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1968–69 United States network television schedule (daytime)
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1968
The following is the 1968–69 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. It 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
Network6:00 am6:30 am7:00 am7:30 am8:00 am8:30 am9:00 am9:30 am10:00 am10:30 am11:00 am11:30 amnoon12:30 pm1:00 pm1:30 pm2:00 pm2:30 pm3:00 pm3:30 pm4:00 pm4:30 pm5:00 pm5:30 pm6:00 pm6:30 pmABC FallLocalThe Dick Cavett ShowBewitchedTreasure IsleDream HouseIt's Happening1:55: The Children's DoctorThe Newlywed GameThe Dating GameGeneral HospitalOne Life to LiveDark ShadowsLocalABC Evening NewsLocal mid-FallFunny You Should Ask1:55: The Children's Doctor WinterLocalFunny You Should Ask12:55: The Children's DoctorLet's Make a DealSummerThat Girl ABC NewsCBSFallSunrise SemesterLocal7:05: CBS Morning NewsLocalCaptain KangarooLocalThe Lucy Show The Beverly Hillbillies The Andy Griffith Show The Dick Van Dyke Show Love of Life12:25 pm: CBS NewsSearch for TomorrowLocalAs the World TurnsLove Is a Many Splendored ThingThe Guiding LightThe Secret StormThe Edge of NightArt Linkletter's House Party4:25: CBS NewsLocalCBS Evening NewsSpringThe Linkletter Show4:25: CBS NewsSummerCBS Morning NewsThe Linkletter ShowNBC FallLocalTodayLocalSnap Judgment10:25: NBC NewsConcentrationPersonalityHollywood SquaresJeopardy!Eye Guess12:55: NBC NewsLocalLet's Make a DealDays of Our LivesThe DoctorsAnother WorldYou Don't Say!The Match Game4:25: NBC NewsLocalThe Huntley–Brinkley Report WinterHidden Faces SpringIt Takes Two10:25: NBC News Summer You're Putting Me On
Saturday
Network6:00 am6:30 am7:00 am7:30 am8:00 am8:30 am9:00 am9:30 am10:00 am10:30 am11:00 am11:30 amnoon12:30 pm1:00 pm1:30 pm2:00 pm2:30 pm3:00 pm3:30 pm4:00 pm4:30 pm5:00 pm5:30 pm6:00 pm6:30 pmABC FallLocalThe New Casper Cartoon Show (R)The Adventures of GulliverSpider-ManFantastic VoyageJourney to the Center of the Earth (R)The Fantastic FourGeorge of the Jungle (R)The New American Bandstand 1969ABC Sports and/or local WinterHappening '69ABC Sports and/or local FebruaryHappeningCBS FallLocalSunrise SemesterLocalThe Go Go Gophers ShowThe Bugs Bunny/Road Runner HourWacky RacesThe Archie ShowThe Batman/Superman HourThe Herculoids (R)Shazzan (R)Jonny Quest (R)Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor (R)The Lone Ranger (R)CBS Sports and/or localCBS Evening News SummerBlack HeritageNBC FallLocalThe Super 6 (R)Top Cat (R)The Flintstones (R)The Banana Splits Adventure HourUnderdog (R)Birdman and the Galaxy Trio (R)Super PresidentNBC Sports and/or localSpeaking FreelyNBC Sports and/or localCampaign and the CandidatesCollege BowlLocalThe Frank McGee Report NovemberNBC Sports and/or local WinterStorybook SquaresThe Untamed WorldNBC Sports and/or localShell's Wonderful World of GolfThe Huntley–Brinkley Report SpringNBC Sports and/or localSummerCool McCool (R)
Sunday
Network7:00 am7:30 am8:00 am8:30 am9:00 am9:30 am10:00 am10:30 am11:00 am11:30 amnoon12:30 pm1:00 pm1:30 pm2:00 pm2:30 pm3:00 pm3:30 pm4:00 pm4:30 pm5:00 pm5:30 pm6:00 pm6:30 pmABCFalllocal programmingThe New Beatles (R)Linus the LionheartedThe King Kong Show (R)The Bullwinkle Show (R)Discoverylocal programmingDirectionsIssues and AnswersABC Sports and/or localSpringThe Dudley Do-Right Show Summerlocal programmingCBSFalllocal programmingTom and JerryAquamanLamp Unto My FeetLook Up and LiveCamera Threelocal programmingFace the NationNFL on CBS and/or local programmingTed Mack's Amateur HourThe 21st CenturyLocalWinterCBS Sports and/or local programmingNBCFalllocal programmingYouth ForumFrontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic HourMeet the PressAFL on NBC and/or localWinterlocal programmingFrontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / GuidelineSpeaking FreelyNBC Sports and/or local programmingThe Frank McGee ReportCollege BowlWild KingdomSummerlocal programmingYouth Forumlocal programmingNBC Sports and/or local programmingCongressional ReportThe Frank McGee Report
By network
ABC
Returning series:
ABC News
The New Beatles (reruns)
Bewitched (reruns)
The Bullwinkle Show
The Children's Doctor
Dark Shadows
The Dating Game
The Dick Cavett Show
Discovery
Dream House
The Fantastic Four Show
General Hospital
George of the Jungle
Issues and Answers
Filmation's Journey to the Center of the Earth
The King Kong Show (reruns)
Let's Make a Deal (moved from NBC)
Linus the Lionhearted
It's Happening!
The New American Bandstand 1969
The New Casper Cartoon Show
The Newlywed Game
One Life to Live
Spider-Man
Treasure Isle
New series:
The Adventures of Gulliver
The Dudley Do-Right Show
Fantastic Voyage
Funny You Should Ask
Happening '69 (January 4–25) & Happening (from February 1 to September 20, 1969)
That Girl (reruns)
Not returning from 1967-68:
The Baby Game
Dateline:Hollywood
The Dream Girl of '67
The Beagles (reruns)
The Donna Reed Show (reruns)
Everybody's Talking
The Family Game
The Fugitive (reruns)
The Honeymoon Race
The Magilla Gorilla Show
How's Your Mother-In-Law?
The Milton the Monster Show
News with the Woman's Touch
Peter Jennings with the News
The Peter Potamus Show (reruns)
Temptation
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (reruns)
This Morning with Dick Cavett
Wedding Party
CBS
Returning series:
The Andy Griffith Show (reruns)
Aquaman (reruns)
Art Linkletter's House Party
As the World Turns
The Beverly Hillbillies (reruns)
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
Camera Three
Captain Kangaroo
CBS Evening News
CBS Morning News
CBS News
The Dick Van Dyke Show (reruns)
The Edge of Night
Face the Nation
The Guiding Light
The Herculoids (reruns)
Jonny Quest (reruns)
Lamp Unto My Feet
The Linkletter Show
The Lone Ranger
Look Up and Live
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Love of Life
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
The NFL Today
The Original Amateur Hour / The New Ted Mack & the Original Amateur Hour
Search for Tomorrow
The Secret Storm
Shazzan
Sunrise Semester
Tom and Jerry
New series:
The Archie Show
The Batman/Superman Hour
The Go Go Gophers Show
The Lucy Show (reruns)
Wacky Races
Not returning from 1967-68:
Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles
The Road Runner Show (Combined into The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour)
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure
To Tell the Truth (returned in 1969 in syndication)
Underdog (Returned to NBC)
NBC
Returning series:
Another World
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
Concentration
Cool McCool
Days of Our Lives
The Doctors
Eye Guess
The Flintstones reruns
The Frank McGee Report
Frontiers of Faith
Hollywood Squares
Jeopardy!
The Match Game
Meet the Press
NBC News
NBC Saturday Night News
NBC Sunday Night News
Personality
Snap Judgment
Super President & Spy Shadow
The Super 6
The Today Show
Top Cat reruns
The Underdog Show reruns (Moved from CBS)
You Don't Say!
New series:
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
Hidden Faces
It Takes Two
Storybook Squares
The Untamed World
You're Putting Me On
Not returning from 1967-68:
The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
Let's Make a Deal (Moved to ABC)
Samson & Goliath
Young Samson
See also
1968-69 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
1968-69 United States network television schedule (late night)
Sources
Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
TV schedules, NEW YORK TIMES, September 1968-September 1969 (microfilm)
Category:United States weekday network television schedules
Category:1968 in American television
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