From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Today (Dave Garroway; press agent Richard Maney talks
about his autobiography "Fanfare: Confessions Of A Press
Agent"; Roderick O'Connor, administrator of a new government
agency concerned with the welfare of refugees and immigrants,
talks about the work of his organization.)
9 AM Today In Georgia
9:30 Ray Milland ("Meet Mr. McNulty," his 1953-55 series (the first season
was called "Meet Mr. McNutley," wherein he plays a forgetful college
professor.)
10 AM Arlene Francis (Arlene has some humorous comments on the change
back to standard time; Milwaukee Braves official singer Marvin Moran
is the guest.)
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11 AM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen)
11:30 Truth Or Consequences (Bob Barker)
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Tic Tac Dough (joined in progress)
12:30 It Could Be You
1 PM Movie: "Captain Scarlett" (Richard Greene, pre-Robin Hood, from '53)
2:30 Bride And Groom (Marjorie Rutledge and Clarence Hess, from Erie, PA,
are married on today's show.)
3 PM Matinee Theater (a Western, "The Last Stop," about an iron-handed
marshal and the boy who challenges his rule, COLOR)
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:45 Modern Romances (a five-part story about a couple trying to get money
for a heart operation for their son)
5 PM Charlie Farrell (sitcom that was "I Love Lucy"'s summer replacement in
1956; filmed at his Palm Springs tennis club)
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 reruns of "The Millionaire";
the check goes to a widow trying to raise her son with 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
9:30 Goodyear Theater (David Niven as an American official in Haiti who's
about to get a divorce.)
10 PM Suspicion (Margaret O'Brien as a young woman being stalked as she
returns home from a party.)
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Adam Had Four Sons"
WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today
9 AM My Hero (Bob Cummings' first sitcom; nobody knew in 1952 that he
would become a sitcom superstar with his next (1955-59) series,
"The Bob Cummings Show" (aka "Love That Bob!").)
9:30 Willy (June Havoc in a short-lived 1954-55 sitcom that was ahead of
its time: Willa Dodger was a lawyer.)
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 (talk show with Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg)
1:30 Howard Miller (Chicago-based variety show; Mike Douglas was a regular,
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
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: 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 Tonight (Jack Paar; singers Betty Johnson and Snooky Lanson are
guests for the whole week; comedian John Hamer and one of Paar's
discoveries, singer Trish Dwelley, are guests tonight.)
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7 AM Jimmy Dean (singer Eileen Rodgers is guest for the entire week)
7:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
9 AM Beulah
9:30 Peachtree Party Line
10 AM Garry Moore (singer Sandy Stewart replaces Denise Lor for two
weeks; naturalist Ivan Sanderson has some spiders)
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Dick Powell (probably "Four Star Playhouse")
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Beat The Clock
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (Art talks about his book "Kids Say
The Darndest Things.")
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
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
7:30 Robin Hood
8 PM Burns And Allen
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9 PM Danny Thomas (guest: Dinah Shore)
9:30 DuPont Show Of The Month (Christopher Plummer stars in
"The Prince And The Pauper," pre-empts "December Bride"
and "Studio One")
11 PM News
11:05 Movie: "Dr. Renault's Secret"
WROM Ch. 9 Rome, GA (WTVC Chattanooga) (Ind.)
6 PM Movie: "Marked For Murder" (Tex Ritter)
7:15 ABC News (John Daly)
7:30 TBA
8 PM Guy Mitchell (guest: singer Gloria De Haven)
8:30 Bold Journey (creator Jack Douglas replaces John Stephenson
as host tonight; first of two shows on a trip to the Congo by
John Goddard of Glendale, CA)
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
WLWA (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" (watch for the original Alice
Kramden, Pert Kelton, in this one from '34)
12:30 News, Weather, Sports
12:45 Miss Whoo? (kids' show)
1:30 Life With Elizabeth (Betty White's first series; at the time
she was doing "Date With The Angels" Friday nights on ABC)
2 PM Stu Erwin
2:30 Willy
3 PM American Bandstand (the Hollywood Flames, singer William Mack)
4:30 Do You Trust Your Wife? (Johnny Carson has replaced Edgar Bergen,
but the original format, restricted to married couples, will remain in
place until the summer of '58 when the show becomes "Who Do You
Trust?". Bill Nimmo is Carson's sidekick at this point; the show will
move to its more familiar 3:30 PM slot Nov. 18.)
5 PM Superman (the classic "Panic In The Sky," where a kryptonite-loaded
asteroid gives Superman amnesia)
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 (neither Chs. 9 nor 11 carried the short-lived nighttime
version of "American Bandstand" which aired at this time)
8 PM Guy Mitchell
8:30 Bold Journey
9 PM Voice Of Firestone
9:30 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes And New Talent
10:30 Last Of The Mohicans
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 network
daytime entertainment show; it consists of five-part
stories set in New York's fictional Cosmopolitan hotel;
"Love Of Life" will expand to 30 minutes and take over
this slot on April 14, 1958)
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Movie: "Wheel Of Fortune" (nothing to do with games,
except basketball; a player is murdered while on a trip
to New York and a political bigwig wants it ruled a suicide,
John Wayne stars, from '41, part 1 of 5)
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 Of The Yukon (CBS, delay from
Thu 7:30 PM)
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 Revue Theater
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
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 (yeah, somebody was doing it then)
5:05 Hayloft Jamboree
5:30 Wild Bill Hickok
6 PM Spangles (puppet show)
6:15 Gail Hill (a singer-songwriter from Mercer University)
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Cheyenne (ABC, delay from Tue 7:30 PM)
8 PM Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (same as Ch. 3)
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 (new talent
includes accordion duo Frank Krumtorad of Omaha, NE, and
Nancy Grimm of Valley, NE, at least a week behind)
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Today (Dave Garroway; press agent Richard Maney talks
about his autobiography "Fanfare: Confessions Of A Press
Agent"; Roderick O'Connor, administrator of a new government
agency concerned with the welfare of refugees and immigrants,
talks about the work of his organization.)
9 AM Today In Georgia
9:30 Ray Milland ("Meet Mr. McNulty," his 1953-55 series (the first season
was called "Meet Mr. McNutley," wherein he plays a forgetful college
professor.)
10 AM Arlene Francis (Arlene has some humorous comments on the change
back to standard time; Milwaukee Braves official singer Marvin Moran
is the guest.)
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11 AM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen)
11:30 Truth Or Consequences (Bob Barker)
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Tic Tac Dough (joined in progress)
12:30 It Could Be You
1 PM Movie: "Captain Scarlett" (Richard Greene, pre-Robin Hood, from '53)
2:30 Bride And Groom (Marjorie Rutledge and Clarence Hess, from Erie, PA,
are married on today's show.)
3 PM Matinee Theater (a Western, "The Last Stop," about an iron-handed
marshal and the boy who challenges his rule, COLOR)
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:45 Modern Romances (a five-part story about a couple trying to get money
for a heart operation for their son)
5 PM Charlie Farrell (sitcom that was "I Love Lucy"'s summer replacement in
1956; filmed at his Palm Springs tennis club)
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 reruns of "The Millionaire";
the check goes to a widow trying to raise her son with 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
9:30 Goodyear Theater (David Niven as an American official in Haiti who's
about to get a divorce.)
10 PM Suspicion (Margaret O'Brien as a young woman being stalked as she
returns home from a party.)
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Adam Had Four Sons"
WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today
9 AM My Hero (Bob Cummings' first sitcom; nobody knew in 1952 that he
would become a sitcom superstar with his next (1955-59) series,
"The Bob Cummings Show" (aka "Love That Bob!").)
9:30 Willy (June Havoc in a short-lived 1954-55 sitcom that was ahead of
its time: Willa Dodger was a lawyer.)
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 (talk show with Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenberg)
1:30 Howard Miller (Chicago-based variety show; Mike Douglas was a regular,
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
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: 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 Tonight (Jack Paar; singers Betty Johnson and Snooky Lanson are
guests for the whole week; comedian John Hamer and one of Paar's
discoveries, singer Trish Dwelley, are guests tonight.)
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7 AM Jimmy Dean (singer Eileen Rodgers is guest for the entire week)
7:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
9 AM Beulah
9:30 Peachtree Party Line
10 AM Garry Moore (singer Sandy Stewart replaces Denise Lor for two
weeks; naturalist Ivan Sanderson has some spiders)
10:30 Arthur Godfrey
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Dick Powell (probably "Four Star Playhouse")
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Beat The Clock
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (Art talks about his book "Kids Say
The Darndest Things.")
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
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
7:30 Robin Hood
8 PM Burns And Allen
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9 PM Danny Thomas (guest: Dinah Shore)
9:30 DuPont Show Of The Month (Christopher Plummer stars in
"The Prince And The Pauper," pre-empts "December Bride"
and "Studio One")
11 PM News
11:05 Movie: "Dr. Renault's Secret"
WROM Ch. 9 Rome, GA (WTVC Chattanooga) (Ind.)
6 PM Movie: "Marked For Murder" (Tex Ritter)
7:15 ABC News (John Daly)
7:30 TBA
8 PM Guy Mitchell (guest: singer Gloria De Haven)
8:30 Bold Journey (creator Jack Douglas replaces John Stephenson
as host tonight; first of two shows on a trip to the Congo by
John Goddard of Glendale, CA)
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
WLWA (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" (watch for the original Alice
Kramden, Pert Kelton, in this one from '34)
12:30 News, Weather, Sports
12:45 Miss Whoo? (kids' show)
1:30 Life With Elizabeth (Betty White's first series; at the time
she was doing "Date With The Angels" Friday nights on ABC)
2 PM Stu Erwin
2:30 Willy
3 PM American Bandstand (the Hollywood Flames, singer William Mack)
4:30 Do You Trust Your Wife? (Johnny Carson has replaced Edgar Bergen,
but the original format, restricted to married couples, will remain in
place until the summer of '58 when the show becomes "Who Do You
Trust?". Bill Nimmo is Carson's sidekick at this point; the show will
move to its more familiar 3:30 PM slot Nov. 18.)
5 PM Superman (the classic "Panic In The Sky," where a kryptonite-loaded
asteroid gives Superman amnesia)
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 (neither Chs. 9 nor 11 carried the short-lived nighttime
version of "American Bandstand" which aired at this time)
8 PM Guy Mitchell
8:30 Bold Journey
9 PM Voice Of Firestone
9:30 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes And New Talent
10:30 Last Of The Mohicans
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 network
daytime entertainment show; it consists of five-part
stories set in New York's fictional Cosmopolitan hotel;
"Love Of Life" will expand to 30 minutes and take over
this slot on April 14, 1958)
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Movie: "Wheel Of Fortune" (nothing to do with games,
except basketball; a player is murdered while on a trip
to New York and a political bigwig wants it ruled a suicide,
John Wayne stars, from '41, part 1 of 5)
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 Of The Yukon (CBS, delay from
Thu 7:30 PM)
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 Revue Theater
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
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 (yeah, somebody was doing it then)
5:05 Hayloft Jamboree
5:30 Wild Bill Hickok
6 PM Spangles (puppet show)
6:15 Gail Hill (a singer-songwriter from Mercer University)
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Cheyenne (ABC, delay from Tue 7:30 PM)
8 PM Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (same as Ch. 3)
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 (new talent
includes accordion duo Frank Krumtorad of Omaha, NE, and
Nancy Grimm of Valley, NE, at least a week behind)