NOTE: If Gemini IV is proceeding on schedule, splashdown is
scheduled for approximately 11 AM; all three networks have
coverage planned from 8 AM to early afternoon. What follows
are the planned regular schedules, just in case. From TV Guide,
Central Florida Edition:
WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach/Orlando (NBC)
6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 Jr. College Classroom
7 AM Today (composer Cy Coleman and lyricist Dorothy Fields;
Lee Allen, co-author of "Kings Of The Diamond" about baseball's
Hall of Fame; a Washington news guest)
9 AM Divorce Court
10 AM Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
10:30 What's This Song? (guests: Ross Martin and Barbara McNair)
10:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12 N Call My Bluff (guests: Nipsey Russell and opera singer Eileen
Farrell, COLOR)
12:30 I'll Bet (Gisele MacKenzie and husband Bob Shuttleworth vs.
Rod and Carol Serling; this show was later revived as "It's
Your Bet," COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Ray Scherer)
1 PM News, Sports, Weather
1:15 Focus 2
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2 PM Moment Of Truth
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (Mickey Manners, Anne Francis, COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (Sydney Chaplin (Charlie's son) and Vivian Vance,
COLOR)
4:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
4:30 Mike Douglas (co-hostess Dagmar; Hal March, Joel Grey)
5:30 Newscope
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
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If the splashdown went as scheduled, Chs. 6, 11, and 13 will offer
summaries of the flight 10-10:30 PM; Chs. 2 and 8, 10-11 PM;
Chs. 9 and 38, 11:15-11:45 PM.
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7 PM Zane Grey Theater
7:30 Karen (Debbie Watson, not to be confused with Karen Valentine's
short-lived 1975 ABC sitcom)
8 PM Man From U.N.C.L.E.
9 PM Andy Williams (last new show of the season, spotlight on the
regulars: the Nick Castle Dancers, orchestra leader Dave Grusin,
assistant choreographer Maggie Banks, the Good Time Singers,
the Osmond Brothers, COLOR)
10 PM Alfred Hitchcock Hour
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show (Kaye Ballard; Doc Severinsen subs for Skitch
Henderson, COLOR)
WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (NET)
8:50 Classroom (subjects include social studies, geography, science,
and Spanish)
3:15 Front Desk
3:30 Open Mind
4:30 French Chef
5 PM What's New
5:30 Kindergarten Corners
6 PM Pre-School Swimming
6:15 Film: "Big Trains Rolling"
6:30 Film: "Friends And Allies" (German soldiers serving with NATO)
7 PM Revolution (some other revolutions: the Civil War, Indian and
Israeli actions against the British, colonial revolution in Africa)
7:30 Big Picture
8 PM Film: "Challenge"
8:30 World Of Music (Simon Karasick conducts some of his students
from New York's Maness College of Music in works for brass by
Purcell, Beethoven, and Paul Holmes)
9 PM Population Problem (looks at overpopulation in the U.S.)
10 PM Creative Person (poet/translator/columnist John Ciardi)
10:30 Changing Congress (the problems a piece of legislation goes
through before passage)
sign off 11 PM
WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)
7 AM Summer Semester: "Civil Rights and Civil Liberties"
7:30 Sunshine Almanac
7:45 Film Features
7:55 News, Weather
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:30 Magic Carpet (kids' show)
10 AM CBS News (Roger Mudd, who may have been substituting
for Mike Wallace--I think CBS was getting ready to move
the broadcast to 7:05 AM)
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Real McCoys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Robert Trout)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Girl Talk
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password (Tom Poston, Elizabeth Allen)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (Abigail Van Buren, aka
"Dear Abby")
3 PM To Tell The Truth (Phyllis Newman, Orson Bean, Barry
Sullivan, Joan Fontaine)
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Uncle Walt (local kids' show)
5 PM Magilla Gorilla
5:30 Leave It To Beaver
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News (Harry Reasoner subs for Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Digest (Bill Berry)
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM I've Got A Secret (celebrity guest: Fritz Weaver of
Broadway's "Baker Street"; panel: Henry Morgan,
Bess Myerson, Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer; Steve Allen
hosts)
8:30 Andy Griffith
9 PM Movie: "The Bad And The Beautiful"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:25 Movie: "Big Jack"
WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)
6:30 RFD Florida
7 AM Today
9 AM Movie: "I Wake Up Screaming"
10:30 What's This Song? (COLOR)
10:55 NBC News
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12 N Call My Bluff (COLOR)
12:30 I'll Bet (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM News, Sports, Weather
1:20 Kitchen Korner
1:25 News, Sports, Weather
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News
2 PM Triangle Theater
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News
4:30 Leave It To Beaver
5 PM Lloyd Thaxton
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Littlest Hobo
7:30 Karen
8 PM Jo Stafford Special (from England, Jo is joined
by Peter Lawford, Benny Hill, English comedian
Kenneth Connor, the Polka Dots, and the Lionel
Blair Orchestra)
9 PM Andy Williams (COLOR)
10 PM Billy Graham Crusade (first of four telecasts from
Hawaii; sermon topic is "Forgiveness")
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)
7:30 Mickey Evans (gospel music)
8:30 Cartoons
9:15 Exercise For The Woman (may be Fran Carlton)
9:30 Movie: "The Good Humor Man"
11 AM December Bride
11:30 Price Is Right (celebrity guest: Skitch Henderson)
12 N Donna Reed (Donna gets a visit from Jay North and
Joseph Kearns, in character as Dennis the Menace
and Mr. Wilson.)
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM The Rebus Game
1:30 News
2 PM Flame In The Wind (later "A Time For Us")
2:30 Day In Court
2:55 ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Young Marrieds
4 PM Trailmaster ("Wagon Train" reruns with Ward Bond)
5 PM Sea Hunt
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
5:55 Editorial (Ray Ruester)
6 PM ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6:15 News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Maverick
7:30 Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
8:30 Billy Graham Crusade
9:30 Bing Crosby Show (his short-lived sitcom; guest is Mel
Torme)
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Editorial (Ray Ruester)
11:20 Weather
11:25 Movie: "Lady In A Jam"
WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 News, Sports, Weather
9:45 Industry On Parade
10 AM Herald Playhouse
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Real McCoys
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Agricultural News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 News, Sports, Weather
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Lazy Bar Fun Time
5:40 Informacast
5:45 For Your Information
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Zane Grey Theater
7:30 Rifleman
8 PM I've Got A Secret
8:30 Andy Griffith
9 PM The Lucy Show
9:30 Danny Thomas (reruns)
10 PM Billy Graham Crusade
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Movie: "The Ring" (Hispanic kid wants to be
a fighter despite the wishes of his family
and girlfriend.)
WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)
5:55 Summer Semester
6:25 Bible Readings
6:30 Florida Farmer
7 AM A.M.
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mike Douglas (co-hostess Phyllis Diller; Edie Adams)
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Real McCoys
12 N News, Weather
12:20 Farm News, Stock Market
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 Tampa Bay Topics
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Superman
5 PM Peter Potamus
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
5:45 Editorial (Tom Wright)
5:50 Market Report
5:55 Pulse Extra (the P-51, the world's fastest
propeller-driven plane)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Movie: "Deep Valley"
9 PM The Lucy Show
9:30 Danny Thomas
10 PM CBS News Special
10:30 WTVT Special Report (Graduate Engineering
Education System, a closed-circuit television
system connecting the University of Florida
with Orlando, Daytona Beach, and Cape
Kennedy (Canaveral))
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Editorial (Tom Wright)
11:25 News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tampa Wrestling
12:30 Mr. Lucky
WSUN Ch. 38 St. Petersburg (ABC)
10 AM Jack LaLanne
10:30 B'wana Don In Jungle-La
11 AM Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon
11:30 Price Is Right
12 N Donna Reed
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM The Rebus Game
1:30 People Are Funny
2 PM Flame In The Wind
2:30 Day In Court
2:55 ABC News
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Young Marrieds
4 PM Trailmaster
5 PM Navy Log
5:30 Magic Ranch
6 PM ABC News
6:15 News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Jonny Quest (delay from Thu 7:30)
7 PM Bold Journey
7:30 Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
8:30 No Time For Sergeants
9 PM Wendy And Me (an overlooked little gem
with George Burns as the owner of an
apartment building, one of whose tenants,
played by Connie Stevens, is very reminiscent
of Gracie)
9:30 Bing Crosby Show
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 ABC's Nightlife
scheduled for approximately 11 AM; all three networks have
coverage planned from 8 AM to early afternoon. What follows
are the planned regular schedules, just in case. From TV Guide,
Central Florida Edition:
WESH Ch. 2 Daytona Beach/Orlando (NBC)
6:15 Sunshine Almanac
6:30 Jr. College Classroom
7 AM Today (composer Cy Coleman and lyricist Dorothy Fields;
Lee Allen, co-author of "Kings Of The Diamond" about baseball's
Hall of Fame; a Washington news guest)
9 AM Divorce Court
10 AM Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
10:30 What's This Song? (guests: Ross Martin and Barbara McNair)
10:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12 N Call My Bluff (guests: Nipsey Russell and opera singer Eileen
Farrell, COLOR)
12:30 I'll Bet (Gisele MacKenzie and husband Bob Shuttleworth vs.
Rod and Carol Serling; this show was later revived as "It's
Your Bet," COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Ray Scherer)
1 PM News, Sports, Weather
1:15 Focus 2
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2 PM Moment Of Truth
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (Mickey Manners, Anne Francis, COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (Sydney Chaplin (Charlie's son) and Vivian Vance,
COLOR)
4:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
4:30 Mike Douglas (co-hostess Dagmar; Hal March, Joel Grey)
5:30 Newscope
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
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If the splashdown went as scheduled, Chs. 6, 11, and 13 will offer
summaries of the flight 10-10:30 PM; Chs. 2 and 8, 10-11 PM;
Chs. 9 and 38, 11:15-11:45 PM.
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7 PM Zane Grey Theater
7:30 Karen (Debbie Watson, not to be confused with Karen Valentine's
short-lived 1975 ABC sitcom)
8 PM Man From U.N.C.L.E.
9 PM Andy Williams (last new show of the season, spotlight on the
regulars: the Nick Castle Dancers, orchestra leader Dave Grusin,
assistant choreographer Maggie Banks, the Good Time Singers,
the Osmond Brothers, COLOR)
10 PM Alfred Hitchcock Hour
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show (Kaye Ballard; Doc Severinsen subs for Skitch
Henderson, COLOR)
WEDU Ch. 3 Tampa (NET)
8:50 Classroom (subjects include social studies, geography, science,
and Spanish)
3:15 Front Desk
3:30 Open Mind
4:30 French Chef
5 PM What's New
5:30 Kindergarten Corners
6 PM Pre-School Swimming
6:15 Film: "Big Trains Rolling"
6:30 Film: "Friends And Allies" (German soldiers serving with NATO)
7 PM Revolution (some other revolutions: the Civil War, Indian and
Israeli actions against the British, colonial revolution in Africa)
7:30 Big Picture
8 PM Film: "Challenge"
8:30 World Of Music (Simon Karasick conducts some of his students
from New York's Maness College of Music in works for brass by
Purcell, Beethoven, and Paul Holmes)
9 PM Population Problem (looks at overpopulation in the U.S.)
10 PM Creative Person (poet/translator/columnist John Ciardi)
10:30 Changing Congress (the problems a piece of legislation goes
through before passage)
sign off 11 PM
WDBO (WKMG) Ch. 6 Orlando (CBS)
7 AM Summer Semester: "Civil Rights and Civil Liberties"
7:30 Sunshine Almanac
7:45 Film Features
7:55 News, Weather
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:30 Magic Carpet (kids' show)
10 AM CBS News (Roger Mudd, who may have been substituting
for Mike Wallace--I think CBS was getting ready to move
the broadcast to 7:05 AM)
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Real McCoys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Robert Trout)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Girl Talk
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password (Tom Poston, Elizabeth Allen)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (Abigail Van Buren, aka
"Dear Abby")
3 PM To Tell The Truth (Phyllis Newman, Orson Bean, Barry
Sullivan, Joan Fontaine)
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Uncle Walt (local kids' show)
5 PM Magilla Gorilla
5:30 Leave It To Beaver
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News (Harry Reasoner subs for Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Digest (Bill Berry)
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM I've Got A Secret (celebrity guest: Fritz Weaver of
Broadway's "Baker Street"; panel: Henry Morgan,
Bess Myerson, Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer; Steve Allen
hosts)
8:30 Andy Griffith
9 PM Movie: "The Bad And The Beautiful"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:25 Movie: "Big Jack"
WFLA Ch. 8 Tampa (NBC)
6:30 RFD Florida
7 AM Today
9 AM Movie: "I Wake Up Screaming"
10:30 What's This Song? (COLOR)
10:55 NBC News
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12 N Call My Bluff (COLOR)
12:30 I'll Bet (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM News, Sports, Weather
1:20 Kitchen Korner
1:25 News, Sports, Weather
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News
2 PM Triangle Theater
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News
4:30 Leave It To Beaver
5 PM Lloyd Thaxton
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Littlest Hobo
7:30 Karen
8 PM Jo Stafford Special (from England, Jo is joined
by Peter Lawford, Benny Hill, English comedian
Kenneth Connor, the Polka Dots, and the Lionel
Blair Orchestra)
9 PM Andy Williams (COLOR)
10 PM Billy Graham Crusade (first of four telecasts from
Hawaii; sermon topic is "Forgiveness")
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WFTV Ch. 9 Orlando (ABC)
7:30 Mickey Evans (gospel music)
8:30 Cartoons
9:15 Exercise For The Woman (may be Fran Carlton)
9:30 Movie: "The Good Humor Man"
11 AM December Bride
11:30 Price Is Right (celebrity guest: Skitch Henderson)
12 N Donna Reed (Donna gets a visit from Jay North and
Joseph Kearns, in character as Dennis the Menace
and Mr. Wilson.)
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM The Rebus Game
1:30 News
2 PM Flame In The Wind (later "A Time For Us")
2:30 Day In Court
2:55 ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Young Marrieds
4 PM Trailmaster ("Wagon Train" reruns with Ward Bond)
5 PM Sea Hunt
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
5:55 Editorial (Ray Ruester)
6 PM ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6:15 News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Maverick
7:30 Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
8:30 Billy Graham Crusade
9:30 Bing Crosby Show (his short-lived sitcom; guest is Mel
Torme)
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Editorial (Ray Ruester)
11:20 Weather
11:25 Movie: "Lady In A Jam"
WINK Ch. 11 Ft. Myers (CBS)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 News, Sports, Weather
9:45 Industry On Parade
10 AM Herald Playhouse
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Real McCoys
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Agricultural News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 News, Sports, Weather
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Lazy Bar Fun Time
5:40 Informacast
5:45 For Your Information
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Zane Grey Theater
7:30 Rifleman
8 PM I've Got A Secret
8:30 Andy Griffith
9 PM The Lucy Show
9:30 Danny Thomas (reruns)
10 PM Billy Graham Crusade
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Movie: "The Ring" (Hispanic kid wants to be
a fighter despite the wishes of his family
and girlfriend.)
WTVT Ch. 13 Tampa (CBS)
5:55 Summer Semester
6:25 Bible Readings
6:30 Florida Farmer
7 AM A.M.
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mike Douglas (co-hostess Phyllis Diller; Edie Adams)
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Real McCoys
12 N News, Weather
12:20 Farm News, Stock Market
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 Tampa Bay Topics
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Superman
5 PM Peter Potamus
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
5:45 Editorial (Tom Wright)
5:50 Market Report
5:55 Pulse Extra (the P-51, the world's fastest
propeller-driven plane)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Movie: "Deep Valley"
9 PM The Lucy Show
9:30 Danny Thomas
10 PM CBS News Special
10:30 WTVT Special Report (Graduate Engineering
Education System, a closed-circuit television
system connecting the University of Florida
with Orlando, Daytona Beach, and Cape
Kennedy (Canaveral))
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 Editorial (Tom Wright)
11:25 News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tampa Wrestling
12:30 Mr. Lucky
WSUN Ch. 38 St. Petersburg (ABC)
10 AM Jack LaLanne
10:30 B'wana Don In Jungle-La
11 AM Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon
11:30 Price Is Right
12 N Donna Reed
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM The Rebus Game
1:30 People Are Funny
2 PM Flame In The Wind
2:30 Day In Court
2:55 ABC News
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Young Marrieds
4 PM Trailmaster
5 PM Navy Log
5:30 Magic Ranch
6 PM ABC News
6:15 News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Jonny Quest (delay from Thu 7:30)
7 PM Bold Journey
7:30 Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
8:30 No Time For Sergeants
9 PM Wendy And Me (an overlooked little gem
with George Burns as the owner of an
apartment building, one of whose tenants,
played by Connie Stevens, is very reminiscent
of Gracie)
9:30 Bing Crosby Show
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 ABC's Nightlife