What's on TV? Saturday, January 27, 1962

Saturdays almost always have interesting listings. It's the first listing you see in each week's issue, you're greeted mostly by cartoons and Westerns, and the programming is different from every other day of the week (the same can be said for Sundays, as we saw yesterday). We're back in the DFW Metroplex for this week, so let's see what makes this day stand out.

	KFDX, Channel 3 (Wichita Falls) (NBC)
	Morning
	07:30a	Farm Hour
	08:30a	Pip the Piper (color)
	09:00a	Shari Lewis (color)
	09:30a	King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (color)
	10:00a	Fury
	10:30a	Make Room for Daddy
	11:00a	Update
	11:30a	Watch Mr. Wizard
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Movie – “The Broken Star”
	01:30p	Pro Basketball – Syracuse at Chicago
	03:30p	Ask Washington
	04:00p	All-Star Golf (Art Wall vs. Bob Rosburg) (color)
	05:00p	Championship Bowling (Bob Kwolek vs. Hank Lauman)
	Evening
	06:00p	NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
	06:15p	Mr. Magoo
	06:30p	Tales of Wells Fargo (color)
	07:30p	The Tall Man
	08:00p	Saturday Night at the Movies – “Cheaper by the Dozen” (color)
	10:00p	News and Weather (local)
	10:15p	Movie – “The Master Race”

KFDX has a lineup that's as close as we've come to the kind of Saturday/Sunday sports marathon we see today. Basketball, golf and bowling - I could have settled for an afternoon like that.

	KRLD, Channel 4 (CBS)
	Morning
	07:00a	Movie – “Wildcat of Tucson”
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Video Village
	09:30a	Mighty Mouse
	10:00a	Allakazam
	10:30a	Roy Rogers
	11:00a	Sky King
	11:30a	My Friend Flicka
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Spotlite on Dallas
	12:15p	Changing Times
	12:30p	Chef for a Day
	01:00p	Dr. Albert Burke
	01:30p	Film Feature
	02:00p	Accent
	02:30p	Movie – “Iron Man”
	03:45p	Farm and Garden
	04:00p	Film Feature
	04:30p	Gourmet
	05:00p	Wrestling
	Evening
	06:00p	News (Warren Faulks)
	06:15p	Police Report
	06:20p	Weather (Jack Harrison)
	06:30p	Perry Mason
	07:30p	The Defenders
	08:30p	Have Gun – Will Travel
	09:00p	Gunsmoke
	10:00p	Death Valley Days
	10:30p	News and Weather (local)
	10:50p	Newsreel
	11:00p	Movie – “Tales of Manhattan”

If you look through the listings for all the stations, you'll see a theme to the Saturday morning movies. Yes, they're all Westerns, but there's something else about them, starting with Channel 4. Can you spot what it is? Keep reading for the answer.

	WBAP, Channel 5 (NBC)
	Morning
	07:00a	Movie – “Marshal of Mesa City”
	08:00a	Clutch Cargo (color)
	08:30a	Pip the Piper (color)
	09:00a	Shari Lewis (color)
	09:30a	King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (color)
	10:00a	Fury
	10:30a	Make Room for Daddy
	11:00a	Update
	11:30a	Watch Mr. Wizard
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Fam Page (color)
	12:30p	Planning for Tomorrow (color)
	01:00p	Telesports Digest
	01:30p	Pro Basketball – Syracuse at Chicago
	03:30p	Ask Washington
	04:00p	All-Star Golf (Art Wall vs. Bob Rosburg) (color)
	05:00p	Movie – “Lady Scarface”
	Evening
	06:00p	NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
	06:15p	News, Weather (local) (color)
	06:30p	Tales of Wells Fargo (color)
	07:30p	The Tall Man
	08:00p	Saturday Night at the Movies – “Cheaper by the Dozen” (color)
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:15p	Weather, News (local) (color)
	10:30p	Bob Newhart (guests The Brothers Four)
	11:00p	Suspicion

The Bob Newhart show you see at 10:30 is a variety program; as was the case with his later show The Entertainers, it took awhile before the networks figured out how to use his quirky sense of humor. Variety shows weren't it. Sitcoms - now that's another matter.

	KSYD, Channel 6 (Wichita Falls) (CBS)
	Morning
	07:00a	Cartoons
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Video Village
	09:30a	Mighty Mouse
	10:00a	Allakazam
	10:30a	Roy Rogers
	11:00a	Sky King
	11:30a	My Friend Flicka
	Afternoon
	12:00p	CBS News (Robert Trout)
	12:30p	Movie Double Feature – “Yank on the Burma Road”, “Apache Trail”
	04:30p	Championship Wrestling
	05:30p	Pioneers
	Evening
	06:00p	Father Knows Best
	06:30p	Perry Mason
	07:30p	The Defenders
	08:30p	Have Gun – Will Travel
	09:00p	Gunsmoke
	10:00p	The Twilight Zone
	10:30p	Movie – “Johnny Eager”

Perry Mason and The Defenders - back-to-back courtroom shows, but that's about where the similarities end. KSYD has no local news today; you won't see that very often nowadays.

	KSWO, Channel 7 (Wichita Falls) (ABC)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	The Texan
	12:30p	Movie Double Feature – “Dakota Lil”, “Tonight’s the Night”
	03:30p	Pro Bowlers Tour
	05:00p	The Three Stooges
	05:30p	Cartoons
	Evening
	06:00p	Matty’s Funday Funnies
	06:30p	Calvin and the Colonel (return)
	07:00p	Room For One More (debut)
	07:30p	Leave it to Beaver
	08:00p	Lawrence Welk
	09:00p	Fight of the Week (Luis Rodriguez vs. Federico Thompson)
	09:45p	Make That Spare
	10:00p	Movie – “Security Risk”

KSWO doesn't come on until noon, but still manages a pretty good schedule. Calvin and the Colonel, returning to the schedule tonight, is basically an animated version of Amos 'n' Andy, including the two mainstay voices from the radio version, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll. It's followed by the debut of Room For One More, a sitcom starring Andrew Duggan (nobody's idea of a sitcom star) and featured Jack Albertson as one of the neighbors. It lasted 26 episodes.

	WFAA, Channel 8 (ABC)
	Morning
	07:30a	Movie – “Sundown in Santa Fe”
	08:30a	Felix the Cat
	09:00a	Range Rider
	09:30a	Deputy Dawg
	10:00a	Cartoons
	10:30a	Annie Oakley
	11:00a	Movie – “Rough Riders of Durango”
	Afternoon
	12:00p	The Texan
	12:30p	Hopalong Cassidy
	01:00p	R.C.M.P.
	01:30p	Burns and Allen
	02:00p	Movie – “The Sea Hornet”
	03:30p	Pro Bowlers Tour
	05:00p	Lock Up
	05:30p	Matty’s Funday Funnies
	Evening
	06:00p	Expedition!
	06:30p	Calvin and the Colonel (return)
	07:00p	Room For One More (debut)
	07:30p	Leave it to Beaver
	08:00p	Lawrence Welk
	09:00p	Fight of the Week (Luis Rodriguez vs. Federico Thompson)
	09:45p	Make That Spare
	10:00p	News and Weather (local)
	10:20p	Sports (Wes Wise)
	10:30p	Movie – “The Actress”
	12:00a	Movie – “Santa Fe Passage”

The answer to today's question: almost all the movies on Saturday morning contain place names. I mean, look at it - Tucson, Mesa City, Dakota, the Burma Road, Santa Fe, Durango. And they're pretty much all Westerns. Somehow I doubt the local stations planned it that way.

	KTVT, Channel 11 (Ind.)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	University of Texas
	12:30p	The Future We Face
	01:00p	Movie – “The Champ”
	02:25p	Meet Your Teacher
	02:30p	Movie – “The Golden Arrow”
	03:55p	Weather (Howard McNeil)
	04:00p	Movie – “Tear Gas Squad”
	05:00p	Championship Bowling
	Evening
	06:00p	Movie – “Heidi”
	07:25p	Weather (Howard McNeil)
	07:30p	Trackdown
	08:00p	Mike Hammer
	08:30p	Seven League Boots
	09:00p	Kingdom of the Sea
	09:30p	Meet McGraw
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:30p	Movie – “Petticoat Fever”
	12:00a	News (local)

In case you were wondering, the conclusion of "Heidi" will not be interrupted by a football game.

	KXII, Channel 12 (Dennison) (NBC, CBS)
	Morning
	09:00a	Shari Lewis (color)
	09:30a	King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (color)
	10:00a	Fury
	10:30a	Make Room for Daddy
	11:00a	Update
	11:30a	Watch Mr. Wizard
	Afternoon
	12:00p	To Be Announced
	01:30p	Pro Basketball – Syracuse at Chicago
	03:30p	Ask Washington
	04:00p	All-Star Golf (Art Wall vs. Bob Rosburg) (color)
	05:00p	Quest for Adventure
	05:30p	Herald of Truth
	Evening
	06:00p	NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
	06:15p	Club House
	06:30p	Tales of Wells Fargo (color)
	07:30p	The Tall Man
	08:00p	Saturday Night at the Movies – “Cheaper by the Dozen” (color)
	10:00p	News and Weather (local)
	10:25p	Sports (Lee Lynch)
	10:30p	Wrestling

I'm looking particularly at that morning lineup, and it has a surprising lack of animation. With the exception of King Leonardo, in fact, everything is live action. You see that more often back in this era; looking at KSYD and KRLD, you'll see the same thing. In fact, none of the stations have more than two cartoons. TV