My annual look at what the networks were running
50 years ago. From Castleman and Podrazik, "The
TV Schedule Book." New shows in CAPS.
MON ABC 7:30 Shirley Temple's Storybook (reruns)/
Cheyenne
8:30 BOURBON STREET BEAT (will shift
locale from New Orleans to Miami
the following year and become
Surfside 6)
9:30 ADVENTURES IN PARADISE
10:30 Man With A Camera (Charles Bronson's
only series)
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7:30 Masquerade Party (thrown into the breach
after CBS canceled "Name That Tune" as
part of its purging of all shows giving away
more than $1000)
8 PM The Texan
8:30 Father Knows Best (last season of new shows,
but will air in primetime reruns until 1963)
9 PM Danny Thomas Show
9:30 Ann Sothern Show (she's Katy O'Connor,
assistant manager of the Bartley House Hotel)
10 PM HENNESEY (a winner for Jackie Cooper)
10:30 DUPONT SHOW WITH JUNE ALLYSON
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7:30 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
8 PM LOVE AND MARRIAGE (William Demarest, pre-
"My Three Sons," played in this sitcom)
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Peter Gunn
9:30 Alcoa/Goodyear Theater
10 PM Steve Allen Plymouth Show
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show (Tonight Show)
1 AM (Local)
TUE ABC 7:30 Sugarfoot/Bronco
8:30 Wyatt Earp
9 PM The Rifleman
9:30 PHILIP MARLOWE (Phil Carey, better
known as Asa Buchanan on "One Life
To Live," plays the famous detective)
10 PM Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond
10:30 Keep Talking (Merv Griffin and Monty Hall
emceed this game show at different times)
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7:30 (Local)
8 PM DENNIS O'KEEFE SHOW
8:30 DOBIE GILLIS (Bob Denver as Maynard G.
Krebs was saying "You rang?" five years
before Ted Cassidy)
9 PM TIGHTROPE (Mike Connors, pre-"Mannix,"
and just as tough)
9:30 Red Skelton Show
10 PM Garry Moore Show
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7:30 LARAMIE
8:30 FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (abysmal reworking
of the classic radio show)
9 PM Arthur Murray Party ("put a little fun in your life...
try dancing")
9:30 FORD STAR TIME
10:30 (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
1 AM (Local)
WED ABC 7:30 Court Of Last Resort
8 PM CHARLEY WEAVER'S HOBBY LOBBY (he was
a do-it-yourself enthusiast and should have
been at home hosting this version of a radio
favorite, but no such luck)
8:30 Ozzie And Harriet
9 PM HAWAIIAN EYE
10 PM Wednesday Night Fights
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7:30 The Lineup (failed attempt to expand to an hour)
8:30 MEN INTO SPACE (more docudrama than sci-fi,
but was popular in reruns in the early days of
the space program)
9 PM The Millionaire (John Beresford Tipton must have
been running out of money because this is the
last season of new episodes)
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour/Armstrong Circle Theater
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 The Price Is Right (Bill Cullen)
9 PM Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
10 PM This Is Your Life
10:30 WICHITA TOWN (movie Western legend Joel McCrea
and his son Jody starred in this Western)
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
1 AM (Local)
THU ABC 7:30 Gale Storm Show (taken from CBS)
8 PM Donna Reed Show
8:30 The Real McCoys
9 PM Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
9:30 THE UNTOUCHABLES
10:30 TAKE A GOOD LOOK (Ernie Kovacs' self-proclaimed
"satire of a game show")
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM BETTY HUTTON SHOW
8:30 JOHNNY RINGO
9 PM Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (he and June
Allyson, married to each other, appeared on
the same network)
9:30 Playhouse 90/THE BIG PARTY (the latter had
celebrities "hosting a party" where other
stars did their respective things--a mishmash)
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7:30 LAW OF THE PLAINSMAN
8 PM Bat Masterson
8:30 JOHNNY STACCATO (John Cassavetes' only series)
9 PM Bachelor Father (after alternating with Jack Benny
for two years on CBS, it becomes a weekly series,
and will migrate to ABC in 1961)
9:30 The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford
10 PM You Bet Your Life
10:30 Lawless Years (similar to "The Untouchables" in that
both are set in Prohibition times--it stars James Gregory,
Inspector Luger on "Barney Miller")
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
1 AM (Local)
FRI ABC 7:30 Walt Disney Presents (who could have guessed
that Disney would eventually own ABC?)
8:30 MAN FROM BLACKHAWK (Robert Rockwell, post-
"Our Miss Brooks," gets a more macho role as an
insurance investigator in the Old West)
9 PM 77 Sunset Strip
10 PM ROBERT TAYLOR IN THE DETECTIVES
10:30 Black Saddle
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7:30 Rawhide
8:30 HOTEL DEPAREE (Earl Holliman, pre-"Police Woman,"
is Sundance--not Butch Cassidy's pal--who blinds his
adversaries with silver coins in his hatband that reflect
the sun. Wonder what happens when it rains?)
9 PM Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse/
Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz Show (Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour)
10 PM TWILIGHT ZONE (and you thought there was nothing
good on Friday nights)
10:30 Person To Person
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM THE TROUBLESHOOTERS (watch for Olympic decathlon
star Bob Mathias in his only series)
8:30 Bell Telephone Hour/NBC SPECIALS
9:30 M Squad
10 PM Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports (boxing)
10:45 Jackpot Bowling (Milton Berle becomes host the
following year)
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
1 AM (Local)
MON-FRI
ABC 12 N Restless Gun (reruns)
12:30 Love That Bob (Bob Cummings reruns)
1 PM Music Bingo ("Jeopardy!" announcer Johnny
Gilbert hosts this game show)
1:30 (Local--no way ABC goes against "ATWT")
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Gale Storm Show (reruns)
3 PM Beat The Clock
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
5:30 Rin Tin Tin (Mon, Wed)
My Friend Flicka (Tue, Fri)
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS (Thu)
6 PM (Local)
6:45 John Daly And The News (may be seen at 7:15)
7 PM (Local)
CBS 8 AM CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM (Local)
10 AM On The Go (Art Linkletter's son Jack broadcasts
from locations all over California and Nevada)
10:30 December Bride (reruns)
11 AM I Love Lucy (reruns)
11:30 Top Dollar
NOTE: Top Dollar is canceled in October, and CBS's
morning lineup becomes:
10 AM RED ROWE SHOW (CBS thought this personality from
its LA station would be the new Arthur Godfrey--
didn't happen)
10:30 On The Go
11 AM I Love Lucy
11:30 December Bride
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM CBS News
1:05 (Local)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM For Better Or Worse
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Big Payoff (reruns of "The Millionaire"
take over the slot in October)
3:30 The Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night (should be EDDDDGGGE Of Night)
5 PM (Local)
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News (may be seen at
7:15)
7 PM (Local)
NBC 6 AM Continental Classroom
7 AM Today (Dave Garroway)
9 AM (Local)
10 AM Dough Re Mi (Gene Rayburn, pre-"Match Game," hosts)
10:30 Treasure Hunt (pre-Barris, with Jan Murray)
11 AM The Price Is Right
11:30 Concentration
12 N Tic Tac Dough (Letterman's original announcer, Bill
Wendell, has replaced scandal-scarred Jack Barry)
12:30 It Could Be You
1 PM (Local--NBC isn't going against "ATWT" either)
2 PM Queen For A Day
2:30 The Thin Man (reruns)
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM THE HOUSE ON HIGH STREET
4:30 SPLIT PERSONALITY (Tom Poston as a game-show
host? Sounds implausible, but that's what happens
here.)
5 PM (Local)
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report (may be seen at 7:15)
7 PM (Local)
SAT ABC 12 N LUNCH WITH SOUPY SALES
12:30 (Local)
5 PM All Star Golf
6 PM (Local)
7:30 Dick Clark Beechnut Show
8 PM JOHN GUNTHER'S HIGH ROAD (a throwback to
TV's earliest days--a travelogue--pre-empted
on many stations)
8:30 Leave It To Beaver (moving into perhaps its
best-remembered timeslot, where it stays
until 1962)
9 PM Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing Party
(Geritol will become sponsor the next year)
10 PM Jubilee U.S.A.
11 PM (Local)
CBS 8 AM Captain Kangaroo (reruns)
9 AM (Local)
10 AM Heckle And Jeckle
10:30 Mighty Mouse Playhouse
11 AM I Love Lucy (reruns)
11:30 The Lone Ranger (reruns)
12 N Sky King (reruns)
12:30 CBS News (Robert Trout)
1 PM (Local)
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Wanted: Dead Or Alive
9 PM MR. LUCKY (a good show that meets a
premature end--sponsors don't like the
fact that Lucky runs a casino, even though
he keeps the games honest--watch for
Ross Martin as Lucky's friend Andamo)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Markham (a good vehicle for Ray Milland
as a private eye)
11 PM (Local)
NBC 10 AM Howdy Doody
10:30 Ruff And Reddy
11 AM Fury
11:30 Circus Boy (reruns)
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary (Saber of London reruns)
1 PM Watch Mr. Wizard
1:30 (Local)
1:45 FOOTBALL TIME
2 PM NCAA Football
4:45 Kemper Scoreboard (time approximate)
5 PM NBA Basketball (in season)
7 PM (Local--time approximate)
7:30 BONANZA (gets slaughtered by Perry Mason,
moves to Sundays in 1961, and gets sweet
revenge by slaughtering Mason in 1966)
8:30 THE MAN AND THE CHALLENGE
9 PM THE DEPUTY (one of Henry Fonda's two failures--
the other is "The Smith Family" in the early '70s)
9:30 FIVE FINGERS (spy show with pre-"Voyage To The
Bottom Of The Sea" David Hedison)
10:30 It Could Be You
11 PM (Local)
SUN ABC 12 N Johns Hopkins File 7
12:30 Bishop James A. Pike
1 PM College News Conference
1:30 (Local)
3 PM Open Hearing
3:30 CHAMPIONSHIP BRIDGE (Charles Goren)
4 PM Paul Winchell Show
4:30 Broken Arrow (reruns)
5 PM MATTY'S FUNDAY FUNNIES
5:30 The Lone Ranger (apparently these are new)
6 PM (Local)
7 PM Colt .45
7:30 Maverick (James Garner's last season, before
he leaves in a contract dispute)
8:30 Lawman
9 PM THE REBEL (Johnny Yuma...was the rebel)
9:30 THE ALASKANS (sorry, Sarah Palin wasn't
born yet)
10:30 DICK CLARK'S WORLD OF TALENT (how many
shows did this guy do anyway?)
11 PM (Local)
CBS 10 AM Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM The U.N. In Action
11:30 Camera Three
11:55 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
12 N (Local)
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM (Local)
1:45 Pro Football Kickoff
2 PM NFL Football
4:30 Leonard Bernstein And The New
York Philharmonic (time approximate)
5:30 GE College Bowl
6 PM Small World (Edward R. Murrow interviews
various world leaders)
6:30 The Twentieth Century (Walter Cronkite, R.I.P.)
7 PM Lassie
7:30 DENNIS THE MENACE
8 PM Ed Sullivan Show
9 PM General Electric Theater
9:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10 PM Jack Benny/George Gobel
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM CBS News
11:15 (Local)
NBC 1:30 Frontiers Of Faith
2 PM NBA SPOTLIGHT
2:15 NBA Basketball (in season)
4:15 Ask Washington (time approximate)
4:30 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF
5:30 Time Present: Chet Huntley Reporting
6 PM Meet The Press
6:30 Saber Of London
7 PM RIVERBOAT (IIRC, this was Burt Reynolds'
first series)
8 PM SUNDAY SHOWCASE
9 PM Dinah Shore Chevy Show ("see the USA in
your Chevrolet")
10 PM Loretta Young Show
10:30 (Local)
50 years ago. From Castleman and Podrazik, "The
TV Schedule Book." New shows in CAPS.
MON ABC 7:30 Shirley Temple's Storybook (reruns)/
Cheyenne
8:30 BOURBON STREET BEAT (will shift
locale from New Orleans to Miami
the following year and become
Surfside 6)
9:30 ADVENTURES IN PARADISE
10:30 Man With A Camera (Charles Bronson's
only series)
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7:30 Masquerade Party (thrown into the breach
after CBS canceled "Name That Tune" as
part of its purging of all shows giving away
more than $1000)
8 PM The Texan
8:30 Father Knows Best (last season of new shows,
but will air in primetime reruns until 1963)
9 PM Danny Thomas Show
9:30 Ann Sothern Show (she's Katy O'Connor,
assistant manager of the Bartley House Hotel)
10 PM HENNESEY (a winner for Jackie Cooper)
10:30 DUPONT SHOW WITH JUNE ALLYSON
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7:30 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
8 PM LOVE AND MARRIAGE (William Demarest, pre-
"My Three Sons," played in this sitcom)
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Peter Gunn
9:30 Alcoa/Goodyear Theater
10 PM Steve Allen Plymouth Show
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show (Tonight Show)
1 AM (Local)
TUE ABC 7:30 Sugarfoot/Bronco
8:30 Wyatt Earp
9 PM The Rifleman
9:30 PHILIP MARLOWE (Phil Carey, better
known as Asa Buchanan on "One Life
To Live," plays the famous detective)
10 PM Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond
10:30 Keep Talking (Merv Griffin and Monty Hall
emceed this game show at different times)
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7:30 (Local)
8 PM DENNIS O'KEEFE SHOW
8:30 DOBIE GILLIS (Bob Denver as Maynard G.
Krebs was saying "You rang?" five years
before Ted Cassidy)
9 PM TIGHTROPE (Mike Connors, pre-"Mannix,"
and just as tough)
9:30 Red Skelton Show
10 PM Garry Moore Show
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7:30 LARAMIE
8:30 FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (abysmal reworking
of the classic radio show)
9 PM Arthur Murray Party ("put a little fun in your life...
try dancing")
9:30 FORD STAR TIME
10:30 (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
1 AM (Local)
WED ABC 7:30 Court Of Last Resort
8 PM CHARLEY WEAVER'S HOBBY LOBBY (he was
a do-it-yourself enthusiast and should have
been at home hosting this version of a radio
favorite, but no such luck)
8:30 Ozzie And Harriet
9 PM HAWAIIAN EYE
10 PM Wednesday Night Fights
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7:30 The Lineup (failed attempt to expand to an hour)
8:30 MEN INTO SPACE (more docudrama than sci-fi,
but was popular in reruns in the early days of
the space program)
9 PM The Millionaire (John Beresford Tipton must have
been running out of money because this is the
last season of new episodes)
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour/Armstrong Circle Theater
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 The Price Is Right (Bill Cullen)
9 PM Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
10 PM This Is Your Life
10:30 WICHITA TOWN (movie Western legend Joel McCrea
and his son Jody starred in this Western)
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
1 AM (Local)
THU ABC 7:30 Gale Storm Show (taken from CBS)
8 PM Donna Reed Show
8:30 The Real McCoys
9 PM Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
9:30 THE UNTOUCHABLES
10:30 TAKE A GOOD LOOK (Ernie Kovacs' self-proclaimed
"satire of a game show")
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM BETTY HUTTON SHOW
8:30 JOHNNY RINGO
9 PM Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (he and June
Allyson, married to each other, appeared on
the same network)
9:30 Playhouse 90/THE BIG PARTY (the latter had
celebrities "hosting a party" where other
stars did their respective things--a mishmash)
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7:30 LAW OF THE PLAINSMAN
8 PM Bat Masterson
8:30 JOHNNY STACCATO (John Cassavetes' only series)
9 PM Bachelor Father (after alternating with Jack Benny
for two years on CBS, it becomes a weekly series,
and will migrate to ABC in 1961)
9:30 The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford
10 PM You Bet Your Life
10:30 Lawless Years (similar to "The Untouchables" in that
both are set in Prohibition times--it stars James Gregory,
Inspector Luger on "Barney Miller")
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
1 AM (Local)
FRI ABC 7:30 Walt Disney Presents (who could have guessed
that Disney would eventually own ABC?)
8:30 MAN FROM BLACKHAWK (Robert Rockwell, post-
"Our Miss Brooks," gets a more macho role as an
insurance investigator in the Old West)
9 PM 77 Sunset Strip
10 PM ROBERT TAYLOR IN THE DETECTIVES
10:30 Black Saddle
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7:30 Rawhide
8:30 HOTEL DEPAREE (Earl Holliman, pre-"Police Woman,"
is Sundance--not Butch Cassidy's pal--who blinds his
adversaries with silver coins in his hatband that reflect
the sun. Wonder what happens when it rains?)
9 PM Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse/
Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz Show (Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour)
10 PM TWILIGHT ZONE (and you thought there was nothing
good on Friday nights)
10:30 Person To Person
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM THE TROUBLESHOOTERS (watch for Olympic decathlon
star Bob Mathias in his only series)
8:30 Bell Telephone Hour/NBC SPECIALS
9:30 M Squad
10 PM Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports (boxing)
10:45 Jackpot Bowling (Milton Berle becomes host the
following year)
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
1 AM (Local)
MON-FRI
ABC 12 N Restless Gun (reruns)
12:30 Love That Bob (Bob Cummings reruns)
1 PM Music Bingo ("Jeopardy!" announcer Johnny
Gilbert hosts this game show)
1:30 (Local--no way ABC goes against "ATWT")
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Gale Storm Show (reruns)
3 PM Beat The Clock
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
5:30 Rin Tin Tin (Mon, Wed)
My Friend Flicka (Tue, Fri)
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS (Thu)
6 PM (Local)
6:45 John Daly And The News (may be seen at 7:15)
7 PM (Local)
CBS 8 AM CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9 AM (Local)
10 AM On The Go (Art Linkletter's son Jack broadcasts
from locations all over California and Nevada)
10:30 December Bride (reruns)
11 AM I Love Lucy (reruns)
11:30 Top Dollar
NOTE: Top Dollar is canceled in October, and CBS's
morning lineup becomes:
10 AM RED ROWE SHOW (CBS thought this personality from
its LA station would be the new Arthur Godfrey--
didn't happen)
10:30 On The Go
11 AM I Love Lucy
11:30 December Bride
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM CBS News
1:05 (Local)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM For Better Or Worse
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Big Payoff (reruns of "The Millionaire"
take over the slot in October)
3:30 The Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night (should be EDDDDGGGE Of Night)
5 PM (Local)
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News (may be seen at
7:15)
7 PM (Local)
NBC 6 AM Continental Classroom
7 AM Today (Dave Garroway)
9 AM (Local)
10 AM Dough Re Mi (Gene Rayburn, pre-"Match Game," hosts)
10:30 Treasure Hunt (pre-Barris, with Jan Murray)
11 AM The Price Is Right
11:30 Concentration
12 N Tic Tac Dough (Letterman's original announcer, Bill
Wendell, has replaced scandal-scarred Jack Barry)
12:30 It Could Be You
1 PM (Local--NBC isn't going against "ATWT" either)
2 PM Queen For A Day
2:30 The Thin Man (reruns)
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM THE HOUSE ON HIGH STREET
4:30 SPLIT PERSONALITY (Tom Poston as a game-show
host? Sounds implausible, but that's what happens
here.)
5 PM (Local)
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report (may be seen at 7:15)
7 PM (Local)
SAT ABC 12 N LUNCH WITH SOUPY SALES
12:30 (Local)
5 PM All Star Golf
6 PM (Local)
7:30 Dick Clark Beechnut Show
8 PM JOHN GUNTHER'S HIGH ROAD (a throwback to
TV's earliest days--a travelogue--pre-empted
on many stations)
8:30 Leave It To Beaver (moving into perhaps its
best-remembered timeslot, where it stays
until 1962)
9 PM Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing Party
(Geritol will become sponsor the next year)
10 PM Jubilee U.S.A.
11 PM (Local)
CBS 8 AM Captain Kangaroo (reruns)
9 AM (Local)
10 AM Heckle And Jeckle
10:30 Mighty Mouse Playhouse
11 AM I Love Lucy (reruns)
11:30 The Lone Ranger (reruns)
12 N Sky King (reruns)
12:30 CBS News (Robert Trout)
1 PM (Local)
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Wanted: Dead Or Alive
9 PM MR. LUCKY (a good show that meets a
premature end--sponsors don't like the
fact that Lucky runs a casino, even though
he keeps the games honest--watch for
Ross Martin as Lucky's friend Andamo)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Markham (a good vehicle for Ray Milland
as a private eye)
11 PM (Local)
NBC 10 AM Howdy Doody
10:30 Ruff And Reddy
11 AM Fury
11:30 Circus Boy (reruns)
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary (Saber of London reruns)
1 PM Watch Mr. Wizard
1:30 (Local)
1:45 FOOTBALL TIME
2 PM NCAA Football
4:45 Kemper Scoreboard (time approximate)
5 PM NBA Basketball (in season)
7 PM (Local--time approximate)
7:30 BONANZA (gets slaughtered by Perry Mason,
moves to Sundays in 1961, and gets sweet
revenge by slaughtering Mason in 1966)
8:30 THE MAN AND THE CHALLENGE
9 PM THE DEPUTY (one of Henry Fonda's two failures--
the other is "The Smith Family" in the early '70s)
9:30 FIVE FINGERS (spy show with pre-"Voyage To The
Bottom Of The Sea" David Hedison)
10:30 It Could Be You
11 PM (Local)
SUN ABC 12 N Johns Hopkins File 7
12:30 Bishop James A. Pike
1 PM College News Conference
1:30 (Local)
3 PM Open Hearing
3:30 CHAMPIONSHIP BRIDGE (Charles Goren)
4 PM Paul Winchell Show
4:30 Broken Arrow (reruns)
5 PM MATTY'S FUNDAY FUNNIES
5:30 The Lone Ranger (apparently these are new)
6 PM (Local)
7 PM Colt .45
7:30 Maverick (James Garner's last season, before
he leaves in a contract dispute)
8:30 Lawman
9 PM THE REBEL (Johnny Yuma...was the rebel)
9:30 THE ALASKANS (sorry, Sarah Palin wasn't
born yet)
10:30 DICK CLARK'S WORLD OF TALENT (how many
shows did this guy do anyway?)
11 PM (Local)
CBS 10 AM Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM The U.N. In Action
11:30 Camera Three
11:55 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
12 N (Local)
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM (Local)
1:45 Pro Football Kickoff
2 PM NFL Football
4:30 Leonard Bernstein And The New
York Philharmonic (time approximate)
5:30 GE College Bowl
6 PM Small World (Edward R. Murrow interviews
various world leaders)
6:30 The Twentieth Century (Walter Cronkite, R.I.P.)
7 PM Lassie
7:30 DENNIS THE MENACE
8 PM Ed Sullivan Show
9 PM General Electric Theater
9:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10 PM Jack Benny/George Gobel
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM CBS News
11:15 (Local)
NBC 1:30 Frontiers Of Faith
2 PM NBA SPOTLIGHT
2:15 NBA Basketball (in season)
4:15 Ask Washington (time approximate)
4:30 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF
5:30 Time Present: Chet Huntley Reporting
6 PM Meet The Press
6:30 Saber Of London
7 PM RIVERBOAT (IIRC, this was Burt Reynolds'
first series)
8 PM SUNDAY SHOWCASE
9 PM Dinah Shore Chevy Show ("see the USA in
your Chevrolet")
10 PM Loretta Young Show
10:30 (Local)