What's on TV? Tuesday, August 12, 1958

We're back in Ohio this week, but another part of the state. Instead of Cincinnati, the focus in this issue is Cleveland, with its own set of quirks and local personalities. I quite enjoyed going through this issue; hopefully you'll find some of your favorites here.

 3  KYW (CLEVELAND) (NBC)
   MORNING    
    7:00 TODAY—Garroway
    9:00 MOVIE—ComedyCash on the Line: “The Big Shot” (1937)
  10:25 WINDOW—Women
  10:30 TREASURE HUNT
  11:00 PRICE IS RIGHT
  11:30 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 AFTERNOON   
  12:00 TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
  12:30 IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leyden  COLOR 
    1:00 MOVIE—Drama“Magnetic Monster” (1953)
    2:45 NEWS—Pete French
    3:00 TODAY IS OURS
    3:30 FROM THESE ROOTS
    4:00 QUEEN FOR DAY
    4:45 MODERN ROMANCES
    5:00 SCIENCE FICTION THEATER
    5:30 POPEYE—Kids
    EVENING    
    6:00 MOVIE—Melodrama (1951)Six O’Clock Adventure: “The Thing”The movie will be interrupted at 6:55 P.M. for a five-minute newscast.
    8:00 INVESTIGATOR  COLOR 
    9:00 DOTTO—Quiz
    9:30 STATE TROOPER—Police
  10:00 CALIFORNIANS
  10:30 HONEYMOONERS—Gleason
  11:00 NEWS—Pete French
  11:10 WEATHER—Joe Finan
  11:15 SPORTS—Bob Neal
  11:20 MOVIE—Drama“And One Was Beautiful” (1940)
For anyone who thinks a five-minute newscast in the middle of a movie is strange, let me ask you this: have you watched a program on MeTV lately, or Charge, or MyTV, or the other subchannels? Five minutes of commercials are nothing. At least this way you might be getting something useful.

 5  WEWS (CLEVELAND) (ABC)
   MORNING     
    8:25 NEWS—Bill Prentice
    8:30 RED RILEY—Kids
    8:55 NEWS—Tom Haley
    9:00 ROMPER ROOM—Kids
    9:30 PAIGE PALMER—Women
  10:30 BEULAH—Comedy
  11:00 STU ERWIN—Comedy
  11:30 CAPT. PENNY—Kids
 AFTERNOON   
  12:00 NEWS—Court Stanton
  12:05 NOON SHOW—Kids
  12:50 DOROTHY FULDHEIM
    1:00 ONE O’CLOCK CLUB—Variety
    2:00 OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
    2:30 MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
    3:00 AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
    3:30 WHO DO YOU TRUST?
    4:00 AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
    5:00 SIR LANCELOT
    5:30 MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
    EVENING      
    6:00 CAPT. PENNY—Kids
    6:30 NEWS—Dorothy Fuldheim
    6:45 NEWS—Tom Field
    6:55 WEATHER—Sylvia Simmons
    7:00 KIT CARSON—Western
    7:30 CHEYENNE—Western
    8:30 WYATT EARP—Western
    9:00 BROKEN ARROW—Western
    9:30 PANTOMIME QUIZGuests: Mickey Shaughnessy, Elaine Stewart, Dick Van Dyke
  10:00 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS—Drama
  10:30 CODE 3—Police
  11:00 NEWS—Tom Field
  11:15 JACK PAAR—Variety
    1:00 NEWS—Bill Prentice
The great Dorothy Fuldheim is generally credited with being the first woman in the United States to anchor a television news broadcast as well to host her own television show. You can read more about her colorful life and career here .


 8  WJW (CLEVELAND) (CBS)
   MORNING     
    7:30 REX HUMBARD—Religion
    8:00 NEWS—Hoffman
    8:10 MR. BANJO—Kids
    9:00 AMOS ‘N’ ANDY—Comedy
    9:30 BEAT THE CLOCK—Games
  10:00 FOR LOVE OR MONEY
  10:30 SUSIE—Comedy
  11:00 ARTHUR GODFREY
  11:30 DOTTO—Quiz
 AFTERNOON   
  12:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
  12:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
  12:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
    1:00 MOVIE—Comedy“A Very Young Lady” (1941)
    2:20 NEWS—Jim Doney
    2:30 HOUSE PARTY
    3:00 LIFE WITH ELIZABETH
    3:30 VERDICT IS YOURS
    4:00 BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
    4:15 SECRET STORM
    4:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
    5:00 AS THE WORLD TURNS
    5:30 MOVIE—Drama“The Man in the Trunk” (1942)
    EVENING      
    7:00 CITY CAMERA—News
    7:15 NEWS—Doug Edwards
    7:30 NAME THAT TUNE
    8:00 MR. ADAMS AND EVE
    8:30 MEDIC—Drama
    9:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH
    9:30 SPOTLIGHT PLAYHOUSE
  10:00 BID ‘N’ BUY
  10:30 TARGET—Drama
  11:00 NEWS—Warren Guthrie
  11:10 PRESS BOX—John Fitzgerald
  11:15 WEATHER—Scotty Armstrong
  11:20 MOVIE—Comedy“People Are Funny” (1945)
Bid 'n' Buy sounds like an early version of HSN, doesn't it? According to this week's editorial, it's part of TV's summer season, aka The Silly Season, and the rules are nigh impossible to understand. It was hosted by Bert Parks; after all, the Miss America pageant is only one night a year, and you have to have something to do the rest of the time, right?


12 WICU (ERIE, PA) (ABC-NBC)
   MORNING   
    7:00 TODAY—Garroway
    9:00 MOVIE—To Be Announced
  10:00 DOUGH RE MI—Quiz
  10:30 TREASURE HUNT
  11:00 PRICE IS RIGHT
  11:30 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 AFTERNOON   
  12:00 TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
  12:30 IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leyden  COLOR 
    1:00 MOVIE—Drama“Jane Eyre,” Part 2 (1944)
    2:00 LUCKY PARTNERS—Quiz
    2:30 HAGGIS BAGGIS  COLOR 
    3:00 TODAY IS OURS
    3:30 FROM THESE ROOTS
    4:00 QUEEN FOR DAY
    4:45 MODERN ROMANCES
    5:00 SIR LANCELOT
    5:30 MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
    EVENING      
    6:00 CARTOON CORNER
    6:30 NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
    6:45 NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
    7:00 SUGARFOOT—Western
    8:00 INVESTIGATOR  COLOR 
    9:00 DOTTO—Quiz
    9:30 BOB CUMMINGS—Comedy
  10:00 CALIFORNIANS
  10:30 BROKEN ARROW—Western
  11:00 NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
  11:30 JACK PAAR—Variety
Looks funny to see Jack Paar on next to CBS programs, doesn't it?


21 WFMJ (YOUNGSTOWN) (NBC)
   MORNING   
    7:00 TODAY—Garroway
  10:00 DOUGH RE MI—Quiz
  10:30 TREASURE HUNT
  11:00 PRICE IS RIGHT
  11:30 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Stunts
 AFTERNOON   
  12:00 TIC TAC DOUGH—Quiz
  12:30 IT COULD BE YOU—Bill Leyden  COLOR 
    1:15 KITCHEN CORNER—Mariner
    2:00 LUCKY PARTNERS—Quiz
    2:30 HAGGIS BAGGIS  COLOR 
    3:00 TODAY IS OURS
    3:30 FROM THESE ROOTS
    4:00 QUEEN FOR DAY
    4:45 MODERN ROMANCES
    5:00 FUN HOUSE GANG—Kids
    5:45 POPEYE—Kids
    EVENING      
    6:30 NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
    6:45 NEWS—Huntley, Brinkley
    7:00 KIT CARSON—Western
    7:30 WIN WITH A WINNER—Quiz
    8:00 INVESTIGATOR  COLOR 
    9:00 DOTTO—Quiz
    9:30 BOB CUMMINGS—Comedy
  10:00 CALIFORNIANS
  10:30 CHARLIE CHAN—Mystery
  11:00 NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
  11:20 JACK PAAR—Variety
I'm not entirely sure why Today runs for three hours on WFMJ (perhaps Garroway guru Jodie Peeler knows?), but I checked every day of the week to make sure this wasn't some kind of typo, and it wasn't.


27 WKBN (YOUNGSTOWN) (CBS)
   MORNING   
    8:30 MOVIE—Adventure“Canal Zone” (1942)
  10:00 FOR LOVE OR MONEY
  10:30 PLAY YOUR HUNCH
  11:00 ARTHUR GODFREY
  11:30 DOTTO—Quiz
 AFTERNOON   
  12:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
  12:30 MOVIE—Romance“The Astonished Heart” (1950)
    1:45 FASHIONS—Esther Sontag
    2:00 BEAT THE CLOCK—Games
    2:30 HOUSE PARTY
    3:00 BIG PAYOFF—Quiz
    3:30 CARTOON CLASSICS
    4:00 BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
    4:15 SECRET STORM
    4:30 SERIAL THEATER—Drama
    5:15 COL. BLEEP—Adventure
    EVENING    
    6:00 MY LITTLE MARGIE—Comedy
    6:30 NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
    6:45 NEWS—Doug Edwards
    7:00 HEART OF THE CITY—Drama
    7:30 NAME THAT TUNE
    8:00 MR. ADAMS AND EVE
    8:30 SAN FRANCISCO BEAT—Police
    9:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH
    9:30 STATE TROOPER—Police
  10:00 BID ‘N’ BUY
  10:30 STUDIO 57—Drama
  11:00 NEWS—Warren Guthrie
  11:20 MOVIE—Comedy“Two Mugs from Brooklyn”
Mr. Adams and Eve, as we were constantly reminded in the opening credits, is a series about the private lives of husband-and-wife actors, played by husband-and-wife actors: Howard Duff and Ida Lupino. Fortunately, their marriage lasted longer than the series.


35 WSEE (ERIE, PA) (CBS)
   MORNING   
    9:55 DAILY WORD—Religion
  10:00 FOR LOVE OR MONEY
  10:30 PLAY YOUR HUNCH
  11:00 ARTHUR GODFREY
  11:30 DOTTO—Quiz
 AFTERNOON   
  12:00 LOVE OF LIFE—Serial
  12:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
  12:45 GUIDING LIGHT—Serial
    1:00 HY YAPLE—Women
    1:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS
    2:00 BEAT THE CLOCK—Games
    2:30 HOUSE PARTY
    3:00 BIG PAYOFF—Quiz
    3:30 VERDICT IS YOURS
    4:00 BRIGHTER DAY—Serial
    4:15 SECRET STORM
    4:30 EDGE OF NIGHT—Serial
    5:00 MOVIE—Western“Desert Justice”
    EVENING      
    6:00 POPEYE—Kids
    6:30 NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
    6:45 NEWS—Doug Edwards
    7:00 HAWKEYE—Adventure
    7:30 NAME THAT TUNE
    8:00 MR. ADAMS AND EVE
    8:30 KEEP TALKING—Game
    9:00 TO TELL THE TRUTH
    9:30 SPOTLIGHT PLAYHOUSE
  10:00 BID ‘N’ BUY
  10:30 STAGE 7—Drama
  11:00 NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
  11:15 MOVIE—Drama“I, the Jury” (1953)
For the life of me, I can't understand why I, the Jury, the movie based on Mickey Spillane's first Mike Hammer novel, is classified as "Drama" rather than "Mystery." It's got a private detective, a femme fatale, a murder to solve, and plenty of violence. What more do you need?


45 WKST (YOUNGSTOWN) (ABC)
 AFTERNOON   
    3:00 AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
    3:30 WHO DO YOU TRUST?
    4:00 AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
    5:00 SIR LANCELOT
    5:30 MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
    EVENING    
    6:00 IT’S FUN TO REDUCE
    6:15 NEWS, SPORTS
    6:30 MOLLY GOLDBERG—Comedy
    7:00 MOVIE QUIZ
    7:15 NEWS—John Daly
    7:30 CHEYENNE—Western
    8:30 OUR MISS BROOKS—Comedy
    9:00 BROKEN ARROW—Western
    9:30 PANTOMIME QUIZGuests: Mickey Shaughnessy, Elaine Stewart, Dick Van Dyke
  10:00 HARNESS RACE—Yonkers
  10:30 MOVIE—Drama“Outside these Walls” (1939)
I don't know what the idea was of cutting American Bandstand in half, with Who Do You Trust? in the middle. It doesn't seem to me as if the two programs share the same audience. Johnny Carson hosts Who Do You Trust?, and I think Ed McMahon might have become the announcer by this time.


49 WAKR (AKRON) (ABC)
  AFTERNOON   
    1:00 MOVIE—Drama“Dragonwyck” (1946)
    3:00 AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
    3:30 WHO DO YOU TRUST?
    4:00 AMERICAN BANDSTAND—Music
    4:30 MOVIE—Mystery“Dead Reckoning” (1947)
    EVENING    
    6:00 LOONEY TUNES—Cartoons
    6:40 SPORTS, WEATHER, NEWS
    7:15 NEWS—John Daly
    7:30 MOVIE—Drama“Lloyds of London” (1936)
    9:30 MOVIE—Mystery“While New York Sleeps” (1938)
  10:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES—Mystery
  10:30 MOVIE—Comedy “Reunion in Vienna” (1933)
Speaking of mysteries (as we were a couple of stations ago), this version of Sherlock Holmes is, I believe, the one that features Ronald Howard (son of Leslie) as Holmes. Not great, but not bad either. And yes, it is a mystery. TV