November 14, 2022

What's on TV? Thursday, November 18, 1954




Art Linkletter's guest on today's House Party (1:30 p.m., CBS) is the legendary film director Mack Sennett, creator of the Keystone Kops, models for many of today's world governments. He worked with many of the biggest names in Hollywood, and his contributions to the film industry earned him an honorary academy Award in 1938. Although he'd been retired for nearly 20 years, he'd appeared on This is Your Life with Ralph Edwards earlier in the year. Kind of cool to think that as early as 1954, TV could bring you a piece of nostalgia. The listings are from Chicagoland.

 
-2- WBBM (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
     6:40
Today’s Thoughts
 
     6:45
Farm Daily—Menard
 
     7:00
Morning Show—Jack Paar
 
     9:00
Garry Moore—Variety
 
     9:30
Godfrey And Friends
Guest host: Peter Lind Hayes
 
   10:30
Strike It Rich—Quiz
 
   11:00
Valiant Lady—Serial
 
   11:15
Love of Life—Serial
       
   11:30
Search For Tomorrow
 
   11:45
Guiding Light—Serial
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Portia Faces Life—Serial
 
   12:15
The Seeking Heart—Serial
 
   12:30
Welcome Travelers
 
     1:00
Robert Q. Lewis—Variety
 
     1:30
Linkletter’s House Party
Guest: Mack Sennett
 
     2:00
Big Payoff—Quiz Game
 
     2:30
Bob Crosby—Music
 
     3:00
Brighter Day—Serial
 
     3:15
Secret Storm—Serial
 
     3:30
On Your Account—Quiz
 
     4:00
Shopping With Miss Lee
 
     4:15
U.N. In Action—Discussion
 
     4:30
Looking Forward—Talks
 
     5:00
Range Riders—Adventure
 
     5:30
Gene Autry—Western
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Sports—Bob Elson
 
     6:15
News—Julian Bentley
 
     6:30
News—Douglas Edwards
 
     6:45
Jane Froman Show—Music
 
     7:00
RAY MILLAND SHOW
 
     7:30
SHOWER OF STARS 
Stars: Betty Grable, Harry James, Eddie Mayehoff, Danny Thomas, James Dunn, Michael O’Shea, Bill Bishop
 
     8:30
FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE
“My Own Dear Dragon”
 
     9:00
PUBLIC DEFENDER—Drama
 
     9:30
NAME THAT TUNE—Quiz
 
   10:00
NEWS AND WEATHER
 
   10:15
IN TOWN TONIGHT
 
   10:30
NEWS—John Harrington
 
   10:45
KUP’S SHOW—Irv Kupcinet
 
   11:00
Playhouse—Drama
 
   11:30
Football This Week—News
 
   11:45
Late News
 
   11:50
MOVIE—Espionage
“Secret of the Underground”
 
 
 
 4  WTMJ (MILWAUKEE) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
     7:00
Today—Dave Garroway
 
     9:00
Ding Dong School
 
     9:30
A Time To Live—Serial
 
     9:45
Three Steps To Heaven
 
   10:00
Home—Women’s News
 
   11:00
What’s New In The Kitchen
 
   11:45
Let’s Look At The News
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Hot Shot Review—Music
 
   12:30
Weather—Bill Carlsen
 
   12:35
Bob Heiss—Interviews
 
     1:30
Beulah Donohue—Women
 
     2:00
Greatest Gift—Serial
 
     2:15
Golden Windows—Serial
 
     2:30
One Man’s Family
 
     2:45
Miss Marlowe—Serial
 
     3:00
Hawkins Falls—Serial
 
     3:15
First Love—Serial
 
     3:30
World Of Mr. Sweeney
 
     3:45
Modern Romances
 
     4:00
Gretchen Colnik—Tips
 
     4:15
Little Amateurs—Talent
 
     4:30
Howdy Doody—Puppets
 
     5:00
Foreman Tom—Western
 
     5:45
Let’s Look At The News
 
     5:55
Weather—Bill Carlsen
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Sports—Larry Clark
 
     6:15
Zeb Billings—Music
 
     6:30
Dinah Shore—Music
 
     6:45
News—John Cameron Swayze
 
     7:00
GROUCHO MARX—Quiz
 
     7:30
JUSTICE—Legal Cases
“Express to Disaster”
 
     8:00
DRAGNET—Jack Webb
 
     8:30
FORD THEATRE—Drama   COLOR 
“Summer Memory”
 
     9:00
NEIGHBOR THEATER
 
     9:30
TRIANGLE THEATER—Drama
 
   10:00
WEATHER—Bill Carlsen
 
   10:05
PLAYHOUSE 15—Drama
 
   10:20
LET’S LOOK AT THE NEWS
 
   10:30
MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
 
   11:00
Tonight—Variety
 
   12:00
News at Midnight
 
   12:05
MOVIE—Mystery
“The Mysterious Miss X”
 
 
 
-5- WNBQ (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:45
Everett Mitchell—Talks
 
     7:00
Today—Dave Garroway
 
     9:00
Ding Dong School
 
     9:30
A Time To Live—Serial
 
     9:45
Three Steps To Heaven
 
   10:00
Home—Women’s News
 
   11:00
Betty White Show
       
   11:30
Feather Your NextQuiz
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Noontime Comics
 
   12:30
Bob & Kay Show—Chats
 
     1:00
Home Cooking—Recipes
 
     1:30
Melody Magazine—Music
 
     2:00
Greatest Gift—Serial
 
     2:15
Golden Windows—Serial
 
     2:30
One Man’s Family
 
     2:45
Miss Marlowe—Serial
 
     3:00
Hawkins Falls—Serial
 
     3:15
First Love—Serial
 
     3:30
World Of Mr. Sweeney
 
     3:45
Modern Romances
 
     4:00
Pinky Lee—Comedy, Games
 
     4:30
Howdy Doody—Puppets
 
     5:00
Elmer The Elephant—Kids
 
     5:30
Close-Up—Music
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Weather—Clint Youle
 
     6:05
News—Jack Angell
 
     6:10
Sports—Joe Wilson
 
     6:15
Dorsey Connors—Travel
 
     6:20
Alex Dreier—Features
 
     6:25
Tony Weitzel—Comments
 
     6:30
Dinah Shore—Music
 
     6:45
News—John Cameron Swayze
 
     7:00
GROUCHO MARX—Quiz
 
     7:30
JUSTICE—Legal Cases
“Express to Disaster”
 
     8:00
DRAGNET—Jack Webb
 
     8:30
FORD THEATRE—Drama   COLOR 
“Summer Memory”
 
     9:00
VIDEO THEATER—Drama
“The Captive City”
 
   10:00
WEATHER—Clint Youle
 
   10:10
DORSEY CONNORS—Ideas
 
   10:15
NEWS—Jack Angell  
 
   10:30
SPORTS—Norman Barry
 
   10:45
HERBIE MINTZ—Music
 
   11:00
Tonight—Variety
 
   12:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Girl From Havana”
 
 
 
-7- WBKB (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     7:00
Chicago Parade—Variety
 
     8:00
Breakfast Club—McNeil
 
     9:00
Women And The World
 
     9:30
Play House—Kiddies
 
   10:00
Creative Cookery—Recipes
 
   10:55
News—Ulmer Turner
 
   11:00
Danny O’Neil Show
 
   11:55
News—Ulmer Turner
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Happy Pirates—Kids’ Fun
 
   12:55
News—Ulmer Turner
 
     1:00
Ruth Crowley—Baby Care
 
     1:15
TV Dental Care
 
     1:30
The Tom Duggan Show
 
     2:30
Double Feature—Films
1. “The Honeymoon” 2. “The Loosers”
 
     3:30
News—Ulmer Turner
 
     3:35
Time For Uncle Win—Kids
 
     4:00
Pied Piper—Kids
 
     4:30
Garfield Goose And Friend
 
     5:00
Santa’s North Pole Review
 
     5:30
Jungle Adventure
“The Money Safari” Part 1
 
     5:45
News—Austin Kiplinger
 
     5:50
Sports—Jack Drees
 
     5:55
Weather—Wayne Griffin
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Kukla, Fran, And Ollie
 
     6:15
News—John Daly
 
     6:30
Lone Ranger—Western
 
     7:00
THE MAIL STORY—Drama
 
     7:30
TREASURY MEN IN ACTION
 
     8:00
WANT TO LEAD A BAND?
 
     8:30
KRAFT THEATRE—Drama
“My Son, the Doctor”
 
     9:30
VICTORY AT SEA—Documentary
 
   10:00
PLAYHOUSE—Film Drama
 
   10:30
MY HERO—Comedy
 
   11:00
News—Ulmer Turner
 
   11:05
Weather—Wayne Griffin
 
   11:10
Tom Duggan—Comments
 
   12:00
Audition—Talent Show
 
 
 
-9- WGN (Du Mont)
 
MORNING
 
     9:00
Paul Fogarty—Exercises
 
     9:30
The Femme Show—Women
 
   10:00
Hi Ladies—Mike Douglas
 
   10:55
News—Steve Fentress
 
   11:00
The Romper Room—Kids
Miss Rosemary
 
   11:55
News—Steve Fentress
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Best Of The West—Kids
 
   12:55
News—Steve Fentress
 
     1:00
King’s Crossroads—Film
 
     1:30
Learning Brings Adventure
 
     2:00
Paul Dixon—Music
 
     3:00
MOVIE—Western
“Timber Terrors”
 
     4:00
MOVIE—Feature Film
 
     4:45
Cinnamon Bear—Kiddies
 
     5:00
Bob Atcher Show—Western
 
     5:30
News—Leslie Monypenny
 
     5:45
Curbstone Cut Up—Chats
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Captain Video—Adventures
 
     6:15
Sports Final—Vince Lloyd
 
     6:30
News—Spencer Allen
 
     6:45
Chicagoland Newsreel
 
     7:00
THEY STAND ACCUSED
 
     8:00
BEHOLD THY MOTHER
 
     9:00
THE LONE WOLF—Action
 
     9:30
BOSTON BLACKIE—Drama
 
   10:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Summer Storm”
 
   11:30
News—Les Nichols
 
   11:45
Weather—Carl Greyson

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