What's on TV? Saturday, March 7, 1959

After looking at the Tuesday listings for three consecutive weeks (albeit from three different years), I think it's time to look elsewhere, don't you? So let's take a look at the Saturday listings in this Dallas-Fort Worth issue—we haven't done that in awhile. Speaking of which, a few weeks ago Top Cat James mentioned the cover of the February 11, 1967 issue, which bore the headline, "TV on Saturday Mornings: When People Are Second-Best." Well, this is an example of what the article was talking about. In contrast to the late 1960s, when cartoons dominated the Saturday morning scene, TV in 1959 featured mostly live-action adventure shows and Western movies: Robin Hood, Sky King, Circus Boy, Detective's Diary. Sure, there were animated shows, but nothing like it would be. We're back to that now, only much of it is local news, infomercials, and packaged E/I shows. I guess now it's viewers who are second-best. 

	-4- KRLD (CBS)
	MORNING
	8:00	CARTOONS—Kids
	8:30	CAPT. KANGAROO—Kids
	9:30	MIGHTY MOUSE—Cartoons
	10:00	HECKLE AND JECKLE
	10:30	ROBIN HOOD—Adventure
	11:00	SKY KING—Adventure
	11:30	MOVIE—Western “Firebrands of Arizona” (1944)
	AFTERNOON
	12:30	CARTOONS—Kids
	12:45	NEWS
	1:00	SPORTS—Mercer, Harrison
	1:30	ICE HOCKEY—Rangers vs. Black Hawks
	3:45	NEWS—Bob Brock
	4:00	TRAVELOG   COLOR
	4:30	LONE RANGER—Western
	5:00	JOHNNY HICKS—Variety
	5:30	COMMAND PERFORMANCE
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Reid Collins
	6:15	POLICE REPORT—Dallas
	6:20	WEATHER—Jack Harrison
	6:30	PERRY MASON—Mystery
	7:30	WANTED—DEAD OR LIVE
	8:00	GALE STORM—Comedy
	8:30	HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
	9:00	GUNSMOKE—Western
	9:30	DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama
	10:00	NEWS
	10:20	PEOPLE AND PLACES—Hogan
	10:30	GOURMET—David Wade
	11:00	MOVIE—Mystery “Murder in Greenwich Village” (1937)

 

 

	-5- WBAP (NBC)
	MORNING
	8:00	HAND ARTS—Education
	8:30	TEXAS CURRICULUM
	9:00	HOWDY DOODY—Kids
	9:30	RUFF AND REDDY
	10:00	FURY—Adventure
	10:30	CIRCUS BOY—Adventure
	11:00	TRUE STORY—Drama
	11:30	DETECTIVE’S DIARY
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	TOWN AND COUNTRY—Pigg
	12:15	TELEVIEWS—Panel
	12:30	CHRISTIAN QUEJSTIONS
	1:00	PLEASURE ISLAND—Johnny Hay
	2:00	COLLEGE BASKETBALL—Cincinnati vs. Bradley Cincinnati at Bradley
	4:00	WOMEN’S BOWLING
	4:30	STEVE DONOVAN—Western
	5:00	MOVIE—Western “Montana Belle” (1952)
	EVENING
	6:30	PEOPLE ARE FUNNY
	7:00	PERRY COMO—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Ronnie Burns, Eve Arden, Max Bygraves
	8:00	BLACK SADDLE—Western
	8:30	CIMARRON CITY—Western
	9:30	D.A.’s MAN—Drama
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	MOVIE—Comedy “You Can’t Take It with You” (1938)

 

 

	-6- KCEN (TEMPLE) (NBC)
	MORNING
	9:00	HOWDY DOODY—Kids
	9:30	RUFF AND REDDY
	10:00	FURY—Adventure
	10:30	CIRCUS BOY—Adventure
	11:00	FUN AND NON-SUCH—Kids
	11:30	DETECTIVE’S DIARY
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MR. WIZARD—Education
	12:30	LEARN AND LIVE—Education
	1:00	CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING
	2:00	COLLEGE BASKETBALL—Cincinnati vs. Bradley Cincinnati at Bradley
	3:30	CROWDED OUT—Documentary   SPECIAL
	4:00	WOMEN’S BOWLING
	4:30	TEN FOR SURVIVAL—Huntley
	5:00	COMMAND PERFORMANCE
	5:30	SPORTS—Dub King
	EVENING
	6:00	HAWKEYE—Adventure
	6:30	PEOPLE ARE FUNNY
	7:00	PERRY COMO—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Ronnie Burns, Eve Arden, Max Bygraves
	8:00	BLACK SADDLE—Western
	8:30	CIMARRON CITY—Western
	10:00	NEWS
	10:25	SPORTS
	10:30	MOVIE—Spy Drama “The Iron Curtain” (1948)

 

 

	-8- WFAA (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:30	AGRICULTURE ON PARADE
	7:45	THROUGH THE PORTHOLE
	8:00	MOVIE—Western “Frontier Investigator” (1949)
	9:00	MOVE—Documentary “On the Barrier Reef”
	10:30	FARMER AL FALFA—Cartoons
	11:00	UNCLE AL—Kids
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	QUIZ ‘EM ON THE AIR
	12:30	I LED THREE LIVES—Cartoons
	1:00	CHARLIE CHAN—Mystery
	1:30	MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
	2:00	COLLEGE BASKETBALL—Missouri vs. Kansas State Missouri at Kansas State
	3:45	SPORTS—Hayes, Wise
	4:00	DALLAS BANDSTAND—Music
	5:00	ALL-STAR GOLF—Sarasota, Fla. Sam Snead vs. Billy Maxwell
	EVENING
	6:00	DANGER IS MY BUSINESS
	6:30	DICK CLARK—Music Guests: Jaye P. Morgan, Paul Anka, Dale Hawkins, Fabian and the Coasters
	7:00	JUBILEE U.S.A.—Red Foley Guests: Tex Ritter, the Schmitz Sisters
	8:00	DANCING PARTY—Welk
	9:00	CITIZEN SOLDIER—Drama
	9:30	SA 7—Drama
	10:00	NEWS
	10:15	SPORTS—Wes Wise
	10:30	MOVIE—Double Feature 1. “Gun in His Hand” Dallas TV Debut 2. Accused of Murder” (1956) Dallas TV Debut

 

 

	10 KWTX (WACO) (CBS, ABC)
	MORNING
	8:30	TEXAS CURRICULUM
	9:00	CAPT. KANGAROO—Kids
	9:30	MIGHTY MOUSE—Cartoons
	10:00	HECKLE AND JECKLE
	10:30	ROBIN HOOD—Adventure
	11:00	UNCLE AL—Kids
	11:30	LET’S EXPLORE—Education
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MOVIE—Western
	1:00	LIFE WITH ELIZABETH—Comedy
	1:30	CONRAD NAGEL—Drama
	2:00	COLLEGE BASKETBALL—Missouri vs. Kansas State Missouri at Kansas State
	4:00	FLASH GORDON—Space
	4:30	LONE RANGER—Western
	5:00	JOE PALOOKA—Drama
	5:30	REPORT TO THE PEOPLE
	5:45	AIR FORCE STORY
	EVENING
	6:00	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	6:30	PERRY MASON—Mystery
	7:30	WANTED—DEAD OR LIVE
	8:00	DANCING PARTY—Welk
	9:00	GUNSMOKE—Western
	9:30	HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
	10:00	NEWS
	10:25	SPORTS
	10:30	MOVIE—Adventure “The Golden Mask” (English; 1954)

 

 

	11 KFJZ (Ind.)
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	MOVIE—Western “Rainbow over Texas”
	1:00	MOVIE—Drama “Green Grass of Wyoming” (1949)
	2:30	ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
	3:00	I MARRIED JOAN—Comedy
	3:30	MOVIE—Drama “Blackmail” (1939)
	5:00	ADVENTURE THEATER
	EVENING
	6:00	POPEYE—Cartoons
	6:15	MOVIE—Melodrama “The Mummy’s Tomb” (1942)
	7:30	MOVIE—Drama “Rebecca” (1940)
	10:00	MOVIE—War Drama “Objective, Burma” (1945)
	11:30	MOVIE—Drama “6000 Enemies” (1939)

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