October 5, 2020

What's on TV? Monday, October 9, 1961


As I've said many times before, you don't come here to listen to my problems, and yet you're going to listen to them, for a few minutes at least. If you're a regular reader, you've come to expect this feature around 7:00 CT every Monday. The explanation for the lateness of this post can be summed up in one word: Blogger. 

Those of you in the blogging business may be aware that the Blogger platform changed over the last month or so, and it's finally caught up here. The fonts, the graphics, everything I've come to depend on when doing this feature—none of them came over when I imported this week's listings. Between my daytime job and our recent move, I haven't exactly been rolling in free time, and to find out that a quick cut-and-paste job was no longer possible, at least at present, was tanamount to when I found out Santa Claus wasn't real. Well, maybe not that crushing, but let's concede that it's an inconvenient time to be battling with the new system. So when you tune in here next week at this time, you might find that I'm running behind again. Or you may discover that this blog is now being powered by WordPress, or something similar. But just because this little pleasure has been delayed, it's not denied, so enjoy this week's programming guide from Philadelphia.


 3  WRCV (NBC)

 MORNING

   5:50
FARM AND MARKET NEWS

   5:55
NEWS

   6:00
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM   COLOR 
Modern Algebra

   6:30
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM   COLOR 
American Government

   7:00
TODAY—John Chancellor
Guest: Paul Hoffman, Head of UN Special Fund

   9:00
LEE DEXTER—Children

   9:30
EXERCISE WITH GLORIA

   9:50
WHAT’S DOING—Bob Bradley

   9:55
NEWS—Bob Bradley

 10:00
SAY WHEN—Art James

 10:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Griffin   COLOR 

 11:00
THE PRICE IS RIGHT   COLOR 

 11:30
CONCENTRATION—Downs

 AFTERNOON

 12:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

 12:30
IT COULD BE YOU   COLOR 

 12:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer

  1:00
AWARD THEATER

  1:30
WORLD SERIES SPOTLIGHT   COLOR 

  1:45
WORLD SERIES   SPECIAL   COLOR 
Game 5: New York Yankees at Cincinnati Reds

  4:30
HERE’S HOLLYWOOD

  4:55
NEWS—Sander Vanocur

  5:00
KUKLA AND OLLIE—Tillstrom

  5:05
MOVIE—Drama
Five O'clock Show: "The Little Rebels" (French; 1955)

EVENING


  6:25
SPORTS—Jim Leaming   COLOR 

  6:30
LOCAL NEWS—Leonard   COLOR 

  6:40
WEATHER—Kinnan   COLOR 

  6:45
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley

  7:00
DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama

  7:30
PROFILE ‘61—Documentary

  8:00
NATIONAL VELVET—Drama

  8:30
PRICE IS RIGHT—Cullen   COLOR 

  9:00
87TH PRECINCT—Police

10:00
WESTINGHOUSE PRESENTS--Variety   SPECIAL  
Host: John Daly. Guests: Art Carney, Vic Damone, Gogi Grant, Pat Harrington, Mahalia Jackson, Andre Previn, Tony Randall, Dore Schary

11:00
NEWS—Vince Leonard   COLOR 

11:10
WEATHER—Kinnan   COLOR 

11:15
JACK PAAR—Variety   COLOR 

  1:00
FBI MOST WANTED

  1:05
UNION PACIFIC—Adventure

  1:35
SPEAK UP—Discussion   COLOR  

  2:05
NEWS 

  2:10
THOUGHT FOR TODAY



 6  WFIL (ABC)

 MORNING

  6:30
R.F.D.—Agriculture

  7:00
BREAKFAST TIME—Webber   COLOR 
Cartoons only will be in color

  7:30
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS

  7:45
MORGAN IN THE MORNING

  9:00
HAPPY THE CLOWN--Children

  9:30
TEXAN—-Western

10:00
LOVE THAT BOB!—Comedy

10:30
TRIANGLE THEATER—Drama

11:00
STUDIO SCHOOLHOUSE

11:15
UNIVERSITY OF THE AIR

AFTERNOON

12:00
CAMOUFLAGE

12:30
MAKE A FACE

  1:00
DAY IN COURT

  1:25
NEWS—Alex Dreier

  1:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?

  2:00
NUMBER PLEASE

  2:30
SEVEN KEYS

  3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY

  3:30
AMERICAN BANDSTAND

  4:50
AMERICAN NEWSSTAND—Roger Sharp

  5:00
POPEYE THEATER   COLOR 

  5:30
EVENING
  6:00

  6:55
  7:00
  7:10
  7:15
  7:30
  8:30
  9:00
10:00
11:00
11:10
11:20
11:25
11:30
YOGI BEAR—Cartoons

POPEYE THEATER--Starr   COLOR 
Cartoons only will be in color. 
CLUTCH CARGO   COLOR 
NEWS--Gunnar Back   COLOR 
WEATHER--Davis   COLOR 
NEWS--Bill Shadel
CHEYENNE
RIFLEMAN--Western
SURFSIDE 6
BEN CASEY
NEWS
NEWS--Gunnar Back   COLOR 
WEATHER--Davis   COLOR 
SPORTS   COLOR 
MOVIE--Adventure
World's Best Movies: "All Through the Night" (1941)





 8  WGAL (LANCASTER) (CBS, NBC)

MORNING

  5:55
NEWS 

  6:00
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM   COLOR 
Modern Algebra

  6:30
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM   COLOR 
American Government 

  7:00
TODAY--John Chancellor
Guest: Paul Hoffman, Head of UN Special Fund

  9:00
EXPLORING WITH SCIENCE

  9:15
CONCEPTS IN SCIENCE

  9:30
FUNNY MANNS—Cliff Norton

  9:40
KUKLA AND OLLIE—Tillstrom

  9:45
DEBBIE DRAKE—Exercises

10:00
SAY WHEN—Art James

10:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Griffin   COLOR 

11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT   COLOR 

11:30
CONCENTRATION—-Downs

AFTERNOON

12:00
NEWS—Nelson Sears

12:05
PERSONALITIES AND EVENTS

12:10
WEATHER—Anne Herr

12:15
TV FARMER

12:30
IT COULD BE YOU   COLOR 

12:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer

  1:00
CRUSADER—Drama

  1:30
WORLD SERIES SPOTLIGHT   COLOR 

  1:45
WORLD SERIES   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Game 5: New York Yankees at Cincinnati Reds

  4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial

  5:00
MIGHTY MOUSE—Cartoons

  5:30
LOONEY TUNES

  5:45
TEXAS RANGERS—Adventure

EVENING


  6:15
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS

  6:45
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley

  7:00
  7:30
  8:00
  8:30
  9:00
  9:30
10:00
11:00 
11:30
  1:00      
KING OF DIAMONDS
TO TELL THE TRUTH
PETE AND GLADYS
PRICE IS RIGHT—Cullen   COLOR 
DANNY THOMAS
ANDY GRIFFITH
WESTINGHOUSE PRESENTS
NEWS, SPORTS AND WEATHER   COLOR 
JACK PAAR—Variety   COLOR 
NEWS 

 


10 WCAU (CBS)

MORNING

  6:00
COLLEGE OF THE AIR
New Biology

  6:30
TELEVISION SEMINAR

  7:00
BILL BENNETT SHOW

  7:30
NEWS—Crane, Hart, Leslie

  7:45
PIXANNE—Children

  8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO--Children

  9:00
GENE LONDON—Children

  9:50
NEWS—Bob Collier

10:00
CALENDAR—Harry Reasoner

10:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy

11:00
VIDEO VILLAGE—Hall

11:30
YOUR SURPRISE PACKAGE

11:55
NEWS—Harry Reasoner

AFTERNOON

12:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial

12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW

12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial

  1:00
NEWS—Jack Whitaker

  1:05
BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy

  1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS

  2:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Guests: Chuck Conners, Arlene Francis

  2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter

  3:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama

  3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS—Drama

  3:55
NEWS—Charles Collingwood

  4:00
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial

  4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial

  4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT

  5:00
HIGHWAY PATROL—Police

  5:30
MOVIE—Drama
Early Show: "Where Danger Lives" (1950)

EVENING


  7:00
NEWS—John Facenda

  7:05
COMMENTARY—Charles Shaw

  7:10
WEATHER—Herb Clarke

  7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH

  8:00
PETE AND GLADYS

  8:30
WINDOW ON MAIN STREET—Drama

  9:00
DANNY THOMAS

  9:30
ANDY GRIFFITH

10:00
HENNESEY—Comedy

10:30
I’VE GOT A SECRET

11:00
NEWS—John Facenda

11:10
WEATHER—Jack Whitaker

11:15
MOVIE—Mystery
Late Show: "The Mad Doctor" (1941)

  1:00
MOVIE—Comedy
Time approximate. Late, Late Show: "Madame Racketeer" (1932) 

  2:25
NEWS

  2:30
GIVE US THIS DAY—Religion

TV  

2 comments:

  1. Regarding your "recent move" ...
    I take it that this means you're not at the old Minneapolis address - the one I sent those packages to you at, a while back?
    Funny thing - just the other day I sent another such package to you at that old address.
    Here's hoping you left a forwarding address for your new abode; there's some really good stuff in the new package, and I'd hate for you to miss any of it ...
    ... and I'd really hate for it to get lost in the mail ...

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    1. Yup, don't worry - the post office has the forwarding address in hand! Really looking forward to seeing what's coming - those are always like Christmas! I'll send you the new address via email.

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