What's on TV? Thursday, May 26, 1966

It's an election year in California, as we can see from the half-hour paid political broadcast on behalf of Los Angeles' controversial and outspoken mayor, Sam Yorty, who's running for governor of California. (It's seen at different times on both KTVU and KNTV.) Although Yorty was a Democrat, he endorsed Richard Nixon for president in 1960, and was a strong supporter of the Vietnam War; after the 1965 riots, he challenged the incumbent, Pat Brown, for the Democratic nomination for governor. Yorty lost handily to Brown in the primary; Brown, in turn, lost the election to Ronald Reagan in a landslide, while Yorty appeared with Reagan at the victory celebration. All very interesting to be sure, but how about that 30-minute political commercial? I remember them from back in the day, but can you imagine anyone sitting still for one today? These listings, obviously, are from the Northern California edition.

	-2- KTVU (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (IND.)
	Morning
	9:30	RELIGION TODAY—Catholic
	10:00	NEWS—Sydney Chatton
	10:30	JACK LA LANNE   COLOR
	11:00	ROMPER ROOM—Children
	Afternoon
	12:00	STAR PERFORAMNCE—Drama “The Adolsecent”
	12:30	NEWS
	12:35	I WANT TO KNOW—Mel Venter
	1:00	DIVORCE COURT—Drama
	2:00	MOVIE—Mystery “Circle of Danger” (1951)
	3:25	NEWS
	3:30	CAPTAIN SATELLITE—Children
	4:30	FIREBALL XL-5—Children
	5:00	SUPERMAN—Adventure
	5:30	THREE STOOGES—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	STINGRAY—Children   COLOR
	6:30	WOODY WOODPECKER   COLOR
	7:00	WONDERS OF THE WORLD   COLOR
	7:30	AMERICA!—Travel   COLOR
	8:00	ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS   COLOR
	8:30	KINGDOM OF THE SEA   COLOR
	9:00	DANGER MAN—Mystery
	9:30	RICHARD DIAMOND—Mystery
	10:00	NEWS—Helmso, Cordell, Mann
	10:30	POLITICAL TALK—Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Samuel W. Yorty, candidate for governor
	11:00	MOVIE—Drama “Les Miserables" (1935)

 

 

	-3- KCRA (SACRAMENTO) (NBC)
	Morning
	5:55	FARM NEWS   COLOR
	6:00	RHYME AND REASON
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Fess Parker, John Henry Faulk, Gideon Hausner
	9:00	EYE GUESS   COLOR
	9:25	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	MORNING STAR—Serial   COLOR
	10:30	PARADISE BAY—Serial   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:30	LET’S PLAY POST OFFICE—Game   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Floyd Kalber
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS—Boggs, Biondi
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES   COLOR
	1:00	DOCTORS—Serial
	1:30	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	2:00	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Ruta Lee, John Astin
	2:30	MOVIE—Drama   COLOR  “Hippodrome” (German; 1960)
	4:00	MOVIE—Comedy Time approximate. “Love and Learn” (1947)
	5:30	TRAVENTURE THEATRE   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley   COLOR
	6:30	NEWS   COLOR
	7:30	LONDON PALLADIUM   SPECIAL    COLOR  Guests: Roger Moore, Millicent Martin, Kathy Kirby, Roy Castle, Gene Claude, Tommy Cooper, the Paddy Stone Dancers
	8:30	LAREDO—Western   COLOR
	9:30	MICKIE FINN’S—Music   COLOR  Guest: Keely Smith
	10:00	DEAN MARTIN—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Polly Bergen, Buddy Greco, Stanley Holloway, Bill Dana, Rowan and Martin
	11:00	NEWS—Duke, Boyd   COLOR
	11:30	TONIGHT—Variety   COLOR  Guest host: Jerry Lewis
	1:00	NEWS   COLOR

 

 

	-4- KRON (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (NBC)
	Morning
	6:25	FARM NEWS
	6:30	PROFILE—San Diego State
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Fess Parker, John Henry Faulk, Gideon Hausner
	9:00	EYE GUESS   COLOR
	9:25	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	MORNING STAR—Serial   COLOR
	10:30	PARADISE BAY—Serial   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:30	LET’S PLAY POST OFFICE—Game   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Floyd Kalber
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES   COLOR
	1:00	DOCTORS—Serial
	1:30	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	2:00	YOU DON’T SAY!—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Ruta Lee, John Astin
	2:30	MATCH GAME   COLOR  Celebrities: Mitch Miller, Carol Lawrence
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	BREAKING POINT—Drama
	4:00	DECEMBER BRIDE—Comedy
	4:30	MAYOR ART—Children
	5:30	SEA HUNT—Adventure
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley   COLOR
	6:30	NEWS—Bron, Jensen, Fleming
	6:55	NEWS
	7:00	WESTERNERS—Drama   COLOR
	7:30	LONDON PALLADIUM   SPECIAL    COLOR  Guests: Roger Moore, Millicent Martin, Kathy Kirby, Roy Castle, Gene Claude, Tommy Cooper, the Paddy Stone Dancers
	8:30	LAREDO—Western   COLOR
	9:30	MICKIE FINN’S—Music   COLOR  Guest: Keely Smith
	10:00	DEAN MARTIN—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Polly Bergen, Buddy Greco, Stanley Holloway, Bill Dana, Rowan and Martin
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	TONIGHT—Variety   COLOR  Guest host: Jerry Lewis
	1:00	INTERNATIONAL DETECTIVE
	1:30	NEWS

 

 

	-5- KPIX (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (CBS)
	Morning
	6:00	SUMMER SEMESTER Western Religious Trends: “Athens and Jerusalem”
	6:30	FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE
	7:00	NEWS—Jim Anderson
	7:30	NEWS—Mike Wallace
	7:55	FILM SHORT
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY
	9:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: Lee Remick, Peter Lawford. Host: Allen Ludden
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: James Peterson
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	JOHN B. TUCKER—Variety
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety Guests: Hugh Hefner, Prof. Bergen Evans, José Feliciano
	5:30	TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	ONE STEP BEYOND—Drama
	7:30	MUNSTERS—Comedy
	8:00	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND   COLOR
	8:30	MY THREE SONS   COLOR
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  Thursday Night Movie: “The Wackiest Ship in the Army” (1960)
	11:00	NEWS
	11:20	MERV GRIFFIN—Variety Guests: B.S. Pulley, Les Poupée de Paris Puppet Theatre
	12:50	MOVIE—Melodrama “Among the Living” (1941)

 

 

	-6- KVIE (SACREMENTO) (EDUC)
	Afternoon
	5:30	TIME FOR MUSIC—Lessons
	5:45	BETTY B—Music
	Evening
	6:00	SIERRA CLUB FILMS
	6:30	STOCK MARKET REPORT
	6:35	MUSICAL PORTRAITS
	7:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	7:30	NEW COMERS--Panel
	8:00	PROBE—Dr. Albert E. Burke
	8:30	PROBLEM OF BEING MAN
	9:00	OPEN END—David Susskind Guest: Dean Rusk
	10:00	CONCERT—San Francisco

 

 

	-7- KGO (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (ABC)
	Morning
		ALL-NIGHT MOVIE—Continued
	5:45	LET’S TALK REAL ESTATE
	6:00	CARTOON FACTORY
	6:30	A.M.—Dunbar, Fleming, Bentley
	8:30	GYPSY ROSE LEE—Panel Guests: Janet Flanner, Yvonne d’Angers
	9:00	GIRL TALK—Panel Guest: Marie Le Doux
	10:00	LUAU—Bill Gordon
	11:00	MARKET SWEEP—Game
	11:30	DATING GAME
	Afternoon
	12:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	2:00	CONFIDENTIAL FOR WOMEN—Serial
	2:30	TIME FOR US
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	NURSES—Serial
	4:00	NEVER TOO YOUNG
	4:25	ARLENE DAHL—Women
	4:30	WHERE THE ACTION IS Performers: the Righteous Brothers, Teddy and the Pandas, the Wee Three
	5:00	MOVIE—Adventure “The Centurian” (Italian; 1963)
	Evening
	6:25	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
	6:55	SPORTS
	7:00	NEWS—Roger Grimsby
	7:15	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	7:30	BATMAN—Adventure   COLOR  Guest villain: Cesar Romero (The Joker)
	8:00	GIDGET—Comedy   COLOR
	8:30	DOUBLE LIFE   COLOR
	9:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	9:30	PEYTON PLACE
	10:00	THE BARON—Adventure   COLOR
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Mystery “Illegal Entry” (1949)
	1:15	MOVIE—All Night 1. “Call Northside 777” (1948) 2. “Battle Stations” (1956) 3. Maverick Gil Hile’s guest is theatrical producer Ben Kapen

 

 

	-7- KRCR (REDDING) (ABC, NBC)
	Morning
	7:55	AGRICULTURE REPORT
	8:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Fess Parker, John Henry Faulk, Gideon Hausner Picked up in progress
	9:00	EYE GUESS   COLOR
	9:25	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	9:30	JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
	10:00	MORNING STAR—Serial   COLOR
	10:30	PARADISE BAY—Serial   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:30	LET’S PLAY POST OFFICE—Game   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Floyd Kalber
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	2:00	CONFIDENTIAL FOR WOMEN—Serial
	2:30	TIME FOR US
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	NURSES—Serial
	4:00	NEVER TOO YOUNG
	4:25	ARLENE DAHL—Women
	4:30	WHERE THE ACTION IS Performers: the Righteous Brothers, Teddy and the Pandas, the Wee Three
	5:00	HOPPITY HOOPER—Cartoons
	5:30	WOODY WOODPECKER—Cartoons
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley   COLOR
	7:00	ADDAMS FAMILY—Comedy
	7:30	LONDON PALLADIUM   SPECIAL    COLOR  Guests: Roger Moore, Millicent Martin, Kathy Kirby, Roy Castle, Gene Claude, Tommy Cooper, the Paddy Stone Dancers
	8:30	DOUBLE LIFE   COLOR
	9:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	9:30	GET SMART—Comedy
	10:00	FBI—Drama
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	TONIGHT—Variety   COLOR  Guest host: Jerry Lewis

 

 

	-8- KSBW (SALINAS) (CBS, NBC)
	Morning
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: Fess Parker, John Henry Faulk, Gideon Hausner
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	MORNING STAR—Serial   COLOR
	10:30	PARADISE BAY—Serial   COLOR
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS
	11:30	LET’S PLAY POST OFFICE—Game   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Floyd Kalber
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES   COLOR
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: Lee Remick, Peter Lawford. Host: Allen Ludden
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: James Peterson
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	MOVIE—Adventure “Quantrill’s Raiders” (1958)
	4:45	WEBSTER WEBFOOT—Children
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	DETECTIVES—Police
	7:30	MUNSTERS—Comedy
	8:00	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND   COLOR
	8:30	MY THREE SONS   COLOR
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  Thursday Night Movie: “The Wackiest Ship in the Army” (1960)
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	TONIGHT—Variety   COLOR  Guest host: Jerry Lewis

 

 

	-9- KQED (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (EDUC.)
	Afternoon
	12:00	ONCE UPON A DAY—Children
	12:30	FRENCH CHEF—Cooking Petits fours cakes
	4:00	U.S.A.—Novel “The Catcher in the Rye”
	4:30	STITCH WITH STYLE
	5:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	5:30	ONCE UPON A DAY—Children
	Evening
	6:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	6:30	PORTRAIT IN MUSIC
	7:00	SCIENCE REPORTER
	7:30	NEW COMERS—Panel
	8:00	U.S.A.—Music “The American Tradition”
	8:30	FRENCH CHEF—Cooking Petit fours cakes
	9:00	PROFILE: SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND
	10:00	OPEN NIGHT—Discussion
	10:30	MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE—Art

  

	-9- KIXE (REDDING) (EDUC.)
	Afternoon
	5:30	TIME FOR MUSIC—Lessons
	5:45	BETTY B—Music
	Evening
	6:00	SIERRA CLUB FILMS
	6:30	STOCK MARKET REPORT
	6:35	MUSICAL PORTRAITS
	7:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	7:30	NEW COMERS--Panel
	8:00	PROBE—Dr. Albert E. Burke
	8:30	PROBLEM OF BEING MAN
	9:00	OPEN END—David Susskind Guest: Dean Rusk
	10:00	CONCERT—San Francisco

 

 

	10 KXTV (SACRAMENTO) (CBS)
	Morning
	6:25	FARM NEWS
	6:30	SUMMER SEMESTER Western Religious Trends: “Athens and Jerusalem”
	7:00	WEATHER—Bob Douglas
	7:05	NEWS—Mike Wallace
	7:30	DIVER DAN—Cartoons
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY
	9:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: Lee Remick, Peter Lawford. Host: Allen Ludden
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: James Peterson
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	GYPSY ROSE LEE—Panel Guests: Don Loper, Marilyn Michaels
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety Guests: Hugh Hefner, Prof. Bergen Evans, José Feliciano
	5:30	NEWS
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Walter Cronkite   COLOR
	6:30	LAWMAN—Western
	7:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	7:30	MUNSTERS—Comedy
	8:00	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND   COLOR
	8:30	MY THREE SONS   COLOR
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  Thursday Night Movie: “The Wackiest Ship in the Army” (1960)
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Musical   COLOR  “Those Redheads from Seattle” (1953)

 

 

	11 KNTV (SAN JOSE) (ABC)
	Morning
	8:00	BIBLE ANSWERS—Drama
	8:30	PETER POTAMUS—Cartoons
	9:00	HOCUS POCUS—Children
	9:15	BUCKAROO 500—Buck Weaver
	9:30	HOCUS POCUS—Children
	10:00	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	10:30	PEOPLE’S CHOICE—Comedy
	11:00	MARKET SWEEP—Game
	11:30	DATING GAME
	Afternoon
	12:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	2:00	CONFIDENTIAL FOR WOMEN—Serial
	2:30	TIME FOR US
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	NURSES—Serial
	4:00	NEVER TOO YOUNG
	4:25	ARLENE DAHL—Women
	4:30	WHERE THE ACTION IS Performers: the Righteous Brothers, Teddy and the Pandas, the Wee Three
	5:00	MARSHAL DILLON—Western
	5:30	NEWS
	5:45	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	Evening
	6:00	HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
	6:30	CHEYENNE—Western
	7:25	SPORTS—Bruce King
	7:30	BATMAN—Adventure   COLOR  Guest villain: Cesar Romero (The Joker)
	8:00	POLITICAL TALK—Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Samuel W. Yorty, candidate for governor
	8:30	DOUBLE LIFE   COLOR
	9:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	9:30	PEYTON PLACE
	10:00	THE BARON—Adventure   COLOR
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Biography “The McConnell Story” (1955)

 

 

	12 KHSL (CHICO) (ABC, CBS)
	Morning
	7:05	BIG PICTURE—Army   COLOR
	7:35	NEWS—Mike Wallace
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY
	9:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:25	NEWS
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	FAMOUS PLAYHOUSE—Drama
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: Lee Remick, Peter Lawford. Host: Allen Ludden
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY   COLOR  Guest: James Peterson
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	MOVIE—Mystery “Hotel Imperial” (1939)
	5:00	POPEYE—Cartoons   COLOR
	5:30	DONNA REED—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama
	7:30	MUNSTERS—Comedy
	8:00	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND   COLOR
	8:30	MY THREE SONS   COLOR
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  Thursday Night Movie: “The Wackiest Ship in the Army” (1960)
	11:00	NEWS
	11:45	MOVIE—Drama “Homeward Borne” (1957)

 

 

	13 KOVR (SACRAMENTO) (ABC)
	Morning
	6:30	NEWS
	7:00	CARTOONLAND—Children
	8:15	KING AND ODIE—Cartoons
	8:30	JACK LA LANNE   COLOR
	9:00	MOVIE—War Drama “A Hill in Korea” (English; 1956)
	10:30	NEVER TOO YOUNG—Serial
	10:55	ARLENE DAHL—Women
	11:00	MARKET SWEEP—Game
	11:30	DATING GAME
	Afternoon
	12:00	TODAY IN AGRICULTURE
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	1:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	2:00	CONFIDENTIAL FOR WOMEN—Serial
	2:30	TIME FOR US
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	NURSES—Serial
	4:00	CAP’N DELTA—Children   COLOR
	5:00	WOODY WOODPECKER   COLOR
	5:30	CISCO KID—Western   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	6:45	NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
	7:00	MARSHAL DILLON—Western
	7:30	BATMAN—Adventure   COLOR  Guest villain: Cesar Romero (The Joker)
	8:00	GIDGET—Comedy   COLOR
	8:30	DOUBLE LIFE   COLOR
	9:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	9:30	PEYTON PLACE
	10:00	THE BARON—Adventure   COLOR
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Drama “Brief Encounter” (English; 1945)

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