonight |
WNAC, Channel 7 (CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
07:00a | Laurel and Hardy | |
08:15a | Captain Kangaroo | |
09:00a | Morning Star Time | |
10:00a | My Little Margie | |
10:30a | Sam Levenson | |
11:00a | I Love Lucy | |
11:30a | Top Dollar | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Love of Life | |
12:30p | Search For Tomorrow | |
12:45p | The Guiding Light | |
01:00p | Louise Morgan | |
01:30p | As the World Turns | |
02:00p | For Better or Worse | |
02:30p | House Party | |
03:00p | The Big Payoff | |
03:30p | The Verdict Is Yours | |
04:00p | The Brighter Day | |
04:15p | The Secret Storm | |
04:30p | Topper | |
05:00p | Movie – “The Man I Married” | |
Evening | ||
06:30p | Annie Oakley | |
07:00p | Waterfront | |
07:30p | Rescue 8 | |
08:00p | City Detective | |
08:30p | To Tell the Truth | |
09:00p | Peck’s Bad Girl | |
09:30p | Spotlight Playhouse | |
10:00p | Andy Williams (guests Andy Griffith, June Valli, Clifford Guest, the Bohemians) | |
11:00p | News, Weather (local) | |
11:15p | Movie Double Feature – “Convicted”, “Blind Spot” |
WMTW, Channel 8 (Portland, ME) (ABC, CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
08:45a | Cartoons | |
10:30a | Movie – “The Tiger and the Flame” | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Across the Board | |
12:30p | Pantomime Quiz | |
01:00p | Music Bingo | |
01:30p | Startime Festival | |
02:00p | Day in Court | |
02:30p | Gale Storm | |
03:00p | Beat the Clock | |
03:30p | Who Do You Trust? | |
04:00p | American Bandstand | |
05:00p | Engine House 8 | |
05:30p | Adventure Time | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | News, Sports (local) | |
06:10p | Movie – “Dinky” | |
07:25p | Weather (local) | |
07:30p | Sugarfoot | |
08:30p | Wyatt Earp | |
09:00p | The Rifleman | |
09:30p | The Naked City | |
10:00p | One Step Beyond (Alcoa Presents) | |
10:30p | New York Confidential | |
11:00p | News, Weather (local) | |
11:10p | Movie – “The Walking Dead” |
WMUR, Channel 9 (Manchester, NH) (ABC, CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
10:00a | Cartoons | |
11:30a | Stop, Look, Listen | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Across the Board | |
12:30p | Liberace | |
01:00p | Music Bingo | |
01:30p | Catholic Thought | |
01:45p | Frankie Laine | |
02:00p | Day in Court | |
02:30p | Gale Storm | |
03:00p | Beat the Clock | |
03:30p | Who Do You Trust? | |
04:00p | American Bandstand | |
05:30p | Cartoons | |
Evening | ||
06:30p | News, Weather, Sports (local) | |
06:45p | Movie – “Grandpa Goes to Town” | |
08:00p | Counterpoint | |
08:30p | Downbeats | |
09:00p | Royal Playhouse | |
09:30p | Topper | |
10:00p | Paris Precinct | |
10:30p | Dateline: Europe | |
11:00p | Movie – “Lady Behave” |
WJAR, Channel 10 (Providence) (ABC, NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
07:00a | Today (guest host Jim Backus) | |
09:00a | Little Circus | |
09:30a | Movie – “The Sign of the Ram” | |
11:00a | The Price is Right | |
11:30a | Concentration (guest host Art James) | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Tic Tac Dough | |
12:30p | It Could Be You | |
01:00p | Movie – “Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence” | |
02:30p | The Court of Human Relations | |
03:00p | Young Dr. Malone | |
03:30p | From These Roots | |
04:00p | Truth or Consequences (color) | |
04:30p | County Fair | |
05:00p | Movie – “The House Across the Street” | |
Evening | ||
06:10p | News, Weather (local) | |
06:30p | Leave it to Beaver | |
07:00p | Rescue 8 | |
07:30p | Wyatt Earp | |
08:00p | Steve Canyon | |
08:30p | Jimmie Rodgers (guests Joni James, Robert Maxwell) (color) | |
09:00p | Fanfare | |
09:30p | Bob Cummings | |
10:00p | David Niven | |
10:30p | Highway Patrol | |
11:00p | News, Weather (local) | |
11:15p | Movie – “Southwest Passage” |
WPRO, Channel 12 (Providence) (CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
07:00a | Cartoons | |
07:15a | Storytime | |
07:45a | Romper Room | |
08:00a | Captain Kangaroo | |
09:00a | Playhouse | |
10:25a | Take Five | |
10:30a | Sam Levenson | |
11:00a | I Love Lucy | |
11:30a | Top Dollar | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Love of Life | |
12:30p | Search For Tomorrow | |
12:45p | The Guiding Light | |
01:00p | The Life of Riley | |
01:25p | Take Five | |
01:30p | As the World Turns | |
02:00p | Amos ‘n’ Andy | |
02:25p | Take Five | |
02:30p | House Party | |
03:00p | The Big Payoff | |
03:30p | The Verdict Is Yours | |
04:00p | The Brighter Day | |
04:15p | The Secret Storm | |
04:30p | The Edge of Night | |
05:00p | Superman | |
05:30p | Adventure Time | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Salty Brine’s Shack | |
06:30p | News, Weather, Sports (local) | |
06:45p | Douglas Edwards With the News | |
07:00p | Whirlybirds | |
07:30p | Roger Riders | |
08:00p | The Life of Riley | |
08:30p | To Tell the Truth | |
09:00p | Peck’s Bad Girl | |
09:30p | Spotlight Playhouse | |
10:00p | Andy Williams (guests Andy Griffith, June Valli, Clifford Guest, the Bohemians) | |
11:00p | News, Weather (local) | |
11:15p | Jack Paar Tonight |
WGAN, Channel 13 (Portland, ME) (CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
09:00a | Morning Beat | |
09:15a | Captain Kangaroo | |
10:00a | Burns and Allen | |
10:30a | Sam Levenson | |
11:00a | I Love Lucy | |
11:30a | Top Dollar | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Love of Life | |
12:30p | Search For Tomorrow | |
12:45p | The Guiding Light | |
01:00p | Burns and Allen | |
01:30p | As the World Turns | |
02:00p | For Better or Worse | |
02:30p | House Party | |
03:00p | The Big Payoff | |
03:30p | The Verdict Is Yours | |
04:00p | The Brighter Day | |
04:15p | The Secret Storm | |
04:30p | The Edge of Night | |
05:00p | Colonel Bleep | |
05:30p | Texas Rangers | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Ramar | |
06:30p | News, Weather, Sports (local) | |
06:45p | Douglas Edwards With the News | |
07:00p | U.S. Border Patrol | |
07:30p | Sergeant Preston | |
08:00p | Markham | |
08:30p | To Tell the Truth | |
09:00p | Peck’s Bad Girl | |
09:30p | Spotlight Playhouse | |
10:00p | Andy Williams (guests Andy Griffith, June Valli, Clifford Guest, the Bohemians) | |
11:00p | News, Weather (local) | |
11:15p | Movie – “God Needs Men” |