1961-62 American network television schedule
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| Seasons: 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 - 1961-62 - 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 |
This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1961. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime.
SUNDAY
MONDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Expedition | Cheyenne | The Rifleman | Surfside Six | Ben Casey | |||
| CBS | CBS Evening News (7:15 to 7:30) | To Tell the Truth | Pete and Gladys | Window on Main Street | The Danny Thomas Show | The Andy Griffith Show | Hennessey | I've Got a Secret |
| NBC | National Velvet | The Price is Right | 87th Precinct | Thriller | ||||
TUESDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Bugs Bunny Show | Bachelor Father | Calvin and the Colonel | The New Breed | Alcoa Premiere | |||
| CBS | CBS Evening News (7:15 to 7:30) | Marshal Dillon | The Dick Van Dyke Show | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | The Red Skelton Show | Ichabod and Me | The Garry Moore Show | |
| NBC | Laramie | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | The Dick Powell Show | Cain's Hundred | ||||
WEDNESDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Steve Allen Show | Top Cat | Hawaiian Eye | Naked City | ||||
| CBS | CBS Evening News (7:15 to 7:30) | The Alvin Show | Father Knows Best | Checkmate | The Gertrude Berg Show | The U.S. Steel Hour/ Armstrong Circle Theatre | ||
| NBC | Wagon Train | The Joey Bishop Show | Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | The Bob Newhart Show | David Brinkley's Journal | |||
THURSDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | The Donna Reed Show | The Real McCoys | My Three Sons | Margie | The Untouchables | ||
| CBS | CBS Evening News (7:15 to 7:30) | Frontier Circus | The Bob Cummings Show | The Investigators | CBS Reports | |||
| NBC | The Outlaws | Dr. Kildare | Hazel | Sing Along with Mitch | ||||
FRIDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Straightaway | The Hathaways | The Flintstones | 77 Sunset Strip | Target: The Corruptors | |||
| CBS | CBS Evening News (7:15 to 7:30) | Rawhide | Route 66 | Father of the Bride | The Twilight Zone | Eyewitness to History | ||
| NBC | International Showtime | The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor | The Bell Telephone Hour/ The Dinah Shore Show | Here and Now | ||||
SATURDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Matty's Funday Funnies | The Roaring Twenties | Leave It to Beaver | The Lawrence Welk Show | Fight of the Week (until 10:45) / Make That Spare (10:45-11:00) | |||
| CBS | Perry Mason | The Defenders | Have Gun, Will Travel | Gunsmoke | ||||
| NBC | Tales of Wells Fargo | Tall Man | The NBC Saturday Night Movie | |||||