What's on TV? Tuesday, December 16. 1969

Ron Magers, the anchor of the KPIX morning news at 7:30, would go on to be the anchor of the 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. news on KSTP in St. Paul-Minneapolis from 1974-81. (His younger brother Paul would be the principal anchor at another Twin Cities station, KARE, from 1983-2003.) He was a popular figure in the Twin Cities (during his time there, KSTP broke the ratings dominance of rival giant WCCO), never more so than in 1979, when he endeared himself to viewers during a newsbreak with his acidic commentary on the show then being broadcast on KSTP, ABC's Playboy's Pajama Party. You can see it here, thanks to TCMedia; I didn't see this when it happened, but you can bet I read about it the days to follow. Whether or not it was the professional thing to do, almost everyone agreed it was the right thing to do. No such excitement with these listings from the Northern California edition, but fun nonetheless.

	-2- KTVU (BAY AREA) (IND.)
	MORNING
	8:00	NEWS -C-
	8:15	RELIGION—Salvation Army -C-
	8:30	JACK LA LANNE—Exercise -C-
	9:00	POPEYE—Children -C-
	9:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy -C-
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH -C-
	10:30	FARMER’S DAUGHTER—Comedy
	11:00	DANNY THOMAS—Comedy
	11:30	ROMPER ROOM—Children -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:30	BEAT THE CLOCK—Game -C-
	1:00	MOVIE—Melodrama -C-  “Escape to Burma” (1955)
	3:00	GOMER PYLE, USMC -C-
	3:30	POPEYE—Children
	4:00	FLIPPER—Drama -C-
	4:30	TARZAN—Adventure -C-
	5:30	McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy
	EVENING
	6:00	STAR TREK—Drama -C-
	7:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	7:30	BEAT THE CLOCK—Game -C-  Guest: Gretchen Wyler
	8:00	WHAT’S MY LINE?—Game -C-  Panel: Arlene Francis, Gail Sheldon, Nipsey Russell, Soupy Sales
	8:30	HE SAID! SHE SAID!—Game -C-  Couples: Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones, Phyllis Diller and Ward Donovan, Jack Klugman and Brett Somers
	9:00	DELLA REESE—Variety -C-
	10:00	NEWS—Gary Park -C-
	11:00	UNTOUCHABLES—Drama
	12:00	NEWS -C-
	12:30	NEWS -C-

 

 

	-3- KCRA (SACRAMENTO) (NBC)
	MORNING
	5:55	FARM MARKET REPORT -C-
	6:00	V.I.T.A.—Education
	6:30	RHYME AND REASON
	7:00	TODAY -C-  Guests: World Almanac editor Boyd Lewis, Richard Lawrence, Roy Andries de Groot
	9:00	IT TAKES TWO -C-  Guests: Edie Adams, Norm Crosby, Mel Torme and spouses
	9:30	CONCENTRATION -C-
	10:00	SALE OF THE CENTURY—Game -C-
	10:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game -C-  Guests: Sebastian Cabot, Nanette Fabray, Stu Gilliam, Arte Johnson, Paul Lynde, Meredith MacRae. Regulars: Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver
	11:00	JEOPARDY—Game -C-
	11:30	NAME DROPPERS -C-  Guests: Shelley Berman, Kathy Garver, Michael Landon
	11:55	NEWS—Floyd Kalber -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS -C-
	1:00	DOCTORS—Serial -C-
	1:30	ANOTHER WORLD -C-
	2:00	BRIGHT PROMISE -C-
	2:30	MOVIE—Drama “Crash Landing” (1958)
	4:00	BATMAN—Adventure -C-  Guest villain: Vincent Price (Egghead)
	4:30	TIME TUNNEL—Adventure -C-
	5:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS—Chet Huntley/David Brinkley -C-
	6:30	NEWS—Whitten/Michaels -C-
	7:30	I DREAM OF JEANNIE -C-
	8:00	DEBBIE REYNOLDS -C-
	8:30	JULIA—Comedy -C-
	9:00	MOVIE—Drama -C-  “Silent Night, Lonely Night” (Made-for-TV; 1969)
	11:00	NEWS C
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON -C-  Tentatively scheduled: Barbara Tai-Song, Charlie Callas

 

 

	-4- KRON (BAY AREA) (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:30	NEWS—Dick Doughty -C-
	7:00	TODAY -C-  Guests: World Almanac editor Boyd Lewis, Richard Lawrence, Roy Andreas de Groot
	9:00	IT TAKES TWO -C-  Guests: Edie Adams, Norm Crosby, Mel Torme and spouses
	9:30	CONCENTRATION -C-
	10:00	SALE OF THE CENTURY—Game -C-
	10:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game -C-  Guests: Sebastian Cabot, Nanette Fabray, Stu Gilliam, Arte Johnson, Paul Lynde, Meredith MacRae. Regulars: Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver
	11:00	JEOPARDY—Game -C-
	11:30	NAME DROPPERS -C-  Guests: Shelley Berman, Kathy Garver, Michael Landon
	11:55	NEWS—Floyd Kalber -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS -C-
	12:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES -C-
	1:00	DOCTORS—Serial -C-
	1:30	ANOTHER WORLD -C-
	2:00	BRIGHT PROMISE -C-
	2:30	LETTERS TO LAUGH-IN -C-  Guests: Jimmy Dean, Jack E. Leonard, Janis Paige, Kaye Stevens. Host: Gary Owens
	3:00	YOU’RE PUTTING ME ON -C-  Guests: Peter Lawford, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Corbett Monica, Rita Moreno, Brenda Vaccaro
	3:30	F TROOP—Comedy
	4:00	FLINTSTONES—Children -C-
	4:30	BIG VALLEY—Western -C-
	5:25	SANTA CLAUS—Children -C-
	5:30	NEWS -C-
	EVENING
	6:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley/David Brinkley -C-
	7:00	WIDE WONDERFUL WORLD -C-
	7:30	I DREAM OF JEANNIE -C-
	8:00	DEBBIE REYNOLDS -C-
	8:30	JULIA—Comedy -C-
	9:00	MOVIE—Drama -C-  “Silent Night, Lonely Night” (Made-for-TV; 1969)
	11:00	NEWS -C-
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON -C-  Tentatively scheduled: Barbara Tai-Song, Charlie Callas

 

 

	-5- KPIX (BAY AREA) (CBS)
	MORNING
	5:55	SUNRISE SEMESTER -C-  Math: theorems from topology
	6:25	COMMUNICATION IS
	6:55	SKI SCENE -C-
	7:00	NEWS—Joseph Benti -C-
	7:30	NEWS—Ron Magers -C-
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO -C-
	9:00	LUCILLE BALL -C-
	9:30	HOTLINE—Discussion -C-
	10:30	LOVE OF LIFE -C-
	11:00	WHERE THE HEART IS—Serial -C-
	11:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards -C-
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS -C-
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial -C-
	1:00	LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING—Serial -C-
	1:30	GUIDING LIGHT -C-
	2:00	SECRET STORM -C-
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT -C-
	3:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety -C-  Co-hosts: Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. Guests: Robert Ryan, Tom Paxton
	4:30	DAVID FROST—Variety -C-  Guests: Noel Coward, Joseph E. Levine, Ozie and Harriet Nelson, Ronnie Dyson
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS -C-
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite -C-
	7:00	NEWS—John Weston -C-
	7:30	LANCER—Western -C-
	8:30	RED SKELTON -C-  Guests: Jack Wild, Cyril Ritchard
	9:30	GOVERNOR AND J.J. -C-
	10:00	60 MINUTES -C-  Special
	11:00	NEWS -C-
	11:30	MERV GRIFFIN -C-  From Hollywood: Tentatively scheduled: David Janssen
	12:30	MOVIE—Western -C-  “Adventures of Gallant Bess” (1948)

 

 

	-6- KVIE (SACREMENTO) (NET)
	MORNING
	9:15	CLASSROOM—Lessons
	11:30	SESAME STREET -C-  Guest: Tony Saletan
	AFTERNOON
	12:30	MISTEROGERS—Children
	5:00	FRIENDLY GIANT—Children
	5:30	SESAME STREET -C-  Guest: Tony Saletan
	EVENING
	6:30	MISTEROGERS—Children
	7:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	7:30	FRENCH CHEF—Cooking Ham dinner in 30 minutes
	8:00	PETER AND THE WOLF—Children
	8:30	INTERFACE
	9:00	NET FESTIVAL—Music -C-  “Jazz at Tanglewood”
	10:00	GOVERNOR’S NEWS CONFERENCE
	10:30	SCIENCE REPORTER

 

 

	-7- KGO (BAY AREA) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:00	EDUCATION -C-
	6:25	A.M.—Jim Dunbar -C-
	8:30	ANNIVERSARY GAME -C-
	9:00	HIS AND HER OF IT
	10:30	MOVIE GAME -C-  Celebrities: Red Buttons, Carolyn Jones, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour. Host: Sonny Fox
	11:00	CANDID CAMERA
	11:30	GALLOPING GOURMET -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	12:30	THAT GIRL—Comedy -C-
	1:00	DREAM HOUSE—Game -C-
	1:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL -C-
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME -C-
	2:30	DATING GAME -C-
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL -C-
	3:30	ONE LIFE TO LIVE -C-
	4:00	DARK SHADOWS -C-
	4:30	MOVIE—Adventure -C-  “Seven Cities of Gold” (1955)
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS -C-
	7:00	NEWS—Frank Reynolds/Howard K. Smith -C-
	7:30	MOD SQUAD -C-
	8:30	MOVIE—Western -C-  “The Silent Gun” (Made-for-TV; 1969)
	10:00	MARCUS WELBY, M.D. -C-
	11:00	NEWS -C-
	11:30	JOEY BISHOP -C-  Guest host: Regis Philbin. Tentatively scheduled: Susan Saint James, Kreskin, Albert T. Berry

 

 

	-7- KRCR (REDDING) (ABC, NBC)
	MORNING
	7:00	TODAY -C-  Guests: World Almanac editor Boyd Lewis, Richard Lawrence, Roy Andreas de Groot
	9:00	IT TAKES TWO -C-  Guests: Edie Adams, Norm Crosby, Mel Torme and spouses
	9:30	CONCENTRATION -C-
	10:00	SALE OF THE CENTURY—Game -C-
	10:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game -C-  Guests: Sebastian Cabot, Nanette Fabray, Stu Gilliam, Arte Johnson, Paul Lynde, Meredith MacRae. Regulars: Wally Cox, Rose Marie, Charley Weaver
	11:00	JEOPARDY—Game -C-
	11:30	NAME DROPPERS -C-  Guests: Shelley Berman, Kathy Garver, Michael Landon
	11:55	NEWS—Floyd Kalber -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	YOU’RE PUTTING ME ON -C-  Guests: Peter Lawford, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Corbett Monica, Rita Moreno, Brenda Vaccaro
	12:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES -C-
	1:00	DOCTORS—Serial -C-
	1:30	ANOTHER WORLD -C-
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME -C-
	2:30	DATING GAME -C-
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL -C-
	3:30	ONE LIFE TO LIVE -C-
	4:00	DARK SHADOWS -C-
	4:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game
	5:00	THAT GIRL—Comedy
	5:30	NEWS -C-
	EVENING
	6:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley/David Brinkley -C-
	7:00	GREEN ACRES—Comedy -C-
	7:30	MOD SQUAD -C-
	8:30	JULIA—Comedy -C-
	9:00	MOVIE—Drama -C-  “Silent Night, Lonely Night” (Made-for-TV; 1969)
	11:00	NEWS -C-
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON -C-  Tentatively scheduled: Barbara Tai-Song, Charlie Callas

 

 

	-9- KIXE (REDDING) (NET)
	MORNING
	9:00	CLASSROOM—Lessons
	11:30	SESAME STREET Guest: Tony Saletan
	AFTERNOON
	3:00	SESAME STREET Guest: Tony Salatan
	5:00	MISTEROGERS—Children
	5:30	SESAME STREET Guest: Tony Saletan
	EVENING
	6:30	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	7:00	NEWSROOM—Mel Wax
	8:00	SEVENTH STEP—Report
	8:30	INTERFACE
	9:00	NET FESTIVAL—Music “Jazz at Tanglewood”
	10:00	GOVERNOR’S NEWS CONFERENCE
	10:30	HEALTH AND MEDICINE

 

 

	10 KXTV (SACRAMENTO) (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:00	CALENDAR -C-
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER -C-  Math: theorems from topology
	7:00	NEWS—Joseph Benti -C-
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO -C-
	9:00	LUCILLE BALL -C-
	9:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy -C-
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH -C-
	10:30	LOVE OF LIFE -C-
	11:00	WHERE THE HEART IS—Serial -C-
	11:25	NEWS—Chris Harris -C-
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS -C-
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial -C-
	1:00	LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING—Serial -C-
	1:30	GUIDING LIGHT -C-
	2:00	SECRET STORM -C-
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT -C-
	3:00	GOMER PYLE, USMC -C-
	3:30	McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety -C-  Co-hosts: Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. Guests: Robert Ryan, Tom Paxton
	5:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite -C-
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS -C-
	7:00	WHAT’S MY LINE?—Game -C-  Panelists: Nipsey Russell, Joanna Barnes, Bert Convy, Mark Goodson. Host: Wally Bruner
	7:30	LANCER—Western -C-
	8:30	RED SKELTON -C-  Guests: Jack Wild, Cyril Ritchard
	9:30	GOVERNOR AND J.J. -C-
	10:00	60 MINUTES -C-  Special
	11:00	NEWS -C-
	11:30	MOVIE—Musical “In Old Chicago” (1938)

 

 

	12 KHSL (CHICO) (ABC, CBS)
	MORNING
	6:30	FILM -C-
	7:00	NEWS—Joseph Benti -C-
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO -C-
	9:00	LUCILLE BALL -C-
	9:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy -C-
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH -C-
	10:30	LOVE OF LIFE -C-
	11:00	WHERE THE HEART IS—Serial -C-
	11:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards -C-
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial -C-
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial -C-
	1:00	LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING—Serial -C-
	1:30	GUIDING LIGHT -C-
	2:00	SECRET STORM -C-
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT -C-
	3:00	GOMER PYLE, USMC -C-
	3:30	DREAM HOUSE—Game -C-
	4:00	PERRY MASON—Mystery
	5:00	MR. DEEDS—Comedy -C-
	5:30	NEWS -C-
	EVENING
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite -C-
	7:00	ROOM 222—Comedy-Drama -C-
	7:30	LANCER—Western -C-
	8:30	RED SKELTON -C-  Guests: Jack Wild, Cyril Ritchard
	9:30	GOVERNOR AND J.J. -C-
	10:00	MARCUS WELBY, M.D. -C-
	11:00	NEWS -C-
	11:30	MERV GRIFFIN -C-  From Hollywood: Tentatively scheduled: David Janssen

 

 

	13 KOVR (SACRAMENTO) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:25	NEWS -C-
	6:30	JACK LA LANNE—Exercise -C-
	7:00	AGRICULTURE TODAY -C-
	7:15	NEWS—Chuck Rossie -C-
	7:20	CARTOONLAND—Children -C-
	8:50	JACK LA LANNE—Exercise -C-
	9:20	FASHIONS IN SEWING -C-
	9:30	STEVE ALLEN—Variety -C-  Guests: Lynn Kellogg, Timmy Rogers, Jim Lange, Michael Elias, Frank Shaw
	11:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES -C-
	11:30	GALLOPING GOURMET -C-  Seafood pancakes
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	12:30	THAT GIRL—Comedy -C-
	1:00	DREAM HOUSE—Game -C-
	1:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL -C-
	2:00	NEWLYWED GAME -C-
	2:30	DIVORCE COURT—Drama -C-
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL -C-
	3:30	ONE LIFE TO LIVE -C-
	4:00	DARK SHADOWS -C-
	4:30	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND -C-
	5:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	5:30	NEWS—Frank Reynolds/Howard K. Smith -C-
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS -C-
	6:30	PERRY MASON—Mystery
	7:25	OUTDOORSMAN—Lange -C-
	7:30	MOD SQUAD -C-
	8:30	MOVIE—Western -C-  “The Silent Gun” (Made-for-TV; 1969)
	10:00	MARCUS WELBY, M.D. -C-
	11:00	NEWS -C-
	11:30	JOEY BISHOP -C-  Guest host: Regis Philbin. Tentatively scheduled: Susan Saint James, Kreskin, Albert T. Berry

 

 

	19 KLOC (MODESTO) (IND.)
	MORNING
	7:00	CHESTER SMITH—Variety
	8:30	WARREN STONE—Variety
	10:30	FILM
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:05	KEN BELLVILLE—Variety
	2:00	NEWS C
	2:05	MIKE STEWART—Variety
	4:00	NEWS
	4:05	GLENN STEPP—Variety
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:05	MOVIE—Documentary “It’s a Big Country” (1951)

 

 

	40 KTXL (SACRAMENTO) (Ind.)
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	YOU’RE PUTTING ME ON -C-  Guests: Peter Lawford, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Corbett Monica, Rita Moreno, Brenda Vaccaro
	12:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES -C-
	1:00	MOVIE—Drama “The Crooked Way” (1949)
	2:30	LETTERS TO LAUGH-IN -C-  Guests: Jimmy Dean, Jack E. Leonard, Janis Paige, Kaye Stevens. Host: Gary Owens
	3:00	CAP’N’S LOCKER—Children -C-
	3:30	THREE STOOGES—Children
	4:00	OUR GANG—Children
	4:30	MUNSTERS—Comedy
	5:00	MY FAVORITE MARTIAN -C-
	5:30	I SPY—Drama -C-
	EVENING
	6:30	MOVIE—Drama “Sin Town” (1942)
	8:00	OF LANDS AND SEAS -C-
	9:00	MOVIE—Biography “Reach for the Sky” (English; 1956)
	11:00	HONEYMOONERS—Comedy
	11:30	MERV GRIFFIN -C-  From Hollywood: Tentatively scheduled: David Janssen
	12:30	TRIM TIME—Exercise -C-

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