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1968–69 United States network television schedule (daytime)

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The 1968–69 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1968 to August 1969.

Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold, children's programs are light purple and sports programs are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

Monday-Friday

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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 Dick Cavett Show Bewitched Treasure Isle Dream House It's Happening
1:55: The Children's Doctor
The Newlywed Game The Dating Game General Hospital One Life to Live Dark Shadows Local ABC Evening News Local
mid-Fall Funny You Should Ask
1:55: The Children's Doctor
Winter Local Funny You Should Ask
12:55: The Children's Doctor
Let's Make a Deal
Summer That Girl ABC News
CBS Fall Sunrise Semester Local 7:05: CBS Morning News Local Captain Kangaroo Local The Lucy Show The Beverly Hillbillies The Andy Griffith Show The Dick Van Dyke Show Love of Life
12:25 pm: CBS News
Search for Tomorrow Local As the World Turns Love Is a Many Splendored Thing The Guiding Light The Secret Storm The Edge of Night Art Linkletter's House Party
4:25: CBS News
Local CBS Evening News
Spring The Linkletter Show
4:25: CBS News
Summer CBS Morning News The Linkletter Show
NBC Fall Local Today Local Snap Judgment
10:25: NBC News
Concentration Personality Hollywood Squares Jeopardy! Eye Guess
12:55: NBC News
Local Let's Make a Deal Days of Our Lives The Doctors Another World You Don't Say! The Match Game
4:25: NBC News
Local The Huntley–Brinkley Report
Winter Hidden Faces
Spring It Takes Two
10:25: NBC News
Summer You're Putting Me On

Saturday

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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 New Casper Cartoon Show (R) The Adventures of Gulliver Spider-Man Fantastic Voyage Journey to the Center of the Earth (R) The Fantastic Four George of the Jungle (R) The New American Bandstand 1969 ABC Sports and/or local
Winter Happening '69 ABC Sports and/or local
February Happening
CBS Fall Local Sunrise Semester Local The Go Go Gophers Show The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour Wacky Races The Archie Show The Batman/Superman Hour The Herculoids (R) Shazzan (R) Jonny Quest (R) Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor (R) The Lone Ranger (R) CBS Sports and/or local CBS Evening News
Summer Black Heritage
NBC Fall Local The Super 6 (R) Top Cat (R) The Flintstones (R) The Banana Splits Adventure Hour Underdog (R) Birdman and the Galaxy Trio (R) Super President NBC Sports and/or local Speaking Freely NBC Sports and/or local Campaign and the Candidates College Bowl Local The Frank McGee Report
November NBC Sports and/or local
Winter Storybook Squares The Untamed World NBC Sports and/or local Shell's Wonderful World of Golf The Huntley–Brinkley Report
Spring NBC Sports and/or local
Summer Cool McCool (R)

Sunday

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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 The New Beatles (R) Linus the Lionhearted The King Kong Show (R) The Bullwinkle Show (R) Discovery local programming Directions Issues and Answers ABC Sports and/or local
Spring The Dudley Do-Right Show
Summer local programming
CBS Fall local programming Tom and Jerry Aquaman Lamp Unto My Feet Look Up and Live Camera Three local programming Face the Nation NFL on CBS and/or local programming Ted Mack's Amateur Hour The 21st Century Local
Winter CBS Sports and/or local programming
NBC Fall local programming Youth Forum Frontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic Hour Meet the Press AFL on NBC and/or local
Winter local programming Frontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Guideline Speaking Freely NBC Sports and/or local programming The Frank McGee Report College Bowl Wild Kingdom
Summer local programming Youth Forum local programming NBC Sports and/or local programming Congressional Report The Frank McGee Report

By network

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See also

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Sources

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  • Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
  • TV schedules, NEW YORK TIMES, September 1968-September 1969 (microfilm)