A red-letter day. See why below. From TV Guide,
Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Light Unto My Path
7:30 Dixie Singin'
8:30 Gospel Jubilee
9 AM Cartoon Cavalcade
10 AM Mighty Hercules (COLOR)
10:30 Wild Kingdom (delay from 5 PM)
11 AM Church Service
12 N Probe (Dr. Albert E. Burke)
12:30 Movie: "I'll See You In My Dreams"--
about the life of composer Gus Kahn--
Doris Day and Danny Thomas appear in
this one from '52)
3 PM Whirlybirds
3:30 Movie: "Glory" (a little girl and her grandmother
try to get their horse entered in the Kentucky
Derby--two of the stars are perfect for this sort
of thing: Margaret O'Brien and Walter Brennan--
from '56) (COLOR)
5:25 News, Weather
5:30 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (this is the red-
letter event, the first airing of the Yuletide perennial)
(COLOR)
6:30 Profiles In Courage (Dan O'Herlihy as Prof. Richard Ely,
an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin
who, in 1894, took a stand for academic freedom when
a politician said he was too radical. O'Herlihy's brother
Michael directed.)
7:30 Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color: "Big Red," an
Irish setter owned by a sportsman and cared for by an
orphan. Walter Pidgeon stars. Part 1 of 2 (COLOR)
8:30 Bill Dana (watch for two familiar character actors: Ken
Lynch, who plays the state police officer usually outsmarted
by Andy on "The Andy Griffith Show", and Art Batanides, who
seemed to make a career playing comic gangsters)
9 PM Bonanza (watch for James Gregory, Inspector Luger on "Barney
Miller") (COLOR)
10 PM The Rogues (great cast: Charles Boyer, David Niven, Robert Coote,
but it didn't work--trivia note: the villain tonight is named Paul Mannix,
and the script is by Richard Levinson and William Link, who would,
three years later, create another Mannix--Joe)
11 PM News, Weather
11:20 Movie: "Green Dolphin Street" (Donna Reed appears in this one from '47)
WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
8 AM Gospel Time
8:30 Gospel Caravan
9:30 Living Word
9:45 Christopher Program
10 AM Herald Of Truth
10:30 It Is Written
11 AM Brave Stallion (syndicated title for "Fury")
11:30 Showcase Of Stars
12 N Trails West (selected episodes of "Death Valley Days")
12:30 Mr. Wizard
1 PM Jaycee Question
1:25 Local News
1:30 Eternal Light ("Immortal Journey," about the life of
abolitionist and woman suffragist Sojourner Truth)
2 PM Heaven's Jubilee
3 PM December Bride
3:30 Big Story
4 PM Sunday (John Chancellor from the Republican Governors'
Conference; Peter Hackes and Elie Abel on Prime Minister
Harold Wilson's visit to the U.S.; scenes of the filming of
"The Americanization Of Emily" and "The Flight Of The
Sandpiper." Frank Blair hosts.)
5 PM Wild Kingdom (COLOR)
5:30 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (COLOR)
6:30 News, Weather, Sports
7 PM Mirror 3
7:30 Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color (COLOR)
8:30 Bill Dana
9 PM Bonanza (COLOR)
10 PM The Rogues
11 PM Movie: "The Long Gray Line"
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7 AM Sacred Heart
7:15 Living Word
7:30 TV Gospel Time (probably the same as 8 AM on Ch. 3--
was noted for featuring only black gospel choirs)
8 AM Gospel Caravan
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Faith For Today
10 AM This Is The Life
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM Church Service
12 N Camera Three (delay from 11 AM)
12:30 Face The Nation (Gov. George Romney of Michigan
is interviewed at the Republican Governors' Conference.)
1 PM Festival Of Lights (Hanukkah special)
1:30 NFL 10 Years Ago (how many people even noticed the NFL
in 1954--four years before the historic Colts-Giants 1958
NFL championship game?)
1:45 NFL Today
2 PM NFL Football: Lions-(Baltimore) Colts
4:30 NFL Football: (Los Angeles) Rams-49ers (time approximate)
6:30 Pro Football Report (time approximate)
6:45 TBA
7 PM Lassie
7:30 My Favorite Martian
8 PM Ed Sullivan (guests: Sophie Tucker, Sid Caesar, Jerry Lewis,
Gary Lewis (Jerry's son) and the Playboys, the Chad Mitchell
Trio, Piccola Pupa (a child singer-dancer discovered a few years
earlier by Danny Thomas, IIRC), comic Bob Lewis)
9 PM My Living Doll
9:30 Joey Bishop
10 PM Candid Camera (Gisele MacKenzie is an artist who pretends not
to speak English; staff member Bob Schwartz takes a phone call
in a hotel lobby; a Florida pianist deliberately plays wrong notes.
Durward Kirby co-hosts with Allen Funt.)
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
11:30 Movie: "Dive Bomber"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)
off air on Sunday
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7:30 Christopher Program
7:45 Social Security In Action
8 AM Revival Hour
8:30 Gospel Jubilee
9:30 Oral Roberts
10 AM Light Unto My Path
11 AM Bullwinkle
11:30 Discovery '64 (how the human brain
differs from animal brains)
12 N Porky Pig (ABC, delay from 10:30 AM)
12:30 Stage 9
1 PM League Of Women Voters
1:30 Issues And Answers (Gov. Robert Smythe of
Idaho is interviewed at the Republican Governors'
Conference.)
2 PM Movie: "Battle In Outer Space"
3:30 AFL Football: (Boston) Patriots-Chiefs
6 PM All Pro Scoreboard (time approximate)
6:30 Cheyenne
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Broadside (Kathy--rather, Kathleen--Nolan stars
in a female "McHale's Navy".)
9 PM ABC Movie: "The Last Time I Saw Archie" (Robert
Mitchum as a Bilko-like private who convinces his
superiors he's a general. Jack Webb wrote the script
and has a part, as do Don Knotts and Louis Nye.)
10:55 TBA
11 PM Maverick
WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
8 AM Church Service
9 AM Choir Of The Week
9:30 Cartoon Carnival
10:30 Porky Pig
11 AM Bullwinkle
11:30 Discovery '64
12 N House Detective
1 PM Stars Of Tomorrow
1:30 Issues And Answers
2 PM Analysis
2:30 Maverick (the classic "Bonanza" satire,
with Jim Backus as Joe Wheelwright, who
decides to get his sons Moose, Henry, and
Small Paul married)
3:30 AFL Football: Patriots-Chiefs
6 PM All Pro Scoreboard (time approximate)
6:30 12 O'Clock High (delay from Fri 9:30)
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Broadside
9 PM ABC Movie: "The Last Time I Saw Archie"
10:55 Weather, News
11:10 Great Moments In Music (an early infomercial)
11:25 Movie: "Secret Mission"
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
8 AM Dixie Singin'
9 AM Forward In Faith
9:30 Sunrise Semester: "Russian Literature In Translation"
10 AM Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM Camera Three
11:30 This Is The Life
12 N Word Of Life
12:30 Biography (Mike Wallace narrates the life of Mark Twain.)
1 PM Point Of View
1:30 Great Moments In Music
1:45 NFL Today
2 PM NFL Football: Lions-Colts
4:30 NFL Football: Rams-49ers (time approximate)
6:30 Pro Football Report (time approximate)
6:45 TBA
7 PM Lassie
7:30 My Favorite Martian
8 PM Ed Sullivan
9 PM My Living Doll
9:30 Joey Bishop
10 PM Candid Camera
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM CBS News
11:15 Great Moments In Music
11:30 Hawaiian Eye
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
8 AM Gospel Jubilee
9 AM TV Gospel Time
9:30 Oral Roberts
10 AM Bonnie Lou And Buster (country-music show
sponsored, at least in my part of the country,
by Jim Walter pre-fab homes)
10:30 Manhunt
11 AM Mabel White Baptist Church
12 N This Is The Life
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM Ronnie Thompson (music--he was later a successful
politician in Macon)
1:15 Big Picture
1:45 NFL Today
2 PM NFL Football: Lions-Colts
4:30 NFL Football: Rams-49ers (time approximate)
6:30 Pro Football Report (time approximate)
6:45 TBA
7 PM Lassie
7:30 My Favorite Martian
8 PM Ed Sullivan
9 PM The Fugitive (ABC, delay from Tue 10 PM)
10 PM Candid Camera
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM CBS News
11:15 Local News, Weather
11:30 Cheyenne
Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Light Unto My Path
7:30 Dixie Singin'
8:30 Gospel Jubilee
9 AM Cartoon Cavalcade
10 AM Mighty Hercules (COLOR)
10:30 Wild Kingdom (delay from 5 PM)
11 AM Church Service
12 N Probe (Dr. Albert E. Burke)
12:30 Movie: "I'll See You In My Dreams"--
about the life of composer Gus Kahn--
Doris Day and Danny Thomas appear in
this one from '52)
3 PM Whirlybirds
3:30 Movie: "Glory" (a little girl and her grandmother
try to get their horse entered in the Kentucky
Derby--two of the stars are perfect for this sort
of thing: Margaret O'Brien and Walter Brennan--
from '56) (COLOR)
5:25 News, Weather
5:30 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (this is the red-
letter event, the first airing of the Yuletide perennial)
(COLOR)
6:30 Profiles In Courage (Dan O'Herlihy as Prof. Richard Ely,
an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin
who, in 1894, took a stand for academic freedom when
a politician said he was too radical. O'Herlihy's brother
Michael directed.)
7:30 Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color: "Big Red," an
Irish setter owned by a sportsman and cared for by an
orphan. Walter Pidgeon stars. Part 1 of 2 (COLOR)
8:30 Bill Dana (watch for two familiar character actors: Ken
Lynch, who plays the state police officer usually outsmarted
by Andy on "The Andy Griffith Show", and Art Batanides, who
seemed to make a career playing comic gangsters)
9 PM Bonanza (watch for James Gregory, Inspector Luger on "Barney
Miller") (COLOR)
10 PM The Rogues (great cast: Charles Boyer, David Niven, Robert Coote,
but it didn't work--trivia note: the villain tonight is named Paul Mannix,
and the script is by Richard Levinson and William Link, who would,
three years later, create another Mannix--Joe)
11 PM News, Weather
11:20 Movie: "Green Dolphin Street" (Donna Reed appears in this one from '47)
WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
8 AM Gospel Time
8:30 Gospel Caravan
9:30 Living Word
9:45 Christopher Program
10 AM Herald Of Truth
10:30 It Is Written
11 AM Brave Stallion (syndicated title for "Fury")
11:30 Showcase Of Stars
12 N Trails West (selected episodes of "Death Valley Days")
12:30 Mr. Wizard
1 PM Jaycee Question
1:25 Local News
1:30 Eternal Light ("Immortal Journey," about the life of
abolitionist and woman suffragist Sojourner Truth)
2 PM Heaven's Jubilee
3 PM December Bride
3:30 Big Story
4 PM Sunday (John Chancellor from the Republican Governors'
Conference; Peter Hackes and Elie Abel on Prime Minister
Harold Wilson's visit to the U.S.; scenes of the filming of
"The Americanization Of Emily" and "The Flight Of The
Sandpiper." Frank Blair hosts.)
5 PM Wild Kingdom (COLOR)
5:30 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (COLOR)
6:30 News, Weather, Sports
7 PM Mirror 3
7:30 Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color (COLOR)
8:30 Bill Dana
9 PM Bonanza (COLOR)
10 PM The Rogues
11 PM Movie: "The Long Gray Line"
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7 AM Sacred Heart
7:15 Living Word
7:30 TV Gospel Time (probably the same as 8 AM on Ch. 3--
was noted for featuring only black gospel choirs)
8 AM Gospel Caravan
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Faith For Today
10 AM This Is The Life
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM Church Service
12 N Camera Three (delay from 11 AM)
12:30 Face The Nation (Gov. George Romney of Michigan
is interviewed at the Republican Governors' Conference.)
1 PM Festival Of Lights (Hanukkah special)
1:30 NFL 10 Years Ago (how many people even noticed the NFL
in 1954--four years before the historic Colts-Giants 1958
NFL championship game?)
1:45 NFL Today
2 PM NFL Football: Lions-(Baltimore) Colts
4:30 NFL Football: (Los Angeles) Rams-49ers (time approximate)
6:30 Pro Football Report (time approximate)
6:45 TBA
7 PM Lassie
7:30 My Favorite Martian
8 PM Ed Sullivan (guests: Sophie Tucker, Sid Caesar, Jerry Lewis,
Gary Lewis (Jerry's son) and the Playboys, the Chad Mitchell
Trio, Piccola Pupa (a child singer-dancer discovered a few years
earlier by Danny Thomas, IIRC), comic Bob Lewis)
9 PM My Living Doll
9:30 Joey Bishop
10 PM Candid Camera (Gisele MacKenzie is an artist who pretends not
to speak English; staff member Bob Schwartz takes a phone call
in a hotel lobby; a Florida pianist deliberately plays wrong notes.
Durward Kirby co-hosts with Allen Funt.)
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
11:30 Movie: "Dive Bomber"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)
off air on Sunday
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7:30 Christopher Program
7:45 Social Security In Action
8 AM Revival Hour
8:30 Gospel Jubilee
9:30 Oral Roberts
10 AM Light Unto My Path
11 AM Bullwinkle
11:30 Discovery '64 (how the human brain
differs from animal brains)
12 N Porky Pig (ABC, delay from 10:30 AM)
12:30 Stage 9
1 PM League Of Women Voters
1:30 Issues And Answers (Gov. Robert Smythe of
Idaho is interviewed at the Republican Governors'
Conference.)
2 PM Movie: "Battle In Outer Space"
3:30 AFL Football: (Boston) Patriots-Chiefs
6 PM All Pro Scoreboard (time approximate)
6:30 Cheyenne
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Broadside (Kathy--rather, Kathleen--Nolan stars
in a female "McHale's Navy".)
9 PM ABC Movie: "The Last Time I Saw Archie" (Robert
Mitchum as a Bilko-like private who convinces his
superiors he's a general. Jack Webb wrote the script
and has a part, as do Don Knotts and Louis Nye.)
10:55 TBA
11 PM Maverick
WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
8 AM Church Service
9 AM Choir Of The Week
9:30 Cartoon Carnival
10:30 Porky Pig
11 AM Bullwinkle
11:30 Discovery '64
12 N House Detective
1 PM Stars Of Tomorrow
1:30 Issues And Answers
2 PM Analysis
2:30 Maverick (the classic "Bonanza" satire,
with Jim Backus as Joe Wheelwright, who
decides to get his sons Moose, Henry, and
Small Paul married)
3:30 AFL Football: Patriots-Chiefs
6 PM All Pro Scoreboard (time approximate)
6:30 12 O'Clock High (delay from Fri 9:30)
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Broadside
9 PM ABC Movie: "The Last Time I Saw Archie"
10:55 Weather, News
11:10 Great Moments In Music (an early infomercial)
11:25 Movie: "Secret Mission"
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
8 AM Dixie Singin'
9 AM Forward In Faith
9:30 Sunrise Semester: "Russian Literature In Translation"
10 AM Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM Camera Three
11:30 This Is The Life
12 N Word Of Life
12:30 Biography (Mike Wallace narrates the life of Mark Twain.)
1 PM Point Of View
1:30 Great Moments In Music
1:45 NFL Today
2 PM NFL Football: Lions-Colts
4:30 NFL Football: Rams-49ers (time approximate)
6:30 Pro Football Report (time approximate)
6:45 TBA
7 PM Lassie
7:30 My Favorite Martian
8 PM Ed Sullivan
9 PM My Living Doll
9:30 Joey Bishop
10 PM Candid Camera
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM CBS News
11:15 Great Moments In Music
11:30 Hawaiian Eye
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
8 AM Gospel Jubilee
9 AM TV Gospel Time
9:30 Oral Roberts
10 AM Bonnie Lou And Buster (country-music show
sponsored, at least in my part of the country,
by Jim Walter pre-fab homes)
10:30 Manhunt
11 AM Mabel White Baptist Church
12 N This Is The Life
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM Ronnie Thompson (music--he was later a successful
politician in Macon)
1:15 Big Picture
1:45 NFL Today
2 PM NFL Football: Lions-Colts
4:30 NFL Football: Rams-49ers (time approximate)
6:30 Pro Football Report (time approximate)
6:45 TBA
7 PM Lassie
7:30 My Favorite Martian
8 PM Ed Sullivan
9 PM The Fugitive (ABC, delay from Tue 10 PM)
10 PM Candid Camera
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM CBS News
11:15 Local News, Weather
11:30 Cheyenne