What's on TV? Wednesday, September 16, 1964

This week marks the beginning of ABC's new season; NBC and CBS will follow next week. Tonight sees the debut of Shindig and Mickey, as well as the return of The Patty Duke Show and Burke's Law. ABC Scope, which is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. is preempted in the Twin Cities; KMSP was always on the lookout for a low-rated series they could bump in favor of movies or syndicated series, and Scope usually winds up being shown on Sundays. KMSP. NBC doesn't have anything new, but you'll notice they might have something even better: a full schedule of color. That means a lot back then, especially when nobody can match it. Of course, they only have two shows—the 90-minute Virginian and the two-hour Wednesday Night at the Movies, but who's counting? We're coming to you this week from the Twin Cities.

	2  KTCA (EDUC.)
	Morning
	9:15	SPANISH—Grade 4
	9:30	GERMAN—Grade 4
	9:45	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	10:10	SPANISH—Grade 5
	10:25	MATHEMATICS—Grade 6
	10:40	SPANISH—Grade 6
	10:55	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	11:20	ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
	Afternoon
	1:25	SPANISH—Grade 4
	1:40	GERMAN—Grade 5
	1:55	SPANISH—Grade 5
	2:10	INDUSTRY ON PARADE
	2:25	GERMAN—Grade 6
	2:40	SPANISH—Grade 6
	2:55	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	3:45	SPANISH—Preview
	5:30	KINDERGARTEN—Education
	Evening
	6:00	SKIPPY AND THE THREE R’s
	6:30	ANTIQUES—Art
	7:00	INQUIRY—Discussion
	7:30	PROFILE—Discussion
	8:00	IMAGES OF AMERICA
	8:30	CHANGING EARTH—McClurg
	9:00	LANDSCAPE IDEAS—Hard
	10:00	WORD SENDER
	10:30	PERFORMANCE—Music

In case you're curious, and I was, here's Skippy and the Three R's. Does this look like something that might have wound up on Mystery Science Theater 3000?

	4  WCCO (CBS)
	Morning
	6:30	SUMMER SEMESTER—Education
	7:00	CLANCY AND AXEL—Children
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	9:15	WHAT’S NEW?—Women
	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—Robert Trout
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS—Dean Montgomery
	12:15	SOMETHING SPECIAL
	12:25	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Allen Ludden Guests: Dorothy Loudon, Wally Cox
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter Guest: Beauty consultant Caroline Leonetti
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel Panelists: Joan Fontaine, Jan Murray, Zachary Scott, Phyllis Newman
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	SECRET STORM—Serial
	3:30	DRAGNET—Police
	4:00	AROUND THE TOWN—Interview
	4:30	AXEL AND DEPUTY DAWG
	5:00	CLANCY AND COMPANY
	5:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Dave Moore
	6:10	SPORTS—Don Dahl
	6:20	SPOTLIGHT—George Rice
	6:25	WEATHER—Don O’Brien
	6:30	FACE THE NATION—Interview  SPECIAL  Guest: One of the four major political candidates “CBS Reports” is pre-empted tonight
	7:00	NEWS SPECIAL  SPECIAL  “Politics is a Funny Business”
	7:30	SUSPENSE—Mystery Last show of the series. Next week “The Beverly Hillbillies” begins its new season in this time spot.
	8:00	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy Next week “The Dick Van Dyke Show” movies to this time period.
	8:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy Next week “The Cara Williams Show” debuts in this time spot.
	9:00	RUDY VALLEE—Variety Guest: Shari Lewis Last show of the series. Next week Danny Kaye returns in this time spot.
	10:00	NEWS—Dave Moore
	10:15	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling
	10:20	SPORTS—Hal Scott
	10:30	STEVE ALLEN—Variety Guests: Celeste Holm, Johnny Desmond, Nina Simone, Cliff Arquette, Digby Wolfe
	12:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Raising a Riot” (English; 1955) News will follow the movie.

Lots of movement coming up here, as Rudy Vallee wraps up his stint as summer replacement for Danny Kaye. The Cara Williams Show only lasts one season, but Cara Williams herself does better than that; she's still alive and kicking at 94!

	5  KSTP (NBC)
	Morning
	6:30	CITY AND COUNTRY—Stone
	7:00	TODAY—Hugh Downes Guests: Robert Vaughn, Bill Dana
	9:00	MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
	9:30	WORD FOR WORD  COLOR
	9:55	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	10:00	CONCENTRATION—Hugh Downs
	10:30	JEOPARDY—Fleming  COLOR
	11:00	SAY WHEN—Art James  COLOR
	11:30	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Bob Barker  COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS—MacDougall  COLOR
	12:15	WEATHER—Morris  COLOR
	12:25	WOMAN’S WORLD  COLOR
	12:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL  COLOR
	12:55	NEWS—Floyd Kalber
	1:00	LORETTA YOUNG—Drama
	1:30	DOCTORS—Serial
	2:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	2:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Tom Kennedy  COLOR  Guests: Robert Horton, Gale Storm
	3:00	MATCH GAME—Gene Rayburn Guests: Jack E. Leonard, Betty White
	3:25	NEWS—Sander Vanocur
	3:30	DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Jim Hutton  COLOR
	4:30	LLOYD THAXTON—Variety Guests: Jan and Dean
	5:25	DOCTOR’S HOUSE CALL—Fox
	5:30	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Bob Ryan  COLOR
	6:15	WEATHER—Morris  COLOR
	6:25	SPORTS—Al Tighe  COLOR
	6:30	VIRGINIAN—Western  COLOR
	8:00	MOVIE—Mystery  DEBUT   COLOR  Wednesday Night at the Movies: “To Catch a Thief” (1955)
	10:00	NEWS—MacDougall  COLOR
	10:15	WEATHER—Morris  COLOR
	10:20	SPORTS—Al Tighe  COLOR
	10:30	JOHNNY CARSON—Variety  COLOR  Guests: Bill Dana, Kaye Ballard
	12:15	MOVIE—Drama “1984” (British; 1956)

That version of 1984 that KSTP is showing at 12:15 a.m. is a British one, but with American actor Edmond O'Brien as protagonist Winston Smith. It also stars Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling, and Donald Pleasence. It's considered by some to be the best depiction of Orwell's bleak universe.

	9  KMSP (ABC)
	Morning
	7:45	BREAKFAST—Grandpa Ken
	8:30	ROMPER ROOM—Miss Betty
	9:30	PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen Guest: Jan Sterling
	10:00	GET THE MESSAGE—Buxton
	10:30	MISSING LINKS—Dick Clark Panel: Tom Poston, Barbara Feldon, Darryl Hickman
	11:00	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	11:30	ERNIE FORD—Variety Guest: John McNamara
	Afternoon
	12:00	MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
	12:30	PETER GUNN—Mystery
	1:00	LOIS LEPPART—Interview
	1:30	DAY IN COURT—Drama
	1:55	NEWS—Lisa Howard
	2:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
	2:30	QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey
	3:00	TRAILMASTER—Western
	4:00	MAVERICK—Western
	5:00	NEWS—Ron Cochran
	5:15	NEWS—Chuck Rowell
	5:25	WEATHER—Jerry Smith
	5:30	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	HUCKLEBERRY HOUND  COLOR
	6:30	OZZIE AND HARRIET—Comedy
	7:00	PATTY DUKE—Comedy
	7:30	SHINDIG—Variety  DEBUT  Guests: Sam Cooke, the Everly Brothers, Donna Loren, the Wellingtons, Bobby Sherman, the Blossoms, Alan Sues, Jackie and Gayle, the Righteous Brothers
	8:00	MICKEY ROONEY—Comedy  DEBUT
	8:30	BURKE’S LAW—Mystery
	9:30	ENSIGN O’TOOLE—Comedy
	10:00	NEWS—Bill Fahan
	10:15	WEATHER—Jerry Smith
	10:20	SPORTS—Tony Parker
	10:30	MOVIE—Drama “They Live by Night” (1948)

Effective, perhaps. But would we see an ad like this today? I think not.

	11 WTCN (IND.)
	Morning
	10:40	KUKLA AND OLLIE—Children
	10:50	TRICKS FOR TREATS—Meadows
	11:00	DESLIU PLAYHOUSE—Drama
	11:55	NEWS—Dick Ford
	Afternoon
	12:00	LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children
	12:45	KING AND ODIE—Cartoon
	1:00	MOVIE—Musical “Painting the Clouds with Sunshine” (1951)
	3:00	BACHELOR FATHER—Comedy
	3:30	DAVE LEE AND PETE—Children
	4:30	SUPERMAN—Adventure
	5:00	PETER POTAMUS—Cartoons
	5:30	CASEY AND ROUNDHOUSE
	5:45	ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
	Evening
	6:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	6:30	NFL PLAY-BY-PLAY REPORT  RETURN  Minnesota Vikings vs. Baltimore Colts
	7:00	ADVENTURE THEATER—Travel
	7:30	CANADIAN FOOTBALL—Eskimos vs. Argonauts  DEBUT
	9:30	NEWS—Dick Ford
	9:45	WEATHER—Stuart A. Lindman
	9:50	SPORTS—Buetel, Horner
	10:00	MOVIE—Drama “His Kind of Woman”  (1951)
	12:45	BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy Time approximate.

We talked about the Canadian Football on Saturday, but the Vikings-Colts broadcast at 6:30 p.m. is actually a half-hour of edited highlights from Sunday's game. Because of the home blackout rules, shows like this were very popular in the '60s and '70s. They might even have a guest, a player or coach who could explain the significance of the highlights we saw. Of course, I prefer to see it as simply a warmup for the Esks-Argos battle. TV