Network TV Schedules: Sunday, April 5, 1953 (Easter)

All times listed are Eastern/Pacific

## **ABC**

**1pm - *Easter 1953*** - Live Coverage of the Annual New York City Easter Parade

**2:30pm - *Wild Bill Hickok: Wrestling Story***

**3pm - *The Cisco Kid***

**3:30pm - *Hopalong Cassidy: The Devil's Playground (1946)*** - Hoppy finds a wounded girl and later finds Judge Morton who claims the girl is his daughter and he is looking for her.

**5pm - *Super Circus***

**6pm - *Don Allen's Magic***

**6:30pm - *Lilli Palmer Show***

**7pm - *You Asked For It***

**7:30pm - *What's The Answer?***

**8pm - *All Star News***

9**pm - *The March Of Time***

**9:30pm - *Dangerous Assignment: The Archeology Story -*** Steve travels to the Trans-Jordan area to find a missing goddess and protect her from the wrong hands.

**10pm - *Billy Graham Easter Program***

## **CBS**

**10am - *Lamp Unto My Feet***

**10:30am - *Easter Pontifical Mass (Live)***

**12:30p - *Candy Carnival***

**1pm - *The New York City Easter Parade (Live)***

**2:30pm - *Omnibus: Everyman/A Trip To The Moon***

**4pm - Local News & Programming**

**6pm - *You Are There: Cortez Conquers The Aztecs***

**6:30pm - See It Now**

**7pm - *The Gene Autry Show: Poisoned Waterhole*** - Gene's American Indian friends are accused of poisoning a water hole. (Rerun from 10/8/1950)

**7:30pm - *Private Secretary: Suspicion*** - When Susie sees her friends plotting behind her back and meets her secretarial replacement, she thinks she is going to be fired.

**8pm - *The Toast Of The Town*** - Guests: The Ringling Bros Circus Clowns

**9pm - *The Fred Waring Show: Songs Of Easter***

**10pm - *The Web: A Cry Of Trumpets***

**10:30pm - *What's My Line***

## **DuMont**

**6pm - *Easter Special: Hill Number One***

**7pm - *Easter Special: The Triumphant Hour***

**8pm - *Faith Of Our Fathers***

**8:30pm - *The Big Picture*** - US Army Screen Magazine

**9pm - *Rocky King, Detective: The Kiss Of Death***

**9:30pm - *The Plainclothesman: Backwash***

**10pm - *Arthur Murry Dance Party***

## **NBC**

**12:30pm - *Easter In New York*** - Live Coverage Of The City's Easter Parade

**2pm - *How Does Your Garden Grow***

**2:30pm - *American Forum Of The Air***

**3pm - *The Range Rider: Pale Horse***

**3:30pm - *Crusader Rabbit/* 3:45pm - *The Magic Clown***

**4pm - *Kukla, Fran and Ollie***

**4:30pm - *Zoo Parade***

**5pm - *Hallmark Hall Of Fame: The Other Wise Man***

**5:30pm - Local News & Programming**

**6pm - *Meet The Press -*** Guest: Interior Secretary Doulas McKay

**6:30pm - *The Roy Rogers Show: Loaded Guns*** - Roy tangles with a hot tempered killer who uses stolen guns.

**7pm - *The Red Skelton Show***

**7:30pm - *Mr. Peepers -*** Peepers captures a rare butterfly on an outing with Wes.

**8pm - *The Colgate Comedy Hour*** - Host: Donald O'Connor

**9pm - *Philco Television Playhouse: A Young Lady Of Property***

**10pm - *The Doctor: As The Twig Is Bent*** - A policeman’s boyhood friend is acquitted of a crime, but the policeman knows that his friend is guilty.

**10:30pm  *- Victory At Sea: Target Suribachi*** - The Allied Forces preparing to attack the strategic island of Iwo Jima find themselves caught in the middle of a typhoon.