Retro: Chicago, Mon. February 13th, 1961

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Source: TV Guide

Channels
2 WBBM Chicago CBS
5 WNBQ Chicago NBC
7 WBKB Chicago ABC
9 WGN-TV Chicago IND
11 WTTW Chicago NET/EDU
13 WREX Rockford CBS
16 WNDU-TV South Bend NBC (Network programs only)
22 WSBT-TV South Bend CBS (Network programs only)
28 WSJV South Bend ABC (Network programs only)
39 WTVO Rockford NBC

2/13/1961 - Mon

6am
16 39 Continental Classroom COLOR
Chemistry: 'Insoluble Calcium Compounds; Hard Water.' Dr. Baxter.

6:10
2 News

6:15
2 Farm Report-George Menard

6:20
5 Town and Farm COLOR

6:30
2 Seminar '61
5 16 39 Continental Classroom
Probability and Statistics: 'The Binomial Theorem.' Dr. Mosteller.

6:55
7 News-Ulmer Turner

7am
2 Popeye's Firehouse-Rayner
5 16 39 Today-Dave Garroway
Dave's guest is C.L. Stong, author of 'The Amateur Scientist.' Beryl Pfizer, Jack Lescoulie. [Five minutes of news in color at 7:25 and 8:25 with Jim Hurlbut.]
7 Clock-A-Doodle Day
Five minutes of news and weather at 7:25 and 7:55.
13 Audio-Visual

7:30
13 Cartoons

7:55
13 Almanac Newsreel

8AM
2 News, Weather
9 Bugs Bunny
13 22 News-Richard C. Hottelet

8:15
2 13 22 Captain Kangaroo
The Captain tells a story about Abraham Lincoln as a young man. Songs: 'Bling Blang Builds a House for Baby' and 'The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.' Part 1 of a Tom Terrific cartoon.

8:25
7 Weather-Warren Culbertson

8:30
7 Books & Brent

8:55
9 Five Minutes to Live By
Rabbi Aaron Segal of B'nai Israel will deliver the religious messages this week.

9am
2 13 December Bride
Lily talks Matt into hiring a professional decorator to help Ruth fix up the house.
5 16 39 Say When!!
7 Creative Cookery
Spinach timbales and ham casserole, cheese sauce for casserole. Live
9 Tempo 9 -Lloyd Pettit

9:25
7 Weather

9:30
2 13 22 Video Village
5 16 39 Play Your Hunch COLOR
Panelists guess which child is the son of a celebrity. Host: Merv Griffin. (Live)
7 Way of Life
'Texas in New York.' Sarah Bryan leaves her native Texas to come to teach in New York City.
9 Ed Allen

10AM
2 13 22 I Love Lucy
Taking another look at her marriage license, Lucy's not sure that she and Ricky are really man and wife.
5 16 39 Price is Right COLOR
7 Jobblewocky Place
9 At Home-Paul Saliner

10:30
2 13 22 Clear Horizon
Anne is torn by inner conflict.
5 16 39 Concentration
7 Here's Geraldine
9 Movie
'Affectionately Yours.' (1941) While in Moscow, a newspaper corespondent receives word that his wife has divorced him. Merle Oberon, Dennis Morgan.

1:055
7 News

11AM
2 13 22 Love of Life
5 16 39 Truth or Consequences-Bob Barker
7 28 Morning Court
Today's re-enacted case: a man seeks to modify the child-custody provisions of his divorce agreement.

11:30
2 13 22 Search for Tomorrow
5 16 39 It Could Be You COLOR-Bill Leyden
7 28 Love That Bob!
'Bob Judges a Beauty Contest.' The Air Force asks Bob to hire Peter Lawford as judge for a beauty contest-a job Bob wants for himself.

11:45
2 13 22 Guiding Lifght
9 News-Lloyd Pettit

11:55
5 16 39 News-Ray Scherer

Noon
2 News-Frank Reynolds
5 News, Weather
7 28 39 Camouflage
9 Paddleboat
13 Almanac Newsreel

12:05
13 News, Weather

12:10
13 Luncheon with Roddy Mac

12:15
2 Lee Phillip
5 Midday Theater COLOR
'Eye of the Storm.' A young wife leaves her husband, taking their child back to her family with her. Marian Seldes.

12:20
13 News

12:30
2 13 22 As the World Turns
7 28 39 Number Please
9 Treetop House COLOR

1PM
2 22 Full Circle
Amy shrugs off Waldo's wrongdoing.
5 16 39 Jan Murray COLOR
Maureen Arthur, a regular on this show, does imitations of Marilyn Monroe.
7 13 28 About Faces
9 Movie
'Navy Blue.' (1941) Two Navy men become involved in a gunnery contest. Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie.

1:30
2 13 22 House Party
A contestant is asked to decide which of three subjects is a psychologist.
5 16 39 Loretta Young
7 Comedy Carnival

1:50
7 Weather

2PM
2 22 The Millionaire
5 16 39 Young Dr. Malone
Clare spurns Jerry's warning. LIVE
7 13 28 Day in Court
Today's re-enacted case: Damages are sought from a bank in connection with fradulent checks.

2:30
2 22 Verdict is Yours
'Green vs. Forrester.' Former millinery buyer Millicent Green sues Herbert Forrester for slander.
5 16 39 From These Roots
7 13 28 Road to Reality
Margaret dislikes herself for interfering in the lives of members of her family.

3PM
2 13 22 Brighter Day
5 16 39 Make Room for Daddy
Danny's agent wants him to audition for a role as a prizefighter in a Broadway play. To get realism into his acting, Danny hires ex-fighter Maxie Rosenbloom to 'train' him.
7 28 Queen for a Day
Housewives from Garden Grove, Cal., compete for the regal crown. Jack Bailey.
9 Dr. Hudson
'The Betty Story.' A young nurse disregards professional ethics. John Howard.

3:15
2 13 22 Secret Storm

3:30
2 13 22 Edge of Night
5 16 39 Here's Hollywood
The first four shows this week were taped in Paris. Today, Dean Miller talks to German actor Horst Buchholz about European movie-making. Joanne Jordan visits actress Annie 'Angel' Farge.
7 28 Who Do You Trust?
9 Amos 'n' Andy
Kingfish learns that his mother-in-law's suitor will marry her only when he can set himself up in a business.

4PM
2 Topper
'Katie's Nephew.' With Henrietta away for the weekend, Katie the maid brings her nephew to stay at the house.
5 Movie
'Counterattack.' (1945) Russian paratroopers and guerrillas land in German-held territory in order to capture an enemy officer.
7 13 28 American Bandstand
9 Three Stooges
1. 'G.I. Wanna Home.' 2. 'Fiddlers Three.'
39 Popeye

4:30
2 Movie
'Heidi.' (1937) Johanna Spyri's tale of a child in the Swiss Alps who softens the heart of a stern old hermit. Shirley Temple.
11 Danny Dee
Pancake's three young magician nephews come to visit him.

5PM
7 Rin Tin Tin
'Wind-Wagon McClanahan.' A wagon, outfitted with sails, breezes through the gates of Fort Apache. Lee Aaker.
9 Garfield Goose COLOR
11 Totem Club
Deaf children are shown how to make a simple breakfast and how to make a carnation from facial tissues.
13 Quick Draw McGraw
1. 'Slippery Glass Slipper' with Snooper and Blab. 2. Augie Doggie in 'Good Mouse Keeping.' 3. 'Riverboat Shuffled.'
39 Three Stooges

5:25
5 Bold Journey
'Outboard to Tropic Island.' Homer Lockwood of Inglewood, Cal., narrates films of his voyage in a motorboat.

5:30
7 News-John MacVane
11 Almanac
'Ancient Wild Life' shows the reconstruction of animals from fossils.
13 28 Rin Tin Tin

5:45
7 Jim Stewart and the Glovables
9 News-Jack Brickhouse
11 Storyteller
'Lincoln.' Val Bettin hosts.

5:50
5 Len O'Connor COLOR

5:55
2 39 News, Weather

 

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6PM
5 News, Weather COLOR
7 Deputy Dawg
9 Superman
'Semi-Private Eye.' Jimmy Olsen tries to take over for a private detective who has been kidnapped.
11 Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch conducts the Orchestra in works by Mozart, Beethoven and Copeland.
13 News, Weather, Sports

6;15
2 13 22 News-Douglas Edwards
5 39 News-Huntley, Brinkley

6:30
2 22 To Tell the Truth
5 16 39 Americans
Nina Foch and Martin Gabel in 'The Rebellious Rose.' Rose Greenhow, the flower of the Confederacy, serves her government well-by posing as a Washington belle, and charming susceptible Union officials into talking too much. Jeff Canfield comes to Washington as a spy courier, and Rose charms him into a special errand-murder.
7 13 28 Cheyenne
'The Return of Mr. Grimm.' A wealthy mine-owner named Grimm turns up in town, bent on one purpose: revenge on Cheyenne. Grimm's son was killed while resisting Sheriff Bodie. R.G. Armstrong.
9 Bugs Bunny COLOR

7PM
2 22 Family Classics COLOR
Julie Harris and Farley Granger in 'The Heiress.' Dr. Sloper sent his daughter to the best schools. She should have been poised, charming-like her mother who died in childbirth. But Catherine is withering gracelessly into old-maidhood. Henry James's novel 'Washington Square' has been doubly adapted. Ruth and Augustus Goetz did the Broadway play on which tonight's script by Jacqueline Babbin and Audrey Gellen is based. Hostess: Joan Fontaine. Dr. Austin Sloper: Barry Morse.
9 News, Weather, Sports

7:30
5 16 39 Wells Fargo
'That Washburn Girl' is Wells Fargo sub-agent Nora Washburn. She gest upset when her brother Tom tells her he's getting married. The fiancee is Ruby Coe, daughter of former outlaw Jonas Coe. And Coe hates Tom Washburn. Jack Nicholson, Dale Robertson.
7 28 Surfside 6
'Race Against Time.' Dave is carried off a New York-Miami plane. It seems he has been poisoned, but hospital attendants are unable to identify the poison or prescribe an antidote-which means that Ken and Sandy have only a short time left to spot the poisoner among other passengers on the flight. Troy Donahue, Van Williams.
9 Whirlybirds
'I'll Get Even.' An anonymous caller reports by telephone that a bomb has been planted in a chemical plant.
11 Tommy Gets the Keys
The story of how ayoung man earns the keys to the family car.
13 Rescue 8
'Hour of Rage.' Despite the efforts of Wes, Skip and an intern, a woman succumbs to a fatal heart attack.

7:45
11 Americans at Work
A visit to a bookbinding plant.

8PM
2 13 22 Danny Thomas
Danny thinks Rusty needs a lesson in the value of money, so he gives the boy $50 to spend any way he sees fit. Rusty turns out to be a penny-pincher. Rusty Hamer.
5 16 39 Klondike
'The Hostages.' Some robbers blow into Skagway and attempt to track down bank president Arnold Jackson to get the combination for the bank's vault. Jackson gets out of town, but he leaves the sought-after knowledge with Mike. Ralph Tager, Joi Lansing. Greyson: Chris Alcaide.
[Last show of the series.]
9 Two Faces West
Lucas Garret locks himself in a house filled with gunpowder and threatens to blow the town of Gunnison off the map.
11 Meeting of Minds
'The Legality and Morality of Sit-ins' is discussed by Rev. William Kenealy of Loyola University, Marc Calanter of the University of Chicago and Marcus Alexis of DePaul University.

8:30
2 22 Andy Griffith
Ernest Maxwell tries to put 'Mayberry on Record.' Maxwell, a recording-company talent scout, brings his tape recorder to town-but Andy thinks the man is a con artist.
5 16 39 Dante
'Aces and Eights.' It's Vance Mitchell's last night in town and the oil tycoon's anxious to invest a little capital in something besides black gold. His date Stella intimates that Willie Dante can give him an opportunity-a card game.
7 13 28 Adventures in Paradise
'Act of Piracy.' Troy's about to cast off for Toora when millionaire B.E. Langard and his happy-go-lucky friends turn up to charter the Tiki. Troy explains that he's booked, but the millionaire offers a fantastic price for the ride. Gardner McKay, Steven Hill.
9 Rescue 8
A separated couple are temporarily brought together trying to stop their daughter's elopement.
11 Survival in the Sea
Dr. John F. Storr shows how sea creatures defend themselves.

9PM
2 22 Hennesey
'Join the Navy-Please' is Schafer's command. Chick goes to a medical school to recruit Navy doctors, and invites four students to the base hospital. Schafer seems pleased-even though one of the boys is not too bright. Jackie Cooper.
5 16 Barbara Stanwyck
Harriet Melvane is a successful business executive, but at home things are not so smooth. Harriet's husband Roy has taken to drink. Frank Overton, Gene Raymond.
9 State Trooper
After a Nevada gambling hall is robbed, a rich heiress is positively identified as the cfulprit by the man who was looted.
11 Heritage
Dr. Carlos Romulo talks about student exchange, international journalism and other ways in which to learn about other people.
39 Mr. Ed
Mister Ed begs Wilbur to let him go along on a family fishing trip.

9:30
2 22 June Allyson
Hans Conried in 'A Great Day for a Scoundrel.' College professor David Brent is scheduled to receive a coveted science award, and his students are very proud of him. However, David is visited by a stranger just before the big ceremony-and the stranger says he is the real professor Brent.
5 16 39 Berle Jackport
Tonight's preliminary-match opponents, Glenn Allison and Glen Blakesley, are greeted by Milton Berle. Chick Hearn reports from Legion Lanes in Hollywood.
7 13 28 Peter Gunn
'I Know It's Murder.' Kevin Daniels asks Gunn to prevent the murder of his mother. When asked how he knows this will happen, Kevin says he can see into the future.
9 Sea Hunt
A storm damages Mike's diving equipment, and he's trapped in the ocean.
11 Choral Concert
'Halevi Choral Society.' Tonight's program includes excerpts from the Jewish High Holidays liturgy, the 'Song of Songs,' the 'Twenty-fourth Psalm' and Israeli music. Hans Alten.

10PM
2 5 7 9 13 16 39 News, Weather, Sports (COLOR on 5)
11 Guide to Modern Art
'The Artist and Modern World.'

10:15
2 Movie
'All My Sons.' (1948) A man owns a prosperous stove factory in a small city. People are already beginning to forget that during the war, he sold defective airplane parts to the government. Edward G. Robinson.
5 Jack Paar COLOR
Jack takes the night off. Hugh Downs.
7 Movie
Courtesy Theatre: 'Female Jungle.' (1956) Chicago TV Debut. A police detective is tracking down the murderer of a beautiful movie star. Lawrence Tierney.

10:30
9 Play of the Week
Jean Stock Goldstone and John Reich's adaptation of Friedrich Schiller's classic drama 'Mary Stuart' is presented tonight. Mary, deposed Queen of Scotland, has been a prisoner in England for many years. Her presence has proved both an embarrassment and a danger to Elizabeth. Rumors abound concerning plots to free Mary and set her on Elizabeth's throne. Now confined in Fotheringay Castle, Mary learns that she has been sentenced to death. Only Elizabeth's mercy can save her. Jean Stock Goldstone and John Reich wrote this English version of 'Maria Stuart,' Friedrich Schiller's classic tragedy. Dennis Vance is the director. Signe Hasso, Eva Le Gallienne, Staats Cotsworth.
11 Tomorrow-Cultural Events
13 Surfside 6
16 39 Jack Paar COLOR

11:30
13 Citizen Soldier
The American Army, unable to advance against heavy mortar fire guarding the key German defense town of Hotten, assigns a small squad of men to destroy the emplacement.

11:45
7 Playback
Bye Bye Birdie album.

11:50
7 Marty Faye

12am
2 Movie
'My Sin.' (1931) Chicago TV Debut. A struggle between a singing hostess in a cheap cabaret and her husband ends in the husband's death. Tallulah Bankhead, Fredric March.
5 News-Greg Donovan COLOR
13 Night Court
Standing before the judge is an immigrant woman accused of collecting charity for a phony organization.
39 Midnight Show
The young wife of an insurance executive imbibes too much at a party.

12:05
5 Len O'Connor COLOR

12:15
5 Mr. and Mrs. North
A killer stops Pam and Jerry North on their way to a party.

12:30
9 News
13 Almanac Newsreel

12:35
13 News

12:45
5 Anthology
'Mrs. Wane Comes to Call.' Laura Chandler is unable and unwilling to recover from the loss of her son.

1:15
5 Night Court
Standing at the bench are an alcoholic and a girl accused of being a Peeping Tom.

1:30
2 News

 

[ftballfan]

Both WREX and WTVO had secondary affiliations with ABC as they both aired at least one ABC show in pattern

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

1:15
5 Night Court
Standing at the bench are an alcoholic and a girl accused of being a Peeping Tom.

This would not be the only show with the name "Night Court" that would air on Channel 5 throughout its history. The latter subject of this episode might have even have been a storyline in the better-known version a few decades later.

 

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I wonder if it was reruns of this KTLA-produced show?

Night Court U.S.A. - Wikipedia

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