From the Atlanta Constitution, the day
American Bandstand debuted on ABC.
Times are EST.
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
7 AM Today
9 AM Home
10 AM Price Is Right (Cullen)
10:30 Truth Or Consequences (Barker)
11 AM Tic Tac Dough
11:30 It Could Be You
12 N News
12:15 Movie: "Angel And The Badman"
2 PM Matinee Theater (COLOR)
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:45 Modern Romances
4 PM Comedy Time
4:30 My Little Margie
5 PM Big Adventure With Officer Don
6 PM Porky Pig
6:15 News
6:30 Statesmen Quartet
6:45 NBC News (Huntley-Brinkley)
7 PM Charlie Farrell Show
7:30 Action Tonight
8 PM Twenty-One
8:30 Arthur Murray (COLOR)
9 PM Ted Mack's Amateur Hour
9:30 Capt. David Grief
10 PM Susie (Ann Sothern)
10:30 News
10:45 Movie: "A Wing And A Prayer"
12:30 Reflections And Sign Off
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
7 AM Jimmy Dean
7:45 News (don't know if local or CBS)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:30 Romper Room
9 AM Fred Waring
9:30 Arthur Godfrey
10 AM Perry's Kitchen
10:30 Strike It Rich
11 AM News
11:15 Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N World News
12:15 Valiant Lady (delay from 11 AM)
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Our Miss Brooks
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2 PM Big Payoff
2:30 Bob Crosby
3 PM Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Woman's World
4:30 Gene Autry
5:30 Great Gildersleeve
6 PM News And Weather
6:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
6:30 Robin Hood
7 PM Burns And Allen
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
8 PM Those Whiting Girls
8:30 Richard Diamond
9 PM Studio One Summer Theater
10 PM Soldiers Of Fortune
10:30 Man Called X
11 PM News
11:15 Playhouse 5
11:45 Sign Off
WLW-A Ch. 11 (ABC)
8:15 News And Farm Report
8:30 Cartoon Carnival
9 AM Fun With Fran
10 AM Public Health
10:30 A Woman's Day
11 AM Movie: "Big Shot"
12:30 News
12:45 Movie: "Dawn River"
2 PM Stu Erwin
2:30 My Hero
3 PM American Bandstand
4:30 Miss Boo
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club
6 PM Flash Gordon
6:30 Wire Service
7:30 Dateline Europe
8 PM Quest For Adventure
8:30 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes
And New Talent
9:30 Crosscurrent
10 PM Heart Of The City
10:30 News
10:45 Movie: "Ace Of Aces"
12 M Sign Off
Interesting to me that Ted Mack and Lawrence Welk
had talent shows going head-to-head. I once ran across
an old review in Variety from January 1957 concerning
ABC's plan to give Mack a show similar to Welk's
Saturday-night hour. Mack was a bandleader himself
at one time, and Amateur Hour was on ABC at the time
(moving to NBC that summer). One Sunday night ABC
used the Amateur Hour time slot (and it WAS an hour
at that point) for an on-air tryout of The Ted Mack Show.
The format was identical to Welk's, and Variety's critic
thought the music on Mack's show was better than that on
Welk's. However, Mack's show never became a series and
he continued hosting Amateur Hour for thirteen more years.
For that matter, in the fall of 1958, Welk's talent show
was renamed Lawrence Welk's Plymouth Show and featured his
"little band," a group of kids who included former Mouseketeer
Cubby O'Brien. The show was gone by the end of the season,
and Welk continued his Saturday-night show until 1971 before
heading into syndication.
In the '60s Mack and Welk did have one thing in common:
they sold a ton of Geritol.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by bpatrick on 07/18/05 11:22 PM.</FONT></P>
American Bandstand debuted on ABC.
Times are EST.
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
7 AM Today
9 AM Home
10 AM Price Is Right (Cullen)
10:30 Truth Or Consequences (Barker)
11 AM Tic Tac Dough
11:30 It Could Be You
12 N News
12:15 Movie: "Angel And The Badman"
2 PM Matinee Theater (COLOR)
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:45 Modern Romances
4 PM Comedy Time
4:30 My Little Margie
5 PM Big Adventure With Officer Don
6 PM Porky Pig
6:15 News
6:30 Statesmen Quartet
6:45 NBC News (Huntley-Brinkley)
7 PM Charlie Farrell Show
7:30 Action Tonight
8 PM Twenty-One
8:30 Arthur Murray (COLOR)
9 PM Ted Mack's Amateur Hour
9:30 Capt. David Grief
10 PM Susie (Ann Sothern)
10:30 News
10:45 Movie: "A Wing And A Prayer"
12:30 Reflections And Sign Off
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
7 AM Jimmy Dean
7:45 News (don't know if local or CBS)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:30 Romper Room
9 AM Fred Waring
9:30 Arthur Godfrey
10 AM Perry's Kitchen
10:30 Strike It Rich
11 AM News
11:15 Love Of Life
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N World News
12:15 Valiant Lady (delay from 11 AM)
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Our Miss Brooks
1:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
2 PM Big Payoff
2:30 Bob Crosby
3 PM Brighter Day
3:15 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Woman's World
4:30 Gene Autry
5:30 Great Gildersleeve
6 PM News And Weather
6:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
6:30 Robin Hood
7 PM Burns And Allen
7:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
8 PM Those Whiting Girls
8:30 Richard Diamond
9 PM Studio One Summer Theater
10 PM Soldiers Of Fortune
10:30 Man Called X
11 PM News
11:15 Playhouse 5
11:45 Sign Off
WLW-A Ch. 11 (ABC)
8:15 News And Farm Report
8:30 Cartoon Carnival
9 AM Fun With Fran
10 AM Public Health
10:30 A Woman's Day
11 AM Movie: "Big Shot"
12:30 News
12:45 Movie: "Dawn River"
2 PM Stu Erwin
2:30 My Hero
3 PM American Bandstand
4:30 Miss Boo
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club
6 PM Flash Gordon
6:30 Wire Service
7:30 Dateline Europe
8 PM Quest For Adventure
8:30 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes
And New Talent
9:30 Crosscurrent
10 PM Heart Of The City
10:30 News
10:45 Movie: "Ace Of Aces"
12 M Sign Off
Interesting to me that Ted Mack and Lawrence Welk
had talent shows going head-to-head. I once ran across
an old review in Variety from January 1957 concerning
ABC's plan to give Mack a show similar to Welk's
Saturday-night hour. Mack was a bandleader himself
at one time, and Amateur Hour was on ABC at the time
(moving to NBC that summer). One Sunday night ABC
used the Amateur Hour time slot (and it WAS an hour
at that point) for an on-air tryout of The Ted Mack Show.
The format was identical to Welk's, and Variety's critic
thought the music on Mack's show was better than that on
Welk's. However, Mack's show never became a series and
he continued hosting Amateur Hour for thirteen more years.
For that matter, in the fall of 1958, Welk's talent show
was renamed Lawrence Welk's Plymouth Show and featured his
"little band," a group of kids who included former Mouseketeer
Cubby O'Brien. The show was gone by the end of the season,
and Welk continued his Saturday-night show until 1971 before
heading into syndication.
In the '60s Mack and Welk did have one thing in common:
they sold a ton of Geritol.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by bpatrick on 07/18/05 11:22 PM.</FONT></P>