We're in new territory today! In case you didn't see Saturday's piece, this week's listing is from the Western Washington edition. Not much different except for the time (Pacific time mimics Eastern during prime time), but we do get to see a couple of Canadian stations - now you can see what the CBC has on! Without further ado, let's go to the grid!
CBUT, Channel 2 (Vancouver) (CBC)
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Morning
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Afternoon
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03:00p
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Frontiers of Space
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03:30p
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Movie – “King of the Cowboys”
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04:30p
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Zorro
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05:00p
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Rin Tin Tin
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05:30p
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Ivanhoe
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Evening
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06:00p
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Hockey Night in Canada (Bruins vs. Canadiens)
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07:30p
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Mr. Fixit
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07:45p
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CBC News
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08:00p
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Perry Como (guests Nanette Fabray, Billy Rose, the Everly Brothers) (color)
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09:00p
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Foreign Legion
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09:30p
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Saturday Date
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10:00p
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Frontiers of Space
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10:30p
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The Naked City
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11:00p
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News
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11:15p
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Juliette
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11:35p
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Wrestling
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Our first look at programming from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and for the most part it's just like American television - Perry Como works everywhere, doesn't he? The 11:35 wrestling program comes from Toronto; many times I can remember seeing hockey games from Maple Leaf Gardens with advertisements for coming wrestling events.
KOMO, Channel 4 (NBC)
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Morning
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08:15a
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Farm News
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08:30a
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Captain Puget
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09:00a
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Ruff and Ready
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09:30a
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Fury
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10:00a
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Howdy Doody
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10:30a
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Circus Boy
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11:00a
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Mr. Wizard
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11:30a
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Kingdom of the Sea (color)
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Movie – “We Go Fast”
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01:00p
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College Basketball – NIT Final (special)
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03:00p
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Camera 4
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04:00p
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True Story
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04:30p
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Detective’s Diary
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05:00p
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What’s New in Schools
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05:30p
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Americans at Work
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05:45p
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Congress Reports
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Evening
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06:00p
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Air Force Story
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06:30p
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Championship Bowling
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07:30p
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People Are Funny
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08:00p
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Perry Como (guests Nanette Fabray, Billy Rose, the Everly Brothers) (color)
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09:00p
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Black Saddle
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09:30p
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Cimarron City
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10:30p
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Major Studio Preview – “Fighting Chance”
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I think I've mentioned this before, but if not, I'll go ahead and say it again - through the mid '60s, the NIT basketball tournament was on a par with the NCAA - in fact, while the NCAA tournament was syndicated, the NIT had a national TV contract with NBC, and later CBS. It doesn't say this game is live, so I'm assuming it might have been tape-delayed from earlier in the day; the live broadcast must have been sometime in the morning Seattle time.
KING, Channel 5 (ABC)
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Morning
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08:00a
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Cartoon Festival
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08:30a
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Telaventure Tales
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09:00a
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Community Workshop
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10:00a
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The World Around Us
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11:00a
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Dr. Hanley
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11:15a
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Uncle Al
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Movie – “For the Service”
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01:00p
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Seattle Bandstand
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03:00p
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Movie – “I’ll Wait for You”
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04:30p
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Susie
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05:00p
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Kit Carson
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05:30p
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Crime Doesn’t Pay
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Evening
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06:00p
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Wild Bill Hickok
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06:30p
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Jubilee U.S.A. (guest Jimmy Wakely)
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07:30p
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Dick Clark (guests Tommy Leonetti, Annette Funicello, Jackie Wilson, Frankie Ford, Link Wray)
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08:00p
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Divorce Court
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09:00p
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Lawrence Welk (aka Dodge Dancing Party)
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10:00p
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Sea Hunt
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10:30p
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News (local)
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10:35p
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Command Theater – “A Night to Remember”
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If you like music, ABC is the network for you on Saturdays. Something for everyone - country music on Jubilee U.S.A., Dick Clark's show for the kids, and Lawrence Welk for grandma and grandpa. Not a bad lineup, if you like that kind of thing.
CHEK, Channel 6 (Victoria, BC) (Ind.)
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Afternoon
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02:15p
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Movie – “The Long Wait”
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03:50p
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Adventure Theater
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04:30p
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Zorro
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05:00p
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Rin Tin Tin
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05:30p
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Ivanhoe
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Evening
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06:00p
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Hockey Night in Canada (Bruins vs. Canadiens)
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07:30p
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Ernie Ford
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08:00p
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Perry Como (guests Nanette Fabray, Billy Rose, the Everly Brothers) (color)
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09:00p
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Rescue 8
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09:30p
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Saturday Date
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10:00p
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Frontiers of Space
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10:30p
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The Naked City
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11:00p
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News
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11:15p
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Juliette
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11:35p
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Pacific Theater - “Johnny Comes Flying Home”
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Although CHEK is listed as an independent station, it broadcasts a good deal of CBC programming, including the 6pm hockey game. It's listing in the TV Guide reads "Ice Hockey," but it's almost certainly Hockey Night in Canada, the CBC's legendary Saturday night telecast. (It's now produced by Sportsnet and licensed out to CBC.) One tipoff is that the broadcast only runs for 90 minutes; back in the day, presumably to protect the live gate, only the second and third periods were televised live, with highlights of the first period shown during the first intermission. Oh, and if you're curious about The Naked City at 10:30pm, I know that for most of its run it was simply Naked City - the article "The" was part of the original movie, and extended to the show's first, half-hour, season.
KIRO, Channel 7 (CBS)
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Morning
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08:45a
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Through the Porthole
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09:00a
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Captain Kangaroo
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10:00a
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Mighty Mouse
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10:30a
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Farmer Alfalfa
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11:00a
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Robin Hood
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11:30a
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Heckle and Jeckle
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Laurel and Hardy
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12:30p
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What People Think
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01:00p
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This Is Your Town
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01:15p
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Country Style, U.S.A.
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01:30p
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Pro Hockey Contest (Red Sullivan vs. Norm Ullman)
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01:45p
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Ice Hockey (Rangers vs. Red Wings)
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04:15p
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Gardener’s Guide
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04:30p
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The Lone Ranger
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05:00p
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Steve Donovan
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05:30p
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Ramar
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Evening
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06:00p
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News (local)
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06:30p
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Perry Mason
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07:30p
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
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08:00p
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Gale Storm
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08:30p
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Have Gun – Will Travel
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09:00p
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Gunsmoke
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09:30p
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Dial 999
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10:00p
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Premiere Playhouse – “Without Reservations”
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As opposed to the HNIC broadcast on CBC, CBS' NHL broadcast at 1:45 looks to be the entire game, as it has a running time of two and a half hours. It's preceded by, I presume, some kind of skills contest between two NHL players - this one, between Red Sullivan and Norm Ullman, is billed as the last show of the series.
KTNT, Channel 11 (Ind.)
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Morning
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11:25a
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News, Weather (local)
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11:30a
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The Big Picture (Army)
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Cartoon Carnival
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01:00p
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Movie – “Belle Starr’s Daughter”
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02:15p
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These Are Yours
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03:00p
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Movie – “Secret Agent of Japan”
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04:30p
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Cartoon Carnival
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05:00p
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Movie – “British Intelligence”
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Evening
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06:00p
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Dan Smoot Commentary
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06:15p
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Time Out For Sports
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06:30p
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Casey Jones
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07:00p
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Rendezvous
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07:30p
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Premiere Movie – “Wake Up and Dream”
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09:00p
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Night Court
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09:30p
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Charlie Chan
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10:00p
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If You Had a Million (aka The Millionaire)
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10:30p
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Nightmare – “Chinatown Squad”
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11:30p
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Late Show – “Calling Philo Vance”
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The Big Picture seems to be everywhere - it was a very popular filmed program, produced by the United States Army, that ran for years, first on ABC and then in syndication. I recall it even being shown on the educational station in the Twin Cities.
KVOS, Channel 12 (Bellingham, WA) (CBS)
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Morning
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09:00a
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Captain Kangaroo
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10:00a
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Mighty Mouse
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10:30a
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Popeye Theater
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11:00a
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Robin Hood
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11:30a
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Heckle and Jeckle
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Passport to Everywhere
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12:30p
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Farm Report
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01:00p
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The Big Picture (Army)
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01:45p
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Pro Hockey Contest (Red Sullivan vs. Norm Ullman)
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02:00p
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Ice Hockey (Rangers vs. Red Wings)
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04:15p
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Industry on Parade
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04:30p
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The Lone Ranger
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05:00p
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Popeye Theater
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05:30p
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Around the World Press Conference
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Evening
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06:00p
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Our Miss Brooks
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06:30p
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Science Fiction Theater
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07:00p
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Waterfront
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07:30p
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
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08:00p
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Walter Winchell File
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08:30p
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Have Gun – Will Travel
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09:00p
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Gunsmoke
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09:30p
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Glencannon
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10:00p
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Alfred Hitchcock Hour
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10:30p
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News (local)
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10:45p
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Star Cinema Time – “The Blue Veil”
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One of the things I noticed about this particular week of listings is how many of the local movie programs have titles - Star Cinema Time, or Owl Theater (below), or Nightmare. Good stuff - I wonder if they had movie hosts as well? Back in Minneapolis we had something called Critics' Award Theater, which was sponsored by the Taconite industry on Minnesota's Iron Range. In return for a short film extolling the virtues of Taconite, the movie would then be shown without commercial interruption.
KTVW, Channel 13 (Ind.)
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Afternoon
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04:00p
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The Big Picture (Army)
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04:30p
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Cartoons
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05:00p
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
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05:30p
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Joe Palooka
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Evening
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06:00p
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Douglas Fairbanks
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06:30p
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Errol Flynn
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07:00p
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Willy
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07:30p
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Mr. and Mrs. North
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08:00p
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Early Feature – “Hotel Reserve”
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10:00p
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Billy Graham
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12:30a
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Owl Theater – “Destination Murder”
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I didn't think the CBC transmitted any color programming until the mid 1960's.
ReplyDeleteThus, Perry Como may have been seen in black-and-white on the CBC while in color on NBC.
And, I suspect that the 8 P.M. Pacific broadcast was a tape of the show seen live on the East Coast three hours earlier (I didn't think Como went to tape until after his show moved to Wednesdays)
If it wasn't for half the people in the USA, the other half would be all of them.
ReplyDeleteCol. Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle
- On this particular Saturday, the local ABC station in Chicago (ch7) and the NBC station in Rockford (ch39) were carrying the Illinois State High School Basketball Tournament in the afternoon and later in prime time.
The ch7 pre-emptions in Chicago were, in order, Lawrence Welk, Sammy Kaye (ABC network), and Colonel Humphrey Flack (syndicated - ABC stations had local shows in that time). Shock Theatre (with Marvin, the Svengoolie of the '50s) and Charlie Chan (the TV version with J. Carrol Naish) were delayed until after the end of the game.
In Rockford, ch39 pre-empted, in order, Perry Como, Black Saddle, Cimarron City, The D.A.'s Man (all NBC network shows), and delayed locally syndicated Mike Hammer (Darren McGavin version) and a late movie, "It Happened One Night" (insert your own joke here).
- There was a time, the early '70s, when I was able to follow Canadian TV in a very limited way; I think I mentioned this in a comment a while back.
I'm guessing that this week predates the formation of CTV, the commercial independent TV network, which fought long for parity with the government-controlled CBC (by the"70s, they were about even - this was pre-cable).
- I suppose I should have mentioned this in the previous posting, but when you were reading the article by Margaret Mead, did you happen to notice the article that immediately followed it, on pages 20-22?
Talk about irony ...
You are right Mike this is pre-CTV, which wouldn't start up until 1960. Before then, all stations in Canada had to affiliate with the CBC. By the way, the CBC would air a lot of American shows until the 90s (the money short CBC couldn't afford bidding wars with private networks).
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