In case you hadn't guessed, the listings are from the Minnesota State Edition.
2 KTCA (NET)
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Morning
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8:45
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CLASSROOM—Education
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Afternoon
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3:00
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MISOTA PREVIEW
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3:30
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FILM
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4:30
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FILM
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5:00
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TV KINDERGARTEN—Marron
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5:30
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TO BE ANNOUNCED
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Evening
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6:00
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SPORTSMANLIKE DRIVING
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6:30
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MISOTA PREVIEW
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7:00
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INQUIRY—Discussion
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7:30
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SEMINAR FOR SENIORS
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8:00
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LOCAL ISSUE—Report
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8:30
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BOOKS AND IDEAS
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9:00
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JOYCE CHEN—Cooking
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9:30
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
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10:00
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NET FESTIVAL—Memorial
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3 KDAL (DULUTH) (CBS)
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Morning
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7:05
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NEWS—Joseph Benti
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7:55
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NEWS
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8:00
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CAPTAIN KANGAROO
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9:00
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LUCILLE BALL—Comedy
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9:30
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BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy
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10:00
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ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy
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10:30
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DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
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11:00
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LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
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11:25
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NEWS
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11:30
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SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
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Afternoon
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12:00
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TOWN AND COUNTRY
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12:30
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AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
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1:00
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LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
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1:30
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GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
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2:00
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SECRET STORM—Serial
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2:30
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EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
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3:00
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HOUSE PARTY COLOR
Guest: Rona Barrett
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3:25
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NEWS
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3:30
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MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR
Guests: Jane Morgan,
Bobby Vinton, London Lee, Stewart Robb
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5:00
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GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy
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5:30
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NEWS—Walter Cronkite
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Evening
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6:00
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NEWS
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6:30
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LANCER DEBUT COLOR
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7:30
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RED SKELTON RETURN COLOR
Guests: Boris
Karloff, Vincent Price, Ed Sullivan, Spanky Wilson
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8:30
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DORIS DAY DEBUT
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9:00
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60 MINUTES SPECIAL
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:25
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EDITOR’S CHOICE
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10:30
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PERRY MASON—Drama
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11:30
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MOVIE—Drama
“She Played with
Fire” (English; 1958)
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4 WCCO (CBS)
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Morning
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6:00
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SUNRISE SEMESTER
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6:30
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SIEGFRIED—Children
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7:00
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CLANCY—Children
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8:00
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CAPTAIN KANGAROO
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9:00
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LIVE TODAY—Religion
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9:05
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MERV GRIFFIN—Variety COLOR
Guests: Joan
Crawford, Tony Sandler and Ralph Young
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10:00
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ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy
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10:30
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DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
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11:00
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LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
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11:25
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NEWS
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11:30
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SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
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Afternoon
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12:00
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NEWS
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12:20
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SOMETHING SPECIAL
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12:30
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AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
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1:00
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LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
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1:30
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GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
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2:00
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SECRET STORM—Serial
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2:30
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EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial COLOR
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3:00
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HOUSE PARTY COLOR
Guest: Rona Barrett
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3:25
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NEWS
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3:30
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LUCILLE BALL—Comedy
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4:00
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MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR
Guests: Bennett
Cerf, London Lee, Sheila MacRae, Chris and Peter Allen, Adam Smith
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5:30
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NEWS—Walter Cronkite
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Evening
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6:00
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NEWS
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6:30
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LANCER DEBUT COLOR
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7:30
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RED SKELTON RETURN COLOR
Guests: Boris
Karloff, Vincent Price, Ed Sullivan, Spanky Wilson
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8:30
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DORIS DAY DEBUT
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9:00
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60 MINUTES SPECIAL
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:45
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MOVIE—Adventure COLOR
“East of Sumatra”
(1953)
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12:25
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COMMERCIAL—Music
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5 KSTP (NBC)
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Morning
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6:30
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CITY AND COUNTRY
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7:00
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TODAY COLOR
Guests: Peter
Ustinov, Joe Barbera, Judith Crist, William Lederer
Local news at 7:25
and 8:25 A.M.
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9:00
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SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR
Guests: Barry Nelson,
Carol Lawrence
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9:25
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NEWS
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9:30
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CONCENTRATION—Game
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10:00
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PERSONALITY COLOR
Celebrities: David
Susskind, Joan Rivers, Hermoine Gingold, Hope Lange
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10:30
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HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR
Players: Morey
Amsterdam, Polly Bergen, Stu Gilliam, Paul Lynde, Vincent Price, Joanne
Worley, Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver
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11:00
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JEOPARDY—Game
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11:30
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EYE GUESS—Game
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11:55
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NEWS
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Afternoon
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12:00
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NEWS
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12:15
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DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game
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12:30
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LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game
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1:00
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DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
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1:30
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DOCTORS—Serial
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2:00
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ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
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2:30
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YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR
Guests: Richard
Long, Pia Lindstrom
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3:00
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MATCH GAME COLOR
Guests: Soupy Sales,
Connie Hines
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3:25
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NEWS
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3:30
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DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game
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4:30
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WHAT’S MY LINE?—Game COLOR
Celebrities: Susan
Bracken, Arlene Francis, Nipsey Russell, Soupy Sales
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5:00
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NEWS
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5:30
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NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
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Evening
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6:00
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NEWS
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6:30
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JERRY LEWIS
Guests: Michael Landon, Kaye Ballard, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66
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7:30
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JULIA—Comedy
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8:00
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MOVIE COLOR
“Blindfold” (1966)
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:30
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JOHNNY CARSON COLOR
Guests: Alan King,
Mamie Van Doren, Stephen Birmingham
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12:00
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I LED THREE LIVES—Drama
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6 WDSM (DULUTH) (NBC)
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Morning
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7:00
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TODAY COLOR
Guests: Peter
Ustinov, Joe Barbera, Judith Crist, William Lederer
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9:00
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JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
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9:25
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NEWS
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9:30
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CONCENTRATION—Game
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10:00
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PERSONALITY COLOR
Celebrities: David
Susskind, Joan Rivers, Hermoine Gingold, Hope Lange
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10:30
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HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR
Players: Morey
Amsterdam, Polly Bergen, Stu Gilliam, Paul Lynde, Vincent Price, Joanne
Worley, Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver
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11:00
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JEOPARDY—Game
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11:30
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EYE GUESS—Game
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11:55
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NEWS
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Afternoon
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12:00
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VIRGINIA GRAHAM
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12:30
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LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game
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1:00
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DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
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1:30
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DOCTORS—Serial
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2:00
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ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
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2:30
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YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR
Guests: Richard
Long, Pia Lindstrom
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3:00
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MATCH GAME COLOR
Guests: Soupy Sales,
Connie Hines
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3:25
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NEWS
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3:30
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SNAP JUDGMENT—Game COLOR
Guests: Barry
Nelson, Carol Lawrence
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3:55
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MR. TOOT—Children
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5:00
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NEWS
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Evening
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6:00
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NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
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6:30
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JERRY LEWIS COLOR
Guests: Michael
Landon, Kaye Ballard, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66
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7:30
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JULIA—Comedy
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8:00
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MOVIE COLOR
“Blindfold” (1966)
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:30
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JOHNNY CARSON COLOR
Guests: Alan King,
Mamie Van Doren, Stephen Birmingham
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6 KAUS (AUSTIN) (ABC)
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Morning
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9:00
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ROMPER ROOM
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9:30
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DICK CAVETT COLOR
Guest host: Dave
Garroway. Guests: Alejandro Rey, Mike Darow
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11:00
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BEWITCHED—Comedy
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11:30
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TREASURE ISLE—Game
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Afternoon
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12:00
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DREAM HOUSE—Game
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12:30
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IT’S HAPPENING—Variety COLOR
Guests: Jim Webb,
Bob Siler
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12:55
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CHILDREN’S DOCTOR
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1:00
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NEWLYWED GAME
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1:30
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DATING GAME
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2:00
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GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
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2:30
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ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
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3:00
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DARK SHADOWS—Serial
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3:30
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MOVIE—Comedy
“The Remarkable Mr.
Pennypacker” (1959)
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5:00
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NEWS—Reynolds
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5:30
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McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy
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Evening
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6:00
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NEWS
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6:30
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MOD SQUAD DEBUT
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8:00
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IT TAKES A THIEF
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9:00
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THAT’S LIFE—Musical DEBUT
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:30
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JOEY BISHOP COLOR
Guests: Cleveland
Amory, Cannonball Adderly
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7 KCMT (ALEXANDRIA) (NBC, ABC)
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Morning
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7:00
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TODAY COLOR
Guests: Peter
Ustinov, Joe Barbera, Judith Crist, William Lederer
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9:00
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SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR
Guests: Barry
Nelson, Carol Lawrence
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9:25
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NEWS
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9:30
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CONCENTRATION—Game
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10:00
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PERSONALITY COLOR
Celebrities: David
Susskind, Joan Rivers, Hermoine Gingold, Hope Lange
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10:30
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HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR
Players: Morey
Amsterdam, Polly Bergen, Stu Gilliam, Paul Lynde, Vincent Price, Joanne
Worley, Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver
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11:00
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JEOPARDY—Game
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11:30
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EYE GUESS—Game
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11:55
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NEWS
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Afternoon
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12:00
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NEWS
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12:15
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COMMERCIAL—Music
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12:30
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LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game
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1:00
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DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
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1:30
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DOCTORS—Serial
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2:00
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ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
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2:30
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YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR
Guests: Richard
Long, Pia Lindstrom
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3:00
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MATCH GAME COLOR
Guests: Soupy Sales,
Connie Hines
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3:25
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NEWS
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3:30
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GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
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4:00
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WELCOME INN—Variety
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4:30
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SPIDER-MAN—Children
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5:00
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CASPER—Children
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5:30
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NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
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Evening
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6:00
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NEWS
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6:30
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JERRY LEWIS COLOR
Guests: Michael
Landon, Kaye Ballard, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66
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7:30
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JULIA—Comedy
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8:00
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MOVIE COLOR
“Blindfold” (1966)
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:30
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JOHNNY CARSON COLOR
Guests: Alan King,
Mamie Van Doren, Stephen Birmingham
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8 WDSE (DULUTH) (NET)
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Afternoon
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5:00
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TV KINDERGARTEN—Marron
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5:30
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BEYOND THE EARTH
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Evening
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6:00
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SPORTSMANLIKE driving
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6:30
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WHAT’S NEW—Children
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7:00
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LOCAL ISSUE—Report
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7:30
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SEMINAR FOR SENIORS
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8:00
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COMPASS—Travel
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8:30
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NET FESTIVAL—Music COLOR
Monterey Jazz
Festival
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9:30
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FILM
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10:00
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NET JOURNAL—Report
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9 KMSP (ABC)
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Morning
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7:30
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TIMMY AND LASSIE—Drama
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8:00
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DENNIS THE MENACE—Comedy
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8:30
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IT’S HAPPENING—Variety
Guests: the Paris
Sisters, Peter Kastner
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8:55
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CHILDREN’S DOCTOR
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9:00
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ROMPER ROOM
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9:30
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DICK CAVETT
Guest host: Dave Garroway. Guests:
Alejandro Rey, Mike Darow
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11:00
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BEWITCHED—Comedy
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11:30
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TREASURE ISLE—Game
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Afternoon
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12:00
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DREAM HOUSE—Game
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12:30
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NEWS AND VIEWS
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1:00
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NEWLYWED GAME
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1:30
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DATING GAME
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2:00
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GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
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2:30
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ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
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3:00
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DARK SHADOWS—Serial
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3:30
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MOVIE—Drama
“Sailor of the King”
(1953)
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4:55
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NEWS—Jerry Smith
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5:00
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NEWS—Reynolds
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5:30
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McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy
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Evening
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6:00
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz
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6:30
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MOD SQUAD DEBUT
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8:00
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IT TAKES A THIEF
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9:00
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THAT’S LIFE—Musical DEBUT
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10:00
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NEWS
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10:30
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JOEY BISHOP COLOR
Guests: Cleveland
Amory, Cannonball Adderly
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12:00
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77 SUNSET STRIP—Mystery
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10 KROC (ROCHESTER) (NBC)
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Morning
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7:00
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TODAY COLOR
Guests: Peter
Ustinov, Joe Barbera, Judith Crist, William Lederer
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8:30
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APPLIED MANAGEMENT
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9:00
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SNAP JUDGMENT COLOR
Guests: Barry Nelson,
Carol Lawrence
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9:25
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NEWS
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9:30
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CONCENTRATION—Game
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10:00
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PERSONALITY COLOR
Celebrities: David
Susskind, Joan Rivers, Hermoine Gingold, Hope Lange
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10:30
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HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game COLOR
Players: Morey
Amsterdam, Polly Bergen, Stu Gilliam, Paul Lynde, Vincent Price, Joanne
Worley, Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver
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11:00
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JEOPARDY—Game
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11:30
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EYE GUESS—Game
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11:55
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NEWS
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Afternoon
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12:00
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NEWS
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12:15
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MEMOS—Mary Bea
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12:30
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LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game
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1:00
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DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
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1:30
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DOCTORS—Serial
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2:00
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ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
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2:30
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YOU DON’T SAY!—Game COLOR
Guests: Richard
Long, Pia Lindstrom
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3:00
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MATCH GAME COLOR
Guests: Soupy Sales,
Connie Hines
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3:25
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NEWS
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3:30
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MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety COLOR
Guests: Bennett
Cerf, London Lee, Sheila MacRae, Chris and Peter Allen, Adam Smith
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5:00
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FLINTSTONES
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5:30
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NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
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Evening
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6:00
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NEWS
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6:30
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JERRY LEWIS COLOR
Guests: Michael
Landon, Kaye Ballard, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66
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7:30
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JULIA—Comedy
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8:00
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MOVIE COLOR
“Blindfold” (1966)
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10:00
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NEWS COLOR
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10:30
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JOHNNY CARSON COLOR
Guests: Alan King,
Mamie Van Doren, Stephen Birmingham
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11 WTCN (IND.)
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Morning
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8:55
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NEWS—Gil Amundson
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9:00
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APPLIED MANAGEMENT—Education
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9:30
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WILD CARGO—Travel
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10:00
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ADVENTURE CALLS—Travel
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10:30
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FAMOUS PLAYHOUSE—Drama
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11:00
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BAT MASTERSON—Western
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11:30
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NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
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Afternoon
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12:00
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LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children
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1:00
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VIRGINIA GRAHAM—Interviews COLOR
Guests: Maureen
O’Sullivan, Kate Reed
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1:30
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MOVIE—Adventure
“Green Hell” (1939)
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3:00
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MEL’S NOTEBOOK-Interviews
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3:30
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POPEYE AND PETE—Children
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4:00
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CASEY AND ROUNDHOUSE
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4:30
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GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy
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5:00
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FLINTSTONES
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5:30
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BATMAN—Adventure
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Evening
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6:00
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TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
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6:30
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12 O’CLOCK HIGH—Drama
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7:30
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PERRY MASON—Drama
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8:30
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama
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9:00
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MOVIE—Comedy
“The Big Hangover”
(1950)
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11:00
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NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
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11:30
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SEA HUNT—Adventure
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12 KEYC (MANKATO) (CBS)
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Morning
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7:30
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NEWS
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7:55
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FILM
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8:00
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CAPTAIN KANGAROO
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9:00
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JACK LA LANNE
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9:30
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BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy
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10:00
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ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy
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10:30
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DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
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11:00
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LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
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11:25
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NEWS
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11:30
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SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
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Afternoon
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12:00
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NEWS
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12:30
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AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
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1:00
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LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
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1:30
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GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
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2:00
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SECRET STORM—Serial
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2:30
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HOUSE PARTY COLOR
Guest: Rona Barrett
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NEWS
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AFTERNOON SHOW
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BART’S CLUBHOUSE
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LUCILLE BALL—Comedy
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LANCER DEBUT
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RED SKELTON RETURN COLOR
Guests: Boris
Karloff, Vincent Price, Ed Sullivan, Spanky Wilson
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DORIS DAY
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60 MINUTES SPECIAL
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NEWS
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COMMERCIAL
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MOVIE—Comedy
“The Square Peg”
(English; 1958)
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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. :)
ReplyDeleteBecause 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.
For some reason I had Lon Chaney Jr. in mind - possibly I had Route 66 on when I wrote this, and he and Karloff appeared in an episode with Peter Lorre. Fixed now!
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteThere'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.
Yeah, I'd say that any of those are possibilities. Good job putting it in context!
DeleteThe evening lineup on WTCN looks pretty good to me, new season or not...
ReplyDeleteHey, remember their motto - it's new if you haven't seen it before!
DeleteA Bit, and Perhaps a Piece:
ReplyDelete- 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.
Good stuff, Mike. I will, indeed, have to hunt down that Skelton show. And Susskind was a character, wasn't he?
DeleteIn 1969, Dave Garroway briefly hosted a local talk/variety show in Boston titled "Tempo", which he hoped would eventually get nationally syndicated.
ReplyDeleteThe show didn't do well locally, so plans for national syndication were shelved and the local show got cancelled.
There's just no way around the sadness at the end of Dave Garroway's career. It's only fair that we remember him for the giant that he was, and should still be considered.
DeleteI remember seeing what may have been Garroway's last tv appearance during the 30th Anniversary show of TODAY in January 1982. He looked ok and had even brought a recent TV Guide to show how his old sidekick J. Fred Muggs had been immortalized in TVG's "J. Fred Muggs Awards". I was very sad to hear of his suicide just 6 months later.
DeleteI'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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