May 9, 2022

What's on TV? Thursday, May 11, 1972




Here is WTCG, Channel 17, circa 1972, pre-Superstation, pre-Atlanta Braves. The "TCG" stands for Turner Communications Group, although they like to say it means "Watch This Channel Grow." The programs still start on the hour and half-hour instead of five minutes after each, and the programming is entirely conventional for an independent station: cartoons, movies, and even a couple of network programs that aren't cleared by WSB, the NBC affiliate that prefers to air Mike Douglas instead. In other words, it's business as usual, the lull before the storm, TV as we've always known it. It's the Georgia edition this week, with added programming from Chattanooga.

 
-2- WSB (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:20
TOWN AND COUNTRY
 
     6:25
FARM NEWS -C- 
 
     6:30
AFTER EDEN
 
     7:00
TODAY -C- 
 
     9:00
TODAY IN GEORGIA -C- 
 
   10:00
DINAH SHORE -C- 
Abbe Lane, Neil Solomon
 
   10:30
CONCENTRATION -C- 
 
   11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY -C- 
         
   11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES -C- 
Guests: Marty Allen, Jim Backus, Joel Grey, Paul Lynde, Rose Marie, Suzanne Pleshette, Vincent Price, Jo Anne Worley
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
NEWS—Dave Sisson -C- 
 
   12:30
MIKE DOUGLAS -C- 
Guests: Dave Brubeck, Jerry Mulligan, Shirley Temple Black, Joyce Chen
 
     2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES -C- 
 
     2:30
DOCTORS -C- 
 
     3:00
ANOTHER WORLD -C- 
 
     3:30
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE -C- 
 
     4:00
SOMERSET -C- 
 
     4:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -C- 
 
     5:00
PERRY MASON
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
NEWS—Philp/Sisson -C- 
 
     7:00
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor -C- 
 
     7:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -C- 
 
     8:00
FLIP WILSON -C- 
Carol Channing, David Steinberg, the Modern Jazz Quartet
 
     9:00
IRONSIDE -C- 
 
   10:00
DEAN MARTIN -C- 
Ginger Rogers, Arte Johnson, Don Meredith, Norm Crosby
 
   11:00
NEWS—Horner/Philp -C- 
 
   11:30
JOHNNY CARSON -C- 
Guest: Lola Falana
 
 
 
 3  WRCB (CHATTANOOGA) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
     7:00
TODAY -C- 
 
     9:00
VIRGINIA GRAHAM -C- 
Pat Boone and family
 
   10:00
DINAH SHORE -C- 
Abbe Lane, Neil Solomon
 
   10:30
CONCENTRATION -C- 
 
   11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY -C- 
         
   11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES -C- 
Guests: Marty Allen, Jim Backus, Joel Grey, Paul Lynde, Rose Marie, Suzanne Pleshette, Vincent Price, Jo Anne Worley
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
JEOPARDY -C- 
 
   12:30
WHO, WHAT OR WHERE—Game -C- 
 
   12:55
NBC NEWS—Kalber -C- 
 
     1:00
MERRY-GO-ROUND -C- 
 
     1:30
THREE ON A MATCH—Game -C- 
 
     2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES -C- 
 
     2:30
DOCTORS -C- 
 
     3:00
ANOTHER WORLD -C- 
 
     3:30
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE -C- 
 
     4:00
SOMERSET -C- 
 
     4:30
MOVIE—Science Fiction
“The Fly” (1958)
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
NEWS—Morris/Wick -C- 
 
     6:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor -C- 
 
     7:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -C- 
 
     7:30
MAYBERRY R.F.D. -C- 
 
     8:00
FLIP WILSON -C- 
Carol Channing, David Steinberg, the Modern Jazz Quartet
 
     9:00
IRONSIDE -C- 
 
   10:00
DEAN MARTIN -C- 
Ginger Rogers, Arte Johnson, Don Meredith, Norm Crosby
 
   11:00
NEWS—Wick/Hill -C- 
 
   11:30
JOHNNY CARSON -C- 
Guest: Lola Falana
 
 
 
-5- WAGA (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
     6:00
SUNRISE SEMESTER -C- 
Latin-American Literature: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
 
     6:30
UNIV. OF MICHIGAN -C- 
 
     7:00
CBS NEWS—Hart -C- 
 
     8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO -C- 
 
     9:00
PHIL DONAHUE -C- 
 
   10:00
LUCILLE BALL -C- 
 
   10:30
MY THREE SONS -C- 
 
   11:00
FAMILY AFFAIR -C- 
         
   11:30
LOVE OF LIFE -C- 
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW -C- 
 
     1:00
IT’S YOUR BET -C- 
 
     1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS -C- 
 
     2:00
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING -C- 
 
     2:30
GUIDING LIGHT -C- 
 
     3:00
SECRET STORM -C- 
 
     3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT -C- 
 
     4:00
I LOVE LUCY
 
     4:30
VIRGINIAN -C- 
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
NEWS—Chuck Moore -C- 
 
     6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite -C- 
 
     7:00
NEWS—Axel/Moore -C- 
 
     7:30
I DREAM OF JEANNIE -C- 
 
     8:00
MEANDTHE CHIMP -C- 
 
     8:30
MY THREE SONS -C- 
 
     9:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Arrivederci, Baby!” (1966)
 
   11:00
NEWS—Chuck Moore -C- 
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Comedy -C- 
“Ensign Pulver” (1964)
 
 
 
-8- WGTV (PBS)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     4:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children -C- 
 
     5:00
SESAME STREET -C- 
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
MISTER ROGERS -C- 
 
     6:30
WHAT’S NEW—Children -C- 
 
     7:00
TV HIGH SCHOOL
“Beginning Algebra”
 
     7:30
UNIVERSITY NEWS -C- 
 
     7:45
WHY! -C- 
 
     8:00
A PUBLIC AFFAIR/ELECTION ‘72 -C- 
 
     8:30
PLAYHOUSE NEW YORK -C- 
 
   10:00
BLACK JOURNAL -C- 
 
   10:30
COACH LAWSON -C- 
 
 
 
 9  WTVC (CHATTANOOGA) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     7:30
NEW ZOO REVUE—Children -C- 
 
     8:00
FUNTIME—Children -C- 
 
     9:00
NEWS—Hogue/Mazza -C- 
 
     9:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Miami Story” (1954)
 
   11:00
WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW -C- 
         
   11:30
BEWITCHED -C- 
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
PASSWORD -C- 
Carol Channing, Martin Milner. Host: Allen Ludden
 
   12:30
SPLIT SECOND—Game -C- 
 
     1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN -C- 
 
     2:00
NEWLYWED GAME -C- 
 
     2:30
DATING GAME -C- 
 
     3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL -C- 
 
     3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE -C- 
 
     4:00
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE -C- 
 
     4:30
HERE COME THE BRIDES -C- 
 
     5:30
NEWS—Willette/McAfee -C- 
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith, Harry Reasoner -C- 
 
     6:30
HIGH CHAPARRAL -C- 
 
     7:30
DEATH VALLEY DAYS -C- 
 
     8:00
ALIAS SMITH AND JONES -C- 
 
     9:00
LONGSTREET—Crime Drama -C- 
 
   10:00
OWEN MARSHALL, COUNSELOR AT LAW -C- 
 
   11:00
NEWS—Willette/McAfee -C- 
 
   11:30
DICK CAVETT -C- 
Guests: Ben Gazzara, Janice Rule
 
 
 
11 WQXI (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:25
UNDERDOG -C- 
 
     6:55
PROFESSOR KITZEL—Children -C- 
 
     7:00
TUBBY AND LESTER -C- 
 
     8:00
ROMPER ROOM -C- 
 
     8:30
WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW -C- 
 
     9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Forever Amber” (1947) conclusion
 
   11:00
SPLIT SECOND—Game -C- 
         
   11:30
BEWITCHED -C- 
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
PASSWORD -C- 
Carol Channing, Martin Milner. Host: Allen Ludden
 
   12:30
NEWS—Neal/Faye -C- 
 
     1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN -C- 
 
     2:00
NEWLYWED GAME -C- 
 
     2:30
DATING GAME -C- 
 
     3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL -C- 
 
     3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE -C- 
 
     4:00
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE -C- 
 
     4:30
DICK VAN DYKE
 
     5:00
DANIEL BOONE -C- 
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith, Harry Reasoner -C- 
 
     6:30
GREEN ACRES -C- 
 
     7:00
WHAT’S MY LINE? -C- 
Panel: Arlene Francis, Allen Ludden, Soupy Sales, Gail Sheldon. Host: Wally Bruner
 
     7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH -C- 
Panel: Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Gene Rayburn. Host: Garry Moore
 
     8:00
ALIAS SMITH AND JONES -C- 
 
     9:00
LONGSTREET—Crime Drama -C- 
 
   10:00
OWEN MARSHALL, COUNSELOR AT LAW -C- 
 
   11:00
NEWS—Carmack/Brooks -C- 
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Young Dillinger” (1965)
 
     1:00
NEWS -C- 
 
 
 
12 WDEF (CHATTANOOGA) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
     6:25
SUNRISE SEMESTER -C- 
Latin-American Literature: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
 
     6:55
FARM REPORT
 
     7:00
CBS NEWS—Hart -C- 
 
     7:30
MORNING SHOW -C- 
 
     8:30
ROMPER ROOM -C- 
 
     9:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO -C- 
 
   10:00
LUCILLE BALL -C- 
 
   10:30
MY THREE SONS -C- 
 
   11:00
FAMILY AFFAIR -C- 
         
   11:30
LOVE OF LIFE -C- 
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
NEWS—Vic Gramount -C- 
 
   12:25
CBS NEWS—Edwards -C- 
 
   12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW -C- 
 
     1:00
PEYTON PLACE -C- 
 
     1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS -C- 
 
     2:00
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING -C- 
 
     2:30
GUIDING LIGHT -C- 
 
     3:00
SECRET STORM -C- 
 
     3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT -C- 
 
     4:00
AMATEUR’S GUIDE TO LOVE—Game -C- 
Charles Nelson Reilly, Joan Rivers
 
     4:30
MERV GRIFFIN -C- 
Guests: Della Reese, Michael York, Pamela Mason, Jean Paul VIgnon
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
NEWS—Mort Lloyd -C- 
 
     6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite -C- 
 
     7:00
PAUL HARVEY—Commentary -C- 
 
     7:05
NEWS—Dick James -C- 
 
     7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH -C- 
Panel: Larry Blyden, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen. Host: Garry Moore
 
     8:00
ME AND THE CHIMP -C- 
 
     8:30
MY THREE SONS -C- 
 
     9:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Arrivederci, Baby!” (1966)
 
   11:00
NEWS—Dick James -C- 
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Western
“Cattle King” (1963)
 
 
 
13 WMAZ (CBS, ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:50
NEWS -C- 
 
     7:00
CBS NEWS—Hart -C- 
 
     8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO -C- 
 
     9:00
LET’S TALK IT OVER -C- 
 
     9:30
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
   10:00
LUCILLE BALL -C- 
 
   10:30
MY THREE SONS -C- 
 
   11:00
FAMILY AFFAIR -C- 
         
   11:30
LOVE OF LIFE -C- 
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
WHERE THE HEART IS -C- 
 
   12:25
CBS NEWS—Edwards -C- 
 
   12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW -C- 
 
     1:00
ALMANAC -C- 
 
     1:15
DATE WITH DEL -C- 
 
     1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS -C- 
 
     2:00
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING -C- 
 
     2:30
GUIDING LIGHT -C- 
 
     3:00
SECRET STORM -C- 
 
     3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT -C- 
 
     4:00
AMATEUR’S GUIDE TO LOVE—Game -C- 
Charles Nelson Reilly, Joan Rivers
 
     4:30
HIGH CHAPARRAL -C- 
 
     5:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH -C- 
Panelists: Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS -C- 
 
     6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite -C- 
 
     7:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -C- 
 
     7:30
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE -C- 
 
     8:30
MY THREE SONS -C- 
 
     9:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Arrivederci, Baby!” (1966)
 
   11:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS -C- 
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Western
“Cattle King” (1963)
 
 
 
17 WTCG (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
     7:00
LITTLE RASCALS
 
     8:00
BANANA SPLITS -C- 
 
     8:30
FLINTSTONES -C- 
 
     9:00
NEW ZOO REVUE—Children -C- 
 
     9:30
CARTOON CARIVAL -C- 
 
   10:00
JACK LaLANNE—Exercise -C- 
 
   10:30
MANTRAP—Discussion -C- 
 
   11:00
DONNA REED
         
   11:30
GALLOPING GOURMET -C- 
French Canadian meat pie
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
JEOPARDY -C- 
 
   12:30
WHO, WHAT OR WHERE—Game -C- 
 
   12:55
NBC NEWS—Kalber -C- 
 
     1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Locket” (1946)
 
     3:00
MAGIC FUNNIES -C- 
 
     3:30
BANANA SPLITS -C- 
 
     4:00
SPIDERMAN -C- 
 
     4:30
FLINTSTONES -C- 
 
     5:00
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
 
     5:30
SEA HUNT
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
STAR TREK -C- 
 
     7:00
RIFLEMAN
 
     7:30
DRAGNET -C- 
 
     8:00
LARADO -C- 
 
     9:00
MOVIE—Musical Comedy
“Pardon My Sarong” (1942)
 
   10:30
SOUTHERN SPORTSMAN -C- 
 
   11:00
ONE STEP BEYOND
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Western
“Cattle King” (1963)
 
 
 
41 WCWB (MACON) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
     7:00
TODAY -C- 
 
     9:00
ROMPER ROOM -C- 
 
     9:30
WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW -C- 
 
   10:00
DINAH SHORE -C- 
Abbe Lane, Neil Solomon
 
   10:30
CONCENTRATION -C- 
 
   11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY -C- 
         
   11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES -C- 
Guests: Marty Allen, Jim Backus, Joel Grey, Paul Lynde, Rose Marie, Suzanne Pleshette, Vincent Price, Jo Anne Worley
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
JEOPARDY -C- 
 
   12:30
WHO, WHAT OR WHERE—Game -C- 
 
   12:55
NBC NEWS—Kalber -C- 
 
     1:00
NEWS—McEldowney -C- 
 
     1:10
WOMAN’S WORLD -C- 
 
     1:30
THREE ON A MATCH—Game -C- 
 
     2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES -C- 
 
     2:30
DOCTORS -C- 
 
     3:00
ANOTHER WORLD -C- 
 
     3:30
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE -C- 
 
     4:00
SOMERSET -C- 
 
     4:30
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
EVENING
 
     6:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor -C- 
 
     7:00
ADDAMS FAMILY
 
     7:30
DRAGNET -C- 
 
     8:00
FLIP WILSON -C- 
Carol Channing, David Steinberg, the Modern Jazz Quartet
 
     9:00
IRONSIDE -C- 
 
   10:00
DEAN MARTIN -C- 
Ginger Rogers, Arte Johnson, Don Meredith, Norm Crosby
 
   11:00
MOVIE GAME -C- 
 
   11:30
JOHNNY CARSON -C- 
Guest: Lola Falana
 
 
 
45 WTCI (CHATTANOOGA) (PBS)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     4:10
SWEDISH CLOSE-UP -C- 
 
     4:30
HODGEPODGE LODGE -C- 
 
     5:00
SESAME STREET -C- 
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
MISTER ROGERS -C- 
 
     6:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children -C- 
 
     7:00
OUR STREET—Serial -C- 
 
     7:30
DESIGNING WOMEN—Sewing -C- 
 
     8:00
IMPROVING YOUR MATH
 
     8:30
ASSIGNMENT 45
 
   10:00
AESTHETIC VENTURE
 
 
 
46 WHAE (Ind.)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     5:00
MUSIC TO LIVE BY
 
     5:30
FURY
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
JIM AND TAMMY -C- 
 
     7:00
ROY ROGERS
 
     7:30
TEACH-IN—Discussion
 
     8:30
OF LANDS AND SEAS -C- 
 
     9:30
700 CLUB -C- 
 
 
 
61 WRIP (CHATTANOOGA) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
     7:30
CARTOON CARNIVAL -C- 
 
     8:00
MOVIE—Musical
“Happy Go Lovely” (1951)
 
   10:00
MOVIE—Western
“Fort Yuma” (1955)
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
MOVIE—Musical
“Swing Your Lady” (1938)
 
     2:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1939)
 
     3:30
BUGS BUNNY/THREE STOOGES -C- 
 
     4:00
MOVIE—Musical
“Happy Go Lovely” (1951)
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
MOVIE—Western
“Fort Yuma” (1955)
 
     8:00
MOVIE—Musical
“Swing Your Lady” (1938)
 
   10:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1939)
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Musical
“Happy Go Lovely” (1951)
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1 comment:

  1. JofusMay 25, 2022 at 1:06 PM

    There was a last-minute change to CBS's prime-time schedule thst day.

    "My Three Sons" and the movie "Arrevidechi Baby!" were pre-empted for the sixth (and ultimately last) game of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals.

    It would be the last NHL game CBS carried before losing the NHL national TV rights to NBC.

    During the early seventies, quite a few CBS stations refused to clear NHL telecasts. But given that Atlanta would get an NHL team in the fall of 1972, I would think WAGA carried the 1971-72 CBS hockey series.

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