September 17, 2018

What's on TV? Monday, September 15, 1958

As such things go, this is a pretty quiet day in the new season; Channel 2, the Twin Cities educational channel, actually has more series debuts today than any of the other stations. Jimmy Dean starts his weekday variety series, which is perhaps more memorable for this candid bit of commentary after the show's cancellation. Don't you wish more people spoke their minds today? (Pause, thinking about Internet...) Wait a minute; forget I said that.


 2  KTCA (Educ.)

  AFTERNOON 

    1:30
SING A SONG—Education

    2:00
BROOKFIELD ZOO—Education

    2:30
GRAPHIC ARTS—Education

    3:00
TEA AT THREE—Jeani K.

    5:00
MR. MURGLE—Education

    5:15
SING HI-SING LO—Music

    5:30
GREAT PLAINS TRILOGY

     EVENING    

    6:00
SCIENTIFIC METHODS

    6:30
WOLD OF MEDICINE

    6:45
SING HI, SING LO

    7:00
P.T.A.—Education

    7:30
UN REVIEW-Education

    7:45
INDUSTRY ON PARADE

    8:00
SPANISH LESSON—Education  DEBUT 

    8:30
MODERN PHILOSOPHY  DEBUT 

    9:00
OPERA FOR TODAY—Education

    9:30
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

  10:00
GREAT IDEAS—Education

  10:30
PSYCHOLOGY—Education  DEBUT 



 3  KDAL (Duluth) (CBS)

    MORNING   

    9:00
FOR LOVE OR MONEY

    9:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH

  10:00
ARTHUR GODFREY

  10:30
TOP DOLLAR

  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE

  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

  AFTERNOON 
  12:00
NEWS—Walter Cronkite

  12:05
TOWN AND COUNTRY—Becker

  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS

    1:00
JIMMY DEAN  DEBUT 
Guests: Jennie Smith, the Szonys

    1:30
HOUSE PARTY

    2:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz

    2:30
VERDICT IS YOURS

    3:15
SECRET STORM

    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT

    4:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“We Go Fast” (1941)

    5:00
SUPERMAN—Adventure

    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB

    5:45
NEWS—Doug Edwards

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:15
NEWS—Doug Edwards

    6:30
ROBIN HOOD

    7:00
BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy

    7:30
MASQUERADE PARTY
Last show of the current series

    8:00
I LOVE LUCY

    8:30
FRONTIER JUSTICE

    9:00
STUDIO ONE—Drama

  10:00
NEWS, SPORTS

  10:30
MOVIE—Mystery
“The Big Sleep” (1946)



 3  KGLO (Mason City, IA) (CBS)

    MORNING   

    9:00
FOR LOVE OR MONEY

    9:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH

  10:00
ARTHUR GODFREY

  10:30
TOP DOLLAR

  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE

  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS

  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS

    1:00
JIMMY DEAN  DEBUT 
Guests: Jennie Smith, the Szonys

    1:30
HOUSE PARTY

    2:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz

    2:30
VERDICT IS YOURS

    3:00
15 SECRET STORM

    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT

    4:00
BOB CAVANAUGH—Variety

    5:00
BART’S CLUBHOUSE—Kids

    5:30
TIME OUT FOR TOTS—Kids

     EVENING    

    6:00
FARM REPORTER—Al Heinz

    6:05
SPORTS, NEWS, WEATHER

    6:30
ROBIN HOOD

    7:00
WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure

    7:30
MASQUERADE PARTY
Last show of the current series

    8:00
I LOVE LUCY

    8:30
FRONTIER JUSTICE

    9:00
HIGHWAY PATROL

    9:30
SHERIFF OF COCHISE—Western

  10:00
NEWS, SPORTS

  10:30
SCIENCE FICTION THEATER

  11:00
NEWS



 4  WCCO (CBS)

    MORNING   

    7:00
MOVIE—Western
“Carolina Moon” (1940)

    8:00
CARTOONS—Siegfried

    8:55
NEWS

    9:00
FOR LOVE OR MONEY

    9:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH

  10:00
ARTHUR GODFREY

  10:30
TOP DOLLAR

  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE

  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS

  12:15
TAKE FIVE—Cedric Adams

  12:20
WEATHER—Kraehling

  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS

    1:00
JIMMY DEAN  DEBUT 
Guests: Jennie Smith, the Szonys

    1:30
HOUSE PARTY

    2:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz

    2:30
VERDICT IS YOURS

    3:15
SECRET STORM

    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT

    4:00
AROUND THE TOWN—Haeberle

    4:30
BUGS BUNNY—Comm. Cappy

    5:00
AXEL AND DOG—Clellan Card

    5:30
POPEYE CLUBHOUSE—Kids

    5:55
WEATHER, NEWS, SPORTS

     EVENING    

    6:15
NEWS—Doug Edwards

    6:30
ROBIN HOOD

    7:00
BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy

    7:30
MASQUERADE PARTY
Last show of the current series

    8:00
I LOVE LUCY

    8:30
FRONTIER JUSTICE

    9:00
STUDIO ONE—Drama

  10:00
NEWS, SPORTS

  10:30
LONE WOLF—Adventure

  11:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“Blue, White and Perfect” (1941)



 5  KSTP (NBC)

    MORNING   

    6:30
DAVID STONE—Variety

    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
Guest: John Payne

    9:00
DOUGH RE MI—Quiz

    9:30
TREASURE HUNT—Quiz

  10:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Quiz

  10:30
CONCENTRATION—Quiz

  11:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz

  11:30
IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leydon  COLOR 

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS

  12:20
TREASURE CHEST—Quiz

    1:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

    1:30
HAGGIS BAGGIS—Quiz  COLOR 

    2:00
TODAY IS OURS—Serial

    2:30
FROM THESE ROOTS

    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY

    3:45
MODERN ROMANCES

    4:00
MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy

    4:30
HAWKEYE—Adventure

    4:45
CAPT. DARYL—Kids

    5:00
ROBIN HOOD—Adventure

    5:30
HI FI-VE TIME—Zimmerman

    5:45
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:20
YOU SHOULD KNOW—Quiz

    6:30
HAGGIS BAGGIS  COLOR 

    7:00
RESTLESS GUN—Western

    7:30
WELLS FARGO—Western

    8:00
TWENTY-ONE—Quiz

    8:30
GOODYEAR THEATER

    9:00
SUSPICION—Drama

  10:00
NEWS, SPORTS

  10:30
FEDERAL MEN—Police

  11:00
JACK PAAR—Variety
Guest: Betty Johnson

  12:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS



 6  WDSM (Duluth) (NBC)

    MORNING   

    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
Guest: John Payne

    9:00
DOUGH RE MI—Quiz

    9:30
TREASURE HUNT—Quiz

  10:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Quiz

  10:30
CONCENTRATION—Quiz

  11:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz

  11:30
IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leydon  COLOR 

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS

  12:05
MOVIE—Drama
"Guilty Assignment: (1947)

    1:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

    1:30
HAGGIS BAGGIS—Quiz  COLOR 

    2:00
TODAY IS OURS—Serial

    2:30
FROM THESE ROOTS

    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY

    3:45
MODERN ROMANCES

    4:00
POPEYE—Cartoons

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:15
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley

    6:30
ROCKY TELLER—Variety

    7:00
RESTLESS GUN—Western

    7:30
WELLS FARGO—Western

    8:00
TWENTY-ONE—Quiz

    8:30
GOODYEAR THEATER

    9:00
SUSPICION—Drama

  10:00
NEWS, SPORTS

  10:15
ANYBODY CAN PLAY

  10:45
JACK PAAR—Variety
Guest: Betty Johnson



 6  KMMT (Austin) (ABC)

  AFTERNOON 

    3:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
Guest: Lou Monte

    3:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?—Quiz

    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
Guest—Al Alberts

    5:00
MATINEE WITH MARGIE

    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:15
NEWS—Don Goddard

    6:30
WOODY WOODPECKER—Cartoons

    7:00
FILM FEATURES

    7:30
BOLD JOURNEY

    8:00
VOICE OF FIRESTONE
Guest: Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians

    8:30
POLKA-GO-ROUND

    9:30
DICK POWELL—Drama

  10:00
NEWS, SPORTS

  10:30
DATELINE: EUROPE—Adventure



 8  WKBT (LaCrosse) (CBS)

    MORNING   

  10:00
ARTHUR GODFREY

  10:30
TOP DOLLAR

  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE

  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  11:45
COUNTRY STYLE, U.S.A.—Music
Guest: Benny Martin

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS

  12:30
TOP PLAYS—Drama

    1:00
JIMMY DEAN  DEBUT 
Guests: Jennie Smith, the Szonys

    1:30
HOUSE PARTY

    2:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz

    2:30
VERDICT IS YOURS

    3:15
SECRET STORM

    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT

    4:00
FRONTIER—Western

    4:30
FILM FEATURE

    5:00
SUPERMAN—Adventure

    5:30
HAWKEYE—Adventure

     EVENING    

    6:00
FARM DIGEST—Martin

    6:30
ROBIN HOOD

    7:00
BROKEN ARROW—Western

    7:30
ALL-STAR THEATER—Drama

    8:00
I LOVE LUCY

    8:30
FRONTIER JUSTICE

    9:00
BUCKSKIN—Western

    9:30
PEOPLE’S CHOICE—Comedy

  10:00
NEWS, SPORTS

  10:20
ANYBODY CAN PLAY

  10:50
SAN FRANCISCO BEAT—Police

  11:20
PENDULUM—Mystery



 9  KMSP (Ind.)

  AFTERNOON 

    2:25
CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion

    2:30
MR. AND MRS. NORTH—Mystery

    3:00
PLAY OF THE WEEK—Drama

    3:30
BINGO—Claudette Dzubay

    4:30
MOVIE—Mystery
“Homicide Bureau” (1939)

    5:30
OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy

     EVENING    

    6:00
LOONEY TUNES—Cartoons

    6:30
JOE PALOOKA—Drama

    7:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Family Affair” (English; 1955)

    8:30
SAN FRANCISCO BEAT—Police

    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Fallen Angel” (1945)

  10:30
NEWS—Dave Lee

  10:45
SPORTS—Tony Parker

  10:50
SQUARE DANCE JUBILEE

  11:55
NEWS



10 KROC (Rochester) (NBC)

    MORNING   

    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
Guest: John Payne

    9:00
DOUGH RE MI—Quiz

    9:30
TREASURE HUNT—Quiz

  10:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Quiz

  10:30
CONCENTRATION—Quiz

  11:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz

  11:30
IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leydon  COLOR 

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS

  12:15
CHANNEL 10 CALLING

  12:30
FILM FEATURE

    1:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

    1:30
HAGGIS BAGGIS—Quiz  COLOR 

    2:00
TODAY IS OURS—Serial

    2:30
FROM THESE ROOTS

    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY

    3:45
MODERN ROMANCES

    4:00
WHAT’S NEW?—Don Perry

    4:30
COMPASS—Travel

    5:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“Voice of the Whistler” (1945)

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:15
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley

    6:30
WILD BILL HICKCK—Western

    7:00
MR. AND MRS. NORTH—Mystery

    7:30
WELLS FARGO—Western

    8:00
TWENTY-ONE—Quiz

    8:30
GOODYEAR THEATER

    9:00
SUSPICION—Drama

  10:00
NEWS, SPORTS

  10:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Secrets of the Chateau”



11 WTCN (ABC)

    MORNING   

  11:30
FILM SHORT

  11:45
FARM NEWS—Al Paulson

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
LUNCH CLUB—Variety

    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Sins of Jezebel” (1953)

    2:30
TOP PLAYS—Drama

    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
Guest—Al Alberts

    5:00
SUPERMAN—Adventure

    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:30
JEFF’S COLLIE

    7:00
FILM FEATURES

    7:30
BOLD JOURNEY

    8:00
VOICE OF FIRESTONE
Guest: Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians

    8:30
POLKA-GO-ROUND

    9:30
NEWS—John Daly

    9:45
NEWS—Chick McCuen

  10:00
MOVIE—Spy Drama
“The Conspirators” (1944)



13 WEAU (Eau Claire) (NBC)

    MORNING   

    7:00
FILM FESTIVAL

    8:00
TODAY—Garroway
Guest: John Payne

  10:00
DOUGH RE MI—Quiz

  10:30
TREASURE HUNT—Quiz

  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Quiz

  11:30
CONCENTRATION—Quiz

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz

  12:30
IT COULD BE YOU  COLOR 

    1:00
FILM SHORT

    1:20
NEWS, MARKETS

    1:30
TOMBSTONE TERRITORY

    2:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

    2:30
HAGGIS BAGGIS—Quiz  COLOR 

    3:00
TODAY IS OURS—Serial

    3:30
FROM THESE ROOTS—Serial

    4:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey

    4:45
MODERN ROMANCES—Serial

    5:00
MOVIE—Western
“Under Western Stars”

     EVENING    

    6:00
FLORIAN ZABACH—Music

    6:30
CARTOONS—Kids

    6:40
WEATHER, NEWS

    7:00
NAVY LOG—Drama

    7:30
TO BE ANNOUNCED

    8:30
WELLS FARGO—Western

    9:00
TWENTY-ONE—Quiz

    9:30
GOODYEAR THEATER—Drama

  10:00
NEWS, SPORTS

  10:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Hell-Ship Morgan”

  11:30
TIMES SQUARE PLAYHOUSE

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4 comments:

  1. "Tic Tac Dough"?

    The original version was more like "Rig Tac Dough"!

    (But in 1978, the show was revived in a squeaky-clean version).

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  2. Despite a good timeslot (sandwiched between "As The World Turns" and "Art Linkletter's House Party", two of the most popular daytime TV shows of the era). "The Jimmy Dean Show" didn't last long.

    It wasn't until October, 1961 (with the premiere of "Password") that CBS finally found a strong show for the 2 P.M. Eastern (1 P.M. Central) weekday time period.

    For much of the 1960's, "As The World Turns", "Password", and "House Party" was a dominant 1-2-3 punch for CBS in the early afternoon hours.

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    1. This was the best primetime variety show on TV. Jimmy Ray Dean presided over the program and performed "Big Bad John."

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  3. Jimmy Dear was an endorser for a line of ready-to-eat sausages bearing his name.

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