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.| 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 | ||
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| ABC | Fall | local programming | The Gale Storm Show | Love That Bob | 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) My Friend Flicka (Wed/Thu) | bgcolor=gold rowspan=3 | John Daly with the News 6:15: local programming | local programming | ||||||||||||
| Winter | About Faces | My Friend Flicka (Mon-Wed) Rocky and His Friends (Thu) The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin (Fri) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spring | Captain Gallant Of the Foreign Legion (Mon) Rocky and His Friends (Tue/Thu) My Friend Flicka (Wed) The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin (Fri) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | Fall | Sunrise Semester | Captain Kangaroo | local programming | On the Go | The Red Rowe Show | I Love Lucy | December Bride | Love of Life | 12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow12:45 pm: The Guiding Light | local programming | As the World Turns | For Better or Worse | Art Linkletter's House Party | The Millionaire | The Verdict is Yours | 4:00 pm: The Brighter Day4:15 pm: The Secret Storm | The Edge of Night | local programming | |||||||||
| Summer | I Love Lucy | Video Village | December Bride | 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 COLOR12:55 pm: NBC News Update | local programming | The Thin Man | 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 | local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||
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| 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 | The Lone Ranger | Sky King | local programming | ||||||||||||||
| Spring | The Lone Ranger | I Love Lucy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | local programming | Howdy Doody In COLOR | The Ruff and Reddy Show In COLOR | Fury | Circus Boy | True Story | Detective's Diary | local programming | ||||||||||||||||
| Summer | Watch Mr. Wizard | local programming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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| 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 | bgcolor=gold rowspan=5 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||