1967–68 United States Network Television Schedule (daytime)

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.''

''Note: Please refer to the discussion page before attempting to edit.''

Monday-Friday

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

Sunday

By network

ABC

Returning series:
*''ABC News''
*''The Beagles'' (moved from CBS)
*''The Bullwinkle Show''
*'' The Children's Doctor''
*'' The Dating Game''
*'' Dateline:Hollywood''
*''Discovery''
*'' The Donna Reed Show''
*''Dream Girl of '67''
*''Everybody's Talking''
*'' The Family Game''
*'' The Fugitive''
*''General Hospital''
*''The Honeymoon Race''
*''Issues and Answers''
*''Let's Make a Deal''
*''Linus the Lionhearted''
*''The Magilla Gorilla Show''
*''It's Happening''
*'' The Milton the Monster Show''
*'' The New American Bandstand 1968''
*'' The New Beatles''
*''The New Casper Cartoon Show''
*'' The Newlywed Game''
*'' News with the Woman's Touch''
*'' Peter Jennings with the News''
*''The Peter Potamus Show''

New series:
*''The Baby Game''
*''Bewitched''
*''Dark Shadows''
*'' The Dick Cavett Show''
*'' Dream House''
*''Fantastic Four''
*''George of the Jungle''
*''Happening '68''
*''How's Your Mother-In-Law?''
*'' Journey to the Center of the Earth''
*''One Life to Live''
*''Spider-Man''
*''Temptation''
*'' This Morning with Dick Cavett''
*''Treasure Isle''
*''Wedding Party''

Not returning from 1966-67:
*'' Beany and Cecil''
*'' Ben Casey''
*''The Bugs Bunny Show''
*'' Father Knows Best''
*''The Honeymoon Race''
*'' Hoppity Hooper''
*'' The Nurses''
*'' One in a Million''
*''The Porky Pig Show''
*'' Supermarket Sweep''
*'' A Time for Us''
*''Where the Action Is''

CBS

Returning series:
*'' Andy of Mayberry''
*''Art Linkletter's House Party''
*'' As the World Turns''
*'' The Beverly Hillbillies''
*''Camera Three''
*'' Captain Kangaroo''
*'' CBS Evening News''
*'' CBS Morning News''
*''CBS News''
*''The Dick Van Dyke Show''
*'' The Edge of Night''
*'' Face the Nation''
*''Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles''
*'' The Guiding Light''
*'' Jonny Quest''
*''Lamp Unto My Feet''
*'' The Linkletter Show''
*'' The Lone Ranger''
*'' Look Up and Live''
*'' Love of Life''
*'' The NFL Today''
*''The Road Runner Show''
*'' Search for Tomorrow''
*''The Secret Storm''
*''Shazzan''
*'' Space Ghost and Dino Boy''
*''Sunrise Semester''
*''The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure''
*''Ted Mack's Amateur Hour''
*'' To Tell the Truth''
*''Tom and Jerry''
*''Underdog''
*'' Where the Heart Is''

New series
*''The Herculoids''
*'' Love is a Many Splendored Thing''
*''Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor''
*''Shazzan''

Not returning from 1966-67:
*''Candid Camera''
*'' Mighty Mouse'' & ''The Mighty Heroes''
*'' Password''
*''The Beagles'' (moved to ABC)

NBC

Returning series
*'' Another World''
*'' Another World in Bay City''
*''The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show''
*''Concentration''
*''Cool McCool''
*''Days of Our Lives''
*'' The Doctors''
*''Eye Guess''
*'' The Flintstones''
*''The Frank McGee Report''
*''Frontiers of Faith''
*''Hidden Faces''
*''The Hollywood Squares''
*''Jeopardy!''
*''Let's Make a Deal''
*''The Match Game''
*''Meet the Press''
*''NBC News''
*'' NBC Saturday Night News''
*'' NBC Sunday Night News''
*''Personality''
*'' Snap Judgment''
* The Super 6
*'' Today''
*'' Top Cat''
*'' You Don't Say!''
*'' Young Samson''

New series
*'' Animal World''
*'' Birdman and the Galaxy Trio''
*''Samson & Goliath''
*'' Super President and Spy Shadow''

Not returning from 1966-67:
*''Animal Secrets''
*'' The Bell Telephone Hour'' / '' Actuality Specials''
*'' The Jetsons''
*''The Smithsonian''
*''The Space Kidettes''

See also

* 1967-68 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
* 1967-68 United States network television schedule (late night)

Sources

*Hyatt, Wesley, ''The Encyclopedia Of Daytime Television''. New York: Billboard Books, 1997.

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