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1966–67 United States network television schedule (daytime)

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The 1966–67 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 1966 to August 1967.

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.

Note: This is the first full season in which practically all NBC weekday programs were in color.

Monday-Friday

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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 Supermarket Sweep The Dating Game The Donna Reed Show (R) Father Knows Best (R) Ben Casey (R) The Newlywed Game (In COLOR starting 4/3) A Time for Us
2:55 pm: News with the Woman's Touch
General Hospital The Nurses Dark Shadows Where the Action Is Local Peter Jennings with the News
6:15: Local
Local
December Dream Girl of '67 (In COLOR starting 4/3)
2:55: News with the Woman's Touch
January Peter Jennings with the News (In COLOR starting 1/9)
February Everybody's Talking The Donna Reed Show (R)
Spring One in a Million The Fugitive (R) Dark Shadows (In COLOR starting 8/11) The Dating Game (In COLOR starting 4/3) Local
April Local Dateline: Hollywood
10:55: The Children's Doctor
Summer The Honeymoon Race (In COLOR starting 7/17) The Family Game (In COLOR starting 6/19)
CBS 7:05: CBS Morning News In COLOR Local Captain Kangaroo (In COLOR starting 9/10) Local Candid Camera (R) The Beverly Hillbillies (R) Andy of Mayberry (R) The Dick Van Dyke Show (R) Love of Life
12:25: CBS News
12:30: Search for Tomorrow
12:45: The Guiding Light (In COLOR starting 3/11)
Local As the World Turns (In COLOR starting 8/21) Password (In COLOR starting 9/12) Art Linkletter's House Party In COLOR To Tell the Truth (In COLOR starting 12/5)
3:25: CBS News
The Edge of Night The Secret Storm Local CBS Evening News In COLOR
NBC Fall Today In COLOR Local Eye Guess LIVE and In COLOR
10:25: NBC News
Concentration LIVE (In COLOR starting 11/7) The Pat Boone Show (In COLOR starting 10/17) The Hollywood Squares (In COLOR starting 10/17) Jeopardy! In COLOR Swinging Country In COLOR
12:55 pm: NBC News
Local Let's Make a Deal In COLOR
1:55 pm: NBC News
Days of Our Lives In COLOR The Doctors (In COLOR starting 9/12) Another World LIVE and In COLOR You Don't Say! In COLOR The Match Game LIVE and In COLOR
4:25: NBC News
Local The HuntleyBrinkley Report In COLOR
January Reach for the Stars LIVE and In COLOR
10:25 am: NBC News
Eye Guess LIVE and In COLOR
12:55: NBC News
Spring Snap Judgment In COLOR
10:25: NBC News
Summer Personality In COLOR
  • With the final daytime airing of Where The Action Is on March 31, 1967, ABC returned the 4:30 (ET)/3:30 (CT) timeslot to its affiliates, joining CBS and NBC in ending its daytime lineup after the aforementioned timeslot.

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 King Kong Show In COLOR The Beatles In COLOR The New Casper Cartoon Show (R) In COLOR The Magilla Gorilla Show (R) The Bugs Bunny Show (R) The Milton the Monster Show In COLOR Hoppity Hooper In COLOR The New American Bandstand 1967 (In COLOR starting 9/9) ABC Sports In COLOR and/or local Wide World of Sports In COLOR Local
Winter Local The Porky Pig Show (R) The Milton the Monster Show In COLOR The Magilla Gorilla Show (R)
CBS Local Sunrise Semester Local Captain Kangaroo In COLOR Mighty Mouse & The Mighty Heroes In COLOR Underdog In COLOR Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles In COLOR Space Ghost and Dino Boy In COLOR The New Adventures of Superman In COLOR The Lone Ranger In COLOR The Road Runner Show In COLOR The Beagles In COLOR Tom and Jerry In COLOR CBS Sports In COLOR and/or local CBS Evening News In COLOR
NBC Fall Local The Super 6 In COLOR The Atom Ant Show In COLOR The Secret Squirrel Show In COLOR The Space Kidettes In COLOR Cool McCool In COLOR The Jetsons (R) Top Cat (R) The Smithsonian In COLOR Animal Secrets In COLOR NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local
Winter The Flintstones (R) The Secret Squirrel Show In COLOR Cool McCool In COLOR
Spring NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local

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 Linus the Lionhearted In COLOR Beany and Cecil (R) The Peter Potamus Show (R) The Bullwinkle Show (R) Discovery In COLOR local programming Directions Issues and Answers ABC Sports and/or local The Porky Pig Show (R) Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (R) ABC Sports and/or local
Winter Beany and Cecil (R) Linus the Lionhearted In COLOR
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 To Tell the Truth Ted Mack's Amateur Hour The Twentieth Century Local
Winter CBS Sports and/or local programming CBS Sports Spectacular CBS Sports and/or local programming The 21st Century
Summer CBS Sports and/or local programming I Love Lucy (R)
NBC Fall local programming Open Mind Meet the Press Frontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic Hour Wild Kingdom AFL on NBC and/or local College Bowl The Frank McGee Report In COLOR The Bell Telephone Hour / Actuality Specials In COLOR (continued into primetime)
Winter NBC Sports and/or local programming Wild Kingdom
Summer NBC Sports and/or local programming Sportsman's Holiday The Smithsonian

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 1966-September 1967 (microfilm)