May 2, 2022

What's on TV? Sunday, May 1, 1955



Last Monday it was Bay Area Sunday television circa 1980; today we go back 25 years to look at the same lineup on a Sunday in 1955; some of the stations are the same, but very little of their programs are. KQED, the educational station, didn't broadcast on the weekend back then, and DuMont, the network, doesn't broadcast at all anymore. Anyway, have fun with the comparisons.

Two specials of note: at 11:30 a.m., KPIX presents a repeat of the 1954 Studio One play An Almanac of Liberty, within the context of the Democratic Legacy Awards program from the Anti-Defamation League. The Anti-Defamation broadcast probably doesn't exist anymore, but you can see An Almanac of Liberty here. And then, in a preview of things to come, KPIX hosts a debate on the future of pay TV at 2:15 p.m. Should viewers pay for the programs they watch? TV Guide promises a writeup of the issue next week.

 
-4- KRON (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
   10:15
News and Music
 
   10:30
American Forum—Education
 
   11:00
The Christophers—Religion
       
   11:30
Green Thumb—Gardening
 
   11:45
Scripture Sketches—Fisher
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Frontiers of Faith
 
   12:30
Things to Remember
 
     1:00
Background—Documentary
 
     1:30
Time for Youth
 
     2:00
Kierans’ Kaleidoscope
 
     2:30
Take a Stand—Trumbull
 
     3:00
Meet the Press—Panel
Guest: Gov. Averell Harriman (DNY)
 
     3:30
People Are Funny
 
     4:00
MOVIE—Drama
Feature Playhouse: “Jane Eyre”
 
     5:00
Hall of Fame—Drama
“Oliver Wendell Holmes”
 
     5:30
Capt. Gallant—Adventure
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Macomber Affair”
 
     7:15
MYSTERY THEATER
 
     7:30
MR. PEEPERS—Wally Cox
 
     8:00
COMEDY HOUR
Guest: Liberace
 
     9:00
TV PLAYHOUSE
“Letter of Recommendation”
 
   10:00
LORETTA YOUNG SHOW
“I Remember the Rani”
 
   10:30
VICTORY AT SEA—Navy
 
   11:00
Captured—Crime
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Drama
Owl Theater: “Mister Cinderella”
 
 
 
-5- KPIX (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
     8:45
Industry on Parade
 
     9:00
Lamp Unto My Feet
 
     9:30
Look Up and Live
 
   10:00
The Big Picture—Army Film
 
   10:30
Puppet Tales
 
   10:45
Cartoon Cutups—Kids
       
   11:30
Almanac of Liberty   SPECIAL 
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:30
Let’s Take a Trip
 
     1:00
The Lone Ranger—Western
 
     1:30
Face the Nation—Panel
 
     2:00
The American Week
 
     2:15
Subscription TV—Debate   SPECIAL 
 
     3:00
MOVIE—Drama
Sunday Matinee: “Johnny Doughboy”
 
     4:00
Del Courtney—Variety
 
     4:45
Short Story Theater
 
     5:00
Lucy Show—Comedy
 
     5:30
Bandstand Revue
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
You Are There
“The Emancipation Proclamation”
 
     6:30
Lassie—Drama
 
     7:00
JACK BENNY
 
     7:30
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Guest Panelist: Laraine Day. Panelists: Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen. John Daly emcees.
 
     8:00
TOAST OF THE TOWN
Guests: Eartha Kitt, Lionel Hapton, Georgia Gibbs, Victor Julian, Phil Foster, NYU and Skidmore College choruses
 
     9:00
G.E. THEATER
“Mr. Blue Ocean”
 
     9:30
LIBERACE—Music
 
   10:00
NEWS ANALYSIS—Winter
 
   10:30
STAGE 7—Drama
“Armed”
 
   11:00
Sunday News Special
 
   11:15
MOVIE—Western
Late Show: “Challenge of the Frontier”
 
   12:30
Headline News
 
 
 
-7- KGO (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     9:30
Film Feature
 
   10:00
Garden Show
 
   10:30
The Christophers—Religion
 
   11:00
Church in the Home
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
This is the Life—Religion
 
   12:30
Faith for Today—Fagal
 
     1:00
Our Catholic Heritage
 
     1:30
Cartoon Time
 
     1:45
Manners for Mutts
 
     2:00
Super Circus—Variety  
 
     3:00
Cisco Kid—Western
 
     3:30
Captain Midnight—Kids
 
     4:00
Sky King—Adventure
 
     4:30
Boston Blackie—Drama
 
     5:00
Amateur Hour—Budda
 
     5:30
MOVIE—Musical
Sunday Matinee: “52nd Street”
 
EVENING
 
     7:00
YOU ASKED FOR IT
 
     7:30
PLAYHOUSE—Polly Bergen
“The Longest Legs in Town”
 
     8:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“It’s Up in the Air”
 
     9:00
WALTER WINCHELL—News
 
     9:15
AMES BROTHERS—Music
 
     9:30
RACKET SQUAD—Crim
 
   10:00
BREAK THE BANK—Quiz
 
   10:30
LET’S LOOK AT BOOKS
 
   11:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Case of the Telegraph Swindle”
 
 
 
-8- KSBW (All)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     4:00
World in Documentary
 
     4:30
This is the Life—Religion
 
     5:00
It’s a Great Life—Comedy
 
     5:30
People Are Funny
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
You Are There
“The Emancipation Proclamation”
 
     6:30
Douglas Fairbanks Presents
“Sensible Man”
 
     7:00
JACK BENNY
 
     7:30
EDDIE CANTOR—Comedy
 
     8:00
TOAST OF THE TOWN
Guests: Eartha Kitt, Lionel Hampton, Georgia Gibbs, Victor Julian, Phil Foster, NYU and Skidmore College choruses
 
     9:00
G.E. THEATER
“Mr. Blue Ocean”
 
     9:30
LORETTA YOUNG SHOW
“Feeling No Pain”
 
   10:00
APPOINTMENT WITH ADVENTURE
 
   10:30
THE CHRISTOPHERS—Religion
 
 
 
10 KBET (CBS, ABC)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     1:45
News Report
 
     1:50
Church at Work
 
     2:15
News Review
 
     2:30
The Search—Documentary
 
     3:00
Our Story
 
     3:30
Oral RobertsReligion
 
     4:00
Mather Field, U.S.A.
 
     4:30
To Be Announced
 
     5:00
The Professor
 
     5:30
Prescription for Living
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
You Are There
“Lou Gehrig’s Greatest Day”
 
     6:30
Lassie—Drama
 
     7:00
JACK BENNY
 
     7:30
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Guest Panelist: Laraine Day. Panelists: Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen. John Daly emcees.
 
     8:00
TOAST OF THE TOWN
Guests: Eartha Kitt, Lionel Hapton, Georgia Gibbs, Victor Julian, Phil Foster, NYU and Skidmore College choruses
 
     9:00
G.E. THEATER
“Mr. Blue Ocean”
 
     9:30
STAGE 7—Drama
 
   10:00
APPOINTMENT WITH ADVENTURE
 
   10:30
VICTORY AT SEA
 
   11:00
Father MacConnell—Religion
 
   11:30
News Bulletins
 
 
 
13 KOVR (Du Mont)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     2:45
Industry on Parade
 
     3:00
MOVIE—Western
Cowboy Classics: “Six Gun Rhythm”
 
     4:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Juggernaut”
 
     5:00
Oral Roberts—Religion
 
     5:30
Big Picture—Army Film
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
This is the Life—Religion
 
     6:30
Bible Dramas
 
     7:00
MOVIE—Drama
Academy Theater: “Steel Helmet”
 
     8:15
WRESTLING
 
   10:00
MOVIE—Musical
Feature Theater: “Second Chorus”
 
 
 
36 KTVU (NBC)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     4:00
Town Meeting—Religion
 
     4:30
This is the Life—Religion
 
     5:00
Facts Forum
 
     5:30
Big Picture—Army Film
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
MOVIE—Drama
Star Theater: “Driftwood”
 
     7:00
THE BIG PICTURE—Army
 
     7:30
MR. PEEPERS—Wally Cox
 
     8:00
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
     9:00
TV PLAYHOUSE
“Letter of Recommendation”
 
   10:00
BREAK THE BANK—Quiz
 
 
 
40 KCCC (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
   10:45
The Christophers—Religion
 
   11:00
Faith for Today—Fagal
       
   11:30
This is the Life—Religion
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Frontiers of Faith
 
   12:30
Film Feature
 
     1:00
Background—Education
 
     1:30
How Does Garden Grow?
 
     2:00
Sacramento Varieties
 
     3:00
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Meet the Press—Panel
Guest: Gov. Averell Harriman (D—NY)
 
     6:30
SupermanAdventure
 
     7:00
PEOPLE ARE FUNNY
 
     7:30
LIFE OF RILEY—William Bendix
 
     8:00
COMEDY HOUR
Guest: Liberace
 
     9:00
WHERE WERE YOU?
 
     9:30
BADGE 714—Jack Webb
 
   10:00
TV PLAYHOUSE
“Letter of Recommendation”
 
   11:00
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
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1 comment:

  1. Apparently CBS sent some programs like WHAT'S MY LINE? live from the East Coast but then followed that show by a recording (probably kine) of TOAST OF THE TOWN.
    Jack Klugman wrote a book about his relationship with Tony Randall called "tony and me" (sic), where he states that Tony remembered working with him for the first time on a bad tv program called APPOINTMENT WITH ADVENTURE, which apparently at least 1 local station was carrying this night.

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