1959–60 United States network television schedule

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Contents 1 Schedule 1.1 Sunday 1.2 Monday 1.3 Tuesday 1.4 Wednesday 1.5 Thursday 1.6 Friday 1.7 Saturday 2 References

The 1959-60 United States network television schedule was for the period that began in September, 1959, and ran through March, 1960. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime. The Top 10 programmes are coloured yellow. The Top 20 programmes are coloured in cyan.

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Sunday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Colt .45	Maverick		Lawman	The Rebel	The Alaskans		Dick Clark's World of Talent
CBS	Lassie	Dennis the Menace	The Ed Sullivan Show		The General Electric Theater	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	The Jack Benny Program/The George Gobel Show	What's My Line?
NBC	Riverboat		NBC Sunday Showcase		The Dinah Shore Chevy Show		The Loretta Young Show	Local

[edit] Monday

PM	7:00		7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local		Cheyenne/Shirley Temple's Storybook		Bourbon Street Beat		Adventures in Paradise		Man with a Camera
CBS		CBS Evening News	Masquerade Party	The Texan	Father Knows Best	The Danny Thomas Show	The Ann Sothern Show	Hennesey	The Du Pont Show with June Allyson
NBC	Huntley-Brinkley Report		Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Love & Marriage	Tales of Wells Fargo	Peter Gunn	Alcoa Theatre/Goodyear Television Playhouse	The Steve Allen Plymouth Show

[edit] Tuesday

PM	7:00		7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local		Sugarfoot/Bronco		The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	The Rifleman	Philip Marlowe	Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond	Keep Talking
CBS		CBS Evening News	Local	The Dennis O'Keefe Show	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	Tightrope!	The Red Skelton Show	The Garry Moore Show
NBC	Huntley-Brinkley Report		Laramie		Fibber McGee and Molly	'The Arthur Murray Party	Startime		Local

[edit] Wednesday

PM	7:00		7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local		The Court of Last Resort (repeats)	The Hobby Lobby Show	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	Hawaiian Eye		The Wednesday Night Fights
CBS		CBS Evening News	The Lineup		Men Into Space	The Millionaire	I've Got a Secret	Armstrong Circle Theatre/The United States Steel Hour
NBC	Huntley-Brinkley Report		Wagon Train		The Price is Right	Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall		This Is Your Life	Wichita Town

[edit] Thursday

PM	7:00		7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local		The Gale Storm Show	The Donna Reed Show	The Real McCoys	The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom	The Untouchables		Take a Good Look
CBS		CBS Evening News	To Tell the Truth	The Betty Hutton Show	Johnny Ringo	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater	Playhouse 90/The Big Party
NBC	Huntley-Brinkley Report		Law of the Plainsman	Bat Masterson	Johnny Staccato	Bachelor Father	The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford	You Bet Your Life	The Lawless Years

[edit] Friday

PM	7:00		7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local		Walt Disney Presents		The Man From Blackhawk	77 Sunset Strip		The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor	Black Saddle
CBS		CBS Evening News	Rawhide		Hotel de Paree	Desilu Playhouse/The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour		The Twilight Zone	Person to Person
NBC	Huntley-Brinkley Report		People Are Funny	The Troubleshooters	The Bell Telephone Hour/NBC News Specials		M Squad	10:00 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports / 10:45 Phillies Jackpot Bowling

[edit] Saturday

PM	7:00		7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local		The Dick Clark Saturday Night Show	John Gunther's High Road	Leave It to Beaver	The Lawrence Welk Show		Jubilee U.S.A.
CBS	Local		Perry Mason		Wanted: Dead or Alive	Mr. Lucky	Have Gun — Will Travel	Gunsmoke	Markham
NBC	NBC Saturday News	Bonanza		Man and the Challenge	The Deputy	Five Fingers		It Could Be You

[edit] References

• McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
• Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.

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