January 13, 2025

What's on TV? Friday, January 18, 1974




We're back looking at the Eastern New England edition this week, and among this week's offerings is the 1973 made-for-TV movie Genesis II, airing at 11:30 p.m. on WPRI in Providence. Whenever you see this mentioned nowadays, it's almost always because it was a failed pilot developed by Gene Roddenberry, so I was somewhat surprised to see it here with no mention of Roddenberry as a hook. Of course, times were different then; Star Trek hadn't become the behemoth franchise it is today, so this might not have been anything more than just another plot that didn't make it any further. But you can go further, just be scrolling down. 

 
-2- WGBH (BOSTON) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
  10:00
SESAME STREET
 
  11:00
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
AFTERNOON
 
    3:00
ELLIOT NORTON REVIEWS
 
    3:30
MAGGIE AND THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
ZOOM
 
    6:30
MAGGIE AND THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE
 
    7:00
EVENING COMPASS
 
    7:30
WHERE TO GET OFF IN BOSTON
 
    8:00
WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW
 
    8:30
WALL $TREET WEEK—Louis Rukeyser
 
    9:00
RELIGIOUS AMERICA—Documentary
 
    9:30
KITCHEN SYNC
 
  10:00
JEAN SHEPHERD’S AMERICA
 
  10:30
DAY AT NIGHT
 
 
 
-3- WTIC (HARTFORD) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
    6:30
FROM THE COLLEGE CAMPUS
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—Hughes Rudd/Sally Quinn
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
HAP RICHARDS
 
    9:15
YOGI BEAR
 
    9:30
GAMBIT—Game
 
  10:00
MIKE DOUGLAS
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  11:55
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
    1:00
BEAT THE CLOCK
Guest: Larry Storch
 
    1:30
    2:00
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    3:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
 
    3:30
RANGER STATION
 
    4:00
ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy BW 
 
    4:30
MERV GRIFFIN
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
WORLD AT WAR
 
    8:00
DIRTY SALLY—Western
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Western
“The Undefeated” (1969)
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Story of Three Loves” (1953)
 
    1:45
MOVIE—Mystery BW 
“The Risk” (English; 1960)
 
 
 
-4- WBZ (BOSTON) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    5:55
FARM MARKET REPORT 
 
    6:15
SIGN ON SEMINAR
 
    6:45
DAILY ALMANAC
 
    7:00
YES, WE CAN
Special: The Working Woman
 
    9:00
YES, WE CAN
Special: The Woman at Home
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
YES, WE CAN
Special: The Woman at Home (continued)
 
    4:00
YES, WE CAN
Special: The Younger Woman
 
EVENING
 
    7:00
YES, WE CAN
Special: Governor's Commission on the Status of Women
 
  10:30
YES, WE CAN
Special: Conclusion
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON
 
    1:00
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL—Music
Host: Smokey Robinson. Guests: Paul Butterfgield’s Better Days, Eddie Kendricks, Johnny Taylor, Edwin Starr, Ann Peebles, Grin
 
 
 
-5- WCVB (BOSTON) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    5:55
MORNING GLORY
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:25
NEWS FOR THE DEAF
 
    6:30
NEWS
 
    6:50
NEWS FOR THE DEAF
 
    7:00
JABBERWOCKY
 
    7:30
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
 
    8:00
FATHER KNOWS BEST
 
    8:30
ROMPER ROOM
 
    9:00
GOOD MORNING
 
  10:30
PASSWORD
 
  11:00
BIG VALLEY
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
SPLIT SECOND—Game
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
GIRL IN MY LIFE
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
    3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
 
    4:00
BONANZA—Western
 
    5:00
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Adventure
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
 
    7:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Alan Alda, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass
 
    7:30
YOU, ME AND JOE
 
    8:00
BRADY BUNCH
 
    8:30
SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN—Drama
Return
 
    9:30
ODD COUPLE
 
  10:00
TOMA—Crime Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
IN CONCERT
Jerry Lee Lewis, Del Shannon, Little Anthony, Freddie Cannon, Rufus Thomas
 
    1:00
FLIPSIDE
Guests: Judy Collins, Mickey Newbury
 
    1:30
ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama BW 
 
    2:00
NEWS 
 
    2:10
MOVIE—Comedy BW 
“Tall, Dark and Handsome" (1941)
 
    4:00
YOU, ME AND JOE
 
    4:30
GOOD MORNING!
 
 
 
-6- WTEV (NEW BEDFORD) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
ENGLISH THROUGH TELEVISION
 
    6:30
JACK LA LANNE
 
    6:45
NEWS
 
    7:00
HOGAN’S HEROES
 
    7:30
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
 
    8:00
FLINTSTONES
 
    8:25
NEWS
 
    8:30
COMMUNITY
 
    9:00
ROMPER ROOM
 
    9:30
GOMER PULE, USMC
 
  10:00
DICK VAN DYKE  BW 
 
  10:30
ANDY GRIFFITH
 
  11:00
SPLIT SECOND
 
  11:30
BRADY BUNCH
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
PASSWORD—Game
Celebrities: Martin Milner, Greg Morris
 
  12:30
NEWS
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
GIRL IN MY LIFE
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
    3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
 
    4:00
BONANZA—Western
 
    5:00
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Adventure
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
 
    7:00
CIRCUS!
 
    7:30
WAIT TIL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME—Cartoon
 
    8:00
BRADY BUNCH
 
    8:30
SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN—Drama
Return
 
    9:30
ODD COUPLE
 
  10:00
TOMA—Crime Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
IN CONCERT
Jerry Lee Lewis, Del Shannon, Little Anthony, Freddie Cannon, Rufus Thomas
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
    1:15
SAINT—Crime Drama BW 
 
 
 
-7- WNAC (BOSTON) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:45
FARM AND MARKET REPORT
 
    6:50
LAS NOTICIAS DE HOY
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—Hughes Rudd/Sally Quinn
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
PAUL BENZAQUIN
 
  10:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
  10:30
$10,000 PYRAMID—Game
 
  11:00
DICK VAN DYKE  BW 
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  11:55
NEWS
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:25
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
    1:00
SECRET STORM
 
    1:30
    2:00
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    3:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
 
    3:30
MATCH GAME
Betty White, Joe Flynn, Charles Nelson Reilly, Linda Kaye Henning
 
    4:00
MERV GRIFFIN
 
    5:30
CANDLEPINS FOR CASH
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Allen Ludden, Elaine Joyce, Soupy Sales, Arlene Francis. Host: Larry Blyden
 
    7:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
 
    8:00
DIRTY SALLY—Western
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Western
“The Undefeated” (1969)
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“They Came to Cordura” (1959)
 
    1:30
PAUL BENZAQUIN PLAYBACK
 
 
 
-8- WTNH (NEW HAVEN) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:25
DIALOGUE
 
    6:55
NEWS
 
    7:00
CARTOON CARNIVAL
 
    7:30
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
 
    8:00
FATHER KNOWS BEST
 
    8:30
PHIL DONAHUE
 
    9:30
DIALING FOR DOLLARS
 
  10:30
PASSWORD
 
  11:00
SPLIT SECOND
 
  11:30
BRADY BUNCH
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
WHAT’S MY LINE?
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
GIRL IN MY LIFE
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
    3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
 
    4:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Deadly Affair” (English; 1967)
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
 
    7:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
    7:30
DATING GAME
 
    8:00
BRADY BUNCH
 
    8:30
SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN—Drama
Return
 
    9:30
ODD COUPLE
 
  10:00
TOMA—Crime Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
IN CONCERT
Jerry Lee Lewis, Del Shannon, Little Anthony, Freddie Cannon, Rufus Thomas
 
 
 
-9- WMUR (MANCHESTER) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“The Scar” (1948)
 
  11:30
BRADY BUNCH
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
PASSWORD—Game
Celebrities: Martin Milner, Greg Morris
 
  12:30
SPLIT SECOND—Game
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
GIRL IN MY LIFE
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL—Serial
 
    3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
 
    4:00
TIMMY AND LASSIE—Drama BW 
 
    4:30
UNCLE GUS
 
    5:30
ROBIN HOOD—Adventure BW 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
 
    7:00
NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR
 
    7:30
TREASURE HUNT
 
    8:00
BRADY BUNCH
 
    8:30
SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN—Drama
Return
 
    9:30
ODD COUPLE
 
  10:00
TOMA—Crime Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
IN CONCERT
Jerry Lee Lewis, Del Shannon, Little Anthony, Freddie Cannon, Rufus Thomas
 
 
 
10 WJAR (PROVIDENCE) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
TV CLASSROOM
 
    6:55
NEWS
 
    7:00
TODAY—Frank McGee/Barbara Walters
 
    9:00
NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
 
    9:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE
 
  10:30
JEOPARDY!—Game
 
  11:00
WIZARD OF ODDS—Game
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
BAFFLE—Game
 
  12:55
NBC NEWS—Edwin Newman
 
    1:00
JACKPOT!—Game
 
    1:30
THREE ON A MATCH—Game
 
    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
 
    2:30
DOCTORS—Serial
 
    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
 
    3:30
HOW TO SURVIVE A MARRIAGE—Serial
 
    4:00
SOMERSET—Serial
 
    4:30
BEWITCHED—Comedy
 
    5:00
MOD SQUAD—Crime Drama
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
    7:00
CONCENTRATION
 
    7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass, Larry Blyden, Kitty Carlisle. Host: Garry Moore
 
    8:00
SANFORD AND SON
 
    8:30
LOTSA LUCK!—Comedy
 
    9:00
OZZIE’S GIRLS
 
    9:30
BRIAN KEITH—Comedy
 
  10:00
DEAN MARTIN
Roastee: Leo Durocher
Musical guests: Gladys Knight and the Pips
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON
 
    1:00
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL—Music
Host: Smokey Robinson. Guests: Paul Butterfgield’s Better Days, Eddie Kendricks, Johnny Taylor, Edwin Starr, Ann Peebles, Grin
 
 
 
12 WPRI (PROVIDENCE) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—Hughes Rudd/Sally Quinn
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
DIALING FOR DOLLARS
 
  10:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
  10:30
$10,000 PYRAMID—Game
 
  11:00
GAMBIT—Game
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  11:55
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
    1:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Soupy Sales, Virginia Vestoff, Arlene Francis, Gene Shalit
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    3:00
PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
 
    4:00
I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy
 
    4:30
MERV GRIFFIN
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
BEAT THE CLOCK
Guest: Larry Storch. Host: Gene Wood
 
    7:30
PROTECTORS
 
    8:00
DIRTY SALLY—Western
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Western
“The Undefeated” (1969)
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Science Fiction
“Genesis II” (Made-for-TV; 1973)
 
 
 
27 WSMW (WORCESTER) (Ind.)
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
CHURCH SERVICE—Catholic
 
  12:30
THRILLER—Drama BW 
 
    1:30
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“The Forbidden Street” (English; 1949)
 
    3:30
FELIX THE CAT
 
    4:00
POPEYE
 
    4:30
LASSIE—Drama BW 
 
    5:00
SUPERMAN—Adventure BW 
 
    5:30
GOMER PYLE, USMC—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
PETTICOAT JUNCTION
 
    6:30
CHALLENGING SEA—Documentary
 
    7:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“The Final War” (Japanese; 1962)
 
    9:00
THRILLER—Drama BW 
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:30
JOE HYDER
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
 
 
36 WSBE (PROVIDENCE) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
  10:00
SESAME STREET
 
AFTERNOON
 
    1:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
ZOOM
 
    6:30
ACROSS THE FENSE
 
    7:00
TIME OF OUR LIVES
 
    7:30
ARRIVEDERCI
 
    8:00
WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW
 
    8:30
WALL $TREET WEEK—Louis Rukeyser
 
    9:00
MASTERPIECE THEATRE
“Upstairs, Downstairs,” Part 2
 
  10:00
INSIGHT—Religion
 
  10:30
CONSULTATION
 
 
 
38 WSBK (BOSTON) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
  11:00
TOM LARSON
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
CAN YOU TOP THIS—Game
Guests: Milton Berle, Morey Amdsterdam, Henny Youngman
 
  12:30
BEAT THE CLOCK
 
    1:00
JACK LA LANNE
 
    1:30
MR. MAGOO AND FRIENDS
 
    2:00
FLIPPER—Drama
 
    2:30
TENNESSEE TUXEDO
 
    3:00
PORKY PIG AND FRIENDS
 
    3:30
BUGS BUNNY
 
    4:00
THREE STOOGES
 
    5:00
F TROOP—Comedy
 
    5:30
McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy BW 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
 
    6:30
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
 
    7:00
HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
 
    7:30
WILD, WILD WEST—Adventure
 
    8:30
EVERYTHING GOES
 
  10:00
SAINT—Crime Drama
 
  11:00
LAUGH CLASSICS
 
 
 
44 WGBX (BOSTON) (PBS)
 
AFTERNOON
 
    3:30
MISTER ROGERS
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
 
    5:00
HODGEPODGE LODGE
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
SESAME STREET
 
    7:00
AVIATION WEATHER
 
    7:30
MARTIN AGRONSKY: EVENING EDITION
 
    8:00
WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW
 
    8:30
CATCH 44
 
    9:00
BLACK EXPERIENCE
 
    9:30
RELIGIOUS AMERICA—Documentary
 
  10:00
EVENING COMPASS
 
  10:30
DAY AT NIGHT
 
  11:00
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
Captioned for the deaf
 
 
 
53 WEDN (NORWICH) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
  10:00
SESAME STREET
 
AFTERNOON
 
    1:00
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
    3:00
FRENCH CHEF
 
    3:30
RELIGIOUS AMERICA
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
ZOOM
 
    6:30
BOOK BEAT
 
    7:00
AVIATION WEATHER
 
    7:30
WALL $TREET WEEK—Louis Rukeyser
 
    8:00
WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW
 
    8:30
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF CHINA—Documentary
Special
 
    9:00
AZTEC TWO-STEP
 
  10:00
ENERGY ALERT
 
  10:05
FREE-FOR-ALL
 
  10:35
MASTERPIECE THEATRE
“Upstairs, Downstairs,” Part 2
 
 
 
56  WKBG (BOSTON) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
  10:00
NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
 
  10:30
NEW ENGLAND NEWSCENE
 
  11:00
NEW ZOO REVUE
 
  11:30
BULLWINKLE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW 
 
  12:30
MOVIE—Musical
“The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady” (1950)
 
    2:30
HUCK AND YOU
 
    3:00
SPEED RAER
 
    3:30
BATMAN—Adventure
Guest villain: Victor Buono (King Tut)
 
    4:00
LITTLE RASCALS BW 
 
    4:30
FLINTSTONES
 
    5:30
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
STAR TREK
 
    7:00
UNTOUCHABLES—Crime Drama BW 
 
    8:00
MOVIE—Fantasy
“The Three Worlds of Gulliver” (Spanish-American-English; 1959)
 
    9:30
MOVIE—Science Fiction BW 
“The Magnetic Monster" (1953)
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Science Fiction
“The Lost Missile” (1958)
 
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5 comments:

  1. Roddenberry tried three different TV pilots based on that premise, none of them got off the ground. I was kid then, and do remember mention, at least in the TV ad, of 'from the creator of Star Trek'.

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  2. For those wondering about Channel 4's "Yes We Can" special for most of that day, it was a Women's Fair telethon which started at 10:00 the previous night.

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    1. I included the Close-Up in Saturday's write-up, but I've updated the listing to include the title segments.

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  3. Looks like The Guiding Light is missing at 2 pm for WNAC and WTIC.

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