What's on TV? Wednesday, January 29, 1964

As I mentioned on Saturday, this is probably my favorite TV Guide, and I feel as if I know most of the programs in this issue intimately, so many times have I read it over the years. Long before I got into the collecting and writing business, I found in this issue a fascination with the television of my time and yet before my time, and I really think that it's been the most influential factor in developing my habits of viewership and study. Whether or not that's a good thing is for you to decide, I suppose. Although the Saturday review was a repeat from a few years ago, today's listings, which come from the Minneapolis-St. Paul edition, are brand new. Let's get to it!

	2  KTCA (Educ.)
	Morning
	8:55	FRENCH—Grade 4
	9:10	SPANISH—Grade 4
	9:30	SPANISH—Grade 5
	9:45	PORTFOLIO—Grade 11
	10:40	EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
	11:00	PORTFOLIO—Grade 11
	11:25	EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
	11:45	KINDERGARTEN—Marron
	Afternoon
	12:15	PSYCHOLOGY—McKinney
	1:00	SPANISH—Grade 4
	1:20	SPANISH—Grade 5
	1:35	GERMAN—Grade 4
	1:50	SCIENCE—Grade 3
	2:20	GERMAN—Grade 6
	2:35	SPANISH—Grade 6
	2:50	EXPLORING SCIENCE—Grade 6
	3:00	PHARMACOLOGY—Education
	3:45	SPANISH—Preview
	5:30	KINDERGARTEN—Marron
	Evening
	6:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	6:30	GENERAL SCIENCE—Fischbeck
	7:00	INQUIRY—Discussion
	7:30	CONTINENTIAL COMMENT
	8:00	CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH
	8:30	MACALESTER COLLEGE   DEBUT
	9:00	SEE THE WEST—Mather
	9:30	WORD POWER—James Brown
	10:00	PROFILE—History
	10:30	AMERICAN IDEALS

I know I've said this before, but this seems the ideal of what educational television was supposed to be all about. Mostly local programming, a sprinkling of national shows (although I don't know that any of tonight's shows fit that description), and evening programming that can prove educational for adults.

	4  WCCO (CBS)
	Morning
	6:30	UNDERSTANDING OUR WORLD
	7:00	SIEGFRIED, AXEL, CLANCY
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	9:15	WHAT’S NEW?—Women
	9:25	DR. REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL
	9:30	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	10:00	McCOYS—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	11:25	NEWS—Robert Trout
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS—Dave Moore
	12:15	SOMETHING SPECIAL
	12:25	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Allen Ludden Celebrities: Georgia Brown, Jack Jones
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel Panelists: Joan Fontaine, George Grizzard, Jan Murray, Phyllis Newman
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	SECRET STORM—Serial
	3:30	BEST OF GROUCHO—Quiz
	4:00	AROUND THE TOWN—Harvey
	4:30	AXEL AND DEPUTY DAWG
	5:00	CLANCY AND COMPANY
	5:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	6:15	SPORTS—Don Dahl
	6:20	SPOTLIGHT—George Rice
	6:25	WEATHER—Don O’Brien
	6:30	CHRONICLE—Documentary
	7:00	WCCO REPORTS—Documentary
	7:30	TELL IT TO THE CAMERA
	8:00	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy
	8:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	9:00	DANNY KAYE—Variety Guest: Diahann Carroll
	10:00	NEWS—Dave Moore
	10:15	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	10:20	SPORTS—Hal Scott
	10:30	DRAGNET—Police
	11:00	STEVE ALLEN—Variety
	12:30	MOVIE—Western “Bitter Creek” (1954) News follows the movie.

The 10:00 news features WCCO's epic lineup: the legendary Dave Moore with the news, beloved Bud Kraehling with weather, and Ray Scott's brother Hal with the sports. This trio was the gold standard throughout my youth in the Twin Cities.

	5  KSTP (NBC)
	Morning
	6:30	CITY AND COUNTRY
	7:00	TODAY—Hugh Downs Guest: Ethel Ennis
	9:00	SAY WHEN—Art James
	9:25	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	9:30	WORD FOR WORD   COLOR
	10:00	MISSING LINKS—Ed McMahon   COLOR  Panelists: Shari Lewis, Tom Poston, Daryl Hickman
	11:00	FIRST IMPRESSION   COLOR
	11:30	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS—MacDougall   COLOR
	12:15	WEATHER—Morris   COLOR
	12:25	WOMAN’S WORLD   COLOR
	12:30	TREASURE CHEST   COLOR
	1:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL   COLOR
	1:25	NEWS—Floyd Kalber
	1:30	DOCTORS—Drama
	2:00	LORETTA YOUNG—Drama
	2:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Tom Kennedy   COLOR  Guests: Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan
	3:00	MATCH GAME—Gene Rayburn Celebrities: Jane Withers, Don Ameche
	3:25	NEWS—Sander Vanocur
	3:30	MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
	4:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Once upon a Time” (1944)
	5:25	DOCTOR’S HOUSE CALL—Fox
	5:30	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Bob Ryan   COLOR
	6:15	WEATHER—Morris   COLOR
	6:25	SPORTS—Al Tighe   COLOR
	6:30	VIRGINIAN—Western   COLOR
	8:00	ESPIONAGE—Drama
	9:00	ELEVENTH HOUR—Drama
	10:00	NEWS—MacDougall   COLOR
	10:15	WEATHER—Morris   COLOR
	10:20	SPORTS—Al Tighe   COLOR
	10:30	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR
	12:00	NEWS AND SPORTS   COLOR

Because of this issue, I became fascinated with the psychiatrist series The Eleventh Hour, which tonight features Robert Ryan as a veteran politician using every trick in the book to stop a pork barrel spending bill. Presumably, someone is trying to claim he's not competent. Unfortunately, only the first season of The Eleventh Hour is out on DVD, and this is a second-season episode. But without my interest in this, I might not have checked out Breaking Point and The Human Jungle, both of which are superior to the average medical drama.

	9  KMSP (ABC)
	Morning
	7:40	CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion
	7:45	BREAKFAST—Grandpa Ken
	9:00	ROMPER ROOM—Miss Betty
	9:55	NEWS—Lois Leppart
	10:00	OBJECT IS—Dick Clark Celebrities: Darren McGavin, Terry-Thomas, Ruta Lee
	11:00	SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz
	11:30	PEOPLE’S CHOICE—Comedy
	Afternoon
	12:00	ERNIE FORD—Variety Guest: Don Cherry
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	LOIS LEPPART—Interview
	1:30	DAY IN COURT—Drama
	1:55	NEWS—Lisa Howard
	2:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
	2:30	QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey
	3:00	TRAILMASTER—Western
	4:00	SUGARFOOT—Western
	5:00	NEWS—Bob Allard
	5:15	NEWS—Ron Cochran
	5:30	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	DOBIE GILLIS—Comedy
	6:30	OZZIE AND HARRIET—Comedy
	7:00	PATTY DUKE—Comedy
	7:30	FARMER’S DAUGHTER—Comedy
	8:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	9:00	WINTER OLYMPICS   SPECIAL  “Channing” is pre-empted.
	10:00	NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
	10:30	DETECTIVE—Police
	11:30	TARGET: CORRUPTORS—Drama
	12:30	NEWS
	12:35	SEN. EUGENE McCARTHY

On this opening day of the Winter Olympics, ABC devotes its hour of coverage to highlights of the Opening Ceremonies, along with previews of key events and competitors. Interestingly, later in the year NBC will cover the Opening Ceremonies of the Summer Olympics live via satellite from Tokyo.

	11 WTCN (Ind.)
	Morning
	10:45	KUKLA AND OLLIE—Children
	11:00	EN FRANCE—Language
	11:30	DATELINE: MINNESOTA
	11:55	TRICKS FOR TREATS—Meadows
	Afternoon
	12:00	LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children
	12:45	KING AND ODIE—Cartoon
	1:00	MOVIE—Musical “Birth of the Blues” (1941)
	2:45	LEE PHILLIP--Women
	3:00	DECEMBER BRIDE—Comedy
	3:30	ROBIN HOOD—Adventure
	4:00	BEETLE AND PETE—Dave Lee
	4:30	MICKEY MOUSE CLUB—Children
	5:00	SUPERMAN—Adventure
	5:30	LONE RANGER—Western
	Evening
	6:00	WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure
	6:30	BOLD JOURNEY—Travel
	7:00	EXPEDITION!—Documentary
	7:30	STONEY BURKE—Drama
	8:30	DESILU PLAYHOUSE—Drama
	9:30	NEWS—Dick Ford
	9:45	WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman
	9:50	SPORTS—Buetel, Horner
	10:00	MOVIE—Mystery “The Crimson Kimono” (1959)
	12:15	BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy

Stoney Burke is Jack Lord's series before Hawaii Five-O, a single-season drama about a rodeo star on the national circuit. I have it on DVD; while I wouldn't rank it as highly as Five-O, I think it's pretty good. TV