1962–63 United States network television schedule (late night)
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These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1962. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white.
Fall 1962
| 11:00 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | |
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| ABC | Local | ABC News Final | Local | |||||||||||
| CBS | local programming | |||||||||||||
| NBC | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | local programming | ||||||||||||
Johnny Carson becomes host of The Tonight Show on October 1, 1962.
Winter 1962/1963
| 11:00 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | ABC News Final | Local | |||||||||||
| CBS | local programming | |||||||||||||
| NBC | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | local programming | ||||||||||||
Spring 1963
| 11:00 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | ABC News Final | Local | |||||||||||
| CBS | local programming | |||||||||||||
| NBC | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | local programming | ||||||||||||
Summer 1963
| 11:00 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | ABC News Final | Local | |||||||||||
| CBS | local programming | |||||||||||||
| NBC | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | local programming | ||||||||||||