source: The Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE/NEW HAMPSHIRE TV- THANKSGIVING 1969
Thursday November 27, 1969
WGBH-TV 2 (NET)/WGBX-TV 44 (NET)
10:00am- Sign-on/Sesame Street
11:00am- Sign-off
12:00pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
12:30pm- What's New?
1:00pm- Knife in the Water
2:30pm- The Grandfather
3:00pm- World History
3:30pm- Nine to Get Ready
4:00pm- Sesame Street (2/44)
5:00pm- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (2/44)
5:30pm- What's New (2/44)
6:00pm- The Forsythe Saga (2/44)
7pm- Louis Lyons- News (2)/World History (44)
7:30pm- The Frech Chef (2)/Computer Science (44)
8:00pm- Washington Week in Review (2)/Casals Master Class (44)
8:30pm- Say Brother (2)
9:00pm- Auto Mechanics (44)
9:30pm- Spectrum (2)/Nine to Get Ready (44)
10:00pm- Newsfront (2)/The Forsythe Saga (44)
10:30pm- Mixed Bag (2)
11:00pm- Sign-off (2/44)
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
6:15am- Sign-on Seminar
6:45am- Eyewitness News Daily Almanac
7:00am- The Today Show (with local inserts at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25 and 8:55)
9:00am- Mr. Magoo (cartoons)
10:00am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12:00pm- Eyewitness News at Noon (with Jack Chase, Shelby Scott and Don Kent)
12:30pm- Mike Douglas Show
1:30pm- AFL Football- Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs
4:00pm- AFL Football- San Diego Chargers @ Houston Oilers
7pm- Eyewitness Newsday
7:30- Daniel Boone
8:30- Ironside
9:30- Dragnet 1970
10pm- Dean Martin Show
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (guests- David Frye)
1am- Movie- The Hanged Man (1964)
2:27am- Sign-Off
WHDH-TV 5 (CBS)
6:00am- Sunrise Seminar
6:30am- New England Farmer
6:45am- We Believe
7:00am- CBS News with Joseph Benti
8:00am- Captain Kangaroo
9:00am- Romper Room
9:30am- Classroom Five: Thanksgiving Special
10:00am- Thanksgiving Parade of Parades
12:00pm- NFL Today
12:15pm- NFL Football- Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions
3:00pm- The Secret Storm
3:30pm- The Edge of Night
4:00pm- Peyton Place
4:30pm- To Tell The Truth
5:00pm- Perry Mason
6:00pm- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
9:00pm- Movie- Rio Conchos (1964)
11:00pm- WHDH-TV news at 11
11:30pm- Merv Griffin Show
1:00am- Movie- I Know Where I'm Going (1945)
2:28am- Sign-Off
WNAC-TV 7 (ABC)
6:20am- Farm and Market Report
6:25am- Understand our World
6:55am- News
7:00am- Major Mudd
9:00am- Galloping Gourmet
9:30am- Steve Allen Show
10:30am- Garroway
11:30am- News
11:35am- Speak Out with Ed Miller
12:00pm- Bewitched
12:30pm- That Girl
1:00pm- Dream House
1:30pm- Let's Make A Deal
2:00pm- Candid Camera
2:30pm- College Football- Texas Tech @ Arkansas
6:00pm- News
6:30pm- The Game Game
7:00pm- Dick Van Dyke Show
7:30pm- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
8:00pm- That Girl
8:30pm- Bewitched
9:00pm- This is Tom Jones
10:00pm- It Takes A Thief
11:00pm- News
11:30pm- Joey Bishop Show
1:00am- News
1:05am- Sign-Off
WSBK-TV 38 (Ind./NBC/ABC)
11:25am- News
11:30am- Jack LaLanne Show
12:00pm- Jeopardy! (NBC)
12:30pm- Name Droppers (NBC)
1:00pm- One Life to Live (ABC)
1:30pm- Movie- The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
3:00pm- MGM Cartoons
3:30pm- He Said, She Said
4:00pm- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C
4:30pm- The Three Stooges
5:00pm- Fury
6:00pm- Dobie Gillis
6:30pm- Man From U.N.C.L.E
7:30pm- Holiday Special: All Things Bright and Beautiful (Burl Ives)
8:30pm- Divorce Court
9:00pm- Crackerbarrel
10:00pm- Movie- City for Conquest (1940)
11:30pm- Wells Fargo
12:00am- Sign-Off
WKBG-TV 56 (ind.)
10:55am- News
11:00am- Here Comes Barbara
11:30am- Captain Boston
1:00pm- Movie- Captain John Smith and Pocohontas (1953)
2:30pm- Strange Paradise
3:00pm- Kimba
3:30pm- Bunker Hill
4:30pm- Little Rascals
5:00pm- Speed Racer
5:30pm- The Flintstones
6:00pm- Patty Duke
6:30pm- I Love Lucy
7:00pm- Gilligan's Island
7:30pm- Truth or Consequences
8:00pm- Thanksgiving with the King Family
9:00pm- Ben Casey
10:00pm- The Big Valley
11:00pm- One Step Beyond
11:30pm- Movie- Walk Softly, Stronger (1950)
1:00am- News
1:05am- At Your Service
1:35am- Sign-Off
PROVIDENCE
WTEV-TV 6 (ABC)
6:45am- News (Jack Delaney)
7:00am- Bozo Show
8:00am- Community (Bob Bassett)
8:30am- Jack LaLanne Show
8:45am- News
9:00am- Funtime
9:30- Romper Room
10:00am- It Takes Two
10:30am- Girl Talk
11:00am- Anniversary Game
11:30am- He Said, She Said
12:00pm- Bewitched
12:30pm- That Girl
1:00pm- Abbott and Costello
2:30pm- College Football- Texas Tech @ Arkansas
6:00pm- Star Trek
7:00pm- Strange Paradise
7:30pm- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
8:00pm- That Girl
8:30pm- Bewitched
9:00pm- This is Tom Jones
10:00pm- It Takes A Thief
11:00pm- NewsScope 6
11:30pm- Joey Bishop Show
1:00am- Movie- Night of the Blond Beast (1958)
2:02am- Sign-Off
WJAR-TV 10 (NBC)
6:25am- TV Classroom
7:00am- The Today Show
9:00am- Pre-Parade Festivities
10:00am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12:00pm- Jeopardy!
12:30pm- Name Droppers
1:00pm- ?
1:30pm- AFL Football- Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs
4:00pm- AFL Football- San Diego Chargers @ Houston Oilers
7:00pm- To Tell The Truth
7:30pm- Movie- Night Train to Milan (1963)
9:30pm- Dragnet 1970
10:00pm- Dean Martin Show
11:00pm- News
11:30pm- The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
1:00am- Sign-Off
WPRI-TV 12 (CBS)
6:25am- Breakthrough
6:55am- Jobs are Waiting
7:00am- CBS News (Joseph Benti)
7:30am- Movie- The Snow Queen (cartoon)
8:00am- Captain Kangaroo
9:00am- Thanksgiving Parade of Parades
12:00pm- The NFL Today
12:15pm- NFL Football- Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions
3:00pm- The Mike Douglas Show
4:00pm- Gomer Pyle USMC
4:30pm- David Frost Show
6:00pm- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
9:00pm- Movie- Rio Conchos (1964)
11:00pm- Newsbeat
11:30- Merv Griffin Show
1:00am- Sign-Off
NEW HAMPSHIRE
WMUR-TV 9 (ABC)
11am- Cartoon Festival
11:30- Medic (Richard Boone)
12:00pm- Bewitched
12:30pm- That Girl
1:00pm- Dream House
1:30pm- Let's Make A Deal
2:00pm- Newlywed Game
2:30pm- College Football- Texas Tech @ Arkansas
6:00pm- ABC News
6:30pm- News, Weather
7:00pm- Zane Grey Theater
7:30pm- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
8:00pm- That Girl
8:30pm- Bewitched
9:00pm- This is Tom Jones
10:00pm- It Takes A Thief
11:00pm- News
11:20pm- Untouchables
12:20am- Sign-Off
WENH-TV 11 (NET)
3:00pm- World History
3:30pm- Exploring Our Crafts
4:00pm- Sesame Street
5:00pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
5:30pm- What's New
6:00pm- Guten Tag No. 19
6:15pm- Guten Tag No. 20
6:30pm- Concert Francais
7:00pm- Louis Lyons, news
7:30pm- Column Eight
8:00pm- Washington Week In Review
8:30pm- The President's Men
9:00pm- The Forsythe Saga
10:00pm- Newsfront
10:30pm- Sign-Off
WXPO-TV 50 (Ind.)
12:00pm- Lowell Festival Holiday Parade
1:30pm- High School Football- Lowell .vs. Lawrence
3:15pm- Romper Room
4:00pm- Woody Woodbury
5:30pm- Handy Andy Cartoons
6:00pm- Thanksgiving Special- (Burl Ives- All Things Bright and Beautiful)
7:00pm- Mike Douglas Show
8:30pm- Dennis Wholey Show
10:00pm- News, Weather, Sports
10:30pm- Steve Allen Show
12:00am- Evening Prayer
12:05am- Sign-Off
RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE/NEW HAMPSHIRE TV- THANKSGIVING 1969
Thursday November 27, 1969
WGBH-TV 2 (NET)/WGBX-TV 44 (NET)
10:00am- Sign-on/Sesame Street
11:00am- Sign-off
12:00pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
12:30pm- What's New?
1:00pm- Knife in the Water
2:30pm- The Grandfather
3:00pm- World History
3:30pm- Nine to Get Ready
4:00pm- Sesame Street (2/44)
5:00pm- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (2/44)
5:30pm- What's New (2/44)
6:00pm- The Forsythe Saga (2/44)
7pm- Louis Lyons- News (2)/World History (44)
7:30pm- The Frech Chef (2)/Computer Science (44)
8:00pm- Washington Week in Review (2)/Casals Master Class (44)
8:30pm- Say Brother (2)
9:00pm- Auto Mechanics (44)
9:30pm- Spectrum (2)/Nine to Get Ready (44)
10:00pm- Newsfront (2)/The Forsythe Saga (44)
10:30pm- Mixed Bag (2)
11:00pm- Sign-off (2/44)
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
6:15am- Sign-on Seminar
6:45am- Eyewitness News Daily Almanac
7:00am- The Today Show (with local inserts at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25 and 8:55)
9:00am- Mr. Magoo (cartoons)
10:00am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12:00pm- Eyewitness News at Noon (with Jack Chase, Shelby Scott and Don Kent)
12:30pm- Mike Douglas Show
1:30pm- AFL Football- Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs
4:00pm- AFL Football- San Diego Chargers @ Houston Oilers
7pm- Eyewitness Newsday
7:30- Daniel Boone
8:30- Ironside
9:30- Dragnet 1970
10pm- Dean Martin Show
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (guests- David Frye)
1am- Movie- The Hanged Man (1964)
2:27am- Sign-Off
WHDH-TV 5 (CBS)
6:00am- Sunrise Seminar
6:30am- New England Farmer
6:45am- We Believe
7:00am- CBS News with Joseph Benti
8:00am- Captain Kangaroo
9:00am- Romper Room
9:30am- Classroom Five: Thanksgiving Special
10:00am- Thanksgiving Parade of Parades
12:00pm- NFL Today
12:15pm- NFL Football- Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions
3:00pm- The Secret Storm
3:30pm- The Edge of Night
4:00pm- Peyton Place
4:30pm- To Tell The Truth
5:00pm- Perry Mason
6:00pm- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
9:00pm- Movie- Rio Conchos (1964)
11:00pm- WHDH-TV news at 11
11:30pm- Merv Griffin Show
1:00am- Movie- I Know Where I'm Going (1945)
2:28am- Sign-Off
WNAC-TV 7 (ABC)
6:20am- Farm and Market Report
6:25am- Understand our World
6:55am- News
7:00am- Major Mudd
9:00am- Galloping Gourmet
9:30am- Steve Allen Show
10:30am- Garroway
11:30am- News
11:35am- Speak Out with Ed Miller
12:00pm- Bewitched
12:30pm- That Girl
1:00pm- Dream House
1:30pm- Let's Make A Deal
2:00pm- Candid Camera
2:30pm- College Football- Texas Tech @ Arkansas
6:00pm- News
6:30pm- The Game Game
7:00pm- Dick Van Dyke Show
7:30pm- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
8:00pm- That Girl
8:30pm- Bewitched
9:00pm- This is Tom Jones
10:00pm- It Takes A Thief
11:00pm- News
11:30pm- Joey Bishop Show
1:00am- News
1:05am- Sign-Off
WSBK-TV 38 (Ind./NBC/ABC)
11:25am- News
11:30am- Jack LaLanne Show
12:00pm- Jeopardy! (NBC)
12:30pm- Name Droppers (NBC)
1:00pm- One Life to Live (ABC)
1:30pm- Movie- The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
3:00pm- MGM Cartoons
3:30pm- He Said, She Said
4:00pm- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C
4:30pm- The Three Stooges
5:00pm- Fury
6:00pm- Dobie Gillis
6:30pm- Man From U.N.C.L.E
7:30pm- Holiday Special: All Things Bright and Beautiful (Burl Ives)
8:30pm- Divorce Court
9:00pm- Crackerbarrel
10:00pm- Movie- City for Conquest (1940)
11:30pm- Wells Fargo
12:00am- Sign-Off
WKBG-TV 56 (ind.)
10:55am- News
11:00am- Here Comes Barbara
11:30am- Captain Boston
1:00pm- Movie- Captain John Smith and Pocohontas (1953)
2:30pm- Strange Paradise
3:00pm- Kimba
3:30pm- Bunker Hill
4:30pm- Little Rascals
5:00pm- Speed Racer
5:30pm- The Flintstones
6:00pm- Patty Duke
6:30pm- I Love Lucy
7:00pm- Gilligan's Island
7:30pm- Truth or Consequences
8:00pm- Thanksgiving with the King Family
9:00pm- Ben Casey
10:00pm- The Big Valley
11:00pm- One Step Beyond
11:30pm- Movie- Walk Softly, Stronger (1950)
1:00am- News
1:05am- At Your Service
1:35am- Sign-Off
PROVIDENCE
WTEV-TV 6 (ABC)
6:45am- News (Jack Delaney)
7:00am- Bozo Show
8:00am- Community (Bob Bassett)
8:30am- Jack LaLanne Show
8:45am- News
9:00am- Funtime
9:30- Romper Room
10:00am- It Takes Two
10:30am- Girl Talk
11:00am- Anniversary Game
11:30am- He Said, She Said
12:00pm- Bewitched
12:30pm- That Girl
1:00pm- Abbott and Costello
2:30pm- College Football- Texas Tech @ Arkansas
6:00pm- Star Trek
7:00pm- Strange Paradise
7:30pm- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
8:00pm- That Girl
8:30pm- Bewitched
9:00pm- This is Tom Jones
10:00pm- It Takes A Thief
11:00pm- NewsScope 6
11:30pm- Joey Bishop Show
1:00am- Movie- Night of the Blond Beast (1958)
2:02am- Sign-Off
WJAR-TV 10 (NBC)
6:25am- TV Classroom
7:00am- The Today Show
9:00am- Pre-Parade Festivities
10:00am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12:00pm- Jeopardy!
12:30pm- Name Droppers
1:00pm- ?
1:30pm- AFL Football- Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs
4:00pm- AFL Football- San Diego Chargers @ Houston Oilers
7:00pm- To Tell The Truth
7:30pm- Movie- Night Train to Milan (1963)
9:30pm- Dragnet 1970
10:00pm- Dean Martin Show
11:00pm- News
11:30pm- The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
1:00am- Sign-Off
WPRI-TV 12 (CBS)
6:25am- Breakthrough
6:55am- Jobs are Waiting
7:00am- CBS News (Joseph Benti)
7:30am- Movie- The Snow Queen (cartoon)
8:00am- Captain Kangaroo
9:00am- Thanksgiving Parade of Parades
12:00pm- The NFL Today
12:15pm- NFL Football- Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions
3:00pm- The Mike Douglas Show
4:00pm- Gomer Pyle USMC
4:30pm- David Frost Show
6:00pm- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
9:00pm- Movie- Rio Conchos (1964)
11:00pm- Newsbeat
11:30- Merv Griffin Show
1:00am- Sign-Off
NEW HAMPSHIRE
WMUR-TV 9 (ABC)
11am- Cartoon Festival
11:30- Medic (Richard Boone)
12:00pm- Bewitched
12:30pm- That Girl
1:00pm- Dream House
1:30pm- Let's Make A Deal
2:00pm- Newlywed Game
2:30pm- College Football- Texas Tech @ Arkansas
6:00pm- ABC News
6:30pm- News, Weather
7:00pm- Zane Grey Theater
7:30pm- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
8:00pm- That Girl
8:30pm- Bewitched
9:00pm- This is Tom Jones
10:00pm- It Takes A Thief
11:00pm- News
11:20pm- Untouchables
12:20am- Sign-Off
WENH-TV 11 (NET)
3:00pm- World History
3:30pm- Exploring Our Crafts
4:00pm- Sesame Street
5:00pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
5:30pm- What's New
6:00pm- Guten Tag No. 19
6:15pm- Guten Tag No. 20
6:30pm- Concert Francais
7:00pm- Louis Lyons, news
7:30pm- Column Eight
8:00pm- Washington Week In Review
8:30pm- The President's Men
9:00pm- The Forsythe Saga
10:00pm- Newsfront
10:30pm- Sign-Off
WXPO-TV 50 (Ind.)
12:00pm- Lowell Festival Holiday Parade
1:30pm- High School Football- Lowell .vs. Lawrence
3:15pm- Romper Room
4:00pm- Woody Woodbury
5:30pm- Handy Andy Cartoons
6:00pm- Thanksgiving Special- (Burl Ives- All Things Bright and Beautiful)
7:00pm- Mike Douglas Show
8:30pm- Dennis Wholey Show
10:00pm- News, Weather, Sports
10:30pm- Steve Allen Show
12:00am- Evening Prayer
12:05am- Sign-Off