June 14, 2020

What's on TV? Sunday, June 14, 1953

Something you don't see much anymore: a televised doubleheader. That's pretty much the afternoon programming on WGN, as the White Sox take on Boston. (The Chisox sweep, 6-0 and 1-0; it's Boston's third doubleheader of the month and second this week.) Something that people may not have noticed at the time: one of the guests on American Forum of the Air (1:30 p.m., WNBQ) is Massachusetts' first-year senator, John F. Kennedy. Something you don't want your kids to learn: quiz is not spelled "Kwiz" (Kids Karnival Kwiz, noon, WNBQ). Something you wouldn't believe today: programming on Sunday morning doesn't begin until 9:20 a.m. Giving people time to get to church? Hey, it may not be old, new, borrowed or blue, but it's the day in Chicagoland television.


4 WBBM (CBS)

MORNING

     9:45
LAMP UNTO MY FEET

   10:15
“ROCK RIVER RENEGADE”
MOVIE
       
   11:30
CANDY CARNIVAL—Variety

AFTERNOON

   12:00
NEWS AT NOON—Report

   12:15
YOUR FUTURE HOME—Ideas

   12:30
“TONTO BASIN OUTLAW”
MOVIE

     1:30
“CAPTAIN TUGBOAT ANNIE”
MOVIE

     2:30
FILM

     3:30
MAN OF THE WEEK—Talk

     4:00
ADVENTURE—Educational

     5:00
YOU ARE THERE—History
“The Escape of Rudolf Hess”

     5:30
SEE IT NOW—News Films

EVENING

     6:00
GENE AUTRY SHOW—Western

     6:30
YOUR PLAY TIME—Drama
“Counterplot”

     7:00
TOAST OF THE TOWN
Guests: Cast from “Arthur Godfrey’s Friends,” Gracie Fields, Smith and Dale, Hal LeRoy, Joe Howard, Will Oakland, Ford Choir, Frank Evans, Joe Sodja, Longfellow Tambourine Troubadours

     8:00
FRED WARING—Musical Show

     8:30
TIME TO SMILE—Variety

     9:00
THE WEB—Mystery Drama

     9:30
WHAT’S MY LINE?—Quiz
Host: John Daly. Panel: Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen

   10:00
STOCK CAR RACES

   10:30
“HIDDEN ENEMY”
MOVIE

   12:00
“STORMY WATERS”
MOVIE



5 WNBQ (NBC)

MORNING

     9:30
THE PULPIT—Religious Talk

     9:45
WHAT ONE PERSON CAN DO
Host: Fr. James Keller. Guests: Jerry Colonna and his wife

   10:00
SUN. FUNNIES—J. Conrad

   10:30
“TOMORROW’S YOUTH”
MOVIE
       
   11:30
LIVE AND LEARN—Discussion

AFTERNOON

   12:00
KIDS KARNIVAL KWIZ

   12:30
FRONTIERS OF FAITH—Talks

     1:00
HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?—Discussion & Movies

     1:30
AMER. FORUM OF THE AIR
Guests: Sen. John F. Kennedy (D., Mass) and Sen. William A. Purtell (R., Conn.)

     2:00
YOUTH WANTS TO KNOW

     2:30
HERE’S TO YOUR HEALTH

     3:00
KUKLA, FRAN & OLLIE—Fun

     3:30
ZOO PARADE—About Animals
Host: R. Marlin Perkins

     4:00
HALL OF FAME—Drama
“Scott’s Castle”

     4:30
SIGHTSEEING WITH SWAYZES
John Cameron Swayze and family

     4:45
WINDOW ON WASHINGTON

     5:00
MEET THE PRESS—Discussion
Guest: Sen. Robert A. Taft (R., Ohio)

     5:30
ROY ROGERS SHOW—Drama

EVENING

     6:00
RED SKELTON SHOW—Comedy

     6:30
MISTER PEEPERS—Comedy

     7:00
COMEDY HOUR—Variety
Host: Bob Hope. Guests: Rosemary Clooney, Randy Merriman, Bess Myerson

     8:00
TV PLAYHOUSE—Drama
“Her Prince Charming”

     9:00
THE DOCTOR—Film Drama

     9:30
BIG PICTURE—Army Film

   10:00
WEATHERMAN—Clint Youle

   10:10
DORSEY CONNORS—Ideas

   10:15
ALEX DREIER—News Report

   10:30
SPORTS STAR TIME—News

   11:00
“DARK ALIBI”
MOVIE



7 WBKB (ABC)

MORNING

     9:20
COMMERCIAL

     9:30
SADDLE & SAGE—Western

   10:30
“WATER RUSTLERS”
MOVIE

   11:00
TOOTSIE HIPPODROME
       
   11:30
FAITH FOR TODAY—Religious

AFTERNOON

   12:00
FREE FOR ALL—Talk

   12:30
AMATEUR HOUR—Talent

     1:30
WILD BILL HICKOK—Western

     2:00
CISCO KID—Western Movie

     2:30
ADVENTURES OF KIT CARSON

     3:00
TO BE ANNOUNCED

     3:30
BOB ATCHER SHOW—Kids Fun

     4:00
SUPER CIRCUS—Big Top Fun

     5:00
RANGE RIDER—Western

     5:30
WALTER WINCHELL—Gossip

     5:45
ORCHID AWARD—Musical

EVENING

     6:00
YOU ASKED FOR IT—Requests

     6:30
PLYMOUTH PLAYHOUSE
“Baby and Me”

     7:00
THE RUGGLES—Comedy

     7:30
TALENT PATROL—Variety

     8:00
MARCH OF TIME—Film

     8:30
ASK THE MAN—News, Sports

     9:00
BILLY GRAHAM—Religious

     9:15
QUEST FOR SERENITY—Talk

     9:30
BOTH SIDES—Discussion
Guests: Sen. Guy M. Gillette (D., Ia), Sen. Mike Mansfield (D., Montana)

   10:00
PAUL HARVEY—News

   10:15
TOM DUGGAN—Sports Report

   10:30
WRESTLING FROM RINGSIDE

   11:50
COMMERCIAL



9 WGN (DUMONT)

MORNING

     9:45
MORNING MOVIE TIME—Film
“Off Shore Raceway”

   10:00
“JAMAICA INN”
MOVIE
       
   11:30
ADVENTURE THEATER—Film
“Fighting Devil Dogs” part one

AFTERNOON

   12:00
“PAROLED TO DIE”
MOVIE

     1:00
BATTING PRACTICE—Creighton

     1:10
LEAD OFF MAN—Vince Lloyd

     1:30
BASEBALL—Sox vs. Boston
Doubleheader from Chicago

     2:30
FILM SHORT

     3:45
TENTH INNING—Interviews

EVENING

     6:00
TV SHOWCASE—Film

     6:15
MOVIE—Title to be announced

     7:30
BIG PICTURE—Korean Film

     8:00
ROCKY KING—Roscoe Karns

     8:30
PLAINCLOTHESMAN—Drama

     9:00
WHAT’S YOUR BID?—Sale

     9:30
MEET YOUR CONGRESS

   10:00
“OPERATION HAYLIFT”
MOVIE

   11:30
NEWS—Les Nichols

   11:45
HEALTH AIDS—Commercial


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7 comments:

  1. 1953 'Infomercials' before sign-off pon channels 7 and 9?

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    1. 1953 'informercials' all week long, on every station.
      In early TV, this was commonplace; this is how the stations filled blank spaces in the schedules - if your company could fill the whole half-hour with a product pitch, and had the cash to pay for the time, go for it!

      Saturday morning at 9:30, Channel 4 has a half-hour COMMERCIAL for Charles Antell's line of hair products, whose high lanolin content was responsible for the 'hair-helmet' look that prevailed during the '50s.
      I guess you have to be At Least My Age*tm to remember when 'shows' like these were omnipresent in early '50s TV - and we were the least surprised when they made a big comeback when 24/7 TV came along later on.

      More later …

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  2. When was such advertising banned, before the 'modern age' of infomercials?

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    1. When was such advertising banned … ?

      Quick and easy answer:
      NEVER.

      'Infomercials' have always been with us in one form or another.
      There were periods when they were pushed farther back into fringe time, as that part of the broadcast day gradually increased in duration (see 24/7, above).

      If you didn't see them for a while, attribute that to your getting a normal night's sleep most of the time.

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  3. The adrenaline junkie who prefers to start their day at the top of an incline and cruise down while getting air over drop offs and other various terrain would benefit the most from a full-face helmet. mountain bike helmets

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  4. "TIME TO SMILE" was a brief series Bristol-Myers sponsored on CBS [they pushed Ipana toothpaste on the show] during the first half of 1953 on Sundays at 9:30pm(et). Ken Murray and Alan Young appeared on alternate weeks.

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