December 16, 2024

What's on TV? Tuesday, December 17, 1963




An interesting observation on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday: the movie on WBZ at 1:00 a.m., Are Husbands Necessary? "The vice president of a bank has trouble because his spendthrift wife continually overdraws her accounts." Ray Milland stars as the bank VP, with Betty Field as the wife. It's listed in TV Guide as a drama, but Wikipedia describes it more as a screwball comedy, and my point is that, without knowing anything more about the movie, you can see it either way, with Milland equally believable as the exasperated husband of a wacky wife, or the scheming husband looking to rid himself of a shrew who's bleeding him dry. That you can see him playing either role, and playing it well, says much about his talent as an actor. It all comes from the Eastern New England edition.

 
-2- WGBH (CAMBRIDGE) (EDUC.)
 
Morning
 
 
  10:25
FOCUS—Public Affairs
 
Afternoon
 
  12:30
FRIENDLY GIANT—Children
 
    5:00
FRIENDLY GIANT—Children
 
    5:15
SING HI, SING LO—Children
 
    5:30
WHAT’S NEW—Children
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Louis Lyons
 
    6:30
NEWS—Louis Lyons
 
    6:45
NEWS—Robert Baram
 
    7:00
MODERN CHEMISTRY I
 
    7:30
ELLIOT NORTON—Interview
Guests: Margaret Leighton, Alan Webb, John WIlliams
 
    8:00
ANTIQUES—George Michael
 
    8:30
PERFORMANCE—Music
 
    9:00
BOSTON COLLGE SEMINARS
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:30
IMAGES—Art
 
 
 
-4- WBZ (BOSTON) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    6:15
SIGN ON SEMINAR
 
    6:45
DAILY ALMANAC
 
    7:00
TODAY—Hugh Downs
Guest: Leon Bibb
Local news and weather 7:25, 8:25
 
    9:00
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
 
    9:30
BACHELOR FATHER—Comedy
 
  10:00
SAY WHEN—Art James
 
  10:25
NEWS—Edwin Newman
 
  10:30
WORD FOR WORD—Merv Griffin   COLOR 
 
  11:00
CONCENTRATION
 
  11:30
MISSING LINKS   COLOR 
Guests: Sam Levenson, Tom Poston, Edorothy Kilgalen
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  12:30
MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety
Co-host: Dennis Day. Guests: Frank Marlowe, Vi Ve Lasco, Jerome Berlin, L. Benjamin Wyckoff
 
    2:00
PEOPLE WILL TALK—Dennis James   COLOR 
 
    2:25
NEWS—Floyd Kalber
 
    2:30
DOCTORS—Drama
 
    3:00
LORETTA YOUNG
 
    3:30
YOU DON’T SAY!   COLOR 
Guests: Lizabeth Scott, Ray Danton. Host: Tom Kennedy
 
    4:00
MATCH GAME
Celebrities: Mitch Miller, Audrey Meadows. Host: Gene Rayburn
 
    4:25
NEWS—Sander Vanocur
 
    4:30
CLUBHOUSE 4—Children
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Bride Came C.O.D.” (1941)
 
Evening
 
    6:30
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    7:00
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    7:30
MR. NOVAK—Drama
 
    8:30
REDIGO—Drama
 
    9:00
RICHARD BOONE
 
  10:00
TELEPHONE HOUR   COLOR 
Performers: Eleanor Powell, Birgit Nilsson, Lorin Hollander, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
STEVE ALLEN—Variety
Guests: Wingy Monone, Mari Lynn Lowell
 
  12:45
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Are Husbands Necessary?” (1942)
 
 
 
-5- WHDH (BOSTON) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    6:00
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM
 
    6:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
Outlines of Art: “Romanesque Art of the 12th Century”
 
    7:00
MORNING KEY CLUB   COLOR 
 
    7:30
CAPTAIN BOB   COLOR 
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
ROMPER ROOM   COLOR 
 
    9:30
JULIE DANE—Fashion   COLOR 
 
    9:45
WE BELIEVE—Religion   COLOR 
 
  10:00
NEWS—Mike Wallace
 
  10:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
  11:00
McCOYS—Comedy
 
  11:30
PETE AND GLADYS
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  12:15
NEWS—Robert Trout
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
NEWS—Leo Egan   COLOR 
 
    1:05
FARM AND FOOD   COLOR 
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Celebrities: Elizabeth Ashley, George Peppard
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter
 
    3:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Orson Bean, Joan Fontaine, Phyllis Newman, Skitch Henderson
 
    3:25
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    4:00
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
BOZO THE CLOWN   COLOR 
 
    5:30
SEA HUNT—Adventure
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Leo Egan   COLOR 
 
    6:05
DATELINE BOSTON—Britt   COLOR 
 
    6:30
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
NEWS, SPORTS—Day   COLOR 
 
    7:25
WEATHER—Ted Miller   COLOR 
 
    7:30
PETER GUNN—Mystery
 
    8:00
RED SKELTON
Guests: Joanie Sommers, Jackie Coogan
 
    9:00
PETTICOAT JUNCTION
 
    9:30
JACK BENNY
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE
Guests: Nancy Walker, Marty Allen, Steve Rossi
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER   COLOR 
 
  11:20
SPORTS—Don Gillis   COLOR 
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
 
 
 
-6- WCSH (PORTLAND) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    6:50
FARM REPORT
 
    7:00
TODAY—Hugh Downs
Guest: Leon Bibb
Local news and weather 7:25, 8:25
 
    9:00
ROMPER ROOM—Connie Roussin
 
    9:30
BEST OF GROUCHO—Quiz
 
  10:00
SAY WHEN—Art James
 
  10:25
NEWS—Edwin Newman
 
  10:30
WORD FOR WORD—Merv Griffin   COLOR 
 
  11:00
CONCENTRATION
 
  11:30
MISSING LINKS   COLOR 
Guests: Sam Levenson, Tom Poston, Edorothy Kilgalen
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION
 
  12:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES   COLOR 
 
  12:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer
 
    1:00
WEEKDAY ON SIX—Variety
 
    1:30
PEOPLE ARE FUNNY
 
    2:00
PEOPLE WILL TALK—Dennis James   COLOR 
 
    2:25
NEWS—Floyd Kalber
 
    2:30
DOCTORS—Drama
 
    3:00
LORETTA YOUNG
 
    3:30
YOU DON’T SAY!   COLOR 
Guests: Lizabeth Scott, Ray Danton. Host: Tom Kennedy
 
    4:00
MATCH GAME
Celebrities: Mitch Miller, Audrey Meadows. Host: Gene Rayburn
 
    4:25
NEWS—Sander Vanocur
 
    4:30
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
 
    5:00
TROOPER 6—Cartoons
 
    5:30
RIFLEMAN—Western
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Larry Geraghty
 
    6:30
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    7:00
MAN AND THE CHALLENGE
 
    7:30
MR. NOVAK—Drama
 
    8:30
LAWBREAKERS—Lee Marvin
 
    9:00
RICHARD BOONE
 
  10:00
TELEPHONE HOUR   COLOR 
Performers: Eleanor Powell, Birgit Nilsson, Lorin Hollander, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
 
 
 
6W WTEV (NEW BEDFORD) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    6:30
CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM
 
    7:00
BILLY BANG BANG—Children
 
    8:00
RANGE RIDER—Western
 
    8:30
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
 
    9:00
ED ALLEN TIME—Exercise
 
    9:30
AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy
 
  10:00
SWORD AND THE SAIL
 
  10:30
COMMUNITY—Bob Bassett
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
SEVEN KEYS
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
ERNIE FORD
 
  12:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
 
    1:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
    1:30
DIVORCE COURT—Drama
 
    2:30
DAY IN COURT—Drama
 
    2:25
NEWS—Lisa Howard
 
    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    3:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?
 
    4:00
TRAILMASTER
 
    5:00
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
 
    5:30
SUPERMAN—Adventure
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Ron Cochran
 
    6:15
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    6:30
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE
 
    7:30
COMBAT!—Drama
 
    8:30
McHALE’S NAVY
 
    9:00
GREATEST SHOW   COLOR 
 
  10:00
FUGITIVE—Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS—Murphy Martin
 
  11:10
NEWS
 
  11:25
TARGET: CORRUPTORS—Drama
 
 
 
-7- WNAC (BOSTON) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    6:25
FARM AND MARKET REPORT
 
    6:30
UNDERSTANDING OUR WORLD
 
    7:00
THREE STOOGES—Comedy
 
    7:30
SUPERCAR—Children
 
    8:00
THREE STOOGES—Comedy
 
    8:15
KING AND ODIE—Children
 
    9:00
PEOPLE’S CHOICE—Comedy
 
    9:30
DAVID ALLAN—Variety
 
  10:00
GIRL TALK—Panel
Panelists: Mimi Benzell, Caroline Stewart, Geralding Brooks. Host: Virginia Graham
 
  10:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
SEVEN KEYS
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
ERNIE FORD
 
  12:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
 
    1:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
    1:30
TRAILMASTER—Western
 
    2:30
MOVIE—Musical
“Indian Love Call” (1936)
 
    3:55
NEWS—Lisa Howard
 
    4:00
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE
 
    5:00
THREE STOOGES—Comedy
 
Evening
 
    6:00
NEWS—Ron Cochran
 
    6:15
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    6:30
DOBIE GILLIS—Comedy
 
    7:00
BILKO—Phil Silvers
 
    7:30
COMBAT!—Drama
 
    8:30
McHALE’S NAVY
 
    9:00
GREATEST SHOW   COLOR 
 
  10:00
FUGITIVE—Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Double Feature
1. “Honolulu” (1939)
2. “Inspiration” (1931)
 
 
 
-8- WMTW (POLAND SPRING) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    8:15
FARM AND HOME   COLOR 
 
    8:45
TEDDY BEAR PLAYHOUSE
 
  10:00
ART AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
 
  10:15
TEDDY BEAR PLAYHOUSE
 
  10:30
TOWN AND COUNTRY
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
SEVEN KEYS
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
ERNIE FORD
 
  12:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
 
    1:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
    1:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Joy of Living” (1938) Part 2
 
    2:30
DAY IN COURT—Drama
 
    2:55
NEWS—Lisa Howard
 
    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    3:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?
 
    4:00
TRAILMASTER
 
    5:00
SUPERMAN—Adventure
 
    5:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Two O’clock Courage” (1945)
 
Evening
 
    7:00
NEWS—Ron Cochran
 
    7:15
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    7:30
COMBAT!—Drama
 
    8:30
McHALE’S NAVY
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Musical
“Silk Stockings” (1957)
 
  10:45
CHANGING TIMES—Report
 
  11:00
NEWS—Murphy Martin
 
  11:15
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:20
MOVIE—Drama
“Bureau of Missing Persons” (1933)
 
 
 
-9- WMUR (MANCHESTER) (ABC)
 
Morning
 
    9:30
BREAKFAST WITH THE BOYS
 
  10:30
DAY IN COURT—Drama
 
  10:55
NEWS—Ernie Crowley
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
SEVEN KEYS
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
ERNIE FORD
 
  12:30
FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
 
    1:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
    1:30
MOVIE—Drama
Every Day’s a Holiday” (1937)
 
    2:30
DAY IN COURT—Drama
 
    2:55
NEWS—Lisa Howard
 
    3:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    3:30
WHO DO YOU TRUST?
 
    4:00
TRAILMASTER
 
    5:00
UNCLE GUS—Cartoon
 
Evening
 
    6:00
ROBIN HOOD—Adventure
 
    6:30
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    6:45
NEWS—Ron Cochran
 
    7:00
SANTA CLAUS—Workshop
 
    7:30
COMBAT!—Drama
 
    8:30
PETER GUNN—Mystery
 
    9:00
GREATEST SHOW   COLOR 
 
  10:00
FUGITIVE—Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS—Murphy Martin
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Lancer Spy” (1937)
 
 
 
10 WJAR (PROVIDENCE) (NBC)
 
Morning
 
    6:25
NEWS
 
    6:30
TV CLASSROOM
“Portrait of an Ambassador”
 
    7:00
TODAY—Hugh Downs
Guest: Leon Bibb
Local news and weather 7:25, 8:25
 
    9:00
NEWS
 
    9:05
WORLD AROUND US
 
    9:30
TALK OF THE TOWN—Jay Kroll
 
  10:00
SAY WHEN—Art James
 
  10:25
NEWS—Edwin Newman
 
  10:30
WORD FOR WORD—Merv Griffin   COLOR 
 
  11:00
CONCENTRATION
 
  11:30
MISSING LINKS   COLOR 
Guests: Sam Levenson, Tom Poston, Edorothy Kilgalen
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION
 
  12:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES   COLOR 
 
  12:55
NEWS—Ray Scherer
 
    1:00
LEAVE IT TO THE GIRLS
 
    1:30
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
 
    2:00
PEOPLE WILL TALK—Dennis James   COLOR 
 
    2:25
NEWS—Floyd Kalber
 
    2:30
DOCTORS—Drama
 
    3:00
LORETTA YOUNG
 
    3:30
YOU DON’T SAY!   COLOR 
Guests: Lizabeth Scott, Ray Danton. Host: Tom Kennedy
 
    4:00
MATCH GAME
Celebrities: Mitch Miller, Audrey Meadows. Host: Gene Rayburn
 
    4:25
NEWS—Sander Vanocur
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Mystery
“The Curse of the Cat People” (1944)
 
Evening
 
    6:00
EYE DENTIFY—Jay Kroll
 
    6:15
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    6:30
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    7:00
MOVIE—Drama
"Demetrius and the Gladiators" (1954)
 
    9:00
RICHARD BOONE
 
  10:00
TELEPHONE HOUR   COLOR 
Performers: Eleanor Powell, Birgit Nilsson, Lorin Hollander, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR 
 
 
 
11 WENH (DURHAM) (EDUC.)
 
Morning
 
    8:35
CALCULUS—Advanced
 
    9:30
HOMEMAKER’S WORLD
 
  10:00
ART AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
 
  10:20
LAND AND SEA
 
  11:15
HIGH SCHOOL READING
 
  11:50
FOOD FOR LIFE
 
Afternoon
 
  12:30
FRIENDLY GIANT—Children
 
    1:15
MUSIC THEATER
 
    1:40
ART AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
 
    2:00
HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK
 
    5:00
FRIENDLY GIANT—Children
 
Evening
 
    6:00
CLASSICAL MUSIC
 
    6:25
EVENTS—New Hampshire
 
    6:30
NEWS—Louis Lyons
 
    6:45
NEWS—Robert Baram
 
    7:00
AMERICAN ECONOMY
 
    7:30
ELLIOT NORTON—Interview
Guests: Margaret Leighton, Alan Webb, John Williams
 
    8:30
PERFORMANCE—Music
 
    9:00
AGE OF KINGS—Shakespeare
 
 
 
12 WPRO (PROVIDENCE) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    6:30
EN FRANCE—Language
 
    7:00
CARTOONS—Children
 
    7:30
KING AND ODIE—Children
 
    7:45
STORY TIME—Beth Chollar
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
ROMPER ROOM—Bonnie Riker
 
    9:30
DIALING FOR DOLLARS
 
  10:00
NEWS—Mike Wallace
 
  10:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
  11:00
McCOYS—Comedy
 
  11:30
PETE AND GLADYS
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  12:15
NEWS—Robert Trout
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
GIRL TALK—Panel
Panelists: Cindy Adams, Ruth Warrick, Barbara Barrie. Host: Virginia Graham
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Celebrities: Elizabeth Ashley, George Peppard
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter
 
    3:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Orson Bean, Joan Fontaine, Phyllis Newman, Skitch Henderson
 
    3:25
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    4:00
SALTY’S FUNNY COMPANY
 
    4:30
QUICK DRAW McGRAW
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Steel Bayonet” (English; 1958)
 
Evening
 
    6:30
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    7:30
MR. ED—Comedy
 
    8:00
RED SKELTON
Guests: Joanie Sommers, Jackie Coogan
 
    9:00
PETTICOAT JUNCTION
 
    9:30
JACK BENNY
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE
Guests: Nancy Walker, Marty Allen, Steve Rossi
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
SPORTS—Chris Clark
 
  11:20
MOVIE—Drama
“The Iron Curtain” (1948)
 
 
 
13 WGAN (PORTLAND) (CBS)
 
Morning
 
    7:00
WONDERFUL WORLD
 
    7:30
SUPERCAR
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
FILM FEATURE
 
    9:30
MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety
Guests: Margaret O’Brien, Terry Gibbs
 
  10:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
 
  11:00
McCOYS—Comedy
 
  11:30
PETE AND GLADYS
 
Afternoon
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
 
  12:15
NEWS—Hank Gale
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
GIRL TALK—Panel
Panelists: Betty White, Brigitte Bernard, Sylvia Syms. Host: Virginia Graham
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Celebrities: Elizabeth Ashley, George Peppard
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY—Art Linkletter
 
    3:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Panelists: Orson Bean, Joan Fontaine, Phyllis Newman, Skitch Henderson
 
    3:25
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    3:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    4:00
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
CAPTAIN AND THE KINGS
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Western
“The Last Posse” (1953)
 
Evening
 
    6:15
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    6:30
NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
RIPCORD—Adventure
 
    7:30
PASSWORD—Allen Ludden
Celebrities: Garry Moore, Dorothy Loudon
 
    8:00
RED SKELTON
Guests: Joanie Sommers, Jackie Coogan
 
    9:00
PETER GUNN—Mystery
 
    9:30
JACK BENNY
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE
Guests: Nancy Walker, Marty Allen, Steve Rossi
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
STEVE ALLEN—Variety
Guests: Wingy Monone, Mari Lynn Lowell
 
    1:00
DRAGNET—Police
 
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