1961–62 United States network television schedule

• formerly Walt Disney Presents Note: Mister Ed, previously syndicated, aired on CBS, 6:30-7 p.m. == Monday ==

• In some areas, Douglas Edwards with the News alongside Walter Cronkite with the News and The Huntley-Brinkley Report aired at 6:45 p.m.(ET). == Tuesday ==

NOTE: On CBS, the summer anthology series The Comedy Spot consisted of broadcasts of unsold television pilots, one of which previously had aired in 1960 as an episode of New Comedy Showcase. == Wednesday ==

Note: Mrs. G. Goes to College moved to Thursday nights in January as The Gertrude Berg Show, allowing The Dick Van Dyke Show to take its time spot. Several episodes of The Joey Bishop Show and Wagon Train were shown in color. ==Thursday==

Notes: The Bob Cummings Show was retitled The New Bob Cummings Show on December 28. The Law and Mr. Jones moved to the 9:30-10:00 p.m. time slot on ABC on April 19. Hazel on November 2, 1961 was shown in color. The episodes of Brenner that ran on CBS in the summer of 1962 were reruns of episodes from the summer of 1959. == Friday ==

• formerly Eyewitness To History • formerly The Chevy Show == Saturday ==

Room for One More aired on ABC from January 27 to July 28, 1962, 8-8:30 p.m. Beginning January 6, ''Matty's Funday Funnies became Matty's Funnies With Beany & Cecil''. ==By network==

===ABC=== Returning Series • 77 Sunset Strip • Adventures in Paradise • The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet • The Avengers • Bachelor Father • Bronco • The Bugs Bunny Show • Cheyenne • The Donna Reed Show • Expedition! • The Fight of the Week • The Flintstones • Hawaiian Eye • The Law and Mr. Jones • Lawman • The Lawrence Welk Show • Leave It to Beaver • Make That Spare • ''Matty's Funday Funnies'' • Maverick • My Three Sons • Naked City • The Real McCoys • The Rifleman • ''The Roaring 20's'' • The Steve Allen Show • Surfside 6 • The Untouchables New Series • Alcoa Premiere • Ben Casey • Bus Stop • Calvin and the Colonel • The Hathaways • Howard K. Smith: News and Comment * • Margie • The New Breed • Room for One More * • Straightaway • Target: The Corruptors! • Top Cat • Yours for a Song Not returning from 1960–61: • Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond • The Asphalt Jungle • Guestward, Ho! • Harrigan and Son • Hong Kong • The Islanders • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp • Music for a Christmas Night • ''Music for a New Year's Night; Class of 1961'' • Peter Gunn • The Rebel • Stagecoach West • Sugarfoot • Take a Good Look • Walt Disney Presents (moved to NBC as ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'') ===CBS=== Returning Series • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour • The Andy Griffith Show • Armstrong Circle Theatre • Brenner • Candid Camera • CBS News Hour • CBS Reports • Checkmate • The Comedy Spot (previously Comedy Spotlight) • The Danny Thomas Show • Dennis the Menace • Douglas Edwards with the News • The Ed Sullivan Show • Eyewitness • The Garry Moore Show • General Electric Theatre • Gunsmoke • Have Gun – Will Travel • Hennesey • ''I've Got a Secret'' • The Jack Benny Program • Lassie • The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis • Perry Mason • Pete and Gladys • Rawhide • The Red Skelton Show • Route 66 • Secret Agent • To Tell the Truth • The Twentieth Century • The Twilight Zone • The United States Steel Hour • ''What's My Line'' New Series • Accent on an American Summer • The Alvin Show • The Defenders • The Dick Van Dyke Show • Eyewitness to History • Father of the Bride • Frontier Circus • Ichabod and Me • The Investigators • Mister Ed * • Mrs. G. Goes to College/The Gertrude Berg Show • The New Bob Cummings Show • Oh! Those Bells * • Password * • Tell It to Groucho * • Tell It to the Camera * • Walter Cronkite with the News * • Window on Main Street Not returning from 1960–61: • Angel • The Ann Sothern Show • The Aquanauts • Bringing Up Buddy • ''Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater'' • The DuPont Show with June Allyson • Frontier Justice • Glenn Miller Time • Gunslinger • Holiday Lodge • Mr. Garlund • My Sister Eileen • Person to Person • The Spike Jones Show • Summer Sports Spectacular • The Tom Ewell Show • Wanted Dead or Alive • '''Way Out'' • The Witness ===NBC=== Returning Series • The Art Linkletter Show • The Bell Telephone Hour • Bonanza • Chet Huntley Reporting • The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor • The Dinah Shore Show • Ford Presents the New Christy Minstrels • The Huntley–Brinkley Report • The Jack Benny Program • Kraft Music Hall starring Perry Como • Laramie • National Velvet • Outlaws • Sing Along with Mitch • Tales of Wells Fargo • Thriller • Wagon Train • ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'' (moved from ABC) New Series • 87th Precinct • The Bob Newhart Show • The Bullwinkle Show • '''''Cain's Hundred''''' • Car 54, Where Are You? • '''''David Brinkley's Journal''''' • The Dick Powell Show • Dr. Kildare • The DuPont Show of the Week • Hazel • Here and Now • International Showtime * • NBC Saturday Night at the Movies • '''''Theatre '62''''' Not returning from 1960–61: • Acapulco • The Americans • The Art Carney Special • The Barbara Stanwyck Show • Bat Masterson • The Campaign and the Candidates • The Chevy Mystery Show • Concentration • Dan Raven • Dante • The Deputy • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show • Five Star Jubilee • The Ford Show • Great Ghost Tales • The Groucho Show • Happy • It Could Be You • Jackpot Bowling starring Milton Berle • Klondike • The Man from Interpol • Michael Shayne • ''The Nation's Future'' • Omnibus • One Happy Family • Peter Loves Mary • Riverboat • ''Shirley Temple's Storybook'' • The Tab Hunter Show • The Tall Man • This Is Your Life • The Westerner • Westinghouse Playhouse Starring Nanette Fabray and Wendell Corey • Westinghouse Preview Theatre Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason. ==References==