Comics Page

Here's the comics page from the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WLAV Channel 7 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Afternoon

========

1:30 pm                 Reel Relaxation

3:00 pm                 Ransom Sherman Show

3:30 pm                 To be announced

4:00 pm                 Homemaker's Exchange

4:30 pm                 Kate Smith Show

5:00 pm                 NBC Comics

5:15 pm                 Panhandle Pete & Jennifer

5:30 pm                 Howdy Doody

Evening

=======

6:00 pm               Cactus Jim

6:30 pm               Unusually Yours

6:55 pm               Photo Listings

7:00 pm               Kukla, Fran, & Ollie

7:30 pm               Holiday Hotel

8:00 pm               Big Story

8:30 pm               Pro Football Highlights

9:00 pm               Pulitzer Prize Plays

10:00 pm             The Fights (no contenders listed)

10:45 pm             Telenews Reel

10:55 pm             Stranger Than Fiction

11:10 pm             Telefacts

11:25 pm             Broadway Open House

R.H. TV Sales Ad

Here's a vintage ad for R.H. TV Sales. From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WKZO Channel 3 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:30 pm                     Garry Moore Show
3:25 pm                     Test Pattern
3:30 pm                     Fashion Magic with Ilka Chase
4:00 pm                     Homemaker's Exchange with Louise Leslie
4:30 pm                     TV Topics
5:00 pm                     Children's Show
5:15 pm                     TV Hi-Lights



Evening
========
6:15 pm                   Tune-In Time
6:30 pm                   Featurette (no title listed)
6:45 pm                   Space Cadets
7:00 pm                   Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                   News
7:45 pm                   Perry Como Show (guest: Mitchell Ayres)
8:00 pm                   Mama
8:30 pm                   Man Against Crime
9:00 pm                   Magnavox Theater
10:00 pm                 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
11:00 pm                 Martin Kane, Private Eye
11:30 pm                 News
11:45 pm                 TV Hi-Lights

Chicago Calendar

Here's a vintage photo showing Jack Brickhouse (then hosting Chicago Calendar on WGN[9]) with two employees of  a lie-detector firm that will administer a lie-detector test to an unnamed mystery guest. From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WTMJ Channel 3 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:45 pm                     Showroom with Roberta Quinlan
2:00 pm                     What's New In the Home with Breta Griem
2:45 pm                     Shopping News
3:00 pm                     Kate Smith Show with Ted Collins
4:00 pm                     Feminine Viewpoint
4:30 pm                     Howdy Doody Show
5:00 pm                     Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                    Joe DiMaggio Show
5:45 pm                    Vi & Jerry Wagner



Evening
========
6:00 pm                 Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                 Sports Picture
6:45 pm                 News Caravan with John Swayze
7:00 pm                 Mama
7:30 pm                 You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx
8:00 pm                 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
9:00 pm                Boxing from Madison Square Garden (no contenders listed)
9:45 pm                Greatest Fights of the Century (no details listed)
10:00 pm              TV Open House with Tom Moore
10:30 pm              Let's Look at the News
10:35 pm              Roller Derby with Joe Hasel (no teams listed)
11:15 pm              Lights Out
11:45 pm              Broadway Open House

TV Forecast Subscription Ad

Here's an ad for subscriptions to the TV Forecast: 1 year(52 issues) at $5 or 2 years (104 issues) for $8. From the "Great Lakes" edition of the TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Morning
=======
10:00 am                 Your Figure Ladies
10:15 am                 Film Varieties
10:30 am                 Chicago Cooks
11:30 am                 Chicagoland Newsreel
11:45 am                 Travelogue



Afternoon
========
12 noon                  Chicago Calendar with Jack Brickhouse
1:00 pm                  Open House with F. Masters
2:00 pm                  Stop the Record
2:30 pm                  Telephone Game
3:00 pm                  Television Matinee (no title listed)
4:30 pm                  Foto Test with Danny O'Neil
5:00 pm                  Small Fry Club with Bob Emery
5:30 pm                  Fairteen Club



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                Captain Video
6:30 pm                News with Austin Kiplinger
6:40 pm                Weather News with Frann Weigle
6:45 pm                Chicagoland Newsreel
7:00 pm                Talking with Toni [Rodgers] (guests: Joan McCracken &
                                                                                    Louis Zara)
7:30 pm                Hold That Camera with Kyle McDonnell
8:00 pm                Hands of Mystery   "The Man Everyone Hated"
8:30 pm                Musi-Comedy Playhouse (theme: Roaring '20s)
9:00 pm                Cavalcade of Stars with Jackie Gleason
10:00 pm              Feature Film   "Trans-Atlantic Merry-Go-Round"
11:00 pm              Feature Film (no title listed)


Early Saturday, November 25, 1950
=================================
12 midnight           Chicagoland Newsreel

TV Sportscast

Here's the TV Sportscast column from the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WENR Channel 7 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Morning
========
11:00 am                  Bob & Kay Show


Afternoon
========
1:00 pm                  Housewives' Holiday
4:00 pm                  Lois & Looie (cartoons)
4:15 pm                  Space Patrol
4:30 pm                  Sagebrush Theater   "Borderland" (part I)
5:00 pm                  Mary Hartline Show
5:15 pm                  Sandy Strong (puppet show)
5:30 pm                  Adventure Time
5:45 pm                  Uncle Mistletoe



Evening
=========
6:00 pm               War Tonight (news program)
6:05 pm               Club Seven (music program)
6:25 pm               Nation Tonight (news program)
6:30 pm               Life with Linkletter
7:00 pm               Twenty Questions with Bill Slater
7:30 pm               National Pro Football (highlights program; no other details
                                                                       listed)
8:00 pm              Pulitzer Prize Playhouse   "The End Game"
9:00 pm              Penthouse Party with Betty Furness (guests: the Buddy Wood
                                                          Trio & Don Cherry)
9:30 pm              Studs' Place
10:00 pm            Courtesy Hour with Jim Moran
11:00 pm            News with Paul Harvey
11:10 pm            Flana-Grams (sports news)
11:20 pm            Walter "Fats" Pischon
11:30 pm            Top O' the Weather with Russ Reed

Uncle Mistletoe/Marshall Field & Company Ad

Here's a vintage ad for Marshall Field & Company, with a tie-in to the Uncle Mistletoe program, which aired on WENR(7). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WNBQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Afternoon
===========
12 noon                        Meet Mintz with Herbie Mintz
12:15 pm                      Newsroom
12:30 pm                      Panorama Shop with Luckey North
1:00 pm                        Film   "How Doo You Do?"
2:00 pm                        Ransom Sherman Show
2:30 pm                        Bert Parks Show
3:00 pm                        Kate Smith Hour
4:00 pm                        NBC Comics
4:15 pm                        Panhandle Pete & Jennifer   "How George Burro Became
                                                                                      a Giraffe"
4:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show with Bob Smith
5:00 pm                       Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                       Crusader Rabbit (cartoons)
5:35 pm                       News with Clifton Utley
5:45 pm                       Weatherman with Clint Youle
5:55 pm                       Public Life of Cliff Norton



Evening
========
6:00 pm                      Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                      Showroom with Roberta Quinlan
6:45 pm                      News Caravan
7:00 pm                      Quiz Kids
7:30 pm                      Walt's Workshop
8:00 pm                      Versa-Tile Varieties with Bob Russell
8:30 pm                      Big Story
9:00 pm                      Boxing Bouts: Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Red Layne
9:45 pm                      Greatest Fights of the Century (featured: Dempsey vs.
                                                                                      Sharkey; film)
10:00 pm                    Weatherman with Clint Youle
10:10 pm                    Dorsey Connors
10:15 pm                    News with Clifton Utley
10:30 pm                   Let's Look at Sports
10:45 pm                   Herbie Mintz Show
11:00 pm                   Broadway Open House

WBKB Channel 4 TV Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1950

Morning
=========
10:00 am                      Fun & Features with George Menard
10:15 am                      Fun & Figures with Ed Allen
11:00 am                      Tel-A-Shopper with Betty Whitney


Afternoon
===========
12 noon                      INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 pm                   For Ladies Only
12:30 pm                   Cooking Is Fun with Tina Redmond
1:00 pm                     Bill Evans Show
2:00 pm                     Let's Have Fun with Hank Grant
3:00 pm                     Homemakers' Exchange
3:30 pm                     Vanity Fair with Dorothy Sloan
4:00 pm                     Lucky Pup with Doris Brown
4:15 pm                     Funny Bunnies (cartoons)
4:20 pm                     TV Billboard (ticker tape)
4:30 pm                     Comic Capers (puppet show)
4:45 pm                     Multiscope News (ticker tape)
5:15 pm                     Window Shopping (commercial)
5:30 pm                     Wrangler's Club
5:45 pm                     Tom Corbett Space Cadet



Evening
==========
6:00 pm                   Music Bowl with Danny O'Neil
6:15 pm                   News with Ulmer Turner
6:30 pm                   CBS News with Douglas Edwards
6:45 pm                   Perry Como Show (guests: the Fontaine Sisters)
7:00 pm                   Mama
7:30 pm                   Man Against Crime
8:00 pm                   Magnavox Theater   "The Three Musketeers"
9:00 pm                   Star of the Family with Morton Downey (guests: Polyna
                                                              Stoska, Herb Shriner, & Georgie Tapps)
9:30 pm                   Hit Spot
10:00 pm                 Curbstone Cut-Up with Ernie Simon
10:15 pm                 Wrestling from Hollywood (no contenders listed)
11:00 pm                 Film (no title listed)
11:25 pm                 Tomorrow's Weather
11:30 pm                 Murder Before Midnight



Early Saturday, November 25, 1950
==============================
12 midnight           INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 am               Night Owl Movies (no titles listed)
1:45 am                 Late War News (ticker tape)  

Courtesy Hour Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the Courtesy Hour (a variety program) hosted by Jim Moran & aired on WENR(7). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

Magnavox Theater Ad

Here's an ad for the Magnavox Theater production of "The
Three Musketeers", which aired on WBKB(4). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WLAV Channel 7 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Afternoon
========
1:30 pm                      Reel Relaxation
3:00 pm                      Ransom Sherman Show
3:30 pm                      To be announced
4:00 pm                      Homemaker's Exchange with Louise Leslie
4:30 pm                      Edgar Bergen Show
5:00 pm                      NBC Comics  "Johnny & Mr. Do Good"
5:15 pm                      Boys Railroad Club
5:30 pm                      Howdy Doody



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                   Cactus Jim
6:30 pm                   Michigan Football (taped highlights)
7:00 pm                   Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                   John Conte's Little Show
7:45 pm                   Women In the News with Adelaide Hawley
8:00 pm                   Stop the Music
9:00 pm                   Star Revue with Kay Kyser
10:00 pm                 Martin Kane, Private Eye
10:30 pm                Wayne King Show
11:00 pm                Telenews Reel
11:10 pm                Stranger Than Fiction
11:25 pm                Broadway Open House


Early Friday, November 24, 1950
=============================
12:25 am               Late News

WKZO Channel 3 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Afternoon
==========
12:15 pm                    Test Pattern
12:25 pm                    Pro Football: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Chicago Cardinals
3:30 pm                      Betty Crocker
4:00 pm                      Homemaker's Exchange with Louise Leslie
4:30 pm                      Edgar Bergen Show
5:00 pm                      Thanksgiving Show (variety program)



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Featurette (no title listed)
6:15 pm                    Top Views In Sports
6:30 pm                    Game of the Week (taped highlights)
7:00 pm                    Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                    News
7:45 pm                    Faye Emerson Show
8:00 pm                    Stop the Music with Bert Parks
9:00 pm                    You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx
9:30 pm                    Big Town
10:00 pm                  Truth or Consequences with Ralph Edwards
10:30 pm                  William Gaston Show
11:00 pm                  News
11:15 pm                  TV Hi-Lights

WTMJ Channel 3 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:00 pm                       The Man Next Door
1:45 pm                       John Conte's Little Show
2:00 pm                       What's New In the Home with Breta Griem
2:45 pm                       Shopping News
3:00 pm                       Kate Smith Show
4:00 pm                       Feminine Viewpoint
4:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show
5:00 pm                       Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                       Buster Keaton Comedies
5:45 pm                       Vi & Jerry Wagner



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                    Sports Picture
6:45 pm                    News Caravan with John Swayze
7:00 pm                    Burns & Allen
7:30 pm                    Show Goes On with Robert Q. Lewis
8:00 pm                    Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge
9:00 pm                    Martin Kane, Private Eye
9:30 pm                    Wrestling (no contenders listed)
10:55 pm                   Crusade In Europe
11:15 pm                   Can You Top This?

Walt's Workshop Ad

Here's an ad for Walt's Workshop, which aired on WNBQ(5). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Morning
========
10:00 am                     Football Highlights of 1950 with Jack Brickhouse & Harry
                                                                                       Creighton



Afternoon
=========
12 noon                    Chicago Calendar
1:00 pm                    Open House
2:00 pm                    Stop the Record
2:30 pm                    Telephone Game with Bill Bailey
3:00 pm                    Television Matinee (no title listed)
3:45 pm                    Plan-A-Room
4:00 pm                    Hi Ladies
4:30 pm                    Foto Test with Danny O'Neil
5:00 pm                    Small Fry Club with Bob Emery
5:30 pm                    Boys Railroad Club
5:45 pm                    Film Varieties   "Jack & the Beanstalk"



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Captain Video
6:30 pm                    News with Austin Kiplinger
6:40 pm                    Weather News with Frann Weigle
6:45 pm                    Chicagoland Newsreel
7:00 pm                    Telesports Digest
7:30 pm                    Inside Detective
8:00 pm                    Adventures of Ellery Queen   "The Crooked Man"
8:30 pm                    1951 Miss Tavern Pale Beauty Contest with Myron Wallace
9:00 pm                    Cartune-O with Lee Bennett
10:00 pm                  Wrestling (no contenders listed)
11:00 pm                  Film  "They Raid By Night"

WENR Channel 7 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Morning
========
9:00 am                       Thanksgiving Day Parade with Bert Parks
11:00 am                     Bob & Kay Show



Afternoon
=========
1:00 pm                      Beulah Karney Show (cooking program)
2:30 pm                      Special Thanksgiving Show
4:00 pm                      Lois & Looie (cartoons)
4:15 pm                      Space Patrol
4:30 pm                      Sagebrush Theater   "Law of the Lash" (part II)
5:00 pm                      Mary Hartline Show
5:15 pm                      Sandy Strong (puppet show)
5:30 pm                      Adventure Time
5:45 pm                      Uncle Mistletoe



Evening
=========
6:00 pm                    War Tonight (news program)
6:05 pm                    Club Seven (music program)
6:25 pm                    Nation Tonight (news program)
6:30 pm                    Lone Ranger
7:00 pm                    Stop the Music with Bert Parks
8:00 pm                    Holiday Hotel with Don Ameche
8:30 pm                    Blind Date with Arlene Francis
9:00 pm                    I Cover Times Square
9:30 pm                    Roller Derby (no teams listed)
10:15 pm                  Red Grange Predicts
10:30 pm                  Simply Simon with Ernie Simon
11:00 pm                  News with Paul Harvey
11:10 pm                  Flana-Grams (sports news)
11:20 pm                  Walter "Fats" Pischon
11:30 pm                  Top O' the Weather with Russ Reed

WNBQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Afternoon
==========
12 noon                      Meet Mintz with Herbie Mintz
12:15 pm                   Newsroom
12:30 pm                   Panorama Shop with Luckey North
1:00 pm                     Feature Film   "Crime, Inc."
2:00 pm                     Ransom Sherman Show
2:30 pm                     Remember This Date with Bill Stern
3:00 pm                     Kate Smith Hour
4:00 pm                     NBC Comics
4:15 pm                     Panhandle Pete & Jennifer   "How Samson & Hercules
                                                                                 Started Thanksgiving"
4:30 pm                     Howdy Doody Show with Bob Smith
5:00 pm                     Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                     Crusader Rabbit (cartoons)
5:35 pm                     News with Clifton Utley
5:45 pm                     Weatherman with Clint Youle
5:55 pm                     Public Life of Cliff Norton



Evening
========
6:00 pm                   Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                   John Conte's Little Show
6:45 pm                   News Caravan with John Swayze
7:00 pm                   You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx
7:30 pm                   Show Goes On with Robert Q. Lewis
8:00 pm                   College of Musical Knowledge with Kay Kyser
9:00 pm                   Martin Kane, Private Eye
9:30 pm                   Wayne King Show
10:00 pm                 Weatherman with Clint Youle
10:10 pm                 Dorsey Connors Show
10:15 pm                 News with Clifton Utley
10:30 pm                 Let's Look at Sports
10:45 pm                 Herbie Mintz Show
11:00 pm                 Broadway Open House with Jerry Lester

WBKB Channel 4 TV Schedule for Thursday, November 23, 1950

Morning
========
10:00 am                     Fun & Features
10:15 am                     Fun & Figures with Ed Allen (exercise program)
11:00 am                     Tel-A-Shopper with Betty Whitney



Afternoon
========
12 noon                      INS Newseel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 pm                    For Ladies Only
12:30 pm                   Multiscope News (ticker tape)
2:00 pm                     Let's Have Fun with Hank Grant
3:00 pm                     Homemakers' Exchange
3:30 pm                     TV Thanksgiving Show with Edgar Bergen & Charlie
                                        McCarthy (guests: Diana Lynn & the Mellow Men)
4:00 pm                     Thanksgiving Day Festival
5:00 pm                     Flower Shop
5:15 pm                     Window Shopping (commercial)
5:30 pm                     Wrangler's Club
5:45 pm                     Film Shorts (no title listed)



Evening
==========
6:00 pm                   Herb Graffis Show
6:15 pm                   News with Ulmer Turner
6:30 pm                   CBS News with Douglas Edwards
6:45 pm                   Faye Emerson Show
7:00 pm                   Burns & Allen Show   "Harry Morton's Private Secretary"
7:30 pm                   Show Goes On with Robert Q. Lewis
8:00 pm                   Alan Young Show
8:30 pm                   Big Town   "Off-Beat"
9:00 pm                   Truth or Consequences
9:30 pm                   Hollywood On the Line (guest: Ann Rutherford)
9:45 pm                   Hollywood Reel (no title listed)
10:00 pm                 Curbstone Cut-Up with Ernie Simon
10:15 pm                 News with Ulmer Turner
10:30 pm                 Sports Roundup
10:45 pm                 Film (no title listed)
10:55 pm                 Tomorrow's Weather
11:00 pm                 Airflyte Theater   "Suppressed Desires"
11:30 pm                 Murder Before Midnight



Early Friday, November 24, 1950
============================
12 midnight           INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 am               Night Owl Movies (no titles listed)
1:45 am                 Late War News (ticker tape)

WBKB(4) & WENR(7) Ads

Here are a pair of ads for Fun & Features, airing on WBKB(4) & 20 Questions, airing on WENR(7). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WLAV Channel 7 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:30 pm                       Reel Relaxation
3:00 pm                       Ransom Sherman Show
3:30 pm                       To be announced
4:00 pm                       Homemaker's Exchange
4:30 pm                       Kate Smith Show
5:00 pm                       NBC Comics   "Danny March"
5:15 pm                       Gilbert Show
5:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Cactus Jim
6:30 pm                    Alan Young Show
7:00 pm                    Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                    Chance of a Lifetime with John Reed King
8:00 pm                    Arthur Godfrey
9:00 pm                    Don McNeill's TV Club
9:30 pm                    You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx
10:00 pm                  Break the Bank with Bert Parks
10:30 pm                  Wrestling (no contenders listed)
11:50 pm                  Broadway Open House with Morey Amsterdam


Early Thursday, November 23, 1950
==============================
12:50 am                Late News

WKZO Channel 3 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Afternoon
==========
1:30 pm                      Garry Moore Show
3:25 pm                      Test Pattern
3:30 pm                      Meet Your Cover Girl
4:00 pm                      Homemakers' Exchange with Louise Leslie
4:30 pm                      TV Topics
5:00 pm                      Children's Show
5:15 pm                      TV Hi-Lights



Evening
=======
6:15 pm                   Tune-In Time
6:30 pm                   Featurette (no title listed)
6:45 pm                   Space Cadets
7:00 pm                   Film Features (no title listed)
7:30 pm                   News
7:45 pm                   Perry Como Show (guests: the Fontaine Sisters)
8:00 pm                   Godfrey & His Friends
9:00 pm                   Somerset Maugham Theater
9:30 pm                   Western Michigan Football Highlights
10:00 pm                 Blue Ribbon Boxing Bouts (no contenders listed)
11:00 pm                 Billy Rose Show
11:30 pm                 News
11:45 pm                 TV Hi-Lights

WTMJ Channel 3 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Afternoon
========
1:00 pm                        The Man Next Door
1:45 pm                        Showroom with Roberta Quinlan
2:00 pm                        What's New In the Home with Breta Griem
2:45 pm                        Shopping News
3:00 pm                        Kate Smith Show
4:00 pm                        Feminine Viewpoint
4:30 pm                        Howdy Doody Show
5:00 pm                        Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                        Buster Keaton Comedies
5:45 pm                        Vi & Jerry Wagner



Evening
========
6:00 pm                     Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                     Sports Picture
6:45 pm                     News Caravan with John C. Swayze
7:00 pm                     Four Star Revue with Danny Thomas
8:00 pm                     Kraft Theater
9:00 pm                     Stars Over Hollywood
9:30 pm                     Milwaukee Newsreel
10:00 pm                   Television Showcase
10:30 pm                   Let's Look at the News
10:35 pm                   Big Story
11:05 pm                   Life with Linkletter
11:35 pm                   Broadway Open House

1951 Miss Tavern Pale Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the televising of the 1951 Miss Tavern Pale beauty contest, which aired on WGN(9). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Morning
=======
10:00 am                   Your Figure Ladies with Paul Fogarty
10:15 am                   Interior Decoration
10:30 am                   Chicago Cooks
11:30 am                   Chicagoland Newsreel
11:45 am                   Telesports Digest



Afternoon
=========
12 noon                   Chicago Calendar with Jack Brickhouse
1:00 pm                   Open House with Frankie Masters
2:00 pm                   Stop the Record
2:30 pm                   Telephone Game
3:00 pm                   Film   "Daring Daughters"
4:00 pm                   Hi Ladies
4:30 pm                   Foto Test
5:00 pm                   Small Fry Club with Bob Emery
5:30 pm                   Your Child On Parade


Evening
========
6:00 pm                   Captain Video
6:30 pm                   News with Austin Kiplinger
6:40 pm                   Weather News
6:45 pm                   Chicagoland Newsreel
7:00 pm                   They Stand Accused
8:00 pm                    Cardinal Football Game (filmed highlights)
8:30 pm                    Plainclothesman
9:00 pm                    Health Talk with Lewis B. Newman   "Building a New Life"
9:30 pm                    Feature   "Mutiny In the Big House"
11:00 pm                  Feature   "Forever Yours"



Early Thursday, November 23, 1950
================================
12 midnight          Chicagoland Newsreel

WENR Channel 7 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Morning
===========
11:00 am                      Bob & Kay Show



Afternoon
=========
1:00 pm                     Beulah Karney Show (cooking program)
4:00 pm                     Lois & Looie (cartoons)
4:15 pm                     Space Patrol
4:30 pm                     Sagebrush Theater   "Law of the Lash" (part I)
5:00 pm                     Mary Hartline Show
5:15 pm                     Sandy Strong (puppet show)
5:30 pm                     Adventure Time
5:45 pm                     Uncle Mistletoe



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                   War Tonight (news program)
6:05 pm                   Club Seven (music program)
6:25 pm                   Nation Tonight (news program)
6:30 pm                   Chance of a Lifetime with John Reed King
7:00 pm                   First Nighter
8:00 pm                   Don McNeill's TV Club (guest: Arthur Lake)
9:00 pm                   Wrestling (no contenders listed)
11:00 pm                 News with Paul Harvey
11:10 pm                 Flana-Grams (sports news)
11:20 pm                 Walter "Fats" Pischon
11:30 pm                 Top O' the Weather with Russ Reed

WNBQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Afternoon

========

12 noon                       Meet Mintz with Herbie Mintz

12:15 pm                     Newsroom

12:30 pm                     Panorama Shop with Luckey North

1:00 pm                       Feature Film   "Melody Parade"

2:00 pm                       Ransom Sherman Show

2:30 pm                       Bert Parks Show

3:00 pm                       Kate Smith Hour

4:00 pm                       NBC Comics

4:15 pm                       Panhandle Pete & Jennifer   "Rapid Jack Rabbit & the 

                                                                                      Turkey Hunt"

4:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show with Bob Smith

5:00 pm                       Cactus Jim

5:30 pm                       Crusader Rabbit (cartoons)

5:35 pm                       News with Clifton Utley

5:45 pm                       Weatherman with Clint Youle

5:55 pm                       Public Life of Cliff Norton

Evening

========

6:00 pm                   Kukla, Fran, & Ollie

6:30 pm                   Showroom

6:45 pm                   News Caravan with John Swayze

7:00 pm                   Four Star Revue

8:00 pm                   Kraft Theater   "The Romantic Young Lady"

9:00 pm                   Break the Bank with Bert Parks

9:30 pm                   Stars Over Hollywood   "Winter Love"

10:00 pm                 Weatherman with Clint Youle

10:10 pm                  Dorsey Connors Show

10:15 pm                  News with Clifton Utley

10:30 pm                  Let's Look at Sports with Tom Duggan

10:45 pm                  Herbie Mintz Show

11:00 pm                  Broadway Open House

WBKB Channel 4 TV Schedule for Wednesday, November 22, 1950

Morning
========
10:00 am                      Fun & Features
10:15 am                      Fun & Figures (exercise program)
10:30 am                      Fun & Features (continues)
11:00 am                      Tel-A-Shopper with Betty Whitney
11:30 am                      Fun & Features (continues)


Afternoon
=========
12 noon                      INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 pm                   For Ladies Only
12:30 pm                   Cooking Is Fun with Tina Redmond
1:00 pm                     Bill Evans Show
2:00 pm                     Let's Have Fun with Hugh Grant
3:00 pm                     Homemakers' Exchange with Louise Leslie
3:30 pm                     Hair Raising Tale
4:00 pm                     Lucky Pup
4:15 pm                     Funny Bunnies (cartoons)
4:20 pm                     TV Billboard (ticker tape)
4:30 pm                     Comic Capers
4:45 pm                     Multiscope News (ticker tape)
5:15 pm                     Window Shopping (commercial)
5:30 pm                     Wranglers' Club
5:45 pm                     Tom Corbett, Space Cadet



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                   Music Bowl with Danny O'Neil
6:15 pm                   News with Ulmer Turner
6:30 pm                   CBS News with Douglas Edwards
6:45 pm                   Perry Como Show (guest: Mindy Carson)
7:00 pm                   Arthur Godfrey & His Friends
8:00 pm                   Somerset Maugham Theater
8:30 pm                   The Web   "The Amateur"
9:00 pm                   International Boxing with Ted Husing: Johnny Bratton vs.
                                                                                  Johnny Cesario
10:00 pm                Curbstone Cut-Up with Ernie Simon
10:15 pm                News with Ulmer Turner
10:30 pm                Sports Roundup with Joe Wilson
10:45 pm                Film (no title listed)
11:00 pm                Beat the Clock
11:30 pm                Murder Before Midnight



Early Thursday, November 23, 1950
==============================
12 midnight         INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 am             Night Owl Movies (no titles listed)
1:45 am               Late War News (ticker tape)              

Ellery Queen Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the TV series Ellery Queen, which aired on WGN(9). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WLAV Channel 7 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:30 pm                       Reel Relaxation
3:00 pm                       Ransom Sherman Show
3:30 pm                       To be announced
4:00 pm                       Homemakers' Exchange
4:30 pm                       Kate Smith Show
5:00 pm                       NBC Comics   "Space Barton"
5:15 pm                       Panhandle Pete & Jennifer
5:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Cactus Jim
6:30 pm                    Unusually Yours
7:00 pm                    Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                    John Conte's Little Show
7:45 pm                    Top Views In Sports with Jimmy Evans
8:00 pm                    Star Theater with Milton Berle
9:00 pm                    Billy Rose Show
9:30 pm                    Circle Theater
10:00 pm                  Original Amateur Hour with Ted Mack
11:00 pm                  Telenews Reel
11:10 pm                  Stranger Than Fiction
11:25 pm                  Broadway Open House



Early Wednesday, November 22, 1950
==================================
12:25 am                Late News

WKZO Channel 3 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Afternoon

========

1:30 pm                      Garry Moore Show

3:25 pm                      Test Pattern

3:30 pm                      Meet Your Cover Girl

4:00 pm                      Homemakers' Exchange with Louise Leslie

4:30 pm                      TV Topics

5:00 pm                      Lucky Pup

5:15 pm                      TV Hi-Lights

Evening

==========

6:00 pm                   Tune-In Time

6:15 pm                   Featurette (no title listed)

6:30 pm                   Football Game of the Week (taped highlights)

7:00 pm                   Kukla, Fran, & Ollie

7:30 pm                   News

7:45 pm                   Faye Emerson

8:00 pm                   Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle

9:00 pm                   Vaughn Monroe

9:30 pm                   Suspense

10:00 pm                 Danger

10:30 pm                 Alan Young Show

11:00 pm                 News

11:15 pm                 TV Hi-Lights

WTMJ Channel 3 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Afternoon
=========
1:00 pm                        John Conte's Little Show
1:45 pm                        Showroom with Roberta Quinlan
2:00 pm                        What's New In the Home with Breta Griem
2:45 pm                        Shopping News
3:00 pm                        Kate Smith Show
4:00 pm                        Gretchen Colnick
4:15 pm                        Your Library Story
4:30 pm                        Howdy Doody Show
5:00 pm                        Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                        Museum Explorers Club
5:45 pm                        Vi & Jerry Wagner



Evening
=======
6:00 pm                     Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                     Sports Picture
6:45 pm                     News Caravan with John Swayze
7:00 pm                     Star Theater with Milton Berle
8:00 pm                     Fireside Theater
8:30 pm                     Circle Theater
9:00 pm                     Original Amateur Hour with Ted Mack
10:00 pm                   Night with the Wagners
10:30 pm                   Let's Look at Sports
10:35 pm                   Boxing Bouts (no contenders listed)
11:15 pm                   Billy Rose Show

You Bet Your Life Ad

Here's a vintage ad for Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life show, which aired on WNBQ(5). From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WGN Channel 9 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Morning
=======
10:00 am                     Your Figure Ladies (exercise program)
10:15 am                     Needlecraft Parade
10:30 am                     Chicago Cooks with B. Barkley
11:30 am                     Chicagoland Newsreel
11:45 am                     Telesports Digest


Afternoon
=========
12 noon                      Chicago Calendar with Jack Brickhouse
1:00 pm                      Open House with Frankie Masters
2:00 pm                      Stop the Record
2:30 pm                      Telephone Game
3:00 pm                      Feature Film  "One Year Later"
4:00 pm                      Hi Ladies with Tommy Bartlett
4:30 pm                     Foto Test with Danny O'Neil
5:00 pm                     Small Fry Club
5:30 pm                     Trail Blazers' Theater



Evening
========
6:00 pm                   Captain Video
6:30 pm                   News with Austin Kiplinger
6:40 pm                   Weather News with Frann Weigle
6:45 pm                   Chicagoland Newsreel
7:00 pm                   Court of Current Issues
7:30 pm                   John Hopkins Science Review
8:00 pm                   Cavalcade of Bands with Ted Steel
9:00 pm                   Star Time (variety show; guests: Frances Langford, Lew
                                                       Parker & the Benny Goodman Sextet)
10:00 pm                Feature Film   "Nothing Sacred"
11:30 pm                Chicagoland Newsreel

WENR Channel 7 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Morning
========
11:00 am                     Bob & Kay Show


Afternoon
=======
1:00 pm                      Beulah Karney Show (cooking program)
4:00 pm                      Lois & Looie (cartoons)
4:15 pm                      Space Patrol
4:30 pm                      Sagebrush Theater   "Wild Country" (part II)
5:00 pm                      Mary Hartline Show
5:15 pm                      Sandy Strong (puppet show)
5:30 pm                      Adventure Time
5:45 pm                      Uncle Mistletoe



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    War Tonight with Gordon Fraser
6:05 pm                    Club Seven (music program)
6:25 pm                    Nation Tonight (news program)
6:30 pm                    Beulah Show   "Beulah & the Health Fanatic"
7:00 pm                    All-American Game of the Week (taped highlights of a
                                                                                            football game)
7:30 pm                    Buck Rogers (1950 TV show, by this time, starring Robert
                                                               Pastene)
8:00 pm                    Billy Rose Show   "Pitching Horseshoes"
8:30 pm                    Can You Top This?
9:00 pm                    Box Seat with the Blackhawks
9:30 pm                    Roller Derby (no teams listed)
10:15 pm                  Sportscholar
10:30 pm                  Our Gal Toni
11:00 pm                  News with Paul Harvey
11:10 pm                  Flana-Grams (sports news)
11:20 pm                  Walter "Fats" Pischon
11:30 pm                  Top O' the Weather with Russ Reed

WNBQ(5) Ad

Here's a vintage ad for WNBQ(5), spotlighting their Wednesday-evening lineup. From the "Great Lakes" edition of the TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WNBQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Afternoon
==========
12 noon                        Meet Mintz with Herbie Mintz
12:15 pm                      Newsroom
12:30 pm                      Panorama Shop with Luckey North
1:00 pm                        Film   "Here Comes Kelly"
2:00 pm                        Ransom Sherman Show
2:30 pm                        Remember This Date with Bill Stern
3:00 pm                        Kate Smith Hour
4:00 pm                        NBC Comics
4:15 pm                        Panhandle Pete & Jennifer   "City Pup Wins a Dog Show"
4:30 pm                        Howdy Doody Show with Bob Smith
5:00 pm                        Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                        Crusader Rabbit (cartoon)
5:35 pm                        News with Clifton Utley
5:45 pm                        Weatherman with Clint Youle
5:55 pm                        Public Life of Cliff Norton


Evening
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6:00 pm                       Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                       John Conte's Little Show (guest: Betty Brewer)
6:45 pm                       News Caravan
7:00 pm                       Star Theater with Milton Berle
8:00 pm                       Fireside Theater   "The Love of Mike"
8:30 pm                       Circle Theater   "The Perfect Type"
9:00 pm                       Amateur Hour with Ted Mack
10:00 pm                     Weatherman with Clint Youle
10:10 pm                     Dorsey Connors
10:15 pm                     News with Clifton Utley
10:30 pm                     Let's Talk About Sports with Tom Duggan
10:45 pm                     Herbie Mintz Show
11:00 pm                     Broadway Open House

WBKB Channel 4 TV Schedule for Tuesday, November 21, 1950

Morning
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10:00 am                       Fun & Features with George Menard
10:15 am                       Fun & Figures with Ed Allen (exercise program)
10:30 am                       Fun & Features (continues)
11:00 am                       Tele-Shopper with Betty Whitney



Afternoon
===========
12 noon                        INS Newsreel
12:15 pm                      For Ladies Only
12:30 pm                      Multiscope News (ticker tape)
12:45 pm                      Through the Picture Tube
1:00 pm                        Bill Evans Show
2:00 pm                        Let's Have Fun with Hank Grant
3:00 pm                        Homemakers' Exchange
3:30 pm                        Necchi & the Nortons
3:45 pm                        Multiscope News (ticker tape)
4:00 pm                        Lucky Pup (puppet show)
4:15 pm                        Funny Bunnies (cartoons)
4:20 pm                        TV Billboard (ticker tape)
4:30 pm                        Comic Capers
4:45 pm                        Multiscope News (ticker tape)
5:15 pm                        Window Shopping (commercial)
5:30 pm                        Wrangler's Club
5:45 pm                        Film (no title listed)



Evening
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6:00 pm                       Herb Graffis Show
6:15 pm                       News with Ulmer Turner
6:30 pm                       CBS News with Douglas Edwards
6:45 pm                       Faye Emerson Show
7:00 pm                       Family Playhouse   "Three Men On a Horse"
8:00 pm                       Vaughn Monroe Show
8:30 pm                       Suspense   "Strike Me Dead"
9:00 pm                       Danger
9:30 pm                       Bears Quarterback Club with Red Grange & Luke Johnsos
10:00 pm                     Curbstone Cut-Up with Ernie Simon
10:15 pm                     News with Ulmer Turner
10:30 pm                     Sports Roundup with Joe Wilson
10:45 pm                     Film (no title listed)
10:55 pm                     Tomorrow's Weather with J. Dunham
11:00 pm                     Anonymously Yours
11:15 pm                     Newly Engaged with Carl Schreiber
11:30 pm                     Murder Before Midnight


Early Wednesday, November 22, 1950
==============================
12 midnight               INS Newsreel with Ulmer Turner
12:15 am                   Night Owl Movies (no titles listed)
1:45 am                     Late War News (ticker tape)

WENR(7) Ad

Here's a vintage ad for WENR(7), spotlighting their Tuesday-night lineup. From the "Great Lakes" edition of TV Forecast, dated November 18-24, 1950.

WLAV Channel 7 TV Schedule for Monday, November 20, 1950

Afternoon
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1:30 pm                       Reel Relaxation
3:00 pm                       Ransom Sherman Show
3:30 pm                       Bert Parks Show
4:00 pm                       Homemaker's Exchange with Louise Leslie
4:30 pm                       Kate Smith Show
5:00 pm                       NBC Comics   "Kid Champion"
5:15 pm                       Panhandle Pete & Jennifer
5:30 pm                       Howdy Doody with Bob Smith



Evening
========
6:00 pm                    Cactus Jim
6:30 pm                    Unusually Yours
7:00 pm                    Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
7:30 pm                    Who Said That?
8:00 pm                    Treasury Men In Action
8:30 pm                    Stars Over Hollywood
9:00 pm                    Lights Out
9:30 pm                    Life with the Erwins
10:00 pm                  Studio One
11:00 pm                  Telenews Reel
11:10 pm                  Stranger Than Fiction
11:25 pm                  Broadway Open House



Early Tuesday, November 21, 1950
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12:25 am                Late News

WTMJ Channel 3 TV Schedule for Monday, November 20, 1950

Afternoon
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1:00 pm                       The Man Next Door
1:45 pm                       Showroom with Roberta Quinlan
2:00 pm                       What's New In the Home with Breta Griem
2:45 pm                       Shopping News
3:00 pm                       Kate Smith Show
4:00 pm                       Feminine Viewpoint
4:30 pm                       Howdy Doody Show with Bob Smith
5:00 pm                       Cactus Jim
5:30 pm                       Adele Artinian Presents
5:45 pm                       Vi & Jerry Wagner


Evening
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6:00 pm                       Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
6:30 pm                       Sports Picture
6:45 pm                       News Caravan with John Swayze
7:00 pm                       Lux TV Theater
7:30 pm                       Voice of Firestone
8:00 pm                       Horace Heidt Show
8:30 pm                       The Goldbergs (NOT the current ABC sitcom)
9:00 pm                       Quiz Kids with Joe Kelly
9:30 pm                       Who Said That? with Robert Trout
10:00 pm                     Let's Remember
10:30 pm                     Let's Look at the News
10:35 pm                     The Web
11:05 pm                     Holiday Hotel with Don Ameche
11:35 pm                     Broadway Open House