What's on TV? Monday, December 1, 1975

Something I didn't mention on Monday amongst the various changes to the daytime schedule is that NBC's Wheel of Fortune is expanding to one hour, joining The Price is Right as the only hour-long game shows on television. Before too many years, there won't be any half-hour dramas left, and not that many years later there won't be any game shows at all, except for Price. Networks don't show reruns of their primetime series anymore; for that matter, save the morning shows, there's not a whole lot of network programming at all during the day. I wonder how long it will be before we see this happening in the primetime schedule as well? Ah well, this week's listing is from the Eastern New England edition.

	-2- WGBH (BOSTON) (PBS)
	MORNING
	11:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
	11:30	SESAME STREET
	AFTERNOON
	3:00	ANTIQUES
	3:30	MAGGIE AND THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE—Exercise
	4:00	SESAME STREET
	5:00	MISTER ROGERS
	EVENING
	6:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
	6:30	VILLA ALLEGRE—Children
	7:00	WORLD PRESS
	7:30	EVENING COMPASS—Report
	8:00	IN PERFORMANCE AT WOLF TRAP—Music Dionne Warwicke
	9:00	SOUNDSTAGE Martin Mull, Flo and Eddie
	10:30	MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS
	11:00	WOMAN ALIVE!—Report
	11:30	SINNERS—Comedy-Drama

 

 

	-3- WFSB (HARTFORD) (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:00	SUNRISE SEMESTER Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa
	6:30	FACE THE STATE
	7:00	CBS NEWS—Hughes Rudd
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL
	10:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
	11:00	GAMBIT—Game
	11:30	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	11:55	CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	1:00	TATTLETALES—Game
	1:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS [Expands to 60 minutes beginning today]
	2:30	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial [Now seen at this new time]
	3:00	ALL IN THE FAMILY
	3:30	MICKEY MOUSE CLUB BW
	4:00	BEWITCHED
	4:30	DINAH! Lucille Ball, Lucie Anraz, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Vivian Vance, Dee Dee Ball, Charles Pomerantz
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	7:00	CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:30	PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
	8:00	RHODA
	8:30	PHYLLIS—Comedy
	9:00	ALL IN THE FAMILY
	9:30	MAUDE
	10:00	MEDICAL CENTER
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Drama BW  “The President’s Lady” (1953)

 

 

	-4- WBZ (BOTSON) (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:15	SIGN ON SEMINAR
	6:40	NEWS
	7:00	TODAY—Jim Hartz/Barbara Walters
	9:00	SOMERSET—Serial
	9:30	3 FOR THE MONEY—Game Guests: Adrienne Barbeau, Jack Klugman
	9:55	NEWS
	10:00	CELEBRITY SWEEPSTAKES—Game Barbara Eden, Pam Grier, Gabriel Kaplan, James Farentino, Dick Martin
	10:30	WHEEL OF FORTUNE—Game Expands to an hour starting today
	11:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game John Davidson, Whitman Mayo, Susan Seaforth, Anthony Newley, George Gobel, Lee Meriwether, Tony Franciosa, Rose Marie, Paul Lynde
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	WOMAN ‘75
	1:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
	2:30	DOCTORS—Serial
	3:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS Jack Palance, the Lennon Sisters, the Hudson brothers, Larry Csonka, Dick Butkus, San Diego Lobos woman’s football team
	5:30	NEWS
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	7:00	NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
	7:30	DON ADAMS SCREEN TEST—Game Darren McGavin, Lucie Arnaz
	8:00	INVISIBLE MAN—Science Fiction
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy-Drama “Butterflies are Free” (1972)
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON Guest host: Roy Clark. Guests: Andy Griffith, Karen Valentine, Norm Crosby
	1:00	TOMORROW—Tom Snyder

 

 

	-5- WCVB (BOSTON) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:25	NEWS FOR THE DEAF
	6:30	NEWS
	6:50	NEWS FOR THE DEAF
	7:00	FATHER KNOWS BEST BW
	7:30	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER BW
	8:00	GOOD MORNING, AMERICA—David Hartman
	9:00	GOOD MORNING! Guests: Hershel Bernardi, Theodore Bikel, Dr. Timothy Johnson
	10:30	ROMPER ROOM—Children
	11:00	SHOWOFFS—Game Karen Morrow, Dick Gautier, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Mike Farrell
	11:30	HAPPY DAYS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
	1:00	RYAN’S HOPE—Serial
	1:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game [Expands to an hour for one week only]
	2:30	RHYME AND REASON—Game Gale Storm, Rhonda Bates, Jamie Farr, Pat Harrington, Nipsey Russell, Conny Van Dyke
	3:00	BIG VALLEY—Western
	4:00	BONANZA—Western
	5:00	FBI—Crime Drama
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	7:00	ABC NEWS—Harry Reasoner
	7:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game
	8:00	MOBILE ONE—Drama
	9:00	NFL FOOTBALL New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	SCREENING ROOM
	2:30	NEWS
	2:40	NIGHTSHIFT
	3:10	NEW HEAVEN/NEW EARTH

 

 

	-6- WTEV (NEW BEDFORD) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:00	ENGLISH THROUGH TELEVISION
	6:30	COMMENTARY
	6:55	NEWS
	7:00	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
	7:30	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER BW
	7:55	NEWS
	8:00	GOOD MORNING, AMERICA—David Hartman
	9:00	ROMPER ROOM—Children
	9:30	GOMER PYLE, USMC
	10:00	DICK VAN DYKE
	10:30	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy
	11:00	FAMILY AFFAIR
	11:30	HAPPY DAYS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
	1:00	RYAN’S HOPE—Serial
	1:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game [Expands to an hour for one week only]
	2:30	RHYME AND REASON—Game Gale Storm, Rhonda Bates, Jamie Farr, Pat Harrington, Nipsey Russell, Conny Van Dyke
	3:00	EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
	4:30	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
	5:00	BRADY BUNCH—Comedy
	5:30	THAT GIRL—Comedy
	EVENING
	6:00	ADAM-12—Crime Drama
	6:30	ABC NEWS—Harry Reasoner
	7:00	NEWS
	7:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game Ernest Borgnine, Jonathan Winters, Vincent Price, Joan Rivers, Sandy Duncan, Charo, Robert Fuller, Rose Marie, Paul Lynde
	8:00	MOBILE ONE—Drama
	9:00	NFL FOOTBALL New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	COLLEGE FOOTBALL 1975
	1:30	MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
	2:30	NEWS

 

 

	-7- WNAC (BOSTON) (CBS)
	MORNING
	5:40	GREATER BOSTONIANS
	5:45	FARM AND MARKET REPORT
	5:50	SUNRISE SEMESTER Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa
	6:20	BOB HILTON
	6:50	LAS NOTICIAS DE HOY—Spanish
	7:00	CBS NEWS—Hughes Rudd
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	DINAH! Guests: Fred Astaire, Tony Bennett, Paul Williams
	10:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
	11:00	BOB HILTON
	11:30	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	11:55	CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial
	12:30	NEWS
	1:00	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	1:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS [Expands to 60 minutes beginning today]
	2:30	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial [Now seen at this new time]
	3:00	ALL IN THE FAMILY
	3:30	MATCH GAME Esther Rolle, Joe Silver, Fannie Flagg, Brett Somers, Richard Dawson [Now seen at this new time]
	4:00	MERV GRIFFIN Anne Murray, Sam Levenson, Dody Goodman, Harold Plummer, Terri and Dick Raymond
	5:30	CANDLEPINS FOR CASH
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	7:00	CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game Lynn Redgrave, Michael Landon, Buck Owens, Mike Connors, John Davidson, Charo, George Gobel, Rose Marie, Paul Lynde
	8:00	RHODA
	8:30	PHYLLIS—Comedy
	9:00	ALL IN THE FAMILY
	9:30	MAUDE
	10:00	MEDICAL CENTER
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Thriller “See No Evil” (1971)
	1:30	GENESIS TWO
	2:00	ECO—Spanish
	2:30	NEWS
	2:45	GREATER BOSTONIANS

 

 

	-8- WTNH (NEW HAVEN) (ABC)
	MORNING
	6:00	PUBLIC AFFAIRS
	6:30	I DREAM OF JEANNIE—Comedy
	7:00	CARTOON CARNIVAL
	7:30	NEW ZOO REVUE Guest: Pat Paulsen
	8:00	GOOD MORNING, AMERICA—David Hartman
	9:00	PHIL DONAHUE Guest: F. Lee Bailey
	10:00	A.M. CONNECTICUT
	11:00	SHOWOFFS—Game Karen Morrow, Dick Gautier, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Mike Farrell
	11:30	HAPPY DAYS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
	1:00	RYAN’S HOPE—Serial
	1:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game [Expands to an hour for one week only]
	2:30	RHYME AND REASON—Game Gale Storm, Rhonda Bates, Jamie Farr, Pat Harrington, Nipsey Russell, Conny Van Dyke
	3:00	LET’S EAT FOOD—Report
	4:00	BRADY BUNCH—Comedy
	4:30	MERV GRIFFIN Anne Murray, Sam Levenson, Dody Goodman, Harold Plummer, Terri and Dick Raymond
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	ABC NEWS—Harry Reasoner
	7:00	CONCENTRATION—Game
	7:30	CANDID CAMERA
	8:00	MOBILE ONE—Drama
	9:00	NFL FOOTBALL New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	MIKE DOUGLAS Jack Palance, the Lennon Sisters, the Hudson brothers, Larry Csonka, Dick Butkus, San Diego Lobos woman’s football team

 

 

	-9- WMUR (MANCHESTER) (ABC)
	MORNING
	9:00	GOOD MORNING! Guests: Hershel Bernardi, Theodore Bikel, Dr. Timothy Johnson
	11:00	TIMMY AND LASSIE—Drama
	11:30	HAPPY DAYS
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	SHOWOFFS—Game Ron Masek, Elaine Joyce, Julie Gregg
	12:30	ALL MY CHILDREN—Serial
	1:00	RYAN’S HOPE—Serial
	1:30	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game [Expands to an hour for one week only]
	2:30	RHYME AND REASON—Game Gale Storm, Rhonda Bates, Jamie Farr, Pat Harrington, Nipsey Russell, Conny Van Dyke
	3:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	4:30	UNCLE GUS—Children
	5:30	ROBIN HOOD—Adventure BW
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	ABC NEWS—Harry Reasoner
	7:00	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
	7:30	NAME THAT TUNE—Game
	8:00	MOBILE ONE—Drama
	9:00	NFL FOOTBALL New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
	12:00	NEWS

 

 

	10 WJAR (PROVIDENCE) (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:30	TV CLASSROOM—Discussion BW
	7:00	TODAY—Jim Hartz/Barbara Walters
	9:00	GOOD MORNING! Guests: Hershel Bernardi, Theodore Bikel, Dr. Timothy Johnson
	10:00	CELEBRITY SWEEPSTAKES—Game Barbara Eden, Pam Grier, Gabriel Kaplan, James Farentino, Dick Martin
	10:30	WHEEL OF FORTUNE—Game Expands to an hour starting today
	11:30	HOLLYWOOD SQUARES—Game John Davidson, Whitman Mayo, Susan Seaforth, Anthony Newley, George Gobel, Lee Meriwether, Tony Franciosa, Rose Marie, Paul Lynde
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	MAGNIFICENT MARBLE MACHINE—Game Florence Henderson, David Brenner [Now seen at this new time]
	12:55	NBC NEWS—Edwin Newman
	1:00	NEWS
	1:30	DAYS OF OUR LIVES—Serial
	2:30	DOCTORS—Serial
	3:00	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	4:00	SOMERSET—Serial
	4:30	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	5:00	FBI—Crime Drama
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
	7:00	CONCENTRATION—Game
	7:30	NEW TREASURE HUNT—Game
	8:00	JULIE ON SESAME STREET—Music Julie Andrews, Perry Como
	9:00	MOVIE—Comedy-Drama “Butterflies are Free” (1972)
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON Guest host: Roy Clark. Guests: Andy Griffith, Karen Valentine, Norm Crosby
	1:00	TOMORROW—Tom Snyder

 

 

	12 WPRI (PROVIDENCE) (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:00	SUNRISE SEMESTER Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa
	6:30	NEW ZOO REVUE Guest: June Lockhart
	7:00	CBS NEWS—Hughes Rudd
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	DINAH! Guests: Fred Astaire, Tony Bennett, Paul Williams
	10:30	PRICE IS RIGHT—Game
	11:30	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	11:55	CBS NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	1:00	YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial
	1:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS [Expands to 60 minutes beginning today]
	2:30	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial [Now seen at this new time]
	3:00	ALL IN THE FAMILY
	3:30	MATCH GAME Esther Rolle, Joe Silver, Fannie Flagg, Brett Somers, Richard Dawson [Now seen at this new time]
	4:00	BATMAN—Adventure Guest villain: Cesar Romero (The Joker)
	4:30	MERV GRIFFIN Anne Murray, Sam Levenson, Dody Goodman, Harold Plummer, Terri and Dick Raymond
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	MATCH GAME Esther Rolle, Joe Silver, Fannie Flagg, Brett Somers, Richard Dawson
	7:30	TO TELL THE TRUTH Nipsey Russell, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Kitty Carlisle. Host: Garry Moore
	8:00	RHODA
	8:30	PHYLLIS—Comedy
	9:00	ALL IN THE FAMILY
	9:30	MAUDE
	10:00	GOOD NEWS AMERICA—Religion
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Thriller “See No Evil” (1971)

 

 

	27 WSMW (WORCESTER) (Ind.)
	MORNING
	8:00	MOVIE—Comedy BW  “Jail Busters” (1955)
	9:30	PHIL SILVERS—Comedy BW
	10:00	PTL CLUB—Religion
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	CHURCH SERVICE—Catholic
	12:30	MOVIE—Drama BW  “The Frogmen” (1951)
	2:30	GALLOPING GOURMET
	3:00	MAVERICK—Western BW
	4:00	FELIX THE CAT—Cartoon
	4:30	F TROOP—Comedy BW
	5:00	TARZAN—Adventure
	EVENING
	6:00	LONE RANGER—Western
	6:30	MOVIE—Adventure “Sandokan the Great” (Italian; 1963) Part 1
	7:30	MR. BASKETBALL—Interview Guest: Bob Cousy
	8:00	COLLEGE BASKETBALL Loyola (Md.) at Holy Cross
	10:00	NEWS
	10:30	THAT GOOD OLE NASHVILLE MUSIC Jeannie Seely, Jack Greene, Stan Hitchcock, Johnny Gimble, Ralph Sloan an the Tennessee Travelers
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	HORSE RACING—Suffolk Downs
	12:00	MOVIE—Comedy BW  “Jalopy” (1953)

 

 

	36 WSBE (PROVIDENCE) (PBS)
	MORNING
	11:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
	11:30	SESAME STREET
	AFTERNOON
	4:00	MISTER ROGERS
	4:30	SESAME STREET
	5:30	ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
	EVENING
	6:00	VILLA ALLEGRE—Children
	6:30	UNDERSTANDING ME—Instruction
	7:30	EVENING EDITION WITH MARTIN AGRONSKY
	8:00	IN PERFORMANCE AT WOLF TRAP—Music Dionne Warwicke
	9:00	DREAMER—Ballet Special
	9:30	REALIDADES
	10:00	DATELINE RHODE ISLAND
	11:00	ABC NEWS—Harry Reasoner Captioned for the hearing-impaired

 

 

	38 WSBK (BOSTON) (Ind.)
	MORNING
	7:00	THREE STOOGES—Comedy BW
	8:00	HILARIOUS HOUSE OF FRIGHTENSTEIN—Comedy
	8:30	POPEYE—Cartoon
	9:00	NUTTY SQUIRRELS—Cartoon
	9:30	WALLY GATOR AND FRIENDS—Cartoon
	9:50	NEWS
	10:00	JACK LaLANNE—Exercise
	10:25	TAKE KERR
	10:30	TOM LARSON
	11:30	HAZEL—Comedy
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	ANDY GRIFFITH—Comedy
	12:30	BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
	1:00	RIFLEMAN—Western BW
	1:30	McHALE’S NAVY—Comedy BW
	2:00	BULLWINKLE—Cartoon
	2:30	PORKY PIG—Cartoon
	3:00	BUGS BUNNY—Cartoon
	3:30	POPEYE—Cartoon
	4:00	MICKEY MOUSE CLUB BW
	4:30	THREE STOOGES—Comedy BW
	EVENING
	6:00	BEWITCHED—Comedy
	6:30	HOGAN’S HEROES—Comedy
	7:00	ADAM-12—Crime Drama
	7:30	DICK VAN DYKE—Comedy BW
	8:00	BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE Special
	9:00	MOVIE—Adventure “Moonfleet” (1955)
	11:00	SAINT—Crime Drama

 

 

	44 WGBX (BOSTON) (PBS)
	AFTERNOON
	4:00	SESAME STREET
	5:00	MISTER ROGERS
	EVENING
	6:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
	6:30	VILLA ALLEGRE—Children
	7:00	INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY—Instruction
	7:30	MAGGIE AND THE BEAUTIFUL MACHINE—Exercise
	8:00	SAY BROTHER—Report
	8:30	BLACK PERSPECTIVES ON THE NEWS
	9:00	CATCH 44
	9:30	MAKING THINGS GROW BW
	10:00	EVENING EDITION WITH MARTIN AGRONSKY
	10:30	WORLD PRESS
	11:00	ABC NEWS—Harry Reasoner Captioned for the hearing-impaired

 

 

	53 WEDN (NORWICH) (PBS)
	MORNING
	9:00	SESAME STREET
	10:00	ITV—PREVIEW
	AFTERNOON
	1:00	ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
	1:30	ITV—PREVIEW
	3:30	HODGEPODGE LODGE—Children
	4:00	SESAME STREET
	5:00	MISTER ROGERS
	5:30	ELECTRIC COMPANY—Children
	EVENING
	6:00	VILLA ALLEGRE—Children
	6:30	TV GARDEN CLUB
	7:00	CLASSIC THEATRE PREVIEW
	7:30	EVENING EDITION WITH MARTIN AGRONSKY
	8:00	COUNT ME IN
	9:00	DREAMER—Ballet Special
	9:30	ROMANTIC REBELLION—Documentary
	10:00	SOUNDSTAGE Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock
	11:00	ABC NEWS—Harry Reasoner Captioned for the hearing-impaired

 

 

	56  WLVI (BOSTON) (Ind.)
	MORNING
	7:00	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
	7:30	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
	8:00	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND BW
	8:30	YOGI BEAR—Cartoon
	9:00	MOVIE—Drama BW  “The Very Thought of You” (1944)
	11:00	NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
	11:30	NEW ENGLAND NEWSCENE
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy BW
	12:30	MOVIE—Drama BW  “Patterns” (1956)
	2:00	NEW ZOO REVUE
	2:30	BANANA SPLITS—Cartoon
	3:00	YOGI BEAR—Cartoon
	3:30	CASPER—Cartoon
	4:00	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
	4:30	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
	5:00	MONKEES—Comedy
	5:30	GILLIGAN’S ISLAND BW
	EVENING
	6:00	BRADY BUNCH—Comedy
	6:30	PARTRIDGE FAMILY—Comedy
	7:00	THAT GIRL—Comedy
	7:30	LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
	8:00	MOVIE—Drama “The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing” (1955)
	10:00	NIGHT GALLERY
	10:30	NIGHT GALLERY
	11:00	BEST OF GROUCHO—Game BW
	11:30	PERRY MASON BW

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