November 16, 2020

What's on TV? Tuesday, November 14, 1972



There's something particularly enjoyable about today's programming. It's not just the notables—for instance, Bonanza's ill-fated move to Tuesdays, which culminates in the show's cancellation after 14 seasons, or the premiere of America, which we discussed on Saturday, or the debut on WNET of Coronation Street, the beloved British soap that dates back to 1960, and is still on today. (I wonder at what point they picked it up?) But, let's face it, Saturday's articlFlorese was a little grim, wasn't it? So it's only proper that we try to find something fun in this issue. Take channel 3 at 6:20 a.m.—Making of a Jew. Well, when a male Jew loves a female Jew very much . . . On channel 4's Not for Women Only at 9:00 a.m., opera great Anna Moffo discusses acupuncture. At 7:30 p.m., channel 6 has Hess department store's annual Chrismas Toy Show, which has to be one of the first holiday specials of the season. And Dick Cavett's guests tonight include professors Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally, discussing the origins of Dracula. Might have been better to have on before Halloween, but better late than never, right?

 
 2  WCBS (NYC) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:20
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    6:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
20th-Century American Art
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—John Hart
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
JOHN BARTHOLOMEW TUCKER
 
  10:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
  10:30
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:00
GAMBIT—Game
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
WHERE THE HEART IS
 
  12:25
CBS NEWS—Edwards
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    1:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
 
    3:30
SECRET STORM
 
    4:00
FAMILY AFFAIR
 
    4:30
MIKE DOUGLAS
Co-host: Wayne Newton. Guests: Dorothy Lamour, Bobby Vinton, Dave Barry
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:30
I’VE GOT A SECRET
Guest: Charles Nelson Reilly. Panel: Pat Carroll, Richard Dawson, Nanette Fabray, Gene Rayburn
 
    8:00
MAUDE
 
    8:30
HAWAII FIVE-O
 
    9:30
MOVIE—Crime Drama
“The Strangers in 7A” (Made-for-TV; 1972)
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Comedy-Drama
“The Priest’s Wife” (Italian; 1971)
 
    1:30
MOVIE—Western
“Rancho Notorious” (1952)
 
    3:20
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“South Sea Sinner” (1950)
 
 
 
 3  KYW (PHILA) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:10
FARM MARKET REPORT
 
    6:15
NEWS
 
    6:20
MAKING OF A JEW
 
    6:50
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
 
    7:00
TODAY
 
    9:00
SOMERSET
 
    9:30
JEOPARDY
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE
Guest: Barbara Walters
 
  10:30
CONCENTRATION
 
  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
Edie Adams, Arte Johnson, Rose Marie, Martin Milner, Jan Murray, Jo Anne Pflug, Hugh O’Brian, Wally Cox, Paul Lynde
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
McLEAN
 
    1:30
THREE ON A MATCH—Game
 
    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    2:30
DOCTORS
 
    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD
 
    3:30
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
 
    4:00
MIKE DOUGLAS
Co-host: Jackie Gleason. Guests: Side Caesar, Fran Jeffries, Timmie Rogers, Taffy Truedall and his trick bear Victor
 
    5:30
NEWSWATCH
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
    7:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Panel: Alan Alda, Arlene Francis, Soupy Sales, Dana Valery
 
    7:30
ADVENTURER—Drama
 
    8:00
BONANZA
 
    9:00
BOLD ONES
 
  10:00
AMERICA—Documentary
Debut: Part I: “The New Found Land”
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON
From New York: Guests: Phyllis Newman, Bobby Goldsboro
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
    1:05
HIGHWAY PATROL BW 
 
 
 
 4  WNBC (NYC) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
THE RIGHT TO
 
    7:00
TODAY
 
    9:00
NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
Guest: Anna Moffo
 
    9:30
WATCH YOUR CHILD
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE
Guest: Barbara Walters
 
  10:30
CONCENTRATION
 
  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
Edie Adams, Arte Johnson, Rose Marie, Martin Milner, Jan Murray, Jo Anne Pflug, Hugh O’Brian, Wally Cox, Paul Lynde
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
JEOPARDY
 
  12:30
WHO, WHAT OR WHERE—Game
 
  12:55
NBC NEWS—Floyd Kalber
 
    1:00
IT’S YOUR BET
 
    1:30
THREE ON A MATCH—Game
 
    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    2:30
DOCTORS
 
    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD
 
    3:30
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
 
    4:00
SOMERSET
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“Promise Her Anything” (1966)
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    7:00
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
    7:30
WAIT TILL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME
 
    8:00
BONANZA
 
    9:00
BOLD ONES
 
  10:00
AMERICA—Documentary
Debut: Part I: “The New Found Land”
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON
From New York: Guests: Phyllis Newman, Bobby Goldsboro
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
    1:15
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Wing and a Prayer” (1944)
 
 
 
 5  WNEW (NYC) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
NEW ZOO REVUE
 
    7:00
UNDERDOG
 
    7:30
FLINTSTONES
 
    8:00
SUPER HEROES
 
    8:30
BUGS BUNNY
 
    9:00
FLYING NUN—Comedy
 
    9:30
MOTHERS-IN-LAW—Comedy
 
  10:00
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW 
 
  10:30
HAZEL—Comedy BW 
 
  11:00
ANDY GRIFITH—Comedy
 
  11:30
MIDDAY LIVE
Guest: Rod McKuen
 
AFTERNOON
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Song of Surrender” (1949)
 
    3:00
CASPER—Cartoons
 
    3:30
BUGS BUNNY
 
    4:00
SUPER HEROES
 
    4:30
DENNIS THE MENACE—Comedy BW 
 
    5:00
FLINTSTONES
 
    5:30
PETTICOAT JUNCTION—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
FLINTSTONES
 
    6:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW 
 
    7:00
ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy BW 
 
    7:30
THAT GIRL—Comedy
 
    8:00
HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
 
    8:30
MERV GRIFFIN
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  11:00
ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama BW 
 
  11:30
OUTER LIMITS—Science Fiction BW 
 
  12:30
ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama BW 
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Madame Butterfly” (1932)
 
    3:05
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Song of Surrender” (1949)
 
    4:55
COMBAT—Drama BW 
 
    5:55
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
 
 
 6  WPVI (PHILA) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
OPERATION ALPHABET BW 
 
    6:30
TARGET—Interview
 
    6:55
NEWS
 
    7:00
TENNESSEE TUXEDO
 
    7:30
CAPTAIN NOAH
 
    9:00
LUCILLE RIVERS—Sewing
 
    9:10
CONNIE ROUSSIN
 
    9:25
NEWS
 
    9:30
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
 
  10:00
PHIL DONAHUE
Guest: Margaret Mead
 
  11:00
PASSWORD
Bill Bixby, Lynda Day George
 
  11:30
BEWITCHED
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
SPLIT SECOND—Game
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
DATING GAME
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
 
    4:00
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW 
 
    4:30
BIG VALLEY—Western
 
    5:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Smith/Reasoner
 
    7:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panel: Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen
 
    7:30
HOLIDAY SPECIAL
Special: Hess Christmas Toy Show
 
    8:00
TEMPERATURES RISING—Comedy
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Thriller
“The Victim” (Made-for-TV; 1972)
 
  10:00
MARCUS WELBY, M.D.
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
DICK CAVETT
Guests: Profs. Radu Floescu and Raymond McNally, Melba Moore
 
    1:00
TARGET
 
 
 
 7  WABC (NYC) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
 
 
    6:30
LISTEN AND LEARN
 
    7:00
A.M. NEW YORK
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“In the French Style” (1963)
 
  11:30
BEWITCHED
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
PASSWORD
Bill Bixby, Lynda Day George
 
  12:30
SPLIT SECOND—Game
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
DATING GAME
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
 
    4:00
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Raintree County” (1967) part 1
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    7:00
ABC NEWS—Smith/Reasoner
 
    7:30
SAFARI TO ADVENTURE
 
    8:00
TEMPERATURES RISING—Comedy
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Thriller
“The Victim” (Made-for-TV; 1972)
 
  10:00
MARCUS WELBY, M.D.
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
DICK CAVETT
Guests: Profs. Radu Floescu and Raymond McNally, Melba Moore
 
    1:00
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
 
 
 9  WOR (NYC) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    7:30
NEWS BW
 
    8:00
GARNER TED ARMSTRONG
 
    8:30
TENNESSEE TUXEDO
 
    9:00
YOGA FOR HEATH
 
    9:30
MANTRAP
 
  10:00
ROMPER ROOM
 
  11:00
STRAIGHT TALK
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
HERMANOS CORAJES-Novela BW 
 
  12:55
NOTICAS
 
    1:00
JOURNEY TO ADVENTURE
 
    1:30
JOE FRANKLIN
 
    2:30
JOANNE CARSON’S VIPS
Guest: Polly Bergen
 
    3:00
MOVIE—Comedy BW 
“It Happened One Night” (1934)
 
    5:00
NEWS—Tom Dunn
 
    5:30
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
AVENGERS—Adventure BW 
 
    7:00
IT TAKES A THIEF—Adventure
 
    8:00
BORIS KARLOFF PRESENTS THRILLER—Drama BW 
 
    9:00
MEET THE MAYORS
 
    9:30
BLACK ON WHITE
 
  10:00
DATELINE: UN
 
  11:00
BORIS KARLOFF PRESENTS THRILLER—Drama BW 
 
  12:00
MOVIE—Mystery BW 
“Somewhere in the Night” (1946)
 
    2:15
JOE FRANKLIN
 
    3:15
NEWS
 
 
 
10 WCAU (PHILA) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
SUNRISE SEMESTER
 
    6:30
COLLEGE SEMINAR
Civil War History
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—John Hart
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
BETTY HUGHES
 
    9:30
IT’S YOUR BET
 
  10:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
  10:30
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:00
GAMBIT—Game
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
WHERE THE HEART IS
 
  12;25
CBS NEWS—Edwards
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    1:00
WHAT’S HAPPENING
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
 
    3:30
SECRET STORM
 
    4:00
FAMILY AFFAIR
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“Shark!” (1970)
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:30
JOHNNY MANN’S STAND UP AND CHEER
Guest: Florence Henderson
 
    8:00
MAUDE
 
    8:30
HAWAII FIVE-O
 
    9:30
MOVIE—Crime Drama
“The Strangers in 7A” (Made-for-TV; 1972)
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Comedy-Drama
“The Priest’s Wife” (Italian; 1971)
 
    1:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Hot Rods to Hell” (1967)
 
    3:25
GIVE US THIS DAY
 
    3:30
MOVIE—Western
“Run for Cover” (1955)
 
 
 
11 WPIX (NYC) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    7:00
YOUR FUTURE IS NOW
 
    7:30
POPEYE—Cartoon
 
    9:00
BACHELOR FATHER
 
    9:30
LUCILLE RIVERS—Sewing
 
    9:40
JACK LaLANNE—Exercise
 
  10:10
NEWS
 
  10:30
PUERTO RICAN NEW YORKER
 
  11:00
FOCUS: NEW YORK
 
  11:30
ROCKY AND FRIENDS—Cartoons
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
FELIX THE CAT
 
  12:30
GALLOPING GOURMET
French sea-food mold
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“The Saxon Charm” (1948)
 
    2:30
LUCILLE RIVERS
 
    2:40
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO—Comedy BW 
 
    3:00
POPYEYE AND FRIENDS
 
    3:30
MAGILLA GORILLA
 
    4:00
SPIDERMAN
 
    4:30
MUNSTERS—Comedy BW 
 
    5:00
BATMAN—Adventure
Guest Villain: Cesar Romero (The Joker)
 
    5:30
BATMAN—Adventure
Guest Villain: Eartha Kitt (Catwoman)
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy
 
    6:30
BEAT THE CLOCK
Guest: Gene Rayburn
 
    7:00
I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy
 
    7:30
COURTSHIP OF EDDIE’S FATHER—Comedy-Drama
 
    8:00
NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR
 
    8:30
GET SMART—Comedy
 
    9:00
DRAGNET
 
    9:30
DRAGNET—Crime Drama
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  11:00
PERRY MASON BW 
 
  12:00
BURNS AND ALLEN
 
  12:30
NEWS—Roy Whitfield
 
 
 
12 WHYY (PHILA) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
    9:00
SESAME STREET
 
AFTERNOON
 
    1:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
Guest: Rita Moreno
 
    3:00
ON-AIR AUCTION
Special
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
AUCTION CONTINUES
 
    9:00
AUCTION CONTINUES
Special
 
 
 
13 WNET (NYC) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
    7:00
MAGGIE AND THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE
 
    7:30
51ST STATE—Patrick Watson
 
    9:00
SESAME STREET
 
AFTERNOON
 
    1:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
Guest: Rita Moreno
 
    3:00
FRENCH CHEF
 
    3:30
MAGGIE AND THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS
Guest: Van Cliburn
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
Guest: Rita Moreno
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
HODGEPODGE LODGE
 
    6:30
YOUR FUTURE IS NOW
 
    7:00
ZOOM
 
    7:30
51ST STATE—Patrick Watson
 
    8:00
REALIDADES
 
    8:30
BILL MOYERS’ JOURNAL
Debut
 
    9:00
BEHIND THE LINES—Analysis
 
    9:30
BLACK JOURNAL
 
  10:00
CORONATION STREET
Debut
 
  10:30
ESSENE—Documentary BW 
 
 
 
17 WPHL (PHILA) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
  11:45
BULLETIN BOARD
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS TOWN HALL MEETING
 
  12:30
WHO, WHAT OR WHERE—Game
 
  12:55
NBC NEWS—Floyd Kalber
 
    1:00
WATCH YOUR CHILD
 
    1:30
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE—Drama
 
    2:30
GALLOPING GOURMET
Swiss trout with herbs and a thin wine sauce
 
    3:00
FRIENDLY GIANT
 
    3:15
CASPER/MILTON
 
    4:00
ROCKET ROBIN HOOD
 
    4:30
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE
 
    5:00
SPIDERMAN
 
    5:30
ULTRA MAN
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
PATTY DUKE BW
 
    6:30
HIGH CHAPPARAL
 
    7:30
GOMER PYLE, USMC—Comedy
 
    8:00
ELIZABETH R
 
    9:30
MANCINI GENERATION
Guests: David Clayton-Thomas and the Sanctuary Band, Linda Ronstadt
 
  10:00
SECRET AGENT—Adventure BW 
 
  11:00
TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama BW 
 
  11:30
SUSPENSE THEATRE—Drama
 
  12:30
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
 
    1:30
BULLETIN BOARD
 
 
 
29 WTAF (PHILA) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    9:00
MAYBERRY R.F.D.—Comedy
 
    9:30
JACK LaLANNE—Exercise
 
  10:00
DIVORCE COURT—Drama
 
  10:30
LUCILLE RIVERS—Sewing
 
  10:40
ALL ABOUT CRAFTS
 
  10:55
COVER UP WITH ADELE
 
  11:00
CARTOONS
 
  11:30
ROMPER ROOM—Children
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
HAZEL
 
  12:30
NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
 
    1:00
JOANNE CARSON’S VIPs
Guest: Agnes Moorhead
 
    1:30
PARSLEY, SAGE, JANI AND LOVE
Guest: Johnny Bench
 
    2:00
ALL ABOUT FACES
Guests: Phil Ford and Mimi Hines, the Gene Rayburns
 
    2:30
LONE RANGER—Cartoon
 
    3:00
SUPERMAN, AQUAMAN, BATMAN
 
    3:30
THREE STOOGES AND CARTOONS BW 
 
    4:00
THRILLER—Drama BW 
 
    5:00
PETTICOAT JUNCTION—Comedy
 
    5:30
NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
PLEASE DON’T EAT THE DAISIES—Comedy
 
    6:30
I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy
 
    7:00
THAT GIRL—Comedy
 
    7:30
DRAGNET—Crime Drama
 
    8:00
HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
 
    8:30
SAFARI—Travel
 
    9:30
I SPY
 
  10:30
NEWS PROBE
 
  11:00
N.Y.P.D.—Crime Drama
 
  11:30
FELONY SQUAD—Crime Drama
 
  12:00
BOWLING
 
    1:00
COVER UP WITH ADELE
 
 
 
48 WKBS (PHILA) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
  11:15
NEWS—Marty Jacobs
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEW ZOO REVUE
 
  12:30
BANANA SPLITS
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“The Hard Way” (1942)
 
    3:00
UNDERDOG
 
    3:30
YOGI BEAR
 
    4:00
SPEED RACER
 
    4:30
MUNSTERS—Comedy BW 
 
    5:00
FLINTSTONES HOUR
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy
 
    6:30
STAR TREK—Adventure
 
    7:30
DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy BW 
 
    8:00
GET SMART—Comedy
 
    8:30
MERV GRIFFIN
 
  10:00
PERRY MASON BW 
 
  11:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Conflict” (1940)
 

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9 comments:

  1. I read a story once where Jim & Henny Backus were on a show w/ Joanne Carson, and they were mixing something messy in a blender. Ms. Carson turned it on before putting on the cover & made a mess out of all 3 of them. It was probably this show listed on ch. 29. I'm glad Ms. Carson had a way to continue making a living after Johnny divorced her.

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  2. Potshotting here and there:

    - The two TV-movies tonight, The Strangers In 7-A (CBS) and The Victim (ABC), are examples of how this genre was increasingly playing out: casting comedians in thrillers.
    The Victim was Elizabeth Montgomery's first such movie post-Bewitched, beginning a long run of damsels-in-distress that kept her in business for more than a decade - to the near-total exclusion of comedy.
    Meanwhile, Andy Griffith had already gone mainly serious by the time Strangers In 7-A had come along; he only became humorous again when he'd get an adventure or detective series, but he always saved the day anyway (except when he played a villain - but that's another story ...).

    - Joanne Carson (formerly Joanne Copeland) was a Manhattan socialite of long standing when she married Johnny, her function was to give him a public social life, something he never was comfortable with.
    Their friends tended to be her friends; when they split up, the friends tended to stay with Joanne, who remained well-liked and popular for the rest of her days (she was a plus-one for people like Truman Capote for much of this time).

    - WPIX's Batman rerun today is the two-parter with Cesar Romero as the Joker and Eartha Kitt as Catwoman.
    It's the one where they go on trial, and their lawyer is Pierre Salinger as Lucky Pierre,
    There must have been some interesting conversations between takes that week: When Salinger was running as a Democrat for the Senate in California against George Murphy, one of the Republicans who campaigned against him was Romero (and how the very liberal Eartha Kitt fit into all this ...).
    Anyhoo, political types still got along with each other in 1968 (more or less), so there's that.

    Side Note:
    I heard a story years ago, which probably is a myth, but I wish it were true:
    In early '68, when the Batman producers were putting this episode together, they had the notion of casting William Talman as the judge in the trial sequence.
    Talman was already in the advanced stages of his cancer, but the role would have been an easy one: he'd be behind the bench most of the time (the most he'd have had to do would be to lean over the bench and bop a bad guy with his gavel during the fight scene).
    Unfortunately, by the time production rolled around, Bill Talman was too far gone to do it, and there you are ...
    As I said above, it probably didn't happen, but it should have ...

    - I wanted to mention The Mancini Generation, a prime-time access show from this season, and a particular favorite of mine.
    Each week, Henry Mancini got a half-hour to play his music with a hand-picked orchestra (and Big Hank had his choice of the best studio musicians in Hollywood), and as much production as he'd like.
    No bad comedy bits; Mancini's own low-key humor was sufficient to carry the show.
    Maybe it wouldn't have worked as a network hour, but it was an enjoyable 30 minutes, and should have lasted longer than a single syndicated season.
    Them's the breaks, I guess ...

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  3. Mitchell, what was the specific episode of "The Bold Ones" on NBC? By 1972, one of the best segments of the rotation ("The Senator" starting Hal Holbrook) was gone. In Fall '72, Holbrook was doing his live one-man show portraying Mark Twain that I saw live in Rochester, NY in November 1972 as a college student. What a performance!

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    1. It's "The New Doctors" in "A Quality of Fear," a sensitive drama studying the will to live and the effectof incurable cancer on doctor and patient. Guests Marilyn Mason, Herb Edelman and Richard Anderson. Sorry I never got to see Hal Holbrook when I had the chance; superb actor.

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  4. In fact, Joanne Carson took the last picture of Truman Capote...he died at her home the next day.


    Paul

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  5. This listing is very timely as I've recently been down a bit of a rabbit hole of watching old American TV movie intros from the 70s and 80s on YouTube, including New York independent channels such as WOR's 4.00 movie which had a very distinctive opening theme, although it was 3.00 in your listing here. Must have changed to 4.00 later in the decade.

    Late afternoon movies were an interesting programming custom that we never really had in Australia, not since the 1960s anyway which was before my time. It never really caught on and then in the late 70s it was made law that any programming (commercial channels) in the 4.00-5.00 must be classified for children, so movies didn't really fit into that paramater.

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