The 1967–68 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 1967 to August 1968.
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 all the three networks broadcast most of their weekday schedules in color.
Note: Please refer to the discussion page before attempting to edit.
Monday-Friday edit
Note: On CBS, both Search for Tomorrow and Guiding Light expanded from 15 to 30 minutes on Monday September 9, 1968. They were the last two 15-minute soap operas airing on television, ending a 22-season era of 15 minute soap operas which had begun with the first ever soap opera on television, Faraway Hill, on the DuMont network in 1946. As a result of those expansions, (The) Guiding Light was moved to 2:30 PM resulting in Art Linkletter's House Party in being pushed forward to 4:00 PM. The Edge of Night and The Secret Storm were also moved to 3:00 and 3:30 PM for respectively. As a result of this scheduling shuffle the program at CBS, To Tell The Truth aired its last broadcast on Friday September 6, 1968. Otherwise, the remainder stayed as is.
Saturday edit
| 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 | |
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| ABC | Fall | Local | The New Casper Cartoon Show (R) | The Fantastic Four In COLOR | Spider-Man In COLOR | Journey to the Center of the Earth In COLOR | The King Kong Show In COLOR | George of the Jungle In COLOR | The New Beatles In COLOR | The New American Bandstand 1968 In COLOR | ABC Sports In COLOR and/or local | Wide World of Sports In COLOR | Local | ||||||||||||||
| Winter | Happening '68 In COLOR | ABC Sports In COLOR and/or local | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | Fall | Local | Sunrise Semester In COLOR | Local | Captain Kangaroo In COLOR | Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles (R) | The Herculoids In COLOR | Shazzan In COLOR | Space Ghost and Dino Boy In COLOR | Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor In COLOR | The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure In COLOR | Jonny Quest (R) | The Lone Ranger In COLOR | The Road Runner Show In COLOR | CBS Sports In COLOR and/or local | CBS Evening News In COLOR | |||||||||||
| Summer | Summer Semester In COLOR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | Local | The Super 6 (R) | Super President and Spy Shadow In COLOR | The Flintstones (R) | Samson & Goliath In COLOR | Birdman and the Galaxy Trio In COLOR | The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show (R) | Top Cat (R) | Cool McCool (R) | NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local | College Bowl In COLOR | Local | The Frank McGee Report In COLOR | |||||||||||||
| Winter | NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local | Shell's Wonderful World of Golf In COLOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spring | Young Samson In COLOR | NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer | Cool McCool (R) | NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday edit
| 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 | |
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| ABC | Fall | Local programming | The Milton the Monster Show (R) | Linus the Lionhearted In COLOR | The Peter Potamus Show (R) | The Bullwinkle Show (R) | Discovery In COLOR | local programming | Directions | Issues and Answers In COLOR | ABC Sports In COLOR and/or local | The Beagles (R) | The Magilla Gorilla Show (R) | ABC Sports In COLOR and/or local | |||||||||||
| Winter | The Bugs Bunny Show (R) | ABC Sports In COLOR and/or local | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| May | local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | Fall | Local programming | Tom and Jerry In COLOR | Underdog (R) | Lamp Unto My Feet In COLOR | Look Up and Live In COLOR | Camera Three In COLOR | local programming | Face the Nation In COLOR | NFL on CBS In COLOR and/or local programming | Celebrity Game | Ted Mack's Amateur Hour In COLOR | The 21st Century In COLOR | Local | |||||||||||
| November | NFL on CBS In COLOR and/or local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winter | CBS Sports In COLOR and/or local programming | CBS Children's Film Festival / Specials | Ted Mack's Amateur Hour In COLOR | The 21st Century In COLOR | Local | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spring | CBS Sports In COLOR and/or local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | local programming | Youth Forum | local programming | Speaking Freely | Meet the Press In COLOR | Frontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic Hour | AFL on NBC In COLOR and/or local | |||||||||||||||||
| November | NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local programming | College Bowl In COLOR | The Frank McGee Report In COLOR | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winter | NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local programming | Animal Secrets / Specials | The Frank McGee Report In COLOR | Flipper (R) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spring | Vietnam: The War This Week | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer | NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local programming | Campaign and the Candidates | The Frank McGee Report In COLOR | Animal World In COLOR | |||||||||||||||||||||
By network edit
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See also edit
Sources edit
- Hyatt, Wesley, The Encyclopedia Of Daytime Television. New York: Billboard Books, 1997.