KTCA, Channel 2 (Educ.) Morning | |
10:00a | Microbiology |
Afternoon | |
12:00p | Psychology |
02:50p | Science |
03:15p | Social Science |
05:30p | Kindergarten |
Evening | |
06:00p | The Big Picture (Army) |
06:30p | Man’s Reach |
07:00p | String Quartet |
07:30p | Sense of Sight |
08:00p | Profile |
08:30p | General Science |
09:00p | Going to College |
09:30p | Town and Country |
10:00p | Unreasonable Men |
10:30p | Public Responsibility |
You can tell we're in to summer vacation season by the afternoon programs on Channel 2 - Psychology and Social Science don't sound exactly like the kinds of classroom programs they run during the school year.
WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS) Morning | |
06:30a | Summer Semester (Modern Comparative Drama) |
07:00a | Siegfried, Axel, Clancy |
08:00a | Captain Kangaroo |
09:00a | News (Dean Montgomery) |
09:15a | What’s New? |
09:25a | Dr. Reuben K. Youngdahl |
09:30a | I Love Lucy |
10:00a | The McCoys |
10:30a | Pete and Gladys |
11:00a | Love of Life |
11:25a | CBS News (Robert Trout) |
11:30a | Search for Tomorrow |
11:45a | The Guiding Light |
Afternoon | |
12:00p | News (Dave Moore) |
12:15p | Something Special |
12:25p | Weather (Bud Kraehling) |
12:30p | As the World Turns |
01:00p | Password (guests Barbara Rush, Robert Merrill) |
01:30p | House Party (guest Elaine McKenna) |
02:00p | To Tell the Truth (guests Phyllis Newman, Robert Alda, Mel Tormé, Joan Fontaine) |
02:25p | CBS News (Douglas Edwards) |
02:30p | The Edge of Night |
03:00p | The Secret Storm |
03:30p | Danger Man |
04:00p | Around the Town |
04:30p | Axel and Deputy Dawg |
05:00p | Yogi Bear |
05:30p | CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite |
Evening | |
06:00p | News (Dave Moore) |
06:15p | Sports (Don Dahl) |
06:20p | Spotlight (George Rice) |
06:25p | Weather (Bud Kraehling) |
06:30p | Password (guests Laurence Harvey, Georgia Brown) |
07:00p | Rawhide |
08:00p | Perry Mason |
09:00p | Texaco Star Parade (host Meredith Wilson, guests Caterina Valente, Sergio Franchi, Rini Wilson, the Young Americans) |
10:00p | News (Dave Moore) |
10:15p | Weather (Bud Kraehling) |
10:20p | Sports (Hal Scott) |
10:30p | Outdoor Sports (Rollie Johnson) |
10:35p | Steve Allen (guests Gabe Dell, the Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem) |
12:00a | Movie – “Son of Belle Starr” (1953) (News follows the movie) |
I don't know how many people remember Meredith Wilson. CBS signed him to host three musical specials in 1964; this was the first. He was a composer of musical comedies, as well as pop songs and even classical music. You might not remember him, but he did have a couple of reasonably big hits on Broadway - The Music Man and The Unsinkable Molly Brown. On the local side, I am interested that Channel 4 has Patrick McGoohan's Danger Man, the forerunner to The Prisoner, on in the afternoon - it just doesn't seem like that kind of show.
KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC) Morning | |
06:30a | City and Country |
07:00a | Today (guests Henry Wade, Judith Crist) |
09:00a | Say When |
09:25a | NBC News (Edwin Newman) |
09:30a | Word for Word |
10:00a | Concentration |
10:30a | Jeopardy |
11:00a | Your First Impression (guests John Gavin and Cicely Evans) |
11:30a | Truth or Consequences |
11:55a | NBC News (Ray Scherer) |
Afternoon | |
12:00p | News (John MacDougall) |
12:15p | Weather (Johnny Morris) |
12:25p | Woman’s World |
12:30p | Treasure Chest |
01:00p | Let’s Make a Deal |
01:25p | NBC News (Floyd Kalber) |
01:30p | The Doctors |
02:00p | Another World |
02:30p | You Don’t Say! (guests Pat Carroll, Ross Martin) |
03:00p | The Match Game (guests Milt Kamen, Dr. Joyce Brothers) |
03:25p | NBC News (Sander Vanocur) |
03:30p | Make Room for Daddy |
04:00p | Movie – “Paris After Dark” (1943) |
05:25p | Doctor’s House Call |
05:30p | The Huntley-Brinkley Report |
Evening | |
06:00p | News (Bob Ryan) |
06:15p | Weather (Johnny Morris) |
06:25p | Sports (Al Tighe) |
06:30p | Temple Houston |
07:30p | Dr. Kildare |
08:30p | Hazel |
09:00p | Kraft Suspense Theatre |
10:00p | News (John MacDougall) |
10:15p | Weather (Johnny Morris) |
10:20p | Sports (Al Tighe) |
10:30p | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guests Carol Lawrence, Don Adams) |
12:00a | News and Sports |
12:05a | Movie – “Chinatown Squad” (1935) |
I wrote about Kraft Suspense Theatre on Saturday; Kraft was a major sponsor of television shows over the years, among them being Kraft Television Theatre (one of the longest and best of the early anthology shows) and, of course, Kraft Music Hall, hosted by Milton Berle, Perry Como, and others.
KMSP, Channel 9 (ABC) Morning | |
07:45a | Breakfast with Grandpa Ken |
08:30a | Romper Room (Miss Betty) |
09:30a | The Price is Right (guest Virginia Graham) |
10:00a | Get the Message (guests Marty Ingels, Bennett Cerf, Betty White, Julia Meade) |
10:30a | Missing Links (guests Dorothy Kilgallen, Nipsey Russell, Tom Poston, Reginald Gardiner) |
11:00a | Father Knows Best |
11:30a | Ernie Ford (guest Barbara McNair) |
Afternoon | |
12:00p | My Little Margie |
12:30p | Peter Gunn |
01:00p | Lois Leppart |
01:30p | Day in Court |
01:55p | ABC News (Lisa Howard) |
02:00p | General Hospital |
02:30p | Queen for a Day |
03:00p | Trailmaster |
04:00p | Movie (Western) |
05:00p | News (Bob Allard) |
05:15p | ABC Evening Report (Ron Cochran) |
05:30p | Leave it to Beaver |
Evening | |
06:00p | Hennesey |
06:30p | The Flintstones |
07:00p | Donna Reed |
07:30p | My Three Sons |
08:00p | Ensign O’Toole |
08:30p | Jimmy Dean (guests Jack Jones, Hank Snow, “Professor Backwards” [James Edmondson, Sr.]) |
09:30p | Stump the Stars (guests Eartha Kitt, Mike Connors) |
10:00p | News, Weather, Sports |
10:30p | The Untouchables |
11:30p | Thriller |
12:30a | News |
Hank Snow and Jack Jones - what an interesting combination on Jimmy Dean's show. James Edmondson was an old vaudevillian whose shtick included writing and pronouncing words backwards. Something for everyone, I guess. Anyway, in a lurid footnote, Edmondson was murdered in Atlanta in 1976 by three armed gunmen. Chevy Chase presented the story on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" as follows - and I kid you not: "Well, the popular TV personality known as Professor Backwards was slain in Atlanta yesterday, by three masked gunmen. According to reports, neighbors ignored the Professor's cries of 'Pleh! Pleh!'" It was a joke that, typical of SNL, was in very bad taste. It was also very funny.
WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.) Morning | |
10:45a | Kukla and Ollie |
11:00a | Eleven O’Clock Scholar |
11:30a | Dateline: Minnesota |
11:50a | Tricks for Treats |
Afternoon | |
12:00p | Lunch with Casey |
12:45p | The King and Odie |
01:00p | Matinee Movie – “Dr. Rhythm” (1938) |
03:00p | Bachelor Father |
03:30p | Robin Hood |
04:00p | Dave Lee and Pete |
04:30p | The Mickey Mouse Club |
05:00p | Superman |
05:30p | Mac and Myer for Hire |
05:45p | Rocky and His Friends |
Evening | |
06:00p | The Rifleman |
06:30p | Bold Journey |
07:00p | Expedition! |
07:30p | Movie – “The Vengeance of Ursus” (Italian, 1962) |
09:30p | News (Dick Ford) |
09:45p | Weather (Stuart A. Lindman) |
09:50p | Sports (Frank Buetel, Jack Horner) |
10:00p | Movie – “The Affairs of Susan” (1945) |
12:15a | One Step Beyond |
I think I've made this comment before, but it bears repeating; Channel 11's schedule when they weren't broadcasting the Twins or Minnesota Gophers (or, later, the North Stars) wasn't much to write about. I have to think that The Vengeance of Ursusis going to wind up on Mystery Science Theater 3000 one of these days.