What's on TV? Tuesday, August 8, 1967

I don't believe I've ever before used this combination of channels from the Twin Cities edition.  As I've said in the past, this is one of the few editions where I don't go through all the stations; there are just too many of them.  I like to give a general overview of the situation, though, and I think these are a pretty fair representation of what was on this week. 

	WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
	Morning
	06:00a	Summer Semester
	06:30a	Siegfried and His Flying Saucer
	07:00a	Clancy (color)
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Dr. Reuben K. Youngdahl (color)
	09:05a	Merv Griffin (guests Aliza Kashi, Rod Perry, Rip Taylor
	10:00a	Andy Griffith
	10:30a	Dick Van Dyke
	11:00a	Love of Life (color)
	11:25a	CBS News (color)
	11:30a	Search for Tomorrow (color)
	11:45a	The Guiding Light (color)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local) (color)
	12:20p	Something Special (color)
	12:30p	As the World Turns (color)
	01:00p	Password (guests Claire Bloom, Barry Nelson) (color)
	01:30p	House Party (guest Rev. Bob Harrington) (color)
	02:00p	To Tell the Truth (color)
	02:25p	CBS News (color)
	02:30p	The Edge of Night
	03:00p	The Secret Storm
	03:30p	The Beverly Hillbillies
	04:00p	Mike Douglas (guests Louis Nye, Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66, Ann Hilton, Nelson Sardelli (color)
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color)
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local) (color)
	06:30p	Daktari (color)
	07:30p	Spotlight (guests Bill Dana, Vikki Carr, Frankie Vaughn) (color)
	08:30p	Petticoat Junction (color)
	09:00p	London: Where It’s Happening (special) (color)
	09:30p	Essay on Women (special) (color)
	10:00p	News (local) (color)
	10:30p	Marshal Dillon
	11:00p	Movie – “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
	12:30a	Movie – “Manfish” (time approximate)

I used to love watching those Abbott and Costello movies, which Channel 4 would frequently run late night or on the weekends.  I can't be sure, but I suspect they might have had this on a Tuesday night precisely because it was summer, and kids could stay up late to watch it.  I might have watched this one myself, in fact.

	KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
	Morning
	06:15a	David Stone (color)
	06:30a	City and Country (color)
	06:55a	Doctor’s House Call (color)
	07:00a	Today (guests Kaye Ballard, Roger Carmel, Charles Jackson) (color)
	09:00a	Snap Judgment (guests Florence Henderson, Mark Goodson) (color)
	09:25a	NBC News (color)
	09:30a	Concentration (color)
	10:00a	Personality (Paul Anka, Patricia Harty, Alan Young, Olivia de Havilland) (color)
	10:30a	The Hollywood Squares (Kaye Ballard, Nanette Fabray, Buddy Hackett, Dwayne Hickman, Paul Lynde, Roddy McDowell, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Charley Weaver) (color)
	11:00a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:30a	Eye Guess  (color)
	11:55a	NBC News (color)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local) (color)
	12:15p	Dialing for Dollars (color)
	12:30p	Let’s Make a Deal (color)
	12:55p	NBC News (color)
	01:00p	Days of Our Lives (color)
	01:30p	The Doctors (color)
	02:00p	Another World (color)
	02:30p	You Don’t Say! (guests Maureen O’Hara, Leonard Nimoy) (color)
	03:00p	The Match Game (guests Fannie Flagg, Durward Kirby) (color)
	03:25p	NBC News (color)
	03:30p	Dialing for Dollars (color)
	04:30p	Of Lands and Seas (color)
	05:25p	News (local)
	05:30p	The Huntley-Brinkley Report (color)
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local) (color)
	06:30p	The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. (color)
	07:30p	Occasional Wife (color)
	08:00p	Monday Night at the Movies – “Visit to a Small Planet”
	10:00p	News (local) (color)
	10:30p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (color)
	12:00a	News and Sports (local) (color)
	12:15a	M Squad

	The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. never did catch on the way its counterpart, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. did, despite having two big assets in Stefanie Powers.   Oh, and that Harrison fellow, as well.  He was a very idealistic agent, not unlike Don Quixote - always aiming at the windmills in his mind... KMMT , Channel 6 (Austin) (ABC)
	Morning
	09:30a	Dateline: Hollywood (guest Barbara Parkins)
	09:55a	The Children’s Doctor (color)
	10:00a	Hollywood Race (color)
	10:30a	The Family Game
	11:00a	Everybody’s Talking (guests Barbara Bain, John Gavin, Tony Randall)
	11:30a	Donna Reed
	Afternoon
	12:00p	The Fugitive
	01:00p	The Newlywed Game (color)
	01:30p	Dream Girl (guests Farley Granger, Louis Nye, Mark Richman, Dionne Warwick) (color)
	01:55p	ABC News (color)
	02:00p	General Hospital
	02:30p	Dark Shadows
	03:00p	The Dating Game (color)
	03:30p	Compass
	04:00p	Roy Rogers
	05:00p	ABC Evening News with Frank Reynolds and Keith McBee (color)
	05:30p	The Rifleman
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:30p	Combat! (color)
	07:30p	The Invaders (color)
	08:30p	Peyton Place (color)
	09:00p	The Fugitive (color)
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:30p	Joey Bishop (guests Betty Hutton, Mike Clifford) (color)

I have to admit I did not recall Keith McBee and Frank Reynolds co-anchoring the ABC Evening News.  But then, prior to the World News Tonight era, they went through anchors with such frequency, I guess I can't be blamed.

	WDSE, Channel 8 (Duluth) (Educ.)
	Evening
	06:00p	Film Feature (Project Gemini)
	06:30p	What’s New
	07:00p	The Creative Person
	07:30p	Infinite Horizons (color)
	08:00p	So You Want to Live
	08:30p	Struggle for Peace
	09:00p	Round Table
	10:00p	NET Journal

WDSE doesn't sign on until 6pm during the summer, but that beats KTCA, the educational station in Minneapolis-St. Paul, which isn't on the air at all this week.

	WKBT, Channel 8 (La Crosse)  (CBS)
	Morning
	07:30a	CBS Morning News with Joseph Benti (color)
	07:55a	News (local)
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Candid Camera
	09:30a	The Beverly Hillbillies
	10:00a	Andy Griffith
	10:30a	Dick Van Dyke
	11:00a	Love of Life (color)
	11:25a	CBS News (color)
	11:30a	Search for Tomorrow (color)
	11:45a	The Guiding Light (color)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local)
	12:30p	As the World Turns (color)
	01:00p	Password (guests Claire Bloom, Barry Nelson) (color)
	01:30p	House Party (guest Rev. Bob Harrington) (color)
	02:00p	To Tell the Truth (color)
	02:25p	CBS News (color)
	02:30p	The Edge of Night
	03:00p	The Secret Storm
	03:30p	General Hospital
	04:00p	The Newlywed Game
	04:30p	The Beatles
	05:00p	Bozo the Clown
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color)
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:30p	Daktari (color)
	07:30p	Spotlight (guests Bill Dana, Vikki Carr, Frankie Vaughn) (color)
	08:30p	Petticoat Junction (color)
	09:00p	WKBT Special Report
	09:30p	Essay on Women (special) (color)
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:30p	Coronet Blue
	11:30p	Tales of Wells Fargo

I've probably mentioned this before, but I find it interesting that as late as 1967 (and the color era), CBS still has Search for Tomorrow and The Guiding Light at 15 minutes each.  A real throwback to the radio era of soaps.

	KMSP, Channel 9 (ABC)
	Morning
	07:30a	Morning Show (color)
	08:00a	Dateline: Hollywood (Werner Klemperer, Meredith MacRae)
	08:25a	The Children’s Doctor
	08:30a	Romper Room
	09:30a	Jack LaLanne (color)
	10:00a	Hollywood Race (color)
	10:30a	The Family Game
	11:00a	Everybody’s Talking (guests Barbara Bain, John Gavin, Tony Randall)
	11:30a	Donna Reed
	Afternoon
	12:00p	The Fugitive
	01:00p	The Newlywed Game (color)
	01:30p	Dream Girl (guests Farley Granger, Louis Nye, Mark Richman, Dionne Warwick) (color)
	01:55p	ABC News (color)
	02:00p	General Hospital
	02:30p	Dark Shadows
	03:00p	The Dating Game (color)
	03:30p	Movie – “Ambush at Cimarron Pass”
	05:00p	ABC Evening News with Frank Reynolds and Keith McBee (color)
	05:30p	Timmy and Lassie
	Evening
	06:00p	McHale’s Navy
	06:30p	Combat! (color)
	07:30p	The Invaders (color)
	08:30p	Peyton Place (color)
	09:00p	The Fugitive (color)
	10:00p	News (local) (color)
	10:30p	Movie – “Jump Into Hell”
	12:20a	Joey Bishop (guests Betty Hutton, Mike Clifford) (color) (time approximate)

Once again, we see an example of Channel 9 pushing Joey Bishop's show into the early morning hours, where it would be impossible for him to have a head-to-head matchup with the Carson show.  They were always a recalcitrant affiliate when it came to substituting local programming for network shows - you don't suppose it had anything to do with advertising revenue, do you?

	KROC, Channel 10 (Rochester) (NBC)
	Morning
	07:00a	Today (guests Kaye Ballard, Roger Carmel, Charles Jackson) (color)
	09:00a	Snap Judgment (guests Florence Henderson, Mark Goodson) (color)
	09:25a	NBC News (color)
	09:30a	Concentration (color)
	10:00a	Personality (Paul Anka, Patricia Harty, Alan Young, Olivia de Havilland) (color)
	10:30a	The Hollywood Squares (Kaye Ballard, Nanette Fabray, Buddy Hackett, Dwayne Hickman, Paul Lynde, Roddy McDowell, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Charley Weaver) (color)
	11:00a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:30a	Eye Guess  (color)
	11:55a	NBC News (color)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local)
	12:20p	Memos from Mary Bea
	12:30p	Let’s Make a Deal (color)
	12:55p	NBC News (color)
	01:00p	Days of Our Lives (color)
	01:30p	The Doctors (color)
	02:00p	Another World (color)
	02:30p	You Don’t Say! (guests Maureen O’Hara, Leonard Nimoy) (color)
	03:00p	The Match Game (guests Fannie Flagg, Durward Kirby) (color)
	03:25p	NBC News (color)
	03:30p	Mister Ed
	04:00p	Doodles the Clown
	04:30p	Leave it to Beaver
	05:00p	The Cisco Kid (color)
	05:30p	The Huntley-Brinkley Report (color)
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:30p	The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. (color)
	07:30p	Occasional Wife (color)
	08:00p	Monday Night at the Movies – “Visit to a Small Planet”
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:30p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (color)

 The Monday Night Movie - "Visit to a Small Planet."  Written by Gore Vidal, starring Jerry Lewis.  What could possibly go wrong?

	WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.)
	Morning
	08:30a	News (local)
	09:00a	Cartoon Carnival (color)
	09:30a	Gloria (color)
	10:00a	Abbott and Costello
	10:30a	Whirlybirds
	11:00a	Bachelor Father
	11:30a	Cooking with Hank
	11:45a	News (local)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Lunch with Casey
	01:00p	Movie – “Broadway”
	02:45p	Mel’s Notebook
	03:00p	Virginia Graham (guests Totie Fields, Evelyn Roman)
	03:30p	Bat Masterson
	04:00p	Popeye and Pete
	04:30p	Casey and Roundhouse
	05:30p	The Flintstones (color)
	Evening
	06:00p	The Munsters
	06:30p	Laramie
	07:30p	Perry Mason
	08:30p	Polka Varieties
	09:30p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	10:00p	Movie – “Arizona”

You'll see me refer to Cooking with Hank frequently during the '60s issues.  Hank Meadows was well known on Channel 11; in addition to this show of his, he was often on Lunch with Casey and other local programs.  He was with WTCN for fifteen years, plus another five on South Dakota broadcasting, before returning to television in the '80s on a Miami station.  He died in 1993.

	KEYC, Channel 12 (Mankato) (CBS)
	Morning
	07:30a	CBS Morning News with Joseph Benti (color)
	07:55a	Film Short
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Candid Camera
	09:30a	The Beverly Hillbillies
	10:00a	Andy Griffith
	10:30a	Dick Van Dyke
	11:00a	Love of Life (color)
	11:25a	CBS News (color)
	11:30a	Search for Tomorrow (color)
	11:45a	The Guiding Light (color)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local)
	12:30p	As the World Turns (color)
	01:00p	Password (guests Claire Bloom, Barry Nelson) (color)
	01:30p	House Party (guest Rev. Bob Harrington) (color)
	02:00p	To Tell the Truth (color)
	02:25p	CBS News (color)
	02:30p	The Edge of Night
	03:00p	The Secret Storm
	03:30p	Underway for Peace
	04:00p	Bart’s Clubhouse
	05:00p	Summer Semester
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color)
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:30p	Daktari (color)
	07:30p	Spotlight (guests Bill Dana, Vikki Carr, Frankie Vaughn) (color)
	08:30p	Petticoat Junction (color)
	09:00p	Bandwagon
	09:30p	Essay on Women (special) (color)
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:30p	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The "Essay on Women" at 9:30pm is another in the series of CBS news programs written by Andy Rooney and narrated by Harry Reasoner.  This time, Andy has written an "admiring and gently reproving essay," which includes a scene of woman attending meetings "where they complain about the 'problem' of being women."  I'd guess this might have been what Rooney was reproving them about.

	WEAU, Channel 13 (Eau Claire) (NBC)
	Morning
	07:00a	Today (guests Kaye Ballard, Roger Carmel, Charles Jackson) (color)
	09:00a	Snap Judgment (guests Florence Henderson, Mark Goodson) (color)
	09:25a	NBC News (color)
	09:30a	Concentration (color)
	10:00a	Personality (Paul Anka, Patricia Harty, Alan Young, Olivia de Havilland) (color)
	10:30a	The Hollywood Squares (Kaye Ballard, Nanette Fabray, Buddy Hackett, Dwayne Hickman, Paul Lynde, Roddy McDowell, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Charley Weaver) (color)
	11:00a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:30a	Eye Guess  (color)
	11:55a	NBC News (color)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Farm and Home
	01:00p	Days of Our Lives (color)
	01:30p	The Doctors (color)
	02:00p	Another World (color)
	02:30p	You Don’t Say! (guests Maureen O’Hara, Leonard Nimoy) (color)
	03:00p	The Match Game (guests Fannie Flagg, Durward Kirby) (color)
	03:25p	NBC News (color)
	03:30p	Dark Shadows
	04:00p	Donna Reed
	04:30p	The Fugitive
	05:30p	The Huntley-Brinkley Report (color)
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:30p	The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. (color)
	07:30p	Occasional Wife (color)
	08:00p	Monday Night at the Movies – “Visit to a Small Planet”
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:30p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (color)

Kaye Ballard and Roger Carmel, appearing on Today, are part of the cast of NBC's The Mothers-In-Law, which ran for a couple of seasons and also starred Eve Arden and Herbert Rudley.  Fun fact: with the exception of Deborah Walley, who played Arden and Hubbard's daughter, and Richard Deacon, who replaced Carmel as Ballard's husband, all of the lead characters it the show had the same first names as the actors playing them. TV