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Retro: Louisville/Lexington/Cincinnati Thursday, May 2, 1968

This was Derby Week in Louisville, and WHAS had
Derby-related programming most afternoons (the
parade, the Kentucky Oaks, etc.). From TV Guide,
Kentucky Edition:

WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)

6:45 Today On The Farm (COLOR)
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Morning Show (COLOR)
9:55 News (COLOR)
10 AM Snap Judgment (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson) (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration (COLOR)
11 AM Personality (COLOR)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Eye Guess (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman) (COLOR)
1 PM Pat Boone In Hollywood (COLOR)
("Dialing For Dollars" airs in color during
breaks.)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors (COLOR)
3 PM Another World (COLOR)
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Movie: "The Golden Horde" (COLOR)
(watch for Marvin Miller, of "The Millionaire"
fame)
5:30 Flintstones (COLOR)
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Death Valley Days (COLOR)
7:30 Daniel Boone (COLOR) (At one time this
was the number-one show in Louisville.)
8:30 Hallmark Hall Of Fame: "The Admirable
Crichton" (COLOR) (pre-empts Ironside
and Dragnet)
10 PM Dean Martin (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

6:15 Moment Of Meditation (COLOR)
6:20 Good Morning (COLOR)
6:30 University Of Michigan
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Paul Dixon (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration (COLOR)
11 AM Personality (COLOR)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (COLOR)
12 N Bob Braun's 50-50 Club (COLOR)
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors (COLOR)
3 PM Another World (COLOR)
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Vivienne! (Vivienne della Chiesa)
(COLOR)
5:30 News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM I Love Lucy
7:30 Daniel Boone (COLOR)
8:30 Hallmark Hall Of Fame (COLOR)
10 PM Dean Martin (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)

5:50 Farm News
6 AM Sunrise Semester: "Russian Literature"
(COLOR)
6:30 Young World (COLOR)
7 AM Local News (COLOR)
7:05 CBS News (Joseph Benti) (COLOR)
7:30 Kid Stuff (COLOR)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (COLOR)
9 AM Uncle Al (COLOR)
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Political Talk (COLOR)
11:30 Dick Van dyke
12 N Noon Report (COLOR)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (COLOR)
12:45 Guiding Light (COLOR)
1 PM Secret Storm (delay from 4 PM)
1:30 As The World Turns (COLOR)
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
(COLOR)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM To Tell The Truth (COLOR)
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards) (COLOR)
3:30 Edge Of Night (COLOR)
4 PM Mike Douglas (COLOR)
5:30 McHale's Navy
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7 PM Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
7:30 John Gary (COLOR) (He'd been Danny
Kaye's summer replacement in 1966,
before getting a short-lived talk show.)
9 PM CBS Movie: "Rampage" (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Pat Boone In Hollywood (COLOR)
1 AM Bible Answers
1:30 Local News

WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)

6:40 Howdy, Neighbors
7:05 Sunrise Semester (COLOR)
7:35 CBS News (COLOR)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (COLOR)
9 AM T-Bar-V Ranch
10 AM Candid Camera
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van dyke
12 N Love Of Life (COLOR)
12:25 CBS News (Joseph Benti) (COLOR)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (COLOR)
12:45 Guiding Light (COLOR)
1 PM Focus
1:30 As The World Turns (COLOR)
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
(COLOR)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM To Tell The Truth (COLOR)
3:30 Edge Of Night (COLOR)
4 PM Secret Storm (COLOR)
4:30 Popeye's Cartoon Circus
5 PM Churchill Downs Handicap (COLOR)
5:30 News, Weather, Sports
6:25 Political Talk (inexplicably pre-empts
Walter Cronkite or there's a typo at 6:30)
7 PM Arthur Smith
7:30 Kentucky Derby Parade
9 PM CBS Movie: "Rampage"
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Political Talk
11:35 Movie: "The Heart Of The Matter"
NOTE: WHAS was the last network affiliate in
this edition (other than NET) to get local color capability.

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)

7 AM Across The Fence
7:30 Uncle Waldo (COLOR)
8 AM Skipper Ryle (COLOR)
9 AM Woody Woodbury (COLOR)
10 AM Local News (COLOR)
10:30 Dick Cavett (COLOR)
12 N 12 Noon (COLOR)
1 PM Dream House (COLOR)
1:30 Wedding Party (COLOR) (This unbelievable
show, from a former producer of "Who Do
You Trust?," had host Alan Hamel talk to
couples about their romances. In the game
portion, such as it was, the couple won a
prize only if they picked--separately--the
same one. That was it. It was gone by July.)
2 PM Newlywed Game (COLOR)
2:30 Baby Game (COLOR) (was there some sort of
pattern in ABC's game-show block?)
2:55 Children's Doctor (COLOR)
3 PM General Hospital (COLOR)
3:30 Dark Shadows (COLOR)
4 PM Maverick
5 PM Perry Mason (a classic two hours if I
ever saw one)
6 PM Merv Griffin (COLOR)
7:20 News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
7:30 Second Hundred Years (COLOR)
8 PM Flying Nun (COLOR)
8:30 Bewitched (COLOR)
9 PM That Girl (COLOR)
9:30 Peyton Place (COLOR)
10 PM Leslie Uggams Special (COLOR) (delay
from Wednesday 8:30--oddly, it was
CBS that carried her short-lived 1969
Sunday-night show)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)

WFPK (WKPC) Ch. 15 Louisville (NET)

In-school programming 8:35 AM-2:30 PM

8 PM Men Who Teach
9 PM NET Festival
sign off 10 PM

WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC/ABC)

7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Homemakers Today (COLOR)
9:25 Take Five (COLOR)
9:30 Dennis The Menace
10 AM Snap Judgment (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (COLOR)
10:30 Concentration (COLOR)
11 AM Personality (COLOR)
11:30 Hollywood Squares (COLOR)
12 N Noon Today (COLOR)
12:30 Eye Guess (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (COLOR)
1 PM Real McCoys
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors (COLOR)
3 PM Another World (COLOR)
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News (Floyd Kalber) (COLOR)
4:30 Jeopardy! (COLOR)
5 PM Churchill Downs Handicap (COLOR)
5:30 Popeye And Felix (COLOR)
5:45 News And Livestock Report (COLOR)
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Buck Owens (COLOR) (this is before
"Hee Haw")
7:30 Daniel Boone (COLOR)
8:30 Hallmark Hall Of Fame (COLOR)
10 PM Dean Martin (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (CBS/ABC)

6:30 TV Party Line (COLOR)
7:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7:55 News And Weather (COLOR)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (COLOR)
9 AM Town Talk (COLOR)
10 AM Dating Game (delay from 4 PM)
10:30 Bewitched (delay from noon)
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van dyke
12 N Love Of Life (COLOR)
12:25 News And Weather (COLOR)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow (COLOR)
12:45 Guiding Light (COLOR)
1 PM Secret Storm (COLOR)
1:30 As The World Turns (COLOR)
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
(COLOR)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (COLOR)
3 PM General Hospital (COLOR)
3:30 Edge Of Night (COLOR)
4 PM Mike Douglas (COLOR)
5 PM Merry Antics (COLOR)
5:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
6 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
6:30 CBS News (COLOR)
7 PM McHale's Navy
7:30 Cimarron Strip (COLOR)
9 PM CBS Movie: "Rampage"
11 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
11:30 Movie: "House Of Women"
I have a feeling WKYT was preparing for the
debut of the new ABC affiliate, WBLG (WTVQ),
since CBS programs now predominated.

WLKY Ch. 32 Louisville (ABC)

8 AM Bullwinkle (delay from Sunday 11 AM)
8:30 Romper Room (COLOR)
9 AM Mike Douglas (COLOR)
10:30 Dick Cavett (COLOR)
12 N Bewitched
12:30 Treasure Isle (COLOR)
1 PM Dream House (COLOR)
1:30 Wedding Party (COLOR)
2 PM Newlywed Game (COLOR)
2:30 Baby Game (COLOR)
2:55 Children's Doctor (COLOR)
3 PM General Hospital (COLOR)
3:30 Merv Griffin (COLOR)
5 PM News, Weather And Sports (COLOR)
(An ad in this week's issue tells us
that "Diane Sawyer has her eye on
the weather at 5 and 11.")
5:30 ABC News (Bob Young) (COLOR)
6 PM Movie: "Barricade" (COLOR)
7:30 Second Hundred Years (COLOR)
8 PM Flying Nun (COLOR)
8:30 Bewitched (COLOR)
9 PM That Girl (COLOR)
9:30 Peyton Place (COLOR)
10 PM Movie: "Psycho" (I remember WGHP,
North Carolina's answer to WLKY in
the '60s and '70s, also running movies
on Thursdays at 10, since ABC was down.)
11 PM News (COLOR)
11:15 Movie continues
12:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR) (joined in progress)
 
I wonder why WKRC in Cincinatti and WLKY in Louisville didn't clear The Dating Game.

Was this the last week that CBS aired Search For Tomorrow and Guiding Light as 15 minute shows?

And speaking of Wedding Party, Alan Hamel's next game show on ABC would be called The Anniversary Game. How long did The Anniversary Game last on ABC?
 
Probably the 4 PM time slot was too valuable;
we had stations farther south that didn't carry
it at 4 either.

This was not the last week that SFT and GL
aired for 15 minutes. Both shows expanded to
30 minutes on Sept. 9.

The Anniversary Game was actually a syndicated
show, distributed by what was then called ABC Films
and produced at KGO San Francisco. In 1969 ABC
was pressing its o&os to develop shows with syndication
potential, but this was the only one that got on the air.
I remember seeing the show briefly in 1969 on CBS affiliates
WFMY Greensboro, NC, and WSPA Spartanburg, SC, and as
late as the fall of 1970 on then-ABC affiliate WQXI (WXIA)
Atlanta, but I don't think it lasted past 1970.

BTW, Alan Hamel met his future wife, Suzanne Somers, on
Anniversary Game; she was the model. He also hosted a
talk show, Mantrap, produced by Dick Clark, in 1971. The
format was similar to the '50s hit Leave It To The Girls, with
a male guest being subject to a grilling (and insults) from a
panel of women. I first heard of Margot Kidder on this show;
she appeared on the panel from time to time.
 
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