What's on TV? Thursday, August 26, 1971

Although we've been in Ohio before (namely, Cincinnati), this is, I believe, the first time we've made a trip to the state's other two population centers: Cleveland and Columbus. I'm still not quite sure I chose the right day and stations to spotlight; there's some quirkiness that I'll point out in due course, but otherwise it's a pretty normal day. Not that normal isn't good. Not at all.

One final note: TV Guide is still indicating what shows are being broadcast in color, despite the fact almost all of them are. This will soon change, and they will simply identify the shows that are in B&W. For my own convenience, I've chosen to accelerate the schedule a bit, so I'm only indicating the B&W shows as well. But then I always ahead of my time.    

	WKYC, Channel 3 (Cleveland) (NBC)
	Morning
	06:20a	Farm Report
	06:25a	Education Exchange
	06:55a	What’s Doing?
	07:00a	Today (guest Louis Russell)
	09:00a	Mike Douglas (guests Ted Mack, Larry Storch, Linda Bennett, Harold Streitfield
	10:30a	Concentration
	11:00a	Sale of the Century
	11:30a	The Hollywood Squares (guests Stu Gilliam, Janet Leigh, Rose Marie, Kent McCord, Bobby Morse, Jan Murray, Karen Valentine, Paul Lynde, Charley Weaver)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Jeopardy
	12:30p	The Who, What or Where Game
	12:55p	NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
	01:00p	Dinah’s Place (guest Graham Kerr)
	01:30p	Three on a Match
	02:00p	Days of our Lives
	02:30p	The Doctors
	03:00p	Another World
	03:30p	Bright Promise
	04:00p	Somerset
	04:30p	Movie – “Posse From Hell”
	Evening
	06:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	06:30p	NBC Nightly News (John Chancellor)
	07:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	07:30p	NBC Action Playhouse
	08:30p	Ironside
	09:30p	Adam-12
	10:00p	Powder Room (special)
	10:30p	What’s Up? (special)
	11:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	11:30p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guest host Joey Bishop)

Now that Joey Bishop's ABC talk show has ended, he can go back to where he really belongs: as the semi-permanent guest host for Johnny Carson. Powder Room is a pilot for a series, much like Love, American Style in that it tells multiple separate short stories in each episode. It's introduced by Dean Martin, who probably spent about as much time on this as he did rehearsing his own show - in other words, none at all.

	WLWC, Channel 4 (Columbus) (NBC)
	Morning
	06:00a	Sunrise Seminar
	06:30a	Columbus Today
	07:00a	Today (guest Louis Russell)
	09:00a	Paul Dixon
	10:30a	Phil Donahue
	11:30a	The Hollywood Squares (guests Stu Gilliam, Janet Leigh, Rose Marie, Kent McCord, Bobby Morse, Jan Murray, Karen Valentine, Paul Lynde, Charley Weaver)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Bob Braun’s 50-50 Club (guest Bill Bixby)
	01:30p	Three on a Match
	02:00p	Days of our Lives
	02:30p	The Doctors
	03:00p	Another World
	03:30p	Bright Promise
	04:00p	Somerset
	04:30p	To Be Announced
	05:30p	Dragnet (B&W)
	Evening
	06:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	06:30p	NBC Nightly News (John Chancellor)
	07:00p	Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
	07:30p	NBC Action Playhouse
	08:30p	Ironside
	09:30p	Adam-12
	10:00p	Powder Room (special)
	10:30p	What’s Up? (special)
	11:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	11:30p	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guest host Joey Bishop)

Following Powder Room at 10:30 is What's Up?, another failed pilot, this time hosted by Jackie Cooper. I love how these failed pilots are always repackaged into some kind of Summer Playhouse or other "special." True, some of them are better than the ones that made it to the network schedules, but most of them leave you scratching your head and wondering what they were thinking.

	WEWS, Channel 5 (Cleveland) (ABC)
	Morning
	08:00a	Romper Room
	08:30a	Girlwatch
	08:55a	News (local)
	09:00a	Dialing for Dollars
	10:00a	The Galloping Gourmet
	10:30a	The Beverly Hillbillies
	11:00a	Family Affair
	11:30a	That Girl
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Bewitched
	12:30p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	01:00p	All My Children
	01:30p	Let’s Make a Deal
	02:00p	The Newlywed Game
	02:30p	The Dating Game
	03:00p	General Hospital
	03:30p	One Life to Live
	04:00p	Password (Panelists Juliet Mills, Marty Allen)
	04:30p	Run For Your Life
	05:30p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	Evening
	06:00p	David Frost (guests Margaret (Mrs. John) McNamara, Norm Crosby, Alejandro Rey, Trish Van Devere, Al Hibbler, Bobby Gosh)
	07:30p	Alias Smith and Jones
	08:30p	Bewitched
	09:00p	Make Room for Granddaddy
	09:30p	Engelbert Humperdinck (guests Lena Horne, Joel Gray, Trisha Noble, Vanity Fare) (special)
	10:30p	This Is Your Life
	11:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	11:30p	Dick Cavett
	01:00a	U.S. Navy

Engelbert Humperdinck, who tried and failed to follow in Tom Jones' footsteps as the next successful British import, nonetheless has had a long and reasonably successful career. This special (in reality a rerun of a show from his ABC series run) preempts Dan August, as you can see over at WTVN. I don't know if WEWS did this on a regular basis, but considering Dan August is airing the infamous "last show of the series," I wouldn't be surprised.

	WTVN, Channel 6 (Columbus) (ABC)
	Morning
	07:00a	Facts and Opinion
	07:15a	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	07: 45a	Fennimore’s Fables
	08:00a	Romper Room
	08:30a	Fennimore’s Fables
	09:00a	David Frost (guests Margaret (Mrs. John) McNamara, Norm Crosby, Alejandro Rey, Trish Van Devere, Al Hibbler, Bobby Gosh)
	10:30a	Mantrap
	11:00a	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	11:20p	Lucille Rivers
	11:30a	That Girl
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Bewitched
	12:30p	Love, American Style
	01:00p	All My Children
	01:30p	Let’s Make a Deal
	02:00p	Virginia Graham (guests Barbara Eden and Michael Ansara, Lou Rawls, Margo Coleman)
	03:00p	General Hospital
	03:30p	One Life to Live
	04:00p	The Galloping Gourmet
	04:30p	Huckleberry Hound/Yogi Bear
	05:00p	I Love Lucy (B&W)
	05:30p	The Big Valley
	Evening
	06:30p	Truth or Consequences
	07:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	07:30p	Alias Smith and Jones
	08:30p	Bewitched
	09:00p	Make Room for Granddaddy
	09:30p	Dan August (last show of the series)
	10:30p	NFL Action
	11:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	11:30p	Dick Cavett

I wrote about NFL Action on Saturday; that show does bring back some good memories. Frank Sinatra is the special guest on Danny Thomas' Make Room For Granddaddy, which undoubtedly brought back memories of the original Make Room For Daddy - not enough, alas, for the show to run more than a single season.

	WJW, Channel 8 (Cleveland) (CBS)
	Morning
	06:20a	News (local)
	06:30a	Summer Semester (New Science)
	07:00a	CBS Morning News With John Hart
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Cartoons
	10:00a	The Edge of Night
	11:30a	Here’s Lucy
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local)
	12:30p	Search For Tomorrow
	01:00p	Love of Life
	01:30p	As the World Turns
	02:00p	Love is a Many Splendored Thing
	02:30p	The Guiding Light
	03:00p	Adventure Road
	03:50p	News (local)
	04:00p	Gomer Pyle, USMC
	04:30p	Merv Griffin (guest host TBA)
	Evening
	06:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	06:30p	CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite
	07:00p	Truth or Consequences
	07:30p	Family Affair
	08:00p	Lancer
	09:00p	Movie – “The Frozen Dead”
	11:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	11:40p	Movie Double Feature – “Young Mr. Lincoln” (B&W), “Scarlet Angel”

I never realized there was so much competition for the summer educational dollar. We've seen Continental Classroom many times in the past, and there's the venerable Summer Semester, the summer version of Sunrise Semester, listed here and at WBSN; earlier, on WKYC, there was a program called Sunrise Seminar. Now, unless this is a typo (and it isn't; I checked some alternate listings), it's yet another morning classroom show. Maybe it was local, from Ohio State or something.

	WBNS, Channel 10 (Columbus) (CBS)
	Morning
	06:00a	Summer Semester (New Science)
	06:30a	Sacred Heart
	06:45a	Farm Time
	07:00a	Faith for Today
	07: 30a	CBS Morning News with John Hart
	08:00a	Captain Kangaroo
	09:00a	Luci’s Toyshop
	09:55a	I Believe
	10:00a	Here’s Lucy
	10:30a	Gomer Pyle, USMC
	11:30a	Love of Life
	Afternoon
	12:00p	News (local)
	12:30p	Search For Tomorrow
	01:00p	Jury Trials
	01:30p	As the World Turns
	02:00p	Love is a Many Splendored Thing
	02:30p	The Guiding Light
	03:00p	The Secret Storm
	03:30p	The Edge of Night
	04:00p	Movie – “Meet Me at the Fair”
	Evening
	06:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	06:30p	CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite
	07:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	07:30p	Family Affair
	08:00p	Lancer
	09:00p	Movie – “The New Interns”
	11:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	11:30p	Movie – “The Goddess” (B&W)

"The New Interns" appears to be the movie of choice on WBNS; the rest of the CBS nation is getting "The Frozen Dead." No idea if there's any significance to this at all, but Judith Crist did say that "The Frozen Dead" is "as professional as it is tasteless," for what that's worth. How on earth did Dana Andrews wind up in this? Don't tell me; it probably has to do with money.

	WJAN, Channel 17 (Canton) (Ind.)
	Afternoon
	02:00p	Movie – “Welcome Stranger” (B&W)
	04:00p	Milton the Milkman
	Evening
	06:00p	News, Weather, Sports (local)
	06:30p	Town and Country
	07:00p	Suspense Theatre
	08:00p	Movie – “False Madonna” (B&W)
	10:00p	Movie – “Road to Utopia” (B&W)

Canton, Ohio - home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I wouldn't call this a hall of fame lineup, with a sign-on at 2:00 p.m., but such is the life of a UHF station. You can read more about this interesting channel here.

	WVIZ, Channel 25 (Cleveland) (PBS)
	Afternoon
	05:00p	Sesame Street
	Evening
	06:00p	Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
	06:30p	What’s New
	07:00p	Tonight School
	07:30p	Know Your Antiques
	08:00p	Washington Week in Review
	08:30p	NET Playhouse
	10:00p	Evening at Pops (guest William F. Buckley Jr.)

On Saturday, we asked the question "is anyone watching public television?" These two stations demonstrate what a challenge that would have been. They're both UHF, they don't come on until after school (unless they provided classroom programming during the day), and they only stay on until about 11:00 p.m. On the other hand, it's likely a function of the limited PBS national schedule as much as anything.

	WOSU, Channel 34 (Columbus) (PBS)
	Afternoon
	04:00p	Sesame Street
	05:00p	Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
	05:30p	What’s New (B&W)
	Evening
	06:00p	Speaking Freely
	07:00p	American Story Classics (B&W)
	07:30p	Folk Guitar (B&W)
	08:00p	Washington Week in Review
	08:30p	NET Playhouse
	10:00p	From Here to There

To add to what I wrote above, you can see that WOSU (broadcast from Ohio State) still has black-and-white programs on their schedule. The station lives on today; rest assured that their entire schedule is in color.

	WUAB, Channel 43 (Cleveland) (Ind.)
	Morning
	10:50a	News (local)
	11:00a	Small World
	11:30a	Underdog
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Bugs Bunny
	12:30p	The Barnaby Show
	01:00p	Movie – “Navy Blues” (B&W)
	02:50p	Lucille Rivers
	03:00p	Abbott and Costello (B&W)
	03:30p	Spiderman
	04:00p	Superman
	04:30p	Batman
	05:00p	Gentle Ben
	05:30p	Patty Duke (B&W)
	Evening
	06:00p	Beat the Clock (guest Anita Gillette)
	06:30p	Flipper
	07:00p	Gilligan’s Island
	07:30p	The Wild Wild West
	08:30p	Dragnet
	09:00p	Movie – “The Garment Jungle” (B&W)
	11:00p	Honey West
	11:30p	Movie- “Wyoming Kid” (B&W)

Have you ever wondered who Lucille Rivers is? She's popped up in these listings many times over the years; today, she was on here at 2:50 p.m. with a ten-minute program, and she was also on earlier on WTVN. She was, in fact, a nationally syndicated writer on sewing, and her show was seen in 126 markets in the U.S. and another 23 in Canada. Why not read more about her by going here.

	WKBF, Channel 61 (Cleveland) (Ind.)
	Morning
	10:30a	Newsroom
	11:00a	Jack LaLanne
	11:30a	Mr. Ed (B&W)
	Afternoon
	12:00p	Cartoons
	01:00p	Movie – “Never Love a Stranger” (B&W)
	03:00p	Kimba
	03:30p	Huckleberry Hound
	04:00p	The Flintstones
	04:30p	The Addams Family (B&W)
	05:00p	The Flintstones
	05:30p	The Munsters (B&W)
	Evening
	06:00p	My Favorite Martian (B&W)
	06:30p	I Love Lucy (B&W)
	07:00p	McHale’s Navy (B&W)
	07:30p	The Movie Game (guests Trevor Howard, Richard Deacon, Lee Grant, Peter Haskell, Louis Nye, Stefanie Powers)
	08:00p	Movie – “Mogambo”
	10:00p	Perry Mason
	11:00p	Movie – “The Saracen Blade”

Not much to say about WKBF other than that this is a darn good independent lineup, one you could almost assemble intact today if you have the right DVD lineup. TV