source: The Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1973
Thursday November 22, 1973
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (PBS) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WCVB-TV (ABC) Boston
6 WTEV-TV (ABC) New Bedford/Providence
7 WNAC-TV (CBS) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC) Providence
11 WENH-TV (PBS) Durham, NH
12 WPRI-TV (CBS) Providence
27 WSMW-TV (Ind.) Worcester
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
56 WKBG-TV (Ind.) Boston
MORNING
6:00
5- News
6:15
4- Sign-on Seminar
7- Farm and Market Report
6:20
7- Sunrise Semester
6:25
10- TV Classroom
6:30
6- Jack LaLanne
12- Sunrise Semester
6:45
4- Daily Almanac
6- News
6:50
7- Las Noticias De Hoy
7:00
4-10- Today Show
5- Jabberwocky
6- Hogan's Heroes
7-12- CBS News
7:30
5-6- Leave it to Beaver
8:00
5- Father Knows Best
6- Flintstones
7- Captain Kangaroo
12- Bishop Gelineau's Thanksgiving Mass
8:30
5- Romper Room
6- Community (Bob Bassett)
9:00
4-10- Pre-Parade Special- "Get Me to the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Time"
5- Good Morning!
6- Romper Room
7-12- Special- "All-American Parades" (New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto)
9:30
6- Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C
10:00
4-10- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
6- Dick Van Dyke
9- Sinbad the Sailor
10:30
5- Password
6- Andy Griffith Show
56- Not For Women Only
11:00
5- Big Valley
6- Split Second
38- Tom Larson
56- New Zoo Revue
11:30
6-9- Brady Bunch
56- Bullwinkle
AFTERNOON
12:00
4- Special- "Magic Man"
5- News
6-9- Password
7-12- NFL Football- Washington Redskins @ Detroit Lions
27- Daily Mass
38- Can You Top This
56- I Love Lucy
12:30
5- Special- "A Matter of Faith
6- News
9- Split Second
27- Playhouse- "Pigeons from Hell"
56- Special- "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1:00
5-6-9- College Football- Air Force @ Notre Dame
1:30
4-10- Special- "Alice through the Looking Glass
27- Movie- Our Town (1940)
38- Movie- Seven Little Foys (1956)
2:00
56- Special- "Emperor's New Clothes"
3:00
4-10- Football Review
56- Speed Racer
3:30
2- Maggie
4-10- NFL Football- Miami Dolphins @ Dallas Cowboys
7-12- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
27- Felix the Cat
38- Bugs Bunny and Friends
44- Misterogers
56- Batman
4:00
2-44- Sesame Street
27- Popeye
38- Three Stooges
56- Little Rascals
4:30
5- That Girl
6- Bonanza
7-12- Merv Griffin
9- Mr. Magoo
27- Lassie
38- F Troop
56- The Flintstones
5:00
2- Misterogers
5- Perry Mason
6- Mission: Impossible
27- Superman
38- McHale's Navy
44- Hodgepodge Lodge
5:30
2- Electric Company
7- Candlepins in Cash
27- Gomer Pyle, USMC
38- Andy Griffith
44- Carrosclendas
56- Gilligan's Island
EVENING
6:00
2- Zoom
5-6-7-9-12- News
27- Petticoat Junction
38- Beverly Hillbillies
44- Sesame Street
56- Lucy Show
6:30
2- Special- "Joyce Chen Goes to China"
4- News
5-6-9- College Football- Alabama @ LSU
7-12- CBS News
10- NBC News
27- Animal World
38- I Dream of Jeannie
56- Star Trek
7:00
4- NBC News
7-12- What's My Line
10- Concentration
27- Special- "An Old New England Winter" (tale of Old Sturbridge Village)
38- Hogan's Hereos
44- Aviation Weather
7:30
2- Special- "Godspell goes to Plimoth Plantation
4- Special- "Ten Years from Dallas" JFK Memorial
7- Scene on Seven
10- To Tell The Truth
12- Beat the Clock
38- NHL Hockey- Boston Bruins .vs. Philadelphia Flyers (from Boston Garden)
44- Martin Agronsky
56- Night Gallery
8:00
2- Special- "The Gloucestermen"
4-10- Movie- My Fair Lady (1964)
7-12- The Waltons
27- Special- "This is Tom Jones
44- Our Street
56- Dragnet
8:30
2- Special- "Changing Seasons" (Thalassa Cruso)
44- Catch 44
56- WHA Hockey- New England Whalers @ Minnesota Fighting Saints
9:00
2- Phantom India
7- Movie- Duel at Diablo (1968)
12- Movie- Escape to Mindaneo (1968)
27- Thriller
44- Men Who Made The Movie
9:30
5- Housce Call
6- Special- "People to People: Sweden to Rhode Island"
9- Movie- Thunder Pass (1954)
10:00
2-44- Another Shade of Black
5- Special- "This is Tom Jones"
6- Special- "A Whole New Season Called Winter"
27- Special- "A Matter of Faith"
38- Bruins Wrap-Up
10:15
38- Three Stooges
10:30
2-44- Our Street (sign off times for WGBH, WSMW and WGBX, 11pm)
6- Hollywood Squares
27- Joanne Carson Show
11:00
5-6-7-9-12- News
38- Movie- Wild Strawberries (1957) (sign-off times for WSBK and WLVI, 12:31am)
56- Movie- Apache (1954)
11:15
4-10- News
11:30
5-6-9- Salute to Humble Howard (sign-off time for WMUR, 1am)
7-12- Movie- The Lost Continent (1968) (sign-off time for WPRI, 1:30am)
11:45
4-10- Tonight Show
1:00
5- George Fennell's Night Frontier
6- News (sign-off time for WTEV, 1:10am)
1:15
4-10- Tomorrow (sign-off time for WBZ and WJAR, 2:15am)
1:30
7- News (sign-off time for WNAC, 1:45)
2:30
5- News
2:40
5- Movie- Enter Inspector Malgret (1967)
4:30
5- Good Morning
RETRO BOSTON TV- THANKSGIVING 1973
Thursday November 22, 1973
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (PBS) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WCVB-TV (ABC) Boston
6 WTEV-TV (ABC) New Bedford/Providence
7 WNAC-TV (CBS) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC) Providence
11 WENH-TV (PBS) Durham, NH
12 WPRI-TV (CBS) Providence
27 WSMW-TV (Ind.) Worcester
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
56 WKBG-TV (Ind.) Boston
MORNING
6:00
5- News
6:15
4- Sign-on Seminar
7- Farm and Market Report
6:20
7- Sunrise Semester
6:25
10- TV Classroom
6:30
6- Jack LaLanne
12- Sunrise Semester
6:45
4- Daily Almanac
6- News
6:50
7- Las Noticias De Hoy
7:00
4-10- Today Show
5- Jabberwocky
6- Hogan's Heroes
7-12- CBS News
7:30
5-6- Leave it to Beaver
8:00
5- Father Knows Best
6- Flintstones
7- Captain Kangaroo
12- Bishop Gelineau's Thanksgiving Mass
8:30
5- Romper Room
6- Community (Bob Bassett)
9:00
4-10- Pre-Parade Special- "Get Me to the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Time"
5- Good Morning!
6- Romper Room
7-12- Special- "All-American Parades" (New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto)
9:30
6- Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C
10:00
4-10- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
6- Dick Van Dyke
9- Sinbad the Sailor
10:30
5- Password
6- Andy Griffith Show
56- Not For Women Only
11:00
5- Big Valley
6- Split Second
38- Tom Larson
56- New Zoo Revue
11:30
6-9- Brady Bunch
56- Bullwinkle
AFTERNOON
12:00
4- Special- "Magic Man"
5- News
6-9- Password
7-12- NFL Football- Washington Redskins @ Detroit Lions
27- Daily Mass
38- Can You Top This
56- I Love Lucy
12:30
5- Special- "A Matter of Faith
6- News
9- Split Second
27- Playhouse- "Pigeons from Hell"
56- Special- "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1:00
5-6-9- College Football- Air Force @ Notre Dame
1:30
4-10- Special- "Alice through the Looking Glass
27- Movie- Our Town (1940)
38- Movie- Seven Little Foys (1956)
2:00
56- Special- "Emperor's New Clothes"
3:00
4-10- Football Review
56- Speed Racer
3:30
2- Maggie
4-10- NFL Football- Miami Dolphins @ Dallas Cowboys
7-12- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
27- Felix the Cat
38- Bugs Bunny and Friends
44- Misterogers
56- Batman
4:00
2-44- Sesame Street
27- Popeye
38- Three Stooges
56- Little Rascals
4:30
5- That Girl
6- Bonanza
7-12- Merv Griffin
9- Mr. Magoo
27- Lassie
38- F Troop
56- The Flintstones
5:00
2- Misterogers
5- Perry Mason
6- Mission: Impossible
27- Superman
38- McHale's Navy
44- Hodgepodge Lodge
5:30
2- Electric Company
7- Candlepins in Cash
27- Gomer Pyle, USMC
38- Andy Griffith
44- Carrosclendas
56- Gilligan's Island
EVENING
6:00
2- Zoom
5-6-7-9-12- News
27- Petticoat Junction
38- Beverly Hillbillies
44- Sesame Street
56- Lucy Show
6:30
2- Special- "Joyce Chen Goes to China"
4- News
5-6-9- College Football- Alabama @ LSU
7-12- CBS News
10- NBC News
27- Animal World
38- I Dream of Jeannie
56- Star Trek
7:00
4- NBC News
7-12- What's My Line
10- Concentration
27- Special- "An Old New England Winter" (tale of Old Sturbridge Village)
38- Hogan's Hereos
44- Aviation Weather
7:30
2- Special- "Godspell goes to Plimoth Plantation
4- Special- "Ten Years from Dallas" JFK Memorial
7- Scene on Seven
10- To Tell The Truth
12- Beat the Clock
38- NHL Hockey- Boston Bruins .vs. Philadelphia Flyers (from Boston Garden)
44- Martin Agronsky
56- Night Gallery
8:00
2- Special- "The Gloucestermen"
4-10- Movie- My Fair Lady (1964)
7-12- The Waltons
27- Special- "This is Tom Jones
44- Our Street
56- Dragnet
8:30
2- Special- "Changing Seasons" (Thalassa Cruso)
44- Catch 44
56- WHA Hockey- New England Whalers @ Minnesota Fighting Saints
9:00
2- Phantom India
7- Movie- Duel at Diablo (1968)
12- Movie- Escape to Mindaneo (1968)
27- Thriller
44- Men Who Made The Movie
9:30
5- Housce Call
6- Special- "People to People: Sweden to Rhode Island"
9- Movie- Thunder Pass (1954)
10:00
2-44- Another Shade of Black
5- Special- "This is Tom Jones"
6- Special- "A Whole New Season Called Winter"
27- Special- "A Matter of Faith"
38- Bruins Wrap-Up
10:15
38- Three Stooges
10:30
2-44- Our Street (sign off times for WGBH, WSMW and WGBX, 11pm)
6- Hollywood Squares
27- Joanne Carson Show
11:00
5-6-7-9-12- News
38- Movie- Wild Strawberries (1957) (sign-off times for WSBK and WLVI, 12:31am)
56- Movie- Apache (1954)
11:15
4-10- News
11:30
5-6-9- Salute to Humble Howard (sign-off time for WMUR, 1am)
7-12- Movie- The Lost Continent (1968) (sign-off time for WPRI, 1:30am)
11:45
4-10- Tonight Show
1:00
5- George Fennell's Night Frontier
6- News (sign-off time for WTEV, 1:10am)
1:15
4-10- Tomorrow (sign-off time for WBZ and WJAR, 2:15am)
1:30
7- News (sign-off time for WNAC, 1:45)
2:30
5- News
2:40
5- Movie- Enter Inspector Malgret (1967)
4:30
5- Good Morning