December 30, 2019

What's on TV? Friday, January 3, 1969

For the last look at TV listings this year, I could have taken the easy way out and done New Year's Day; between the parades and the football, it probably would have been half the length of this one. It's a good look, though, at some shows we don't see very often. This comes from the Minneapolis-St. Paul edition.




 2  KTCA (EDUC.)

Afternoon

    4:00
CONSULTATION—Medicine

    4:30
PROFILE

    5:00
KINDERGARTEN—Mrs. Marron

    5:30
ART INSTRUCTION—McIntyre

Evening

    6:00
THE RUNNER  COLOR 

    6:15
GUTEN TAG—German  DEBUT 

    6:30
FILM

    7:00
YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT—Discussion  COLOR 

    7:30
CONTINENTAL COMMENT

    8:00
WORLD THIS WEEK  COLOR 

    8:30
ECHOES FROM THE CLOISTERS  COLOR 

    9:00
SKIING—Instruction  COLOR 

    9:30
JOYCE CHEN—Cooking

  10:00
NET PLAYHOUSE—Drama
“Devi”

Tonight on Joyce Chen's cooking show: how to prepare celery salad and steamed egg soup for fussy eaters.


 4  WCCO (CBS)

Morning

    6:00
SUNRISE SEMESTER  COLOR 

    6:30
SIEGFRIED—Children  COLOR 

    7:00
CLANCY & CARMEN  COLOR 

    7:40
CLANCY & WILLIE  COLOR 

    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO  COLOR 

    9:00
MERV GRIFFIN—Variety  COLOR 
Guests: Henry Morgan, Hermione Gingold, Marty Brill, Dick Williams, Gerri Granger

  10:00
ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy

  10:30
DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy

  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial  COLOR 

  11:25
NEWS—Joseph Benti  COLOR 

  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial  COLOR 

Afternoon

  12:00
NEWS—Montgomery  COLOR 

  12:20
SOMETHING SPECIAL  COLOR 

  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial  COLOR 

    1:00
LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING—Serial  COLOR 

    1:30
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial  COLOR 

    2:00
SECRET STORM—Serial  COLOR 

    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial  COLOR 

    3:00
LINKLETTER SHOW  COLOR 
Guest: Jack Bailey

    3:25
NEWS—Edwards  COLOR 

    3:30
LUCILLE BALL—Comedy  COLOR 

    4:00
MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety  COLOR 
Guests: Duke Ellington, Phyllis Diller, Rip Taylor, Linda Bennett

    5:30
NEWS—Walter Cronkite  COLOR 

Evening

    6:00
NEWS  COLOR 

    6:30
WILD WILD WEST  COLOR 

    7:30
GOMER PYLE, USMC—Comedy  COLOR 

    8:00
MOVIE—Comedy  COLOR 
“The Incredible Mr. Limpet” (1964)

  10:00
NEWS  COLOR 

  10:45
MOVIE—Western  COLOR 
“The Far Country” (1955)

  12:40
COMMERCIAL—Music  COLOR 

  12:55
MOVIE—Mystery

Art Linkletter's guest on The Linkletter Show is Jack Bailey, host of Queen for a Day from 1948 to 1964. Bailey was very public about his battle with alcoholism and his membership in AA, and was cited as an inspiration by many viewers.


 5  KSTP (NBC)

Morning

    6:00
MINNESOTA TODAY  COLOR 

    7:00
TODAY  COLOR 

    9:00
SNAP JUDGMENT—Game  COLOR 
Guests: Sheila MacRae, Jack Cassidy

    9:25
NEWS—Nancy Dickerson  COLOR 

    9:30
CONCENTRATION  COLOR 

  10:00
PERSONALITY—Game  COLOR 
Celebrities: Rita Moreno, Nipsey Russell, Arthur Treacher, Jim Brown

  10:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game  COLOR 
Players: Marty Allen, Bob Crane, Gypsy Rose Lee, Paul Lynde, Ross Martin, Della Reese, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Charley Weaver

  11:00
JEOPARDY—Game  COLOR 

  11:30
EYE GUESS—Game  COLOR 

  11:55
NEWS—Edwin Newman  COLOR 

Afternoon

  12:00
NEWS  COLOR 

  12:15
DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game  COLOR 

  12:30
HIDDEN FACES—Serial  COLOR 

    1:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES  COLOR 

    1:30
DOCTORS—Serial  COLOR 

    2:00
ANOTHER WORLD  COLOR 

    2:30
YOU DON’T SAY!—Game  COLOR 
Guests: Vikki Carr, Richard Long

    3:00
MATCH GAME  COLOR 
Guests: Bert Convy, Diana Sands

    3:25
NEWS—Floyd Kalber  COLOR 

    3:30
DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game  COLOR 

    4:30
WHAT’S MY LINE—Game  COLOR 
Players: Joanna Barnes, Godfrey Cambridge, Arlene Francis, Soupy Sales

    5:00
NEWS  COLOR 

    5:30
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley  COLOR 

Evening

    6:00
NEWS—Bob Ryan  COLOR 

    6:15
WEATHER—Morris  COLOR 

    6:20
SPORTS—Al Tighe  COLOR 

    6:30
HIGH CHAPARRAL—Western  COLOR 

    7:30
ON STAGE—Drama  SPECIAL   COLOR  
“Name of the Game” will not be seen

    9:00
STAR TREK—Adventure  COLOR 

  10:00
NEWS—MacDougall  COLOR 

  10:15
WEATHER—Morris  COLOR 

  10:20
SPORTS—Al Tighe  COLOR 

  10:30
JOHNNY CARSON  COLOR 
Guests: James Garner, Jack E. Leonard

  12:00
HENRY WOLF—Discussion  COLOR 

Oftentimes, one has to hunt through the listings to find stars who are still active, or even still alive. Check out Personality at 10:00 a.m.—Rita Moreno's not only still alive, she'll be one of the Grand Marshals at the Rose Parade the day after tomorrow. Jim Brown's still around too, though I don't think he's going to rush for 1,000 yards this season. Maybe 500, though.


 9  KMSP (IND.)

Morning

    7:00
GRANDPA KEN  COLOR 

    7:40
TIMMY AND LASSIE—Drama

    8:00
NEWS—Jerry Smith  COLOR 

    8:30
DREAM HOUSE—Game

    9:00
ROMPER ROOM  COLOR 

    9:30
DICK CAVETT  COLOR 

  11:00
BEWITCHED—Comedy

  11:30
STEVE ALLEN—Variety  COLOR 
Guests: Sid Caesar, John Byner, Sue Raney

Afternoon

  12:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL  COLOR 

    1:00
NEWLYWED GAME  COLOR 

    1:30
DATING GAME  COLOR 

    2:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL  COLOR 

    2:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE  COLOR 

    3:00
DARK SHADOWS  COLOR 

    3:30
MOVIE—Western
“Stagecoach to Fury” (1956)

    4:55
NEWS—Jerry Smith  COLOR 

    5:00
NEWS—Frank Reynolds  COLOR 

    5:30
McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy

Evening

    6:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz  COLOR 

    6:30
OPERATION: ENTERTAINMENT  COLOR 
Host: Jim Lange. Guests: Joanie Sommers, Ronnie Schell, the Cowsills, the Apollas, Jackie Curtiss and Bill Tracy

    7:30
FELONY SQUAD—Crime Drama  COLOR 

    8:00
DON RICKLES—Comedy  COLOR 
Guest: Andy Griffith

    8:30
GUNS OF WILL SONNETT  COLOR 

    9:00
JUDD—Drama  COLOR 

  10:00
NEWS—Fahan, Steer  COLOR 

  10:25
SPORTS—Tony Parker  COLOR 

  10:30
MOVIE—Mystery  COLOR 
“The 39 Steps” (English; 1960)

Tonight's Guns of Will Sonnett episode deals with slaughter of the great buffalo tribes that served as the Indians' main source of food, and was written by Kathleen Hite, a member of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, longtime writer for Gunsmoke, and was the first female staff writer for CBS.


11 WTCN (ABC)

Morning

    9:00
CARTOON CARNIVAL  COLOR 

    9:30
SEA HUNT—Adventure

  10:00
MISTER ED—Comedy

  10:30
MORNING THEATER—Drama

  11:00
FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK—Game  COLOR 

  11:25
CHILDREN’S DOCTOR  COLOR 

  11:30
NEWS  COLOR 

Afternoon

  12:00
LUNCH WITH CASEY  COLOR 

    1:00
MOVIE—Melodrama  COLOR 
“Gorgo” (English; 1961)

    3:00
ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama

    3:30
DAVE LEE—Children  COLOR 

    4:00
CASEY AND ROUNDHOUSE—Children  COLOR 

    4:30
BATMAN—Adventure  COLOR 

    5:00
FLINTSTONES—Children  COLOR 

    5:30
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy

Evening

    6:00
DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama  COLOR 

    6:30
PERRY MASON—Drama

    7:30
BEAT THE ODDS—Game  COLOR 

    8:00
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE—Drama  COLOR 

    9:00
MOVIE—War Drama
“A Yank in the RAF” (1941)

  11:00
NEWS  COLOR 

  11:30
BAT MASTERSON—Western

Gorgo: "It might not have been a good idea to bring that live prehistoric monster to London—it has a parent that's coming after it." Doesn't that sound like it belongs on MST3KTV  

4 comments:

  1. From NBC's other game shows aired on this day, Abby Dalton is the only survivor of the 9 guest celebrities on HOLLYWOOD SQUARES, though Marty Allen died just under 2 years ago at age 95. Vikki Carr & Joanna Barnes are still with us too, though probably not very active.

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  2. Your instincts were correct, MST3K did feature Gorgo in season 9.

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  3. Isn't WTCN an independent and KMSP the ABC affiliate? I never knew I'd have so much knowledge of Minnesota channel affiliations until I started reading your blog, Mitchell...

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  4. Wrong. KMSP was ABC and WTCN was independent (since 1961). Just look at the programs you have listed for those stations!

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