June 16, 2025

What's on TV? Tuesday, June 17, 1958




All this week, WGBH is broacasting specials from the Boston Arts Festival, which has been held, off and on, since 1952. In 1958, the festival would have been held at Boston's Public Garden, and the event was considered a major step in bringing the arts to the people, where it belongs. Tonight's feature: the Folk Dance Festival. As you might have guessed, the listing comes from the New England edition.

 
-2- WGBH (CAMBRIDGE) (Educational)
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
    5:45
SING HI, SING LO—Kennett
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
PSYCHOLOGY 1—Prof. Boring
 
    6:30
NEWS—William Pierce
 
    6:50
INSIDE THE ARTS—Morgenthau
 
    7:05
SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    7:15
SING HI, SING LO—Kennett
 
    7:30
MATHEMATICS—High School
 
    7:45
ALMANAC—Photography
 
    8:30
BOSTON ARTS FESTIVAL   SPECIAL 
 
  10:30
BRIEFING SESSION
 
 
 
-4- WBZ (BOSTON) (NBC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    6:30
HORIZONS—Documentary
 
    6:45
DAILY ALMANAC—Chase, Kent
 
    7:00
TODAY—Dave Garroway
 
    8:55
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    9:00
REX TRAILER—Kids
 
  10:00
DOUGH RE MI—Quiz
 
  10:30
TREASURE HUNT—Quiz
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
NEWS—Jack Chase
 
  12:10
WEATHER—Don Kent
 
  12:15
BIG BROTHER—Bob Emery
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Watch on the Rhine” (1943) Part 2
 
    2:25
NEWS—Streeter Stuart
 
    2:30
KITTY FOYLE—Serial
 
    3:00
MATINEE THEATER   COLOR 
“The Man with Pointed Toes”
 
    4:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    4:45
RECORD SHOP HOP—Maynard
 
    5:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Man Hunt” (1936)
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:45
NEWS—Arch Macdonald
 
    6:55
WEATHER—Don Kent
 
    7:00
WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure
 
    7:30
TREASURE HUNT—Quiz
This is the last nighttime show of the series. Next week at this time a new quiz show debuts.
 
    8:00
INVESTIGATORY   COLOR 
 
    9:00
McGRAW—Mystery
 
    9:30
BOB CUMMINGS
 
  10:00
CALIFORNIANS
 
  10:30
STUDIO 57—Drama
“No Sentiment”
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“I Was an Adventuress” (1940)
 
 
 
-5- WHDH (BOSTON) (ABC, CBS, NBC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    8:45
NEWS—Stuart Novins
 
    9:00
IT’S FUN TO REDUCE
 
    9:15
TOWN AND COUNTRY TIME—Variety   COLOR 
 
    9:30
ROMPER ROOM—Kids   COLOR 
 
  10:30
FRANKIE LAINE—Music
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:15
WE BELIEVE—Religion   COLOR 
 
  11:30
FOR WOMEN ONLY    COLOR 
 
  11:45
FARM AND FOOD   COLOR 
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
 
  12:30
IT COULD BE YOU
 
    1:00
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    1:30
BEULAH—Comedy
 
    2:00
TROUBLE WITH FATHER
 
    2:30
RAY DOREY—Music   COLOR 
 
    3:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
 
    3:30
DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE?—Quiz
 
    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
 
    5:00
SIR LANCELOT
 
    5:30
CAPT. BOB—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
DATELINE BOSTON   COLOR 
 
    6:30
CAPT. BOB—Cartoons   COLOR 
 
    6:45
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    7:00
NEWS, SPORTS   COLOR 
 
    7:10
WEATHER—Cole   COLOR 
 
    7:15
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    7:30
CHEYENNE—Western
 
    8:30
WYATT EARP—Western
 
    9:00
BROKEN ARROW—Western
 
    9:30
PANTOMIME QUIZ—Mike Stokey
 
  10:00
WEST POINT—Drama
 
  10:30
SEA HUNT—Adventure
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
JACK PAAR
 
 
 
-6- WCSH (PORTLAND) (NBC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    6:55
FARM MARKET FACTS
 
    7:00
TODAY—Dave Garroway
 
    8:55
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    9:00
LIFE WITH ELIZABETH
 
    9:30
ROMPER ROOM—Kids
 
  10:00
DOUGH RE MI—Quiz
 
  10:30
TREASURE HUNT—Quiz
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
 
  12:30
IT COULD BE YOU
 
    1:00
DOWNEAST DATELINES
 
    1:30
SUSIE—Comedy
 
    2:00
HOMEMAKING—Agnes Gibbs
 
    2:30
BINGO AT HOME—Phil Murray
 
    3:00
MATINEE THEATER   COLOR 
“The Man with Pointed Toes”
 
    4:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    4:45
MODERN ROMANCES
 
    5:00
I MARRIED JOAN—Comedy
 
    5:30
FUN HOUSE—Kids
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
WOODY WOODPECKER
 
    6:30
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    6:45
NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
 
    7:00
HAWKEYE—Adventure
 
    7:30
TREASURE HUNT—Quiz
This is the last nighttime show of the series. Next week at this time a new quiz show debuts.
 
    8:00
INVESTIGATORY   COLOR 
 
    9:00
McGRAW—Mystery
 
    9:30
BOB CUMMINGS
 
  10:00
CALIFORNIANS
 
  10:30
FRANK SINATRA—Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
JACK PAAR
 
 
 
-7- WNAC (BOSTON) (CBS)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:00
LAUREL AND HARDY—Comdy
 
    7:45
FILM SHORT
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    8:45
STAR TIME—Variety
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE
 
  10:30
OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
 
  11:00
ARTHUR GODFREY
 
  11:30
DOTTO—Quiz
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
LOUISE MORGAN—Women
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
MR. AND MRS. NORTH
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY
 
    3:00
HOLLYWOOD HALF-HOUR
 
    3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS
 
    4:00
BRIGTHER DAY—Serial
 
    4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
 
    5:00
AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy
 
    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
FRANK LUTHER—Kids
 
    6:30
I SEARCH FOR ADVENTURE
 
    7:00
COMBAT SERGEANT—Drama
 
    7:30
NAME THAT TUNE
 
    8:00
MR. ADAMS AND EVE
 
    8:30
PLAYHOUSE—Drama
“Web of Circumstance”
 
    9:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
 
    9:30
RED SKELTON
Guest: Jayne Meadows
 
  10:00
$64,000 CHALLENGE
 
  10:30
CODE 3—Police
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Double Feature
1. “Bulldog Drummond Escapes” (1937)
2. Let’s Fall in Love” (1934)
 
 
 
-8- WMTW (POLAND SPRING) (ABC, CBS)
 
   MORNING   
 
  11:55
NEWS
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  12:30
MISSIO0N AT MID-CENTURY
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Never the Twain Shall Meet” (1931)
 
    2:00
BEAT THE CLOCK
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY
 
    3:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
 
    3:30
DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE?—Quiz
 
    4:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
 
    4:30
COMMODORE BOB—Kids
 
    5:00
SIR LANCELOT
 
    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Bad Bascomb” (1946) Part 2
 
    7:00
POLITICAL TALK
 
    7:05
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    7:15
NEWS—John Daly
 
    7:30
CHEYENNE—Western
 
    8:30
ZANE GREY THEATER
“No Man Living”
 
    9:00
BROKEN ARROW—Western
 
    9:30
RED SKELTON
Guest: Jayne Meadows
 
  10:00
WEST POINT—Drama
 
  10:30
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  10:45
WATERFRONT—Adventure
 
  11:15
FILM DRAMA
 
 
 
-9- WMUR (MANCHESTER) (ABC, CBS)
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
    2:45
OUR FAITH—Religion
 
    3:00
AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
 
    3:30
BINGO AT HOME—Saunders
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Dangerous Millions" (1946)
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
NEWS, SPORTS
 
    6:15
GERRY’S GUITAR—Music
 
    6:30
FOREIGN INTRIGUE--Adventure
 
    7:00
BINGO AT HOME—Gus Bernier
 
    8:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Racket Man” (1944)
 
    9:30
N.E. TOWN MEETING
 
  10:00
BIG STORY—Drama
 
  10:30
MAN CALLED X—Adventure
 
  11:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Sons of Steel” (1934)
 
 
 
10 WJAR (PROVIDENCE) (ABC, NBC)
 
   MORNING   
 
    6:30
FARM SHOW
 
    6:45
PASTOR—Religion
 
    7:00
TODAY—Dave Garroway
 
    8:55
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    9:00
WORLD AROUND US—Betty Adams
 
    9:30
HIPPITY HOP—Cartoons
 
    9:45
MOVIE—Drama
“Intermezzo” (1939)
 
  11:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
 
  12:30
IT COULD BE YOU
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Drama
“I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” (1932)
 
    2:30
KITTY FOYLE—Serial
 
    3:00
MATINEE THEATER   COLOR 
“The Man with Pointed Toes”
 
    4:00
QUEEN FOR A DAY
 
    4:45
MODERN ROMANCES
 
    5:00
MOVIE—Drama
“Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence” (1939)
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:15
NEWS, WEATHER
 
    6:30
OZZIE AND HARRIETF—Comedy
 
    7:00
UNION PACIFIC—Adventure
 
    7:30
WYATT EARP—Western
 
    8:00
INVESTIGATORY   COLOR 
 
    9:00
McGRAW—Mystery
 
    9:30
BOB CUMMINGS
 
  10:00
CALIFORNIANS
 
  10:30
HIGHWAY PATROL—Police
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Drama
“Our Wife” (1941)
 
 
 
12 WPRO (PROVIDENCE) (CBS)
 
   MORNING   
 
    7:00
WEATHER
 
    7:15
STORYTIME—Beth Chollar
 
    7:45
NEWS—Dave Mohr
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    8:45
ROMPER ROOM—Kids
 
    9:15
TOPPER—Comedy
 
    9:45
NEWS—Virginia Stuart
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE
 
  10:30
HOW DO YOU RATE?
 
  11:00
ARTHUR GODFREY
 
  11:30
DOTTO—Quiz
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
BEAT THE CLOCK
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY
 
    3:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz
 
    3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS
 
    4:00
BRIGTHER DAY—Serial
 
    4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
SIR LANCELOT
 
    5:30
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
SALTY BRINE’S SHACK—Kids
 
    6:30
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    6:45
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    7:00
DR. HUDSON’S JOURNAL
 
    7:30
NAME THAT TUNE
 
    8:00
MR. ADAMS AND EVE
 
    8:30
PLAYHOUSE—Drama
“Web of Circumstance”
 
    9:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
 
    9:30
RED SKELTON
Guest: Jayne Meadows
 
  10:00
$64,000 CHALLENGE
 
  10:30
STAR PERFORMANCE—Drama
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
JACK PAAR
 
 
 
13 WGAN (PORTLAND) (CBS)
 
   MORNING   
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    8:45
NEWS—Stuart Novins
 
    9:00
ALONG MAIN STREET
 
    9:30
GREAT GILDERSLEEVE—Comedy
 
  10:00
GARRY MOORE
 
  10:30
HOW DO YOU RATE?
 
  11:00
ARTHUR GODFREY
 
  11:30
DOTTO—Quiz
 
 AFTERNOON 
 
  12:00
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
 
  12:45
GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
 
    1:00
GOLDBERGS—Comedy
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
BEAT THE CLOCK
 
    2:30
HOUSE PARTY
 
    3:00
BIG PAYOFF—Quiz
 
    3:30
VERDICT IS YOURS
 
    4:00
BRIGTHER DAY—Serial
 
    4:15
SECRET STORM—Serial
 
    4:30
EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
 
    5:00
JUNIOR G-MEN—Serial
 
    EVENING    
 
    6:00
JUNGLE JIM—Adventure
 
    6:30
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    6:45
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
    7:00
BOOTS AND SADDLES
 
    7:30
NAME THAT TUNE
 
    8:00
MR. ADAMS AND EVE
 
    8:30
PLAYHOUSE—Drama
“Web of Circumstance”
 
    9:00
TO TELL THE TRUTH
 
    9:30
STUDIO 57—Drama
“Rebel Rookie”
 
  10:00
$64,000 CHALLENGE
 
  10:30
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
 
  11:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
  11:15
MOVIE—Melodrama
“The Cat Creeps” (1946)
 
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