KTCA, Channel 2 (NET) | ||
Morning | ||
09:00a | Classroom | |
10:25a | Film Short | |
10:40a | Classroom | |
11:15a | Film Short | |
11:30a | Cities of the World | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Film Feature | |
12:35p | Classroom | |
03:00p | Making Decisions | |
03:30p | Film Short | |
03:40p | Classroom | |
04:00p | The Teaching Role | |
04:30p | Continental Comment | |
05:00p | Kindergarten | |
05:30p | Teaching English | |
Evening | ||
06:30p | Management Objectives | |
07:00p | Business Roundtable | |
07:30p | Inquiry | |
08:00p | To Be Announced | |
08:30p | American Social History | |
09:00p | Europe in the Mid-Sixties | |
10:00p | Student Symposium | |
The epitome of educational programming, don't you think? There are still programs such as NET Festival and NET Playhouse, but for the most part this is what KTCA showed back in the '60s.
WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
06:00a | Sunrise Semester (color) | |
06:30a | Siegfried and His Flying Saucer (color) | |
07:00a | Clancy & Carmen (color) | |
07:30a | Clancy & Willie (color) | |
08:00a | Captain Kangaroo (color) | |
09:00a | Live Today (color) | |
09:05a | Merv Griffin (guests Xavier Cugat and Charo, Larry Blyden, Ronnie Martin, Lovelace Watkins) (color) | |
10:00a | Andy Griffith | |
10:30a | Dick Van Dyke | |
11:00a | Love of Life (color) | |
11:25a | CBS News (Joseph Benti) (color) | |
11:30a | Search for Tomorrow (color) | |
11:45a | The Guiding Light (color) | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | News (Dean Montgomery) (color) | |
12:20p | Something Special (color) | |
12:30p | As the World Turns (color) | |
01:00p | Love is a Many Splendored Thing (color) | |
01:30p | House Party (guest Bobby Riha) (color) | |
02:00p | To Tell the Truth (color) | |
02:25p | CBS News (Douglas Edwards) (color) | |
02:30p | The Edge of Night (color) | |
03:00p | The Secret Storm (color) | |
03:30p | The Beverly Hillbillies | |
04:00p | Mike Douglas (co-host Michael Landon, Tony Bennett, Rick Little, Wes Montgomery) (color) | |
05:30p | CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color) | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | News (Dave Moore) (color) | |
06:15p | Weather (Bud Kraehling) (color) | |
06:20p | Sports (Hal Scott) (color) | |
06:30p | Lost in Space (color) | |
07:30p | The Beverly Hillbillies (color) | |
08:00p | Green Acres (color) | |
08:30p | He & She (color) | |
09:00p | Dom DeLuise (guest Susan Barrett) (debut) (color) | |
10:00p | The Scene Tonight (color) | |
10:45p | Movie – “Congo Crossing” (color) | |
CBS has an interesting prime-time lineup, don't you think? The corny Lost in Space, the rural comedies Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres, the stylish He & She (starring real-life marrieds Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss), which many have seen as a kind of prototype for Mary Tyler Moore's program, and Dom DeLuise in a summer replacement variety show. To the extent that CBS was able to hold the viewers through all those different shows, it demonstrates how different programming was, when you could schedule for a broad audience.
KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
06:15a | David Stone | |
06:30a | City and Country (color) | |
07:00a | Today (guests bullfighter Conchita Cintron, author John Fuller) | |
09:00a | Snap Judgment (guests Sheila MacRae, Flip Wilson) (color) | |
09:25a | NBC News (Nancy Dickerson) (color) | |
09:30a | Concentration (color) | |
10:00a | Personality (guests William Shatner, Peter Fonda, Joan Fontaine, Rod Serling (color) | |
10:30a | The Hollywood Squares (guests Jim Backus, Shelley Berman, Judy Carne, John Gary, June Lockhart, Morey Amsterdam, Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver) (color) | |
11:00a | Jeopardy (color) | |
11:30a | Eye Guess (color) | |
11:55a | NBC News (Edwin Newman) (color) | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | News (Gene Berry) (color) | |
12:15p | Dialing for Dollars (color) | |
12:30p | Let’s Make a Deal (color) | |
01:00p | Days of Our Lives (color) | |
01:30p | The Doctors (color) | |
02:00p | Another World (color) | |
02:30p | You Don’t Say! (guests Vincent Price, Betty White) (color) | |
03:00p | The Match Game (guests Gordon MacRae, Jessica Walter) (color) | |
03:25p | NBC News (Floyd Kalber) (color) | |
03:30p | Dialing for Dollars (color) | |
04:30p | Of Lands and Seas (color) | |
05:25p | News (Gene Barry) | |
05:30p | The Huntley-Brinkley Report (color) | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | News (Bob Ryan) (color) | |
06:15p | Weather (Johnny Morris) (color) | |
06:20p | Sports (Al Tighe) (color) | |
06:30p | The Virginian (color) | |
08:00p | Kraft Music Hall (host Eddy Arnold, guests Margaret Whiting, the Everly Brothers, the Montford Mission, Mark Wilson, John Byner) (color) | |
09:00p | Run For Your Life (color) | |
10:00p | News (John MacDougall) (color) | |
10:15p | Weather (Johnny Morris) (color) | |
10:20p | Sports (Al Tighe) (color) | |
10:30p | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (color) | |
12:00a | Henry Wolf (guests Met Opera quizmaster Edward Downes, Rev. Gioele Settembrini) (color) | |
When Kraft Music Hall was on the radio, its longtime host was singer Bing Crosby; when the program made the move to television in 1958, its first host was Milton Berle. From 1959 to 1967 the host was Perry Como, but by 1968 the show had moved to a series of rotating hosts. This week we see Eddy Arnold hosting the subtitled "Country Fair" segment, which focused (not surprisingly) on Country music. This one is really more of a pop crossover program, but even though I'm not much of a Country fan, I always found Eddy Arnold, who often wore a tuxedo when performing, to be extremely stylish.
KMSP, Channel 9 )ABC) | ||
Morning | ||
07:30a | 77 Sunset Strip | |
08:30a | Wedding Party (color) | |
09:00a | Romper Room (color) | |
09:30a | Dick Cavett (guests Mort Sahl, Kenneth Tynan) (color) | |
11:00a | Bewitched | |
11:30a | Treasure Isle (color) | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Dream House (color) | |
12:30p | News (Jerry Smith) (color) | |
01:00p | The Newlywed Game (color) | |
01:30p | The Baby Game (color) | |
01:55p | The Children’s Doctor (color) | |
02:00p | General Hospital (color) | |
02:30p | Dark Shadows (color) | |
03:00p | The Dating Game (color) | |
03:30p | Movie – “The Well” | |
04:55p | News (Jerry Smith) (color) | |
05:00p | ABC Evening News with Bob Young (color) | |
05:30p | McHale’s Navy | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Truth or Consequences (color) | |
06:30p | The Avengers (color) | |
07:30p | Leslie Uggams (guests Robert Morse, Noel Harrison, the Young Rascals) (special) (color) | |
08:30p | Movie – “Paths of Glory” | |
10:00p | News (Bill Fahan/Jim Steer) (color) | |
10:25p | Sports (Tony Parker) (color) | |
10:30p | Joey Bishop (guests Ross Martin, Henny Youngman, Jerry Butler) (color) | |
12:00a | Naked City | |
Following the mixed success of the United Nations dramas sponsored by Xerox, the socially-conscious company moved on to sponsor other specials they considered socially relevant. Tonight, it's a special broadcast of the brilliant anti-war movie "Paths of Glory," directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas. Not only is it a rare offering in prime time of a black-and-white movie, it is presented without commercial interruption. Coming at the height of the Vietnam War, the message passed on by Xerox was unmistakable.
WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.) | ||
Morning | ||
08:40a | News (Gil Amundson) | |
08:45a | The King and Odie | |
09:00a | Sea Hunt | |
09:30a | Bill Burrud | |
10:00a | Woody Woodbury (guests Buddy Ebsen, Cesare Danova, Dana Valerie, the Pair Extraordinaire) (color) | |
11:30a | News (Gil Amundson/Warren Martin) | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Lunch With Casey | |
01:00p | Movie – “Vengeance of Ursus” | |
02:30p | Mel’s Notebook | |
03:00p | Virginia Graham (guests Betty Walker, E47lsa Lanchester, Diana Sands) (color) | |
03:30p | Patty Duke | |
04:00p | Popeye and Pete | |
04:30p | Casey and Roundhouse | |
05:00p | The Flintstone (color) | |
05:30p | Gilligan’s Island | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | The Twilight Zone | |
06:30p | Harmon Killebrew (color) | |
06:40p | Halsey Hall (color) | |
06:55p | Baseball (Minnesota vs. Detroit) (color) | |
10:00p | Baseball Scoreboard (time approximate) | |
10:15p | News, Weather, Sports | |
10:30p | Movie – “Texas” (time approximate) | |
Here's a typical summertime lineup for WTCN, with the Minnesota Twins taking center stage. In 1967 the Twins had battled down to the last day of the American League season before winding up in a tie for second place with the Tigers, one game behind the Boston Red Sox. This year the Twins never quite get it going, and the Tigers romp to the AL pennant before rallying to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series. The pre-game shows consist of a ten-minute program hosted by Twins star Harmon Killebrew interviewing a fellow player, followed by legendary local broadcaster Halsey Hall talking about the lead-in to the game. Following the action, WTCN sports director Frank Beutel (who also does basketball and hockey play-by-play for the station) brings us the scores from around the league. I used to wait for that scoreboard show; before things like ESPN and the internet, it was the only way to find out what else was going on.