It's About TV: What's on TV? Tuesday, September 24, 1968

September 23, 2019

What's on TV? Tuesday, September 24, 1968

There's a lot to like about today's listings. We've got the debut of shows like 60 Minutes, The Mod Squad, and The Doris Day Show, we've got a legendary duo of horror actors on The Red Skelton Hour, and, of course, we have celebrity-driven game shows. Look at David Susskind on Personality; I wonder how he felt about that? On the one hand, the man loved being on TV, being the focus of attention, and he was nothing if not a self-promoter, and yet he was embarrassed that his organization, Talent Associates, produced shows like Supermarket Sweep. He probably found a way to rationalize it all. Oh, and isn't that kind of cool that Dave Garroway is guest-hosting Dick Cavett's morning show? Kind of turns back the clock a bit, doesn't it?

In case you hadn't guessed, the listings are from the Minnesota State Edition.

	2 KTCA (NET)
	Morning
	8:45	CLASSROOM—Education
	Afternoon
	3:00	MISOTA PREVIEW
	3:30	FILM
	4:30	FILM
	5:00	TV KINDERGARTEN—Marron
	5:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	Evening
	6:00	SPORTSMANLIKE DRIVING
	6:30	MISOTA PREVIEW COLOR
	7:00	INQUIRY—Discussion
	7:30	SEMINAR FOR SENIORS
	8:00	LOCAL ISSUE—Report
	8:30	BOOKS AND IDEAS
	9:00	JOYCE CHEN—Cooking
	9:30	UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
	10:00	NET FESTIVAL—Memorial

	3 KDAL (DULUTH) (CBS)
	Morning
	7:05	NEWS—Joseph Benti COLOR
	7:55	NEWS
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO COLOR
	9:00	LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR
	9:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR
	11:25	NEWS COLOR
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	TOWN AND COUNTRY COLOR
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR
	1:00	LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING COLOR
	1:30	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR
	2:00	SECRET STORM—Serial COLOR
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR
	3:00	HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guest: Rona Barrett
	3:25	NEWS COLOR
	3:30	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR Guests: Jane Morgan, Bobby Vinton, London Lee, Stewart Robb
	5:00	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy
	5:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS COLOR
	6:30	LANCER DEBUT COLOR
	7:30	RED SKELTON RETURN COLOR Guests: Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Ed Sullivan, Spanky Wilson
	8:30	DORIS DAY DEBUT COLOR
	9:00	60 MINUTES SPECIAL COLOR
	10:00	NEWS COLOR
	10:25	EDITOR’S CHOICE COLOR
	10:30	PERRY MASON—Drama
	11:30	MOVIE—Drama “She Played with Fire” (English; 1958)

	4 WCCO (CBS)
	Morning
	6:00	SUNRISE SEMESTER COLOR
	6:30	SIEGFRIED—Children COLOR
	7:00	CLANCY—Children COLOR
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO COLOR
	9:00	LIVE TODAY—Religion COLOR
	9:05	MERV GRIFFIN—Variety COLOR Guests: Joan Crawford, Tony Sandler and Ralph Young
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR
	11:25	NEWS COLOR
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS COLOR
	12:20	SOMETHING SPECIAL COLOR
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR
	1:00	LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING COLOR
	1:30	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR
	2:00	SECRET STORM—Serial COLOR
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR
	3:00	HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guest: Rona Barrett
	3:25	NEWS COLOR
	3:30	LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR Guests: Bennett Cerf, London Lee, Sheila MacRae, Chris and Peter Allen, Adam Smith
	5:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS COLOR
	6:30	LANCER DEBUT COLOR
	7:30	RED SKELTON RETURN COLOR Guests: Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Ed Sullivan, Spanky Wilson
	8:30	DORIS DAY DEBUT COLOR
	9:00	60 MINUTES SPECIAL COLOR
	10:00	NEWS COLOR
	10:45	MOVIE—Adventure COLOR “East of Sumatra” (1953)
	12:25	COMMERCIAL—Music COLOR

	5 KSTP (NBC)
	Morning
	6:30	CITY AND COUNTRY
	7:00	TODAY COLOR Guests: Peter Ustinov, Joe Barbera, Judith Crist, William Lederer Local news at 7:25 and 8:25 A.M.
	9:00	SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Barry Nelson, Carol Lawrence
	9:25	NEWS COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR
	10:00	PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: David Susskind, Joan Rivers, Hermoine Gingold, Hope Lange
	10:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Players: Morey Amsterdam, Polly Bergen, Stu Gilliam, Paul Lynde, Vincent Price, Joanne Worley, Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver
	11:00	JEOPARDY—Game COLOR
	11:30	EYE GUESS—Game COLOR
	11:55	NEWS COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS COLOR
	12:15	DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game COLOR
	12:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR
	1:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR
	1:30	DOCTORS—Serial COLOR
	2:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR
	2:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Guests: Richard Long, Pia Lindstrom
	3:00	MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Soupy Sales, Connie Hines
	3:25	NEWS COLOR
	3:30	DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game COLOR
	4:30	WHAT’S MY LINE?—Game COLOR Celebrities: Susan Bracken, Arlene Francis, Nipsey Russell, Soupy Sales
	5:00	NEWS COLOR
	5:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS COLOR
	6:30	JERRY LEWIS COLOR Guests: Michael Landon, Kaye Ballard, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66
	7:30	JULIA—Comedy COLOR
	8:00	MOVIE COLOR “Blindfold” (1966)
	10:00	NEWS COLOR
	10:30	JOHNNY CARSON COLOR Guests: Alan King, Mamie Van Doren, Stephen Birmingham
	12:00	I LED THREE LIVES—Drama COLOR

	6 WDSM (DULUTH) (NBC)
	Morning
	7:00	TODAY COLOR Guests: Peter Ustinov, Joe Barbera, Judith Crist, William Lederer
	9:00	JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
	9:25	NEWS COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR
	10:00	PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: David Susskind, Joan Rivers, Hermoine Gingold, Hope Lange
	10:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Players: Morey Amsterdam, Polly Bergen, Stu Gilliam, Paul Lynde, Vincent Price, Joanne Worley, Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver
	11:00	JEOPARDY—Game COLOR
	11:30	EYE GUESS—Game COLOR
	11:55	NEWS COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	VIRGINIA GRAHAM COLOR
	12:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR
	1:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR
	1:30	DOCTORS—Serial COLOR
	2:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR
	2:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Guests: Richard Long, Pia Lindstrom
	3:00	MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Soupy Sales, Connie Hines
	3:25	NEWS COLOR
	3:30	SNAP JUDGMENT—Game COLOR Guests: Barry Nelson, Carol Lawrence
	3:55	MR. TOOT—Children COLOR
	5:00	NEWS COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley COLOR
	6:30	JERRY LEWIS COLOR Guests: Michael Landon, Kaye Ballard, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66
	7:30	JULIA—Comedy COLOR
	8:00	MOVIE COLOR “Blindfold” (1966)
	10:00	NEWS COLOR
	10:30	JOHNNY CARSON COLOR Guests: Alan King, Mamie Van Doren, Stephen Birmingham

	6 KAUS (AUSTIN) (ABC)
	Morning
	9:00	ROMPER ROOM COLOR
	9:30	DICK CAVETT COLOR Guest host: Dave Garroway. Guests: Alejandro Rey, Mike Darow
	11:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	11:30	TREASURE ISLE—Game COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	DREAM HOUSE—Game COLOR
	12:30	IT’S HAPPENING—Variety COLOR Guests: Jim Webb, Bob Siler
	12:55	CHILDREN’S DOCTOR COLOR
	1:00	NEWLYWED GAME COLOR
	1:30	DATING GAME COLOR
	2:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial COLOR
	2:30	ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial COLOR
	3:00	DARK SHADOWS—Serial
	3:30	MOVIE—Comedy “The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker” (1959)
	5:00	NEWS—Reynolds COLOR
	5:30	McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS COLOR
	6:30	MOD SQUAD DEBUT COLOR
	8:00	IT TAKES A THIEF COLOR
	9:00	THAT’S LIFE—Musical DEBUT COLOR
	10:00	NEWS COLOR
	10:30	JOEY BISHOP COLOR Guests: Cleveland Amory, Cannonball Adderly

	7 KCMT (ALEXANDRIA) (NBC, ABC)
	Morning
	7:00	TODAY COLOR Guests: Peter Ustinov, Joe Barbera, Judith Crist, William Lederer
	9:00	SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Barry Nelson, Carol Lawrence
	9:25	NEWS COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR
	10:00	PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: David Susskind, Joan Rivers, Hermoine Gingold, Hope Lange
	10:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Players: Morey Amsterdam, Polly Bergen, Stu Gilliam, Paul Lynde, Vincent Price, Joanne Worley, Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver
	11:00	JEOPARDY—Game COLOR
	11:30	EYE GUESS—Game COLOR
	11:55	NEWS COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS COLOR
	12:15	COMMERCIAL—Music COLOR
	12:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR
	1:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR
	1:30	DOCTORS—Serial COLOR
	2:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR
	2:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Guests: Richard Long, Pia Lindstrom
	3:00	MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Soupy Sales, Connie Hines
	3:25	NEWS COLOR
	3:30	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
	4:00	WELCOME INN—Variety COLOR
	4:30	SPIDER-MAN—Children
	5:00	CASPER—Children
	5:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS COLOR
	6:30	JERRY LEWIS COLOR Guests: Michael Landon, Kaye Ballard, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66
	7:30	JULIA—Comedy COLOR
	8:00	MOVIE COLOR “Blindfold” (1966)
	10:00	NEWS COLOR
	10:30	JOHNNY CARSON COLOR Guests: Alan King, Mamie Van Doren, Stephen Birmingham

	8 WDSE (DULUTH) (NET)
	Afternoon
	5:00	TV KINDERGARTEN—Marron
	5:30	BEYOND THE EARTH
	Evening
	6:00	SPORTSMANLIKE driving
	6:30	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	7:00	LOCAL ISSUE—Report
	7:30	SEMINAR FOR SENIORS
	8:00	COMPASS—Travel COLOR
	8:30	NET FESTIVAL—Music COLOR Monterey Jazz Festival
	9:30	FILM
	10:00	NET JOURNAL—Report

	9 KMSP (ABC)
	Morning
	7:30	TIMMY AND LASSIE—Drama
	8:00	DENNIS THE MENACE—Comedy
	8:30	IT’S HAPPENING—Variety Guests: the Paris Sisters, Peter Kastner
	8:55	CHILDREN’S DOCTOR
	9:00	ROMPER ROOM COLOR
	9:30	DICK CAVETT COLOR Guest host: Dave Garroway. Guests: Alejandro Rey, Mike Darow
	11:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	11:30	TREASURE ISLE—Game COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	DREAM HOUSE—Game COLOR
	12:30	NEWS AND VIEWS COLOR
	1:00	NEWLYWED GAME COLOR
	1:30	DATING GAME COLOR
	2:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial COLOR
	2:30	ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial COLOR
	3:00	DARK SHADOWS—Serial
	3:30	MOVIE—Drama “Sailor of the King” (1953)
	4:55	NEWS—Jerry Smith COLOR
	5:00	NEWS—Reynolds COLOR
	5:30	McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz COLOR
	6:30	MOD SQUAD DEBUT COLOR
	8:00	IT TAKES A THIEF COLOR
	9:00	THAT’S LIFE—Musical DEBUT COLOR
	10:00	NEWS COLOR
	10:30	JOEY BISHOP COLOR Guests: Cleveland Amory, Cannonball Adderly
	12:00	77 SUNSET STRIP—Mystery

	10 KROC (ROCHESTER) (NBC)
	Morning
	7:00	TODAY COLOR Guests: Peter Ustinov, Joe Barbera, Judith Crist, William Lederer
	8:30	APPLIED MANAGEMENT
	9:00	SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR Guests: Barry Nelson, Carol Lawrence
	9:25	NEWS COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION—Game COLOR
	10:00	PERSONALITY COLOR Celebrities: David Susskind, Joan Rivers, Hermoine Gingold, Hope Lange
	10:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR Players: Morey Amsterdam, Polly Bergen, Stu Gilliam, Paul Lynde, Vincent Price, Joanne Worley, Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver
	11:00	JEOPARDY—Game COLOR
	11:30	EYE GUESS—Game COLOR
	11:55	NEWS COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS COLOR
	12:15	MEMOS—Mary Bea COLOR
	12:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game COLOR
	1:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial COLOR
	1:30	DOCTORS—Serial COLOR
	2:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial COLOR
	2:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR Guests: Richard Long, Pia Lindstrom
	3:00	MATCH GAME COLOR Guests: Soupy Sales, Connie Hines
	3:25	NEWS COLOR
	3:30	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR Guests: Bennett Cerf, London Lee, Sheila MacRae, Chris and Peter Allen, Adam Smith
	5:00	FLINTSTONES COLOR
	5:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS COLOR
	6:30	JERRY LEWIS COLOR Guests: Michael Landon, Kaye Ballard, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66
	7:30	JULIA—Comedy COLOR
	8:00	MOVIE COLOR “Blindfold” (1966)
	10:00	NEWS COLOR
	10:30	JOHNNY CARSON COLOR Guests: Alan King, Mamie Van Doren, Stephen Birmingham

	11 WTCN (IND.)
	Morning
	8:55	NEWS—Gil Amundson
	9:00	APPLIED MANAGEMENT—Education
	9:30	WILD CARGO—Travel COLOR
	10:00	ADVENTURE CALLS—Travel COLOR
	10:30	FAMOUS PLAYHOUSE—Drama
	11:00	BAT MASTERSON—Western
	11:30	NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
	Afternoon
	12:00	LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children
	1:00	VIRGINIA GRAHAM—Interviews COLOR Guests: Maureen O’Sullivan, Kate Reed
	1:30	MOVIE—Adventure “Green Hell” (1939)
	3:00	MEL’S NOTEBOOK-Interviews
	3:30	POPEYE AND PETE—Children
	4:00	CASEY AND ROUNDHOUSE
	4:30	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy COLOR
	5:00	FLINTSTONES COLOR
	5:30	BATMAN—Adventure COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
	6:30	12 O’CLOCK HIGH—Drama
	7:30	PERRY MASON—Drama
	8:30	ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy “The Big Hangover” (1950)
	11:00	NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
	11:30	SEA HUNT—Adventure

	12 KEYC (MANKATO) (CBS)
	Morning
	7:30	NEWS COLOR
	7:55	FILM
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO COLOR
	9:00	JACK LA LANNE COLOR
	9:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy COLOR
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial COLOR
	11:25	NEWS COLOR
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS COLOR
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial COLOR
	1:00	LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING COLOR
	1:30	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial COLOR
	2:00	SECRET STORM—Serial COLOR
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR
	3:00	HOUSE PARTY COLOR Guest: Rona Barrett
	3:25	NEWS COLOR
	3:30	AFTERNOON SHOW COLOR
	4:15	BART’S CLUBHOUSE COLOR
	5:00	LUCILLE BALL—Comedy COLOR
	5:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS COLOR
	6:30	LANCER DEBUT COLOR
	7:30	RED SKELTON RETURN COLOR Guests: Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Ed Sullivan, Spanky Wilson
	8:30	DORIS DAY DEBUT COLOR
	9:00	60 MINUTES SPECIAL COLOR
	10:00	NEWS COLOR
	10:45	COMMERCIAL COLOR
	11:00	MOVIE—Comedy “The Square Peg” (English; 1958)

12 comments:

JonSeptember 23, 2019 at 11:30 AM
Who's the third horror actor after Karloff & Price on the Skelton show if they make a trio? I'm not familiar with Spanky Wilson, but I don't think Ed Sullivan's that horrible. :)

Because he was listed among the first three guests, it looks as though Susskind was playing the game rather than just appearing on film. I've seen this show a couple times, and I found that while the show's look was good, the gameplay tended to be pretty dull, IMO.
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top_cat_jamesSeptember 23, 2019 at 6:21 PM
I assume Joe Barbara is on Today promoting The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, an animated / live-action prime-time series, which had debuted nine days prior. Or, less likely, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour which had premiered earlier on the 7th. Both on NBC, of course.

There's also the possibility he's there to address the controversy concerning the then recently formed Action for Children's Television, which had targeted several of Hanna-Barbera's shows for what they felt was excessive violent content.
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JD RoweSeptember 23, 2019 at 7:47 PM
The evening lineup on WTCN looks pretty good to me, new season or not...
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Mike DoranSeptember 23, 2019 at 9:31 PM
A Bit, and Perhaps a Piece:

- One of the lately available Red Skelton DVD sets includes the Karloff/Price show.
This was one of Boris Karloff's final Hollywood TV appearances (he managed to squeeze in a shot with Jonathan Winters before heading back to GB at year's end).
Track it down; it's worth seeing (especially digitally restored).

- Whenever David Susskind appeared on New York-based panel games, such as the Goodson-Todman and Bob Stewart shows, he treated them as social occasions - recreation with old friends.
That's why he did so many of them.
Somewhere back in the archives, I believe I told you all the story of how Susskind and his then-wife appeared on He Said - She Said, G-T's first draft of Tattletales; they were there to have some fun with friends, although if you remember the story, they got just a bit more than they bargained for …

- I remember that guest-host spot that Dave Garroway did on Dick Cavett's show.
IIRC, Dave was thinking about trying for a comeback (one of several tries he made in the '60s); this was testing the waters, so to speak.
Nothing came of it, though; as to why, maybe Jodie Peeler has some ideas.

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JofusSeptember 24, 2019 at 4:04 PM
In 1969, Dave Garroway briefly hosted a local talk/variety show in Boston titled "Tempo", which he hoped would eventually get nationally syndicated.

The show didn't do well locally, so plans for national syndication were shelved and the local show got cancelled.
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Jodie PeelerSeptember 27, 2019 at 8:25 PM
I'll have much more about it in the book, of course, but the quick version was that in his eagerness to get out of his NBC contract in 1961, Garroway didn't realize until much too late that NBC retained a five-year right of first refusal on any television-related offers he received. That effectively took Garroway off the market (except for the occasional guest-hosting gig) until about 1967. By that time the medium had changed so much, and his style was yesterday's model. He tried various things now and again, but nothing really took, and one review of a 1971 series he hosted called "The CBS Newcomers" was kind of brutal, comparing Garroway to an uncle who told stale jokes.
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