1962–63 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1962–63 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1962 to August 1963.

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		6:00 am	7:00 am	8:00 am	9:00 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	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	local programming						The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show	Yours for a Song	Jane Wyman Presents (R)	Father Knows Best (R)	local programming		2:00 pm: Day in Court & 2:25 pm: ABC Early Afternoon Report	Seven Keys	Queen for a Day	Who Do You Trust?	American Bandstand	4:30 pm: Discovery '62/'63 & 4:55 pm American Newsstand	local programming	The ABC Evening News with Ron Cochran 6:15: local programming	local programming
	Winter	local programming						Jane Wyman Presents (R)	Yours for a Song	The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show		local programming			Seven Keys
	Spring	local programming							Seven Keys	The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show		General Hospital	local programming		Jane Wyman Presents (R)
CBS	Fall	local programming		Captain Kangaroo	local programming	Calendar	I Love Lucy repeats	The McCoys (R)	Pete and Gladys (R)	12 Noon: Love of Life 12:25 pm: CBS News	12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow 12:45 pm: The Guiding Light	local programming	As the World Turns	Password	Art Linkletter's House Party	The Millionaire (R)	3:30 pm: To Tell the Truth & 3:55 pm: CBS News	The Secret Storm	The Edge of Night	local programming
	Winter															3:00 pm: To Tell the Truth & 3:25 pm: CBS News	The Millionaire (R)		The Edge of Night
	Summer															3:00 pm: To Tell the Truth & 3:25 pm: CBS News	The Edge of Night		The Millionaire (R)
NBC	Fall	Continental Classroom	Today		local programming	10:00 am: Say When!! & 10:25 am: NBC News	Play Your Hunch In COLOR	The Price Is Right In COLOR	Concentration	Your First Impression In COLOR	12:30 pm: Truth or Consequences In COLOR & 12:55 pm: NBC News	local programming		2:00 pm: The Merv Griffin Show 2:55 pm NBC News		The Loretta Young Theater (R)	Young Dr. Malone	Make Room for Daddy (R)	Here's Hollywood	local programming
	Winter													2:00 pm: The Merv Griffin Show 2:55 pm NBC News			Young Dr. Malone	4:00 pm: The Match Game (In COLOR starting 6/24) 4:25 pm: NBC News^[1]	Make Room for Daddy repeats
	Spring													2:00 pm: Ben Jerrod In COLOR 2:25 pm: NBC News	The Doctors		You Don't Say! In COLOR
	Summer													2:00 pm: People Will Talk In COLOR 2:25 pm: NBC News	The Doctors		You Don't Say! In COLOR

Saturday

Network		7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 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
ABC		local programming							Make a Face	Top Cat (R)	The Bugs Bunny Show (R)	The Magic Land of Allakazam	My Friend Flicka (R)	local programming
CBS	Fall	local programming	Sunrise Semester	local programming	Captain Kangaroo		The Alvin Show (R)	Mighty Mouse Playhouse	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (R)	The Roy Rogers Show (R)	Sky King (R)	The Reading Room	CBS Saturday News	local programming
CBS	Spring	local programming	Sunrise Semester	local programming	Captain Kangaroo		The Alvin Show (R)	Mighty Mouse Playhouse	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (R)	The Roy Rogers Show (R)	Sky King (R)	CBS Saturday News	local programming
NBC	Fall	local programming				The Ruff and Reddy Show (R) In COLOR	The Shari Lewis Show	King Leonardo and His Short Subjects In COLOR	Fury (R)	Marx Magic Midway	Make Room for Daddy (R)	Exploring		Watch Mr. Wizard	local programming
	April									Make Room for Daddy (R)	Watch Mr. Wizard	Exploring		local programming
	July									Make Room for Daddy (R)	Watch Mr. Wizard	local programming

Sunday

Network		7:00 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	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	local programming									Directions '62	local programming	Issues and Answers	AFL on ABC and/or local
	Winter	local programming									Directions '63	Issues and Answers	ABC Sports and/or local
	Summer	local programming										Issues and Answers	ABC Sports and/or local
CBS	Fall	local programming	Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	Camera Three	Face the Nation	NFL Kickoff 12:15: local programming	NFL on CBS and/or local programming								Ted Mack's Amateur Hour	College Bowl	The Twentieth Century	Password
	Winter						CBS Sports and/or local programming									Ted Mack's Amateur Hour	College Bowl
	Summer						CBS Sports and/or local programming										Ted Mack's Amateur Hour
NBC	Fall	local programming						Youth Forum	local programming	Frontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic Hour	local programming		Open Mind		NBC Sports and/or local programming		The Bullwinkle Show In COLOR	Meet the Press	McKeever and the Colonel
NBC	Summer	local programming						Youth Forum	local programming	Frontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic Hour	local programming		Open Mind		NBC Sports and/or local programming		The Bullwinkle Show In COLOR	Meet the Press	Sunday Report

Sources

Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
TV schedules, NEW YORK TIMES, September 1962-September 1963 (microfilm)

References

^ "June 24, 1963…NBC Studio 8H Goes Color – Eyes Of A Generation…Television's Living History". eyesofageneration.com. Eyes Of A Generation. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[Eyes-1] "June 24, 1963…NBC Studio 8H Goes Color – Eyes Of A Generation…Television's Living History". eyesofageneration.com. Eyes Of A Generation. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

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