From TV Guide, Central Florida Edition:
WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach/Orlando (NBC)
6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 TV Classroom
7 AM Today (author J.P. Donleavy discusses his
new book "The Beastly Beatitudes Of Balthazar
B"; music critic Robert Shelton discusses his
picture book of folk singers; Hugh Downs hosts)
9 AM Hazel
9:30 Dennis The Menace
10 AM Snap Judgment (guests: Nipsey Russell, Kitty Carlisle)
10:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Personality (James Mason, Peggy Cass, Vikki Carr;
on film: George Jessel)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (Kaye Ballard, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton,
Connie Hines, Arte Johnson, Tom Kennedy, Jan Murray,
Soupy Sales, Charley Weaver)
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Eye Guess
12:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
1 PM News, Sports, Weather, Market Report, Editorial
(Ch. 2 was the only network affiliate in this edition still
airing its local news in black and white.)
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (Rosemary Clooney, Ross Martin)
4 PM Mike Douglas (co-host Cliff Robertson, TV Guide movie critic
Judith Crist, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Soupy
Sales, singer Jeannie Brittan)
5:30 Newscope
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Zane Grey Theater
7:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
8 PM The Supremes And The Temptations (pre-empts "Laugh-In")
9 PM NBC Movie: "Kid Galahad" (one of Elvis' better ones)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show (no details given, but Johnny is no doubt off)
WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (NET)
8:50 In-school programs
3:15 Humanities
3:45 Sew Easy
4:45 Friendly Giant
5 PM What's New
5:30 Misterogers (at the time the title for "Mister Rogers'
Neighborhood")
6 PM Social Security In Action
6:15 Travel Film
6:30 Humanities
7 PM What's New
7:30 Studio J.C.
8 PM Folk Guitar Plus (Laura Weber)
8:30 Third Eye (guest: former St. Petersburg mayor Herman
W. Goldner)
9 PM Black Journal
10 PM Art And Man: "Germany: The Obsession With Death"
sign off 11 PM
WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)
6:10 News, Weather
6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "English Literature"
7 AM News
7:05 CBS News (Joseph Benti)
7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:30 Merv Griffin (Gore Vidal, Peter Fonda, comedy
writer Jack Douglas and his wife Reiko, Ray
Stevens, the Impressions)
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Joseph Benti)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Girl Talk (Virginia Graham)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Linkletter Show (guest: Dr. Joyce Brothers)
4:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
4:30 Flintstones
5 PM Gilligan's Island
5:30 Truth Or Consequences
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM The Good Guys (Bob Denver, Herb Edelman,
delay from Wed 8:30)
7:30 Gunsmoke
8:30 Here's Lucy (guest: Van Johnson)
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Family Affair
10 PM Carol Burnett (guests: Imogene Coca, Vic Damone)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Come Fill The Cup"
WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)
6:30 RFD Florida
7 AM Today
9 AM Steve Allen (guests: Stephen Boyd, singer Bob Carroll,
Jayne Meadows)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Personality
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Eye Guess
12:55 NBC News
1 PM News, Sports, Weather
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Hazel
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say!
4 PM Match Game (guests: Robert and Alan Alda)
4:25 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
4:30 Merv Griffin (same as Ch. 6, with the addition of
choreographer Agnes DeMille)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Julia (delay from Tue 8:30, Groucho Marx
makes a brief appearance)
7:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
8 PM The Supremes And The Temptations
9 PM Movie: "Untamed"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show
WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)
6:55 News
7 AM New Casper Cartoon Show (delay from Sat 9 AM,
not in color)
7:30 The Beatles (delay from Sun 9:30 AM, not in color)
8 AM Robin Hood
8:30 Fran Carlton (exercises)
9 AM Dream House (delay from 1 PM, not in color)
9:30 One Life To Live (delay from 3:30 PM, not in color)
10 AM Dark Shadows (delay from 4 PM, is in color)
10:30 Dick Cavett (actress Margaret Hamilton, etiquette
specialist Elinor Ames, Henry Borovik of Russia's
Pravda)
12 N Bewitched
12:30 Tom Hallick (local, he later moved to LA)
1:30 Funny You Should Ask (Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows,
Michael Landon, Jan Murray)
1:55 Children's Doctor
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Movie: "The Blue Bird" (Shirley Temple)
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
5:55 Editorial (Ray Ruester)
6 PM ABC News (Frank Reynolds)
6:30 Of Lands And Seas (first of two shows from France)
7:30 The Avengers
8:30 Peyton Place
9 PM The Road To Gettysburg (pre-empts "The Outcasts")
10 PM Big Valley
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Editorial (doesn't say what airs at 11:25)
11:30 Joey Bishop (Eva Gabor, Shelley Berman, Joanie Sommers)
WLCY (WTSP) Ch. 10 St. Petersburg (ABC)
7 AM Accent On Learning
7:15 Open Mike
7:45 News
8 AM Good Morning (Russ Byrd)
8:30 Fran Carlton
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Loretta Young
10:30 Dick Cavett
12 N Bewitched
12:30 Treasure Isle
1 PM Dream House
1:30 Funny You Should Ask
1:55 Children's Doctor
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5 PM Leave It To Beaver
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
6 PM ABC News
6:30 I Love Lucy (the one where Lucy gets a
loving cup stuck on her head)
7 PM Travel/Adventure
7:30 The Avengers
8:30 Peyton Place
9 PM The Road To Gettysburg
10 PM Big Valley
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Joey Bishop
WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)
6:30 Edison Jr. College
7 AM Informacast
7:05 CBS News
7:30 Sunshine Almanac
7:45 Industry On Parade
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Merv Griffin (Art Linkletter, Chita Rivera,
Peggy Cass, the 1910 Fruit Gum Company)
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N News, Weather
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 News
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Linkletter Show
4:25 CBS News
4:30 Mike Douglas (co-hosts: the Lettermen singing group;
Richard Tucker, Maureen Stapleton, psychoanalyst
Erich Fromm)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
7 PM CBS News
7:30 Gunsmoke
8:30 Here's Lucy
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Family Affair
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Movie: "The Falcon In Mexico"
WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)
6 AM A.M. (Ernie Lee)
7 AM News, Weather
7:05 CBS News
7:30 News, Weather
7:45 A.M.
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mike Douglas (co-host Garry Moore, Norm Crosby,
columnist Jim Bishop, the Brothers Four, the Gym
Cana trampoline troupe)
10:30 Weather
10:35 Linkletter Show (guests: Paul Lynde and Mrs. Bob
Crane, delay from Fri 4 PM)
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N News, Weather
12:20 Farm Report
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 Tampa Bay Topics
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Flintstones
4:30 Perry Mason
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Movie: "I Aim At The Stars" (biography of
Wernher von Braun)
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Family Affair
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Editorial (doesn't say what's on at 11:25)
11:30 Movie: "Ride The High Iron"
WSUN Ch. 38 St. Petersburg (Ind.)
2:30 Film
3 PM Movie: "The Port Of 40 Thieves"
4:30 Bozo The Clown
5 PM My Favorite Martian
5:30 Shotgun Slade
6 PM The Texan
6:30 State Trooper
7 PM Adventure Calls
7:30 Movies: "Island Of Desire" and "What
Every Woman Wants"
sign off 10 PM
WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach/Orlando (NBC)
6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 TV Classroom
7 AM Today (author J.P. Donleavy discusses his
new book "The Beastly Beatitudes Of Balthazar
B"; music critic Robert Shelton discusses his
picture book of folk singers; Hugh Downs hosts)
9 AM Hazel
9:30 Dennis The Menace
10 AM Snap Judgment (guests: Nipsey Russell, Kitty Carlisle)
10:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Personality (James Mason, Peggy Cass, Vikki Carr;
on film: George Jessel)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (Kaye Ballard, Wally Cox, Abby Dalton,
Connie Hines, Arte Johnson, Tom Kennedy, Jan Murray,
Soupy Sales, Charley Weaver)
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Eye Guess
12:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
1 PM News, Sports, Weather, Market Report, Editorial
(Ch. 2 was the only network affiliate in this edition still
airing its local news in black and white.)
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (Rosemary Clooney, Ross Martin)
4 PM Mike Douglas (co-host Cliff Robertson, TV Guide movie critic
Judith Crist, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Soupy
Sales, singer Jeannie Brittan)
5:30 Newscope
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Zane Grey Theater
7:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
8 PM The Supremes And The Temptations (pre-empts "Laugh-In")
9 PM NBC Movie: "Kid Galahad" (one of Elvis' better ones)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show (no details given, but Johnny is no doubt off)
WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (NET)
8:50 In-school programs
3:15 Humanities
3:45 Sew Easy
4:45 Friendly Giant
5 PM What's New
5:30 Misterogers (at the time the title for "Mister Rogers'
Neighborhood")
6 PM Social Security In Action
6:15 Travel Film
6:30 Humanities
7 PM What's New
7:30 Studio J.C.
8 PM Folk Guitar Plus (Laura Weber)
8:30 Third Eye (guest: former St. Petersburg mayor Herman
W. Goldner)
9 PM Black Journal
10 PM Art And Man: "Germany: The Obsession With Death"
sign off 11 PM
WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)
6:10 News, Weather
6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 Sunrise Semester: "English Literature"
7 AM News
7:05 CBS News (Joseph Benti)
7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:30 Merv Griffin (Gore Vidal, Peter Fonda, comedy
writer Jack Douglas and his wife Reiko, Ray
Stevens, the Impressions)
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Joseph Benti)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Girl Talk (Virginia Graham)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Linkletter Show (guest: Dr. Joyce Brothers)
4:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
4:30 Flintstones
5 PM Gilligan's Island
5:30 Truth Or Consequences
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM The Good Guys (Bob Denver, Herb Edelman,
delay from Wed 8:30)
7:30 Gunsmoke
8:30 Here's Lucy (guest: Van Johnson)
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Family Affair
10 PM Carol Burnett (guests: Imogene Coca, Vic Damone)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Come Fill The Cup"
WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)
6:30 RFD Florida
7 AM Today
9 AM Steve Allen (guests: Stephen Boyd, singer Bob Carroll,
Jayne Meadows)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Personality
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Eye Guess
12:55 NBC News
1 PM News, Sports, Weather
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Hazel
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say!
4 PM Match Game (guests: Robert and Alan Alda)
4:25 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
4:30 Merv Griffin (same as Ch. 6, with the addition of
choreographer Agnes DeMille)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Julia (delay from Tue 8:30, Groucho Marx
makes a brief appearance)
7:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
8 PM The Supremes And The Temptations
9 PM Movie: "Untamed"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show
WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)
6:55 News
7 AM New Casper Cartoon Show (delay from Sat 9 AM,
not in color)
7:30 The Beatles (delay from Sun 9:30 AM, not in color)
8 AM Robin Hood
8:30 Fran Carlton (exercises)
9 AM Dream House (delay from 1 PM, not in color)
9:30 One Life To Live (delay from 3:30 PM, not in color)
10 AM Dark Shadows (delay from 4 PM, is in color)
10:30 Dick Cavett (actress Margaret Hamilton, etiquette
specialist Elinor Ames, Henry Borovik of Russia's
Pravda)
12 N Bewitched
12:30 Tom Hallick (local, he later moved to LA)
1:30 Funny You Should Ask (Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows,
Michael Landon, Jan Murray)
1:55 Children's Doctor
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Movie: "The Blue Bird" (Shirley Temple)
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
5:55 Editorial (Ray Ruester)
6 PM ABC News (Frank Reynolds)
6:30 Of Lands And Seas (first of two shows from France)
7:30 The Avengers
8:30 Peyton Place
9 PM The Road To Gettysburg (pre-empts "The Outcasts")
10 PM Big Valley
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Editorial (doesn't say what airs at 11:25)
11:30 Joey Bishop (Eva Gabor, Shelley Berman, Joanie Sommers)
WLCY (WTSP) Ch. 10 St. Petersburg (ABC)
7 AM Accent On Learning
7:15 Open Mike
7:45 News
8 AM Good Morning (Russ Byrd)
8:30 Fran Carlton
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Loretta Young
10:30 Dick Cavett
12 N Bewitched
12:30 Treasure Isle
1 PM Dream House
1:30 Funny You Should Ask
1:55 Children's Doctor
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5 PM Leave It To Beaver
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
6 PM ABC News
6:30 I Love Lucy (the one where Lucy gets a
loving cup stuck on her head)
7 PM Travel/Adventure
7:30 The Avengers
8:30 Peyton Place
9 PM The Road To Gettysburg
10 PM Big Valley
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Joey Bishop
WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)
6:30 Edison Jr. College
7 AM Informacast
7:05 CBS News
7:30 Sunshine Almanac
7:45 Industry On Parade
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Merv Griffin (Art Linkletter, Chita Rivera,
Peggy Cass, the 1910 Fruit Gum Company)
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N News, Weather
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 News
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Linkletter Show
4:25 CBS News
4:30 Mike Douglas (co-hosts: the Lettermen singing group;
Richard Tucker, Maureen Stapleton, psychoanalyst
Erich Fromm)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
7 PM CBS News
7:30 Gunsmoke
8:30 Here's Lucy
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Family Affair
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Movie: "The Falcon In Mexico"
WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)
6 AM A.M. (Ernie Lee)
7 AM News, Weather
7:05 CBS News
7:30 News, Weather
7:45 A.M.
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mike Douglas (co-host Garry Moore, Norm Crosby,
columnist Jim Bishop, the Brothers Four, the Gym
Cana trampoline troupe)
10:30 Weather
10:35 Linkletter Show (guests: Paul Lynde and Mrs. Bob
Crane, delay from Fri 4 PM)
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N News, Weather
12:20 Farm Report
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 Tampa Bay Topics
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Flintstones
4:30 Perry Mason
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Movie: "I Aim At The Stars" (biography of
Wernher von Braun)
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Family Affair
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Editorial (doesn't say what's on at 11:25)
11:30 Movie: "Ride The High Iron"
WSUN Ch. 38 St. Petersburg (Ind.)
2:30 Film
3 PM Movie: "The Port Of 40 Thieves"
4:30 Bozo The Clown
5 PM My Favorite Martian
5:30 Shotgun Slade
6 PM The Texan
6:30 State Trooper
7 PM Adventure Calls
7:30 Movies: "Island Of Desire" and "What
Every Woman Wants"
sign off 10 PM
, does this indicate WFTV using a mixture of color and B&W VTRs in 1968? And, if so, wonder why Dark Shadows was the show using the color machine? (Given the gothic look of DS, one would think it would benefit the least, aesthetically, from color.)