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Retro: This Week in TV Guide, September 30, 1961 - MSP Edition

This week, Mickey Spillane tells us how to improve violence on TV, the Yankees and Reds face off in the World Series, Carol Burnett heads for stardom, a look at successful (and not-so-successful) new series, and more!

http://www.itsabouttv.com/2013/09/this-week-in-tv-guide-september-30-1961.html

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

This week's listing is from Friday, October 6. Some assorted notes: Clancy the Cop, the 5:30 pm show on Channel 4, will wind up a mainstay of the station's morning kids' programming; can you believe Arthur Murray on American Bandstand? (Followed by ABC's short-lived "youth" news program, American Newsstand; Channel 2's lineup looks very educational - and kind of dry; and Channel 11 really likes Rocky the Flying Squirrel.

KTCA, Channel 2 (Educ)
Morning

09:55a Science – Grade 3
10:20a German – Grade 5
10:35a Music – Grade 1
11:00a Ya Hablamos Espanol
11:15a TBA
11:30a Economics
Afternoon
01:30p Ya Hablamos Espanol
01:45p Komm, Lach Und Lerne
02:00p Exploring Science – Grade 4
02:30p Beginning German
03:00p Efficient Reading (debut)
Evening
06:00p Introductory Math
06:30p Efficient Reading (repeat)
07:00p Blessings of Liberty
07:30p TBA
08:00p Gregorian Chant
08:30p TBA
09:00p Introduction to the Theater
10:00p Americans at Work
10:15p Industry on Parade
10:30p Background
10:40p Research Doctor

WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning

06:30a College of the Air – The New Biology
07:00a Siegfried and His Flying Saucer
07:55a Farm News and Markets
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a News (local)
09:30a I Love Lucy
10:00a Video Village
10:30a Your Surprise Package
10:55a CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
11:00a Love of Life
11:30a Search for Tomorrow
11:45a Guiding Light
Afternoon
12:00p News (local)
12:15p Something Special
12:25p Weather (local)
12:30p As the World Turns
01:00p Password (Kitty Carlisle, Tom Poston)
01:30p House Party
02:00p The Millionaire
02:30p The Verdict Is Yours
02:55p CBS News (Charles Collingwood)
03:00p A Brighter Day
03:15p The Secret Storm
03:30p The Edge of Night
04:00p Around the Town
04:30p Bozo the Clown
05:00p Axel and His Dog
05:30p Clancy the Cop
05:55p Mr. Magoo
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:10p Weather (local)
06:15p CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
06:30p Rawhide
07:30p Route 66
08:30p Father of the Bride
09:00p The Twilight Zone
09:30p Eyewitness
10:00p News (local)
10:15p Weather (local)
10:20p Sports (local)
10:30p Movie – “Legend of the Lost”

KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
Morning

06:00a Continental Classroom – Modern Algebra (color)
06:30a Continental Classroom – Organic Evolution (color)
07:00a Today
09:00a Say When
09:30a Play Your Hunch (color)
10:00a The Price Is Right (color)
10:30a Concentration
11:00a Truth or Consequences
11:30a It Could Be You (color)
11:55a NBC News (Ray Scherer)
Afternoon
12:00p News (local)
12:15p Weather (local)
12:20p Treasure Chest
01:00p Jan Murray (color)
01:30p The Loretta Young Show
02:00p Young Dr. Malone
02:30p From These Roots
03:00p Make Room For Daddy
03:30p Here’s Hollywood
03:30p NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
04:00p Topper
04:30p Kukla and Ollie
04:35p T.N. Tatters
05:15p Man From Cochise
05:45p NBC News (Huntley/Brinkley)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:15p Weather (local)
06:30p International Showtime
07:30p Robert Taylor’s Detectives
08:30p Dinah Shore (Manette Fabray, George Montgomery, Al Hirt) (return) (color)
09:30p Here and Now
10:00p News (local)
10:15p Weather (local)
10:20p Sports (local)
10:30p Jack Paar (Andy Williams, Eva Gabor, Jean Pierre Aumont, Selma Diamond) (color)
12:00p News and Sports (local)

KMSP, Channel 9 (ABC)
Morning

07:55a Chapel of the Air
08:00a Breakfast with Cap’n Ken
08:30a Our Miss Brooks
09:00a Jack LaLanne
09:30a Movie – “Youth Takes a Fling”
11:00a The Texan
11:30a Love That Bob!
Afternoon
12:00p Camouflage
12:30p Make a Face
01:00p Day in Court
01:00p ABC News (Alex Drier)
01:30p My Little Margie
02:00p Number Please
02:30p Seven Keys
03:00p Queen For a Day
03:30p Who Do You Trust?
04:00p American Bandstand (Arthur Murray, Cynthia Pepper)
04:50p American Newsstand
05:00p Looney Tuners Club
05:40p News (local)
05:45p ABC News (Lawrence/Mann/Swayze)
Evening
06:00p Bugs Bunny
06:30p Straightaway (debut)
07:00p The Hathaways (debut)
07:30p The Flintstones
08:00p 77 Sunset Strip
09:00p Target: Corruptors
10:00p News (local)
10:15p Weather (local)
10:20p Sports (local)
10:30p Movie – “Thieves’ Highway”

WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.)
Morning

09:45a Cartoon Circus
10:00a Rocky and His Friends
10:15a Romper Room (Miss Betty)
11:15a Burns and Allen
11:45a News (local)
Afternoon
12:00p Lunch With Casey
01:00p Movie – “The Case of the Curious Bride”
02:30p Dr. Hudson’s Journal
03:00p Life of Riley
03:30p Amos ‘n’ Andy
04:00p Popeye and Pete
04:45p Rocky and His Friends
05:00p Superman
05:30p Dick Tracy
05:45p News (local)
Evening
06:00p Rocky and His Friends
06:30p Billy Graham (Philadelphia)
07:30p Movie – “Colorado Territory”
09:00p Johnny Midnight
09:30p News (local)
09:45p Weather (local)
09:50p Sports (local)
10:00p M Squad
10:30p Movie – “The Glass Key”
12:30p News and Weather (local)
 
It was "Password"'s premiere week. At least one of that week's celebrity panelists (Kitty Carlisle) was a regular panelist on one of Goodson-Todman's other shows, "To Tell The Truth" (in fact, I believe Tom Poston was also a regular panelist on "Truth" by that time).

Of course, "Truth" was only on once-a-week, in prime-time, so Carlisle and Poston could do a live game show each afternoon that week or tape a week's worth of "Password" shows without conflicting with "Truth"'s schedule.

A few months later, a daytime version of "Truth" was launched, with some of the prime-time panelists also appearing on the daytime version. I'm pretty sure that by 1964, there was a regular panel of Carlisle, Poston, Orson Bean and Peggy Cass who were regulars on both versions. That is considered by many fans to be the definitive "Truth" panel and (along with the classic "What's My Line" trio of Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, and Dorothy Kilgallen and the famed "I've Got A Secret" panel of Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer, Henry Morgan and Bess Myerson) one of the great game-show panel lineups ever.
 
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