Source – Boston Globe – Thanksgiving, November 28, 1963
Thanksgiving in the wake of the JFK assassination.
2 – WGBH Boston (Educational)
12:30p The Friendly Giant
01:00p – 5p no listings
05:00p The Friendly Giant
05:30p What’s New
06:00p Once Upon a Japanese Time
06:30p Louis Lyons, news
06:45p Robert Baram
07:00p Thanksgiving Sights and Sounds
07:30p Tennis at Longwood (taped highlights from the National Doubles Championship held in the Summer)
08:30p Boston Symphony Orchestra
10:00p Archibald MacLeish on Robert Frost
10:30p Sir Kenneth Clark on Art
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:15a Sign-On Seminar
06:45a Daily Almanac
07:00a Today
09:00a Leave It to Beaver
09:30a Bachelor Father
10:00a Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade – Lorne Greene and Betty White, commentators (color)
11:30a Missing Links (color)
12:00p News, Weather
12:30p Mike Douglas Show – guests: Roberta Sherwood, Bill Daily, The Four Preps
02:00p People Will Talk (color)
02:25p NBC News – Floyd Kabler
02:30p The Doctors
03:00p Loretta Young Theater
03:30p You Don’t Say (color)
04:00p The Match Game
04:25p NBC News – Sander Vanocur
04:30p Clubhouse 4 (Big Brother Bob Emery)
05:00p Boston Movietime “The Detective” (1955) starring Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood
06:30p News, Weather
07:00p Huntley-Brinkley Report
07:30p Temple Houston “Billy Hart”
08:30p Dr. Kildare
09:30p Hazel (color)
10:00p Arthur Godfrey Thanksgiving Show
11:00p News
11:15p Steve Allen Show
12:45a World News
01:00a Big Movie
5 – WHDH Boston (CBS)
06:00a Continental Classroom
06:30a Capt. Bob (color)
07:00a Morning Key Club (color)
07:30a Capt. Bob (color)
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Romper Room (color)
09:30a For Women (color)
09:45a We Believe (color)
10:00a Thanksgiving Parade Jubilee – covering Macy’s, New York; Gimbels Parade in Philadelphia; J.L Hudson Parade in Detroit; taped excerpts from Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade in Toronto. Allen Ludden, Bert Parks, Bess Myerson commentators.
12:00p NFL Football – Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions
03:00p NCAA Football – Texas at Texas A&M
05:15p Football Scoreboard
05:30p Sea Hunt
06:00p News (color)
06:05p Dateline Boston – Dr. Edwin Booth “The Meaning of Thanksgiving Day” (color)
06:30p CBS News – Walter Cronkite
07:00p News, Weather (color)
07:30p Password – celebrity guests: Jimmy Stewart and his wife Gloria
08:00p Rawhide “Incident at Confidence Creek”
09:00p Perry Mason
10:00p The Nurses “The Unwanted”
11:00p News (color)
11:30p Tonight Show (color) – from NBC
6 – WTEV New Bedford (ABC)
06:30a Continental Classroom
07:00a Billy Bang Bang
08:00a The Range Rider
08:30a Abbott and Costello
09:00a Ed Allen Time
09:30a Amos ‘n’ Andy
10:00a Life of Riley
10:30a Community (Bob Bassett)
11:00p The Price is Right
11:30a Seven Keys
12:00p Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30p Father Knows Best
01:00p General Hospital
01:30p Divorce Court
02:30p The Cowboy and the Tiger (special) – musical fantasy starring David Wayne, Paul O’Keefe and Jack Gilford
03:30p AFL Football – Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos
06:15p News, Weather
06:30p ABC News – Ron Cochran
06:45p News, Weather
07:00p Broken Arrow
07:30p The Flintstones “Kleptomaniac Pebbles” (color)
08:00p Donna Reed
08:30p My Three Sons
09:00p Jimmy Dean
10:00p Sid Caeser Show – guests: Gisele MacKenzie and Joey Forman
10:30p The Detectives
11:00p News
11:25p Thriller
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC)
06:25a Farm and Market
06:30a Understanding Our World
07:00a Three Stooges
07:30a Huckleberry Hound
08:00a Three Stooges
08:15a The King and Odie
08:30a Jack LaLanne
09:00a The People’s Choice
09:30a David Allen Show
10:00a Girl Talk
10:30a Who Do You Trust? (delayed from 3:30p)
11:00p The Price is Right
11:30p Seven Keys
12:00p Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30p Father Knows Best
01:00p General Hospital
01:30p Trailmaster (delayed from 4p)
02:30p The Cowboy and the Tiger (special) – musical fantasy starring David Wayne, Paul O’Keefe and Jack Gilford
03:30p AFL Football – Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos
06:15p News, Weather
06:30p Dobie Gillis
07:00p Fractured Flickers
07:30p The Flintstones “Kleptomaniac Pebbles” (color)
08:00p Donna Reed
08:30p My Three Sons
09:00p Jimmy Dean
10:00p Sid Caeser Show – guests: Gisele MacKenzie and Joey Forman
10:30p The Detectives
11:00p News
11:15p Late Show
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
09:30a Breakfast With the Boys
10:30a Day In Court (delayed from 2:30p)
11:00p The Price is Right
11:30p Seven Keys
12:00p Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30p Father Knows Best
01:00p General Hospital
01:30p Movie “Disbarred” starring Robert Preston and Gail Patrick
02:30p The Cowboy and the Tiger (special) – musical fantasy starring David Wayne, Paul O’Keefe and Jack Gilford
03:30p AFL Football – Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos
06:30p News, Weather
06:45p ABC News – Ron Cochran
07:00p Visit with Santa
07:30p The Flintstones (color)
08:00p Phil Silvers Show
08:30p My Three Sons
09:00p Jimmy Dean
10:00p Sid Caeser Show
10:30p Jazz Scene U.S.A.
11:00p News
11:15p Movie “Within These Walls”
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
06:30a TV Classroom
07:00a Today
09:05a World Around Us (nothing listed for 9a – probably news)
09:30a Talk of the Town
10:00a Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade – Lorne Greene and Betty White, commentators (color)
11:30a Missing Links (color)
12:00p Your First Impression (color)
12:30p Truth or Consequences (color)
01:00p State House Tour
01:30p Make Room for Daddy
02:00p People Will Talk (color)
02:25p NBC News – Floyd Kabler
02:30p The Doctors
03:00p Loretta Young Theater
03:30p You Don’t Say (color)
04:00p The Match Game
04:25p NBC News – Sander Vanocur
04:30p Movie “Five Steps to Danger” starring Sterling Hayden, Ruth Roman
06:00p Eye-Dentify
06:30p Huntley-Brinkley Report
07:00p Have Gun, Will Travel
07:30p Temple Houston
08:30p Dr. Kildare
09:30p Hazel (color)
10:00p Arthur Godfrey Thanksgiving Show
11:00p News
11:15p Tonight Show (color)
12 – WPRO Providence (CBS)
06:30a Sunrise Semester
07:00a Stooges, Rascals, Popeye
07:30a The King and Odie
07:45a Storytime
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Romper Room
09:30a Dialing for Dollars
10:00a Thanksgiving Parade Jubilee – covering Macy’s, New York; Gimbels Parade in Philadelphia; J.L Hudson Parade in Detroit; taped excerpts from Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade in Toronto. Allen Ludden, Bert Parks, Bess Myerson commentators.
12:00p NFL Football – Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions
02:45p Chris Clark Show
03:00p NCAA Football – Texas at Texas A&M
06:00p Salty’s Funny Company
06:30p Huckleberry Hound
07:00p Newsbeat
07:30p Movie “Manhunt in the Jungle”
09:00p Perry Mason
10:00p The Nurses
11:00p News
11:20p Movie “Great Moment”
Thanksgiving in the wake of the JFK assassination.
2 – WGBH Boston (Educational)
12:30p The Friendly Giant
01:00p – 5p no listings
05:00p The Friendly Giant
05:30p What’s New
06:00p Once Upon a Japanese Time
06:30p Louis Lyons, news
06:45p Robert Baram
07:00p Thanksgiving Sights and Sounds
07:30p Tennis at Longwood (taped highlights from the National Doubles Championship held in the Summer)
08:30p Boston Symphony Orchestra
10:00p Archibald MacLeish on Robert Frost
10:30p Sir Kenneth Clark on Art
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:15a Sign-On Seminar
06:45a Daily Almanac
07:00a Today
09:00a Leave It to Beaver
09:30a Bachelor Father
10:00a Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade – Lorne Greene and Betty White, commentators (color)
11:30a Missing Links (color)
12:00p News, Weather
12:30p Mike Douglas Show – guests: Roberta Sherwood, Bill Daily, The Four Preps
02:00p People Will Talk (color)
02:25p NBC News – Floyd Kabler
02:30p The Doctors
03:00p Loretta Young Theater
03:30p You Don’t Say (color)
04:00p The Match Game
04:25p NBC News – Sander Vanocur
04:30p Clubhouse 4 (Big Brother Bob Emery)
05:00p Boston Movietime “The Detective” (1955) starring Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood
06:30p News, Weather
07:00p Huntley-Brinkley Report
07:30p Temple Houston “Billy Hart”
08:30p Dr. Kildare
09:30p Hazel (color)
10:00p Arthur Godfrey Thanksgiving Show
11:00p News
11:15p Steve Allen Show
12:45a World News
01:00a Big Movie
5 – WHDH Boston (CBS)
06:00a Continental Classroom
06:30a Capt. Bob (color)
07:00a Morning Key Club (color)
07:30a Capt. Bob (color)
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Romper Room (color)
09:30a For Women (color)
09:45a We Believe (color)
10:00a Thanksgiving Parade Jubilee – covering Macy’s, New York; Gimbels Parade in Philadelphia; J.L Hudson Parade in Detroit; taped excerpts from Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade in Toronto. Allen Ludden, Bert Parks, Bess Myerson commentators.
12:00p NFL Football – Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions
03:00p NCAA Football – Texas at Texas A&M
05:15p Football Scoreboard
05:30p Sea Hunt
06:00p News (color)
06:05p Dateline Boston – Dr. Edwin Booth “The Meaning of Thanksgiving Day” (color)
06:30p CBS News – Walter Cronkite
07:00p News, Weather (color)
07:30p Password – celebrity guests: Jimmy Stewart and his wife Gloria
08:00p Rawhide “Incident at Confidence Creek”
09:00p Perry Mason
10:00p The Nurses “The Unwanted”
11:00p News (color)
11:30p Tonight Show (color) – from NBC
6 – WTEV New Bedford (ABC)
06:30a Continental Classroom
07:00a Billy Bang Bang
08:00a The Range Rider
08:30a Abbott and Costello
09:00a Ed Allen Time
09:30a Amos ‘n’ Andy
10:00a Life of Riley
10:30a Community (Bob Bassett)
11:00p The Price is Right
11:30a Seven Keys
12:00p Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30p Father Knows Best
01:00p General Hospital
01:30p Divorce Court
02:30p The Cowboy and the Tiger (special) – musical fantasy starring David Wayne, Paul O’Keefe and Jack Gilford
03:30p AFL Football – Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos
06:15p News, Weather
06:30p ABC News – Ron Cochran
06:45p News, Weather
07:00p Broken Arrow
07:30p The Flintstones “Kleptomaniac Pebbles” (color)
08:00p Donna Reed
08:30p My Three Sons
09:00p Jimmy Dean
10:00p Sid Caeser Show – guests: Gisele MacKenzie and Joey Forman
10:30p The Detectives
11:00p News
11:25p Thriller
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC)
06:25a Farm and Market
06:30a Understanding Our World
07:00a Three Stooges
07:30a Huckleberry Hound
08:00a Three Stooges
08:15a The King and Odie
08:30a Jack LaLanne
09:00a The People’s Choice
09:30a David Allen Show
10:00a Girl Talk
10:30a Who Do You Trust? (delayed from 3:30p)
11:00p The Price is Right
11:30p Seven Keys
12:00p Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30p Father Knows Best
01:00p General Hospital
01:30p Trailmaster (delayed from 4p)
02:30p The Cowboy and the Tiger (special) – musical fantasy starring David Wayne, Paul O’Keefe and Jack Gilford
03:30p AFL Football – Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos
06:15p News, Weather
06:30p Dobie Gillis
07:00p Fractured Flickers
07:30p The Flintstones “Kleptomaniac Pebbles” (color)
08:00p Donna Reed
08:30p My Three Sons
09:00p Jimmy Dean
10:00p Sid Caeser Show – guests: Gisele MacKenzie and Joey Forman
10:30p The Detectives
11:00p News
11:15p Late Show
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
09:30a Breakfast With the Boys
10:30a Day In Court (delayed from 2:30p)
11:00p The Price is Right
11:30p Seven Keys
12:00p Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30p Father Knows Best
01:00p General Hospital
01:30p Movie “Disbarred” starring Robert Preston and Gail Patrick
02:30p The Cowboy and the Tiger (special) – musical fantasy starring David Wayne, Paul O’Keefe and Jack Gilford
03:30p AFL Football – Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos
06:30p News, Weather
06:45p ABC News – Ron Cochran
07:00p Visit with Santa
07:30p The Flintstones (color)
08:00p Phil Silvers Show
08:30p My Three Sons
09:00p Jimmy Dean
10:00p Sid Caeser Show
10:30p Jazz Scene U.S.A.
11:00p News
11:15p Movie “Within These Walls”
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
06:30a TV Classroom
07:00a Today
09:05a World Around Us (nothing listed for 9a – probably news)
09:30a Talk of the Town
10:00a Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade – Lorne Greene and Betty White, commentators (color)
11:30a Missing Links (color)
12:00p Your First Impression (color)
12:30p Truth or Consequences (color)
01:00p State House Tour
01:30p Make Room for Daddy
02:00p People Will Talk (color)
02:25p NBC News – Floyd Kabler
02:30p The Doctors
03:00p Loretta Young Theater
03:30p You Don’t Say (color)
04:00p The Match Game
04:25p NBC News – Sander Vanocur
04:30p Movie “Five Steps to Danger” starring Sterling Hayden, Ruth Roman
06:00p Eye-Dentify
06:30p Huntley-Brinkley Report
07:00p Have Gun, Will Travel
07:30p Temple Houston
08:30p Dr. Kildare
09:30p Hazel (color)
10:00p Arthur Godfrey Thanksgiving Show
11:00p News
11:15p Tonight Show (color)
12 – WPRO Providence (CBS)
06:30a Sunrise Semester
07:00a Stooges, Rascals, Popeye
07:30a The King and Odie
07:45a Storytime
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Romper Room
09:30a Dialing for Dollars
10:00a Thanksgiving Parade Jubilee – covering Macy’s, New York; Gimbels Parade in Philadelphia; J.L Hudson Parade in Detroit; taped excerpts from Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade in Toronto. Allen Ludden, Bert Parks, Bess Myerson commentators.
12:00p NFL Football – Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions
02:45p Chris Clark Show
03:00p NCAA Football – Texas at Texas A&M
06:00p Salty’s Funny Company
06:30p Huckleberry Hound
07:00p Newsbeat
07:30p Movie “Manhunt in the Jungle”
09:00p Perry Mason
10:00p The Nurses
11:00p News
11:20p Movie “Great Moment”