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{{USTV|1965}}
The following is the '''1965–66 network television schedule''' for the three major English language commercial [[List of United States over-the-air television networks|broadcast networks in the United States]]. The schedule covers [[primetime]] hours from September 1965 through August 1966. The schedule is followed by a [[#By network|list per network]] of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the [[1964-65 United States network television schedule|1964–65 season]].

During this season, ABC and CBS initiated the broadcast of a predominant portion of their prime-time programming in color, while nearly all of NBC's autumn lineup was presented in color, except for the war drama ''[[Convoy (TV series)|Convoy]]'' and the fantasy sitcom ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''. The former was terminated after 13 episodes, whereas the latter transitioned to color in the subsequent season. With the majority of prime-time content being produced in color, the scheduling for this season denoted the residual black-and-white programming with a "(B/W)" designation.

New series are highlighted in '''bold'''.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by [[Nielsen Media Research]].<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>

:{{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}} Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.
:{{Color box|cyan|border=darkgray}} Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.
:{{Color box|FF22FF|border=darkgray}} Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.

== Schedule ==

=== Sunday ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center" colspan="2" | Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4" rowspan="2" | ''[[The ABC Sunday Night Movie]]'' (occasional black-and-white feature film)
|-
! Summer
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[Preview Tonight]]'''''
|-
! colspan="2" | [[CBS]]
| bgcolor="#FF22FF" | ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'' (27/21.8)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'')</small>
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[My Favorite Martian]]''
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2" | ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' (17/23.2)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'')</small>
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|''Perry Mason'']]'' (B/W; one episode in color)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[Candid Camera]]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[What's My Line?]]'' (B/W)
|-
! colspan="2" |[[NBC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 6:30 ''[[The Bell Telephone Hour]]'' / ''[[Actuality Specials]]''
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2" | ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' (17/23.2)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'')</small>
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[Branded (TV series)|Branded]]''
| bgcolor="#FFFF00" colspan="2" | ''[[Bonanza]]'' (1/31.8)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series)|The Wackiest Ship in the Army]]'''''
|}

=== Monday ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! rowspan="3"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3" colspan="2" | ''[[12 O'Clock High (TV series)|12 O'Clock High]]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3" | '''''[[The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)|''The Legend of Jesse James'']]''''' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3" | '''''[[A Man Called Shenandoah]]''''' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)|The Farmer's Daughter]]'' (third and fourth episodes in B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | ''[[Ben Casey]]'' (B/W)
|-
! November
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'' (B/W)
|-
! Spring
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (B/W)
|-
! rowspan="3"|[[CBS]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3" | ''[[To Tell the Truth]]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="3" | ''[[I've Got a Secret]]'' (B/W) (19/22.4)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'')</small>
| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="2" | ''[[The Lucy Show]]'' (3/27.7)
| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="3" | ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' (6/26.9)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3" | ''[[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[Steve Lawrence|''The Steve Lawrence Show'']]''''' (B/W)
|-
! Winter
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | '''''[[Art Linkletter|''Art Linkletter's Hollywood Talent Scouts'']]''''' (B/W)
|-
! Summer
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[Vacation Playhouse]]''
|-
! colspan="2"|[[NBC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo]]''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[John Forsythe|The John Forsythe Show]]'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | ''[[The Andy Williams Show]]'' / ''[[Kraft Music Hall (TV series)|Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall]]'' (once a month)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[Run for Your Life (TV series)|Run for Your Life]]'''''
|}

Note: ''[[Art Linkletter|Art Linkletter's Hollywood Talent Scouts]]'' replaced ''[[Steve Lawrence|The Steve Lawrence Show]]'' in December. [[The Avengers (TV series)|''The Avengers'']] replaced ''[[Ben Casey]]'' in March. ''[[Vacation Playhouse]]'' was a summer [[anthology series]] made up entirely of unsold [[television pilot]]s.

=== Tuesday ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! colspan="2" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | ''[[Combat!]]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[McHale's Navy]]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[F Troop]]''''' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' (B/W)
|-
! rowspan="3" | [[CBS]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|''Rawhide'']]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | ''[[The Red Skelton Show|The Red Skelton Hour]]'' (4/27.6)
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF00FF" | ''[[Petticoat Junction]]'' (21/22.3)
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[CBS News|CBS News Hour'' / ''CBS Reports]]'' (B/W; permanently shot in color beginning January 1966)
|-
! Winter
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00FFFF" | '''''[[Daktari]]''''' (14/23.9)
|-
!Summer
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |'''''The Hippodrome'''''
|-
! colspan="2" | [[NBC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[My Mother the Car]]'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series)|Please Don't Eat the Daisies]]''''' (first episode in B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4" | '''''NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies'''''
|}

=== Wednesday ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | ''[[The Patty Duke Show]]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[Gidget (TV series)|Gidget]]'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | '''''[[The Big Valley]]'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|''Amos Burke — Secret Agent'']]''* (B/W)
|-
! Winter
| bgcolor="#FFFF00" | '''''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''''' (10/24.7)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[Blue Light (TV series)|Blue Light]]'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[The Long Hot Summer (TV series)|''The Long Hot Summer'']]''''' (B/W)
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[CBS]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | '''''[[Lost in Space]]''''' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="2" | ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (7/25.9)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[Bewitched]]'')</small>
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="2" | '''''[[Green Acres]]''''' (11/24.6)
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="2" | ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' (B/W) (16/23.6)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | ''[[The Danny Kaye Show]]''
|-
! Summer
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[John Gary|The John Gary Show]]'''''
|-
! colspan="2" | [[NBC]]
| bgcolor="#FF22FF" colspan="3" | ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' (23/22.0)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'' and ''[[The Jackie Gleason Show#American Scene Magazine|The Jackie Gleason Show]]'')</small>
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'' / ''[[Bob Hope|Chrysler Presents a Bob Hope Special]]''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]'''''
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> formerly [[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]

=== Thursday ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[Shindig!]]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[Burl Ives|O.K. Crackerby!]]''''' (first episode in B/W)
| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="2" | ''[[Bewitched]]'' (B/W) (7/25.9)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'')</small>
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[The Long Hot Summer (TV series)|The Long Hot Summer]]''''' (B/W)
|-
! Winter
| bgcolor="#FFFF00" | '''''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''''' (5/27.0)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[Gidget (TV series)|Gidget]]'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[The Double Life of Henry Phyfe]]'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[The Baron (TV series)|The Baron]]'''''
|-
! colspan="2" | [[CBS]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[The Munsters]]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#FF22FF" | ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' (22/22.1)
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" | ''[[My Three Sons]]'' (15/23.8)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4" | '''''[[CBS Thursday Night Movie|The CBS Thursday Night Movie]]'''''
|-
! rowspan="3" | [[NBC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#FF22FF" colspan="2" rowspan="3" | ''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]'' (26/21.9)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="3" | '''''[[Laredo (TV series)|Laredo]]'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[Mona McCluskey]]'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | '''''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'''''
|-
! Spring
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | '''''[[Mickie Finn's (TV series)|Mickie Finn's]]'''''
|-
! Summer
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[The Dean Martin Show|The Dean Martin Summer Show]]'''''
|}

=== Friday ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! rowspan="3" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3" | ''[[The Flintstones]]''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2 | '''''[[Tammy (TV series)|Tammy]]'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3 | ''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|''The Addams Family'']]'' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3 | '''''[[Honey West (TV series)|''Honey West'']]''''' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0 | ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'' (B/W)
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[The Jimmy Dean Show]]''
|-
!November
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | ''[[The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)|The Farmer's Daughter]]''
|-
!Summer
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |'''''[[Summer Fun (TV series)|''Summer Fun'']]'''''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |'''''[[Court Martial (TV series)|''Court Martial'']]''''' (B/W)
|-
! rowspan="3" | [[CBS]]
!Fall
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF22FF" | '''''[[The Wild Wild West]]''''' (B/W) (23/22.0)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[The Jackie Gleason Show#American Scene Magazine|The Jackie Gleason Show]]'' and ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'')</small>
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFFF00" | '''''[[Hogan's Heroes]]''''' (first episode in B/W) (9/24.9)
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFFF00" | ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]'' (2/27.8)
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[The Smothers Brothers Show]]''''' (B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | ''[[Slattery's People]]'' (B/W)
|-
!Winter
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |'''''[[The Trials of O'Brien]]''''' (B/W)
|-
!Summer
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |'''''[[Wayne and Shuster|''Wayne & Shuster Take An Affectionate Look At...'']]''''' (B/W)
|-
! rowspan="3" | [[NBC]]
!Fall
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[Camp Runamuck]]'''''
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[Hank (1965 TV series)|Hank]]''''' (first episode in B/W)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''''[[Convoy (TV series)|''Convoy'']]''''' (B/W)
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[Mister Roberts (TV series)|Mister Roberts]]'''''
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#00FFFF" | ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' (13/24.0)
|-
!Winter
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |'''''[[Sammy Davis Jr.|The Sammy Davis Jr. Show]]'''''
|-
!Summer
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |''[[Mitch Miller|Sing Along with Mitch]]'' (repeats)
|}

Note: ''[[The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)|The Farmer's Daughter]]'' took over the 9:30–10 time period on ABC, effective November 5, because many viewers were not home to watch ''Peyton Place'' on Fridays. Starting November 1, ''Peyton Place'' was seen Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. In the winter of 1966, '''''The Sammy Davis Jr. Show''''' replaced ''[[Convoy (TV series)|Convoy]]'' on its timeslot, which was transmitted live in color. ''[[Summer Fun (TV series)|Summer Fun]]'' was a summer [[anthology series]] made up entirely of unsold [[television pilot]]s.

=== Saturday ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[Shindig!]]'' (B/W) 
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[The King Family Show]]''
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (19/22.4)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[I've Got a Secret]]'')</small>
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | ''[[ABC Scope]]'' (B/W)
|-
! Winter
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' (B/W)
|-
! rowspan="3" | [[CBS]]
!Fall
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF22FF" | ''[[The Jackie Gleason Show#American Scene Magazine|The Jackie Gleason Show]]'' (B/W) (23/22.0)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'' and ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'')</small>
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[The Trials of O'Brien]]''''' (B/W)
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[The Loner (TV series)|The Loner]]''''' (B/W)
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF22FF" | ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (B/W) (30/21.3) 
|-
!Winter
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |''[[Danger Man|Secret Agent]]'' (B/W)
|-
!Summer
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''Continental Showcase'''''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''''[[The Face Is Familiar|The Face is Familiar]]'''''
|-
! colspan="2" | [[NBC]]
| bgcolor="#FF22FF" | ''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'' (29/21.6)
| bgcolor="#FF22FF" | '''''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''''' (B/W)(27/21.8)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'')</small>
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" | '''''[[Get Smart]]''''' (first episode in B/W) (12/24.5)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="4" | ''[[NBC Saturday Night at the Movies]]''
|}

Note: Even though ''[[ABC Scope]]'' was scheduled at 10:30 PM, not one major station (including [[WABC-TV]] New York, the network's flagship station) carried it in that time period, preferring to schedule local or syndicated programming in its place. Most affiliates aired it in "fringe time" during the weekend.

==By network==

===[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''Returning Series'''
*''[[12 O'Clock High (TV series)|12 O'Clock High]]''
*''[[ABC Scope]]''
*''[[The ABC Sunday Night Movie]]''
*''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]''
*''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]''
*''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Amos Burke — Secret Agent]]''
*''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''
*''[[Ben Casey]]''
*''[[Bewitched]]''
*''[[Combat!]]''
*''[[The Donna Reed Show]]''
*''[[The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)|The Farmer's Daughter]]''
*''[[The Flintstones]]''
*''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''
*''[[The Hollywood Palace]]''
*''[[The Jimmy Dean Show]]''
*''[[The King Family Show]]''
*''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]''
*''[[McHale's Navy]]''
*''[[The Patty Duke Show]]''
*''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]''
*''[[Saga of Western Man]]''
*''[[Shindig!]]''
*''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]''

{{col-3}}
'''New Series'''
*'''''[[The Baron (TV series)|The Baron]]'''''
*'''''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''''' *
*'''''[[The Big Valley]]'''''
*'''''[[Blue Light (TV series)|Blue Light]]''''' *
*'''''[[Court Martial (TV series)|Court Martial]]''''' *
*'''''[[The Double Life of Henry Phyfe]]''''' *
*'''''[[F Troop]]'''''
*'''''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'''''
*'''''[[Gidget (TV series)|Gidget]]'''''
*'''''[[Honey West (TV series)|Honey West]]'''''
*'''''[[The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)|The Legend of Jesse James]]'''''
*'''''[[The Long Hot Summer (TV series)|The Long Hot Summer]]'''''
*'''''[[A Man Called Shenandoah]]'''''
*'''''[[Burl Ives|O.K. Crackerby!]]'''''
*'''''[[Preview Tonight]]''''' *
*'''''[[Summer Fun (TV series)|Summer Fun]]''''' *
*'''''[[Tammy (TV series)|Tammy]]'''''

{{col-3}}
'''Not returning from [[1964–65 United States network television schedule|1964–65]]:'''
*''[[The Bing Crosby Show (1964 TV series)|The Bing Crosby Show]]''
*''[[Broadside (TV series)|Broadside]]''
*''F.D.R.''
*''[[Jonny Quest (TV series)|Jonny Quest]]''
*''[[Mickey (TV series)|Mickey]]''
*''[[My Three Sons]]'' (moved to [[CBS]])
*''[[No Time for Sergeants#Television series|No Time for Sergeants]]''
*''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
*''[[The Tycoon (TV series)|The Tycoon]]''
*''[[Valentine's Day (TV series)|Valentine's Day]]''
*''[[Wagon Train]]''
*''[[Wendy and Me]]''

{{col-end}}

===[[CBS]]===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''Returning Series'''
*''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''
*''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''
*''[[Candid Camera]]''
*''[[CBS News|CBS News Hour]]''
*''[[CBS Reports]]''
*''[[The Danny Kaye Show]]''
*''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''
*''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''
*''[[Gilligan's Island]]''
*''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]''
*''[[Gunsmoke]]''
*''[[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]'' (moved from [[NBC]])
*''[[I've Got a Secret]]''
*''[[The Jackie Gleason Show]]''
*''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]''
*''[[The Lucy Show]]''
*''[[The Munsters]]''
*''[[My Favorite Martian]]''
*''[[My Three Sons]]'' (moved from [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]])
*''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]''
*''[[Petticoat Junction]]''
*''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''
*''[[The Red Skelton Hour]]''
*''[[Danger Man|Secret Agent]]''
*''[[Slattery's People]]''
*''[[To Tell the Truth]]''
*''[[The Twentieth Century]]''
*''[[Vacation Playhouse]]''
*''[[What's My Line?]]''

{{col-3}}
'''New Series'''
*'''''[[Art Linkletter|Art Linkletter's Hollywood Talent Scouts]]'''''
*'''''[[CBS Thursday Night Movie]]'''''
*'''''Continental Showcase'''''
*'''''[[Daktari]]''''' *
*'''''[[The Face Is Familiar]]''''' *
*'''''[[Green Acres]]'''''
*'''''The Hippodrome''''' *
*'''''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'''''
*'''''[[John Gary|The John Gary Show]]''''' *
*'''''[[The Loner (TV series)|The Loner]]'''''
*'''''[[Lost in Space]]'''''
*'''''[[The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour]]'''''
*'''''[[Smothers Brothers|The Smothers Brothers Summer Show]]''''' *
*'''''[[Steve Lawrence|The Steve Lawrence Show]]'''''
*'''''[[The Trials of O'Brien]]'''''
*'''''[[Wayne & Shuster|Wayne & Shuster Take An Affectionate Look At...]]''''' *
*'''''[[The Wild Wild West]]'''''

{{col-3}}
'''Not returning from [[1964–65 United States network television schedule|1964–65]]:'''
*''[[The Baileys of Balboa]]''
*''[[The Cara Williams Show]]''
*''[[The Celebrity Game (American game show)|The Celebrity Game]]''
*''[[The Defenders (1961 TV series)|The Defenders]]''
*''[[The Doctors and the Nurses]]''
*''[[The Entertainers]]''
*''[[Al Hirt|Fanfare]]''
*''[[For the People (1965 TV series)|For the People]]''
*''[[Glynis (TV series)|Glynis]]''
*''[[The Great Adventure (American TV series)|The Great Adventure]]''
*''[[The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)|The Joey Bishop Show]]''
*''[[Many Happy Returns (TV series)|Many Happy Returns]]''
*''[[Mr. Broadway (TV series)|Mr. Broadway]]''
*''[[Mister Ed]]''
*''[[My Living Doll]]''
*''On Broadway Tonight''
*''[[Our Private World]]''
*''[[Password (American game show)|Password]]''
*''[[The Reporter (TV series)|The Reporter]]''
*''[[Summer Playhouse (1964 TV series)|Summer Playhouse]]''
*''[[World War One (TV series)|World War One]]''
{{col-end}}

===[[NBC]]===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''Returning Series'''
*''[[Actuality Specials]]''
*''[[The Andy Williams Show]]''
*''[[The Bell Telephone Hour]]''
*''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
*''[[Bonanza]]''
*''[[Branded (TV series)|Branded]]''
*''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]''
*''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]''
*''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]''
*''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]''
*''[[NBC Saturday Night at the Movies]]''
*''[[Kraft Music Hall|Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall]]''
*''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''
*''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]''

{{col-3}}
'''New Series'''
*'''''[[Camp Runamuck]]'''''
*'''''[[Convoy (TV series)|Convoy]]'''''
*'''''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'''''
*'''''[[Dean Martin|The Dean Martin Summer Show]]''''' *
*'''''[[Get Smart]]'''''
*'''''[[Hank (1965 TV series)|Hank]]'''''
*'''''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'''''
*'''''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]'''''
*'''''[[John Forsythe|The John Forsythe Show]]'''''
*'''''[[Laredo (TV series)|Laredo]]'''''
*'''''[[Mickie Finn's (TV series)|Mickie Finn's]]''''' *
*'''''[[Mister Roberts (TV series)|Mister Roberts]]'''''
*'''''[[Mona McCluskey]]'''''
*'''''[[My Mother the Car]]'''''
*'''''[[Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series)|Please Don't Eat the Daisies]]'''''
*'''''[[Run for Your Life (TV series)|Run for Your Life]]'''''
*'''''[[Sammy Davis Jr.|The Sammy Davis Jr. Show]]''''' *
*'''''[[The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series)|The Wackiest Ship in the Army]]'''''

{{col-3}}
'''Not returning from [[1964–65 United States network television schedule|1964–65]]:'''
*''[[90 Bristol Court]]''
*''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''
*''[[The Bill Dana Show]]''
*''[[Cloak of Mystery]]''
*''[[The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo]]''
*''[[90 Bristol Court|Harris Against the World]]''
*''[[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]'' (moved to [[CBS]])
*''[[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo]]''
*''[[Don Ameche|International Showtime]]''
*''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''
*''[[The Jack Paar Program]]''
*''[[Kentucky Jones]]''
*''[[Suspense Theater|Kraft Suspense Theater]]''
*''[[Mr. Novak]]''
*''[[Moment of Fear]]''
*''[[Profiles in Courage (TV series)|Profiles in Courage]]''
*''[[The Rogues (TV series)|The Rogues]]''
*''[[90 Bristol Court|Tom, Dick and Mary]]''
{{col-end}}

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Additional sources===
* 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}}.

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