What's on TV? Saturday, October 16, 1965

I've mourned the loss of movies on local stations often enough that you're probably sick of hearing about it, but today's a good example of the kind of thing we're missing today. Just look at the late movies: KCRA has the World War II classice Twelve O'clock High, with an Oscar-winning performance from Dean Jagger; KPIX has The Best Years of Our Lives, which won six Oscars, including Best Picture, Director (William Wyler), Actor (Fredric March) and Supporting Actor (Harold Russell); and KRCR is showing A Face in the Crowd, with Andy Griffith in his finest role, Patricia Neal, and Walter Matthau. And those are just the headliners! I suspect this is the equal of any lineup you're apt to see nowadays. We're looking this week at the Northern California edition.

	-2- KTVU (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (IND.)
	Morning
	8:30	STATE TROOPER—Police
	9:00	MOVIE—Drama “Paris After Dark” (1943)
	10:30	MOVIE—Drama “Sail into Danger” (English; 1957)
	Afternoon
	12:00	PIONEERS—Drama
	12:30	MOVIE—Drama “Stranger at My Door” (1956)
	2:00	MOVIE—Drama “Please Murder Me” (1956)
	3:30	DANGER MAN—Mystery
	4:00	MOVIE—Western “Along the Navajo Trail”
	5:00	HORSE RACE—San Mateo San Bruno Stakes
	5:30	FLYING FISHERMAN   COLOR
	Evening
	6:00	CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING Fred Lening vs. Billy Golembiewski
	7:00	GRAND OLE OPRY—Music Guests: George Hamilton IV, Willie Nelson, Margie Bowes, Tex Williams
	7:30	TOMBSTONE TERRITORY
	8:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Just This Once” (1952)
	10:00	NEWS—Claud Mann
	10:30	BOBBY LORD—Music Guests: Skeeter Davis, Bobby Bare, Stringbean
	11:00	MOVIE—Drama “Retreat, Hell!” (1951)

 

 

	-3- KCRA (SACRAMENTO) (NBC)
	Morning
	7:30	AGRICULTURE U.S.A.—Interview   COLOR
	8:00	JETSONS—Cartoon   COLOR
	8:30	ATOM ANT   COLOR
	9:00	SECRET SQUIRREL—Cartoons   COLOR
	9:30	UNDERDOG   COLOR
	10:00	TOP CAT   COLOR
	10:30	SACTO’S FAVORITES
	11:00	FIRST LOOK—Children   DEBUT    COLOR
	11:30	EXPLORING—Children   RETURN    COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	ADVENTURE THEATRE—Travel   COLOR
	12:30	CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING Bill Allen vs. Jerry McCoy
	1:00	COLLEGE FOOTBALL—Texas vs. Arkansas   COLOR  Texas at Arkansas
	3:45	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	4:15	MOVIE—Science Fiction “The Amazing Transparent Man” (1959)
	5:30	MOVIE—Documentary   COLOR  “The Silent World” (French; 1955)
	Evening
	7:00	AMERICA!—Travel   COLOR
	7:30	FLIPPER—Drama   COLOR
	8:00	I DREAM OF JEANNIE
	8:30	GET SMART—Comedy   COLOR
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  Saturday Night at the Movies: “Boys’ Night Out” (1962)
	11:15	MOVIE—Drama “Twelve O’clock High” (1949)

 

 

	-4- KRON (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (NBC)
	Morning
	5:30	WHITE COLLAR FARMER
	6:00	ACROSS THE FENCE
	6:30	GREEN THUMB—Gillespie
	7:00	WAKE-UP CLUB—Cartoons
	8:00	JETSONS—Cartoon   COLOR
	8:30	ATOM ANT   COLOR
	9:00	SECRET SQUIRREL—Cartoons   COLOR
	9:30	UNDERDOG   COLOR
	10:00	TOP CAT   COLOR
	10:30	FURY—Drama
	11:00	FIRST LOOK—Children   DEBUT    COLOR
	11:30	EXPLORING—Children   RETURN    COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	COLLOQUY
	12:30	CARTOON TIME
	1:00	COLLEGE FOOTBALL—Texas vs. Arkansas   COLOR  Texas at Arkansas
	4:15	CHANGING TIMES—Report
	4:30	BAY REGION REPORT
	5:00	87th PRECINCT—Police
	Evening
	6:00	MOVIE—Musical   COLOR  “You’re My Everything” (1949)
	7:00	SAN FRANCISCO BEAT—Police
	7:30	FLIPPER—Drama   COLOR
	8:00	I DREAM OF JEANNIE
	8:30	GET SMART—Comedy   COLOR
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  Saturday Night at the Movies: “Boys’ Night Out” (1962)
	11:15	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Biography “Jeanne Eagels” (1957)
	1:30	NEWS

 

 

	-5- KPIX (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (CBS)
	Morning
	6:00	AGRICULTURE FILM   COLOR
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER “Journeys of Discovery”
	7:00	JACK’S PLACE—Children   COLOR
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	HECKLE AND JECKLE—Cartoons   COLOR
	9:30	TENNESSEE TUXEDO—Cartoons   COLOR
	10:00	MIGHTY MOUSE—Cartoon   COLOR
	10:30	LINUS   COLOR
	11:00	TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR
	11:30	QUICK DRAW McGRAW—Cartoons   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	SKY KING
	12:30	LASSIE—Drama
	1:00	MY FRIEND FLICKA   COLOR
	1:30	MOVIE—Musical “Louisiana Purchase” (1941)
	2:55	KPIX EDITORIAL—Simon
	3:00	NFL COUNTDOWN—Football
	4:00	GOLDEN CENTURY
	4:30	MOVIE—Adventure   COLOR  “Vengeance of the Three Musketeers” (French-Italian; 1964)
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Clark, Sherry
	6:30	HARRY S TRUMAN—Documentary
	7:30	JACKIE GLEASON
	8:30	TRIALS OF O’BRIEN
	9:30	LONER—Western
	10:00	GUNSMOKE—Western
	11:00	NEWS
	11:20	MOVIE—Drama “The Best Years of Our Lives” (1946)
	2:30	MOVIE—Western “Bullet Code” (1940)

 

 

	-7- KGO (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (ABC)
	Morning
		ALL NIGHT MOVIE—Continued “Gunslinger” (Western, 1956)
	7:00	SILVER WINGS—Documentary
	7:30	BROTHER BUZZ—Animals   COLOR
	8:00	HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL St. Ignatius vs. Washington
	10:00	SHENANIGANS
	10:30	BEATLES—Cartoons   COLOR
	11:00	CASPAR   COLOR
	11:30	PORKY PIG   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	BUGS BUNNY   COLOR
	12:30	MILTON THE MONSTER—Cartoons
	1:00	HOPPITY HOOPER   COLOR
	1:30	AMERICAN BANDSTAND Guests: the Toys, Joey Paige
	2:30	PRO GOLFERS CO-ED TOURNAMENT—San Diego   SPECIAL
	3:30	MOVIE—Drama   COLOR  “Slaves of Babylon” (1953)
	5:00	WORLD OF SPORTS All-Ireland Hurling Championships, World Championship Figure-8 Stock Car Race
	Evening
	6:30	SHIVAREE—Music Guests: the Great Scots, Ted Cassidy, Gene Chandler, Buddy Knox, Mary Saenz
	7:00	ABC SCOPE
	7:30	SHINDIG—Music Guest host: Hugh O’Brian. Guests: Sandie Shaw, Peter and Gordon, Jimmy Witherspoon, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Glen Campbell, Ray Peterson. Emcee: Jimmy O’Neill
	8:00	KING FAMILY—Music
	8:30	LAWRENCE WELK   COLOR
	9:30	HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety   COLOR  Host: Frank Sinatra. Guests: Count Basie, Jack E. Leonard, Peter Gennaro, Alice and Ellen Kessler, Murillo
	10:30	OH, MY WORD!—Game Guests: Nancy Wilson, Stubby Kaye. Host: Jim Lange
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	MOVIE—Drama   COLOR  “Never Say Goodbye” (1956) Bay Area TV Debut
	1:15	MOVIE—All-Night 1. “High Flight” (English; 1958) 2. Cheyenne 3. “It Happened in Broad Daylight” (1960) 4. “Machine Gun Kelly” (1958)

 

 

	-7- KRCR (REDDING) (ABC, NBC)
	Morning
	8:00	JETSONS—Cartoon   COLOR
	8:30	ATOM ANT   COLOR
	9:00	SECRET SQUIRREL—Cartoons   COLOR
	9:30	UNDERDOG   COLOR
	10:00	TOP CAT   COLOR
	10:30	FURY—Drama
	11:00	FIRST LOOK—Children   DEBUT    COLOR
	11:30	EXPLORING—Children   RETURN    COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND Guests: Barbara Mason, the Vejtables
	1:00	COLLEGE FOOTBALL—Texas vs. Arkansas C Texas at Arkansas
	4:15	CHANGING TIMES—Report
	4:30	DAN SMOOT—Commentary
	4:45	MANION FORUM—Talk
	5:00	WORLD OF SPORTS All-Ireland Hurling Championships, World Championship Figure-8 Stock Car Race
	Evening
	6:30	BIG VALLEY—Western
	7:30	FLIPPER—Drama   COLOR
	8:00	I DREAM OF JEANNIE
	8:30	LAWRENCE WELK   COLOR
	9:30	HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety   COLOR  Host: Frank Sinatra. Guests: Count Basie, Jack E. Leonard, Peter Gennaro, Alice and Ellen Kessler, Murillo
	10:30	MOVIE—Drama “A Face in the Crowd” (1957)

 

 

	-8- KSBW (SALINAS) (CBS, NBC)
	Morning
	7:30	VOICE OF AGRICULTURE
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	HECKLE AND JECKLE—Cartoons   COLOR
	9:30	TENNESSEE TUXEDO—Cartoons   COLOR
	10:00	MIGHTY MOUSE—Cartoon   COLOR
	10:30	LINUS   COLOR
	11:00	TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR
	11:30	QUICK DRAW McGRAW—Cartoons   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	MOVIE—Musical “Shine On, Harvest Moon” (1944)
	1:00	COLLEGE FOOTBALL—Texas vs. Arkansas   COLOR  Texas at Arkansas
	4:00	FILM FEATURE
	4:30	GREAT MUSIC TREASURES
	5:00	HORSE RACE—San Mateo San Bruno Stakes
	5:30	NEWS
	Evening
	6:00	MOVIE—Mystery “Our Man in the Caribbean” (1961)
	7:30	FLIPPER—Drama   COLOR
	8:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	8:30	GET SMART—Comedy   COLOR
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  Saturday Night at the Movies: “Boys’ Night Out” (1962)
	11:15	MOVIE—Musical “There’s No Business Like Show Business” (1954)

 

 

	-9- KQED (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (EDUC.)
	Afternoon
	4:30	TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS   SPECIAL  National Lawn Tennis Association Women’s Doubles Championships
	Evening
	6:00	DATELINE: UN—Report
	6:30	KOLTANOWSKI ON CHESS
	7:00	FILM FEATURE
	7:30	LEGACY—History
	8:00	NEWS IN PERSPECTIVE   SPECIAL
	9:00	OPEN MIND—Discussion Guest: Alfred A. Knopf. Host: Eric F. Goldman
	10:00	MUSIC FROM CARNEGIE

 

 

	10 KXTV (SACRAMENTO) (CBS)
	Morning
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMESTER “Journeys of Discovery”
	7:00	FOCUS ON FARMING—Hadlock
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	HECKLE AND JECKLE—Cartoons   COLOR
	9:30	TENNESSEE TUXEDO—Cartoons   COLOR
	10:00	MIGHTY MOUSE—Cartoon   COLOR
	10:30	LINUS   COLOR
	11:00	TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR
	11:30	QUICK DRAW McGRAW—Cartoons   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	SKY KING
	12:30	LASSIE—Drama
	1:00	MY FRIEND FLICKA   COLOR
	1:30	CANADIAN FOOTBALL Calgary Stampeders at Toronto Argonauts
	4:00	NFL COUNTDOWN—Football
	5:00	MOVIE—Drama   COLOR  “Sergeant Rutledge” (1960)
	Evening
	7:00	SMOTHERS BROTHERS
	7:30	JACKIE GLEASON
	8:30	TRIALS OF O’BRIEN
	9:30	LONER—Western
	10:00	GUNSMOKE—Western
	11:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  “The Little Hut” (1957)
	12:55	THE SAINT—Mystery

 

 

	11 KNTV (SAN JOSE) (ABC)
	Morning
	8:00	AGRICULTURE FILM
	8:30	GEOGRAPHY—Lessons
	9:00	PERSPECTIVE—San Jose State “The Music of Stravinsky”
	9:30	HOPPITY HOOPER—Cartoons
	10:00	SHENANIGANS
	10:30	BEATLES—Cartoons   COLOR
	11:00	CASPAR   COLOR
	11:30	PORKY PIG   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	BUGS BUNNY   COLOR
	1:00	MOVIE—Western “Passage West” (1951)
	2:45	RIFLEMAN—Western
	3:15	MOVIE—Western “The Plunderers” (1960)
	5:00	WORLD OF SPORTS All-Ireland Hurling Championships, World Championship Figure-8 Stock Car Race
	Evening
	6:30	SPORTS—Jim Thomas
	7:00	SMOTHERS BROTHERS
	7:30	SHINDIG—Music Guest host: Hugh O’Brian. Guests: Sandie Shaw, Peter and Gordon, Jimmy Witherspoon, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Glen Campbell, Ray Peterson. Emcee: Jimmy O’Neill
	8:00	KING FAMILY—Music
	8:30	LAWRENCE WELK   COLOR
	9:30	HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety   COLOR  Host: Frank Sinatra. Guests: Count Basie, Jack E. Leonard, Peter Gennaro, Alice and Ellen Kessler, Murillo
	10:30	HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS “The Immortal Jolson”
	11:00	NEWS

 

 

	12 KHSL (CHICO) (ABC, CBS)
	Morning
	6:00	SUNRISE SEMESTER Nature of Matter: 1. “Accelerated Motion” 2. “Projectile Motion” 3. “Force and Motion”
	7:30	EXISTENCE—Agriculture
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	9:00	HECKLE AND JECKLE—Cartoons   COLOR
	9:30	TENNESSEE TUXEDO—Cartoons   COLOR
	10:00	MIGHTY MOUSE—Cartoon   COLOR
	10:30	LINUS   COLOR
	11:00	TOM AND JERRY—Cartoons   COLOR
	11:30	QUICK DRAW McGRAW—Cartoons   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	STINGRAY—Children
	12:30	LASSIE—Drama
	1:00	MY FRIEND FLICKA   COLOR
	1:30	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	2:00	WRESTLING
	3:00	CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING Bill Bunetta vs. Dave Soutar
	4:00	NFL COUNTDOWN—Football
	5:00	CANDID CAMERA—Comedy
	5:30	MOVIE—Adventure   COLOR  “Triumph of the Ten Gladiators” (Italian; 1964)
	Evening
	7:30	JACKIE GLEASON
	8:30	TRIALS OF O’BRIEN
	9:30	McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy
	10:00	GUNSMOKE—Western
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Western “Arizona” (1940)

 

 

	13 KOVR (SACRAMENTO) (ABC)
	Morning
	6:10	NEWS
	6:15	SOCIAL SECURITY IN ACTION
	6:30	VOICE OF AGRICULTURE
	7:00	CAP’N DELTA—Cartoons
	8:30	PETER POTAMUS—Cartoon
	9:00	CHEMISTRY—Lessons
	10:00	SHENANIGANS
	10:30	BEATLES—Cartoons   COLOR
	11:00	CASPAR   COLOR
	11:30	PORKY PIG   COLOR
	Afternoon
	12:00	BUGS BUNNY   COLOR
	1:00	HOPPITY HOOPER   COLOR
	1:30	AMERICAN BANDSTAND Guests: the Toys, Joey Paige
	2:30	GALLANT MEN—Drama
	3:30	MOVIE—Drama “State Secret” (English; 1950) N. Cal. TV Debut
	5:00	WORLD OF SPORTS All-Ireland Hurling Championships, World Championship Figure-8 Stock Car Race
	Evening
	6:30	MOVIE—Biography “Hell to Eternity” (1960) N. Cal TV Debut
	8:00	KING FAMILY—Music
	8:30	LAWRENCE WELK   COLOR
	9:30	HOLLYWOOD PALACE—Variety   COLOR  Host: Frank Sinatra. Guests: Count Basie, Jack E. Leonard, Peter Gennaro, Alice and Ellen Kessler, Murillo
	10:30	PEYTON PLACE—Serial
	11:00	MOVIE—Drama “The Gangster” (1947) N. Cal. TV Debut
	1:10	UNTOUCHABLES—Drama

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