Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Looking at:August 1957 (Part One)


WJW-TV ad in TV Guide for their 2 daily and one weekend movie packages. One of them hosted by Alice Weston, already a veteran presence in Cleveland TV since 1947..

TV Guide Ad for KYW-TV's "One-o-Clock Movie" which was presented seven days a week.

Ad for the Syndicated "State Trooper" on KYW-3. Sponsored by Local Brewer Cleveland/Sandusky Brewing Co., makers of Gold Bond Beer


While this has nothing to do with TV directly, this ad was in TV Guide August 3-9, 1957. Superior Meats is based in Canton-Massillon, Ohio..Frankies was "The Keener Wiener" even 50 years ago..

We'll look today at August 1957..Around this time American Television was changing slowly, with Hollywood Studios, most notably Disney (since 1954) and Warner Brothers
getting into TV production.. There was less live production out of New York.."I Love Lucy" had just finished its last season in a half-hour format before 3 seasons as part of "Desilu Playhouse" as hour specials..

KYW-TV 3 was just getting established as a Westinghouse owned station..WEWS-TV 5 had just moved into newly built studios at 3001 Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland in Spring 1957. WJW was in fairly new studios at 1630 Euclid Avenue,,abut 2 years into Storer ownership..There were several color shows on TV this week (Aug. 3-9, 1957) all on NBC stations (3, 21).

American Bandstand with Dick Clark debuted Monday August 5, 1957 at 3PM on Channels 5 and 49..Arlene Francis' Home program on NBC was canceled Friday, August 9, 1957, lasting about 3 years..

Cleveland TV Guide Listings

August 3 and 4 1957

KYW-3 NBC Cleveland
WEWS-5 ABC Cleveland
WJW-8 CBS Cleveland
WFMJ-21 NBC Youngstown
WKBN-27 CBS/ABC Youngstown
WAKR-49 ABC Akron

Saturday August 3, 1957

7:30
3 This Land Is Ours

8:30
3 American Literature
8 Movie-Overland Riders

8:55
5 News-Ron Penfound

9AM
3 Geography For Decision
5 Movie-Border Wolves

9:20
8 Ohio Story

9:30
3 Kartoons For Kids
8-27 Captain Kangaroo

10AM
3-21 Howdy Doody
5 Liberace

10:30
3-21 Gumby Show
5 Movie-Cowboy Roundup
8 Mighty Mouse
27 Cartoon Classics

11AM
3-21 Fury
8-27 Susan's Show

11:30
3-21 Captain Gallant
5 Movie-The Wild Frontier
8 Children's Playhouse-DEBUT
27 Its A Hit-Game-Happy Felton-Baseball Quiz Show apparently-Pitchers Bob Turley of the Yankees and and Bob Lemon of the Indians are "managers"

Noon
3-21 True Story
8-27 Big Top

12:30
3-21 Detective's Diary
5 Movie-Code Of the Outlaw-1942
49 Movie-Oath Of Vengeance

1PM
3 Movie-Strictly Dynamite-1934
8 Lone Ranger
21 Movie-TBA
27 Movie-Singing Cowboy

1:30
5 Warmup-Bill Veeck
8-49 Rex Humbard

1:55
5 Baseball-Cleveland Indians at New York Yankees-Ken Coleman, Jim Britt announcing

2PM
8 RFD
27 Movie-TBA
49 Mr. and Mrs. North

2:15
21 Bowling Time

2:30
3 Movie Gildersleeve's Bad Day-1943
21 Baseball-Brooklyn Dodgers at Milwaukee Braves-Leo Durocher, Lindsay Nelson
49 Film Drama

2:45
8 Film Short

3PM
8 Bandstand-Music
49 Movie-Force Of Evil

4PM
3 Movie-Fighting Frontier 1943
8 Camera Three

4:15
5 Baseball Scoreboard

4:30
5 Film Drama
8 Film Drama
21 Bowling Time
27 Frontiersman
49 Movie-Dead Or Alive?

5PM
3 Get Set, Go
5 Movie-Silver Bullet
8 Looney Tunes

5:30
3 TV Auction Party
8 Tomorrow-Ted Anthony
21 Popeye
27 Hopalong Cassidy
49 Looney Tunes

6PM
3 The Key-Public Service
5 Kit Carson
8 Frontier
27 Celebrity Theater
49 Movie-Jackie Robinson Story

6:30
3 Lights Camera, Questions
5 Gene Autry
8 Annie Oakley
21 Get Set, Go
27 Sports, News

7PM
3 City Detective
5 Liberace
8 Heart Of Yhe City-Drama
21 To Be Announced
27 Ozzie And Harriett-ABC Wed. 9PM

7:30
3-21 People Are Funny
5 Jim Bowie
8-27 Buccaneers

8PM
3-21 Julius LaRosa-COLOR
5-49 Billy Graham-Summer Series
8-27 Jimmy Durante

8:30
8 Jimmy Dean-Summer series from Washington, DC-CBS Sat. 10:30
27 Two For The Money

9PM
3-21 George Sanders-Anthology
5-27-49 Lawrence Welk
8 Oh Susanna

9:30
3-21 Dollar A Second
8 SRO Playhouse

10PM
3-21 Encore Theater
5 I Led Three Lives
8-27 Gunsmoke
49 Movie-TBA

10:30
3-21 Adventure Theater
5 Country Music Jubilee-Red Foley
8 Silent Service
27 Moment Of Decision

11PM
3 News-Tom Field
5 News-John B. Hughes
8 News-Jim Doney
21 Sports, Weather
27 Polka Party

11:05
3 Movie-The White Tower-1950

11:10
8 Sports-Jim Graner

11:15
5 Movie-Recoil
8 Movie-Ladies In Retirement-1941
21 Movie-The Paradine Case-1947

11:30
27 Wrestling Time
49 Movie-Dixie Dugan

12:30
3 News-Tom Field

1AM
5 News-Court Stanton
8 Movie-Behind Locked Doors-1948

Sunday, August 4, 1957

8AM
3 Sunday School

8:30
3 This Is The Answer

8:45
8 The Lord's Prayer

8:55
5 News-Court Stanton

9AM
3 Frontiers Of Faith
5 Prayer Meeting
8 Christophers

9:15
8-27 Living Word

9:30
3 Spirituals-Mary Holt
5 Movie-Wheels Of Deatiny
8 Looney Tunes
27 Christophers

10AM
8 Movie-Gentleman From Texas
27 This Is The Life

10:30
3 Christophers
27 Look Up and Live

11AM
3 Movie-Beyond The Rockies
5 Chrisstophers
8-49 Rex Humbard
27 Movie-Fast Bullets

11:30
5 Man-To-Man-Religion
21 Faith For Today

11:45
5 Charming Woman-Beauty

Noon
3 Highlights Of Opera
5 Gene Carroll
8-27 Let's Take A Trip
21 I Wonder Why
49 This Is The Life

12:30
3 Bride To Be
8-27 Wild Bill Hickock
21 Movie-TBA
49 Allen Revival-Religion

1PM
3 Movie-There Goes The Groom 1937
5 Polka Parade
8 Heckle and Jeckel-Cartoons
27 Oral Roberts
49 Movie-Nancy Steel Is Missing

1:30
5 Warmup-Veeck
8 Movie-West Of The Alamo-1946
21 Lift Every Voice
27 Movie-Too Late For Tears

1:55
5 Baseball-Indiand At Yankees-Coleman/Britt

2PM
21 Komedy Kut-Ups

2:30
3 Circle 3-Kids-Cartoons and a Western
8 Chapel
21 Conservation Club
49 Oral Roberts

3PM
8 Sacred Heart
21 Telerama
27 AAU Championship Swimming-SPECIAL
49 Movie-The Dark Man

3:15
8 Christian Science Heals
21 That We May See

3:30
3-21 Watch Mr. Wizard
8 This Is The Life

4PM
3-21 American Forum
8 Face The Nation

4:25
5 Baseball Scoreboard

4:30
3-21 Zoo Parade-COLOR
5 Televideo Theater-Drama
8 Movie-The Lady Is Willing-1942

5PM
3 Sermons From Science
5 Cross Current-Drama
21 Catholic Hour
27 You Are There

5:30
3-21 As Others See Us-SPECIAL
5 Movie-Border Wolves (same as 9AM Saturday)
27 Theater Time-Drama

6PM
3 Meet The Press
8 All Star Theater
21 Annie Oakley
27 Spike Jones
49 Movie-Texas Terror

6:30
3 Lassie-CBS 7PM Sunday
5 Whirlybirds
8 You Asked For It-ABC 7PM Sunday
21 Movie-Pardon My Gun-1943 (Cowboy Theater)
27 Disneyland-ABC 7:30 Wednesday

7PM
3 Matin Kane
5 Range Rider
8 Amos N Andy
49 Duffy's Tavern

7:30
3-21 Circus Boy
5 Rin Tin Tin-ABC Fri. 7:30
8-27 My Favorite Husband

8PM
3-21 Steve Allen
5 Film Drama
8-27 Ed Sullivan

8:30
5 Crossroads-ABC Fri. 8:30
Religious drama series-Vincent Price Guest stars

9PM
3-21 TV Playhouse-COLOR
5 Club Playhouse
8 GE Theater
27 Phil Silvers CBS Fri. 9PM
49-Movie-Tonight And Every Night

9:30
5 Midwestern Hayride-Paul Dixon
8-27 Alfred Hitchcock

10PM
3-21 The Web
5 Mike Wallace Interviews
8-27 $64,000 Challenge

10:30
3 Sheriff Of Cochise
5 Public Defender
8-27 What's My Line?
21 Waterfront
49 I Spy

11PM
3 News-Tom Field
5 Movie-Confessions Of Boston Blackie
8 News-Jim Doney
21-27 News, Sports
49 Rex Humbard

11:10
3 Sports-Paul Bedford
8 Sports-Jim Graner
21 Movie-4 Jills In A Jeep
27 Movie-Blind Date

11:15
3 Movie-Kept Husbands-1931
8 Weather-Ken Armstrong

11:20
8 Movie-The Sign Of The Ram-1948

12:30
3 News-Tom Field
5 News-Randy Culver

Next:Monday August 5, 1957..All schedules, graphics courtesy TV Guide

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