What's on TV? Wednesday, November 6, 1968

How many people, I wonder, stayed up all night watching the election returns, waiting to see who the next president was going to be—or if there was going to be a new president, at least without the House of Representatives becoming involved? Well, did you stay up all night in 2000 or 2004? I didn't even watch them, but I suspect I would have back in 1968, or at least if I didn't have to be in school that morning. I offer these listings from the Day After, with the proviso that election coverage probably continues. Our TV Guide covers New York City and the surrounding areas.

	2  WCBS (CBS)
	Morning
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER   COLOR  “English Literature: Ben Jonson” Part 1
	7:00	NEWS C
	7:05	NEWS—Joseph Benti   COLOR
	7:30	NEWS—Joseph Benti   COLOR
	7:55	NEWS   COLOR
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO   COLOR
	9:00	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	9:30	DONNA REED—Comedy
	10:00	LUCILLE BALL—Comedy   COLOR
	10:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
	11:00	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy   COLOR
	11:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	Afternoon
	12:00	LOVE OF LIFE   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS—Joe Benti   COLOR
	12:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial   COLOR
	1:00	FARMER’S DAUGHTER
	1:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial   COLOR
	2:00	LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING—Serial   COLOR
	2:30	GUIDING LIGHT   COLOR
	3:00	SECRET STORM   COLOR
	3:30	EDGE OF NIGHT   COLOR
	4:00	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: Dorothy Lamour
	4:25	NEWS—Edwards   COLOR
	4:30	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Mel Torme; Hines, Hines & Dad; Phyllis Newman; Chuck Eisenmann and his dog act
	5:00	PERRY MASON—Mystery
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Jim Jensen   COLOR
	7:00	NEWS—Walter Cronkite   COLOR
	7:30	DAKTARI—Adventure   COLOR
	8:30	GOOD GUYS—Comedy   COLOR
	9:00	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES   COLOR
	9:30	GREEN ACRES   COLOR
	10:00	ELECTION REPORT   SPECIAL    COLOR
	11:00	NEWS—Bob Young   COLOR
	11:30	MOVIE—Drama “The Restless Years” (1959)
	1:15	NEWS   COLOR
	1:20	MOVIE—Drama   COLOR  “The Deep Six” (1958)
	3:25	MOVIE—Drama “The Last Angry Man” (1959)

I've never seen The Last Angry Man, but I really should, since it has to do with television. It's the story of a TV executive (David Wayne) whose job depends on his ability to get a Brooklyn doctor (Paul Muni) on his program. Muni, a four-time Oscar nominee who won for The Life of Louis Pasteur, received his final nomination for this, his final film—22 years after his previous last nomination.

	3  WTIC (HARTFORD) (CBS)
	Morning
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER   COLOR  “English Literature: Ben Jonson” Part 1
	7:00	NEWS, WEATHER   COLOR
	7:05	NEWS—Joseph Benti   COLOR
	7:30	OUR WORLD—Education
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO   COLOR
	9:00	HAP RICHARDS   COLOR
	9:15	HUCKLEBERRY HOUND   COLOR
	9:30	MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
	10:00	LUCILLE BALL—Comedy   COLOR
	10:30	DONALD O’CONNOR—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Peter Breck, Edgar and Frances Bergen
	Afternoon
	12:00	LOVE OF LIFE   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS—Joe Benti   COLOR
	12:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial   COLOR
	1:00	VIRGINIA GRAHAM—Interviews   COLOR  Guests: Carole Shelley, Dorothy Vann, Toni Lee Scott
	1:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial   COLOR
	2:00	LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING—Serial   COLOR
	2:30	GUIDING LIGHT   COLOR
	3:00	SECRET STORM   COLOR
	3:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: Cleveland Amory
	3:55	RANGER STATION   COLOR
	4:30	HAZEL—Comedy   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	WEATHER   COLOR
	6:05	SPORTS—Ehrlich   COLOR
	6:15	NEWS—Al Terzi   COLOR
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite   COLOR
	7:00	MOVIE—Science Fiction   COLOR  “Destination Inner Space” (1966)
	8:30	GOOD GUYS—Comedy   COLOR
	9:00	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES   COLOR
	9:30	GREEN ACRES   COLOR
	10:00	ELECTION REPORT   SPECIAL    COLOR
	11:00	NEWS—Bill Hanson   COLOR
	11:15	WEATHER   COLOR
	11:20	SPORTS—Arnold Dean   COLOR
	11:25	MOVIE—Drama “Slander” (1956)
	1:00	NEWS AND WEATHER   COLOR
	1:15	MOVIE—Drama “Guadalcanal Diary” (1943)

Given that CBS didn't project Nixon's victory until 10:45 Wednesday morning, I doubt that much of WTIC's morning lineup aired as planned.

	4  WNBC (NBC)
	Morning
	6:30	EDUCATION EXCHANGE   COLOR  “Feeding and Eating”
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR
	9:00	FOR WOMEN ONLY   COLOR
	9:30	JOAN RIVERS   COLOR  Guests: Morey Amsterdam, Sidney Margolius
	10:00	SNAP JUDGMENT—Game   COLOR  Guests: Don DeFore, Bess Myerson
	10:25	NEWS—Dickerson   COLOR
	10:30	CONCENTRATION   COLOR
	11:00	PERSONALITY—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Ethel Merman, Joan Rivers, Dick Shawn, Connie Stevens
	11:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES   COLOR  Players: Kaye Ballard, Shari Lewis, Paul Lynde, Edward Mulhare, Jan Murray, Cliff Robertson, Charley Weaver, Rose Marie, Wally Cox
	Afternoon
	12:00	JEOPARDY—Game   COLOR
	12:30	EYE GUESS—Game   COLOR
	12:55	NEWS—Newman   COLOR
	1:00	PDQ—Game   COLOR  Guests: Ethel Merman, Joan Rivers, Dick Shawn
	1:30	MAKE A DEAL   COLOR
	2:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial   COLOR
	2:30	DOCTORS—Serial   COLOR
	3:00	ANOTHER WORLD   COLOR
	3:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR  Guests: Jonathan Harris, Nancy Kulp
	4:00	MATCH GAME   COLOR  Guests: Ed McMahon, Joanne Carson
	4:25	NEWS—Kalber   COLOR
	4:30	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  “The Wheeler Dealers” (1963)
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Lew Wood   COLOR
	7:00	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley   COLOR
	7:30	VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR
	9:00	BOB HOPE   SPECIAL    COLOR  Guests: Ray Charles, Barbara Eden, David Janssen
	10:00	OUTSIDER—Crime Drama   COLOR
	11:00	NEWS—Jim Hartz   COLOR
	11:10	WEATHER—Frank Field   COLOR
	11:15	NEWS—Jim Hartz   COLOR
	11:25	SPORTS—Kyle Rote   COLOR
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR  Guest: Bill Cosby
	1:00	NEWS—Bob Teague   COLOR

Interesting paring on The Match Game—Joanne Carson is the current wife of Ed McMahon's boss, Johnny.

	5  WNEW (IND.)
	Morning
	7:30	DAPHNE’S CASTLE   COLOR
	9:00	PANORAMA   COLOR  Guests: Lionel Hampton, Allen Drury
	10:00	OUTER LIMITS—Drama
	11:00	ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama
	11:30	DEAR ALAN   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	MOVIE—Drama “Bright Leaf” (1950)
	2:00	SKITCH HENDERSON—Variety   COLOR  Guest: Aliza Kashi
	3:30	MIGHTY MOUSE   COLOR
	4:00	BOB McALLISTER   COLOR
	5:00	FLINTSTONES   COLOR
	5:30	SEA HUNT—Adventure
	Evening
	6:00	McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy
	6:30	MY FAVORITE MARTIAN
	7:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	7:30	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game   COLOR
	8:00	PAY CARDS!—Game   COLOR
	8:30	MERV GRIFFIN—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Richard Prior, Dorothy Loudon, Paul Jabara, Ultra Violet, Ruth McFadden
	10:00	NEWS—Bill Jorgensen   COLOR
	11:00	DONALD O’CONNOR—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Peter Breck, Edgar and Frances Bergen
	12:30	SCIENCE FICTION THEATER
	1:00	BOLD JOURNEY—Travel
	1:30	BEDFORD-STUYVESANT
	2:00	NEWS

Allen Drury, on Panorama this morning (provided the teachers strike is over) is, in addition to being the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Advise and Consent—you remember, the Saturday movie on WABC—a keen observer of Washington politics, having covered the Senate for UPI and The New York Times. I imagine he was on to provide his analysis of last night's election.

	7  WABC (ABC)
	Morning
	6:50	NEWS
	7:00	CARTOONS    COLOR
	8:00	MOVIE—Biography   COLOR  “Deep in My Heart” (1954) Part 1
	10:00	VIRGINIA GRAHAM—Interviews   COLOR  Guests: Sigyn Lund, Arlene Demmarco
	10:30	DICK CAVETT   COLOR  Guests: Mort Sahl, Mary Hemingway
	Afternoon
	12:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	12:30	TREASURE ISLE   COLOR
	1:00	DREAM HOUSE—Game   COLOR
	1:30	FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK   COLOR  Celebrities: Judy Carne, Abby Dalton, Stu Gilliam, Paul Lynde, Jan Murray
	1:55	CHILDREN’S DOCTOR   COLOR
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME   COLOR
	2:30	DATING GAME   COLOR
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial   COLOR
	3:30	ONE LIFE TO LIVE   COLOR
	4:00	DARK SHADOWS   COLOR
	4:30	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  “Island of Love” (1963)
	Evening
	6:30	NEWS—John Schubeck   COLOR
	6:55	WEATHER—Antoine   COLOR
	7:00	NEWS—Frank Reynolds   COLOR
	7:30	HERE COME THE BRIDES   COLOR
	8:30	PEYTON PLACE—Serial   COLOR
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  “John Goldfarb, Please Come Home” (1965)
	11:00	NEWS—Roger Grimsby   COLOR
	11:10	WEATHER—Antoine   COLOR
	11:15	NEWS—Roger Grimsby   COLOR
	11:30	JOEY BISHOP   COLOR  Guests: John Stewart and Buffy Ford
	1:00	MOVIE—Drama “Trade Winds” (1939)

Tex Antoine, I've been told, was a legend in New York television, a weathercaster for three decades. Colorful, and controversial. You can read about his adventures on any number of internet sites.

	8  WNHC (NEW HAVEN) (ABC)
	Morning
	6:10	NEWS
	6:15	INFINITE HORIZONS—Religion
	6:45	VISIT WITH MONSIGNOR
	7:00	MR. GOOBER   COLOR
	8:30	THUNDERBIRDS   COLOR
	9:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Gordon MacRae, Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy
	10:30	DICK CAVETT   COLOR  Guests: Mort Sahl, Mary Hemingway
	Afternoon
	12:00	STEVE ALLEN—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Norm Crosby, Della Reese, Ray Eberle
	1:30	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME   COLOR
	2:30	DATING GAME   COLOR
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial   COLOR
	3:30	MR. GOOBER   COLOR
	4:30	MERV GRIFFIN—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Duke Ellington, Victor Borge, Anne Jackson
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Bob Norman   COLOR
	6:15	WEATHER—Carroll   COLOR
	6:20	SPORTS—Galiette   COLOR
	6:25	SPORTS   COLOR
	6:30	NEWS—Frank Reynolds   COLOR
	7:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game   COLOR
	7:30	HERE COME THE BRIDES   COLOR
	8:30	PEYTON PLACE—Serial   COLOR
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  “John Goldfarb, Please Come Home” (1965)
	11:00	NEWS—Thompson   COLOR
	11:05	WEATHER—Bob Jones   COLOR
	11:10	NEWS—Thompson   COLOR
	11:20	SPORTS—Galiette   COLOR
	11:30	JOEY BISHOP   COLOR  Guests: John Stewart and Buffy Ford
	1:00	NEWS

Mary Hemingway, one of the guests on Dick Cavett's morning show, is the widow of Ernest Hemingway.

	9  WOR (IND.)
	Morning
	7:40	NEWS AND WEATHER
	7:45	JOB HUNT   COLOR
	8:00	SCRUB CLUB   COLOR
	9:00	ROMPER ROOM   COLOR
	10:00	JOE FRANKLIN   COLOR  Guest: Raymond Rosenthal
	11:30	JOURNEY TO ADVENTURE   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS—John Wingate, Mary McPhillips   COLOR
	12:30	MOVIE—Drama “The Judge Steps Out” (1949)
	2:00	LORETTA YOUNG—Drama
	2:30	WEAKER (?) SEX—Discussion   COLOR
	3:00	DIVORCE COURT—Drama   COLOR
	3:30	MOVIE—Drama   COLOR  “Green Grass of Wyoming” (1948)
	5:00	MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
	5:30	REAL McCOYS—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy   COLOR
	6:30	I SPY—Drama   COLOR
	7:30	STEVE ALLEN—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Vincent Price, Charley Weaver, Irene Kral
	9:00	WHAT’S MY LINE?—Game   COLOR  Guests: Joanna Barnes, Bert Convy, Arlene Francis, Nipsey Russell
	9:30	MOVIE—Drama   COLOR  “Second Chance” (1953)
	10:55	SPORTS   COLOR
	11:00	MOVIE—Drama “David and Lisa” (1962)
	1:00	FILM   COLOR
	1:15	NEWS AND WEATHER

Pamela Mason, the ex-wife of actor James Mason (and mother-in-law of Belinda Carlisle) is the host of The Weaker (?) Sex at 2:30 p.m.

	11 WPIX (IND.)
	Morning
	7:30	SURVIVAL!—Documentary
	8:00	GUMBY—Children   COLOR
	8:30	MIGHTY HERCULES-Cartoon
	9:00	UNDERDOG—Children   COLOR
	9:30	JACK LA LANNE   COLOR
	10:00	MOVIE—Documentary “Balloon Safari”
	11:30	KIMBA—Children   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	BOZO—Children   COLOR
	12:30	LITTLE RASCALS   COLOR
	1:00	ROCKY—Children   COLOR
	1:30	TOM EWELL—Comedy
	2:00	PERFECT MATCH   COLOR
	2:30	PATTY DUKE—Comedy
	3:00	CAPTAIN SCARLET   COLOR
	3:30	SPEED RACER   COLOR
	4:00	THREE STOOGES   COLOR
	4:30	SUPERMAN—Adventure   COLOR
	5:00	MUNSTERS—Comedy
	5:30	BATMAN—Adventure   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	F TROOP—Comedy   COLOR
	6:30	VOYAGE—Adventure   COLOR
	7:30	RAT PATROL—Drama   COLOR
	8:00	RUN FOR YOUR LIFE—Drama   COLOR
	9:00	NEWS—Lee Nelson   COLOR
	9:30	PASSWORD—Game   COLOR  Guests: Paul Anka, Phyllis Newman
	10:00	PERRY MASON—Mystery
	11:00	AFL HIGHLIGHTS—Football   COLOR
	11:30	MOVIE—Drama “The Ox-Bow Incident” (1943)
	1:00	NEWS—Lee Nelson   COLOR

It's hard to believe that Password would go into syndicated reruns, but the success of these reruns inspired Goodson-Todman to revive the series. Meanwhile, a few decades later, an entire network would start up based on the premise of rerunning old game shows.

	13 WNDT (NET)
	Morning
	8:55	CLASSROOM—Education
	Afternoon
	12:00	CLASSROOM
	4:30	LITTLE ADAM   COLOR
	4:45	FRIENDLY GIANT—Children
	5:00	MISTEROGERS—Children
	5:30	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	Evening
	6:00	FOLK GUITAR PLUS   COLOR
	6:30	INGLES PARA TODOS
	7:00	NEW JERSEY SPEAKS
	7:30	BOOK BEAT—Interview Guest: Han Suyin
	8:00	NET FESTIVAL—Documentary
	9:00	NEWS IN PERSPECTIVE   COLOR  Panelists: Tom Wicker, Max Frankel
	10:00	NEWSFRONT—Mitchell Krauss

Han Suyin is the author of A Many-Splendoured Thing, the novel on which the movie and the CBS soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing are based. She might be appearing on Book Beat to discuss Birdless Summer, the third volume of her memoirs.

	25 WNYE (EDUC.)
	Morning
	9:05	CLASSROOM—Education
	Afternoon
	12:00	CLASSROOM

Really not much more that can be said about this, is there?

	31 WNYC (IND.)
	Afternoon
	12:00	IT’S FUN TO READ—Discussion
	12:30	NASA PRESENTS—Science
	1:00	FOCUS ON BOOKS—Discussion
	1:30	INTERLUDE
	3:00	NURSING
	3:30	FILM
	4:00	AROUND THE CLOCK—Police
	4:30	WINGS TO THE WORLD
	5:00	NAVY FILM   COLOR
	5:30	PERSPECTIVE—Documentary
	Evening
	6:00	LEE GRAHAM—Interview Guest: James Earl Jones
	6:30	DATELINE: PARIS
	6:45	NEWS—Paul Manchester
	7:00	RETURN TO NURSING
	7:30	ON THE JOB—Fire Department
	8:00	IN THE LAW LIBRARY
	8:30	CONTINENTAL COMMENT
	9:00	LAW AND RACE RELATIONS—Lecture
	9:45	NEWS—Herbert Boland
	10:00	INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEW
	10:30	YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT   COLOR

I'd actually consider this more of an educational schedule than an independent one, wouldn't you?

	47 WNJU (Newark) (IND.)
	Afternoon
	5:25	NEWS
	5:30	MOVIE—Drama “El Hijo De La Calle” (Argentine; 1949)
	Evening
	7:30	RAMITO—Music   COLOR
	8:00	BOBBY CAPO—Variety   COLOR
	9:30	SPANISH DRAMA   COLOR
	10:00	VARIETY HOUR   COLOR
	10:30	NEWS—Corrigan   COLOR
	10:45	VARIETY HOUR—Lanza
	11:15	MOVIE—Drama “El Hijo De La Calle” (Argentine; 1949)
	12:45	NEWS—Arturo Rodriguez

Obviamente la estación española. TV