What's on TV? Wednesday, May 19, 1965

A few years ago I had the chance to pick up a number of old TV Guides at an antique store, for prices that were probably better than they are online.  (No offense intended; saving on shipping is a big part of this equation.)  I passed, because the issues were not from the Twin Cities, and therefore I had no memories against which to measure them.  Most of them were from Wisconsin, as I recall, which would have been a good enough reason in and of itself to skip them.*  Big mistake.  Had I known I'd be doing this blog I would have snapped them up; even though my first choices continue to be Minneapolis/St. Paul and my new home, Dallas/Fort Worth, I find looking at new areas to be fun.  Educational, even.  As long as we don't overdo it.

*This joke only works if you're living in a state that borders Wisconsin.  Now that I live in Texas, I actually have fairly kind thoughts about the Cheese State.

This week we make a trip to the Big Apple, with a couple of stops in Connecticut for good measure.  Of all the places we could choose, New York is probably one of the more interesting; notice how many of their local newscasters go on to success at the network level.  You also see staples of TV cliches such as The Late Show.  But enough talking; let's get on with it.

	WCBS, Channel 2 (CBS)
	Morning
	06:30a	Summer Semester (Politics of Peace)
	07:00a	News and Weather (local)
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Love That Bob!
	09:30a	Jack Benny
	10:00a	CBS Morning News (Mike Wallace)
	10:30a	I Love Lucy
	11:00a	Andy Griffith
	11:30a	The McCoys
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Love of Life
	12:25p	CBS News (Robert Trout)
	12:30p	Search for Tomorrow
	12:45p	The Guiding Light
	01:00p	Leave It to Beaver
	01:30p	As the World Turns
	02:00p	Password (panelists George Grizzard, Joan Fontaine)
	02:30p	House Party (guest Judge Robert Gardner)
	03:00p	To Tell the Truth (panelists Dick Shawn, Ann Sheridan, Penny Fuller, Robert Q. Lewis)
	03:25p	CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
	03:30p	The Edge of Night
	04:00p	The Secret Storm
	04:30p	Sea Hunt
	05:00p	Movie – “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man”
	Evening
	06:30p	News (Robert Trout)
	06:55p	Editorial (Michael Keating)
	07:00p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
	07:30p	Mister Ed
	08:00p	My Living Doll
	08:30p	The Beverly Hillbillies
	09:00p	Dick Van Dyke
	09:30p	Our Private World
	10:00p	Danny Kaye (guests Art Carney, Pearl Bailey)
	11:00p	News (Jim Jensen)
	11:20p	The Late Show – “I Died a Thousand Times”
	01:25a	News (Peter Hyams)
	01:35a	The Late, Late Show – “The Great Moment”
	03:10a	Movie – “Night Club Scandal” (time approximate)
	04:35a	Movie – “Parole Fixer” (time approximate)

WCBS is, in case you hadn't figured it out, the CBS affiliate in New York.  (Another good reason to enjoy these issues - the affiliations are pretty easy to remember.)  It's here that we see both The Late Show and The Late, Late Show.  Nowadays they'd be talk shows with some standup as host, and very little informative talk.

	WTIC, Channel 3 (Hartford) (CBS)
	Morning
	06:30a	Summer Semester (Politics of Peace)
	07:00a	Childhood
	07:30a	RFD #3
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Hap Richards
	09:15a	Deputy Dawg
	09:30a	Leave It to Beaver
	10:00a	CBS Morning News (Mike Wallace)
	10:30a	Movie – “Strange Fascination”
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Love of Life
	12:25p	CBS News (Robert Trout)
	12:30p	Search for Tomorrow
	12:45p	The Guiding Light
	01:00p	Movie – “The Story of Dr. Wassell” (part 2)
	01:30p	As the World Turns
	02:00p	Password (panelists George Grizzard, Joan Fontaine)
	02:30p	House Party (guest Judge Robert Gardner)
	03:00p	The Edge of Night
	03:30p	To Tell the Truth (panelists Jan Murray, Anita Gillette, Barry Nelson, Phyllis Newman)
	03:55p	CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
	04:00p	Ranger Andy
	04:30p	Movie – “Manhunt in the Jungle”
	Evening
	06:05p	Sports (Bob Steele)
	06:15p	News (Bruce Kern)
	06:25p	Weather
	06:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
	07:00p	Littlest Hobo
	07:30p	Mister Ed
	08:00p	My Living Doll
	08:30p	The Beverly Hillbillies
	09:00p	Dick Van Dyke
	09:30p	Our Private World
	10:00p	Danny Kaye (guests Art Carney, Pearl Bailey)
	11:00p	News and Sports (local)
	11:15p	Weather
	11:20p	Movie – “Sound Off”
	01:00a	News and Weather (local)

More goodies from CBS, this time from Hartford.  You don't notice much of a difference in network programming; however, I did see that To Tell the Truth has an entirely different cast from the one airing on WCBS.  Since it's a network program (as opposed to syndication), I wonder which one is current?  I'm betting on WCBS.

Also, did you notice that the 1:00pm movie only runs for a half an hour at a time?  It started on Tuesday; Monday's movie was the conclusion of a five-parter from the previous week.  I suppose people were used to serialization because of the soaps, but this seems ridiculous.

	WNBC, Channel 4 (NBC)
	Morning
	06:00a	Education Exchange (Consultation ’65) (color)
	06:30a	Crusader Rabbit
	07:00a	Today (guests John Gunther, Judith Crist)
	09:00a	Birthday House
	10:00a	Truth or Consequences (color)
	10:30a	What’s This Song? (panelists Carmel Quinn, Roger Smith) (color)
	10:55a	NBC News (Edwin Newman)
	11:00a	Concentration
	11:30a	Jeopardy (color)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Call My Bluff (panelists Selma Diamond, Les Crane) (color)
	12:30p	I’ll Bet (panelists Lola Albright and William Chadney, Mr. & Mrs. Bob Denver) (color)
	12:55p	NBC News (Ray Scherer)
	01:00p	Everything’s Relative
	01:30p	Let’s Make a Deal (color)
	01:55p	NBC News (Floyd Kalbur)
	02:00p	Moment of Truth
	02:30p	The Doctors
	03:00p	Another World
	03:30p	You Don’t Say! (panelists Mel Torme, Sally Ann Howes) (color)
	04:00p	The Match Game (contestants Lauren Bacall, Henry Morgan) (color)
	04:25p	NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
	04:30p	Movie – “Rocky Mountain”
	Evening
	06:00p	News (Robert MacNeil/Gabe Pressman)
	07:00p	Huntley-Brinkley Report
	07:30p	The Virginian (color)
	09:00p	Wednesday Night at the Movies – “Julie”
	11:00p	News (Frank McGee)
	11:10p	Weather (Tex Antoine)
	11:15p	Local News (Jim Hartz)
	11:30p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (color)
	01:00a	News (Geoffrey Pond)
	01:15a	Movie – “Wild Fruit”

As I mentioned on Saturday, you've got a who's who of NBC newsmen on the local station: Gabe Pressman, Robert MacNeil, Frank McGee and Jim Hartz all distinguished themselves on the network.

	WNEW, Channel 5 (Ind.)
	Morning
	07:15a	News (local)
	07:30a	Survey of the Arts
	08:00a	Sandy Becker
	08:15a	Cartoons
	08:30a	Romper Room
	09:30a	Topper
	10:00a	Movie – “Sun Valley Serenade”
	11:20a	Metropolitan Memo
	11:25a	News (local)
	11:30a	Hall of Fun
	Afternoon
	01:00p	Cartoons
	01:25p	News (local)
	01:30p	Movie – “Sun Valley Serenade”
	02:50p	Metorpolitan Memo
	02:55p	News (local)
	03:00p	Peter Gunn
	03:30p	Cartoons
	04:30p	Sandy Becker
	Evening
	06:00p	Mickey Mouse Club
	06:30p	Astroboy
	07:00p	Soupy Sales
	07:30p	Room For One More
	08:00p	The Untouchables
	09:00p	William Faulkner’s Mississippi (special)
	10:00p	Richard Boone
	11:00p	News (local)
	11:10p	Movie – “Nightmare Alley”
	01:20a	News
	01:30a	Waterfront

An interesting prime-time schedule: The Untouchables, still one of the most violent shows on television, the documentary William Faulkner's Mississippi, which had won great praise when it was run the previous month, and The Richard Boone Show, Boone's attempt to have a television repertory company.  It was, how do you say it, a noble failure?

	WABC, Channel 7 (ABC)
	Morning
	06:20a	News (local)
	06:30a	Project Know
	07:00a	Cartoons
	09:00a	Gale Storm
	09:15a	News (Bill Owen)
	09:20a	Gail Storm (continued)
	09:30a	Movie – “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town”
	11:05a	News (Bill Owen)
	11:10a	Movie (continued)
	11:30a	The Price is Right (guest Hermoine Gingold)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Donna Reed
	12:30p	Father Knows Best
	01:00p	Rebus
	01:30p	Girl Talk (guest Ruby Dee)
	02:00p	Flame in the Wind
	02:30p	Day in Court
	02:55p	ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
	03:00p	General Hospital
	03:30p	Young Marrieds
	04:00p	Trailmaster
	05:00p	Movie – “The Brainiac”
	Evening
	06:00p	Weather (Ken Rabat)
	06:30p	Local News (Jim Van Sickle)
	06:45p	Peter Jennings with the News
	07:00p	Have Gun – Will Gravel
	07:30p	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
	08:00p	Patty Duke
	08:30p	Shindig (guests Ray Charles, Joe Williams, the Righteous Brothers, the Zombies, Glen Campbell, Ray Peterson, Donna Loren, Billy Preston, George Soule, Dinah Lee)
	09:30p	Burke’s Law
	10:30p	ABC Scope
	11:00p	News (Bill Beutel)
	11:15p	Nightlife (guest host Dale Robertson)
	01:00a	Movie – “Over the Wall”

                                                       

Speaking of movies as we did on Saturday, interesting how Bill Owen interrupts both the morning movie and Gail Storm's show for five minutes of news updates.  Do you suppose that replaced commercials?  Nah...

Oh, and that edition of ABC Scope at 10:30?  You won't want to miss it: "VD: Epidemic!"

	WNHC, Channel 8 (New Haven) (ABC)
	Morning
	06:40a	News and Weather (local)
	06:45a	Operation Alphabet
	07:15a	Church Conversations
	07:30a	Mr. Goober (color)
	08:30a	Gloria (color)
	09:00a	Girl Talk (guests Kaye Stevens, Anne Jackson, Peggy Cass)
	09:30a	Young Marrieds
	10:00a	General Hospital
	10:30a	Flame in the Wind
	11:00a	Rebus
	11:30a	The Price is Right (guest Hermoine Gingold)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Donna Reed
	12:30p	Father Knows Best
	01:00p	Movie – “The Company She Keeps”
	02:30p	Day in Court
	02:55p	ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
	03:00p	Trailmaster
	04:00p	Mickey Mouse Club
	04:30p	Admiral Jack
	05:30p	Peter Potamus
	Evening
	06:00p	Local News (Stelio Salmona)
	06:10p	Weather (Joe Francis)
	06:15p	Peter Jennings with the News
	06:30p	Surfside 6
	07:30p	Film Feature
	08:00p	Patty Duke
	08:30p	Shindig (guests Ray Charles, Joe Williams, the Righteous Brothers, the Zombies, Glen Campbell, Ray Peterson, Donna Loren, Billy Preston, George Soule, Dinah Lee)
	09:30p	Burke’s Law
	10:30p	One Step Beyond
	11:00p	News (George Thompson)
	11:10p	Weather (Linda Pritchard)
	11:15p	Sports (Carl Grande)
	11:20p	Tell Me, Dr. Brothers
	11:25p	Movie – “Badman’s Territory”
	12:50a	News (local)

I'm still impressed that Shindig's able to work so many acts into just one hour.  There are some very impressive names on the slate this week.  And is it just me, or does Dale Robertson seem an odd choice to be guest hosting Nightlife, ABC's answer to Carson?

I'm also assuming that the "Dr. Brothers" in the 11:20pm program would be none other than Dr. Joyce Brothers, herself.

	WOR, Channel 9 (Ind.)
	Morning
	10:50a	Farm Report
	10:55a	News and Weather (local)
	11:00a	Plays of Shakespeare
	11:30a	Tell Me, Dr. Brothers (color)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Memory Lane
	01:30p	Movie – “Tender Comrade”
	03:00p	James Beard
	03:30p	Movie – “Tom Brown’s Schooldays”
	05:00p	Mike Douglas (co-host Louis Nye, guest Fr. Kenneth Murphy)
	Evening
	06:30p	Trails West
	07:30p	Million Dollar Movie – “Big Guy”
	09:00p	Championship Bowling (Harry Smith vs. Dick Weber)
	10:00p	Pocket Billiards
	11:00p	News (John Wingate/Walter Kiernan)
	11:15p	Sports (Clure Mosher)
	11:25p	Million Dollar Movie – “The Lost Missile”
	12:55a	News and Weather (local)

As you know, if you miss the Million Dollar Movie tonight, you can catch it every night this week at the same time.  Interesting to see Plays of Shakespeare on an independent station; I would have thought it a better fit on the educational channel.  And what's with the half-hour edition of Tell Me, Dr. Brothers?  It's only on for five minutes on Channel 8.  And it's in color here!  I guess you get to ask her more, so she can tell you more.

	WPIX, Channel 11 (Ind.)
	Morning
	08:00a	Operation Alphabet II
	08:30a	Cartoons
	08:40a	Kukla and Ollie
	08:50a	Cartoons
	09:00a	Jack LaLanne
	09:30a	Racket Squad
	10:00a	Code Three
	10:30a	Star Theater
	10:55a	Pinocchio
	11:00a	Cartoons
	11:30a	Carol Corbett
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Cartoons
	12:30p	Buckaroo 500
	12:45p	Dick Tracy
	01:00p	Movie – “Strange Illusion”
	02:20p	News (local)
	02:30p	True Adventure
	03:00p	Pioneers
	03:30p	Laurel and Hardy
	04:00p	Chuck McCann
	04:30p	Planet Patrol
	05:00p	Beachcomber Bill
	05:30p	The Three Stooges
	Evening
	06:00p	News (Kevin Kennedy)
	06:10p	Local News (John Tillman)
	06:25p	Weather (Vivian Farrar)
	06:30p	Superman
	07:00p	Peter Potamus
	07:30p	Clay Cole (guest Clyde McPhatter)
	08:30p	Movie – “The Living Ghost”
	09:30p	One Step Beyond
	10:00p	Richard Diamond
	10:30p	Biography
	11:00p	Merv Griffin (guest Bishop Fulton Sheen)
	12:30a	Sports (Bob Wolff)
	12:35a	Best of Groucho

What a classic schedule of programming in the evening: Superman, One Step Beyond, Richard Diamond, Best of Groucho - you could reproduce all of that on DVD, and probably find "The Living Ghost" somewhere as well.  As for Peter Potamus - well, of course, he has a YouTube channel, just like everyone else.

	WNDT, Channel 13 (Educ.)
	Morning
	09:30a	Mathematics 5
	09:50a	It’s Your Business
	10:10a	Parlons Francais I
	10:25a	Working with Science
	10:45a	Let’s Make Puppets
	11:05a	Hablo Espanol
	11:20a	Music For You
	11:40a	It’s Your Business
	Afternoon
	12:00p	En Francais
	12:30p	Electronics at Work
	01:00p	Kindergarten
	01:30p	New York Metropolis
	01:50p	Hablo Espanol
	02:05p	Time for Science
	02:25p	It’s Your Business
	02:45p	Parlons Francais I
	03:00p	Music Interlude
	03:30p	Childhood Education
	04:00p	Guidance Agencies
	04:30p	Let’s Lipread
	05:00p	Once Upon a Day
	05:30p	What’s New
	Evening
	06:00p	Operation Alphabet II
	06:30p	En Francais
	07:00p	Artists of New Jersey
	07:30p	The French Chef
	08:00p	News (Gary Gilson)
	08:10p	Music Interlude
	08:15p	British Calendar
	08:30p	Museum Open House
	09:00p	Ride the Wild Horse (special)
	09:30p	World of Music
	10:00p	News (Robert Potts)
	10:05p	Art of Film
	10:35p	Electronics at Work
	11:05p	Reflections

In case you didn't no, this is the educational station.  I don't have any other information to add, other than that this strikes me as being exactly what an educational station should look like. TV