April 30, 2018

What's on TV? Sunday, April 30, 1967

We're back in the Capital beltway this week, looking at the listings for the Washington-Baltimore area. Not surprisingly, the accent is on politics; in addition to the Sunday interview shows, there's a plethora of programs featuring politicos and pundits.

It's also a good day for programming in general; since we didn't have Sullivan vs. The Palace this week (thanks to ABC's coverage of the International Beauty Pageant on Saturday), we should point out that Ed has a particularly good lineup today, with Jack Benny as a headliner. Jack's also on the Crusade '67 kickoff for the Cancer Crusade at 2:00 p.m. on WBAL, although it's hard to say how long each of those stars  were on camera for a 30-minute show - probably walk-on appearances. And WETA, the NET affiliate, has a couple of interesting programs - the opening ceremonies of Expo 67, the World's Fair from Montreal, at 7:30 p.m.; after that, NET Playhouse presents Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld." You may not think you know anything about it, but you'll surely recognize the operetta's most famous piece: "Le Galop Infernal," otherwise known as - the Can-Can.  




 2  WMAR (BALTIMORE) (CBS)

Morning

    8:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
Man and Society

    9:00
UNDERDOG—Cartoons   COLOR 

    9:30
GOSPEL SINGING JUBILEE

  10:00
EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH—Documentary   SPECIAL    COLOR 

  11:00
CAMERA THREE

  11:30
ELEANOR NASH   COLOR 

  11:45
YOUR FAMILY DOCTOR   COLOR 

Afternoon

  12:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Master Minds” (1949)

  12:30
MEETING OF THE MINDS—Interview   COLOR 

    1:00
CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR   COLOR 
Gymnastics, Triple Crown preview, boxing
Last show of the season

    2:30
SOCCER—Generals vs. Spartans   COLOR 

    4:30
LAW DAY PROGRAM

    5:00
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy

    5:30
AMATEUR HOUR   COLOR 

Evening

    6:00
21ST CENTURY   COLOR 

    6:30
DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama   COLOR 

    7:00
LASSIE—Adventure   COLOR 

    7:30
IT’S ABOUT TIME   COLOR 

    8:00
ED SULLIVAN   COLOR 
Guests: Jack Benny, Melina Mercouri, Gilbert Price, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Edward Villella and Patricia McBride, Rich Little, Muppets

    9:00
SMOTHERS BROTHERS   COLOR 
Guests: Nancy and Frank Sinatra Jr., Dom De Luise

  10:00
CANDID CAMERA   COLOR 

  10:30
WHAT’S MY LINE?   COLOR 
Guest panelists: Tony Randall, George Grizzard, Phyllis Newman

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS   COLOR 

  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Breaking Point” (1950)

    1:20
NEWS


 4  WRC (DC) (NBC)

Morning

    8:15
FAITH AND LIFE   COLOR 

    8:20
NEWS

    8:30
CARTOON CIRCUS   COLOR 

    9:00
OPERATION AWARENESS—Religion   COLOR 

    9:30
TANGLED WORLD—Religion

  10:00
MASS FOR SHUT-INS   COLOR 

  10:30
VIETNAM REVIEW   COLOR 

  11:00
ACROSS THE FENCE   COLOR 

  11:30
DIMENSION WASHINGTON—Discussion

Afternoon

  12:00
GEORGETOWN FORUM   COLOR 

    1:00
MEET THE PRESS   COLOR 
Guest: Rep. L. Mendel Rivers (D, SC)

    1:30
SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOUR   COLOR 

    2:00
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY—Discussion   COLOR 

    2:30
MOVIE—Western   COLOR 
“The Man Behind the Gun” (1953)

    4:00
NBC EXPERIMENT IN TV   SPECIAL    COLOR 

    5:00
LAW DAY INTERVIEW   SPECIAL    COLOR 

    5:30
G-E COLLEGE BOWL   COLOR 
Ursinus College vs. University of Colorado

Evening

    6:00
FRANK McGEE REPORT   COLOR 

    6:30
NBC NEWS SPECIAL   SPECIAL    COLOR 
“The Pill”

    7:30
DISNEY’S WORLD   COLOR 

    8:30
COMEDY SPECIAL   SPECIAL    COLOR 

    9:00
BONANZA   COLOR 

  10:00
ANDY WILLIAMS   COLOR 
Guests: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Phil Harris, Joey Heatherton, Claudine Longet

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS   COLOR 

  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
Guests: Edgar Bergen, Don Rickles, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Josyeane Leroi, Carol Sloane


 5  WTTG (DC) (IND.)

Morning

    6:45
NEWS, TODAY IN YOUR LIFE

    7:00
THIS IS THE LIFE—Religion

    7:30
JEWISH HOUR—Religion

    8:00
ROD ROCKET—Cartoons

    8:30
YOGI BEAR

    9:00
MR. MAGOO—Cartoon   COLOR 

    9:30
CARTOON CUT-UPS   COLOR 

  10:00
MOVIE—Adventure
“The Revolt of the Marmalukes” (Egyptian; 1964)

  11:30
SEA HUNT—Adventure

Afternoon

  12:00
ROUTE 66—Drama

    1:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“The Thin Man” (1934)

    3:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Champion” (1949)

    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Silent Enemy” (English; 1958)

Evening

    7:00
POST TIME RACES   COLOR 

    7:30
VIKKI CARR   SPECIAL 

    8:30
BISHOP SHEEN—Talk   COLOR 

    9:00
MARK EVANS   COLOR 

    9:30
OPINION: WASHINGTON   COLOR 

  10:00
JOE PYNE—Discussion   COLOR 


 7  WMAL (DC) (ABC)

Morning

    8:15
SACRED HEART—Religion   COLOR 

    8:30
BIG PICTURE—Army   COLOR 

    9:00
CONCEPT—Religion   COLOR 

    9:30
BEANY AND CECIL   COLOR 

  10:00
LINUS THE LIONHEARTED—Cartoons   COLOR 

  10:30
PETER POTAMUS   COLOR 

  11:00
BULLWINKLE   COLOR 

  11:30
DISCOVERY ’67—Children   COLOR 

Afternoon

  12:00
CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING   COLOR 

    1:00
ABC SCOPE—Vietnam Report
Guest: Amb. Henry Cabot Lodge

    1:30
ISSUES AND ANSWERS   COLOR 
Guest: Sen. John Pastore (D, RI)

    2:00
CLOSE-UP—Interview   COLOR 
Guest: Sen. Birch Bayh (D, Ind.)

    2:30
MOVIE—Documentary
“Blitz on Britain” (English; 1962)

    4:00
TEXAS OPEN—Golf   SPECIAL    COLOR 

    5:30
BOWLING FUN   COLOR 

Evening

    6:00
WELLS FARGO—Western

    6:30
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS   COLOR 

    7:00
VOYAGE—Adventure   COLOR 

    8:00
FBI—Drama   COLOR 

    9:00
MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR 
“Bachelor in Paradise” (1961)

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS   COLOR 

  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Dangerous Crossing” (1953)

  12:40
NEWS AND SPORTS   COLOR 


 9  WTOP (DC) (CBS)

Morning

    7:30
RURAL AMERICA—Education   COLOR 

    8:00
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

    8:30
THE ANSWER—Religion   COLOR 

    9:00
FILM FEATURE

    9:30
JEWISH COMMUNITY HOUR   COLOR 

  10:00
EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH—Documentary   SPECIAL    COLOR 

  11:00
MOVIE—Comedy
"Francis in the Navy" (1955)

Afternoon

  12:00
CAPITOL HILL REPORT   COLOR 

  12:30
FACE THE NATION   COLOR 
Guest: Edward Bennett Williams

    2:30
SOCCER—Generals vs. Spartans   COLOR 

    4:30
FOUR WINDS TO ADVENTURE   COLOR 

    5:00
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy

    5:30
AMATEUR HOUR   COLOR 

Evening

    6:00
21ST CENTURY   COLOR 

    6:30
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS   COLOR 

    7:00
LASSIE—Adventure   COLOR 

    7:30
IT’S ABOUT TIME   COLOR 

    8:00
ED SULLIVAN   COLOR 
Guests: Jack Benny, Melina Mercouri, Gilbert Price, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Edward Villella and Patricia McBride, Rich Little, Muppets

    9:00
SMOTHERS BROTHERS   COLOR 
Guests: Nancy and Frank Sinatra Jr., Dom De Luise

  10:00
CANDID CAMERA   COLOR 

  10:30
WHAT’S MY LINE?   COLOR 
Guest panelists: Tony Randall, George Grizzard, Phyllis Newman

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS   COLOR 

  11:15
MOVIE—Comedy
“Strictly Dishonorable” (1951)



11 WBAL (BALTIMORE) (NBC)

Morning

    8:00
LEARNING TO READ

    8:30
FRONTIERS OF FAITH—Religion

    9:00
SUNDAY SERMON

    9:30
BIG PICTURE—Army   COLOR 

  10:00
GOOD NEWS—Religion

  10:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“Henry and Dizzy” (1942)

Afternoon

  12:00
MOVIE—Drama   COLOR 
“The Sword and the Cross” (Italian; 1959)

    2:00
CRUSADE ’67—Variety   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Host: Shari Lewis. Guests: Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Benny, Lorne Greene, Joan Crawford, Mel Blanc, Myron Cohen

    2:30
MEET THE PRESS   COLOR 
Guest: Rep. L. Mendel Rivers (D, SC)

    3:00
NBC EXPERIMENT IN TV   SPECIAL    COLOR 

    4:00
TEXAS OPEN—Golf   SPECIAL    COLOR 

    5:30
G-E COLLEGE BOWL   COLOR 
Ursinus College vs. University of Colorado

Evening

    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER SPORTS   COLOR 

    6:30
NBC NEWS SPECIAL   SPECIAL    COLOR 
“The Pill”

    7:30
DISNEY’S WORLD   COLOR 

    8:30
COMEDY SPECIAL   SPECIAL    COLOR 

    9:00
BONANZA   COLOR 

  10:00
ANDY WILLIAMS   COLOR 
Guests: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Phil Harris, Joey Heatherton, Claudine Longet

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS   COLOR 

  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
Guests: Edgar Bergen, Don Rickles, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Josyeane Leroi, Carol Sloane



13 WJZ (BALTIMORE) (ABC)

Morning

    6:30
THIS IS THE LIFE   COLOR 

    7:00
INTERNATIONAL ZONE   COLOR 

    7:30
MARKETIN GAND BUSINESS

    8:00
BOB McALLISTER—Children

    9:30
BEANY AND CECIL   COLOR 

  10:00
LINUS THE LIONHEARTED—Cartoons   COLOR 

  10:30
PETER POTAMUS   COLOR 

  11:00
BULLWINKLE   COLOR 

  11:30
JOHNS HOPKINS REVIEW

Afternoon

  12:00
YET SET—Religion

  12:30
ADLER INVITES—Interview

    1:00
DIRECTIONS—Religion

    2:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Objective, Burman” (1945)

    4:30
HANK BAUER—Interview   SPECIAL 

    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Petrified Forest” (1936)

Evening

    6:50
TV EDITORIAL, NEWS   COLOR 

    7:00
VOYAGE—Adventure   COLOR 

    8:00
FBI—Drama   COLOR 

    9:00
MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR 
“Bachelor in Paradise” (1961)

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS   COLOR 

  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Ox-Bow Incident” (1943)

    1:15
NEWS AND SPORTS   COLOR 

    1:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Flying Devils” (1933)

    2:30
CHRISTOPHER PROGRAM


14 WOOK (DC) (IND.)

Afternoon

    4:30
TEMPLE OF ISLAM—Religion

    5:00
BIBLEWAY CHURCH

    5:30
TO BE ANNOUNCED

Evening

    6:00
BETHEL CHURCH

    6:30
ALLEN REVIVAL HOUR

    7:00
GOSPEL HOUR—Rev. R. Burruss

    8:00
PARIS MAGAZINE

    8:30
TO BE ANNOUNCED

    9:00
CHURCH OF CHRIST—Religion

    9:30
HERALD OF TRUTH—Religion

  10:00
FAITH FOR TODAY—Religion

  10:30
TO BE ANNOUNCED


20 WDCA (DC) (IND.)

Morning

    8:20
SHORB BROTHERS QUARTET

    9:00
MEMORIAL HOUR—Music

    9:30
FAITH FOR TODAY—Religion

  10:00
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO

  10:30
MARRY A MILLIONAIRE

  11:00
TOPPER—Comedy

  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Littlest Rebel” (1935)

Afternoon

    1:00
MOVIE—Musical
“Moon over Miami” (1941)

    3:00
MOVIE—Adventure
“Raiders of the Spanish Main” (English; 1962)

    5:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“Shadows of Chinatown” (1936)

Evening

    6:30
RAWHIDE—Western

    7:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“The Dragon’s Blood” (Italian; 1963)

    9:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Captain’s Paradise” (English; 1953)

  10:25
BACKSTAGE—Harrison

  10:35
FASHION SHOW   SPECIAL 

  11:05
OPEN END—Discussion


26 WETA (DC) (EDUC.)

Afternoon

    3:00
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC

    4:00
BOOK BEAT—Interview
Guest: Nigel Buxton

    4:30
AWARD SERIES

    5:00
CREATIVE PERSON—Burton

    5:30
WORLD PRESS REVIEW

Evening

    6:30
FRENCH CHEF—Cooking

    7:00
U.S.A.—Photography

    7:30
EXPO 67—Opening   SPECIAL 

    9:30
NET PLAYHOUSE—Operetta
“Orpheus in the Underworld”

TV  

6 comments:

  1. Wasn't the movie on WJZ Channel 13 at 2 P.M. actually titled "Objective Burma"?

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  2. While most of WOOK Channel 14's programming on Sundays was religious in nature, it's my understanding that on the other days of the week, they catered to a mostly African-American viewership (Metropolitan Washington had, and still has, a large black community), the first TV station to do so.

    But WOOK existed at a time when there were still a lot of TV sets that only received VHF.

    And I believe WOOK never transmitted in color, which was another problem at a time when the networks and other local stations were converting to color broadcasting, and millions of people were buying their first color TV sets.

    That combination eventually doomed the station.

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    1. I have always heard that the only color programs to air on Richard Eaton's United Broadcasting stations (WOOK-TV 14/WMET-TV 24) were network programs that the primary network affiliates had chosen not to clear. That would be a very rare occasion. Their studios had "hand-me-down" equipment with no color cameras.

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  3. More on the history of WOOK

    http://uhftelevision.com/articles/wook.html

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  4. Revolt of the Marmalukes? After all, he was a big dog...

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    1. It's supposed to be "Mamalukes". And it was actually made in 1960, probably released to television in 1964. Omar Sharif was the star, before he became internationally known.

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