What's on TV? Tuesday, September 19, 1972

As you can tell, I've survived the weekend at the Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, which I'll be writing more about later this week, and I'm back just in time to take you through this week's listings, from New York City.

On of the things that always puzzled me about TV Guide is how they determined which programs would receive the little category label following the title. You know - "Joker's Wild - Game." It's much more prevalent in the issues of the late '50s and '60s than it is here in the early '70s - look, for example, at the CBS prime time lineup. Nothing after I've Got a Secret, Maude, or Hawaii Five-O. Why not? Is it assumed that we know what kinds of shows they are? A new series like ABC's Temperatures Rising has one, and that makes sense because it's a new show, whereas Marcus Welby, M.D., an old favorite, doesn't need one. Look at the soaps - excuse me, "serials" - during the day. No labels there, either. None of the game shows in NBC's morning schedule have them, but the ones in the afternoon do. I know sometimes it depends on how much room there is after the title; don't add a label if it means adding a line. But it does seem arbitrary at the same time. Maybe there's a more elaborate pattern I couldn't see when I was a kid and can't now, or maybe I think about these things too much.

	2   WCBS (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:20	NEWS AND WEATHER
	6:30	SUMMER SEMESTER Evolution of Cities
	7:00	CBS NEWS – John Hart
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	JOHN BARTHOLOMEW TUCKER Guest: Walter Cronkite
	10:00	JOKER’S WILD – Game
	10:30	PRICE IS RIGHT – Game
	11:00	GAMBIT – Game
	11:30	LOVE OF LIFE
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	WHERE THE HEART IS
	12:25	CBS NEWS – Douglas Edwards
	12:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
	1:00	WHAT’S MY LINE? – Game Panel: Arlene Francis, Gene Rayburn, Dana Valery, Gene Shalit
	1:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS
	2:00	GUIDING LIGHT
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
	3:30	SECRET STORM
	4:00	FAMILY AFFAIR
	4:30	MIKE DOUGLAS Guest Host Della Reese, guests Dr. Irwin Stillman, David Brenner, Arthur Prysock
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS – Jim Jensen
	7:00	CBS NEWS – Walter Cronkite
	7:30	I’VE GOT A SECRET Guest: Alan Alda. Panel: Brenda Benet, Bill Bixby, Jack Cassidy, Jayne Meadows. Host: Steve Allen
	8:00	MAUDE
	8:30	HAWAII FIVE-O
	9:30	MOVIE – Drama “The Woman Hunter” (1972)
	11:00	NEWS – Jensen/Penza
	11:30	MOVIE – Thriller “House of Usher” (1960)
	1:30	MOVIE – Western “The Savage” (1952)
	3:25	MOVIE – Drama  BW “Mr. Arkadin” (English-Spanish: 1955)

	4   WNBC (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:30	NOTHING BUT BIOGRAPHY
	7:00	TODAY Guest: Met Opera Director Schuyler Chapin
	9:00	NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
	9:30	WATCH YOUR CHILD
	10:00	DINAH SHORE Guest: Frank Gifford
	10:30	CONCENTRATION
	11:00	SALE OF THE CENTURY
	11:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES Guests: Michael Landon, Rich Little, Rose Marie, Tony Randall
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	JEOPARDY
	12:30	WHO, WHAT OR WHERE – Game
	12:55	NBC NEWS – Kalber
	1:00	IT’S YOUR BET – Game
	1:30	THREE ON A MATCH – Game
	2:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES
	2:30	DOCTORS
	3:00	ANOTHER WORLD
	3:30	RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
	4:00	SOMERSET
	4:30	MOVIE – Adventure “Blindfold” (1966)
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS – Stokes/Udell
	7:00	NBC NEWS – Chancellor
	7:30	WAIT TILL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME
	8:00	BONANZA
	9:00	BOLD ONES
	10:00	NBC REPORTS
	11:00	NEWS – Jim Hartz
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON Guests: Bob Hope, Dom DeLuise, John Denver
	1:00	NEWS – John Masterman
	1:15	MOVIE – Comedy “The Flying Saucer” (Italian; 1966)

	5   WNEW (Ind.)
	MORNING
	6:30	NEW ZOO REVUE
	7:00	UNDERDOG
	7:30	FLINTSTONES – Cartoons
	8:00	SUPER HEROES – Children
	8:30	BUGS BUNNY – Children
	9:00	HAZEL – Comedy
	9:30	MOTHERS-IN-LAW – Comedy
	10:00	I LOVE LUCY BW
	10:30	PETTICOAT JUNCTION
	11:00	ANDY GRIFFITH  BW
	11:30	MIDDAY LIVE Guest: Rona Jaffe
	AFTERNOON
	1:00	MOVIE – Drama  BW “Separate Tables” (1958)
	3:00	BUGS BUNNY – Cartoon
	3:30	LAUREL AND HARDY
	4:00	SUPER HEROES – Children
	4:30	FLYING NUN – Comedy
	5:00	FLINTSTONES – Cartoon
	5:30	PETTICOAT JUNCTION
	EVENING
	6:00	FLINTSTONES – Cartoon
	6:30	I LOVE LUCY – Comedy  BW
	7:00	ANDY GRIFFITH – Comedy  BW
	7:30	THAT GIRL – Comedy
	8:00	HOGAN’S HEROES
	8:30	MERV GRIFFIN Guests: Carol Burnett, Joe Hamilton, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence
	10:00	NEWS – Bill Jorgensen
	11:00	ONE STEP BEYOND – Drama  BW
	11:30	ALFRED HITCHCOCK  BW
	12:00	ALFRED HITCHCOCK  BW
	12:30	SAINT – Crime Drama  BW
	1:30	COMBAT! – Drama  BW
	2:30	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
	3:00	NEWS

	7   WABC (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:30	LISTEN AND LEARN  BW
	7:00	A.M. NEW YORK Guests: Helen Hayes, Anita Loos, J. Douglas Brown
	9:00	MOVIE – Comedy “Fast and Sexy” (French-Italian; 1960)
	11:30	BEWITCHED
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	PASSWORD Guests: Carol Burnett, Florence Henderson
	12:30	SPLIT SECOND – Game
	1:00	ALL MY CHILDREN
	1:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME
	2:30	DATING GAME
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	ONE LIFE TO LIVE
	4:00	LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
	4:30	MOVIE – Drama “Bus Stop” (1956)
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS – Grimsby/Beutel
	7:00	ABC NEWS – Smith/Reasoner
	7:30	SAFARI TO ADVENTURE
	8:00	TEMPERATURES RISING – Comedy
	8:30	MOVIE – Drama “No Place to Run”
	10:00	MARCUS WELBY, M.D.
	11:00	NEWS – Grimsby/Beutel
	11:30	DICK CAVETT Guest: Muhammad Ali
	1:00	MOVIE – Comedy “Island Affair” (Italian; 1965)

	9   WOR (Ind.)
	MORNING
	7:30	NEWS
	8:00	GARNER TED ARMSTRONG
	8:30	REAL McCOYS – Comedy  BW
	9:00	SKIPPY – Adventure
	9:30	MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY  BW
	10:00	ROMPER ROOM
	11:00	STRAIGHT TALK Guests: Alfred W. McCoy, Fred Branfman
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	HERMANOS CORAJES – Novela  BW
	12:55	NEWS
	1:00	JOE FRANKLIN
	2:00	JOURNEY TO ADVENTURE
	2:30	MOVIE – Western “The Half-Breed” (1952)
	4:00	MR. MAGOO
	4:30	MANTRAP – Discussion Guest: Mantan Moreland. Panel: Sharon Acker, Nina Foch, Carol Wayne
	5:00	MOVIE – Melodrama  BW “The Return of the Vampire” (1944)
	EVENING
	6:25	SPORTSCLUB
	6:30	DICK VAN DYKE – Comedy  BW
	7:00	AVENGERS – Adventure  BW
	8:00	BASEBALL Pittsburgh vs. New York
	11:00	NEWS DIGEST – Tom Dunn
	11:30	MOVIE – Musical “The Gay Divorcee” (1934)
	1:45	JOE FRANKLIN
	2:45	NEWS AND WEATHER

	11  WPIX (Ind.)
	MORNING
	7:30	POPEYE – Cartoon
	9:00	BACHELOR FATHER  BW
	9:30	LUCILLE RIVERS – Sewing
	9:40	JACK LA LANNE – Exercise
	10:10	NEWS – Roy Whitfield
	10:30	PUERTO RICAN NEW YORKER
	11:00	FOCUS: NEW JERSEY
	11:30	ROCKY AND FRIENDS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	FELIX THE CAT
	12:30	GALLOPING GOURMET
	1:00	MOVIE – Drama  BW “Mary Burns – Fugitive” (1935)
	2:30	LUCILLE RIVERS – Sewing
	2:40	ABBOTT AND COSTELLO  BW
	3:00	POPEYE – Cartoon
	4:00	MAGILLA GORILLA
	4:30	MUNSTERS BW
	5:00	BATMAN
	5:30	BATMAN
	EVENING
	6:00	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
	6:30	BEAT THE CLOCK – Game Guest: Gisele MacKenzie
	7:00	I DREAM OF JEANNIE
	7:30	COURTSHIP OF EDDIE’S FATHER
	8:00	NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR
	8:30	GET SMART
	9:00	STAR TREK
	10:00	NEWS – Ramsey/Gray
	11:00	PERRY MASON – Mystery  BW
	12:00	HONEYMOONERS BW
	12:30	NEWS – Roy Whitfield

	13  WNET (PBS)
	MORNING
	9:00	SESAME STREET
	10:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	AFTERNOON
	4:00	SESAME STREET
	5:00	MISTER ROGERS
	5:30	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	EVENING
	6:00	SESAME STREET
	7:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	7:30	BOOK BEAT Guest: Sumner Locke Elliott
	8:00	MASTERPIECE THEATRE
	9:00	BLACK JOURNAL Guest: Melvin Van Peebles
	9:30	STATION’S CHOICE
	10:30	FREE TIME

	31  WNYC (Ind.)
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	AROUND THE CLOCK
	12:30	POLICE COMMISSIONER
	1:00	SESAME STREET
	2:00	MISTER ROGERS
	2:30	AROUND THE CLOCK
	3:00	FRONTLINE NYC
	3:30	LEE GRAHAM – Interview
	4:00	MOVIE – Drama  BW Film Odyssey: “The Overcoat” (Russian; 1959)
	5:30	NEWS
	EVENING
	6:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY
	6:30	SPEAKING FREELY
	7:30	AROUND THE CLOCK
	8:00	FRONTLINE NYC
	8:30	UP SOUTH NEWS
	9:30	PHOTOGRAPHY
	10:00	HOLLYWOOD TELEVISION THEATRE

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