Just got an old TV Guide from 1967 and figured I'd put the schedules from the Eastern New England edition from February 25-March 3, 1967.
CHANNELS:
Boston, MA
WGBH-TV 2 (NET; now PBS)
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC; now CBS)
WHDH-TV 5 (CBS; now ABC affiliate WCVB under different license)
WNAC-TV 7 (ABC; became CBS when original WHDH lost license; now NBC affiliate WHDH under different license)
WSBK-TV 38 (independent; now MyNetwork)
WKBG-TV 56 (independent; now CW affiliate WLVI)
Worcester, MA
WJZB-TV 14 (independent with secondary NBC affiliation; went dark in 1969)
New Bedford, CT
WTEV-TV 6 (ABC; now WLNE. Rejoined ABC after being CBS affiliate from 1977-95)
Providence, RI
WJAR-TV 10 (NBC)
WPRO-TV 12 (CBS; now WPRI. Rejoined CBS after being ABC affiliate from 1977-95)
Manchester, NH
WMUR-TV 9 (ABC)
Hartford, CT
WTIC-TV 3 (CBS; now WFSB)
New Haven, CT
WNHC-TV 8 (ABC; now WTNH)
Saturday, February 25, 1967
6:00 am
*WBZ: Armed Forces Film (Sign-On)
*WHDH: Sunrise Semester (Early Middle Ages – CBS produced educational series running from 1957-82; Sign-On)
6:30 am
*WBZ: Big Brother (hosted by Bob Emery; variant of an old DuMont show he hosted called the Small Fry Club from 1947-51; and which he had previously done radio versions of dating back to the 1920s)
*WHDH: Space Angel (reruns of 1962-64 “Synchro-Vox” cartoon; COLOR)
*WTEV: Farmer's Corner (Sign-On)
6:45 am
*WNHC: Sister Julia (religious program)
7:00 am
*WTIC: Sunrise Semester
*WBZ: Boomtown (local kids show hosted by singing cowboy Rex Trailer)
*WHDH: Tom & Jerry (moved from CBS' normal 1:00 slot)
*WTEV: Roger Ramjet (COLOR)
*WNAC: Cartoon Carnival
*WNHC: Cartoons (local show?; COLOR)
*WPRO: Captain America (part of syndicated Marvel Super Heroes show; for WNAC airings when the series first ran a few months earlier; Captain America voice Arthur Pierce could be seen in character {as were a few other voice actors in that series} for live-action segments written by Jerry Siegel {interestingly the co-creator of Superman})
7:30 am
*WTIC: RFD #3 (Atwood {no full name listed}; COLOR)
*WBZ: Boomtown
*WHDH: Cartoons (local show?; COLOR)
*WTEV: New Three Stooges (COLOR)
*WNAC: Huckleberry Hound (COLOR)
8:00 am
*WTIC/WHDH: Captain Kangaroo
*WTEV: Felix the Cat (COLOR)
*WNAC: Movie (1952's “Retik, the Moon Menace” {originally titled Raider Men from the Moon} – released under shown title as part of part of the Republic Pictures “Century 66” project; typical low-budget sci-fi film from 1950s)
*WMUR: Rusty and the Rangers (Sign-On; local show?)
*WKBG: Winchell-Mahoney Time (1965-68 kids show hosted by voice acting great/inventor/ventriliquist Paul Winchell {the Mahoney was his marionette, Jerry Mahoney})
8:30 am
*WBZ: Boomtown
*WTEV: Soupy Sales
*WHNC: Linus the Lion-Hearted
*WMUR: Ring-a-Ding the Clown
*WJAR: Trackdown
*WPRO: Mr. Magoo (COLOR)
*WSBK: Davey and Goliath
9:00 am
*WTIC: Leave It to Beaver
*WHDH/WPRO: Mighty Heroes (COLOR)
*WTEV: 4-H Science Action Club
*WHNC: The Beatles (moved from ABC's normal 10:30 slot)
*WMUR: Linus the Lion-Hearted
*WJAR/WSBK: Super 6 (COLOR; perhaps WSBK picked Super 6 up since WBZ was running their own “Boomtown”. However, Boomtown shows up at 9:30 and is followed on WBZ by the Flintstones at 10:00 am)
9:15 am
*WKBG: Clutch Cargo
9:30 am
*WTIC: Kimba the White Lion (COLOR)
*WBZ: Boomtown
*WHDH/WPRO: Underdog (COLOR)
*WTEV/WHNC/WMUR: Porky Pig (COLOR)
*WJAR/WSBK: Atom Ant (COLOR; again WSBK picked up an NBC show pre-empted by WBZ)
10:00 am
*WTIC: Marine Boy (COLOR; pre-empted WTIC airing of Frankenstein Jr.)
*WBZ/WJAR: The Flintstones (COLOR)
*WHDH/WPRO: Frankenstein Jr. (COLOR)
*WTEV/WNAC/WHNC/WMUR: King Kong (COLOR)
*WSBK: Soldiers of Fortune (1955-57 series)
*WLVI: Movie (1963's Brennus, Enemy of Rome) (COLOR)
10:30 am
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Space Ghost (COLOR)
*WBZ/WJAR: Space Kidettes (COLOR)
*WTEV/WNAC/WMUR: The Beatles (COLOR)
*WHNC: Hopalong Cassidy (pre-empted WHNC airing of the Beatles; which aired at 9:00 am)
*WSBK: B'Wana Don (rerun of series hosted by “B'Wana Don” Hunt that aired on Detroit's then-CBS affiliate WJBK?)
11:00 am
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Superman
*WBZ/WJAR: Secret Squirrel
*WTEV/WMUR: Casper
*WNAC: Super Heroes (pre-empted WNAC airing of Casper)
*WSBK: West Point Story
11:30 am
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Lone Ranger (COLOR; this was an animated series with elements similar to CBS' “Wild Wild West”)
*WBZ/WJAR: The Jetsons (COLOR)
*WTEV/WHNC/WMUR: Milton the Monster (COLOR)
*WSBK: Men of Annapolis
12:00 pm
*WTIC/WPRO: Road Runner Show (COLOR; this was back when the Bugs Bunny and Road Runner shows were on separate networks. The two would not be merged into one show until 1968 when the Bugs Bunny Show moved to CBS)
*WBZ: Eyewitness News (rather unusual to see a noon newscast on weekends; pre-empted Cool McCool; anchored by Borden/Carter)
*WHDH: Candlepin Bowling (pre-empted Road Runner and the Beagles)
*WTEV/WHNC/WMUR: Bugs Bunny Show (COLOR; see Road Runner note)
*WJAR: Cool McCool (COLOR)
*WSBK: Science Fiction Theater (this installment is titled “Friend of a Raven”)
*WLVI: Movie (1956's “Frontier Gambler”)
12:25 pm
*WBZ: Weather (Al Boyer; odd seeing this listed separately from news)
12:30 pm
*WTIC/WPRO: The Beagles (COLOR)
*WBZ: Next Question (interview show)
*WTEV/WHNC/WMUR: Magilla Gorilla (COLOR)
*WNAC: Movie (1949's “The Fighting Kentuckian”)
*WJAR: The Smithsonian (COLOR; hosted by astronaut and later Senator John Glenn; focusing on Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic crossing in the Spirit of St. Louis)
*WSBK: Upbeat (1964-71 musical series hosted by Don Webster {longtime weatherman at the station the show originated from, Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS})
1:00 pm
*WTIC: Tom and Jerry (COLOR)
*WBZ: Man's Medical Knowledge
*WHDH: Man's Medical Knowledge
*WTEV/WMUR: Hoppity Hooper (COLOR)
*WHNC: College Track Meet (Yale/Harvard/Princeton Winter Track Meet; taped a week earlier and hosted by Dick Galiette)
*WJAR: Animal Secrets (COLOR)
*WPRO: Superman (COLOR; aired in place of Tom and Jerry on WPRO)
1:30 pm
*WTIC: Movie (1946's “My Darling Clementine”)
*WBZ: The Smithsonian (COLOR; delayed one hour by WBZ)
*WHDH: Rocky and His Friends (COLOR)
*WTEV/WMUR/WSBK: American Bandstand (Dick Clark welcomes Felice Taylor and the McCoy's; WNAC was still airing The Fighting Kentuckian)
*WJAR: Movie (1946's “Canyon Passage”)
*WPRO: Red Auerbach Show (show hosted by the former Boston Celtics coaching great/general manager)
*WLVI: Roller Derby (Northwest Cardinals vs. New York Chiefs)
1:45 pm
*WPRO: Joe Mullaney (show hosted by the Providence College Friars coach)
2:00 pm
*WBZ: Animal Secrets (COLOR; delayed one hour by WBZ)
*WHDH/WHNC/WPRO: College Basketball (Connecticut vs. Rhode Island; NBC 2nd banana Jim Simpson and Jim Leaming with the call)
*WNAC: Impact (interview show)
2:30 pm
*WBZ: Movie (COLOR; 1952's “Horizons West”)
*WTEV: Movie (COLOR; 1964's “Messalina Against the Son of Hercules”)
*WNAC: Firing Line (listed under host William F. Buckley Jr's name)
*WMUR: New Hampshire Bandstand
*WSBK: NFL Game of the Week
*WLVI: Wrestling (COLOR)
3:00 pm
*WJAR: Bowling (COLOR)
3:30 pm
*WTIC: Gadabout Gaddis (COLOR; fishing show focusing on catching stripers and big mouth bass)
*WTEV/WNAC/WMUR: Pro Bowlers Tour (Milwaukee Miller High Life Open)
*WPRO/WSBK: College Hockey (Williams vs. New Hampshire; WPRO joined in progress)
*WLVI: Movie (1951's “Ghost Chasers”)
4:00 pm
*WGBH: R&D Review (WGBH Sign-On; hosted by Dr. Martin L. Klein)
*WTIC/WHDH: CBS Golf Classic
*WBZ: Shell's World of Golf (COLOR; focus of TV Guide's Close-Up as a duel between Sam Snead and Julius Boros)
*WHNC: Green Hornet (COLOR)
*WJAR: Gadabout Gaddis
4:30 pm
*WHNC: Rango (COLOR)
*WJAR/WLVI: Hialeah Turf Cup (COLOR; horse racing)
5:00 pm
*WGBH: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
*WTIC: Hialeah Turf Cup (COLOR; joined in progress)
*WBZ: Movie (COLOR; 1962's “Two Weeks in Another Town”)
*WHDH: Gadabout Gaddis (fishing for trout this time)
*WTEV/WNAC/WHNC/WMUR: ABC's Wide World of Sports (COLOR; highlights of the 14th Annual International Surfing Championships and the International Ski Jumping Championship)
*WJAR: Shell's World of Golf (COLOR; delay)
*WLVI: Movie (1945's “The Seventh Survivor”)
5:30 pm
*WGBH: What's New
*WTIC: Brad Davis Show (COLOR)
*WHDH: My Three Sons (COLOR)
*WPRO: Upbeat
*WSBK: Wrestling
6:00 pm
*WGBH: Great Decisions (What Price Peace?; with Averell Harriman)
*WTIC: Weather/Sports (COLOR; again odd to see weather and sports listed separately from news)
*WHDH: WHDH-TV News (COLOR; MacMillian/Bob Wilson/Ray Miller)
*WJAR: Ripcord
*WPRO: Movie (1950's “Destination: Moon”)
6:15 pm
*WTIC: News (COLOR; Ed Anderson)
6:30 pm
*WGBH: World Press Review
*WTIC/WHDH: CBS Evening News (COLOR; weekend anchor Roger Mudd)
*WTEV: The Twilight Zone
*WNAC: Let's Go to the Races (COLOR)
*WHNC: Huckleberry Hound
*WMUR: Hialeah Turf Cup (COLOR; delay)
*WJAR: I Dream of Jeannie (COLOR)
*WSBK: Scherer-MacNeil Report (COLOR; weekend edition of the Huntley-Brinkley Report {ancestor of NBC Nightly News}; pre-empted by WBZ)
*WLVI: Hy-Lit (COLOR; local variety show)
7:00 pm
*WTIC: The Lucy Show (COLOR)
*WBZ: Eyewitness News (Borden/Carter)
*WHDH: Death Valley Days (COLOR; “Silver Tombstone” – hosting was Robert Taylor {who took over after previous host Ronald Reagan decided to shift focus to politics})
*WTEV: Captain Nice (COLOR)
*WNAC: New England Tonight (COLOR; John Henning)
*WHNC: Movie (1957's “The Giant Claw”)
*WMUR: Robin Hood
*WJAR: Death Valley Days (COLOR; this one features Calamity Jane teaming with Wild Bill Hickok)
*WSBK: Rawhide
7:15 pm
*WBZ: Sports (Bob Starr)
7:25 pm
*WBZ: Weather (Al Boyer)
7:30 pm
*WGBH: French Chef (Julia Child cooks salmon)
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Jackie Gleason (COLOR; Gene Kelly hosts Gleason's 51st birthday celebration)
*WBZ/WJAR: Flipper (COLOR; an oceanographer is seemingly harassed by Flipper but is unaware his tank contains poison gas)
*WTEV/WNAC/WMUR: The Dating Game (COLOR; celebrity contestant – Diane McBain)
*WLVI: Sports Feature
8:00 pm
*WGBH: NET Journal (“After the Miracle”; review of the history of Israel up to then; Peter O'Shaughnessy narration)
*WBZ/WJAR: Please Don't Eat the Daisies (COLOR; “Pest in the House”)
*WTEV/WNAC/WMUR: The Newlywed Game (COLOR)
*WPRO: Joe Mullaney Show
*WSBK: Alfred Hitchcock
8:25 pm
*WLVI: Hockey (Boston Bruins vs. Chicago Blackhawks)
8:30 pm
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Mission: Impossible (COLOR; “The Confession” – Briggs & his agents seek to expose a backer of a prominent Senator was behind said Senator's assassination that could turn the Cold War red hot)
*WBZ/WJAR: Get Smart (COLOR; “Where-What-How-Who Am I?” – Maxwell Smart overhears a KAOS plot to kill top scientists; only to suffer amnesia following a car crash)
*WTEV/WNAC/WHNC/WMUR: Lawrence Welk (COLOR; featured performers include Norma Zimmer; Jim Roberts; the Lennon Sisters and a guest appearance by country singer Connie Smith)
*WSBK: Movie (1946's “Night and Day”)
9:00 pm
*WGBH: Sport of the Week (Wrestling; Lehigh vs. Navy – recorded February 4)
*WBZ/WJAR: NBC Saturday Night at the Movies (COLOR; “The Borgia Stick”; featuring a man and woman who were spies posing as a regular couple)
9:30 pm
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Pistols 'n Petticoats (COLOR; “The Taming of Sorry Water”)
*WTEV/WNAC/WHNC/WMUR: Hollywood Palace (COLOR; featuring Mickey Rooney; Liza Minnelli; Chris Noel {fresh off her visit to Vietnam}; illusionists Milo & Roger; George Carlin; the Palace Duo and film clips of the Beatles)
10:00 pm
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Gunsmoke (COLOR; “The Lure”)
10:30 pm
*WTEV: Movie (1950's “Winchester '73”; pre-empted Big Valley)
*WNAC: The Big Valley (COLOR; “Brother Love”)
*WHNC: Twilight Zone
*WMUR: Ski Report (hosted by Bruce Graham)
*WSBK: Movie (1947's “Gunfighters”)
*WLVI: Joe Pyne (COLOR; discussion show includes Rev. Ashton Jones {discussing civil rights}; psychiatrist Herman Feifel {discussing death}; author Glenn Fraikin and casino executive Sherlock Feldman {gambling})
10:45 pm
*WMUR: Movie (1961's “The Great War”)
11:00 pm
*WTIC: News/Sports (COLOR)
*WBZ: Eyewitness News (Terry Carter)
*WHDH: WHDH-TV News (COLOR; Goodrich/Miller/Wilson)
*WHNC: Channel 8 News (News/Sports/Weather) (COLOR)
*WJAR: The 11 O'Clock Report (News/Sports/Weather) (COLOR)
*WPRO: News (Wally Cryan)
11:10 pm
*WBZ: Weather (Al Boyer)
*WHNC: Capital Reports
*WPRO: Weather (Howie Holland)
11:15 pm
*WTIC: Weather (COLOR)
*WBZ: Movie (COLOR; 1960's “Kit Preston”)
*WHNC: Movie – Double Feature (1963's “The Mind Benders”/1961's “Tormented”)
*WPRO: Movie (1963's “The Strangler”)
11:20 pm
*WTIC: Movie – Double Feature (1958's “The Goddess”/1950's “In a Lonely Place”)
11:30 pm
*WHDH: Movie (1949's “The Devil's Wanton”)
*WNAC: Movie – Double Feature (1959's “Return of the Fly”/1959's “The Giant Gila Monster”)
*WJAR: Movie (1962's “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner”)
CHANNELS:
Boston, MA
WGBH-TV 2 (NET; now PBS)
WBZ-TV 4 (NBC; now CBS)
WHDH-TV 5 (CBS; now ABC affiliate WCVB under different license)
WNAC-TV 7 (ABC; became CBS when original WHDH lost license; now NBC affiliate WHDH under different license)
WSBK-TV 38 (independent; now MyNetwork)
WKBG-TV 56 (independent; now CW affiliate WLVI)
Worcester, MA
WJZB-TV 14 (independent with secondary NBC affiliation; went dark in 1969)
New Bedford, CT
WTEV-TV 6 (ABC; now WLNE. Rejoined ABC after being CBS affiliate from 1977-95)
Providence, RI
WJAR-TV 10 (NBC)
WPRO-TV 12 (CBS; now WPRI. Rejoined CBS after being ABC affiliate from 1977-95)
Manchester, NH
WMUR-TV 9 (ABC)
Hartford, CT
WTIC-TV 3 (CBS; now WFSB)
New Haven, CT
WNHC-TV 8 (ABC; now WTNH)
Saturday, February 25, 1967
6:00 am
*WBZ: Armed Forces Film (Sign-On)
*WHDH: Sunrise Semester (Early Middle Ages – CBS produced educational series running from 1957-82; Sign-On)
6:30 am
*WBZ: Big Brother (hosted by Bob Emery; variant of an old DuMont show he hosted called the Small Fry Club from 1947-51; and which he had previously done radio versions of dating back to the 1920s)
*WHDH: Space Angel (reruns of 1962-64 “Synchro-Vox” cartoon; COLOR)
*WTEV: Farmer's Corner (Sign-On)
6:45 am
*WNHC: Sister Julia (religious program)
7:00 am
*WTIC: Sunrise Semester
*WBZ: Boomtown (local kids show hosted by singing cowboy Rex Trailer)
*WHDH: Tom & Jerry (moved from CBS' normal 1:00 slot)
*WTEV: Roger Ramjet (COLOR)
*WNAC: Cartoon Carnival
*WNHC: Cartoons (local show?; COLOR)
*WPRO: Captain America (part of syndicated Marvel Super Heroes show; for WNAC airings when the series first ran a few months earlier; Captain America voice Arthur Pierce could be seen in character {as were a few other voice actors in that series} for live-action segments written by Jerry Siegel {interestingly the co-creator of Superman})
7:30 am
*WTIC: RFD #3 (Atwood {no full name listed}; COLOR)
*WBZ: Boomtown
*WHDH: Cartoons (local show?; COLOR)
*WTEV: New Three Stooges (COLOR)
*WNAC: Huckleberry Hound (COLOR)
8:00 am
*WTIC/WHDH: Captain Kangaroo
*WTEV: Felix the Cat (COLOR)
*WNAC: Movie (1952's “Retik, the Moon Menace” {originally titled Raider Men from the Moon} – released under shown title as part of part of the Republic Pictures “Century 66” project; typical low-budget sci-fi film from 1950s)
*WMUR: Rusty and the Rangers (Sign-On; local show?)
*WKBG: Winchell-Mahoney Time (1965-68 kids show hosted by voice acting great/inventor/ventriliquist Paul Winchell {the Mahoney was his marionette, Jerry Mahoney})
8:30 am
*WBZ: Boomtown
*WTEV: Soupy Sales
*WHNC: Linus the Lion-Hearted
*WMUR: Ring-a-Ding the Clown
*WJAR: Trackdown
*WPRO: Mr. Magoo (COLOR)
*WSBK: Davey and Goliath
9:00 am
*WTIC: Leave It to Beaver
*WHDH/WPRO: Mighty Heroes (COLOR)
*WTEV: 4-H Science Action Club
*WHNC: The Beatles (moved from ABC's normal 10:30 slot)
*WMUR: Linus the Lion-Hearted
*WJAR/WSBK: Super 6 (COLOR; perhaps WSBK picked Super 6 up since WBZ was running their own “Boomtown”. However, Boomtown shows up at 9:30 and is followed on WBZ by the Flintstones at 10:00 am)
9:15 am
*WKBG: Clutch Cargo
9:30 am
*WTIC: Kimba the White Lion (COLOR)
*WBZ: Boomtown
*WHDH/WPRO: Underdog (COLOR)
*WTEV/WHNC/WMUR: Porky Pig (COLOR)
*WJAR/WSBK: Atom Ant (COLOR; again WSBK picked up an NBC show pre-empted by WBZ)
10:00 am
*WTIC: Marine Boy (COLOR; pre-empted WTIC airing of Frankenstein Jr.)
*WBZ/WJAR: The Flintstones (COLOR)
*WHDH/WPRO: Frankenstein Jr. (COLOR)
*WTEV/WNAC/WHNC/WMUR: King Kong (COLOR)
*WSBK: Soldiers of Fortune (1955-57 series)
*WLVI: Movie (1963's Brennus, Enemy of Rome) (COLOR)
10:30 am
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Space Ghost (COLOR)
*WBZ/WJAR: Space Kidettes (COLOR)
*WTEV/WNAC/WMUR: The Beatles (COLOR)
*WHNC: Hopalong Cassidy (pre-empted WHNC airing of the Beatles; which aired at 9:00 am)
*WSBK: B'Wana Don (rerun of series hosted by “B'Wana Don” Hunt that aired on Detroit's then-CBS affiliate WJBK?)
11:00 am
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Superman
*WBZ/WJAR: Secret Squirrel
*WTEV/WMUR: Casper
*WNAC: Super Heroes (pre-empted WNAC airing of Casper)
*WSBK: West Point Story
11:30 am
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Lone Ranger (COLOR; this was an animated series with elements similar to CBS' “Wild Wild West”)
*WBZ/WJAR: The Jetsons (COLOR)
*WTEV/WHNC/WMUR: Milton the Monster (COLOR)
*WSBK: Men of Annapolis
12:00 pm
*WTIC/WPRO: Road Runner Show (COLOR; this was back when the Bugs Bunny and Road Runner shows were on separate networks. The two would not be merged into one show until 1968 when the Bugs Bunny Show moved to CBS)
*WBZ: Eyewitness News (rather unusual to see a noon newscast on weekends; pre-empted Cool McCool; anchored by Borden/Carter)
*WHDH: Candlepin Bowling (pre-empted Road Runner and the Beagles)
*WTEV/WHNC/WMUR: Bugs Bunny Show (COLOR; see Road Runner note)
*WJAR: Cool McCool (COLOR)
*WSBK: Science Fiction Theater (this installment is titled “Friend of a Raven”)
*WLVI: Movie (1956's “Frontier Gambler”)
12:25 pm
*WBZ: Weather (Al Boyer; odd seeing this listed separately from news)
12:30 pm
*WTIC/WPRO: The Beagles (COLOR)
*WBZ: Next Question (interview show)
*WTEV/WHNC/WMUR: Magilla Gorilla (COLOR)
*WNAC: Movie (1949's “The Fighting Kentuckian”)
*WJAR: The Smithsonian (COLOR; hosted by astronaut and later Senator John Glenn; focusing on Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic crossing in the Spirit of St. Louis)
*WSBK: Upbeat (1964-71 musical series hosted by Don Webster {longtime weatherman at the station the show originated from, Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS})
1:00 pm
*WTIC: Tom and Jerry (COLOR)
*WBZ: Man's Medical Knowledge
*WHDH: Man's Medical Knowledge
*WTEV/WMUR: Hoppity Hooper (COLOR)
*WHNC: College Track Meet (Yale/Harvard/Princeton Winter Track Meet; taped a week earlier and hosted by Dick Galiette)
*WJAR: Animal Secrets (COLOR)
*WPRO: Superman (COLOR; aired in place of Tom and Jerry on WPRO)
1:30 pm
*WTIC: Movie (1946's “My Darling Clementine”)
*WBZ: The Smithsonian (COLOR; delayed one hour by WBZ)
*WHDH: Rocky and His Friends (COLOR)
*WTEV/WMUR/WSBK: American Bandstand (Dick Clark welcomes Felice Taylor and the McCoy's; WNAC was still airing The Fighting Kentuckian)
*WJAR: Movie (1946's “Canyon Passage”)
*WPRO: Red Auerbach Show (show hosted by the former Boston Celtics coaching great/general manager)
*WLVI: Roller Derby (Northwest Cardinals vs. New York Chiefs)
1:45 pm
*WPRO: Joe Mullaney (show hosted by the Providence College Friars coach)
2:00 pm
*WBZ: Animal Secrets (COLOR; delayed one hour by WBZ)
*WHDH/WHNC/WPRO: College Basketball (Connecticut vs. Rhode Island; NBC 2nd banana Jim Simpson and Jim Leaming with the call)
*WNAC: Impact (interview show)
2:30 pm
*WBZ: Movie (COLOR; 1952's “Horizons West”)
*WTEV: Movie (COLOR; 1964's “Messalina Against the Son of Hercules”)
*WNAC: Firing Line (listed under host William F. Buckley Jr's name)
*WMUR: New Hampshire Bandstand
*WSBK: NFL Game of the Week
*WLVI: Wrestling (COLOR)
3:00 pm
*WJAR: Bowling (COLOR)
3:30 pm
*WTIC: Gadabout Gaddis (COLOR; fishing show focusing on catching stripers and big mouth bass)
*WTEV/WNAC/WMUR: Pro Bowlers Tour (Milwaukee Miller High Life Open)
*WPRO/WSBK: College Hockey (Williams vs. New Hampshire; WPRO joined in progress)
*WLVI: Movie (1951's “Ghost Chasers”)
4:00 pm
*WGBH: R&D Review (WGBH Sign-On; hosted by Dr. Martin L. Klein)
*WTIC/WHDH: CBS Golf Classic
*WBZ: Shell's World of Golf (COLOR; focus of TV Guide's Close-Up as a duel between Sam Snead and Julius Boros)
*WHNC: Green Hornet (COLOR)
*WJAR: Gadabout Gaddis
4:30 pm
*WHNC: Rango (COLOR)
*WJAR/WLVI: Hialeah Turf Cup (COLOR; horse racing)
5:00 pm
*WGBH: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
*WTIC: Hialeah Turf Cup (COLOR; joined in progress)
*WBZ: Movie (COLOR; 1962's “Two Weeks in Another Town”)
*WHDH: Gadabout Gaddis (fishing for trout this time)
*WTEV/WNAC/WHNC/WMUR: ABC's Wide World of Sports (COLOR; highlights of the 14th Annual International Surfing Championships and the International Ski Jumping Championship)
*WJAR: Shell's World of Golf (COLOR; delay)
*WLVI: Movie (1945's “The Seventh Survivor”)
5:30 pm
*WGBH: What's New
*WTIC: Brad Davis Show (COLOR)
*WHDH: My Three Sons (COLOR)
*WPRO: Upbeat
*WSBK: Wrestling
6:00 pm
*WGBH: Great Decisions (What Price Peace?; with Averell Harriman)
*WTIC: Weather/Sports (COLOR; again odd to see weather and sports listed separately from news)
*WHDH: WHDH-TV News (COLOR; MacMillian/Bob Wilson/Ray Miller)
*WJAR: Ripcord
*WPRO: Movie (1950's “Destination: Moon”)
6:15 pm
*WTIC: News (COLOR; Ed Anderson)
6:30 pm
*WGBH: World Press Review
*WTIC/WHDH: CBS Evening News (COLOR; weekend anchor Roger Mudd)
*WTEV: The Twilight Zone
*WNAC: Let's Go to the Races (COLOR)
*WHNC: Huckleberry Hound
*WMUR: Hialeah Turf Cup (COLOR; delay)
*WJAR: I Dream of Jeannie (COLOR)
*WSBK: Scherer-MacNeil Report (COLOR; weekend edition of the Huntley-Brinkley Report {ancestor of NBC Nightly News}; pre-empted by WBZ)
*WLVI: Hy-Lit (COLOR; local variety show)
7:00 pm
*WTIC: The Lucy Show (COLOR)
*WBZ: Eyewitness News (Borden/Carter)
*WHDH: Death Valley Days (COLOR; “Silver Tombstone” – hosting was Robert Taylor {who took over after previous host Ronald Reagan decided to shift focus to politics})
*WTEV: Captain Nice (COLOR)
*WNAC: New England Tonight (COLOR; John Henning)
*WHNC: Movie (1957's “The Giant Claw”)
*WMUR: Robin Hood
*WJAR: Death Valley Days (COLOR; this one features Calamity Jane teaming with Wild Bill Hickok)
*WSBK: Rawhide
7:15 pm
*WBZ: Sports (Bob Starr)
7:25 pm
*WBZ: Weather (Al Boyer)
7:30 pm
*WGBH: French Chef (Julia Child cooks salmon)
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Jackie Gleason (COLOR; Gene Kelly hosts Gleason's 51st birthday celebration)
*WBZ/WJAR: Flipper (COLOR; an oceanographer is seemingly harassed by Flipper but is unaware his tank contains poison gas)
*WTEV/WNAC/WMUR: The Dating Game (COLOR; celebrity contestant – Diane McBain)
*WLVI: Sports Feature
8:00 pm
*WGBH: NET Journal (“After the Miracle”; review of the history of Israel up to then; Peter O'Shaughnessy narration)
*WBZ/WJAR: Please Don't Eat the Daisies (COLOR; “Pest in the House”)
*WTEV/WNAC/WMUR: The Newlywed Game (COLOR)
*WPRO: Joe Mullaney Show
*WSBK: Alfred Hitchcock
8:25 pm
*WLVI: Hockey (Boston Bruins vs. Chicago Blackhawks)
8:30 pm
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Mission: Impossible (COLOR; “The Confession” – Briggs & his agents seek to expose a backer of a prominent Senator was behind said Senator's assassination that could turn the Cold War red hot)
*WBZ/WJAR: Get Smart (COLOR; “Where-What-How-Who Am I?” – Maxwell Smart overhears a KAOS plot to kill top scientists; only to suffer amnesia following a car crash)
*WTEV/WNAC/WHNC/WMUR: Lawrence Welk (COLOR; featured performers include Norma Zimmer; Jim Roberts; the Lennon Sisters and a guest appearance by country singer Connie Smith)
*WSBK: Movie (1946's “Night and Day”)
9:00 pm
*WGBH: Sport of the Week (Wrestling; Lehigh vs. Navy – recorded February 4)
*WBZ/WJAR: NBC Saturday Night at the Movies (COLOR; “The Borgia Stick”; featuring a man and woman who were spies posing as a regular couple)
9:30 pm
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Pistols 'n Petticoats (COLOR; “The Taming of Sorry Water”)
*WTEV/WNAC/WHNC/WMUR: Hollywood Palace (COLOR; featuring Mickey Rooney; Liza Minnelli; Chris Noel {fresh off her visit to Vietnam}; illusionists Milo & Roger; George Carlin; the Palace Duo and film clips of the Beatles)
10:00 pm
*WTIC/WHDH/WPRO: Gunsmoke (COLOR; “The Lure”)
10:30 pm
*WTEV: Movie (1950's “Winchester '73”; pre-empted Big Valley)
*WNAC: The Big Valley (COLOR; “Brother Love”)
*WHNC: Twilight Zone
*WMUR: Ski Report (hosted by Bruce Graham)
*WSBK: Movie (1947's “Gunfighters”)
*WLVI: Joe Pyne (COLOR; discussion show includes Rev. Ashton Jones {discussing civil rights}; psychiatrist Herman Feifel {discussing death}; author Glenn Fraikin and casino executive Sherlock Feldman {gambling})
10:45 pm
*WMUR: Movie (1961's “The Great War”)
11:00 pm
*WTIC: News/Sports (COLOR)
*WBZ: Eyewitness News (Terry Carter)
*WHDH: WHDH-TV News (COLOR; Goodrich/Miller/Wilson)
*WHNC: Channel 8 News (News/Sports/Weather) (COLOR)
*WJAR: The 11 O'Clock Report (News/Sports/Weather) (COLOR)
*WPRO: News (Wally Cryan)
11:10 pm
*WBZ: Weather (Al Boyer)
*WHNC: Capital Reports
*WPRO: Weather (Howie Holland)
11:15 pm
*WTIC: Weather (COLOR)
*WBZ: Movie (COLOR; 1960's “Kit Preston”)
*WHNC: Movie – Double Feature (1963's “The Mind Benders”/1961's “Tormented”)
*WPRO: Movie (1963's “The Strangler”)
11:20 pm
*WTIC: Movie – Double Feature (1958's “The Goddess”/1950's “In a Lonely Place”)
11:30 pm
*WHDH: Movie (1949's “The Devil's Wanton”)
*WNAC: Movie – Double Feature (1959's “Return of the Fly”/1959's “The Giant Gila Monster”)
*WJAR: Movie (1962's “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner”)
