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A red-letter day in children's TV history!
2 WCBS
7:00 Morning Show (CBS's counterpart to NBC's Today) - Dick Van Dyke, Walter Cronkite (replacing Charles Collingwood as news anchor that day)
8:00 Captain Kangaroo (Premiere)
8:55 George Skinner
9:55 Margaret Arlen
10:00 Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey Time
11:30 Strike It Rich - Warren Hull
NOON Valiant Lady
12:15 Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Jack Paar
1:30 Welcome Travelers (became Love Story three weeks later)
2:00 Robert Q. Lewis
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3:00 The Big Payoff - Randy Merriman
3:30 Bob Crosby (Bing's brother)
4:00 Brighter Dau
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 On Your Account - Dennis James
5:00 Movie: "G. I. Jane" (1951) - Jean Porter, Jimmie Dodd (future host of The Mickey Mouse Club which premiered that day; see ch. 7 @ 5:00 PM)
6:00 Six O'Clock Report
6:10 Sports - Jim McKay (before moving to ABC)
6:15 Early Show: "Police Dog" (May 1955 in UK) - Joan Rice, Tim Turner, Sandra Dorne, Christopher Lee
7:10 Rain or Shine (weather report)
7:15 Douglas Edwards With the News (CBS)
7:30 Robin Hood: "The Moneylender"
8:00 Burns & Allen: "The Burnses and Mortons Go to New York" (Season Premiere)
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9:00 I Love Lucy: "Lucy Visits Grauman's" (Season Premiere)
9:30 December Bride: "The Boxing Show" (Season Premiere)
10:00 Studio One: "A Likely Story" - Eddie Bracken, Jack Whiting
11:00 The Late News
11:10 Weather and Sports
11:15 Late Show: "Three Stops to Murder" (1953) - Tom Conway, Naomi Chance, Mila Parely; UK title: "Blood Orange"
12:45 Late, Late Show: "Project Moonbase" (1953) - Ross Ford, Donna Martell, Hayden Rorke
4 WRCA (NBC)
7:00 Today - Dave Garroway
8:55 Today in New York
9:00 Herb Sheldon
10:00 Ding Dong School
10:30 Ern Westmore
11:00 Home - Arlene Francis
NOON Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30 Feather Your Nest - Bud Collyer
12:45 World Series, Game 6 - Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees (The Dodgers would win the series the following day, their only such win during their Brooklyn tenure. Also, this was the first World Series broadcast in color.)
3:30 It Pays to Be Married - Bill Goodwin
4:00 Way of the World
4:15 First Love
4:30 World of Mr. Sweeney
4:45 Modern Romances
5:00 Pinky Lee
5:30 Howdy Doody
6:00 Superman: "The Seven Souvenirs"
6:30 Monday Quarterback (Premiere)
7:00 Sherlock Holmes: "The Case of the Night Train Riddle"
7:30 Tony Martin
7:45 Camel (NBC) News Caravan - John Cameron Swayze
8:00 (Sid) Caesar's Hour
9:00 Medic: "And Then There Was Darkness and Then There Was Light: Part 2"
9:30 Robert Montgomery Presents: "The Stranger" - Jack Livesy, John, Bargarey, Barbara Britton
10:30 TBA
11:00 11th Hour News
11:15 Tonight - Steve Allen; Guests: Art Tatum, Vic Perry
1:00 Count Sheep
5 WABD
8:45 Sandy Becker
10:00 Be Seated
11:00 Four in a Row
NOON Johnny Olson (Yes, the original "Come on Down!" man!)
1:00 Virginia Graham
1:30 Movie: "Hundred Hour Hunt" (1952) - Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton, Sid James; UK title: "Emergency Call"
2:30 Maggie McNellis
3:00 Movie: "The Fabulous Joe" (1947) - Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Sheldon Leonard
4:00 Wendy Barrie
4:45 Letter to Lee Graham
5:00 Western Film
6:00 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
6:15 Telecomics
6:30 Looney Tunes - Sandy Becker
7:00 Mike Wallace and the News (Debut Broadcast)
7:25 Weather
7:30 The Lone Wolf - "Memo: Centerville"
8:00 Movie: "The Frightened Bride" (1952) - Mai Zetterling, Michael Dennison, Flora Robson, Dennis Price; UK title: "The Tall Headlines"
9:30 Boxing Preliminaries
10:00 Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena (NYC) - Paddy DeMarco vs. Kenny Lane (final DuMont Network program; final episode aired August 6, 1956)
10:50 At Ringside - Chris Schenkel
11:00 TV5 Late Report - Mike Wallace
11:15 Featurama
7 WABC
7:30 Tinker's Shop
9:00 Todd Russell's Corner
9:30 Movie: "The Wolf Hunters" (1949) - Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton, Edward Norris, Helen Parrish
10:30 Claire Mann
11:00 Romper Room
NOON Time for Fun, with Uncle Joe Bova
12:30 Movie: "Winter Carnival" (1939) - Ann Sheridan, Richard Carlson, Helen Parrish
1:45 Movie: "Tuna Clipper" (1949) - Roddy McDowall, Elena Verdugo, Roland Winters
3:00 Road of Romance
3:30 Memory Lane - Joe Franklin (future WOR talk show host)
4:00 Hopalong Cassidy
5:00 Mickey Mouse Club (Premiere)
6:00 Gene Autry (Premiere)
6:30 Cisco Kid
7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie
7:15 John Daly and the (ABC) News
7:30 Topper (1953-55 reruns from CBS; ABC premiere)
8:00 TV Reader's Digest
8:30 Voice of Firestone
9:00 Dotty Mack
9:30 Medical Horizons
10:00 Eddie Cantor Theater: "The Song Plugger" - Ray Anthony, Helen O'Connell
10:30 Boris Karloff Mystery: "Stolen Crime"
11:00 Your Star Showcase (syndicated repeats from General Electric Theater): "Thirteen O'Clock" - Eduard Franz
11:30 George H. Combs
9 WOR
11:00 Baseball Film
11:30 Kiddie Video
NOON Merry Mailman
12:30 Baseball Hall of Fame
12:45 World Series, Game 6 (see ch. 4)
3:45 Greatest (Boxing) Fights of the Century
4:00 Ted Steele
5:00 Teen Bandstand (no connection to American Bandstand)
6:00 Merry Mailman
6:30 Roy Rogers
7:30 Million Dollar Movie: "Breaking the Sound Barrer" (1952) - Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick; Director: David Lean (then married to Ann Todd)
9:00 Tales of Tomorrow
9:30 China Smith
10:00 Million Dollar Movie (repeat from 7:30)
11:30 Movie: "The Gentle Sex" (1943) - Joan Gates, Joan Greenwood, Lilli Palmer, Leslie Howard (narrator)
1:00 Night Time New York
11 WPIX
NOON Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
12:15 Film Variety
12:30 Funny Movie
12:45 World Series, Game 6 (unlike on channels 4 and 9, this station's broadcast was in B&W
4:00 First Show: "The Stars Look Down" (1940) - Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood
5:30 Cartoon Comics
6:00 Clubhouse Gang Comedies
6:30 Ramar of the Jungle
7:00 Three Star News
7:10 Weather
7:15 New York News
7:30 Liberace
8:00 The Trap
8:30 Mystery Movie: "Roaring City" (1951) - Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy, Richard Travis
9:30 Facts Forum Panel - Topic: "How We Can Improve International Relations"
10:00 Song Time
10:30 Daily News Report (named after the New York Daily News which establised and owned WPIX)
10:45 Late Clubhouse Gang
11:00 Liberace
13 WATV (then Independent; affiliated with NET in 1962)
10:30 Casa Serena (Italian sitcom)
11:00 Aldo Aldi (Italian variety show)
NOON Coffee Club
12:30 Fun Time
1:00 Mystery Film
2:00 Movie: "They Were Sisters" (1945) - James Mason, Phyllis Calvert
3:30 Western Film
4:30 Junior Frolics
5:30 Super Serial
6:00 Western Film
7:00 Charlie Chan Film
8:00 Report from Rutgers
8:30 Political Talk
9:00 Oral Roberts
9:30 Songs of Yesteryear
10:00 United Appeals (from the Red Cross)
11:00 Mystery Movie: "The Girl from Havana" (1929) - Lola Lane, Paul Page, Kenneth Thompson, Natalie Moorhead
2 WCBS
7:00 Morning Show (CBS's counterpart to NBC's Today) - Dick Van Dyke, Walter Cronkite (replacing Charles Collingwood as news anchor that day)
8:00 Captain Kangaroo (Premiere)
8:55 George Skinner
9:55 Margaret Arlen
10:00 Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey Time
11:30 Strike It Rich - Warren Hull
NOON Valiant Lady
12:15 Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1:00 Jack Paar
1:30 Welcome Travelers (became Love Story three weeks later)
2:00 Robert Q. Lewis
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3:00 The Big Payoff - Randy Merriman
3:30 Bob Crosby (Bing's brother)
4:00 Brighter Dau
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 On Your Account - Dennis James
5:00 Movie: "G. I. Jane" (1951) - Jean Porter, Jimmie Dodd (future host of The Mickey Mouse Club which premiered that day; see ch. 7 @ 5:00 PM)
6:00 Six O'Clock Report
6:10 Sports - Jim McKay (before moving to ABC)
6:15 Early Show: "Police Dog" (May 1955 in UK) - Joan Rice, Tim Turner, Sandra Dorne, Christopher Lee
7:10 Rain or Shine (weather report)
7:15 Douglas Edwards With the News (CBS)
7:30 Robin Hood: "The Moneylender"
8:00 Burns & Allen: "The Burnses and Mortons Go to New York" (Season Premiere)
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9:00 I Love Lucy: "Lucy Visits Grauman's" (Season Premiere)
9:30 December Bride: "The Boxing Show" (Season Premiere)
10:00 Studio One: "A Likely Story" - Eddie Bracken, Jack Whiting
11:00 The Late News
11:10 Weather and Sports
11:15 Late Show: "Three Stops to Murder" (1953) - Tom Conway, Naomi Chance, Mila Parely; UK title: "Blood Orange"
12:45 Late, Late Show: "Project Moonbase" (1953) - Ross Ford, Donna Martell, Hayden Rorke
4 WRCA (NBC)
7:00 Today - Dave Garroway
8:55 Today in New York
9:00 Herb Sheldon
10:00 Ding Dong School
10:30 Ern Westmore
11:00 Home - Arlene Francis
NOON Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30 Feather Your Nest - Bud Collyer
12:45 World Series, Game 6 - Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees (The Dodgers would win the series the following day, their only such win during their Brooklyn tenure. Also, this was the first World Series broadcast in color.)
3:30 It Pays to Be Married - Bill Goodwin
4:00 Way of the World
4:15 First Love
4:30 World of Mr. Sweeney
4:45 Modern Romances
5:00 Pinky Lee
5:30 Howdy Doody
6:00 Superman: "The Seven Souvenirs"
6:30 Monday Quarterback (Premiere)
7:00 Sherlock Holmes: "The Case of the Night Train Riddle"
7:30 Tony Martin
7:45 Camel (NBC) News Caravan - John Cameron Swayze
8:00 (Sid) Caesar's Hour
9:00 Medic: "And Then There Was Darkness and Then There Was Light: Part 2"
9:30 Robert Montgomery Presents: "The Stranger" - Jack Livesy, John, Bargarey, Barbara Britton
10:30 TBA
11:00 11th Hour News
11:15 Tonight - Steve Allen; Guests: Art Tatum, Vic Perry
1:00 Count Sheep
5 WABD
8:45 Sandy Becker
10:00 Be Seated
11:00 Four in a Row
NOON Johnny Olson (Yes, the original "Come on Down!" man!)
1:00 Virginia Graham
1:30 Movie: "Hundred Hour Hunt" (1952) - Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton, Sid James; UK title: "Emergency Call"
2:30 Maggie McNellis
3:00 Movie: "The Fabulous Joe" (1947) - Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Sheldon Leonard
4:00 Wendy Barrie
4:45 Letter to Lee Graham
5:00 Western Film
6:00 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
6:15 Telecomics
6:30 Looney Tunes - Sandy Becker
7:00 Mike Wallace and the News (Debut Broadcast)
7:25 Weather
7:30 The Lone Wolf - "Memo: Centerville"
8:00 Movie: "The Frightened Bride" (1952) - Mai Zetterling, Michael Dennison, Flora Robson, Dennis Price; UK title: "The Tall Headlines"
9:30 Boxing Preliminaries
10:00 Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena (NYC) - Paddy DeMarco vs. Kenny Lane (final DuMont Network program; final episode aired August 6, 1956)
10:50 At Ringside - Chris Schenkel
11:00 TV5 Late Report - Mike Wallace
11:15 Featurama
7 WABC
7:30 Tinker's Shop
9:00 Todd Russell's Corner
9:30 Movie: "The Wolf Hunters" (1949) - Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton, Edward Norris, Helen Parrish
10:30 Claire Mann
11:00 Romper Room
NOON Time for Fun, with Uncle Joe Bova
12:30 Movie: "Winter Carnival" (1939) - Ann Sheridan, Richard Carlson, Helen Parrish
1:45 Movie: "Tuna Clipper" (1949) - Roddy McDowall, Elena Verdugo, Roland Winters
3:00 Road of Romance
3:30 Memory Lane - Joe Franklin (future WOR talk show host)
4:00 Hopalong Cassidy
5:00 Mickey Mouse Club (Premiere)
6:00 Gene Autry (Premiere)
6:30 Cisco Kid
7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie
7:15 John Daly and the (ABC) News
7:30 Topper (1953-55 reruns from CBS; ABC premiere)
8:00 TV Reader's Digest
8:30 Voice of Firestone
9:00 Dotty Mack
9:30 Medical Horizons
10:00 Eddie Cantor Theater: "The Song Plugger" - Ray Anthony, Helen O'Connell
10:30 Boris Karloff Mystery: "Stolen Crime"
11:00 Your Star Showcase (syndicated repeats from General Electric Theater): "Thirteen O'Clock" - Eduard Franz
11:30 George H. Combs
9 WOR
11:00 Baseball Film
11:30 Kiddie Video
NOON Merry Mailman
12:30 Baseball Hall of Fame
12:45 World Series, Game 6 (see ch. 4)
3:45 Greatest (Boxing) Fights of the Century
4:00 Ted Steele
5:00 Teen Bandstand (no connection to American Bandstand)
6:00 Merry Mailman
6:30 Roy Rogers
7:30 Million Dollar Movie: "Breaking the Sound Barrer" (1952) - Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick; Director: David Lean (then married to Ann Todd)
9:00 Tales of Tomorrow
9:30 China Smith
10:00 Million Dollar Movie (repeat from 7:30)
11:30 Movie: "The Gentle Sex" (1943) - Joan Gates, Joan Greenwood, Lilli Palmer, Leslie Howard (narrator)
1:00 Night Time New York
11 WPIX
NOON Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
12:15 Film Variety
12:30 Funny Movie
12:45 World Series, Game 6 (unlike on channels 4 and 9, this station's broadcast was in B&W
4:00 First Show: "The Stars Look Down" (1940) - Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood
5:30 Cartoon Comics
6:00 Clubhouse Gang Comedies
6:30 Ramar of the Jungle
7:00 Three Star News
7:10 Weather
7:15 New York News
7:30 Liberace
8:00 The Trap
8:30 Mystery Movie: "Roaring City" (1951) - Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy, Richard Travis
9:30 Facts Forum Panel - Topic: "How We Can Improve International Relations"
10:00 Song Time
10:30 Daily News Report (named after the New York Daily News which establised and owned WPIX)
10:45 Late Clubhouse Gang
11:00 Liberace
13 WATV (then Independent; affiliated with NET in 1962)
10:30 Casa Serena (Italian sitcom)
11:00 Aldo Aldi (Italian variety show)
NOON Coffee Club
12:30 Fun Time
1:00 Mystery Film
2:00 Movie: "They Were Sisters" (1945) - James Mason, Phyllis Calvert
3:30 Western Film
4:30 Junior Frolics
5:30 Super Serial
6:00 Western Film
7:00 Charlie Chan Film
8:00 Report from Rutgers
8:30 Political Talk
9:00 Oral Roberts
9:30 Songs of Yesteryear
10:00 United Appeals (from the Red Cross)
11:00 Mystery Movie: "The Girl from Havana" (1929) - Lola Lane, Paul Page, Kenneth Thompson, Natalie Moorhead