January 25, 2021

What's on TV? Thursday, January 27, 1955




We've looked at TV Guides from New York City before, but I don't think we've ever gone this far back in time, and it's a pleasure to look at all the familiar names on local broadcasts: news from Robert Trout and Ron Cochran, sports from Chris Schenkel and Jim McKay, Steve Allen with his local program prior to the start of the national Tonight Show broadcast, Dancetime with Allen Ludden. It's also nice to see DuMont as a living network; this marks the last season in which the network would broadcast seven nights a week, although many of its programs would be cancelled in the spring as the network crumbled. Good thing most of their affiliates have agreements with other networks!

 
 2  WCBS (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
     6:45
Previews
 
     6:55
Give Us This Day
 
     7:00
Morning Show—Jack Paar
 
     8:55
Memo—Margaret Arlen
 
     9:00
George Skinner—Variety
 
   10:00
Garry Moore—Variety
 
   10:30
Arthur Godfrey—Variety
       
   11:30
Strike It Rich-Quiz
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Valiant Lady-Serial
 
   12:15
Love of Life—Serial
 
   12:30
Search For Tomorrow
 
   12:45
Guiding Light—Serial
 
     1:00
Portia Faces Life—Serial
 
     1:15
Road of Life—Serial
 
     1:30
Welcome Travelers
 
     2:00
Robert Q. Lewis—Variety
 
     2:30
Linkletter’s House Party
 
     3:00
The Big Payoff—Quiz
 
     3:30
Bob Crosby—Music
 
     4:00
Brighter Day—Serial
 
     4:15
Secret Storm—Serial
 
     4:30
On Your Account—Quiz
 
     4:45
Modern Romances
 
     5:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“Charlie Chan in Shanghai”
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
News—Robert Trout
 
     6:05
Feature—Bill Leonard
 
     6:10
Sports—Jim McKay
 
     6:15
MOVIE—Drama
Early Show: “The Big Wheel” (1949)
 
     7:25
WEATHER—Carol Reed
 
     7:30
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
     7:45
JANE FROMAN—Songs
 
     8:00
RAY MILLAND—Comedy
 
     8:30
CLIMAX—Drama
“The Mojave Kid”
 
     9:30
FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE
“The Good Sisters”
 
   10:00
PUBLIC DEFENDER—Drama
 
   10:30
NAME THAT TUNE—Quiz
 
   11:00
News—Ron Cochran
 
   11:10
Sports—Bill Hickey
 
   11:15
MOVIE—Spy Drama
Late Show: “Calling All Marines”
 
   12:30
MOVIE—Comedy
Late Late Show: “The Magnificent Rogue” Time approximate (1947)
 
 
 
 4  WRCA (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:40
Daily Sermonette
 
     6:45
Kids Today—Herb Sheldon
 
     7:00
Today—Dave Garroway
Guest: Ed Furgol
 
     8:55
Herb Sheldon—Kids
 
   10:00
Ding Dong School—Kids
 
   10:30
Way of the World
 
   10:45
Sheilah Graham
 
   11:00
Home—Women’s News
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Tennessee Ernie—Variety
 
   12:30
Feather Your Nest—Quiz
 
     1:00
News—Kenneth Banghart
 
     1:05
Sentimental You
 
     1:30
Beauty Advice—Willis
 
     2:00
MOVIE—Adventure
“The Thief of Baghdad,” continued
 
     2:30
Jinx Falkenburg’s Diary
 
     3:00
Greater Gift—Serial
 
     3:15
Golden Windows—Serial
 
     3:30
One Man’s Family
 
     3:45
Miss Marlowe—Serial
 
     4:00
Hawkins Falls—Serial
 
     4:15
First Love—Serial
 
     4:30
The World of Mr. Sweeney
 
     5:00
Pinky Lee—Variety
 
     5:30
Howdy Doody—Kids
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Hopalong Cassidy
 
     6:30
Sky’s the Limit—Quiz
 
     6:45
News—John Wingate
 
     7:00
FILM DRAMA
 
     7:30
DINAH SHORE—Music
 
     7:45
NEWS—John C. Swayze
 
     8:00
GROUCHO MARX—Quiz
 
     8:30
JUSTICE—Drama
 
     9:00
DRAGNET—Jack Webb
 
     9:30
FORD THEATRE—Drama
“Letters Market Personal”
 
   10:00
VIDEO THEATRE
“So Evil My Love”
 
   11:00
News—John McCaffery
 
   11:10
Weather—Tex Antoine
 
   11:15
Steve Allen—Variety
 
   11:30
Tonight—Steve Allen
Guest: Woody Herman and his orchestra
 
 
 
 5  WABD (Du Mont)
 
MORNING
 
   11:00
News—Jay Sims
 
   11:15
Morning Chapel—Religion
       
   11:30
Cooking—Susan Adams
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Fabulous Suzanne”
 
     1:00
Food for Thought—Graham
 
     1:30
Glamor Secrets—Mann
 
     2:00
All About Baby—Crowley
 
     2:15
To Be Announced
 
     2:30
Letter to Lee Graham
 
     3:00
Paul Dixon Show—Music
 
     4:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“I Ring Doorbells” (1946)
 
     5:15
Danny Dee’s Adventures
 
     5:30
The Funny Bunny—Noel
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Magic Cottage—Pat Meikle
 
     6:30
The Old-Timer—Kids
 
     6:55
Weather—Janet Tyler
 
     7:00
CAPTAIN VIDEO—Serial
 
     7:15
NEWS—Morgan Beatty
 
     7:30
FINDERS KEEPERS—Quiz
 
     8:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Mrs. Fitzherbert” (English; 1947)
 
     9:00
WHAT’S THE STORY?
 
     9:30
ONE MINUTE PLEASE
Panelists: Hermione Gingold, Alice Pearce, Marc Connelly, Cleveland Amory, Ernie Kovacs
 
   10:00
CONRAD NAGEL THEATER D
“The Queen of Spades”
Postponed from last week
 
   10:30
ERNIE KOVACS—Variety
 
   11:00
News—Don Russell
 
   11:10
Sports—Chris Schenkel
 
   11:15
To Be Announced
 
   11:45
News Report
 
 
 
 7  WABC (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     8:00
Tinker’s Work Shop—Kids
 
     9:00
Breakfast Club—Variety
 
   10:00
Maggi McNellis—Women
 
   10:30
Nancy Craig—Women
 
   11:00
Creative Cookery—Pope
 
   11:55
News—George H. Combs
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Time for Fun—Kids
 
   12:30
Morey Amsterdam
 
     1:30
Beauty Hints—Lamont
 
     2:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Ginger” (1946)
 
     3:30
Memory Lane—Franklin
 
     4:00
Hopalong Cassidy
 
     5:15
Jolly Gene—Kids
 
     5:30
MOVIE—Western
“Under Arizona Skies”
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Gloria Swanson Show
 
     6:25
Film Short
 
     6:30
Files of Jeffrey Jones
 
     7:00
KUKLA, FRAN & OLLIE
 
     7:15
NEWS—John Daly
 
     7:30
LONE RANGER
 
     8:00
SOLDIER PARADE
Emcee: Arlene Francis
 
     8:30
TREASURY MEN—Drama
 
     9:00
LEAD A BAND
Guest: Denise Lor. Host: Sammy Kaye
Final show if the series
 
     9:30
POND’S THEATRE
“The Cornered Man”
 
   10:30
RACKET SQUAD
 
   11:00
Film Drama
“Girl in the Park”
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“French Leave” (1948)
 
   12:45
News—George H. Combs
 
 
 
 8  WNHC (New Haven) (all)
 
MORNING
 
     9:00
Yankee Peddlers—Nielsens
 
     9:30
Diane Lucas—Cooking
 
   10:00
Ding Dong School—Kids
 
   10:30
Way of the World
 
   10:45
Sheilah Graham
 
   11:00
Shopping Hints—Malgren
       
   11:30
Strike It Rich-Quiz
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
One Foundation—Religion
 
   12:15
Love of Life—Serial
 
   12:30
Search For Tomorrow
 
   12:45
Nancy’s Kitchen
 
     1:30
Welcome Travelers
 
     2:00
Robert Q. Lewis—Variety
 
     2:30
Guiding Light—Serial
 
     2:45
News—Joe Burns 
 
     3:00
The Big Payoff—Quiz
 
     3:30
One Man’s Family
 
     3:45
Miss Marlowe—Serial
 
     4:00
Hawkins Falls—Serial
 
     4:15
Secret Storm—Serial
 
     4:30
Meet the Stars—Variety
 
     5:00
Tip Top Time—Kids
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Stage 8—Drama
“Nor Gloom of Night”
 
     6:30
Sportscope—Syd Jaffe
 
     6:40
Weather Report
 
     6:45
News Today
 
     7:00
DEATH VALLEY DAYS
 
     7:30
SPORTSMAN’S CLUB
 
     7:45
NEWS—John C. Swayze
 
     8:00
GROUCHO MARX—Quiz
 
     8:30
BURNS & ALLEN—Comedy
 
     9:00
DRAGNET—Jack Webb
 
     9:30
FORD THEATRE—Drama
“Letters Market Personal”
 
   10:00
VIDEO THEATRE
“So Evil My Love”
 
   11:00
FOREIGN INTRIGUE—Drama
 
   11:30
This is the Life
 
   12:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Affairs of Cappy Ricks”
 
     1:00
News Report
 
 
 
 9  WOR (Ind.)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     1:00
Public Service Film
 
     1:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Big Showoff”
 
     3:00
Ted Steele—Variety
Guests: Trudi Richards, Johnny Parker, Roger Coleman
 
     5:00
Teen Bandstand--Steele
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Merry Mailman—Kids
 
     6:45
News—Lyle Van
 
     6:50
Sports—Jack O’Reilly
 
     6:55
Weather—Norma West
 
     7:00
THE WORLD WEWANT
 
     7:30
MOVIE—Comedy
Million Dollar Movie: “Let’s Live a Little”
 
     9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“City of Violence”
 
   10:00
MOVIE—Comedy
Million Dollar Movie: “Let’s Live a Little”
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Crime
“My Beautiful Daughter”
 
 
 
11 WPIX (Ind.)
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:30
New York Calendar
 
     1:00
The Living Blackboard
 
     1:30
Opinion Please—Interview
 
     2:00
Kartoon Klub—Shari Lewis
 
     3:00
Bob Kennedy—Variety
 
     3:55
News—Kevin Kennedy
 
     4:00
Bob Kennedy—variety
 
     4:55
News—John Tillman
 
     5:00
Dancetime—Allen Ludden
 
     5:30
Clubhouse Gang Comedies
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Ramar of the Jungle
 
     6:30
Liberace—Music
 
     7:00
NEWS—Kevin Kennedy
 
     7:10
WEATHER—Joe Bolton
 
     7:15
NEWS—John Tillman
 
     7:25
SPORTS—Jimmy Powers
 
     7:30
MOVIE—Crime
First Show: “The Hunted” (1948)
 
     8:55
NEWS—Joe Bolton
 
     9:00
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
U.S. Merchant Marine vs. Kings College
 
   11:00
News—John Tillman
 
   11:05
Weather—Joe Bolton
 
   11:10
Skiing with Tobey
 
   11:20
MOVIE—Mystery
“I Killed That Man”
 
 
 
13 WATV (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
     9:30
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
   11:00
Musical Moments
 
   11:15
Aldo Aldi—Variety
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
News, Weather
 
   12:05
A Woman’s Work
 
   12:30
Shop, Look, Cook—Bean
 
     1:00
Musical Jackpot—Quiz
 
     2:00
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
     3:30
Jewish Home Show
 
     4:00
MOVIE—Western
“The Three Mesquiteers”
 
     5:00
Junior Frolics—Fred Sayles
 
     5:45
Fun Time—Kids
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
MOVIE—Western
“Frontier Agent”
 
     7:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“A Tragedy at Midnight”
 
     8:00
COMEDY CORNER
 
     8:30
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
   10:30
HOUSE DETECTIVE
 
   11:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Heartaches” (1947)
 
 
 
43 WICC (Bridgeport) (ABC, Du Mont)
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
News Report
 
     6:05
Sports—Manning Slater
 
     6:15
Wallie Dunlap—Variety
 
     6:45
Family Rosary—Religion
 
     7:00
CAPTAIN VIDEO—Serial
 
     7:15
NEWS—John Daly
 
     7:30
LONE RANGER
 
     8:00
SOLDIER PARADE
Emcee: Arlene Francis
 
     8:30
REDMEN’S REVIEW
 
     9:00
LEAD A BAND
Guest: Denise Lor. Host: Sammy Kaye
Final show if the series
 
     9:30
POND’S THEATRE
“The Cornered Man”

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8 comments:

  1. Steve Allen's TONIGHT went national on Sept. 27, 1954, so it was already seen nationwide by this time.

    Bob Crane worked at WICC in Bridgeport early in his career, as I'm sure Jodie Peeler would know as well.

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    1. I wonder if the early segment, the one at 11:15, was only local? It has a different description than the 11:30 one.

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  2. DuMont was on it's last leg at this point - and it's interesting to see Ernie Kovacs' show on a 10:30pm - it's been debated if it was ever networked across DuMont or only seen in NYC

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    1. It's too bad DuMont wasn't able to hang on, though I'm not sure what would have turned things around for themm. This is one of the rare issues that I've done where they actually have a full-time affiliate.

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  3. 6:05
    Feature—Bill Leonard - Leonard: future CBS News president, future stepfather of Chris Wallace (boss to Mike Wallace)

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  4. What was the reasoning for The Tonight Show not starting until 11.30? In Australia we had our tonight shows usually start at 9.30 or 10.00. Isn't everyone in bed by 11.30 over there??

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    1. I am, I know that for sure. Prime time here is very strange; in the Eastern and Pacific time zones, it runs from 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.; hence, The Tonight Show would come on after the local news at 11:00. In the Central and Mountain time zones, prime time runs from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

      Programming is broadcast simultaneously in the Eastern and Central time zones (with the exception of live programming), which accounts for the one-hour difference. It's delayed by an hour in the Mountain zone, and Pacific gets it on what amounts to a three-hour delay.

      I've long felt, and it's only partly because I've spent most of my life in the Central time zone, that it's the perfect zone. Ten p.m. seems like the proper time to wrap things up for the night!

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