Charles Sopkin, who spent an entire week watching Channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11 in April 1967, marked the following daytime changes on Channel 7:
9 AM Virginia Graham
9:30 Ann Sothern (the Katy O'Connor episodes)
10 AM Gypsy Rose Lee
10:30 Dateline: Hollywood (a show he ripped apart all through his book "Seven Glorious Days, Seven Fun-Filled Nights")
10:55 Children's Doctor (Dr. Lendon Smith)
11 AM Supermarket Sweep (or, as he called it, "Market Sweep," since it was listed that way in the NYC edition of TV Guide)
11:30 One In A Million
12 N Everybody's Talking (which interfered with his nap)
12:30 Donna Reed (ditto)
1 PM The Fugitive
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dream Girl Of '67
2:55 ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
3 PM General Hospital (one of three soaps that hooked him, along with As the World Turns and Days of Our Lives)
3:30 Dark Shadows
4 PM Dating Game
4:30 he doesn't say but having seen that particular issue I know it was a travelogue
5 PM News
5:30 ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6 PM Movie
Channel 7 had news while Channels 2 and 4 had their 4:30-6 PM movies; Channel 7's movie was on while 2 and 4 had their 6-7:30 news blocks. Says something about ABC's competitive position at the time.
9 AM Virginia Graham
9:30 Ann Sothern (the Katy O'Connor episodes)
10 AM Gypsy Rose Lee
10:30 Dateline: Hollywood (a show he ripped apart all through his book "Seven Glorious Days, Seven Fun-Filled Nights")
10:55 Children's Doctor (Dr. Lendon Smith)
11 AM Supermarket Sweep (or, as he called it, "Market Sweep," since it was listed that way in the NYC edition of TV Guide)
11:30 One In A Million
12 N Everybody's Talking (which interfered with his nap)
12:30 Donna Reed (ditto)
1 PM The Fugitive
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dream Girl Of '67
2:55 ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
3 PM General Hospital (one of three soaps that hooked him, along with As the World Turns and Days of Our Lives)
3:30 Dark Shadows
4 PM Dating Game
4:30 he doesn't say but having seen that particular issue I know it was a travelogue
5 PM News
5:30 ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6 PM Movie
Channel 7 had news while Channels 2 and 4 had their 4:30-6 PM movies; Channel 7's movie was on while 2 and 4 had their 6-7:30 news blocks. Says something about ABC's competitive position at the time.