A tumultuous week lay ahead. On Sunday Lyndon Johnson would
announce that he would neither seek nor accept the Democratic
nomination for another term as president; on Thursday Martin Luther
King Jr. would be assassinated in Memphis. But this is a pretty ordinary
Saturday, at least by Atlanta standards. From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta)
Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Hercules (animated)
7:30 Buck Rogers (the 1930s movie serial)
8 AM Hopalong Cassidy
8:30 Funtime
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Super President
10 AM Flintstones
10:30 Movie: "The Babe Ruth Story" (William Bendix plays the title
role in a movie made just after the Bambino's death in 1948)
12:30 Defensive Driving
1:30 Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel (delay from 11:30 AM)
2 PM Top Cat (delay from noon)
2:30 Wild Kingdom (delay from Sun 7 PM)
3 PM Movie: "Drango"
5 PM Shell's Wonderful World Of Golf: Sam Snead vs. Roberto DeVicenzo
from Congressional Country Club in Washington, DC
6 PM Let's Go To The Races
6:30 Newsroom (Tom Wassell)
7 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (delay from Tue 7:30)
7:30 The Saint (Roger Moore)
8:30 Get Smart
9 PM NBC Movie: "Mirage"
11:15 News
11:35 Movie: "Portrait In Black"
1:50 Movie: "Beast From Haunted Cave"
WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
8 AM Lone Ranger
8:30 Cisco Kid
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Super President
10 AM Flintstones
10:30 Samson And Goliath
11 AM Birdman And The Galaxy Trio
11:30 Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel
12 N Top Cat
12:30 Cool McCool
1 PM Roy Rogers
2 PM Movie: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
3:30 Movie: "Where The Sidewalk Ends"
5 PM Ernest Tubb
5:30 Flatt And Scruggs
6 PM Arthur Smith
6:30 Stoneman Family
7 PM Porter Wagoner
7:30 The Saint
8:30 Get Smart
9 PM NBC Movie: "Mirage"
11:15 TBA
11:30 Saturday Tonight Show (Bill Moyers, Alan King,
George Segal, singers Hines, Hines & Dad)
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
6:25 Farm Digest
6:30 Across The Fence
7 AM 4-H Hour
7:30 Mr. Magoo
8 AM Mr. Pix (Dave Michaels)
9 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
9:30 Herculoids
10 AM Shazzan!
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM Moby Dick And The Mighty Mightor
11:30 Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Lone Ranger (animated)
1:30 Road Runner
2 PM Wagon Train (this episode takes place in the
town of Bedrock--couldn't be where Fred Flintstone
was sheriff for a day ;D)
3:30 The Professionals (Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson
discuss the physical and psychological rigors of baseball,
along with Orioles manager Hank Bauer and veteran pitcher
Lou Burdette)
4 PM CBS Golf Classic: Miller Barber and Bob Charles vs. Sam Snead
and Gardner Dickinson (first-round match)
5 PM Lost In Space (delay from Wed 7:30)
6 PM Panorama News
6:30 Green Acres (delay from Wed 9 PM)
7 PM Beverly Hillbillies (delay from Wed 8:30)
7:30 Jackie Gleason (the Honeymooners are in Spain, where Ralph
gets into a blackmail plot)
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "All That Heaven Allows"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)
7:45 State Careers
8 PM Boston Symphony
9:30 Alcatraz: The Lonely Rock
All of these programs are also carried on WDCO Ch. 15
(WMUM Ch. 29) Cochran and WCLP (WNGH) Ch. 18 Chatsworth.
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7 AM Georgialand
7:30 Beatles (delay from noon, in black and white)
8 AM Milton The Monster (delay from Sun 9:30 AM, in black
and white)
8:30 Three Stooges
9 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Fantastic Four
10 AM Spider-Man
10:30 Journey To The Center Of The Earth
11 AM King Kong
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Singing Convention
1 PM Know Your Bible
1:30 Happening '68 (finals of the amateur band contest;
judges: Lalo Schifrin, Fabian, Regis Philbin, Yvonne
Craig, Freddie Cannon; Rick Nelson also performs;
Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay host)
2 PM Movie: "The Leech Woman"
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (New Orleans Open)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (Sebring 12-Hour Grand Prix of
Endurance, NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
(Don Schollander competes), men's slalom in the DuMaurier
Ski Meet (in black and white))
6:30 Let's Go To The Races
7 PM Rat Patrol (delay from Mon 8:30)
7:30 Dating Game (guest: Moms Mabley)
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk (guest Charley Pride sings "Last Thing On
My Mind" and "Kaw-Liga"; Welk was scheduled to appear in
Atlanta on Thursday to open the Cancer Crusade, don't know
if it was held in light of the King assassination)
9:30 Hollywood Palace (host Jimmy Durante, the Beatles sing "Lady
Madonna" on tape from London, Liza Minnelli, Tim Conway, comedian
Jerry Shane, Fred and Mickie Finn, Le Grande Ballet Classique from Paris)
10:30 Felony Squad (delay from Mon 9 PM)
11 PM ABC News (Bill Beutel)
11:15 Movie: "The Female Animal"
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
7:30 Adventures In Living
8:30 Cartoon Carnival
9 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Fantastic Four
10 AM Spider-Man
10:30 Journey To The Center Of The Earth
11 AM King Kong
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Beatles
12:30 American Bandstand (on tape from London:
the Beatles hold a news conference and sing
"Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever")
1:30 Happening '68
2 PM East-West College All-Star Basketball Game
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (time approximate)
5 PM Wilburn Brothers
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Flatt And Scruggs
6:30 Live Atlanta Wrestling
7:30 Bill Anderson
8 PM Ernest Tubb
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Hollywood Palace
10:30 Joe Pyne (guests: David Susskind on public taste,
Rev. Hugh Anwyl on Cuba and Castro, Clifford M.
Royse Jr. who offers to predict the future)
12 M Movie: "Attack Of The Giant Leeches"
1:15 ABC News
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
9:30 Herculoids
10 AM Shazzan!
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM Moby Dick And The Mighty Mightor
11:30 Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Lone Ranger (animated)
1:30 Road Runner
2 PM East-West College All-Star Basketball Game
3:30 Panic (time approximate)
4 PM CBS Golf Classic
5 PM Wrestling (from Chattanooga)
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM McHale's Navy
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM Movie: "Anatomy Of A Murder" (conclusion)
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Growing South
7:30 Georgia TV Monitor
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
9:30 Herculoids
10 AM Shazzan!
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM Moby Dick And The Mighty Mightor
11:30 Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Lone Ranger (animated)
1:30 Road Runner
2 PM Bugs Bunny (I assume this is ABC, delay from
Sun 10:30 AM, in black and white)
2:30 Happening '68 (James Brown, Aretha Franklin,
Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers; Jay North,
Jackie DeShannon, and Tommy Roe judge the
amateur-band contest; don't know how much of
a delay but it's in black and white)
3 PM Greatest Show On Earth
4 PM CBS Golf Classic
5 PM Bonnie Lou And Buster
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Let's Go To The Races
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Hogan's Heroes (says it's the same show that will
air at 9 PM on 5 and 12)
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:15 Robins Report
11:20 Hollywood Palace (host Phil Harris, Bill Dana as Jose
Jimenez, English comedy team Hendra and Ullett, Sid
Miller and Rose Marie, comic magician Jacques Ary,
Abbe Lane, Philip Crosby, the Hollies, don't know how
much delay)
12:20 Outer Limits
WJRJ (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)
4 PM Topic (topic today is chiropractic)
4:30 Adventure Theatre
5 PM America Sings
5:30 Speedway International
6 PM Roller Derby
7 PM CBS News (pre-empted on Ch. 5)
7:30 Dating Game (pre-empted on Ch. 11)
8 PM Movie: "Suez"
10 PM William F. Buckley Jr. (author Sir Arthur Lunn
discusses the impact of political and religious
ideas on sports)
11 PM Alfred Hitchcock Presents
sign off 11:30 PM
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (NET)
off air on Saturday
announce that he would neither seek nor accept the Democratic
nomination for another term as president; on Thursday Martin Luther
King Jr. would be assassinated in Memphis. But this is a pretty ordinary
Saturday, at least by Atlanta standards. From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta)
Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Hercules (animated)
7:30 Buck Rogers (the 1930s movie serial)
8 AM Hopalong Cassidy
8:30 Funtime
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Super President
10 AM Flintstones
10:30 Movie: "The Babe Ruth Story" (William Bendix plays the title
role in a movie made just after the Bambino's death in 1948)
12:30 Defensive Driving
1:30 Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel (delay from 11:30 AM)
2 PM Top Cat (delay from noon)
2:30 Wild Kingdom (delay from Sun 7 PM)
3 PM Movie: "Drango"
5 PM Shell's Wonderful World Of Golf: Sam Snead vs. Roberto DeVicenzo
from Congressional Country Club in Washington, DC
6 PM Let's Go To The Races
6:30 Newsroom (Tom Wassell)
7 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (delay from Tue 7:30)
7:30 The Saint (Roger Moore)
8:30 Get Smart
9 PM NBC Movie: "Mirage"
11:15 News
11:35 Movie: "Portrait In Black"
1:50 Movie: "Beast From Haunted Cave"
WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
8 AM Lone Ranger
8:30 Cisco Kid
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Super President
10 AM Flintstones
10:30 Samson And Goliath
11 AM Birdman And The Galaxy Trio
11:30 Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel
12 N Top Cat
12:30 Cool McCool
1 PM Roy Rogers
2 PM Movie: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
3:30 Movie: "Where The Sidewalk Ends"
5 PM Ernest Tubb
5:30 Flatt And Scruggs
6 PM Arthur Smith
6:30 Stoneman Family
7 PM Porter Wagoner
7:30 The Saint
8:30 Get Smart
9 PM NBC Movie: "Mirage"
11:15 TBA
11:30 Saturday Tonight Show (Bill Moyers, Alan King,
George Segal, singers Hines, Hines & Dad)
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
6:25 Farm Digest
6:30 Across The Fence
7 AM 4-H Hour
7:30 Mr. Magoo
8 AM Mr. Pix (Dave Michaels)
9 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
9:30 Herculoids
10 AM Shazzan!
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM Moby Dick And The Mighty Mightor
11:30 Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Lone Ranger (animated)
1:30 Road Runner
2 PM Wagon Train (this episode takes place in the
town of Bedrock--couldn't be where Fred Flintstone
was sheriff for a day ;D)
3:30 The Professionals (Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson
discuss the physical and psychological rigors of baseball,
along with Orioles manager Hank Bauer and veteran pitcher
Lou Burdette)
4 PM CBS Golf Classic: Miller Barber and Bob Charles vs. Sam Snead
and Gardner Dickinson (first-round match)
5 PM Lost In Space (delay from Wed 7:30)
6 PM Panorama News
6:30 Green Acres (delay from Wed 9 PM)
7 PM Beverly Hillbillies (delay from Wed 8:30)
7:30 Jackie Gleason (the Honeymooners are in Spain, where Ralph
gets into a blackmail plot)
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "All That Heaven Allows"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)
7:45 State Careers
8 PM Boston Symphony
9:30 Alcatraz: The Lonely Rock
All of these programs are also carried on WDCO Ch. 15
(WMUM Ch. 29) Cochran and WCLP (WNGH) Ch. 18 Chatsworth.
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7 AM Georgialand
7:30 Beatles (delay from noon, in black and white)
8 AM Milton The Monster (delay from Sun 9:30 AM, in black
and white)
8:30 Three Stooges
9 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Fantastic Four
10 AM Spider-Man
10:30 Journey To The Center Of The Earth
11 AM King Kong
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Singing Convention
1 PM Know Your Bible
1:30 Happening '68 (finals of the amateur band contest;
judges: Lalo Schifrin, Fabian, Regis Philbin, Yvonne
Craig, Freddie Cannon; Rick Nelson also performs;
Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay host)
2 PM Movie: "The Leech Woman"
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (New Orleans Open)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (Sebring 12-Hour Grand Prix of
Endurance, NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
(Don Schollander competes), men's slalom in the DuMaurier
Ski Meet (in black and white))
6:30 Let's Go To The Races
7 PM Rat Patrol (delay from Mon 8:30)
7:30 Dating Game (guest: Moms Mabley)
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk (guest Charley Pride sings "Last Thing On
My Mind" and "Kaw-Liga"; Welk was scheduled to appear in
Atlanta on Thursday to open the Cancer Crusade, don't know
if it was held in light of the King assassination)
9:30 Hollywood Palace (host Jimmy Durante, the Beatles sing "Lady
Madonna" on tape from London, Liza Minnelli, Tim Conway, comedian
Jerry Shane, Fred and Mickie Finn, Le Grande Ballet Classique from Paris)
10:30 Felony Squad (delay from Mon 9 PM)
11 PM ABC News (Bill Beutel)
11:15 Movie: "The Female Animal"
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
7:30 Adventures In Living
8:30 Cartoon Carnival
9 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Fantastic Four
10 AM Spider-Man
10:30 Journey To The Center Of The Earth
11 AM King Kong
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Beatles
12:30 American Bandstand (on tape from London:
the Beatles hold a news conference and sing
"Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever")
1:30 Happening '68
2 PM East-West College All-Star Basketball Game
3:30 Pro Bowlers Tour (time approximate)
5 PM Wilburn Brothers
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Flatt And Scruggs
6:30 Live Atlanta Wrestling
7:30 Bill Anderson
8 PM Ernest Tubb
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Hollywood Palace
10:30 Joe Pyne (guests: David Susskind on public taste,
Rev. Hugh Anwyl on Cuba and Castro, Clifford M.
Royse Jr. who offers to predict the future)
12 M Movie: "Attack Of The Giant Leeches"
1:15 ABC News
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
9:30 Herculoids
10 AM Shazzan!
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM Moby Dick And The Mighty Mightor
11:30 Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Lone Ranger (animated)
1:30 Road Runner
2 PM East-West College All-Star Basketball Game
3:30 Panic (time approximate)
4 PM CBS Golf Classic
5 PM Wrestling (from Chattanooga)
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM McHale's Navy
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM Movie: "Anatomy Of A Murder" (conclusion)
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Growing South
7:30 Georgia TV Monitor
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles
9:30 Herculoids
10 AM Shazzan!
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM Moby Dick And The Mighty Mightor
11:30 Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Lone Ranger (animated)
1:30 Road Runner
2 PM Bugs Bunny (I assume this is ABC, delay from
Sun 10:30 AM, in black and white)
2:30 Happening '68 (James Brown, Aretha Franklin,
Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers; Jay North,
Jackie DeShannon, and Tommy Roe judge the
amateur-band contest; don't know how much of
a delay but it's in black and white)
3 PM Greatest Show On Earth
4 PM CBS Golf Classic
5 PM Bonnie Lou And Buster
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Let's Go To The Races
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Hogan's Heroes (says it's the same show that will
air at 9 PM on 5 and 12)
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:15 Robins Report
11:20 Hollywood Palace (host Phil Harris, Bill Dana as Jose
Jimenez, English comedy team Hendra and Ullett, Sid
Miller and Rose Marie, comic magician Jacques Ary,
Abbe Lane, Philip Crosby, the Hollies, don't know how
much delay)
12:20 Outer Limits
WJRJ (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)
4 PM Topic (topic today is chiropractic)
4:30 Adventure Theatre
5 PM America Sings
5:30 Speedway International
6 PM Roller Derby
7 PM CBS News (pre-empted on Ch. 5)
7:30 Dating Game (pre-empted on Ch. 11)
8 PM Movie: "Suez"
10 PM William F. Buckley Jr. (author Sir Arthur Lunn
discusses the impact of political and religious
ideas on sports)
11 PM Alfred Hitchcock Presents
sign off 11:30 PM
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (NET)
off air on Saturday