What's on TV? Friday, March 29, 1968

It's true that if you look hard enough, you casn almost always find something to write about. Today, for example, the daytime run of ABC's The Fugitive comes to an end with, fittingly enough, the final episode. The Fugitive ran in daytime for 12 months, from April 1967 to March 1968, long enough for each of the 120 episodes to air twice. When that final episode aired last August, it scored a 72 share of all viewers. I don't suspect as many people saw it this time. As you might expect, we're in the Twin Cities this week.

	-2- KTCA (EDUC.)
	Morning
	9:00	CLASSROOM—Education
	11:30	YOUR DOLLAR’S WORTH
	Afternoon
	12:30	CLASSROOM—Education
	2:00	FILM SHORT
	2:15	CLASSROOM—Education
	3:00	EFFICIENT READING  COLOR
	3:30	TEACHING ENGLISH—Education
	4:00	YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT
	4:30	PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW
	5:00	KINDERGARTEN—Education
	5:30	BIG EASEL—Drawing
	Evening
	6:00	SPECTRUM—Science
	6:30	MANAGERS IN ACTION—Lecture
	7:00	THIS WEEK ON WALL STREET—Don Dahl  COLOR
	7:30	CONTINENTAL COMMENT
	8:00	YOUR WORLD THIS WEEK
	8:30	FOCUS ON THE FRENCH
	9:00	EMERITUS—Interview
	9:30	THE WRITTEN WORD
	10:00	NET PLAYHOUSE—Drama “A Passage to India”

 

Two shows you're not likely to see on PBS today: Your Right to Say It, because you don't have that right, and People Want to Know, because they don't.

 

	-4- WCCO (CBS)
	Morning
	6:00	SUNRISE SEMESTER  COLOR
	6:30	SIEGFRIED—Children  COLOR
	7:00	CLANCY & CARMEN  COLOR
	7:40	CLANCY & WILLIE  COLOR
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO  COLOR
	9:00	LIVE TODAY  COLOR
	9:30	MERV GRIFFIN—Variety  COLOR  Guests: Pierre Salinger, Marty Allen, Neil Diamond, Lillian Briggs
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy  COLOR
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy  COLOR
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial  COLOR
	11:25	NEWS—Joseph Benti  COLOR
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial  COLOR
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial  COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS—Montgomery  COLOR
	12:20	SOMETHING SPECIAL  COLOR
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial  COLOR
	1:00	LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING—Serial  COLOR
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY  COLOR  Guest: Mike Connors
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH  COLOR
	2:25	NEWS—Edwards  COLOR
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial  COLOR
	3:00	SECRET STORM—Serial  COLOR
	3:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES  COLOR
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety  COLOR  Co-host: Anna Moffo. Guests: Skitch Henderson, Henny Youngman, Jack O’Brien, the Irish Rovers
	5:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite  COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Dave Moore  COLOR
	6:15	WEATHER—Bud Kraehling  COLOR
	6:20	SPORTS—Hal Scott  COLOR
	6:30	HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS  SPECIAL    COLOR  Globetrotters vs. Washington Generals “Wild Wild West” will not be seen.
	7:30	GOMER PYLE, USMC—Comedy  COLOR
	8:00	MOVIE—Drama  COLOR  “The Hellions” (English; 1961)
	10:00	NEWS SCENE  COLOR
	10:45	MOVIE—Western  COLOR  “The Last Wagon” (1956)
	12:30	EAST SIDE/WEST SIDE

 

I really do wonder who won that game between the Globetrotters and the Generals. 

 

	-5- KSTP (NBC)
	Morning
	6:15	DAVID STONE—Music  COLOR
	6:30	CITY AND COUNTRY  COLOR
	6:55	DOCTOR’S HOUSE CALL—James Rogers Fox  COLOR
	7:00	TODAY  COLOR  Guests: Dennis King, Dorothy Tutin, Warren Pomeroy
	9:00	SNAP JUDGMENT—Game  COLOR  Guests: Johnny Carson, Patricia Harty
	9:25	NEWS—Nancy Dickerson  COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION  COLOR
	10:00	PERSONALITY—Game  COLOR  Celebrities: Peter Lawford, Soupy Sales, Diana Sands, George Hamilton
	10:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game  COLOR  Celebrities: Eve Arden, Shelley Berman, Nanette Fabray, Noel Harrison, Della Reese, Morey Amsterdam, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton, Charley Weaver
	11:00	JEOPARDY—Game  COLOR
	11:30	EYE GUESS—Game  COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Edwin Newman  COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS—Gene Berry  COLOR
	12:00	WEATHER—Morris  COLOR
	12:15	DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game  COLOR
	12:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL  COLOR
	1:00	DAYS OF OUR LIVES  COLOR
	1:30	DOCTORS—Serial  COLOR
	2:00	ANOTHER WORLD  COLOR
	2:30	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Leonard Nimoy, Pat Carroll
	3:00	MATCH GAME  COLOR  Guests: George Hamilton, Bess Myerson
	3:25	NEWS—Floyd Kalber  COLOR
	3:30	DIALING FOR DOLLARS—Game  COLOR
	4:30	OF LANDS AND SEAS—Travel  COLOR
	5:00	NEWS—Gene Berry  COLOR
	5:30	NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley  COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Bob Ryan  COLOR
	6:15	WEATHER—Morris  COLOR
	6:20	SPORTS—Al Tighe  COLOR
	6:30	TARZAN—Adventure  COLOR
	7:30	STAR TREK—Drama  COLOR
	8:30	HALLMARK HALL OF FAME  SPECIAL    COLOR  “Give Us Barabbas”
	10:00	NEWS—MacDougall  COLOR
	10:15	WEATHER—Morris  COLOR
	10:20	SPORTS—Al Tighe  COLOR
	10:30	TONIGHT—Variety  COLOR  Guest host: Sammy Davis, Jr.
	12:00	ALAN BURKE—Discussion  COLOR  Guest: Rev. William Rausher

 

Sammy Davis, Jr. is wrapping up a week as guest host on The Tonight Show. According to the episode guide, his guests included Keir Dullea, and I'll bet he was plugging 2001.

	-9- KMSP (ABC)
	Morning
	7:40	MORNING SHOW  COLOR
	8:00	DENNIS THE MENACE
	8:30	NATIONAL VELVET—Drama
	9:00	ROMPER ROOM  COLOR
	9:30	THIS MORNING  COLOR
	11:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	11:30	TREASURE ISLE—Game  COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	FUGITIVE—Drama Next week, two new game shows: “Dream House,” 12-12:30 P.M. and “Wedding Party,” 12:30-1:00 P.M.
	1:00	NEWLYWED GAME  COLOR
	1:30	BABY GAME  COLOR
	1:55	CHILDREN’S DOCTOR  COLOR
	2:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL  COLOR
	2:30	DARK SHADOWS  COLOR
	3:00	DATING GAME  COLOR
	3:30	MOVIE—Mystery “The Curse of the Cat People” (1944)
	4:55	NEWS—Jerry Smith  COLOR
	5:00	NEWS—Bob Young  COLOR
	5:30	McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Quiz  COLOR
	6:30	OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD  COLOR  “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (1960), conclusion
	7:30	OPERATION: ENTERTAINMENT  COLOR  Host: Ed Ames. Guests: Michele Lee, the Kim Sisters, Pete Barbutti, Checkmates, Ltd., Davis and Reese
	8:30	GUNS OF WILL SONNETT  COLOR
	9:00	JUDD—Drama  COLOR
	10:00	NEWS—Fahan, Steer  COLOR
	10:25	SPORTS—Tony Parker  COLOR
	10:30	MOVIE—Drama  COLOR  “Good Morning, Miss Dove” (1955)

 

Having seen as many daytime lineups as I have over the years, it occurs to me that ABC was missing an all-time lineup: The Dating Game, followed by Wedding Party, The Newlywed Game, Dream House, The Baby Game, and Divorce Court. Kind of sums up the era in a nutshell, doesn't it? 

	11 WTCN (IND.)
	Morning
	8:40	NEWS—Gil Amundson
	8:45	KING AND ODIE—Cartoon
	9:00	SEA HUNT—Adventure
	9:30	ED ALLEN—Exercise  COLOR
	10:00	WOODY WOODBURY—Variety  COLOR  Guests: Pat O’Brien, Elke Sommer, Gisele MacKenzie, Bobby Vee
	11:30	NEWS—Amundson, Martin
	Afternoon
	12:00	LUNCH WITH CASEY—Children
	1:00	MOVIE—Adventure “Son of Samson” (Italian; 1960)
	2:30	MEL’S NOTEBOOK—Interview
	3:00	VIRGINIA GRAHAM—Interviews  COLOR  Guests: Anita Bryant, Trudy Dye Farrand
	3:30	PATTY DUKE—Comedy
	4:00	POPEYE AND PETE—Children
	4:30	CASEY AND ROUNDHOUSE
	5:00	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon  COLOR
	5:30	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy  COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama  COLOR
	6:30	SPORTS DOCUMENTARY  SPECIAL  “Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin”
	7:30	PERRY MASON—Drama
	8:30	ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama
	9:00	MOVIE—Biography “I Aim at the Stars” (1960)
	11:15	NEWS—Stuart A. Lindman
	11:30	WEATHER—Rodger Kent
	11:35	SPORTS—Frank Buetel
	11:45	MOVIE—War Drama “The Immortal Sergeant” (1943)

Earlier in the week, Jesse Owens was one of Sammy's guests on Tonight, which probably had something to do with promoting tonight's documentary. You really ought to check that out from the link I included on Saturday, if you haven't alread done so. He was a class act. TV