March 25, 2024

What's on TV? Monday, March 25, 1963




Something you see with a certain degree of frequency in issues from this era: shows interrupted by news updates. You'll note this tonight half an hour into the broadcast of The Steve Allen Show on WPIX; in other issues, you've probably noticed movies that also had news breaks in them, and these aren't just news headlines or one-minute updates; they usually run ten (in this case) or fifteen minutes. Do you think people have the attention span for something like this today, or would they get itchy fingers on the remote? (I'd probably fall into that latter category.) All this and more, in this week's New York City Edition.

 
-2- WCBS (CBS)
 
   MORNING   
 
    5:45
PREVIEWS
 
    5:50
GIVE US THIS DAY—Religion
 
    5:55
NEWS
 
    6:00
COLLEGE OF THE AIR
American Economy: “The Impact of Taxation”
 
    6:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
Modern Literature: “Science and Fantasy Fiction as Literature”
 
    7:00
NEWS AND WEATHER
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy
 
    9:30
OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
 
  10:00
CALENDAR—Harry Reasoner
 
  10:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
  11:00
McCOYS—Comedy
 
  11:30
PETE AND GLADYS—Comedy
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  12:25
NEWS—Harry Reasoner
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Guests: Rita Moreno, Ray Bolger
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
Guest: Cara Williams
 
    3:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH—Collyer
Panelists: Mimi Benzell, Orson Bean, Chester Morris, Phyllis Newman
 
    3:25
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    3:30
MILLIONAIRE—Drama
 
    4:00
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
LOVE THAT BOB—Comedy
 
    5:30
MOVIE—Comedy
Early Show: “Whistling in the Dark” (1941)
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:45
NEWS—Robert Trout
 
    7:10
WEATHER—Carol Reed
 
    7:15
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH—Collyer
Panelists: Gene Rayburn, Phyllis Newman, Peggy Cass, Tom Poston
 
    8:00
I’VE GOT A SECRET—Panel
 
    8:30
LUCILLE BALL—Comedy
 
    9:00
DANNY THOMAS
 
    9:30
ANDY GRIFFITH
 
  10:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Guests: Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford
 
  10:30
STUMP THE STARS
Guests: Paul Ford, Maureen O’Sullivan, Orson Bean, Tom Poston. Regulars: Ross Martin, Hans Conreid, Beverly Garland, Sebastian Cabot. Host: Mike Stokey
 
  11:00
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
  11:15
WEATHER—Carol Reed
 
  11:20
MOVIE—Drama
Late Show: “The Green Years” (1946)
 
    1:50
MOVIE—Drama
Time approximate. Late Late Show: “Speed” (1936) NY TV Debut.
 
    3:15
MOVIE—Fantasy
Time approximate. “Between Two Worlds” (1944)
 
 
 
-3- WTIC (Hartford) (CBS)
 
   MORNING   
 
    5:45
TOWN CRIER
 
    6:00
COLLEGE OF THE AIR
American Economy: “The Impact of Taxation”
 
    6:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
Modern Literature: “Science and Fantasy Fiction as Literature”
 
    7:00
MANSIONS OF MAN
 
    7:30
PERCEPTION—Dick Bertel
History of Air Racing
 
    7:55
LET’S TALK ABOUT
Topic: “Drive-In Banking”
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
HAP RICHARDS—Children
 
    9:15
DEBBIE DRAKE—Exercise
 
    9:30
MILLIONAIRE—Drama
 
  10:00
CALENDAR—Harry Reasoner
 
  10:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Outrage” (1950)
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  12:25
NEWS—Harry Reasoner
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Knock on Any Door” (1949) Part 1
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Guests: Rita Moreno, Ray Bolger
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Linkletter
Guest: Cara Williams
 
    3:00
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    3:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH—Collyer
Panelists: Ben Gazzara, Sam Levenson, Joan Fontaine, Peggy Cass
 
    3:55
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    4:00
RANGER ANDY—Children
 
    4:30
NEWS
 
    4:45
MOVIE—Adventure
“Pirates of Monterey” (1947) Hartford TV Debut.
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:20
YOUR SENATOR FROM CONNECTICUT—Abraham Ribicoff
 
    6:25
WEATHER
 
    6:30
NEWS—Bruce Kern
 
    6:40
SPORTS—Bob Steele
 
    6:45
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
MOVIE—Drama   COLOR 
“The Gift of Love” (1958) Hartford TV Debut.
 
    9:00
DANNY THOMAS
 
    9:30
ANDY GRIFFITH
 
  10:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Guests: Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford
 
  10:30
STUMP THE STARS
Guests: Paul Ford, Maureen O’Sullivan, Orson Bean, Tom Poston. Regulars: Ross Martin, Hans Conreid, Beverly Garland, Sebastian Cabot. Host: Mike Stokey
 
  11:00
NEWS AND SPORTS
 
  11:10
WEATHER
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Comedy
“Lost Honeymoon” (1947)
 
  12:50
NEWS AND WEATHER
 
 
 
-4- WNBC (NBC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    5:45
SERMONETTE—Religion
 
    6:00
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM
Atomic Age Physics: “Geiger Counter Experiment”
 
    6:30
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM   COLOR 
American Government: “Freedom of the Press”
 
    7:00
TODAY—Hugh Downs
Guest: Shirley Abicair
 
    9:00
TROUBLE WITH FATHER
 
    9:30
DR. JOYCE BROTHERS
 
    9:55
NEWS—Bob Wilson
 
  10:00
SAY WHEN—Art James
 
  10:25
NEWS—Edwin Newman
 
  10:30
PLAY YOUR HUNCH   COLOR 
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT   COLOR 
 
  11:30
CONCENTRATION—Hugh Downs
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION   COLOR 
Panelists: Pat Carroll, Wendell Niles. Dennis James, Bill Leyden
 
  12:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
  12:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer
 
    1:00
AFTERNOON DRAMA
“Death Paints a Legacy”
 
    1:55
NEWS—Bob Wilson
 
    2:00
MERV GRIFFIN—Variety   COLOR 
Guests: Henry Morgan, Kaye Ballard, Ken Colman
 
    2:55
NEWS—Floyd Kalber
 
    3:00
LORETTA YOUNG—Drama
 
    3:30
YOUNG DR. MALONE—Serial
 
    4:00
MATCH GAME—Gene Rayburn
Guests: Rise Stevens, Henry Morgan
 
    4:25
NEWS—Sander Vanocur
 
    4:30
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
 
    5:00
MOVIE—To Be Announced
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:15
LOCAL NEWS
 
    6:40
WEATHER—Pat Hernon
 
    6:45
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    7:00
BIOGRAPHY—Documentary
Helen Keller
 
    7:30
MOVIE—Western   COLOR 
Monday Night at the Movies: “From Hell to Texas” (1958)
 
    9:30
ART LINKLETTER
 
  10:00
DAVID BRINKLEY’S JOURNAL   COLOR 
 
  10:30
COMMUNITY CHECKERS   SPECIAL 
 
  11:00
NEWS—John K.M. McCaffery
 
  11:10
WEATHER—Tex Antoine
 
  11:15
NEWS—Gabe Pressman
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
 
    1:00
NEWS—Bill Rippe
 
    1:05
HEADLINE—Drama
 
    1:35
13TH HOUR—Drama
 
    2:05
SERMONETTE—Religion
 
 
 
-5- WNEW (Ind.)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:25
CALL TO PRAYER—Religion
 
    7:30
COLUMBIA LECTURES
“Idealism and Realism in Foreign Policy”
 
    8:00
SANDY BECKER—Children
 
    9:25
NEWS—Sandy Becker
 
    9:30
TOPPER—Comedy
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Postman Didn’t Ring” (1942)
 
  11:25
NEWS
 
  11:30
ROMPER ROOM—Children
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:30
CARTOONS—Fred Scott
 
    1:00
CARTOONS—Ed Ladd
 
    1:25
NEWS
 
    1:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Postman Didn’t Ring” (1942)
 
    2:55
NEWS
 
    3:00
DOORWAY TO DESTINY
“Reach of the Giant,” Part 1
 
    3:30
TEXAN—Western
 
    4:00
FELIX AND THE WIZARD
 
    5:30
SANDY’S HOUR—Children
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:30
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
 
    7:00
OUTLAWS—Western
 
    8:00
TIGHTROPE!—Police
 
    8:30
PETER GUNN—Mystery
 
    9:00
CAIN’S HUNDRED—Drama
 
  10:00
DEPUTY—Western
 
  10:30
DRAGNET—Police
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:10
MOVIE—Western
“Fury at Furnace Creek” (1948)
 
  12:50
NEWS
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Mystery
“The Brasher Doubloon” (1947)
 
 
 
-7- WABC (ABC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:30
EARLY BIRD CARTOONS
 
    7:45
KING AND ODIE—Cartoons
 
    8:00
TOMMY SEVEN—Cartoons
 
    8:30
Q.T. HUSH—Cartoons
 
    9:00
FUNNY MANNS—Cliff Norton
 
    9:30
GALE STORY—Comedy
 
  10:00
SUSIE—Comedy
 
  10:30
GIRL TALK—Virginia Graham
Panelists: Kaye Ballard, Jacqueline Bertrand, Kay Medford
 
  11:00
JANE WYMAN—Drama
 
  11:30
YOURS FOR A SONG
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
ERNIE FORD—Variety
Guest: Vivienne Della Chiesa
 
  12:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST
 
    1:00
ANSWERING SERVICE—Panel
 
    2:00
DAY IN COURT—Drama
 
    2:25
NEWS—Alex Dreier
 
    2:30
SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz
 
    2:55
FASHION REVIEW
 
    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    3:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?
 
    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
 
    4:30
DISCOVERY ’63—Children
 
    4:55
AMERICAN NEWSSTAND
 
    5:00
I MARRIED JOAN—Comedy
 
    5:30
HIGHWAY PATROL—Police
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS—Beutel, Burnes
 
    6:15
WEATHER—Suzannah Glidden
 
    6:20
SPORTS—Howard Cosell
 
    6:25
CAPSULE COMMENT—Beutel
 
    6:30
NEWS—Ron Cochran
 
    6:45
FOCUS ON THE NEWS
 
    7:00
ANN SOTHERN—Comedy
 
    7:30
DAKOTAS—Western
 
    8:30
RIFLEMAN—Western
 
    9:00
STONY BURKE—Drama
 
  10:00
BEN CASEY—Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS—Murphy Martin
 
  11:10
LOCAL NEWS—Bob Young
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Jacqueline” (English; 1956)
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
Time approximate. “High Explosive” (1943)
 
 
 
-8- WNHC (New Haven) (ABC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    6:40
NEWS AND WEATHER
 
    6:45
LIBRARY RESOURCES
 
    7:15
MAN AMIDST—Religion
 
    7:30
MR. GOOBER—Children
 
    9:00
JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
 
    9:30
BEST OF GROUCHO—Quiz
 
  10:00
WHO DO YOU TRUST?
 
  10:30
DAY IN COURT—Drama
 
  10:55
ALMANAC NEWSREEL
 
  11:00
JANE WYMAN—Drama
 
  11:30
YOURS FOR A SONG
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
ERNIE FORD—Variety
Guest: Vivienne Della Chiesa
 
  12:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“Ringside Maisie” (1941)
 
    2:30
SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz
 
    2:55
FASHION REVIEW
 
    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    3:30
GALE STORM—Comedy
 
    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
 
    4:30
DISCOVERY ’63—Children
 
    4:55
AMERICAN NEWSSTAND
 
    5:00
ADMIRAL JACK—Cartoons
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
YOGI BEAR—Cartoons
 
    6:30
VICTORY AT SEA
 
    7:00
NEWS—Ron Cochran
 
    7:15
LOCAL NEWS—Salmona
 
    7:25
WEATHER—Ed Blessington
 
    7:30
DAKOTAS—Western
 
    8:30
RIFLEMAN—Western
 
    9:00
STONY BURKE—Drama
 
  10:00
BEN CASEY—Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS—Murphy Martin
 
  11:10
WEATHER—Carole Wilson
 
  11:15
LOCAL NEWS—Thompson
 
  11:25
SPORTS VIEW—Ed Blessington
 
  11:30
STEVE ALLEN—Variety
Guests: Dave Barry, Lambert, Hendricks and Bavian
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Crime Ring” (1938)
 
    2:30
NEWS
 
 
 
-9- WOR (Ind.)
 
   MORNING   
 
    9:10
FARM NEWS
 
    9:15
NEWS AND WEATHER
 
    9:25
ALMANAC NEWSREEL
 
    9:30
JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Western
“Ghost Town” (1955)
 
  11:30
PLAYHOUSE 30—Drama
“Root of All Evil”
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
FIRESIDE THEATER—Drama
 
  12:30
MEMORY LANE—Joe Franklin
Guest: Kaye Ballard
 
    1:30
STAR AND STORY—Drama
 
    2:00
STORY OF ITALY—Education
 
    2:30
MOVIE—Western
“Ghost Town” (1955)
 
    4:00
BUCCANEERS—Adventure
 
    4:30
CHUBBY JACKSON—Cartoons
 
    4:55
NEWS
 
    5:00
ZOORAMA—San Diego
 
    5:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Scarlet Street” (1945)
 
    EVENING    
 
    7:00
MERRYTOON CIRCUS
 
    7:30
MOVIE—Drama
Million Dollar Movie: “Four Desperate Men” (English; 1960)
 
    9:30
MAVERICK—Western
 
  10:30
KEYHOLE—Documentary   COLOR 
 
  11:00
MOVIE—Drama
Million Dollar Movie: “Four Desperate Men” (English; 1960)
 
    1:00
ALMANAC NEWSREEL
 
    1:05
NEWS AND WEATHER
 
 
 
11 WPIX (Ind.)
 
   MORNING   
 
    9:00
OPERATION ALPHABET
 
    9:30
ED ALLEN—Exercise
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Drama
“It Happened Tomorrow” (1944)
 
  11:30
SUPERMAN—Adventure
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
MERRY MAILMAN—Children
 
  12:30
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
 
  12:45
MERRY MAILMAN—Children
 
    1:00
RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE
 
    1:30
GLOBAL ZOBEL—Travel
 
    2:00
DIVORCE COURT—Drama
 
    3:00
HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE—Comedy
 
    3:30
BEST OF GROUCHO—Quiz
Guest: Jack Warner Jr.
 
    4:00
BIG BOZO CIRCUS—Britten
 
    5:00
DICK TRACY—Cartoons
 
    5:25
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
 
    5:30
THREE STOOGES, POPEYE
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:30
YOGI BEAR—Cartoons
 
    7:00
NEWS—Kevin Kennedy
 
    7:10
LOCAL NEWS—John Tillman
 
    7:25
WEATHER—Gloria Okon
 
    7:30
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE
 
    8:30
ONE STEP BEYOND—Drama
 
    9:00
I SEARCH FOR ADVENTURE
 
    9:30
LAW AND MR. JONES
 
  10:00
BEST OF GROUCHO—Quiz
 
  10:30
STEVE ALLEN—Variety
Guests: Dave Barry, Lambert, Hendricks and Bavian
Ten minutes of news at 11 P.M.
 
  11:00
NEWS—Kevin Kennedy
 
  11:10
STEVE ALLEN—Variety
Continued
 
  12:10
NEWS—Kevin Kennedy
 
 
 
13 WNDT (Educ.)
 
   MORNING   
 
    8:55
DATELINE: NEW JERSEY
 
    9:00
PROFILE: NEW JERSEY
 
    9:30
PARLONS FRANCAIS I
 
    9:45
UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE
 
  10:05
CAREERS UNLIMITED
 
  10:25
PLACES IN THE NEWS
 
  10:45
PARLONS FRANCAIS I
 
  11:00
SCIENCE CORNER—Education
 
  11:20
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM—Education
 
  11:40
CAREERS UNLIMITED
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
RUSSIAN FOR BEGINNERS
 
  12:30
MUSIC INTERLUDE
 
    1:00
FUN AT ONE—Children
 
    1:30
NEW YORK METROPOLIS
 
    1:50
CAREERS UNLIMITED
 
    2:10
PLACES IN THE NEWS
 
    2:30
TIME NOW FOR MUSIC
 
    2:50
MUSIC INTERLUDE
 
    3:30
MUSIC FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
 
    4:00
CHILDREN GROWING
 
    4:30
AMERICAN ECONOMY
 
    5:00
ONCE UPON A DAY—Children
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
WHAT’S NEW—Children
 
    6:30
PROFILE: NEW JERSEY
 
    7:00
RUSSIAN FOR BEGINNERS
 
    7:30
BOOKS FOR OUR TIME
 
    8:30
INVITATION TO ART
 
    9:00
GREAT DECISIONS—1963
“Peace: What Problems and Prospects”
Last show of the series.
 
  10:00
WORLD AT THIRTEEN
 
  10:30
PROUST—Documentary   SPECIAL 
 
  12:10
RELIGION IN THE NEWS

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2 comments:

  1. YOUNG DR. MALONE was beginning its last week on NBC today, after 23+ years on tv & radio. Its replacement was YOU DON'T SAY!, in living color and featuring in week 1 "Bet-ty" White & "Berry" Sullivan (according to the kinescoped 4/5 broadcast on YT).

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    1. I've enhanced my memory of You Don't Say! with YouTube, but I do remember having watched it during the summer when I was a kid, and I always liked it for some reason. Tom Kennedy was an excellent host on that show.

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