This week's listing is from the Minnesota State edition; as usual, I've taken a cross-section of stations from a very full channel lineup. Perhaps some day I'll do an entire issue with all the stations, but I think you'd find it very repetitive. But who knows?
KTCA, Channel 2 (Educ.)
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Morning
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09:00a
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Classroom
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Afternoon
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03:00p
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Modern Industrial Management
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03:30p
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British Calendar
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03:45p
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Teaching Spanish
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05:00p
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Kindergarten
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05:30p
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Folk Guitar
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Evening
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06:00p
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Silver Wings
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06:30p
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Supervisory Practice
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07:00p
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Book Beat
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07:30p
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Town Meeting
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08:00p
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Film Feature
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08:30p
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Town Meeting
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09:00p
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Man Among Men
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09:30p
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Shakespeare
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10:15p
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British Calendar
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10:30p
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Town Meeting
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I always wonder what British Calendar is. Does anyone out there have any memories of it?
WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
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Morning
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06:00a
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Sunrise Semester
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06:30a
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Siegfried and His Flying Saucer
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07:00a
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Clancy & Company (color)
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08:00a
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Captain Kangaroo
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09:00a
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Dr. Reuben K. Youngdahl (color)
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09:05a
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News (local)
(color)
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09:10a
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Hi Neighbor (color)
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09:30a
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The Beverly Hillbillies
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10:00a
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Andy Griffith
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10:30a
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Dick Van Dyke
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11:00a
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Love of Life
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11:25a
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CBS News (color)
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11:30a
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Search for Tomorrow
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11:45a
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The Guiding Light
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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News (local)
(color)
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12:20p
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Something Special
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12:30p
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As the World Turns
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01:00p
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Password (guests Jack Cassidy, Nancy Ames)
(color)
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01:30p
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House Party (color)
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02:00p
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To Tell the Truth
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02:25p
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CBS News (color)
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02:30p
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The Edge of Night
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03:00p
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The Secret Storm
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03:30p
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Candid Camera
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04:00p
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Mike Douglas (co-host Dick Shawn, guests Al Martino,
Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Charlie Byrd, Nancy Dussault)
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05:30p
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CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color)
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Evening
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06:00p
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News (local)
(color)
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06:30p
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Lost in Space (color)
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07:30p
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The Beverly Hillbillies (color)
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08:00p
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Green Acres (color)
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08:30p
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Gomer Pyle, USMC (color)
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09:00p
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Danny Kaye (guests Peter Ustinov, Nancy Wilson,
Frank Gorshin) (color)
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10:00p
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News (local)
(color)
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10:30p
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Norm Van Brocklin (color)
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10:35p
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Movie “Border
River”
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12:10a
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Movie – “The
Man from Bitter Ridge” (time approximate) (color)
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The Norm Van Brocklin Show is a five-minute program with the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Next season it will be called The Bud Grant Show, after the Vikings' new head coach, who to this day remains the greatest in franchise history. Saw him on TV yesterday attending the Grey Cup game in Winnipeg, where they've erected a statue to the man who coached the Blue Bombers to four Grey Cup championships.
KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
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Morning
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06:00a
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Continental Classroom (American Government)
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06:30a
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City and Country (color)
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07:00a
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Today (guest Bishop James Pike) (color)
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09:00a
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Eye Guess (color)
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09:25a
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NBC News (color)
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09:30a
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Concentration (color)
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10:00a
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Pat Boone (guests Eve Arden, Gail Martin) (color)
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10:30a
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The Hollywood Squares
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11:00a
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Jeopardy (color)
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11:30a
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Swingin’ Country (guests Jackie and Gayle) (color)
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11:55a
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NBC News (color)
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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News (local)
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12:15p
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Dialing for Dollars (color)
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12:30p
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Let’s Make a Deal (color)
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12:55p
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NBC News (color)
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01:00p
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Days of Our Lives (color)
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01:30p
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The Doctors (color)
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02:00p
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Another World (color)
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02:30p
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You Don’t Say! (guests Joanie Sommers, Jesse White)
(color)
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03:00p
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The Match Game (guests Alan King, Betty White) (color)
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03:25p
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NBC News (color)
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03:30p
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Dialing for Dollars (color)
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04:30p
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Of Lands and Seas (color)
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05:25p
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Doctor’s House Call (color)
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05:30p
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The Huntley-Brinkley Report (color)
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Evening
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06:00p
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News (local)
(color)
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06:30p
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The Virginian (color)
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08:00p
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Chrysler Presents the Bob Hope Theatre (color)
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09:00p
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I Spy (color)
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10:00p
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News (local)
(color)
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10:30p
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(guests George Jessel,
Peter March) (color)
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12:15a
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M Squad
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What a difference NBC's morning schedule is in 1966 as opposed to today. Two variety programs; Pat Boone at 10am, and Swingin' Country at 11:30. I wonder if we'll ever see anything like that on network television again? Who am I kidding - I know the answer to that, don't you?
KMMT , Channel 6 (Austin) (ABC)
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Morning
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10:00a
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Supermarket Sweep
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10:30a
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The Dating Game
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11:00a
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Donna Reed
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11:30a
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Father Knows Best
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Ben Casey
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01:00p
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The Newlywed Game
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01:30p
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Time for Us
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01:55p
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ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
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02:00p
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General Hospital
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02:30p
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The Nurses
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03:00p
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Dark Shadows
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03:30p
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Where the Action Is (guests J.J. Jackson, Johnny Tillotson)
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04:00p
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Movie – “The
Atomic Submarine”
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05:30p
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The Rifleman
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Evening
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06:00p
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Peter Jennings with the News
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06:15p
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News, Sports,
Weather (local)
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06:30p
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Batman
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07:00p
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Maverick
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08:00p
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The Man Who Never Was (color)
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08:30p
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Peyton Place (color)
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09:00p
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ABC Stage 67
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:30p
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The Untouchables
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11:30p
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News (local)
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The Man Who Never Was, the 8:00pm show - isn't that a great name for a series? I like that title so much I make reference it in a section of the book I'm working on now. It was short-lived, and perhaps deservedly so, but the premise is a good one - Robert Lansing plays an intelligence agent in East Germany, who takes the place of his exact double, a millionaire playboy who is mistaken for him and killed by the Stasi. He now has to depend on his "new wife" to keep the secret. Can you keep all that straight? Too bad it didn't last longer, but we do have Dana Wynter as a consolation prize. And it does have a final episode!
WDSE, Channel 8 (Duluth) (Educ.)
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Morning
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09:00a
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Classroom
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Afternoon
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03:00p
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Modern Industrial Management
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03:30p
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British Calendar
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03:45p
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Teaching Spanish
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05:00p
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Kindergarten
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05:30p
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Now See This
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Evening
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06:30p
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What’s New
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07:00p
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News in Perspective
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08:00p
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UMD and the Arts
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08:30p
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When in Rome
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09:00p
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Man Among Men
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09:30p
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Shakespeare
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10:15p
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British Calendar
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10:30p
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Book Beat
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Modern Industrial Management - my idea of educational television. Why isn't there more like this on TV today?
WKBT, Channel 8 (La Crosse) (CBS)
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Morning
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07:30a
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CBS Morning News with Joseph Benti (color)
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07:55a
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News (local)
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08:00a
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Captain Kangaroo
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09:00a
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Candid Camera
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09:30a
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The Beverly Hillbillies
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10:00a
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Andy Griffith
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10:30a
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Dick Van Dyke
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11:00a
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Love of Life
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11:25a
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CBS News (color)
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11:30a
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Search for Tomorrow
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11:45a
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The Guiding Light
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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News (local)
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12:30p
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As the World Turns
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01:00p
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Password (guests Jack Cassidy, Nancy Ames)
(color)
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01:30p
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House Party (color)
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02:00p
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To Tell the Truth
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02:25p
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CBS News (color)
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02:30p
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The Edge of Night
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03:00p
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The Secret Storm
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03:30p
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Dark Shadows
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04:00p
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General Hospital
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04:30p
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Mickey Mouse Club
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05:00p
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Dobie Gillis
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05:30p
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CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color)
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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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Batman
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07:00p
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Bewitched
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07:30p
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The Beverly Hillbillies (color)
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08:00p
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Green Acres (color)
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08:30p
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Gomer Pyle, USMC (color)
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09:00p
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Danny Kaye (guests Peter Ustinov, Nancy Wilson,
Frank Gorshin) (color)
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:25p
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Film Short
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10:30p
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Combat!
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11:30p
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The Rifleman
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I find WKBT's schedule quite interesting, for reasons I've mentioned before with other local stations. Like many stations in markets that didn't have a dedicated affiliate for each network, WKBT picks up a number of shows from ABC. There's the afternoon schedule - that they have both Dark Shadows and General Hospital tells us something about the popularity of those two series, as does their decision to carry Batman and Bewitched at 6:30 and 7:00pm, respectively, instead of Lost in Space. They then round out the broadcasting day with Combat!, still in first-run, and The Rifleman, which ended its run a little more than three years before. A well-balanced schedule, in my opinion.
KMSP, Channel 9 (ABC)
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Morning
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07:30a
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Soupy Sales
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08:00a
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Porky Pig
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08:30a
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Romper Room
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09:30a
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Jack LaLanne (color)
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10:00a
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Supermarket Sweep
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10:30a
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The Dating Game
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11:00a
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Donna Reed
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11:30a
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Father Knows Best
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Ben Casey
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01:00p
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The Newlywed Game
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01:30p
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Time for Us
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01:55p
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ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
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02:00p
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General Hospital
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02:30p
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The Nurses
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03:00p
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Dark Shadows
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03:30p
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Where the Action Is (guests J.J. Jackson, Johnny Tillotson)
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04:00p
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Route 66
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05:00p
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Peter Jennings With the News
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05:15p
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News (local)
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05:30p
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Leave it to Beaver
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Evening
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06:00p
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Yogi Bear (color)
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06:30p
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Batman
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07:00p
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The Monroes (color)
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08:00p
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The Man Who Never Was (color)
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08:30p
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Peyton Place (color)
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09:00p
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ABC Stage 67
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:30p
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Movie –
“Woman’s World” (color)
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The 5:15pm local news on KMSP is anchored by Bob Allard, who went on to much greater local fame as a radio talk-show host. I remember listening to his program on occasion around 1978-80 or so; he could be somewhat contentious but didn't fall into the same category as so many hosts today. Sadly, he committed suicide (not his first attempt) shortly after his fifth such radio series was cancelled. I have a hard time picturing him as a news anchor.
KROC, Channel 10 (Rochester) (NBC)
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Morning
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07:00a
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Today (guest Bishop James Pike) (color)
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09:00a
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Eye Guess (color)
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09:25a
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NBC News (color)
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09:30a
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Concentration (color)
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10:00a
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Pat Boone (guests Eve Arden, Gail Martin) (color)
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10:30a
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The Hollywood Squares
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11:00a
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Jeopardy (color)
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11:30a
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Swingin’ Country (guests Jackie and Gayle) (color)
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11:55a
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NBC News (color)
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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News (local)
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12:20p
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Memos From Mary Bea
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12:30p
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Let’s Make a Deal (color)
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12:55p
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NBC News (color)
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01:00p
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Days of Our Lives (color)
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01:30p
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The Doctors (color)
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02:00p
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Another World (color)
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02:30p
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You Don’t Say! (guests Joanie Sommers, Jesse White)
(color)
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03:00p
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The Match Game (guests Alan King, Betty White) (color)
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03:25p
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NBC News (color)
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03:30p
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Wally Gator
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04:00p
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Mister Ed
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04:30p
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Leave it to Beaver
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05:00p
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Cisco Kid
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05:30p
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The Huntley-Brinkley Report (color)
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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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The Virginian (color)
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08:00p
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Chrysler Presents the Bob Hope Theatre (color)
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09:00p
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I Spy (color)
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09:30p
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News, Weather, Sports (local)
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:30p
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(guests George Jessel,
Peter March) (color)
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KROC is now known as KTTC, but is still an NBC affiliate. I know that most of these call letters have something to do with the owner of the station, and many of them around the country have changed since the '60s, but it's still too bad to see letters as corny and yet as descriptive as KROC go the way of the wind. It says much about how television in the '60s was still something of a smaller enterprise.
WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.)
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Morning
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09:00a
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Casey Junior
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09:30a
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Gloria (color)
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10:00a
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Girl Talk (guests Sheilah Graham, Elsa Lanchester,
Raquel Welch)
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10:30a
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PDQ (guests Barrie Chase, Wally Cox, Dick Patterson)
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11:00a
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Bold Journey
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11:30a
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Today’s Drama
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11:55a
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News (local)
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Lunch With Casey
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01:00p
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Movie – “The
Cape Canaveral Monsters”
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02:40p
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Mel’s Notebook
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02:55p
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News (local)
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03:00p
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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03:30p
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Mister Ed
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04:00p
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Popeye and Pete
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04:30p
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Casey and Roundhouse
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05:30p
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The Flintstones (color)
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Evening
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06:00p
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The Rifleman
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06:30p
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Patty Duke
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07:00p
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The Twilight Zone
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07:30p
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Perry Mason
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08:30p
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Spread of the Eagle
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10:00p
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Movie –
“Saturday’s Hero”
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12:05a
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Bachelor Father (time approximate)
|
Had I not been in school that day, I'm almost certain I would have watched "The Cape Canaveral Monsters" on Channel 11. I mean, it has the phrase "Cape Canaveral," which means there have to be rockets and launches, right? At that age I was fascinated by the manned space program (still am, for that matter), and a movie with this title would have been right up my alley. Monsters? Eh, I could take them or leave them, unless they were attacked by the Army, which made things much more interesting. I can always watch it here if I get board, but it does sound like there should be silhouettes on the bottom of the screen, doesn't it?
KEYC, Channel 12 (Mankato) (CBS)
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Morning
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07:30a
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CBS Morning News with Joseph Benti (color)
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07:55a
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Film Short
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08:00a
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Captain Kangaroo
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09:00a
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Candid Camera
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09:30a
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The Beverly Hillbillies
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10:00a
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Andy Griffith
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10:30a
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Dick Van Dyke
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11:00a
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Love of Life
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11:25a
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CBS News (color)
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11:30a
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Search for Tomorrow
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11:45a
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The Guiding Light
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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News (local)
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12:30p
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As the World Turns
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01:00p
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Password (guests Jack Cassidy, Nancy Ames)
(color)
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01:30p
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House Party (color)
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02:00p
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To Tell the Truth
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02:25p
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CBS News (color)
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02:30p
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The Edge of Night
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03:00p
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The Secret Storm
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03:30p
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The Sounds of Christmas
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04:00p
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Bart’s Clubhouse
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05:00p
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Community Campus
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05:30p
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CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color)
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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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Lost in Space (color)
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07:30p
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The Beverly Hillbillies (color)
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08:00p
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Green Acres (color)
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08:30p
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Gomer Pyle, USMC (color)
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09:00p
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Danny Kaye (guests Peter Ustinov, Nancy Wilson,
Frank Gorshin) (color)
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:40p
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Trackdown
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11:10p
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
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At 4:30pm, it's The Sounds of Christmas, a half-hour series of seasonal music by local high-school choirs. I think many areas used to have programs like this back in the day - do any exist today? Maybe the schools don't allow them to do Christmas music anymore - might offend someone, don't you know.
WEAU, Channel 13 (Eau Claire) (NBC)
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Morning
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07:00a
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Today (guest Bishop James Pike) (color)
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09:ooa
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Eye Guess (color)
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09:25a
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NBC News (color)
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09:30a
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Concentration (color)
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10:00a
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Pat Boone (guests Eve Arden, Gail Martin) (color)
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10:30a
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The Hollywood Squares
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11:00a
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Jeopardy (color)
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11:30a
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Swingin’ Country (guests Jackie and Gayle) (color)
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11:55a
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NBC News (color)
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Afternoon
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12:00p
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Farm and Home
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01:00p
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Days of Our Lives (color)
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01:30p
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The Doctors (color)
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02:00p
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Another World (color)
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02:30p
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You Don’t Say! (guests Joanie Sommers, Jesse White)
(color)
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03:00p
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The Match Game (guests Alan King, Betty White) (color)
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03:25p
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NBC News (color)
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03:30p
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Father Knows Best
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04:00p
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Dark Shadows
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04:30p
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Christmas Toys
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05:00p
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King Kong
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05:30p
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The Huntley-Brinkley Report (color)
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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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The Virginian (color)
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08:00p
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Chrysler Presents the Bob Hope Theatre (color)
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09:00p
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I Spy (color)
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10:00p
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News (local)
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10:30p
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(guests George Jessel,
Peter March) (color)
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12:00a
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Movie – “China
Passage”
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Thanks for coverage of a fun time in broadcasting. I notice that you don't state that Hollywood Squares was in color on any station. Was it not listed that way in TV Guide? The show premiered in color the previous month, with The Doctors switching to color the same day (10/17), leaving Concentration as the last NBC program in B&W. Concentration switched to color on 11/7 (I read somewhere that Bob Clayton, who was sub-hosting that day for Hugh Downs, snapped his fingers, and the picture went from B&W to color at that moment.), making NBC the first all-color network.
ReplyDeleteI guess that TV Guide didn't list the guests that week either, at least in your edition. Apparently the HSq guests were such a big deal, at least where I lived, that the local paper listed who was guesting that week on the show, and it didn't do that for any other game show at the time. HSq also had more guest stars than any other game show at the time, although the record for guest stars on a daytime game show was probably set by Heatter-Quigley's earlier effort, People Will Talk, which had 15 guest celebrities in its last weeks on the air, replacing 15 "civilians", late in 1963. People Will Talk eventually morphed into The Celebrity Game on CBS in 1964, featuring 9 guest celebrities, though in a much different game, hosted by Carl Reiner.
What's really weird about WKBT-TV airing DARK SHADOWS is that the show was on the brink of cancellation by ABC at this point. It didn't start to pick up steam until April 1967. It's interesting to me how many smaller stations with ABC secondary affiliations picked up DS before it became popular. I wonder why.
ReplyDeleteThe producer of "Dark Shadows", Dan Curtis, unleashed the character of Barnabus Collins the vampire (played by Jonathan Frid).
DeleteThat move made the show a big hit.
Repeats of "CANDID CAMERA" were seen at 10am(et) on CBS' daytime schedule from 1966 through '68. Unlike KEYC, though, WCCO-TV "time delayed" it to 3:30pm local time, so they could schedule their local telecasts of Dr. Reuben Youngdahl and "HI NEIGHBOR" at 9am. A similar situation exists on CBS daytime these days: affiliates have the option of presenting "LET'S MAKE A DEAL" in its scheduled 3pm(et) slot, or showing it at 10am. Most stations prefer the 10am "feed".
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