1959–60 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1959–60 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1959 to August 1960.

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	6:30 am	7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 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	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											The Gale Storm Show (R)	Love That Bob (R)	Pantomime Quiz	Music Bingo	local programming	Day in Court	local programming	Beat the Clock	Who Do You Trust?	American Bandstand			The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin (Mon/Tue/Fri) (R) My Friend Flicka (Wed/Thu) (R)	John Daly with the News 6:15: local programming	local programming
	Winter															About Faces									My Friend Flicka (Mon-Wed) (R) Rocky and His Friends (Thu) The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin (Fri) (R)
	Spring																								Captain Gallant Of the Foreign Legion (Mon) (R) Rocky and His Friends (Tue/Thu) My Friend Flicka (Wed) (R) The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin (Fri) (R)
CBS	Fall	Sunrise Semester				Captain Kangaroo		local programming		On the Go	The Red Rowe Show	I Love Lucy (R)	December Bride (R)	Love of Life	12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow 12:45 pm: The Guiding Light	local programming	As the World Turns	For Better or Worse	Art Linkletter's House Party	The Millionaire (R)	The Verdict is Yours	4:00 pm: The Brighter Day 4:15 pm: The Secret Storm	The Edge of Night	local programming
	Summer									I Love Lucy (R)	Video Village	December Bride (R)	The Clear Horizon					Full Circle
NBC	Fall	Continental Classroom		The Today Show				local programming		Dough Re Mi	Treasure Hunt	The Price Is Right (In COLOR starting 12/14)	Concentration	Tic-Tac-Dough	12:30 pm: It Could Be You In COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News Update	local programming	The Thin Man (R)	Queen for a Day	local programming	Young Doctor Malone	From These Roots	House on High Street	Split Personality	local programming
	Winter										Play Your Hunch			Truth or Consequences COLOR								The Loretta Young Theater (R)	local programming

Saturday

Network		7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 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	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		local programming										Lunch with Soupy Sales	local programming
CBS	Fall	local programming	Sunrise Semester	Captain Kangaroo		local programming		The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show	Mighty Mouse Playhouse	I Love Lucy (R)	The Lone Ranger (R)	Sky King (R)	local programming
	Spring									The Lone Ranger (R)	I Love Lucy (R)
NBC	Fall	local programming						Howdy Doody In COLOR	The Ruff and Reddy Show In COLOR	Fury	Circus Boy (R)	True Story	Detective's Diary	local programming
	Summer													Watch Mr. Wizard	local programming

Sunday

Network		7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	8:30 am	9:00 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	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			Open Hearing	local programming
	October																		local programming	The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show	local programming	Matty's Funday Funnies	local programming
	Spring																		local programming
CBS	Fall	local programming						Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	UN in Action	Camera Three	local programming	Face the Nation	CBS Sports and/or local programming								The Last Word	College Bowl	Small World	The Twentieth Century
	November																					Conquest
	Winter									FYI		Television Workshop		CBS Sports and/or local programming							Face the Nation
	Spring													CBS Sports and/or local programming								Face the Nation
	Summer									Montage		CBS Sports and/or local programming											Face the Nation	FYI
NBC	Fall	local programming									Watch Mr. Wizard	Decision	Youth Forum	Open Mind	Frontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic Hour	NBC Sports and/or local programming							Time: Present	Meet the Press	Saber of London
	mid-Fall											Briefing Session / Dateline U.N.
	Summer										Laughter Is A Funny Business	local programming				NBC Sports and/or local programming						Recital Hall			Edwin Newman Reporting

See also

• 1959-60 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
• 1959-60 United States network television schedule (late night)

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
• Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory To Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows (9th Ed.). New York: Ballantine.
• Castleman, Harry & Podrazik, Wally (1984). The TV Schedule Book. New York: McGraw-Hill Paperbacks.
• Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia Of Daytime Television. New York: Billboard Books.
• TV schedules, NEW YORK TIMES, September 1959-September 1960 (microfilm)