What's on TV? Wednesday, September 6, 1961

At first glance, nothing seems to pop out from today's listings, but a deeper look gives us some gems. For instance, this afternoon's Science Fiction Theater features Vincent Price as a police scientist; Ian Hendry, one of the originals on The Avengers, is being blackmailed into treason on Kraft Mystery Theater; future Oscar winner Beatrice Straight is on Route 66; Naked City highlights Martin Balsam as the guest star; more powerful, and more disturbing, are the turns by Frank Sutton and Robert Blake as a pair of psychopath brothers who meet a bad end; and Rhonda Fleming is "The Woman in Gray" on Hong Kong. Not bad, hmm? The listings this week are from the Utah-Idaho edition.

 

	-2- KUTV (Salt Lake City) (NBC)
	MORNING
	7:00	TODAY—John Chancellor
	8:00	SAY WHEN
	8:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Merv Griffin   COLOR
	9:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Bob Barker
	10:30	IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leyden   COLOR
	10:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	11:00	TROUBLE WITH FATHER
	11:30	WOMAN’S PAGE—Interview
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	JAN MURRAY   COLOR
	12:30	LORETTA YOUNG
	1:00	YOUNG DR. MALONE
	1:30	FROM THESE ROOTS
	2:00	MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
	2:30	MOVIE—Comedy “Every Girl Should Be Married” (1948)
	4:00	BARNEY BEAR—Children
	4:15	DROOPY THE DOG—Cartoon
	4:30	POPEYE—Cartoons
	4:45	CHILDREN’S NEWS
	5:00	DICK TRACY—Cartoon
	5:15	BOZO THE CLOWN—Cartoon
	5:30	YOGI BEAR—Cartoons
	EVENING
	6:00	LOCAL NEWS—Doug Mitchell
	6:10	WEATHER
	6:15	NEWS
	6:30	PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR
	7:00	MYSTERY THEATER “Flight from Treason”
	8:00	IT COULD BE YOU   COLOR
	8:30	DEATH VALLEY DAYS—Drama
	9:00	WAGON TRAIN
	10:00	NEWS
	10:15	WEATHER
	10:20	SPORTS
	10:30	JACK PAAR—Variety   COLOR  Guest host: Orson Bean

	-2- KBOI (Boise) (CBS)
	MORNING
	9:00	DOUBLE EXPOSURE
	9:30	KARTOON KARNIVAL
	10:00	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	10:30	LOVE THAT BOB!
	11:00	CAMOUFLAGE
	11:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:05	RAY MILLAND—Comedy
	12:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Jean Louis
	1:00	MILLIONAIRE
	1:30	VERDICT IS YOURS
	2:00	BRIGHTER DAY
	2:15	SECRET STORM
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	BONNIE WALLIS—Variety
	4:00	BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy
	4:30	FUNLAND EXPRESS—Cowan
	5:25	NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
	5:45	NEWS—Douglas Edwards Charles Collingwood substituting
	EVENING
	6:00	YOGI BEAR—Cartoons
	6:30	DANGER MAN—Adventure
	7:00	MALIBU RUN—Adventure
	8:00	U.S. STEEL HOUR—Drama “Delayed Honeymoon”
	9:00	I’VE GOT A SECRET—Panel Panelists: Betsy Palmer, Bess Myerson, Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen. Host: Gary Moore
	9:30	HONG KONG—Adventure
	10:30	NEWS
	10:40	MAGIC MOMENTS IN SPORTS
	10:45	MOVIE—Drama Movie Time: “The Way Out” (English; 1956)

	-3- KID (Idaho Falls) (CBS, ABC)
	MORNING
	9:00	DOUBLE EXPOSURE
	9:30	ROMPER ROOM—Children
	10:00	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	10:30	LOVE THAT BOB!
	11:00	CAMOUFLAGE
	11:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	12:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Jean Louis
	1:00	MILLIONAIRE
	1:30	VERDICT IS YOURS
	2:00	BRIGHTER DAY
	2:15	SECRET STORM
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
	3:15	GUIDING LIGHT
	3:30	AMERICAN BANDSTAND
	4:00	WHAT’S COOKING?—Women
	4:30	LONE RANGER—Western
	5:00	CARTOONS
	5:30	MALIBU RUN—Adventure
	EVENING
	6:30	PETE SMITH—Comedy
	6:45	NEWS AND WEATHER
	7:00	FIVE STAR JUBILEE
	7:30	I’VE GOT A SECRET—Panel Panelists: Betsy Palmer, Bess Myerson, Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen. Host: Gary Moore
	8:00	LAW AND MR. JONES
	8:30	DANGER MAN—Adventure
	9:00	ROUTE 66—Adventure
	10:00	HAWAIIAN EYE—Mystery
	11:00	YOUR ALL STAR THEATER

	-4- KCPX (Salt Lake City) (ABC)
	MORNING
	7:00	CAPTAIN KC AND PIXIE
	8:30	ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
	9:00	LIFE OF RILEY—Comedy
	9:30	JACK LaLANNE—Exercise
	10:00	TEXAN—Western
	10:30	LOVE THAT BOB!
	11:00	CAMOUFLAGE
	11:30	NUMBER PLEASE—Collyer
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS—Kever and James
	12:30	BURNS AND ALLEN—Comedy
	1:00	DAY IN COURT—Drama
	1:30	SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz
	2:00	QUEEN FOR A DAY
	2:30	WHO DO YOU TRUST?
	3:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND
	4:00	CAPTAIN KC—Cartoons
	4:30	NEWS
	5:00	LONE RANGER—Western
	5:30	WHIRLYBIRDS—Adventure
	EVENING
	6:00	LOCAL NEWS—Roy Gibson
	6:10	WEATHER
	6:15	NEWS
	6:30	HONG KONG—Adventure
	7:30	OZZIE AND HARRIET—Comedy
	8:00	HAWAIIAN EYE—Mystery
	9:00	NAKED CITY—Drama
	10:00	NEWS
	10:15	WEATHER
	10:20	SPORTS
	10:30	CORONADO 9—Adventure
	11:00	DAYTON ALLEN—Comedy
	11:05	MOVIE—Drama Big Movie: "Two-Faced Woman" (1941)

	-5- KSL (Salt Lake City) (CBS)
	MORNING
	7:00	NEWS—Dallas Townsend
	7:15	CAPTAIN KANGAROO—Children
	8:00	I LOVE LUCY—Comedy
	8:30	VIDEO VILLAGE—Monty Hall
	9:00	DOUBLE EXPOSURE
	9:30	MID-MORNING MATINEE
	10:00	LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
	10:30	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
	10:45	GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
	11:00	ROMPER ROOM—Children
	11:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	CELEBRITY PLAYHOUSE
	12:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Jean Louis
	1:00	MILLIONAIRE
	1:30	VERDICT IS YOURS
	2:00	BRIGHTER DAY
	2:15	SECRET STORM
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	DR. HUDSON—Drama
	3:30	HIGHWAY PATROL
	4:00	SUPERMAN—Adventure
	4:30	BROKEN ARROW—Western
	5:00	SCIENCE FICTION THEATER
	5:30	NEWS—Don Spainhower
	5:40	WEATHER—Tom Bradshaw
	5:45	NEWS—Douglas Edwards Charles Collingwood substituting
	EVENING
	6:00	HIGHWAY PATROL—Police
	6:30	DANGER MAN—Adventure
	7:00	ANGEL—Comedy
	7:30	I’VE GOT A SECRET—Panel
	8:00	U.S. STEEL HOUR—Drama “Delayed Honeymoon”
	9:00	MALIBU RUN—Adventure
	10:00	NEWS
	10:15	WEATHER
	10:20	SPORTS
	10:30	HIGHWAY PATROL—Police
	11:00	MOVIE—Western Late Show: “Geronimo” (1939)

	-7- KUED (Salt Lake City) (Educ.)
	MORNING
	9:00	NATURAL SCIENCE
	11:00	UTAH IN PERSPECTIVE
	AFTERNOON
	1:30	NATURAL SCIENCE
	EVENING
	7:00	DISCOVERY—Science
	7:30	ANATOMY OF A REVOLUTION
	8:00	INQUIRING MIND—Education
	8:30	RETROSPECT—Paul Cracoft
	9:00	BIBLICAL MASTERPIECES
	9:30	FOOD FOR LIFE—Nutrition

	-7- KTVB (Boise) (NBC, ABC)
	MORNING
	7:00	TODAY—John Chancellor
	8:00	SAY WHEN
	8:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Merv Griffin   COLOR
	9:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Bob Barker
	10:30	ROMPER ROOM—Children
	11:15	CARTOON COMEDIES—Children
	11:30	NUMBER PLEASE—Collyer
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	JAN MURRAY   COLOR
	12:30	LORETTA YOUNG
	1:00	DAY IN COURT—Drama
	1:30	SEVEN KEYS—Jack Narz
	2:00	QUEEN FOR A DAY
	2:30	WHO DO YOU TRUST?
	3:00	AMERICAN BANDSTAND
	4:00	PERISCOPE—Discussion
	4:40	BOZO THE CLOWN—Children
	5:00	MERRY MILKMAN—Children
	5:30	LONE RANGER—Western
	EVENING
	6:00	HOMETOWN REPORTER
	6:10	WEATHER
	6:15	NEWS
	6:30	PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR
	7:00	MYSTERY THEATER “Flight from Treason”
	8:00	GREAT GHOST TALES
	8:30	JIM BACKUS—Comedy
	9:00	NAKED CITY—Drama
	10:00	DEADLINE—Drama
	10:30	NEWS
	10:45	JACK PAAR—Variety   COLOR  Guest host: Orson Bean

	-8- KIFI (Idaho Falls) (NBC)
	MORNING
	8:00	SAY WHEN
	8:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Merv Griffin   COLOR
	9:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Bob Barker
	10:30	IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leyden   COLOR
	10:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	11:00	NEWS—Don Oliver
	11:05	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	JAN MURRAY  COLOR
	12:30	LORETTA YOUNG
	1:00	YOUNG DR. MALONE
	1:30	FROM THESE ROOTS
	2:00	MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
	2:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	3:00	MOVIE—Drama “The Big Wheel” (1949)
	5:00	CARTOONS
	5:30	THREE STOOGES—Comedy
	EVENING
	6:00	NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
	6:30	PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR
	7:00	MYSTERY THEATER “Flight from Treason”
	8:00	IT COULD BE YOU   COLOR
	8:30	HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE—Comedy
	9:00	WAGON TRAIN
	10:00	M SQUAD--Police
	10:30	JACK PAAR—Variety   COLOR  Guest host: Orson Bean

	-9- KVOG (Ogden) (IND.)
	AFTERNOON
	4:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	5:30	MOVIE—Drama “Kansas City Confidential” (1953)
	EVENING
	7:00	MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
	7:30	MOVIE—Drama “Berlin Correspondent” (1942)
	9:00	NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
	9:30	MOVIE—Mystery “The Brasher Doubloon” (1947)

	11 KLIX (Twin Falls) (CBS, NBC, ABC)
	MORNING
	7:55	NEWS—Wright and Bickley
	8:00	SAY WHEN
	8:30	PLAY YOUR HUNCH—Merv Griffin   COLOR
	9:00	PRICE IS RIGHT—Bill Cullen   COLOR
	9:30	CONCENTRATION
	10:00	TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Bob Barker
	10:30	IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leyden   COLOR
	10:55	NEWS—Ray Scherer
	11:00	CAMOUFLAGE
	11:30	AS THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	NEWS
	12:30	HOUSE PARTY Guest: Jean Louis
	1:00	MILLIONAIRE
	1:30	VERDICT IS YOURS
	2:00	BRIGHTER DAY
	2:15	SECRET STORM
	2:30	EDGE OF NIGHT
	3:00	SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
	3:15	GUIDING LIGHT
	3:30	AMERICAN BANDSTAND
	4:00	THREE STOOGES—Comedy
	4:30	LONE RANGER—Western
	5:00	CARTOONS
	5:30	MALIBU RUN—Adventure
	EVENING
	6:30	NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
	7:00	FIVE STAR JUBILEE
	7:30	I’VE GOT A SECRET—Panel Panelists: Betsy Palmer, Bess Myerson, Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen. Host: Gary Moore
	8:00	LAW AND MR. JONES
	8:30	DANGER MAN—Adventure
	9:00	WAGON TRAIN
	10:00	HAWAIIAN EYE—Mystery
	11:00	MOVIE—To Be Announced

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