1967–68 United States network television schedule (daytime) explained

The 1967–68 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1967 to August 1968.

Talk shows are highlighted in

yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold, children's programs are light purple and sports programs are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

Note: This is the first full season in which all the three networks broadcast most of their weekday schedules in color.

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Monday-Friday

Network6:00 am6:30 am7:00 am7:30 am8:00 am8:30 am9:00 am9:30 am10:00 am10:30 am11:00 am11:30 amnoon12:30 pm1:00 pm1:30 pm2:00 pm2:30 pm3:00 pm3:30 pm4:00 pm4:30 pm5:00 pm5:30 pm6:00 pm6:30 pm
ABCFallLocal Dateline: Hollywood
10:55: The Children's Doctor		The Honeymoon Race In COLORThe Family Game In COLOREverybody's TalkingThe Donna Reed Show The Fugitive The Newlywed Game In COLORDream Girl of '67 In COLOR
2:55: News with the Woman's Touch		General Hospital (In COLOR starting 10/23)Dark Shadows In COLORThe Dating Game In COLORLocalPeter Jennings with the News In COLORLocal
OctoberCanadian FeaturesABC Evening News In COLOR
DecemberThe Family Game In COLORTemptation In COLOR
11:25: The Children's Doctor (News with the Woman's Touch effective 1/1/68)		How's Your Mother-in-Law? In COLOR
Late DecemberThe Donna Reed Show Treasure Isle In COLOR
WinterBewitched The Baby Game In COLOR
2:55: The Children's Doctor
SpringThis Morning with Dick Cavett In COLORDream House In COLORWedding Party In COLOR
SummerThe Dick Cavett Show In COLORIt's Happening In COLOR
1:55: The Children's Doctor		The Dating Game In COLOROne Life to Live In COLORDark Shadows In COLOR
CBSSunrise Semester In COLORLocal7:05: CBS Morning News In COLORLocalCaptain Kangaroo In COLORLocalCandid Camera The Beverly Hillbillies Andy of Mayberry The Dick Van Dyke Show Love of Life (In COLOR starting 10/23)
12:55: CBS News		12:30: Search for Tomorrow (In COLOR starting 9/11)
12:45: The Guiding Light In COLOR		LocalAs the World Turns In COLORLove is a Many Splendored Thing In COLORArt Linkletter's House Party In COLORTo Tell the Truth In COLOR
3:25: CBS News		The Edge of Night (In COLOR starting 9/5)The Secret Storm (In COLOR starting 9/11)LocalCBS Evening News In COLOR
NBCLocalToday In COLORLocalSnap Judgment In COLOR
10:25: NBC News		Concentration In COLORPersonality In COLORThe Hollywood Squares In COLORJeopardy! In COLOREye Guess In COLOR
12:55: NBC News		LocalLet's Make a Deal In COLORDays of Our Lives In COLORThe Doctors In COLORAnother World In COLORYou Don't Say! In COLORThe Match Game In COLOR
4:25: NBC News		LocalThe Huntley–Brinkley Report In COLOR

Note: On CBS, both Search for Tomorrow and Guiding Light expanded from 15 to 30 minutes on Monday September 9, 1968. They were the last two 15-minute soap operas airing on television, ending a 22-season era of 15 minute soap operas which had begun with the first ever soap opera on television, Faraway Hill, on the DuMont network in 1946. As a result of those expansions, (The) Guiding Light was moved to 2:30 PM resulting in Art Linkletter's House Party in being pushed forward to 4:00 PM. The Edge of Night and The Secret Storm were also moved to 3:00 and 3:30 PM for respectively. As a result of this scheduling shuffle the program at CBS, To Tell The Truth aired its last broadcast on Friday September 6, 1968. Otherwise, the remainder stayed as is.

Saturday

Network6:00 am6:30 am7:00 am7:30 am8:00 am8:30 am9:00 am9:30 am10:00 am10:30 am11:00 am11:30 amnoon12:30 pm1:00 pm1:30 pm2:00 pm2:30 pm3:00 pm3:30 pm4:00 pm4:30 pm5:00 pm5:30 pm6:00 pm6:30 pm
ABCFallLocalThe New Casper Cartoon Show The Fantastic Four In COLORSpider-Man In COLORJourney to the Center of the Earth In COLORThe King Kong Show In COLORGeorge of the Jungle In COLORThe New Beatles In COLORThe New American Bandstand 1968 In COLORABC Sports In COLOR and/or localWide World of Sports In COLORLocal
WinterHappening '68 In COLORABC Sports In COLOR and/or local
CBSFallLocalSunrise Semester In COLORLocalCaptain Kangaroo In COLORFrankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles The Herculoids In COLORShazzan In COLORSpace Ghost and Dino Boy In COLORMoby Dick and Mighty Mightor In COLORThe Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure In COLORJonny Quest The Lone Ranger In COLORThe Road Runner Show In COLORCBS Sports In COLOR and/or localCBS Evening News In COLOR
SummerSummer Semester In COLOR
NBCFallLocalThe Super 6 Super President and Spy Shadow In COLORThe Flintstones Samson & Goliath In COLORBirdman and the Galaxy Trio In COLORThe Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show Top Cat Cool McCool NBC Sports In COLOR and/or localCollege Bowl In COLORLocalbgcolor=gold rowspan="4"The Frank McGee Report In COLOR
WinterNBC Sports In COLOR and/or localShell's Wonderful World of Golf In COLOR
SpringYoung Samson In COLORNBC Sports In COLOR and/or local
SummerCool McCool NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local

Sunday

Network7:00 am7:30 am8:00 am8:30 am9:00 am9:30 am10:00 am10:30 am11:00 am11:30 amnoon12:30 pm1:00 pm1:30 pm2:00 pm2:30 pm3:00 pm3:30 pm4:00 pm4:30 pm5:00 pm5:30 pm6:00 pm6:30 pm
ABCFallLocal programmingbgcolor=bf9fef rowspan=3The Milton the Monster Show bgcolor=bf9fef rowspan=3Linus the Lionhearted In COLORThe Peter Potamus Show bgcolor=bf9fef rowspan=3The Bullwinkle Show bgcolor=bf9fef rowspan=3Discovery In COLORlocal programmingDirectionsIssues and Answers In COLORABC Sports In COLOR and/or local The Beagles The Magilla Gorilla Show ABC Sports In COLOR and/or local
WinterThe Bugs Bunny Show ABC Sports In COLOR and/or local
Maylocal programming
CBSFallLocal programmingTom and Jerry In COLORUnderdog bgcolor=gold rowspan=4Lamp Unto My Feet In COLORLook Up and Live In COLORCamera Three In COLORlocal programmingFace the Nation In COLORNFL on CBS In COLOR and/or local programmingCelebrity GameTed Mack's Amateur Hour In COLORThe 21st Century In COLORLocal
NovemberNFL on CBS In COLOR and/or local programming
WinterCBS Sports In COLOR and/or local programmingCBS Children's Film Festival / SpecialsTed Mack's Amateur Hour In COLORThe 21st Century In COLORLocal
SpringCBS Sports In COLOR and/or local programming
NBCFalllocal programmingYouth Forumlocal programmingSpeaking FreelyMeet the Press In COLORFrontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic Hourbgcolor=lightblue colspan=10AFL on NBC In COLOR and/or local
NovemberNBC Sports In COLOR and/or local programmingCollege Bowl In COLORbgcolor=goldThe Frank McGee Report In COLOR
WinterNBC Sports In COLOR and/or local programmingAnimal Secrets / SpecialsThe Frank McGee Report In COLORFlipper
SpringVietnam: The War This Week
SummerNBC Sports In COLOR and/or local programmingCampaign and the CandidatesThe Frank McGee Report In COLORAnimal World In COLOR

By network

ABC

Returning series:

New series:

Not returning from 1966-67:

CBS

Returning series:

New series

Not returning from 1966-67:

NBC

Returning series

New series

Not returning from 1966-67:

See also

Sources

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