from TV Guide-Philadelphia edition; network info from www.mcsittel.com
WPTZ 3-NBC Philadelphia
9:40 Thought for Today
9:45 Today's Headlines
10:00 Frontiers in Faith
10:30 This is the Life
11:00 Bertie the Bunyip
noon Mr Wizard
12:30 TBA
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch (President Eisenhower launches the 1953 drive, with a special presentation of What's My Line?--this ran on all stations)
1:30 Academy Theater "South Sea Adventure"
2:30 Cross Section
3:00 Paul Winchell
3:30 Excurison
4:00 Roy Rogers "Dead Man's Hills"
4:30 Zoo Parade
5:00 Hall of Fame "Queen Way"
6:00 Mirror Theater "Because I Love Him"
6:30 Let's Go
6:40 News
6:45 Kieran's Kaleidoscope
7:00 Favorite Story
7:30 Mr Peepers
8:00 Big Payoff
9:00 TV Playhouse "0 for 37"
10:00 Letter to Loretta
10:30 TBA
11:00 Sunday Night Playhouse "Misadventures of Buster Keaton"
12:20 News
12:25 Religious Thought
WFIL 6-ABC Philadelphia
10:00 What's Your Trouble?
10:15 Sunday Comics
10:30 Panorama
11:30 Spotlight Review
noon Adventures in Israel
12:30 Faith for Today
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 What One Person Can Do
1:45 We Love Dogs
2:00 NFL: Pittsburgh-Detroit (Byrum Saam, Joe Tucker and Harry Wismer call the action)
4:30 Information USA
5:00 Super Circus
6:00 Terry & the Pirates
6:30 Week in Philadelphia
6:45 Pulse of the City
7:00 You Asked for It
7:30 Frank Leahy
7:45 Notre Dame Football: Irish vs Oklahoma
9:00 Walter Winchell
9:15 Orchid Award
9:30 Plainclothesman
10:00 Rocky King
10:30 Youth on the March
11:00 What One Can Do
11:15 Ramar
WGAL 8-NBC Lancaster
11:15 Sunday Serenade
11:30 Sunday Meditation
12:30 Film Presentation
12:45 Film Featurette "Capital for a Day"
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 News Summary
1:45 Football Preview
2:00 NFL: Pittsburgh-Detroit
4:30 Zoo Parade
5:00 TBA
5:30 Terry & the Pirates
6:00 Sanctuary Time
6:30 Racket Squad
7:00 Paul Winchell
7:30 Mr Peepers
8:00 Big Payoff
9:00 TV Playhouse "0 for 37"
10:00 Toast of the Town
11:00 News/Sports
11:10 Regional News
11:15 Letter to Loretta
11:45 Sports Notes
WCAU 10-CBS Philadelphia
10:00 Time/Music/Resume
10:30 Lamp Unto My Feet
11:00 Cartoon Corner
11:15 Here's Willie
11:30 Children's Hour
12:30 Patches
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 Baseball: Philadelphia-Brooklyn
4:00 Sunday Feature "End of the Road"
5:30 Man of the Week
6:00 Adventure
6:30 You are There
7:00 Douglas Fairbanks
7:30 Private Secretary
8:00 Toast of the Town
9:00 Fred Waring
9:30 Dance Party
10:00 The Web
10:30 What's My Line?
11:00 News/Sports
11:15 Man About Town
11:30 Feature Theater
WDEL 12-NBC Wilmington
12:30 Catholic TV Guild
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 School Report
2:00 NFL: Pittsburgh-Detroit
4:30 Zoo Parade
5:00 Hall of Fame "Queen Day"
6:00 Meet the Press
6:30 Roy Rogers "Dead Man's Hills"
7:00 Paul Winchell
7:30 Mr Peepers
8:00 Big Payoff
9:00 TV Playhouse "0 for 37"
10:00 Letter to Loretta
10:30 Hour of Decision
10:45 Weekly News Review
11:00 Headline Roundup
WEEU 33-NBC/ABC Reading
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 Frontiers of Faith
2:00 sign-off
3:30 Excursion
4:00 What's Your Trouble?
4:15 Pupular Pals
4:30 Six Gun Playhouse "Shadows of the Range"
5:30 Chapel
6:00 Week's News Review
6:15 What One Can Do
6:30 George Jessel
7:00 Jerry Kobrin
7:15 (first name unclear) Power
7:30 Sunday Feature
9:00 TV Playhouse "0 for 37"
10:00 Sunset Trail
11:00 News
WSBA 43-ABC York
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 World in Review
2:00 NFL: the Battle of Chicago as Da Bears take on the Cardinals (Red Grange and Bill Fay with the action)
5:00 Super Circus
6:00 Big Picture
6:30 George Jessel
7:00 You Asked for It
7:30 Frank Leahy
7:45 Notre Dame Football: Irish-Oklahoma
9:00 Walter Winchell
9:15 Orchid Award
9:30 York High Football
10:00 Hour of Decision
10:15 Industry on Parade
10:30 Of Human Interest
11:00 News Briefs
WFPG 46-NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont Atlantic City
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 Baseball: Philadelphia-Brooklyn
3:30 Excursion
4:00 Film Feature
5:30 American Forum
6:00 Adventure
6:30 Film Feature
7:30 Private Secretary
8:00 Big Payoff
9:00 TV Playhouse "0 for 37"
10:00 The Web
10:30 Hour of Decision
10:45 What One Can Do
WHUM 61-CBS Reading
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 sign-off
4:30 What One Can Do
4:45 Hour of Decision
5:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
6:00 Adventure
6:30 You are There
7:00 Medallion Theater
8:00 Toast of the Town
9:00 Fred Waring
9:30 Dance Party
10:00 The Web
10:30 Sunday Vespers
11:00 Sunday News
11:15 Film Feature
12:15 News
WPTZ 3-NBC Philadelphia
9:40 Thought for Today
9:45 Today's Headlines
10:00 Frontiers in Faith
10:30 This is the Life
11:00 Bertie the Bunyip
noon Mr Wizard
12:30 TBA
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch (President Eisenhower launches the 1953 drive, with a special presentation of What's My Line?--this ran on all stations)
1:30 Academy Theater "South Sea Adventure"
2:30 Cross Section
3:00 Paul Winchell
3:30 Excurison
4:00 Roy Rogers "Dead Man's Hills"
4:30 Zoo Parade
5:00 Hall of Fame "Queen Way"
6:00 Mirror Theater "Because I Love Him"
6:30 Let's Go
6:40 News
6:45 Kieran's Kaleidoscope
7:00 Favorite Story
7:30 Mr Peepers
8:00 Big Payoff
9:00 TV Playhouse "0 for 37"
10:00 Letter to Loretta
10:30 TBA
11:00 Sunday Night Playhouse "Misadventures of Buster Keaton"
12:20 News
12:25 Religious Thought
WFIL 6-ABC Philadelphia
10:00 What's Your Trouble?
10:15 Sunday Comics
10:30 Panorama
11:30 Spotlight Review
noon Adventures in Israel
12:30 Faith for Today
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 What One Person Can Do
1:45 We Love Dogs
2:00 NFL: Pittsburgh-Detroit (Byrum Saam, Joe Tucker and Harry Wismer call the action)
4:30 Information USA
5:00 Super Circus
6:00 Terry & the Pirates
6:30 Week in Philadelphia
6:45 Pulse of the City
7:00 You Asked for It
7:30 Frank Leahy
7:45 Notre Dame Football: Irish vs Oklahoma
9:00 Walter Winchell
9:15 Orchid Award
9:30 Plainclothesman
10:00 Rocky King
10:30 Youth on the March
11:00 What One Can Do
11:15 Ramar
WGAL 8-NBC Lancaster
11:15 Sunday Serenade
11:30 Sunday Meditation
12:30 Film Presentation
12:45 Film Featurette "Capital for a Day"
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 News Summary
1:45 Football Preview
2:00 NFL: Pittsburgh-Detroit
4:30 Zoo Parade
5:00 TBA
5:30 Terry & the Pirates
6:00 Sanctuary Time
6:30 Racket Squad
7:00 Paul Winchell
7:30 Mr Peepers
8:00 Big Payoff
9:00 TV Playhouse "0 for 37"
10:00 Toast of the Town
11:00 News/Sports
11:10 Regional News
11:15 Letter to Loretta
11:45 Sports Notes
WCAU 10-CBS Philadelphia
10:00 Time/Music/Resume
10:30 Lamp Unto My Feet
11:00 Cartoon Corner
11:15 Here's Willie
11:30 Children's Hour
12:30 Patches
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 Baseball: Philadelphia-Brooklyn
4:00 Sunday Feature "End of the Road"
5:30 Man of the Week
6:00 Adventure
6:30 You are There
7:00 Douglas Fairbanks
7:30 Private Secretary
8:00 Toast of the Town
9:00 Fred Waring
9:30 Dance Party
10:00 The Web
10:30 What's My Line?
11:00 News/Sports
11:15 Man About Town
11:30 Feature Theater
WDEL 12-NBC Wilmington
12:30 Catholic TV Guild
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 School Report
2:00 NFL: Pittsburgh-Detroit
4:30 Zoo Parade
5:00 Hall of Fame "Queen Day"
6:00 Meet the Press
6:30 Roy Rogers "Dead Man's Hills"
7:00 Paul Winchell
7:30 Mr Peepers
8:00 Big Payoff
9:00 TV Playhouse "0 for 37"
10:00 Letter to Loretta
10:30 Hour of Decision
10:45 Weekly News Review
11:00 Headline Roundup
WEEU 33-NBC/ABC Reading
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 Frontiers of Faith
2:00 sign-off
3:30 Excursion
4:00 What's Your Trouble?
4:15 Pupular Pals
4:30 Six Gun Playhouse "Shadows of the Range"
5:30 Chapel
6:00 Week's News Review
6:15 What One Can Do
6:30 George Jessel
7:00 Jerry Kobrin
7:15 (first name unclear) Power
7:30 Sunday Feature
9:00 TV Playhouse "0 for 37"
10:00 Sunset Trail
11:00 News
WSBA 43-ABC York
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 World in Review
2:00 NFL: the Battle of Chicago as Da Bears take on the Cardinals (Red Grange and Bill Fay with the action)
5:00 Super Circus
6:00 Big Picture
6:30 George Jessel
7:00 You Asked for It
7:30 Frank Leahy
7:45 Notre Dame Football: Irish-Oklahoma
9:00 Walter Winchell
9:15 Orchid Award
9:30 York High Football
10:00 Hour of Decision
10:15 Industry on Parade
10:30 Of Human Interest
11:00 News Briefs
WFPG 46-NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont Atlantic City
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 Baseball: Philadelphia-Brooklyn
3:30 Excursion
4:00 Film Feature
5:30 American Forum
6:00 Adventure
6:30 Film Feature
7:30 Private Secretary
8:00 Big Payoff
9:00 TV Playhouse "0 for 37"
10:00 The Web
10:30 Hour of Decision
10:45 What One Can Do
WHUM 61-CBS Reading
1:00 Community Chest Drive Launch
1:30 sign-off
4:30 What One Can Do
4:45 Hour of Decision
5:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
6:00 Adventure
6:30 You are There
7:00 Medallion Theater
8:00 Toast of the Town
9:00 Fred Waring
9:30 Dance Party
10:00 The Web
10:30 Sunday Vespers
11:00 Sunday News
11:15 Film Feature
12:15 News