Monday, October 12, 2009

Fall Preview:1959-60

Sort of a fun ad for TV 8 movies..





In The Style of Dateline Hollywood and New York Columns..TV Guide goes over some of the Local changes in the fall..Click to read more clearly..


WEWS-TV/WKBN/Fisher Foods' Ad for Ken Coleman's "Quarterback Club"



Double page spread with two ads..A Jerome Kern Special and Fibber McGee and Molly, In Their second week..














Ronnie Barrett, Cleveland Radio DJ..Had hosted Classical Music on KYW-FM in the mid 1950's before becoming part of the first cast on Channel 5's One O Clock Club in 1957..Here, he hosts the 11:20 Movie after the Pete French News..
Note:I copied these pages at the Akron Downtown Library months ago..Looking at the above ad many times I just now got the pun.."The Late Night Show is well above Pa(a)r"..I can be so dense sometimes!LOL!











TV Guide Sitcom preview for 1959-60




Today, lets look at the Fall TV season of 1959-60..Fifty years ago..TV guide was touting it as the "Year Of The Special" as it were, with 400 specials on Network TV for this season..Amazing, when you consider there were only 3 networks..In those days, when a show was pre-empted for a "Special" it was usually a more different, interesting or exciting program than the normal program in that time period..These days, with 500 or more channels, the lines become blurred as far as a "special program" is comcerned.




As far as series programming, the Western reigned supreme, with a total of 29, including 10 new shows. The only Western of this group to last a long time was "Bonanza" which aired for 12 and a half seasons on NBC..Though Laramie on the same Network lasted four seasons..



Next were Private Eyes, mostly on ABC, with Warner Brothers Shows like Hawaiian Eye and Bourbon Street Beat Making their debuts., as well as The Untouchables. Most of the detective shows of this era were gone by 1963..




According to TV Guide, the Situation Comedy was making a comeback, However, of the seven new sitcoms, only 3 lasted past 59-60..Dennis The Menace, Dobie Gillis and Henessey..NBC's ill-fated attempt at remaking Fibber McGee and Molly for TV barely lasted past the Holidays..






Locally, Myrus The Mentalist made a comeback on WJW-TV 8 Tuesdays at 8PM..Bozo also premiered this season on Channel 8 with Ed Fisher in The Clown Costume..New Bishop Sheen films were to air on WEWS Channel 5, along with Notre Dame Football Replays and Mike Hammer with Darren McGavin (Incidentally airing on Retro TV Network weekends in 2009)..KYW picked up Brave Stallion (Fury Reruns) in Syndication..


Lets take a look at a couple of sample program schedules:


Stations:

3 KYW NBC
5 WEWS ABC
8 WJW CBS
21 WFMJ Youngstown NBC
27 WKBN Youngstown CBS
45 WKST Youngstown ABC
49 WAKR Akron ABC

Saturday September 19, 1959

7:30
3 Land Is Ours
8 RFD
8:30
3 Albert P. Worm
8 Mr. Banjo's Carnival


8:55
5 News-Bill Prentice


9AM
3 Fife And Drum
5 Stu Erwin Show
21 Bugs Bunny


9:30
3 Cartoon Carnival
5 Christophers
8-27 Captain Kangaroo


10AM
3-21 Howdy Doody-COLOR
5 Uncle Al-ABC

10:30
3-21 Ruff And Reddy-COLOR
5 Movie-Western "Throwback"
8 Mighty Mouse
27 Cartoon Classics

11AM
3-21 Fury
8-27 Heckle And Jeckle


11:30
3-21 Circus Boy
5 Kit Carson
8-27 Robin Hood


Noon
3 Movie-1943 Comedy "Higher and Higher"
5 Dance Party
8 Rex Humbard
21 True Story
27 Serial Theater


12:30
8 Film Feature
21 Detective's Diary


1PM
5 Command Performance
8 Movie-TBA
21 Mr. Wizard
27 Movie-Lillian Russell 1940
49 Looney Tunes


1:30
5 Waterfront
21 Movie-TBA
49 Uncle Al-ABC


2PM
5 Movie-You Belong To Me 1941
49 Movie-Without Love 1945


2:30
3 Movie-This Man's Navy 1945
8 Bandstand-Phil McLean (Local)
27 Movie-The Flanagan Boy English 1954

3:30
5 Movie-You Were Never Lovelier-1942
21 Movie-TBA

4PM
3 Barnaby, Popeye and Friends
8 Roller Derby-RETURN
49 Movie-Pursuit-1945

4:30
3 Football Warmup-Jim Graner
8 Wrestling
27 Space Rangers

4:45
3-21 College Football-Rice at LSU-RETURN/COLOR-With Red Grange and Lindsey Nelson

5PM
49 Movie-Song Of The City-1927

5:30
5 Three Stooges-Saved By The Belle
8 Movie-TBA-Nikita Khruschev's arrival for a US Visit was scheduled at this time possibly pre-empting programming at this time..
27 Three Stooges

6PM
5 Lights, Camera..Questions-Panel
49 Movie-Ringside Maisie-1941

6:30
5 You Asked For It
27 News Of Today
45 Uncle Al-ABC

6:45
27 World Of Sports

7PM
5 Jamboree-RETURN-Tommy Edwards
8 Death Valley Days
27 McKenzie's Raiders
45 Cisco Kid
7:15
3 Football Scoreboard

7:30
3-21 Bonanza-COLOR
5-45 Dick Clark
8-27 The Reckoning
49 Movie-The Unholy Night-1929

8PM
5 Herald Playhouse-Syndicated
45 Jubilee USA-Red Foley

8:30
3-21 Man And The Challenge
5 Jubilee USA
8-27 Wanted-Dead Or Alive


9PM
3-21 The Deputy
5-45-49 Lawrence Welk
8-27 Brenner

9:30
3-21 Khruschev Visit-Pre-empts Cimarron City
8-27 Have Gun, Will Travel

10PM
5 Indians Baseball-Cleveland at Kansas City A's Ken Coleman, Bill McColgan (Indians won 13-7)
8-27 Gunsmoke
45 Sherlock Holmes
49 Movie-Presenting Lily Mars


10:30
3 Bold Venture
8-TBA
21 It Could Be You-Bill Leyden
27 Border Patrol
45 Movie-The Twonky-1953


11PM
3 News-John Mahoney
8 News-Jim Doney
21-27 News


11:05
3 Weather-Dick Reynolds


11:10
3 Sports-Jim Graner
8 Sports-Doug Adair
27 Movie-Silent Raiders 1954


11:15
3 Movie-Operation Manhunt-1954
8 Weather-Howard Hoffman


11:20
8 Movie-The Horn Blows At Midnight-1945
21 Movie-The Prowler-1951


11:45
49 Movie-Reducing-1930

12:25
5 Baseball Scoreboard


12:30
27 Wrestling

1AM
3 Movie-Powder Town-1942
8 Movie-Dead Man's Eyes-1944


Thursday, September 24, 1959
6:30
3 Credo-Channel 3 used this title for Interfaith religious sign-on messages into the 1980s..
6:35
3 Morning News Roundup
6:45
3 Today's Classroom
7AM
3-21 Today
8 Morning Meditation
7:15
8 Rex Humbard
7:30
8 Spunky And Tadpole
8AM
27 CBS News-Richard C. Hottelet
8:15
8-27 Captain Kangaroo
8:55
3 News-Tom Haley
5 News-Randy Culver
9AM
3 Movie-The Stranger's Return -Part 2-1933 (Cash On The Line)
5 Western Reserve Telecourse
8 Movie-Lady Gangster-1942 (Watch And Win)
21 Coffee Break-Drama Probably antholgy reruns
27 Movie-The Keys Of the kingdom-Part 2-1944
9:30
5 Paige Palmer
21 Bugs Bunny
10AM
21 Dough Re Mi-Game
10:20
8 News-Jim Doney
10:25
3 Window-Women
10:30
3-21 Treasure Hunt-Jan Murray
8-27 Sam Levenson
11AM
3-21 The Price Is Right-Bill Cullen
5 Red Riley-Kids
8-27 I Love Lucy
11;30
3-21 Concentration-Hugh Downs
5 Stu Erwin Show
8-27 Top Dollar-Game
Noon
3-21 Tic Tac Dough
5 News-Randy Culver
8-27 Love Of Life
49 Movie-The Good Earth-1937
12:05
5 Noon Show-Captain Penny
12:30
3-21 It Could Be You-Bill Leyden
8 Search For Tomorrow
27 Movie-The Man Who Lived Twice-1936
12:45
8 Guiding Light
1PM
3 Movie-Christopher Strong-1933 (Big Wilson)
5 One O Clock Club
8 Movie-Notorious Gentleman-1947
21 News Headlines
1:15
21 Kitchen Corner-Marjorie Mariner
1:45
27 Carousel-Women
2PM
21 Queen For A Day
27 For Better Or Worse-Serial
45-49 Day In Court
2:30
5-45-49 Gale Storm Show
8-27 Linkletter's House Party
21 The Thin Man
2:50
3 News-Pete French
3PM
3-21 Young Dr. Malone
5-45-49 Beat The Clock-Bud Collyer
8-27 Big Payoff
3;30
3-21 From These Roots
5-45-49 Who Do You Trust?
8-27 The Verdict Is Yours
4PM
3-21 Truth Or Consequences-COLOR-Bob Barker
5-45-49 American Bandstand-Dick Clark
8 Brighter Day
27 Cartoon Classics
4:15
8-27 Secret Storm
4:30
3-21 County Fair-Bert Parks
8 Edge Of Night
27 Movie-Armored Car
49 Movie-High Noon-1952
5PM
3 Barnaby, Popeye And Friends
8 As The World Turns
21 Looneyville
5:30
3 Movie-The Iron Major-1943
5-45 Adventure Time
8 Movie-The Duke Of West Point-1938
21 Popeye And Friends
27 Three Stooges
6PM
5 Three Stooges-Ants In The Pantry
21 Huckleberry Hound
45 My Hero-Early Robert Cummings sitcom
49 Looney Tunes
6:15
27 Suppertime-Humbards
6:30
5 News/Comment-Dorothy Fuldheim
21-27 News
45 Film Short
6:45
5 News-Tom Field
21 NBC News-Huntley/Brinkley
27 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
45 ABC News-John Daly
49 Zip Interviews-Akron U. Sports
6:50
3 News-Pete French
5 Weather-"Sunny" Day
6:55
3 Here's The Pitch-Sports
5 Three Stooges and Friends
49 Weather, News
7PM
3 77th Bengal Lancers
8 City Camera-News
21 Target-Adolphe Menjou
27 Roving Camera-Stu Wilson
45 Abbott And Costello
7:10
8 Sports Camera-Warren Moran
7:15
5 NBC News-Huntley/Brinkley-For a time in 1959-60..Up till Friday, July 1, 1960..WEWS carried Huntley/Brinkley..Monday, July 4 1960 Huntley/Brinkley moved over to KYW-TV 3
8 CBS News-Douglas Edwards
49 ABC News-John Daly
7:30
3-5-8-21-27-45-49 Khruschev Visit-Reporters/Commentators:NBC-Ray Scherer, Richard Harkness-ABC:John Secondari, Robert Fleming, Charles Ashley-CBS:Walter Cronkite, Howard K. Smith, Paul Niven and Whitman Bassow..
8PM
3-21 Who Pays?-Mike Wallace..Panelists-Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Celeste Holm and Gene Klavan.."Bat Masterson" Moves to this time next week.
5-45 Zorro-To be replaced by Donna Reed The following week..
8-27 December Bride-'The Betty Hutton Show" premieres next week at this time..as December Bride moves to Weekdays
49 Movie-Tugboat Annie-1933
8:30
3-21 Staccato
5 Real McCoys
8-27 Yancy Derringer-Last Show-"Johnny Ringo" premieres at this time next week
45 26 Men
9PM
3-21 Bachelor Father
5-45-49 Leave It To Beaver-Moves to Saturday Nights at 8:30 Pat Boone returns next week at this time
8-27 Zane Grey Theater
9:30
3-21 21 Beacon Street-Last Show-The Ford Show with Tennessee Ernie Ford returns to this time slot next week
5-45 Rough Riders-Last Show-After an expanded Pat Boone Show and an episode of "Meet McGraw" "The Untouchables" premieres Oct. 15, 1959
8-27 Playhouse 90
49 Movie-Words and Music-1948
10PM
3-21 Groucho Marx
5 Waterfront
45 Confidential File
10:30
3 It's A Great Life
5 Quarterback Club-Browns Highlights with Ken Coleman
21 Masquerade Party-COLOR-Last Show
11PM
3 News-Pete French
5 News-Tom Field
8-27 News-Warren Guthrie
21 News
11:10
3 Weather-Joe Finan
8 Press Box-John Fitzgerald
11:15
3 Sports-Jim Graner
5 Jack Paar
8 Weather-Doug Adair
11:20
3 Movie-The Squaw Man-1931
8 Movie-Crash Dive-1943
21 Jack Paar
27 Movie-The Queen Of Spades -English 1950
1AM'
5 News-Paul Wilcox











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