January 10, 2022

What's on TV? Thursday, January 14, 1971




This week we're in Philadelphia, all set to have a good time. We're halfway through the first month of the year, and as you'll see, some of the new season's hopefuls are already dropping off the schedule. ABC has it particularly tough; Vince Edwards' return to series television ends with the final episode of Matt Lincoln, followed by the end of the first half of the Neil Simon sitcom duo, Barefoot in the Park, and Christopher George's Fugitive-like series The Immortal. Matt Lincoln will be replaced by the debut of Alias Smith and Jones, while Barefoot makes room for Danny Thomas' Make Room for Granddaddy. Whoever said April was the cruelest month obviously wasn't a television producer.

 
-3- KYW (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:10
NEWS
 
    6:15
FAIR ADVENTURE—Shakespeare
 
    6:45
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN -C- 
 
    6:55
TODAY IN PHILADELPHIA -C- 
 
    7:00
TODAY C
Guest: William Lear
 
    9:00
McLEAN & COMPANY -C- 
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE -C- 
Guest: Frank Sinatra
 
  10:30
CONCENTRATION -C- 
 
  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY -C- 
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES -C- 
Guests: Richard Crenna, Paul Lynde, Jan Murray, Della Reese, Phil Silvers, Karen Valentine
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS, WEATHER -C- 
 
  12:30
MIKE DOUGLAS -C- 
Guests: Robert Morse, Vidal Sassoon, Faron Young, Muriel Grossfeld
 
    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES -C- 
 
    2:30
DOCTORS—Serial -C- 
 
    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD/BAY CITY—Serial -C- 
 
    3:30
BRIGHT PROMISE -C- 
 
    4:00
ANOTHER WORLD/SOMERSET—Serial -C- 
 
    4:30
DAVID FROST -C- 
Guests: Andy Griffith, his manager Richard Linke
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 
 
    6:30
NBC NEWS -C- 
 
    7:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS -C- 
 
    7:30
FLIP WILSON -C- 
Guests: Zero Mostel, Steve Lawrence, Roberta Flack
 
    8:30
BOB HOPE -C- 
Special: Guests: Ursula Andress, Johnny Bench, Lola Falana, Bobbi Martin, the Golddiggers, Miss World 1971
[“Ironside” will not be seen.]
 
  10:00
DEAN MARTIN -C- 
Guests: Orson Welles, Charles Nelson Reilly, Don Rice
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON -C- 
 
 
 
-6- WPVI (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
OPERATION ALPHABET -C- 
 
    7:00
THUNDERBIRDS -C- 
 
    7:30
CAPTAIN NOAH -C- 
 
    8:30
POPEYE THEATER -C- 
 
    9:30
FASHIONS IN SEWING -C- 
 
    9:45
CONNIE ROUSSIN -C- 
 
    9:50
NEWS -C- 
 
  10:00
TARGET—Interview -C- 
 
  10:30
ON CAMERA -C- 
 
  11:00
MOVIE GAME -C- 
Guests: Richard Crenna, Norm Crosby, Dan Dailey, Angie Dickinson, Michele Lee, Burt Reynolds
 
  11:30
THAT GIRL -C- 
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
BEWITCHED -C- 
 
  12:30
WORLD APART—Serial -C- 
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN -C- 
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL -C- 
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME -C- 
 
    2:30
DATING GAME -C- 
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL -C- 
 
    3:30
JURY TRIALS—Serial -C- 
 
    4:00
DARK SHADOWS -C- 
 
    4:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
    5:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -C- 
 
    5:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH -C- 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Smith/Reasoner -C- 
 
    7:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?—Game -C- 
Panel: Arlene Francis, Anita Gillette, Robert Morse, Soupy Sales
 
    7:30
MATT LINCOLN -C- 
[Last show of the series. “Alias Smith and Jones,” a Western series, debuts in this time slot next week.]
 
    8:30
BEWITCHED -C- 
 
    9:00
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK—Comedy -C- 
[Last show of the series. “Make Room for Granddaddy” takes over this time period next week.]
 
    9:30
ODD COUPLE -C- 
 
  10:00
IMMORTAL -C- 
[Last show of the series. The second half of “Dan August” fills this time period starting next week.]
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 
 
  11:30
DICK CAVETT -C- 
Guest: Norman Mailer
 
    1:00
NEWS -C- 
 
    1:15
RIFLEMAN—Western
 
 
 
 8   WGAL (LANCASTER) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
COUNTRY MUSIC -C- 
 
    7:00
TODAY -C- 
Guest: William Lear
 
    9:00
MIKE DOUGLAS -C- 
Guests: Robert Morse, Vidal Sassoon, Faron Young, Muriel Grossfeld
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE -C- 
Guest: Frank Sinatra
 
  10:30
CONCENTRATION -C- 
 
  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY -C- 
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES -C- 
Guests: Richard Crenna, Paul Lynde, Jan Murray, Della Reese, Phil Silvers, Karen Valentine
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
JEOPARDY—Game -C- 
 
  12:30
NOONDAY ON 8 -C- 
 
    1:00
DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
 
    1:30
WORDS AND MUSIC -C- 
 
    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES -C- 
 
    2:30
DOCTORS—Serial -C- 
 
    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD/BAY CITY—Serial -C- 
 
    3:30
BRIGHT PROMISE -C- 
 
    4:00
ANOTHER WORLD/SOMERSET—Serial -C- 
 
    4:30
DAVID FROST -C- 
Guests: Andy Griffith, his manager Richard Linke
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 
 
    6:30
NBC NEWS -C- 
 
    7:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -C- 
 
    7:30
FLIP WILSON -C- 
Guests: Zero Mostel, Steve Lawrence, Roberta Flack
 
    8:30
BOB HOPE -C- 
Special: Guests: Ursula Andress, Johnny Bench, Lola Falana, Bobbi Martin, the Golddiggers, Miss World 1971
[“Ironside” will not be seen.]
 
  10:00
DEAN MARTIN -C- 
Guests: Orson Welles, Charles Nelson Reilly, Don Rice
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON -C- 
 
    1:00
NEWS -C- 
 
 
 
10 WCAU (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
SUNRISE SEMESTER -C- 
Renaissance Art: The Last Years of the15th Century
 
    6:30
EXPLORER 10 -C- 
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS -C- 
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children -C- 
 
    9:00
BETTY HUGHES—Variety -C- 
Guest: Dionne Warwick
 
    9:30
FARMER’S DAUGHTER -C- 
 
  10:00
LUCILLE BALL -C- 
Guest: Mel Torme
 
  10:30
HILLBILLIES -C- 
 
  11:00
FAMILY AFFAIR -C- 
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE -C- 
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
WHERE THE HEART IS—Serial -C- 
 
  12:25
CBS NEWS -C- 
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial -C- 
 
    1:00
GALLOPING GOURMET -C- 
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial -C- 
 
    2:00
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING—Serial -C- 
 
    2:30
GUIDING LIGHT -C- 
 
    3:00
SECRET STORM -C- 
 
    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT -C- 
 
    4:00
GOMER PYLE -C- 
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Malaya” (1949)
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—Cronkite -C- 
 
    7:30
FAMILY AFFAIR -C- 
 
    8:00
JIM NABORS -C- 
Guest: Robert Goulet
 
    8:30
SAN FRANCISCO MIX -C- 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Five Branded Women” (1960)
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS -C- 
 
  11:30
MERV GRIFFIN -C- 
Guests: Lillian Gish, Richard Arlen, Jackie Coogan, Betty Bronson, Chester Conklin, Vivian Duncan, Neil Hamilton, Laura La Plante, Babe London, Ken Maynard, Buddy Rogers, Army Archard
[Postponed from December 16.]
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama -C- 
“Red Ball Express” (1952)
 
    2:35
NEWS -C- 
 
 
 
12 WHYY (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
    9:00
SESAME STREET -C- 
Guest: James Earl Jones
 
  10:00
CLASSROOM—Education
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
CLASSROOM—Continued
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET -C- 
Guest: James Earl Jones
 
    5:00
MISTEROGERS -C- 
 
    5:30
HODGEPODGE LODGE -C- 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
LOCAL NEWS—Don Dunwell
 
    6:30
WHAT’S NEW—Children -C- 
 
    7:00
SKI SCHOOL
 
    7:30
DESIGNING WOMEN -C- 
 
    8:00
WASHINGTON NEWS -C- 
 
    8:30
NBA BASKETBALL -C- 
Philadelphia 76ers at Chicago Bulls
 
    9:00
DAVID SUSSKIND -C- 
Guests: Mel Brooks, George Segal, David Steinberg, Dan Greenberg, Stan Herman
 
  10:45
FILM
 
  11:00
LOCAL NEWS—Al Campagnone
 
 
 
17 WPHL (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    9:30
AT YOR SERVICE -C- 
 
  10:00
JACK LA LANNE—Exercise -C- 
 
  10:30
ROCKET ROBIN HOOD -C- 
 
  11:00
JOHNNY CYPHER—Children -C- 
 
  11:30
MANTRAP—Discussion -C- 
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
JEOPARDY—Game -C- 
 
  12:30
WHO, WHAT OR WHERE -C- 
 
  12:55
NBC NEWS—Floyd Kalber -C- 
 
    1:00
ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial -C- 
 
    1:30
WORDS AND MUSIC -C- 
 
    2:00
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE -C- 
 
    3:00
ASTROBOY—Children
 
    3:30
KING KONG—Children -C- 
 
    4:00
LONE RANGER—Children -C- 
 
    4:30
THREE STOOGES—Children
 
    5:00
SPEED RACER—Children -C- 
 
    5:30
SPIDERMAN—Children -C- 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
PATTY DUKE—Comedy -C- 
 
    6:30
DANIEL BOONE—Adventure -C- 
 
    7:30
OF LANDS AND SEAS -C- 
 
    8:30
NBA BASKETBALL -C- 
Philadelphia 76ers at Chicago Bulls
 
  10:30
TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
 
  11:00
CAN YOU TOP THIS? -C- 
Guests: Joey Adams, Morey Amsterdam, George Jessel
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Musical -C- 
“Romance on the High Seas” (1948)
 
 
 
29 WTAF (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    7:30
NEWS WATCH -C- 
 
    8:15
BLACK HISTORY -C- 
 
    8:20
NEWS WATCH -C- 
 
    8:30
BOZO—Children -C- 
 
    9:00
SKIPPER RYLE—Children -C- 
 
  10:00
ROMPER ROOM—Children -C- 
 
  11:00
PHIL DONAHUE -C- 
Guest: Rev. Richard Unsworth
 
  11:55
COVER UP WITH ADELE -C- 
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
POPEYE & PALS—Children -C- 
 
  12:30
NAKED TRUTH -C- 
 
  12:55
NEWS WATCH -C- 
 
    1:00
DIVORCE COURT -C- 
 
    1:30
GIRL TALK—Discussion -C- 
Guests: Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Host: Betsy Palmer
 
    2:00
PHIL DONAHUE -C- 
Guest: Rev. Richard Unsworth
 
    2:55
BLACK HISTORY -C- 
 
    3:00
BEAT THE CLOCK—Game -C- 
Guest: Gloria De Haven
 
    3:30
ADAM, POPEYE & PALS -C- 
 
    5:00
LAND OF THE GIANTS -C- 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
FLYING NUN—Comedy -C- 
 
    6:30
I DREAM OF JEANNIE -C- 
 
    7:00
DRAGNET—Crime Drama -C- 
 
    7:30
STEVE ALLEN -C- 
 
    9:00
VIRGINIA GRAHAM -C- 
 
  10:00
SAINT—Crime Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS PROBE -C- 
 
  11:30
ROLLER DERBY -C- 
 
  12:30
BLACK HISTORY -C- 
 
  12:35
NEWS WATCH -C- 
 
 
 
39 WLVT (ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
    7:45
SESAME STREET -C- 
 
    8:45
CLASSROOM—Education
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
CLASSROOM—Continued
 
    3:45
MAGIC WNDOW—Children
 
    5:00
MISTEROGERS -C- 
 
    5:30
HODGEPODGE LODGE -C- 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
SESAME STREET -C- 
Guest: James Earl Jones
 
    7:00
MISTEROGERS—Children -C- 
 
    7:30
JULIA CHILD -C- 
 
    8:00
WASHINGTON NEWS -C- 
 
    8:30
NET PLAYHOUSE—Drama -C- 
“An Ideal Husband”
 
  10:00
NEWS -C- 
 
  10:30
NORTHAMPTON COUNTRY -C- 
 
 
 
48 WKBS (Ind.)
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
DELAWARE VALLEY TODAY—Carl Grant -C- 
 
  12:30
DICKORY DOC CARTOONS -C- 
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“My Favorite Wife” (1940)
 
    3:00
KIMBA—Children
 
    3:30
BANANA SPLITS -C- 
 
    4:30
FLINTSTONES—Children -C- 
 
    5:00
MUNSTERS—Comedy
 
    5:30
GET SMART—Comedy -C- 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
STAR TREK—Drama -C- 
 
    7:00
DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
 
    7:30
IT TAKES A THIEF -C- 
 
    8:30
CANDID CAMERA
 
    9:00
AVENGERS—Adventure
 
  10:00
PERRY MASON—Mystery
 
  11:00
ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Flight for Freedom” (1943)
 
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7 comments:

  1. HalJanuary 10, 2022 at 11:25 AM

    Bill Lear on TODAY! The Lear Jet founder was a real life friend of Bob Cummings who became a character on LOVE THAT BOB in fictionalized form, played by John Archer.

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  2. top_cat_jamesJanuary 10, 2022 at 6:28 PM

    Looks like the Merv Griffin episode is a salute to silent film stars. Chester Conklin would pass away that October, so likely this is his final public appearance.

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    1. Mitchell HadleyJanuary 12, 2022 at 9:18 PM

      You are correct! I don't know if they were all on stage, or if some of them appeared only via film, but I'll bet it was good.

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    2. Mike DoranJanuary 12, 2022 at 9:39 PM

      About that Merv Grifin show:
      Merv wrote
      it up, briefly, in one of his memoirs.
      Everything that could have gone wrong, did.

      Buddy Rogers arranged for a phone interview with his wife, Mary Pickford, who proved to be incoherent; the call couldn't be used.
      Ken Maynard, the old cowboy star, was "overserved" (to use the current phrase); his segment had to be heavily edited.
      A couple of the other old stars required severe editing as well.
      You'll note that this show had been "postponed from December 10th".

      Now to see if this one gets through ...

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  3. Mike DoranJanuary 11, 2022 at 9:36 PM

    My confuser is going berserk on me.
    This is a test.
    If it goes through, I may have a comment.
    Back whenever ...

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