What's on TV? Tuesday, November 10, 1964

This week we return to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but it's a slightly different look that those we've seen in the past. Unlike those issues from the '50s, by 1964 we've got more stations to choose from, including KERA, the area's first educational channel. In addition to DFW, we've got a full compliment of stations from the Wichita Falls area, as well as KXII in Ardmore-Sherman-Dennison. In case you hadn't noticed, the letters XII are also the Roman numerals for 12, as in Channel 12. Yes, you probably had noticed.

	KFDX, Channel 3 (Wichita Falls) (NBC)
	Morning
	06:45a	R.F.D. 3
	07:00a	Today (guests Woody Klein, Phyllis McKinley)
	09:00a	Make Room for Daddy
	09:30a	What’s This Song? (guests Andy Devine, Rose Marie) (color)
	09:55a	NBC News (Edwin Newman)
	10:00a	Concentration
	10:30a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:00a	Say When (color)
	11:30a	Truth or Consequences (color)
	11:55a	NBC News (Ray Scherer)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Weather and News (local)
	12:30p	Let’s Make a Deal (color)
	12:55p	NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
	01:00p	Loretta Young
	01:30p	The Doctors
	02:00p	Another World
	02:30p	You Don’t Say! (guests Darryl Hickman, Joanie Sommers) (color)
	03:00p	The Match Game (guests Gisele MacKenzie, Milt Kamen)
	03:25p	NBC News
	03:30p	Funny Company
	04:00p	Pinto Bean
	05:30p	The Huntley-Brinkley Report
	Evening
	06:00p	Weather, News, Sports (local)
	06:30p	Mr. Novak
	07:30p	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
	08:30p	That Was the Week That Was (color)
	09:00p	Bell Telephone Hour (host Henry Fonda, guests Florence Henderson, Gretchen Wyler, John Reardon, Barbara McNair, Susan Watson, Johnny Harmon, John Raitt) (color)
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:10p	Weather and News (local)
	10:30p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guests Bill Cosby, Ruggiero Ricci) (color)

I've always associated The Bell Telephone Hour, NBC's great music series, with another musical program of the time, Voice of Firestone. Both are identified with classical music, but as you can see in this tribute to the late Oscar Hammerstein II, who had died four years before, both programs could also veer into popular music. One thing I didn't know until a few years ago: every episode of Bell Telephone Hour, which ran from 1959 to 1968, was done in color. 

	KRLD, Channel 4 (Dallas) (CBS)
	Morning
	06:30a	Sunrise Semester
	07:00a	News (local)
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	CBS Morning News with Mike Wallace
	09:30a	I Love Lucy
	10:00a	Andy Griffith
	10:30a	The McCoys
	11:00a	Love of Life
	11:25a	CBS News (Robert Trout)
	11:30a	Search For Tomorrow
	11:45a	The Guiding Light
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News and Weather (local)
	12:30p	As the World Turns
	01:00p	Password (guests Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy)
	01:30p	House Party (guest surfer Larry Capune)
	02:00p	To Tell the Truth (panelists Joan Fontaine, Skitch, Henderson, Marty Ingels, Phyllis Newman)
	02:25p	CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
	02:30p	The Edge of Night
	03:00p	The Secret Storm
	03:30p	Jack Benny
	04:00p	Bachelor Father
	04:30p	Leave it to Beaver
	05:00p	Love That Bob!
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
	Evening
	06:00p	News, Weather (local)
	06:30p	Wanted – Dead or Alive
	07:00p	World War I
	07:30p	Red Skelton (guests George Gobel, Young Folk)
	08:30p	Petticoat Junction
	09:00p	The Doctors and the Nurses
	10:00p	News, Weather and Sports (local)
	10:30p	Regis Philbin (guests Eartha Kitt, Roger Williams, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Freddie Blassie)
	12:00a	News (local)

The Doctors and the Nurses began life as The Nurses, but added a couple of docs for the second season, and changed the title accordingly. Evidentelly, there's only so much drama you can wring out of a medical series in which the title characters can neither diagnose nor proscribe treatment.

	WBAP, Channel 5 (Fort Worth) (NBC)
	Morning
	06:45a	Imperials Quartet
	07:00a	Today (guests Woody Klein, Phyllis McKinley)
	09:00a	Make Room for Daddy
	09:30a	What’s This Song? (guests Andy Devine, Rose Marie) (color)
	09:55a	NBC News (Edwin Newman)
	10:00a	Concentration
	10:30a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:00a	Say When (color)
	11:30a	Truth or Consequences (color)
	11:55a	NBC News (Ray Scherer)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News and Weather (local) (color)
	12:30p	Let’s Make a Deal (color)
	12:55p	NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
	01:00p	Loretta Young
	01:30p	The Doctors
	02:00p	Another World
	02:30p	You Don’t Say! (guests Darryl Hickman, Joanie Sommers) (color)
	03:00p	The Match Game (guests Gisele MacKenzie, Milt Kamen)
	03:25p	NBC News
	03:30p	Movie – “Woman They Almost Lynched”
	04:50p	Dateline (color)
	05:00p	Bold Journey
	05:30p	The Huntley-Brinkley Report
	Evening
	06:00p	News, Weather and Sports (local) (color)
	06:30p	Mr. Novak
	07:30p	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
	08:30p	That Was the Week That Was (color)
	09:00p	Bell Telephone Hour (host Henry Fonda, guests Florence Henderson, Gretchen Wyler, John Reardon, Barbara McNair, Susan Watson, Johnny Harmon, John Raitt) (color)
	10:00p	News (local)
	10:15p	Weather, News and Sports (color)
	10:35p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guests Bill Cosby, Ruggiero Ricci) (color)
	12:00a	News (Alex Burton) (color)
	12:05a	Imperials Quartet

Darryl Hickman's having a busy week, isn't he? Not only is he on You Don't Say! with singer Joanie Sommers, he's also appearing on ABC's Missing Links with Tom Poston and Barbara Feldon. Since they're on different networks, it's fortunate for Hickman that the shows aren't on at the same time.

	KAUZ, Channel 6 (Wichita Falls) (CBS)
	Morning
	06:30a	Modern Almanac
	06:45a	R.F.D.
	07:00a	Casper and His Friends
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Romper Room
	09:30a	I Love Lucy
	10:00a	Andy Griffith
	10:30a	The McCoys
	11:00a	Love of Life
	11:25a	CBS News (Robert Trout)
	11:30a	Search for Tomorrow
	11:45a	The Guiding Light
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News and Weather (local)
	12:10p	Donna’s Notebook
	12:30p	As the World Turns
	01:00p	Password (guests Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy)
	01:30p	House Party (guest surfer Larry Capune)
	02:00p	To Tell the Truth (panelists Joan Fontaine, Skitch, Henderson, Marty Ingels, Phyllis Newman)
	02:25p	CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
	02:30p	The Edge of Night
	03:00p	The Secret Storm
	03:30p	Jack Benny
	04:00p	Trails West
	04:30p	Rocky and His Friends
	04:45p	Kauzy’s Korner
	05:00p	Woody Woodpecker
	05:30p	CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
	Evening
	06:00p	The Hired Hand
	06:05p	News and Weather (local)
	06:30p	Password (guests Eydie Gorme, Tony Randall)
	07:00p	World War I
	07:30p	Red Skelton (guests George Gobel, Young Folk)
	08:30p	Petticoat Junction
	09:00p	The Doctors and the Nurses
	10:00p	News and Weather (local)
	10:30p	Movie – “Duel in the Sun”

The documentary series World War I, narrated by Robert Ryan (and available on DVD), is, like ABC's similar documentary series on Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, the kind of series that could still appear as prime time network programming in the early '60s. Before we get too wrapped up in nostalgia though, it's good to note that even then, series like these weren't ratings winners. As far as we can tell, documentaries seldom have been.

	KSWO, Channel 7 (Wichita Falls) (ABC)
	Morning
	08:30a	Cartoons
	09:00a	Ed Allen
	09:30a	The Price Is Right (guest Leslie Uggams)
	10:00a	Get the Message (panelists Mitch Miller, Frank Buxton, Julia Meade, Georgia Brown)
	10:30a	Missing Links (guests Tom Poston, Barbara Feldon, Darryl Hickman)
	11:00a	Father Knows Best
	11:30a	Ernie Ford (guest Roger Williams)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Amos ‘n’ Andy
	12:30p	Divorce Court
	01:30p	Day in Court
	01:55p	ABC News
	02:00p	General Hospital
	02:30p	The Young Marrieds
	03:00p	Trailmaster
	04:00p	Highway Patrol
	04:30p	The Lone Ranger
	05:00p	Science Fiction
	05:30p	To Be Announced
	05:45p	ABC Evening Report (Ron Cochran)
	Evening
	06:00p	News, Weather (local)
	06:30p	Combat!
	07:30p	McHale’s Navy
	08:00p	The Tycoon
	08:30p	Peyton Place
	09:00p	The Fugitive
	10:00p	ABC News (Bob Young)
	10:10p	News and Weather (local)
	10:30p	Les Crane (guests Floyd Patterson, Dick Gregory)

Not sure if Science Fiction, the 5:00 p.m. program, is actually Science Fiction Theater. My guess is that it is, but in the interests of accuracy (as well as the shortness of research time), I won't take a chance on something I can't confirm.

	WFAA, Channel 8 (Dallas) (ABC)
	Morning
	06:20a	Operation LIFT
	07:00a	Mr. Peppermint
	09:00a	Ann Sothern
	10:00a	Get the Message (panelists Mitch Miller, Frank Buxton, Julia Meade, Georgia Brown)
	10:30a	Missing Links (guests Tom Poston, Barbara Feldon, Darryl Hickman)
	11:00a	Father Knows Best
	11:30a	Ernie Ford (guest Roger Williams)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Sea Hunt
	12:30p	Julie Benell
	01:25p	News, Weather (Bob Walker)
	01:30p	Day in Court
	01:55p	ABC News
	02:00p	General Hospital
	02:30p	The Young Marrieds
	03:00p	Trailmaster
	04:00p	Lloyd Thaxton
	05:00p	Three for the Money
	05:30p	Bat Masterson
	Evening
	06:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	06:30p	Combat!
	07:30p	McHale’s Navy
	08:00p	The Tycoon
	08:30p	Peyton Place
	09:00p	The Fugitive
	10:00p	News, Weather and Sports (local)
	10:30p	Les Crane (guests Floyd Patterson, Dick Gregory)
	12:15a	ABC News (Bob Young)
	12:25a	Checkmate

Operation LIFT, the first show of WFAA's broadcast day, stands for Literacy Instruction For Texas. It was started by the Greater Dallas Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, and you can read more about this project - which was still an ongoing concern as of 2008 - in this article.

	KTVT, Channel 11 (Fort Worth) (Ind.)
	Morning
	08:05a	News (Bob Hazlett)
	08:15a	Farm Show
	08:30a	Cartoon Carnival
	09:00a	Romper Room
	09:30a	Jack LaLanne
	10:00a	Movie – “Blaze of Noon”
	11:45a	News and Weather (local)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Singin’ Time in Dixie
	12:30p	Carnival (color)
	01:00p	Girl Talk
	01:30p	Mike Douglas (co-host Gale Storm, guests Margaret Truman Daniels, George Jessel, Bob Wright)
	03:00p	The Mighty Hercules (color)
	03:30p	Popeye (color)
	04:00p	Slam Bang Theater
	04:45p	Superman
	05:15p	Woody Woodpecker
	05:45p	News and Weather (local)
	Evening
	06:00p	The Rifleman
	06:30p	Laramie (color)
	07:30p	The Lawman
	08:00p	The Human Jungle
	09:00p	Movie – “The Caine Mutiny” (color)
	10:00p	News and Weather (local)
	10:15p	Movie (continued)
	12:00a	News (local)

I've written before about The Human Jungle, the British psychiatric drama starring Herbert Lom, but until now I had no idea it had ever appeared in syndication on American television.

	KXII, Channel 12 (Sherman) (NBC, CBS)
	Morning
	06:30a	S.E. College
	07:00a	Today (guests Woody Klein, Phyllis McKinley)
	09:00a	Make Room for Daddy
	09:30a	What’s This Song? (guests Andy Devine, Rose Marie) (color)
	09:55a	NBC News (Edwin Newman)
	10:00a	Concentration
	10:30a	Jeopardy (color)
	11:00a	Woman’s World
	11:30a	Truth or Consequences (color)
	11:55a	NBC News (Ray Scherer)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Twelve Acres
	12:30p	Let’s Make a Deal (color)
	12:55p	NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
	01:00p	Loretta Young
	01:30p	The Doctors
	02:00p	Another World
	02:30p	You Don’t Say! (guests Darryl Hickman, Joanie Sommers) (color)
	03:00p	The Match Game (guests Gisele MacKenzie, Milt Kamen)
	03:25p	NBC News
	03:30p	The Californians
	04:00p	The Restless Gun
	04:30p	Carol’s Clubhouse
	05:00p	Huckleberry Hound
	05:30p	The Huntley-Brinkley Report
	Evening
	06:00p	News, Weather (local)
	06:30p	Mr. Novak
	07:30p	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
	08:30p	That Was the Week That Was (color)
	09:00p	Bell Telephone Hour (host Henry Fonda, guests Florence Henderson, Gretchen Wyler, John Reardon, Barbara McNair, Susan Watson, Johnny Harmon, John Raitt) (color)
	10:00p	News, Weather and Sports (local)
	10:30p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guests Bill Cosby, Ruggiero Ricci) (color)

The Restless Gun (4:00 p.m.), stars John Payne as Vint Bonner, and ran in first-run on NBC from 1957 to 1959. It's based on a 1953 radio series called The Six Shooter, which starred Jimmy Stewart. A few tweaks, such as a change in the lead character's name, and voila! a new TV series.

	KERA, Channel 13 (Dallas) (Educ.)
	Morning
	09:00a	Science Lab I
	09:15a	Spanish 2A
	09:30a	Adventures in Learning
	10:00a	The Friendly Giant
	10:15a	Sing Hi, Sing Lo
	10:30a	What’s New
	11:00a	Home Room I
	11:15a	Spanish 2A
	11:30a	Home and Family Life
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Portugal Today (special)
	01:00p	Home Room I
	01:15p	Spanish 1A
	01:30p	Flight Six
	01:45p	Spanish 3A
	02:00p	Around the World
	02:30p	Science Lab I
	02:45p	Spanish 2A
	03:00p	Spanish 3A
	03:15p	Industry on Parade
	04:00p	Classsroom 400
	04:30p	Pathfinder
	05:00p	What’s New
	05:30p	Sing Hi – Sing Lo
	05:45p	The Friendly Giant
	Evening
	06:00p	Around the World
	06:30p	What’s New
	07:00p	Driver Education
	07:30p	Here’s Texas
	07:45p	Live and Learn
	08:00p	Your Health
	08:30p	Challenge
	09:00p	The Computer
	09:30p	Virus

With its emphasis on classroom programming, KERA looks like most other educational channels of the time. In my opinion - but then, you probably already know what my opinion is. TV