source: Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE/NEW HAMPSHIRE TV- THANKSGIVING 1966
Thursday November 24, 1966
BOSTON
WGBH-TV 2 (NET)
12:30pm- Sign-on/Brother Buzz
1pm- What's New?
1:30- Observing Eye
2pm- Stitch with Style
2:30- Living in the 60's
3pm- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
4pm- Warsaw Philharmonic
5pm- Brother Buzz
5:30- What's New
6pm- Observing Eye
6:30- News and Comment (Louis Lyons)
6:45- New England Views (Robert Baram)
7pm- A Dancer's World
7:30- Just Published
8pm- Antiques
8:30- Spectrum
9pm- Open Rehearsal
9:30- Cineposium
10pm- News at 10
10:30- International Cartoons
11pm- Sign-Off
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
6:15- Sign-on Seminar
6:45- Eyewitness News Daily Almanac
7am- The Today Show
9am- Contact with Bob Kennedy
10am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- Eyewitness News (anchored by Jack Chase, Shelby Scott and Don Kent)
12:30- Mike Douglas Show
2pm- Days of Our Lives
2:30- The Doctors
3pm- AFL Football- Buffalo Bills @ Oakland Raiders
6pm- Leave it To Beaver
6:30- Eyewitness News
7pm- Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30- Fantasy Hour
8:30- Star Trek
9:30- The Hero
10pm- Dean Martin Show
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
1am- Movie- Garment Jungle (1957)
2:28am- Sign-Off
WHDH-TV 5 (CBS)
6am- Movie- Quiet Battle (Documentary)
6:30- New England Farmer
6:45- We Believe
7am- Magic Fountain
8am- Captain Kangaroo
9am- Romper Room
9:30- Classroom 5
10am- Thanksgiving Parade Jubilee (from New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto)
12pm- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Detroit Lions
3pm-To Tell The Truth
3:30-The Edge of Night
4pm- Secret Storm
4:30- Bozo the Clown (Frank Avruch)
5:30- WHDH-TV News
6pm- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Dallas Cowboys
9pm- Movie- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
11pm- WHDH-TV News
12am- Secret Agent?
12:30- Sign-Off?
WNAC-TV 7 (ABC)
6:30- Understanding our World
7am- Cartoon Carnival
8:30- Magilla Gorilla
9am- Gypsy Rose Lee Show
9:30- Girl Talk
10am- Newlywed Game
10:30- Major Mudd's Thanksgiving Party
11am- Supermarket Sweep
11:30- The Dating Game
12pm- Donna Reed Show
12:30- Father Knows Best
1pm- Ben Casey
2pm- Football Highlights
2:30- College Football- Nebraska @ Oklahoma
5:45- News, Weather
6:15- ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6:30- Mister Ed
7pm- Twilight Zone
7:30- Batman
8pm- Troop F
8:30- Dating Game
9pm- Bewitched
9:30- That Girl
10pm- Hawk
11pm- News
11:30- Movie- Above and Beyond (1952)
1:32am- Movie- Raton Pass (1951)
2:56am- Sign-Off
WSBK-TV 38 (Ind./NBC)
11:30- Jack LaLanne
12pm- Jeopardy! (NBC) (the Trebek version is on UPN 38, how ironic)
12:30- Swingin' Country (NBC)
1pm- Favorite Story
1:30- Let’s Make A Deal (NBC)
1:55- NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2pm- Movie- The Inspector General (1949)
6pm- Woody Woodpecker
6:30- Soupy Sales
7pm- You Asked For It
7:30- Alfred Hitchcock Hour
8:30- Across the Seven Seas
9pm- Knockout
9:15- Business Report
9:30- NFL Highlights
10pm- Knockout!- Sonny Liston .vs. Roy Harris
10:05- All-Star Bowling
11pm- Movie- One Foot in Heaven (1941)
12:38am- Sign-Off
PROVIDENCE/NEW BEDFORD
WTEV-TV 6 (ABC)
6:45- News (Jack Delaney)
7am- B'wana Don
7:30- Funtime
8:30- Movie- Glory (documentary)
8:45- News (Jack Delaney)
9am- Woman,(Athena Parker)
9:30- Community (Bob Bassett)
9:55- News (Truman Taylor)
10am- Square Off
10:30- Dark Shadows
11am- Supermarket Sweep
11:30- Dating Game
12pm- Donna Reed Show
12:30- Father Knows Best
1pm- Ben Casey
2pm- Newlywed Game
2:30- College Football- Nebraska @ Oklahoma
5:45- ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6pm- The Rifleman
6:30- Twilight Zone
7pm- The Lawman
7:30- Batman
8pm- Troop F
8:30- Dating Game
9pm- Bewitched
9:30- That Girl
10pm- Hawk
11pm- News
11:15- Movie- Thief of Baghdad (1940)
1am- Surfside 6
1:30- Sign-Off
WJAR-TV 10 (NBC)
6:30- TV Classroom
7am- The Today Show
9am- Talk of The Town
9:30- World Around Us
10am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- Jeopardy!
12:30- Swingin' Country
1pm- Gypsy Rose Lee Show
1:30- Let’s Make A Deal
2pm- Days of Our Lives
2:30- The Doctors
3pm- AFL Football- Buffalo Bills @ Oakland Raiders
6:15- News
6:30- Huntley-Brinkley Report
7pm- Colt .45
7:30- Fantasy Hour
8:30- Star Trek
9:30- The Hero
10pm- Dean Martin Show
11pm- News
11:15- The Tonight Show
1am- Sign-Off
WPRO-TV 12 (CBS)
6:30- Summer Semester
7am- Stingray, Three Stooges, Popeye
7:45- King and Odie
8am- Captain Kangaroo
8:30- Romper Room
9am- Mike Douglas Show
10am- Thanksgiving Parade Jubilee (from New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto)
12pm- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Detroit Lions
3pm- Girl Talk
3:30- Superheroes
4:30- Merv Griffin Show
5:30- Newsbeat
6pm- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Dallas Cowboys
9pm- Movie- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
11pm- News
11:30- Movie- Ice Palace (1960)
1:53am- Sign-off
NEW HAMPSHIRE
WMUR-TV 9 (ABC)
9:30am- It's Coffee Time
10:05am- Movie- Young Bill Hichock (1940)
11am- Supermarket Sweep
11:30- Dating Game
12pm- Donna Reed Show
12:30- Father Knows Best
1pm- Ben Casey
2pm- Newlywed Game
2:30- College Football- Nebraska @ Oklahoma
6pm- Highway Patrol
6:45- ABC News (Peter Jennings)
7pm- Sea Hunt
7:30- Batman
8pm- Troop F
8:30- Dating Game
9pm- Bewitched
9:30- That Girl
10pm- Hawk
11pm- News
11:15- Movie- The Twonky (1953)
12:39am- Sign-Off
RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE/NEW HAMPSHIRE TV- THANKSGIVING 1966
Thursday November 24, 1966
BOSTON
WGBH-TV 2 (NET)
12:30pm- Sign-on/Brother Buzz
1pm- What's New?
1:30- Observing Eye
2pm- Stitch with Style
2:30- Living in the 60's
3pm- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
4pm- Warsaw Philharmonic
5pm- Brother Buzz
5:30- What's New
6pm- Observing Eye
6:30- News and Comment (Louis Lyons)
6:45- New England Views (Robert Baram)
7pm- A Dancer's World
7:30- Just Published
8pm- Antiques
8:30- Spectrum
9pm- Open Rehearsal
9:30- Cineposium
10pm- News at 10
10:30- International Cartoons
11pm- Sign-Off
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
6:15- Sign-on Seminar
6:45- Eyewitness News Daily Almanac
7am- The Today Show
9am- Contact with Bob Kennedy
10am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- Eyewitness News (anchored by Jack Chase, Shelby Scott and Don Kent)
12:30- Mike Douglas Show
2pm- Days of Our Lives
2:30- The Doctors
3pm- AFL Football- Buffalo Bills @ Oakland Raiders
6pm- Leave it To Beaver
6:30- Eyewitness News
7pm- Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30- Fantasy Hour
8:30- Star Trek
9:30- The Hero
10pm- Dean Martin Show
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
1am- Movie- Garment Jungle (1957)
2:28am- Sign-Off
WHDH-TV 5 (CBS)
6am- Movie- Quiet Battle (Documentary)
6:30- New England Farmer
6:45- We Believe
7am- Magic Fountain
8am- Captain Kangaroo
9am- Romper Room
9:30- Classroom 5
10am- Thanksgiving Parade Jubilee (from New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto)
12pm- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Detroit Lions
3pm-To Tell The Truth
3:30-The Edge of Night
4pm- Secret Storm
4:30- Bozo the Clown (Frank Avruch)
5:30- WHDH-TV News
6pm- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Dallas Cowboys
9pm- Movie- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
11pm- WHDH-TV News
12am- Secret Agent?
12:30- Sign-Off?
WNAC-TV 7 (ABC)
6:30- Understanding our World
7am- Cartoon Carnival
8:30- Magilla Gorilla
9am- Gypsy Rose Lee Show
9:30- Girl Talk
10am- Newlywed Game
10:30- Major Mudd's Thanksgiving Party
11am- Supermarket Sweep
11:30- The Dating Game
12pm- Donna Reed Show
12:30- Father Knows Best
1pm- Ben Casey
2pm- Football Highlights
2:30- College Football- Nebraska @ Oklahoma
5:45- News, Weather
6:15- ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6:30- Mister Ed
7pm- Twilight Zone
7:30- Batman
8pm- Troop F
8:30- Dating Game
9pm- Bewitched
9:30- That Girl
10pm- Hawk
11pm- News
11:30- Movie- Above and Beyond (1952)
1:32am- Movie- Raton Pass (1951)
2:56am- Sign-Off
WSBK-TV 38 (Ind./NBC)
11:30- Jack LaLanne
12pm- Jeopardy! (NBC) (the Trebek version is on UPN 38, how ironic)
12:30- Swingin' Country (NBC)
1pm- Favorite Story
1:30- Let’s Make A Deal (NBC)
1:55- NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2pm- Movie- The Inspector General (1949)
6pm- Woody Woodpecker
6:30- Soupy Sales
7pm- You Asked For It
7:30- Alfred Hitchcock Hour
8:30- Across the Seven Seas
9pm- Knockout
9:15- Business Report
9:30- NFL Highlights
10pm- Knockout!- Sonny Liston .vs. Roy Harris
10:05- All-Star Bowling
11pm- Movie- One Foot in Heaven (1941)
12:38am- Sign-Off
PROVIDENCE/NEW BEDFORD
WTEV-TV 6 (ABC)
6:45- News (Jack Delaney)
7am- B'wana Don
7:30- Funtime
8:30- Movie- Glory (documentary)
8:45- News (Jack Delaney)
9am- Woman,(Athena Parker)
9:30- Community (Bob Bassett)
9:55- News (Truman Taylor)
10am- Square Off
10:30- Dark Shadows
11am- Supermarket Sweep
11:30- Dating Game
12pm- Donna Reed Show
12:30- Father Knows Best
1pm- Ben Casey
2pm- Newlywed Game
2:30- College Football- Nebraska @ Oklahoma
5:45- ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6pm- The Rifleman
6:30- Twilight Zone
7pm- The Lawman
7:30- Batman
8pm- Troop F
8:30- Dating Game
9pm- Bewitched
9:30- That Girl
10pm- Hawk
11pm- News
11:15- Movie- Thief of Baghdad (1940)
1am- Surfside 6
1:30- Sign-Off
WJAR-TV 10 (NBC)
6:30- TV Classroom
7am- The Today Show
9am- Talk of The Town
9:30- World Around Us
10am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- Jeopardy!
12:30- Swingin' Country
1pm- Gypsy Rose Lee Show
1:30- Let’s Make A Deal
2pm- Days of Our Lives
2:30- The Doctors
3pm- AFL Football- Buffalo Bills @ Oakland Raiders
6:15- News
6:30- Huntley-Brinkley Report
7pm- Colt .45
7:30- Fantasy Hour
8:30- Star Trek
9:30- The Hero
10pm- Dean Martin Show
11pm- News
11:15- The Tonight Show
1am- Sign-Off
WPRO-TV 12 (CBS)
6:30- Summer Semester
7am- Stingray, Three Stooges, Popeye
7:45- King and Odie
8am- Captain Kangaroo
8:30- Romper Room
9am- Mike Douglas Show
10am- Thanksgiving Parade Jubilee (from New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto)
12pm- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Detroit Lions
3pm- Girl Talk
3:30- Superheroes
4:30- Merv Griffin Show
5:30- Newsbeat
6pm- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Dallas Cowboys
9pm- Movie- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
11pm- News
11:30- Movie- Ice Palace (1960)
1:53am- Sign-off
NEW HAMPSHIRE
WMUR-TV 9 (ABC)
9:30am- It's Coffee Time
10:05am- Movie- Young Bill Hichock (1940)
11am- Supermarket Sweep
11:30- Dating Game
12pm- Donna Reed Show
12:30- Father Knows Best
1pm- Ben Casey
2pm- Newlywed Game
2:30- College Football- Nebraska @ Oklahoma
6pm- Highway Patrol
6:45- ABC News (Peter Jennings)
7pm- Sea Hunt
7:30- Batman
8pm- Troop F
8:30- Dating Game
9pm- Bewitched
9:30- That Girl
10pm- Hawk
11pm- News
11:15- Movie- The Twonky (1953)
12:39am- Sign-Off