What's on TV? Wednesday, October 13, 1965

I thought about spotlighting Monday's programming for this week's feature, but since the networks are probably preempting most of it for the papal visit, that obviously won't do. What days of the week haven't I done yet? Oh, what the hell - let's just pick one.

Wednesday it is!

The listings are from the Minnesota State Edition, including the Twin Cities, Alexandria, Duluth, and Mankato. If you've followed these editions over time, you'll notice that WDIO, the ABC affiliate in Duluth, isn't listed; it doesn't take the air until January of next year.

	KTCA, Channel 2 (Educ.)
	Morning
	09:00a	Classroom
	Afternoon
	03:45p	Spanish Preview
	05:00p	Classroom
	05:30p	Supervisory Practices
	Evening
	06:00p	French
	06:50p	Anthropology
	07:40p	Modern Literature
	08:30p	Macalester College
	09:00p	Folio
	09:30p	World Journalism
	10:00p	Biology

Have I ever mentioned that for a time I lived across the street from Macalester College? I wasn't going there, mind you, but it was a nice neighborhood in St. Paul.

	KDAL, Channel 3 (Duluth) CBS)
	Morning
	07:50a	Farm and Home
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	I Love Lucy
	09:30a	The McCoys
	10:00a	Andy Griffith
	10:30a	Dick Van Dyke
	11:00a	Love of Life
	11:25a	CBS News
	11:30a	Search for Tomorrow
	11:45a	The Guiding Light
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Town and Country
	12:30p	As the World Turns
	01:00p	Password (celebrities Jane Wyatt, Roddy McDowell)
	01:30p	House Party (guest Peter Lawford)
	02:00p	To Tell the Truth
	02:25p	CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
	02:30p	The Edge of Night
	03:00p	The Secret Storm
	03:30p	Never Too Young
	04:00p	Where the Action Is (guests Vic Dana, the McCoys)
	04:30p	Superman
	05:00p	Leave it to Beaver
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:30p	O.K. Crackerby!
	07:00p	Wingding
	07:30p	The Beverly Hillbillies (color)
	08:00p	Bewitched
	08:30p	Dick Van Dyke
	09:00p	Danny Kaye (guests Caterina Valente, Benny Goodman) (color)
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:15p	87th Precinct
	11:15p	Channel 3 Theater

One of the things I find most interesting about multi-network affiliates is their choice of what shows they pick up from their secondary arrangements. Although KDAL is not listed in TV Guide as having a relationship with ABC, they're carrying Where the Action Is, since there's no ABC affiliate in Duluth. Looking at the younger demographic, perhaps?

	WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
	Morning
	06:00a	Sunrise Semester – “Nature of Matter”
	06:30a	Siegfried and His Flying Saucer
	07:00a	Axel and Deputy Dawg
	07:30a	Clancy and Company
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Dr. Reuben K. Youngdahl
	09:05a	News (Dean Montgomery)
	09:10a	Mike Douglas (co-host Kaye Ballard, guests Rod Serling, Morgana King, Four Preps)
	09:30a	The McCoys
	10:00a	Andy Griffith
	10:30a	Dick Van Dyke
	11:00a	Love of Life
	11:25a	CBS News
	11:30a	Search for Tomorrow
	11:45a	The Guiding Light
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local)
	12:15p	Something Special
	12:25p	Weather (Bud Kraehling)
	12:30p	As the World Turns
	01:00p	Password (celebrities Jane Wyatt, Roddy McDowell)
	01:30p	House Party (guest Peter Lawford)
	02:00p	To Tell the Truth
	02:25p	CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
	02:30p	The Edge of Night
	03:00p	The Secret Storm
	03:30p	I Love Lucy
	04:00p	Movie – “Ghost of the China Sea”
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:20p	Direction
	06:25p	Weather (Don O’Brien)
	06:30p	Roundy Predicts
	07:00p	Wingding
	07:30p	The Beverly Hillbillies (color)
	08:00p	Green Acres (color)
	08:30p	Dick Van Dyke
	09:00p	Danny Kaye (guests Caterina Valente, Benny Goodman) (color)
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:30p	Movie – “She Played with Fire”
	12:00a	Movie – Western

Rod Serling's really making the rounds this week; on Saturday I mentioned his appearance on Linkletter's House Party. It may have something to do with him having assumed the leadership of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences during a stormy time in the Academy's history - both with the networks, and with the growing friction between the New York and Hollywood branches.

	KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
	Morning
	06:00a	Continental Classroom – “People of Plenty”
	06:30a	City and Country (color)
	07:00a	Today – (guests Robert Merrill, Maj. Gen. Eugene Salert) (color)
	09:00a	Fractured Phrases (color)
	09:25a	NBC News (Edwin Newman)
	09:30a	Concentration
	10:00a	Morning Star (color)
	10:30a	Paradise Bay (color)
	11:00a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:30a	Let’s Play Post Office (color)
	11:55a	NBC News (Frank McGee)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local) (color)
	12:15p	Dialing for Dollars (color)
	12:30p	World Series Pre-Game (special) (color)
	01:00p	World Series Game 6 (Dodgers vs. Twins) (special) (color)
	04:00p	Dialing for Dollars (color)
	04:30p	Lloyd Thaxton
	05:25p	Doctor’s House Call
	05:30p	The Huntley-Brinkley Report
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local) (color)
	06:30p	The Virginian (color)
	08:00p	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater (color)
	09:00p	I Spy (color)
	10:00p	News (local) (color)
	10:30p	Series Wrapup (color)
	10:45p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guest Charles Aznavour) (color)
	12:15a	Movie – “Gate of Hell”

I'm guessing on KSTP's exact lineup for today, since the World Series game was tentatively scheduled. It was also a short game (2:29), which means they might have returned to network broadcasting earlier than I'm showing. Oh, for the days of afternoon baseball, played at a pace that kept you from falling asleep.

	WDSM, Channel 6 (Duluth) NBC)
	Morning
	07:00a	Today – (guests Robert Merrill, Maj. Gen. Eugene Salert) (color)
	09:00a	Fractured Phrases (color)
	09:25a	NBC News (Edwin Newman)
	09:30a	Concentration
	10:00a	Morning Star (color)
	10:30a	Paradise Bay (color)
	11:00a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:30a	Let’s Play Post Office (color)
	11:55a	NBC News (Frank McGee)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Ben Casey
	12:30p	World Series Pre-Game (special) (color)
	01:00p	World Series Game 6 (Dodgers vs. Twins) (special) (color)
	04:00p	Let’s Make a Deal
	04:30p	Bugs Bunny
	05:00p	Bozo and His Pals (color)
	05:30p	News, Rocky Teller
	Evening
	06:00p	The Huntley-Brinkley Report
	06:30p	The Virginian (color)
	08:00p	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater (color)
	09:00p	I Spy (color)
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:20p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guest Charles Aznavour) (color)

I do like the idea of Robert Merrill, the great Metropolitan Opera star, on Today. He might have been there to promote the release of his first book of memoirs, Once More from the Beginning. I hope they were able to talk him into singing; that would have got the audience going!

	KCMT, Channel 7 (Alexandria) (NBC, ABC)
	Morning
	07:00a	Today – (guests Robert Merrill, Maj. Gen. Eugene Salert) (color)
	09:00a	Fractured Phrases (color)
	09:25a	NBC News (Edwin Newman)
	09:30a	Concentration
	10:00a	Morning Star (color)
	10:30a	Paradise Bay (color)
	11:00a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:30a	Let’s Play Post Office (color)
	11:55a	NBC News (Frank McGee)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local)
	12:20p	Country Style, U.S.A.
	12:30p	World Series Pre-Game (special) (color)
	01:00p	World Series Game 6 (Dodgers vs. Twins) (special) (color)
	04:00p	Father Knows Best
	04:30p	Cartoons
	04:45p	Funny Company
	05:30p	The Huntley-Brinkley Report
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:30p	The Virginian (color)
	08:00p	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater (color)
	09:00p	I Spy (color)
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:30p	Fins and Feathers
	10:45p	Movie – “The Sniper”

No, I'm not at all surprised that Channel 7 is not carrying The Tonight Show. As those of you who are regular readers know, it was a very eccentric channel.

	WDSE, Channel 8 (Duluth) (Educ.)
	Afternoon
	04:15p	Teaching Mathematics
	04:45p	Spanish Preview
	Evening
	06:00p	Classroom
	06:30p	Supervisory Practices
	07:00p	German Playhouse
	07:30p	What’s New
	08:00p	At Issue (special)
	09:00p	Anatomy of a Hit
	09:30p	Macalester College
	10:00p	Folio
	10:30p	Astronomy for You
	11:00p	International Magazine

A prime-time schedule similar only in some ways with its Twin Cities counterpart, KTCA. I think they had a stronger relationship with NET when it first came around, though.

	KMSP, Channel 9 (ABC)
	Morning
	07:30a	My Little Margie
	08:00a	Riley ‘Round the Town
	08:30a	Breakfast with Grandpa Ken
	09:00a	Romper Room (Miss Betty)
	10:00a	The Young Set (guest Keefe Brassille)
	11:00a	The Eleventh Hour
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Ben Casey
	01:00p	The Nurses
	01:30p	A Time For Us
	01:55p	ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
	02:00p	General Hospital
	02:30p	Young Marrieds
	03:00p	Never Too Young
	03:30p	Where the Action Is (guest Charlie Rich)
	04:00p	Soupy Sales
	04:30p	Dennis the Menace
	05:00p	Peter Jennings with the News
	05:15p	News and Weather (local)
	Evening
	06:00p	Huckleberry Hound
	06:30p	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (color)
	07:00p	Patty Duke
	07:30p	Gidget (color)
	08:00p	The Big Valley
	09:00p	Amos Burke, Secret Agent
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:30p	Wrestling Champions
	12:00a	Nightlife

Unless I miss my guess, the host of Riley 'Round the Town was Don Riley, the long-time Twin Cities sportswriter, radio and television personality, and all-around raconteur. He was a colorful, opinionated figure, as any sports talk-show host should be. I enjoyed listening to him, and he was very kind to me the one time I met him in person, when I was a little older than I would have been at the time of this issue. He was appearing at a Krazy Daze celebration on Lake Street in Minneapolis, and asked me a couple of sports questions for free tickets on some of the rides. (I got them both right, naturally.) While he was asking me the questions, he kept slipping me some extra tickets. As I've mentioned in other contexts, I don't tend to forget those small acts of kindness.

	WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.)
	Morning
	09:15a	News (local)
	09:30a	Movie – “Hold That Blonde”
	10:55a	News (Gil Amundson)
	11:00a	Donna Reed
	11:30a	Father Knows Best
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Lunch With Casey
	12:30p	World Series Pre-Game (special)
	12:45p	World Series Game 6 (Dodgers vs. Twins) (special) (color)
	04:00p	Popeye and Pete
	04:30p	Casey and Roundhouse
	04:45p	Peter Potamus (color)
	05:15p	Rocky and His Friends (color)
	Evening
	06:00p	The Rifleman
	06:30p	Bold Journey
	07:00p	Wild Cargo (color)
	07:30p	Wanderlust (debut) (color)
	08:00p	The Rogues
	09:00p	NFL Play-by-Play
	09:30p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	10:00p	Movie – “American Guerrilla in the Philippines” (color)
	12:00a	Amos ‘n’ Andy

Channel 11 is the home station of the Twins; hence, their coverage of the World Series along with the NBC stations. Since there was no guarantee of a sixth game, I'm guessing that Casey was on at its regular time, but it's only a guess. This is the first time I've handled an issue in which one of the two teams in the Series is playing, and since I lived through this time myself, I can tell you how much excitement there was in the area, and how absolutely heartbreaking their loss in tomorrow's seventh game was for everyone. Even as I was typing this out, for a game which the Twins won, the knowledge of that loss hung heavily over what I was doing. I don't know that the World Series inspires that kind of feeling anymore, particularly since the games are played so late at night a sizable part of the country's already in bed when it ends - unlike here, where you live with the results of the game for the rest of the day.

	KEYC, Channel 12 (Mankato) (CBS)
	Morning
	07:30a	CBS Morning News with Mike Wallace
	07:55a	To Be Announced
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	I Love Lucy
	09:30a	The McCoys
	10:00a	Andy Griffith
	10:30a	Dick Van Dyke
	11:00a	Love of Life
	11:25a	CBS News
	11:30a	Search for Tomorrow
	11:45a	The Guiding Light
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local)
	12:30p	As the World Turns
	01:00p	Password (celebrities Jane Wyatt, Roddy McDowell)
	01:30p	House Party (guest Peter Lawford)
	02:00p	To Tell the Truth
	02:25p	CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
	02:30p	The Edge of Night
	03:00p	The Secret Storm
	03:30p	Superman
	04:00p	Take 12
	04:45p	Bart’s Clubhouse
	05:00p	Yogi Bear
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
	Evening
	06:00p	News (local)
	06:30p	Lost in Space
	07:30p	The Beverly Hillbillies (color)
	08:00p	Green Acres (color)
	08:30p	Dick Van Dyke
	09:00p	Danny Kaye (guests Caterina Valente, Benny Goodman) (color)
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:35p	Community Campus
	11:05p	Suspicion

I've heard enough about Danny Kaye to know that he wasn't always the easiest person to work with, and there are many stories about how he resented it if guests on his show upstaged him. That would ordinarily be enough to color my opinion of him, but he's such an all-around great entertainer - singing, dancing, acting, comedy, drama - it's difficult to hold it against him. He has a pretty good lineup tonight, with Caterina Valente (who was quite visible on television in these days) and the great Benny Goodman. TV