Source: New England Region TV Guide
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
07:00a Today – Dave Garroway (NBC)
09:00a Pantry Playhouse – movies
10:00a Ding Dong School (NBC)
10:30a One Man’s Family (NBC)
10:45a Three Steps to Heaven (NBC)
11:00a Home (debut) – created as a service to the housewife (NBC)
11:30a Ask Washington – panel (NBC)
12:00p News at Noon
12:10p Weather Belle – forecast
12:15p Big Brother – Bob Emery
12:45p Armchair Adventure
01:00p Hollywood Playhouse
02:15p Child Behavior – education; Dr. Louise Bates Ames gives advice on child rearing
02:30p Menu Magic – women
02:45p Mildred Carlson – guests
03:00p Kate Smith – variety; Maxwell and Scott, vocals; fashion show; jazz band; cracker barrel (NBC)
04:00p Welcome Travelers – Tommy Bartlett hosts; audience participation show from Chicago (NBC)
04:30p On Your Account – Win Elliot hosts cash show (NBC)
05:00p Pinky Lee – kids (NBC)
05:30p Howdy Doody – the puppet star and Clarabell (NBC)
06:00p Science Sketches – kids
06:15p Esso News Reporter – Victor Best
06:30p Hopalong Cassidy – western
07:00p I Led Three Lives
07:15p Newsteller – Neal Scanlon; with Arch MacDonald
07:30p Arthur Murray Party – Martha Raye is tonight’s guest (NBC)
07:45p Camel News Caravan – John Cameron Swayze (NBC)
08:00p Name That Tune – Red Benson as emcee (NBC)
08:30p The Voice of Firestone – H. Barlow; Soloist: Thomas L. Thomas, baritone (NBC)
09:00p The Dennis Day Show – comedy (NBC)
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents “Such a Busy Day Tomorrow” (NBC)
10:30p Mr. and Mrs. North – mystery (NBC)
11:00p News
11:10p Dangerous Assignment
11:40p Night Owl Theater
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC/CBS/DuMont)
08:30a Breakfast Movies
09:45a The Brighter Day (CBS, delayed from 1:00p)
10:00a Arthur Godfrey (CBS)
11:30a Strike it Rich – Warren Hull (CBS)
12:00p Valiant Lady (CBS)
12:15p Love of Life (CBS)
12:30p Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45p The Guiding Light (CBS)
01:00p Shopping Vues – Louise Morgan
01:30p Garry Moore – variety; a chicken plucker visits Garry (CBS)
02:00p Double or Nothing – quiz; Bert Parks is the host (CBS)
02:30p Art Linkletter’s House Party – game: “What’s in the House?” (CBS)
03:00p The Big Payoff – Warren Hull substitutes for vacationing Randy Merriman (CBS)
03:30p Bob Crosby – musicale (CBS)
04:00p Health Talk – V. Lindlarh
04:05p Movie Quick Quiz – prizes; telephone quiz for viewers
04:20p Song Shop – music
04:30p Song Hits – music
04:45p Barker Bill’s Cartoons (CBS, delayed from Friday @ 5p)
05:00p Western Playhouse – film; “Song of the Buckaroos”
06:00p Kit Carson – western
06:30p Gene Autry – western film; “The Bandidos”
07:30p Douglas Edwards with the News (CBS)
07:45p Perry Como – music; Patti Page subs for Perry (CBS)
08:00p Burns and Allen – Blanche can’t find Harry so she hires a private detective (CBS)
08:30p Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (CBS)
09:00p I Love Lucy – Ricky makes a TV pilot, so Lucy makes one of her own (CBS)
09:30p Masquerade Party – Doug Edwards is host to visiting celebrities who appear in disguise; panel: Peter Donald, Ilka Chase, Buff Cobb, Ogden Nash (CBS)
10:00p Studio One “Side Street” (CBS)
11:00p News
11:05p WNAC-TV Feature Movie “Copacabana”
8 – WNHC New Haven (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC)
07:00a Today – Dave Garroway (NBC)
09:00a Health Talk – V. Lindlarh
09:05a Yankee Peddler – chatter
09:45a Film Short – cooking
10:00a Ding Dong School (NBC)
10:30a One Man’s Family (NBC)
10:45a Three Steps to Heaven (NBC)
11:00a Window Shopper – women
11:30a Strike it Rich – Warren Hull (CBS)
12:00p The Pastor – religion
12:15p Love of Life (CBS)
12:30p Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45p Electric Show – Joe Francis
01:30p Garry Moore – variety; a chicken plucker visits Garry (CBS)
02:00p Double or Nothing – quiz; Bert Parks is the host (CBS)
02:30p The Guiding Light (CBS, delayed from 12:45p)
02:45p Mid-Afternoon News
03:00p The Big Payoff – Warren Hull substitutes for vacationing Randy Merriman (CBS)
03:30p Kate Smith (NBC, delayed from 3:00p)
04:00p Welcome Travelers – Tommy Bartlett hosts; audience participation show from Chicago (NBC)
04:30p Meet the Stars – film
05:00p Pinky Lee (NBC)
05:30p Howdy Doody – the puppet star and Clarabell (NBC)
06:00p Understanding God – religion
06:15p Variety Club – music
06:30p Sportscope – Syd Jaffe
06:40p Weather Forecast – Hinton
06:45p World News Today
07:00p Answer Me This – panel; Tom Romano is the emcee
07:30p Eddie Fisher – songs; songstress Eugenie Baird is guest (NBC)
07:45p Camel News Caravan – John Cameron Swayze (NBC)
08:00p Name that Tune (NBC)
08:30p Voice of Firestone (NBC)
09:00p I Love Lucy (CBS)
09:30p Masquerade Party (CBS)
10:00p Studio One (CBS)
11:00p Douglas Fairbanks Presents – drama
11:30p Colonel Humphrey Flack (DuMont, delayed from Wednesday @ 9p)
10 – WJAR Providence (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC)
06:50a New England Farm Report
07:00a Today – Dave Garroway (NBC)
09:00a Nancy Dixon – women
10:00a Arthur Godfrey (CBS)
11:00a Home (debut) – created as a service to the housewife (NBC)
12:00p Bride and Groom – weddings (was on CBS during the 1952-1953 season)
12:15p To Be Announced
12:30p Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45p Hum and Strum – harmony
01:00p Let’s Go Shopping – Alice Jackson
01:30p Garry Moore – variety; a chicken plucker visits Garry (CBS)
02:00p Sugar ‘n Spice – women
02:30p Olive Tinder – women
02:55p Health Talk – V. Lindlahr
03:00p The Big Payoff – Warren Hull substitutes fr vacationing Randy Merriman (CBS)
03:30p Kate Smith (NBC, delayed from 3:00p)
04:00p Welcome Travelers – Tommy Bartlett hosts; audience participation show from Chicago (NBC)
04:30p On Your Account – Win Elliot hosts cash show (NBC)
05:00p New England Talent Club – Russ Emery is vocalist-emcee
05:30p Howdy Doody – the puppet star and Clarabell (NBC)
06:00p Gene Autry – western film
06:30p St. Vincent’s Home
06:45p Woonsocket Day – special
06:55p Weather Forecast
07:00p Telenews Daily
07:15p TV Sports Page – Warren Walden; interviews and sports news
07:30p Big Playback – sports
07:45p Camel News Caravan – John Cameron Swayze (NBC)
08:00p Name that Tune (NBC)
08:30p Ray Bolger – comedy (CBS, delayed from Thursday @ 8p)
09:00p College Hill – education; an evening at Brown University, topic is “psychology”
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)
10:30p I’m The Law “Sob Sister”
11:00p News
11:15p Wrestling – Hollywood
14 – WWOR Worcester (ABC /DuMont)
10:00a Test Pattern
04:00p Bar 14 – western
05:00p Jig Saw – quiz
05:30p Last of the Mohicans
06:00p Captain Video (DuMont, delayed from 7p)
06:15p News and Weather
06:30p Deadline Edition – New England news roundup (on chs 14, 55 and 56; I don’t know where it originated from)
06:45p Pen Brown – variety
07:00p Sonny Houston – songs
07:15p John Daly and the News (ABC)
07:30p Worcester County Story – “The Railroad Freight Story”
08:00p Stars on Parade
08:30p The Big Picture
09:00p Jr. Press Confernece
09:30p Travel Corner – film
10:00p Boxing – Brooklyn; Clarence Henry vs. Tom Jackson, heavyweights (both DuMont and ABC had bouts listed at the same time with no indication of which network had which bout)
11:00p News
30 – WKNB New Britain (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC)
11:45a News
12:00p Teletheater – movie
01:15p Bible Puppets – film
01:30p Club 30 – variety
03:30p Bob Crosby – musicale (CBS)
04:00p Adventures in Homemaking
04:30p News Headlines
04:35p Don Winslow – serial
05:00p Western Playhouse – movie; “Thunderbolt”
06:00p News at Six – Pete Stoner
06:15p The Early Show – movie; “Call of the Forest”
07:30p Douglas Edwards With the News (CBS)
07:45p Perry Como – music (CBS)
08:00p Name that Tune (NBC)
08:30p Voice of Firestone (NBC)
09:00p The Dennis Day Show (NBC)
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)
10:30p Your TV Theater
11:00p News
11:15p The Late Show – movie; “Flight to Nowhere”
53 – WATR Waterbury (ABC/DuMont)
10:00a Test Pattern
03:00p Paul Dixon – variety (this may have been ABC – they ran a similarly titled show in 1952)
04:00p Test Pattern
05:45p Animal Playtime
06:00p The Christophers – religion
06:15p Gene’s Fun Machine – kids
06:30p News and Weather
06:45p WATR-TV Film Shorts
07:00p Captain Video (DuMont)
07:15p John Daly and the News (ABC)
07:30p Jamie – drama; starred Brandon de Wilde (ABC)
08:00p Ray Bolger – comedy; “Who’s Getting Married?”(CBS, delayed from Thursday @ 8p)
08:30p WATR-TV Film Shorts
09:00p Feature Boxing – sports; preliminary bouts from Brooklyn
10:00p Boxing – Brooklyn; Clarence Henry vs. Tom Jackson, heavyweights (both DuMont and ABC had bouts listed at the same time with no indication of which network had which bout)
55 – WHYN Springfield (CBS/DuMont)
01:45p The Pattees – homemaking
02:00p Video Vacation – travel
02:30p Fred’s Corner – variety
03:00p The Big Payoff – Warren Hull substitutes for vacationing Randy Merriman (CBS)
03:30p Bob Crosby – musicale (CBS)
04:00p Woman With a Past – serial (CBS)
04:15p The Secret Storm – serial (CBS)
04:30p Robert Q. Lewis Show (CBS)
05:00p Western Playhouse – movie; “Mesquite Buckaroo”
06:00p Judy Splinters – kids; Shirley Dinsdale is hostess
06:15p Weatherman – Bill Martin
06:20p Sports – Bill Keating
06:30p Deadline Edition – New England news roundup (on chs 14, 55 and 56; I don’t know where it originated from)
06:45p Local News – Dwyer
06:55p Crusader Rabbit – cartoon
07:00p Captain Video (DuMont)
07:15p Marge and Jeff – comedy (DuMont)
07:30p Douglas Edwards With the News (CBS)
07:45p TV Religious Commission – topic: “Jewish Day School”
08:00p Burns and Allen (CBS)
08:30p Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (CBS)
09:00p Ford Theater “Marriageable Mate”
09:30p Masquerade Party (CBS)
10:00p Studio One (CBS)
56 – WTAO Boston (ABC/DuMont)
05:40p Crusader Rabbit – cartoon
05:45p Captain Video (DuMont, delayed from 7p)
06:00p News – Ken Van Wart
06:15p What’s Your Trouble?
06:30p Deadline Edition – New England news roundup (on chs 14, 55 and 56; I don’t know where it originated from)
06:45p Fifteen Minute Film “Teaching Young People How to Drive”
07:00p The Locker Room – sports
07:15p Marge and Jeff – comedy (DuMont)
07:30p WTAO-TV Film Shorts
07:45p News – Ken Van Wart
08:00p Front Page Detective (DuMont, delayed from Friday @ 8p)
08:30p Hollywood Half Hour
09:00p Evening Theater – movie; “Gangs, Inc.”
10:00p Boxing – Brooklyn; Billy Peacock vs. Nate Brooks, bantomweights (both DuMont and ABC had bouts listed at the same time with no indication of which network had which bout)
11:00p News
61 – WWLP Springfield (ABC/NBC)
10:00a Ding Dong School (NBC)
10:30a One Man’s Family (NBC)
10:45a The Jonathan Story
11:00a WWLP Film Shorts
11:30a Ask Washington – panel (NBC)
12:00p Melody Café – film
12:15p Hawkins Falls (NBC)
12:30p Matinee Theater
02:00p Mid-Day News
02:15p Are You Positive? – game; telephone quiz for viewers
02:30p Marilou Weston Show
03:00p Kate Smith – variety; Maxwell and Scott, vocals; fashion show; jazz band; cracker barrel (NBC)
04:00p Welcome Travelers – Tommy Bartlett hosts; audience participation show from Chicago (NBC)
04:30p On Your Account – Win Elliot hosts cash show (NBC)
05:00p Uncle Ed’s Fun Club – kids
05:30p Howdy Doody – the puppet star and Clarabell (NBC)
06:00p Terry and the Pirates
06:30p Sports with Gerry Healy
06:45p High Lights – Tom Colton; interviews with guests
07:00p News and Weather Service
07:15p Beauty Secrets – women
07:30p Arthur Murray Party (NBC)
07:45p Camel News Caravan – John Cameron Swayze (NBC)
08:00p Name that Tune (NBC)
08:30p Voice of Firestone (NBC)
09:00p The Dennis Day Show – comedy (NBC)
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents “Such a Busy Day Tomorrow” (NBC)
10:30p Your TV Theater
11:00p News
11:15p Eleventh Hour Movie
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
07:00a Today – Dave Garroway (NBC)
09:00a Pantry Playhouse – movies
10:00a Ding Dong School (NBC)
10:30a One Man’s Family (NBC)
10:45a Three Steps to Heaven (NBC)
11:00a Home (debut) – created as a service to the housewife (NBC)
11:30a Ask Washington – panel (NBC)
12:00p News at Noon
12:10p Weather Belle – forecast
12:15p Big Brother – Bob Emery
12:45p Armchair Adventure
01:00p Hollywood Playhouse
02:15p Child Behavior – education; Dr. Louise Bates Ames gives advice on child rearing
02:30p Menu Magic – women
02:45p Mildred Carlson – guests
03:00p Kate Smith – variety; Maxwell and Scott, vocals; fashion show; jazz band; cracker barrel (NBC)
04:00p Welcome Travelers – Tommy Bartlett hosts; audience participation show from Chicago (NBC)
04:30p On Your Account – Win Elliot hosts cash show (NBC)
05:00p Pinky Lee – kids (NBC)
05:30p Howdy Doody – the puppet star and Clarabell (NBC)
06:00p Science Sketches – kids
06:15p Esso News Reporter – Victor Best
06:30p Hopalong Cassidy – western
07:00p I Led Three Lives
07:15p Newsteller – Neal Scanlon; with Arch MacDonald
07:30p Arthur Murray Party – Martha Raye is tonight’s guest (NBC)
07:45p Camel News Caravan – John Cameron Swayze (NBC)
08:00p Name That Tune – Red Benson as emcee (NBC)
08:30p The Voice of Firestone – H. Barlow; Soloist: Thomas L. Thomas, baritone (NBC)
09:00p The Dennis Day Show – comedy (NBC)
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents “Such a Busy Day Tomorrow” (NBC)
10:30p Mr. and Mrs. North – mystery (NBC)
11:00p News
11:10p Dangerous Assignment
11:40p Night Owl Theater
7 – WNAC Boston (ABC/CBS/DuMont)
08:30a Breakfast Movies
09:45a The Brighter Day (CBS, delayed from 1:00p)
10:00a Arthur Godfrey (CBS)
11:30a Strike it Rich – Warren Hull (CBS)
12:00p Valiant Lady (CBS)
12:15p Love of Life (CBS)
12:30p Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45p The Guiding Light (CBS)
01:00p Shopping Vues – Louise Morgan
01:30p Garry Moore – variety; a chicken plucker visits Garry (CBS)
02:00p Double or Nothing – quiz; Bert Parks is the host (CBS)
02:30p Art Linkletter’s House Party – game: “What’s in the House?” (CBS)
03:00p The Big Payoff – Warren Hull substitutes for vacationing Randy Merriman (CBS)
03:30p Bob Crosby – musicale (CBS)
04:00p Health Talk – V. Lindlarh
04:05p Movie Quick Quiz – prizes; telephone quiz for viewers
04:20p Song Shop – music
04:30p Song Hits – music
04:45p Barker Bill’s Cartoons (CBS, delayed from Friday @ 5p)
05:00p Western Playhouse – film; “Song of the Buckaroos”
06:00p Kit Carson – western
06:30p Gene Autry – western film; “The Bandidos”
07:30p Douglas Edwards with the News (CBS)
07:45p Perry Como – music; Patti Page subs for Perry (CBS)
08:00p Burns and Allen – Blanche can’t find Harry so she hires a private detective (CBS)
08:30p Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (CBS)
09:00p I Love Lucy – Ricky makes a TV pilot, so Lucy makes one of her own (CBS)
09:30p Masquerade Party – Doug Edwards is host to visiting celebrities who appear in disguise; panel: Peter Donald, Ilka Chase, Buff Cobb, Ogden Nash (CBS)
10:00p Studio One “Side Street” (CBS)
11:00p News
11:05p WNAC-TV Feature Movie “Copacabana”
8 – WNHC New Haven (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC)
07:00a Today – Dave Garroway (NBC)
09:00a Health Talk – V. Lindlarh
09:05a Yankee Peddler – chatter
09:45a Film Short – cooking
10:00a Ding Dong School (NBC)
10:30a One Man’s Family (NBC)
10:45a Three Steps to Heaven (NBC)
11:00a Window Shopper – women
11:30a Strike it Rich – Warren Hull (CBS)
12:00p The Pastor – religion
12:15p Love of Life (CBS)
12:30p Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45p Electric Show – Joe Francis
01:30p Garry Moore – variety; a chicken plucker visits Garry (CBS)
02:00p Double or Nothing – quiz; Bert Parks is the host (CBS)
02:30p The Guiding Light (CBS, delayed from 12:45p)
02:45p Mid-Afternoon News
03:00p The Big Payoff – Warren Hull substitutes for vacationing Randy Merriman (CBS)
03:30p Kate Smith (NBC, delayed from 3:00p)
04:00p Welcome Travelers – Tommy Bartlett hosts; audience participation show from Chicago (NBC)
04:30p Meet the Stars – film
05:00p Pinky Lee (NBC)
05:30p Howdy Doody – the puppet star and Clarabell (NBC)
06:00p Understanding God – religion
06:15p Variety Club – music
06:30p Sportscope – Syd Jaffe
06:40p Weather Forecast – Hinton
06:45p World News Today
07:00p Answer Me This – panel; Tom Romano is the emcee
07:30p Eddie Fisher – songs; songstress Eugenie Baird is guest (NBC)
07:45p Camel News Caravan – John Cameron Swayze (NBC)
08:00p Name that Tune (NBC)
08:30p Voice of Firestone (NBC)
09:00p I Love Lucy (CBS)
09:30p Masquerade Party (CBS)
10:00p Studio One (CBS)
11:00p Douglas Fairbanks Presents – drama
11:30p Colonel Humphrey Flack (DuMont, delayed from Wednesday @ 9p)
10 – WJAR Providence (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC)
06:50a New England Farm Report
07:00a Today – Dave Garroway (NBC)
09:00a Nancy Dixon – women
10:00a Arthur Godfrey (CBS)
11:00a Home (debut) – created as a service to the housewife (NBC)
12:00p Bride and Groom – weddings (was on CBS during the 1952-1953 season)
12:15p To Be Announced
12:30p Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
12:45p Hum and Strum – harmony
01:00p Let’s Go Shopping – Alice Jackson
01:30p Garry Moore – variety; a chicken plucker visits Garry (CBS)
02:00p Sugar ‘n Spice – women
02:30p Olive Tinder – women
02:55p Health Talk – V. Lindlahr
03:00p The Big Payoff – Warren Hull substitutes fr vacationing Randy Merriman (CBS)
03:30p Kate Smith (NBC, delayed from 3:00p)
04:00p Welcome Travelers – Tommy Bartlett hosts; audience participation show from Chicago (NBC)
04:30p On Your Account – Win Elliot hosts cash show (NBC)
05:00p New England Talent Club – Russ Emery is vocalist-emcee
05:30p Howdy Doody – the puppet star and Clarabell (NBC)
06:00p Gene Autry – western film
06:30p St. Vincent’s Home
06:45p Woonsocket Day – special
06:55p Weather Forecast
07:00p Telenews Daily
07:15p TV Sports Page – Warren Walden; interviews and sports news
07:30p Big Playback – sports
07:45p Camel News Caravan – John Cameron Swayze (NBC)
08:00p Name that Tune (NBC)
08:30p Ray Bolger – comedy (CBS, delayed from Thursday @ 8p)
09:00p College Hill – education; an evening at Brown University, topic is “psychology”
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)
10:30p I’m The Law “Sob Sister”
11:00p News
11:15p Wrestling – Hollywood
14 – WWOR Worcester (ABC /DuMont)
10:00a Test Pattern
04:00p Bar 14 – western
05:00p Jig Saw – quiz
05:30p Last of the Mohicans
06:00p Captain Video (DuMont, delayed from 7p)
06:15p News and Weather
06:30p Deadline Edition – New England news roundup (on chs 14, 55 and 56; I don’t know where it originated from)
06:45p Pen Brown – variety
07:00p Sonny Houston – songs
07:15p John Daly and the News (ABC)
07:30p Worcester County Story – “The Railroad Freight Story”
08:00p Stars on Parade
08:30p The Big Picture
09:00p Jr. Press Confernece
09:30p Travel Corner – film
10:00p Boxing – Brooklyn; Clarence Henry vs. Tom Jackson, heavyweights (both DuMont and ABC had bouts listed at the same time with no indication of which network had which bout)
11:00p News
30 – WKNB New Britain (ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC)
11:45a News
12:00p Teletheater – movie
01:15p Bible Puppets – film
01:30p Club 30 – variety
03:30p Bob Crosby – musicale (CBS)
04:00p Adventures in Homemaking
04:30p News Headlines
04:35p Don Winslow – serial
05:00p Western Playhouse – movie; “Thunderbolt”
06:00p News at Six – Pete Stoner
06:15p The Early Show – movie; “Call of the Forest”
07:30p Douglas Edwards With the News (CBS)
07:45p Perry Como – music (CBS)
08:00p Name that Tune (NBC)
08:30p Voice of Firestone (NBC)
09:00p The Dennis Day Show (NBC)
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)
10:30p Your TV Theater
11:00p News
11:15p The Late Show – movie; “Flight to Nowhere”
53 – WATR Waterbury (ABC/DuMont)
10:00a Test Pattern
03:00p Paul Dixon – variety (this may have been ABC – they ran a similarly titled show in 1952)
04:00p Test Pattern
05:45p Animal Playtime
06:00p The Christophers – religion
06:15p Gene’s Fun Machine – kids
06:30p News and Weather
06:45p WATR-TV Film Shorts
07:00p Captain Video (DuMont)
07:15p John Daly and the News (ABC)
07:30p Jamie – drama; starred Brandon de Wilde (ABC)
08:00p Ray Bolger – comedy; “Who’s Getting Married?”(CBS, delayed from Thursday @ 8p)
08:30p WATR-TV Film Shorts
09:00p Feature Boxing – sports; preliminary bouts from Brooklyn
10:00p Boxing – Brooklyn; Clarence Henry vs. Tom Jackson, heavyweights (both DuMont and ABC had bouts listed at the same time with no indication of which network had which bout)
55 – WHYN Springfield (CBS/DuMont)
01:45p The Pattees – homemaking
02:00p Video Vacation – travel
02:30p Fred’s Corner – variety
03:00p The Big Payoff – Warren Hull substitutes for vacationing Randy Merriman (CBS)
03:30p Bob Crosby – musicale (CBS)
04:00p Woman With a Past – serial (CBS)
04:15p The Secret Storm – serial (CBS)
04:30p Robert Q. Lewis Show (CBS)
05:00p Western Playhouse – movie; “Mesquite Buckaroo”
06:00p Judy Splinters – kids; Shirley Dinsdale is hostess
06:15p Weatherman – Bill Martin
06:20p Sports – Bill Keating
06:30p Deadline Edition – New England news roundup (on chs 14, 55 and 56; I don’t know where it originated from)
06:45p Local News – Dwyer
06:55p Crusader Rabbit – cartoon
07:00p Captain Video (DuMont)
07:15p Marge and Jeff – comedy (DuMont)
07:30p Douglas Edwards With the News (CBS)
07:45p TV Religious Commission – topic: “Jewish Day School”
08:00p Burns and Allen (CBS)
08:30p Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (CBS)
09:00p Ford Theater “Marriageable Mate”
09:30p Masquerade Party (CBS)
10:00p Studio One (CBS)
56 – WTAO Boston (ABC/DuMont)
05:40p Crusader Rabbit – cartoon
05:45p Captain Video (DuMont, delayed from 7p)
06:00p News – Ken Van Wart
06:15p What’s Your Trouble?
06:30p Deadline Edition – New England news roundup (on chs 14, 55 and 56; I don’t know where it originated from)
06:45p Fifteen Minute Film “Teaching Young People How to Drive”
07:00p The Locker Room – sports
07:15p Marge and Jeff – comedy (DuMont)
07:30p WTAO-TV Film Shorts
07:45p News – Ken Van Wart
08:00p Front Page Detective (DuMont, delayed from Friday @ 8p)
08:30p Hollywood Half Hour
09:00p Evening Theater – movie; “Gangs, Inc.”
10:00p Boxing – Brooklyn; Billy Peacock vs. Nate Brooks, bantomweights (both DuMont and ABC had bouts listed at the same time with no indication of which network had which bout)
11:00p News
61 – WWLP Springfield (ABC/NBC)
10:00a Ding Dong School (NBC)
10:30a One Man’s Family (NBC)
10:45a The Jonathan Story
11:00a WWLP Film Shorts
11:30a Ask Washington – panel (NBC)
12:00p Melody Café – film
12:15p Hawkins Falls (NBC)
12:30p Matinee Theater
02:00p Mid-Day News
02:15p Are You Positive? – game; telephone quiz for viewers
02:30p Marilou Weston Show
03:00p Kate Smith – variety; Maxwell and Scott, vocals; fashion show; jazz band; cracker barrel (NBC)
04:00p Welcome Travelers – Tommy Bartlett hosts; audience participation show from Chicago (NBC)
04:30p On Your Account – Win Elliot hosts cash show (NBC)
05:00p Uncle Ed’s Fun Club – kids
05:30p Howdy Doody – the puppet star and Clarabell (NBC)
06:00p Terry and the Pirates
06:30p Sports with Gerry Healy
06:45p High Lights – Tom Colton; interviews with guests
07:00p News and Weather Service
07:15p Beauty Secrets – women
07:30p Arthur Murray Party (NBC)
07:45p Camel News Caravan – John Cameron Swayze (NBC)
08:00p Name that Tune (NBC)
08:30p Voice of Firestone (NBC)
09:00p The Dennis Day Show – comedy (NBC)
09:30p Robert Montgomery Presents “Such a Busy Day Tomorrow” (NBC)
10:30p Your TV Theater
11:00p News
11:15p Eleventh Hour Movie