What's on TV? Sunday, April 22, 1973

It's Easter Sunday, and today's broadcasting schedule, which comes to us from the Minnesota State Edition of TV Guide, gives us a mix of religious programming and playoff hockey and basketball. Through in a few movies, and you've got a little something for everyone.

	2  KTCA (PBS)
	AFTERNOON
	4:00	THE MESSIAH—Concert Special
	EVENING
	6:00	ZOOM
	6:30	SALUTE TO SPRING
	7:30	JOAN SUTHERLAND: WHO’S AFRAID OF OPERA
	8:00	MASTERPIECE THEATRE “The Golden Bowl” Part 5
	9:00	FIRING LINE Guest: Rev. Donald Soper
	10:00	SOUL’S HARBOR

Joan Sutherland, one of opera's greatest sopranos, hosted this six-part series consisting of shortened versions of famous operas. This was when cultural programming wasn't so unusual on television; Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson often featured opera singers, and Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts were still being broadcast. Considering how little music education there is today, we could use a program like this again.

	3  KDAL (DULUTH) (CBS)
	MORNING
	8:00	ARCHIE’S FUN HOUSE
	8:30	HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS—Cartoon
	9:00	THE YEAR 1200—Art Special
	10:00	EASTER SERVICE—Religion Special
	11:00	WOMEN’S GOLF Cinderella Tournament
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	WHA PLAYOFF Special
	2:30	CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR Time approximate. Diving, weightlifting
	4:00	YOU ARE THERE
	4:30	FACTS OF FISHING
	5:00	60 MINUTES
	EVENING
	6:00	JOHNNY MANN’S STAND UP AND CHEER
	6:30	DICK VAN DYKE
	7:00	M*A*S*H
	7:30	MANNIX
	8:30	BARNABY JONES—Crime Drama
	9:30	ALL IN THE FAMILY
	10:00	NEWS
	10:20	CBS NEWS—Dan Rather
	10:35	CHAMPIONSHIP FISHING
	11:05	MOVIE—Drama “Breakout” (Made for TV; 1970)

It really seems strange to see 60 Minutes on outside of prime time, doesn't it?

	4  WCCO (CBS)
	MORNING
	7:00	SUNDAY MORNING
	7:45	JOBS NOW!
	8:00	ARCHIE’S FUN HOUSE
	8:30	HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS—Cartoon
	9:00	LAUREL AND HARDY TENT BW
	10:00	EASTER SERVICE—Religion Special
	11:00	STOCKMARKET REPORT
	11:15	WORLD OF AVIATION
	11:30	NEWS—Bob McNamera
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	WHA PLAYOFF Special
	2:30	CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR Time approximate. Diving, weightlifting
	4:00	YOU ARE THERE
	4:30	CBS SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
	5:00	60 MINUTES
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Skip Loescher
	6:30	DICK VAN DYKE
	7:00	M*A*S*H
	7:30	MANNIX
	8:30	BARNABY JONES—Crime Drama
	9:30	MOORE ON SUNDAY
	10:00	NEWS
	10:50	FACE THE NATION
	11:20	MOVIE—Comedy “The Extraordinary Seaman” (1969)

The WHA playoff at noon—don't know which game they carried—represents a rare appearance of the World Hockey Association on network television. This is the first year of the rival league to the NHL, but their games seldom attained national coverage in the United States. Of course, the NHL wasn't on all that often either.

	5  KSTP (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:30	HYMN TIME—David Stone
	7:00	GOSPEL JUBILEE
	8:00	ORAL ROBERTS
	8:30	DAY OF DISCOVERY
	9:00	FAITH FOR TODAY
	9:30	AMERICAN RELIGIOUS TOWN HALL MEETING
	10:00	EASTER SUNDAY Special
	11:00	HIGH SCHOOL BOWL St. Anthony Village vs. Edina West
	11:30	MEET THE PRESS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	HENRY WOLF—Discussion
	1:00	MAYBERRY RFD
	1:30	NHL ACTION
	2:00	STANLEY CUP PLAY-OFF Special
	5:00	AUDUBON WILDLIFE THEATRE
	5:30	NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
	EVENING
	6:30	WORLD OF DISNEY
	7:30	HEC RAMSEY—Crime Drama
	9:30	POLICE SURGEON
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	CHARLIE McCARTY
	12:00	LIVING EASY WITH DR. JOYCE BROTHERS
	12:30	HENRY WOLF—Discussion Guests: S.I. Hayakawa, William N. Walker

As I recall, KSTP was always reluctant to carry network news on Sunday, even though, as we see on WDSM below, NBC did have a Sunday night newscast. (It took me years to learn about that.) I admire KSTP's confidence that nothing newsworthy happens on the weekend.

	6   WDSM (DULUTH) (NBC)
	MORNING
	7:15	SACRED HEART—Religion
	7:30	INSIGHT
	8:00	REX HUMBARD
	9:00	OLD TIME GOSPEL HOUR
	10:00	DAY OF DISCOVERY
	10:30	FILM
	11:00	THIS IS THE LIFE
	11:30	MEET THE PRESS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	CHARLES BLAIR’S BETTER WORLD
	12:30	PRINCE OF PEACE: THE MASTER Special
	2:00	STANLEY CUP PLAY-OFF Special
	5:00	PORTER WAGONER—Music Guests: Eddie and Joe
	5:30	NBC NEWS—Utley
	EVENING
	6:00	CRISS AWARD Special
	6:30	WORLD OF DISNEY
	7:30	HEC RAMSEY—Crime Drama
	9:30	POLICE SURGEON
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	MOVIE—Drama BW  “Night Freight” (1955)

Interesting, and completely appropriate, that Hec Ramsey is listed as a crime drama, despite its Western setting. Like Whispering Smith and unlike, say, Gunsmoke, the emphasis in this series was on solving crimes; the Western setting was more symbolic, in the sense that it suggested the fading away of the Old West, and the dawning of the scientific aspect to investigative work.

	6  KAUS (AUSTIN) (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:00	CHURCH SERVICE—Catholic
	7:30	VOICE OF VICTORY
	8:00	REVIVAL FIRES
	9:00	CURIOSITY SHOP
	10:00	REX HUMBARD
	11:00	THIS IS THE LIFE
	11:30	FOCAL POINT
	AFTERNOON
	12:15	FAMILY HOUR
	12:30	DIRECTIONS Joined in progress. Special: Easter Mass from St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC
	1:00	NBA PLAYOFF Special
	3:15	HOWARD COSELL SPORTS MAGAZINE
	3:30	GOLF TOURNAMENT Special: Tournament of Champions
	5:30	LASSIE
	EVENING
	6:00	WILD WILD WEST
	7:00	PORTRAIT: A MAN WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN Special
	8:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Three on a Couch” (1966)
	10:15	ASSIGNMENT: VIENNA—Crime Drama
	11:15	BORIS KARLOFF PRESENTS THRILLER BW
	12:15	ABC NEWS—Bill Beutel

I've never seen Thriller listed this way before, as Boris Karloff Presents Thriller. I know series often go into syndication with different names, but it's usually when they're still in first-run on the network. Maybe they needed Karloff's name to drive viewership.

	7  KCMT (ALEX) (NBC, ABC)
	MORNING
	7:00	U. OF MINN.
	7:30	OLD TIME GOSPEL HOUR
	8:30	REVIVAL FIRES
	9:00	CHALLENGE OF TRUTH
	9:30	CHURCH SERVICE—Catholic
	10:30	DAY OF DISCOVERY
	11:00	CATHOLIC HOUR
	11:30	MEET THE PRESS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	CATHOLIC HOUR NEWS
	12:15	NEWS
	12:30	COUNTRY JUBILEE
	1:00	ECHOES FROM CALVARY
	1:30	FISHIN’ HOLE
	2:00	STANLEY CUP PLAY-OFF Special
	5:00	FACTS OF FISHING
	5:30	LAWRENCE WELK
	EVENING
	6:30	WORLD OF DISNEY
	7:30	HEC RAMSEY—Crime Drama
	9:30	SANFORD AND SON
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	COMMENTARY
	10:35	OUTDOORS WITH BUD
	10:50	CRISS AWARD Special
	11:20	MOVIE—Comedy BW  “She Wouldn’t Say Yes” (1945)

Lawrence Welk has moved from network broadcast to syndication; like Hee Haw on WTCN, it marks the evolution of former network shows into first-run syndication. Of course, often it just gave KCMT an excuse to preempt more network programming.

	8  WDSE (DULUTH) (PBS)
	AFTERNOON
	4:00	THE MESSIAH—Concert Special
	EVENING
	6:00	ZOOM
	6:30	SALUTE TO SPRING
	7:30	JOAN SUTHERLAND: WHO’S AFRAID OF OPERA
	8:00	MASTERPIECE THEATRE “The Golden Bowl” Part 5
	9:00	FIRING LINE Guest: Rev. Donald Soper

Lord Soper, William F. Buckley Jr.'s guest on Firing Line, was a liberal Methodist minister, member of the House of Lords, leader in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and author of the following quote, with which I think Buckley might have agreed: "To-day we are living in what is the first genuinely pagan age—that is to say, there are so many people, particularly children, who never remember having heard hymns at their mother's knee, as I have, whose first tunes are from Radio One, and not from any hymn book; whose first acquaintance with their friends and relations and other people is not in the Sunday School or in the Church at all, as mine was".

	9  KSTP (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:30	OLD TIME GOSPEL HOUR
	8:30	I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
	9:00	CURIOSITY SHOP
	10:00	BULLWINKLE
	10:30	MAKE A WISH
	11:00	FISHIN’ HOLE
	11:30	FOCUS—Rochelle
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	DIRECTIONS Special: Easter Mass from St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC
	1:00	NBA PLAYOFF Special
	3:15	HOWARD COSELL SPORTS MAGAZINE
	3:30	GOLF TOURNAMENT Special: Tournament of Champions
	5:30	RAT PATROL
	EVENING
	6:00	LAWRENCE WELK
	7:00	PORTRAIT: A MAN WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN Special
	8:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Three on a Couch” (1966)
	10:15	NEWS
	10:45	DICK CAVETT
	12:15	ABC NEWS—Bill Beutel

Although the teams in this afternoon's NBA playoff game hadn't been set at press time, the records show that it was New York and Boston, with the Knicks winning 117-110 in two overtimes. This must have been a long time ago, if the Knicks were in the playoffs.

	10 WDIO (DULUTH) (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:30	DAVEY AND GOLIATH
	8:00	CHURCH SERVICE—Catholic
	8:45	WITH THIS RING
	9:00	CURIOSITY SHOP
	10:00	BULLWINKLE
	10:30	MAKE A WISH
	11:00	WRESTLING
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	DIRECTIONS Special: Easter Mass from St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC
	1:00	NBA PLAYOFF Special
	3:15	HOWARD COSELL SPORTS MAGAZINE
	3:30	GOLF TOURNAMENT Special: Tournament of Champions
	5:30	FISHIN’ HOLE
	EVENING
	6:00	JAMES PAUL McCARTNEY—Music Special
	7:00	PORTRAIT: A MAN WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN Special
	8:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Three on a Couch” (1966)
	10:15	ABC NEWS—Bill Beutel
	10:30	NEWS
	10:45	SPORTSMAN’S NOTEBOOK
	11:15	MOVIE—Drama BW  “Snows of Kilimanjaro” (1952)

You can't blame Paul for wanting an hour this evening, seeing as how John already has an hour of his own.

	10 KROC (ROCHESTER) (NBC)
	MORNING
	8:30	OLD TIME GOSPEL HOUR
	9:30	THIS IS THE LIFE
	10:00	EASTER SUNDAY Special
	11:00	DAVEY AND GOLIATH
	11:15	ANSWER IS LOVE
	11:30	MEET THE PRESS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	COMMENT ‘73
	12:30	PRINCE OF PEACE: THE MASTER Special
	2:00	STANLEY CUP PLAY-OFF Special
	5:00	ECHOES FROM CALVARY
	5:30	NBC NEWS—Utley
	EVENING
	6:00	CRISS AWARD Special
	6:30	WORLD OF DISNEY
	7:30	HEC RAMSEY—Crime Drama
	9:30	I’VE GOT A SECRET Celebrities: Chad Everett, Pat Carroll, Richard Dawson, Anita Gillette, Gene Rayburn
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	MOVIE—Drama “Day of Triumph” (1954)
	12:35	ANSWER IS LOVE

As was the case with the NBA playoff game above, the NHL matchup hadn't been set at press time, but it happens to have been the semifinal series between the Canadians and Flyers, with Montreal winning 4-1, en route to yet another Stanley Cup victory.

	11 WTCN (Ind.)
	MORNING
	8:00	BATMAN
	9:00	CHURCH SERVICE—Catholic
	9:30	CAPITOL APPROACH—Amundson
	10:00	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
	11:00	WONDERAMA
	AFTERNOON
	1:00	FATHER KNOWS BEST BW
	1:30	HERE COME THE BRIDES
	2:30	MOVIE—Western “The Man Called Gringo” (West German; 1966)
	4:00	MOVIE—Drama “Drums Along the Mohawk” (1939)
	EVENING
	6:00	HEE HAW
	7:00	VIRGINIAN
	8:30	IT TAKES A THIEF
	9:30	NEWS
	10:00	PERRY MASON BW
	11:00	MOVIE—Drama “Kentucky” (1938)

A quiet day on WTCN. I never miss a great West German Western, though.

	12 KEYC (MANKATO) (CBS)
	MORNING
	8:00	REX HUMBARD
	9:00	ORAL ROBERTS
	9:30	OLD TIME GOSPEL HOUR
	10:30	HOUR OF HOPE
	11:00	GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP
	11:30	FACE THE NATION
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	WHA PLAYOFF Special
	2:30	CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR Time approximate. Diving, weightlifting
	4:00	YOU ARE THERE
	4:30	CBS SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
	5:00	60 MINUTES
	EVENING
	6:00	I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
	6:30	DICK VAN DYKE
	7:00	M*A*S*H
	7:30	MANNIX
	8:30	BARNABY JONES—Crime Drama
	9:30	DORIS DAY
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	CBS NEWS—Dan Rather
	10:45	UFO

Today's episode of the CBS classic You Are There, in which Walter Cronkite and others cover famous events in history as if television had been around, is the trial of Joan of Arc. Appropriate for Easter Sunday, don't you think? TV