January 5, 2015

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  

2 comments:

  1. I love this feature and would certainly welcome seeing it weekly if time allows you to do it that frequently.

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  2. Interestingly, this date was the final Wednesday time slot for "Bewitched" - before it was moved to its Saturday death-slot the following week.

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