from TV Guide-Detroit edition
2 WJBK-CBS Detroit
4 WWJ-NBC Detroit
7 WXYZ-ABC Detroit
9 CKLW-CBC Windsor
11 WTOL-CBS/NBC Toledo
13 WSPD-ABC/NBC Toledo
50 WKBD-Ind Detroit
(WTVS 56-Edu Detroit was also listed, but didn't air programs on Saturday)
Morning
6:10
2 News
6:15
2 Farm Scene
6:30
2 Sunrise Semester "Age of Michelangelo"
7 Americans at Work
6:45
7 Wheelsville, USA
7:00
2 Captain Kangaroo
4 Country Living (Kirk Knight)
7 Man & Continent "A Time of Ice"
11 Sunrise Semester "Age of Michelangelo"
7:30
4 Bozo the Clown (c)
7 Junior Sports Club (dog obedience training)
11 Cartoon Parade
7:55
13 Farm Report
8:00
2 Happyland
4 Milky's Party Time
7 Crusade for Christ
13 Christopher Program
8:30
7 House of Fashion (Melrose)
11 Peter Potamus
13 Family Living
9:00
2-11 Heckle & Jeckle (c)
4 Jetsons (c)
7 Clutch Cargo
13 Understanding Our World
9:30
2-11 Tennessee Tuxedo (c)
4 Atom Ant (c)
7 Courageous Cat
13 Davey & Goliath
10:00
2-11 Mighty Mouse (c)
4 Secret Squirrel (c)
7-13 Shenanigans
9 Wizard of Oz
10:30
2-11 Linus the Lionhearted (c)
4 Underdog (c)
7 Beatles (c)
9 Poopdeck Paul's Sports
11:00
2-11 Tom & Jerry (c)
4 Top Cat (c)
7-13 Casper (c)
9 Wrestling (Windsor)
11:30
2 Quick Draw McGraw (c)
4 Fury
7-13 Porky Pig (c)
11 Mr. T's Saturday Show
Afternoon
noon
2 Lone Ranger
4 First Look (Oscar Brand takes us on a tour to trace the evolution of words)
7 Bugs Bunny (c)
9 Nature of Things "Animals and Food"
13 Sergeant Preston
50 College Football
12:30
2 Lassie
4 Exploring (c/Dr. Albert Hibbs explores the years after the American Revolution)
7 Milton the Monster (c)
9 Country Calendar
11 College Guide
13 Championship Bowling
50 Notre Dame Football
1:00
2 Sergeant Preston
4-11 College Football: Ohio State-Michigan (c/live from Ann Arbor)
7 Hoppity Hooper (c)
9 CFL Eastern Final: Ottawa-Hamilton, Game 2 (two-game, total-point series....if the Western Final has been decided, this airs at 2)
50 AFL Highlights
1:30
2 Detroit Speaks
7 American Bandstand (guests Gale Garnett, and the Miracles)
13 Wrestling (source not listed)
50 Speedway International
2:00
2 Report from Washington
50 Championship Wrestling
2:15
2 America! (c)
2:30
7 Club 1270 (Dave Prince; 1270 refers to the frequency of WXYZ-AM)
13 Movie "Quantez"
2:45
2 Great Moments in Music
3:00
2 Battle Line
7 Wrestling (Detroit)
50 Roller Skating
3:30
2 Flying Fisherman "Rig Fishing"
7 Big Show "Cult of the Cobra"
4:00
2 NFL Countdown
9 Outlaws "The Braithwaite Brothers" (CFL Western Final, Game 3: Winnipeg-Calgary, if necessary, will air here)
13 All-Ohio Bowling: from Columbus, Bill Beach v Bill Ryan
50 Cowtown Rodeo
4:15
4 Telesports Digest
11 Sports Clips
4:30
4 House Detective
11 Sea Hunt
50 High School Football: Pontiac Central v Pontiac Northern
5:00
2 Movie "Battle Cirtcus"
4 George Pierrot "Road to Mandalay" (c)
7-13 ABC Wide World of Sports: preview of Monday's Cassius Clay-Floyd Patterson bout for the heavyweight belt/USAF Fighter-Interceptor Rocketry Meet
9 Lieutenant "Fall from a White Horse"
11 Jungle Theater "Jungle Book"
5:55
4 S.L.A. Marshall
Evening
6:00
4 News (Dick Westerkamp)
9 Swingin' Time (Seymour/guests include Cannibal and the Headhunters)
6:15
4 Weather (Bob Edwards)
6:20
4 Sports (Al Ackerman)
6:30
2 Grand Ole Opry
4 NBC News
7 Wyatt Earp "Let's Hang Curly Bill"
13 Jimmy Dean (guests Forrest Tucker, Jody Miller, and Homer & Jethro)
50 Movie "Mystery of Mr. Wong"
7:00
2 Death Valley Days "The Great Turkey War" (c)
4 At the Zoo "Built for Speed" (c/Sonny Eliot visits Pakistani cobras, kangaroos and desert cats at the Detroit Zoo)
7 ABC Scope "Storm Over Vietnam" (Howard K. Smith narrates this look at recent student protests over the Vietnam War)
9 War Zone "Pork Chop Hill"
11 Barn Dance
7:30
2-11 Jackie Gleason
4-13 Flipper (c)
7 Shindig (first of 2 shows in Hawaii-the second airs on 7 and 13 on Thanksgiving Day-with guests Tommy Sands, Donna Loren, Ian Whitcomb, Len Barry, the Shindogs, and Bobby Sherman)
7:45
50 Hockey Preview
7:55
50 NHL: Detroit-Boston (Bruce Martyn/Budd Lynch)
8:00
4 I Dream of Jeannie "Djinn and Water"
7-13 King Family (Thanksgiving show)
8:30
2 Trials of O'Brien "Charlie Has All the Luck"
4-11 Get Smart (c; episode co-written by series co-creator Mel Brooks)
7-13 Lawrence Welk (c/Thanksgiving)
9 NHL: Chicago-Toronto (Bill Hewitt)
9:00
4-11 Saturday Night at the Movies "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" (c)
9:30
2 Loner "The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove"
7-13 Hollywood Palace (c/Bing Crosby welcomes Diahann Carroll, John Bubbles, Charlie Manna, the Kessler Twins, Michael the Waiter (actually a juggler), Desmond & Marks, and the Black Theater of Prague)
10:00
2 Gunsmoke
10:15
9 Juliette (guests Los Vegas)
10:30
7 World Adventure "Holiday in Spain" (c/George Pierrot)
13 Farmer's Daughter "A Sonny Honeymoon" (c)
50 Action Scoreboard
10:45
9 Sports Unlimited
11:00
2 News (John Kelly)
7 News/Sports
9 CBS News
13 News (Chase Clements)
50 College Football: Michigan State-Notre Dame
11:10
9 Around Town (Bill Kennedy)
13 Movie "beat the Devil"
11:15
2 Weather (Marilyn Turner)
4 News (Dick Westerkamp)
11 News (Don Edwards)
11:20
2 Sports (Ray Lane)
9 Nightcap
11:25
2 Movies "Scandal at Scourie" (c)/"Birth of the Blues"
7 Premiere Theater "Night Passage" (c)/"The Exile"
11 Sports (Terry Shaw)
11:30
4 Weather (Bob Edwards)
11 Hollywood Spectacular "Phffft!"
11:35
4 Sports (Al Ackerman)
11:45
4 Tonight Show (c/guests Kaye Ballard, Buddy Greco, Milbourne Christopher, and Adam Keefe and Milton Berle's opera-spoofers Royal Quartet)
Late Night
12:20
9 Window on the World
1:15
4 Beat the Champ
1:45
4 News/Weather
3:00
2 News/Weather
7 Big Story
3:30
7 Wire Service
4:30
7 Byline: Steve Wilson (followed by My Hero at 5; then 7 signs-off til 6:30)
2 WJBK-CBS Detroit
4 WWJ-NBC Detroit
7 WXYZ-ABC Detroit
9 CKLW-CBC Windsor
11 WTOL-CBS/NBC Toledo
13 WSPD-ABC/NBC Toledo
50 WKBD-Ind Detroit
(WTVS 56-Edu Detroit was also listed, but didn't air programs on Saturday)
Morning
6:10
2 News
6:15
2 Farm Scene
6:30
2 Sunrise Semester "Age of Michelangelo"
7 Americans at Work
6:45
7 Wheelsville, USA
7:00
2 Captain Kangaroo
4 Country Living (Kirk Knight)
7 Man & Continent "A Time of Ice"
11 Sunrise Semester "Age of Michelangelo"
7:30
4 Bozo the Clown (c)
7 Junior Sports Club (dog obedience training)
11 Cartoon Parade
7:55
13 Farm Report
8:00
2 Happyland
4 Milky's Party Time
7 Crusade for Christ
13 Christopher Program
8:30
7 House of Fashion (Melrose)
11 Peter Potamus
13 Family Living
9:00
2-11 Heckle & Jeckle (c)
4 Jetsons (c)
7 Clutch Cargo
13 Understanding Our World
9:30
2-11 Tennessee Tuxedo (c)
4 Atom Ant (c)
7 Courageous Cat
13 Davey & Goliath
10:00
2-11 Mighty Mouse (c)
4 Secret Squirrel (c)
7-13 Shenanigans
9 Wizard of Oz
10:30
2-11 Linus the Lionhearted (c)
4 Underdog (c)
7 Beatles (c)
9 Poopdeck Paul's Sports
11:00
2-11 Tom & Jerry (c)
4 Top Cat (c)
7-13 Casper (c)
9 Wrestling (Windsor)
11:30
2 Quick Draw McGraw (c)
4 Fury
7-13 Porky Pig (c)
11 Mr. T's Saturday Show
Afternoon
noon
2 Lone Ranger
4 First Look (Oscar Brand takes us on a tour to trace the evolution of words)
7 Bugs Bunny (c)
9 Nature of Things "Animals and Food"
13 Sergeant Preston
50 College Football
12:30
2 Lassie
4 Exploring (c/Dr. Albert Hibbs explores the years after the American Revolution)
7 Milton the Monster (c)
9 Country Calendar
11 College Guide
13 Championship Bowling
50 Notre Dame Football
1:00
2 Sergeant Preston
4-11 College Football: Ohio State-Michigan (c/live from Ann Arbor)
7 Hoppity Hooper (c)
9 CFL Eastern Final: Ottawa-Hamilton, Game 2 (two-game, total-point series....if the Western Final has been decided, this airs at 2)
50 AFL Highlights
1:30
2 Detroit Speaks
7 American Bandstand (guests Gale Garnett, and the Miracles)
13 Wrestling (source not listed)
50 Speedway International
2:00
2 Report from Washington
50 Championship Wrestling
2:15
2 America! (c)
2:30
7 Club 1270 (Dave Prince; 1270 refers to the frequency of WXYZ-AM)
13 Movie "Quantez"
2:45
2 Great Moments in Music
3:00
2 Battle Line
7 Wrestling (Detroit)
50 Roller Skating
3:30
2 Flying Fisherman "Rig Fishing"
7 Big Show "Cult of the Cobra"
4:00
2 NFL Countdown
9 Outlaws "The Braithwaite Brothers" (CFL Western Final, Game 3: Winnipeg-Calgary, if necessary, will air here)
13 All-Ohio Bowling: from Columbus, Bill Beach v Bill Ryan
50 Cowtown Rodeo
4:15
4 Telesports Digest
11 Sports Clips
4:30
4 House Detective
11 Sea Hunt
50 High School Football: Pontiac Central v Pontiac Northern
5:00
2 Movie "Battle Cirtcus"
4 George Pierrot "Road to Mandalay" (c)
7-13 ABC Wide World of Sports: preview of Monday's Cassius Clay-Floyd Patterson bout for the heavyweight belt/USAF Fighter-Interceptor Rocketry Meet
9 Lieutenant "Fall from a White Horse"
11 Jungle Theater "Jungle Book"
5:55
4 S.L.A. Marshall
Evening
6:00
4 News (Dick Westerkamp)
9 Swingin' Time (Seymour/guests include Cannibal and the Headhunters)
6:15
4 Weather (Bob Edwards)
6:20
4 Sports (Al Ackerman)
6:30
2 Grand Ole Opry
4 NBC News
7 Wyatt Earp "Let's Hang Curly Bill"
13 Jimmy Dean (guests Forrest Tucker, Jody Miller, and Homer & Jethro)
50 Movie "Mystery of Mr. Wong"
7:00
2 Death Valley Days "The Great Turkey War" (c)
4 At the Zoo "Built for Speed" (c/Sonny Eliot visits Pakistani cobras, kangaroos and desert cats at the Detroit Zoo)
7 ABC Scope "Storm Over Vietnam" (Howard K. Smith narrates this look at recent student protests over the Vietnam War)
9 War Zone "Pork Chop Hill"
11 Barn Dance
7:30
2-11 Jackie Gleason
4-13 Flipper (c)
7 Shindig (first of 2 shows in Hawaii-the second airs on 7 and 13 on Thanksgiving Day-with guests Tommy Sands, Donna Loren, Ian Whitcomb, Len Barry, the Shindogs, and Bobby Sherman)
7:45
50 Hockey Preview
7:55
50 NHL: Detroit-Boston (Bruce Martyn/Budd Lynch)
8:00
4 I Dream of Jeannie "Djinn and Water"
7-13 King Family (Thanksgiving show)
8:30
2 Trials of O'Brien "Charlie Has All the Luck"
4-11 Get Smart (c; episode co-written by series co-creator Mel Brooks)
7-13 Lawrence Welk (c/Thanksgiving)
9 NHL: Chicago-Toronto (Bill Hewitt)
9:00
4-11 Saturday Night at the Movies "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" (c)
9:30
2 Loner "The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove"
7-13 Hollywood Palace (c/Bing Crosby welcomes Diahann Carroll, John Bubbles, Charlie Manna, the Kessler Twins, Michael the Waiter (actually a juggler), Desmond & Marks, and the Black Theater of Prague)
10:00
2 Gunsmoke
10:15
9 Juliette (guests Los Vegas)
10:30
7 World Adventure "Holiday in Spain" (c/George Pierrot)
13 Farmer's Daughter "A Sonny Honeymoon" (c)
50 Action Scoreboard
10:45
9 Sports Unlimited
11:00
2 News (John Kelly)
7 News/Sports
9 CBS News
13 News (Chase Clements)
50 College Football: Michigan State-Notre Dame
11:10
9 Around Town (Bill Kennedy)
13 Movie "beat the Devil"
11:15
2 Weather (Marilyn Turner)
4 News (Dick Westerkamp)
11 News (Don Edwards)
11:20
2 Sports (Ray Lane)
9 Nightcap
11:25
2 Movies "Scandal at Scourie" (c)/"Birth of the Blues"
7 Premiere Theater "Night Passage" (c)/"The Exile"
11 Sports (Terry Shaw)
11:30
4 Weather (Bob Edwards)
11 Hollywood Spectacular "Phffft!"
11:35
4 Sports (Al Ackerman)
11:45
4 Tonight Show (c/guests Kaye Ballard, Buddy Greco, Milbourne Christopher, and Adam Keefe and Milton Berle's opera-spoofers Royal Quartet)
Late Night
12:20
9 Window on the World
1:15
4 Beat the Champ
1:45
4 News/Weather
3:00
2 News/Weather
7 Big Story
3:30
7 Wire Service
4:30
7 Byline: Steve Wilson (followed by My Hero at 5; then 7 signs-off til 6:30)