July 29, 2019

What's on TV? Thursday, August 2, 1962

Back home again in Indiana this week, the Indianapolis issue to be precise, with some help from outlying areas. One of the interesting things introduced by this geographic area is that not everyone resides in the same time zone, and in 1962, not all cities in Indiana observed Daylight Saving Time. (The complicated, not to say garbled, history of time in Indiana can be found here.) Caveat videntium, you might say.


 3  WCIA (CHAMPAIGN) (CBS)

Morning

    7:25
INSPIRATION TIME—Religion

    7:30
TINKER TIME—Children

    7:55
WEATHER—Ed Mason

    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children

    9:00
CALENDAR—Reasoner

    9:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy

  10:00
VERDICT IS YOURS

  10:30
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial

  10:55
NEWS—Harry Reasoner

  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial

  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW

  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

Afternoon

  12:00
NEWS, WEATHER, FARMS

  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS

    1:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Celebrities: Abe Burrows, Jayne Meadows

    1:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
Guest: Dr. James Peterson

    2:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama

    2:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Mimi Benzell, Phyllis Newman, Richard Hayes, Darren McGavin

    2:55
NEWS—Douglas Edwards

    3:00
SECRET STORM—Serial

    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial

    4:00
POPEYE AND SHERIFF SID

    5:45
NEWS—Walter Cronkite

Evening

    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS

    6:25
CLOSEUP—Paul Davis

    6:30
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND

    7:00
FRONTIER CIRCUS—Western

    8:00
BRENNER—Police

    8:30
ZANE GREY—Western

    9:00
MacLeish-Van Doren DIALOGS—Talk  SPECIAL 

  10:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS

  10:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Arise My Love” (1940)

I mentioned the MacLeish-Van Doren dialogs on Saturday, but this really is a strange way it's listed, with the names in lower case and "Dialogs" in all caps. But then, these guys were really smart; maybe they told TV Guide to print it that way.


 4  WTTW (INDIANAPOLIS) (Independent)

Morning

  11:55
DAILY WORD—Religion

Afternoon

  12:00
LUNCHTIME CARTOONS

    1:00
JACK LaLANNE—Exercise

    1:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Flight for Freedom” (1943) Part 1

    2:30
INDIANA UNIVERSITY

    3:00
COFFEE WITH CARTER

    4:00
DICK TRACY—Cartoons

    4:20
MOVIE—Drama
“Our Leading Citizen” (1939)

    4:30
POPEYE—Cartoons

    5:45
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS

Evening

    6:00
RUFFLES’ PARTY

    6:30
JEFF’S COLLIE—Drama

    7:00
YOU ASKED FOR IT—Smith

    7:30
WYATT EARP—Western

    8:00
RACING FROM SPEEDROME

    9:00
INTERNATIONAL CAFÉ

  10:00
MOVIE—Western
“She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” (1949)

The Indianapolis Speedrome, not to be confused with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, is still in operation today. If I'd been watching TV back then (and if I'd lived in Indiana), Racing From Speedrome is what I'd have watched.


 6  WFBM (INDIANAPOLIS) (NBC)

Morning

    7:00
TODAY—Chancellor
Guest host: Ray Scherer. Guests: the Teddy Wilson Trio

    8:25
GREATEST HEADLINES
“Today” continues at 8:30 A.M.

    9:00
MOVIE—Adventure
“Diamond Frontier” (1940)

  10:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH  COLOR 

  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen  COLOR 

  11:30
CONCENTRATION

Afternoon

  12:00
FARMS, NEWS—Harry Martin

  12:25
GREATEST HEADLINES

  12:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Bob Barker

  12:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer

    1:00
PETER GUNN—Mystery

    1:30
YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION

    2:00
JAN MURRAY  COLOR 

    2:25
NEWS—Floyd Kalber

    2:30
LORETTA YOUNG

    3:00
YOUNG DR. MALONE

    3:30
OUR FIVE DAUGHTERS

    4:00
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY—Comedy

    4:30
ALL HANDS ON DECK

    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
Frances Farmer Presents: “Spring Reunion” (1957)

Evening

    6:45
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley

    7:00
NEWS, WEATHER

    7:25
GREATEST HEADLINES

    7:30
OUTLAWS—Western

    8:30
DR. KILDARE—Drama

    9:30
LIVELY ONES—Music  COLOR 
Host: Vic Damone. Guests: Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, Shelly Manne, Gene Krupa, Louis Bellson, Mamako, Mitzi McCall and Charlie Brill

  10:00
SING ALONG WITH MITCH—Songs  COLOR 
Guests: Jerry Vale, Sandy Stewart

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS

  11:30
TONIGHT—Variety  COLOR 
Guest host: Merv Griffin

    1:00
COMEDY CAPERS

    1:15
NEWS

Frances Farmer happened to be in Indianapolis in 1958, appearing in a play, when an executive with WFBM saw her and thought she'd be a great choice to host the station's upcoming classic movie program. Not only was she the hostess, she also frequently interviewed celebrity visitors to Indianapolis. The show remained on the air until 1964


 8  WISH (INDIANAPOLIS) (CBS)

Morning

    7:30
CHAPEL DOOR—Religion

    7:45
CARTOONS—Children

    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children

    9:00
MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy

    9:30
JUNE FORD—Variety

  10:00
CALENDAR—Reasoner

  10:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy

  11:00
VERDICT IS YOURS

  11:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial

Afternoon

  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial

  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

    1:00
NEWS, WEATHER—Donnella

    1:15
FARM AND HOME—Leamon  

    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS

    2:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Celebrities: Abe Burrows, Jayne Meadows

    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
Guest: Dr. James Peterson

    3:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama

    3:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Mimi Benzell, Phyllis Newman, Richard Hayes, Darren McGavin

    3:55
NEWS—Edwards

    4:00
SECRET STORM—Serial

    4:30
MOVIE—Drama
Early Show: “Navy Wife” (1956)

Evening

    6:00
LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy

    6:30
WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure

    7:00
NEWS, WEATHER

    7:15
NEWS—Walter Cronkite

    7:30
TALLAHASSEE 7000—Police

    8:00
FRONTIER CIRCUS

    9:00
BRENNER—Police

    9:30
THIRD MAN—Mystery

  10:00
MacLeish-Van Doren DIALOGS—Talk  SPECIAL 

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER

  11:15
MOVIE—Suspense
Late Show: “Three for Jamie Dawn” (1956)

Who, I wondered, looking at the panelists on To Tell the Truth, is Mimi Benzell? (I do this on occasion.) The answer is here.


10 WTHI (TERRE HAUTE) (CBS, ABC, NBC)

Morning

    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children

    9:00
CALENDAR—Reasoner

    9:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy

  10:00
VERDICT IS YOURS

  10:30
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial

  10:55
NEWS—Harry Reasoner

  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial

  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW

  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

Afternoon

  12:00
NEWS, WEATHER, FARMS

  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS

    1:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Celebrities: Abe Burrows, Jayne Meadows

    1:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
Guest: Dr. James Peterson

    2:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama

    2:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Mimi Benzell, Phyllis Newman, Richard Hayes, Darren McGavin

    2:55
NEWS—Douglas Edwards

    3:00
SECRET STORM—Serial

    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial

    4:00
UNITED FUND STORY

    4:15
MOVIE—Musical
“I’ll Take Romance” (1937)

Evening

    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS

    6:15
NEWS—Walter Cronkite

    6:30
ACCENT—John Ciardi

    7:00
MY THREE SONS—Comedy

    7:30
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy

    8:00
BRENNER—Police

    8:30
ZANE GREY—Western

    9:00
MacLeish-Van Doren DIALOGS—Talk  SPECIAL 

  10:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS

  10:30
UNTOUCHABLES—Drama

  11:30
NEWS—Jim Buckalew

Brenner is a police drama starring Edward Binns and James Broderick as father-and-son policemen, and though I've never been a fan of either actor, the show is really quite good; I particularly like Binns's performance as an internal affairs cop; it causes me to view his other performances in a different light. The executive producer is Herbert Brodkin, who also did The Defenders and Coronet Blue.


13 WLW-i (INDIANAPOLIS) (ABC)

Morning

    8:15
FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE BY

    8:20
NEWS, WEATHER

    8:30
OPERATION ALPHABET

    9:00
KINDERGARTEN COLLEGE

  10:00
JANE WYMAN—Drama

  10:30
M SQUAD-Police

  11:00
ERNIE FORD—Variety

  11:30
YOURS FOR A SONG

Afternoon

  12:00
RUTH LYONS—Variety  COLOR 

    1:30
CAMOUFLAGE—Don Morrow

    1:55
NEWS—Alex Dreier

    2:00
DAY IN COURT—Drama

    2:30
SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz

    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey

    3:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?

    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
Guest: Aretha Franklin

    4:50
AMERICAN NEWSSTAND

    5:00
CASPER AND COMPANY

    5:30
GOLF TIP—Dow Finsterwald

    5:35
STOCK MARKET REPORT

    5:45
THIS FUNNY WORLD—Comedy

    5:50
SPORTS, NEWS, WEATHER

Evening

    6:15
NEWS—Ron Cochran

    6:30
MAN FROM COCHISE—Police

    7:00
WORLD OF GIANTS—Adventure

    7:30
OZZIE AND HARRIET

    8:00
DONNA REED—Comedy

    8:30
REAL McCOYS—Comedy

    9:00
MY THREE SONS—Comedy

    9:30
LAW AND MR. JONES

  10:00
UNTOUCHABLES—Drama

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS

  11:30
STEVE ALLEN—Variety
Guests: Mel Brooks, Libi Steiger, John Gabriel

    1:00
NEWS

WLW-i was part of the Crosley group of television stations; hence, the appearance of Ruth Lyons' 50-50 Club, which originated in Cincinnati and was extremely popular throughout the area.


15 WANE (FT. WAYNE) (CBS)

Morning

    7:50
DAILY WORD—Religion

    8:15
NEWS—Bob Carlin

    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children

    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Mind Reader” (1933)

  10:25
LOCAL NEWS—Bob Carlin

  10:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy

  11:00
VERDICT IS YOURS

  11:30
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial

  11:45
NEWS—Harry Reasoner

Afternoon

  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial

  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

    1:00
ANN COLONE—Variety

    1:25
LOCAL NEWS—Bob Carlin

    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS

    2:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Celebrities: Abe Burrows, Jayne Meadows

    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
Guest: Dr. James Peterson

    3:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama

    3:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Mimi Benzell, Phyllis Newman, Richard Hayes, Darren McGavin

    3:55
NEWS—Edwards

    4:00
SECRET STORM—Serial

    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial

    5:00
DANCE DATE—Jack Powell

Evening

    6:00
LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy

    6:30
NEWS, WEATHER—Wilson

    6:45
NEWS—Walter Cronkite

    7:00
WANTED—DEAD OR ALIVE

    7:30
GUESTWARD HO!—Comedy

    8:00
FRONTIER CIRCUS

    9:00
BRENNER—Police

    9:30
ZANE GREY—Western

  10:00
MacLeish-Van Doren DIALOGS—Talk  SPECIAL 

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS

  11:20
MOVIE—Melodrama
“The Monster and the Girl” (1941)

I don't know much about Ann Colone's show at 1:00 p.m., but I'll bet it didn't stink. (beat) Actually, as you can read here, she was one of the pioneers of television, and deserves to be much better-known than she is.


18 WFAM (LAFAYETTE) (CBS)

Morning

  10:00
CALENDAR—Reasoner

  10:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy

  11:00
VERDICT IS YOURS

  11:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial

Afternoon

  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial

  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

    1:00
FILM FEATURE

    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS

    2:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Celebrities: Abe Burrows, Jayne Meadows

    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
Guest: Dr. James Peterson

    3:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama

    3:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Mimi Benzell, Phyllis Newman, Richard Hayes, Darren McGavin

    3:55
NEWS—Edwards

    4:00
SECRET STORM—Serial

    4:30
POPEYE—Cartoons

    5:45
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS

Evening

    6:00
RUFFLES’ PARTY

    6:30
AIRMAN’S WORLD

    6:45
FILM FEATURE

    7:00
NEWS, WEATHER

    7:15
NEWS—Walter Cronkite

    7:30
CHRISTOPHER PROGRAM

    8:00
FRONTIER CIRCUS

    9:00
BRENNER—Police

    9:30
ACHIEVEMENT—Science

  10:00
MacLeish-Van Doren DIALOGS—Talk  SPECIAL 

You see this occasionally, but not too often; a channel that signs off immediately after prime-time. Not even a late local news program. Of course, they could probably find that elsewhere.


21 WPTA (FT. WAYNE) (ABC)

Morning

    9:45
MOVIE—Melodrama
“The Woman on Pier 13” (1953)

  11:00
ERNIE FORD—Variety

  11:30
YOURS FOR A SONG

Afternoon

  12:00
NEWS, FARMS, SPORTS

  12:30
CAMOUFLAGE—Don Morrow

  12:55
NEWS—Alex Dreier

    1:00
JANE WYMAN—Drama

    1:30
MOM’S MATINEE—Drama

    2:00
DAY IN COURT—Drama

    2:30
SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz

    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey

    3:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?

    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
Guest: Aretha Franklin

    4:30
M SQUAD—Police

    5:00
RIVERBOAT—Adventure

Evening

    6:00
POPEYE—Cartoons

    6:30
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND

    7:00
MR. MAGOO—Cartoon

    7:05
NEWS—Karl Edman

    7:15
NEWS—Ron Cochran

    7:30
OZZIE AND HARRIET

    8:00
DONNA REED—Comedy

    8:30
REAL McCOYS—Comedy

    9:00
MY THREE SONS—Comedy

    9:30
LAW AND MR. JONES

  10:00
UNTOUCHABLES—Drama

  11:00
NEWS—ABC Final

  11:10
WEATHER—Jackson, Russell

  11:17
MOVIE—Drama
“Marine Raiders” (1944)

Look at that: the Queen of Soul on afternoon television. That's very cool.


33 WKJG (FT. WAYNE) (NBC)

Morning

    7:00
TODAY—Chancellor
Guest host: Ray Scherer. Guests: the Teddy Wilson Trio

    9:00
ENGINEER JOHN—Children

    9:30
COFFEE BREAK—Talk

    9:55
FAITH TO LIVE BY—Religion

  10:00
SAY WHEN—Art James

  10:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH  COLOR 

  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR 

  11:30
CONCENTRATION

Afternoon

  12:00
NEWS, WEATHER, FARMS

  12:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Bob Barker

  12:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer

    1:00
YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION

    1:30
PEOPLE’S CHOICE—Comedy

    2:00
JAN MURRAY  COLOR 

    2:25
NEWS—Floyd Kalber

    2:30
LORETTA YOUNG

    3:00
YOUNG DR. MALONE

    3:30
OUR FIVE DAUGHTERS

    4:00
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY—Comedy

    4:30
HERE’S HOLLYWOOD
Guests: Steven Hill, Hope Lange

    4:55
NEWS—Sander Vanocur

    5:00
BOZO THE CLOWN—Children

Evening

    6:00
SPORTS—Hilliard Gates

    6:15
NEWS, WEATHER

    6:30
PETE SMITH—Comedy

    6:45
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley

    7:00
SHANNON—Mystery

    7:30
OUTLAWS—Western

    8:30
DR. KILDARE—Drama

    9:30
LIVELY ONES—Music  COLOR 
Host: Vic Damone. Guests: Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, Shelly Manne, Gene Krupa, Louis Bellson, Mamako, Mitzi McCall and Charlie Brill

  10:00
SING ALONG WITH MITCH—Songs  COLOR 
Guests: Jerry Vale, Sandy Stewart

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS

  11:20
TONIGHT—Variety  COLOR 
Guest host: Merv Griffin

That's quite a lineup on The Lively Ones, isn't it? It's the summer replacement for Hazel, and will run for two summers.


49 WLBC (MUNCIE) (NBC, CBS, ABC)

Morning

    7:00
TODAY—Chancellor
Guest host: Ray Scherer. Guests: the Teddy Wilson Trio

    9:00
CHURCH IN THE HOME

    9:30
YOURS FOR A SONG—Parks

  10:00
JANE WYMAN—Drama

  10:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH  COLOR 

  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen  COLOR 

  11:30
CONCENTRATION

Afternoon

  12:00
YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION

  12:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Bob Barker

  12:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer

    1:00
NEWS, WEATHER, EDITORIAL, FARM REPORT

    1:30
CAMOUFLAGE—Don Morrow

    1:55
NEWS—Alex Dreier

    2:00
DAY IN COURT—Drama

    2:30
LORETTA YOUNG

    3:00
YOUNG DR. MALONE

    3:30
OUR FIVE DAUGHTERS

    4:00
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY—Comedy

    4:30
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
Guest: Aretha Franklin

    4:50
AMERICAN NEWSSTAND

    5:00
BASEBALL—Little League

    5:45
BRITISH CALENDAR

Evening

    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS

    6:30
LIFELINE—Wayne Poucher

    6:35
CARTOONS—Children

    6:45
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley

    7:00
MAN FROM INTERPOL—Police

    7:30
OUTLAWS—Western

    8:30
DR. KILDARE—Drama

    9:30
MY THREE SONS—Comedy

  10:00
SING ALONG WITH MITCH—Songs  COLOR 
Guests: Jerry Vale, Sandy Stewart

  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER

Now this is what I like about a station with multiple affiliations: both ABC and NBC in the morning; ABC in the early afternoon until Loretta Young, then NBC until ABC's American Bandstand; the news with Huntley and Brinkley; and in primetime The Outlaws, Dr. Kildare, and Sing Along with Mitch on NBC, sandwiched around My Three Sons on ABC. If only I could have found something from CBS, we'd have had it made! TV  

1 comment:

  1. Bits & Pieces:

    - The Lively Ones caught some notice in its time for a production innovation:
    The whole show consisted of outdoor videotaped musical numbers, almost unheard of during this time.
    (Especially in color.)
    Looking at those guest stars, I noticed three names: Shelly Manne, Gene Krupa, and Louie Bellson, three of the top jazz drummers in the business.
    Their Lively Ones number was taped at Dodger Stadium (still referred to as Chavez Ravine at that point); the three drummers were racing around the infield, which was filled with drums of various sizes and shapes - quite a sight (and sound).
    The other guests did their numbers at various locations around Southern California; no studio audiences (comes to that, no studios), just the music and the scenery … way ahead of its time.
    The Lively Ones was the basis of Ford Motors's ad campaign of that time; Vic Damone was doing their ad spots ("Live it up with the Lively Ones - from Ford!"), so this series was a kind of reward for him.

    - When Mark Goodson and Bill Todman were headquartered in NYC, their game shows drew their talent from that city's theater, nightclub, and classical communities.
    You'll note that this week, Password is featuring Abe Burrows, who was then in the process of putting together How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying for Broadway (or maybe he already had; I'm unsure of the timeline here -correction welcomed).

    - I see from your header grab that the soon-to-depart Frontier Circus is rerunning the guest shot by Irene Dunne, who almost never did TV.
    If I recall correctly, this was a "backdoor pilot" for her own Western series, which didn't get picked up; it happened …

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