January 18, 2021

What's on TV? Friday, January 22, 1960




It's been a while since we looked at my old stomping grounds of Dallas, Texas, and while I haven't particularly missed being there, it is nice to revisit some of the old shows. I hadn't quite been born yet when this issue hit the newsstands, and yet some of the programs and personalities are as familiar to me as if I'd grown up with them. The Twilight Zone episode on KRLD is one of the series' most popular, "The Hitchhiker," with Inger Stevens in virtually a one-woman show. Charles Murphy, the newsman on WBAP, plays a role in the local coverage of the JFK assassination, and becomes a regular on ABC news coverage. Wes Wise, WFAA's sportscaster, was a local legend in the Metroplex. And don't forget Teen-Age Downbeat, the local answer to American Bandstand. It's not true that everything looks better in the sepia tones of the past, but it's nice to visit the ones that do.

 
 4  KRLD (CBS)
 
    MORNING   
 
    7:30
CARTOONS—Kids
 
    8:00
NEWS—Richard C. Hottelet
 
    8:15
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Kids
 
    8:45
NEWS—Terry May
 
    9:00
RED ROWE—Variety
 
    9:30
ON THE GO—Jack Linkletter
 
  10:00
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
  10:30
DECEMBER BRIDE—Comedy
 
  11:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:15
FASHIONS IN FACES—Women
 
  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    1:00
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
 
    1:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
 
    2:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama
 
    2:30
VERDICT IS YOURS—Drama
 
    3:00
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
 
    3:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    4:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Girl on the Front Page” (1936)
 
    5:15
PARTY TIME—Tiny Grant
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:10
WEATHER
 
    6:15
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    6:30
RAWHIDE—Western
 
    7:30
HOTEL DE PAREE—Western
 
    8:00
DESILU PLAYHOUSE—Drama
“Meeting at Apalachin”
 
    9:00
TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
“The Hitchhiker”
 
    9:30
PERSON TO PERSON—Interviews
Guests: Sir Anthony Eden, Sir Ralph Richardson. Host: Charles Collingwood
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:15
WEATHER
 
  10:20
PEOPLE AND PLACES—Hogan
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Great Expectation” (1934)
 
 
 
 5  WBAP (NBC)
 
    MORNING   
 
    5:55
ALMANAC NEWSREEL—History
 
    6:00
CONTINENTAL CLASROOM—Education
 
    6:30
CONTINENTAL CLASROOM—Education  COLOR 
Chemistry: “Carboxylic Acids”
 
    7:00
TODAY—Dave Garroway
 
    9:00
DOUGH RE MI—Quiz
 
    9:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Quiz
 
  10:00
PRICE IS RIGHT  COLOR 
 
  10:30
CONCENTRATION—Contest
 
  11:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
  11:30
IT COULD BE YOU  COLOR 
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
IT’S A GREAT LIFE—Comedy
 
    1:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey
 
    1:30
THIN MAN—Mystery
 
    2:00
YOUNG DR. MALONE—Serial
 
    2:30
FROM THESE ROOTS—Serial
 
    3:00
HOUSE ON HIGH STREET
 
    3:30
SPLIT PERSONALITY
 
    4:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Fifth Avenue Girl” (1939)
 
    5:30
TEEN-AGE DOWNBEAT—Music  COLOR 
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER  COLOR 
 
    6:15
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
 
    6:30
PEOPLE ARE FUNNY
 
    7:00
TROUBLESHOOTERS
 
    7:30
MORT SAHL—Variety  SPECIAL    COLOR 
 
    8:30
M SQUAD—Policy
 
    9:00
BOXING—Championship  SPECIAL 
Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Paul Pender
 
    9:45
JACKPOT BOWLING—Allen
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:15
WEATHER
 
  10:25
NEWS—Charles Murphy
 
  10:30
SPORTS—Bud Sherman
 
  10:35
ALMANAC NEWSREEL—History
 
  10:40
JACK PAAR—Variety
Guests include Hermione Gingold
 
  12:00
NEWS—Charles Murphy
 
  12:05
ALMANAC NEWSREEL—History
 
  12:10
CELEBRITY PLAYHOUSE
 
 
 
 6  KCEN (Temple) (NBC)
 
    MORNING   
 
    6:00
CONTINENTAL CLASROOM—Education
 
    6:30
CONTINENTAL CLASROOM—Education  COLOR 
Chemistry: “Carboxylic Acids”
 
    7:00
TODAY—Dave Garroway
 
    9:00
DOUGH RE MI—Quiz
 
    9:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Quiz
 
  10:00
PRICE IS RIGHT  COLOR 
 
  10:30
CONCENTRATION—Contest
 
  11:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
  11:30
IT COULD BE YOU  COLOR 
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:05
WEATHER—Rex Mitchell
 
  12:10
FARM REPORT
 
  12:30
LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy
 
    1:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY—Bailey
 
    1:30
THIN MAN—Mystery
 
    2:00
YOUNG DR. MALONE—Serial
 
    2:30
FROM THESE ROOTS—Serial
 
    3:00
HOUSE ON HIGH STREET
 
    3:30
SPLIT PERSONALITY
 
    4:00
PEOPLE’S CHOICE—Comedy
 
    4:30
HAPPY HOUR—Kids
 
    5:00
POPEYE—Cartoons
 
    5:30
GENE AUTRY—Western
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:05
WEATHER—Jim Ham
 
    6:15
NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
 
    6:30
PEOPLE ARE FUNNY
 
    7:00
TROUBLESHOOTERS
 
    7:30
MORT SAHL—Variety  SPECIAL    COLOR 
 
    8:30
M SQUAD—Policy
 
    9:00
BOXING—Championship  SPECIAL 
Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Paul Pender
 
    9:45
JACKPOT BOWLING—Allen
 
  10:00
WEATHER—Jim Ham
 
  10:10
NEWS—Dean Orton
 
  10:25
SPORTS
 
  10:30
JACK PAAR—Variety
Guests include Hermione Gingold
 
 
 
 8  WFAA (ABC)
 
    MORNING   
 
    7:30
FUNTIME—Cartoons
 
    8:00
MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
 
    8:30
ROMPER ROOM—Kids
 
    9:30
LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy
 
  10:00
JULIE BENELL—Women
 
  11:00
CAMEO THEATER—Drama
 
  11:55
NEWS—Austin Schneider
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
RESTLESS GUN—Western
 
  12:30
LOVE THAT BOB!—Comedy
 
    1:00
ABOUT FACES—Ben Alexander
 
    1:30
MEDIC—Drama
 
    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
 
    5:00
ROBIN HOOD—Adventure
 
    5:30
RIN TIN TIN—Adventure
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:10
NEWS—Dick Wheeler
 
    6:15
WEATHER—Dale Milford
 
    6:25
SPORTS—Wes Wise
 
    6:30
WALT DISNEY—Adventure
 
    7:30
MAN FROM BLACKHAWK
 
    8:00
77 SUNSET STRIP—Mystery
 
    9:00
DETECTIVES—Robert Taylor
 
    9:30
BLACK SADDLE—Western
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:15
WEATHER
 
  10:20
SPORTS—Wes Wise
 
  10:30
HIGHWAY PATROL—Police
 
  11:00
MOVIE—Double Feature
1. Lease of Life” (English; 1954)
2. “The Big Bluff” (1955)
 
 
 
10 KWTX (Waco) (CBS, ABC)
 
    MORNING   
 
    8:00
NEWS—Richard C. Hottelet
 
    8:15
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Kids
 
    9:00
RED ROWE—Variety
 
    9:30
ON THE GO—Jack Linkletter
 
  10:00
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
  10:30
DECEMBER BRIDE—Comedy
 
  11:00
BETTER LIVING—Russell
 
  11:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
  11:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
  12:05
NEWS—Chuck Williams
 
  12:15
FARM REPORT—Johnny Watkins
 
  12:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    1:00
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
 
    1:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
 
    2:00
MILLIONAIRE—Drama
 
    2:30
VERDICT IS YOURS—Drama
 
    3:00
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
 
    3:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
 
    5:00
KEN AND DELL—Puppets
 
    5:30
RIN TIN TIN—Adventure
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:10
WEATHER
 
    6:15
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    6:30
RAWHIDE—Western
 
    7:30
HOTEL DE PAREE—Western
 
    8:00
77 SUNSET STRIP—Mystery
 
    9:00
DETECTIVES—Robert Taylor
 
    9:30
MIKE HAMMER—Mystery
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:15
WEATHER
 
  10:25
SPORTS
 
  10:30
TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
“I Shot an Arrow into the Air”
 
  11:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“City on the Hunt” (1953)
 
 
 
11 KFJZ (Ind.)
 
    MORNING   
 
    8:30
MICKEY AND AMANDA
 
    9:00
LITTLE RASCALS—Comedy
 
    9:30
PHYSICAL CULTURE—La Lanne
 
  10:00
MIKE WALLACE—Interview
Guest: Bill Stern
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Mystery
“Unguarded Hour” (1936)
 
  AFTERNOON 
 
  12:15
ANN ALDEN—Interview
 
  12:30
RANGER JIM—Cartoons
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
1. “The Snake Pit” (1948)
2. Film Feature: “The Adolescent”
 
    3:30
I MARRIED JOAN—Comedy
 
    4:00
BUGS BUNNY—Cartoons
 
    4:30
POPEYE—Cartoons
 
    5:00
SUSIE—Comedy
 
    5:30
AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy
 
     EVENING    
 
    6:00
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
 
    6:30
THREE STOOGES—Comedy
 
    7:30
DIVORCE COURT—Drama
 
    8:30
SHERIFF OF COCHISE—Western
 
    9:00
JOHNNY RINGO—Western
 
    9:30
PAUL COATES—Interview
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Double Feature
1. “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944)
2. “Secret of the Chateau” (1943)

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3 comments:

  1. I'm most familiar w/ these stations still, having lived in the area the last 30+ years, and then 5 years in Waco for college before then. Now KRLD is KDFW and switched from CBS to Fox, WBAP became KXAS, WFAA stayed WFAA, and KFJZ became KTVT and joined CBS.
    It's interesting that KWTX carried TWILIGHT ZONE 1 hour (and 1 week) late. Maybe it thought the show was too scary for kids who went to bed at 10 PM on Friday nights.

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  2. Is that "Three Stooges" block on KFJZ (later KTVT) what would eventually become the classic Texas TV kid's show, Slam Bang Theater ?

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  3. This being one of your "repurposed" entries (the English language is fun, isn't it?), I went back and rechecked the first-run from 2015, along with my own Chicago edition.

    Last time you did the daily log from Saturday the 16th; here you skipped ahead to Friday, so thanks for that.

    Looking at that day's offerings, I noticed something that you might have missed:
    Some while back, I mentioned an NBC series from that season, The Troubleshooters, with Keenan Wynn heading up a globetrotting construction crew.
    If you haven't looked up the listing for this episode, I'd suggest you do that right now; you might get a kick (or two) out of it (... and yes, this is a blind item; I want to see if you really did look at it ...).

    Not much else I can add here (aside from what I commented on in '15); if you have an added question or ten, feel free ...

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Thanks for writing! Drive safely!