That ad is from Los Angeles, but it didn't matter where you lived - you probably had the chance to see Fashions in Sewing. You've seen the show in the TV listings throughout the '60s and into the 70s; in the listings below, you'll find her show in both the Duluth and Minneapolis-St. Paul markets.
2 KTCA (NET)
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MORNING
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8:30
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CLASSROOM
– Education -C-
Classroom runs until 2:45 P.M.
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AFTERNOON
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2:45
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FAMILIES
ON THE GROW
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3:00
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COMMUNICATION
SKILLS
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3:30
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TEACHING
SPANISH – Education
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4:00
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PARIS
CALLING
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4:15
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FRIENDLY
GIANT – Children
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4:30
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SESAME
STREET
Guests: Pete Seeger, James Earl Jones
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5:30
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MISTEROGERS
– Children
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EVENING
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6:00
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IRISH
DIARY
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6:30
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SUPERVISORY
PRACTICE
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7:00
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NUCLEAR
POWER AND THE PUBLIC
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8:00
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LAW
NIGHT
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8:30
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PREVIEW:
THE 70’s
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9:00
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ECOLOGY:
THE FINAL CRISIS
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9:45
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ECOLOGY
NEWS
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10:00
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NET
FESTIVAL
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3 KDAL (DULUTH) (CBS)
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MORNING
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6:55
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FIVE
MINUTES TO LIVE BY
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7:00
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NEWS
– Benti
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8:00
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CAPTAIN
KANGAROO
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9:00
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LUCILLE
BALL – Comedy
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9:30
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BEVERLY
HILLBILLIES – Comedy
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10:00
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ANDY
GRIFFITH - Comedy
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10:30
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LOVE
OF LIFE – Serial
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11:00
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WHERE
THE HEART IS – Serial
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11:25
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NEWS
– Edwards
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11:30
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SEARCH
FOR TOMORROW – Serial
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AFTERNOON
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12:00
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TOWN
AND COUNTRY
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12:30
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AS
THE WORLD TURNS – Serial
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1:00
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LOVE
IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
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1:30
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GUIDING
LIGHT – Serial
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2:00
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SECRET
STORM – Serial
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2:30
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EDGE
OF NIGHT – Serial
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3:00
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GOMER
PYLE, USMC – Comedy
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3:30
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MIKE
DOUGLAS – Variety
Co-host: Julie Budd. Guests: John
Hartford, Troy Donahue
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4:50
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FASHIONS
IN SEWING
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5:00
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FLINTSTONES
– Children
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5:30
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NEWS
– Walter Cronkite
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EVENING
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6:00
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NEWS
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6:30
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HEE
HAW
Guests: Lynn Anderson, Hank Thompson,
Buddy Allen
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7:30
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BEVERLY
HILLBILLIES – Comedy
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8:00
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MEDICAL
CENTER – Drama
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9:00
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HAWAII
FIVE-O – Crime Drama
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:30
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MERV
GRIFFIN
Guest: John Sebastian
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12:00
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PERRY
MASON – Drama
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4 WCCO (CBS)
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MORNING
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6:00
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SUNRISE
SEMESTER
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6:30
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SIEGFRIED
– Children
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7:00
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CLANCY
AND CARMEN
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7:30
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CLANCY
AND WILLIE
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8:00
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CAPTAIN
KANGAROO
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9:00
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GAME
GAME
Celebrities: Nancy Kulp, Scoey
Mitchell, Donna Jean Young
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9:30
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BEVERLY
HILLBILLIES – Comedy
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10:00
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ANDY
GRIFFITH - Comedy
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10:30
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LOVE
OF LIFE – Serial
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11:00
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WHERE
THE HEART IS – Serial
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11:25
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LIVE
TODAY – Religion
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11:30
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SEARCH
FOR TOMORROW – Serial
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AFTERNOON
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12:00
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NEWS
C
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12:30
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AS
THE WORLD TURNS – Serial
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1:00
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LOVE
IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
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1:30
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GUIDING
LIGHT – Serial
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2:00
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SECRET
STORM – Serial
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2:30
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EDGE
OF NIGHT – Serial
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3:00
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GOMER
PYLE, USMC – Comedy
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3:30
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LUCILLE
BALL – Comedy
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4:00
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MIKE
DOUGLAS – Variety
Co-host: Julie Budd. Guests: John
Hartford, Troy Donahue
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5:30
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NEWS
– Walter Cronkite
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EVENING
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6:00
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NEWS
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6:30
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HEE
HAW
Guests: Lynn Anderson, Hank Thompson,
Buddy Allen
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7:30
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BEVERLY
HILLBILLIES – Comedy
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8:00
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MEDICAL
CENTER – Drama
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9:00
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HAWAII
FIVE-O – Crime Drama
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:45
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MERV
GRIFFIN -C-
Guest: John Sebastian
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12:15
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NEWS
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12:25
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MOVIE
– Musical
“The ‘I Don’t Care’ Girl” (1953)
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5 KSTP (NBC)
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MORNING
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6:30
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MINNESOTA
TODAY
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7:00
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TODAY
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9:00
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IT
TAKES TWO – Game
Celebrities: Amanda Blake, Tim
O’Connor and spouses; Sandy Baron and date
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9:25
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NEWS
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9:30
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CONCENTRATION
– Game
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10:00
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SALE
OF THE CENTURY – Game
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10:30
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HOLLYWOOD
SQUARES – Game
Guests: Jim Backus, Nanette Fabray,
Joyce Haber, Harvey Korman, Paul Lynde, Lou Rawls
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11:00
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JEOPARDY
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11:30
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WHO,
WHAT OR WHERE – Game
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11:55
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NEWS
– Kalber
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AFTERNOON
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12:00
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DIAL
5 – Variety
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1:00
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DAYS
OF OUR LIVES – Serial
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1:30
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DOCTORS
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2:00
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ANOTHER
WORLD – Serial
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2:30
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BRIGHT
PROMISE – Serial
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3:00
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NAME
DROPPERS – Game
Guests: Joan Rivers, William Shatner,
Alan Sues
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3:30
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MOVIE
– Comedy
“Heaven Can Wait” (1943)
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5:30
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NEWS
– Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
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EVENING
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6:00
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NEWS
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6:30
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PILOT
FILM
Special: “The Shameful Secrets of Hastings
Corner”
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7:00
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GENE
KELLY -C-
Special: Guests: Barbara Feldon, Ruth Buzzi, Kay Medford, Barbara Heller, Chanin Hale, Diane Davis, Folles Bergere |
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8:00
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ROWAN
AND MARTIN – Comedy -C-
Special: Guests: Carol Burnett, Tom and Dick Smothers, Sammy Davis Jr. |
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9:00
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THEN
CAME BRONSON – Drama -C-
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:30
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JOHNNY
CARSON
Guest: Willie Mays
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12:00
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SKI
SCENE – Morris
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6 WDSM (DULUTH) (NBC)
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MORNING
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7:00
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TODAY
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9:00
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IT
TAKES TWO – Game
Celebrities: Amanda Blake, Tim
O’Connor and spouses; Sandy Baron and date
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9:25
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NEWS -C-
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9:30
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CONCENTRATION
– Game
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10:00
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SALE
OF THE CENTURY – Game
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10:30
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HOLLYWOOD
SQUARES – Game
Guests: Jim Backus, Nanette Fabray,
Joyce Haber, Harvey Korman, Paul Lynde, Lou Rawls
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11:00
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JEOPARDY
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11:30
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WHO,
WHAT OR WHERE – Game
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11:55
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NEWS
– Kalber
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AFTERNOON
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12:00
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NEWS
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12:30
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LIFE
WITH LINKLETTER – Interview
Guest: Marc Copage
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1:00
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DAYS
OF OUR LIVES – Serial
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1:30
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DOCTORS
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2:00
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ANOTHER
WORLD – Serial
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2:30
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BRIGHT
PROMISE – Serial
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3:00
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NAME
DROPPERS – Game
Guests: Joan Rivers, William Shatner,
Alan Sues
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3:30
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GALLOPING
GOURMET – Kerr
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4:00
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MR.
TOOT – Children
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5:00
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NEWS
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5:30
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NEWS
– Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
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EVENING
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6:00
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NEWS
– Huntley/Brinkley
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6:30
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PILOT
FILM
Special: “The Shameful Secrets of Hastings
Corner”
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7:00
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GENE
KELLY
Special: Guests: Barbara Feldon, Ruth Buzzi,
Kay Medford, Barbara Heller, Chanin Hale, Diane Davis, Folles Bergere
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8:00
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ROWAN
AND MARTIN – Comedy -C-
Special: Guests: Carol Burnett, Tom and Dick Smothers, Sammy Davis Jr. |
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9:00
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THEN
CAME BRONSON – Drama
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:30
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JOHNNY
CARSON
Guest: Willie Mays
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6 KAAL (AUSTIN) (ABC)
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MORNING
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9:00
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QUICK
DRAW McGRAW
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9:30
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ROMPER
ROOM
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9:55
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MARKETS
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10:00
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MIKE
DOUGLAS – Variety
Guests: Yves Montand, Ozzie and
Harriet Nelson, Frank Hubbel and the Stompers
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11:00
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BEWITCHED
– Comedy
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11:30
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THAT
GIRL – Comedy
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AFTERNOON
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12:00
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ALL
MY CHILDREN
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12:30
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LET’S
MAKE A DEAL
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1:00
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NEWLYWED
GAME
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1:30
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DATING
GAME
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2:00
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GENERAL
HOSPITAL
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2:30
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ONE
LIFE TO LIVE
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3:00
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DARK
SHADOWS
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3:30
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MOVIE
– Drama
“Racing Blood” (1954)
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5:00
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NEWS
– Reynolds/Smith
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5:30
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TRUTH
OR CONSEQUENCES
|
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EVENING
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6:00
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NEWS
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6:30
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FLYING
NUN
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7:00
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EDDIE’S
FATHER
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7:30
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ROOM
222 – Comedy
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8:00
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MOVIE
– Drama
“An Affair to Remember” (1957)
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:30
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DICK
CAVETT
Guests: John Lahr, F. Lee Bailey,
Sacha Distel
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7 KCMT (ALEXANDRIA) (NBC, ABC)
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MORNING
|
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7:00
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TODAY
|
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9:00
|
IT
TAKES TWO – Game
Celebrities: Amanda Blake, Tim
O’Connor and spouses; Sandy Baron and date
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9:25
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NEWS
|
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9:30
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CONCENTRATION
– Game
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10:00
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SALE
OF THE CENTURY – Game
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10:30
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HOLLYWOOD
SQUARES – Game
Guests: Jim Backus, Nanette Fabray,
Joyce Haber, Harvey Korman, Paul Lynde, Lou Rawls
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11:00
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JEOPARDY
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11:30
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WHO,
WHAT OR WHERE – Game
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11:55
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NEWS
– Kalber
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AFTERNOON
|
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12:00
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PAUL
HARVEY
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12:05
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NEWS,
WEATHER
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12:20
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TRADING
POST
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12:30
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LIFE
WITH LINKLETTER – Interview
Guest: Marc Copage
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1:00
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DAYS
OF OUR LIVES – Serial
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1:30
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DOCTORS
|
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2:00
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ANOTHER
WORLD – Serial
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2:30
|
BRIGHT
PROMISE – Serial
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3:00
|
NAME
DROPPERS – Game
Guests: Joan Rivers, William Shatner,
Alan Sues
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3:30
|
WELCOME
INN – Variety
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4:00
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TRUTH
OR CONSEQUENCES
|
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4:30
|
I
LOVE LUCY – Comedy
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5:15
|
NEWS
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5:25
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PAUL
HARVEY
|
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5:30
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NEWS
– Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
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EVENING
|
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6:00
|
NEWS -C-
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6:30
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PILOT
FILM
Special: “The Shameful Secrets of Hastings
Corner”
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7:00
|
GENE
KELLY
Special: Guests: Barbara Feldon, Ruth Buzzi,
Kay Medford, Barbara Heller, Chanin Hale, Diane Davis, Folles Bergere
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8:00
|
ROWAN
AND MARTIN – Comedy -C-
Special: Guests: Carol Burnett, Tom and Dick Smothers, Sammy Davis Jr. |
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9:00
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THEN
CAME BRONSON – Drama
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:30
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JOHNNY
CARSON
Guest: Willie Mays
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9 KMSP (ABC)
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MORNING
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7:30
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NEWS
– Jerry Smith
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8:00
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FARMER’S
DAUGHTER
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8:30
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GRANDPA
KEN – Children
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9:00
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ROMPER
ROOM
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9:30
|
STEVE
ALLEN – Variety
Guests: Bob Crane, Bill Daily, Arthur
Connely, Ana Marie Alba
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11:00
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BEWITCHED
– Comedy
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11:30
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THAT
GIRL – Comedy
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AFTERNOON
|
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12:00
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ALL
MY CHILDREN
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12:30
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LET’S
MAKE A DEAL
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1:00
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NEWLYWED
GAME
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1:30
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DATING
GAME -C-
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2:00
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GENERAL
HOSPITAL
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2:30
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ONE
LIFE TO LIVE
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3:00
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DARK
SHADOWS
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3:30
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PEYTON
PLACE – Serial
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4:00
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LOST
IN SPACE – Adventure
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5:00
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NEWS
– Reynolds/Smith
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5:30
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TO
TELL THE TRUTH – Game
Panel: Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle,
Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen
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EVENING
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6:00
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TRUTH
OR CONSEQUENCES
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6:30
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FLYING
NUN
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7:00
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EDDIE’S
FATHER
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7:30
|
ROOM
222 – Comedy
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8:00
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MOVIE
– Adventure
“Flight to Tangier” (1953)
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9:45
|
NEWS
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10:00
|
NEWS
|
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10:30
|
DICK
CAVETT
Guests: John Lahr, F. Lee Bailey,
Sacha Distel
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12:00
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MOVIE
– Western
“Ride, Vaquero!” Part 1 (1953)
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10 KROC (ROCHESTER) (NBC)
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MORNING
|
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7:00
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TODAY
|
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9:00
|
IT
TAKES TWO – Game
Celebrities: Amanda Blake, Tim
O’Connor and spouses; Sandy Baron and date
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9:25
|
NEWS
|
|
9:30
|
CONCENTRATION
– Game
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10:00
|
SALE
OF THE CENTURY – Game
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10:30
|
HOLLYWOOD
SQUARES – Game
Guests: Jim Backus, Nanette Fabray,
Joyce Haber, Harvey Korman, Paul Lynde, Lou Rawls
|
|
11:00
|
JEOPARDY
|
|
11:30
|
WHO,
WHAT OR WHERE – Game
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|
11:55
|
NEWS
– Kalber
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|
AFTERNOON
|
||
12:00
|
NEWS
|
|
12:20
|
MEMOS
FROM MARY
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|
12:30
|
LIFE
WITH LINKLETTER – Interview
Guest: Marc Copage
|
|
1:00
|
DAYS
OF OUR LIVES – Serial
|
|
1:30
|
DOCTORS
|
|
2:00
|
ANOTHER
WORLD – Serial
|
|
2:30
|
BRIGHT
PROMISE – Serial
|
|
3:00
|
NAME
DROPPERS – Game
Guests: Joan Rivers, William Shatner,
Alan Sues
|
|
3:30
|
ROCKY
AND HIS FRIENDS
|
|
4:30
|
PERRY
MASON – Mystery
|
|
5:30
|
NEWS
– Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
|
|
EVENING
|
||
6:00
|
NEWS
|
|
6:30
|
PILOT
FILM
Special: “The Shameful Secrets of Hastings
Corner”
|
|
7:00
|
GENE
KELLY
Special: Guests: Barbara Feldon, Ruth Buzzi,
Kay Medford, Barbara Heller, Chanin Hale, Diane Davis, Folles Bergere
|
|
8:00
|
ROWAN
AND MARTIN – Comedy -C-
Special: Guests: Carol Burnett, Tom and Dick Smothers, Sammy Davis Jr. |
|
9:00
|
THEN
CAME BRONSON – Drama
|
|
10:00
|
NEWS
|
|
10:30
|
JOHNNY
CARSON
Guest: Willie Mays
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10 WDIO (DULUTH) (ABC)
|
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MORNING
|
||
8:30
|
CARTOON
CARNIVAL
|
|
9:00
|
ROMPER
ROOM
|
|
9:30
|
MOVIE
– Drama
“All That Heaven Allows” (1955)
|
|
11:00
|
BEWITCHED
– Comedy
|
|
11:30
|
THAT
GIRL – Comedy
|
|
AFTERNOON
|
||
12:00
|
ALL
MY CHILDREN
|
|
12:30
|
LET’S
MAKE A DEAL
|
|
1:00
|
NEWLYWED
GAME
|
|
1:30
|
DATING
GAME -C-
|
|
2:00
|
GENERAL
HOSPITAL
|
|
2:30
|
ONE
LIFE TO LIVE
|
|
3:00
|
DARK
SHADOWS
|
|
3:30
|
F
TROOP – Comedy
|
|
4:00
|
MOVIE
– Comedy
“Free for All” (1949)
|
|
5:00
|
GILLIGAN’S
ISLAND – Comedy
|
|
5:30
|
NEWS
– Reynolds/Smith
|
|
EVENING
|
||
6:00
|
NEWS
|
|
6:30
|
FLYING
NUN
|
|
7:00
|
EDDIE’S
FATHER
|
|
7:30
|
ROOM
222 – Comedy
|
|
8:00
|
MOVIE
– Adventure
“Flight to Tangier” (1953)
|
|
9:45
|
FILM
|
|
10:00
|
NEWS
|
|
10:35
|
MOVIE
– Comedy
“My Favorite Brunette” (1947)
|
11 WTCN (IND.)
|
||
MORNING
|
||
6:30
|
NEWS
|
|
7:00
|
CASEY
AND ROUNDHOUSE
|
|
8:00
|
DAVE
LEE – Children
|
|
8:30
|
HOBO
KELLY
|
|
9:00
|
NEWS
|
|
9:30
|
JACK
LA LANNE – Exercise
|
|
10:00
|
DEBBIE
DRAKE – Exercise
|
|
10:30
|
JOAN
RIVERS
|
|
11:00
|
GIRL
TALK – Discussion
Guest: Coral Browne
|
|
11:30
|
GALLOPING
GOURMET – Kerr -C-
|
|
AFTERNOON
|
||
12:00
|
LUNCH
WITH CASEY
|
|
1:00
|
MOVIE
– Comedy
“Belles on Their Toes” (1952)
|
|
2:50
|
FASHIONS
IN SEWING
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SAID! SHE SAID! – Game
Guests: Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson,
Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson
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THE CLOCK – Game
Guest: Hugh O’Brian
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MASON – Drama
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VALLEY – Western
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NEWS
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SQUAD
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“Darby’s Rangers” (1958)
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KANGAROO -C-
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LA LANNE
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GRIFFITH - Comedy
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OF LIFE – Serial
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THE HEART IS – Serial
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11:30
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LOVE
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1:30
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LIGHT – Serial
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2:00
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STORM – Serial
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2:30
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OF NIGHT – Serial
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3:00
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PYLE, USMC – Comedy
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SHOW – Pasek
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4:00
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BART’S
CLUBHOUSE
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4:45
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BALL – Comedy
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5:00
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OUTLOOK
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5:30
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– Walter Cronkite
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EVENING
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6:30
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HEE
HAW
Guests: Lynn Anderson, Hank Thompson,
Buddy Allen
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BEVERLY
HILLBILLIES – Comedy
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8:00
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CENTER – Drama
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9:00
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FIVE-O – Crime Drama
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:30
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MERV
GRIFFIN
Guest: John Sebastian
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TV
I have a question this time about the excerpt from the listings of Jan. 14, 1970 for THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, which is at the top of this page. The TV GUIDE description on channel 4 (at 6:30 PM) has the plot for "The Clampett Look", a (IMO) hilarious episode which helped make that season the best and most highly-rated. On this night CBS aired an original episode, "What Happened to Shorty", about Shorty Kellems from "back home". Did WCCO-TV instead air a B&W rerun of a 6-year-old episode that night? (I noticed that only "4" is by that listing, so the other CBS affiliates may have aired the original episode that night.) If that's true, to me it's still strange that a CBS affiliate would choose to air a B&W rerun that night instead of an original color episode provided by the network, even if it was funnier.
ReplyDeleteI have a promo reel with the spot for FLIGHT TO TANGIER on it...
ReplyDeleteWell, things seemed to have progressed in "The World's Worst Town"(TM) where Mr. Hadley grew up, as KCMT has graduated to showing syndicated fare (Welcome Inn was a locally produced show, I'm pretty sure). One thing I can't figure out: what the heck is Laugh-In doing at 8 O'Clock when it's supposed to be a 7 PM show? And why classify it as a special? I know it was mighty popular by this time. Did NBC just want Gene Kelly on at an earlier hour? Beats me.
ReplyDeleteIt seems WDIO decided to show a Bob Hope flick instead of Dick Cavett's show (this would be my pick to still air after Cavett), I suppose with "The Say Hey Kid" on Carson and the leader of The Lovin' Spoonful with Merv, they decided to pull out all the stops and try something different.
The Five-O ep this night was "Run, Johnny, Run" with Marcy Lafferty (then going by the name Marcy Brown) and a young Christopher Walken. Nephi Hannemann played Johnny. Also in the cast were Jack Ging and Al Michaels-but probably not THAT Al Michaels.
As for what was shown on KGLO, WKBT and WEAU, I haven't the foggiest notion, tho I'm sure it was more of the same shrift-and Fashions In Sewing played well in their markets, too.
Hello, Ken; first things first:
DeleteThat Rowan & Martin show isn't Laugh-In.
At the turn of the '70s, there was a turf war at Laugh-In over who was really running the show.
On one side were George Schlatter and Ed Friendly, who believed that they had actually created the format; on the other were Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, and their designated head writer Paul Keyes, who were convinced that they were most responsible for Laugh-in's hit status.
In order to pacify the feuding factions, NBC made separate deals with Dan & Dick, and with Schlatter and Friendly, for their own specials; the R&M show, Rowan and Martin Bite The Hand That Feeds Them was part of that deal.
The R&M/S&F feud worsened as time went on, ultimately resulting in Schaltter's faction getting bumped in Laugh-In's final season - but that's another story ...
- As to Hawaii Five-O:
It was that Al Michaels.
In the late '60s-early '70s, Al Michaels was the radio-TV voice of the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League (AAA).
In those days, the Islanders were famous for only playing night games, due to the local Hawaiian climate.
Al Michaels attracted a lot of attention in his post as the voice of the Islanders; the Major League teams were scouting him, and it was about a year or so later that the Cincinnati Reds scooped him up for their media team - and that's another story ...
- That pilot on NBC, The Shameful Secrets Of Hastings Corners, was an all-out farce/take-off on Peyton Place, which had long since left the air anyway; my (possibly incorrect) memory is that this had been sitting on NBC's shelf for a year or so.
This was one of the first times I'd seen a Broadway leading man who was making a tentative play at TV film: Hal Linden, who here was playing "good and evil twins"; this was just one of the many bad ideas in this pilot - and that's yet another story ...
( ... and yes, I did see this one, which is how I know ...)
- Also on Wednesday, Channel 11, the NET (ultimately PBS) station in Chicago, had one of its signature shows, Robert Cromie's Book Beat.
This week, Bob Cromie had a rare TV interview with John D. MacDonald, creator of Travis McGee - and long-time correspondent with Dan Rowan, op cit.
Years later MacDonald and Rowan published a collection of their letters to each other, which was one of the sources I used in the first item of this comment of mine ... another story, I know ...
- And as long as I'm here ...
I see from The Obit Patrol that Bradford Dillman has just passed on, aged 87.
In his memoir, Dillman called himself "the Safeway actor"; he and his longtime wife Suzy Parker had six children in the aggregate, so he concentrated on working as much as he could.
That memoir is brief, but packed with some of the best stories you'll ever read on this subject.
So There Too.
This Just In:
DeleteFrom The Obit Patrol again, word has come that Dorothy Malone has passed on, aged 92.
Waiting now for Number Three ...