Retro: Boston - Monday, September 27, 1965

[MCarney]

Source – Boston Globe, Monday, September 27, 1965

Here is another listing with some daytime debuts. "Morning Star" and "Paradise Bay" were created by Ted and Betty Corday. Their most famous show, "Days Of Our Lives", would premiere in November. (There are clips on YouTube, and many of the music cues will be familiar to "Days" fans.)

By this time the Globe was denoting color programs. There still are a good number of preemptions, and many of them would be run on WIHS 38 by the next spring.

2 - WGBH Boston (Educational)
09:45a Field Trip
10:25a Science 4
11:10a Science Reporter
11:45a Literature 3
12:30p Kindergarten
01:45p Art At Your Fingertips
03:00p English Lesson
03:30p Reading Lesson
05:00p Kindergarten
05:30p What’s New?
06:00p Opinions in the Capital
06:30p News – Louis Lyons
06:45p Backgrounds
07:00p Casals Master Class
07:30p Local Issue
08:00p The French Chef – beef in red wine
08:30p Conversations with Theodore Bikel
09:00p International Magazine – reports on the Dalai Lama, Romania’s search for independence from Russia, and tourists visiting Winston Churchill’s grave
10:00p Arthur Goldberg – an interview
10:30p Dynamics of Leadership

4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:15a Space Age Astronomy
06:45a Daily Almanac
07:00a Today Show – scheduled: Burr Tillstrom & the Kuklapolitans; author Marie Torre (color)
09:00a Contact – Bob Kennedy
10:00a Fractured Phrases (DEBUT, color) – new audience participation series, in color, with Art James (Wikipedia lists news @ 10:25a)
10:30a Concentration
11:00a Morning Star (DEBUT, color) – Elizabeth Perry, Adrienne Ellis star in new drama series about a girl who leaves her Massachusetts home town to seek a new life and career in New York, color
11:30a Paradise Bay (DEBUT, color) – new daytime drama series, in color, starring Keith Andes as radio station manager Jeff Morgan and Marion Ross as his wife, Mary
12:00p News, Weather
12:30p Mike Douglas Show
02:00p Moment of Truth (drama series from the CBC, would be replaced by “Days of our Lives” on 11/8)
02:30p The Doctors
03:00p Another World
03:30p You Don’t Say! (color)
04:00p The Match Game (Wikipedia lists this as color)
04:25p NBC News – Nancy Dickerson
04:30p Leave It to Beaver
05:00p Movie “Lady and the Bandit”
06:30p News, Weather
07:00p Huntley/Brinkley Report
07:30p Hullabaloo – David McCallum, host; guests – the Animals, the Beau Brummels, Peter and Gordon, Brenda Lee (color)
08:00p The John Forsyth Show (color)
08:30p Dr. Kildare “The Bell in the Schoolhouse Tolls for Thee, Kildare” (color)
09:00p The Andy Williams Show – guests: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Phil Harris (color)
10:00p Run For Your Life “Someone Who Makes Me Feel Beautiful” (color)
11:00p News
11:30p Merv Griffin Show – guests: Robert Vaughn, Allen Ludden, Reni Santoni, Rube Goldberg, Phil Leeds, Lanie Kazan
01:00a News

5 – WHDH Boston (CBS)
06:00a Sunrise Semester
06:30a For Your Information (color)
07:00a Weather Report (color)
07:05a CBS News – Mike Wallace
07:30a Captain Bob (color)
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Romper Room (color)
09:30a For Women Only (color)
09:45a We Believe (color)
10:00a I Love Lucy
10:30a The McCoys
11:00a Andy of Mayberry
11:30a Dick Van Dyke Show
12:00p Love of Life (Wikipedia lists news @ 12:25p)
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
12:45p The Guiding Light
01:00p PDQ – comedy game
01:30p As the World Turns
02:00p Password
02:30p House Party
03:00p To Tell the Truth
03:30p The Edge of Night
04:00p The Secret Storm
04:30p Joe Kelly’s Almanac, with Jess Cain (color)
05:00p Bozo the Clown (color)
06:00p Dateline Boston (color)
06:25p Weather Report (color)
06:30p The 6:30 P.M. Report – John Day, Vin Maloney, Don Gillis and Ray Walker (color)
07:00p CBS Evening News – Walter Cronkite
07:30p To Tell the Truth
08:00p I’ve Got a Secret
08:30p The Lucy Show – Mel Torme joins Lucy in a parody of teenage musical crazes (color)
09:00p The Andy Griffith Show – Warren arrests Aunt Bee and the Ladies Auxilliary for playing bingo (color) (IMDB lists this episode as airing on 10/11/65, with “Malcom at the Crossroads” airing that night)
09:30p Hazel “How to Lose 30 Pounds in 30 Minutes” (color)
10:00p The Steve Lawrence Show – guests: Diahann Carroll, Joey Heatherton, Sybil Burton
11:00p News (color)
11:30p Tonight Show - 1st show of 2 weeks at NBC’s Burbank studio; guests – Pearl Bailey, Bob Hope (color) NBC
01:00a News
01:10a Bat Masterson

6 – WTEV New Bedford (ABC)
06:15a Operation Alphabet
06:45a News – Truman Taylor
07:00a Phil Silvers
07:30a Funtime
08:30a Abbott and Costello
09:00a Cartoons
09:15a News – Truman Taylor
09:30a Community – Bob Bassett
10:00a Woman
10:30a No Time for Love
11:00a The Young Set
12:00p Donna Reed Show
12:30p Father Knows Best
01:00p Ben Casey
02:00p The Nurses
02:30p A Time For Us (Wikipedia lists news @ 2:55p)
03:00p General Hospital
03:30p The Young Marrieds
04:00p Funtime
05:00p Lloyd Thaxton Show
06:00p ABC News – Peter Jennings
06:15p News, Weather
06:30p Soupy Sales
07:00p The Rifleman
07:30p 12 O’Clock High
08:30p The Legend of Jesse James
09:00p A Man Called Shenandoah
09:30p The Farmer’s Daughter (color)
10:00p Ben Casey
11:00p News
11:15p ABC’s Nightlife

7 – WNAC Boston (ABC)
06:25a Farm and Market
06:30a Understanding Our World
07:00a Three Stooges
09:00a The Jack LaLanne Show
09:25a ABC News
09:30a Girl Talk
10:00a Donna Reed (delayed from 12p)
10:30a General Hospital (delayed from 3p)
11:00a The Young Set
12:00p Hawaiian Eye
01:00p Ben Casey
02:00p Movie “Second Chance”
04:30p Where the Action Is
05:00p Three Stooges
06:00p ABC News – Peter Jennings
06:15p News, Weather
06:30p The Rifleman
07:00p The Twilight Zone
07:30p 12 O’Clock High – Beau Bridges as a gunner who panics at the sight of blood
08:30p The Legend of Jesse James
09:00p A Man Called Shenandoah
09:30p The Farmer’s Daughter – Glen’s friend (Paul Lynde) throws him a stag party (color)
10:00p Ben Casey – Casey is concerned with a cantor and a young Negro who both think they are doomed
11:00p News
11:20p Movie “Master of Ballantrae”

9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
09:30a Clyde Joy Show
10:00a My Little Margie
10:30a Ann Sothern
11:00a The Young Set
12:00p Donna Reed Show
12:30p Father Knows Best
01:00p Ben Casey
02:00p The Nurses
02:30p A Time For Us (Wikipedia lists news @ 2:55p)
03:00p General Hospital
03:30p The Young Married
04:00p Never Too Young
04:30p Where the Action Is
05:00p Uncle Gus
06:00p Robin Hood
06:30p News, Weather
06:45p ABC News – Peter Jennings
07:00p Bat Masterson
07:30p 12 O’Clock High
08:30p The Legend of Jesse James
09:00p A Man Called Shenandoah
09:30p The Farmer’s Daughter (color)
10:00p Ben Casey
11:00p News
11:15p Movie (title not listed)

10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
06:30a TV Classroom
07:00a Today Show (color)
09:00a Leave It to Beaver
09:30a World Around Us
10:00a Fractured Phrases (DEBUT, color) (Wikipedia lists news @ 10:25a)
10:30a Concentration
11:00a Morning Star (DEBUT, color)
11:30a Paradise Bay (DEBUT, color)
12:00p Jeopardy (color)
12:30p Let’s Play Post Office (color)
01:00p Talk of the Town
01:30p Let’s Make a Deal (color) (Wikipedia lists news @ 1:55p)
02:00p Moment of Truth
02:30p The Doctors
03:00p Another World
03:30p You Don’t Say! (color)
04:00p The Match Game (Wikipedia lists this as color)
04:25p NBC News – Nancy Dickerson
04:30p Movie “Manilla Calling”
06:00p Eye-Dentify
06:15p News, Weather
06:30p Huntley/Brinkley Report (would go color on 11/15/65)
07:00p Movie “Powder River” (color)
08:30p Dr. Kildare “The Bell in the Schoolhouse Tolls for Thee, Kildare” (color)
09:00p The Andy Williams Show (color)
10:00p Run For Your Life (color)
11:00p News
11:15p Tonight Show (color)

12 – WPRO Providence (CBS)
06:30a Summer Semester
07:00a Stooges, Rascals, Popeye
07:45a The King and Odie
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Romper Room
09:30a Dialing For Dollars
10:30a Mike Douglas Show
11:30a Dick Van Dyke Show
12:00p Love of Life (Wikipedia lists news @ 12:25p)
12:30p Search for Tomorrow
12:45p The Guiding Light
01:00p Girl Talk
01:30p As the World Turns
02:00p Password
02:30p House Party
03:00p To Tell the Truth
03:30p The Edge of Night
04:00p Stingray
04:30p Huckleberry Hound
05:00p Movie “Sign of the Gladiator”
06:30p Newsbeat (local news and CBS Evening News)
07:30p To Tell the Truth
08:00p I’ve Got a Secret
08:30p The Lucy Show (color)
09:00p The Andy Griffith Show (color)
09:30p Hazel (color)
10:00p The Steve Lawrence Show
11:00p News
11:20p Movie “Anatomy of a Psycho”

38 – WIHS Boston (Ind)
09:15a Current News
09:30a Let’s Explore America
10:00a Physical Fitness
10:30a Biochemistry
11:00a Signed By the Artist
11:30a Noontime in Boston
01:30p Gateways to Sound
02:00p You Are There
02:30p Choosing a Career
03:00p Movie “King of Hockey” 1936
04:30p Children’s Hour
05:15p Love That Bob
05:45p News – Victor Best
06:00p Lloyd Thaxton Show
07:00p Movie “Mr. Dodd Takes the Air”
08:30p SA-7 (Special Agent 7)
09:00p Auto Racing
09:30p Sports Thrills
10:00p News – John Parke
10:15p Movie “Elizabeth the Queen”

 

[bpatrick]

That was the day "Jeopardy!" moved from 11:30 AM to its
more familiar 12 N (we're talking the Art Fleming version here),
and with "Let's Play Post Office," which debuted the same day
and was on right after "Jeopardy!", gave Merv the 12-12:55 slot
on NBC.

None of NBC's new shows made it. "Fractured Phrases" was
replaced by "Eye Guess" in January 1966, it was a hit for Bill Cullen
that lasted until September 1969. The two soaps were gone by
July; "Morning Star" was replaced by "Chain Letter," a Hatos-Hall
show hosted by Jan Murray; "Paradise Bay" by "Showdown" (not to
be confused with ABC's "The Big Showdown" in the '70s), hosted by
a slightly-less-confrontational Joe Pyne (it, in turn, was replaced in
October by "Hollywood Squares"). "Post Office" was replaced by the
Dick Clark-produced "Swingin' Country" with Rusty Draper, Molly Bee
(a former regular on Tennessee Ernie Ford's daytime show), and Roy
Clark; ironically, its replacement was "Eye Guess."

I do seem to recall a certain resemblance between "Morning Star"
and the early "Days Of Our Lives." Bill Bell was head writer on "Days"
at the time, and in those days it resembled "The Young And The Restless."
All the crazy stuff with vampires and what not came much, much later,
but helped "Days" maintain the youngest demographics among the remaining
soaps. "Morning Star," IIRC, had some of the same production people and
was fairly traditional. Both it and "Paradise Bay" suffered from their morning
timeslots (an NBC executive once joked that, and I quote despite the sexism
in his remark, "Those Nielsen dames don't start feeling sorry for themselves
until noon."). "Love Of Life" still remains the only soap with any staying power
in a morning timeslot (unless you get "Y&R" before noon).

 

[bpatrick]

I should note the debut of "Never Too Young" on ABC that day,
even though only one of the three ABC affiliates (WMUR) carried
it (some affiliates were already claiming 4 PM for themselves; I
remember the show being pre-empted in Raleigh and Greensboro
in favor of "Superman" in Raleigh and Lloyd Thaxton in Greensboro).
The show was replaced in June 1966 by "Dark Shadows."

"The Nurses" also moved from CBS primetime to ABC daytime that day,
airing at 2 PM (ET); it replaced "The Young Marrieds" at 3:30 on March
28, 1966 and stayed there until March 31, 1967, when ABC overhauled its
daytime schedule, moved "Dark Shadows" to 3:30, and put "The Dating
Game" at 4.

 

[MCarney]

"Never Too Young" would eventually be cleared on WIHS, along with most of the latter portion of ABC daytime. It's a fun show, and clearly ABC was thinking outside the box with that one. I have heard that a complete run was maintained somewhere (some episodes are on YouTube and on the collectors market). It would be great if all the music rights (a number of recording artists of the day performed on the show) could be obtained and it could be released on DVD.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

I believe Steve Lawrence's short-lived CBS variety show was broadcast in color buy the time it left the air.

 

[MCarney]

The Steve Lawrence episode may have been in black & white because it was filmed at Sybil Burton's nightclub in London. It probably wasn't cost effective to bring NTSC color cameras over for one show.

 

[The King Bee]

Wouldn't any PAL-format color videotapes of the shows be convertible to NTSC by 1965, given the creation of reliable time-base correctors, frame-accurate electronic editing (i.e. Ampex EdiTec) and scan-rate converters in the early Sixties?

(Of course, referring to 2" Quadruplex tape, high or lowband NTSC, PAL and SECAM.)

 

[MCarney]

PAL didn't come into widespread use until 1967, and videotape wasn't widely used until much later (especially in Europe).

 

[Dighton Rockhead]

Interesting to note that Providence's WPRO Channel 12 had stopped clearing CBS' "The Secret Storm".

If I remember correctly....in the years to come, it would eventually be Merv Griffin's talk show that would sqeeze "Secret Storm" off WPRO's schedule....possibly till the end of the show's run in 1974.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

The Steve Lawrence episode may have been in black & white because it was filmed at Sybil Burton's nightclub in London. It probably wasn't cost effective to bring NTSC color cameras over for one show.

True, but I thought the first few weeks of Lawrence's short-lived 1965 variety show were in black-and-white, but I also thought that the show went color before it was cancelled.

Of course, the episode could have been shot on film, with color film in the cameras, filmed and edited like a three-camera filmed sitcom.

By the way, Britain didn't get color TV until 1967, when BBC-2 began color broadcasts. BBC-1 and commercial ITV didn't begin colorcasting until 1969. I'm tempted to say BBC-1 and ITV color began after the first moon landing, meaning that the only British network to carry the launch and splashdown in color (the moonwalk itself was transmitted back to Earth in B&W) would have been BBC-2.

However, I think that Rediffusion-London (the weekday ITV franchisee in Metropolitan London until 1968) got color cameras around 1966, but didn't have them yet at the time of the Lawrence show. They were used mainly for shows also shown in America.

I would further suspect that BBC-1 and BBC-2 simulcast the Apollo 11 coverage, BBC-1 in black-and-white; BBC-2 "in colour".