WCBW Schedule, Week of November 23rd, 1941

Here’s the schedule for WCBW, the CBS station in New York City, for the week starting Sunday, November 23rd, 1941, straight from daily television listings printed in The New York Times. As always, the station was off the air on Sunday.

Viewers in New York City were treated once again to a week without test patterns except on Saturday.

The daily Children’s Story program continued its adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels with “A Voyage to Brobdingnag.”

Monday’s Men at Work variety show featured at least ten guests, including comics Hank Henry and Robert Alda, dancers Miriam Winslow and Foaster Fitz-Simons, Chinese Dogs, and comedy dancers Joe and Joey Mack.

On Tuesday, singer Tamara replaced Joan Edwards. The topic for Wednesday’s Table Talk with Helene Sioussat was American Cooperation in an International Order After the War. The station aired an unspecified special event on Friday at 8:15PM.

Sunday, November 23rd, 1941
No Programs Scheduled

Monday, November 24th, 1941 [1]
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Boys in the Back Room
3:15PM – Children’s Story: A Voyage to Brobdingnag
8:00PM – News Reports
8:15PM – Joan Edwards, Songs
8:30PM – Variety Show [Men at Work]: Sheila Barrett, Comedienne; Hank Henry and Bob Alda, Comics; Miriam Winslow and Foster Fitz-Simons, Dancers; Chinese Dogs; June Winter, Songs; Joe and Joey Mack, Comedy Dancers; Giles O’Connor

Tuesday, November 25th, 1941 [2]
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Dancing Lesson
3:15PM – Children’s Story: A Voyage to Brobdingnag
8:00PM – News Reports
8:15PM – Tamara, Songs
8:30PM – Metropolitan Museum of Art
9-9:30PM – Sports–Bob Edge

Wednesday, November 26th, 1941 [3]
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Table Talk with Helen Sioussat: American Cooperation in an International Order After the War–Norman Thomas, Dr. Edward R. Reisner, Mrs. Catherine Larkin, Dr. Frank Kingdon, Dr. Pennington Haile
3:15PM – Children’s Story: A Voyage to Brobdingnag
8:00PM – News Reports
8:15PM – Joan Edwards, Songs
8:30-9:30PM – Country Dance

Thursday, November 27th, 1941 [4]
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Metropolitan Museum of Art
3:15PM – Children’s Story: A Voyage to Brobdingnag
8:00PM – News Reports
8:15PM – Sports-Bob Edge
8:30-9:30PM – Visual Quiz

Friday, November 28th, 1941 [5]
2:30PM – News Reports
2:45PM – Film
3:15PM – Children’s Story: A Voyage to Brobdingnag
8:00PM – News Reports
8:15PM – Special Event
9-10PM – Sports–Bob Edge: Badminton

Saturday, November 29th, 1941 [6]
2:00PM – Test Pattern
2:30-4:30PM – Films

Note: Television listings published in newspapers were based on information provided by stations and were subject to change at the last minute. They may not be an accurate representation of what actually aired.

Works Cited: