What's on TV? Tuesday, June 4, 1968

Today we look at the last normal broadcasting schedule for the week, as news updates will dominate the remainder of the days.

I mentioned in Saturday's piece that primary coverage continued for far longer than anyone had expected, but this isn't just a reference to the assassination of RFK; the California primary wasn't decided until midnight Pacific time, and for the most part the networks continued their coverage until Kennedy had been projected as the winner and had made his victory speech.  ABC, preparing to go off the air, held on while they tried to pin down the breaking news.  NBC and CBS, according to most sources, had ended their coverage but returned as soon as it had become apparent what had happened.  Considering that it would have been after 2 am in the Central time zone, I do wonder whether or not the local stations had time to sign off before the network broke in.  Regardless, it was indescribable late night drama.  But what was on the rest of the day in the Twin Cities?  Let's take a look.

	KTCA, Channel 2 (NET)
	Evening
	06:00p	Innovations
	06:30p	Effective Writing (color)
	07:00p	Antiques
	07:30p	Seminar for Seniors
	08:00p	Your Right to Say It (color)
	08:30p	Man and the Universe
	09:00p	Presidential Year
	09:30p	James Ford Bell Library
	10:00p	NET Festival (Stan Getz with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops)

With school out for the summer, it's an abbreviated schedule for KTCA.  NET Festival, with the legendary Stan Getz joining forces with Arthur Fiedler, looks a lot like Evening at Pops, doesn't it?

	WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
	Morning
	06:00a	Summer Semester (color)
	06:30a	Siegfried and His Flying Saucer (color)
	07:00a	Clancy and Carmen (color)
	07:30a	Clancy and Willie (color)
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo (color)
	09:00a	Live Today (color)
	09:05a	Merv Griffin (guests Shelley Winters, Dom DeLuise, Davis and Reese) (color)
	10:00a	Andy Griffith
	10:30a	Dick Van Dyke
	11:00a	Love of Life (color)
	11:25a	CBS News (Joseph Benti) (color)
	11:30a	Search For Tomorrow (color)
	11:45a	The Guiding Light (color)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Local News (Dean Montgomery) (color)
	12:20p	Something Special (color)
	12:30p	As the World Turns (color)
	01:00p	Love is a Many Splendored Thing (color)
	01:30p	House Party (guest Sheldon Leonard) (color)
	02:00p	To Tell the Truth (with guest panelists Marian and Cynthia Collyer) (color)
	02:25p	CBS News (Douglas Edwards) (color)
	02:30p	The Edge of Night (color)
	03:00p	The Secret Storm (color)
	03:30p	The Beverly Hillbillies
	04:00p	Mike Douglas (guests Marty Allen, Totie Fields, Lanie Kazan, Jerry Vale, Hy Lit) (color)
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color)
	Evening
	06:00p	Local News (Dave Moore) (color)
	06:15p	Weather (Bud Kraehling) (color)
	06:20p	Sports (Hal Scott) (color)
	06:30p	Daktari (color)
	07:30p	Red Skelton (guests Mike Connors, Tom Jones) (color)
	08:30p	Good Morning World (color)
	09:00p	CBS News Special – “Hill  943” (special) (color)
	10:00p	The Scene Tonight (color)
	10:45p	California primary (special) (color)
	11:00p	Movie – “The Tall T” (color)

That's an interesting combination on Red Skelton's show, isn't it?  Mike Connors, star of Mannix, a throwback to the old school of detective series, and Tom Jones, riding the wave of late '60s singers.  And they're both still around!

My hunch, based on the video that I've seen, is that the primary coverage ran far later than 11pm, unless CBS signed off and came back later with a special report on the results.

	KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
	Morning
	06:15a	David Stone (color)
	06:30a	City and Country (color)
	07:00a	Today (guests Supreme Court justice Abe Fortas, football old-timer Benny Friedman) (color)
	09:00a	Snap Judgment (guests Jack Cassidy, Betty White) (color)
	09:25a	NBC News (Nancy Dickerson) (color)
	09:30a	Concentration (color)
	10:00a	Personality (celebrities Noel Harrison, Jack E. Leonard, Joan Rivers, Barbara Bain) (color)
	10:30a	The Hollywood Squares (celebrities Marty Allen, Bill Bixby, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Audrey Meadows, Jan Murray, Steve Rossi, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Charley Weaver) (color)
	11:00a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:30a	Eye Guess (color)
	11:25a	NBC News (Edwin Newman)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Local News (Gene Berry) (color)
	12:10p	Weather (Pete Evensen) (color)
	12:15p	Dialing For Dollars (color)
	12:30p	Let’s Make a Deal (color)
	01:00p	Days of Our Lives (color)
	01:30p	The Doctors (color)
	02:00p	Another World (color)
	02:30p	You Don’t Say! (celebrities Richard Deacon, Rose Marie) (color)
	03:00p	The Match Game (guests Joel Grey, Fannie Flagg) (color)
	03:25p	NBC News (Floyd Kalber) (color)
	03:30p	Dialing For Dollars (color)
	04:30p	Of Lands and Seas (color)
	05:25p	Local News (Gene Berry) (color)
	05:30p	Huntley-Brinkley Report (color)
	Evening
	06:00p	Local News (Bob Ryan) (color)
	06:15p	Weather (Johnny Morris) (color)
	06:20p	Sports (Al Tighe) (color)
	06:30p	I Dream of Jeannie (color)
	07:00p	World of Animals (special) (color)
	08:00p	Tuesday Night at the Movies – “Bus Riley’s Back in Town” (color)
	10:00p	Local News (John MacDougall) (color)
	10:15p	Weather (Johnny Morris (color)
	10:20p	Sports (Al Tighe) (color)
	10:30p	California primary (special) (color)
	12:00a	I Led Three Lives (color)

It's interesting how much a part of the television schedule noontime news was back in the '60s and '70s.  KSTP's Dialing For Dollars was a part of that noontime schedule, and then returned at 3:30 for an hour.    I am sorry to see that era go.

	KMSP, Channel 9 (ABC)
	Morning
	07:30a	77 Sunset Strip
	08:30a	Wedding Party (color)
	09:00a	Romper Room (color)
	09:30a	Dick Cavett (color)
	11:00a	Bewitched
	11:30a	Treasure Isle (color)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Dream House (color)
	12:30p	Local News (Jerry Smith)
	01:00p	The Newlywed Game (color)
	01:30p	The Baby Game (color)
	01:55p	The Children’s Doctor (color)
	02:00p	General Hospital (color)
	02:30p	Dark Shadows (color)
	03:00p	The Dating Game (color)
	03:30p	Movie – “The Lady Says No”
	04:55p	Local News (Jerry Smith) (color)
	05:00p	ABC Evening News (Frank Reynolds) (color)
	05:30p	McHale’s Navy
	Evening
	06:00p	Truth or Consequences (color)
	06:30p	Dieppe Raid (special) (color)
	07:30p	It Takes a Thief (color)
	08:30p	N.Y.P.D. (color)
	09:00p	The Invaders (color)
	10:00p	Fahan-Steer News (Bill Fahan, Jim Steer) (color)
	10:25p	Sports (Tony Parker)
	10:30p	California primary (special) (color)
	11:00p	Joey Bishop (guests Jackie Gayle, Al Martino, Teddy Wilson (time approximate) (color)
	12:00a	Naked City

I've written before about Dr. Lendon Smith, host of The Children's Doctor at 1:55pm.  He was a popular guest of Johnny Carson's, who always introduced him as "the little tiny baby doctor."  It's another charming feature from back in the days when five minute programs (news updates and the like) were a feature of daytime television, and here's what it looked like:

	WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.)
	Morning
	08:40a	Local News (Gil Amundson)
	08:45a	The King and Odie
	09:00a	Sea Hunt
	09:30a	Bat Masterson
	10:00a	Woody Woodbury (guests Peter Breck, Greg Morris, Andy Devine, Pat Woodell, Alice Ghostley; continued from last night) (color)
	10:30a	Anthology
	11:00a	Have Gun – Will Travel
	11:30a	Local News (Gil Amundson, Warren Martin)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Lunch With Casey
	01:00p	Matinee Movie – “City of Fear”
	02:30p	Mel’s Notebook
	03:00p	Virginia Graham (guests Josephine Prentice, Maureen Arthur) (color)
	03:30p	Patty Duke
	04:00p	Popeye and Pete
	04:30p	Casey and Roundhouse
	05:00p	The Flintstones (color)
	05:30p	Gilligan’s Island
	Evening
	06:00p	The Twilight Zone
	06:30p	Harmon Killebrew Show (color)
	06:40p	Halsey Hall Show (color)
	06:55p	Baseball (Twins vs. Yankees) (color)
	09:30p	Baseball Scoreboard (time approximate)
	10:00p	TV-11 News
	10:15p	Movie – “High Flight”

I've never been able to figure out what was up with the Woody Woodbury Show.  The first hour is aired the previous night, and the final half-hour the following morning.  Possibly the opening monologues were considered a little too risque for daytime television?  Odd in any event. TV