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This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1962.

Television historians Harry Castleman and Walter Podrazik (1982) state, "Despite all the promises of programming reform made by television executives in May, 1961, the 1962-1963 schedule turned out to be business as usual". Castleman and Podrazik point out that although the three networks had added generally well-made public-affairs and news programs to their schedules, there were "too many of them and their sheer number diluted the audience and stretched resources far too thin to allow quality productions each week".^[1] CBS aired CBS reports and Eyewitness, NBC broadcast Chet Huntley Reporting and David Brinkley's Journal, while ABC had Bell and Howell Close-up and the Howard K. Smith show.^[1]

New fall series are highlighted in bold. All times are Eastern and Pacific. The highest-rated show for the year is colored in gold, while the two second-highest appear in silver. Uniquely for this season there were two second-place series, as there was a tie. The 4th and 5th highest-rated shows are colored in lime. The 6th-10th highest-rated shows are colored in yellow. The 11th-20th highest-rated shows are colored in cyan. The 21st-30th highest-rated shows are colored in magenta. Rankings determined by Nielsen Media Research. ^[2]

Sunday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Father Knows Best (repeats)	The Jetsons	Hollywood Special				The Voice of Firestone	Howard K. Smith: News and Comment
CBS	Lassie	Dennis the Menace	The Ed Sullivan Show		The Real McCoys	General Electric True	Candid Camera	What's My Line?
NBC	Ensign O'Toole	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color		Car 54, Where Are You?	Bonanza		The Du Pont Show of the Week

Monday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local	Cheyenne		The Rifleman	Stoney Burke		Ben Casey
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 Walter Cronkite with the News*	To Tell the Truth	I've Got a Secret	The Lucy Show	The Danny Thomas Show	The Andy Griffith Show	The New Loretta Young Show	Stump the Stars
NBC	7:00 Local / 7:15 The Huntley-Brinkley Report*	It's a Man's World		Saints and Sinners		The Price is Right	David Brinkley's Journal	Local

In some areas, Walter Cronkite with the News and The Huntley-Brinkley Report aired at 6:45 p.m.(ET). Stump the Stars was formerly Pantomime Quiz.

Tuesday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local	Combat!		Hawaiian Eye	The Untouchables		Bell and Howell Closeup
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 Walter Cronkite with the News	Marshal Dillon (Gunsmoke repeats)	The Lloyd Bridges Show	The Red Skelton Hour	The Jack Benny Program	The Garry Moore Show
NBC	7:00 Local / 7:15 The Huntley-Brinkley Report	Laramie		Empire	The Dick Powell Show		Chet Huntley Reporting

Wednesday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	Local	Wagon Train	Going My Way		Our Man Higgins	Naked City
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 Walter Cronkite with the News	CBS Reports	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	The Beverly Hillbillies	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Armstrong Circle Theatre/ The United States Steel Hour
NBC	7:00 Local / 7:15 The Huntley-Brinkley Report	The Virginian		Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall		The Eleventh Hour

Thursday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	Local	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	The Donna Reed Show	Leave It to Beaver	My Three Sons	McHale's Navy	Alcoa Premiere
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 Walter Cronkite with the News	Mr. Ed	Perry Mason		The Nurses		The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
NBC	7:00 Local / 7:15 The Huntley-Brinkley Report	The Wide Country		Dr. Kildare		Hazel	The Andy Williams Show

Friday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local	The Gallant Men	The Flintstones	I'm Dickens, He's Fenster	77 Sunset Strip		Local
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 Walter Cronkite with the News	Rawhide	Route 66		Fair Exchange		Eyewitness
NBC	7:00 Local / 7:15 The Huntley-Brinkley Report	International Showtime	Sing Along with Mitch		Don't Call Me Charlie!	The Jack Paar Program

Saturday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
ABC	Beany and Cecil	The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	The Lawrence Welk Show		10:00 The Fight of the Week / 10:45 Make That Spare
CBS	Local	Jackie Gleason and his American Scene Magazine	The Defenders		Have Gun — Will Travel	Gunsmoke
NBC	Local	Sam Benedict	The Joey Bishop Show	NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

References

^ ^a ^b Castleman, Harry (1982). Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television. New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 147–153. ISBN 0-07-010269-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1962.htm

Castleman, H. & Podrazik, W. (1982). Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television. New York: McGraw-Hill. 314 pp.
McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.

[CP1982-1] Castleman, Harry (1982). Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television. New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 147–153. ISBN 0-07-010269-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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 Television historians Harry Castleman and Walter Podrazik (1982) state, "Despite all the promises of programming reform made by television executives in May, 1961, the 1962-1963 schedule turned out to be business as usual". Castleman and Podrazik point out that although the three networks had added generally well-made public-affairs and news programs to their schedules, there were "too many of them and their sheer number diluted the audience and stretched resources far too thin to allow quality productions each week".<ref name="CP1982">{{cite book| last = Castleman| first = Harry| authorlink = | coauthors = Walter J. Podrazik| title = Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television| publisher = McGraw-Hill| date = 1982| location = New York| pages = 147-153| url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-07-010269-4}}</ref> [[CBS]] aired ''CBS reports'' and ''Eyewitness'', [[NBC]] broadcast ''Chet Huntley Reporting'' and ''David Brinkley's Journal'', while [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] had ''Bell and Howell Close-up'' and the ''Howard K. Smith'' show.<ref name="CP1982"/>
-New fall series are highlighted in '''bold'''. All times are Eastern and Pacific. The highest-rated show for the year is colored in <span style="background-color:gold">'''gold'''</span>, while the two second-highest appear in <span style="background-color:silver">'''silver'''</span>. Uniquely for this season there were two second-place series, as there was a tie.<ref name="BM2">Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by [[Nielsen Media Research]] and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.</ref>
+New fall series are highlighted in '''bold'''. All times are Eastern and Pacific. The highest-rated show for the year is colored in <span style="background-color:gold">'''gold'''</span>, while the two second-highest appear in <span style="background-color:silver">'''silver'''</span>. Uniquely for this season there were two second-place series, as there was a tie.  The 4th and 5th highest-rated shows are colored in <span style="background-color:lime">'''lime'''</span>.  The 6th-10th highest-rated shows are colored in <span style="background-color:yellow">'''yellow'''</span>.  The 11th-20th highest-rated shows are colored in <span style="background-color:cyan">'''cyan'''</span>.  The 21st-30th highest-rated shows are colored in <span style="background-color:magenta">'''magenta'''</span>.  ''Rankings determined by [[Nielsen Media Research]]''.  <ref name="BM2">http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1962.htm</ref>
 == Sunday ==
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 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Father Knows Best]] (repeats)
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Jetsons]]'''
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4" | [[Hollywood Special]]
+| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4" | Hollywood Special
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Voice of Firestone]]'''
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Howard K. Smith: News and Comment]]
 |-
 ! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[CBS]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]
+| bgcolor="magenta" | [[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Dennis the Menace (TV series)|Dennis the Menace]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[The Ed Sullivan Show]]
+| bgcolor="cyan" colspan="2" | [[The Ed Sullivan Show]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Real McCoys]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[GE True|General Electric True]]'''
 | bgcolor="silver" | [[Candid Camera]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[What's My Line?]]
+| bgcolor="cyan" | [[What's My Line?]]
 |-
 ! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Ensign O'Toole]]'''
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]
+| bgcolor="magenta" colspan="2" | [[Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Car 54, Where Are You?]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Bonanza]]
+| bgcolor="lime" colspan="2" | [[Bonanza]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Du Pont|The Du Pont Show of the Week]]
 |}
@@ Line 60: / Line 60: @@
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Rifleman]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[Stoney Burke (TV series)|Stoney Burke]]'''
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Ben Casey]]
+| bgcolor="yellow" colspan="2" | [[Ben Casey]]
 |-
 ! [[CBS]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:00 Local / 7:15 [[CBS Evening News|Walter Cronkite with the News]]*
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[To Tell the Truth]]
+| bgcolor="cyan" | [[To Tell the Truth]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[I've Got a Secret]]
+| bgcolor="cyan" | [[I've Got a Secret]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Lucy Show]]'''
+| bgcolor="lime" | '''[[The Lucy Show]]'''
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Danny Thomas Show]]
+| bgcolor="yellow" | [[The Danny Thomas Show]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Andy Griffith Show]]
+| bgcolor="yellow" | [[The Andy Griffith Show]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |'''[[The New Loretta Young Show]]'''
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |'''[[Stump the Stars]]'''
@@ Line 108: / Line 108: @@
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Lloyd Bridges Show]]'''
 | bgcolor="silver" colspan="2" | [[The Red Skelton Show|The Red Skelton Hour]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Jack Benny Program]]
+| bgcolor="cyan" | [[The Jack Benny Program]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[The Garry Moore Show]]
+| bgcolor="cyan" colspan="2" | [[The Garry Moore Show]]
 |-
 ! [[NBC]]
@@ Line 134: / Line 134: @@
 ! [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
 | bgcolor="white" | Local
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Wagon Train]]
+| bgcolor="magenta" colspan="2" | [[Wagon Train]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]'''
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Our Man Higgins]]'''
@@ Line 144: / Line 144: @@
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]]
 | bgcolor="gold" | '''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'''
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]
+| bgcolor="yellow" | [[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]/<br>[[The United States Steel Hour]]
 |-
 ! [[NBC]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:00 Local / 7:15 [[The Huntley-Brinkley Report]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="3" | '''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'''
+| bgcolor="magenta" colspan="3" | '''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'''
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Kraft Music Hall (TV series)|Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'''
@@ Line 172: / Line 172: @@
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Donna Reed Show]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Leave It to Beaver]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[My Three Sons]]
+| bgcolor="magenta" | [[My Three Sons]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[McHale's Navy]]'''
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Fred Astaire|Alcoa Premiere]]
@@ Line 179: / Line 179: @@
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:00 Local / 7:15 [[CBS Evening News|Walter Cronkite with the News]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Mr. Ed]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Perry Mason (TV series)|Perry Mason]]
+| bgcolor="magenta" colspan="2" | [[Perry Mason (TV series)|Perry Mason]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[The Nurses]]'''
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]
@@ Line 186: / Line 186: @@
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:00 Local / 7:15 [[The Huntley-Brinkley Report]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[The Wide Country]]'''
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Dr. Kildare]]
+| bgcolor="cyan" colspan="2" | [[Dr. Kildare]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]
+| bgcolor="cyan" | [[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[The Andy Williams Show]]'''
 |}
@@ Line 207: / Line 207: @@
 | bgcolor="white" | Local
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[The Gallant Men]]'''
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Flintstones]]
+| bgcolor="magenta" | [[The Flintstones]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[I'm Dickens, He's Fenster]]'''
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[77 Sunset Strip]]
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 ! [[CBS]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:00 Local / 7:15 [[CBS Evening News|Walter Cronkite with the News]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]
+| bgcolor="magenta" colspan="2" | [[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]
+| bgcolor="magenta" colspan="2" | [[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[Fair Exchange]]'''
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Eyewitness to History|Eyewitness]]
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 ! [[CBS]]
 | bgcolor="white" | Local
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[The Jackie Gleason Show|Jackie Gleason and his American Scene Magazine]]'''
+| bgcolor="cyan" colspan="2" | '''[[The Jackie Gleason Show|Jackie Gleason and his American Scene Magazine]]'''
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[The Defenders (TV series)|The Defenders]]'''
+| bgcolor="cyan" colspan="2" | '''[[The Defenders (TV series)|The Defenders]]'''
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Have Gun — Will Travel]]
+| bgcolor="magenta" | [[Have Gun — Will Travel]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | [[Gunsmoke]]
+| bgcolor="yellow" colspan="2" | [[Gunsmoke]]
 |-
 ! [[NBC]]
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 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[Sam Benedict]]'''
 | bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Joey Bishop Show (sitcom)|The Joey Bishop Show]]
-| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4" | [[NBC Saturday Night at the Movies]]
+| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4" | NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
 |}