March 17, 2025

What's on TV? Wednesday, March 21, 1973




The last time we saw Arnold Zenker, he was in the process of becoming a cult celebrity thanks to his stint as anchorman of The CBS Evening News during the 1967 AFTRA strike. Following that brush with fame, he moved to Boston, where he anchored the local news, and eventually became host of a daily program, which you can see at 10:00 on WCVB; he also hosted an evening program called The Zenker Hearings, and there was a best-of show that aired at 5:30 a.m. I've no doubt myself that Arnold Zenker could do at least as well as those less-than-stellar talents currently anchoring the network news. Perhaps we ought to bring back those "Bring Back Zenker" buttons? You can see him, along with the rest of the day's shows, in these listings from the Eastern New England edition.

 
-2- WGBH (BOSTON) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
  10:00
SESAME STREET
 
AFTERNOON
 
    1:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
    3:00
HISTORY II
 
    3:30
MAGGIE AND THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
HODGEPODGE LODGE
 
    6:30
BOOK BEAT
Guest: Lt. Col. Anthony B. Herbert (Ret.)
 
    7:00
NEWS AND COMMENT
 
    7:30
THE REPORTERS
 
    8:00
AMERICA ‘73
 
    9:00
DATELINE 13
 
  10:00
MASTERPIECE THEATRE
“Point Counter Point,” Conclusion
 
  11:00
BEDTIME STORY
 
 
 
-3- WTIC (HARTFORD) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
SUNRISE SEMESTER
The Heavenly Twins—Astronomy and Astrology: The Pythagorean concept of the universe
 
    6:30
INTERNATIONAL ZONE
 
    6:50
QUE HAY DE NOEVO: WHAT’S NEW
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—John Hart
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
HAP RICHARDS
 
    9:15
YOGI BEAR
 
    9:30
VIN SCULLY—Variety
Guest: Arthur Godfrey
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Western
“Black Horse Canyon” (1954)
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:25
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    1:00
LIVING EASY WITH DR. JOYCE BROTHERS
Guests: Daniel and Dmitri, Dr. Leonard Zunin
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT
 
    2:30
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
 
    3:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
    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
WHAT IN THE WORLD
 
    7:30
THE NEW PRICE IS RIGHT
 
    8:00
SONNY AND CHER COMEDY HOUR
Guest: Lyle Waggoner
 
    9:00
MEDICAL CENTER
 
  10:00
CANNON
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Party Girl” (1958)
 
 
 
-4- WBZ (BOSTON) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:15
SIGN ON SEMINAR
 
    6:45
DAILY ALMANAC
 
    7:00
TODAY
Guests: Steve Allen, Louis Nye, Tom Poston, Reies Tijerma
 
    9:00
JEOPARDY
 
    9:30
WHO, WHAT OR WHERE
 
    9:55
NEWS
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE
Guest: Margaret Truman Daniel
 
  10:30
CONCENTRATION
 
  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
Edward Asner, Dick Enberg, Harvey Korman, Joan Rivers, Karen Valentine, Bobby Vinton
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
SONYA HAMLIN
Co-host: Erich Segal.
 
    1:30
THREE ON A MATCH
 
    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    2:30
DOCTORS
 
    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD
 
    3:30
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
 
    4:00
SOMERSET
 
    4:30
MIKE DOUGLAS
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    7:00
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
    7:30
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE
 
    8:00
ADAM-12
 
    8:30
BANACEK—Crime Drama
 
  10:00
SEARCH—Adventure
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON
Guests: Florence Henderson, Ronnie Graham
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
    1:05
MOVIE—Comedy BW 
“Hold That Blonde” (1945)
 
 
 
-5- WCVB (BOSTON) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:25
MORNING GLORY
 
    6:30
NEW ENGLAND CONSUMER
 
    6:45
OPPORTUNITY LINE
 
    7:00
NEWS
 
    7:30
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy BW 
 
    8:00
PIXANNE
 
    9:00
ROMPER ROOM
 
    9:30
MEDICAL CALL
 
  10:00
ARNOLD ZENKER
 
  11:00
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
 
  11:30
ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama BW 
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
SPLIT SECOND—Game
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
DATING GAME
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
 
    4:00
BIG VALLEY—Western
 
    5:00
PERRY MASON BW 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
 
    7:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Jack Cassidy, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass
 
    7:30
FIVE BY 5: THE INVESTIGATORS
Special: “Boston and the War in Ireland”
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Thriller
“A Tale of Evil” (Made-for-TV; 1971)
 
  10:00
OWEN MARSHALL
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
DICK CAVETT
Religion and its relevance in modern society
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
    1:05
MOVIE—Mystery BW 
“Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise” (1940)
 
    2:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“Jivaro” (1954)
 
    4:30
AMERICA
 
    5:00
MEDICAL CALL
 
    5:30
BEST OF ZENKER
 
 
 
-6- WTEV (NEW BEDFORD) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
JACK LaLANNE
 
    6:45
NEWS
 
    7:00
FLINTSTONES
 
    7:30
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy BW 
 
    8:00
FLYING NUN—Comedy
 
    8:25
NEWS
 
    8:30
JABBERWOCKY
 
    9:00
ROMPER ROOM
 
    9:30
PAUL DIXON
 
  10:00
DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy BW 
 
  10:30
ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy
 
  11:00
GOMER PYLE, USMC—Comedy
 
  11:30
BEWITCHED
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
PASSWORD
John Forsythe, Anita Gillette. Host: Allen Ludden
 
  12:30
NEWS
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
DATING GAME
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
 
    4:00
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
 
    4:30
PERRY MASON BW 
 
    5:30
HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
 
    7:00
THE NEW PRICE IS RIGHT
 
    7:30
WAIT TIL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME
 
    8:00
PAUL LYNDE—Comedy
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Crima Drama
“Toma” (Made-for-TV; 1973)
 
  10:00
OWEN MARSHALL
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
DICK CAVETT
Religion and its relevance in modern society
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
 
 
-7- WNAC (BOSTON) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    5:45
FARM AND MARKET REPORT BW 
 
    5:50
REFLECTIONS
 
    5:55
NEWS BW 
 
    6:00
SUNRISE SEMESTER
The Heavenly Twins—Astronomy and Astrology: The Pythagorean concept of the universe
 
    6:30
NEWS
 
    6:55
LAS NOTICIAS DE HOY
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—John Hart
 
    7:30
MAJOR MUDD
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    8:30
COMMUNITY
 
    9:00
PAUL BENZAQUIN
 
  10:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
  10:30
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:00
GAMBIT—Game
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    1:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
 
    3:30
SECRET STORM
 
    4:00
VIN SCULLY—Variety
Guest: Pat Henry
 
    4:30
MERV GRIFFIN
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Arlene Francis, Gene Shalit, Melba Tolliver, Soupy Sales. Host: Larry Blyden
 
    7:30
ON STAGE
 
    8:00
SONNY AND CHER COMEDY HOUR
Guest: Lyle Waggoner
 
    9:00
MEDICAL CENTER
 
  10:00
CANNON
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Thriller BW 
“The Black Scorpion” (1957)
 
 
 
-8- WTNH (NEW HAVEN) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:10
DAVEY AND GOLIATH
 
    6:25
BLACK IS
 
    6:40
A NEW DAY
 
    6:55
NEWS
 
    7:00
TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
    7:30
LOST IN SPACE—Adventure BW 
 
    8:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW 
 
    9:00
PHIL DONAHUE
Guest: Mimi Green
 
  10:00
DIALING FOR DOLLARS
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
BEWITCHED
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
PASSWORD
John Forsythe, Anita Gillette. Host: Allen Ludden
 
  12:30
SPLIT SECOND—Game
 
    1:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Joanna Simon, Allen Ludden, Arlene Francis, Soupy Sales. Host: Larry Blyden
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
DATING GAME
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
 
    4:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Daughters Courageous” (1939)
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
 
    7:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
    7:30
PARENT GAME
 
    8:00
PAUL LYNDE—Comedy
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Crima Drama
“Toma” (Made-for-TV; 1973)
 
  10:00
OWEN MARSHALL
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
DICK CAVETT
Religion and its relevance in modern society
 
 
 
-9- WMUR (MANCHESTER) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Riot in Cell Block 11” (1954)
 
  11:30
BEWITCHED
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
PASSWORD
John Forsythe, Anita Gillette. Host: Allen Ludden
 
  12:30
SPLIT SECOND—Game
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
DATING GAME
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
 
    4:00
JEFF’S COLLIE—Drama BW 
 
    4:30
UNCLE GUS BW 
 
    5:30
TIMMY AND LASSIE—Drama
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS BW 
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
 
    7:00
WESTERNERS—Drama BW 
 
    7:30
BILLY GRAHAM SPECIAL
Special
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Crima Drama
“Toma” (Made-for-TV; 1973)
 
  10:00
OWEN MARSHALL
 
  11:00
NEWS BW 
 
  11:30
DICK CAVETT
Religion and its relevance in modern society
 
 
 
10 WJAR (PROVIDENCE) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:25
TV CLASSROOM—Report BW 
 
    6:55
NEWS
 
    7:00
TODAY
Guests: Steve Allen, Louis Nye, Tom Poston, Reies Tijerma
 
    9:00
NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
 
    9:30
COMLEY IN THE MORNING
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE
Guest: Margaret Truman Daniel
 
  10:30
CONCENTRATION
 
  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
Edward Asner, Dick Enberg, Harvey Korman, Joan Rivers, Karen Valentine, Bobby Vinton
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
JEOPARDY
 
  12:30
WHO,WHAT OR WHERE—Game
 
  12:55
NEWS
 
    1:00
MIKE DOUGLAS
Guests: Jean Mayer, Victor Garver, Robin LaMont
 
    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    2:30
DOCTORS
 
    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD
 
    3:30
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
 
    4:00
SOMERSET
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Comedy BW 
“Rhubarb” (1951)
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    7:00
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
    7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Nipsey Russell. Host: Garry Moore
 
    8:00
ADAM-12
 
    8:30
BANACEK—Crime Drama
 
  10:00
SEARCH—Adventure
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON
Guests: Florence Henderson, Ronnie Graham
 
 
 
12 WPRI (PROVIDENCE) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
The Heavenly Twins—Astronomy and Astrology: The Pythagorean concept of the universe
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—John Hart
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
DIALING FOR DOLLARS
 
  10:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
  10:30
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:00
GAMBIT—Game
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    1:00
I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
 
    3:30
SECRET STORM
 
    4:00
VIN SCULLY—Variety
Guest: Pat Henry
 
    4:30
MERV GRIFFIN
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Joanna Simon, Allen Ludden, Arlene Francis, Soupy Sales. Host: Larry Blyden
 
    7:30
BEAT THE CLOCK
Guest: Robert Clary. Host: Gene Wood
 
    8:00
BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE
Special
 
    9:00
MEDICAL CENTER
 
  10:00
CANNON
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“The Quare Fellow” (Irish; 1962)
 
 
 
27 WSMW (WORCESTER) (Ind.)
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
CHURCH SERVICE—Catholic
 
    3:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Four Sons” (1940)
 
    4:30
BOZO/divOPEYE/FELIX
 
    5:00
SUPERMAN—Adventure
 
    5:30
GOMER PYLE, USMC—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
PETTICOAT JUNCTION—Comedy
 
    6:30
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Desert Furlough” (Italian; 1961)
 
    8:30
BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE
Special
 
    9:30
TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama BW 
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:30
PEYTON PLACE—Drama
 
 
 
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
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
HODGEPODGE LODGE
 
    6:30
HOW DO YOUR CHILDREN GROW?
 
    7:00
INSIGHT—Religion
 
    7:30
GREAT DECISIONS ‘73
 
    8:00
AMERICA ‘73
 
    9:00
FESTIVAL FILMS
Special
 
    9:30
TURNING POINTS
 
  10:00
SOUL!
Guests: Ashford and Simpson
 
 
 
38 WSBK (BOSTON) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
  11:20
NEWS
 
  11:30
JACK LaLANNE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
TOM LARSON
 
    1:00
NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
 
    1:30
TENNESSEE TUXEDO
 
    2:00
BUGS BUNNY
 
    2:30
MR. MAGOO
 
    3:00
PORKY PIG AND FRIENDS
 
    3:30
F TROOP—Comedy
 
    4:00
THREE STOOGES
 
    5:00
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES—Comedy
 
    5:30
ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy BW 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
WILD WILD WEST—Adventure
 
    7:00
HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
 
    7:30
I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy
 
    8:00
BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE
Special
 
    9:00
SAINT—Crime Drama
 
  10:00
SUSPENSE THEATRE—Drama
 
  11:00
MOVIE—Drama
“The Weed of Crime” (Japanese; 1964)
 
 
 
44 WGBX (BOSTON) (PBS)
 
AFTERNOON
 
    3:30
MAGGIE AND THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
HODGEPODGE LODGE
 
    6:30
BOOK BEAT
Guest: Lt. Col. Anthony B. Herbert (Ret.)
 
    7:00
FOOD FOR YOUTH
 
    7:30
FRENCH CHEF
 
    8:00
FIRING LINE
 
    9:00
CATCH 44
 
    9:30
THE REPORTERS
 
  10:00
MARTIN AGRONSKY: EVENING EDITION
 
  10:30
BOOK BEAT
Guest: Lt. Col. Anthony B. Herbert (Ret.)
 
 
 
53 WEDN (NORWICH) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
  10:00
SESAME STREET
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
FRENCH CHEF
 
  12:30
MISTER ROGERS
 
    1:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
    3:00
FOOD FOR YOUTH
 
    3:30
FOOD FOR YOUTH CALL-IN
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
HODGEPODGE LODGE
 
    6:30
YOU THE SUPERVISOR
 
    7:00
MAGGIE AND THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE
 
    7:30
EARTHKEEPING—Ecology
 
    8:00
AMERICA ‘73
 
    9:00
NET OPERA THEATRE
Special
Offenback: “Can-Can to Barcarolla”
 
  10:00
STATE OF CONNECTICUTY
 
  10:35
MARTIN AGRONSKY: EVENING EDITION
 
  11:05
JANAKI
 
 
 
56 WKBG (BOSTON) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
  10:30
GALLOPING GOURMET
 
  11:00
NEWSTALK
 
  11:30
NEW ZOO REVUE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
UNDERDOG
 
  12:30
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Black Hand” (1950)
 
    2:30
KIMBA
 
    3:00
SPEED RACER
 
    3:30
BATMAN—Adventure
Guest villain: Cesar Romero (The Joker)
 
    4:00
LOST IN SPACE—Adventure
 
    5:00
FLINTSTONES
 
    5:30
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy BW 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
GET SMART—Comedy
 
    6:30
STAR TREK—Adventure
 
    7:30
DRAGNET
 
    8:00
IT TAKES A THIEF—Adventure
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
"Casablanc”" (1942)
 
  11:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Black Hand” (1950)
 
TV  

1 comment:

  1. Soaper "Where The Heart Is" was in its final week of existence, although it wasn't carried by any of the CBS stations in this edition. The following Monday would see the network premiere of "The Young And The Restless".

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