So far, we've only had one president born during the TV era. Here's what was on the tube the day he was born:
Friday, August 4, 1961
Channels:
2—KREM (ABC)
4—KXLY (CBS)
6—KHQ (NBC)
7 am
2—Sign-on
7:05
2—Northwest Farm Report
7:25
2—KREM 2 News
7:30
2—Vocabulary Building
8:00
2—Muzo and The Three Stooges
8:25
4—Farm Report
8:30
4—Ding Dong School
6—Q-Toons
9:00
2—Romper Room
4—I Love Lucy
6—Say When!!
9:30
2—MOVIE: On Dress Parade
(1939) Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan. The Dead End Kids go on an excursion to a military school.
4—Video Village
6—Play Your Hunch
10:00
4—Double Exposure
6—The Price Is Right
10:30
4—Surprise Package
6—Concentration
11:00
2—The Gale Storm Show
4—Love of Life
6—Truth or Consequences
11:30
2—Love That Bob
4—Search for Tomorrow
6—It Could Be You
11:45
4—The Guiding Light
11:55
6—NBC News
12 pm
2—Camouflage
4—Susie
6—The Jan Murray Show
12:30
2—Number Please
4—As the World Turns
6—The Loretta Young Theater
1:00
2—The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
4—Take 4
6—Young Dr. Malone
1:15
4—Song Shop
1:30
2—Star Performance
4—Art Linkletter's House Party
6—From These Roots
2:00
2—Day in Court
4—The Millionaire
6—Make Room for Daddy
2:30
2—Seven Keys
4—The Verdict Is Yours
6—Here's Hollywood
3:00
2—Queen for a Day
4—The Brighter Day
6—MOVIE: Summer Holiday
(1948) Mickey Rooney, Gloria DeHaven. One summer in the life of a small New England town at the turn of the century. Based on Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!"
3:15
4—The Secret Storm
3:30
2—Who Do You Trust?
4—The Edge of Night
4:00
2—American Bandstand
(Dick Clark)
4—MOVIE: Northwest Stampede
(1948) Joan Leslie, James Craig. A rodeo rider finds plenty of competition from a girl in the Calgary stampede, Canada's famous outdoor event.
4:30
2—The Popeye Show
4:45
6—Song Shop
5:00
6—MOVIE: Hell Canyon Outlaws
(1957) Dale Robertson, Brian Keith. A deposed sheriff goes after outlaws who have taken over this town.
5:30
2—Rin Tin Tin
4—The Ray Milland Show
6:00
2—You Asked for It
4—KXLY 6 O'Clock News
6:15
4—Douglas Edwards with the News
6—The Huntley-Brinkley Report
6:30
2—Newsbeat
4—Our Miss Brooks
6—The Front Page
7:00
2—College All-Star Football
The Philadelphia Eagles, reigning NFL champions, will be pitted against an All-Star squad of college players in the 28th All-Star game. Overall, the pro-teams have won 17 games, the All-Stars 8 and two games ended in ties. [Live]]
4—World of Giants
6—Manhunt
7:30
4—Rawhide
"Incident of the Last Chance." Two Boston newlyweds, en route to an uncle's ranch, seek refuge with the Sedalia-Bound cattle drive after their wagon is caught in a flash flood. Marcia: Roxane Berard. Yates: Clint Eastwood. Favor: Eric Fleming. Edna: Kathryn Card. Little Cloud: John Marley. Gillespie: John Lormer. (Repeat)
6—Happy
"What a Baby!" It's Founder's Day, and the Palm Springs float should be great, but the Days and the Brighams argue over whose baby should ride the float. Sally: Yvonne Lime. Chris: Ronnie Burns. Uncle Charlie: Lloyd Corrigan. Happy: David and Steven Born. (Repeat)
8:00
6—The Third Man
8:30
4—Route 66
"Eleven, the Hard Way." Tod and Bus, headed for a vacation in Reno, see a customer in a roadside diner in Nevada pay the coffee tab out of a suitcase full of bills. Sam Keep: Walter Matthau. Oliver: Edward Andrews. Tod: Martin Milner. Buz: George Maharis. Knight: Guy Raymond. (Repeat)
6—Five Star Jubilee
9:00
6—The Lawless Years
"The Mad Dog Coll Story." Conclusion: a trigger-man forms a rival gang that threatens Dutch Schultz' bootleg empire. James Gregory. Vincent: Robert Sampson. Peter: Robert Brown. Patricia: Carol Rossen. Schultz: John Dennis. Mother: Meg Wyllie. Lulu: Joseph Corey. Bobo: Al Shelly.
9:30
4—CBS News Special
"S 1983: The Foreign Aid Issue." A special report on America's foreign aid program, detailing the Kennedy Administration's legislative efforts to finance foreign aid over a long range period, and the dispute in Congress over the plan.
6—Westinghouse Preview Theatre
A bridegroom discoveries his number one rival is an extremely talented poodle in "I Married a Dog." With Hal March and Martha Henderson.
10:00
2—77 Sunset Strip
"Strange Bedfellows." Spencer (Roger Smith) refuses ex-movie queen Martiza's plea to stage a fake robbery of her jewels and finds himself hopelessly enmeshed in her nefarious dealings. Martiza: Kathleen Crowley. Dekker: Ty Hardin. Randolph: Richard Long. Nona: Lee Patrick. (Repeat)
4—The Twilight Zone
"Mirror Image." Occupants of a bus depot are convinced that a young woman is mentally deranged when she continues to report seeing a mysterious "presence." Millicent: Vera Miles. Paul: Martin Milner. Ticket Agent: Joe Hamilton. Host: Rod Serling. (Repeat)
6—Michael Shayne
"Murder Is a Fine Art." Mike investigates the murder of a phony art dealer with an eccentric painter (Ross Martin) as a prime suspect. Shayne: Richard Denning. Claire: Carol Ohmart. Dusa: Donna Douglas. George: Burt Douglas. Rourke: Jerry Paris. Gentry: Herbert Rudley. Franz: Philip Baird. Maude: Sarah Selby. (Repeat)
10:30
4—Person to Person
Host Charles Collingwood calls on songstress Connie Francis at her split-level ranch home in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Actress-singer Jane Powell will be interviewed with her husband aboard their 40-foot sailboat anchored at the Balboa Bay Club at Newport Beach, California.
6—News and Weather
10:45
6—MOVIE: Susan and God
(1940) Joan Crawford, Fredric March. A wife whose marriage is a complete failure pretends to have "seen the way" through religion and causes quite a stir in her Bohemian circle of friends.
11:00
2—Nightbeat
4—KXLY 11 O'Clock News
11:15
2—MOVIE: Jimmy the Gent
(1934) James Cagney, Bette Davis. Jimmy is a pleasant racketeer who believes that you've got to have an angle to live, and he succeeds in making "Jimmy the Gent" a pleasant diversion.
11:30
4—Best of Paar
Guests: Jack Haskell; Marguerite Piazza; Dody Goodman; Selma Diamond. (Repeat)
Friday, August 4, 1961
Channels:
2—KREM (ABC)
4—KXLY (CBS)
6—KHQ (NBC)
7 am
2—Sign-on
7:05
2—Northwest Farm Report
7:25
2—KREM 2 News
7:30
2—Vocabulary Building
8:00
2—Muzo and The Three Stooges
8:25
4—Farm Report
8:30
4—Ding Dong School
6—Q-Toons
9:00
2—Romper Room
4—I Love Lucy
6—Say When!!
9:30
2—MOVIE: On Dress Parade
(1939) Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan. The Dead End Kids go on an excursion to a military school.
4—Video Village
6—Play Your Hunch
10:00
4—Double Exposure
6—The Price Is Right
10:30
4—Surprise Package
6—Concentration
11:00
2—The Gale Storm Show
4—Love of Life
6—Truth or Consequences
11:30
2—Love That Bob
4—Search for Tomorrow
6—It Could Be You
11:45
4—The Guiding Light
11:55
6—NBC News
12 pm
2—Camouflage
4—Susie
6—The Jan Murray Show
12:30
2—Number Please
4—As the World Turns
6—The Loretta Young Theater
1:00
2—The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
4—Take 4
6—Young Dr. Malone
1:15
4—Song Shop
1:30
2—Star Performance
4—Art Linkletter's House Party
6—From These Roots
2:00
2—Day in Court
4—The Millionaire
6—Make Room for Daddy
2:30
2—Seven Keys
4—The Verdict Is Yours
6—Here's Hollywood
3:00
2—Queen for a Day
4—The Brighter Day
6—MOVIE: Summer Holiday
(1948) Mickey Rooney, Gloria DeHaven. One summer in the life of a small New England town at the turn of the century. Based on Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!"
3:15
4—The Secret Storm
3:30
2—Who Do You Trust?
4—The Edge of Night
4:00
2—American Bandstand
(Dick Clark)
4—MOVIE: Northwest Stampede
(1948) Joan Leslie, James Craig. A rodeo rider finds plenty of competition from a girl in the Calgary stampede, Canada's famous outdoor event.
4:30
2—The Popeye Show
4:45
6—Song Shop
5:00
6—MOVIE: Hell Canyon Outlaws
(1957) Dale Robertson, Brian Keith. A deposed sheriff goes after outlaws who have taken over this town.
5:30
2—Rin Tin Tin
4—The Ray Milland Show
6:00
2—You Asked for It
4—KXLY 6 O'Clock News
6:15
4—Douglas Edwards with the News
6—The Huntley-Brinkley Report
6:30
2—Newsbeat
4—Our Miss Brooks
6—The Front Page
7:00
2—College All-Star Football
The Philadelphia Eagles, reigning NFL champions, will be pitted against an All-Star squad of college players in the 28th All-Star game. Overall, the pro-teams have won 17 games, the All-Stars 8 and two games ended in ties. [Live]]
4—World of Giants
6—Manhunt
7:30
4—Rawhide
"Incident of the Last Chance." Two Boston newlyweds, en route to an uncle's ranch, seek refuge with the Sedalia-Bound cattle drive after their wagon is caught in a flash flood. Marcia: Roxane Berard. Yates: Clint Eastwood. Favor: Eric Fleming. Edna: Kathryn Card. Little Cloud: John Marley. Gillespie: John Lormer. (Repeat)
6—Happy
"What a Baby!" It's Founder's Day, and the Palm Springs float should be great, but the Days and the Brighams argue over whose baby should ride the float. Sally: Yvonne Lime. Chris: Ronnie Burns. Uncle Charlie: Lloyd Corrigan. Happy: David and Steven Born. (Repeat)
8:00
6—The Third Man
8:30
4—Route 66
"Eleven, the Hard Way." Tod and Bus, headed for a vacation in Reno, see a customer in a roadside diner in Nevada pay the coffee tab out of a suitcase full of bills. Sam Keep: Walter Matthau. Oliver: Edward Andrews. Tod: Martin Milner. Buz: George Maharis. Knight: Guy Raymond. (Repeat)
6—Five Star Jubilee
9:00
6—The Lawless Years
"The Mad Dog Coll Story." Conclusion: a trigger-man forms a rival gang that threatens Dutch Schultz' bootleg empire. James Gregory. Vincent: Robert Sampson. Peter: Robert Brown. Patricia: Carol Rossen. Schultz: John Dennis. Mother: Meg Wyllie. Lulu: Joseph Corey. Bobo: Al Shelly.
9:30
4—CBS News Special
"S 1983: The Foreign Aid Issue." A special report on America's foreign aid program, detailing the Kennedy Administration's legislative efforts to finance foreign aid over a long range period, and the dispute in Congress over the plan.
6—Westinghouse Preview Theatre
A bridegroom discoveries his number one rival is an extremely talented poodle in "I Married a Dog." With Hal March and Martha Henderson.
10:00
2—77 Sunset Strip
"Strange Bedfellows." Spencer (Roger Smith) refuses ex-movie queen Martiza's plea to stage a fake robbery of her jewels and finds himself hopelessly enmeshed in her nefarious dealings. Martiza: Kathleen Crowley. Dekker: Ty Hardin. Randolph: Richard Long. Nona: Lee Patrick. (Repeat)
4—The Twilight Zone
"Mirror Image." Occupants of a bus depot are convinced that a young woman is mentally deranged when she continues to report seeing a mysterious "presence." Millicent: Vera Miles. Paul: Martin Milner. Ticket Agent: Joe Hamilton. Host: Rod Serling. (Repeat)
6—Michael Shayne
"Murder Is a Fine Art." Mike investigates the murder of a phony art dealer with an eccentric painter (Ross Martin) as a prime suspect. Shayne: Richard Denning. Claire: Carol Ohmart. Dusa: Donna Douglas. George: Burt Douglas. Rourke: Jerry Paris. Gentry: Herbert Rudley. Franz: Philip Baird. Maude: Sarah Selby. (Repeat)
10:30
4—Person to Person
Host Charles Collingwood calls on songstress Connie Francis at her split-level ranch home in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Actress-singer Jane Powell will be interviewed with her husband aboard their 40-foot sailboat anchored at the Balboa Bay Club at Newport Beach, California.
6—News and Weather
10:45
6—MOVIE: Susan and God
(1940) Joan Crawford, Fredric March. A wife whose marriage is a complete failure pretends to have "seen the way" through religion and causes quite a stir in her Bohemian circle of friends.
11:00
2—Nightbeat
4—KXLY 11 O'Clock News
11:15
2—MOVIE: Jimmy the Gent
(1934) James Cagney, Bette Davis. Jimmy is a pleasant racketeer who believes that you've got to have an angle to live, and he succeeds in making "Jimmy the Gent" a pleasant diversion.
11:30
4—Best of Paar
Guests: Jack Haskell; Marguerite Piazza; Dody Goodman; Selma Diamond. (Repeat)