1961–62 United States network television schedule

The 1961-62 United States network television schedule was for the period that began in September, 1961, and ran through April, 1962. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

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

Sunday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	6:30 Maverick (partial repeats)	Follow the Sun		Lawman	Bus Stop		Adventures in Paradise
CBS	Lassie	Dennis the Menace	The Ed Sullivan Show		General Electric Theater	The Jack Benny Program	Candid Camera	What's My Line?
NBC	The Bullwinkle Show	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color		Car 54, Where Are You?	Bonanza In Color		The Du Pont Show of the Week

Monday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Expedition!	Cheyenne		The Rifleman	Surfside 6		Ben Casey
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News	To Tell the Truth	Pete and Gladys	Window on Main Street	The Danny Thomas Show	The Andy Griffith Show	Hennesey	I've Got a Secret
NBC	Huntley-Brinkley Report	Local	National Velvet	The Price Is Right In Color	87th Precinct		Thriller

Tuesday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local	The Bugs Bunny Show	Bachelor Father	Calvin and the Colonel	The New Breed		Alcoa Premiere
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News	Marshal Dillon (Gunsmoke repeats)	The Dick Van Dyke Show	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	The Red Skelton Show	Ichabod and Me	The Garry Moore Show
NBC	Huntley-Brinkley Report	Laramie		Alfred Hitchcock Presents	The Dick Powell Show		Cain's Hundred

Wednesday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local	The Steve Allen Show		Top Cat	Hawaiian Eye		Naked City
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News	The Alvin Show	Father Knows Best (repeats)	Checkmate		Mrs. G. Goes to College	Armstrong Circle Theatre / The United States Steel Hour
NBC	Huntley-Brinkley Report	Wagon Train		The Joey Bishop Show	Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall		The Bob Newhart Show	David Brinkley’s Journal

Thursday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	The Donna Reed Show	The Real McCoys	My Three Sons	Margie	The Untouchables
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News	Frontier Circus		The Bob Cummings Show	The Investigators		CBS Reports
NBC	Huntley-Brinkley Report	The Outlaws		Dr. Kildare		Hazel	Sing Along with Mitch

Friday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local	Straightaway	The Hathaways	The Flintstones	77 Sunset Strip		Target: The Corruptors!
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News	Rawhide		Route 66		Father of the Bride	The Twilight Zone	Eyewitness
NBC	Huntley-Brinkley Report	International Showtime		The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor		The Bell Telephone Hour / The Dinah Shore Show		Here and Now

Saturday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Matty's Funday Funnies	The Roaring 20s		Leave It to Beaver	The Lawrence Welk Show		10:00 The Fight of the Week / 10:45 Make That Spare
CBS	Local	Perry Mason		The Defenders		Have Gun — Will Travel	Gunsmoke
NBC	Local	Tales of Wells Fargo		The Tall Man	NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

References

• Castleman, H. & Podrazik, W. (1982). Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television. New York: McGraw-Hill. 314 pp.
• 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.