August 24, 2020

What's on TV? Tuesday, August 25, 1959

Let's see: what do we have this week? Well, you might notice that the anchor of the CBS evening news this week is Ron Cochran, and if you're an eagle-eyed reader, you'll probably recognize him more for his time as anchor of the ABC evening news. He's with CBS until 1963, and in fact he'll be the host of the network's Armstrong Circle Theatre in 1961 and 1962, as was Douglas Edwards before him. See, network anchors have to find a way to make ends meet, just like the rest of us.

The rest of the day is pretty ordinary, but I'm sure you'll find your favorites anyway. The listings come from the Minnesota State Edition.




 2  KTCA (Educ.)

     EVENING    

    6:15
A NUMBER OF THINGS

    6:30
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR

    7:00
INTENT OF ART—Education

    7:30
20TH CENTURY REVOLUTIONS

    8:00
PSYCHOLOGY ONE—Education

    8:30
EASTERN WISDOM AND ART

    9:00
THE TEEN-AGER—Education

    9:30
YOUNG U.S.A.—Education

  10:00
SURVIVAL IN THE SEA

  10:30
RELIGIONS OF MAN—Education



 3  KDAL (DULUTH) (CBS)

    MORNING   

    8:00
NEWS—Blair Clark

    8:15
CAPTAIN KANGAROO

    9:00
ON THE GO—Jack Linkletter

    9:30
SAM LEVENSON

  10:00
I LOVE LUCY

  10:30
TOP DOLLAR—Quiz

  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE

  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS—Walter Cronkite

  12:05
TOWN AND COUNTRY—Becker

  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial

    1:00
FOR BETTER OR WORSE—Dr. James Peterson

    1:30
HOUSE PARTY

    2:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz

    2:30
VERDICT IS YOURS

    3:00
BRIGHTER DAY

    3:15
SECRET STORM

    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT

    4:00
TV HOUR OF STARS—Drama

    5:00
AFRICAN PATROL—Adventure

    5:30
ADVENTURE TIME—Kids

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:15
NEWS—Cochran

    6:30
WOODY WOODPECKER—Cartoons

    7:00
WANTED—DEAD OR ALIVE

    7:30
WYATT EARP

    8:00
RIFLEMAN—Western

    8:30
SPOTLIGHT PLAYHOUSE
“Switch Station”

    9:00
ANDY WILLIAMS
Guests: Peggy King, Dick Van Dyke, the Hi-Lo’s

  10:00
NEWS

  10:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Black Narcissus” (English; 1947)



 3  KGLO (MASON CITY) (CBS)

    MORNING   

    8:00
NEWS—Blair Clark

    8:15
CAPTAIN KANGAROO

    9:00
MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy

    9:30
SAM LEVENSON

  10:00
I LOVE LUCY

  10:30
TOP DOLLAR—Quiz

  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE

  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS

  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial

    1:00
FOR BETTER OR WORSE—Dr. James Peterson

    1:30
HOUSE PARTY

    2:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz

    2:30
VERDICT IS YOURS

    3:00
BRIGHTER DAY

    3:15
SECRET STORM

    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT

    4:00
BOB CAVANAUGH—Variety

    5:00
BART’S CLUBHOUSE—Kids

    5:45
NEWS, MARKETS, WEATHER

     EVENING    

    6:15
NEWS—Cochran

    6:30
FRONTIER DOCTOR—Western

    7:00
TEXAN—Western

    7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Guest panelist: Ralph Bellamy. Bud Collyer is emcee

    8:00
ADVENTURE SHOWCASE—Drama
“Return to Guam”

    8:30
SPOTLIGHT PLAYHOUSE
“Switch Station”

    9:00
ANDY WILLIAMS
Guests: Peggy King, Dick Van Dyke, the Hi-Lo’s

  10:00
NEWS

  10:30
AFTER DARK—Cavanaugh



 4  WCCO (CBS)

    MORNING   

    7:00
CAROONS—Siegfried

    8:00
NEWS—Blair Clark

    8:15
CAPTAIN KANGAROO

    9:00
REUBEN K. YOUNGDAHL

    9:15
NEWS—WHAT’S NEW?

    9:30
SAM LEVENSON

  10:00
I LOVE LUCY

  10:30
TOP DOLLAR—Quiz

  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE

  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS

  12:15
TAKE FIVE—Cedric Adams

  12:20
WEATHER—Kraehling

  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial

    1:00
FOR BETTER OR WORSE—Dr. James Peterson

    1:30
HOUSE PARTY

    2:00
RANDY MERRIMAN—Variety

    2:30
VERDICT IS YOURS

    3:00
BRIGHTER DAY

    3:15
SECRET STORM

    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT

    4:00
AROUND THE TOWN—Haeberle

    4:30
COMMODORE CAPPY—Kids

    5:00
AXEL AND DOG—Clellan Card

    5:30
POPEYE CLUBHOUSE—Kids

    5:55
SPORTS, WEATHER

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:15
NEWS—Cochran

    6:30
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND—Cartoons

    7:00
RESCUE 8—Adventure

    7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Guest panelist: Ralph Bellamy. Bud Collyer is emcee

    8:00
ADVENTURE SHOWCASE—Drama
“Return to Guam”

    8:30
SPOTLIGHT PLAYHOUSE
“Switch Station”

    9:00
ANDY WILLIAMS
Guests: Peggy King, Dick Van Dyke, the Hi-Lo’s

  10:00
NEWS

  10:30
NIGHT COURT—Drama

  11:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“A Bedtime Story” (1933)



 5  KSTP (NBC)

    MORNING   

    6:30
DAVID STONE—Variety

    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
Guests: Max Shulman, Lt. Col. Daniel Raskin

    9:00
DOUGH RE MI

    9:30
TREASURE HUNT

  10:00
PRICE IS RIGHT

  10:30
CONCENTRATION

  11:00
TIC TAC DOUGH

  11:30
IT COULD BE YOU

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS

  12:20
TREASURE CHEST—Quiz

    1:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY

    1:30
BLONDIE—Comedy

    2:00
YOUNG DR. MALONE

    2:30
FROM THESE ROOTS

    3:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz  COLOR 

    3:30
COUNTY FAIR—Parks

    4:00
PEOPLE’S CHOICE—Comedy

    4:30
MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy

    5:00
SHERWOOD FOREST—Adventure

    5:45
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:20
YOU SHOULD KNOW—Quiz

    6:30
NORTHWEST PASSAGE  COLOR 

    7:00
BACK TO SCHOOL  SPECIAL 
“Steve Canyon” and “The Jimmie Rodgers Show” will not be seen tonight

    8:00
FANFARE—Drama

    8:30
BOB CUMMINGS

    9:00
DAVID NIVEN—Drama
“The Last Room”

    9:30
STATE TROOPER—Police

  10:00
NEWS

  10:30
HARBOR COMMAND—Police

  11:00
JACK PAAR—Variety
Guests: Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Lee Simkins, Charley Weaver

  12:00
NEWS—Roger Krupp

  12:05
JANET DEAN—Drama



 6  WDSM (DULUTH) (NBC)

    MORNING   

    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
Guests: Max Shulman, Lt. Col. Daniel Raskin

    9:00
DOUGH RE MI

    9:30
TREASURE HUNT

  10:00
PRICE IS RIGHT

  10:30
CONCENTRATION

  11:00
TIC TAC DOUGH

  11:30
IT COULD BE YOU

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS

  12:05
MOVIE—Musical
“My Wild Irish Rose” (1947) part 1

    1:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY

    1:30
BLONDIE—Comedy

    2:00
YOUNG DR. MALONE

    2:30
FROM THESE ROOTS

    3:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz  COLOR 

    3:30
COUNTY FAIR—Parks

    4:00
CAPTAIN Q. AND POPEYE—Kids

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:15
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley

    6:30
COLT .45—Western

    7:00
BACK TO SCHOOL  SPECIAL 
“Steve Canyon” and “The Jimmie Rodgers Show” will not be seen tonight

    8:00
FANFARE—Drama

    8:30
BOB CUMMINGS

    9:00
DAVID NIVEN—Drama
“The Last Room”

    9:30
FLIGHT—Drama

  10:00
NEWS

  10:15
MACKENZIE’S RAIDERS

  10:45
SPORTS

  11:00
JACK PAAR—Variety
Guests: Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Lee Simkins, Charley Weaver



 6  KMMT (AUSTIN) (ABC)

    MORNING   

  11:00
THIS IS THE LIFE—Religion

  11:30
CARTOON CARNIVAL—Kids

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
ACROSS THE BOARD—Game

  12:30
PANTOMIME QUIZ—Stokey
Guests: Sid Gould, Patricia Marrand, Jeff Donnell, Keefe Brasselle

    1:00
MUSIC BINGO—Quiz

    1:30
NEWS, WEATHER

    1:40
MATINEE WITH MARGE

    2:00
DAY IN COURT—Drama

    2:30
GALE STORM—Comedy

    3:00
BEAT THE CLOCK—Games

    3:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?—Quiz

    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
Guest: Judy Scott

    5:30
ADVENTURE TIME—Kids

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:15
NEWS—John Daly

    6:30
CHEYENNE—Western

    7:30
WYATT EARP

    8:00
RIFLEMAN—Western

    8:30
NAKED CITY—Police

    9:00
ALCOA PRESENTS
“The Burning Room”

    9:30
WINDO—Game

  10:00
NEWS

  10:30
MOVIE—Western
“I Shot Billy the Kid”

  11:45
NEWS



 8  WKBT (LA CROSSE) (CBS)

    MORNING   

  10:00
I LOVE LUCY

  10:30
TOP DOLLAR—Quiz

  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE

  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial

  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS—Walter Cronkite

  12:05
MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY

  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial

    1:00
FOR BETTER OR WORSE—Dr. James Peterson

    1:30
HOUSE PARTY

    2:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz

    2:30
VERDICT IS YOURS

    3:00
BRIGHTER DAY

    3:15
SECRET STORM

    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT

    4:00
MOVIE—Western
“Eyes of Texas” (1948)

    5:00
FLIGHT—Drama

    5:30
NAVY LOG—Drama

     EVENING    

    6:00
FARM DIGEST

    6:05
SPORTS, NEWS, WEATHER

    6:15
NEWS—Cochran

    6:30
COULEE CROSSROADS

    7:00
RIFLEMAN—Western

    7:30
WYATT EARP

    8:00
ADVENTURE SHOWCASE—Drama
“Return to Guam”

    8:30
UNION PACIFIC—Adventure

    9:00
ANDY WILLIAMS
Guests: Peggy King, Dick Van Dyke, the Hi-Lo’s

  10:00
NEWS

  10:25
SAM SNEAD SHOW—Golf

  10:30
TARGET—Adolphe Menjou

  11:00
MOVIE—Drama
“99 River Street” (1953)



 9  KMSP (Ind.)

    MORNING   

  11:55
CHAPEL OF THE AIR—Religion

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
KARTOONTIME—Pegge and Dave

    1:30
JOHN NESBITT—Drama

    2:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Reno” (1939)

    3:30
MR. AND MRS. NORTH—Mystery

    4:00
TV READER’S DIGEST—Drama

    4:30
I MARRIED JOAN—Comedy

    5:00
SUSIE—Comedy

    5:30
OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy

     EVENING    

    6:00
LOONEY TUNERS CLUB—Lee

    6:30
JET JACKSON—Adventure

    7:00
MAN WITHOUT A GUN—Western

    7:30
BISHOP SHEEN
“Cure for Selfishness”

    8:00
WRESTLING—Minneapolis

    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Sky Giant” (1938)

  10:40
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER

  10:55
MIKE WALLACE—Interview
Guest: Maureen Stapleton

  11:25
MOVIE—Mystery
“The Power of the Whistler” (1945)



10 KROC (ROCHESTER) (NBC)

    MORNING   

    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
Guests: Max Shulman, Lt. Col. Daniel Raskin

    9:00
DOUGH RE MI

    9:30
TREASURE HUNT

  10:00
PRICE IS RIGHT

  10:30
CONCENTRATION

  11:00
TIC TAC DOUGH

  11:30
IT COULD BE YOU

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
NEWS

  12:15
CHANNEL 10 CALLING

  12:30
CHRISTOPHERS—Religion

    1:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY

    1:30
BLONDIE—Comedy

    2:00
YOUNG DR. MALONE

    2:30
FROM THESE ROOTS

    3:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz  COLOR 

    3:30
COUNTY FAIR—Parks

    4:00
WHAT’S NEW?—Don Perry

    4:30
FILM FEATURE

    5:00
TEXAS RANGERS—Western

    5:30
WOODY WOODPECKER—Cartoons

     EVENING    

    6:00
NEWS

    6:15
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley

    6:30
NORTHWEST PASSAGE  COLOR 

    7:00
BACK TO SCHOOL  SPECIAL 
“Steve Canyon” and “The Jimmie Rodgers Show” will not be seen tonight

    8:00
MEDIC—Drama

    8:30
BOB CUMMINGS

    9:00
DAVID NIVEN—Drama
“The Last Room”

    9:30
JOHN NESBITT—Drama

  10:00
NEWS

  10:30
JACK PAAR—Variety
Guests: Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Lee Simkins, Charley Weaver



11 WTCN (ABC)

    MORNING   

    8:30
FILM SHORT

    8:55
FARM NEWS—Stuart A. Lindman

    9:00
ROMPER ROOM—Miss Kay

  10:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Tiger in the Smoke” (English; 1956)

  11:40
MARK STEVENS

  11:45
NEWS, WEATHER

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
ACROSS THE BOARD—Game

  12:30
PANTOMIME QUIZ—Stokey
Guests: Sid Gould, Patricia Marrand, Jeff Donnell, Keefe Brasselle

    1:00
MUSIC BINGO—Quiz

    1:30
MARK STEVENS

    1:35
BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy

    2:00
DAY IN COURT—Drama

    2:30
GALE STORM—Comedy

    3:00
BEAT THE CLOCK—Games

    3:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?—Quiz

    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
Guest: Judy Scott

    5:00
CASEY JONES—Kids

    5:30
ADVENTURE TIME—Kids

     EVENING    

    6:00
UNION PACIFIC—Adventure

    6:30
CHEYENNE—Western

    7:30
WYATT EARP

    8:00
RIFLEMAN—Western

    8:30
NAKED CITY—Police

    9:00
ALCOA PRESENTS
“The Burning Room”

    9:30
NEWS, WEATHER

    9:50
MOVIE—Police
“The Big Shot” (1942)

  11:20
MARK STEVENS

  11:25
FINAL NEWS ROUNDUP

  11:30
I LED THREE LIVES—Carlson



13 WEAU (EAU CLAIRE) (NBC)

    MORNING   

    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
Guests: Max Shulman, Lt. Col. Daniel Raskin

    9:00
DOUGH RE MI

    9:30
TREASURE HUNT

  10:00
PRICE IS RIGHT

  10:30
CONCENTRATION

  11:00
TIC TAC DOUGH

  11:30
IT COULD BE YOU

  AFTERNOON 

  12:00
FILM FEATURE

  12:30
NEWS, MARKETS

  12:45
FILM SHORT

    1:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY

    1:30
BLONDIE—Comedy

    2:00
YOUNG DR. MALONE

    2:30
FROM THESE ROOTS

    3:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz  COLOR 

    3:30
COUNTY FAIR—Parks

    4:00
SERIAL THEATER—Kids

    4:30
CARTOONS—Kids

    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Adventures of a Rookie”

    5:45
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley

     EVENING    

    6:00
OUR LAND, OUR LIVING

    6:10
WEATHER, NEWS

    6:30
NORTHWEST PASSAGE  COLOR 

    7:00
STEVE CANYON—Adventure

    7:30
JIMMIE RODGERS—Variety

    8:00
WYATT EARP—Western

    8:30
BOB CUMMINGS

    9:00
ALCOA PRESENTS
“The Burning Room”

    9:30
FAVORITE STORY—Drama

  10:00
NEWS

  10:30
TARGET—Adolphe Menjou

  11:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Call Out the Marines” (1942)


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1 comment:

Thanks for writing! Drive safely!