January 15, 2024

What's on TV? Tuesday, January 14, 1958




Matinee Theater was an attempt by NBC to present a quality, five-days a week daytime dramatic anthology series; it was the first hour-long daytime series on television. NBC spared no expense in the effort, spending nearly $75,000 per week on the program, which was broadcast live and in color and was heavily promoted; ultimately, the cost became prohibitive, and NBC would cancel the program in June of this year. Today's production, "The Makropoulos Secret," is an example of the diverse programming the network was trying to establish. Based on the 1922 Czech play by Karel Čapek, it's likely more people today are familiar with it because of the opera by Leoš Janáček, which premiered in 1926. Matinee Theater was a bold experiment even during the Golden Age of Television; imagine trying something like it today. The listings are from the New York State edition, which clearly does not include New York City.

 
-3- WSYR (Syracuse) (NBC, ABC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
 
    9:00
ALL STAR THEATER—Drama
 
    9:30
LADIES’ DAY—Kay Russell
 
  10:00
ARLENE FRANCIS
 
  10:30
TREASURE HUNT
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
 
  12:30
JIM DELINE GANG—Variety
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Pillow to Post” (1945)
 
    2:30
KITTY FOYLE—Serial
 
    3:00
MATINEE THEATER   COLOR 
“The Makropoulos Secret”
 
    4:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    4:45
MODERN ROMANCES
 
    5:00
SIR LANCELOT—Adventure
 
    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
SKY KING—Adventure
 
    6:30
NEWS
 
    6:50
SPORTS—Bill O’Donnell
 
    6:55
WEATHER
 
    7:00
MAMA—Peggy Wood
 
    7:30
M SQUAD—Police
 
    8:00
OMNIBUS—Cooke   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Guests: Bert Lahr, Pat Stanley, Nichols and May
“The George Gobel Show” will not be seen
 
    9:00
McGRAW—Mystery
 
    9:30
BOB CUMMINGS
 
  10:00
CALIFORNIANS
 
  10:30
CODE THREE—Police
 
  11:00
MIKE WALLACE—Interview
Guest: Jean Seberg
 
  11:30
TONIGHT—Jack Paar
 
 
 
-5- WROC (Rochester) (NBC, ABC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
 
    9:00
SUSIE—Comedy
 
    9:30
MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
 
  10:00
ARLENE FRANCIS
 
  10:30
TREASURE HUNT
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
 
  12:30
IT COULD BE YOU
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Man I Married” (1940)
 
    2:30
HOME COOKING—McNail
 
    3:00
MATINEE THEATER   COLOR 
“The Makropoulos Secret”
 
    4:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    4:45
MODERN ROMANCES
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“The Caribbean Mystery” (1945)
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:10
JIM BOWIE—Adventure
 
    6:40
WEATHER
 
    6:45
NEWS
 
    7:00
DATE WITH THE ANGELS
 
    7:30
NAME THAT TUNE—Quiz
 
    8:00
OMNIBUS—Cooke   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Guests: Bert Lahr, Pat Stanley, Nichols and May
“The George Gobel Show” will not be seen
 
    9:00
McGRAW—Mystery
 
    9:30
BOB CUMMINGS
 
  10:00
CALIFORNIANS
 
  10:30
DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“Northwest Territory” (1951)
 
 
 
-6- WRGB (Schenectady) (NBC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
 
    9:00
HOUSE FARE—Variety
 
    9:30
TV SCHOOLTIME—Education
 
  10:00
ARLENE FRANCIS
 
  10:30
TREASURE HUNT
 
  11:00
TV SCHOOLTIME—Education
 
  11:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
 
  12:30
IT COULD BE YOU
 
    1:00
TRADER VAN—Van Patten
 
    1:30
HOWARD MILLER   COLOR 
 
    2:30
KITTY FOYLE—Serial
 
    3:00
MATINEE THEATER   COLOR 
“The Makropoulos Secret”
 
    4:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    4:45
MODERN ROMANCES
 
    5:00
ADVENTURES WITH FREDDIE
 
    5:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Tonight We Raid Calais” (1943)
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:45
NEWS
 
    7:00
BOOTS AND SADDLES—Western
 
    7:30
THIN MAN—Mystery
 
    8:00
OMNIBUS—Cooke   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Guests: Bert Lahr, Pat Stanley, Nichols and May
“The George Gobel Show” will not be seen
 
    9:00
McGRAW—Mystery
 
    9:30
BOB CUMMINGS
 
  10:00
OFFICIAL DETECTIVE—Police
 
  10:30
SHERIFF OF COCHISE—Western
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:10
WEATHER
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Mystery
“Panic on the Air” (1936)
 
 
 
-7- WCNY (Watertown) (CBS, ABC)
 
   MORNING   
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE—Variety
Guest host: Dick Van Dyke
 
  10:30
ARTHUR GODFREY—Variety
 
  11:30
CARTOON THEATER—Kids
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
HOTEL COSMOPOLITAN—Serial
 
  12:15
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  12:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Vagabond Lady” (1935)
Ch. 7 will carry Walter Cronkite’s newscast at 1:25 P.M., and the movie will be resumed at 1:30 P.M.
 
    2:00
BEAT THE CLOCK—Games
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
 
    3:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz
 
    3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS—Trial
 
    4:00
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
 
    4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“Who Killed Doc Robbin?” (1948)
 
    5:30
KIDDIES’ KARNIVAL—Cartoons
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
 
    6:30
WEATHER—Dan Burgess
 
    6:40
SPORTS—John Urban
 
    6:45
NEWS
 
    7:00
SCHLITZ PLAYHOUSE—Drama
“Guys Like O’Malley”
 
    7:30
CHEYENNE—Drama
 
    8:30
SHERIFF OF COCHISE--Western
 
    9:00
BROKEN ARROW—Western
 
    9:30
TELEPHONE TIME—Drama
“Cavalry Surgeon”
 
  10:00
$64,000 QUESTION—Quiz
 
  10:30
DECOY—Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:05
SPORTS—John Urban
 
  11:10
WEATHER
 
  11:15
PASSERBY—Mystery
 
  11:30
WRESTLING—Buffalo, N.Y.
 
 
 
-8- WHEN (Syracuse) (CBS, ABC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:00
BREAKFAST BAR—O’Donnell
 
    7:45
NEWS—Frank Oliver
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Kids
 
    8:45
NEWS
 
    9:00
THESE THINGS WE SHARE
 
    9:10
PARTY LINE—Discussion
 
    9:20
MAGIC TOY SHOP—Kids
 
    9:45
GAL NEXT DOOR—Kay Larson
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE—Variety
Guest host: Dick Van Dyke
 
  10:30
ARTHUR GODFREY—Variety
 
  11:30
DOTTO
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
HOTEL COSMOPOLITAN—Serial
 
  12:15
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
KAY’S KITCHEN—Kay Larson
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    2:00
BEAT THE CLOCK—Games
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
 
    3:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz
 
    3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS—Trial
 
    4:00
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
 
    4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Robin Hood of El Dorado” (1936)
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:30
NEWS
 
    6:40
WEATHER
 
    6:45
NEWS
 
    7:00
BROKEN ARROW—Western
 
    7:30
NAME THAT TUNE—Quiz
 
    8:00
PHIL SILVERS—Comedy
 
    8:30
EVE ARDEN—Comedy
 
    9:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel
 
    9:30
RED SKELTON—Comedy   COLOR 
 
  10:00
$64,000 QUESTION—Quiz
 
  10:30
WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Outcast of the Islands” (English; 1953)
 
 
 
10 WHEC (Rochester) (CBS, ABC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:00
MOVIE—Daily Feature
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Kids
 
    8:45
MOVIE—Daily Feature
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE—Variety
Guest host: Dick Van Dyke
 
  10:30
ARTHUR GODFREY—Variety
 
  11:30
DOTTO
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
HOTEL COSMOPOLITAN—Serial
 
  12:15
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
WOMAN’S WORLD—Jean Harden
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    2:00
BEAT THE CLOCK—Games
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
 
    3:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz
 
    3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS—Trial
 
    4:00
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
 
    4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
SIR LANCELOT—Adventure
 
    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
LONE RANGER—Western
 
    6:30
NEWS
 
    6:45
NEWS
 
    7:30
SUGARFOOT—Western
 
    8:00
PHIL SILVERS—Comedy
 
    8:30
EVE ARDEN—Comedy
 
    9:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel
 
    9:30
NEWS
 
  10:00
$64,000 QUESTION—Quiz
 
  10:30
CHARLIE CHAN—Mystery
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:10
WEATHER
 
  11:20
MOVIE—Drama
“20,000 Men a Year” (1939)
 
 
 
10 WTEN (Albany) (CBS)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:55
NEWS
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Kids
 
    8:45
ROMPER ROOM—Kids
 
    9:30
ALL STAR THEATER
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE—Variety
Guest host: Dick Van Dyke
 
  10:30
ARTHUR GODFREY—Variety
 
  11:30
DOTTO
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
HOTEL COSMOPOLITAN—Serial
 
  12:15
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
TROUBLE WITH FATHER—Comedy
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    2:00
BEAT THE CLOCK—Games
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
 
    3:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz
 
    3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS—Trial
 
    4:00
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
 
    4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
POPEYE—Cartoons
 
    5:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“Broadway Melody” (1940)
 
    EVENING    
 
    7:10
WEATHER—Bradley
 
    7:15
NEWS
 
    7:30
NAME THAT TUNE—Quiz
 
    8:00
PHIL SILVERS—Comedy
 
    8:30
EVE ARDEN—Comedy
 
    9:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel
 
    9:30
RED SKELTON—Comedy   COLOR 
 
  10:00
$64,000 QUESTION—Quiz
 
  10:30
SCHLITZ PLAYHOUSE—Drama
“Guys Like O’Malley”
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day” (1941)
 
 
 
11 CKWS (Kingston, Ont.) (Independent, CBC)
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
    2:30
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
    4:00
OPEN HOUSE—Interviews
 
    4:30
HOWDY DOODY—Kids
 
    5:00
EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE—Education
 
    5:30
ADVENTURE SERIAL—Kids
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
ANNIE OAKLEY—Western
 
    6:30
NEWS
 
    7:00
TURN OF FATE—Drama
 
    7:30
SIR LANCELOT—Adventure
 
    8:00
POLITICAL CONVENTION   SPECIAL 
Liberal Party Leadership Convention
 
  10:00
CONCERT HOUR—Music
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
 
 
12 WNBF (Binghamton) (ABC, CBS, NBC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:00
TODAY’S FARM—Agriculture
 
    7:15
BREAKFAST TIME
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Kids
 
    8:45
NEWS
 
    9:00
STOP, LOOK ‘N’ COOK
 
    9:15
TREASURE HOUSE—Kids
 
    9:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE—Variety
Guest host: Dick Van Dyke
 
  10:30
RALPH CARROLL—Interviews
 
  11:00
ARTHUR GODFREY—Variety
 
  11:30
DOTTO
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
HOTEL COSMOPOLITAN—Serial
 
  12:15
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Postman Didn’t Ring” (1942) Part 2
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    2:00
MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR
 
    2:30
HOMEMAKING AND YOU
 
    2:45
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
 
    3:00
ELECTRIC KITCHEN PARTY
 
    3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS—Trial
 
    4:00
BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
 
    4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Western
“Prairie Thunder” (1937) Part 2
 
    5:00
POPEYE—Cartoons
 
    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
CARROLL CARAVAN—Variety
 
    6:15
NEWS—Lee Hickling
 
    6:30
ROBIN HOOD—Adventure
 
    7:00
OZZIE AND HARRIET—Comedy
 
    7:30
NAME THAT TUNE—Quiz
 
    8:00
PHIL SILVERS—Comedy
 
    8:30
EVE ARDEN—Comedy
 
    9:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel
 
    9:30
RED SKELTON—Comedy   COLOR 
 
  10:00
$64,000 QUESTION—Quiz
 
  10:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:10
WEATHER
 
  11:15
SPORTS—Art Wolfe
 
  11:20
MOVIE—Drama
“Marriage is a Private Affair” (1944)
 
 
 
13 WKTV (Utica) (ABC, CBS, NBC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:00
TODAY—Garroway
 
    9:00
STRIKE IT RICH—Quiz
 
    9:30
GOOD LIVING—Jean Phair
 
  10:00
ARLENE FRANCIS
 
  10:30
TREASURE HUNT
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
NEWS—Jerry Fiore
 
  12:15
A TIME APART—Religion
 
  12:30
IT COULD BE YOU
 
    1:00
TEX AND JINX—Interviews
 
    1:30
HOWARD MILLER   COLOR 
 
    2:00
YOUR EXTENSION SERVICE
 
    2:15
YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
 
    2:30
KITTY FOYLE—Serial
 
    3:00
MATINEE THEATER   COLOR 
“The Makropoulos Secret”
 
    4:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    4:45
MODERN ROMANCES
 
    5:00
DEAR PHOEBE—Comedy
 
    5:30
SUSIE—Comedy
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS—Lyle Bosley
 
    6:10
WEATHER—Jerry Fiore
 
    6:15
SPORTS—Pete Brown
 
    6:30
FILM SHORT
 
    6:45
NEWS
 
    7:00
ADVENTURES IN MENUS
 
    7:15
INSIDE BEAUTIFUL HOMES
 
    7:30
PAT BOONE—Variety
 
    8:00
OMNIBUS—Cooke   SPECIAL    COLOR 
Guests: Bert Lahr, Pat Stanley, Nichols and May
“The George Gobel Show” will not be seen
 
    9:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH—Panel
 
    9:30
BOB CUMMINGS
 
  10:00
CALIFORNIANS
 
  10:30
SHERIFF OF COCHISE—Western
 
  11:00
WEATHER—Jerry Fiore
 
  11:05
NEWS—Lyle Bosley
 
  11:30
TONIGHT—Jack Paar
 
 
 
35 WTRI (Menards) (ABC)
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
FARM FARE
 
  12:30
TV SCHOOLTIME—Education
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Case of the Velvet Claws” (1936)
 
    2:30
FORREST WILLIS—Variety
 
    3:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
 
    3:30
DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE?
 
    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
 
    5:00
SIR LANCELOT—Adventure
 
    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
MAJOR QUINN--Adventure
 
    6:50
WEATHER—Dave Sauter
 
    6:55
NEWS—Will Ketterson
 
    7:00
SPORTS—Howard Cosell
 
    7:15
NEWS
 
    7:30
CHEYENNE—Drama
 
    8:30
MARTIN KANE—Mystery
 
    9:00
BROKEN ARROW—Western
 
    9:30
TELEPHONE TIME—Drama
“Cavalry Surgeon”
 
  10:00
WEST POINT—Drama
 
  10:30
O. HENRY PLAYHOUSE—Drama
 
  11:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Singapore Woman” (1941)

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3 comments:

  1. The NY State Edition covered the Capital District (Albany/Schenectady/Troy), Syracuse, Rochester, and Watertown, most of the central part of the state. WTRI (in Menands, not Menards) moved to channel 13 the next year, after WKTV moved to channel 2. It remained on channel 35 for a few more years. WTEN was simulcast to channels 19 (where it remained a few more decades) & 41 (where it originated and remained a few more years), explaining the 10-19-41 identical listings. WRGB was among many NBC affiliates that didn't carry Jack Paar's show at its premiere, as Paar's predecessor, TONIGHT: AMERICA AFTER DARK, had flopped badly the year before.

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  2. Having grown up near Syracuse then, Channel 8 (Syracuse) and Channel 5 (Rochester) eventually switched because in 1962, Channel 9 was approved as the ABC affiliate in Syracuse. Channel 8 was too close to the new ABC station so the two locations were exchanged. I vividly remember the first show on Channel 9 in September 1962---the premiere of "The Jetsons."

    Utica (where I live now) was moved to Channel 2 because the ABC station in Albany was given channel 13. Dick Clark started his career in Utica on Channel 13. ABC wanted to establish its own stations in upstate NY which caused many of these changes. Binghamton would eventually get Channel 34 for ABC in the southern Tier.

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  3. WCNY eventually became PBS on Channel 24 in Syracuse.

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