October 19, 2020

What's on TV? Sunday, October 18, 1953



After mentioning in Saturday's review that Sunday was probably the most interesting day in this TV week, I figured we might as well take a look at the entire day's schedule. And we're doing it with not one, but two Milwaukee channels added to the Chicago lineup. WTMJ has been joined by CBS affiliate WCAN, which began broadcasting just one month before, on September 6. As you can see, it doesn't have every CBS program on the schedule, but it will carry a very important one: according to the always-reliable Wikipedia, WCAN will be the only CBS affiliate in Wisconsin to air Edward R. Murrow's See It Now exposé of Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy on March 9, 1954. Nothing so dramatic today, but a good lineup nonetheless.

 
2 WBBM (CBS)
 
     9:00
LAMP UNTO MY FEET
 
   10:00
THEATER—Films
“Never Laugh At A Lady” and “The Housekeeper”
       
   11:00
“TRANSATLANTIC MERRY-GO ROUND”
MOVIE
 
   12:00
FRANK REYNOLDS—News
 
   12:15
YOUR FUTURE HOME—Ideas
 
   12:30
“INQUEST”
MOVIE
 
     1:30
MOVIE—Title Not Available
 
     2:30
AMOS N’ ANDY—Comedy
 
     3:00
JUVENILE JURY
 
     3:30
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
 
     4:00
OMNIBUS
“King Lear”
 
     5:30
YOU ARE THERE—Drama
“The Death of Cleopatra”
 
     6:00
QUIZ KIDS—Joe Kelly
Guest: Eleanor Roosevelt
 
     6:30
PRIVATE SECRETARY
 
     7:00
TOAST OF THE TOWN
100th Anniversary of the Steinway Company. Guests: David Wayne, John Forsythe, Ralph Meeker, Grace Kelly
 
     8:00
FRED WARING—Music
 
     8:30
MAN BEHIND THE BADGE
 
     9:00
THE WEB—Drama
 
     9:30
WHAT’S MY LINE—Quiz
Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Steve Allen. John Daly
 
   10:00
“ATLANTIC CITY”
MOVIE
 
   11:15
MOVIE—Title Not Available
 
   12:00
“ODETTE”
MOVIE
 
 
 
 4  WTMJ (Milwaukee) (NBC)
 
     9:00
Program Not Available
 
     9:30
THIS IS THE LIFE—Drama
 
   10:00
CHURCH SERVICES
 
   11:00
HANK THE HANDYMAN
       
   11:15
ADELE ARTINIAN PRESENTS
 
   11:30
ART WHITFIELD—Comics
 
   12:00
ROY ROGERS—Western
 
     1:30
NAME’S THE SAME—Panel
Emcee Robert Q. Lewis with Joan Alexander, Bill Stern
 
     2:00
PRIDE OF THE FAMILY
 
     2:30
THE GRENADIERS—Variety
 
     3:30
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
 
     4:00
HALL OF FAME
“McCoy of Abilene”
 
     5:00
MEET THE PRESS
 
     5:30
YOU ASKED FOR IT—Requests
 
     6:00
HELLO NEIGHBOR THEATRE
 
     6:30
MR. PEEPERS—Comedy
 
     7:00
COMEDY HOUR
Host: Eddie Cantor. Guests: Jack Benny, Eddie Fisher, Connie Russell
 
     8:00
TV PLAYHOUSE—Drama
 
     9:00
LETTER TO LORETTA
 
     9:30
PAUL SKINNER—News
 
   10:00
“MAN TRAP”
MOVIE
 
   11:00
PLAINCLOTHESMAN
 
   11:30
ROCKY KING—Film Drama
 
   11:50
NEWS
 
   12:05
DOLLAR A SECOND—Game
 
 
 
5 WNBQ (NBC)
 
     9:00
BIBLE TIME--Stories
 
     9:30
THE PULPIT—Religious Talk
 
     9:45
RELIGIOUS FILM
 
   10:00
SUNDAY FUNNIES
 
   10:15
MAGIC CLOWN—For Kids
 
   10:30
LIVE AND LEARN—Discussion
       
   11:00
“CHECK YOUR GUNS”
MOVIE
 
   12:00
KIDS’ KARNIVAL KWIZ
 
   12:30
CATHOLIC HOUR
 
     1:00
JOHN OTT—Gardens
 
     1:30
AMERICAN FORUM
 
     2:00
CHANNEL 11 PROGRAM
 
     2:30
EXCURSION
Guest: Herbert Hoover
 
     3:00
KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE
 
     3:30
ZOO PARADE—About Animals
 
     4:00
HALL OF FAME
“McCoy of Abilene”
 
     5:00
MEET THE PRESS
 
     5:30
ROY ROGERS SHOW—Drama
 
     6:00
PAUL WINCHELL SHOW
Guest: Brian Aherne
 
     6:30
MR. PEEPERS—Comedy
 
     7:00
COMEDY HOUR
Host: Eddie Cantor. Guests: Jack Benny, Eddie Fisher, Connie Russell
 
     8:00
TV PLAYHOUSE—Drama
 
     9:00
LETTER TO LORETTA
 
     9:30
VICTORY AT SEA—Documentary
 
   10:00
“VACATION DAYS”
MOVIE
 
   10:10
DORSEY CONNORS—Ideas
 
   10:15
ALEX DREIER—News
 
   10:30
NORMAN BARRY—Sports
 
 
 
7 WBKB (ABC)
 
     9:00
“COWBOY RANGER”
MOVIE—Western (Cut to ½ hour)
 
     9:30
“CITY OF SILENT MEN”
MOVIE
 
   10:00
“DAWN EXPRESS”
MOVIE
       
   11:00
“FIGHTING STRAIN”
MOVIE—(Cut to ½ hour)
 
   11:30
FAITH FOR TODAY—Religious
 
   12:00
JOHNNY JUPITER—Puppets
 
   12:30
AMATEUR HORM—Talent
Bob Murphy is emcee
 
     1:30
WILD BILL HICKOK—Western
 
     2:00
CISCO KID—Western Film
 
     2:30
“LARAMIE KID”
MOVIE
 
     3:00
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT
 
     3:30
BOB ATCHER SHOW—Kids
 
     4:00
SUPER CIRCUS—Big Top Fun
 
     5:00
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
 
     5:30
GEORGE JESSEL SHOW
 
     6:00
YOU ASKED FOR IT—Requests
 
     6:30
FRANK LEAHY SHOW
 
     6:45
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Pittsburgh vs. Notre Dame
 
     7:00
PRESS CONFERENCE—Debate
 
     8:00
WALTER WINCHELL—News
 
     8:15
ORCHID AWARD—Musical
Guests: The Ames Brothers
 
     8:30
JUKE BOX JURY
 
     9:30
BILLY GRAHAM—Evangelist
 
     9:45
SALLY STEWART
 
   10:00
“THE LONG NIGHT”
MOVIE
 
   11:50
COMMERCIAL—Film
 
   12:00
“WHEN THE LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN”
MOVIE
 
     1:30
ULMER TURNER—News
 
 
 
9 WGN (DuMONT)
 
     9:45
RELIGIOUS FILM
 
   11:30
SERIAL FILM
“Painted Stallion” part 1
 
   12:00
“LONESOME TRAIL”
MOVIE
 
     1:00
“LAND OF THE LAWLESS”
MOVIE
 
     2:00
‘TOO MANY WINNERS”
MOVIE
 
     3:00
“THE PRETENDER”
MOVIE
 
     4:00
“DANGEROUS MILLIONS”
MOVIE
 
     5:00
COLONEL FLACK
 
     5:30
WHAT’S THE ANSWER?--Quiz
 
     6:00
“LIGHTHOUSE”
MOVIE
 
     7:30
FAITH OF OUR FATHERS
 
     8:00
ROCKY KING—Film Drama
 
     8:30
PLAINCLOTHESMAN
 
     9:00
DOLLAR A SECOND—Quiz
 
     9:30
ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATER
“The Peabodys”
 
   10:00
“WINGS OF DANGER”
MOVIE—(1st Showing)
 
   11:30
LES NICHOLS—News
 
   11:45
WEATHER, SPORTS
 
 
 
25 WCAN (Milwaukee) (CBS)
 
     9:30
NEWS AND TEST PATTERN
       
   11:00
NEWS AND TEST PATTERN
 
   12:00
NEWS AND TEST PATTERN
 
     1:00
NEWS AND TEST PATTERN
 
     2:00
NEWS AND TEST PATTERN
 
     3:00
NEWS AND TEST PATTERN
 
     4:00
LAMP UNTO MY FEET—Talks
 
     4:30
MAN OF THE WEEK—Talk
 
     5:00
NEWS AND TEST PATTERN
 
     5:30
YOU ARE THERE—Drama
“The Death of Cleopatra”
 
     6:30
PRIVATE SECRETARY
 
     7:00
MOVIE—Title Not Available
 
     8:00
FRED WARING—Music
 
     8:30
Program Not Available
 
     9:00
THE WEB—Drama
 
     9:30
Program Not Available
 
   10:00
HAL WALKER—Sports
 
   10:05
DR. A.A. SUPPAN—News
 
   10:10
MARY JANE JUNG—Weather
 
   10:15
Program Not Available
 
   10:30
MOVIE—Tritle Not Available
TV  

4 comments:

  1. LAMP UNTO MY FEET was on for years Sunday morning. Still love the black and white WHAT'S MY LINE! VICTORY AT SEA: classic score by Richard Rodgers.

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    1. What's My Line? is one of my all-time favorites...
      https://www.itsabouttv.com/2013/09/mitchells-top-ten-5-whats-my-line.html

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  2. Is that the same Frank Reynolds who'd anchor the ABC nightly news 20 years later?

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