From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Today (Press agent Richard Maney discusses his
autobiography "Fanfare: Confessions of a Press
Agent"; Roderick O'Connor, head of a government
agency concerned with the welfare of refugees and
immigrants, talks about his work. Dave Garroway hosts.)
9 AM Today In Georgia
9:30 Ray Milland Show
10 AM Arlene Francis (guest is Marvin Moran, official singer for
the Milwaukee Braves; Arlene talks about the change from
daylight to standard time)
10:30 Treasure Hunt (Jan Murray)
11 AM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen)
11:30 Truth Or Consequences (Bob Barker)
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Tic Tac Dough (Jack Barry, joined in progress)
12:30 It Could Be You (Bill Leyden)
1 PM Movie: "Captain Scarlett" (Richard Greene, better known
as TV's Robin Hood, stars)
2:30 Bride And Groom (Marjorie Rutledge and Clarence Hess, from
Erie, PA, are married today. Bob Paige and Byron Palmer host.)
3 PM Matinee Theater: "The Last Stop," a Western (COLOR)
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:45 Modern Romances
5 PM Charlie Farrell Show
5:30 Big Adventure
5:45 Statesmen Quartet
6 PM Amos 'n' Andy
6:30 News
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM If You Had A Million (syndicated title for "The Millionaire"--
the check goes to a widow trying to raise her son on
a clerk's low wages)
7:30 Price Is Right (COLOR)
8 PM Restless Gun
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Twenty-One (Jack Barry)
9:30 Goodyear Theater (David Niven in "The Danger By Night,"
about an American embassy official stationed in Port-au-Prince;
he and his wife have agreed to a divorce.)
10 PM Suspicion (Margaret O'Brien in "The Story Of Margery Reardon,"
about a girl threatened by a psychopath while returning from a
party.)
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Adam Had Four Sons" (not about the story in Genesis,
but about a family trying to stay together without a mother)
WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today
9 AM My Hero (Bob Cummings' first sitcom--his big hit came three
years later)
9:30 Willy (short-lived sitcom with June Havoc)
10 AM Arlene Francis
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11 AM Price Is Right
11:30 Truth Or Consequences
12 N Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1 PM Tex And Jinx (Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg)
1:30 Howard Miller (variety from Chicago) (COLOR)
2:30 Bride And Groom
3 PM Matinee Theater (COLOR)
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:45 Modern Romances
5 PM Charlie Farrell Show
5:30 My Little Margie
6 PM Speer Family (gospel music)
6:30 News
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Rosemary Clooney
7:30 Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (guest is Janis Paige,
ABC, delay from Thu 9 PM)
8 PM Restless Gun
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Twenty-One
9:30 Goodyear Theater
10 PM Suspicion
11 PM News
11:15 Jack Paar (guests: singers Betty Johnson, Snooky
Lanson, and Trish Dwelley; comedian John Hamer)
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7 AM Jimmy Dean (his CBS show was actually beating "Today,"
week-long guest is singer Eileen Rodgers)
7:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
9 AM Beulah (here's a show which, like "Amos 'n' Andy," could
never be shown today--Beulah is a black maid not unlike
Butterfly McQueen in "Gone With The Wind")
9:30 Peachtree Party Line
10 AM Garry Moore (singer Sandy Stewart subs for regular Denise
Lor, Ivan Sanderson has some spiders, and Durward Kirby's
there, too)
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich (Warren Hull--will be replaced in January by the
first game show proven to be rigged: "Dotto")
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Dick Powell (I think these episodes come from "Four Star
Playhouse"
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Beat The Clock (Bud Collyer)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (Art talks about his book "Kids
Say The Darndest Things")
3 PM Big Payoff (Randy Merriman, Bess Myerson)
3:30 Verdict Is Yours (Jim McKay is the "court reporter")
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Mr. And Mrs. North
5:30 China Smith
6 PM I Led Three Lives
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Casey Jones (Alan Hale, before becoming the Skipper
on "Gilligan's Island")
7:30 Robin Hood
8 PM Burns And Allen
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9 PM Danny Thomas (Dinah Shore guests as Terry decides
whether to hire her or Kathy as singer at her school's
Heart Fund dance.)
9:30 DuPont Show Of The Month ("The Prince And The Pauper"
with Christopher Plummer--pre-empts "December Bride"
and "Studio One")
11 PM News
11:05 Movie: "Dr. Renault's Secret"
WROM Ch. 9 Rome, GA (Ind.) (later WTVC Chattanooga, ABC)
6 PM Movie: "Marked For Murder"
7:15 ABC News (John Daly)
7:30 TBA
8 PM Guy Mitchell Show (guest: Gloria DeHaven)
8:30 Bold Journey (Jack Douglas replaces John Stephenson
as host; guest John Goddard of Glendale, CA, narrates
films of his trip to the Congo--part one of two)
9 PM Voice Of Firestone (guest: mezzo-soprano Mildred Miller)
9:30 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes And New Talent
sign off 10:30 PM
WLW-A (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
8:10 News, Farm Report
8:15 Gospel Wake-Up
8:30 Thoughts For Today
8:40 Cartoon Carnival
9 AM Skipper Ray
10 AM School Days
10:30 Woman's Day
11 AM Movie: "Bachelor Bait"
12:30 News, Weather, Sports
12:45 Miss Whoo? (kids' show)
1:30 Life With Elizabeth (Betty White)
2 PM Stu Erwin Show
2:30 Willy
3 PM American Bandstand (guests: the Hollywood
Flames and singer William Mack)
4:30 Do You Trust Your Wife? (Johnny Carson has
replaced Edgar Bergen, but the show won't
receive its more familiar title--"Who Do You
Trust?"--until the summer of 1958.)
5 PM Superman (where Superman becomes an amnesia
victim)
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club
6 PM Flash Gordon
6:30 City Detective
7 PM Assignment Atlanta
7:15 ABC News
7:30 Parade Of Stars
8 PM Guy Mitchell Show
8:30 Bold Journey
9 PM Voice Of Firestone
9:30 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes And New Talent
10:30 Hawkeye And The Last Of The Mohicans
(John Hart, who played the Lone Ranger for
one season, stars.)
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Bad Company"
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS/ABC)
8 AM Jimmy Dean
8:45 CBS News
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
9:45 CBS News
10 AM Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N Hotel Cosmopolitan (the last new 15-minute soap,
although it's actually a new five-part story each week)
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Movie: "Wheel Of Fortune" (Part 1, from 1941, long before
Vanna White was born, which happened to be this year, 1957
)
1:25 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Beat The Clock
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Party Line
3:45 Today's Chapel
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Movie: "Three Faces West"
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Sgt. Preston (delay from Thu 7:30)
7:30 Robin Hood
8 PM Burns And Allen
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 DuPont Show Of The Month
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Woman Hater"
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
7 AM Jimmy Dean
7:45 CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News
9 AM Review Theater (I think that should be "Revue,"
as in Revue studios.)
10 AM Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N Almanac
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Date With Del (Can you believe that Del Ward's
show lasted some 40 years?)
1:25 CBS News
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Beat The Clock
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM News, Weather (no, the 5 PM news is not some
modern phenomenon)
5:05 Hayloft Jamboree
5:30 Wild Bill Hickok
6 PM Spangles (puppet show)
6:15 Gail Hill (singer-songwriter attending Mercer
University in Macon)
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Cheyenne (ABC, delay from Tue 7:30)
8 PM Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9 PM Voice Of Firestone
9:30 DuPont Show Of The Month
11 PM News
11:15 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes And New Talent
(guests: accordion duo Frank Krumtroad of
Omaha, and Nancy Grimm of Valley, NE--
wonder what Myron Floren thought about them?)
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Today (Press agent Richard Maney discusses his
autobiography "Fanfare: Confessions of a Press
Agent"; Roderick O'Connor, head of a government
agency concerned with the welfare of refugees and
immigrants, talks about his work. Dave Garroway hosts.)
9 AM Today In Georgia
9:30 Ray Milland Show
10 AM Arlene Francis (guest is Marvin Moran, official singer for
the Milwaukee Braves; Arlene talks about the change from
daylight to standard time)
10:30 Treasure Hunt (Jan Murray)
11 AM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen)
11:30 Truth Or Consequences (Bob Barker)
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Tic Tac Dough (Jack Barry, joined in progress)
12:30 It Could Be You (Bill Leyden)
1 PM Movie: "Captain Scarlett" (Richard Greene, better known
as TV's Robin Hood, stars)
2:30 Bride And Groom (Marjorie Rutledge and Clarence Hess, from
Erie, PA, are married today. Bob Paige and Byron Palmer host.)
3 PM Matinee Theater: "The Last Stop," a Western (COLOR)
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:45 Modern Romances
5 PM Charlie Farrell Show
5:30 Big Adventure
5:45 Statesmen Quartet
6 PM Amos 'n' Andy
6:30 News
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM If You Had A Million (syndicated title for "The Millionaire"--
the check goes to a widow trying to raise her son on
a clerk's low wages)
7:30 Price Is Right (COLOR)
8 PM Restless Gun
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Twenty-One (Jack Barry)
9:30 Goodyear Theater (David Niven in "The Danger By Night,"
about an American embassy official stationed in Port-au-Prince;
he and his wife have agreed to a divorce.)
10 PM Suspicion (Margaret O'Brien in "The Story Of Margery Reardon,"
about a girl threatened by a psychopath while returning from a
party.)
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Adam Had Four Sons" (not about the story in Genesis,
but about a family trying to stay together without a mother)
WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today
9 AM My Hero (Bob Cummings' first sitcom--his big hit came three
years later)
9:30 Willy (short-lived sitcom with June Havoc)
10 AM Arlene Francis
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11 AM Price Is Right
11:30 Truth Or Consequences
12 N Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1 PM Tex And Jinx (Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg)
1:30 Howard Miller (variety from Chicago) (COLOR)
2:30 Bride And Groom
3 PM Matinee Theater (COLOR)
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:45 Modern Romances
5 PM Charlie Farrell Show
5:30 My Little Margie
6 PM Speer Family (gospel music)
6:30 News
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Rosemary Clooney
7:30 Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (guest is Janis Paige,
ABC, delay from Thu 9 PM)
8 PM Restless Gun
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Twenty-One
9:30 Goodyear Theater
10 PM Suspicion
11 PM News
11:15 Jack Paar (guests: singers Betty Johnson, Snooky
Lanson, and Trish Dwelley; comedian John Hamer)
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7 AM Jimmy Dean (his CBS show was actually beating "Today,"
week-long guest is singer Eileen Rodgers)
7:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
9 AM Beulah (here's a show which, like "Amos 'n' Andy," could
never be shown today--Beulah is a black maid not unlike
Butterfly McQueen in "Gone With The Wind")
9:30 Peachtree Party Line
10 AM Garry Moore (singer Sandy Stewart subs for regular Denise
Lor, Ivan Sanderson has some spiders, and Durward Kirby's
there, too)
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich (Warren Hull--will be replaced in January by the
first game show proven to be rigged: "Dotto")
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Dick Powell (I think these episodes come from "Four Star
Playhouse"
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Beat The Clock (Bud Collyer)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (Art talks about his book "Kids
Say The Darndest Things")
3 PM Big Payoff (Randy Merriman, Bess Myerson)
3:30 Verdict Is Yours (Jim McKay is the "court reporter")
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Mr. And Mrs. North
5:30 China Smith
6 PM I Led Three Lives
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Casey Jones (Alan Hale, before becoming the Skipper
on "Gilligan's Island")
7:30 Robin Hood
8 PM Burns And Allen
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9 PM Danny Thomas (Dinah Shore guests as Terry decides
whether to hire her or Kathy as singer at her school's
Heart Fund dance.)
9:30 DuPont Show Of The Month ("The Prince And The Pauper"
with Christopher Plummer--pre-empts "December Bride"
and "Studio One")
11 PM News
11:05 Movie: "Dr. Renault's Secret"
WROM Ch. 9 Rome, GA (Ind.) (later WTVC Chattanooga, ABC)
6 PM Movie: "Marked For Murder"
7:15 ABC News (John Daly)
7:30 TBA
8 PM Guy Mitchell Show (guest: Gloria DeHaven)
8:30 Bold Journey (Jack Douglas replaces John Stephenson
as host; guest John Goddard of Glendale, CA, narrates
films of his trip to the Congo--part one of two)
9 PM Voice Of Firestone (guest: mezzo-soprano Mildred Miller)
9:30 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes And New Talent
sign off 10:30 PM
WLW-A (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
8:10 News, Farm Report
8:15 Gospel Wake-Up
8:30 Thoughts For Today
8:40 Cartoon Carnival
9 AM Skipper Ray
10 AM School Days
10:30 Woman's Day
11 AM Movie: "Bachelor Bait"
12:30 News, Weather, Sports
12:45 Miss Whoo? (kids' show)
1:30 Life With Elizabeth (Betty White)
2 PM Stu Erwin Show
2:30 Willy
3 PM American Bandstand (guests: the Hollywood
Flames and singer William Mack)
4:30 Do You Trust Your Wife? (Johnny Carson has
replaced Edgar Bergen, but the show won't
receive its more familiar title--"Who Do You
Trust?"--until the summer of 1958.)
5 PM Superman (where Superman becomes an amnesia
victim)
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club
6 PM Flash Gordon
6:30 City Detective
7 PM Assignment Atlanta
7:15 ABC News
7:30 Parade Of Stars
8 PM Guy Mitchell Show
8:30 Bold Journey
9 PM Voice Of Firestone
9:30 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes And New Talent
10:30 Hawkeye And The Last Of The Mohicans
(John Hart, who played the Lone Ranger for
one season, stars.)
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Bad Company"
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS/ABC)
8 AM Jimmy Dean
8:45 CBS News
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
9:45 CBS News
10 AM Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N Hotel Cosmopolitan (the last new 15-minute soap,
although it's actually a new five-part story each week)
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Movie: "Wheel Of Fortune" (Part 1, from 1941, long before
Vanna White was born, which happened to be this year, 1957
)1:25 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Beat The Clock
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Party Line
3:45 Today's Chapel
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Movie: "Three Faces West"
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Sgt. Preston (delay from Thu 7:30)
7:30 Robin Hood
8 PM Burns And Allen
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 DuPont Show Of The Month
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Woman Hater"
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
7 AM Jimmy Dean
7:45 CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News
9 AM Review Theater (I think that should be "Revue,"
as in Revue studios.)
10 AM Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N Almanac
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Date With Del (Can you believe that Del Ward's
show lasted some 40 years?)
1:25 CBS News
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Beat The Clock
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM News, Weather (no, the 5 PM news is not some
modern phenomenon)
5:05 Hayloft Jamboree
5:30 Wild Bill Hickok
6 PM Spangles (puppet show)
6:15 Gail Hill (singer-songwriter attending Mercer
University in Macon)
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Cheyenne (ABC, delay from Tue 7:30)
8 PM Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9 PM Voice Of Firestone
9:30 DuPont Show Of The Month
11 PM News
11:15 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes And New Talent
(guests: accordion duo Frank Krumtroad of
Omaha, and Nancy Grimm of Valley, NE--
wonder what Myron Floren thought about them?)