from TV Today-Michigan State edition (regional mag based in Sandusky, OH; some editions also carried listings from London, Toronto, Columbus, Youngstown and Akron)
2 WJBK Detroit
3 WNBK Cleveland
3* WKZO Kalamazoo
4 WWJ Detroit
5 WEWS Cleveland
5* WNEM Bay City
6 WJIM Lansing
7 WXYZ Detroit
8 WXEL Cleveland
8* WOOD Grand Rapids
9 CKLW Windsor
13 WSPD Toledo
13* WWTV Cadillac
20 WPAG Ann Arbor
57 WKNX Saginaw
Morning
8:55
5 Sign-On/News
9:00
3 Early Bird Theatre "Girls in Chains"
5 Western Reserve University
13 Mr. Wizard
9:15
8 First Reel
9:20
4 News
9:30
4 Mr. Wizard
5 Winky Dink & You
8 Comedy Carnival
9:45
3* Morning Meditation
9:50
3* News
10:00
3 Cartoon Time
3*-13 Space Patrol
4 Happy Hollow Ranch
5 Early Show
7 America Back to God
8 Smilin' Ed McConnell
10:30
2 Michigan State College
3 Fun Wagon
3*-7-13 Smilin' Ed McConnell
5 Green Thumbs
8 Space Patrol
10:45
2 Bill Barker Cartoons
11:00
2 Sausage Sinema
3-5 Captain Midnight "Death Below Zero"
4 Rough Riders
7 Space Patrol
8 Kousin Kay's Merry-Go-Round
8* Mr. Wizard
13 Fun Farm
11:15
2 Cartoons
11:30
2-3*-5-13 Abbott & Costello "Hilary's Birthday"
3 Wizard of the West
6 Space Patrol
7 Western Film
8* Pinky Lee
Afternoon
noon
2-3*-5-6-8*-13 Big Top
4 RFD No. 4
7 Ed McKenzie's Party
8 Drama Feature
12:30
3 Mr. Wizard
4 Saturday Home Theatre
12:45
3-8 World Series: Game 3, at Cleveland as the Indians host the NY Giants before 71,555 fans; the Indians would lose 6-2 and be swept in 4 games
1:00
2-3*-5 Lone Ranger "The Hooded Men"
6 Barker Bill
8* TBA
13 Rocky Jones
1:30
2 Cowboy G-Man
3*-5 Uncle Johnny Coons
6 Super Circus
13 YMCA Town Meeting
1:45
4-9 Canadian Pro Football
2:00
2 Don McLeod Bandstand
3* Saturday Cinema
5 TV Bandstand
6 TBA
7 Crusade for Christ
2:30
7 Roundup Time
3:00
2 Pioneer Playhouse
3* Foy Willing
5 Saturday Showtime
13 Roy Rogers
3:30
8 Saturday Matinee "Code of the Rangers"/"High Treason"
13 Lassie
4:00
2 Milky's Movie Party
3* Horse Race
5 Joe Palooka
13 Lone Ranger
4:30
3 Saturday Cinema "Black Raves"
5 Out of This World (this dealt with space travel)
8 Football Preview
9 Wrestling Feature
13 Cowboy G-Man
13* Saturday Matinee
4:45
3*-5*-6-7-8-8*-57 Pre-Game Warmup
4 Vocal Varieties
4:55
3*-5*-6-7-8-8*-57 College Football: Stanford hosts Illinois (and would beat the visiting Illini 12-2)
5:00
4 Industry on Parade
5 Ramar of the Jungle
9 Wild Bill Hickok
13 Cisco Kid
5:15
4 Garden Show
5:30
4 Michigan Conservation
5 Contest Carnival
9 Western Feature
13 TBA
13* Western Theatre
5:45
4 Michigan Report
Evening
6:00
2 Meet Millie
3 Cisco Kid
4 How to Do It
5 Polka Time (with Kenny Bass & His Polka Poppers)
13 Stop the Music
6:30
2 Old American Barn Dance
3 Annie Oakley "Annie's Desert Adventure"
4 People are Funny
5 Inside Catholic Schools
13 This is Your Life
13* Our World
20 Kids' Movie Party
7:00
2 Lassie
3-13* Files of Jeffrey Jones
4 Big Picture
5 Gene Autry "Hoodoo Canyon"
9 Pantomime Quiz
13 Captain Braddock
7:15
5* Western Frolics
7:30
2-3*-5-13 Beat the Clock
3-4 Ethel & Albert
5* TBA
6 Favorite Story
8 Post-Game Scoreboard
8* Janet Dean
13* Facts Forum
57 TBA
7:45
7-8 Harry Wismer
8:00
2-3*-5-6-13 Jackie Gleason
3-4 Hey Mulligan
5* Country Crossroads
7 Let's Dance
8 Main Event Wrestling
8* Two in Love
9 Tzigane
13* Wrestling
20 Better Living Theatre
57 Let's Dance
8:30
3-4-5*-8* Place the Face
9:00
2-3*5-13-57 Two for the Money
3-4-5*-6-8* Imogene Coca (guests Billy DeWolfe and Ruth Donnelly)
7-8 Saturday Night Fights
13 Herb Shriner
20 Movie Date
9:30
2-3*-5-57 My Favorite Husband
3-4-6-8* Texaco Star Theatre (Jimmy Durante welcomes Donald O'Connor)
5* TBA
9 Wrestling
13 Badge 714 (Dragnet)
13* Inner Sanctum
9:45
8 Fight Talk
9:50
7 News
10:00
2-5-13-13* That's My Boy
3-4-5*-8* George Gobel (guests Fred MacMurray and Peggy King)
3* Mr. District Attorney
6 TBA
7 All-Star Hockey
8 Stranger
10:30
2 Ellery Queen
3-4-5*-6-8* Your Hit Parade
3* Life with Elizabeth
5-57 Willy
8 Theatre 8
13 Curtain Time
13* Starlight Theatre
10:45
7 Madison Square Graden
11:00
2 American News
3 News & Tom Field
3* News Roundup
4-5* Michigan Barn Dance
5 Feature Theatre "Murder Will Out"
6 Saturday Night Final
7 Big Playback
8 Hollywood Review
8* Hollywood Wrestling
11:05
3 Home Theatre "Captain Kidd"
7 Armchair Theatre "Major Barbara"
11:10
3* Weather
57 Final Edition
11:15
3* Saturday Night Theatre "History is Made at Night"
11:30
4 Showcase of Stars
5* Carload Sam's Theatre
8 Saturday Night Show "Young and Willing"
13 Wrestling
57 Livingroom Theatre
11:35
9 Wrestling
Late Night
midnight
4 Saturday Show
8* News
12:15
3 World News
3* News Final
12:30
5 News/Sign-Off
5* News
13 News Headlines
12:45
2 Weathervane
2 WJBK Detroit
3 WNBK Cleveland
3* WKZO Kalamazoo
4 WWJ Detroit
5 WEWS Cleveland
5* WNEM Bay City
6 WJIM Lansing
7 WXYZ Detroit
8 WXEL Cleveland
8* WOOD Grand Rapids
9 CKLW Windsor
13 WSPD Toledo
13* WWTV Cadillac
20 WPAG Ann Arbor
57 WKNX Saginaw
Morning
8:55
5 Sign-On/News
9:00
3 Early Bird Theatre "Girls in Chains"
5 Western Reserve University
13 Mr. Wizard
9:15
8 First Reel
9:20
4 News
9:30
4 Mr. Wizard
5 Winky Dink & You
8 Comedy Carnival
9:45
3* Morning Meditation
9:50
3* News
10:00
3 Cartoon Time
3*-13 Space Patrol
4 Happy Hollow Ranch
5 Early Show
7 America Back to God
8 Smilin' Ed McConnell
10:30
2 Michigan State College
3 Fun Wagon
3*-7-13 Smilin' Ed McConnell
5 Green Thumbs
8 Space Patrol
10:45
2 Bill Barker Cartoons
11:00
2 Sausage Sinema
3-5 Captain Midnight "Death Below Zero"
4 Rough Riders
7 Space Patrol
8 Kousin Kay's Merry-Go-Round
8* Mr. Wizard
13 Fun Farm
11:15
2 Cartoons
11:30
2-3*-5-13 Abbott & Costello "Hilary's Birthday"
3 Wizard of the West
6 Space Patrol
7 Western Film
8* Pinky Lee
Afternoon
noon
2-3*-5-6-8*-13 Big Top
4 RFD No. 4
7 Ed McKenzie's Party
8 Drama Feature
12:30
3 Mr. Wizard
4 Saturday Home Theatre
12:45
3-8 World Series: Game 3, at Cleveland as the Indians host the NY Giants before 71,555 fans; the Indians would lose 6-2 and be swept in 4 games
1:00
2-3*-5 Lone Ranger "The Hooded Men"
6 Barker Bill
8* TBA
13 Rocky Jones
1:30
2 Cowboy G-Man
3*-5 Uncle Johnny Coons
6 Super Circus
13 YMCA Town Meeting
1:45
4-9 Canadian Pro Football
2:00
2 Don McLeod Bandstand
3* Saturday Cinema
5 TV Bandstand
6 TBA
7 Crusade for Christ
2:30
7 Roundup Time
3:00
2 Pioneer Playhouse
3* Foy Willing
5 Saturday Showtime
13 Roy Rogers
3:30
8 Saturday Matinee "Code of the Rangers"/"High Treason"
13 Lassie
4:00
2 Milky's Movie Party
3* Horse Race
5 Joe Palooka
13 Lone Ranger
4:30
3 Saturday Cinema "Black Raves"
5 Out of This World (this dealt with space travel)
8 Football Preview
9 Wrestling Feature
13 Cowboy G-Man
13* Saturday Matinee
4:45
3*-5*-6-7-8-8*-57 Pre-Game Warmup
4 Vocal Varieties
4:55
3*-5*-6-7-8-8*-57 College Football: Stanford hosts Illinois (and would beat the visiting Illini 12-2)
5:00
4 Industry on Parade
5 Ramar of the Jungle
9 Wild Bill Hickok
13 Cisco Kid
5:15
4 Garden Show
5:30
4 Michigan Conservation
5 Contest Carnival
9 Western Feature
13 TBA
13* Western Theatre
5:45
4 Michigan Report
Evening
6:00
2 Meet Millie
3 Cisco Kid
4 How to Do It
5 Polka Time (with Kenny Bass & His Polka Poppers)
13 Stop the Music
6:30
2 Old American Barn Dance
3 Annie Oakley "Annie's Desert Adventure"
4 People are Funny
5 Inside Catholic Schools
13 This is Your Life
13* Our World
20 Kids' Movie Party
7:00
2 Lassie
3-13* Files of Jeffrey Jones
4 Big Picture
5 Gene Autry "Hoodoo Canyon"
9 Pantomime Quiz
13 Captain Braddock
7:15
5* Western Frolics
7:30
2-3*-5-13 Beat the Clock
3-4 Ethel & Albert
5* TBA
6 Favorite Story
8 Post-Game Scoreboard
8* Janet Dean
13* Facts Forum
57 TBA
7:45
7-8 Harry Wismer
8:00
2-3*-5-6-13 Jackie Gleason
3-4 Hey Mulligan
5* Country Crossroads
7 Let's Dance
8 Main Event Wrestling
8* Two in Love
9 Tzigane
13* Wrestling
20 Better Living Theatre
57 Let's Dance
8:30
3-4-5*-8* Place the Face
9:00
2-3*5-13-57 Two for the Money
3-4-5*-6-8* Imogene Coca (guests Billy DeWolfe and Ruth Donnelly)
7-8 Saturday Night Fights
13 Herb Shriner
20 Movie Date
9:30
2-3*-5-57 My Favorite Husband
3-4-6-8* Texaco Star Theatre (Jimmy Durante welcomes Donald O'Connor)
5* TBA
9 Wrestling
13 Badge 714 (Dragnet)
13* Inner Sanctum
9:45
8 Fight Talk
9:50
7 News
10:00
2-5-13-13* That's My Boy
3-4-5*-8* George Gobel (guests Fred MacMurray and Peggy King)
3* Mr. District Attorney
6 TBA
7 All-Star Hockey
8 Stranger
10:30
2 Ellery Queen
3-4-5*-6-8* Your Hit Parade
3* Life with Elizabeth
5-57 Willy
8 Theatre 8
13 Curtain Time
13* Starlight Theatre
10:45
7 Madison Square Graden
11:00
2 American News
3 News & Tom Field
3* News Roundup
4-5* Michigan Barn Dance
5 Feature Theatre "Murder Will Out"
6 Saturday Night Final
7 Big Playback
8 Hollywood Review
8* Hollywood Wrestling
11:05
3 Home Theatre "Captain Kidd"
7 Armchair Theatre "Major Barbara"
11:10
3* Weather
57 Final Edition
11:15
3* Saturday Night Theatre "History is Made at Night"
11:30
4 Showcase of Stars
5* Carload Sam's Theatre
8 Saturday Night Show "Young and Willing"
13 Wrestling
57 Livingroom Theatre
11:35
9 Wrestling
Late Night
midnight
4 Saturday Show
8* News
12:15
3 World News
3* News Final
12:30
5 News/Sign-Off
5* News
13 News Headlines
12:45
2 Weathervane