There was some coverage of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. that obviously wasn't available to TV Guide at press time.
CHANNEL GUIDE
2: WJBK (Detroit, CBS)
4: WWJ (Detroit, NBC)
7: WXYZ (Detroit, ABC)
50: WKBD (Detroit, Ind.)
56: WTVS (Detroit, NET)
9: CKLW (Windsor, CBC)
11: WTOL (Toledo, CBS/NBC)
13: WSPD (Toledo, ABC/NBC)
24: WDHO (Toledo, NBC/CBS/ABC)
*Indicates cherry-picked or dumped show
PRIME TIME -- MONDAY 8 APRIL 1968
6:00 PM
2, 4, 11, 13: News
7: Movie (The Golden Blade, '53)
9: Dennis the Menace
24: Movie (Ivalio the Great, '63, Yugoslavian)
50: Flintstones
56: Friendly Giant
6:15 PM
2: Editorial
4: Weather
56: Merlin the Magician
6:20
2: Weather
4: Sports
6:25
2: Sports
6:30
2: CBS News
4, 11*: NBC News
9: Gilligan's Island
13: ABC News
50: McHale's Navy
56: Music for Young People
7:00
2: Truth or Consequences
4: News, Weather, Sports
9: Movie (Angel Face, '53)
11: News
13: Twilight Zone
50: Munsters
56: Creative Person
7:30
2, 11: Gunsmoke
4: The Monkees
7, 13: Cowboy in Africa
24: Wild Kingdom (11 showed The Monkees on a 6-day delay)
50: I Love Lucy
56: Skoda Master Class
8:00
4, 24: Rowan and Martin's Laugh In
50: Hazel
56: Karate
8:30
2, 11: Lucille Ball
7, 13: One More Time (Musical Special: Rat Patrol and Felony Squad are pre-empted)
50: Honeymooners
56: NET Journal
8:55
9: News
9:00
2, 11: Andy Griffith
4, 24: Danny Thomas Hour
9: 12 O'Clock High
50: Movie (Male Hunt, '65, French)
9:30
2, 11: Family Affair
7, 13: The Mating Game
56: French Chef
10:00
2, 11: Carol Burnett
4, 24: I Spay
7, 13: Oscars (Big Valley pre-empted, because of the MLK Assassination, this actually happened on Wednesday)
9: Front Page Challenge
56: Playing the Guitar
10:30
9: Don Messer's Jubilee
56: Folk Guitar
11:00
2, 4, 11: News
9: To Be Announced
24: Movie (Death of a Killer, '63, French)
50: Lou Gordon
11:15
2: Editorial
4: Weather
11:20
2: Weather
4: Sports
9: News
11: Sports
11:25
2: Sports
11: Weather
11:30
2: Movie (A Cry in the Night, '56)
4, 11*: The Tonight Show
9: Movie (The Man in the White Suit, '52)
12:00
7, 13: News [MON only]
12:30
7: Silents Please (films not listed)
1:00
4: Beat the Champ
9: Window on the World
1:30
2: Capture
4: PDQ (guests: Bill Bixby, Pat Henry, Sue Anne Langdon)
2:00
2: Naked City
2:30
2: News, Weather
PRIME TIME -- TUESDAY 8 APRIL 1968
CHANNEL 9 NOTE: The Montreal Canadiens meet the Eastern Division's third place team in a quarter-final game. The time of the game was not known at press time.
6:00 PM
2, 4, 11, 13: News
7: Movie (The Kid From Leftfield, '53)
9: Dennis the Menace
24: Movie (The Seven Revenges, Italian)
50: Flintstones
56: Friendly Giant
6:15 PM
2: Editorial
4: Weather
56: Sing Hi, Sing Lo
6:20
2: Weather
4: Sports
6:25
2: Sports
6:30
2: CBS News
4, 11*: NBC News
9: F Troop
13: ABC News
50: McHale's Navy
56: What's New
7:00
2: Truth or Consequences
4: News, Weather, Sports
9: Movie (Most Dangerous Man Alive, '61)
11: News
13: Twilight Zone
50: Munsters
56: Creative Person
7:30
2, 11: Daktari
4: Weekend
7, 13: Garrison's Gorillas
24: I Dream of Jeannie
50: I Love Lucy
56: Piano Recital
8:00
4, 24: Jerry Lewis
50: Hazel
56: U.S.A.
8:30
2, 11: Red Skelton
7: It Takes a Thief
13: N.Y.P.D. (on 7 day delay from previous week)
50: Honeymooners
56: Conversations
8:55
9: News
9:00
4, 24: Movie (Bedtime Story, '64)
9: TBA
13: Movie (The Mouse That Roared, '59)
50: Perry Mason
56: Dog's Life
9:30
2, 11: Good Morning World
7: N.Y.P.D.
56: Conversation
10:00
2, 11: The Great American Novel (this week: Babbitt and The Grapes of Wrath)
7: Ernie Kovacs
9: Newsmagazine
50: Les Crane
10:30
9: Public Eye
56: Beethoven Concert
11:00
2, 4, 7, 11, 13: News
9: CBC News
24: Movie (Cry of the Bewitched, '60, Mexican)
50: Movie (Confessions of a Nazi Spy, '39)
11:15
2: Editorial
4: Weather
7: Weather
11:20
2, 13: Weather
4, 11: Sports
9: Local News
11:25
2, 7: Sports
13: Editorial
11:30
2: Movie (Lady Possessed, '52)
4, 11*: The Tonight Show
7, 13: Joey Bishop
9: Movie TBA
1:00
4: Beat the Champ
7: News
9: Window on the World
1:30
2: Highway Patrol
4: PDQ (guests: Bill Bixby, Pat Henry, Sue Anne Langdon)
2:00
2: Naked City
2:30
2: News, Weather
CHANNEL GUIDE
2: WJBK (Detroit, CBS)
4: WWJ (Detroit, NBC)
7: WXYZ (Detroit, ABC)
50: WKBD (Detroit, Ind.)
56: WTVS (Detroit, NET)
9: CKLW (Windsor, CBC)
11: WTOL (Toledo, CBS/NBC)
13: WSPD (Toledo, ABC/NBC)
24: WDHO (Toledo, NBC/CBS/ABC)
*Indicates cherry-picked or dumped show
PRIME TIME -- MONDAY 8 APRIL 1968
6:00 PM
2, 4, 11, 13: News
7: Movie (The Golden Blade, '53)
9: Dennis the Menace
24: Movie (Ivalio the Great, '63, Yugoslavian)
50: Flintstones
56: Friendly Giant
6:15 PM
2: Editorial
4: Weather
56: Merlin the Magician
6:20
2: Weather
4: Sports
6:25
2: Sports
6:30
2: CBS News
4, 11*: NBC News
9: Gilligan's Island
13: ABC News
50: McHale's Navy
56: Music for Young People
7:00
2: Truth or Consequences
4: News, Weather, Sports
9: Movie (Angel Face, '53)
11: News
13: Twilight Zone
50: Munsters
56: Creative Person
7:30
2, 11: Gunsmoke
4: The Monkees
7, 13: Cowboy in Africa
24: Wild Kingdom (11 showed The Monkees on a 6-day delay)
50: I Love Lucy
56: Skoda Master Class
8:00
4, 24: Rowan and Martin's Laugh In
50: Hazel
56: Karate
8:30
2, 11: Lucille Ball
7, 13: One More Time (Musical Special: Rat Patrol and Felony Squad are pre-empted)
50: Honeymooners
56: NET Journal
8:55
9: News
9:00
2, 11: Andy Griffith
4, 24: Danny Thomas Hour
9: 12 O'Clock High
50: Movie (Male Hunt, '65, French)
9:30
2, 11: Family Affair
7, 13: The Mating Game
56: French Chef
10:00
2, 11: Carol Burnett
4, 24: I Spay
7, 13: Oscars (Big Valley pre-empted, because of the MLK Assassination, this actually happened on Wednesday)
9: Front Page Challenge
56: Playing the Guitar
10:30
9: Don Messer's Jubilee
56: Folk Guitar
11:00
2, 4, 11: News
9: To Be Announced
24: Movie (Death of a Killer, '63, French)
50: Lou Gordon
11:15
2: Editorial
4: Weather
11:20
2: Weather
4: Sports
9: News
11: Sports
11:25
2: Sports
11: Weather
11:30
2: Movie (A Cry in the Night, '56)
4, 11*: The Tonight Show
9: Movie (The Man in the White Suit, '52)
12:00
7, 13: News [MON only]
12:30
7: Silents Please (films not listed)
1:00
4: Beat the Champ
9: Window on the World
1:30
2: Capture
4: PDQ (guests: Bill Bixby, Pat Henry, Sue Anne Langdon)
2:00
2: Naked City
2:30
2: News, Weather
PRIME TIME -- TUESDAY 8 APRIL 1968
CHANNEL 9 NOTE: The Montreal Canadiens meet the Eastern Division's third place team in a quarter-final game. The time of the game was not known at press time.
6:00 PM
2, 4, 11, 13: News
7: Movie (The Kid From Leftfield, '53)
9: Dennis the Menace
24: Movie (The Seven Revenges, Italian)
50: Flintstones
56: Friendly Giant
6:15 PM
2: Editorial
4: Weather
56: Sing Hi, Sing Lo
6:20
2: Weather
4: Sports
6:25
2: Sports
6:30
2: CBS News
4, 11*: NBC News
9: F Troop
13: ABC News
50: McHale's Navy
56: What's New
7:00
2: Truth or Consequences
4: News, Weather, Sports
9: Movie (Most Dangerous Man Alive, '61)
11: News
13: Twilight Zone
50: Munsters
56: Creative Person
7:30
2, 11: Daktari
4: Weekend
7, 13: Garrison's Gorillas
24: I Dream of Jeannie
50: I Love Lucy
56: Piano Recital
8:00
4, 24: Jerry Lewis
50: Hazel
56: U.S.A.
8:30
2, 11: Red Skelton
7: It Takes a Thief
13: N.Y.P.D. (on 7 day delay from previous week)
50: Honeymooners
56: Conversations
8:55
9: News
9:00
4, 24: Movie (Bedtime Story, '64)
9: TBA
13: Movie (The Mouse That Roared, '59)
50: Perry Mason
56: Dog's Life
9:30
2, 11: Good Morning World
7: N.Y.P.D.
56: Conversation
10:00
2, 11: The Great American Novel (this week: Babbitt and The Grapes of Wrath)
7: Ernie Kovacs
9: Newsmagazine
50: Les Crane
10:30
9: Public Eye
56: Beethoven Concert
11:00
2, 4, 7, 11, 13: News
9: CBC News
24: Movie (Cry of the Bewitched, '60, Mexican)
50: Movie (Confessions of a Nazi Spy, '39)
11:15
2: Editorial
4: Weather
7: Weather
11:20
2, 13: Weather
4, 11: Sports
9: Local News
11:25
2, 7: Sports
13: Editorial
11:30
2: Movie (Lady Possessed, '52)
4, 11*: The Tonight Show
7, 13: Joey Bishop
9: Movie TBA
1:00
4: Beat the Champ
7: News
9: Window on the World
1:30
2: Highway Patrol
4: PDQ (guests: Bill Bixby, Pat Henry, Sue Anne Langdon)
2:00
2: Naked City
2:30
2: News, Weather