1960-61 American network television schedule
| Seasons: 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 – 1960–61 – 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 |
This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1960. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime.
SUNDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Walt Disney Presents | Maverick | The Lawman | The Rebel | The Islanders | The Walter Winchell Show | ||
| CBS | Lassie | Dennis the Menace | The Ed Sullivan Show | General Electric Theater | The Jack Benny Show | Candid Camera | What's My Line? | |
| NBC | Shirley Temple's Storybook | National Velvet | The Tab Hunter Show | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | The Loretta Young Show | This Is Your Life | ||
MONDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Cheyenne | Surfside Six | Adventures in Paradise | Peter Gunn | ||||
| CBS | CBS Evening News (7:15 to 7:30) | To Tell the Truth | Pete and Gladys | Bringing Up Buddy | The Danny Thomas Show | The Andy Griffith Show | Hennessey | Presidential Countdown |
| NBC | Riverboat | Tales of Wells Fargo | Klondike | Dante | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Jackpot Bowling | ||
TUESDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Expedition | The Bugs Bunny Show | The Rifleman | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Stagecoach West | Alcoa Presents | ||
| CBS | CBS Evening News (7:15 to 7:30) | Father Knows Best | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | The Tom Ewell Show | The Red Skelton Show | The Garry Moore Show | ||
| NBC | Laramie | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Thriller | |||||
WEDNESDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Hong Kong | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Hawaiian Eye | Naked City | ||||
| CBS | CBS Evening News (7:15 to 7:30) | Aquanauts | Wanted: Dead or Alive | My Sister Eileen | I've Got a Secret | Armstrong Circle Theatre/ The U.S. Steel Hour | ||
| NBC | Wagon Train | The Price is Right | Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Peter Loves Mary | ||||
THURSDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Guestward Ho! | The Donna Reed Show | The Real McCoys | My Three Sons | The Untouchables | Take a Good Look | ||
| CBS | CBS Evening News (7:15 to 7:30) | The Witness | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Angel | Peck's Bad Girl | Person to Person | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | |
| NBC | The Outlaws | Bat Masterson | Bachelor Father | The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford | The Groucho Show | |||
FRIDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Matty's Funday Funnies | Harrigan and Son | The Flintstones | 77 Sunset Strip | The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor | The Law and Mr. Jones | ||
| CBS | CBS Evening News (7:15 to 7:30) | Rawhide | Route 66 | Mr. Garlund | The Twilight Zone | Eyewitness to History | ||
| NBC | Dan Raven | The Westerner | The Bell Telephone Hour | Michael Shayne | ||||
SATURDAY
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | The Roaring Twenties | Leave It to Beaver | The Lawrence Welk Show | Fight of the Week (until 10:45) / Make That Spare (10:45–11:00) | ||||
| CBS | Perry Mason | Checkmate | Have Gun, Will Travel | Gunsmoke | ||||
| NBC | Bonanza | Tall Man | The Deputy | The Nation's Future | ||||
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