September 18, 2023

What's on TV? Friday, September 23, 1955




We looked at that big Park Forest event on Saturday, and I'm not sure anything else is going to compare to that today. You may have noticed, however, if you're an observant viewer of these Chicagoland editions, that we have a new station in the lineup: WTTW, the educational station. It began a two-days-a-week test schedule on Monday, with programs being broadcast between 4:00 and 10:00 p.m. every Monday and Friday while its permanent studio is being constructed. They're expecting to go to a full 30-hours-per-week schedule in the fall. So you can't say these little news items aren't educational. 

 
-2- WBBM (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
     6:40
Today’s Thoughts
 
     6:45
Farm Daily—Menard
 
     7:00
The Morning Show—Variety
(Five minutes of local news at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25, 8:55 A.M.)
 
     9:00
Garry Moore—Variety
 
   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
Luncheon with Bill
 
   12:30
Welcome Travelers
 
     1:00
Robert Q. Lewis—Variety
 
     1:30
Linkletter’s House Party
 
     2:00
Big Payoff—Quiz
 
     2:30
Bob Crosby—Music
 
     3:00
Brighter Day—Serial
 
     3:15
Secret Storm—Serial
 
     3:30
On Your Account—Quiz
 
     4:00
The Early Show—Drama
 
     4:30
Shopping with Miss Lee
 
     5:00
Range Riders—Western
 
     5:30
Gene Autry—Western
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
SPORTS—Bob Elson
 
     6:15
NEWS—Julian Bentley
 
     6:30
News—Douglas Edwards
 
     6:45
Eye on Chicago—News
 
     7:00
PANTOMIME QUIZ
 
     7:30
TOPPER—Comedy
 
     8:00
PLAYHOUSE OF STARS
“The Quitter”
 
     8:30
RAY MILLAND SHOW
 
     9:00
UNDERCURRENT—Drama
”No Great Hero”
 
     9:30
PERSON TO PERSON
Guests: Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre; Jessie Owens
 
   10:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
 
   10:15
IN TOWN TONIGHT
 
   10:30
NEWS—John Harrington
 
   10:45
KUP’S SHOW—Irv Kupcinet
 
   11:00
The Howard Miller Show
 
     1:00
Playhouse—Drama
 
 
 
-4- WTMJ (MILWAUKEE) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
     8:00
Today—Dave Garroway
Today in Milwaukee at 8:25, 8:55 A.M.
 
     9:00
Ding Dong School—Kids
 
     9:30
Hollywood Backstage
 
   10:00
Home—Women’s News   COLOR 
 
   11:00
Tennessee Ernie Ford
       
   11:30
Feather Your Nest
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
What’s New In The Kitchen
 
   12:45
Let’s Look At The News
 
     1:00
Hot Shot Review—Music
 
     1:30
Bob Heiss—Interviews
 
     1:55
Weather—Bill Carlsen
 
     2:00
Ted Mack—Variety
 
     2:30
It Pays to Be Married
 
     3:00
Way of the World—Serial
 
     3:15
First Love—Serial
 
     3:30
World of Mr. Sweeney
 
     3:45
Modern Romances
 
     4:00
Beulah Donohue—Women
 
     4:30
Howdy Doody—Puppets   COLOR 
 
     5:00
Cartoon Carnival—Kids
 
     5:30
Foreman Tom—Western
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
SPORTS—Larry Clark
 
     6:15
NEWS—Bob Kelly
 
     6:25
Weather—Bill Carlsen
 
     6:30
Eddie Fisher—Songs
 
     6:45
News—John Cameron Swayze
 
     7:00
MIDWESTERN HAYRIDE
 
     7:30
BIG STORY—Drama
 
     8:00
MAN BEHIND THE BADGE
 
     8:30
STAR STAGE—Drama
“On Trial”
 
     9:00
BOXING—Cleveland
Rocky Castellani vs. Ralph “Tiger” Jones
 
     9:30
JUNGLE MACABRE
 
     9:45
GADABOUT GADDIS
 
   10:00
PATTI PAGE—Songs
 
   10:15
LET’S LOOK A THE NEWS
 
   10:25
WEATHER—Bill Carlsen
 
   10:30
SCIENCE FICTION THEATER
 
   11:00
Tonight—Steve Allen
 
   12:00
MOVIE—Mystery
 
     1:30
NEWS
 
     1:35
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
 
 
-5- WNBQ (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:45
Everett Mitchell—Talks
 
     7:00
Today—News, Interviews
(Five minutes of local news with Len O’Connor at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25, 8:55 A.M.)
 
     9:00
Ding Dong School—Kids
 
     9:30
Hollywood Backstage
 
   10:00
Home—Women’s News   COLOR 
 
   11:00
Tennessee Ernie Ford
       
   11:30
Feather Your Nest
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Noontime Comics—Kids
 
   12:30
Cartoonland—Ken Bowers
 
   12:45
Bob & Kay with Doucette
 
     2:00
Ted Mack—Variety
 
     2:30
It Pays to Be Married
 
     3:00
Way of the World—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   COLOR 
 
     5:00
Elmer The Elephant—Kids
 
     5:35
Adults Only—Variety
Five minutes of sports with Joe Wilson at 5:45, five minutes of weather news with Clint Youle at 6 P.M. and five minutes of news with Jack Angell at 6:05
 
EVENING
 
     6:25
Les Paul and Mary Ford
 
     6:30
Eddie Fisher—Songs
 
     6:45
News—John Cameron Swayze
 
     7:00
MIDWESTERN HAYRIDE
 
     7:30
WALT’S WORKSHOP—Crafts
 
     8:00
BIG STORY—Drama
 
     8:30
STAR STAGE—Drama
“On Trial”
 
     9:00
BOXING—Cleveland
Rocky Castellani vs. Ralph “Tiger” Jones
 
     9:45
SPORTS—Red Barber
 
   10:00
WEATHER—Clint Youle
 
   10:10
DORSEY CONNORS—Ideas
 
   10:15
NEWS—Jack Angell
 
   10:25
SPORTS—Norm Barry
 
   10:30
PATTI PAGE—Songs
 
   10:45
AMES BROTHERS—Music
 
   11:00
Tonight—Steve Allen
 
   12:00
MOVIE—Western
“Sudden Death”
 
 
 
-7- WBKB (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     7:00
Chicago Parade—Variety
 
     8:55
News—Ulmer Turner
 
     9:00
Time for Uncle Win—Kids
 
     9:30
Play House—Kids
 
   10:00
Hollywood Playhouse
 
   11:00
Creative Cookery—Recipes
 
   11:55
NEWS & WEATHER—Turner
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Happy Pirates—Kids Fun
 
   12:55
NEWS & WEATHER—Turner
 
     1:00
Tom Duggan—Variety
 
     1:55
NEWS & WEATHER—Turner
 
     2:00
Mid-day Matinee—Drama
(1) “One Thing Leads to Another (2) Yesterday’s Newsreel (3) “The Vicker’s Vacation”
 
     3:30
The Doctor Answers—Talk
 
     3:45
The Smile Club—Dental
 
     4:00
Crazy Acres—Kids
 
     4:30
Little Rascals—Comedy
 
     5:00
Five O’Clock Theater
“Loophole”
 
     5:30
SPORTS—Jack Drees
 
     5:45
NEWS—Paul Harvey
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Kukla, Fran and Ollie
 
     6:15
News—John Daly
 
     6:30
Rin Tin Tin—Drama
 
     7:00
OZZIE AND HARRIET   RETURN 
 
     7:30
TREASURY MEN IN ACTION
 
     8:00
DOLLAR A SECOND—Quiz
 
     8:30
THE VISE—Melodrama
“Side Entrance”
 
     9:00
MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
 
     9:30
MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
 
   10:00
COURTESY HOUR—Variety
 
   11:00
Norman Ross Presents
 
   11:10
Tom Duggan—Comments
 
   12:00
Theater—Double Feature
(1) “Polly” (2) “Solitaire”
 
 
 
-9- WGN (Du Mont)
 
MORNING
 
     9:30
Paul Fogarty—Exercises
 
   10:00
Hi Ladies—Mike Douglas
 
   10:55
News—Steve Fentress
 
   11:00
The Romper Room—Kids
 
   11:55
News—Steve Fentress
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Lunchtime Little Theater
 
   12:45
All About Baby—Tips
 
     1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Cry Murder” (1950)
 
     3:00
TV GUIDE Jamboree   SPECIAL 
 
     4:00
Bandstand Matinee—Music
 
     5:05
NEWS—Les Monypenny
 
     5:10
Bandstand Matinee—Music
 
     5:30
Garfield Goose and Friend
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Curbside Cut-up—Simon
 
     6:15
SPORTS—Vince Lloyd
 
     6:30
NEWS—Spencer Allen
 
     6:45
Chicagoland Newsreel
 
     7:00
MOVIE—Western
“Guns and Guitars” (Chicago TV Debut)
 
     8:00
BROADWAY STAR THEATER   DEBUT 
“Second Elopement”
 
     8:30
THE WORLD IS YOURS
 
     9:00
POLICE CALL—Drama
 
     9:30
CITY DETECTIVE—Drama
 
   10:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Sullivans”
 
   11:30
NEWS—Les Nichols
 
  
 
11 WTTW (Educational)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     4:15
Mr. Murgle’s Musee
 
     4:30
The Children’s Corner
 
     5:00
Test Pattern
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Test Pattern
 
     7:00
FRONTIERS OF THE SEA
 
     7:15
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
     7:30
THE AMERICAN COWBOY
 
     8:00
WITH A VIEW TO MUSIC
 
     8:30
BEFORE THERE WAS A USA
 
     9:00
THROUGH THE WINDOW
 
     9:30
CHANNEL 11 SHOWCASE

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1 comment:

  1. I had forgotten how certain movies were labeled "melodrama" back then. That word has dropped from our vocabulary. Today we call these movies "noir".

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