December 17, 2018

What's on TV: Sunday, December 17, 1961

Well, it occurs to me that we haven't looked at a Sunday listing lately, and I couldn't find the last time we'd done one from the 1961-62 season, so here we are. This is a genuine Twin Cities issue, without the outstate stations; you also won't see anything from KTCA, the educational channel, since back then Channel 2 didn't broadcast over the weekend. We certainly aren't lacking in programs of interest, though.




 4  WCCO (CBS)

Morning

    8:00
SACRED HEART—Religion

    8:15
DAVEY AND GOLIATH—Religion

    8:30
LIGHT TIME—Religion

    8:45
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE—Religion

    9:00
BUSINESS AND FINANCE

    9:30
CIMARRON CITY—Western

  10:30
BOZO THE CLOWN—Children

  11:15
WORLD OF AVIATION—Booen

  11:30
NEWS—Dean Montgomery

  11:45
BOWLERAMA—Don Dahl

Afternoon

  12:45
PRO FOOTBALL KICKOFF
Last show of the series.

    1:00
PRO FOOTBALL—Vikings vs. Bears
Last regularly scheduled game of the season.

    3:45
FOOTBALL FOLLOW UP
Last regularly scheduled show of the season.

    4:00
AMATEUR HOUR—Ted Mack

    4:30
G-E COLLEGE BOWL—Quiz
North Dakota vs. Bates

    5:00
TWENTIETH CENTURY

    5:30
MISTER ED—Comedy

Evening

    6:00
LASSIE—Drama

    6:30
DENNIS THE MENACE—Comedy

    7:00
ED SULLIVAN—Variety
Guests: Louis Armstrong and his band, Duke Ellington, Paul Anka, Walter Chiari and Barbara Cook, Wayne and Shuster, the Baird Puppets, Corbett Monica 

    8:00
G.E. THEATER
“Tippy-Top”

    8:30
JACK BENNY—Comedy

    9:00
CANDID CAMERA—Durward Kirby

    9:30
WHAT’S MY LINE?—Panel
Guest: Martin Gabel

  10:00
NEWS—Dean Montgomery

  10:15
WEATHER—Bud Kraehling

  10:20
SPORTS—Dick Enroth

  10:30
BOWLING BONANZA—Merriman

Oscar winner Red Buttons stars in the half-hour musical "Tippy-Top" on G.E. Theater at 8:00 p.m., as the "imaginary" friend of a lonely boy named Randy, played by Ronny Howard. Mark Sandrich Jr, who co-wrote the musical's book along with Sidney Michaels, is the son of Mark Sandrich Sr., who produced and directed Holiday Inn, among many successful musicals. A little seasonal linkage there.


 5  KSTP (NBC)

Morning

    7:30
FAR HORIZONS—Education

    8:00
BIBLE STORY TIME--Religion

    8:30
ADVENTURES IN AFRICA

    8:45
CHRISTOPHERS—Religion

    9:00
QUIZ A CATHOLIC—Religion

    9:30
ETERNAL LIGHT—Religion

  10:00
BIG PICTURE—Army

  10:30
THIS IS THE LIFE—Religion

  11:00
AMERICAN ADVENTURE

  11:30
MOVIE—Western
“Pioneer Trail” (1941)

Afternoon

  12:30
BUILDERS’ SHOWCASE

    1:00
PRO FOOTBALL—Steelers vs. Cardinals
Last regularly scheduled game of the season.

    3:30
ORGAN MUSIC

    3:45
PATTERNS IN MUSIC   COLOR 
Time Approximate.
Joined in progress. Last show of the season.

    4:00
WISDOM—Conversation

    4:30
CHET HUNTLEY—News Analysis

    5:00
MEET THE PRESS—Interview   COLOR 
Guest: George Meany

    5:30
1, 2, 3, GO!—Children

Evening

    6:00
BULLWINKLE—Cartoons   COLOR 

    6:30
WALT DISNEY’S WORLD   COLOR 

    7:30
CAR 54—Comedy

    8:00
BONANZA—Western   COLOR 

    9:00
DU PONT SHOW—Drama   COLOR 
“Trick or Treason”

  10:00
NEWS—John MacDougall

  10:15
WEATHER—Pete Evanston

  10:20
SPORTS—Al Tighe

  10:30
CAMEO THEATER—Drama   COLOR 
“The Man Without a Country”

  11:30
FAMOUS PLAYHOUSE
”Next Stop Bethlehem”

"Trick or Treason," the episode on Du Point Show of the Week, sounds as if it should have been shown around Halloween, but in reality it's a World War II espionage story, starring Monique Van Vooren about how the Allies fooled the Germans into expecting the D-Day landing at the wrong place.


 9  KMSP (ABC)

Morning

  10:30
JIM BOWIE—Adventure

  11:00
ORAL ROBERTS—Religion

  11:30
SUSIE—Comedy

Afternoon

  12:00
SILENT SERVICE—Drama

  12:30
SOUL’S HARBOR—Religion

    1:00
BOWLING QUEENS—Tattler

    1:30
MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy

    2:00
FOOTBALL WITH TONY PARKER
Last regularly scheduled show.

    2:30
PRO FOOTBALL—Titans vs. Texans
Last regularly scheduled game.

    5:30
MAVERICK—Western

Evening

    6:30
FOLLOW THE SUN—Drama

    7:30
LAWMAN—Western

    8:00
BUS STOP—Drama

    9:00
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE

  10:00
NEWS—Bob Allard

  10:15
MAN WHO WAS THERE—Grim

  10:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Come to the Stable” (1949)

I couldn't imagine a program today called Bowling Queens, could you?


11 WTCN (Ind.)

Morning

    9:45
BUSINESS TOPICS

  10:00
FAITH FOR TODAY—Religion

  10:30
FARM FORUM—Agriculture

  11:00
CHURCH SERVICE—Protestant

Afternoon

  12:00
HOUSE DETECTIVE—Jim Wiley

    1:00
EXECUTIVE REPORT—Discussion

    1:30
MINNESOTA FORUM—Debate

    2:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Desperate Journey” (1942)

    4:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Go West, Young Man” (1936)

    5:45
DR. HAROLD DEUTSCH

Evening

    6:00
BOLD JOURNEY—Travel

    6:30
GREAT MUSIC—Chicago

    7:30
PLAY OF THE WEEK—Drama
“Henry IV, Part I”

    9:30
NEWS—Jack Huston

    9:45
WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman

    9:50
SPORTS—Buetel, Horner

  10:00
MOVIE—Drama
Select Theater: “Going My Way” (1944)
“News Roundup” follows at the conclusion of the movie.

Interestingly enough, "Henry IV, Part 1," on the NTA syndicated Play of the Week, is not a British import, but a production from the Phoenix Theatre in New York. According to this site, its original airing, in 1960, faced some stiff competition: it was shown on September 26, opposite the first Kennedy-Nixon debate. TV  

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