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Here is the schedule of my local TV channels at the time, the day of John Lennon's murder.
2 KTVU (Ind.) Oakland
AM
06:00 PTL Club
07:00 Cartoon Town
08:00 Rocky & Bullwinkle
08:30 Romper Room (KTVU version)
09:00 Richard Simmons Show
09:30 Mike Douglas Show
11:00 Donahue
PM
12:00 The Big Valley
01:00 Movie (Dialing for Dollars): The Innocent Bystanders (1973) Stanley Baker, Geraldine Chaplin
03:00 Scooby-Doo
03:30 Woody Woodpecker
04:00 The Barney Show w/ Tom & Jerry (No, not the dinosaur, but an Aniforms character)
05:00 The Six Million Dollar Man
06:00 The Streets of San Francisco
07:00 M*A*S*H
07:30 Barney Miller
08:00 Movie: Sunset Boulevard (1950) William Holden, Gloria Swanson
10:00 Local News
11:00 Morecambe & Wise
11:30 Benny Hill Show
AM
12:00 The Big Valley
01:00 Local News
3 KEYT (ABC) Santa Barbara
AM
06:00 PTL Club
07:00 Good Morning America - David Hartman & Joan Lunden
09:00 KEY Morning Show
09:30 Your New Day - Vidal Sassoon
10:00 The Love Boat
11:00 Family Feud
11:30 Ryan's Hope
PM
12:00 All My Children
01:00 One Life to Live
02:00 General Hospital
03:00 The Edge of Night
03:30 Mike Douglas Show
04:30 Happy Days Again (title for syndicated reruns of Happy Days to distinguish from the then-current ABC version)
05:00 Local News
05:30 ABC World News Tonight - Frank Reynolds
06:00 Monday Night Football - New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins (Howard Cosell breaks the news of the Lennon assassination just before the end of regulation; Dolphins won 16-13 in overtime)
09:00 That's Incredible!
10:00 Rich Man, Poor Man (1976 miniseries)
11:00 Local News
11:30 Nightline (Lennon assassination coverage)
11:50 Merv Griffin Show
5 KTLA (Ind.) Los Angeles
AM
06:30 As We See It
07:00 The 700 Club
08:30 Gallery - Johnny Grant
09:00 The Big Valley
10:00 Love, American Style
10:30 Richard Simmons Show
11:00 Donahue
PM
12:00 Bonanza
01:00 Mike Douglas Show
02:30 Hour Magazine - Gary Collins & Pat Mitchell
03:30 John Davidson Show
05:00 Emergency!
06:00 Wonder Woman
07:00 Happy Days Again
07:30 Sha Na Na
08:00 Movie: Farewell to Manzanar (1976) Yuki Shimoda, Nobu McCarthy
10:00 Local News
11:00 Hollywood Squares (from Las Vegas at the Riviera)
11:30 Prisoner: Cell Block H
AM
12:00 The Twilight Zone
12:30 I Spy
6 KSBY (NBC) San Luis Obispo
AM
06:30 Romper Room (national version for smaller TV markets)
07:00 Today - Tom Brokaw & Jane Pauley
09:00 Donahue
10:00 Wheel of Fortune - Chuck Woolery & Susan Stafford
10:30 Password Plus - Tom Kennedy
11:00 Card Sharks - Jim Perry
11:30 The Doctors
PM
12:00 Days of Our Lives
01:00 Another World
02:00 Texas
03:00 Las Vegas Gambit - Wink Martindale (from Las Vegas at the Tropicana)
03:30 Blockbusters - Bill Cullen (the following day's episode featured champion John Hatton announcing his San Bernardino house had been destroyed by an arson-induced wildfire)
04:00 Bonanza
05:00 You Bet Your Life - Buddy Hackett
05:30 NBC Nightly News - John Chancellor & Roger Mudd
06:00 Local News
07:00 Billy Graham Crusade (pre-empting The Cross-Wits and Match Game)
08:00 Little House on the Prairie
09:00 NBC Movie: My Kidnapper, My Love (1980) James Stacy, Glynnis O'Conner, Mickey Rooney
11:00 Local News
11:30 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (introduction interrupted by NBC announcer Fred Facey on news of the Lennon assassination)
AM
12:30 Tomorrow - Tom Snyder
9 KQED (PBS) San Francisco
AM
07:30 Yoga for Health
08:00 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
08:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
09:00 Sesame Street
10:00 The Electric Company
10:30 Thinkabout
10:45 Tell Me What You See
11:00 Vegetable Soup
11:15 Wordsmith
11:30 Magic Pages
11:45 Bookbird
PM
12:00 Dick Cavett Show
12:30 Over Easy - Hugh Downs
01:00 Inside/Out
01:15 All About You
01:30 Readalong
01:40 Trade-Offs
02:00 Cosmos
03:00 Shadows on the Wall
03:30 Sesame Street
04:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
05:00 Sesame Street
06:00 3-2-1 Contact
06:30 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
07:00 Dick Cavett Show
07:30 Over Easy
08:00 Great Performances
9 KHJ (Ind.) Los Angeles
AM
06:00 Youth & the Issues
06:30 Community Feedback
07:00 The Froozles
07:30 There is a Way
08:00 PTL Club
10:00 Midmorning LA
11:30 The Cooking Show
PM
12:00 Don Lane Show
01:00 Let's Make a Deal (from Vancouver)
01:30 Local News
02:00 Ironside
03:00 Wild, Wild World of Animals
03:30 Movie: The Big Land (1957) Alan Ladd, David Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
05:30 What's Happening!!
06:00 Tic-Tac-Dough - Wink Martindale
06:30 Bullseye - Jim Lange
07:00 The Joker's Wild - Jack Barry
07:30 Face the Music - Ron Ely
08:00 Movie: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney, Natalie Wood, Vanessa Brown
10:00 Local News
11:00 The Newlywed Game (rerun?)
11:30 Gunsmoke
AM
12:30 The FBI
01:30 The Lone Ranger
11 KTTV (Ind.) Los Angeles
06:00 University of the Air
06:30 New Zoo Revue
07:00 Bugs & Porky (though the opening title reads "Bugs and His Buddies")
07:30 Tom & Jerry
08:00 Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure
08:30 The Flintstones
09:00 I Love Lucy
09:30 Chico and the Man
10:00 Family Affair
10:30 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
11:00 Your New Day
11:30 Local News
PM
12:00 Movie: Santa Fe Trail (1940) Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
02:30 Let's Rap
03:00 Bugs & Porky
03:30 The Flintstones
04:00 Tom & Jerry Hour
05:00 The Brady Bunch
05:30 I Love Lucy
06:00 M*A*S*H
06:30 Welcome Back Kotter
07:00 M*A*S*H
07:30 All in the Family
08:00 PM Magazine
08:30 Carol Burnett and Friends
09:00 Merv Griffin Show
10:30 Local News
11:00 M*A*S*H
11:30 Hogan's Heroes
AM
12:00 You Bet Your Life
12:30 You Bet Your Life
12 KCOY (CBS) Santa Maria
AM
07:00 (Monday) Morning - Charles Kuralt
08:00 Captain Kangaroo
09:00 The Jeffersons
09:30 Alice
10:00 The Price is Right
11:00 M*A*S*H
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 The Young and the Restless
01:00 As the World Turns
02:00 Guiding Light
03:00 One Day at a Time
03:30 Gomer Pyle, USMC
04:00 Daniel Boone
05:00 Mary Tyler Moore Show
05:30 Bob Newhart Show
06:00 Local News
06:30 CBS Evening News - Walter Cronkite
07:00 To Tell the Truth - Robin Ward
07:30 M*A*S*H
08:00 Flo (Alice spinoff)
08:30 Ladies' Man
09:00 M*A*S*H
09:30 House Calls
10:00 Lou Grant
11:00 Local News
11:30 Quincy (might have been partially pre-empted by the CBS News special "John Lennon: The Dream is Over" with Charles Osgood)
AM
12:30 The New Avengers
13 KCOP (Ind.) Los Angeles
AM
06:00 Sign-On News Updates
06:15 Films That Teach
07:00 Felix the Cat
07:30 Kartoon Karnival
08:00 Bugs Bunny (pre-1948 cartoons)
08:30 Popeye (1960-62 TV version)
09:00 Romper Room (KCOP version)
09:30 Woman's Almanac
10:00 Doris Day Show
10:30 Room 222
11:00 John Wayne Festival - Lawless Nineties (1936)
PM
12:00 Movie: Stolen Hours (1963) Susan Hayward, Michael Craig
02:00 The Adventures of Superman (George Reeves)
02:30 Popeye
03:00 Kartoon Karnival
03:30 Bugs Bunny
04:00 Fred Flintsone and Friends
04:30 Kartoon Karnival
05:00 Scooby-Doo
05:30 Good Times
06:00 Benny Hill Show
06:30 Good Times
07:00 Baretta
08:00 Solid Gold
09:00 Hee Haw
10:00 Independent Network News
10:30 Local News
11:00 One Step Beyond
11:30 It Takes a Thief
AM
12:30 Independent Network News
01:00 Movie: The Hostage (1967) Dan O'Kelly, Dean Stanton, John Carradine
Sources: Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Examiner, Oakland Tribune, Lompoc Herald, Santa Maria Times via newspapers.com
2 KTVU (Ind.) Oakland
AM
06:00 PTL Club
07:00 Cartoon Town
08:00 Rocky & Bullwinkle
08:30 Romper Room (KTVU version)
09:00 Richard Simmons Show
09:30 Mike Douglas Show
11:00 Donahue
PM
12:00 The Big Valley
01:00 Movie (Dialing for Dollars): The Innocent Bystanders (1973) Stanley Baker, Geraldine Chaplin
03:00 Scooby-Doo
03:30 Woody Woodpecker
04:00 The Barney Show w/ Tom & Jerry (No, not the dinosaur, but an Aniforms character)
05:00 The Six Million Dollar Man
06:00 The Streets of San Francisco
07:00 M*A*S*H
07:30 Barney Miller
08:00 Movie: Sunset Boulevard (1950) William Holden, Gloria Swanson
10:00 Local News
11:00 Morecambe & Wise
11:30 Benny Hill Show
AM
12:00 The Big Valley
01:00 Local News
3 KEYT (ABC) Santa Barbara
AM
06:00 PTL Club
07:00 Good Morning America - David Hartman & Joan Lunden
09:00 KEY Morning Show
09:30 Your New Day - Vidal Sassoon
10:00 The Love Boat
11:00 Family Feud
11:30 Ryan's Hope
PM
12:00 All My Children
01:00 One Life to Live
02:00 General Hospital
03:00 The Edge of Night
03:30 Mike Douglas Show
04:30 Happy Days Again (title for syndicated reruns of Happy Days to distinguish from the then-current ABC version)
05:00 Local News
05:30 ABC World News Tonight - Frank Reynolds
06:00 Monday Night Football - New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins (Howard Cosell breaks the news of the Lennon assassination just before the end of regulation; Dolphins won 16-13 in overtime)
09:00 That's Incredible!
10:00 Rich Man, Poor Man (1976 miniseries)
11:00 Local News
11:30 Nightline (Lennon assassination coverage)
11:50 Merv Griffin Show
5 KTLA (Ind.) Los Angeles
AM
06:30 As We See It
07:00 The 700 Club
08:30 Gallery - Johnny Grant
09:00 The Big Valley
10:00 Love, American Style
10:30 Richard Simmons Show
11:00 Donahue
PM
12:00 Bonanza
01:00 Mike Douglas Show
02:30 Hour Magazine - Gary Collins & Pat Mitchell
03:30 John Davidson Show
05:00 Emergency!
06:00 Wonder Woman
07:00 Happy Days Again
07:30 Sha Na Na
08:00 Movie: Farewell to Manzanar (1976) Yuki Shimoda, Nobu McCarthy
10:00 Local News
11:00 Hollywood Squares (from Las Vegas at the Riviera)
11:30 Prisoner: Cell Block H
AM
12:00 The Twilight Zone
12:30 I Spy
6 KSBY (NBC) San Luis Obispo
AM
06:30 Romper Room (national version for smaller TV markets)
07:00 Today - Tom Brokaw & Jane Pauley
09:00 Donahue
10:00 Wheel of Fortune - Chuck Woolery & Susan Stafford
10:30 Password Plus - Tom Kennedy
11:00 Card Sharks - Jim Perry
11:30 The Doctors
PM
12:00 Days of Our Lives
01:00 Another World
02:00 Texas
03:00 Las Vegas Gambit - Wink Martindale (from Las Vegas at the Tropicana)
03:30 Blockbusters - Bill Cullen (the following day's episode featured champion John Hatton announcing his San Bernardino house had been destroyed by an arson-induced wildfire)
04:00 Bonanza
05:00 You Bet Your Life - Buddy Hackett
05:30 NBC Nightly News - John Chancellor & Roger Mudd
06:00 Local News
07:00 Billy Graham Crusade (pre-empting The Cross-Wits and Match Game)
08:00 Little House on the Prairie
09:00 NBC Movie: My Kidnapper, My Love (1980) James Stacy, Glynnis O'Conner, Mickey Rooney
11:00 Local News
11:30 The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (introduction interrupted by NBC announcer Fred Facey on news of the Lennon assassination)
AM
12:30 Tomorrow - Tom Snyder
9 KQED (PBS) San Francisco
AM
07:30 Yoga for Health
08:00 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
08:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
09:00 Sesame Street
10:00 The Electric Company
10:30 Thinkabout
10:45 Tell Me What You See
11:00 Vegetable Soup
11:15 Wordsmith
11:30 Magic Pages
11:45 Bookbird
PM
12:00 Dick Cavett Show
12:30 Over Easy - Hugh Downs
01:00 Inside/Out
01:15 All About You
01:30 Readalong
01:40 Trade-Offs
02:00 Cosmos
03:00 Shadows on the Wall
03:30 Sesame Street
04:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
05:00 Sesame Street
06:00 3-2-1 Contact
06:30 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
07:00 Dick Cavett Show
07:30 Over Easy
08:00 Great Performances
9 KHJ (Ind.) Los Angeles
AM
06:00 Youth & the Issues
06:30 Community Feedback
07:00 The Froozles
07:30 There is a Way
08:00 PTL Club
10:00 Midmorning LA
11:30 The Cooking Show
PM
12:00 Don Lane Show
01:00 Let's Make a Deal (from Vancouver)
01:30 Local News
02:00 Ironside
03:00 Wild, Wild World of Animals
03:30 Movie: The Big Land (1957) Alan Ladd, David Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
05:30 What's Happening!!
06:00 Tic-Tac-Dough - Wink Martindale
06:30 Bullseye - Jim Lange
07:00 The Joker's Wild - Jack Barry
07:30 Face the Music - Ron Ely
08:00 Movie: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney, Natalie Wood, Vanessa Brown
10:00 Local News
11:00 The Newlywed Game (rerun?)
11:30 Gunsmoke
AM
12:30 The FBI
01:30 The Lone Ranger
11 KTTV (Ind.) Los Angeles
06:00 University of the Air
06:30 New Zoo Revue
07:00 Bugs & Porky (though the opening title reads "Bugs and His Buddies")
07:30 Tom & Jerry
08:00 Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure
08:30 The Flintstones
09:00 I Love Lucy
09:30 Chico and the Man
10:00 Family Affair
10:30 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
11:00 Your New Day
11:30 Local News
PM
12:00 Movie: Santa Fe Trail (1940) Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
02:30 Let's Rap
03:00 Bugs & Porky
03:30 The Flintstones
04:00 Tom & Jerry Hour
05:00 The Brady Bunch
05:30 I Love Lucy
06:00 M*A*S*H
06:30 Welcome Back Kotter
07:00 M*A*S*H
07:30 All in the Family
08:00 PM Magazine
08:30 Carol Burnett and Friends
09:00 Merv Griffin Show
10:30 Local News
11:00 M*A*S*H
11:30 Hogan's Heroes
AM
12:00 You Bet Your Life
12:30 You Bet Your Life
12 KCOY (CBS) Santa Maria
AM
07:00 (Monday) Morning - Charles Kuralt
08:00 Captain Kangaroo
09:00 The Jeffersons
09:30 Alice
10:00 The Price is Right
11:00 M*A*S*H
11:30 Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 The Young and the Restless
01:00 As the World Turns
02:00 Guiding Light
03:00 One Day at a Time
03:30 Gomer Pyle, USMC
04:00 Daniel Boone
05:00 Mary Tyler Moore Show
05:30 Bob Newhart Show
06:00 Local News
06:30 CBS Evening News - Walter Cronkite
07:00 To Tell the Truth - Robin Ward
07:30 M*A*S*H
08:00 Flo (Alice spinoff)
08:30 Ladies' Man
09:00 M*A*S*H
09:30 House Calls
10:00 Lou Grant
11:00 Local News
11:30 Quincy (might have been partially pre-empted by the CBS News special "John Lennon: The Dream is Over" with Charles Osgood)
AM
12:30 The New Avengers
13 KCOP (Ind.) Los Angeles
AM
06:00 Sign-On News Updates
06:15 Films That Teach
07:00 Felix the Cat
07:30 Kartoon Karnival
08:00 Bugs Bunny (pre-1948 cartoons)
08:30 Popeye (1960-62 TV version)
09:00 Romper Room (KCOP version)
09:30 Woman's Almanac
10:00 Doris Day Show
10:30 Room 222
11:00 John Wayne Festival - Lawless Nineties (1936)
PM
12:00 Movie: Stolen Hours (1963) Susan Hayward, Michael Craig
02:00 The Adventures of Superman (George Reeves)
02:30 Popeye
03:00 Kartoon Karnival
03:30 Bugs Bunny
04:00 Fred Flintsone and Friends
04:30 Kartoon Karnival
05:00 Scooby-Doo
05:30 Good Times
06:00 Benny Hill Show
06:30 Good Times
07:00 Baretta
08:00 Solid Gold
09:00 Hee Haw
10:00 Independent Network News
10:30 Local News
11:00 One Step Beyond
11:30 It Takes a Thief
AM
12:30 Independent Network News
01:00 Movie: The Hostage (1967) Dan O'Kelly, Dean Stanton, John Carradine
Sources: Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Examiner, Oakland Tribune, Lompoc Herald, Santa Maria Times via newspapers.com
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