From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Space A-Go-Go
8:30 Super Heroes
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Atom Ant
10 AM Secret Squirrel
10:30 Space Kidettes
11 AM Cool McCool
11:30 Jetsons
12 N Top Cat
12:30 Sound Of Youth
1 PM Animal Secrets: the development of the human
brain; the evolutionary steps from fish fin to
human hand
1:30 Adventure (the kingdom of Nepal)
2 PM Movie: "David And Goliath" (Orson Welles stars,
from '60)
4 PM Sun Bowl: Florida State-Wyoming (Wyoming won,
28-20)
7 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (time approximate, delay from
Mon 8 PM)
7:30 Flipper
8 PM Please Don't Eat The Daisies
8:30 Get Smart
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Matchmaker" (later revived as "Hello Dolly!")
11 PM News (Tom Wassell)
11:30 Church Service (Christmas Eve service from St. Philip's Episcopal
Church)
12 M Catholic Mass (Pontifical Midnight Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral
in New York City)
1:30 Movie: "Kathy O'" (time approximate)
3:30 Movie: "The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady" (time approximate)
5:15 Movie: "The Miracle Of Fatima"
WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
7:30 Western Movie (title not given)
8:30 Billy Grammer (not to be confused with Billy Graham, this is a
country singer)
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Atom Ant
10 AM Secret Squirrel
10:30 Space Kidettes
11 AM Cool McCool
11:30 Jetsons
12 N Top Cat
12:30 The Smithsonian (a program about First Ladies: Dolly Madison,
Louisa (Mrs. John Quincy) Adams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman,
Mamie Eisenhower, Jackie Kennedy, and Lady Bird Johnson)
1 PM Animal Secrets
1:30 Stagecoach West
2:30 Ernest Tubb
3 PM Wilburn Brothers
3:30 Arthur Smith
4 PM Sun Bowl
7 PM Porter Wagoner (time approximate)
7:30 Flipper
8 PM Please Don't Eat The Daisies
8:30 Get Smart
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Matchmaker"
11 PM TBA
11:15 Heart Of Christmas (Skitch Henderson hosts a program
of holiday music, with the Robert Shaw Chorale and Robert
Maxwell)
12 M Catholic Mass (see Ch. 2)
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
6:30 Across The Fence
7 AM 4-H Hour
7:30 Mr. Magoo
8 AM Mr. Pix
9 AM Mighty Mouse And The Mighty Heroes
9:30 Underdog
10 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM New Adventures Of Superman
11:30 Lone Ranger (animated)
12 N Road Runner
12:30 Beagles
1 PM Tom And Jerry
1:30 Stingray
2 PM Blue-Gray Game (from Montgomery, AL: Blue won, 14-9)
5:20 Sports, News (time approximate)
5:30 Falcon's Roost
6 PM Lost In Space (delay from Wed 7:30 PM)
7 PM Christmas With Mr. Pix (marionettes perform "The Shoemaker
And The Elves")
7:30 Jackie Gleason (the Poor Soul dreams his way into the land of
fables, with Art Carney as Old King Cole, Sheila MacRae as the
Old Woman In The Shoe, and Jane Kean as a princess rescued
from a dragon)
8:30 Pistols 'n' Petticoats
9 PM Mission: Impossible
10 PM Gunsmoke (guest: Alan Hale)
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Christmas Lights (Oscar Brown Jr. hosts a Christmas Eve songfest
with his six children, Brazilian singer Luiz Henrique, and the Floyd
Morris Trio.)
11:30 Tucson Boys Choir
12 M Church Service (Washington Square Methodist Church, New York City)
1 AM Movie: "Kansas City Confidential"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)
8 PM Play Of The Week: "Emmanuel," a retelling of the Nativity story
10 PM Mahalia Jackson Sings (songs include "O Come All Ye Faithful," "I
Believe," "Silent Night," "A Star Stood Still," and "The Lord's Prayer,"
also, she reads portions of the Christmas story)
sign off 10:30 PM
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7:30 Growing South
8 AM Linus The Lionhearted (delay from Sun 9:30 AM)
8:30 Bugs Bunny (delay from 12 N)
9 AM Milton The Monster (delay from 12:30 PM)
9:30 Hoppity Hooper (delay from 1 PM)
10 AM King Kong
10:30 Beatles
11 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
11:30 Magilla Gorilla
12 N Mull's Singing Convention
1 PM Know Your Bible
1:30 American Bandstand (the Hard Times, Freddie Cannon)
2:30 Cartoon Carnival
3 PM Movie: "Young Man With A Horn"
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (World Alpine Skiing Championships
from Portillo, Chile)
6:30 It's A Small World
7 PM Rat Patrol (delay from Mon 8:30 PM)
7:30 Shane
8:30 Lawrence Welk (Welk's family make their TV debut; the Music
Makers bring their families to this Christmas show)
9:30 Hollywood Palace (Bing and Kathryn Crosby and children Harry,
Mary Frances, and Nathaniel host; Kate Smith, Bob Newhart,
Cyd Charisse and dancer Roy Fitzell)
10:30 Felony Squad (delay from Mon 9 PM)
11 PM ABC News
11:15 Film Short: "Santa Claus Land"
11:30 The Gift (films of children telling what they want for Christmas are
interspersed with the story of a man working as Santa who makes
a gift of Christmas spirit to the children of New York City)
12 M Catholic Mass (Pontifical Mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception in Washington, DC)
WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
8 AM Adventures In Living
9 AM Cartoon Carnival
10 AM King Kong
10:30 Beatles
11 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
11:30 Magilla Gorilla
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 Milton The Monster
1 PM Hoppity Hooper
1:30 American Bandstand
2:30 Movies: "Danger Street" and "Alaska Highway"
5 PM Wilburn Brothers
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Grand Ole Opry
6:30 Live Atlanta Wrestling
7:30 Shane
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Hollywood Palace
10:30 Pruitts Of Southampton (Phyllis Diller, delay from
Tue 9 PM)
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "The Mikado"
1 AM ABC News
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
7:30 Deputy Dawg
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (the Captain reads "The Night Before
Christmas")
9 AM Mighty Mouse And The Mighty Heroes
9:30 Underdog
10 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM New Adventures Of Superman
11:30 Lone Ranger (animated)
12 N Road Runner
12:30 Beagles
1 PM Tom And Jerry
1:30 Deputy Dawg
2 PM Blue-Gray Game (see Ch. 5)
5 PM Chattanooga Wrestling (time approximate)
6:30 Bill Anderson
7 PM Stoneman Family
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Story Of The First Christmas (Christmas music performed
by Chattanooga-area high-school choirs)
9 PM Mission: Impossible
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM A Star Shall Rise (Raymond Burr stars in this drama of
the Wise Men's meeting with Herod.)
11:30 Tucson Boys Choir
12 M Church Service (see Ch. 5)
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Cartoon Club
7:15 Hansel And Gretel
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mighty Mouse And The Mighty Heroes
9:30 Underdog
10 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM New Adventures Of Superman
11:30 Lone Ranger (animated)
12 N Road Runner
12:30 Beagles
1 PM Tom And Jerry
1:30 Stoneman Family
2 PM Blue-Gray Game (see Ch. 5)
5:15 Film Short (flashbacks trace a man's driving errors, time
approximate)
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Pulse (Julian Veal)
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM Science Fiction Theatre
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Pistols 'n' Petticoats
9 PM Mission: Impossible
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News
11:15 Christmas Music (the Macon Hospital Nurses Choir)
12 M Church Service (see Ch. 5)
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Space A-Go-Go
8:30 Super Heroes
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Atom Ant
10 AM Secret Squirrel
10:30 Space Kidettes
11 AM Cool McCool
11:30 Jetsons
12 N Top Cat
12:30 Sound Of Youth
1 PM Animal Secrets: the development of the human
brain; the evolutionary steps from fish fin to
human hand
1:30 Adventure (the kingdom of Nepal)
2 PM Movie: "David And Goliath" (Orson Welles stars,
from '60)
4 PM Sun Bowl: Florida State-Wyoming (Wyoming won,
28-20)
7 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (time approximate, delay from
Mon 8 PM)
7:30 Flipper
8 PM Please Don't Eat The Daisies
8:30 Get Smart
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Matchmaker" (later revived as "Hello Dolly!")
11 PM News (Tom Wassell)
11:30 Church Service (Christmas Eve service from St. Philip's Episcopal
Church)
12 M Catholic Mass (Pontifical Midnight Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral
in New York City)
1:30 Movie: "Kathy O'" (time approximate)
3:30 Movie: "The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady" (time approximate)
5:15 Movie: "The Miracle Of Fatima"
WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
7:30 Western Movie (title not given)
8:30 Billy Grammer (not to be confused with Billy Graham, this is a
country singer)
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Atom Ant
10 AM Secret Squirrel
10:30 Space Kidettes
11 AM Cool McCool
11:30 Jetsons
12 N Top Cat
12:30 The Smithsonian (a program about First Ladies: Dolly Madison,
Louisa (Mrs. John Quincy) Adams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman,
Mamie Eisenhower, Jackie Kennedy, and Lady Bird Johnson)
1 PM Animal Secrets
1:30 Stagecoach West
2:30 Ernest Tubb
3 PM Wilburn Brothers
3:30 Arthur Smith
4 PM Sun Bowl
7 PM Porter Wagoner (time approximate)
7:30 Flipper
8 PM Please Don't Eat The Daisies
8:30 Get Smart
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Matchmaker"
11 PM TBA
11:15 Heart Of Christmas (Skitch Henderson hosts a program
of holiday music, with the Robert Shaw Chorale and Robert
Maxwell)
12 M Catholic Mass (see Ch. 2)
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
6:30 Across The Fence
7 AM 4-H Hour
7:30 Mr. Magoo
8 AM Mr. Pix
9 AM Mighty Mouse And The Mighty Heroes
9:30 Underdog
10 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM New Adventures Of Superman
11:30 Lone Ranger (animated)
12 N Road Runner
12:30 Beagles
1 PM Tom And Jerry
1:30 Stingray
2 PM Blue-Gray Game (from Montgomery, AL: Blue won, 14-9)
5:20 Sports, News (time approximate)
5:30 Falcon's Roost
6 PM Lost In Space (delay from Wed 7:30 PM)
7 PM Christmas With Mr. Pix (marionettes perform "The Shoemaker
And The Elves")
7:30 Jackie Gleason (the Poor Soul dreams his way into the land of
fables, with Art Carney as Old King Cole, Sheila MacRae as the
Old Woman In The Shoe, and Jane Kean as a princess rescued
from a dragon)
8:30 Pistols 'n' Petticoats
9 PM Mission: Impossible
10 PM Gunsmoke (guest: Alan Hale)
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Christmas Lights (Oscar Brown Jr. hosts a Christmas Eve songfest
with his six children, Brazilian singer Luiz Henrique, and the Floyd
Morris Trio.)
11:30 Tucson Boys Choir
12 M Church Service (Washington Square Methodist Church, New York City)
1 AM Movie: "Kansas City Confidential"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)
8 PM Play Of The Week: "Emmanuel," a retelling of the Nativity story
10 PM Mahalia Jackson Sings (songs include "O Come All Ye Faithful," "I
Believe," "Silent Night," "A Star Stood Still," and "The Lord's Prayer,"
also, she reads portions of the Christmas story)
sign off 10:30 PM
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7:30 Growing South
8 AM Linus The Lionhearted (delay from Sun 9:30 AM)
8:30 Bugs Bunny (delay from 12 N)
9 AM Milton The Monster (delay from 12:30 PM)
9:30 Hoppity Hooper (delay from 1 PM)
10 AM King Kong
10:30 Beatles
11 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
11:30 Magilla Gorilla
12 N Mull's Singing Convention
1 PM Know Your Bible
1:30 American Bandstand (the Hard Times, Freddie Cannon)
2:30 Cartoon Carnival
3 PM Movie: "Young Man With A Horn"
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (World Alpine Skiing Championships
from Portillo, Chile)
6:30 It's A Small World
7 PM Rat Patrol (delay from Mon 8:30 PM)
7:30 Shane
8:30 Lawrence Welk (Welk's family make their TV debut; the Music
Makers bring their families to this Christmas show)
9:30 Hollywood Palace (Bing and Kathryn Crosby and children Harry,
Mary Frances, and Nathaniel host; Kate Smith, Bob Newhart,
Cyd Charisse and dancer Roy Fitzell)
10:30 Felony Squad (delay from Mon 9 PM)
11 PM ABC News
11:15 Film Short: "Santa Claus Land"
11:30 The Gift (films of children telling what they want for Christmas are
interspersed with the story of a man working as Santa who makes
a gift of Christmas spirit to the children of New York City)
12 M Catholic Mass (Pontifical Mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception in Washington, DC)
WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
8 AM Adventures In Living
9 AM Cartoon Carnival
10 AM King Kong
10:30 Beatles
11 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
11:30 Magilla Gorilla
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 Milton The Monster
1 PM Hoppity Hooper
1:30 American Bandstand
2:30 Movies: "Danger Street" and "Alaska Highway"
5 PM Wilburn Brothers
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Grand Ole Opry
6:30 Live Atlanta Wrestling
7:30 Shane
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Hollywood Palace
10:30 Pruitts Of Southampton (Phyllis Diller, delay from
Tue 9 PM)
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "The Mikado"
1 AM ABC News
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
7:30 Deputy Dawg
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (the Captain reads "The Night Before
Christmas")
9 AM Mighty Mouse And The Mighty Heroes
9:30 Underdog
10 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM New Adventures Of Superman
11:30 Lone Ranger (animated)
12 N Road Runner
12:30 Beagles
1 PM Tom And Jerry
1:30 Deputy Dawg
2 PM Blue-Gray Game (see Ch. 5)
5 PM Chattanooga Wrestling (time approximate)
6:30 Bill Anderson
7 PM Stoneman Family
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Story Of The First Christmas (Christmas music performed
by Chattanooga-area high-school choirs)
9 PM Mission: Impossible
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM A Star Shall Rise (Raymond Burr stars in this drama of
the Wise Men's meeting with Herod.)
11:30 Tucson Boys Choir
12 M Church Service (see Ch. 5)
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Cartoon Club
7:15 Hansel And Gretel
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mighty Mouse And The Mighty Heroes
9:30 Underdog
10 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM New Adventures Of Superman
11:30 Lone Ranger (animated)
12 N Road Runner
12:30 Beagles
1 PM Tom And Jerry
1:30 Stoneman Family
2 PM Blue-Gray Game (see Ch. 5)
5:15 Film Short (flashbacks trace a man's driving errors, time
approximate)
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Pulse (Julian Veal)
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM Science Fiction Theatre
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Pistols 'n' Petticoats
9 PM Mission: Impossible
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News
11:15 Christmas Music (the Macon Hospital Nurses Choir)
12 M Church Service (see Ch. 5)