1964–65 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1964–65 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1964 to August 1965.

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		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 Price Is Right	Get the Message	Missing Links	Father Knows Best (R)	Hello, Peapickers starring Tennessee Ernie Ford	Local			2:30 pm: Day in Court 2:55 pm: News with the Woman's Touch	General Hospital	The Young Marrieds	Trailmaster (R)		local		The ABC Evening News with Ron Cochran 6:15: local	local
	Winter	local									The Price Is Right	The Donna Reed Show (R)	Father Knows Best (R)	Hello, Peapickers starring Tennessee Ernie Ford	local	A Flame in the Wind								Peter Jennings with the News 6:15: local
	Spring													The Rebus Game
	Summer															Where the Action Is	2:30 pm: A Time for Us 2:55 pm: News with the Women’s Touch
CBS		Local		Captain Kangaroo		local		CBS Morning News with Mike Wallace	I Love Lucy (R)	The Real McCoys (R)	Andy of Mayberry (R)	12 Noon: Love of Life 12:25 pm: CBS News	12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow 12:45 pm: The Guiding Light	Local	As the World Turns	Password	Art Linkletter's House Party	3:00 pm: To Tell the Truth 3:25 pm: CBS News	The Edge of Night	The Secret Storm	The Jack Benny Daytime Show (R)	local			CBS Evening News
NBC	Fall	Today				local		The Danny Thomas Show (R)	10:30 am: What's This Song? In COLOR 10:55 am: NBC News	Concentration	Jeopardy! In COLOR	Say When!! In COLOR	12:30 pm: Truth or Consequences In COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News	local	1:30 pm: Let's Make a Deal In COLOR 1:55 pm: NBC News	The Loretta Young Theater (R)	The Doctors	Another World	You Don't Say! In COLOR	4:00 pm: The Match Game In COLOR 4:25 pm NBC News	local				The Huntley-Brinkley Report
	Winter							Make Room for Daddy (R)								Moment of Truth
	Spring							10:00 am: Truth or Consequences In COLOR 10:25 am: NBC News	What's This Song? In COLOR			Call My Bluff In COLOR	12:30 pm: I'll Bet In COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News

Saturday

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							Buffalo Bill, Jr. (R)	Shenanigans	Annie Oakley (R)	The New Casper Cartoon Show (R)	Beany and Cecil (R)	The Bugs Bunny Show (R)	Hoppity Hooper In COLOR	The Magic Land of Allakazam	The New American Bandstand 1965		ABC Sports and/or local
	Winter	local											The Porky Pig Show			The New American Bandstand 1965		ABC Sports and/or local
	Spring	local
CBS		local programming	Sunrise Semester	local programming		Mister Mayor		The Alvin Show (R)	Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales	The Quick Draw McGraw Show (R)	Mighty Mouse Playhouse	Linus the Lionhearted	The Jetsons (R)	Sky King (R)	My Friend Flicka (R)	I Love Lucy (R)	The CBS Saturday News	CBS Sports and/or local
NBC	Fall	local							The Hector Heathcote Show	The Underdog Show In COLOR	Fireball XL5	Dennis the Menace (R)	Fury (R)	Exploring		NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local
	Spring	local						Top Cat (R)
	Summer													NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local

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							The Porky Pig Show	The Bullwinkle Show (R)	Discovery	local programming		Directions '65	Issues and Answers	AFL on ABC and/or local
	Winter								Beany and Cecil (R)							ABC Sports and/or local
	Summer	local programming								Beany and Cecil (R)	The Bullwinkle Show (R)	Discovery	local programming
CBS	Fall	local programming						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 Twentieth Century	Mister Ed
	Winter													CBS Sports and/or local programming			CBS Sports Spectacular	CBS Sports and/or local programming							World War One
	Spring													CBS Sports and/or local programming								Zoorama
NBC	Fall	local programming											Watch Mr. Wizard	Youth Forum	Frontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic Hour	Specials	Recital Hall	Open Mind / Kaleidoscope		Sunday		Wild Kingdom	College Bowl	Meet the Press	1964 Summer Olympics / Specials
	November																								Profiles in Courage
	Winter	local programming										Youth Forum		Recital Hall		Open Mind / Kaleidoscope		Sunday		Sports in Action
	Summer												Report Card for Parents							NBC Sports and/or local programming			21st Century: Threshold		Sports in Action

By network

ABC

Returning series:

• The ABC Evening News with Ron Cochran
• The Bugs Bunny Show (repeats)
• Beany and Cecil (repeats)
• The New Casper Cartoon Show
• Day in Court
• Discovery
• Father Knows Best (repeats)
• General Hospital
• Get the Message
• Hello, Peapickers starring Tennessee Ernie Ford
• Issues and Answers
• The Magic Land of Allakazam
• Missing Links
• News with the Women's Touch
• The New Casper Cartoon Show (repeats)
• The New American Bandstand 1965
• Trailmaster (repeats)

New series:

• A Flame in the Wind/A Time for Us
• Annie Oakley (repeats)
• Buffalo Bill, Jr. (repeats)
• The Bullwinkle Show (repeats) (moved from NBC)
• The Donna Reed Show (repeats)
• Hoppity Hooper
• Peter Jennings with the News
• The Porky Pig Show
• The Rebus Game
• Shenanigans
• The Young Marrieds

Not returning from 1963-64:

• The Jetsons (repeats) (moved to CBS)
• My Friend Flicka (repeats) (moved back to CBS)
• The Object Is
• Queen for a Day
• Seven Keys
• Who Do You Trust?

See also

• 1964-65 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
• 1964-65 United States network television schedule (late night)

Sources

• Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
• TV schedule pages, The New York Times, September 1964-September 1965 (microfilm)