Source: New England Region TV Guide, with some info in regards to time shift added from Wikipedia
There was no CBS colorcasting this day - WNAC was on the CBS color network but did not take all their color offerings. I will be posting a weekday schedule with color programming listed sometime soon.
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC) – now a CBS O&O
10:30a Mr. Wizard – Educational; Don Herbert
11:00p Our Believing World – religion
11:30a Morning Mosaic – film
11:45a The Magic Clown – for youngsters
12:00p WBZ-TV Film Shorts
12:30p Back Porch Experts – Jerry O’Leary
01:00p Community Auditions – Gene Jones; Finalists: Charles McCarthy, team, Irish step dancers; Leslie Hamill, pianist; David Farmer, baton twirler; Joseph DeCotau, impressionist; Richard Murdock, Rene Miville, vocalists
01:30p Matinee Mosaic – film
02:00p Chance of a Lifetime – John Reed King (ABC, delayed from Wednesday @ 7:30p)
02:30p Stars Over Hollywood – film
03:00p Hopalong Cassidy – Bill Boyd
04:00p Meet the Press
04:30p Zoo Parade – from Chicago
05:00p Gabby Hayes Show (Premiere); story of Dr. DeLeon of the Confederates
05:30p You Asked for It – variety; Art Baker (DuMont)
06:00p WBZ-TV Feature – movie
07:30p Young Mr. Bobbin (premier) – Starring Jackie Kelk as Alexander Hawthorne Bobbin, an ambitious but confused novice in the business world; Nydia Westman as Aunt Bertie, Jane Seymour as Aunt Clara
08:00p American Inventory – documentary
08:30p Television Recital Hall – concert; Ruggiro Rucci, violinist, is the guest artist
09:00p Philco TV Playhouse – drama “Night of the Vulcan”, William Prince, Jerome Cowan, Polly Roles and Bruce Gordon
10:00p American Forum of the Air – “Should West Point be abolished?”; Sen. Wm. Benton (D-Conn.), Lowell Limpus, newspaper columnist and West Point alumnus
10:30p Jimmy Powers – Sports Interviews
10:45p The Family Handy Man – hints
11:00p T-Men in Action – drama “The Case of the Widow’s Last Love” (ABC , delayed from Monday @ 8p)
11:30p News of the Week in Review
11:45p Views of News in New England
6 – WNHC New Haven (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC) – moved to channel 8; now WTNH (ABC)
11:00a Ranger Joe – kid’s variety (ABC from Philadelphia)
11:15a Chester the Pup – cartoon; Drizzlepuss looks for and finds adventure
11:30a Mr. Wizard – Educational; Don Herbert (NBC)
12:00p Film Feature
01:00p Western Theater
02:00p Hopalong Cassidy – Bill Boyd
03:00p Film Shorts
04:00p Meet the Press – panel (NBC)
04:30p Chance of a Lifetime – John Reed King (ABC, delayed from Wednesday @ 7:30p)
05:00p The Trouble With Father – Stu Erwin (ABC, delayed from Saturday @ 7:30p)
05:30p Super Circus (ABC – last 30 minutes only)
06:00p General Electric Guest House – quiz; Edward Everett Horton, Gene Lockhart and his daughter June, Buck & Bubbles, William Gaxton, Sally Benson, and Mark Hanna (CBS, delayed from Sunday @ 9p – summer replacement show)
07:00p Summertime Revue – Betty George (ABC – summer replacement for “Paul Whiteman’s Goodyear Revue”)
07:30p Go Lucky – quiz; Jan Murray, mc; Nancy Chaffee, Johnny Johnson, guests (CBS – Summer replacement for “This is Show Business”, both sponsored by Lucky Strikes cigarettes)
08:00p Toast of the Town (Ed Sullivan) – variety; with Robert Alda and Isabel Bigley, vocalists of “Guys and Dolls”; Eddie Mayehoff, comedian; Bobby Sargent; the Christianis Troupe, juggling act; and buster Keaton, comedian (CBS)
09:00p Philco TV Playhouse – drama “Night of the Vulcan”, William Prince, Jerome Cowan, Polly Roles and Bruce Gordon (NBC)
10:00p Goodrich Celebrity Time – panel; Conrad Nagel, quizmaster, with Jane Wilson and Herman Hickman; vocalist Rose Marie and songwriter Johnny Mercer are the guests (CBS)
10:30p You Asked For It (DuMont)
11:00p Sunday News Special
11:15p Fireside Theater – drama
11:45p Twenty Questions – Bill Slater (DuMont)
12:15a News Bulletin – Latest Reports
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC/CBS/DuMont) – now WHDH (NBC)
11:15a Musicale – film
11:30a Flying Tigers – adventure
12:00p Ranger Joe – kid’s variety (ABC from Philadelphia)
12:15p Chester the Pup – cartoon
12:30p What’s My Line? – panel; John Daly, Arlene Francis, Hal Block and Bennett Cerf (CBS; delayed from Sunday @ 10:30p)
01:00p Life Begins at 80 – panel; Jack Barry – oldsters are quizzed on life’s problems (ABC; delayed from Sunday @ 10p)
01:30p Baseball – from Braves Field; Braves vs. Cards with Bump Hadley and Jim Britt describing the play-by-play
In case of baseball cancellation the following programs will be seen:
01:30p Pentagon: Washington – defense
02:00p WNAC-TV Film Shorts
02:30p Musical Playhouse – comedy
03:00p WNAC-TV Film Feature
04:00p Cavalcade of Bands – variety; Don Russell host to Gene Krupa and his Orchestra with vocalists Dodie O’Neill and Joe Tucker and pantomimist Chaz Chase (DuMont, delayed from Tuesday @ 9p)
05:00p Super Circus – Three Rings (ABC – live from Chicago)
06:00p The Plainclothesman “Appointment With Disaster” with Ken Lynch (DuMont, delayed from Wednesday @ 9:30p)
06:30p Ted Mack’s Family Hour – variety; Bert Lytell subs for Ted; Menda Lang; Andy Roberts, baritone; Jean Steel, vocalist (NBC, delayed from Tuesday @ 10p)
07:00p Gene Autry Show “The Double Switch” (CBS)
07:30p Go Lucky – quiz; Jan Murray, mc; Nancy Chaffee, Johnny Johnson, guests (CBS – Summer replacement for “This is Show Business”, both sponsored by Lucky Strikes cigarettes)
08:00p Toast of the Town (Ed Sullivan) – variety; with Robert Alda and Isabel Bigley, vocalists of “Guys and Dolls”; Eddie Mayehoff, comedian; Bobby Sargent; the Christianis Troupe, juggling act; and buster Keaton, comedian (CBS)
09:00p General Electric Guest House – quiz; Durward Kirby, host and quizmaster with Bill Callahan, dancer; Kirkwood and Goodman, singing comedians; Martin and Florenz, puppeteers; Ethel Waters and Lanny Ross, vocalists (CBS – Summer replacement for “The Fred Waring Show”)
10:00p Goodrich Celebrity Time – panel; Conrad Nagel, quizmaster, with Jane Wilson and Herman Hickman; vocalist Rose Marie and songwriter Johnny Mercer are the guests (CBS)
10:30p Price Television Theater – movie
12:00a Weather Service – reports
12:05a Camera Caravan of Sports
11 – WJAR Providence (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC) – moved to channel 10 (NBC)
12:00p Ranger Joe – kid’s variety (ABC from Philadelphia)
12:15p Chester the Pup – cartoon
12:30p Wild Bill Hickok – movie; starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine
01:00p TV Sports Page – Warren Walden
01:30p Baseball – from Braves Field; Braves vs. Cards with Bump Hadley and Jim Britt describing the play-by-play
In case of baseball cancellation the following programs will be seen:
01:00p Pentagon: Washington – defense
01:30p WJAR-TV Film Short
02:30p Charlie Wild, Private Detective (CBS until 6/27/51; moved to ABC in September 1951)
03:00p WJAR-TV Film Shorts
04:00p Meet the Press (NBC)
04:30p Zoo Parade (NBC)
05:00p Gabby Hayes Show (Premiere); story of Dr. DeLeon of the Confederates (NBC)
05:30p Chance of a Lifetime – John Reed King; Russell Arms and Liza Palmer, dancers and Dick Collier and Cindy Cameron, vocalists (ABC, delayed from Wednesday @ 7:30p)
06:00p Hopalong Cassidy – movie “Bar Twenty Justice” starring Bill Boyd
07:00p Leave It To the Girls – panel; Melville Cooper, British actor, is the male guest; with Eloise McElhorne, Florence Pritchett, Binnie Barnes and Eva Marie Saint (NBC)
07:30p Young Mr. Bobbin (premier) – Starring Jackie Kelk as Alexander Hawthorne Bobbin, an ambitious but confused novice in the business world; Nydia Westman as Aunt Bertie, Jane Seymour as Aunt Clara (NBC)
08:00p American Inventory – documentary (NBC)
08:30p Television Recital Hall – concert; Ruggiro Rucci, violinist, is the guest artist (NBC)
09:00p Philco TV Playhouse – drama “Night of the Vulcan”, William Prince, Jerome Cowan, Polly Roles and Bruce Gordon (NBC)
10:00p Goodrich Celebrity Time – panel; Conrad Nagel, quizmaster, with Jane Wilson and Herman Hickman; vocalist Rose Marie and songwriter Johnny Mercer are the guests (CBS)
10:30p Walter Covell Show – variety
10:45p WJAR-TV Feature Shorts
11:00p Feature Theater – movie
12:00a News Summary – reports
There was no CBS colorcasting this day - WNAC was on the CBS color network but did not take all their color offerings. I will be posting a weekday schedule with color programming listed sometime soon.
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC) – now a CBS O&O
10:30a Mr. Wizard – Educational; Don Herbert
11:00p Our Believing World – religion
11:30a Morning Mosaic – film
11:45a The Magic Clown – for youngsters
12:00p WBZ-TV Film Shorts
12:30p Back Porch Experts – Jerry O’Leary
01:00p Community Auditions – Gene Jones; Finalists: Charles McCarthy, team, Irish step dancers; Leslie Hamill, pianist; David Farmer, baton twirler; Joseph DeCotau, impressionist; Richard Murdock, Rene Miville, vocalists
01:30p Matinee Mosaic – film
02:00p Chance of a Lifetime – John Reed King (ABC, delayed from Wednesday @ 7:30p)
02:30p Stars Over Hollywood – film
03:00p Hopalong Cassidy – Bill Boyd
04:00p Meet the Press
04:30p Zoo Parade – from Chicago
05:00p Gabby Hayes Show (Premiere); story of Dr. DeLeon of the Confederates
05:30p You Asked for It – variety; Art Baker (DuMont)
06:00p WBZ-TV Feature – movie
07:30p Young Mr. Bobbin (premier) – Starring Jackie Kelk as Alexander Hawthorne Bobbin, an ambitious but confused novice in the business world; Nydia Westman as Aunt Bertie, Jane Seymour as Aunt Clara
08:00p American Inventory – documentary
08:30p Television Recital Hall – concert; Ruggiro Rucci, violinist, is the guest artist
09:00p Philco TV Playhouse – drama “Night of the Vulcan”, William Prince, Jerome Cowan, Polly Roles and Bruce Gordon
10:00p American Forum of the Air – “Should West Point be abolished?”; Sen. Wm. Benton (D-Conn.), Lowell Limpus, newspaper columnist and West Point alumnus
10:30p Jimmy Powers – Sports Interviews
10:45p The Family Handy Man – hints
11:00p T-Men in Action – drama “The Case of the Widow’s Last Love” (ABC , delayed from Monday @ 8p)
11:30p News of the Week in Review
11:45p Views of News in New England
6 – WNHC New Haven (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC) – moved to channel 8; now WTNH (ABC)
11:00a Ranger Joe – kid’s variety (ABC from Philadelphia)
11:15a Chester the Pup – cartoon; Drizzlepuss looks for and finds adventure
11:30a Mr. Wizard – Educational; Don Herbert (NBC)
12:00p Film Feature
01:00p Western Theater
02:00p Hopalong Cassidy – Bill Boyd
03:00p Film Shorts
04:00p Meet the Press – panel (NBC)
04:30p Chance of a Lifetime – John Reed King (ABC, delayed from Wednesday @ 7:30p)
05:00p The Trouble With Father – Stu Erwin (ABC, delayed from Saturday @ 7:30p)
05:30p Super Circus (ABC – last 30 minutes only)
06:00p General Electric Guest House – quiz; Edward Everett Horton, Gene Lockhart and his daughter June, Buck & Bubbles, William Gaxton, Sally Benson, and Mark Hanna (CBS, delayed from Sunday @ 9p – summer replacement show)
07:00p Summertime Revue – Betty George (ABC – summer replacement for “Paul Whiteman’s Goodyear Revue”)
07:30p Go Lucky – quiz; Jan Murray, mc; Nancy Chaffee, Johnny Johnson, guests (CBS – Summer replacement for “This is Show Business”, both sponsored by Lucky Strikes cigarettes)
08:00p Toast of the Town (Ed Sullivan) – variety; with Robert Alda and Isabel Bigley, vocalists of “Guys and Dolls”; Eddie Mayehoff, comedian; Bobby Sargent; the Christianis Troupe, juggling act; and buster Keaton, comedian (CBS)
09:00p Philco TV Playhouse – drama “Night of the Vulcan”, William Prince, Jerome Cowan, Polly Roles and Bruce Gordon (NBC)
10:00p Goodrich Celebrity Time – panel; Conrad Nagel, quizmaster, with Jane Wilson and Herman Hickman; vocalist Rose Marie and songwriter Johnny Mercer are the guests (CBS)
10:30p You Asked For It (DuMont)
11:00p Sunday News Special
11:15p Fireside Theater – drama
11:45p Twenty Questions – Bill Slater (DuMont)
12:15a News Bulletin – Latest Reports
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC/CBS/DuMont) – now WHDH (NBC)
11:15a Musicale – film
11:30a Flying Tigers – adventure
12:00p Ranger Joe – kid’s variety (ABC from Philadelphia)
12:15p Chester the Pup – cartoon
12:30p What’s My Line? – panel; John Daly, Arlene Francis, Hal Block and Bennett Cerf (CBS; delayed from Sunday @ 10:30p)
01:00p Life Begins at 80 – panel; Jack Barry – oldsters are quizzed on life’s problems (ABC; delayed from Sunday @ 10p)
01:30p Baseball – from Braves Field; Braves vs. Cards with Bump Hadley and Jim Britt describing the play-by-play
In case of baseball cancellation the following programs will be seen:
01:30p Pentagon: Washington – defense
02:00p WNAC-TV Film Shorts
02:30p Musical Playhouse – comedy
03:00p WNAC-TV Film Feature
04:00p Cavalcade of Bands – variety; Don Russell host to Gene Krupa and his Orchestra with vocalists Dodie O’Neill and Joe Tucker and pantomimist Chaz Chase (DuMont, delayed from Tuesday @ 9p)
05:00p Super Circus – Three Rings (ABC – live from Chicago)
06:00p The Plainclothesman “Appointment With Disaster” with Ken Lynch (DuMont, delayed from Wednesday @ 9:30p)
06:30p Ted Mack’s Family Hour – variety; Bert Lytell subs for Ted; Menda Lang; Andy Roberts, baritone; Jean Steel, vocalist (NBC, delayed from Tuesday @ 10p)
07:00p Gene Autry Show “The Double Switch” (CBS)
07:30p Go Lucky – quiz; Jan Murray, mc; Nancy Chaffee, Johnny Johnson, guests (CBS – Summer replacement for “This is Show Business”, both sponsored by Lucky Strikes cigarettes)
08:00p Toast of the Town (Ed Sullivan) – variety; with Robert Alda and Isabel Bigley, vocalists of “Guys and Dolls”; Eddie Mayehoff, comedian; Bobby Sargent; the Christianis Troupe, juggling act; and buster Keaton, comedian (CBS)
09:00p General Electric Guest House – quiz; Durward Kirby, host and quizmaster with Bill Callahan, dancer; Kirkwood and Goodman, singing comedians; Martin and Florenz, puppeteers; Ethel Waters and Lanny Ross, vocalists (CBS – Summer replacement for “The Fred Waring Show”)
10:00p Goodrich Celebrity Time – panel; Conrad Nagel, quizmaster, with Jane Wilson and Herman Hickman; vocalist Rose Marie and songwriter Johnny Mercer are the guests (CBS)
10:30p Price Television Theater – movie
12:00a Weather Service – reports
12:05a Camera Caravan of Sports
11 – WJAR Providence (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC) – moved to channel 10 (NBC)
12:00p Ranger Joe – kid’s variety (ABC from Philadelphia)
12:15p Chester the Pup – cartoon
12:30p Wild Bill Hickok – movie; starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine
01:00p TV Sports Page – Warren Walden
01:30p Baseball – from Braves Field; Braves vs. Cards with Bump Hadley and Jim Britt describing the play-by-play
In case of baseball cancellation the following programs will be seen:
01:00p Pentagon: Washington – defense
01:30p WJAR-TV Film Short
02:30p Charlie Wild, Private Detective (CBS until 6/27/51; moved to ABC in September 1951)
03:00p WJAR-TV Film Shorts
04:00p Meet the Press (NBC)
04:30p Zoo Parade (NBC)
05:00p Gabby Hayes Show (Premiere); story of Dr. DeLeon of the Confederates (NBC)
05:30p Chance of a Lifetime – John Reed King; Russell Arms and Liza Palmer, dancers and Dick Collier and Cindy Cameron, vocalists (ABC, delayed from Wednesday @ 7:30p)
06:00p Hopalong Cassidy – movie “Bar Twenty Justice” starring Bill Boyd
07:00p Leave It To the Girls – panel; Melville Cooper, British actor, is the male guest; with Eloise McElhorne, Florence Pritchett, Binnie Barnes and Eva Marie Saint (NBC)
07:30p Young Mr. Bobbin (premier) – Starring Jackie Kelk as Alexander Hawthorne Bobbin, an ambitious but confused novice in the business world; Nydia Westman as Aunt Bertie, Jane Seymour as Aunt Clara (NBC)
08:00p American Inventory – documentary (NBC)
08:30p Television Recital Hall – concert; Ruggiro Rucci, violinist, is the guest artist (NBC)
09:00p Philco TV Playhouse – drama “Night of the Vulcan”, William Prince, Jerome Cowan, Polly Roles and Bruce Gordon (NBC)
10:00p Goodrich Celebrity Time – panel; Conrad Nagel, quizmaster, with Jane Wilson and Herman Hickman; vocalist Rose Marie and songwriter Johnny Mercer are the guests (CBS)
10:30p Walter Covell Show – variety
10:45p WJAR-TV Feature Shorts
11:00p Feature Theater – movie
12:00a News Summary – reports