source: The Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE TV- THANKSGIVING 1972
Thursday November 23, 1972
Boston
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)/WGBX-TV 44 (PBS)
3pm- Sign-on/The Greatest Reader (2)
3:30- Maggie and the Beautiful Reader (2/44)
4pm- Sesame Street- (2/44)
5pm- Mister Rogers- (2/44)
5:30- Electric Company (2/44)
6pm- Zoom (2/44)
6:30- Making Things Grow (2)/Carrosclendas (44)
7pm- Louis Lyons, news (2)/World History (44)
7:30- Special, Godspell goes to Plimoth Plantation (2)/Our Street (44)
8pm- The Advocates (2)/Speaking Freely (44)
9pm- International Performance (2)/Catch 44 (44)
9:30- Special, Godspell goes to Plimoth Plantation (44)
10pm- Black Journal (2)/The Avengers (44)
10:30- Our Street (2)/Thirty Minutes With... (44)
11pm- Sign-off (2/44)
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
6:15- Sign-On Seminar
6:45- Eyewitness News Daily Almanac
7am- The Today Show- (with local inserts at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25 and 8:55)
9am- Macy's Parade (pre-parade festivities with Joe Garagiola)
10am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NFL Football- New York Jets @ Detroit Lions
3pm- Another World
3:30- Return to Peyton Place
4pm- Somerset
4:30- Mike Douglas Show
6pm- Eyewitness News (with Tom Ellis)
7pm- NBC Nightly News
7:30- David Frost Revue
8pm- Flip Wilson Show
9pm- Ironside
10pm- Dean Martin Show
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
1am- Eyewitness News
1:05- Movie- Emperor Waltz (1948)
2:51am- Sign-Off
WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
6:30- N.E Consumer
6:45- Opportunity Line
7am- WCVB News
7:30- Leave it To Beaver
8am- Pixanne
8:30- Jabberwocky
9am- Romper Room
9:30- Movie- The Little Norse Prince (1969)
11am- Password
11:30- Bewitched
12pm- WCVB News
12:30- Split Second
1pm- All My Children
1:30- Let's Make A Deal
2pm- College Football- Oklahoma .vs. Nebraska
5:30- Primos
6pm- WCVB News
6:30- ABC News
7pm- To Tell The Truth
7:30- Hot Seat
8pm- Mod Squad
9pm- College Football- Texas @ Texas A&M
12am- WCVB News
12:30- Movie- Riding High (1950)
2:30am- News
2:35am- Movie- The Incredible Mr. Beachern (1972)
4:00am- Hot Seat
4:30am- Medical Call
5:00am- Best of Zenker
WNAC-TV 7 (CBS)
5:42am- Farm and Market Report
5:47am- Reflections
5:52am- News, Weather
6:00am- Sunrise Semester
6:30am- News, Weather
6:55am- Los Noticias De Hoy
7:00am- CBS News
7:30am- Major Mudd
8:00am- Captain Kangaroo
9:00am- Thanksgiving Day Parades
12:00pm- Robinson Crusoe
1:00pm- Truth Or Consequences
1:30pm- Special- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
3:00pm- The NFL Today
3:30pm- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
6:30- CBS News
7pm- What's My Line
7:30- Hollywood Squares
8pm- Movie- Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang (1968)
11:30pm- New England Tonight
12:00am- Movie- Santiago (1956)
1:33am- Sign-Off
WSMW-TV 27 (Ind.)
12pm- Peyton Place
12:30pm- Movie- Moby Dick (1956)
2:30pm- Cartoon Corner
3:00pm- Bozo's Big Top
3:30pm- Felix the Cat
4:00pm- Popeye
4:30pm- Lassie
5:00pm- Superman
5:30pm- Gomer Pyle, USMC
6:00pm- Petticoat Junction
6:30pm- Movie- Keys of the Kingdom (1964) (Part 1)
7:30pm- Sturbridge Village Special
8:30pm- Laurel and Hardy
9:00pm- Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C
9:30pm- Twilight Zone
10:00pm- News
10:30pm- Movie- The Immortal Sergeant (1943)
12:01am- Sign-Off
WSBK-TV 38 (Ind.)
11:30am- Jack LaLanne
12:00pm- Tom Larson Show
1:00pm- Not For Women Only
1:30pm- Tennessee Tuxedo
2:00pm- Bugs Bunny and Friends
2:30pm- Mr. Magoo and Friends
3:00pm- Three Stooges
4:00pm- McHale's Navy
4:30pm- F Troop
5:00pm- Wild, Wild West
6:00pm- I Dream of Jeannie
6:30pm- Beverly Hillbillies
7:00pm- Hogan's Heroes
7:30pm- NHL Hockey- Boston Bruins .vs. California Golden Seals (from Boston Garden)
10:00pm- Bruins Wrap-Up
10:15pm- Phil Donahue Show
10:45pm- Sign-Off
WKBG-TV 56 (Ind.)
10:30am- Newstalk
11:00am- Galloping Gourmet
11:30am- New Zoo Revue
12:00pm- Underdog
12:30pm- Children's Special- Prince Street Players present
2:30pm- Kimba
3:00pm- Speed Racer
3:30pm- Batman
4:00pm- Lost In Space
5:00pm- Flintstones Hour
6:00pm- Gilligan's Island
6:30pm- Get Smart
7:00pm- I Love Lucy
7:30pm- Dragnet
8:00pm- Movie- In High Time (1960)
10:00pm- The Avengers
11:00pm- Rollin' in the River
11:30pm- Combat
12:30am- Sign-off
Providence
WTEV-TV 6 (ABC)
6:30- Jack LaLanne
6:45- News Scope 6
7am- Rifleman
8am- Flying Nun
8:30- Community (Bob Bassett)
9am- Romper Room
9:30- Gilligan's Island
10am- Dick Van Dyke
10:30- Andy Griffith Show
11:00am- Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C
11:30am- Bewitched
12pm- Password
12:30- Split Second
1pm- All My Children
1:30- Let's Make A Deal
2pm- College Football- Oklahoma .vs. Nebraska
5:30- News Scope 6 (anchored by Truman Taylor)
6pm- ABC News
6:30- Hogan's Heroes
7pm- Let's Make A Deal
7:30- Young Dr. Kildare
8pm- Mod Squad
9pm- College Football- Texas @ Texas A&M
12am- NewsScope 6
12:30- Movie- Story of Molly X (1950)
1:52am- Sign-off
WJAR-TV 10 (NBC)
6:25- TV Classroom
7am- Today Show
9am- Macy's Parade (pre-parade festivities with Joe Garagiola)
10am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NFL Football- New York Jets @ Detroit Lions
3pm- Another World
3:30- Return to Peyton Place
4pm- Somerset
4:30- Movie- A Nice Little Bank (1958)
6pm- NewsWatch 10
7pm- NBC News
7:30- To Tell The Truth
8pm- Flip Wilson Show
9pm- Ironside
10pm- Dean Martin Show
11pm- NewsWatch 10
11:30- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson Show
1am- Sign-Off
WPRI-TV 12 (CBS)
6:30- Sunrise Semester
7am- CBS News
8am- Captain Kangaroo
9am- Thanksgiving Day Parades
12pm- Robinson Crusoe
1:30pm- As The World Turns
2pm- Guiding Light
2:30- The Edge of Night
3pm- The NFL Today
3:30- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
6:30- On The Scene News (with Walter Cryan)
7pm- What's My Line?
7:30- Beat The Clock
8pm- Movie- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
11:30pm- On The Scene News
12am- Movie- Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
2:03am- Sign-Off
RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE TV- THANKSGIVING 1972
Thursday November 23, 1972
Boston
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)/WGBX-TV 44 (PBS)
3pm- Sign-on/The Greatest Reader (2)
3:30- Maggie and the Beautiful Reader (2/44)
4pm- Sesame Street- (2/44)
5pm- Mister Rogers- (2/44)
5:30- Electric Company (2/44)
6pm- Zoom (2/44)
6:30- Making Things Grow (2)/Carrosclendas (44)
7pm- Louis Lyons, news (2)/World History (44)
7:30- Special, Godspell goes to Plimoth Plantation (2)/Our Street (44)
8pm- The Advocates (2)/Speaking Freely (44)
9pm- International Performance (2)/Catch 44 (44)
9:30- Special, Godspell goes to Plimoth Plantation (44)
10pm- Black Journal (2)/The Avengers (44)
10:30- Our Street (2)/Thirty Minutes With... (44)
11pm- Sign-off (2/44)
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)
6:15- Sign-On Seminar
6:45- Eyewitness News Daily Almanac
7am- The Today Show- (with local inserts at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25 and 8:55)
9am- Macy's Parade (pre-parade festivities with Joe Garagiola)
10am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NFL Football- New York Jets @ Detroit Lions
3pm- Another World
3:30- Return to Peyton Place
4pm- Somerset
4:30- Mike Douglas Show
6pm- Eyewitness News (with Tom Ellis)
7pm- NBC Nightly News
7:30- David Frost Revue
8pm- Flip Wilson Show
9pm- Ironside
10pm- Dean Martin Show
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
1am- Eyewitness News
1:05- Movie- Emperor Waltz (1948)
2:51am- Sign-Off
WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
6:30- N.E Consumer
6:45- Opportunity Line
7am- WCVB News
7:30- Leave it To Beaver
8am- Pixanne
8:30- Jabberwocky
9am- Romper Room
9:30- Movie- The Little Norse Prince (1969)
11am- Password
11:30- Bewitched
12pm- WCVB News
12:30- Split Second
1pm- All My Children
1:30- Let's Make A Deal
2pm- College Football- Oklahoma .vs. Nebraska
5:30- Primos
6pm- WCVB News
6:30- ABC News
7pm- To Tell The Truth
7:30- Hot Seat
8pm- Mod Squad
9pm- College Football- Texas @ Texas A&M
12am- WCVB News
12:30- Movie- Riding High (1950)
2:30am- News
2:35am- Movie- The Incredible Mr. Beachern (1972)
4:00am- Hot Seat
4:30am- Medical Call
5:00am- Best of Zenker
WNAC-TV 7 (CBS)
5:42am- Farm and Market Report
5:47am- Reflections
5:52am- News, Weather
6:00am- Sunrise Semester
6:30am- News, Weather
6:55am- Los Noticias De Hoy
7:00am- CBS News
7:30am- Major Mudd
8:00am- Captain Kangaroo
9:00am- Thanksgiving Day Parades
12:00pm- Robinson Crusoe
1:00pm- Truth Or Consequences
1:30pm- Special- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
3:00pm- The NFL Today
3:30pm- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
6:30- CBS News
7pm- What's My Line
7:30- Hollywood Squares
8pm- Movie- Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang (1968)
11:30pm- New England Tonight
12:00am- Movie- Santiago (1956)
1:33am- Sign-Off
WSMW-TV 27 (Ind.)
12pm- Peyton Place
12:30pm- Movie- Moby Dick (1956)
2:30pm- Cartoon Corner
3:00pm- Bozo's Big Top
3:30pm- Felix the Cat
4:00pm- Popeye
4:30pm- Lassie
5:00pm- Superman
5:30pm- Gomer Pyle, USMC
6:00pm- Petticoat Junction
6:30pm- Movie- Keys of the Kingdom (1964) (Part 1)
7:30pm- Sturbridge Village Special
8:30pm- Laurel and Hardy
9:00pm- Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C
9:30pm- Twilight Zone
10:00pm- News
10:30pm- Movie- The Immortal Sergeant (1943)
12:01am- Sign-Off
WSBK-TV 38 (Ind.)
11:30am- Jack LaLanne
12:00pm- Tom Larson Show
1:00pm- Not For Women Only
1:30pm- Tennessee Tuxedo
2:00pm- Bugs Bunny and Friends
2:30pm- Mr. Magoo and Friends
3:00pm- Three Stooges
4:00pm- McHale's Navy
4:30pm- F Troop
5:00pm- Wild, Wild West
6:00pm- I Dream of Jeannie
6:30pm- Beverly Hillbillies
7:00pm- Hogan's Heroes
7:30pm- NHL Hockey- Boston Bruins .vs. California Golden Seals (from Boston Garden)
10:00pm- Bruins Wrap-Up
10:15pm- Phil Donahue Show
10:45pm- Sign-Off
WKBG-TV 56 (Ind.)
10:30am- Newstalk
11:00am- Galloping Gourmet
11:30am- New Zoo Revue
12:00pm- Underdog
12:30pm- Children's Special- Prince Street Players present
2:30pm- Kimba
3:00pm- Speed Racer
3:30pm- Batman
4:00pm- Lost In Space
5:00pm- Flintstones Hour
6:00pm- Gilligan's Island
6:30pm- Get Smart
7:00pm- I Love Lucy
7:30pm- Dragnet
8:00pm- Movie- In High Time (1960)
10:00pm- The Avengers
11:00pm- Rollin' in the River
11:30pm- Combat
12:30am- Sign-off
Providence
WTEV-TV 6 (ABC)
6:30- Jack LaLanne
6:45- News Scope 6
7am- Rifleman
8am- Flying Nun
8:30- Community (Bob Bassett)
9am- Romper Room
9:30- Gilligan's Island
10am- Dick Van Dyke
10:30- Andy Griffith Show
11:00am- Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C
11:30am- Bewitched
12pm- Password
12:30- Split Second
1pm- All My Children
1:30- Let's Make A Deal
2pm- College Football- Oklahoma .vs. Nebraska
5:30- News Scope 6 (anchored by Truman Taylor)
6pm- ABC News
6:30- Hogan's Heroes
7pm- Let's Make A Deal
7:30- Young Dr. Kildare
8pm- Mod Squad
9pm- College Football- Texas @ Texas A&M
12am- NewsScope 6
12:30- Movie- Story of Molly X (1950)
1:52am- Sign-off
WJAR-TV 10 (NBC)
6:25- TV Classroom
7am- Today Show
9am- Macy's Parade (pre-parade festivities with Joe Garagiola)
10am- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
12pm- NFL Football- New York Jets @ Detroit Lions
3pm- Another World
3:30- Return to Peyton Place
4pm- Somerset
4:30- Movie- A Nice Little Bank (1958)
6pm- NewsWatch 10
7pm- NBC News
7:30- To Tell The Truth
8pm- Flip Wilson Show
9pm- Ironside
10pm- Dean Martin Show
11pm- NewsWatch 10
11:30- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson Show
1am- Sign-Off
WPRI-TV 12 (CBS)
6:30- Sunrise Semester
7am- CBS News
8am- Captain Kangaroo
9am- Thanksgiving Day Parades
12pm- Robinson Crusoe
1:30pm- As The World Turns
2pm- Guiding Light
2:30- The Edge of Night
3pm- The NFL Today
3:30- NFL Football- San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
6:30- On The Scene News (with Walter Cryan)
7pm- What's My Line?
7:30- Beat The Clock
8pm- Movie- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
11:30pm- On The Scene News
12am- Movie- Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
2:03am- Sign-Off