1960–61 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1960–61 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1960 to August 1961.

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.

Monday-Friday

Network		6:00 am	7:00 am	8:00 am	9:00 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	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	local programming							The Gale Storm Show (R)	Love That Bob (R)	Beat the Clock	About Faces	The Texan (R)	Day in Court	The Road to Reality	Queen for a Day	Who Do You Trust?	American Bandstand			Captain Gallant (Mon) (R) The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (Tue/Fri) (R) The Lone Ranger (Wed) (R) Rocky and His Friends (Thu)	John Daly with the News 6:15: local programming	local programming
	Winter								Love That Bob (R)	Camouflage	Number Please	The Gale Storm Show (R)			The Road to Reality						Captain Gallant (Mon) (R) Rocky and His Friends (Tue/Thu) The Lone Ranger (Wed) (R) The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (Fri) (R)	ABC Evening Report 6:15: local programming
	Spring								Love That Bob (R)	Camouflage	Number Please	The Gale Storm Show (R)			Seven Keys						The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (Mon/Fri) reruns Rocky and His Friends (Tue/Thu) The Lone Ranger (Wed) reruns	ABC Evening Report 6:15: local programming
CBS	Fall	Sunrise Semester		Captain Kangaroo	local programming	I Love Lucy (R)	Video Village	December Bride (R)	The Clear Horizon	Love of Life	12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow 12:45 pm: The Guiding Light	local programming	As the World Turns	Full Circle	Art Linkletter's House Party	The Millionaire (R)	The Verdict is Yours	4:00 pm: The Brighter Day 4:15 pm: The Secret Storm	The Edge of Night	local programming
CBS	Spring	Sunrise Semester		Captain Kangaroo	local programming	I Love Lucy (R)	Video Village	Double Exposure	Your Surprise Package	Love of Life		local programming	As the World Turns	Face the Facts	Art Linkletter's House Party	The Millionaire (R)	The Verdict is Yours	4:00 pm: The Brighter Day 4:15 pm: The Secret Storm	The Edge of Night	local programming
NBC	Fall	Continental Classroom	The Today Show		local programming	Dough Re Mi	Play Your Hunch In COLOR	The Price Is Right In COLOR	Concentration	Truth or Consequences In COLOR	12:30 pm: It Could Be You In COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News Update	local programming	Make Room for Daddy (R)	The Jan Murray Show: Charge Account In COLOR	local programming	Young Dr. Malone	From These Roots	The Loretta Young Theater (R)	Here's Hollywood	local programming
NBC	Winter	Continental Classroom	The Today Show		local programming	Say When!!	Play Your Hunch In COLOR	The Price Is Right In COLOR	Concentration	Truth or Consequences In COLOR		local programming	Make Room for Daddy (R)	The Jan Murray Show: Charge Account In COLOR	local programming	Young Dr. Malone	From These Roots	The Loretta Young Theater (R)	Here's Hollywood	local programming

Saturday

Network		7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 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
ABC	Fall	local programming									Lunch with Soupy Sales	local programming
ABC	Spring	local programming
CBS	Fall	local programming	Sunrise Semester	local programming			Captain Kangaroo		The Magic Land of Allakazam	Mighty Mouse Playhouse	Sky King (R)	CBS Saturday News	local programming
	Winter	local programming		Sunrise Semester	local programming		Captain Kangaroo			The Roy Rogers Show (R)		Mighty Mouse Playhouse	CBS Saturday News	local programming
	Spring	local programming		Sunrise Semester	local programming	Captain Kangaroo		Mighty Mouse Playhouse				CBS Saturday News	local programming
	Summer	local programming				Captain Kangaroo		Mighty Mouse Playhouse				CBS Saturday News	local programming
NBC	Fall	local programming					The Shari Lewis Show	King Leonardo and His Short Subjects	Fury (R)	The Lone Ranger (R)	True Story	Detective's Diary (R)	Watch Mr. Wizard	local programming
NBC	Summer	local programming				Pip the Piper	The Shari Lewis Show	King Leonardo and His Short Subjects	Fury (R)	The Lone Ranger (R)	True Story	Detective's Diary (R)	Watch Mr. Wizard	local programming

Sunday

Network		7:00 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	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	local programming								College News Conference	local programming							Walt Disney Presents
	November	local programming								Issues and Answers	local programming
	Winter	local programming					Pip the Piper	local programming		Issues and Answers	local programming			The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show	local programming
	Spring	local programming					Pip the Piper	local programming						Issues and Answers
	Summer	local programming												Issues and Answers
CBS	Fall	local programming	Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	UN in Action	Camera Three	Television Workshop		CBS Sports and/or local programming						Ted Mack's Amateur Hour	College Bowl	Face the Nation	The Twentieth Century (R)
	Winter				Eye on New York		CBS Sports and/or local programming										I Love Lucy (R)
	Spring						Washington Conversation	CBS Sports and/or local programming
	Summer						CBS Sports and/or local programming								Accent	Ted Mack's Amateur Hour
NBC	Fall	local programming						Youth Forum	local programming	Frontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic Hour	NBC Sports and/or local programming		Open Mind		Celebrity Golf	Chet Huntley Reporting	Meet the Press	People are Funny (R)
	Winter										Open Mind	NBC Sports and/or local programming						People are Funny (R)
	Spring										NBC Sports and/or local programming		Open Mind					Specials
	Summer										NBC Sports and/or local programming		Open Mind		local programming	Edwin Newman Reporting		Specials

Sources

https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122215/http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122235/http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211242/http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html
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 1960-September 1961 (microfilm)

1960–61 United States network television schedule (daytime)

Monday-Friday

Saturday

Sunday

See also

Sources