hen you're doing a string of TV Guides from consecutive weeks in the same year, as we're doing right now, it can get a little redundant. The best antidote for that is to go to a weekend, where all bets are off and everything is different. That's what we're going to see this week, as we look at Saturday programming in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
KRLD, Channel 4 (Dallas) (CBS) | ||
Morning | ||
07:00a | Children’s Hour | |
07:30a | Captain Kangaroo | |
08:30a | Mighty Mouse Playhouse | |
09:00a | Winky Dink and You | |
09:30a | Tales of the Texas Rangers | |
10:00a | Johnny Jupiter | |
10:30a | Flash Gordon | |
11:00a | The Lone Ranger | |
11:30a | Learning to Live | |
11:45a | Baseball Preview | |
11:55a | Baseball (Detroit vs. New York) | |
Afternoon | ||
03:00p | Sportsman’s Club | |
03:30p | Reporters’ Roundup | |
04:00p | Ability Counts | |
04:15p | Film Featurette | |
04:30p | Questions That Count | |
04:45p | Film Featurette | |
05:00p | TV Bible School | |
05:15p | Cartoon Time | |
05:25p | Do You Know Why? | |
05:30p | Beat the Clock | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Big “D” Jamboree | |
06:30p | Secret File U.S.A. | |
07:00p | Two For the Money | |
07:30p | Ford Star Jubilee (color) | |
09:00p | The Honeymooners | |
09:30p | Stage Show (guests George Jessel, Sunny Gale, The Step Brothers) | |
10:00p | Inspector Fabian | |
10:30p | News (local) | |
10:35p | Wrestling | |
11:35p | Four Star Theater | |
WBAP, Channel 5 (Fort Worth) (NBC, ABC) | ||
Morning | ||
08:00a | Pinky Lee | |
08:30a | I Married Joan | |
09:00a | Fury | |
09:30a | TV Auction | |
10:00a | Six Gun Theater – “Gangster’s Den” | |
11:00a | Bobby Peters | |
11:30a | Cartoon Capers | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | Farm Editor | |
12:30p | The Big Picture (Army) | |
01:00p | This Is the Answer (color) | |
01:30p | The Way | |
02:00p | Texas Wildlife | |
02:15p | Saturday Matinee – “Stage Struck” | |
03:30p | Six Gun Theater – “Border Badman” | |
04:30p | Gabby Hayes | |
05:00p | Strange Adventures | |
05:30p | This Is the Story | |
05:45p | Two Grand | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Perry Como (guests Dick Powell, Cathy Carr, Dana Wynter, Jackie Miles) | |
07:00p | People Are Funny | |
07:30p | Jimmy Durante (guest Lisa Kirk) | |
08:00p | George Gobel | |
08:30p | Your Hit Parade | |
09:00p | Crunch and Des | |
09:30p | I Spy | |
10:00p | Spotlight on Texas | |
10:15p | Weather, News (local) | |
10:30p | Les Paul and Mary Ford | |
10:35p | Congressional Report (Jim Wright) | |
10:40p | Movie Marquee – “Foreign Correspondent” | |
Here's the description for TV Auction, a new series debuting at 9:30 am: "A new action-packed show for boys and girls. The studio audience will have a chance to bid on valuable prizes by bringing ice cream cartons put out by a local dairy. Each week there will be two or three winners of certificates for free ice cream when a number is chosen corresponding to the "lucky seat" in the studio." What you want to bet the show's sponsored by that dairy company?
KCEN, Channel 6 (Temple) (NBC) | ||
Morning | ||
08:25a | Program Previews | |
08:30a | I Married Joan | |
09:00a | Fury | |
09:30a | Movie – “Hellfire Austin” | |
10:30a | The Trouble with Father | |
11:00a | Watch Mr. Wizard | |
11:30a | This Is the Life | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | The Way | |
12:30p | Navy Diary | |
01:00p | The Big Picture (Army) | |
01:30p | Wrestling | |
02:30p | Movie – “Bad Man of Tombstone” | |
04:00p | Workshop for Living | |
04:15p | Movie – “Rhythm Inn” | |
05:30p | News, Weather, Sports (local) | |
05:45p | Industry on Parade | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Bluebonnet Barn Dance | |
07:00p | People Are Funny | |
07:30p | Jimmy Durante (guest Lisa Kirk) | |
08:00p | George Gobel | |
08:30p | Your Hit Parade | |
09:00p | TV Playhouse | |
10:00p | News, Weather, Sports (local) | |
10:20p | Wrestling | |
I'm pretty sure the morning movie, Hellfire Austin, is not about the state capital of Texas. Hmm, here's a description: "Heading west, Ken and Bouncer end up at the Brooks ranch where Ken is to ride Tarzan in the big race." I don't think I want to know any more.
WFAA, Channel 8 (Dallas) (NBC, ABC) | ||
Morning | ||
08:15a | Agriculture on Parade | |
08:30a | The Big Picture (Army) | |
09:00a | Buster Crabbe | |
09:30a | Uncle Johnny Coons | |
10:00a | Captain Gallant | |
10:30a | Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney | |
11:00a | Jungle Jim | |
11:30a | Sky King | |
Afternoon | ||
12:00p | John Wayne Theater – “Frontier Horizon” | |
01:00p | Movie – “Law of the West” | |
02:00p | Boys’ Baseball | |
04:00p | Bowling Champions | |
05:00p | My Little Margie | |
05:30p | The Big Surprise | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Grand Ole Opry Stars (host Jimmy Dickens) | |
06:30p | His Honor Homer Bell | |
07:00p | Lawrence Welk | |
08:00p | Chance of a Lifetime | |
08:30p | Death Valley Days | |
09:00p | Ozark Jubilee (hosts Porter Wagoner, Red Foley, guests Wesley and Marilynb Tuttle, Mitchell Torok, The Balentines, Ray Crespin) | |
10:00p | News (Joe Templeton) | |
10:15p | Sports (Ken Cariker) | |
10:30p | Mystery Playhouse | |
11:00p | Channel 8 Theater – “So Long at the Fair” | |
KWTX, Channel 10 (Waco) (CBS, ABC) | ||
Morning | ||
07:30a | Captain Kangaroo | |
08:30a | Superman | |
09:00a | Winky Dink and You | |
09:30a | Boy Scout Review | |
10:00a | Tales of the Texas Rangers | |
10:30a | To Be Announced | |
11:00a | Neighborhood Salute | |
11:30a | Plan for the Future | |
11:45a | Baseball Preview | |
11:55a | Baseball (Detroit vs. New York) | |
Afternoon | ||
03:00p | To Be Announced | |
03:30p | The Big Picture (Army) | |
04:00p | Movie - Western | |
05:00p | Home Folks Frolic | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Film Featurette | |
06:15p | Spotlight on Texas | |
06:30p | The Honeymooners | |
07:00p | Two For the Money | |
07:30p | Ford Star Jubilee (color) | |
08:30p | Ozark Jubilee (hosts Porter Wagoner, Red Foley, guests Wesley and Marilynb Tuttle, Mitchell Torok, The Balentines, Ray Crespin) | |
10:00p | News, Weather, Sports (local) | |
10:30p | Lawrence Welk | |
11:30p | Million Dollar Movie – “To Be or Not to Be” | |
At 3:30 pm, Channel 10 becomes the fourth and final station of the day to show The Big Picture, which has to be one of the most broadcast series of all time. I don't think I've ever found a part of the country in which it wasn't aired during the '50s and '60s. When I was a lad, it was on Channel 4 in Minneapolis; at other times it was even on Channel 2, the educational station. Imagine that today.
KFJZ, Channel 11 (Fort Worth) (Ind.) | ||
Afternoon | ||
02:30p | Film Featurette | |
02:45p | Here’s to Beauty | |
03:00p | Bowling | |
04:25p | News (Jim Abbott) | |
04:30p | Terry and the Pirates | |
04:55p | Congressional Report (Jim Wright) | |
05:00p | Continental Teen Club | |
Evening | ||
06:00p | Jalopy Derby | |
06:30p | News, Sports, Weather (local) | |
07:00p | The Little Rascals | |
07:30p | Million Dollar Movie - “Angel on the Amazon” | |
08:55p | News (Dan Allison) | |
09:00p | Life With Elizabeth | |
09:30p | Roller Derby | |
10:00p | News, Weather (local) | |
10:20p | Golfing (Byron Nelson) | |
10:35p | Sports (Dave Naugle) | |
10:40p | Saturday Night Theater – “A Walk in the Sun” | |
12:00a | Labor Savers | |