February 6, 2023

What's on TV? Sunday, February 2, 1969




How many of you, besides Mike Doran, remember My Friend Tony? (10:00 p.m., NBC) I must confess that, until I saw a few episodes of it pop up on YouTube last year, I had never heard of it. No memory whatsoever, not even of having run across it in Brooks and Marsh's Complete Guide to Prime Time Network TV Shows, and I used to browse through that just for fun; I can assure you that doesn't happen very often. At any rate, James Whitmore stars as John Woodruff, a criminologist assisted by Tony, who was a street urchin in Italy during WW2 (where he met Woodruff while trying to pick his pocket) and later emigrated to America. Sixteen episodes; I watched a few minutes of it last month and was not impressed. But hopefully you'll be impressed by the rest of this lineup from the Northern California edition.

 
-2- KTVU (BAY AREA) (IND.)
 
Morning
 
    8:25
NEWS   COLOR 
 
    8:30
INSIGHT—Drama   COLOR 
 
    9:00
DIALOGUE   COLOR 
 
    9:30
EDITOR’S FORUM   COLOR 
 
  10:00
DOCTOR’S NEWS CONFERENCE   COLOR 
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Western   COLOR 
“Massacre at Fort Perdition” (1966)
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
LAUREL AND HARDY—Comedy
 
    1:00
JOE FOSS   COLOR 
 
    1:30
KINGDOM OF THE SEA   COLOR 
 
    2:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Here Comes Mr. Jordan” (1941)
 
    4:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Touch and Go” (English; 1955)
 
    5:30
COLLEGE TALENT   COLOR 
 
Evening
 
    6:00
12 O’CLOCK HIGH—Drama
 
    7:00
MOVIE—Western
“The Indian Fighter” (1955)
 
    9:00
DAVID SUSSKIND   COLOR 
 
  11:00
JOE PYNE—Discussion   COLOR 
 
 
 
-3- KCRA (SACRAMENTO) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    7:30
CHRISTOPHERS   COLOR 
 
    7:45
SACRED HEART   COLOR 
 
    8:00
NEGRO/AMERICAN CULTURE—Education   COLOR 
 
    8:30
THIS IS THE LIFE   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Drama   COLOR 
“Courage of Black Beauty” (1957)
 
  10:30
GUIDELINE   COLOR 
 
  11:00
TREASURE
 
  11:30
HEART OF THE PROBLEM   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
CALIFORNIA U.S.A.   COLOR 
 
  12:30
CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING   COLOR 
 
    1:00
MEET THE PRESS   COLOR 
 
    1:30
NEWS
 
    2:00
COLLEGE BOWL   COLOR 
Swathmore vs. Cornell
 
    2:30
WILD KINGDOM   COLOR 
 
    3:00
MOVIE—Western
“The Silver Whip” (1953)
 
    4:30
SKIPPY—Western   COLOR 
 
    5:00
ADVENTURES OF HUCK FINN   COLOR 
 
    5:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Frogmen” (1951)
 
Evening
 
    7:30
WALT DISNEY   COLOR 
“Pancho, the Fastest Paw in the West”
 
    8:30
MOTHERS-IN-LAW—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    9:00
BONANZA   COLOR 
 
  10:00
MY FRIEND TONY   COLOR 
 
  11:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
 
 
 
-4- KRON (BAY AREA) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    6:30
PROFILE   COLOR 
 
    7:00
CARTOONS   COLOR 
 
    8:00
AGRICULTURE U.S.A.   COLOR 
 
    8:30
HERITAGE   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Stakeout on Dope Street” (1958)
 
  10:30
GUIDELINE   COLOR 
 
  11:00
RAWHIDE—Western
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
GREEN THUMB   COLOR 
 
  12:30
COMMUNITY CIRCLE FILM   COLOR 
 
    1:00
MEET THE PRESS   COLOR 
 
    1:30
MOVIE—Western
“The Capture” (1950)
 
    3:00
ROUTE 66
 
    4:00
SPEAK OUT   COLOR 
 
    4:30
YOUTH INQUIRES   COLOR 
 
    5:00
COLLEGE BOWL   COLOR 
Swathmore vs. Cornell
 
    5:30
FRANK McGEE   COLOR 
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Phil Wilson   COLOR 
 
    6:30
WILD KINGDOM   COLOR 
 
    7:00
ADVENTURES OF HUCK FINN   COLOR 
 
    7:30
WALT DISNEY   COLOR 
“Pancho, the Fastest Paw in the West”
 
    8:30
MOTHERS-IN-LAW—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    9:00
BONANZA   COLOR 
 
  10:00
MY FRIEND TONY   COLOR 
 
  11:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
 
    1:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
 
 
-5- KPIX (BAY AREA) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    6:00
THE ANSWER—Religion   COLOR 
 
    6:30
BIG PICTURE—Army   COLOR 
 
    7:00
INTERNATIONAL ZONE—UN   COLOR 
 
    7:30
MEDICINE—Education
 
    8:00
LAMP UNTO MY FEET   COLOR 
 
    8:30
LOOK UP AND LIVE   COLOR 
 
    9:00
ENCOUNTER—Interview
 
    9:30
FOREST RANGERS
 
  10:00
CAMERA THREE   COLOR 
 
  10:30
NEWSMAKER ’69   COLOR 
 
  11:00
KPIX SPORTS
 
  11:30
PRO HOCKEY   COLOR 
Montreal Canadiens at Chicago Black Hawks
 
Afternoon
 
    2:00
CHILDREN’S FILMS
“Skinny and Fatty” (1959)
 
    3:00
POW!—John Wasserman
 
    4:00
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
    4:30
FACE THE NATION   COLOR 
 
    5:00
PERRY MASON—Mystery
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Magers, Tompkins   COLOR 
 
    6:30
MARSHAL DILLON—Western
 
    7:00
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN   SPECIAL    COLOR 
“The Mikado”
 
    8:00
ED SULLIVAN   COLOR 
Guests: Sergio Franchi, Vikki Carr, Vanilla Fudge, the Temptations, Stiller and Meara, Jacques d’Amboise, the Antoinettes
 
    9:00
SMOTHERS BROTHERS   COLOR 
Guests: Burl Ives, Jackie Cain, Roy Kral, the Chambers Brothers, Leigh French
 
  10:00
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE   COLOR 
 
  11:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  11:30
NEWS—Harry Reasoner   COLOR 
 
  11:45
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Belles of St. Trinian’s” (English; 1954)
 
 
 
-6- KVIE (SACRAMENTO) (EDUC.)
 
Afternoon
 
    3:30
SPEAKING FREELY   COLOR 
Anthony Quinn
 
    4:30
SCIENCE REVIEW
 
    5:30
FRENCH CHEF—Cooking
Crepes suzette
 
Evening
 
    6:00
REAL REVOLUTION—Talk
 
    6:30
INNOVATIONS
 
    7:00
WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.   COLOR 
Guests: Cleveland Amory, Barnaby Conrad
 
    8:00
PBL—Report   COLOR 
Generation of Pawns: the Urban School Crisis
 
    9:30
CLAIRE BOOTH LUCE   DEBUT    COLOR 
 
  10:00
NET FESTIVAL—Report
 
 
 
-7- KGO (BAY AREA) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    7:00
BROTHER BUZZ   COLOR 
 
    7:30
THE ANSWER—Religion   COLOR 
 
    8:00
HELP—Religion   COLOR 
 
    8:30
BEATLES—Children   COLOR 
 
    9:00
LINUS—Children   COLOR 
 
    9:30
KING KONG   COLOR 
 
  10:00
BULLWINKLE   COLOR 
 
  10:30
ISSUES AND ANSWERS   COLOR 
Tentatively scheduled: Sen. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.)
 
  10:55
PRO BAKETBALL   COLOR 
New York Knicks at Boston Celtics
 
Afternoon
 
    1:00
DIRECTIONS   COLOR 
 
    1:30
DISCOVERY—Children   COLOR 
 
    2:00
ANDY WILLIAMS GOLF   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Andy Williams San Diego Open, Final Round
Regular programming is pre-empted
 
    4:00
AMERICAN SPORTSMAN   COLOR 
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Betrayed” (1954)
 
Evening
 
    7:00
LAND OF THE GIANTS   COLOR 
 
    8:00
FBI   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Adventure   COLOR 
“Sands of the Kalahari” (English; 1965)
 
  11:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  11:15
NEWS—Grimsby
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Western   COLOR 
“Pony Soldier” (1952)
 
  
 
 7  KRCR (REDDING) (ABC, NBC)
 
Morning
 
    7:30
FAITH FOR TODAY   COLOR 
 
    8:00
CATHEDRAL OF TOMORROW—Religion   COLOR 
 
    9:00
LINUS—Children   COLOR 
 
    9:30
KING KONG   COLOR 
 
  10:00
BULLWINKLE   COLOR 
 
  10:30
ISSUES AND ANSWERS   COLOR 
Tentatively scheduled: Sen. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.)
 
  10:55
PRO BAKETBALL   COLOR 
New York Knicks at Boston Celtics
 
Afternoon
 
    1:00
DIRECTIONS   COLOR 
 
    1:30
DISCOVERY—Children   COLOR 
 
    2:00
ANDY WILLIAMS GOLF   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Andy Williams San Diego Open, Final Round
Regular programming is pre-empted
 
    4:00
AMERICAN SPORTSMAN   COLOR 
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Mystery Submarine" (1950)
 
Evening
 
    6:30
    7:00
WILD KINGDOM   COLOR 
WILL SONNETT   COLOR 
 
    7:30
WALT DISNEY   COLOR 
“Pancho, the Fastest Paw in the West”
 
    8:30
BEWITCHED—Comedy   COLOR 
 
    9:00
BONANZA   COLOR 
 
  10:00
OUTCASTS—Western   COLOR 
 
  11:00
GREATEST SHOW   COLOR 
 
  12:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
 
 
 9  KIXE (REDDING) (NET)
 
Afternoon
 
    3:30
SPEAKING FREELY   COLOR 
Anthony Quinn
 
    4:30
SCIENCE REVIEW
 
    5:30
FRENCH CHEF—Cooking
Crepes suzette
 
Evening
 
    6:00
SMART SEWING—Education
 
    6:30
INNOVATIONS
 
    7:00
WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.   COLOR 
Guests: Cleveland Amory, Barnaby Conrad
 
    8:00
PBL—Report   COLOR 
“Generation of Pawns: the Urban School Crisis”
 
    9:30
CLAIRE BOOTH LUCE   DEBUT 
 
  10:00
NET FESTIVAL—Report
 
 
 
10 KXTV (SACRAMENTO) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    6:30
HERALD OF TRUTH   COLOR 
 
    7:00
THE ANSWER—Religion
 
    7:30
SACRED HEART   COLOR 
 
    7:45
LIFT EVERY VOICE   COLOR 
 
    8:00
LAMP UNTO MY FEET   COLOR 
 
    8:30
LOOK UP AND LIVE   COLOR 
 
    9:00
TOM AND JERRY   COLOR 
 
    9:30
CALENDAR   COLOR 
 
  10:00
CAMERA THREE   COLOR 
 
  10:30
CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL   RETURN    COLOR 
 
  11:30
PRO HOCKEY   COLOR 
Montreal Canadiens at Chicago Black Hawks
 
Afternoon
 
    2:00
1965 INDIANAPOLIS 500   COLOR 
 
    2:30
JEAN-CLAUDE KILLY   COLOR 
 
    3:00
GADDABOUT GADDIS   COLOR 
 
    3:30
CBS GOLF CLASSIC   COLOR 
Gardner Dickinson and Sam Snead vs. Tom Weiskopf and Tony Jacklin
 
    4:30
McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“40 Pounds of Trouble” (1962)
 
Evening
 
    7:00
LASSIE   COLOR 
 
    7:30
GENTLE BEN   COLOR 
 
    8:00
ED SULLIVAN   COLOR 
Guests: Sergio Franchi, Vikki Carr, Vanilla Fudge, the Temptations, Stiller and Meara, Jacques d’Amboise, the Antoinettes
 
    9:00
SMOTHERS BROTHERS   COLOR 
Guests: Burl Ives, Jackie Cain, Roy Kral, the Chambers Brothers, Leigh French
 
  10:00
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE   COLOR 
 
  11:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  11:15
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
‘Mildred Pierce” (1945)
 
 
 
12 KHSL (CHICO) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    8:30
ALLEN REVIVAL—Religion
 
    9:00
HERALD OF TRUTH   COLOR 
 
    9:30
UNDERDOG—Children   COLOR 
 
  10:00
CAMERA THREE   COLOR 
 
  10:30
FACE THE NATION   COLOR 
 
  11:00
CARTOONS   COLOR 
 
  11:30
PRO HOCKEY   COLOR 
Montreal Canadiens at Chicago Black Hawks
 
Afternoon
 
    2:00
CHILDREN’S FILMS
“Skinny and Fatty” (1959)
 
    3:00
WRESTLING
 
    4:00
MOVIE—Western
“Rawhide” (1951)
 
    5:30
AMATEUR HOUR   COLOR 
 
Evening
 
    6:00
THAT’S LIFE—Musical   COLOR 
 
    7:00
LASSIE   COLOR 
 
    7:30
GENTLE BEN   COLOR 
 
    8:00
ED SULLIVAN   COLOR 
Guests: Sergio Franchi, Vikki Carr, Vanilla Fudge, the Temptations, Stiller and Meara, Jacques d’Amboise, the Antoinettes
 
    9:00
SMOTHERS BROTHERS   COLOR 
Guests: Burl Ives, Jackie Cain, Roy Kral, the Chambers Brothers, Leigh French
 
  10:00
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE   COLOR 
 
  11:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  11:15
PETER GUNN—Mystery
 
 
 
13 KOVR (SACRAMENTO) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    6:40
NEWS   COLOR 
 
    6:45
SACRED HEART   COLOR 
 
    7:00
FAITH FOR TODAY—Religion   COLOR 
 
    7:30
THIS IS THE LIFE—Religion
 
    8:00
CAP’N DELTA—Cartoons
 
    8:30
MISS PAT’S PLAYROOM   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Bright Road” (1953)
 
  10:30
ISSUES AND ANSWERS   COLOR 
Tentatively scheduled: Sen. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.)
 
  10:55
PRO BAKETBALL   COLOR 
New York Knicks at Boston Celtics
 
Afternoon
 
    1:00
PASSPORT TO TRAVEL   COLOR 
 
    1:30
STATE CAPITOL   COLOR 
 
    2:00
ANDY WILLIAMS GOLF   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Andy Williams San Diego Open, Final Round
Regular programming is pre-empted
 
    4:00
DATING GAME   COLOR 
Celebrity Guest: Desi Arnaz Jr.
 
    4:30
NEWLYWED GAME   COLOR 
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Biography
“Beau James” (1957)
 
Evening
 
    7:00
LAND OF THE GIANTS   COLOR 
 
    8:00
FBI   COLOR 
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Adventure   COLOR 
“Sands of the Kalahari” (English; 1965
 
  11:00
NEWS   COLOR 
 
  11:15
NEWS—Grimsby
 
  11:30
JOEY BISHOP   COLOR 
Guests: Roger Williams, Floyd Patterson, Patchett and Tarses
 
 
 
19 KLOC (MEDESTO) (IND.)
 
Afternoon
 
  12:45
SOCIAL SECURITY FILM
 
    1:00
VOICE OF MEXICO—Variety
 
    1:30
GOSPEL MUSIC
 
    1:45
CAMP MEETING—Religion
 
    2:30
ALMANAC—Travel
 
    3:00
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
 
    3:30
ALLEN REVIVAL—Religion
 
    4:00
CHURCH SERVICE
 
    4:30
REVIVAL FIRES—Religion
 
    5:00
REX HUMBARD--Religion
 
Evening
 
    6:00
FILM
 
    6:30
ASSEMBLY OF GOD—Religion
 
    7:00
BIG PICTURE—Army
 
    7:30
CENTRAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD
 
 
 
40 KTXL (SACRAMENTO) (IND.)
 
Morning
 
  11:00
THIS WORLD IS YOURS   COLOR 
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
MOVIE—Adventure   COLOR 
“The Knight of 100 Faces” (Italian; 1963)
 
    2:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Awful Truth” (1937)
 
    4:00
MOVIE—Melodrama
“The Mystery of Edwin Drood” (1935)
 
    5:30
ROLLER DERBY   COLOR 
Bay Bombers vs. Midwest Pioneers
 
Evening
 
    6:30
FILM   COLOR 
“Alaska, America’s Last Frontier”
 
    7:00
PRO BASKETBALL   COLOR 
San Francisco Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Black Like Me” (1964)
 
  11:00
LES CRANE—Discussion   COLOR 
Guest: Saul Alinsky

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4 comments:

  1. KOVR is on channel 13, not channel 9.

    I've read about MY FRIEND TONY but never seen it. It was a mid-season replacement for NBC's flop THE BEAUTIFUL PHYLLIS DILLER SHOW, premiering in January and lasting in reruns through the summer. It was a Sheldon Leonard production, and while he had a great if not perfect track record of getting his shows on the air, they didn't always last long.

    Split NBC/ABC affiliate KRCR aired ABC's BEWITCHED in place of NBC's THE MOTHERS-IN-LAW. I wonder if it got significantly-better ratings at that time with that show replacement.

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  2. 'Wild Kingdom' is erroneously listed on KGO and KRON(it was an NBC show then). KGO's 5 o'clock movie lasted 2 hours.

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