What's on TV? Monday, June 10, 1963

Perhaps it's just because it's a warm evening as I type this, but I have no trouble imagining that it felt like summer on June 10, 1963. (Checks quickly.) Well, actually, the high was only 73 on that date, so maybe it didn't feel so much like summer after. But a perusal of the news headlines gives us an idea of what we might be seeing on TV the next few weeks: Roman Catholic cardinals gather in Rome to prepare for the conclave that will eventually elect Paul VI; a high-level conference is set for July in Moscow to negotiate a nuclear test-ban treaty; Governor George Wallace prepares to block black students from enrolling in the University of Alabama; and black Muslims want to create a "Negro Nation" within the United States. Fortunately, there's none of that in today's listings, which come from Minneapolis-St. Paul.

	2  KTCA (EDUC.)
	AFTERNOON
	5:00	COMMUNICATIONS—Paterek
	EVENING
	6:15	PROFILE—History
	6:45	BACKGROUND—Dr. E. Ziebarth
	7:00	WORLD AMERICA FACTS
	7:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	8:00	QUEST FOR CERTAINTY
	8:30	EXPLORATION OF SPACE
	9:00	AT HOME WITH MUSIC
	9:30	LANGUAGE—Robert Spencer
	10:00	TOUCH OF FAME—Biography
	10:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED

Ironic, don't you think, that Quest for Certainty follows "To Be Announced"? I guess they just weren't that certain.

4  WCCO (CBS)      MORNING        6:30 FACES OF ARICA     7:00 SIEGFRIED AND CLANCY     8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO--Children     9:00 NEWS—Dean Montgomery     9:15 WHAT’S NEW?—Arle Haeberle     9:25 DR. REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL     9:30 I LOVE LUCY—Comedy   10:00 McCOYS—Comedy   10:30 PETE AND GLADYS—Comedy   11:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial   11:25 NEWS—Harry Reasoner   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: Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson     1:30 HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter Guest: Pat Hitchcock     2:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Collyer Panelists: Sam Levenson, Sally Ann Howes, Peggy Cass, Artie Shaw     2:25 NEWS—Douglas Edwards     2:30 MILLIONAIRE—Drama     3:00 SECRET STORM—Serial     3:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial     4:00 AROUND THE TOWN—Haeberle     4:15 POLITICAL TALK—Republican     4:30 AXEL AND BOWERY BOYS Movie: “Feudin’ Fools” (1952)     5:30 QUICK DRAW McGRAW       EVENING         6:00 NEWS—Dean Montgomery     6:10 WEATHER—Don O’Brien     6:15 NEWS—Walter Cronkite     6:30 TO TELL THE TRUTH—Collyer     7:00 I’VE GOT A SECRET—Panel Guest: Arnold Palmer. Guest Panelist: Lauren Bacall. Panelists: Bill Cullen, Henry Morgan, Betsy Palmer     7:30 LUCILLE BALL—Comedy     8:00 DANNY THOMAS—Comedy     8:30 ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy     9:00 PASSWORD—Allen Ludden Celebrities: Lena Horne, Abe Burrows     9:30 STUMP THE STARS—Stokey Guests: Tab Hunter, Frankie Avalon, Harvey Lembeck, Jim Backus, Sebastian Cabot, Ross Martin, Beverly Garland, Has Conried   10:00 NEWS—Dave Moore   10:15 WEATHER—Bud Kraehling   10:20 SPORTS—Hal Scott   10:30 STEVE ALLEN—Variety Guest: Henny Youngman   12:00 MOVIE—Western “Quincannon, Frontier Scout” (1956) News will follow the movie Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, the celebrities on the afternoon version of Password, were at the time married in real life. The Pat Hitchcock who appears as a guest on House Party is not the daughter of the famed director, but is in fact the wife of anthropologist Ben Hitchcock; her appearance is to talk about the couple's two years in Nepal.

	5  KSTP (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:45	FAR HORIZONS—Travel
	7:00	TODAY—Hugh Downs Guests: Jane Rosenthal, the Muppets
	9:00	SAY WHEN—Art James
	9:25	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	9:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Lewis  COLOR  Guest: Tony Randall
	10:00	PRICE IS RIGHT   COLOR
	10:30	CONCENTRATION—Hugh Downs
	11:00	YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION   COLOR   Panelists: MacDonald Carey, Betty White
	11:30	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
	11:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS—John MacDougall
	12:15	WEATHER—Johnny Morris
	12:20	TREASURE CHEST   COLOR
	1:00	BEN JERROD—Serial   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: Gisele MacKenzie, Frankie Avalon
	3:00	MATCH GAME—Gene Rayburn Celebrities: Joan Fontaine, Rod Serling
	3:25	NEWS—Sander Vanocur
	3:30	MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
	4:00	BETTY WELLS CHATS
	4:05	MOVIE—Drama “Three Faces West” (1940)
	5:30	POLITICAL TALK—Republican
	5:40	DOCTOR’S HOUSE CALL—Fox
	5:45	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Bob Ryan
	6:15	WEATHER—Johnny Morris
	6:25	SPORTS—Al Tighe
	6:30	MOVIE—Drama   COLOR  Monday Night at the Movies: “Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison” (1957)
	8:30	ART LINKLETTER Guest: Cara Williams
	9:00	DAVID BRINKLEY’S JOURNAL   COLOR
	9:30	HENNESEY—Comedy
	10:00	NEWS—John MacDougall
	10:15	WEATHER—Johnny Morris
	10:20	SPORTS—Al Tighe
	10:30	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR
	12:00	NEWS AND SPORTS

It's interesting that we're still looking at 15-minute evening news segments; in about three months, both CBS and NBC will expand to a half-hour. ABC will eventually follow suit—in 1967.

	9  KMSP (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:45	BREAKFAST—Grandpa Ken
	10:00	DEBBIE DRAKE—Exercise
	10:15	RANDOM—Variety
	11:00	PEOPLE ARE FUNNY
	11:30	SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	ERNIE FORD—Variety
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
	1:30	MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
	2:00	DAY IN COURT—Drama
	2:25	NEWS—Alex Drier
	2:30	JANE WYMAN—Drama
	3:00	QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey
	3:30	WHO DO YOU TRUST?
	4:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND Guest Host: Ray Stevens
	4:30	DISCOVERY ’63—Children
	4:55	AMERICAN NEWSSTAND—Lord
	5:00	MOVIE—Western “Hidden Guns” (1956)
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Ron Cochran
	6:15	NEWS—Bob Allard
	6:30	DAKOTAS—Western
	7:30	AS CAESAR SEES IT—Comedy  SPECIAL  “The Rifleman” is pre-empted
	8:00	STONEY BURKE—Drama
	9:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	10:00	NEWS—George Grim
	10:15	WEATHER—Jere Smith
	10:20	SPORTS—Tony Parker
	10:30	ADVENTURES IN PARADISE
	11:30	CALL MR. D—Mystery
	12:00	SAN FRANCISCO BEAT—Police
	12:30	NEWS

Bill Lord, the host of ABC's youth-oriented American Newsstand, had real news credentials; he was one of the correspondents in Dallas on November 22, and was reporting there throughout the weekend. 

	11 WTCN (IND.)
	MORNING
	11:30	CARTOON CIRCUS—Children
	11:45	NEWS—Bob Landon
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	LUNCH WITH CASEY--Children
	12:45	KING AND ODIE—Cartoon
	1:00	MOVIE—Drama “Sharpshooters” (1938)
	2:25	TAKE FIVE—Jan Werner
	2:30	STATE TROOPER—Police
	3:00	DECEMBER BRIDE—Comedy
	3:30	AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy
	4:00	POPEYE AND PETE—Dave Lee
	4:30	DICK TRACY—Cartoons
	5:00	MICKEY MOUSE CLUB—Children
	5:30	SUPERMAN—Adventure
	EVENING
	6:00	POLITICAL TALK—Republican
	6:15	NEWS—Dick Ford
	6:30	BOLD JOURNEY—Travel
	7:00	HIGH ROAD—John Gunther
	7:30	WRESTLING—Minneapolis
	9:00	M SQUAD—Police
	9:30	NEWS—Dick Ford
	9:45	WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman
	9:50	SPORTS—Buetel, Horner
	10:00	MOVIE—Musical Comedy “April Showers” (1948)

The Republican "Political Talk" shown on all three of the commercial stations is probably for the Minneapolis mayoral election. Minneapolis has always elected its mayor in an off year, and in 1963 the election was held in early July. Back then, it was still possible that the city could elect a Republican mayor, though it should be noted that Minneapolis has not elected one since 1959. And they call Chicago a one-party city. TV