1961–62 United States network television schedule (weekday)

These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning in September 1961. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

Fall 1961

	6:00 am	6:30 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm
ABC	local										The Texan reruns	Love that Bob reruns (to 12/1) / Yours for a Song (from 12/4)	Camouflage	Make a Face	Day in Court	local	Number Please	Seven Keys	Queen for a Day	Who Do You Trust?	4:00 pm: American Bandstand 4:50 pm: American Newsstand		local
CBS	local				Captain Kangaroo		local		Calendar	I Love Lucy reruns	Video Village	11:30 am: Your Surprise Package & 11:55 am: CBS Newsbreak with Rose Marie Scott	Love of Life	12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow 12:45 pm: The Guiding Light	local	As the World Turns	Password	Art Linkletter's House Party	The Millionaire reruns	3:30 pm: The Verdict is Yours 3:55 pm: CBS Newsbreak with Rose Marie Scott	4:00 pm: The Brighter Day 4:15 pm: The Secret Storm	The Edge of Night	local
NBC	Continental Classroom		Today				local		Say When!! COLOR	Play Your Hunch COLOR	The Price Is Right COLOR	Concentration	Truth or Consequences COLOR	12:30 pm: It Could Be You COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News	local		The Jan Murray Show (Charge Account) COLOR	The Loretta Young Theater reruns	Young Doctor Malone	From These Roots	Make Room for Daddy reruns	4:30 pm: Here's Hollywood 4:55 pm: NBC News	5:00 pm: Kukla, Fran and Ollie 5:05 pm: local

Winter 1961–1962

	6:00 am	6:30 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm
ABC	local										The Texan reruns	Yours for a Song	Camouflage	Make a Face	local		Day In Court	Seven Keys	Queen for a Day	Who Do You Trust?	4:00 pm: American Bandstand 4:50 pm: American Newsstand		local
CBS	local				Captain Kangaroo		local		Calendar	I Love Lucy reruns	Video Village	11:30 am: Your Surprise Package (to 2/23) / The Clear Horizon (soap, from 2/26) & 11:55 am: CBS Newsbreak with Rose Marie Scott	Love of Life	12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow 12:45 pm: The Guiding Light	local	As the World Turns	Password	Art Linkletter's House Party	The Millionaire reruns	3:30 pm: The Verdict is Yours 3:55 pm: CBS Newsbreak with Rose Marie Scott	4:00 pm: The Brighter Day 4:15 pm: The Secret Storm	The Edge of Night	local
NBC	Continental Classroom		Today				local		Say When!! COLOR	Play Your Hunch COLOR	The Price Is Right COLOR	Concentration	Your First Impression COLOR	12:30 pm: Truth or Consequences COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News	local		2:00 pm: The Jan Murray Show (Charge Account) COLOR 2:25 pm: NBC News	The Loretta Young Theater reruns	Young Doctor Malone	Our Five Daughters	Make Room for Daddy reruns	4:30 pm: Here's Hollywood 4:55 pm: NBC News	5:00 pm: Kukla, Fran and Ollie 5:05 pm: local

NOTE: In early 1962, NBC returned the 5 PM timeslot to its affiliates.

Spring 1962

	6:00 am	6:30 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm
ABC	local										The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show	Yours for a Song	Camouflage	Window Shopping	The Texan reruns (to 5/11)	local	Day in Court	Seven Keys	Queen for a Day	Who Do You Trust?	4:00 pm: American Bandstand 4:50 pm: American Newsstand
CBS	local				Captain Kangaroo		local		Calendar	I Love Lucy reruns	Video Village	11:30 am: The Clear Horizon & 11:55 am: CBS Newsbreak with Rose Marie Scott	Love of Life	12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow 12:45 pm: The Guiding Light	local	As the World Turns	Password	Art Linkletter's House Party	The Millionaire reruns	3:30 pm: The Verdict is Yours 3:55 pm: CBS Newsbreak with Rose Marie Scott	4:00 pm: The Brighter Day 4:15 pm: The Secret Storm	The Edge of Night
NBC	Continental Classroom		Today				local		Say When!! COLOR	Play Your Hunch COLOR	The Price Is Right COLOR	Concentration	Your First Impression COLOR	12:30 pm: Truth or Consequences COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News	local		2:00 pm: The Jan Murray Show (Charge Account) COLOR 2:25 pm: NBC News	The Loretta Young Theater reruns	Young Doctor Malone	Our Five Daughters	Make Room for Daddy reruns	4:30 pm: Here's Hollywood 4:55 pm: NBC News

Summer 1962

	6:00 am	6:30 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm
ABC	local										The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show	Yours for a Song	Camouflage	Jane Wyman Presents reruns	local		Day in Court	Seven Keys	Queen for a Day	Who Do You Trust?	4:00 pm: American Bandstand 4:50 pm: American Newsstand
CBS	local				Captain Kangaroo		local		Calendar	I Love Lucy reruns	The Verdict is Yours	11:30 am: The Brighter Day & 11:55 am: CBS Newsbreak with Rose Marie Scott	Love of Life	12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow 12:45 pm: The Guiding Light	local	As the World Turns	Password	Art Linkletter's House Party	The Millionaire reruns	3:30 pm: To Tell the Truth 3:55 pm: CBS Newsbreak with Rose Marie Scott	The Secret Storm	The Edge of Night
NBC	Continental Classroom		Today				local		Say When!! COLOR	Play Your Hunch COLOR	The Price Is Right COLOR	Concentration	Your First Impression COLOR	12:30 pm: Truth or Consequences COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News	local		2:00 pm: The Jan Murray Show (Charge Account) COLOR 2:25 pm: NBC News	The Loretta Young Theater reruns	Young Doctor Malone	Our Five Daughters	Make Room for Daddy reruns	4:30 pm: Here's Hollywood 4:55 pm: NBC News

Sources

• Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
• Hyatt, The Encyclopedia Of Daytime Television, Billboard Books, 1997
• TV schedules, NEW YORK TIMES, September 1961-September 1962 (microfilm)