WGR, Channel 2 (NBC)
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Morning
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07:30a
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Clutch Cargo
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08:00a
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Dick Tracy
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08:30a
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Speed Racers
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09:00a
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Marine Boy
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09:30a
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Beany and Cecil
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10:00a
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H.R. Pufnstuf
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10:30a
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The Banana Splits
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11:30a
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Jambo
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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The Flintstones
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12:30p
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Underdog
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01:00p
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Upbeat (guests Lou Christie, Leslie Gore, the
Impressions)
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02:00p
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Movie – To Be
Announced
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04:30p
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Porter Wagoner (guest Bill Carlisle)
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05:00p
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Bill Anderson (guest Lynn Anderson)
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05:30p
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G.E. College Bowl (Minnesota-Morris vs. Bradley)
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Evening
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06:00p
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Win With the Stars
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06:30p
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College Talent (judges Abby Dalton, Marty Allen)
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07:00p
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Death Valley Days
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07:30p
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Andy Williams (guests Nancy Sinatra, Bob Newhart,
Tiny Tim, the First Edition, the Osmond Brothers)
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08:30p
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Saturday Night at the Movies – “Tom Jones”
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11:00p
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News, Weather,
Sports (local)
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11:30p
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Steve Allen (guests Mort Sahl, Mark Russell, Steve
Gillette, Mary Futernick)
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01:00a
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Hugh Hefner (guests Bill Cosby, Jim Brown, Marty
Ingels, Jeremy Vernon, Jackie DeShannon
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Fun fact: the University of Minnesota at Morris, one of the competitors in College Bowl, is located nine miles from The World's Worst Town™. Unlike TWWT, Morris was actually a pretty nice town, about 10,000 people - approximately 9,150 more than TWWT. I still wouldn't want to live there, though.
WBEN, Channel 4 (CBS)
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Morning
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07:30a
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Sunrise Semester (Math)
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08:00a
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The Jetsons
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08:30a
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Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
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09:30a
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Dastardly & Muttley
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10:00a
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The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
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10:30a
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Scooby-Doo
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11:00a
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Archie
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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The Monkees
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12:30p
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You and Your Family
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01:00p
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Rural Review
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01:30p
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Opportunity Line
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02:00p
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Movie Double
Feature – “Kansas Raiders”, “The Man from Bitter Ridge”
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04:30p
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Joe Foss
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05:00p
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Beat the Champ
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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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CBS Evening News with Roger Mudd
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07:00p
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It’s Academic
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07:30p
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Jackie Gleason (guest Milton Berle)
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08:30p
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My Three Sons
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09:00p
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Green Acres
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09:30p
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Petticoat Junction
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10:00p
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Mannix
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11:00p
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News, Weather,
Sports (local)
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11:30p
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Movie –
“Diabolique” (B&W)
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Joe Foss, host of the outdoors show at 4:30 that bears his name, is quite the story. World War II hero (the leading ace in the Marine Corps), Congressional Medal of Honor winner, general in the Air Defense Command, governor of South Dakota, first commissioner of the American Football League, president of the NRA, first host of The American Sportsman, and philanthropist. At this point Foss is just a TV host; his show is actually titled The Outdoorsman. And what have you done today?
CBLT, Channel 6 (Toronto) (CBC)
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Morning
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10:30a
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Movie Double
Feature – “Great Guns” (B&W), “Mr. Magoo’s Favorite Heroes”
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Afternoon
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12:30p
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Luncheon Date
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01:00p
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Lost Peace
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01:30p
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D’lberville
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02:00p
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CFL Football (Toronto Argonauts vs. Ottawa Rough
Riders)
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04:30p
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Lacrosse
(Quebec vs. Ontario) (time approximate)
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05:00p
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Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
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Evening
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06:00p
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News
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06:05p
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Man and His World
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06:30p
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The Galloping Gourmet
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07:00p
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The Beverly Hillbillies
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07:30p
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Mr. Deeds
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08:00p
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Hockey Night in Canada (St. Louis vs. Toronto)
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10:15p
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CBC Weekend
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11:10p
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Provincial Affairs
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11:40p
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Movie – “My
Blood Runs Cold” (B&W)
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01:40a
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Movie – “Sex
and the Single Girl”
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03:50a
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Movie – “The
Cat Burglar” (B&W)
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We don't get much of a look at Canadian stations, so this is kind of a treat. Both CBC and CTV (see below) carried numerous American television shows, many of them airing in Canada before they did in the United States. What would a Saturday in Canada be, though, without Canadian football and Hockey Night in Canada?
WKBW, Channel 7 (ABC)
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Morning
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06:00a
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Farm and Home
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07:30a
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Fantastic Four
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08:00a
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Casper the Friendly Ghost
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08:30a
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The Three Stooges
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09:30a
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Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
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10:00a
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Rocketship 7
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10:30a
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Hardy Boys
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11:00a
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Sky Hawk
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11:30a
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The Adventures of Gulliver
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Fantastic Voyage
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12:30p
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Wild Bill Hickok (B&W)
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01:00p
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This Week in Pro Football
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02:00p
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Buffalo Bills
Highlights
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02:30p
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College Football Pre-Game Show
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02:45p
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College
Football (Michigan State vs. Iowa)
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Evening
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06:00p
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Wide World of Sports (U.S. vs. U.S.S.R. amateur boxing)
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07:30p
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Movie – “The
Human Duplicators”
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08:30p
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Lawrence Welk
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09:30p
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The Hollywood Palace (host Engelbert Humperdinck, guests Sid
Caesar, Maureen Arthur, Mickey Deems, Nancy Ames, Gladys Knight and the Pips,
Jack E. Leonard, Lonnie Donegan)
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10:30p
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Movie –
“Harvey” (B&W) (interrupted at 11:30p for local news)
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11:30p
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News, Weather,
Sports (local)
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12:35a
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I Spy (time approximate)
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I always find it interesting when a movie is interrupted for the news, as is the case with Harvey. It's only a five-minute update, but still.
CFTO, Channel 9 (Toronto) (CTV)
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Morning
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07:30a
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Cartoon Playhouse
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09:00a
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Uncle Bobby
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09:30a
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Thunderbirds
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10:00a
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Cartoon Playhouse
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10:30a
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Joe 90
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11:30a
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Animal World
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Grey Cup Festival Highlights
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01:30p
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Danny Thomas
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02:00p
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Movie – “The
Magic Box”
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04:00p
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Sports Hot Seat
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04:30p
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Wide World of Sports (1969 Calgary Stampede)
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Evening
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06:00p
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The Saint
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07:00p
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Jackie Gleason (guest Milton Berle)
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08:00p
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Movie –
“Destiny of a Spy”
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10:00p
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Harold Robbins’ The Survivors
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11:00p
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News, Weather,
Sports (local)
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12:10a
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Movie – “The
Gypsy and the Gentleman” (B&W)
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The Grey Cup highlights mentioned at noon are highlights of the 1958 and 1959 Grey Cup championships. The 1969 Grey Cup isn't actually for another month, and it will be won by Ottawa, 29-11 over Saskatchewan. CTV's prime-time schedule is heavily American, although they could easily have imported The Saint from Britain.
CHCH, Channel 11 (Hamilton) (Ind.)
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Morning
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07:30a
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Meta Schools
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08:30a
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ETVO
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10:30a
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Hobby Time
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11:00a
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Lassie
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11:30a
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Bonsoir Copains
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Afternoon
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12:30p
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Wrestling
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01:30p
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Joe Foss
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02:00p
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College
Football (Toronto vs. Western)
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04:00p
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Super Heroes
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05:00p
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Andy Griffith
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05:30p
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Gidget
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Evening
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06:00p
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Stingray
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06:30p
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Seaspray (B&W)
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07:00p
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The Lucy Show
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07:30p
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Gunsmoke
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08:30p
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The Avengers
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09:30p
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This Saturday (B&W)
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10:00p
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Gomer Pyle, USMC
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10:30p
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Movie – “Lost
Command”
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11:00p
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News, Weather,
Sports (local) (B&W)
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11:05p
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Movie
(continued)
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This schedule would have been typical of any American independent station. A Canadian college football game, syndicated shows, movies. Bonus points for The Avengers - I wonder if Mrs. Peel is in these episodes?
WNED, Channel 17 (NET)
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Afternoon
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01:30p
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American History I
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02:30p
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Beginning German
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03:00p
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American History I
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04:00p
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Americans from Africa
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05:00p
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Health Education
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05:30p
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Misterogers
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Evening
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06:00p
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Folk Guitar (B&W)
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06:30p
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The Evans-Novak Report
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07:00p
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NET Festival (B&W)
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08:00p
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Pete Seeger (guests Norman Studer, Grant Rogers)
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09:00p
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Firing Line (guest Auberon Waugh)
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10:00p
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Boston Symphony (B&W)
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I never knew Pete Seeger had his own show. Gee, it seems so - commercial - of him, even if it's on educational television. That it's followed by William F. Buckley Jr.'s Firing Line seems somehow appropriate, doesn't it? TV
"HOT WHEELS" and "SKYHAWKS" were essentially 30 minute commercials for Mattel that created much controversy at the time that was revisited with "HE-MAN" and "SHE-RA" in the 80's.
ReplyDelete"ROCKETSHIP 7" was a locally produced programme that ran until 1978 when the host, Dave Thomas, moved to WPVI in Philadelphia. It received a shout-out in an episode of "BONES" when Booth said he watched the show regularly as a child. That was absolutely true. Booth is played by David Boreanaz, son of Dave Thomas!
You know, my wife, who watches this show, told me that very thing today! Great minds think alike!
Delete--This was just a few years before the Canadian government started requiring domestic content, which explains why there are so many American shows (BTW, CTV's "Joe 90" was also a British import).
ReplyDelete--"Gidget" on CHCH is interesting, since it had been a one-season flop just a few years before. I knew about its 80s reruns, but didn't know they had been syndied back in the 60s.
--Another great lineup from "Upbeat". Lesley Gore and Curtis Mayfield on the same show? At least in my eyes, that's better than Sullivan or the Palace.
Lesley Gore and Curtis Mayfield - Al, I think you've got a point!
DeleteIt wasn't that uncommon for one-season shows to have a weekend spot in syndication at the time. GIDGET probably was a popular choice in the late 60's due to Sally Field's then-current and popular FLYING NUN on Thursday nights.
ReplyDeleteCBC wasn't the only Canadian network carrying "Hockey Night In Canada" from 1965 until 1975.
ReplyDeleteCTV carried a second "HNIC" game, each week on Wednesday nights (the rights to the games and the broadcast themselves at the time were produced by Molson Beer's ad agency). CBC however, had the Stanley Cup Finals (and probably most, if not all, playoff games as well).
Until Vancouver came into the league in 1970, "Hockey Night In Canada" telecasts were usually regionalized with Montreal games being shown in Quebec and points East; while Toronto games would be shown in Ontario and points West.
There were some occasions where one game would go to the full CBC (Saturdays) or CTV (Wednesdays) network. That would occur if either: (1) Montreal faced Toronto, or (2) either Montreal or Toronto was playing, but the other wasn't.
When Vancouver entered the league in 1970, their Saturday or Wednesday night games would be shown in British Columbia. However, the only time a Vancouver game would be televised outside British Columbia would be if they played Montreal or Toronto, in which case, the other team's home region got the game as well.
I would think that 40 to 50 regular-season each of Montreal and Toronto were broadcast in Quebec and Ontario respectively, combining CBC and CTV.
In 1975, CTV dropped their half of the "HNIC" package, but the CBC continued, it, and the Canadian-based clubs were able to make deals with local TV stations for between 15 and 25 local mid-week regular-season telecasts apiece. Ironically, some of the TV stations that made local TV deals for their hometown NHL clubs were CTV-owned or affiliated stations!
One other interesting note is that until the late 1960's, "Hockey Night In Canada" didn't show regular-season games in full, but joined them in progress. During the 1950's, broadcast time was 9 P.m. Eastern, with games joined in progress around the start of the second period. In the early and middle 1960's, airtime was 8:30 Eastern, with games joined in progress with about six or seven minutes left to play in the first period.
"Hockey Night In Canada" is still around on Saturday nights, but CBC doesn't have it to itself anymore. Under a 2014 deal with Rogers Communications, in which Rogers owns all national-TV rights to the league in Canada, CBC gets two games (one starting at 7:15 P.M. Eastern time and the second starting at 10:05 Eastern), Rogers-owned City TV (a small network in Canada with stations in major cities) gets one game at 7:15 Eastern; and Rogers-owned Sportsnet cable sports channels show between them all other games involving Canadian-based teams not seen on CBC or City.
Usually, Toronto gets the early game on CBC, Montreal gets the game aired by City, a team based in Western Canada gets the CBC late game, and the various Sportsnets get the other games involving Canadian-based clubs.