TV Guide - Thurs. April 20, 1961
This edition is called "Hazelton-Williamsport." It includes stations in Lancaster, Lebanon and Altoona but for some reason, not Harrisburg or York. It also omits Channels 17 and 35 in Philadelphia, which were on the air by this time. Since the Scranton stations are all UHF, channels in this edition are listed in reverse numercial order. Black numbers are listed (28) and white are listed 3.
(28) WBRE-TV NBC Wilkes-Barre
6am Continental Classroom (Color)
6:30 Continental Classroom (Color)
7am Dave Garroway (Doesn't say "Today")
9am News--Phil Carlyle
9:05 Cartoon Carnival (Color)
9:30 Kitchen Magic
10am Say When--Art James
10:30 Play Your Hunch--Merv Griffin (Color)
11am Price Is Right (Color)
11:30 Concentration
Noon Truth or Consequences
12:30 It Could Be You (Color)
12:55 NBC News--Ray Scherer
1pm Highway Patrol. Hoodlams plan to kidnap their leader en route to the electric chair. Broderick Crawford
1:30 Men of Anapolis--Drama
2pm Jan Murray (Color)
2:30 Loretta Young
3pm Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4pm Make Room for Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood
5pm Pete Smith--Comedy (I don't remember this show.)
5:30 Robin Hood--Adventure
6pm Sheriff of Cochise
6:30 News
6:45 NBC News--Huntley, Brinkley
7pm Sea Hunt. Mike helps a little Mexican boy find a message in a bottle floating on the sea. Lloyd Bridges
7:30 Outlaws--Western. A short man won't grant neighboring ranchers right-of-way on his land. Barton MacLane, Don Collier
8:30 Bat Masterson. When the army arranges an Indian peace conference, Bat learns it's really an ambush against army troops. Gene Barry
9pm Bachelor Father. Bentley develops an interest in bird watching, and in bird watcher Angela Murdock. John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran
9:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (Color) (Live) Guest: Roberta Sherwood
10pm Groucho--Quiz (Doesn't say "You Bet Your Life")
10:30 Third Man--Mystery. When Lyme arrives at a Middle East airport on an oil deal, he's arrested on charges he wants to assassinate the king.
11pm News
11:15 Jack Paar (Color)
(22) WDAU-TV CBS Scranton
6am Bill Bennett (Was this a farm show airing in both Philadelphia and Scranton?)
6:30 Television Seminar
7am News
7:15 Debbie Drake--Exercise
7:30 Sergeant Preston
8am CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9am Susie--Comedy
9:30 A Visit with Carol
9:45 Debbie Drake--Exercise (Twice in one morning?)
10am I Love Lucy
10:30 Video Village--Monte Hall
11am Double Exposure
11:30 Your Surprise Package--George Fennerman (Groucho's sidekick on You Bet Your Life)
Noon Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1pm News
1:05 Burns and Allen
1:30 As The World Turns
2pm Face The Facts--Rowe
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3pm Millionaire--Drama
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4pm Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge of Night
5pm Movie--Drama. "The Toughest Man Alive" Dane Clark, Lita Milan
6:30 Pioneers--Drama
7pm News
7:15 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
7:30 December Bride. Lily and Hilda help Pete's brother-in-law Marvin, who challenged another man to a boxing match. Spring Byington, Harry Morgan, Verna Felton
8pm Circus Highlights. (Special, replaces Zane Grey) Arthur Godfrey serves as Ringmaster for the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus.
9pm Gunslinger--Western. Sgt. Murdock goes ahead of his troup to scout. When he returns, everyone has been ambushed and killed.
10pm Face The Nation (On Thursday prime time?)
11pm News
11:25 Movie--Adventure. "The San Francisco Story" Joel McCrea, Yvonne DeCarlo.
1:10 Movie--Mystery. "The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady" Warren Williams, Jean Muir, Victor Jory.
(16) WNEP-TV ABC Scranton
9am Hatchy Milatchy
11am Morning Court
11:30 Love That Bob!
Noon Camouflage--Don Morrow
12:30 Number Please
1pm About Faces
1:25 ABC News--Al Mann
1:30 Life of Riley--Comedy
2pm Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys--Jack Narz
3pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
3:30 Who Do You Trust? (Some ABC stations postpone Trust from 1:30 and air it here, instead of the first 30 min. of Bandstand)
4pm American Bandstand
5pm Three Stooges
5:30 Rocky and His Friends
6pm Huckleberry Hound (3 kids shows in a row?)
6:30 News
6:45 ABC News--Bill Shadel
7pm R.C.M.P. A young boy is found dead on an Indian reservation. Gilles Pelletier (Was this syndicated from the CBC?)
7:30 Guestward Ho!--Comedy. Hawkeye thinks the Hooton Dude Ranch would be ideal for a bookmaking operation.
8pm Donna Reed. Mary is furious when she learns two of her beaux tossed a coin to see which would take her to a dance. Shelly Fabares
8:30 Pat Boone. (Special, replaces Real McCoys and My Three Sons) A musical salute to Spring, with Fabian, Johnny Mercer and The Kingston Trio.
9:30 Untouchables. A truck carrying printing paper for currency is hijacked. Guest: Victor Buono. Robert Stack.
10:30 Manhunt--Police (WNEP doesn't carry Ernie Kovacs for some reason.)
11pm News
11:20 Movie--Drama "Beyond Glory" Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, George Macready.
(15) WLYH ABC, NBC Lebanon (This station gets a black bullet, along with WFBG-TV Altoona, while Channel 8 in nearby Lancaster gets a white bullet. The station later changed its City of License to Lancaster-Lebanon. I remember in the 80s they used to do a daily half-hour public affairs show from a mall in Lancaster to keep that double COL, even though the main studios, newsroom and offices were closer to Lebanon.)
8:30 University of the Air
9am Bob Keller--Variety (Wouldn't you enjoy seeing a two-hour daily variety show from Lebanon PA?)
11am Morning Court
11:30 Love That Bob!
Noon Camouflage--Don Morrow
12:30 Number Please
1pm About Faces
1:25 ABC News--Al Mann
1:30 Who Do You Trust?
2pm Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys--Jack Narz
3pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
3:30 American Bandstand
5pm Felix the Cat
5:30 Popeye (90 min. of cartoons)
6:30 News
6:45 Milestones of The Century
7:15 ABC News--Bill Shadel
7:30 Mister Ed--Comedy (Delayed from the NBC Saturday night schedule.)
8pm Donna Reed. Mary is furious when she learns two of her beaux tossed a coin to see which would take her to a dance. Shelly Fabares
8:30 West Point--Drama
9pm Bowl-A-Word (Could this be a local bowling show in prime time?)
9:30 Untouchables
10:30 Ernie Kovacs (Special, replaces Silents Please, also an Ernie Kovacs show) Ernie and his guests interpret excerpts from musical classics.
11pm Movie--Drama "Strange Cargo" Joan Crawford, Clark Gable. (No late news for WLYH.)
12 WNBF-TV ABC, CBS Binghamton NY
6:30 University of The Air
7am University of the Air
7:30 RFD 12--Agriculture
8am CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9am Popeye
9:30 Edge of Night--Seriel
10am Search for Tomorrow
10:30 My Little Margie
11am Double Exposure
11:30 Your Surprise Package--George Fenneman (Groucho's sidekick on You Bet Your Life)
Noon News
12:15 RFD 12--Agriculture
12:30 Ralph Carroll
1pm Heart of The Home
1:25 Cultural Calendar
1:30 As The World Turns
2pm Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys--Jack Narz
3pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4pm Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 American Bandstand (WNBF only runs 30 min.)
5pm Life of Riley
5:30 Quick Draw McGraw
6pm Community Center 12
6:30 Death Valley Days--Drama
7pm Ed Sullivan. Guests Singer Julie Wilson, Tenor Jan Peerce, Comedy Team Smith & Dale and Ventriloquist Rickie Layne & Velvel. (Odd to see Sullivan on a Thursday night. But WNBF and WFBG run ABC's Sunday night line up so they delay Sullivan to Thursday.)
8pm Donna Reed. Mary is furious when she learns two of her beaux tossed a coin to see which would take her to a dance. Shelly Fabares
8:30 Pat Boone. (Special, replaces Real McCoys and My Three Sons) A musical salute to Spring, with Fabian, Johnny Mercer and The Kingston Trio.
9:30 Untouchables. A truck carrying printing paper for currency is hijacked. Guest: Victor Buono. Robert Stack.
10:30 Ernie Kovacs (Special, replaces Silents Please, also an Ernie Kovacs show) Ernie and his guests interpret excerpts from musical classics.
11pm News
11:25 Movie--Drama. "The Search" Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon. (This is a really good movie!)
(10) WFBG-TV ABC, CBS Altoona
7am Breakfast Time
8am CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9am Educational Programs
10am I Love Lucy
10:30 Life of Riley
11am Double Exposure
11:30 Your Surprise Package--George Fenneman (Groucho's sidekick on You Bet Your Life)
Noon My Little Margie
12:30 Farm, Home, Garden
1pm About Faces
1:25 ABC News--Al Mann
1:30 As The World Turns
2pm Day in Court
2:30 Search for Tomorrow
2:45 Guiding Light
3pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
3:30 Who Do You Trust? (Some ABC stations postpone Trust from 1:30 and air it here, instead of the first 30 min. of Bandstand)
4pm American Bandstand
5:30 Popeye
6pm ABC News--Bill Shadel
6:15 News
6:30 Jim & Jane--Music (A 30 min. local music show from Altoona?)
7pm Ed Sullivan. Guests: Singer Julie Wilson, Tenor Jan Peerce, Comedy Team Smith & Dale and Ventriloquist Rickie Layne & Velvel. (Odd to see Sullivan on a Thursday night. But WNBF and WFBG run ABC's Sunday night line up so they delay Sullivan to Thursday.)
8pm Donna Reed. Mary is furious when she learns two of her beaux tossed a coin to see which would take her to a dance. Shelly Fabares
8:30 Pat Boone. (Special, replaces Real McCoys and My Three Sons) A musical salute to spring, with Fabian, Johnny Mercer and The Kingston Trio.
9:30 Untouchables. A truck carrying printing paper for currency is hijacked. Guest: Victor Buono. Robert Stack.
10:30 Miami Undercover. Her brother tries to stop Angela from inheriting their uncle's beachfront motel. Lee Bowman, Suzanne Lloyd
11pm News
11:20 Milestones of The Century
11:25 Movie--Drama. "Blossoms in The Dust" Walter Pigeon, Greer Garson
10 WCAU-TV CBS Philadelphia
6am Bill Bennett
6:30 Television Seminar
7am News--Crane, Hart
7:30 Our Miss Brooks
8am CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9am Gene London--Children
9:55 News
10am I Love Lucy
10:30 Video Village--Monte Hall
11am Double Exposure
11:30 Your Surprise Package--George Fennerman (Groucho's sidekick on You Bet Your Life)
Noon Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1pm News
1:05 Burns and Allen
1:30 As The World Turns
2pm Face The Facts--Rowe
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3pm Millionaire--Drama
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4pm Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge of Night
5pm Whirlybirds
5:30 Movie--Comedy "Tonight's The Night" David Niven, Yvonne DeCarlo
7pm News
7:15 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
7:30 December Bride. Lily and Hilda help Pete's brother-in-law Marvin, who's challenged another man to a boxing match. Spring Byington, Harry Morgan, Verna Felton
8pm Circus Highlights. (Special, replaces Zane Grey) Arthur Godfrey serves as Ringmaster for the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus.
9pm Gunslinger--Western. Sgt. Murdock goes ahead of his troup to scout. When he returns, everyone has been ambushed and killed.
10pm Face The Nation (On Thursday night?)
11pm News
11:15 Movie--Drama "Sister Kenny" Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox
1:30 Movie--Drama "Fifty Roads to Town" Don Ameche, Ann Sothern
3am News
8 WGAL-TV (CBS, NBC) Lancaster (Station takes the NBC daytime schedule, except for CBS Soaps As The World Turns and Edge of Night.)
6am Continental Classroom (Color)
6:30 Continental Classroom (Color)
7am Dave Garroway (Doesn't say "Today")
9am College of The Air
9:30 Crusader Rabbit--Cartoon
10am Say When--Art James
10:30 Play Your Hunch--Merv Griffin (Color)
11am Price Is Right (Color)
11:30 Concentration
Noon News--Nelson Sears
12:15 TV Farmer--Bob Malick
12:30 It Could Be You (Color)
12:55 NBC News--Ray Scherer
1pm Dr. Christian--Drama
1:30 As The World Turns
2pm Mr. Adams and Eve
2:30 Loretta Young
3pm Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4pm Burns and Allen
4:30 Edge of Night
5pm Huckleberry Hound
5:30 Funny Mann--Cliff Norton (I guess a 15 min. local kiddie show?)
5:45 Trackdown--Western
6:15 News
6:45 NBC News--Huntley, Brinkley
7pm Sea Hunt. Mike rescues a girl diver who's looking for a jade statue. Lloyd Bridges
7:30 Outlaws--Western. A short man won't grant neighboring ranchers right-of-way on his land. Barton MacLane, Don Collier
8:30 Bat Masterson. When the army arranges an Indian peace conference, Bat learns it's really an ambush against army troops. Gene Barry
9pm Bachelor Father. Bentley develops an interest in bird watching, and in bird watcher Angela Murdock. John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran
9:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (Color) (Live) Guest: Roberta Sherwood
10pm Groucho--Quiz
10:30 June Allyson--Drama (Delayed from CBS's Monday night schedule.)
11pm News (Color)
11:30 Jack Paar (Color)
6 WFIL-TV (ABC) Philadelphia
6:30 Operation Alphabet
7am Breakfast Time (Color)
7:45 Morgan in The Morning
9am Happy The Clown
9:30 Camouflage--Don Morrow (WFIL runs some ABC daytime shows early.)
10am Morning Court--Drama
10:30 Love That Bob!
11am Studio Schoolhouse
Noon RFD 6--Agriculture
12:15 Lunchtime Theater
12:30 Number Please
1pm About Faces
1:25 ABC News--Al Mann
1:30 Who Do You Trust?
2pm Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys--Jack Narz
3pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
3:30 American Bandstand (Did WFIL run an extra 30 min. just for Philadephia as the originating station? Dick Clark can keep two dozen teenagers dancing for two hours every weekday?)
5:30 Rocky and His Friends
6pm Popeye (Color)
6:55 Clutch Cargo (Color)
7pm News
7:15 ABC News--Bill Shadel
7:30 Guestward Ho!--Comedy. Hawkeye thinks the Hooton Dude Ranch would be ideal for a bookmaking operation.
8pm Donna Reed. Mary is furious when she learns two of her beaux tossed a coin to see which would take her to a dance. Shelly Fabares
8:30 Pat Boone. (Special, replaces Real McCoys and My Three Sons) A musical salute to spring, with Fabian, Johnny Mercer and The Kingston Trio.
9:30 Untouchables. A truck carrying printing paper for currency is hijacked. Guest: Victor Buono. Robert Stack.
10:30 Ernie Kovacs (Special, replaces Silents Please, also an Ernie Kovacs show) Ernie and his guests interpret excerpts from musical classics.
11pm News
11:15 Movie--Comedy "No Leave, No Love" Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn.
3 WRCV-TV (NBC) Philadelphia
6am Continental Classroom (Color)
6:30 Continental Classroom (Color)
7am Dave Garroway (Doesn't say "Today")
9am Bertie the Bunyip
9:55 News
10am Say When--Art James
10:30 Play Your Hunch--Merv Griffin (Color)
11am Price Is Right (Color)
11:30 Concentration
Noon Truth or Consequences
12:30 It Could Be You (Color)
12:55 NBC News--Ray Scherer
1pm Movie--Drama "Fighting Chance" Rod Cameron, Julie London (Imagine how they have to edit a one-hour movie.)
2pm Jan Murray (Color)
2:30 Loretta Young
3pm Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4pm Make Room for Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood
5pm Movie--Adventure "The Fighting Kentuckian" John Wayne, Vera Ralston
6:25 Sports
6:30 News (Color)
6:45 NBC News--Huntley, Brinkley
7pm Jim Backus--Comedy. O'Toole uses Dora as bait to get an interview with an Arabian prince. Nita Talbot.
7:30 Outlaws--Western. A short man won't grant neighboring ranchers right-of-way on his land. Barton MacLane, Don Collier
8:30 Bat Masterson. When the army arranges an Indian peace conference, Bat learns it's really an ambush against army troops. Gene Barry
9pm Bachelor Father. Bentley develops an interest in bird watching, and in bird watcher Angela Murdock. John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran
9:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (Color) (Live) Guest: Roberta Sherwood
10pm Shotgun Slade--Western. Slade takes a job on a ranch that is the only one not being plagued by rustlers. Scott Brady
11pm News
11:15 Jack Paar (Color)
1am Men of Annapolis
1:30 Next Generation (Color)
2am News
This edition is called "Hazelton-Williamsport." It includes stations in Lancaster, Lebanon and Altoona but for some reason, not Harrisburg or York. It also omits Channels 17 and 35 in Philadelphia, which were on the air by this time. Since the Scranton stations are all UHF, channels in this edition are listed in reverse numercial order. Black numbers are listed (28) and white are listed 3.
(28) WBRE-TV NBC Wilkes-Barre
6am Continental Classroom (Color)
6:30 Continental Classroom (Color)
7am Dave Garroway (Doesn't say "Today")
9am News--Phil Carlyle
9:05 Cartoon Carnival (Color)
9:30 Kitchen Magic
10am Say When--Art James
10:30 Play Your Hunch--Merv Griffin (Color)
11am Price Is Right (Color)
11:30 Concentration
Noon Truth or Consequences
12:30 It Could Be You (Color)
12:55 NBC News--Ray Scherer
1pm Highway Patrol. Hoodlams plan to kidnap their leader en route to the electric chair. Broderick Crawford
1:30 Men of Anapolis--Drama
2pm Jan Murray (Color)
2:30 Loretta Young
3pm Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4pm Make Room for Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood
5pm Pete Smith--Comedy (I don't remember this show.)
5:30 Robin Hood--Adventure
6pm Sheriff of Cochise
6:30 News
6:45 NBC News--Huntley, Brinkley
7pm Sea Hunt. Mike helps a little Mexican boy find a message in a bottle floating on the sea. Lloyd Bridges
7:30 Outlaws--Western. A short man won't grant neighboring ranchers right-of-way on his land. Barton MacLane, Don Collier
8:30 Bat Masterson. When the army arranges an Indian peace conference, Bat learns it's really an ambush against army troops. Gene Barry
9pm Bachelor Father. Bentley develops an interest in bird watching, and in bird watcher Angela Murdock. John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran
9:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (Color) (Live) Guest: Roberta Sherwood
10pm Groucho--Quiz (Doesn't say "You Bet Your Life")
10:30 Third Man--Mystery. When Lyme arrives at a Middle East airport on an oil deal, he's arrested on charges he wants to assassinate the king.
11pm News
11:15 Jack Paar (Color)
(22) WDAU-TV CBS Scranton
6am Bill Bennett (Was this a farm show airing in both Philadelphia and Scranton?)
6:30 Television Seminar
7am News
7:15 Debbie Drake--Exercise
7:30 Sergeant Preston
8am CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9am Susie--Comedy
9:30 A Visit with Carol
9:45 Debbie Drake--Exercise (Twice in one morning?)
10am I Love Lucy
10:30 Video Village--Monte Hall
11am Double Exposure
11:30 Your Surprise Package--George Fennerman (Groucho's sidekick on You Bet Your Life)
Noon Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1pm News
1:05 Burns and Allen
1:30 As The World Turns
2pm Face The Facts--Rowe
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3pm Millionaire--Drama
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4pm Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge of Night
5pm Movie--Drama. "The Toughest Man Alive" Dane Clark, Lita Milan
6:30 Pioneers--Drama
7pm News
7:15 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
7:30 December Bride. Lily and Hilda help Pete's brother-in-law Marvin, who challenged another man to a boxing match. Spring Byington, Harry Morgan, Verna Felton
8pm Circus Highlights. (Special, replaces Zane Grey) Arthur Godfrey serves as Ringmaster for the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus.
9pm Gunslinger--Western. Sgt. Murdock goes ahead of his troup to scout. When he returns, everyone has been ambushed and killed.
10pm Face The Nation (On Thursday prime time?)
11pm News
11:25 Movie--Adventure. "The San Francisco Story" Joel McCrea, Yvonne DeCarlo.
1:10 Movie--Mystery. "The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady" Warren Williams, Jean Muir, Victor Jory.
(16) WNEP-TV ABC Scranton
9am Hatchy Milatchy
11am Morning Court
11:30 Love That Bob!
Noon Camouflage--Don Morrow
12:30 Number Please
1pm About Faces
1:25 ABC News--Al Mann
1:30 Life of Riley--Comedy
2pm Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys--Jack Narz
3pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
3:30 Who Do You Trust? (Some ABC stations postpone Trust from 1:30 and air it here, instead of the first 30 min. of Bandstand)
4pm American Bandstand
5pm Three Stooges
5:30 Rocky and His Friends
6pm Huckleberry Hound (3 kids shows in a row?)
6:30 News
6:45 ABC News--Bill Shadel
7pm R.C.M.P. A young boy is found dead on an Indian reservation. Gilles Pelletier (Was this syndicated from the CBC?)
7:30 Guestward Ho!--Comedy. Hawkeye thinks the Hooton Dude Ranch would be ideal for a bookmaking operation.
8pm Donna Reed. Mary is furious when she learns two of her beaux tossed a coin to see which would take her to a dance. Shelly Fabares
8:30 Pat Boone. (Special, replaces Real McCoys and My Three Sons) A musical salute to Spring, with Fabian, Johnny Mercer and The Kingston Trio.
9:30 Untouchables. A truck carrying printing paper for currency is hijacked. Guest: Victor Buono. Robert Stack.
10:30 Manhunt--Police (WNEP doesn't carry Ernie Kovacs for some reason.)
11pm News
11:20 Movie--Drama "Beyond Glory" Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, George Macready.
(15) WLYH ABC, NBC Lebanon (This station gets a black bullet, along with WFBG-TV Altoona, while Channel 8 in nearby Lancaster gets a white bullet. The station later changed its City of License to Lancaster-Lebanon. I remember in the 80s they used to do a daily half-hour public affairs show from a mall in Lancaster to keep that double COL, even though the main studios, newsroom and offices were closer to Lebanon.)
8:30 University of the Air
9am Bob Keller--Variety (Wouldn't you enjoy seeing a two-hour daily variety show from Lebanon PA?)
11am Morning Court
11:30 Love That Bob!
Noon Camouflage--Don Morrow
12:30 Number Please
1pm About Faces
1:25 ABC News--Al Mann
1:30 Who Do You Trust?
2pm Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys--Jack Narz
3pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
3:30 American Bandstand
5pm Felix the Cat
5:30 Popeye (90 min. of cartoons)
6:30 News
6:45 Milestones of The Century
7:15 ABC News--Bill Shadel
7:30 Mister Ed--Comedy (Delayed from the NBC Saturday night schedule.)
8pm Donna Reed. Mary is furious when she learns two of her beaux tossed a coin to see which would take her to a dance. Shelly Fabares
8:30 West Point--Drama
9pm Bowl-A-Word (Could this be a local bowling show in prime time?)
9:30 Untouchables
10:30 Ernie Kovacs (Special, replaces Silents Please, also an Ernie Kovacs show) Ernie and his guests interpret excerpts from musical classics.
11pm Movie--Drama "Strange Cargo" Joan Crawford, Clark Gable. (No late news for WLYH.)
12 WNBF-TV ABC, CBS Binghamton NY
6:30 University of The Air
7am University of the Air
7:30 RFD 12--Agriculture
8am CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9am Popeye
9:30 Edge of Night--Seriel
10am Search for Tomorrow
10:30 My Little Margie
11am Double Exposure
11:30 Your Surprise Package--George Fenneman (Groucho's sidekick on You Bet Your Life)
Noon News
12:15 RFD 12--Agriculture
12:30 Ralph Carroll
1pm Heart of The Home
1:25 Cultural Calendar
1:30 As The World Turns
2pm Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys--Jack Narz
3pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4pm Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 American Bandstand (WNBF only runs 30 min.)
5pm Life of Riley
5:30 Quick Draw McGraw
6pm Community Center 12
6:30 Death Valley Days--Drama
7pm Ed Sullivan. Guests Singer Julie Wilson, Tenor Jan Peerce, Comedy Team Smith & Dale and Ventriloquist Rickie Layne & Velvel. (Odd to see Sullivan on a Thursday night. But WNBF and WFBG run ABC's Sunday night line up so they delay Sullivan to Thursday.)
8pm Donna Reed. Mary is furious when she learns two of her beaux tossed a coin to see which would take her to a dance. Shelly Fabares
8:30 Pat Boone. (Special, replaces Real McCoys and My Three Sons) A musical salute to Spring, with Fabian, Johnny Mercer and The Kingston Trio.
9:30 Untouchables. A truck carrying printing paper for currency is hijacked. Guest: Victor Buono. Robert Stack.
10:30 Ernie Kovacs (Special, replaces Silents Please, also an Ernie Kovacs show) Ernie and his guests interpret excerpts from musical classics.
11pm News
11:25 Movie--Drama. "The Search" Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon. (This is a really good movie!)
(10) WFBG-TV ABC, CBS Altoona
7am Breakfast Time
8am CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9am Educational Programs
10am I Love Lucy
10:30 Life of Riley
11am Double Exposure
11:30 Your Surprise Package--George Fenneman (Groucho's sidekick on You Bet Your Life)
Noon My Little Margie
12:30 Farm, Home, Garden
1pm About Faces
1:25 ABC News--Al Mann
1:30 As The World Turns
2pm Day in Court
2:30 Search for Tomorrow
2:45 Guiding Light
3pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
3:30 Who Do You Trust? (Some ABC stations postpone Trust from 1:30 and air it here, instead of the first 30 min. of Bandstand)
4pm American Bandstand
5:30 Popeye
6pm ABC News--Bill Shadel
6:15 News
6:30 Jim & Jane--Music (A 30 min. local music show from Altoona?)
7pm Ed Sullivan. Guests: Singer Julie Wilson, Tenor Jan Peerce, Comedy Team Smith & Dale and Ventriloquist Rickie Layne & Velvel. (Odd to see Sullivan on a Thursday night. But WNBF and WFBG run ABC's Sunday night line up so they delay Sullivan to Thursday.)
8pm Donna Reed. Mary is furious when she learns two of her beaux tossed a coin to see which would take her to a dance. Shelly Fabares
8:30 Pat Boone. (Special, replaces Real McCoys and My Three Sons) A musical salute to spring, with Fabian, Johnny Mercer and The Kingston Trio.
9:30 Untouchables. A truck carrying printing paper for currency is hijacked. Guest: Victor Buono. Robert Stack.
10:30 Miami Undercover. Her brother tries to stop Angela from inheriting their uncle's beachfront motel. Lee Bowman, Suzanne Lloyd
11pm News
11:20 Milestones of The Century
11:25 Movie--Drama. "Blossoms in The Dust" Walter Pigeon, Greer Garson
10 WCAU-TV CBS Philadelphia
6am Bill Bennett
6:30 Television Seminar
7am News--Crane, Hart
7:30 Our Miss Brooks
8am CBS News
8:15 Captain Kangaroo
9am Gene London--Children
9:55 News
10am I Love Lucy
10:30 Video Village--Monte Hall
11am Double Exposure
11:30 Your Surprise Package--George Fennerman (Groucho's sidekick on You Bet Your Life)
Noon Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1pm News
1:05 Burns and Allen
1:30 As The World Turns
2pm Face The Facts--Rowe
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3pm Millionaire--Drama
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4pm Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge of Night
5pm Whirlybirds
5:30 Movie--Comedy "Tonight's The Night" David Niven, Yvonne DeCarlo
7pm News
7:15 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
7:30 December Bride. Lily and Hilda help Pete's brother-in-law Marvin, who's challenged another man to a boxing match. Spring Byington, Harry Morgan, Verna Felton
8pm Circus Highlights. (Special, replaces Zane Grey) Arthur Godfrey serves as Ringmaster for the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus.
9pm Gunslinger--Western. Sgt. Murdock goes ahead of his troup to scout. When he returns, everyone has been ambushed and killed.
10pm Face The Nation (On Thursday night?)
11pm News
11:15 Movie--Drama "Sister Kenny" Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox
1:30 Movie--Drama "Fifty Roads to Town" Don Ameche, Ann Sothern
3am News
8 WGAL-TV (CBS, NBC) Lancaster (Station takes the NBC daytime schedule, except for CBS Soaps As The World Turns and Edge of Night.)
6am Continental Classroom (Color)
6:30 Continental Classroom (Color)
7am Dave Garroway (Doesn't say "Today")
9am College of The Air
9:30 Crusader Rabbit--Cartoon
10am Say When--Art James
10:30 Play Your Hunch--Merv Griffin (Color)
11am Price Is Right (Color)
11:30 Concentration
Noon News--Nelson Sears
12:15 TV Farmer--Bob Malick
12:30 It Could Be You (Color)
12:55 NBC News--Ray Scherer
1pm Dr. Christian--Drama
1:30 As The World Turns
2pm Mr. Adams and Eve
2:30 Loretta Young
3pm Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4pm Burns and Allen
4:30 Edge of Night
5pm Huckleberry Hound
5:30 Funny Mann--Cliff Norton (I guess a 15 min. local kiddie show?)
5:45 Trackdown--Western
6:15 News
6:45 NBC News--Huntley, Brinkley
7pm Sea Hunt. Mike rescues a girl diver who's looking for a jade statue. Lloyd Bridges
7:30 Outlaws--Western. A short man won't grant neighboring ranchers right-of-way on his land. Barton MacLane, Don Collier
8:30 Bat Masterson. When the army arranges an Indian peace conference, Bat learns it's really an ambush against army troops. Gene Barry
9pm Bachelor Father. Bentley develops an interest in bird watching, and in bird watcher Angela Murdock. John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran
9:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (Color) (Live) Guest: Roberta Sherwood
10pm Groucho--Quiz
10:30 June Allyson--Drama (Delayed from CBS's Monday night schedule.)
11pm News (Color)
11:30 Jack Paar (Color)
6 WFIL-TV (ABC) Philadelphia
6:30 Operation Alphabet
7am Breakfast Time (Color)
7:45 Morgan in The Morning
9am Happy The Clown
9:30 Camouflage--Don Morrow (WFIL runs some ABC daytime shows early.)
10am Morning Court--Drama
10:30 Love That Bob!
11am Studio Schoolhouse
Noon RFD 6--Agriculture
12:15 Lunchtime Theater
12:30 Number Please
1pm About Faces
1:25 ABC News--Al Mann
1:30 Who Do You Trust?
2pm Day in Court
2:30 Seven Keys--Jack Narz
3pm Queen for A Day--Jack Bailey
3:30 American Bandstand (Did WFIL run an extra 30 min. just for Philadephia as the originating station? Dick Clark can keep two dozen teenagers dancing for two hours every weekday?)
5:30 Rocky and His Friends
6pm Popeye (Color)
6:55 Clutch Cargo (Color)
7pm News
7:15 ABC News--Bill Shadel
7:30 Guestward Ho!--Comedy. Hawkeye thinks the Hooton Dude Ranch would be ideal for a bookmaking operation.
8pm Donna Reed. Mary is furious when she learns two of her beaux tossed a coin to see which would take her to a dance. Shelly Fabares
8:30 Pat Boone. (Special, replaces Real McCoys and My Three Sons) A musical salute to spring, with Fabian, Johnny Mercer and The Kingston Trio.
9:30 Untouchables. A truck carrying printing paper for currency is hijacked. Guest: Victor Buono. Robert Stack.
10:30 Ernie Kovacs (Special, replaces Silents Please, also an Ernie Kovacs show) Ernie and his guests interpret excerpts from musical classics.
11pm News
11:15 Movie--Comedy "No Leave, No Love" Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn.
3 WRCV-TV (NBC) Philadelphia
6am Continental Classroom (Color)
6:30 Continental Classroom (Color)
7am Dave Garroway (Doesn't say "Today")
9am Bertie the Bunyip
9:55 News
10am Say When--Art James
10:30 Play Your Hunch--Merv Griffin (Color)
11am Price Is Right (Color)
11:30 Concentration
Noon Truth or Consequences
12:30 It Could Be You (Color)
12:55 NBC News--Ray Scherer
1pm Movie--Drama "Fighting Chance" Rod Cameron, Julie London (Imagine how they have to edit a one-hour movie.)
2pm Jan Murray (Color)
2:30 Loretta Young
3pm Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4pm Make Room for Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood
5pm Movie--Adventure "The Fighting Kentuckian" John Wayne, Vera Ralston
6:25 Sports
6:30 News (Color)
6:45 NBC News--Huntley, Brinkley
7pm Jim Backus--Comedy. O'Toole uses Dora as bait to get an interview with an Arabian prince. Nita Talbot.
7:30 Outlaws--Western. A short man won't grant neighboring ranchers right-of-way on his land. Barton MacLane, Don Collier
8:30 Bat Masterson. When the army arranges an Indian peace conference, Bat learns it's really an ambush against army troops. Gene Barry
9pm Bachelor Father. Bentley develops an interest in bird watching, and in bird watcher Angela Murdock. John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran
9:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (Color) (Live) Guest: Roberta Sherwood
10pm Shotgun Slade--Western. Slade takes a job on a ranch that is the only one not being plagued by rustlers. Scott Brady
11pm News
11:15 Jack Paar (Color)
1am Men of Annapolis
1:30 Next Generation (Color)
2am News
