What's on TV? Thursday, September 23, 1954

There's nothing particularly notable about today's listings other than this: it comes from 70 years ago today. That may not seem like a big deal to those of you who take TV for granted, and perhaps it isn't. But if you're of a certain age, you can remember when TV was a modern marvel, something you didn't take for granted, and when you look at it that way, it is kind of a big deal, or at least something that gives you pause. It will probably not happen in my lifetime, but at some point we'll be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first commercial television broadcast; we won't have a copy of that show, of course, but when TV hits 100, we'll at least be assured that it isn't going away. Today's listings come from Chicagoland.

	-2- WBBM (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:40	Today’s Thoughts
	6:45	Farm Daily—Menard
	7:00	Morning Show—Jack Paar (Five minutes of local news at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25, 8:55 A.M.)
	9:00	Garry Moore—Variety Guest: Don Adams
	9:30	Godfrey And Friends
	10:30	Strike It Rich—Quiz
	11:00	Valiant Lady—Serial
	11:15	Love Of Live—Serial
	11:30	Search For Tomorrow
	11:45	Guiding Light—Serial
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	Portia Faces Life—Serial
	12:15	The Seeking Heart—Serial
	12:30	Welcome Travelers
	1:00	Robert Q. Lewis—Variety
	1:30	Linkletter’s House Party
	2:00	Big Payoff—Quiz Game
	2:30	Bob Crosby—Music
	3:00	Brighter Day—Serial
	3:15	Secret Storm—Serial
	3:30	On Your Account—Quiz
	4:00	Shopping With Miss Lee
	4:25	Lee Phillip—Women’s News
	4:30	Looking Forward
	5:00	Range Riders—Adventure
	5:30	Gene Autry—Western
	EVENING
	6:00	Sports—Bob Elson
	6:15	News—Julian Bentley
	6:30	News—Douglas Edwards
	6:45	Jane Froman Show—Music
	7:00      7:30	RAY MILLAND SHOW FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE
		"The Gun"
	8:00	WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN COMMON—Quiz—Ralph Story
	8:30	BIG TOWN—Drama
	9:00	TELLTALE CLUE—Crime
	9:30	NAME THAT TUNE—Quiz
	10:00	NEWS—Fahey Flynn
	10:15	IN TOWN TONIGHT—Variety
	10:45	CHICAGO STORY—Chats
	11:00	ORIENT EXPRESS—Drama
	11:30	News
	11:35	MOVIE—Drama "Secret Service Investigator"

 

 

	4   WTMJ (Milwaukee) (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:45	Everett Mitchell—Talks
	7:00	Today—Dave Garroway (Five minutes of local news with Len O’Connor at at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25, 8:55 A.M.)
	9:00	Ding Dong School—Kids
	9:30	A Time To Live—Serial
	9:45	Three Steps To Heaven
	10:00	Home—Women’s News
	11:00	Gordon Thomas—Variety
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	What’s New In The Kitchen
	12:45	Let’s Look At The News
	1:00	Grenadiers—Music
	1:30	Bob Heiss—Interviews
	1:55	Weather—Bill Carlsen
	2:00	Greatest Gift—Serial
	2:15	Golden Windows—Serial
	2:30	One Man’s Family
	2:45	Concerning Miss Marlowe—Serial
	3:00	Hawkins Falls
	3:15	First Love—Serial
	3:30	Bob Smith Show
	4:00	Beulah Donohue—Women
	4:30	Howdy Doody—Puppets
	5:00	Gretchen Colnik—Tips
	5:15	Little Amateurs—Talent
	5:30	Foreman Tom—Western
	EVENING
	6:00	Hot Shot Revue—Music
	6:15	News—Paul Skinner
	6:25	Weather—Bill Carlsen
	6:30	Sports—Larry Clark
	6:45	News—John Cameron Swayze
	7:00      7:30	GROUCHO MARX—Quiz TRIANGLE THEATER—Drama "Life With Elizabeth"
	8:00      8:30	DRAGNET—Police Drama FORD THEATER—Drama
		"Ever Since the Day"
	9:00	GAME OF THE WEEK Kansas vs. Texas Christian
	9:30	DANNY THOMAS—Comedy
	10:00	THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
	10:15	NEWS—Paul Skinner
	10:25	WEATHER—Bill Carlsen
	10:30	To Be Announced
	11:00	Hit Parade—Music
	11:30	MOVIE—Adventure “Mariners In The Sky”
	1:00	News—Tom Mercein

 

 

	-5- WNBQ (NBC)
	MORNING
	7:00	Today—Dave Garroway (Five minutes of local news with Len O’Connor at at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25, 8:55 A.M.)
	9:00	Ding Dong School—Kids
	9:30	A Time To Live—Serial
	9:45	Three Steps To Heaven
	10:00	Home—Women’s News
	11:00	Betty White Show
	11:30	Animal Care Time—Tips
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	Noontime Comics—Kids
	12:30	Bob & Kay Show—Chats
	1:00	Home Cooking—Recipes
	1:30	Melody Magazine—Music
	2:00	Greatest Gift—Serial
	2:15	Golden Windows—Serial
	2:30	One Man’s Family
	2:45	Concerning Miss Marlowe—Serial
	3:00	Hawkins Falls
	3:15	First Love—Serial
	3:30	Bob Smith Show
	4:00	Pinky Lee—Comedy, Games
	4:30	Howdy Doody—Puppets
	5:00	Elmer The Elephant—Kids
	5:30	Close Up—Music
	EVENING
	6:00	Weather—Clint Youle
	6:05	News—Jack Angell
	6:10	Sports—Joe Wilson
	6:15	Dorsey Connors—Travel
	6:20	Alex Dreier—Features
	6:25	Tony Weitzel—Comments
	6:30	Vaughn Monroe Show
	6:45	News—John Cameron Swayze
	7:00      7:30	GROUCHO MARX—Quiz JUSTICE—Legal Cases
	8:00	DRAGNET—Police Drama
	8:30	FORD  THEATER—Drama “Ever Since the Day”
	9:00	VIDEO THEATER—Drama
		“The Heiress”
	10:00	WEATHER—Clint Youle
	10:10	DORSEY CONNORS—Ideas
	10:15	NEWS—Jack Angell
	10:30	SPORTS—Norman Barry
	10:45	HERBIE MINTZ—Music
	11:00	MOVIE—Drama “Lady From Lisbon”

 

 

	-7- WBKB (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:00	Chicago Parade—Variety
	8:00	Breakfast Club—Don McNeill
	9:00	Women And The World
	9:30	Play House—Kiddies
	10:00	Creative Cookery—Tips
	10:55	News—Ulmer Turner
	11:00	Danny O’Neil—Variety
	11:55	News—Ulmer Turner
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	Happy Pirates—Kids’ Fun
	12:55	News—Ulmer Turner
	1:00	Ruth Crowley—Baby Care
	1:15	TV Dental Clinic
	1:30	The Tom Duggan Show
	2:25	News—Ulmer Turner
	2:30	Double Feature—Films (1) "The Moon On Wires” (2) "Amber Gods”
	3:30	Time For Uncle Win—Kids
	4:00	Pied Piper—Kids
	4:30	Garfield Goose and Friend
	5:00	Jungle Adventure—Film
	5:30	News—Austin Kiplinger
	5:45	Sports—Drees
	5:55	Weather—Wayne Griffin
	EVENING
	6:00	Kukla, Fran, And Ollie
	6:15	News—John Daly
	6:30	Lone Ranger—Western
	7:00	F.Y.I.—News Features
	7:30	MELODY TOUR—Musical
	8:00	WANT TO LEAD A BAND? Guest vocalist: Denise Lor
	8:30	KRAFT THEATRE—Drama "Professor Jones and the Missing Link"
	9:30	VICTORY AT SEA—Docum.
	10:00	PLAYHOUSE—Film Drama "Al Haddon's Lamp"
	10:30	MY HERO--Comedy
	11:00	News—Ulmer Turner
	11:05	Weather—Wayne Griffin
	11:10	Tom Duggan—Comments
	12:00	MOVIE—Musical “Garrison's Follies”

 

 

	-9- WGN (DuMont)
	MORNING
	9:00	Paul Fogarty—Exercises
	9:30	The Femme Show—Women
	10:00	Hi Ladies—Interviews
	10:55	News—Steve Fentress
	11:00	King’s Crossroads—Film
	11:30	Earl Nightingale—Chats
	11:55	News—Steve Fentress
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	Best Of The West—Kids
	12:55	News—Steve Fentress
	1:00	MOVIE—Horror "The Mad Monster"
	2:00	Paul Dixon Show—Music
	3:00	MOVIE—Western "Where The Buffalo Roam"
	4:00      4:55      5:00      5:30      5:40      5:45	Bandstand Matinee—Music News—Les Nichols Bob Atcher—Western News—Leslie Monypenny Now I'll Tell You One Curbstone Cut Up—Chats
	EVENING
	6:00	Captain Video—Adventures
	6:15	Sports Final—Vince Lloyd
	6:30	News—Spencer Allen-
	6:45	Chicagoland Newsreel
	7:00	THEY STAND ACCUSED
	8:00	BEHOLD THY MOTHER
	8:30	HOME, SWEET, HOME
	9:00	THE LONE WOLF—Action
	9:30	BOSTON BLACKIE—Drama
	10:00	MOVIE—Adventure "Bandit Queen"
	11:30	News—Les Nichols
	11:45	Weather—Carl Greyson
	11:50	TV Clinic—Tip

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