Network TV Schedules: Thursday, April 9, 1953

All times listed are Eastern/Pacific

## **ABC**

**11am - *Beulah Karney Presents*** - The Week's Best Buys.

**11:30am - *Let's Exercise With Ed Allen***

**Noon - *The Bob & Kay Show***

**12:30pm - *Danny O'Neil At Home***

**1pm - *The ABC Afternoon Movie: A Boy, A Girl, And A Bike (1949)*** - Introduction of a new member breeds jealousy in a bicycling club in Yorkshire, England. Cast: John McCallum, Honor Blackman

**3pm - *The Lucky Circle Ranch: Western Movie***

4**pm - *Laugh Time With Charlie Chase***

**4:30pm - *The Happy Pirates***

**5pm - *Time For Fun***

**5:30pm - *ABC Adventure Time* -**The Three Musketeers Chapter 5

**6pn - Local News & Programming**

**7:30pm - *The Lone Ranger: Black Gold*** - A geologist is badly beaten when he uncovers land fraud.

**8pm - *Ramar Of The Jingle: Tribal Feud*** - Trudy Van Dyne has been kidnapped by a nomadic tribe; her desperate father asks Tom and Howard to help find her.

**8:30pm - *Chance Of A Lifetime*** - Talent Show

**9pm - *Quick As A Flash* -** Panel Quiz Show

**9:30pm - *Impact*** - News & Features

**10pm - Local News & Programming**

## **CBS**

**0am - *Arthur Godfrey Time***

**11am - *There's One In Every Family***

**11:30am - *Strike It Rich***

**Noon - *Bride & Groom*/ 12:15 - *Love Of Life/*12:30pm - *Search For Tomorrow/*12:45 - *The Guiding Light***

**1pm - *Hi Ladies***

**1:30pm - *The Gary Moore Show***

**2pm - *Double Or Nothing***

**2:30pm - *Art Linkletter's House Party***

**3pm - *The Big Payoff***

**3:30pm - *The Eddie Albert Show***

**4pm - *The CBS Early Movie: Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)***- A statistician (Stuart Erwin) uses winnings from a bean-guessing contest to fund a collapsible-barrel factory.

**5:30pm - *Garfield Goose And Friends***

**6pm - Local News & Programming**

**7:30pm - *The CBS Evening News With Douglas Edwards***

**7:45pm - *The Perry Como Show***

**8pm - *Life With Luigi***

**8:30pm - *Four Star Playhouse: Dante's Inferno*** - A beautiful woman patron insists that she is about to be murdered. (Rerun From October 9, 1952)

**9pm - *Lux Video Theatre: With Glory And Honor***

**9:30pm - *Big Town***

**10pm - *My Little Margie: The Golf Game***

**10:30pm - *Racket Squad: Girl In The Mink Coat***

## **DuMont**

**6:30pm - *Time For Beany***

**7pm - *Captain Video And His Video Rangers***

**7:30pm - *DuMont First Edition***

**8pm *Now I'll Tell One*** - Sports Interviews

**8:30pm - *Fireside Theatre: The Old Talbot*** - A Swedish immigrant stays with his American aunt and scares two of the female borders with his noisy and mysterious experiments.

**9pm - *Your Show Time: The Marquise*** - Highborn lady falls in love with a famous actor

9**:30pm - *Boston Blackie: Red Hot Murder*** - Blackie (Kent Taylor) is thought to have been killed in a where house fire after tangling with a member of an arson gang.

**10pm - *Treasure Hunt*** - The House Of Rothchild appraises curios and artifacts brought in by viewers.

## **NBC**

**7am - *The Today Show***

**9am - Local News & Programming**

**10am - *Ding Dong School***

**10:30am - *Animal Fun***

**11am - *UN General Assembly Meeting***

**Noon - Local News & Programming**

**1:30pm - *Matinee Theatre: Telephone Operator (1937)*** - A switchboard operator (Judith Allen) coordinates communication during a major flood.

**3pm - *Break The Bank***

**3:30pm - *Welcome Travelers***

**4pm - *The Kate Smith Hour***

**5pm - *Hawkins Falls/* 5:15pm - *The Gabby Hayes Show***

**5:30pm - *Howdy Doody Show***

**6pm - Local News & Programming**

**7:30pm - *NBC News Caravan***

**8pm - *You Bet Your Life***

**8:30pm - *Treasury Men In Action: The Case of the Contraband Fever***

**9pm - *Dragnet: The Big Test*** - A young man claims to have been robbed by bandits on horseback in Mexico.

**9:30pm - *Ford Theatre: Just What The Doctor Ordered*** - A patient falls in love with his lady doctor.

**10pm - *Martin Kane Private Eye*** - Kane investigates a case of amnesia from a frightened girl to a very threatening nurse.

**10:30pm - *China Smith: Espionage Express* -** Aboard a train carrying concealed gold, China Smith meets a small boy who can't speak English and soon has to contend with smuggling, espionage and murder