June 2, 2025

What's on TV? Wednesday, June 6, 1973




I'm pretty sure I've already mentioned this in the past, but one of the great charms of early public television was the auction, which is running all this week on WGBH and WGBX in Boston. Back in the day, this was one of the main ways in which local public stations paid the bills; for an entire week, the station will auction off donated items from businesses and individuals, including "an antique fire engine, a week's stay in a villa in Portugal, two acupuncture kits, 500 pounds of chicken, a stuffed gorilla and a cruise on a Chinese junk." Among the guest auctioneers at WGBH are Arthur Fiedler, Gene Rayburn, John Updike, and Curt Gowdy. We had one of these in the Twin Cities when I was growing up, with similar prizes and local celebrities; although I never bid on anything, I never missed watching it, either. This week's listings are, as you might have figured, from Eastern New England.

 
-2- WGBH (BOSTON) (PBS)
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
SESAME STREET
 
    1:00
AUCTION CONTINUES
Special
 
    4:00
AUCTION CONTINUES
Special
 
EVENING
 
    7:00
AUCTION CONTINUES
Special
 
  10:00
AUCTION CONTINUES
 
 
 
-3- WTIC (HARTFORD) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
SUNRISE SEMESTER
The Immigrant in American Life: German and Irish Immigrants
 
    6:30
INTERNATIONAL ZONE
 
    6:50
WHAT’S NEW
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—John Hart
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guest: Dr. Joyce Brothers
 
    9:00
HAP RICHARDS
 
    9:15
YOGI BEAR
 
    9:30
GAMBIT—Game
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“All I Desire” (1953)
 
  11:55
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    1:00
LIVING EASY WITH DR. JOYCE BROTHERS
Guests: Alan Alda, Jean Kerr, Leata Galloway
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    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
AMERICAN ADVENTURE
 
    7:30
THE NEW PRICE IS RIGHT
 
    8:00
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Specia: “The Last King of America”
 
    9:00
DAN AUGUST
 
  10:00
CANNON
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Adventure
“The World in His Arms” (1952)
 
 
 
-4- WBZ (BOSTON) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:15
SIGN ON SEMINAR
 
    6:45
DAILY ALMANAC
 
    7:00
TODAY
From Bath, England
 
    9:00
JEOPARDY
 
    9:30
WHO, WHAT OR WHERE
 
    9:55
NEWS
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE
Guest: Kay Starr
 
  10:30
BAFFLE—Game
Paul Lynde, Jo Anne Worley. Host: Dick Enberg
 
  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
Ernest Borgnine, Arte Johnson, Michael Landon, Rose Marie, Bobby Sherman, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Karen Valentine, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
SONYA HAMLIN
 
    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
Guests: Ted Knight, Marty Allen, Aliza Kashi, Frank McGee, Chuck Grodin
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    7:00
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
    7:30
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE
 
    8:00
ADAM-12
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Comedy
Special: “Poor Devil” (Made-for-TV; 1973)
 
  10:00
SEARCH—Adventure
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
    1:05
MOVIE—Drama
“Blanche Fury” (English; 1948)
 
 
 
-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
LIVING EASY WITH DR. JOYCE BROTHERS
Guest: Sandra Sprung
 
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
Gene Rayburn, Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass
 
    7:30
THE INVESTIGATORS
 
    8:00
VARIETY HOUR
Special: “The Wacky Weeki Wachee and Silver Springs Singing and Comedy Thing.”
 
    9:00
ABC THEATRE:
Special: “If You Give a Dance You Gotta Pay the Band”
 
  10:30
ABC NEWS SPECIAL
Special: “The Methadone Connection”
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JACK PAAR TONITE
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
    1:05
ALFRED HITCHCOCK—Drama BW 
 
    1:35
ROGUES—Drama BW 
 
    2:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Violent Patriot” (Italian; 1959)
 
    4:30
THE INVESTIGATORS
 
    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
June Lockhart, Dick Sargent. 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
SAINT—Crime Drama 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
VARIETY HOUR
Special: “The Wacky Weeki Wachee and Silver Springs Singing and Comedy Thing.”
 
    9:00
ABC THEATRE:
Special: “If You Give a Dance You Gotta Pay the Band”
 
  10:30
ABC NEWS SPECIAL
Special: “The Methadone Connection”
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JACK PAAR TONITE
 
    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 Immigrant in American Life: German and Irish Immigrants
 
    6:30
NEWS
 
    6:55
LAS NOTICIAS DE HOY
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—John Hart
 
    7:30
MAJOR MUDD
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guest: Dr. Joyce Brothers
 
    8:30
COMMUNITY
 
    9:00
PAUL BENZAQUIN
 
  10:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
  10:30
$10,000 PYRAMID—Game
Joan Rivers and William Shatner. Host: Dick Clark
 
  11:00
GAMBIT—Game
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  11:55
CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
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
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
    3:30
HOLLYWOOD’S TALKING—Game
 
    4:00
SECRET STORM
 
    4:30
MERV GRIFFIN
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Alan Alda, Arlene Francis, Aliza Kashi, Soupy Sales
 
    7:30
BILLY GRAHAM SPECIAL
Special
 
    8:00
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Specia: “The Last King of America”
 
    9:00
DAN AUGUST
 
  10:00
CANNON
 
  10:30
ABC NEWS SPECIAL
Special: “The Methadone Connection”
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama
“The Devil’s 8” (1969)
 
 
 
-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
LOST IN SPACE—Adventure BW 
 
    8:00
CARTOON CARNIVAL
 
    8:30
I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW 
 
    9:00
PHIL DONAHUE
 
  10:00
DIALING FOR DOLLARS
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
BEWITCHED
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
PASSWORD
June Lockhart, Dick Sargent. Host: Allen Ludden
 
  12:30
SPLIT SECOND—Game
 
    1:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Werner Klemperer, Joanna Barnes, Arlene Francis, Soupy Sales
 
    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—Biography BW 
“The George Raft Story” (1961)
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner
 
    7:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
 
    7:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
 
    8:00
VARIETY HOUR
Special: “The Wacky Weeki Wachee and Silver Springs Singing and Comedy Thing.”
 
    9:00
ABC THEATRE:
Special: “If You Give a Dance You Gotta Pay the Band”
 
  10:30
ABC NEWS SPECIAL
Special: “The Methadone Connection”
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Crime in the Streets” (1956)
 
    1:00
JACK PAAR TONITE
 
 
 
-9- WMUR (MANCHESTER) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Night of the Quarter Moon” (1959)
 
  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
CAR AND TRACK 
 
    7:30
WESTERNERS—Drama BW 
 
    8:00
VARIETY HOUR
Special: “The Wacky Weeki Wachee and Silver Springs Singing and Comedy Thing.”
 
    9:00
ABC THEATRE:
Special: “If You Give a Dance You Gotta Pay the Band”
 
  10:30
ABC NEWS SPECIAL
Special: “The Methadone Connection”
 
  11:00
NEWS BW 
 
  11:30
JACK PAAR TONITE
 
 
 
10 WJAR (PROVIDENCE) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:25
TV CLASSROOM—Report BW 
 
    6:55
NEWS
 
    7:00
TODAY
From Bath, England
 
    9:00
NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
 
    9:30
COMLEY IN THE MORNING
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE
Guest: Kay Starr
 
  10:30
BAFFLE—Game
Paul Lynde, Jo Anne Worley. Host: Dick Enberg
 
  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
Ernest Borgnine, Arte Johnson, Michael Landon, Rose Marie, Bobby Sherman, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Karen Valentine, Charley Weaver. Host: Peter Marshall
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
JEOPARDY
 
  12:30
WHO,WHAT OR WHERE—Game
 
  12:55
NEWS
 
    1:00
MIKE DOUGLAS
 
    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—Drama BW 
“Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell” (1951)
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    7:00
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
    7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass, Gene Rayburn, Nipsey Russell.
 
    8:00
ADAM-12
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Comedy
Special: “Poor Devil” (Made-for-TV; 1973)
 
  10:00
SEARCH—Adventure
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON
 
 
 
12 WPRI (PROVIDENCE) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
SUNRISE SEMESTER
The Immigrant in American Life: German and Irish Immigrants
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—John Hart
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Guest: Dr. Joyce Brothers
 
    9:00
DIALING FOR DOLLARS
 
    9:30
COOKING WITH BERNARD
 
  10:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
  10:30
$10,000 PYRAMID—Game
Joan Rivers and William Shatner. Host: Dick Clark
 
  11:00
GAMBIT—Game
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
  11:55
RONA BARRETT
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    1:00
DRAGNET—Crime Drama
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
    3:30
HOLLYWOOD’S TALKING—Game
 
    4:00
SECRET STORM
 
    4:30
MERV GRIFFIN
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?
Alan Alda, Arlene Francis
 
    7:30
BEAT THE CLOCK
Guest: Bert Convy
 
    8:00
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Specia: “The Last King of America”
 
    9:00
DAN AUGUST
 
  10:00
CANNON
 
  11:00
NEWS
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“Island of Love” (1963)
 
 
 
27 WSMW (WORCESTER) (Ind.)
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
CHURCH SERVICE—Catholic
 
    3:00
MOVIE—Crime Drama BW 
“Payroll” (English; 1961)
 
    4:30
BOZO/divOPEYE/FELIX
 
    5:00
SUPERMAN—Adventure
 
    5:30
GOMER PYLE, USMC—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
PETTICOAT JUNCTION—Comedy
 
    6:30
MOVIE—Science Fiction BW 
“Atomic Rules of the World” (Japanese; 1964)
 
    8:30
THRILLER—Drama BW 
 
    9:30
GOLF TOURNAMENT
 
  10:00
NEWS
 
  10:30
MANTRAP--Discussion
 
 
 
36 WSBE (PROVIDENCE) (PBS)
 
AFTERNOON
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
HODGEPODGE LODGE
 
    6:30
BOOK BEAT
Anton Myer
 
    7:00
QUESTION TO THE EDITORS BW 
 
    8:00
AMERICA ‘73
 
    9:00
JUNE WAYNE—Interview
 
    9:30
TURNING POINTS
 
  10:00
HOMEWOOD
Return
 
 
 
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
WELLS FARGO—Western BW 
 
    4:00
ADDAMS FAMILY—Comedy BW 
 
    4:30
McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy BW 
 
    5:00
THREE STOOGES
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
WILD WILD WEST—Adventure
 
    7:00
HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
 
    7:30
I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy
 
    8:00
BEAT THE CLOCK—Game
Guest: Betty White
 
    8:30
STUMP THE STARS
 
    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
 
  12:00
SESAME STREET
 
    1:00
AUCTION CONTINUES
Special
 
    4:00
AUCTION CONTINUES
Special
 
EVENING
 
    7:00
AUCTION CONTINUES
Special
 
  10:00
AUCTION CONTINUES
 
 
 
53 WEDN (NORWICH) (PBS)
 
AFTERNOON
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
SESAME STREET
 
    7:00
FRENCH CHEF
Sea bass flamed in fennel
 
    7:30
MAKING THINGS GROW BW 
 
    9:00
ADVOCATES—Debate
Special: Birth control for teenagers
 
  11:05
JANAKI
 
 
 
56 WKBG (BOSTON) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
  10:30
GALLOPING GOURMET
Beef stew
 
  11:00
NEWSTALK
 
  11:30
NEW ZOO REVUE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
UNDERDOG
 
  12:30
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Mr. Lucky” (1943)
 
    2:30
KIMBA
 
    3:00
YOGI BEAR
 
    3:30
SPEED RACER
 
    4:00
FLINTSTONES
 
    4:30
BATMAN—Adventure
Guest villain: Eli Wallach (Mr. Freeze)
 
    5:00
FLINTSTONES
 
    5:30
GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
GET SMART—Comedy
 
    6:30
STAR TREK—Adventure
 
    7:30
DRAGNET—Crime Drama
 
    8:00
MOVIE—Biography BW 
“Rhapsody in Blue” (1945)
 
  11:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Mr. Lucky” (1943)
 
TV  

2 comments:

  1. Seeing Andy Griffith & Merv Griffin back-to-back on WTIC reminds me of SCTV's "Merv Griffith Show" parody, which had Rick Moranis as Merv if he were the sheriff of Mayberry. It was a funny one.

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