1959-60 United States network television schedule
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This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1959. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
New fall series are highlighted in bold.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime.
[edit] Schedule
[edit] Sunday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Colt .45 | Maverick | Lawman | The Rebel | The Alaskans | Dick Clark's World of Talent | ||
| CBS | Lassie | Dennis the Menace | The Ed Sullivan Show | The General Electric Theatre | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | The Jack Benny Program/The George Gobel Show | What's My Line? | |
| NBC | Riverboat | Sunday Showcase | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | The Loretta Young Show | Local | |||
[edit] Monday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | Cheyenne/Shirley Temple's Storybook | Bourbon Street Beat | Adventures in Paradise | Man with a Camera | ||||
| CBS | CBS Eve- ning News | Masquerade Party | The Texan | Father Knows Best | The Danny Thomas Show | The Ann Sothern Show | Hennessey | The Du Pont Show with June Allyson | |
| NBC | Local | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Love & Marriage | Tales of Wells Fargo | Peter Gunn | Alcoa Theater/Goodyear TV Playhouse | The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | ||
[edit] Tuesday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | Sugarfoot/Bronco | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | The Rifleman | Philip Marlowe | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Keep Talking | ||
| CBS | CBS Eve- ning News | Local | The Dennis O'Keefe Show | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Tightrope! | The Red Skelton Show | The Garry Moore Show | ||
| NBC | Local | Laramie | Fibber McGee and Molly | 'The Arthur Murray Party | Startime | Local | |||
[edit] Wednesday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | The Court of Last Resort (repeats) | The Hobby Lobby Show | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Hawaiian Eye | The Wednesday Night Flights | |||
| CBS | CBS Eve- ning News | The Lineup | Man Into Space | The Millionaire | I've Got a Secret | Armstrong Circle Theatre/The United States Steel Hour | |||
| NBC | Local | Wagon Train | The Price is Right | Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | This Is Your Life | Wichita Town | |||
[edit] Thursday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | The Gale Storm Show | The Donna Reed Show | The Real McCoys | The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom | The Untouchables | Take a Good Look | ||
| CBS | CBS Eve- ning News | To Tell the Truth | The Betty Hutton Show | Johnny Ringo | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Playhouse 90/The Big Party | |||
| NBC | Local | Law of the Plainsman | Bat Masterson | Johnny Staccato | Bachelor Father | The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford | You Bet Your Life | The Lawless Years | |
[edit] Friday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | Walt Disney Presents | The Man From Blackhawk | 77 Sunset Strip | The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor | Black Saddle | |||
| CBS | CBS Eve- ning News | Rawhide | Hotel de Paree | Desilu Playhouse/The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour | The Twilight Zone | Person to Person | |||
| NBC | Local | People are Funny | The Trouble- shooters | The Bell Telephone Hour/NBC News Specials | The M Squad | 10:00 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports / 10:45 Phillies Jackpot Bowling | |||
[edit] Saturday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show | John Gunther's High Road | Leave It to Beaver | The Lawrence Welk Show | Jubilee U.S.A. | |||
| CBS | Local | Perry Mason | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Mr. Lucky | Have Gun-Will Travel | Gunsmoke | Markham | ||
| NBC | Local | Bonanza | Man and the Challenge | The Deputy | Five Fingers | It Could Be You | |||
