What's on TV? January 5, 1972

I thought I would try a little experiment this week.  I'm not saying it's going to last all year, but the TV listings I've included off-and-on the last few weeks have proved to be a popular feature, and that's led me to wonder whether or not it should be a weekly occurrence.  Now, this would not replace the Tuesday long-form essays I've been doing (or at least trying to do) since the start of the blog - I'd expect that "What's On TV?" would appear every Monday, with the essay appearing either Tuesday or Wednesday, and "Around the Dial" continuing on Thursdays.

I realize this would boost content to four days per week, which can be a daunting thing to contemplate.  On the other hand, doing the listing like this is fairly easy, and doesn't consume a lot of time.  As a matter of fact, the only drawback I can see is that I can't use it as a substitute for the essay any more.  I suppose that on those weeks when I'm really pressed for time, I can resort to a "best-of" piece; after all, with three-plus years of this blog under the belt, I should have at least a couple of articles I can rehash if needed - as long as I don't do it too often.

So let me know what you think.  Would you like to see this as a regular part of It's About TV?  Would you miss the longer stories if I found I had to cut back on them?   Or would you rather I only did the listings occasionally?  Feel free to let me know in the comments, via e-mail, or through the Facebook page.  In the meantime, enjoy these programs from Wednesday, January 5, 1972.

	KTCA, Channel 2 (PBS)
	Morning
	08:30a	Classroom (B&W)
	10:00a	The Electric Company
	10:30a	Classroom (B&W)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Sesame Street
	01:10p	Classroom (B&W)
	02:15p	Film (B&W)
	02:45p	Guten Tag (B&W)
	03:00p	Communication Skills (B&W)
	03:30p	Film (B&W)
	04:00p	Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
	04:30p	Sesame Street
	05:30p	The Electric Company
	Evening
	06:00p	Management (B&W)
	06:30p	Inquiry (B&W)
	07:00p	The French Chef
	07:30p	This Week
	08:00p	The Great American Dream Machine
	09:00p	Piano Technique (B&W)
	09:30p	American Craftsman

KTCA has finally become a PBS affiliate, and has an increasing number of national programs on their schedule, but still does a great deal of local programming, most of it in glorious black-and-white.

	WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
	Morning
	06:30a	Sunrise Semester (Urban Politics)
	07:00a	Clancy and Carmen
	07:30a	Clancy and Willie
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Lucille Ball
	09:30a	My Three Sons
	10:00a	Family Affair
	10:30a	Love of Life
	11:00a	Where the Heart Is
	11:25a	Live Today
	11:30a	Search for Tomorrow
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local)
	12:30p	As the World Turns
	01:00p	Love is a Many Splendored Thing
	01:30p	The Guiding Light
	02:00p	The Secret Storm
	02:30p	The Edge of Night
	03:00p	Gomer Pyle, USMC
	03:30p	Movie – “Critic’s Choice”
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:30p	The Golddiggers (guests Godfrey Cambridge, Dick Jensen, David Brenner,  Corbett and Barker)
	07:00p	Carol Burnett (guests Peggy Lee, Paul Lynde)
	08:00p	Medical Center
	09:00p	Mannix
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:50p	Movie – “Across the Wide Missouri”
	12:25a	Movie – “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby”

Yep, that's Dean Martin's Golddiggers in their syndicated variety show at 6:30.  If you compare CBS' daytime schedule to that of, say, five years ago, you'll see that they've really cut back on game shows.  Actually, that's a bit of a misnomer - they've eliminated them.

	KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
	Morning
	06:30a	Minnesota Today
	07:00a	Today
	09:00a	Dinah Shore
	09:30a	Concentration
	10:00a	Sale of the Century
	10:30a	Hollywood Squares (celebrities Joseph Campanella, Zsa Zsa Gabor,  Paul Lynde, Barbara McNair, Jan Murray, Karen Valentine, Wally Cox,  Charley Weaver)
	11:00a	Jeopardy
	11:30a	Who, What or Where Game
	11:55a	Man to Woman
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local)
	12:15p	Dial 5
	01:00p	Days of Our Lives
	01:30p	The Doctors
	02:00p	Another World
	02:30p	Bright Promise
	03:00p	Somerset
	03:30p	Virginia Graham (guests Sammy Davis Jr., Tom Tryon, Steve Martin,  Tiny Tim)
	04:30p	Dick Van Dyke (B&W)
	05:00p	Hogan’s Heroes
	05:30p	NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:30p	Hollywood Squares
	07:00p	Adam-12
	07:30p	NBC Mystery Movie – McMillian & Wife
	09:00p	Night Gallery
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:30p	Johnny Carson
	12:00a	Ski Scene
	12:30a	David Frost (guests Cliff Robertson, Bob Considine, Oscar Brand,  Sandy Baron, Ethel Ennis)

I often forget about David Frost's late-night talk show.  I don't know if he ever accomplished what he hoped to with it, but he certainly didn't lack for big-name guests.  And neither did Virginia Graham, in her afternoon show - much more of a focus on entertainment names, as I recall, than when she did Girl Talk.

	KMSP, Channel 9 (ABC)
	07:00a	CBS Morning News (John Hart)
	08:00a	News and Views
	08:30a	Grandpa Ken
	09:00a	Romper Room (Miss Jody)
	09:30a	Mantrap (guest Huntz Hall)
	10:00a	Green Acres
	10:30a	That Girl
	11:00a	Bewitched
	11:30a	Password (panelists Joseph Campanella, Florence Henderson)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	All My Children
	12:30p	Let’s Make a Deal
	01:00p	The Newlywed Game
	01:30p	The Dating Game
	02:00p	General Hospital
	02:30p	One Life to Live
	03:00p	Love, American Style
	03:30p	The Flying Nun
	04:00p	Hazel
	04:30p	I Love Lucy (B&W)
	05:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	05:30p	ABC Evening News with Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner
	Evening
	06:00p	To Tell the Truth (panelists Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen,  Nipsey Russell)
	06:30p	Truth or Consequences
	07:00p	Bewitched
	07:30p	The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
	08:00p	The Smith Family
	08:30p	Shirley’s World
	09:00p	The Man and the City
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:30p	The Wild Wild West
	11:30p	Dick Cavett (guests Ralph Nader, Sandy Duncan)
	01:00a	News (local)

Yes, Channel 9 - an ABC affiliate - carried the CBS Morning News during the week, as WCCO still had local kids' programming.  As we've seen in the past, 'CCO was very independent when it came to pre-empting network shows.  And I remarked earlier on game shows disappearing from CBS - well, one of them - Password - found its way to the ABC lineup, and To Tell the Truth is now on the syndicated circuit.

	WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.)
	Morning
	08:00a	Casey and Roundhouse
	08:30a	Hobo Kelly
	09:00a	News (local)
	09:30a	Jack LaLanne
	10:00a	Dialing for Dollars
	10:30a	Mister Ed (B&W)
	11:00a	Beat the Clock (guest Marty Allen)
	11:30a	The Galloping Gourmet
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Lunch With Casey
	01:00p	Movie – “Blondie” (B&W)
	02:50p	Lucille Rivers
	03:00p	It Takes a Thief
	04:00p	Gentle Ben
	04:30p	Gilligan’s Island
	05:00p	Petticoat Junction
	05:30p	Star Trek
	Evening
	06:30p	I Dream of Jeannie
	07:00p	Perry Mason (B&W)
	08:00p	Pro Hockey – Minnesota North Stars vs. Detroit Red Wings
	10:20p	Hockey Scoreboard (time approximate)
	10:30p	News, Weather, Sports (local) (time approximate)
	11:00p	Dragnet (time approximate)
	11:30p	Movie – “Asylum for a Spy”

Ah, North Stars hockey.  Back then, the Red Wings were an also-ran in the NHL, hardly the powerhouse they've become.  The North Stars were contenders in the relatively weak Western Division.  And they were in Minnesota, not Dallas - but that's another story. TV