Retro: This Week in TV Guide, September 16, 1967 - MN State Edition

[Mitchell H]

Real life intrudes. Neil Hickey looks at whether TV coverage of riots makes things worse - and if you think it's bad in 1967, wait until you see the next year... Also, a look back at a time when the television premiere of an award-winning movie was a big deal, the new season continues to roll out, Sullivan vs. The Palace, the week in sports, and more!

http://www.itsabouttv.com/2013/09/this-week-in-tv-guide-september-16-1967.html

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

This week's listing is from Sunday, September 17.

KTCA, Channel 2 (Educ.)
Evening
07:00p Minneapolis Symphony
09:00p KTCA Anniversary (color)
10:00p Musical Heritage (color)

KDAL, Channel 3 (Duluth) (CBS)
Morning
08:00a Tom and Jerry (color)
08:30a Underdog (color)
09:00a Lamp Unto My Feet (color)
09:30a Look Up and Live
10:00a Camera Three
10:30a Face the Nation (color)
11:00a Movie – “Carve Her Name with Pride”
Afternoon
01:00p NFL Pre-Game (color)
01:30p NFL Football – 49ers vs. Vikings (color)
04:30p Original Amateur Hour (color)
05:00p 21st Century (color)
05:30p Leave it to Beaver
Evening
06:00p Lassie (color)
06:30p Gentle Ben (color)
07:00p Ed Sullivan (Yul Brynner, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme), Kessler Twins, Flip Wilson, Rodney Dangerfield, Skating Bredos) (color)
08:00p Smothers Brothers (George Burns, Herman’s Hermits) (color)
09:00p Mission: Impossible (color)
10:00p News
10:00p CBS News (color)
10:30p Alfred Hitchcock Presents
11:30p Movie – “In the French Style”

WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
07:00a Sunday Morning (color)
08:00a Tom and Jerry (color)
08:30a Underdog (color)
09:00a The Lone Ranger (color)
09:30a Road Runner (color)
10:00a Look Up and Live
10:30a Popeye and Friends (color)
11:00a Face the Nation (color)
11:30a Let’s Go Traveling (color)
11:45a World of Aviation (color)
Afternoon
12:00p News (color)
12:15p Football Preview (color)
12:30p NFL Pre-Game (color)
01:00p NFL Football – Giants vs. Cardinals (color)
04:00p Flying Fisherman (color)
04:30p Original Amateur Hour (color)
05:00p 21st Century (color)
05:30p News (color)
Evening
06:00p Lassie (color)
06:30p Gentle Ben (color)
07:00p Ed Sullivan (Yul Brynner, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme), Kessler Twins, Flip Wilson, Rodney Dangerfield, Skating Bredos) (color)
08:00p Smothers Brothers (George Burns, Herman’s Hermits) (color)
09:00p Mission: Impossible (color)
10:00p News (color)
10:30p Mike Douglas (Conrad Hilton, Totie Fields, John Raitt, Everly Brothers, Ann Smith) (color)

KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
Morning
07:45a Light Time
08:00a Bible Story Time (color)
08:30a Hymn Time (color)
09:00a Do You Believe? (color)
09:30a Faith For Today (color)
10:00a Religious Town Hall (color)
10:30a Film Feature (color)
11:00a Henry Wolf (Edward Gordon, Sloan Simpson, Edward Binns) (color)
Afternoon
12:00p News (color)
12:15p Dialing for Dollars (color)
12:30p Meet the Press (Henry Cabot Lodge) (color)
01:00p AFL Football – Oilers vs. Bills (color)
03:45p AFL Football – Patriots vs. Raiders (JIP) color)
Evening
06:00p News (color)
06:30p Wonderful World of Color (color)
07:30p The Mothers-In-Law (color)
08:00p Bonanza (color)
09:00p High Chaparral (color)
10:00p News (color)
10:30p Joe Pyne (color)
12:00a Movie – “Deadlier Than the Male”

WDSM, Channel 6 (Duluth) (NBC)
Morning
08:15a Light Time
08:30a Revival Hour
09:00a Film Feature
09:45a Social Security in Action
10:00a Sacred Heart
10:30a Notre Dame Football (color)
Afternoon
12:00p Meet the Press (Henry Cabot Lodge) (color)
12:30p Frontiers of Faith (color)
01:00p AFL Football – Oilers vs. Bills (color)
04:00p AFL Football – Patriots vs. Raiders (JIP) color)
Evening
06:30p Wonderful World of Color (color)
07:30p The Mothers-In-Law (color)
08:00p Bonanza (color)
09:00p High Chaparral (color)
10:00p News (color)
10:30p Inside Sports (color)
11:00p Johnny Carson (Don Adams, David Hemmings, Carol Lawrence) (color)

KCMT, Channel 7 (Alexandria) (NBC/ABC)
Morning
07:30a Religious Town Hall
08:00a Soul’s Harbor
08:30a Linus the Lionhearted
09:00a Challenge of Truth
09:15a New Horizons
09:30a Peter Potamus (color)
10:00a Bullwinkle (color)
10:30a This Is The Life
11:00a Sacred Heart
11:15a Christopher Program
11:30a Insight
Afternoon
12:00p Meet the Press (Henry Cabot Lodge) (color)
12:30p Country Jubilee
01:00p AFL Football – Oilers vs. Bills (color)
04:00p AFL Football – Patriots vs. Raiders (JIP) color)
Evening
06:30p Wonderful World of Color (color)
07:30p The Mothers-In-Law (color)
08:00p Bonanza (color)
09:00p High Chaparral (color)
10:00p News
10:30p Commentary
10:35p Movie – “The Greatest Show on Earth” (color)

KMSP, Channel 9 (ABC)
Morning
08:00a Insight Icolor)
08:30a Soul’s Harbor
09:00a Linus the Lionhearted (color)
09:30a Peter Potamus (color)
10:00a Bullwinkle (color)
10:30a Discovery ’67 (color)
11:00a Stingray (color)
11:30a Grandpa Ken (color)
Afternoon
12:00p McKeever
12:30p Issues and Answers (Luther Terry, Sir George Godber, Sen. Frank Moss) (color)
01:00p ABC Scope (color)
01:30p Arrest and Trial
03:00p The Gallant Men
04:00p Maverick
05:00p Wackiest Ship in the Army (color)
Evening
06:00p Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (color)
07:00p The FBI (color)
08:00p Movie – “The Greatest Show on Earth” (color)
11:00p News (color)
11:30p Good Company (Tony Curtis) (color)
12:00a Joey Bishop (Bert Lahr, Abby Dalton, Sandpipers) (color)
01:30a ABC News (Keith McBee) (color)

WDIO, Channel 10 (Duluth) (ABC)
Morning
08:30a Milton the Monster (color)
09:00a Linus the Lionhearted (color)
09:30a Peter Potamus (color)
10:00a Bullwinkle (color)
10:30a Discovery ’67 (color)
11:00a Film Feature
11:30a Christopher Program (color)
Afternoon
12:00p Kyle Rote’s World (color)
12:30p Issues and Answers (Luther Terry, Sir George Godber, Sen. Frank Moss) (color)
01:00p ABC Scope (color)
01:30p Movie – “Murder in the Music Hall”
03:00p Age of Play
03:30p These Are Americans
04:00p Movie – “Black Orpheus”
Evening
06:00p Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (color)
07:00p The FBI (color)
08:00p Movie – “The Greatest Show on Earth” (color)
11:00p ABC News (Keith McBee)
11:15p News (color)
11:30p High and Wild
12:00a Movie – “Operation Eichmann”

WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.)
Morning
09:00a God is the Answer
10:00a Brother Buzz (color)
10:30a Sunday Storybook
11:00a Religion in the Crises
Afternoon
12:00p Notre Dame Football (color)
01:30p Bold Journey
02:00p Laramie (color)
03:00p The Green Hornet (color)
03:30p Movie – “Curly Top”
05:00p Wagon Train
Evening
06:30p Movie – “The Walls of Jericho:
08:30p The Twilight Zone
09:00p Bishop Sheen (color)
09:30p News, Weather, Sports
10:00p Movie – “A Woman of Distinction”

KEYC, Channel 12 (Mankato) (CBS)
Morning
08:00a Tom and Jerry (color)
08:30a Underdog (color)
09:00a Lamp Unto My Feet (color)
09:30a Look Up and Live
10:00a Camera Three
10:30a Notre Dame Football (color)
Afternoon
12:00p Film Short
12:15p Commercial
12:30p NFL Pre-Game (color)
01:00p NFL Football – Giants vs. Cardinals (color)
04:00p Celebrity Game
04:30p Original Amateur Hour (color)
05:00p 21st Century (color)
05:30p This Business of Farming
Evening
06:00p Lassie (color)
06:30p Gentle Ben (color)
07:00p Ed Sullivan (Yul Brynner, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme), Kessler Twins, Flip Wilson, Rodney Dangerfield, Skating Bredos) (color)
08:00p Smothers Brothers (George Burns, Herman’s Hermits) (color)
09:00p Mission: Impossible (color)
10:00p News
10:15p CBS News (color)
10:30p Movie – “The Last Command”

 

[MCarney]

Here's something that will tilt you towards Sullivan - according to the TV Changes section in the Boston Globe that day, The Doors were added to the show. And The Smothers Brothers substituted Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis and The Who for George Burns and Herman's Hermits.

Boston and Providence TV stations aired the same football games, starting at 2p Eastern.

 

[Mitchell H]

Here's something that will tilt you towards Sullivan - according to the TV Changes section in the Boston Globe that day, The Doors were added to the show. And The Smothers Brothers substituted Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis and The Who for George Burns and Herman's Hermits.

Boston and Providence TV stations aired the same football games, starting at 2p Eastern.

Yes - The Doors would definitely tip the balance toward Sullivan! Interesting substitution for the Smothers Brothers; I wonder what the rest of the story is, if there is one?

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Yes - The Doors would definitely tip the balance toward Sullivan! Interesting substitution for the Smothers Brothers; I wonder what the rest of the story is, if there is one?

My guess (and it's only a guess): For some reason, the show's producers or CBS simply substituted the episode with The Who, Bette Davis, and Mickey Rooney for the one with George Burns and Herman's Hermits.

At the time, Burns was still trying to establish himself as a "solo act" after the death of his wife Gracie Allen (his greatest fame would come as a solo act in the 1970's and 1980's). I'm pretty sure that Herman's Hermits' last big hit had already occurred by this time.

Also: Wasn't this the "Smothers" show the first time that The Who destroyed their instruments at the end of their performance?? It later became a trademark at the end of their concerts.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

As Mitchell H. pointed out in his blog, very seldom were Minnesota Twins' home games broadcast on local TV, despite their being in a tight pennant race.

I believe that in 1967, only four or five home games were likely telecast, probably the home opener, Holidays, and maybe a home game against Baltimore, the defending World Series champs.

I would think the final two games of the season in Boston were televised back to the Twin Cities (but if my memory serves me correct, the Twins were eliminated when they lost on Saturday, Boston clinched at least a tie for the pennant when they beat Minnesota on Sunday, and Detroit lost later that afternoon to California, which gave Boston the pennant).

 

[Mitchell H]

As Mitchell H. pointed out in his blog, very seldom were Minnesota Twins' home games broadcast on local TV, despite their being in a tight pennant race.

I believe that in 1967, only four or five home games were likely telecast, probably the home opener, Holidays, and maybe a home game against Baltimore, the defending World Series champs.

I would think the final two games of the season in Boston were televised back to the Twin Cities (but if my memory serves me correct, the Twins were eliminated when they lost on Saturday, Boston clinched at least a tie for the pennant when they beat Minnesota on Sunday, and Detroit lost later that afternoon to California, which gave Boston the pennant).

Close - the Twins were actually eliminated on Sunday, the last day. The Sox wound up beating both the Twins and Tigers by one game (with the White Sox only three games behind), which means that the Twins and Sox entered the final day tied - the loser would be eliminated. As I recall, those games were televised back to the Twin Cities by Channel 11, and I came across a note not long ago that suggested NBC also televised the Sunday game - fairly unprecedented at the time.

Was that the greatest pennant race ever? Now, with the wild-cards and the divisions, we'll never see anything like it again.

 

[MCarney]

The WHDH broadcast of the Sunday game is available as a bonus disc on the "Impossible to Forget" documentary DVD. It's the oldest complete game color tape in existence. It does not have commercials, however.

http://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Fo...79629244&sr=1-1&keywords=Impossible+to+Forget

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Too bad.

I wanted to see the 1968 Plymouths, hear the Narragansett Beer "Hi, Neighbor" jingle, and the Atlantic gasoline spots with the new red, white and blue "Atlantic" logo.

 

[MCarney]

It's bizarre. No advertising in the stadium at all, only a Jimmy Fund sign in right. No drop-in promo mentions for upcoming programming. There are only 3 commercial drop-ins - Atlantic, Narragansett, and White Owl cigars, and only one of those an inning. Fortunately the baseball makes up for it all.

 

[paulsonj72]

In regard to the Vikings not airing on WCCO despite being from Minnesota. In those days(and before the 1973 season) ALL home games of a team were blacked out in the home teams market. And since the Vikings were at home that day the game was blacked out in Minneapolis.

 

[CTListener]

About as good a kiddie lineup as ABC ever had:
09:00a Linus the Lionhearted (color)
09:30a Peter Potamus (color)
10:00a Bullwinkle (color)
10:30a Discovery ’67 (color)
11:00a Stingray (color)

(Actually, I think Stingray may have been syndicated, but still, what kid could resist that lineup? Discovery was a fun "educational" show, much better than today's bland E/I content.

 

[paulsonj72]

Close - the Twins were actually eliminated on Sunday, the last day. The Sox wound up beating both the Twins and Tigers by one game (with the White Sox only three games behind), which means that the Twins and Sox entered the final day tied - the loser would be eliminated. As I recall, those games were televised back to the Twin Cities by Channel 11, and I came across a note not long ago that suggested NBC also televised the Sunday game - fairly unprecedented at the time.

Was that the greatest pennant race ever? Now, with the wild-cards and the divisions, we'll never see anything like it again.

Sorry to bump up an old topic but after the Red Sox had eliminated the Twins they had to wait as the Tigers and Angels were playing a Doubleheader. Going into that final Sunday Boston and Minnesota were tied so it was a winner take all game for those two teams and the tigers were .5 a game back. Detroit had to sweep the doubleheader against the Angels to force a playoff against Boston for the AL Pennant but when they Tigers lost the second game that gave the Red Sox the Pennant and a trip to the World Series.