November 17, 2014

What's on TV? Thursday, November 23, 1961





XThere's something almost sociological about holiday TV listings, and before you ask what I mean by that, I'll explain. That CBS News special about Dwight Eisenhower, for example. Ike is, less than a year after leaving office, still as revered as ever, and World War II remains fresh in many people's minds. So, assuming people might be interested in watching part 2 of Walter Cronkite's interview with the General, why would they stick it on Thanksgiving night? I think the reason is because families would be together for the day, and television was still special enough that people would sit around after dinner and watch something like this. It's a theory, anyway, but to the extent that it's true, it makes me wonder if TV (other than parades and football) would still be such an attraction on a day like this, or if people would spend more time talking than watching. You could probably use this to launch a wider study of family gatherings and viewing habits on major national holidays. Might get your doctorate with a thesis like that. But who am I kidding? Forget about all this toney talk; I just love these Thanksgiving listings, with Macy's and Hudson's and Texas vs. Texas A&M and the Lions and Packers and a variety special in the late afternoon. It really doesn't get much better than this, does it? The listings are from Minneapolis-St. Paul.

 
-2- KTCA (Educ.)
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
BEGINNING GERMAN
 
    6:30
ST. OLAF COLLEGE CHOIR   SPECIAL 
 
    7:00
SPANISH—Robert Brett
 
    7:30
GOALS FOR AMERICANS
 
    8:00
ARTIST SERIES—Music
 
    8:30
ECONOMICS—Education
 
    9:00
MODERN CIVILIZATION—History
 
    9:30
TOWN AND COUNTRY—Ray Wolf
 
  10:00
TALL MAN FIVE-FIVE—Air Force   SPECIAL 
 
  10:30
BACKGROUND—Dr. Ziebarth
 
  10:40
NEW HORIZONS—Education
 
 
 
-4- WCCO (CBS)
 
    MORNING   
 
    6:30
COLLEGE OF THE AIR
New Biology: “Control of Cellular Biochemical Activities”
 
    7:00
FLYING SAUCER—Siegfried
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
Guests: Selma Brody, Harry Reasoner
 
    9:00
NEWS—Dean Montgomery
 
    9:10
DR. REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL
 
    9:20
WHAT’S NEW?—Arle Haeberle
 
    9:30
THANKSGIVING PARADES   SPECIAL 
“I Love Lucy,” “Video Village” and “Your Surprise Package” will not be seen today.
 
  10:55
NEWS—Harry Reasoner
Stuart Novins substitutes today.
 
  11:00
PRO FOOTBALL—Packers vs. Lions   SPECIAL 
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
    1:45
NEWS—Dave Moore
 
    2:00
SOMETHING SPECIAL—Merriman
 
    2:10
WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
 
    2:15
MILLIONAIRE—Drama
Joined in progress.
 
    2:30
VERDICT IS YOURS—Drama
 
    2:55
NEWS—Charles Collingwood
 
    3:00
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
 
    3:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    4:00
AROUND THE TOWN—Haeberle
 
    4:30
BOZO THE CLOWN—Children
 
    4:40
AXEL AND DOG—Clellan Card
 
    5:00
YOGI BEAR—Cartoons
 
    5:30
CLANCY THE COP—Children
 
    5:55
MR. MAGOO—Cartoons
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS—Dean Montgomery
 
    6:10
WEATHER—Don O’Brien
 
    6:15
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    6:30
DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama
 
    7:00
ROUNDY PREDICTS—Merriman
 
    7:30
BOB CUMMINGS—Comedy
 
    8:00
INVESTIGATORS—Drama
 
    9:00
CBS REPORTS—Documentary
Walter Cronkite interviews Dwight D. Eisenhower, part 2
 
  10:00
NEWS—Dave Moore
 
  10:15
WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
 
  10:20
SPORTS—Norm Van Brocklin
 
  10:30
CORONADO 9—Mystery
 
  11:00
WEATHER—Don O’Brien
 
  11:05
OUTDOOR SPORTS—Johnson
 
 
 
-5- KSTP (NBC)
 
    MORNING   
 
    6:00
FILM FEATURE—Travel
 
    7:00
TODAY—John Chancellor
Guests: Carl Sandburg, Harry Golden
Local news at 7:25 and 8:25 A.M.
 
    9:00
THANKSGIVING PARADE   SPECIAL    COLOR 
“Say When, “Play Your Hunch,” “The Price Is Right” will not be seen today.
 
  11:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
  11:30
IT COULD BE YOU   COLOR 
 
  11:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
NEWS—John MacDougall
 
  12:15
WEATHER—Johnny Morris
 
  12:20
TREASURE CHEST—Jim Hutton
 
    1:00
JAN MURRAY—Game   COLOR 
 
    1:30
LORETTA YOUNG—Drama
 
    2:00
YOUNG DR. MALONE—Serial
 
    2:30
FROM THESE ROOTS—Serial
 
    3:00
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
 
    3:30
HERE’S HOLLYWOOD—Interviews
Guests: Celeste Holm, Bill Cullen
 
    3:55
NEWS—Sander Vanocur
 
    4:00
CHORALAIRES—Music   SPECIAL    COLOR 
 
    4:30
THANKSGIVING SPECIAL   SPECIAL    COLOR 
“Home for the Holidays.” Guests: Gordon MacRae, Patrice Munsel, Al Hirt and his group, the Brothers Four, Carol Haney
“Kukla and Ollie,” “T.N. Tatters” and “Man from Cochise” will not be seen.
 
    5:30
FILM SHORT
 
    5:45
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS—Bob Ryan
 
    6:15
WEATHER—Johnny Morris
 
    6:30
OUTLAWS—Western
 
    7:30
DR. KILDARE—Drama
 
    8:30
HAZEL—Comedy
 
    9:00
SING ALONG WITH MITCH   COLOR 
 
  10:00
NEWS—John MacDougall
 
  10:15
WEATHER—Johnny Morris
 
  10:20
SPORTS—Dick Nesbitt
 
  10:30
JACK PAAR—Variety
Guests: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore
 
  12:00
NEWS AND SPORTS—Krupp
 
 
 
-9- KMSP (ABC)
 
    MORNING   
 
    7:55
CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion
 
    8:00
BREAKFAST WITH CAP’N KEN
 
    8:30
OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
 
    9:00
JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
 
    9:30
FOOTBALL WITH TONY PARKER
 
  10:00
PRO FOOTBALL—Bills vs. Titans   SPECIAL 
Buffalo Bills at New York Titans
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
    1:00
COLLEGE KICKOFF   SPECIAL 
 
    1:15
COLLEGE FOOTBALL—Texas vs. Texas A&M   SPECIAL 
Texas at Texas A&M
 
    4:15
POST-GAME SCOREBOARD   SPECIAL 
 
    4:30
FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD—Parker
 
    5:00
LOONEY TUNERS CLUB—Children
 
    5:40
NEWS—Bob Allard
 
    5:45
NEWS—ABC Evening
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
YANCY DERRINGER—Adventure
 
    6:30
OZZIE AND HARRIET—Comedy
 
    7:00
DONNA REED—Comedy
 
    7:30
REAL McCOYS—Comedy
 
    8:00
MY THREE SONS—Comedy
 
    8:30
CLOSE-UP!—Documentary   SPECIAL 
“West of the Wall,” part 2
“Margie” will not be seen tonight.
 
    9:00
UNTOUCHABLES—Drama
 
  10:00
NEWS—Bob Allard
 
  10:15
WEATHER—Jere Smith
 
  10:20
SPORTS—Tony Parker
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Reformer and the Redhead” (1950)
 
  12:30
CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion
 
 
 
11 WTCN (Ind.)
 
    MORNING   
 
    9:45
CARTOON CIRCUS—Children
 
  10:00
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
 
  10:15
ROMPER ROOM—Miss Betty
 
  11:15
BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy
 
  11:45
NEWS—Jack Huston
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“$1,000 a Touchdown” (1939)
 
    2:30
DR. HUDSON’S JOURNAL
 
    3:00
LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy
 
    3:30
AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy
 
    4:00
POPEYE AND PETE—Dave Lee
 
    4:45
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
 
    5:00
SUPERMAN—Adventure
 
    5:30
DICK TRACY—Cartoons
 
    5:45
NEWS—Jack Huston
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
BROKEN ARROW—Western
 
    6:30
WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure
 
    7:00
HIGHWAY PATROL—Police
 
    7:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“The Big Trees” (1952) TV Debut
 
    9:30
NEWS—Jack Huston
 
    9:45
WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman
 
    9:50
SPORTS—Buetel, Horner
 
  10:00
M SQUAD—Police
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Remember the Night” (1940)
 
  12:05
NEWS AND WEATHER
 


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