Part 2 of the proposed TV listings for the day of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
[SOURCES: TV Guide, New York-Metropolitan Edition, March 30-April 5, 1968 issue; day's listings in The New York Times, Daily News, New York Post, and (for Connecticut movie show titles) The Hour (Norwalk, CT); show episode info, where applicable, courtesy IMDb and TV.com]
(C) - in color
WNYE-TV 25 New York (Educational; owned by Board of Education of the City of New York)
9:10a You and the Artist
9:30a Our Rights and Liberties
9:50a Your Place and Business
10:10a Exploring Science
10:30a Pocketfull of Fun
11:00a Come, Read to Me a Poem
11:20a Music: U.S.A.
11:40p Your Place in Business - "Meeting the Public"
12:00p Feature Story - "Negro Contributions to American Music"
12:30p U.N. International Zone
1:00p Pocketfull of Fun
1:30p Children of Other Lands - Thailand
1:50p Business
2:10p Mathematics 6
2:30p Pocketfull of Fun
3:00p Feature
3:30p Curriculum
4:00p History: Social Sciences
4:30p sign-off
WNYC-TV 31 New York ("Independent"; owned by Municipal Broadcasting System)
3:00p Film Features:
1. "Dawn of an Industry" (about the development of the hovercraft)
2. "Horizons Unlimited" (about Britain's contributions to the aviation industry)
4:00p Around the Clock
4:30p Sports World
5:00p Film Feature
5:30p Portfolio - "Norway's Sea Tradition" (with Erwin Jonas, president of Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce)
6:00p It's Fun to Read (guest: Mary Norton, author of "The Borrowers"; host: Augusta Baker)
6:30p Film Short (Camera 15)
6:45p News - Paul Manacher
7:00p Continental Comment
- - -
7:30p On the Job (Fire Department)
8:00p Navy Film Feature
8:30p American History - "The Managerial Revolution" (with Prof. James Shenton)
9:30p Dateline: Germany
9:45p News - Herbert Boland
10:00p Report to the Physician
10:30p Community Action
followed by sign-off
WNJU-TV 47 Newark, NJ (Independent; owned by New Jersey Television Broadcasting Corp.)
[NOTE: Titles as shown in TV Guide; titles as in New York Times listings in parentheses]
5:30p Adventures of Champion
6:00p The Rebel
6:30p Spanish Drama (Locura de Amor)
7:00p Cooking School (Escuela de Cocina)
7:30p Myrta Silva (Tirà y Tapate)
8:00p Bobby Capo
10:00p Spanish Drama (La Duda)
10:30p Variety Hour with José Lanza (Buenos Noches)
11:30p Noticias - Raul Davila
followed by sign-off
WTIC-TV 3 Hartford, CT (CBS affiliate; owned by Travelers Broadcasting Corp.)
6:30a Sunrise Semester (C) [unless otherwise noted, all network shows including this one are same as on WCBS-TV]
7:00a News and Weather (C)
7:05a CBS Morning News with Joseph Benti (C)
7:30a Perception (C)
8:00a Captain Kangaroo (C)
9:00a The Hap Richards Show (C)
9:30a Wally Gator (C)
10:00a Candid Camera
10:30a Movie: "Love Is Better Than Ever" (1952) - Elizabeth Taylor, Larry Parks
12:00p Love of Life (C)
12:25p CBS News - Joseph Benti (C)
12:30p Search for Tomorrow (C)
12:45p The Guiding Light (C)
1:00p Best Seller: "The Story of Dr. Wassell" (1944) - Gary Cooper, Laraine Day (Part 1 of 7)
1:30p As the World Turns (C)
2:00p Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (C)
2:30p Art Linkletter's House Party (C)
3:00p To Tell the Truth (C)
3:25p CBS Midday News with Douglas Edwards (C)
3:30p The Dick Van Dyke Show [same as at 11:30 A.M. on WCBS-TV]
4:00p Ranger Andy (C)
4:30p Hazel - "Welcome Back, Kevin" (C) [original airdate 10/22/64]
5:00p Perry Mason - "The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor" [original airdate 1/30/60]
6:00p Weather (C)
6:05p Sports - George Ehrlich (C)
6:15p News - Bruce Kern (C)
6:30p CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (C)
7:00p Lowell Thomas (cameras follow a trek to the headwaters of the Nile River; from Egypt, the expedition follows the
White Nile up to its origin in Tanganyika's Ruwenzori Mountains) (C)
- - -
7:30p Cimarron Strip (C)
9:00p The CBS Tuesday Night Movies
11:00p News - Arnold Dean (C)
11:15p Weather (C)
11:20p Sports (C)
11:25p Thursday Starlight: "Duel in the Forest" (1959) - Curd Jurgens, Maria Schell (C)
1:15a Movie: "Joe Dakota (1957) - Jock Mahoney, Luana Patten (C)
3:00a News and Weather
followed by sign-off
WNHC-TV 8 New Haven, CT (ABC affiliate; owned by Triangle Broadcasting Corp.)
6:10a News
6:15a Davey and Goliath (C)
6:30a Way Out
7:00a Mr. Goober (C)
8:30a Mickey Mouse Club
9:00a Jack La Lanne (C)
9:30a Pat Boone in Hollywood (C)
10:30a The Dick Cavett Show (C) [unless otherwise noted, this and all other ABC network shows same as on WABC-TV]
12:00p The Mike Douglas Show (C)
1:30p PDQ (C)
2:00p The Newlywed Game (C)
2:30p The Baby Game (C)
2:55p The Children's Doctor with Dr. Lendon Smith (C)
3:00p General Hospital (C)
3:30p Mr. Goober (C)
4:30p The Mike Douglas Show (scheduled: Martin Landau, Milt Kamen, The George Shearing Quintet) (C)
6:00p Local News (C)
6:25p Skiing - Eriksen (C)
6:30p ABC Evening News with Bob Young (C)
7:00p Truth or Consequences (C)
7:30p The Second Hundred Years (C)
8:00p The Flying Nun (C)
8:30p Bewitched (C)
9:00p ABC News Special - "California Girl" (C)
10:00p Operation: Entertainment (Ed Ames hosts a show for the Seabees at Port Hueneme, CA; guests: Michele Lee,
The Kim Sisters, Pete Barbutti, The Checkmates Ltd., and comics Davis & Reese)
11:00p News - George Thompson (C)
11:15p Weather - Bob Jones (C)
11:20p Sports - Dick Galiette (C)
11:30p The Joey Bishop Show (C)
1:00a News
followed by sign-off
[SOURCES: TV Guide, New York-Metropolitan Edition, March 30-April 5, 1968 issue; day's listings in The New York Times, Daily News, New York Post, and (for Connecticut movie show titles) The Hour (Norwalk, CT); show episode info, where applicable, courtesy IMDb and TV.com]
(C) - in color
WNYE-TV 25 New York (Educational; owned by Board of Education of the City of New York)
9:10a You and the Artist
9:30a Our Rights and Liberties
9:50a Your Place and Business
10:10a Exploring Science
10:30a Pocketfull of Fun
11:00a Come, Read to Me a Poem
11:20a Music: U.S.A.
11:40p Your Place in Business - "Meeting the Public"
12:00p Feature Story - "Negro Contributions to American Music"
12:30p U.N. International Zone
1:00p Pocketfull of Fun
1:30p Children of Other Lands - Thailand
1:50p Business
2:10p Mathematics 6
2:30p Pocketfull of Fun
3:00p Feature
3:30p Curriculum
4:00p History: Social Sciences
4:30p sign-off
WNYC-TV 31 New York ("Independent"; owned by Municipal Broadcasting System)
3:00p Film Features:
1. "Dawn of an Industry" (about the development of the hovercraft)
2. "Horizons Unlimited" (about Britain's contributions to the aviation industry)
4:00p Around the Clock
4:30p Sports World
5:00p Film Feature
5:30p Portfolio - "Norway's Sea Tradition" (with Erwin Jonas, president of Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce)
6:00p It's Fun to Read (guest: Mary Norton, author of "The Borrowers"; host: Augusta Baker)
6:30p Film Short (Camera 15)
6:45p News - Paul Manacher
7:00p Continental Comment
- - -
7:30p On the Job (Fire Department)
8:00p Navy Film Feature
8:30p American History - "The Managerial Revolution" (with Prof. James Shenton)
9:30p Dateline: Germany
9:45p News - Herbert Boland
10:00p Report to the Physician
10:30p Community Action
followed by sign-off
WNJU-TV 47 Newark, NJ (Independent; owned by New Jersey Television Broadcasting Corp.)
[NOTE: Titles as shown in TV Guide; titles as in New York Times listings in parentheses]
5:30p Adventures of Champion
6:00p The Rebel
6:30p Spanish Drama (Locura de Amor)
7:00p Cooking School (Escuela de Cocina)
7:30p Myrta Silva (Tirà y Tapate)
8:00p Bobby Capo
10:00p Spanish Drama (La Duda)
10:30p Variety Hour with José Lanza (Buenos Noches)
11:30p Noticias - Raul Davila
followed by sign-off
WTIC-TV 3 Hartford, CT (CBS affiliate; owned by Travelers Broadcasting Corp.)
6:30a Sunrise Semester (C) [unless otherwise noted, all network shows including this one are same as on WCBS-TV]
7:00a News and Weather (C)
7:05a CBS Morning News with Joseph Benti (C)
7:30a Perception (C)
8:00a Captain Kangaroo (C)
9:00a The Hap Richards Show (C)
9:30a Wally Gator (C)
10:00a Candid Camera
10:30a Movie: "Love Is Better Than Ever" (1952) - Elizabeth Taylor, Larry Parks
12:00p Love of Life (C)
12:25p CBS News - Joseph Benti (C)
12:30p Search for Tomorrow (C)
12:45p The Guiding Light (C)
1:00p Best Seller: "The Story of Dr. Wassell" (1944) - Gary Cooper, Laraine Day (Part 1 of 7)
1:30p As the World Turns (C)
2:00p Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (C)
2:30p Art Linkletter's House Party (C)
3:00p To Tell the Truth (C)
3:25p CBS Midday News with Douglas Edwards (C)
3:30p The Dick Van Dyke Show [same as at 11:30 A.M. on WCBS-TV]
4:00p Ranger Andy (C)
4:30p Hazel - "Welcome Back, Kevin" (C) [original airdate 10/22/64]
5:00p Perry Mason - "The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor" [original airdate 1/30/60]
6:00p Weather (C)
6:05p Sports - George Ehrlich (C)
6:15p News - Bruce Kern (C)
6:30p CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (C)
7:00p Lowell Thomas (cameras follow a trek to the headwaters of the Nile River; from Egypt, the expedition follows the
White Nile up to its origin in Tanganyika's Ruwenzori Mountains) (C)
- - -
7:30p Cimarron Strip (C)
9:00p The CBS Tuesday Night Movies
11:00p News - Arnold Dean (C)
11:15p Weather (C)
11:20p Sports (C)
11:25p Thursday Starlight: "Duel in the Forest" (1959) - Curd Jurgens, Maria Schell (C)
1:15a Movie: "Joe Dakota (1957) - Jock Mahoney, Luana Patten (C)
3:00a News and Weather
followed by sign-off
WNHC-TV 8 New Haven, CT (ABC affiliate; owned by Triangle Broadcasting Corp.)
6:10a News
6:15a Davey and Goliath (C)
6:30a Way Out
7:00a Mr. Goober (C)
8:30a Mickey Mouse Club
9:00a Jack La Lanne (C)
9:30a Pat Boone in Hollywood (C)
10:30a The Dick Cavett Show (C) [unless otherwise noted, this and all other ABC network shows same as on WABC-TV]
12:00p The Mike Douglas Show (C)
1:30p PDQ (C)
2:00p The Newlywed Game (C)
2:30p The Baby Game (C)
2:55p The Children's Doctor with Dr. Lendon Smith (C)
3:00p General Hospital (C)
3:30p Mr. Goober (C)
4:30p The Mike Douglas Show (scheduled: Martin Landau, Milt Kamen, The George Shearing Quintet) (C)
6:00p Local News (C)
6:25p Skiing - Eriksen (C)
6:30p ABC Evening News with Bob Young (C)
7:00p Truth or Consequences (C)
7:30p The Second Hundred Years (C)
8:00p The Flying Nun (C)
8:30p Bewitched (C)
9:00p ABC News Special - "California Girl" (C)
10:00p Operation: Entertainment (Ed Ames hosts a show for the Seabees at Port Hueneme, CA; guests: Michele Lee,
The Kim Sisters, Pete Barbutti, The Checkmates Ltd., and comics Davis & Reese)
11:00p News - George Thompson (C)
11:15p Weather - Bob Jones (C)
11:20p Sports - Dick Galiette (C)
11:30p The Joey Bishop Show (C)
1:00a News
followed by sign-off
