Retro: This Week in TV Guide, July 26, 1958

[Mitchell H]

This week, a popular show asks who wants to be a millionaire, we see future stars before the roles for which they're most remembered, and we take a look at how local TV stations used to have an identity of their own.

http://www.itsabouttv.com/2013/07/this-week-in-tv-guide-july-26-1958.html

As always your comments, positive as well as negative, are welcome.

And now, the moment you've waited for - this week's listing.

Tuesday, July 29, 1958
KTCA, Channel 2 (Educ.)
Evening
06:45p Number of Things
07:00p Tempest in a Test Tube
07:30p French Lessons
08:00p Sense of Poetry
08:30p Science and Scientists
09:00p School of Medicine
09:30p Books and Ideas
10:00p Music and Man
10:30p Modern Art

KDAL, Channel 3, Duluth (CBS)
Morning
09:00a For Love or Money
09:30a Play Your Hunch
10:00a Arthur Godfrey
10:30a Dotto
11:00a Love of Life
11:30a Search For Tomorrow
11:45a Guiding Light
Afternoon
12:00p CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
12:05p Town and Country
12:30p As the World Turns
01:00p Beat the Clock
01:30p House Party
02:00p Big Payoff
02:30p The Verdict Is Yours
03:00p A Brighter Day
03:15p Secret Storm
03:30p The Edge of Night
04:00p Bingo
05:00p Sir Lancelot
05:30p Mickey Mouse Club
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:15p CBS News (Edwards)
06:30p Name That Tune
07:00p Mr. Adams and Eve
07:30p Keep Talking
08:00p Broken Arrow
08:30p 26 Men
09:00p Bid ‘n’ Buy
09:30p Decoy
10:00p News (local)
10:15p Political Talk
10:20p Movie – “In Caliente”

WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
07:00a Movie (Western)
08:00a Siegfried and His Flying Saucer
08:55a News
09:00a For Love or Money
09:30a Play Your Hunch
10:00a Arthur Godfrey
10:30a Dotto
11:00a Love of Life
11:30a Search For Tomorrow
11:45a Guiding Light
Afternoon
12:00p News (local)
12:15p Take Five
12:20p Weather
12:30p As the World Turns
01:00p Beat the Clock
01:30p House Party
02:00p Randy Merriman
02:30p The Verdict Is Yours
03:00p A Brighter Day
03:15p Secret Storm
03:30p The Edge of Night
04:00p Around the Town
04:30p Bugs Bunny
05:00p Axel and His Dog
05:30p Popeye Clubhouse
05:55p Weather, News, Sports (local)
Evening
06:15p CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
06:30p Name That Tune
07:00p Mr. Adams and Eve
07:30p Keep Talking
08:00p To Tell The Truth
08:30p Spotlight Playhouse
09:00p Bid ‘n’ Buy
09:30p Mike Hammer
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Charter Boat
11:00p Movie – “The Human Monster”

KXJB, Channel 4 (Fargo, ND0 (CBS)
Morning
08:45a News, Weather
09:00a For Love or Money
09:30a Play Your Hunch
10:00a Arthur Godfrey
10:30a Dotto
11:00a Love of Life
11:30a Search For Tomorrow
11:45a Guiding Light
Afternoon
12:00p Beat the Clock
12:30p As the World Turns
01:00p Funtime
01:15p News, Weather, Markets (local)
01:30p House Party
02:00p Susie
02:30p The Verdict Is Yours
03:00p A Brighter Day
03:15p Secret Storm
03:30p The Edge of Night
04:00p American Bandstand
05:00p Movie – “Thunder Mountain”
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:15p CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
06:30p Popeye
07:00p News, Weather, Sports (local)
07:30p Keep Talking
08:00p To Tell The Truth
08:30p Whirlybirds
09:00p Bid ‘n’ Buy
09:30p Harbor Command
10:00p Mr. Adams and Eve
10:30p Name That Tune
11:00p News, Weather, Sports (local)
11:30p Movie – TBD
12:55a News, Weather, Sports (local)

KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
Morning
06:30a David Stone (variety)
07:00a Today
09:00a Dough Re Mi
09:30a Treasure Hunt
10:00a The Price Is Right
10:30a Concentration
11:00a Tic Tac Dough
11:30a It Could Be You (color)
Afternoon
12:00p News
12:20p Treasure Chest
01:00p Lucky Partners
01:30p Haggis Baggis (color)
02:00p Today Is Ours
02:30p From These Roots
03:00p Queen For a Day
03:45p Modern Romances
04:00p My Little Margie
04:30p T.N. Tatters
05:00p Hi Fi-ve Time
05:45p NBC News (Huntley/Brinkley)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:20p You Should Know
06:30p Win With a Winner
07:00p The Investigator (color)
08:00p Dotto
08:30p Bob Cummings
09:00p The Californians
09:30p State Trooper
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Badge 714
11:00p Jack Paar
12:00a News, Weather, Sports (local)

WDSM, Channel 6 (Duluth, MN) (NBC)
Morning
07:00a Today
09:00a Dough Re Mi
09:30a Treasure Hunt
10:00a The Price Is Right
10:30a Concentration
11:00a Tic Tac Dough
11:30a It Could Be You (color)
Afternoon
12:00p News (local)
12:05p Movie – “Pride of the Marines” pt 1
12:40p Party Line
01:00p Lucky Partners
01:30p Haggis Baggis (color)
02:00p Today Is Ours
02:30p From These Roots
03:00p Queen For a Day
03:45p Modern Romances
04:00p Hawkeye
04:30p Capt. “Q”
04:45p Capt. Daryl
05:25p Whirlybirds
05:55p Bugs Bunny
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:15p NBC News (Huntley/Brinkley)
06:30p Win With a Winner
07:00p The Investigator (color)
08:00p Dotto
08:30p Bob Cummings
09:00p The Californians
09:30p Studio 57
09:45p Greatest Fighters
10:00p News (local)
10:15p Laurel and Hardy
10:45p Jack Paar

WDAY, Channel 6 (Fargo, ND) (NBC)
Morning
08:00a Today
09:00a Dough Re Mi
09:30a Treasure Hunt
10:00a The Price Is Right
10:30a Concentration
11:00a Tic Tac Dough
11:30a It Could Be You (color)
Afternoon
12:00p Noonday
12:05p Movie – TBD
12:25p Markets, News, Weather (local)
12:40p Party Line
01:30p Haggis Baggis (color)
02:00p Today Is Ours
02:30p From These Roots
03:00p Queen For a Day
03:45p Modern Romances
04:00p Movie – “Stagecoach Buckaroo”
05:00p Sir Lancelot
05:30p Mickey Mouse Club
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:15p Sports
06:30p Wyatt Earp
07:00p The Investigator (color)
08:00p Dotto
08:30p Bob Cummings
09:00p The Californians
09:30p Keyboard Kapers
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Wagon Train
11:30p Jack Paar
12:00a News, Weather, Sports (local)

KMSP, Channel 9 (Ind.)
Afternoon
02:25p 25 Chapel of the Air
02:30p Mr. and Mrs. North
03:00p Play of the Week
03:30p Movie – “The Dark Man”
05:30p Our Miss Brooks
Evening
06:00p Looney Tunes
06:30p Mickey Rooney
07:00p Movie (Western)
08:00p Combat Sergeant
08:30p Uncommon Valor
09:00p Movie – “Tomorrow the World!”
10:30p News (local)
10:45p Sports (local)
11:00p Jazz Party

WTCN, Channel 11 ABC)
Morning
11:30a Film Short
11:45a Farm News
Afternoon
12:00p Lunch Club
01:00p Movie – “Treasure of the Sierra Madre”
02:30p Star Performance
03:30p Who Do You Trust?
04:00p American Bandstand
05:00p Sir Lancelot
05:30p Mickey Mouse Club
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Cheyenne
07:30p Wyatt Earp
08:00p Broken Arrow
08:30p Pantomime Quiz
09:00p Sea Hunt
09:30p News (local)
09:45p Movie – “Chained”
10:00p News (local)

 

[The King Bee]

Mitchell H.: Just a word to let you know how much I appreciate your TV Guide issue analysis posts. They are
unique, really insightful and the links are great!

Here in Louisville, the four oldest stations all originated popular local variety, kids' and talk programs from the late '40s through the late '70s, along with their news programming...I clearly remember the days!

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Two and a half weeks later, the quiz shows scandal exploded, and the first victim was "Dotto", the daytime version of which was cancelled just seventeen days after the listings spotlighted at the start of this thread.

"Dotto" was cancelled on Friday, August 15th, just hours after that day's edition had aired.

I'm not 100% sure, but "Dotto"'s nighttime version (which aired on NBC; in contrast to the daytime show which was on CBS) may have been broadcast one last time on August 19th before leaving the air.

Of course, what made this a big scandal was when the top-rated "Twenty One" got implicated later that month when Herb Stempel, who lost to Charles VanDoren on that show, began talking.

I have heard an urban legend (I don't know if it's true) that "Twenty One" host/co-producer jack Barry first heard of Stempel's accusations backstage of a Chicago nightclub, where he had just performed his standup comedy act. According to this story, a friend or associate rushed in with the "bulldog" edition of the next morning's paper, screaming a big headline: "Contestant: 'Twenty-One' Fixed; Top-Rated TV Game Show Rigged?"

 

[FredLeonard]

Thanks for posting this. In future, though, please include the name of the market in the headline.

 

[Mitchell H]

Mitchell H.: Just a word to let you know how much I appreciate your TV Guide issue analysis posts. They are unique, really insightful and the links are great!

Thanks for the kind words, King Bee! I'm glad you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy researching and writing them! Ah, for the days of local programming, right?

Two and a half weeks later, the quiz shows scandal exploded, and the first victim was "Dotto", the daytime version of which was cancelled just seventeen days after the listings spotlighted at the start of this thread.

Timing is everything, isn't it? Interesting story about how Barry first learned of it - wonder how we can find out if it really happened that way.

Thanks for posting this. In future, though, please include the name of the market in the headline.

Boy, make one mistake and you pay for it the rest of your life! Of course, as most of the regular readers know, I usually do that, though I overlooked it this time. There is, of course, further info on the market in my linked article

 

[tvnut]

Interesting how none of the three NBC affiliates listed carried Jack Paar's "Tonight" from the start (10:15 p.m. CT), and NBC's Fargo affiliate skipped the first hour of "Today," signing on at 8 a.m.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Re: Retro: This Week in the Minnesota/North Dakota TV Guide, July 26, 1958

Interesting how.......NBC's Fargo affiliate skipped the first hour of "Today," signing on at 8 a.m.

It probably didn't make financial sense for the KDAY-6 to sign-on prior to 8 A.M. CT, given that the sign-off was shortly after 12 Midnight CT (12:05 or 12:10 A.M.?), and as such, two master-control shifts would have covered the full broadcast day.

By this time, the hour of "Today" carried from 8 to 9 A.M. CDT/CST was likely a tape of the first hour (7 to 8 A.M. EDT/EST) and was no longer a live "re-created" version of the first hour for the Central Time Zone (and points further west).