What's on TV? Friday, December 31, 1965

There's no great revelation in today's listings, but if you want to ring out the old year with a smile you can do worse than the French classic Mon Oncle, which appears here as "My Uncle," Jacques Tati's Oscar-winning comedy about the dangers of consumerism (9:30 p.m., KXTV). Might be a gentle refresh after all the rampant materialism of Christmas, eh? This last listing of 1965 is from the Northern California edition. 

	-2- KTVU (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (IND.)
	Morning
	9:50	RELIGION TODAY—Catholic
	10:00	NEWS—Sydney Chatton
	11:00	ROMPER ROOM—Children
	Afternoon
	12:00	I WANT TO KNOW—Mel Venter
	12:30	STAR PERFORMANCE—Drama
	1:00	BINGO—Game
	1:30	MOVIE—Drama “Strange Intruder” (1956)
	2:55	NEWS
	3:00	CAPTAIN SATELLITE—Children
	4:30	LLOYD THAXTON—Music Guests: Otis Redding, the Beau Brummels
	5:30	FIREBALL XL-5—Children
	Evening
	6:00	ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS
	6:30	RIPCORD—Adventure   COLOR
	7:00	DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama   COLOR
	7:30	OUTER LIMITS—Science Fiction
	8:30	SCIENCE FICTION THEATER
	9:00	WRESTLING—Oakland
	10:00	NEWS—Helmso, Cordell, Mann
	10:30	KINGDOM OF THE SEA   COLOR
	11:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Man in a Cocked Hat” (English; 1959)

 

 

	-3- KCRA (SACRAMENTO) (NBC)
	Morning
	5:55	FARM NEWS
	6:00	RHYME AND REASON
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: the Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
	9:00	FRACTURED PHRASES—Game   COLOR  Last show of the series. Next week at this time, ‘Eye Guess’’ debuts.
	9:25	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	MORNING STAR—Serial   COLOR
	10:30	PARADISE BAY—Serial   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:30	LET’S PLAY POST OFFICE—Game   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial   COLOR
	1:00	DOCTORS—Serial
	1:30	EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME—San Francisco   SPECIAL  Times of programs following the game are approximate.
	4:30	MOVIE—Adventure   COLOR  Time approximate. “The Desert Hawk” (1950)
	Evening
	6:00	YEAR-END REVIEW   SPECIAL
	6:30	NEWS
	7:30	CAMP RUNAMUCK—Comedy
	8:00	HANK—Comedy   COLOR
	8:30	ORANGE BOWL PARADE   SPECIAL    COLOR
	9:30	MISTER ROBERTS   COLOR
	10:00	MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.   COLOR
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Woody Allen, William Walker, Gia Golan, Criswell, the Muppets
	1:00	NEWS

 

 

	-4- KRON (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (NBC)
	Morning
	6:25	FARM NEWS
	6:30	OPERATION ALPHABET
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: the Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
	9:00	FRACTURED PHRASES—Game   COLOR  Last show of the series. Next week at this time, “Eye Guess’’ debuts.
	9:25	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	MORNING STAR—Serial   COLOR
	10:30	PARADISE BAY—Serial   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:30	LET’S PLAY POST OFFICE—Game   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial   COLOR
	1:00	DOCTORS—Serial
	1:30	EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME—San Francisco   SPECIAL  Times of programs following the game are approximate.
	4:30	MAYOR ART—Children
	5:30	SEA HUNT—Adventure
	Evening
	6:00	YEAR-END REVIEW   SPECIAL
	6:30	NEWS
	6:55	SPORTS
	7:00	CAR 54—Comedy
	7:30	CAMP RUNAMUCK—Comedy
	8:00	HANK—Comedy   COLOR
	8:30	ORANGE BOWL PARADE   SPECIAL    COLOR
	9:30	MISTER ROBERTS   COLOR
	10:00	MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.   COLOR
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Woody Allen, William Walker, Gia Golan, Criswell, the Muppets
	1:00	SQUAD CAR—Police
	1:30	NEWS

 

 

	-5- KPIX (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (CBS)
	Morning
	5:55	SUNRISE SEMSETER “The Quantum Theory”
	6:25	SPACE AGE—Astronomy
	6:55	KPIX EDITORIAL—Simon
	7:00	JACK’S PLACE—Children   COLOR
	7:30	NEWS—Mike Wallace
	7:55	JACK’S PLACE—Children   COLOR
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	9:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIVE
	11:25	NEWS—Charles Kuralt
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Guests: Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guests: Sarah Vaughan, Dave Barry
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	SECRET STORM—Serial
	3:30	WELLS FARGO—Western
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS Co-host: Bobby Rydell
	5:30	TWILIGHT ZONE—Drama
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
	7:30	WILD, WILD WEST
	8:30	HOGAN’S HEROES   COLOR
	9:00	GOMER PYLE, USMC   COLOR
	9:30	SMOTHERS BROTHERS—Comedy
	10:00	TRIALS OF O’BRIEN—Drama
	11:00	NEWS
	11:20	MERV GRIFFIN—Variety Guests: Jerry Lewis, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Karen Morrow, the Geezinslaw Brothers
	12:50	MOVIE—Drama “Commandos Strike at Dawn” (1942)

 

 

	-7- KGO (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (ABC)
	Morning
		ALL-NIGHT MOVIE—Continued
	6:15	COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
	6:45	DICK TRACY—Cartoon
	7:00	MARSHAL ‘J’—Children   COLOR
	8:00	ON THE SCENE—Bill Gordon Guests: Claudine Auger, Woody Allen Last show of the series.
	8:30	GYPSY ROSE LEE—Panel
	9:00	GIRL TALK—Panel Guests: Ruby Keeler, Libby Morris, Sheila M. Sanders. Host: Virginia Graham
	9:30	MOVIE—Adventure   COLOR  “Duel on the Mississippi” (1955)
	10:50	NEWS—Bob Dunn
	11:00	GATOR BOWL—Texas Tech vs. Georgia Tech   SPECIAL    COLOR  Times of programs following the game are approximate.
	Afternoon
	2:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	3:00	SUPERMARKET SWEEP
	3:30	DONNA REED—Comedy
	4:00	FATHER KNOWS BEST
	4:30	DATING GAME
	5:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  “Double Crossbones” (1950)
	Evening
	6:25	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	6:55	SPORTS
	7:00	NEWS—Roger Grimsby
	7:15	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	7:30	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon   COLOR
	8:00	TAMMY—Comedy   COLOR
	8:30	ADDAMS FAMILY
	9:00	HONEY WEST—Mystery
	9:30	FARMER’S DAUGHTER   COLOR
	10:00	JIMMY DEAN—Variety Guests: Vikki Carr, Buck Owens, Joe Maphis, Norm Crosby
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Drama   COLOR  “23 Paces to Baker Street” (1956)
	1:35	MOVIE—All Night 1. “The Lady and the Bandit” (1951) 2. “The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) 3. “Stagecoach to Fury” (1956) 4. Maverick

 

 

	-7- KRCR (REDDING) (ABC, NBC)
	Morning
	7:30	AGRICULTURE REPORT
	8:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: the Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem Picked up in progress
	9:00	FRACTURED PHRASES—Game   COLOR  Last show of the series. Next week at this time, ‘Eye Guess’’ debuts.
	9:25	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	9:30	JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
	10:00	MORNING STAR—Serial   COLOR
	10:30	PARADISE BAY—Serial   COLOR
	11:00	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:30	LET’S PLAY POST OFFICE—Game   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	THEATER ONE—Drama
	1:30	EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME—San Francisco   SPECIAL  Times of programs following the game are approximate.
	4:30	LOVE AND LAUGHTER—Variety   SPECIAL
	5:00	PORKY PIG—Cartoons
	5:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	YEAR-END REVIEW   SPECIAL
	7:00	FARMER’S DAUGHTER—Comedy
	7:30	FBI—Drama
	8:30	ORANGE BOWL PARADE   SPECIAL    COLOR
	9:30	MOVIE—Science Fiction “X . . . the Unknown” (English; 1957)
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	JOHNNY CARSON—Variety   COLOR  Guests: Woody Allen, William Walker, Gia Golan, Criswell, the Muppets

 

 

	-8- KSBW (SALINAS) (CBS, NBC)
	Morning
	7:00	TODAY   COLOR  Guests: the Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem
	9:00	FRACTURED PHRASES—Game   COLOR  Last show of the series. Next week at this time, ‘Eye Guess’’ debuts.
	9:25	NEWS—Edwin Newman
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	MORNING STAR—Serial   COLOR
	10:30	PARADISE BAY—Serial   COLOR
	11:00	LOVE OF LIVE
	11:25	NEWS—Charles Kuralt
	11:30	LET’S PLAY POST OFFICE—Game   COLOR
	11:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Guests: Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson
	1:30	EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME—San Francisco   SPECIAL  Times of programs following the game are approximate.
	4:45	WEBSTER WEBFOOT—Children
	5:30	SUPERMAN—Adventure
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	LITTLEST HOBO—Adventure
	7:30	WILD, WILD WEST
	8:30	HOGAN’S HEROES   COLOR
	9:00	GOMER PYLE, USMC   COLOR
	9:30	MISTER ROBERTS   COLOR
	10:00	MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.   COLOR
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Melodrama “Dementia 13” (1963)

 

 

	-9- KQED (BAY AREA) (EDUC.)
	Afternoon
	4:00	NEW COMERS—Discussion
	4:30	PRESIDENT’S MEN—Documentary
	5:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	5:30	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	5:45	FILM FEATURE
	Evening
	6:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	6:30	SOVIET EXHIBIT   SPECIAL
	7:00	SCOTCH GARDENER—Kerr
	7:30	CABARET—Music   SPECIAL
	8:30	MASTER OF SANTIAGO   SPECIAL
	9:45	WHERE IS JIM CROW?
	10:15	WORLD HISTORY—Education
	10:45	BRIDGE—Jean Cox

 

 

	10 KXTV (SACRAMENTO) (CBS)
	Morning
	6:25	FOCUS ON FARMING
	6:30	SUNRISE SEMSETER “The Quantum Theory”
	7:00	WEATHER—Bob Douglas
	7:05	NEWS—Mike Wallace
	7:30	DIVER DAN—Cartoons
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	9:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIVE
	11:25	NEWS—Charles Kuralt
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Guests: Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guests: Sarah Vaughan, Dave Barry
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	SECRET STORM—Serial
	3:30	MIKE DOUGLAS Co-host: Bobby Rydell
	4:30	LLOYD THAXTON—Music Guests: Otis Redding, the Beau Brummels
	5:30	NEWS
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	6:30	LAWMAN—Western
	7:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	7:30	WILD, WILD WEST
	8:30	HOGAN’S HEROES   COLOR
	9:00	GOMER PYLE, USMC   COLOR
	9:30	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  “My Uncle” (French; 1956) N. Cal. TV Debut
	11:30	NEWS
	12:00	MOVIE—Comedy   COLOR  “The Happy Years” (1950)

 

 

	11 KNTV (SAN JOSE) (ABC)
	Morning
	8:30	NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
	9:00	HOCUS POCUS—Children
	9:30	BUCKAROO 500—Buck Weaver
	9:45	HOCUS POCUS—Children
	10:00	GIRL TALK—Panel Guests: Kathryn Murray, Jane Withers, Karen Morrow. Host: Virginia Graham
	10:30	DONNA REED—Comedy
	11:00	GATOR BOWL—Texas Tech vs. Georgia Tech   SPECIAL    COLOR  Times of programs following the game are approximate.
	Afternoon
	2:00	BEN CASEY—Drama
	3:00	SUPERMARKET SWEEP
	3:30	BINGO—Game
	4:00	FATHER KNOWS BEST
	4:30	DATING GAME
	5:00	MARSHAL DILLON—Western
	5:30	NEWS
	5:45	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	Evening
	6:00	HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
	6:30	CHEYENNE—Western
	7:30	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon   COLOR
	8:00	TAMMY—Comedy   COLOR
	8:30	ADDAMS FAMILY
	9:00	HONEY WEST—Mystery
	9:30	FARMER’S DAUGHTER   COLOR
	10:00	JIMMY DEAN—Variety Guests: Vikki Carr, Buck Owens, Joe Maphis, Norm Crosby
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Musical “My Blue Heaven” (1950)

 

 

	12 KHSL (CHICO) (ABC, CBS)
	Morning
	7:05	THIS IS THE LIFE—Religion
	7:35	NEWS—Mike Wallace
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	9:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIVE
	11:25	NEWS—Charles Kuralt
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	PEOPLE ARE FUNNY—Art Linkletter
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Guests: Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guests: Sarah Vaughan, Dave Barry
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	3:00	SECRET STORM—Serial
	3:30	MOVIE—Western   COLOR  “Face of a Fugitive” (1959)
	5:00	POPEYE—Cartoons   COLOR
	5:30	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	HONEY WEST—Mystery
	7:30	WILD, WILD WEST
	8:30	HOGAN’S HEROES   COLOR
	9:00	GOMER PYLE, USMC   COLOR
	9:30	MOVIE—Musical Comedy   COLOR  “Rainbow Island” (1944)
	11:30	NEWS
	12:00	THRILLER—Mystery

 

 

	13 KOVR (SACRAMENTO) (ABC)
	Morning
	6:55	NEWS
	7:00	CRTOONLAND—Children
	7:45	CARTOONLAND
	8:15	KING AND ODIE—Cartoons
	8:30	WELLS FARGO—Western
	9:00	JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
	9:30	JOSEPH TOMES—Interviews
	10:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	10:30	NEVER TOO YOUNG—Serial
	11:00	GATOR BOWL—Texas Tech vs. Georgia Tech   SPECIAL    COLOR  Times of programs following the game are approximate.
	Afternoon
	2:30	YEAR END REVIEW   SPECIAL  “Perspective 1965”
	3:00	SUPERMARKET SWEEP
	3:30	MOVIE—Mystery “Dick Tracy, Detective” (1945)
	4:00	WHERE THE ACTION IS—Music Guest: Bobby Vee
	4:30	CAP’N DELTA—Children   COLOR
	5:45	NEWS—Peter Jennings
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	MARSHAL DILLON—Western
	7:00	WESTERNERS—Drama
	7:30	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon   COLOR
	8:00	TAMMY—Comedy   COLOR
	8:30	ADDAMS FAMILY
	9:00	MOVIE—Drama “We Were Strangers” (1949)
	10:45	OUTDOORSMAN—Bel Lange
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Comedy “The Green Man” (English; 1956) N. Cal. TV Debut
	1:05	UNTOUCHABLES—Drama

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