source: The Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1968
Thursday November 28, 1968
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (NET) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WHDH-TV (CBS) Boston
6 WTEV-TV (ABC) New Bedford/Providence
7 WNAC-TV (ABC) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC) Providence
11 WENH-TV (NET) Durham, NH
12 WPRI-TV (CBS) Providence
38 WSBK-TV (Ind./NBC) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (NET) Boston
56 WKBG-TV (Ind.) Boston
MORNING
6:00
5- TBA
6:15
4- Sign-on Seminar
6:20
7- Farm and Market
6:25
7- Understanding Our World
10- TV Classroom
6:30
5- N.E Farmer
6:45
4- Daily Almanac
5- We Believe
6- Jack Delaney, news
6:55
7- Sinbad
7:00
4-10- Today Show
5- News
6- Funtime
7- Cartoon Carnival
12- Jobs are Waiting
7:05
5-12- CBS News, Joseph Benti
7:30
5- Bozo the Clown
6- JacK LaLanne Show
12- Cartoons
8:00
5- Romper Room
6- Community
7- The Dating Game
12- Captain Kangaroo
8:30
5- Abbott and Costello in the Navy- (FILM)
6- Dark Shadows
7- General Hospital
9:00
4- Magoo in Sherwood Forest
6- Funtime
7-10- Steve Allen Show
12- Dialing for Dollars
9:30
6- Romper Room
9- The Beatles
10:00
4-10- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
5-12- Thanksgiving Parade of Parades
6- One Life to Live
7- Newlywed Game
9- Loretta Young Theater
10:30
6-7-9- Dick Cavett Show
10:55
56- At Your Service
11:00
56- Little Rascals
11:30
38- Jack LaLanne Show
AFTERNOON
12:00
2- Misterogers Neighborhood
4- News, weather
5-12- NFL Today
6-7-9- Bewitched
10- Movie- The Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
38- Jeopardy
12:15
5-12- NFL Football- Philadelphia Phillies @ Detroit Lions
12:30
2- What's New?
4- Mike Douglas Show
6- Rocky and his Friends
7-9- Treasure Isle
38- Eye Guess
56- Movie- Lady Killers (1955)
12:45
6- Jeff's Collie
1:00
2- N.E.T Festival- "The Fanetics"
7- Movie- Black Beauty (1946)
9- Dream House
38- Yoga for Health
1:15
6- Mister Ed
1:30
4-10- AFL Football Doubleheader- Houston Oilers @ Kansas City Chiefs, followed by Buffalo Bills @ Oakland Raiders
9- Funny You Should Ask
38- Adventures of Topy
1:45
6- The Flinstones
1:55
9- Children's Doctor
2:00
2- Your Dollar's Worth
9- Newlywed Game
38- Dark Shadows
56- I Love Lucy
2:15
6- Gilligan's Island
2:30
9- The Dating Game
38- One Life to Live
56- Make Room for Daddy
2:45
6-7-9- Football Today
3:00
2-11- American Government
6-7-9- College Football- Texas .vs. Texas A&M
38- MGM Cartoons
56- Kimba
3:25
5-12- CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30
2- What is it That Waves?
5-12- Art Linkletter- Operation Armed Forces
38- Prince Planet
56- Huck and Yogi
4:00
38- Rocket Robin Hood
56- Astroboy
4:30
2- Sing Hi, Sing Lo
5- Perry Mason
12- Local Feature
38- Marine Boy
56- Little Rascals
4:45
2-11- Friendly Giant
5:00
2-11- Misterogers' Neighborhood
38- The Munsters
56- The Flintstones
5:30
2-11- What's New?
5- News, weather
38- The Munsters
56- The Flintstones
EVENING
6:00
2- Antiques 6
5-12- NFL Football- Washington Redskins @ Dallas Cowboys
6- Man From U.N.C.L.E
7-9- ABC News (Frank Reynolds)
11- Weather, Musicale
38- You Asked For It
44- Speaking Freely (Arthur Miller)
56- Patty Duke Show
6:30
2- Folk Guitar
7- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
9- News, weather
11- Bridge, Jean Cox
38- Bingo at Home
56- Gilligan's Island
7:00
2-11- Louis Lyons, news
4- News, weather
6- ABC News (Frank Reynolds)
9- Marshall Dillon
10-38- Alfred Hitchcock
44- Robert Frost, A Lover's Quarrel with this World
56- I Love Lucy
7:15
2-11- New England Views
7:30
2- Rainbow Quest
4- Daniel Boone
6-7-9- The Thanksgiving Visitor
10- Movie- Guns of Darkness (1962)
11- Column Eight
38- Password
56- Truth or Consequences
8:00
38- Run For Your Life
44- N.E.T Playhouse- "Devi"
56- Hazel, Shirley Booth
8:30
2- Say Brother
4- Ironside
6-7-9- Bewitched
11- Joyce Chen Cooks
56- Donald O'Connor Show
9:00
5-12- Movie- Marco Polo, the Magnificent (1965)
6-7-9- That Girl
11- Profiles in Courage
38- Pamela Mason
9:30
2- The World We Live in- "Survival in the Sea"
4- Biafra: The Children's Hour
6-7-9- Journey to the Unknown
10- Dragnet
38- Perry's Probe
44- Elliot Norton
10:00
2-11- Newsfront
4-10- Dean Martin Show
38- Suspense Theater
44- College Algebra (sign-off time for WGBX, 10:30pm)
56- Movie- Ruby Gentry (1952)
10:30
2- Flick Out- "Company for Lunch" (sign-off time for WGBH, 11pm)
6- Felony Squad
7- Twilight Zone
9- Panic, film
11:00
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
38- Across the Seven Seas (sign-off time for WSBK, 11:30pm)
11:20
9- Wanted: Dead or Alive (sign-off time for WMUR, 11:50pm)
11:30
4-10- Tonight Show (sign-off time for WJAR, 1am)
5- Movie- Cargo to Capetown (sign-off time for WHDH, 12:50am)
6- Joey Bishop Show
7- Have We Tried Yet?
12- Movie- Prize of Gold (1955) (sign-off time for WPRI, 1:08am)
12:00
7- Joey Bishop Show (sign-off time for WNAC, 1:30am)
56- At Your Service (sign-off time for WKBG, 12:30am)
1:00
4- Movie- Tarantula (1955) (sign-off time for WBZ, 2:20am)
6- Highway Patrol (sign-off time for WTEV, 1:30am)
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1968
Thursday November 28, 1968
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (NET) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WHDH-TV (CBS) Boston
6 WTEV-TV (ABC) New Bedford/Providence
7 WNAC-TV (ABC) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC) Providence
11 WENH-TV (NET) Durham, NH
12 WPRI-TV (CBS) Providence
38 WSBK-TV (Ind./NBC) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (NET) Boston
56 WKBG-TV (Ind.) Boston
MORNING
6:00
5- TBA
6:15
4- Sign-on Seminar
6:20
7- Farm and Market
6:25
7- Understanding Our World
10- TV Classroom
6:30
5- N.E Farmer
6:45
4- Daily Almanac
5- We Believe
6- Jack Delaney, news
6:55
7- Sinbad
7:00
4-10- Today Show
5- News
6- Funtime
7- Cartoon Carnival
12- Jobs are Waiting
7:05
5-12- CBS News, Joseph Benti
7:30
5- Bozo the Clown
6- JacK LaLanne Show
12- Cartoons
8:00
5- Romper Room
6- Community
7- The Dating Game
12- Captain Kangaroo
8:30
5- Abbott and Costello in the Navy- (FILM)
6- Dark Shadows
7- General Hospital
9:00
4- Magoo in Sherwood Forest
6- Funtime
7-10- Steve Allen Show
12- Dialing for Dollars
9:30
6- Romper Room
9- The Beatles
10:00
4-10- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
5-12- Thanksgiving Parade of Parades
6- One Life to Live
7- Newlywed Game
9- Loretta Young Theater
10:30
6-7-9- Dick Cavett Show
10:55
56- At Your Service
11:00
56- Little Rascals
11:30
38- Jack LaLanne Show
AFTERNOON
12:00
2- Misterogers Neighborhood
4- News, weather
5-12- NFL Today
6-7-9- Bewitched
10- Movie- The Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
38- Jeopardy
12:15
5-12- NFL Football- Philadelphia Phillies @ Detroit Lions
12:30
2- What's New?
4- Mike Douglas Show
6- Rocky and his Friends
7-9- Treasure Isle
38- Eye Guess
56- Movie- Lady Killers (1955)
12:45
6- Jeff's Collie
1:00
2- N.E.T Festival- "The Fanetics"
7- Movie- Black Beauty (1946)
9- Dream House
38- Yoga for Health
1:15
6- Mister Ed
1:30
4-10- AFL Football Doubleheader- Houston Oilers @ Kansas City Chiefs, followed by Buffalo Bills @ Oakland Raiders
9- Funny You Should Ask
38- Adventures of Topy
1:45
6- The Flinstones
1:55
9- Children's Doctor
2:00
2- Your Dollar's Worth
9- Newlywed Game
38- Dark Shadows
56- I Love Lucy
2:15
6- Gilligan's Island
2:30
9- The Dating Game
38- One Life to Live
56- Make Room for Daddy
2:45
6-7-9- Football Today
3:00
2-11- American Government
6-7-9- College Football- Texas .vs. Texas A&M
38- MGM Cartoons
56- Kimba
3:25
5-12- CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30
2- What is it That Waves?
5-12- Art Linkletter- Operation Armed Forces
38- Prince Planet
56- Huck and Yogi
4:00
38- Rocket Robin Hood
56- Astroboy
4:30
2- Sing Hi, Sing Lo
5- Perry Mason
12- Local Feature
38- Marine Boy
56- Little Rascals
4:45
2-11- Friendly Giant
5:00
2-11- Misterogers' Neighborhood
38- The Munsters
56- The Flintstones
5:30
2-11- What's New?
5- News, weather
38- The Munsters
56- The Flintstones
EVENING
6:00
2- Antiques 6
5-12- NFL Football- Washington Redskins @ Dallas Cowboys
6- Man From U.N.C.L.E
7-9- ABC News (Frank Reynolds)
11- Weather, Musicale
38- You Asked For It
44- Speaking Freely (Arthur Miller)
56- Patty Duke Show
6:30
2- Folk Guitar
7- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
9- News, weather
11- Bridge, Jean Cox
38- Bingo at Home
56- Gilligan's Island
7:00
2-11- Louis Lyons, news
4- News, weather
6- ABC News (Frank Reynolds)
9- Marshall Dillon
10-38- Alfred Hitchcock
44- Robert Frost, A Lover's Quarrel with this World
56- I Love Lucy
7:15
2-11- New England Views
7:30
2- Rainbow Quest
4- Daniel Boone
6-7-9- The Thanksgiving Visitor
10- Movie- Guns of Darkness (1962)
11- Column Eight
38- Password
56- Truth or Consequences
8:00
38- Run For Your Life
44- N.E.T Playhouse- "Devi"
56- Hazel, Shirley Booth
8:30
2- Say Brother
4- Ironside
6-7-9- Bewitched
11- Joyce Chen Cooks
56- Donald O'Connor Show
9:00
5-12- Movie- Marco Polo, the Magnificent (1965)
6-7-9- That Girl
11- Profiles in Courage
38- Pamela Mason
9:30
2- The World We Live in- "Survival in the Sea"
4- Biafra: The Children's Hour
6-7-9- Journey to the Unknown
10- Dragnet
38- Perry's Probe
44- Elliot Norton
10:00
2-11- Newsfront
4-10- Dean Martin Show
38- Suspense Theater
44- College Algebra (sign-off time for WGBX, 10:30pm)
56- Movie- Ruby Gentry (1952)
10:30
2- Flick Out- "Company for Lunch" (sign-off time for WGBH, 11pm)
6- Felony Squad
7- Twilight Zone
9- Panic, film
11:00
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
38- Across the Seven Seas (sign-off time for WSBK, 11:30pm)
11:20
9- Wanted: Dead or Alive (sign-off time for WMUR, 11:50pm)
11:30
4-10- Tonight Show (sign-off time for WJAR, 1am)
5- Movie- Cargo to Capetown (sign-off time for WHDH, 12:50am)
6- Joey Bishop Show
7- Have We Tried Yet?
12- Movie- Prize of Gold (1955) (sign-off time for WPRI, 1:08am)
12:00
7- Joey Bishop Show (sign-off time for WNAC, 1:30am)
56- At Your Service (sign-off time for WKBG, 12:30am)
1:00
4- Movie- Tarantula (1955) (sign-off time for WBZ, 2:20am)
6- Highway Patrol (sign-off time for WTEV, 1:30am)