Network TV Schedules: Thursday, April 16, 1953

All times listed Eastern/Pacific

## **ABC**

**11am - *Beulah Karney Presents*** - Mexican Moonlight Party

**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: Lady In The Morgue (1938)*** - Two detectives (Preston S. Foster, Frank Jenks) search for the missing corpse of a woman who died mysteriously and find a much deeper mystery

**3pm - *The Lucky Circle Ranch: Raiders Of Red Cap (1943)***

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 10

**6pn - Local News & Programming**

**7:30pm - *The Lone Ranger: The Durango Kid*** - An Easterner thinks the Durango Kid is her long-lost brother.

**8pm - *Ramar Of The Jingle: The Mask of Kreenah***

**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**

1**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: A Parisian Romance (1932)***- In Paris, a notorious womanizer falls in love with a young woman who at last makes him mend his ways

**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 - *Amos And Andy: Kingfish At The Ballgame* -** A rich widow waves so frantically at a ballgame, that she drops her diamond ring in Kingfish’s box of crackerjack.

**9pm - *Lux Video Theatre: Measure For Greatness***

**9:30pm - *Big Town***

**10pm - *My Little Margie: They Also Serve***

**10:30pm - *I've Got A Secret*** - Guest: Charles Coburn

## **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 Broken Chord*** - A married man learns that his attachment to his mother is threatening his daughter's chances for happiness.

**9pm - *Your Show Time: The Million Pound Bank Note*** - Two English brothers make a bet which changes the fortunes of a young American stranger.

9**:30pm - *Boston Blackie***

**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: Oh Yeah? (1939)*** - Two roving vagabonds try to romance two waitresses while avoiding the freight-yard police.

**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 Sawed-Off Shot Gun***

**9pm - *Dragnet: The Big Lay-Out*** - Friday's friend asks for help with his son, who may be selling drugs.

**9:30pm - *Ford Theatre: Allison Ltd.*** - A dress designer has risen to the top of her profession and lost her marriage along the way.

**10pm - *Martin Kane Private Eye*** - Kane investigates a case of a car repossession agent murdering said car's owners.

**10:30pm - *China Smith: Jungle Dragon* -**After the black sheep of a conservative British family is banished to Malaya, the young man's fiancée asks China Smith to find him.