Source: Boston Sunday Herald Traveler
Note: The Boston Herald owned WHDH 5 and the Boston Globe was part owner of WKBG 56, hence the preferential treatment of channel 5 programming in the listings (news listed separately, etc.)
R= rerun
Boston Channels:
2 – WGBH (Educational)
4 – WBZ (NBC)
5 – WHDH (CBS)
7 – WNAC (ABC)
38 – WSBK (Ind) also some NBC and ABC
44 – WGBX (Educational)
56 – WKBG (Ind)
Other Channels:
3 – WTIC Hartford, CT (CBS)
6 – WCSH Portland, ME (NBC)
(6) – WTEV New Bedford, MA (ABC)
8 – WMTW Poland Spring, ME (ABC)
9 – WMUR Manchester, NH (ABC)
10 – WJAR Providence, RI (NBC)
11 – WENH Durham, NH (Educational)
12 – WPRI Providence, RI (CBS)
13 – WGAN Portland, ME (CBS)
22 – WWLP Springfield, MA (NBC)
40 – WHYN Springfield, MA (ABC)
6:30a
4 – Industry on Parade
5 – Across the Fence (color)
(6) – Farmer’s Corner
6:45a
4 – Living Word (color)
7:00a
4 – Boomtown
5 – Bozo (color)
(6) – Cartoons
7 – The Three Stooges
7:15a
(6) – Roger Ramjet
7:30a
8 – Insight (color)
7:45a
6 – News, Weather
(6) – Protestant Service
8:00a
3 – The Christophers
5 – Insight
6 – Mack and Meyer
7 – Milton the Monster and Fearless Fly (color)
8 – Cathedral of Tomorrow (color)
12 – Road Runner
13 – Underdog
56 – America Sings
8:15a
3 – The Adventures of Gumby (color)
(6) – Jewish Service
9 – Living Word
10 – Sacred Heart
40 – This is the Life
8:30a
5 – Faith to Faith (color)
6 – Davey and Goliath
7 – The Christophers
9 – Allen’s Revival Hour
10 – This is the Life
12 – The Lone Ranger
13 – Three Stooges
38 – Cathedral of Tomorrow (color)
56 – Augie Doggie
8:45a
6 – Light Time
(6) – Catholic Service
7 – This is the Life
40 – Dawn Bible Institute
9:00a
3 – Forest Rangers
5 – Turning Point (color)
6 – The Christophers
8 – Search the Scriptures
9 – Herald of Truth
10 – Frontiers of Faith (color)
12 – Tom and Jerry (color)
13 – Word of Life
22 – Three Stooges
38 – Astro Boy
9:15a
5-40 – Sacred Heart
7-8 – Sunday Mass
9:30a
3 – University of Michigan
4 – International Zone (color)
5 – Builder’s Showcase (color)
6 – Sacred Heart
(6) Milton the Monster (color)
9-11-40 – Insight (note: the channel 11 listing is probably a typo by the Herald)
10-13 – The Christophers
12-38 – Underdog (color)
56 – Bunker Hill Show (local kids show)
9:45a
6 – The Living Word
10:00a
3-5-12-13 – Lamp Unto My Feet
4 – Our Believing World
6 – This is the Life
(6) – Linus the Lionhearted (color)
7 – Discovery
8 – Popeye
9 – Faith for Today
10 – Catholic Chapel
22 – Chalice of Salvation
38 – Children’s Gospel Hour
40 – The Christophers
56 – Flintstones
10:30a
3-5-12-13 – Look Up and Live
4 – Catholic Hour
6 – Children’s Gospel Hour
(6)-9 – Bugs Bunny
7 – Journey Out of Africa (color)
8 – Film “The Man on a Tightrope”; Frederic March, Gloria Grahame
10 – Meditation
38 – Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
40 – Faith for Today
56 – Kimba
10:35a
10 – Psychology in Everyday Life
11:00a
3-5-13 – Camera Three (color)
4 – Community Auditions
6-7 Championship Bowling
(6)-9-40 – Bullwinkle (color)
10 – Living Word
12 – Face the News
22 – Rainbow Theater
56 – Huck and Yogi
11:15a
10 – Social Security in America
38 – Sacred Heart Hour
11:30a
3 – Perception
4 – Eyewitness News and Weather
5-12-13 – Face the Nation (color)
(6)-9-40 – Discovery (color)
10 – Dialogue
22 – Big Picture (color)
38 – Prince of Peace
56 – Ultra Man
12:00p
3 – We Believe
4 – Films “The Happy Time” (1952) with Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan; and “Autumn Leaves” (1956) with Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson
5 – Midday News (color)
6 – Film “Diary of Anne Frank” (1959)
(6)-56 – Candlepin Bowling
7 – Films “Jet Over the Atlantic” with Virginia Mayo and Guy Madison and “Broken Arrow” (1950) with James Stewart and Jeff Chandler
9 – People Are Funny
10 – Insight
12 – Film “Never Trust a Gambler” (1951); Dane Clark, Cathy O’Donnell
13 – Films “Fighting Trouble” with the Bowery Boys and “Astounding She Monster” (1957)
38 – With This Ring
40 – Big Picture
12:15p
38 – British Newsreel
12:30p
3 – Face the Nation (color)
5 – Outer Limits “The Mutant”
9 – Big Picture
10 – Championship Bridge
38 – Italian Hour
40 – Bugs Bunny
1:00p
3 – Your Community (color)
6 – Who Will Answer
9 – TBA
10-22-38 Meet the Press (note: color not listed)
40 – Timmy and Lassie
56 – Wrestling
1:30p
3 – Films “Abbot and Costello Meet the Invisible Man” (1951) and “Jim Thorpe All American” (1951)
5-8-12 – Baseball Closeup; Don Gillis and Ken Coleman (color)
(6)-9 – Issues and Answers
10 – Celebrity Billiards
38 – Managers in Action
2:00p
(6) – Highway Patrol
5-8-12 – Baseball, Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park (color)
9 – Sports Feature
10 – Film “Charlie Chan in Murder Over New York” (1938); Sidney Toler, Melville Cooper
13 – Ripcord
38 – Restless Gun
40 – Milton the Monster
56 – Films “The Gypsy and the Gentleman” (1958) and “Women in Paradise” (1959)
2:30p
6-38 – Science Fiction Theater
9 – Wide World of Sports
13 – Leave it to Beaver
40 – Linus the Lionhearted
3:00p
(6)-13-38 Soccer, Boston Beacons vs. Baltimore Bays (color) (note: IIRC this came from CBS, but some sources say they cancelled their soccer coverage after the 1967 season)
7 – Film “Prince Valiant” (1954); Robert Wagner, James Mason
10 – Film “Younger Brothers” (1949); Wayne Morris, Janis Paige
40 – American Bandstand
3:30p
6 – Meet the Press (color)
38 – West Point
4:00p
2 – The Victorians
4 – Animal Kingdom
6 – Sea Hunt
9 – Wrestling
4:30p
4-10 – Westchester Golf Classic
6 – Patty Duke
7 – Issues and Answers
12 – 1968 Indianapolis 500
8 – Film “The Divided Heart”
4:55p
5 – Baseball Scoreboard, Johnny Most (color)
5:00p
2 – The Electric Bath with Don Ellis and His Orchestra
3 – Gunsmoke (delayed from Monday @ 7:30p; WTIC ran movies on Mondays)
4 – Campaign and the Candidates (color)
5 – NFL Action “Sunday’s Cool Heroes”
6 – Lowell Thomas
(6) – Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
7 – Film “Violent Saturday”; Ernest Borgnine, Victor Mature (color)
9-13 – Westchester Golf Classic (color)
11 – N.E.T Journal
12 – Tennessee Tuxedo
22 – Amazing Dunninger
38 – Men of Annapolis
56 – The Flintstones
5:30p
5-12 Amateur Hour
6 – TBA
(6) – Sea Hunt
38 – Sports Films (color)
56 – Patty Duke (note: it’s listed as color but that must be a typo)
6:00p
2 – Making Things Grow “Pruning In and Pinching Out”
3-5-12 – 21st Century (color)
6-38 – Frank McGee (color)
(6) – Tarzan (color) (from NBC; delayed from Friday 7:30p)
8 – Showcase
11 – Antiques
40 – Ryan for Congress
56 – My Favorite Martian
6:30p
2 – N.E.T. Journal “Famine Experiment in Freedom”
3 – Bat Masterson
4 – Leave it to Beaver
5 – The 6:30 News (color)
6 – Animal Kingdom (color)
9 – Panic
10 – Insight Into Providence
11 – Concert Francais
12 – News
13 – Harness Racing Sweepstakes
22 – As Schools Match Wits
38 – Hawaii Calls
40 – The Munsters
56 – The Honeymooners
7:00p
3-5-12-13 – Lassie (Lassie befriends a guard dog) (color) R
4 – Eyewitness News, weather (color)
6-22-38 – Flipper “Flipper and the Spy” (color) R
(6)-7-8-9-40 – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea “Savage Jungle” (color) R
11 – Chicago Festival
56 – The Wackiest Ship in the Army (color)
7:30p
2 – The Toy That Grew Up “The Mark of Zorro”
3-5-12-13 – Gentle Ben (Mark and Ben are trapped in an inferno) (color) R
4-6-10-22 – Walt Disney “Sancho, the Homing Steer” (color) R
11 – N.E.T. Festival
38 – Film “Confidential Agent” (1945)
8:00p
3-5-12-13 – Ed Sullivan; guests: Rex Harrison, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Temptations, the Kessler Twins, Lewis and Christy, Ivan and Astor and Fernando Pasqualone (color) R
(6)-7-8-9-40 – The FBI “Blueprint for Betrayal” (color) R
56 – Roller Derby
8:30p
4-6-22 – The Mothers-In-Law “Jerry’s Night Out With the Boys” (color) R
10 – Crisis in Schools (part 1)
11 – Thirteen Against Fate
9:00p
2 – Creative Person “Piatigorsky”
3-5-12-13 – the Summer Brothers Smothers Show; guests: The First Edition, Jerry Stiller and Ann Meara, John Hartford (color)
4-6-10-22 – Bonanza “To Die in Darkness” (color) R
(6)-7-8-9-40 – Sunday Night at the Movies “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1953) (color)
56 – The Defenders
9:30p
2 – The N.E.T. Festival “Bluebeard’s Castle” (color)
11 – Speaking Freely
38 – American West (color)
10:00p
3-5-12 – Mission Impossible (color)
4-6-10-22 – The High Chaparral “The Kinsman” (color)
13 – Something Special “Pearl Bailey”
38 – Steel Pier Show (color)
56 – One Step Beyond
10:30p
2 – What’s Happening Mr. Silver (color)
56 – Point of View
11:00p
3-4-6-(6)-7-8-9-10-12-22 – News and Weather
5 – The 11 O’Clock News (color)
13-40 Newsbeat
38 – News, Harry Reasoner (from CBS)
56 – Film “Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death” (1944); Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
11:15p
6 – Twilight Zone
38 – The Big Picture
11:30p
3 – Film “Mine Own Executioner” (1947); Burgess Meredith
4 – Tonight; guest: Jerry Lewis (color)
5 – Film “Spring Reunion” (1957); Betty Hutton, Dana Andrews
10 – Film “The Seven Year Itch”; Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell (note: this is not listed as a color broadcast)
12 – Film “Three Blonds in His Life” (1960); Jock Mahoney, Greta Thysen
13 – Human Jungle
40 – Film TBA
12:00a
(6)-8-9 – ABC Weekend News
56 – At Your Service
12:15a
7 – Film “The Spirit of St. Louis” (1957); James Stewart, Murray Hamilton
8 – Film “The Hard Way” (1942); Dennis Morgan, Ida Lupino
12:30a
6 – Film “Woman in Hiding” (1950); Ida Lupino, Howard Duff
Note: The Boston Herald owned WHDH 5 and the Boston Globe was part owner of WKBG 56, hence the preferential treatment of channel 5 programming in the listings (news listed separately, etc.)
R= rerun
Boston Channels:
2 – WGBH (Educational)
4 – WBZ (NBC)
5 – WHDH (CBS)
7 – WNAC (ABC)
38 – WSBK (Ind) also some NBC and ABC
44 – WGBX (Educational)
56 – WKBG (Ind)
Other Channels:
3 – WTIC Hartford, CT (CBS)
6 – WCSH Portland, ME (NBC)
(6) – WTEV New Bedford, MA (ABC)
8 – WMTW Poland Spring, ME (ABC)
9 – WMUR Manchester, NH (ABC)
10 – WJAR Providence, RI (NBC)
11 – WENH Durham, NH (Educational)
12 – WPRI Providence, RI (CBS)
13 – WGAN Portland, ME (CBS)
22 – WWLP Springfield, MA (NBC)
40 – WHYN Springfield, MA (ABC)
6:30a
4 – Industry on Parade
5 – Across the Fence (color)
(6) – Farmer’s Corner
6:45a
4 – Living Word (color)
7:00a
4 – Boomtown
5 – Bozo (color)
(6) – Cartoons
7 – The Three Stooges
7:15a
(6) – Roger Ramjet
7:30a
8 – Insight (color)
7:45a
6 – News, Weather
(6) – Protestant Service
8:00a
3 – The Christophers
5 – Insight
6 – Mack and Meyer
7 – Milton the Monster and Fearless Fly (color)
8 – Cathedral of Tomorrow (color)
12 – Road Runner
13 – Underdog
56 – America Sings
8:15a
3 – The Adventures of Gumby (color)
(6) – Jewish Service
9 – Living Word
10 – Sacred Heart
40 – This is the Life
8:30a
5 – Faith to Faith (color)
6 – Davey and Goliath
7 – The Christophers
9 – Allen’s Revival Hour
10 – This is the Life
12 – The Lone Ranger
13 – Three Stooges
38 – Cathedral of Tomorrow (color)
56 – Augie Doggie
8:45a
6 – Light Time
(6) – Catholic Service
7 – This is the Life
40 – Dawn Bible Institute
9:00a
3 – Forest Rangers
5 – Turning Point (color)
6 – The Christophers
8 – Search the Scriptures
9 – Herald of Truth
10 – Frontiers of Faith (color)
12 – Tom and Jerry (color)
13 – Word of Life
22 – Three Stooges
38 – Astro Boy
9:15a
5-40 – Sacred Heart
7-8 – Sunday Mass
9:30a
3 – University of Michigan
4 – International Zone (color)
5 – Builder’s Showcase (color)
6 – Sacred Heart
(6) Milton the Monster (color)
9-11-40 – Insight (note: the channel 11 listing is probably a typo by the Herald)
10-13 – The Christophers
12-38 – Underdog (color)
56 – Bunker Hill Show (local kids show)
9:45a
6 – The Living Word
10:00a
3-5-12-13 – Lamp Unto My Feet
4 – Our Believing World
6 – This is the Life
(6) – Linus the Lionhearted (color)
7 – Discovery
8 – Popeye
9 – Faith for Today
10 – Catholic Chapel
22 – Chalice of Salvation
38 – Children’s Gospel Hour
40 – The Christophers
56 – Flintstones
10:30a
3-5-12-13 – Look Up and Live
4 – Catholic Hour
6 – Children’s Gospel Hour
(6)-9 – Bugs Bunny
7 – Journey Out of Africa (color)
8 – Film “The Man on a Tightrope”; Frederic March, Gloria Grahame
10 – Meditation
38 – Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
40 – Faith for Today
56 – Kimba
10:35a
10 – Psychology in Everyday Life
11:00a
3-5-13 – Camera Three (color)
4 – Community Auditions
6-7 Championship Bowling
(6)-9-40 – Bullwinkle (color)
10 – Living Word
12 – Face the News
22 – Rainbow Theater
56 – Huck and Yogi
11:15a
10 – Social Security in America
38 – Sacred Heart Hour
11:30a
3 – Perception
4 – Eyewitness News and Weather
5-12-13 – Face the Nation (color)
(6)-9-40 – Discovery (color)
10 – Dialogue
22 – Big Picture (color)
38 – Prince of Peace
56 – Ultra Man
12:00p
3 – We Believe
4 – Films “The Happy Time” (1952) with Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan; and “Autumn Leaves” (1956) with Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson
5 – Midday News (color)
6 – Film “Diary of Anne Frank” (1959)
(6)-56 – Candlepin Bowling
7 – Films “Jet Over the Atlantic” with Virginia Mayo and Guy Madison and “Broken Arrow” (1950) with James Stewart and Jeff Chandler
9 – People Are Funny
10 – Insight
12 – Film “Never Trust a Gambler” (1951); Dane Clark, Cathy O’Donnell
13 – Films “Fighting Trouble” with the Bowery Boys and “Astounding She Monster” (1957)
38 – With This Ring
40 – Big Picture
12:15p
38 – British Newsreel
12:30p
3 – Face the Nation (color)
5 – Outer Limits “The Mutant”
9 – Big Picture
10 – Championship Bridge
38 – Italian Hour
40 – Bugs Bunny
1:00p
3 – Your Community (color)
6 – Who Will Answer
9 – TBA
10-22-38 Meet the Press (note: color not listed)
40 – Timmy and Lassie
56 – Wrestling
1:30p
3 – Films “Abbot and Costello Meet the Invisible Man” (1951) and “Jim Thorpe All American” (1951)
5-8-12 – Baseball Closeup; Don Gillis and Ken Coleman (color)
(6)-9 – Issues and Answers
10 – Celebrity Billiards
38 – Managers in Action
2:00p
(6) – Highway Patrol
5-8-12 – Baseball, Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park (color)
9 – Sports Feature
10 – Film “Charlie Chan in Murder Over New York” (1938); Sidney Toler, Melville Cooper
13 – Ripcord
38 – Restless Gun
40 – Milton the Monster
56 – Films “The Gypsy and the Gentleman” (1958) and “Women in Paradise” (1959)
2:30p
6-38 – Science Fiction Theater
9 – Wide World of Sports
13 – Leave it to Beaver
40 – Linus the Lionhearted
3:00p
(6)-13-38 Soccer, Boston Beacons vs. Baltimore Bays (color) (note: IIRC this came from CBS, but some sources say they cancelled their soccer coverage after the 1967 season)
7 – Film “Prince Valiant” (1954); Robert Wagner, James Mason
10 – Film “Younger Brothers” (1949); Wayne Morris, Janis Paige
40 – American Bandstand
3:30p
6 – Meet the Press (color)
38 – West Point
4:00p
2 – The Victorians
4 – Animal Kingdom
6 – Sea Hunt
9 – Wrestling
4:30p
4-10 – Westchester Golf Classic
6 – Patty Duke
7 – Issues and Answers
12 – 1968 Indianapolis 500
8 – Film “The Divided Heart”
4:55p
5 – Baseball Scoreboard, Johnny Most (color)
5:00p
2 – The Electric Bath with Don Ellis and His Orchestra
3 – Gunsmoke (delayed from Monday @ 7:30p; WTIC ran movies on Mondays)
4 – Campaign and the Candidates (color)
5 – NFL Action “Sunday’s Cool Heroes”
6 – Lowell Thomas
(6) – Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
7 – Film “Violent Saturday”; Ernest Borgnine, Victor Mature (color)
9-13 – Westchester Golf Classic (color)
11 – N.E.T Journal
12 – Tennessee Tuxedo
22 – Amazing Dunninger
38 – Men of Annapolis
56 – The Flintstones
5:30p
5-12 Amateur Hour
6 – TBA
(6) – Sea Hunt
38 – Sports Films (color)
56 – Patty Duke (note: it’s listed as color but that must be a typo)
6:00p
2 – Making Things Grow “Pruning In and Pinching Out”
3-5-12 – 21st Century (color)
6-38 – Frank McGee (color)
(6) – Tarzan (color) (from NBC; delayed from Friday 7:30p)
8 – Showcase
11 – Antiques
40 – Ryan for Congress
56 – My Favorite Martian
6:30p
2 – N.E.T. Journal “Famine Experiment in Freedom”
3 – Bat Masterson
4 – Leave it to Beaver
5 – The 6:30 News (color)
6 – Animal Kingdom (color)
9 – Panic
10 – Insight Into Providence
11 – Concert Francais
12 – News
13 – Harness Racing Sweepstakes
22 – As Schools Match Wits
38 – Hawaii Calls
40 – The Munsters
56 – The Honeymooners
7:00p
3-5-12-13 – Lassie (Lassie befriends a guard dog) (color) R
4 – Eyewitness News, weather (color)
6-22-38 – Flipper “Flipper and the Spy” (color) R
(6)-7-8-9-40 – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea “Savage Jungle” (color) R
11 – Chicago Festival
56 – The Wackiest Ship in the Army (color)
7:30p
2 – The Toy That Grew Up “The Mark of Zorro”
3-5-12-13 – Gentle Ben (Mark and Ben are trapped in an inferno) (color) R
4-6-10-22 – Walt Disney “Sancho, the Homing Steer” (color) R
11 – N.E.T. Festival
38 – Film “Confidential Agent” (1945)
8:00p
3-5-12-13 – Ed Sullivan; guests: Rex Harrison, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Temptations, the Kessler Twins, Lewis and Christy, Ivan and Astor and Fernando Pasqualone (color) R
(6)-7-8-9-40 – The FBI “Blueprint for Betrayal” (color) R
56 – Roller Derby
8:30p
4-6-22 – The Mothers-In-Law “Jerry’s Night Out With the Boys” (color) R
10 – Crisis in Schools (part 1)
11 – Thirteen Against Fate
9:00p
2 – Creative Person “Piatigorsky”
3-5-12-13 – the Summer Brothers Smothers Show; guests: The First Edition, Jerry Stiller and Ann Meara, John Hartford (color)
4-6-10-22 – Bonanza “To Die in Darkness” (color) R
(6)-7-8-9-40 – Sunday Night at the Movies “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1953) (color)
56 – The Defenders
9:30p
2 – The N.E.T. Festival “Bluebeard’s Castle” (color)
11 – Speaking Freely
38 – American West (color)
10:00p
3-5-12 – Mission Impossible (color)
4-6-10-22 – The High Chaparral “The Kinsman” (color)
13 – Something Special “Pearl Bailey”
38 – Steel Pier Show (color)
56 – One Step Beyond
10:30p
2 – What’s Happening Mr. Silver (color)
56 – Point of View
11:00p
3-4-6-(6)-7-8-9-10-12-22 – News and Weather
5 – The 11 O’Clock News (color)
13-40 Newsbeat
38 – News, Harry Reasoner (from CBS)
56 – Film “Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death” (1944); Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
11:15p
6 – Twilight Zone
38 – The Big Picture
11:30p
3 – Film “Mine Own Executioner” (1947); Burgess Meredith
4 – Tonight; guest: Jerry Lewis (color)
5 – Film “Spring Reunion” (1957); Betty Hutton, Dana Andrews
10 – Film “The Seven Year Itch”; Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell (note: this is not listed as a color broadcast)
12 – Film “Three Blonds in His Life” (1960); Jock Mahoney, Greta Thysen
13 – Human Jungle
40 – Film TBA
12:00a
(6)-8-9 – ABC Weekend News
56 – At Your Service
12:15a
7 – Film “The Spirit of St. Louis” (1957); James Stewart, Murray Hamilton
8 – Film “The Hard Way” (1942); Dennis Morgan, Ida Lupino
12:30a
6 – Film “Woman in Hiding” (1950); Ida Lupino, Howard Duff