April 10, 2023

What's on TV? Monday, April 11, 1955




As you might have noticed last Saturday, there was no MST3K alert this week, but that's only a guess on my part. There are, by my count, seven "To Be Announced" features today, most of them appearing on WATV, so who knows? WATV, which lives on today as WNET (one of the PBS flagship stations), has had quite the varied history, as you can see at Faded Signals; where else could you have found a show such as Daywatch, which "consisted of a camera focused on a teletypewriter printing wire service news stories, interspersed with cut-aways to mechanical toys against a light music soundtrack." Check out the rest from the New York Metropolitan edition.

 
-2- WCBS (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
     6:45
Previews
 
     6:55
Give Us This Day
 
     7:00
Morning Show—Jack Paar
 
     8:55
Memo—Margaret Arlen
 
     9:00
George Skinner—Variety
 
   10:00
Gary Moore—Variety
 
   10:30
Arthur Godfrey—Variety
       
   11:30
Strike It Rich—Quiz
Guest: Bill Stewart
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Valiant Lady—Serial
 
   12:15
Love of Life—Serial
 
   12:30
Search for Tomorrow
 
   12:45
Guiding Light—Serial
 
     1:00
The Inner Flame—Serial
 
     1:15
Road of Life—Serial
 
     1:30
Welcome Travelers
 
     2:00
Robert Q. Lewis—Variety
 
     2:30
Linkletter’s House Party
 
     3:00
The Big Payoff—Quiz
 
     3:30
Bob Crosby—Music
 
     4:00
Brighter Day—Serial
 
     4:15
Secret Storm—Serial
 
     4:30
On Your Account—Quiz
 
     5:00
MOVIE—Musical
“Square Dance Jubilee” (1949)
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
News—Robert Trout
 
     6:05
Feature—Bill Leonard
 
     6:10
Sports—Jim McKay
 
     6:15
MOVIE—Mystery
Early Show: “Sherlock Holmes and the Silver Blaze” NY TV debut (English)
 
     7:25
WEATHER—Carol Reed
 
     7:30
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
     7:45
PERRY COMO
 
     8:00
BURNS & ALLEN—Comedy
 
     8:30
TALENT SCOUTS—Godfrey
 
     9:00
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
     9:30
DECEMBER BRIDE
 
   10:00
STUDIO ONE—Drama
“Passage of Arms”
 
   11:00
Chronoscope—News Panel
 
   11:15
NEWS—Ron Cochran
 
   11:25
Sports—Bill Hickey 
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Mystery
Late Show: “The Lie” (1954)
 
   12:45
MOVE—Drama
Late Late Show: “It Could Happen to You” Time approximate
 
 
 
-4- WRCA (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:55
Daily Sermonette
 
     7:00
Today—Dave Garroway
Guest: Ethel Barrymore
 
     8:55
Herb Sheldon—Kids
 
   10:00
Ding Dong School—Kids
 
   10:30
Way of the World
 
   10:45
Sheilah Graham
Guest: Danny Thomas
 
   11:00
Home—Women’s News
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Tennessee Ernie
 
   12:30
Feather Your Nest—Quiz
 
     1:00
News—Kenneth Bangharr
 
     1:05
Norman Brokenshire Show
 
     1:30
Beauty Advice—Willis
 
     2:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Young and Willing”
 
     2:30
Jinx Falkenburg’s Diary
 
     3:00
Ted Mack—Variety
 
     3:30
The Greatest Gift
 
     3:45
Miss Marlowe—Serial
 
     4:00
Hawkins Falls—Serial
 
     4:15
First Love—Serial
 
     4:30
The World of Mr. Sweeney
 
     4:45
Modern Romances
“Attorney for the Defense”
 
     5:00
Pinky Lee—Variety
 
     5:30
Howdy Doody—Kids
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Superman—Adventure
 
     6:30
Sky’s the Limit—Games
 
     6:45
News—John Wingate
 
     6:55
Weather—Tex Antoine
 
     7:00
SHERLOCK HOLMES
 
     7:30
TONY MARTIN—Songs
 
     7:45
NEWS—John Cameron Swayze
 
     8:00
SID CAESAR—Comedy
 
     9:00
MEDIC—Drama
 
     9:30
ROBERT MONTGOMERY PRESENTS
“The Great Gatsby”
 
   10:30
BIG TOWN—Drama
 
   11:00
News—John McCaffery
 
   11:10
Weather—Tex Antoine
 
   11:15
Steve Allen—Variety
 
   11:30
Tonight—Steve Allen
Guests: Nora Kaye, Al Schacht
 
   12:45
MOVIE—Drama
“Foreign Correspondent”
Serialized in five parts, Mon.-Fri.
 
 
 
-5- WABD (Du Mont)
 
MORNING
 
   11:15
News—Jay Mims
       
   11:30
Girl Talk—Wendy Barrie
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Funny Bunny
 
   12:30
Film Drama
“The Girl”
 
     1:00
Glamor Secrets—Mann
 
     1:30
Food for Thought—Graham
 
     2:00
Maggi McNellis—Women
 
     2:30
Letter to Lee Graham
 
     3:00
Film Drama
“The Diamond Necklace”
 
     3:30
Film Drama
“Torture”
 
     4:00
MOVIE—Adventure
“The Thief of Baghdad”
 
     5:30
The Old-Timer—Kids
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Magic Cottage—Pat Meikle
 
     6:30
Looney Tunes—Cartoons   DEBUT 
 
     7:00
WESTERN GAL
 
     7:25
WEATHER—Janet Tyler
 
     7:30
LIFE WITH ELIZABETH
 
     8:00
MOVIE—Historical Drama
“Rembrandt”
 
     9:00
FIGHT PRELIMS—St. Nick’s
 
   10:00
BOXING—St. Nick’s Arena
Pete Adams vs. Pat Lowry
 
   10:50
RINGSIDE—Chris Schenkel
 
   11:00
News—Don Russell
 
   11:10
Starlight Theater—Drama
“Neutral Corner”
 
 
 
-7- WABC (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     8:00
Tinker’s Work Shop—Kids
 
     9:00
John Henry Faulk—Kids
 
     9:55
News—George H. Combs
 
   10:00
Road of Romance
 
   10:30
Drama of Life
 
   11:00
The Romper Room—Kids
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Time for Fun—Kids
 
   12:30
Entertainment—Variety
Guests: Joey Carter, Fletcher Pack, Joy Sobey
 
     3:00
Romantic Interlude
“Adventures in Java”
 
     3:30
Memory Lane—Franklin
 
     4:00
Hopalong Cassidy
 
     5:15
Tales of the Traveler
“Zorro Rides Again” part 6
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Files of Jeffrey Jones
 
     6:30
Film Drama
“Backfire”
 
     6:45
Sports Review
 
     6:50
News—Don Goddard
 
     6:55
Weather—Scotty Scott
 
     7:00
KUKLA, FRAN & OLLIE
 
     7:15
NEWS—John Daly
 
     7:30
NAME’S THE SAME
 
     8:00
TV READER’S DIGEST
“How Charlie Faust won a pennant for the Giants”
 
     8:30
CONCERT—Barlow
Guest: Eugene Conley
 
     9:00
GLORIA SWANSON
“The Host”
 
     9:30
CAVALCADE OF STARS
“Week-end with Walt-uh”
 
   10:00
FILM DRAMA
 
   10:30
BIFF BAKER—Adventure
 
   11:00
Film Drama
“The Lady and the Champ”
 
   11:30
Weather—Scotty Scott
 
   11:35
News—George H. Combs
 
 
 
 8  WNHC (NEW HAVEN) (ABC, CBS, NBC, Du Mont)
 
MORNING
 
     7:00
Today—Dave Garroway
Guest: Ethel Barrymore
 
     9:00
Yankee Peddlers—Nielsens
 
   10:00
Ding Dong School—Kids
 
   10:30
Way of the World
 
   10:45
Sheilah Graham
Guest: Danny Thomas
 
   11:00
Shopping News—Malmgren
       
   11:30
Strike It Rich—Quiz
Guest: Bill Stewart
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Tennessee Ernie
 
   12:15
Love of Life—Serial
 
   12:30
Search for Tomorrow
 
   12:45
Electric Show—Baker
 
     1:30
Welcome Travelers
 
     2:00
Robert Q. Lewis—Variety
 
     2:30
Guiding Light—Serial
 
     2:45
News—Joe Burns
 
     3:00
The Big Payoff—Quiz
 
     3:30
The Greatest Gift
 
     3:45
Miss Marlowe—Serial
 
     4:00
Hawkins Falls—Serial
 
     4:15
Secret Storm—Serial
 
     4:30
Meet the Stars—Variety
Guests: The University Four, Sarah Vaughan
 
     5:00
Outdoor Adventure Club
 
     5:30
Howdy Doody—Kids
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Stage 8—Drama
“Horses and Fur Coats”
 
     6:30
Sportscape—Syd Jaffe
 
     6:40
Weather—St. George
 
     6:45
News—Larry McNamara
 
     7:00
MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
 
     7:30
THIS IS OUR CITY
 
     7:45
NEWS—John Cameron Swayze
 
     8:00
SID CAESAR—Comedy
 
     9:00
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
     9:30
DECEMBER BRIDE
 
   10:00
STUDIO ONE—Drama
“Passage of Arms”
 
   11:00
Rheingold Theatre—Drama
 
   11:30
Film Drama
“The Prosecutor”
 
   12:00
MOVIE—Spy Drama
“The Spy in Black” (English)
 
     1:00
News Report
 
 
 
-9- WOR (Ind.)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     1:00
Public Service Film
 
     1:30
MOVIE—Melodrama
“The Sicilian” (Italian)
 
     3:00
Ted Steele—Variety
Guests: Joe Marine, Betty Johnson
 
     5:00
Teen Bandstand—Steele
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Merry Mailman—Kids
Guest: Professor Irwin Corey
 
     6:45
News—Lyle Van
 
     6:55
Sports—Jack O’Reilly
 
     7:00
COWBOY G-MEN
 
     7:30
MOVIE—Drama
Million Dollar Movie: “The Winslow Boy” (English; 1949)
 
     9:00
To Be Announced
 
   10:00
MOVIE—Drama
Million Dollar Movie: “The Winslow Boy” (English; 1949)
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Melodrama
“Duel Without Honor” (Italian)
 
 
 
11 WPIX (Ind.)
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
New York Calendar
 
   12:15
Travel Film
 
   12:45
What’s Your Trouble?
 
     1:00
Big Picture—Army Film
 
     1:30
Picture Parade
 
     1:50
MOVIE—Adventure
“The Daring Rogue” (1949)
 
     3:15
MOVIE—Comedy
“Grand Canyon” Time approximate
 
     4:30
Diane Lucas—Cooking
 
     5:00
Cartoon Comics
 
     5:30
Clubhouse Gang Comedies
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Ramar of the Jungle
 
     6:30
Liberace—Music
 
     7:00
NEWS—Kevin Kennedy
 
     7:10
WEATHER—Joe Bolton
 
     7:15
NEWS—Jack McCarthy
 
     7:25
SPORTS—Jimmy Powers
 
     7:30
MOVIE—Comedy
First Show: “A Girl in a Million” (English; 1950)
 
     8:55
NEWS—Joe Bolton
 
     9:00
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
   10:00
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
   10:50
NEWS—Jack McCarthy
 
   10:55
WEATHER—Joe Bolton
 
   11:00
Liberace—Music
 
   11:30
MOVIE—Mystery
“Irish Luck”
 
 
 
13 WATV (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
     8:58
TV Pastor—Religion
 
     9:00
Casa Serena—Italian
 
     9:30
MOVIE—Italian
 
   11:00
Musical Moments
       
   11:15
Aldo Aldi—Variety
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
News Report
 
   12:05
Coffee Club
 
   12:30
Shop, Look, Cook—Bean
 
     1:00
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
     2:00
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
     3:30
Fun Time—Kids
 
     4:00
MOVIE—Western
 
     5:00
Junior Frolics—Fred Sayles
 
     5:45
Fun Time—Kids
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
MOVIE—Western
“In Old Montana”
 
     7:00
SPORTS SHOW   DEBUT 
Panelists: Ward Wilson, Marty Glickman, Bert Lee Jr.
 
     7:30
BARRY GRAY
 
     7:45
FILM SHORTS
 
     8:00
REPORT FROM RUTGERS
 
     8:30
TROTTING—Roosevelt
 
     8:45
MOVIE—To Be Announced
Starting at this hour, regular programs will be interrupted for five minutes, every 20 minutes, for racing from Roosevelt.
 
   10:00
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
   11:00
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
 
 
43 WICC (BRIDGEPORT) (ABC, Du Mont)
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
News Report
 
     6:05
Sports—Manning Slater
 
     6:15
Quiz the Dentist
 
     6:30
Industry on Parade
 
     6:45
Family Rosary
 
     7:00
TELE-COMICS—Kids
 
     7:15
NEWS—John Daly
 
     7:30
NAME’S THE SAME
 
     8:00
HUNGARIAN THEATER
 
     8:30
CONCERT—Barlow
Guest: Eugene Conley
 
     9:00
FILM SHORTS
 
     9:30
THE BIG PICTURE
 
   10:00
UNIV. OF BRIDGEPORT

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1 comment:

  1. I remember seeing a few ads for WNTA-TV's DAYWATCH in a TV Guide that I have from May 21, 1960. I remember best a still shot of a baby boy, and the line on the ad was "Baby Jim - Constantly on DAYWATCH".

    Your description reminds me of a tv station that I saw on cable tv in DuBois, PA along I-80 while I was going through the state w/ my mom. The motel tv was B&W, so my memories of the station are too. It would go back & forth across a row of clocks & bulletin boards that mentioned the weather & job openings. There was no narration and (I think) music in the background.

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