1961–62 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1961–62 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1961 to August 1962.

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	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	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	local										The Texan (R)	Love that Bob (R) (to 12/1)	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		ABC Evening Report 6:15: local	local
	December												Yours for a Song (from 12/4)
	Winter															local		Day in Court
	Spring											The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show			Window Shopping	The Texan (R) (to 5/11)	local
	May															local
	Summer														Jane Wyman Presents (R)
CBS	Fall	local				Captain Kangaroo		local		Calendar	I Love Lucy (R)	Video Village	11:30 am: Your Surprise Package (to 2/23) & 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 (R)	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
	February												11:30 am: The Clear Horizon (from 2/26) & 11:55 am: CBS Newsbreak with Rose Marie Scott
	June											The Verdict is Yours	11:30 am: The Brighter Day & 11:55 am: CBS Newsbreak with Rose Marie Scott								3:30 pm: To Tell the Truth 3:55 pm: CBS Newsbreak with Rose Marie Scott''	The Secret Storm
NBC	Fall	Continental Classroom		Today				local		Say When!!	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 COLOR	The Loretta Young Theater (R)	Young Doctor Malone	From These Roots	Make Room for Daddy (R)	4:30 pm: Here's Hollywood 4:55 pm: NBC News	5:00 pm: Kukla, Fran and Ollie 5:05 pm: local	local
	Winter													Your First Impression COLOR	12:30 pm: Truth or Consequences COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News						Our Five Daughters
	Spring																							local

Saturday

Network		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	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	local programming								On Your Mark	Magic Ranch	local programming
	Winter	local programming										The Texan (R)	local programming
	Spring											The Bugs Bunny Show (R)
CBS	Fall	local programming	Sunrise Semester	local programming		Captain Kangaroo		Video Village Junior	Mighty Mouse Playhouse	The Magic Land of Allakazam	The Roy Rogers Show (R)	Sky King (R)	My Friend Flicka (R)	CBS Saturday News	Accent	local programming
	Winter														local programming
	Summer							The Alvin Show (R)					CBS Saturday News	local programming
NBC	Fall	local programming					Pip the Piper	The Shari Lewis Show	King Leonardo and His Short Subjects	Fury (R)	Make Room for Daddy (R)	Update	Watch Mr. Wizard	local programming
	Spring											Watch Mr. Wizard	local programming

Sunday

Network		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	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	local programming																Issues and Answers	AFL on ABC and/or local						Maverick
	Winter																	ABC Sports and/or local		Issues and Answers	ABC Sports and/or local
CBS	Fall	local programming						Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	Camera Three	CBS Sports and/or local programming											Ted Mack's Amateur Hour	College Bowl	The Twentieth Century	Mister Ed
	Winter										local programming		Washington Conversation	CBS Sports and/or local programming
	Summer													CBS Sports and/or local programming									Ted Mack's Amateur Hour
NBC	Fall	local programming											Youth Forum	local programming	Frontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic Hour	local programming		Open Mind		NBC Sports and/or local programming		Wisdom	Chet Huntley Reporting	Meet the Press	1, 2, 3, Go
	Winter	local programming									Open Mind					NBC Sports and/or local programming
	Spring	local programming														local programming		Open Mind		NBC Sports and/or local programming			Update
	Summer																					Specials			This is NBC News

See also

• 1961-62 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
• 1961-62 United States network television schedule (late night)

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)