What's on TV? Thursday, May 27, 1965

The matinee movie on KRON is one that should bring a smile to any fan of the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker team: Zero Hour!, the movie that served as the model for Airplane! Dana Andrews stars as Ted Stryker, the ex-fighter pilot haunted by guilt who's called on to land a passenger airlineer after the crew becomes sick from eating bad fish; Linda Darnell is his wife, who's preparing to leave him because of his inability to pull his life back together; and Sterling Hayden is Captain Treleaven, Stryker's old commanding officer, who's called in to help talk Stryker down. If all this sounds familiar, it should; ZAZ paid $2,500 for the rights to the screenplay in order to make sure they didn't run into a problem with copyright while working on Airplane! (See the comparisons here.) Today's listings come from the Northern California edition.

	-2- KTVU (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (IND.)
	Morning
	9:50	RELIGION TODAY—Protestant
	10:00	NEWS—Walt Harris
	10:30	JACK LA LANNE—Exercise
	11:00	ROMPER ROOM—Children
	Afternoon
	12:00	JACK BENNY—Comedy
	12:30	TV HOUR OF STARS—Drama
	2:00	MOVIE—Drama “Home Is the Hero” (Irish; 1959)
	3:25	NEWS
	3:30	CAPTAIN SATELLITE—Children
	4:30	MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
	5:00	LLOYD THAXTON—Music Guest: The Olympics
	Evening
	6:00	TOPPER—Comedy
	6:30	WOODY WOODPECKER
	7:00	YOU ASKED FOR IT—Jack Smith
	7:30	AMERICA!—Travel   COLOR
	8:00	EXPEDITION!—Documentary
	8:30	WORLD OF ADVENTURE
	9:00	NEW BREED—Police
	10:00	NEWS—Helmso, Jacobs, Mann
	10:30	BEST OF GROUCHO—Quiz
	11:00	MOVIE—Comedy “Dream Wife” (1953)
	12:55	STAR PERFORMANCE—Drama

 

 

	-3- KCRA (SACRAMENTO) (NBC)
	Morning
	5:55	FARM NEWS
	6:00	RHYME AND REASON
	7:00	TODAY
	9:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game   COLOR
	9:30	WHAT’S THIS SONG   COLOR  Celebrities: Beverly Garland, Cliff Arquette
	9:55	NEWS
	10:00	CONCENTRATION
	10:30	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:00	CALL MY BLUFF—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Jayne Meadows, Gene Rayburn
	11:30	I’LL BET—Game   COLOR  Gale Storm and Lee Bonnell vs. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lembeck. Jack Narz is host
	11:55	NEWS
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	1:00	DOCTORS—Serial
	1:30	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	2:00	YOU DON’T SAY!   COLOR  Celebrities: Robert Sterling, Anne Jeffreys
	2:30	MOVIE—Mystery   COLOR  “Gorilla at Large” (1954)
	4:00	MOVIE—Drama “Air Force” (1943), conclusion
	5:45	NEWS, WEATHER
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
	6:30	NEWS
	7:00	MOVIE—Adventure   COLOR  “Princess of the Nile” (1954)
	8:30	DR. KILDARE—Drama
	9:30	HAZEL—Comedy   COLOR
	10:00	PERRY COMO—Variety   SPECIAL    COLOR  Guests: Richard Chamberlain, Diahann Carroll, the New Christy Minstrels “Kraft Suspense Theatre” is pre-empted
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR
	1:00	NEWS

 

 

	-4- KRON (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (NBC)
	Morning
	5:55	FARM NEWS
	6:00	SEMINAR IV—Literature
	6:30	OUR WORD—Education “The World of Birds”
	7:00	TODAY
	9:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game   COLOR
	9:30	WHAT’S THIS SONG   COLOR  Celebrities: Beverly Garland, Cliff Arquette
	9:55	NEWS
	10:00	CONCENTRATION
	10:30	JEOPARDY   COLOR
	11:00	CALL MY BLUFF—Game   COLOR  Celebrities: Jayne Meadows, Gene Rayburn
	11:30	I’LL BET—Game   COLOR  Gale Storm and Lee Bonnell vs. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lembeck. Jack Narz is host
	11:55	NEWS
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	MOMENT OF TRUTH—Serial
	1:00	DOCTORS—Serial
	1:30	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	2:00	YOU DON’T SAY!   COLOR  Celebrities: Robert Sterling, Anne Jeffreys
	2:30	MATCH GAME   COLOR  Celebrities: Sal Mineo, Peggy Cass
	2:55	NEWS—Nancy Dickerson
	3:00	MOVIE—Drama “Zero Hour!” (1957)
	4:30	MAYOR ART—Children
	5:30	BACHELOR FATHER—Comedy
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
	6:30	NEWS
	6:55	SPORTS
	7:00	DETECTIVES—Police
	7:30	DANIEL BOONE—Adventure
	8:30	DR. KILDARE—Drama
	9:30	HAZEL—Comedy   COLOR
	10:00	PERRY COMO—Variety   SPECIAL    COLOR  Guests: Richard Chamberlain, Diahann Carroll, the New Christy Minstrels “Kraft Suspense Theatre” is pre-empted
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR
	1:00	MOVIE—Drama “Red Light” (1949)

 

 

	-5- KPIX (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (CBS)
	Morning
	5:45	SUMMER SEMESTER Politics of Peace: “A Comparison Between International and Domestic Law”
	6:35	SOCIOLOGY—Lessons
	6:55	KPIX EDITORIAL
	7:00	JACK’S PLACE—Cartoons   COLOR
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	NEWS—Mike Wallace
	9:30	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE.
	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 Celebrities: Dorothy Loudon, Orson Bean
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Anne Seymour
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH Panelists: Phyllis Newman, Nipsey Russell, Marty Ingels, Vivian Vance
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety Guests: Rebecca Liswood, Phyllis Diller
	4:30	MOVIE—Drama “Rulers of the Sea” (1939)
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	RIFLEMAN—Western
	7:30	MUNSTERS—Comedy
	8:00	PERRY MASON
	9:00	PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: Tony Randall, Audrey Meadows. Moderator: Allen Ludden
	9:30	CELEBRITY GAME Panelists: Steve Allen, Lauren Bacall, Godfrey Cambridge, Dick and Dee Dee, Phyllis Diller, Art Linkletter, Jayne Meadows, Elaine Stewart, George Sanders. Host: Carl Reiner
	10:00	DEFENDERS—Drama
	11:00	NEWS
	11:20	MERV GRIFFIN—Variety Guests: John Davidson, Howie Storm, David Hoy
	12:50	MOVIE—Western “Thunderhoof” (1948)

 

 

	-6- KVIE (SACRAMENTO) (EDUC.)
	Afternoon
	5:30	HOP, SKIP AND DANCE
	5:45	FRIENDLY GIANT—Children
	Evening
	6:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	6:30	STOCK MARKET REPORT
	6:35	MUSICAL PORTRAITS
	7:00	NEW COMERS—Discussion
	7:30	VIEWS—Sacramento
	8:00	THE HOME—Discussion
	8:30	CHANGING CONGRESS   DEBUT
	9:00	OPEN END—David Susskind

 

 

	-7- KGO (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (ABC)
	Morning
		MOVIE—Continued “The Strange Mr. Gregory” (1946)
	6:00	READING FOR 5-YEAR-OLDS
	6:30	DIXIE SINGIN’—Music
	7:00	MARSHAL ‘J’—Children
	8:00	ON THE SCENE--Bill Gordon
	8:30	GYPSY ROSE LEE—Panel
	9:00	GIRL TALK—Panel Guests: Valerie Bettis, Roberta Peters. Host: Virginia Graham
	9:30	MOVIE—Comedy “My Kingdom for a Cook” (1943)
	11:20	NEWS—Bob Dunn
	11:30	PRICE IS RIGHT Celebrity guest: Herschel Barnardi
	Afternoon
	12:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST
	1:00	REBUS—Game
	1:30	OH, MY WORD!—Game Guests: Joi Lansing, Dwight Newton. Host: Jim Lange
	2:00	FLAME IN THE WIND
	2:30	DAY IN COURT
	2:55	NEWS—Marlene Sanders
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	YOUNG MARRIEDS
	4:00	TRAILMASTER
	5:00	MOVIE—Melodrama “Brain from Planet Arous” (1958)
	Evening
	6:00	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy Sports with Bud Foster follows
	7:00	NEWS
	7:15	NEWS—Bob Young
	7:30	JONNY QUEST—Cartoon   COLOR
	8:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	8:30	MY THREE SONS
	9:00	BEWITCHED
	9:30	PEYTON PLACE
	10:00	JIMMY DEAN—Variety Guests: Bobby Rydell, Roger Miller, Minnie Pearl, the Levee Singers
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	NIGHTLIFE—Variety Co-hosts: William B. Williams, Dick Shawn
	1:00	MOVIE—Triple Feature 1. “The Story of Molly X” (1949) 2. “Pretty Boy Floyd” (1960) 3. “The Bride and the Beast” (1958)

 

 

	-7- KRCR (REDDING) (ABC, NBC)
	Morning
	8:00	TODAY Picked up in progress
	9:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game   COLOR
	9:30	WHAT’S THIS SONG   COLOR  Celebrities: Beverly Garlsnd, Cliff Arquette
	9:55	NEWS
	10:00	CONCENTRATION
	10:30	JEOPARDY C
	11:30	PRICE IS RIGHT Celebrity guest: Herschel Barnardi
	Afternoon
	12:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST
	1:00	REBUS—Game
	1:30	ANOTHER WORLD—Serial
	2:00	FLAME IN THE WIND
	2:30	DAY IN COURT
	2:55	NEWS—Marlene Sanders
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	YOUNG MARRIEDS
	4:00	TRAILMASTER
	5:00	HOPPITY HOOPER—Cartoons
	5:30	YOGI BEAR—Cartoons
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Chet Huntley, David Brinkley
	7:00	MY THREE SONS—Comedy
	7:30	FLINTSTONES—Cartoon
	8:00	DR. KILDARE—Drama
	9:00	BEWITCHED
	9:30	HAZEL—Comedy   COLOR
	10:00	PERRY COMO—Variety   SPECIAL    COLOR  Guests: Richard Chamberlain, Diahann Carroll, the New Christy Minstrels “Kraft Suspense Theatre” is pre-empted
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR

 

 

	-8- KSBW (SALINAS) (CBS, NBC)
	Morning
	7:00	TODAY
	9:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game   COLOR
	9:30	WHAT’S THIS SONG   COLOR  Celebrities: Beverly Garland, Cliff Arquette
	9:55	NEWS
	10:00	CONCENTRATION
	10:30	JEOPARDY C
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE
	11:30	I’LL BET—Game C Gale Storm and Lee Bonnell vs. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lembeck. Jack Narz is host
	11:55	NEWS
	Afternoon
	12:00	LET’S MAKE A DEAL—Game   COLOR
	12:25	NEWS
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: Dorothy Loudon, Orson Bean
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Anne Seymour
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH Panelists: Phyllis Newman, Nipsey Russell, Marty Ingels, Vivian Vance
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	MOVIE—Romance “Portrait of Jennie” (1949)
	5:30	YOGI BEAR—Cartoons
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	DETECTIVES—Police
	7:30	MUNSTERS—Comedy
	8:00	PERRY MASON
	9:00	PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: Tony Randall, Audrey Meadows. Moderator: Allen Ludden
	9:30	CELEBRITY GAME Panelists: Steve Allen, Lauren Bacall, Godfrey Cambridge, Dick and Dee Dee, Phyllis Diller, Art Linkletter, Jayne Meadows, Elaine Stewart, George Sanders. Host: Carl Reiner
	10:00	DEFENDERS—Drama
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	JOHNNY CARSON   COLOR

 

 

	-9- KQED (SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND) (EDUC.)
	Afternoon
	4:30	MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE—Art
	5:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	5:30	HOP, SKIP AND DANCE
	5:45	FRIENDLY GIANT—Children
	Evening
	6:00	WHAT’S NEW—Children
	6:30	COLLEGE BOUND
	7:00	NEW COMERS—Discussion
	7:30	WORLD OF MUSIC
	8:00	CREATIVE PERSON Guest: King Vidor
	8:30	FRENCH CHEF—Cooking Strawberry tart
	9:00	PROFILE: BAY AREA
	10:00	INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE

 

 

	10 KXTV (SACRAMENTO) (CBS)
	Morning
	6:10	FOCUS ON FARMING
	6:30	SUMMER SEMESTER Politics of Peace: “A Comparison Between International and Domestic Law”
	7:00	DIVER DAN—Cartoons
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	NEWS—Mike Wallace
	9:30	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE.
	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 Celebrities: Dorothy Loudon, Orson Bean
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Anne Seymour
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH Panelists: Phyllis Newman, Nipsey Russell, Marty Ingels, Vivian Vance
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	DOBIE GILLIS—Comedy
	4:00	MIKE DOUGLAS—Variety Guests: Rebecca Liswood, Theodor Seuss Geisel
	5:30	LLOYD THAXTON—Music Guests: Jan and Dean
	Evening
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	NEWS
	7:30	MUNSTERS—Comedy
	8:00	PERRY MASON
	9:00	HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
	9:30	HAZEL—Comedy   COLOR
	10:00	GREATEST SPECTACLE—Racing   COLOR
	11:00	NEWS
	11:15	MOVIE—Drama “Love at Twenty” (International; 1962)

 

 

	11 KNTV (SAN JOSE) (ABC)
	Morning
	8:00	CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM American Government: “Committees and Caucuses”
	8:30	GOSPEL SINGING—Music
	9:00	HOCUS POCUS—Children
	9:30	BUCKAROO 500—Buck Weaver
	9:45	HOCUS POCUS—Children
	10:00	GIRL TALK—Panel Guests: Susan Strasberg, Sandy Dennis, Stefanie Powers
	10:30	PEOPLE’S CHOICE—Comedy
	11:00	REBUS—Game
	11:30	PRICE IS RIGHT Celebrity guest: Herschel Barnardi
	Afternoon
	12:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	12:30	FATHER KNOWS BEST
	1:00	BINGO—Game
	1:30	AFTERNOON—Jess and Lu
	2:00	FLAME IN THE WIND
	2:30	DAY IN COURT
	2:55	NEWS—Marlene Sanders
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	YOUNG MARRIEDS
	4:00	TRAILMASTER
	5:00	LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Comedy
	5:30	RIFLEMAN—Western
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NAKED CITY—Police
	7:30	JONNY QUEST—Cartoon
	8:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	8:30	MY THREE SONS
	9:00	BEWITCHED
	9:30	PEYTON PLACE
	10:00	JIMMY DEAN—Variety Guests: Bobby Rydell, Roger Miller, Minnie Pearl, the Levee Singers
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Musical “The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady” (1950)

 

 

	12 KHSL (CHICO) (ABC, CBS)
	Morning
	7:30	WORLD HORIZONS
	8:00	CAPTAIN KANGAROO
	9:00	NEWS—Mike Wallace
	9:30	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	10:00	ANDY GRIFFITH
	10:30	McCOYS—Comedy
	11:00	LOVE OF LIFE.
	11:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW—Serial
	11:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	Afternoon
	12:00	OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
	12:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	1:00	PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: Dorothy Loudon, Orson Bean
	1:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Anne Seymour
	2:00	TO TELL THE TRUTH Panelists: Phyllis Newman, Nipsey Russell, Marty Ingels, Vivian Vance
	2:25	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SECRET STORM
	3:30	JACK BENNY—Comedy
	4:00	MOVIE—Western “Rangers of Fortune” (1940)
	5:30	HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	NEWS—Walter Cronkite
	7:00	M SQUAD—Police
	7:30	MUNSTERS—Comedy
	8:00	PERRY MASON
	9:00	PASSWORD—Game Celebrities: Tony Randall, Audrey Meadows. Moderator: Allen Ludden
	9:30	CELEBRITY GAME Panelists: Steve Allen, Lauren Bacall, Godfrey Cambridge, Dick and Dee Dee, Phyllis Diller, Art Linkletter, Jayne Meadows, Elaine Stewart, George Sanders. Host: Carl Reiner
	10:00	DEFENDERS—Drama
	11:00	NEWS
	11:25	MOVIE—Mystery “Saboteur” (1942)

 

 

	13 KOVR (SACRAMENTO) (ABC)
	Morning
	6:40	NEWS
	6:45	LITTLE RASCALS—Comedy
	7:00	CARTOONLAND—Children
	7:45	MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
	8:15	KING AND ODIE—Cartoons
	8:30	MOVIE—Documentary “Blitzkrieg” (German; 1960)
	9:50	TOM FLYNN—Interviews
	10:00	FATHER KNOWS BEST—Comedy
	10:30	DONNA REED—Comedy
	11:00	REBUS—Game
	11:30	PRICE IS RIGHT Celebrity guest: Herschel Barnardi
	Afternoon
	12:00	NEWS
	12:15	TODAY IN AGRICULTURE
	12:30	MOVIE—Adventure “Island of Lost Women” (1959)
	2:00	FLAME IN THE WIND
	2:30	DAY IN COURT
	2:55	NEWS—Marlene Sanders
	3:00	GENERAL HOSPITAL
	3:30	YOUNG MARRIEDS
	4:00	TRAILMASTER
	5:00	CAP’N DELTA—Children
	5:30	YOGI BEAR—Cartoons
	Evening
	6:00	NEWS
	6:30	WELLS FARGO—Western
	7:00	HAVE GUN—WILL TRAVEL
	7:30	JONNY QUEST—Cartoon   COLOR
	8:00	DONNA REED—Comedy
	8:30	MY THREE SONS
	9:00	BEWITCHED
	9:30	PEYTON PLACE
	10:00	JIMMY DEAN—Variety Guests: Bobby Rydell, Roger Miller, Minnie Pearl, the Levee Singers
	11:00	NEWS
	11:30	MOVIE—Comedy “Stop! Look! And Laugh!” (1960)
	1:00	NEWS

 

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