Retro: This Week in TV Guide, July 23, 1966 - MN State Edition

This week, What's My Line? continues "The Great Woman Hunt" to replace the late Dorothy Kilgallen, Malcolm Muggeridge puts the quality (or lack thereof) of TV programming into perspective (with a back-handed compliment or two), and Alex Trebek (perhaps sans mustache?) appears on American television, long before Jeopardy. Plus sports, movies, Sullivan vs. The Palace and more!

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

This week's listing is from Wednesday, July 27. Note that KTCA, the educational channel in Minneapolis, is still primarily a local channel, whereas WDSE, Channel 8 in Duluth, has much more programming from NET. Not surprising, since KTCA was one of the last holdouts when it came to removing the "education" component from public television. Also, Garry Moore sidekick Durward Kirby is one of the celebrity players on Match Game - I can never see his name without thinking of Bullwinkle and the quest for the Kirward Derby.

KTCA, Channel 2 (Educ.)
Evening
06:00p Silver Wings
06:30p Facets of Ballet
07:00p Cineposium
07:30p Plays of Shakespeare
08:00p Conversational Spanish
08:30p Hamline University
09:00p Marvelous Minnesota
09:30p Let Your Garden Grow
10:00p Duologue
10:30p Efficient Reading

KDAL, Channel 3 (Duluth) (CBS)
Morning
07:50a Farm and Home
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a I Love Lucy
09:30a The McCoys
10:00a Andy Griffith
10:30a Bingo
11:00a Love of Life
11:25a CBS News
11:30a Search For Tomorrow
11:45a The Guiding Light
Afternoon
12:00p Town and Country
12:30p As the World Turns
01:00p Password (Robert Young, Jane Wyatt)
01:30p House Party (color)
02:00p To Tell the Truth
02:30p The Edge of Night
03:00p The Secret Storm
03:30p Route 66
04:30p Cartoons
05:00p Leave It to Beaver
05:30p CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Lost in Space
07:30p The Beverly Hillbillies (color)
08:00p Green Acres (color)
08:30p Dick Van Dyke
09:00p John Gary (Anita Bryant, the Righteous Brothers, Burns and Schreiber) (color)
10:00p News (local)
10:15p Movie – “The Eddie Cantor Story”

WCCO, Channel 4 (CBS)
Morning
06:00a Summer Semester
06:30a Siegfried and His Flying Saucer
07:00a Tree House
07:30a Clancy and Company
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a Dr. Reuben K. Youngdahl
09:05a News (local)
09:30a Mike Douglas (Jordan Christopher, Guy Marks, Jody Miller)
10:00a Andy Griffith
10:30a Dick Van Dyke
11:00a Love of Life
11:25a CBS News
11:30a Search For Tomorrow
11:45a The Guiding Light
Afternoon
12:00p News (local)
12:15p Something Special
12:25p Weather (local)
12:30p As the World Turns
01:00p Password (Robert Young, Jane Wyatt)
01:30p House Party (color)
02:00p To Tell the Truth
02:30p The Edge of Night
03:00p The Secret Storm
03:30p I Love Lucy
04:00p Movie – “The Pathfinder and the Mohican”
05:30p CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Lost in Space
07:30p The Beverly Hillbillies (color)
08:00p Green Acres (color)
08:30p Dick Van Dyke
09:00p John Gary (Anita Bryant, the Righteous Brothers, Burns and Schreiber) (color)
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Movie – “The Lone Hand” (color)
12:05a Movie – “Undertow” (time approximate)

KSTP, Channel 5 (NBC)
Morning
06:30a City and Country (color)
07:00a Today (guest host James Daly, Jon Lindberg, Robert Cassweller, Wally Parks) (color)
09:00a Eye Guess (color)
09:30a Concentration
10:00a Chain Letter (Mickey Manners, Abby Dalton) (color)
10:30a Showdown (color)
11:00a Jeopardy (color)
11:30a Swingin’ Country (Guy Mitchell) (color)
11:55a NBC News
Afternoon
12:00p News and Weather (local) (color)
12:15p Dialing for Dollars (color)
12:30p Let’s Make a Deal (color )
12:55p NBC News (color)
01:00p Days of Our Lives (color)
01:30p The Doctors
02:00p Another World (color)
02:30p You Don’t Say! (Roberta Sherwood, Bill Bixby) (color)
03:00p The Match Game (Florence Henderson, Durward Kirby) (color)
03:25p NBC News (color)
03:30p Dialing for Dollars (color)
04:30p Sugarfoot
05:25p Doctor’s House Call (color)
05:30p Huntley-Brinkley Report
Evening
06:00p News (local) (color)
06:30p The Virginian (color)
08:00p Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
09:00p I Spy (color)
10:00p News (local) (color)
10:30p The Tonight Show (color)
12:15a M Squad

KMMT , Channel 6 (Austin) (ABC)
Morning
10:00a Supermarket Sweep
10:30a The Dating Game
11:00a Donna Reed
Afternoon
12:00p Ben Casey
01:00p The Newlywed Game
01:30p A Time For Us
01:55p ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
02:00p General Hospital
02:30p The Nurses
03:00p Dark Shadows
03:30p Where the Action Is (The McCoys, Joe Tex, Chris Clark, Tina Mason, Steve Alaimo)
04:00p Movie – “Fighting Fools”
05:30p Trails West
Evening
06:00p Peter Jennings With the News
06:15p News, Sports, Weather (local)
06:30p Batman (color)
07:00p Patty Duke
07:30p Blue Light (color)
08:00p Movie – “Holiday for Lovers” (color)
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Trails West
11:00p News (local)

KCMT, Channel 7 (Alexandria) (NBC/ABC)
Morning
07:00a Today (guest host James Daly, Jon Lindberg, Robert Cassweller, Wally Parks) (color)
09:00a Eye Guess (color)
09:30a Concentration
10:00a Chain Letter (Mickey Manners, Abby Dalton) (color)
10:30a Showdown (color)
11:00a Jeopardy (color)
11:30a Swingin’ Country (Guy Mitchell) (color)
11:55a NBC News
Afternoon
12:00p News (local)
12:20p Trading Post
12:30p Let’s Make a Deal (color )
12:55p NBC News (color)
01:00p Days of Our Lives (color)
01:30p The Doctors
02:00p Another World (color)
02:30p You Don’t Say! (Roberta Sherwood, Bill Bixby) (color)
03:00p The Match Game (Florence Henderson, Durward Kirby) (color)
03:25p NBC News (color)
03:30p General Hospital
04:00p Father Knows Best
04:30p Extension News, Views
05:45p Funny Company
05:30p Huntley-Brinkley Report
Evening
06:00p Baseball – Twins vs. Yankees
09:00p I Spy (color)
10:00p News (local)
10:30p The Tonight Show (color)

WDSE, Channel 8 (Duluth) (Educ.)
Afternoon
05:30p Now See This
Evening
06:30p What’s New
07:00p Intertel
08:00p Film Feature
08:30p Showcase

KMSP, Channel 9 (ABC)
Morning
07:30a My Little Margie
08:00a Hennesey
08:30a Kit Carson
09:00a Romper Room (Miss Betty)
10:00a Supermarket Sweep
10:30a The Dating Game
11:00a Donna Reed
Afternoon
12:00p Ben Casey
01:00p The Newlywed Game
01:30p A Time For Us
01:55p ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
02:00p General Hospital
02:30p The Nurses
03:00p Dark Shadows
03:30p Where the Action Is (The McCoys, Joe Tex, Chris Clark, Tina Mason, Steve Alaimo)
04:00p Robert Taylor’s Detectives
04:30p Soupy Sales
05:00p Peter Jennings With the News
05:15p News and Weather (local)
05:30p Dennis the Menace
Evening
06:00p Huckleberry Hound (color)
06:30p Batman (color)
07:00p Patty Duke
07:30p Blue Light (color)
08:00p Movie – “Holiday for Lovers” (color)
10:00p News (local)
10:30p Movie – “Hero of Rome” (color)

KROC, Channel 10 (Rochester) (NBC)
Morning
07:00a Today (guest host James Daly, Jon Lindberg, Robert Cassweller, Wally Parks) (color)
09:00a Eye Guess (color)
09:30a Concentration
10:00a Chain Letter (Mickey Manners, Abby Dalton) (color)
10:30a Showdown (color)
11:00a Jeopardy (color)
11:30a Swingin’ Country (Guy Mitchell) (color)
11:55a NBC News
Afternoon
12:00p News (local)
12:15p Film Short
12:30p Let’s Make a Deal (color)
12:55p NBC News (color)
01:00p Days of Our Lives (color)
01:30p The Doctors
02:00p Another World (color)
02:30p You Don’t Say! (Roberta Sherwood, Bill Bixby) (color)
03:00p The Match Game (Florence Henderson, Durward Kirby) (color)
03:25p NBC News (color)
03:30p Bachelor Father
04:00p The Lone Ranger
04:30p Bachelor Father
05:00p Wally Gator
05:30p Huntley-Brinkley Report
Evening
06:00p Baseball – Twins vs. Yankees
09:00p I Spy (color)
10:00p News (local)
10:30p The Tonight Show (color)

WTCN, Channel 11 (Ind.)
Morning
10:15a News (local)
10:30a Movie – “The Wild Party”
11:55a News (local)
Afternoon
12:00p Lunch With Casey
01:00p Movie – “Eyes of the Jungle”
02:45p Mel’s Notebook
03:00p Girl Talk (Natalie Shaines, Sylvia Seaman, Terese Lasser)
03:30p Amos ‘n’ Andy
04:00p Popeye and Pete
04:30p Casey and Roundhouse
05:30p Harmon Killebrew
05:40p Halsey Hall
05:55p Baseball – Twins vs. Yankees
Evening
08:30p Scoreboard (time approximate)
09:00p Step This Way (Darren McGavin)
09:30p News, Weather, Sports (local)
10:00p Movie – “The Big Heat”

KEYC, Channel 12 (Mankato) (CBS)
Morning
07:30a CBS Morning News with Mike Wallace
07:55a Film Short
08:00a Captain Kangaroo
09:00a I Love Lucy
09:30a The McCoys
10:00a Andy Griffith
11:00a Love of
11:25a CBS News
11:30a Search For Tomorrow
11:45a The Guiding Light
Afternoon
12:00p News (local)
12:30p As the World Turns
01:00p Password (Robert Young, Jane Wyatt)
01:30p House Party (color)
02:00p To Tell the Truth
02:30p The Edge of Night
03:00p The Secret Storm
03:30p Film Feature
04:00p Bart’s Clubhouse
04:30p Rocky and His Friends
04:45p Bart’s Clubhouse
05:00p Yogi Bear
05:30p CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (color)
Evening
06:00p News (local)
06:30p Lost in Space
07:30p The Beverly Hillbillies (color)
08:00p Green Acres (color)
08:30p Dick Van Dyke
09:00p John Gary (Anita Bryant, the Righteous Brothers, Burns and Schreiber) (color)
10:00p News (local)
10:40p Trackdown

Seeing the schedule for KDAL-TV in Duluth sure brings back childhood memories. ("There's more to see on Channel Three!") Their daily afternoon half hour of cartoons consisted of Paul Terry's "Aesop's Fables," (replete with a crowing Pathe' rooster logo,) "Krazy Kat," "Cubby the Bear," and other black-and-white relics that barely made it over the line into the talkie era. Weird and wonderful stuff, loved 'em. The last cartoon would simply be cut off in the middle when it was time to start the next show. There are probably some I never did see complete.

I learned later that when the station moved from their old b/w studios in the Bradley building into their new color studios, all the old cartoons went into the trash can. That was like learning your mom burned all your comic books in the leaf barrel... (And now, the "new" studios are gone too, if interested please see my post "Down they go in Duluth" under Minnesota.

JeffM said:

Seeing the schedule for KDAL-TV in Duluth sure brings back childhood memories. ("There's more to see on Channel Three!") Their daily afternoon half hour of cartoons consisted of Paul Terry's "Aesop's Fables," (replete with a crowing Pathe' rooster logo,) "Krazy Kat," "Cubby the Bear," and other black-and-white relics that barely made it over the line into the talkie era. Weird and wonderful stuff, loved 'em. The last cartoon would simply be cut off in the middle when it was time to start the next show. There are probably some I never did see complete.

I learned later that when the station moved from their old b/w studios in the Bradley building into their new color studios, all the old cartoons went into the trash can. That was like learning your mom burned all your comic books in the leaf barrel... (And now, the "new" studios are gone too, if interested please see my post "Down they go in Duluth" under Minnesota.

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That's painful! To think of all the classic programming that's just gone into the trash over the years...

I admit to developing a fondness for these outstate stations, reading through these old issues. I've never seen KDAL, for example; only spent one weekend in Duluth in my life, but there's something so much of the era in the programming they had.