December 2019 Schedule
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December 2019 Thomas Mitchell stars in a classic television adaptation of “Miracle on 34th Street,” airing Christmas Eve. CUSTOM MADE WEEKDAYS CUSTOMIZED SATURDAY SUNDAY 7AM To Morning Music Show 9AM 9AM Read to Me Home on the Range Lux Radio Theater 10AM You are There School Days The Singing Cowboy 11AM Streets Smart Movie Serial Bowl Roy Rogers Trigger 12PM Matinee Movie Backlot Bijou Wylie Ave Theater 1PM General Audiences Heroes of the West The Big Picture 2PM TelePlay Billy the Kid People & Places Four Star Playhouse 3PM Robin Hood Bonanza Olde World Adventures Presenting Alfred Hitchcock 4PM Tales of Justice Beverly Hillbillies Crime Scene Beverly Hillbillies 5PM On the Job I Married Joan Mr. & Mrs. North The Boys I Married Joan Mr. & Mrs. North BACKLOT BIJOU FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE MATINEE MOVIE PRESENTING ALFRED HITCHCOCK STREET SMARTS MOVIE Ignore the stock costumes, stock sets and Some of Hollywood's biggest stars take on a Relive the era when Hollywood's movie- Experience a true cinema artist in his early This series of light comedy films show- stock props and just enjoy these fun western variety of roles in this entertaining anthol- making machine was being polished and years, by enjoying films made between case a troupe of young actor/friends who adventure movies. ogy of comedies, dramas and crime tales --- churning out huge numbers of films each 1927 and 1939 by legendary British director first appeared together in a hit Broadway all specially edited for Channel Pittsburgh. week. These movies, all released in the Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980). play about a group of New York City BEVERLY HILLBILLIES 1930s, reflect a time of incredible turmoil teens. Their most common onscreen The popular sitcom about a poor backwoods GENERAL AUDIENCES that included the first talking pictures, the READ TO ME names would be "The East End Kids" and family who find themselves in alien world This custom-made series features classic Great Depression, the introduction of the Enjoy hearing volunteers from Librivox "The Bowery Boys." after striking oil --- the world of Beverly trailers and shorts (deemed "suitable for all remake (as well as genres such as the read from a terrific selection of novels, Hills, California. general audiences") promoting films from monster movie and the musical) and short stories and poems. TALES OF JUSTICE nearly a century of cinema. censorship issues. See justice prevail in just 30 minutes with THE BIG PICTURE ROBIN HOOD this custom-made series of interesting Originally produced by the United States HEROES OF THE OLD WEST MORNING MUSIC SHOW British matinee idol Richard Greene (1918- (and often gripping) short films from TV's Army, these films (which have been spe- Enjoy rotating tales of adventures starring a Develop an awareness and appreciation of 1985) stars in this fun adaptation of the early days. cially edited for Channel Pittsburgh), trio of Old West heroes --- including a early 20th century American music as Robin Hood legend, a tale in English document the history of America's armed fictional version of sharpshooter Annie performed by the artists who made them folklore about a nobleman forced to go TELEPLAY forces. Oakley (1860-1926) --- in a custom-made classics. underground as a hero for the average This custom-made series screens an series comprised of rousing TV films of the person. interesting collection of short plays and BILLY THE KID 1950s. MR. & MRS. NORTH films from television's Golden Age This entertaining series uses matinee The creation of writers Frances Davis ROY ROGERS & TRIGGER featuring stars like Angela Lansbury, movies of the 1940s that tell a romanticized, HOME ON THE RANGE Lockridge (1896-1963) and her husband, Watch western movie hero Roy Rogers MacDonald Carey, Myrna Loy and fictional version of legendary outlaw This custom-made series features fun Richard Lockridge (1898-1982), this light (1911-1998) --- with the help of Trigger, the Charles Bronson. William "Billy the Kid" Bonney (1860- adaptations of early cinematic adventures of mystery series follows amateur sleuths --- world's smartest horse --- take on different 1881) by casting him as an underground western heroes Woodward "Tex" Ritter and happily married couple --- Jerry and roles to save the day in these classic films WYLIE AVENUE THEATER hero. (1905-1974) and John Wayne (1907-1979). Pam North. exclusively adapted into a custom-made Experience some of the earliest (and often series for Channel Pittsburgh. most interesting) movies made by or for BONANZA I MARRIED JOAN OLDE WORLD ADVENTURES African-American audiences, including Dignified yet engaging actor Lorne Greene A veteran of vaudeville, film and radio, Travel back in time when adventure was SCHOOL DAYS those by pioneering filmmaker Oscar (1915-1987) stars as the much-married actress Joan Davis (1907-1961) is a delight truly exciting and everyone spoke with an Embracing life-long learning with this Micheaux (1884-1951) and features patriarch of a prominent ranching family in as the scatterbrained wife of a community British accent in this custome-made series custom-made series showcasing a collection groundbreaking stars like Paul Robeson 1860s Nevada. judge played by Jim Backus (1913-1989). featuring classic tales first seen on TV in of interesting and enlightening educational (1898-1976) and Cab Calloway (1907- the 1950s. short films. 1994). THE BOYS LUX RADIO THEATER The guys who made America laugh in TV's Drawn from Radio's Golden Age are these ON THE JOB SERIAL BOWL YOU ARE THERE early days continue to generate smiles in star-studded adaptations of some of the Leap out of your cubical laughing with the From one cliffhanger to the next, enjoy a Experience history almost as it happened this custom-made series comprising of greatest movies ever made. workplace humor of Robert Cummings serving of terrific adventure with heroes with this classic radio show that imagines specially edited episodes of their popular (1910-1990), Ann Sothern (1909-2001) and like Captain America and Flash Gordon in key events as if they were covered live by sitcoms. Gale Storm (1922-2009) in this custom- this custom-made series. contemporary journalists. made series. CRIME SCENE THE SINGING COWBOY Join two of early television's most stylish PEOPLE & PLACES Saddle up for this custom-made series and clever private investigators --- Mike The people and places that make Earth adapted from some of the early films Barnett and Martin Kane --- as the solve unique and fascinating are revealed in this starring country music recording artist and crimes that no one else can in this custom- custom-made series comprised of historic western movie icon Gene Autry (1907- made series. documentary films. 1998). SUNDAY MONDAY 11:00 p.m. Dragnet 10:00 p.m. The Detectives DECEMBER1 DECEMBER 2 Ellen Corby --- who later became Guilt drives pri- CUSTOM MADE famous on TV's "The Waltons" --- vate investigator plays a spinster who may hold the Michael Shayne (Richard 7:00 p.m. Placeholder 7:00 p.m. Placeholder key to a man's murder. Friday: Denning) into breaking the rules (Future Local Show) (Future Local News) Jack Webb. Frank: Ben Alexan- in searching for his friend's killer. der. First of two parts. Lucy: Patricia 7:30 p.m. Placeholder 7:30 p.m. Games People Played Donahue. Tim: Jerry Paris. (Future Local Show) Former child star CUSTOM MADE 11:30 p.m. One Step Beyond Jackie Cooper Three actors who later became 10:30 p.m. Lock Up 8:00 p.m. Placeholder (who worked with Charlie Chap- household faces on classic TV After a decade in prison, Stan (Future Local Show) lin and later appeared in Christo- shows --- Norman Lloyd, Suzanne Bronson (William Bryant) breaks pher Reeve's "Superman " movies Pleshette and David White --- star out to track down the ex-wife he 8:30 p.m. Literary as Perry White) is the celebrity in this thought-provoking episode claims lied at his trial. Maris: Masterpiece Theatre guest on an early game show. about a man who must choose MacDonald Carey. Stella: Nancy "The Strange Woman" (1946). between saving a girl's life or his Gates. Hedy Lamar gives a stunning 8:00 p.m. Lucy Show own sanity. Fosdick: John Bren- performance in this adaptation of Things get sticky for Lucy nan. 11:00 p.m. Dragnet prolific American author Ben (Lucille Ball) when an expensive Local physicians are the target of Ames Williams' daring 1941 ring meant as a gift for Mooney's 12:00 a.m. Midnight Movie a gang who lures their targets to novel as a heartless young woman wife ends up on her finger --- and "Hercules and the Captive hotel rooms where they are in 1830s New England manipulat- she can't get it off. Mooney: Gale Women" (1961). Award winning robbed of cash and drugs. Friday: ing the men around her --- espe- Gordon. British bodybuilder Reg Park Jack Webb. Frank: Ben Alexan- cially her husband and stepson. plays the legendary Greek hero der. Ann: Dorothy Abbott. John: George Sanders. Isaiah: 8:30 p.m. Love That Bob who is tricked into sailing to the Gene Lockhart. Ephraim: Louis Bob is thrilled after learning that mysterious Atlantis. Androclo: 11:30 p.m. One Step Beyond Hayward. his studio has had a banner year -- Ettore Manni. Ismene: Laura An apparently normal family liv- - which changes after paying the Efrikian. ing in 1900 Boston has an abnor- 11:00 p.m. Our Strange World taxman. Schultzy: Ann B. Davis. mal member: a son who resem- Conclusion. Chuck: Dwayne Hickman. CUSTOM MADE bles a fish-like monster. Margaret: The odd Mr. TUESDAY Augusta Dabney. Anna: Suzanne Boyne (Charlie Ruggles) tracks 9:00p.m. Jack Benny DECEMBER 3 Lloyd.