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These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1958. All times are Eastern and Pacific. The 1958-1959 season, beginning October 13 for ABC, was its first "full scale daytime programming" schedule.^[1]

Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

Monday-Friday

Network		6:00 am	7:00 am	8:00 am	9:00 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
ABC	Fall	local programming						Day in Court	The Peter Lind Hayes Show		Mother's Day	The Liberace Show	local programming	Chance for Romance	local programming	Beat the Clock	Who Do You Trust?*	American Bandstand			Mickey Mouse Club/Walt Disney's Adventure Time (Tue/Thu) repeats
	Winter	local programming							The Peter Lind Hayes Show		Play Your Hunch	The Liberace Show		Day in Court
	Spring	local programming							The Gale Storm Show reruns	Love That Bob reruns	Pantomime Quiz	Music Bingo		Day in Court
CBS	Fall	Sunrise Semester		Captain Kangaroo	local programming	For Love or Money	Play Your Hunch	Arthur Godfrey Time	Top Dollar	Love of Life	12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow 12:45 pm: The Guiding Light	local programming	As the World Turns	The Jimmy Dean Show	Art Linkletter's House Party	The Big Payoff	The Verdict is Yours	4:00 pm: The Brighter Day 4:15 pm: The Secret Storm	The Edge of Night	local programming
	Winter					For Love or Money	Arthur Godfrey Time	I Love Lucy reruns
	Spring					On the Go	The Sam Levenson Show
	Summer					On the Go	The Sam Levenson Show							For Better or Worse		The Millionaire reruns
NBC	Fall	Continental Classroom	The Today Show		local programming	Dough Re Mi	Treasure Hunt	The Price Is Right	Concentration	Tic-Tac-Dough	12:30 pm: It Could Be You In COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News Update	local programming		Truth or Consequences (In COLOR starting 10/27)	Haggis Baggis In COLOR	Today Is Ours	From These Roots	Queen for a Day	County Fair	local programming
	Winter													Truth or Consequences (In COLOR starting 10/27)	Haggis Baggis In COLOR	Young Doctor Malone		Queen for a Day
	Spring													Queen for a Day	The Court of Human Relations	Young Doctor Malone		Truth or Consequences In COLOR

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Saturday

Network		7:00 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
CBS	Fall	local programming	Captain Kangaroo		Mighty Mouse Playhouse	The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show	The Adventures of Robin Hood	local programming
CBS	Spring	local programming	Captain Kangaroo		Mighty Mouse Playhouse	The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show	The Adventures of Robin Hood	local programming		CBS Saturday News	local programming
NBC	Fall	local programming		Howdy Doody In COLOR	The Ruff and Reddy Show (In COLOR beginning in June)	Fury	Blondie (R)	True Story	Detective's Diary	local programming
NBC	November	local programming		Howdy Doody In COLOR	The Ruff and Reddy Show (In COLOR beginning in June)	Fury	Circus Boy (R)	True Story	Detective's Diary	local programming

Sunday

Network		7:00 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
ABC	Fall	local programming							College News Conference	local programming							The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show	local programming
	Winter									local programming			Open Hearing	local programming			The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show	local programming
	Summer									local programming			Open Hearing	local programming
CBS	Fall	local programming	Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	UN in Action	Camera Three	NFL on CBS and/or local programming										The Great Game of Politics	Face the Nation	The Search	Air Power (R)
	November				UN in Action		local programming	Face the Nation	NFL on CBS and/or local programming								The Great Game of Politics	Ted Mack's Amateur Hour	Small World	The Twentieth Century
	Winter				Eye on New York		CBS Sports and/or local programming						The Last Word	The World of Ideas	Face the Nation	Behind the News	College Bowl
	late Winter						The Last Word	CBS Sports and/or local programming				The Great Challenge		The World of Ideas	Face the Nation	Behind the News	College Bowl
	Spring						The Last Word	CBS Sports and/or local programming							Young Audiences	First Meeting	Face the Nation	College Bowl	Behind the News
	Summer						CBS Sports and/or local programming								Young Audiences	First Meeting	The Last Word	Face the Nation	Conquest
NBC	Fall	local programming				Report from America	They Speak for Themselves	Youth Forum	Watch Mr. Wizard	Catholic Hour	Open Mind	NBC Sports and/or local programming					Omnibus / Kaleidoscope		Meet the Press	Outlook
	mid-Fall					For the People			Watch Mr. Wizard	Frontiers of Faith	Open Mind	NBC Sports and/or local programming								Chet Huntley Reporting
	January					Adventuring in the Hand Arts			Open Mind		NBC Sports and/or local programming
	Spring					Watch Mr. Wizard					Wisdom	NBC Sports and/or local programming
	Summer							local programming		NBC Sports and/or local programming								Frontiers of Faith
	August							local programming		NBC Sports and/or local programming								Catholic Hour

References

^ "13 Oct 1958, Page 36 - The Cincinnati Enquirer at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-02-20.

Sources

https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122215/http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122235/http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211242/http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html
Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
Hyatt, The Encyclopedia Of Daytime Television, Billboard Books, 1997
TV schedules, New York Times, September 1958 – September 1959 (microfilm)

[1] "13 Oct 1958, Page 36 - The Cincinnati Enquirer at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-02-20.

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