from TV Guide-New York Metro edition
WCBS 2-CBS New York
6:45 Previews
6:55 Give Us This Day (Fr. Patrick Ahern)
7:00 Movie "The Return of Daniel Boone"
8:00 Space Funnies (Capt. Jet's co-pilot is Mark Lipstein of Newark)
9:00 On the Carousel (Tripp; guests Thomas H. Sullivan (shows a model of a new passenger terminal to be bulit at Idlewild), Kenn Reed (the explorer talks about his visit to Tibet), Sandee Banglish (harp player), children from Community Center 136-Queens (performing a marionette play), and Mrs. J. Oliver (showing a 2D magical mannequin named Joanie Pratt, developed by Pratt Institute))
10:00 Hickory Dickory Dock "A Day at School"
10:30 Cartoon Carnival
11:00 Winky Dink & You
11:30 Tales of the Texas Rangers "Carnival Criss-Cross"
noon Big Top (performers the Flying Zacchinis (trapeze), the Three Eddies (tumblers), Ray & Yo (acrobats), Marcelli & Janis (jugglers), and the Cycling Whiz Kids (unicycle))
1:00 Lone Ranger "Mission Bells"
1:30 Uncle Johnny Coons
2:00 Movie "Wyoming Outlaw"
3:00 Movie "The Magic Face"
4:30 Amos 'n' Andy "The Gun"
5:00 Stories of the Century "Rube Barrows"
5:30 Annie Oakley "Annie and the Higher Court"
6:00 News (Ned Calmer)
6:05 Weather (Carol Reed)
6:10 Sports (Jim McKay)
6:15 Laurel & Hardy "Perfect Day"
6:30 Man Behind the Badge "The Case of the Black Sheep"
7:00 Gene Autry "Six Gun Romeo"
7:30 Beat the Clock
8:00 Greatest Bands (guests are the bands of Ralph Marterie, the Treniers, Jose Curbelo, and Buddy Rogers)
9:00 Two for the Money (Herb Shriner returns)
9:30 It's Always Jan (premiere)
10:00 Gunsmoke (premiere)
10:30 Damon Runyon Theater "Tobias the Terrible"
11:00 News (Ned Calmer)
11:10 Weather/Sports
11:15 Late Show "The Lady Takes a Chance"
12:45 Late Late Show "Black Beauty"
2:15 Give Us This Day (Fr. Andrew O'Reily)
WRCA 4-NBC New York
6:25 Sermonette
6:30 Modern Farmer
7:00 Saturday (Herb Sheldon)
9:00 Children's Theater (Forrest)
9:30 Andy's Gang "Monkey's Temple"
10:00 Pinky Lee
10:30 Children's Corner (Josie Carey/Fred Rogers; Winchell & Mahoney return here next week)
11:00 Commando Cody "Solar Sky Riders"
11:30 Mr. Wizard (season premiere)
noon Home Gardener (Phil Alampis)
12:30 Movie "Three is a Family"
2:00 US National Singles tennis semi-finals
5:00 Operation Success (Quentin Reynolds welcomes industrial manufacturer Thomas Robbins Jr., Venetian blind manufacturer Gilbert Rubbenstein, and bread manufacturer Samuel Rubin)
5:30 Movie "Captain Fury"
7:00 Television Workshop "Essays '55"
7:30 Show Wagon (stops in St. Paul, with 3 yr old Keith Thibodeaux and Reita Green)
8:00 Kickoff: 1955 (college football preview)
8:30 Dunninger (guest US Secret Service boss U.E. Braughman)
9:00 Musical Chairs (Rose Marie guests)
9:30 Donald O'Connor (finale)
10:00 Here's the Show (Ransom Sherman and Jonathan Winters)
10:30 Your Hit Parade (return)
11:00 News (Bob Wilson)
11:15 Mayor of the Town "Marilly's Murder"
11:45 Movie "Trade Winds"
WABD 5-DuMont New York
10:55 Prayer/News
11:00 Movie "Frontier Feud"
noon Movie "Who Killed Doc Robbin?"
1:00 Movie "My Dear Secretary"
2:30 Film Drama "The Substance of His House"
3:00 Movie "Father Makes Good"
4:00 Film Drama "Treasure of the Heart"
4:30 Film Drama "Three Strangers"
5:00 Movie "The Seven Ravens"
6:00 Film Drama "Polly"
6:30 Looney Tunes
7:00 Terry & the Pirates "The Loaded Dice Affair"
7:30 Joe Palooka "The Last Round"
8:00 Movie "Flame of the West"
9:00 Counterpoint "The Old Man"
9:30 American Barn Dance (Bill Bailey welcomes guests Mary Jane, Kay Brewer, Tex William, Homer & Jethro, Doc Hopkins, the Candy Mountain Girls, and Cousin Alvin)
10:00 Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (featured entertainer George Jessel, Lou Gehrig's wife is among the guests with Toast of the Town's Toastettes handling the phones; continues to 5pm Sunday)
WABC 7-ABC New York
11:26 Morning Prayer (Fr. John P. Breheny)
11:30 Focus "Invitation to Your Next Vacation"/"The Tale of One City"
noon Italian Cooking (Bontempis)
1:00 Movie "Strange Cargo"
2:00 Movie "Trail of the Yukon"
3:00 Hopalong Cassidy "Leather Burners"
4:15 Discovery Handicap horse race (from Aqueduct)
4:30 Movie "Wild Horse Phantom"
5:00 School of Memory (Dr. Bruno Furst)
5:30 Rin Tin Tin "The Bugle Call"
6:00 Movie "Lost Trail"
7:00 Step This Way
7:30 Harriet Van Horne (premiere)
8:00 Ozark Jubilee (guests include Pete Stamper)
9:00 Lawrence Welk
10:00 Studio 7 "And Suddenly You Knew"
10:30 Miss America Pageant (the 28th annual from Atlantic City; MC Bert Parks, with co-hosts John Daly and Bess Myerson)
mid. Evening Prayer (Fr. John P. Breheny)
WNHC 8-ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont New Haven
9:15 Mr. Wizard "Solutions"
9:45 Barker Bill's Cartoons
10:00 Andy's Gang "Monkey's Temple"
10:30 Wild Bill Hickok "A Trap of Diamonds"
11:00 Buffalo Bill, Jr. "Redskin Gap"
11:30 Commando Cody "Robot Monster of Mars"
noon Big Top
1:00 Roy Rogers "Backfire"
1:30 Uncle Johnny Coons
2:00 Baseball: Yankees host Chicago (JIP/Mel Allen and Red Barber)
4:30 Make the Connection
5:00 Disneyland "Man in Space"
6:00 Lone Ranger "The Sheriff's Wife"
6:30 You Asked for It
7:00 This is Your Life (guest Andy Devine)
7:30 Stage 7 "End of the Line"
8:00 Greatest Bands
9:00 Musical Chairs
9:30 Donald O'Connor
10:00 Here's the Show
10:30 Miss America Pageant
mid. Movie "Joan of Ozark"
1:00 News
WOR 9-Ind New York
1pm Commercial Program
1:30 Cowboy G-Men "Gunslingers"
2:00 Movie "The Magic Bow"
3:30 Movie "Derby Day"
4:30 Movie "Straight Shooters"
5:30 Million Dollar Movie "Ruthless"
7:00 Post Time USA
7:15 Movie Museum "The Great Train Robbery" (Killiam)
7:30 Million Dollar Movie (repeat from 5:30)
9:00 Movie (repeat from 3:30)
10:00 Million Dollar Movie (r from 5:30)
11:30 Movie "Egypt by Three"
WPIX 11-Ind New York
noon Treasure Chest
12:20 Movie "Gunfire"
1:30 Baseball Album (Slater)
1:40 Sports (Red Barber)
1:55 Baseball: Yankees host Chicago
4:35 Sports (Red Barber)
4:45 Batter-Up
5:00 Cartoon Comics
5:30 Abbott & Costello "Paper Hangers"
6:00 Buffalo Bill, Jr. "Redskin Gap"
6:30 Clubhouse Gang Comedies
7:00 Ramar of the Jungle "Call to Danger"
7:30 San Francisco Beat "The Paisley Gang" (premiere)
8:00 Movie "Train to Tombstone"
9:00 Movie "Six-Gun Serenade"
10:00 Ringabuk
10:45 Film Shorts
11:55 Weather (Kenndy)
11:00 Movie "There's a Girl in My Heart"
WATV 13-Ind New York
10:58 TV Pator (Marsh)
11:00 Aldo Aldi (guest Terry Taylor)
noon Casa Serena "The Blond Angel" (Italian)
12:30 Junior Town Meeting "Tension in the Far East" (moderator Bob Macdougall and MC Jerry Roberts welcomes Helaine Murphy (Trenton), Ellen Eisenberg (Brooklyn), Joan Anderson (Cedar Grove), and Deli Klein (The Bronx))
1:30 Thrills in Sports
2:00 Congress Answers (guest is NJ GOP Sen. Clifford P. Case; Bob Macdougall hosts this as well)
2:30 Movie "Mania for Melody"
3:30 Movie "Beneath Western Skies"
4:30 Junior Frolics (Fred Sayles)
5:30 Super Serial "Crimson Ghost" (pt 6)
6:00 Movie "Silent Code"
7:00 News/Sports
7:15 Foreign Press Report "Problems Facing Adenauer in Moscow" (Harry Sperber)
7:30 Polka Party (performing: Al Cizeski with the Champagne Polka Timers, the Polish National Alliance Dance Group with singers Regina Kujowa and Stash Gritt; host Eddie Gronet)
8:00 German Variety
8:30 Big Picture
9:00 Carnival Hispano
10:00 Ukrainian Melody Hour (Roman Marynowych welcomes violinst Alicia Bucbinska, tenor Mykola Buchowski, and Allentown PA's Ukrainian Youth Organization dance group)
10:30 film Shorts
11:00 Movie "Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise"
WICC 43-ABC/DuMont Bridgeport
No scheduled programs
WCBS 2-CBS New York
6:45 Previews
6:55 Give Us This Day (Fr. Patrick Ahern)
7:00 Movie "The Return of Daniel Boone"
8:00 Space Funnies (Capt. Jet's co-pilot is Mark Lipstein of Newark)
9:00 On the Carousel (Tripp; guests Thomas H. Sullivan (shows a model of a new passenger terminal to be bulit at Idlewild), Kenn Reed (the explorer talks about his visit to Tibet), Sandee Banglish (harp player), children from Community Center 136-Queens (performing a marionette play), and Mrs. J. Oliver (showing a 2D magical mannequin named Joanie Pratt, developed by Pratt Institute))
10:00 Hickory Dickory Dock "A Day at School"
10:30 Cartoon Carnival
11:00 Winky Dink & You
11:30 Tales of the Texas Rangers "Carnival Criss-Cross"
noon Big Top (performers the Flying Zacchinis (trapeze), the Three Eddies (tumblers), Ray & Yo (acrobats), Marcelli & Janis (jugglers), and the Cycling Whiz Kids (unicycle))
1:00 Lone Ranger "Mission Bells"
1:30 Uncle Johnny Coons
2:00 Movie "Wyoming Outlaw"
3:00 Movie "The Magic Face"
4:30 Amos 'n' Andy "The Gun"
5:00 Stories of the Century "Rube Barrows"
5:30 Annie Oakley "Annie and the Higher Court"
6:00 News (Ned Calmer)
6:05 Weather (Carol Reed)
6:10 Sports (Jim McKay)
6:15 Laurel & Hardy "Perfect Day"
6:30 Man Behind the Badge "The Case of the Black Sheep"
7:00 Gene Autry "Six Gun Romeo"
7:30 Beat the Clock
8:00 Greatest Bands (guests are the bands of Ralph Marterie, the Treniers, Jose Curbelo, and Buddy Rogers)
9:00 Two for the Money (Herb Shriner returns)
9:30 It's Always Jan (premiere)
10:00 Gunsmoke (premiere)
10:30 Damon Runyon Theater "Tobias the Terrible"
11:00 News (Ned Calmer)
11:10 Weather/Sports
11:15 Late Show "The Lady Takes a Chance"
12:45 Late Late Show "Black Beauty"
2:15 Give Us This Day (Fr. Andrew O'Reily)
WRCA 4-NBC New York
6:25 Sermonette
6:30 Modern Farmer
7:00 Saturday (Herb Sheldon)
9:00 Children's Theater (Forrest)
9:30 Andy's Gang "Monkey's Temple"
10:00 Pinky Lee
10:30 Children's Corner (Josie Carey/Fred Rogers; Winchell & Mahoney return here next week)
11:00 Commando Cody "Solar Sky Riders"
11:30 Mr. Wizard (season premiere)
noon Home Gardener (Phil Alampis)
12:30 Movie "Three is a Family"
2:00 US National Singles tennis semi-finals
5:00 Operation Success (Quentin Reynolds welcomes industrial manufacturer Thomas Robbins Jr., Venetian blind manufacturer Gilbert Rubbenstein, and bread manufacturer Samuel Rubin)
5:30 Movie "Captain Fury"
7:00 Television Workshop "Essays '55"
7:30 Show Wagon (stops in St. Paul, with 3 yr old Keith Thibodeaux and Reita Green)
8:00 Kickoff: 1955 (college football preview)
8:30 Dunninger (guest US Secret Service boss U.E. Braughman)
9:00 Musical Chairs (Rose Marie guests)
9:30 Donald O'Connor (finale)
10:00 Here's the Show (Ransom Sherman and Jonathan Winters)
10:30 Your Hit Parade (return)
11:00 News (Bob Wilson)
11:15 Mayor of the Town "Marilly's Murder"
11:45 Movie "Trade Winds"
WABD 5-DuMont New York
10:55 Prayer/News
11:00 Movie "Frontier Feud"
noon Movie "Who Killed Doc Robbin?"
1:00 Movie "My Dear Secretary"
2:30 Film Drama "The Substance of His House"
3:00 Movie "Father Makes Good"
4:00 Film Drama "Treasure of the Heart"
4:30 Film Drama "Three Strangers"
5:00 Movie "The Seven Ravens"
6:00 Film Drama "Polly"
6:30 Looney Tunes
7:00 Terry & the Pirates "The Loaded Dice Affair"
7:30 Joe Palooka "The Last Round"
8:00 Movie "Flame of the West"
9:00 Counterpoint "The Old Man"
9:30 American Barn Dance (Bill Bailey welcomes guests Mary Jane, Kay Brewer, Tex William, Homer & Jethro, Doc Hopkins, the Candy Mountain Girls, and Cousin Alvin)
10:00 Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (featured entertainer George Jessel, Lou Gehrig's wife is among the guests with Toast of the Town's Toastettes handling the phones; continues to 5pm Sunday)
WABC 7-ABC New York
11:26 Morning Prayer (Fr. John P. Breheny)
11:30 Focus "Invitation to Your Next Vacation"/"The Tale of One City"
noon Italian Cooking (Bontempis)
1:00 Movie "Strange Cargo"
2:00 Movie "Trail of the Yukon"
3:00 Hopalong Cassidy "Leather Burners"
4:15 Discovery Handicap horse race (from Aqueduct)
4:30 Movie "Wild Horse Phantom"
5:00 School of Memory (Dr. Bruno Furst)
5:30 Rin Tin Tin "The Bugle Call"
6:00 Movie "Lost Trail"
7:00 Step This Way
7:30 Harriet Van Horne (premiere)
8:00 Ozark Jubilee (guests include Pete Stamper)
9:00 Lawrence Welk
10:00 Studio 7 "And Suddenly You Knew"
10:30 Miss America Pageant (the 28th annual from Atlantic City; MC Bert Parks, with co-hosts John Daly and Bess Myerson)
mid. Evening Prayer (Fr. John P. Breheny)
WNHC 8-ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont New Haven
9:15 Mr. Wizard "Solutions"
9:45 Barker Bill's Cartoons
10:00 Andy's Gang "Monkey's Temple"
10:30 Wild Bill Hickok "A Trap of Diamonds"
11:00 Buffalo Bill, Jr. "Redskin Gap"
11:30 Commando Cody "Robot Monster of Mars"
noon Big Top
1:00 Roy Rogers "Backfire"
1:30 Uncle Johnny Coons
2:00 Baseball: Yankees host Chicago (JIP/Mel Allen and Red Barber)
4:30 Make the Connection
5:00 Disneyland "Man in Space"
6:00 Lone Ranger "The Sheriff's Wife"
6:30 You Asked for It
7:00 This is Your Life (guest Andy Devine)
7:30 Stage 7 "End of the Line"
8:00 Greatest Bands
9:00 Musical Chairs
9:30 Donald O'Connor
10:00 Here's the Show
10:30 Miss America Pageant
mid. Movie "Joan of Ozark"
1:00 News
WOR 9-Ind New York
1pm Commercial Program
1:30 Cowboy G-Men "Gunslingers"
2:00 Movie "The Magic Bow"
3:30 Movie "Derby Day"
4:30 Movie "Straight Shooters"
5:30 Million Dollar Movie "Ruthless"
7:00 Post Time USA
7:15 Movie Museum "The Great Train Robbery" (Killiam)
7:30 Million Dollar Movie (repeat from 5:30)
9:00 Movie (repeat from 3:30)
10:00 Million Dollar Movie (r from 5:30)
11:30 Movie "Egypt by Three"
WPIX 11-Ind New York
noon Treasure Chest
12:20 Movie "Gunfire"
1:30 Baseball Album (Slater)
1:40 Sports (Red Barber)
1:55 Baseball: Yankees host Chicago
4:35 Sports (Red Barber)
4:45 Batter-Up
5:00 Cartoon Comics
5:30 Abbott & Costello "Paper Hangers"
6:00 Buffalo Bill, Jr. "Redskin Gap"
6:30 Clubhouse Gang Comedies
7:00 Ramar of the Jungle "Call to Danger"
7:30 San Francisco Beat "The Paisley Gang" (premiere)
8:00 Movie "Train to Tombstone"
9:00 Movie "Six-Gun Serenade"
10:00 Ringabuk
10:45 Film Shorts
11:55 Weather (Kenndy)
11:00 Movie "There's a Girl in My Heart"
WATV 13-Ind New York
10:58 TV Pator (Marsh)
11:00 Aldo Aldi (guest Terry Taylor)
noon Casa Serena "The Blond Angel" (Italian)
12:30 Junior Town Meeting "Tension in the Far East" (moderator Bob Macdougall and MC Jerry Roberts welcomes Helaine Murphy (Trenton), Ellen Eisenberg (Brooklyn), Joan Anderson (Cedar Grove), and Deli Klein (The Bronx))
1:30 Thrills in Sports
2:00 Congress Answers (guest is NJ GOP Sen. Clifford P. Case; Bob Macdougall hosts this as well)
2:30 Movie "Mania for Melody"
3:30 Movie "Beneath Western Skies"
4:30 Junior Frolics (Fred Sayles)
5:30 Super Serial "Crimson Ghost" (pt 6)
6:00 Movie "Silent Code"
7:00 News/Sports
7:15 Foreign Press Report "Problems Facing Adenauer in Moscow" (Harry Sperber)
7:30 Polka Party (performing: Al Cizeski with the Champagne Polka Timers, the Polish National Alliance Dance Group with singers Regina Kujowa and Stash Gritt; host Eddie Gronet)
8:00 German Variety
8:30 Big Picture
9:00 Carnival Hispano
10:00 Ukrainian Melody Hour (Roman Marynowych welcomes violinst Alicia Bucbinska, tenor Mykola Buchowski, and Allentown PA's Ukrainian Youth Organization dance group)
10:30 film Shorts
11:00 Movie "Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise"
WICC 43-ABC/DuMont Bridgeport
No scheduled programs