What's on TV? Sunday, November 6, 1955

Unless I'm mistaken, I think we have a winner in the contest for the year's best program description: WSTV's 6:00 p.m. listing for Lassie. "Dog Drama." That about says it, doesn't it? Elsewhere, NBC Opera Theater makes its season debut with Lukas Foss' made-for-TV opera Griffelkin, about a young devil residing in Hell's nursery. That's preceded by an interview with former president Herbert Hoover, when he had been out of office for nearly 23 years (2:00 p.m., WTRF). You Are There takes us to the O.K. Corral, as Walter Cronkite and his news team interview the Earps and Clantons, played by Robert Bray, John Larch, John Anderson, DeForest Kelley (who, sadly, doesn't play Doc Holliday), Arthur Reese, and Ernest Baldwin. Not a bad day of broadcasting, as seen in the Pittsburgh Edition.

	-2- KDKA (Pittsburgh) (ABC, CBS, Du Mont, NBC)
	MORNING
	9:40	Sermonette—Religion
	9:45	Christian Science Heals
	10:00	Lamp Unto My Feet—Religion “The Bright Red Carpet”
	10:30	Look Up and Live—Religion
	11:00	This Is the Life—Religion
	11:30	The Parson’s Mailbox
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	Super Circus—Clowns Guest: Mary Hartline
	12:30	To Be Announced
	12:45	Jon Gnagy—Art
	1:00	Ramar of the Jungle
	1:30	Annie Oakley—Western
	2:00	NEWS
	2:15	Music and Meditation
	2:30	Life Begins at 80
	3:00	Theater—Drama “One”
	4:00	December Bride—Comedy
	4:30	City Detective—Drama
	5:00	It’s Always Jan—Comedy
	5:30	Captain Gallant
	EVENING
	6:00	Wilkens Amateur Hour
	7:00	DEATH VALLEY DAYS
	7:30	MOVIE—“The Constant Husband”   COLOR
	9:00	TV PLAYHOUSE “The Mechanical Heart”
	10:00	LORETTA YOUNG
	10:30	DR. HUDSON’S SECRET JOURNAL—Drama
	11:00	DREW PEARSON—News
	11:15	Playhouse 15—Drama
	11:30	NEWS
	11:35	MOVIE—Musical Comedy “Song of the Open Road”

 

 

	-6- WJAC (Johnstown) (CBS, NBC)
	MORNING
	9:55	NEWS
	10:00	Lamp Unto My Feet—Religion “The Bright Red Carpet”
	10:30	Look Up and Live—Religion
	11:00	UN in Action
	11:30	Contest Carnival
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	Buffalo Bill, Jr.
	12:30	Wild Bill Hickok
	1:00	Industry on Parade
	1:15	Heaven Speaks—Martin
	1:30	O. Roberts—Evangelist
	2:00	Disneyland—Walt Disney “The Story of Robin Hood,” Part 1
	3:00	Dr. Spock—Child Care
	3:30	Zoo Parade—Animals
	4:00	NBC Opera Theater   RETURN  “Griffelkin”
	5:30	Captain Gallant
	EVENING
	6:00	Meet the Press—Panel Guest: Donald Quarles, Secretary of the Air Force. Moderator: Ned Brooks
	6:30	Roy Rogers—Western
	7:00	IT’S A GREAT LIFE
	7:30	MOVIE—“The Constant Husband”   COLOR
	9:00	TV PLAYHOUSE “The Mechanical Heart”
	10:00	LORETTA YOUNG
	10:30	BOB CUMMINGS SHOW
	11:00	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	11:15	MOVIE—Drama[M1]  “Passing Stranger”
	12:15	NEWS

 

 

	-7- WTRF (Wheeling) (ABC, NBC)
	MORNING
	11:00	The Christophers--Religion
	11:30	MOVIE—To Be Announced
	AFTERNOON
	12:30	Industry on Parade
	12:45	Christian Science Heals
	1:00	TV College—Bethany
	1:30	Frontiers of Faith
	2:00	Herbert Hoover—Talk   SPECIAL
	3:00	BOWLING
	4:00	NBC Opera Theater   RETURN  “Griffelkin”
	5:30	Annie Oakley—Western
	EVENING
	6:00	Disneyland—Walt Disney “The Story of Robin Hood,” Part 1
	7:00	IT’S A GREAT LIFE
	7:30	MOVIE—“The Constant Husband”   COLOR
	9:00	TV PLAYHOUSE “The Mechanical Heart”
	10:00	LORETTA YOUNG
	10:30	JUSTICE—Drama
	11:00	NEWS
	11:05	Ethel Barrymore—Drama
	11:35	MOVIE—Drama “Algiers”

 

 

	-9- WSTV (Steubenville) (ABC, CBS)
	MORNING
	10:00	Lamp Unto My Feet—Religion “The Bright Red Carpet”
	10:30	Look Up and Live—Religion
	11:00	UN in Action
	11:30	Contest Carnival
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	Winky Dink and You
	12:30	The Christophers—Religion
	1:00	O. Roberts—Evangelist
	1:30	Neapolitan Serenade
	2:00	The Greatest of These
	2:30	To Be Announced
	3:00	Talkaround
	3:30	Adventure
	4:00	Super Circus
	4:30	Let’s Take a Trip
	5:00	MOVIE—To Be Announced
	EVENING
	6:00	Lassie—Dog Story
	6:30	You Are There “The Fight at the O.K. Corral”
	7:00	YOU ASKED FOR IT
	7:30	JACK BENNY
	8:00	ED SULLIVAN Guests: Liberace, Phil Silvers, Rise Stevens, David Whitfield, Linon
	9:00	G.E. THEATER
	9:30	ALFRED HITCHCOCK “Salvage”
	10:00	BREAK THE BANK
	10:30	WHAT’S MY LINE?—Quiz
	11:00	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	11:15	Weather
	11:20	WRESTLING—Hollywood

 

 

	10 WFBG (Altoona) (ABC, CBS, NBC)
	MORNING
	10:00	Lamp Unto My Feet—Religion “The Bright Red Carpet”
	10:30	Look Up and Live—Religion
	11:00	UN in Action
	11:30	Contest Carnival
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	Winky Dink and You
	12:30	Faith for Today—Religion
	1:00	What’s Your Trouble?
	1:15	Christian Science Heals
	1:30	Life of Triumph—Religion
	2:00	PRO FOOTBALL—Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears
	4:30	Let’s Take a Trip
	5:00	Man to Man—Religion
	5:10	The Pastor—Religion
	5:30	Justice—Drama “Booby Trap”
	EVENING
	6:00	Star Tonight—Drama “The Little Wife”
	6:30	Meet Millie—Comedy
	7:00	LASSIE—Drama
	7:30	JACK BENNY
	8:00	ED SULLIVAN Guests: Liberace, Phil Silvers, Rise Stevens, David Whitfield, Linon
	9:00	G.E. THEATER
	9:30	ORIGINAL AMATEUR HOUR
	10:00	APPOINTMENT WITH ADVENTURE—Drama “Stage of Siege”
	10:30	CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
	11:00	MOVIE—Drama “Babes in Bagdad”

 

 

	16 WENS (Pittsburgh) (ABC, CBS, NBC)
	EVENING
	6:00	Meet the Press—Panel Guest: Donald Quarles, Secretary of the Air Force. Moderator: Ned Brooks
	6:30	Big Picture—Documentary
	7:00	YOU ASKED FOR IT
	7:30	FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE “Spray of Bullets”
	8:00	ED SULLIVAN Guests: Liberace, Phil Silvers, Rise Stevens, David Whitfield, Linon
	9:00	G.E. THEATER
	9:30	M-G-M PARADE—Variety
	10:00	MOVIE—Drama “The Angelus”

 

 

	56 WARD (Pittsburgh) (ABC, CBS, Du Mont)
	AFTERNOON
	4:30	Let’s Take a Trip
	EVENING
	6:00	Stars of Tomorrow
	6:30	Featurette
	7:30	JACK BENNY
	8:00	CHURCHES FOUNDATION
	9:00	G.E. THEATER
	9:30	THE CHRISTOPHERS
	10:00	BIG PICTURE
	10:30	CLERGYMAN’S STUDY

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