1965–66 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1965–66 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1965 to August 1966.

Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.

Monday-Friday

Network		7:00 am	7:30 am	8:00 am	9:00 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	3:30 pm	4:00 pm	4:30 pm	5:00 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	Local						The Young Set		The Donna Reed Show (R)	Father Knows Best (R)	Ben Casey (R)		The Nurses	A Time for Us 2:55 pm: News with the Woman's Touch	General Hospital	The Young Marrieds	Never Too Young 4:25 pm: Arlene Dahl's Beauty Spot In COLOR (effective 3/28)	Where the Action Is	Local	Peter Jennings with the News 6:15: Local	Local
	December							Supermarket Sweep	The Dating Game					The Nurses			The Young Marrieds
	Spring													Confidential for Women			The Nurses
	Summer													The Newlywed Game			The Nurses	Dark Shadows
CBS		7:05: CBS Morning News (In COLOR starting 8/29)	Local	Captain Kangaroo	Local	I Love Lucy (R)	The Real McCoys (R)	Andy Of Mayberry (R)	The Dick Van Dyke Morning Show (R)	Love of Life 12:25: CBS News	12:30: Search for Tomorrow 12:45: The Guiding Light	Local	As the World Turns	Password	Art Linkletter's House Party (In COLOR starting 9/13)	To Tell the Truth 3:25: CBS News	The Edge of Night	The Secret Storm	Local			CBS Evening News (In COLOR starting 1/31)
NBC	Fall	Today (In COLOR starting 9/13)			Local	Fractured Phrases (In COLOR starting 9/27) 10:25: NBC News	Concentration	Morning Star (In COLOR starting 9/27)	Paradise Bay (In COLOR starting 9/27)	Jeopardy! In COLOR	Let's Play Post Office In COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News	Local	Let's Make a Deal In COLOR 1:55 pm: NBC News	Moment of Truth	The Doctors	Another World (In COLOR starting 6/20)	You Don't Say! In COLOR	The Match Game In COLOR 4:25: NBC News	Local			The Huntley–Brinkley Report (In COLOR starting 11/15)
	November													Days of Our Lives In COLOR
	Winter					Eye Guess In COLOR 10:25: NBC News
	Summer										Swinging Country In COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News
	July							Chain Letter In COLOR	Showdown In COLOR		Swinging Country In COLOR 12:55 pm: NBC News

Saturday

Network		6:00 am	6:30 am	7:00 am	8:00 am	9:00 am	9:30 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	Local						Shenanigans	The Beatles In COLOR	The New Casper Cartoon Show (R) In COLOR	The Porky Pig Show In COLOR	The Bugs Bunny Show (R)	The Milton the Monster Show In COLOR	Hoppity Hooper In COLOR	The New American Bandstand 1966		ABC Sports In COLOR and/or local
ABC	Winter	Local						The Porky Pig Show In COLOR	The Beatles In COLOR	The New Casper Cartoon Show (R) In COLOR	The Magilla Gorilla Show (R)	The Bugs Bunny Show (R)	The Milton the Monster Show In COLOR	Hoppity Hooper In COLOR	The New American Bandstand 1966		ABC Sports In COLOR and/or local
CBS	Fall	local programming	Sunrise Semester	local programming	Captain Kangaroo	The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show In COLOR	Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales In COLOR	Mighty Mouse Playhouse In COLOR	Linus the Lionhearted In COLOR	Tom and Jerry In COLOR	The Quick Draw McGraw Show (R) In COLOR	Sky King (R)	Lassie (R)	My Friend Flicka (R)	The CBS Saturday News In COLOR	CBS Sports In COLOR and/or local
	February		Sunrise Semester						Lassie (R)				Linus the Lionhearted In COLOR		CBS Sports In COLOR and/or local			CBS Evening News In COLOR
	June		Summer Semester						Lassie (R)				Linus the Lionhearted In COLOR		CBS Sports In COLOR and/or local			CBS Evening News In COLOR
NBC	Fall	Local				The Jetsons (R)	The Atom Ant Show In COLOR	The Secret Squirrel Show In COLOR	Underdog In COLOR	Top Cat (R)	Fury (R)	The First Look	Exploring	NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local
	Winter						The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show In COLOR					The First Look	Exploring	NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local
	Spring						The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show In COLOR					NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local

Sunday

Network		7:00 am	10:00 am	10:30 am	11:00 am	11:30 am	noon	12:30 pm	1:00 pm	1:30 pm	2:00 pm	2:30 pm	3:00 pm	4:00 pm	5:00 pm	5:30 pm	6:00 pm	6:30 pm
ABC	Fall	local programming	Annie Oakley (R)	Beany and Cecil (R)	The Bullwinkle Show (R)	Discovery	local programming		Directions '66	Issues and Answers	ABC Sports In COLOR and/or local
	Winter		Beany and Cecil (R)	The Peter Potamus Show			local programming		Directions '66
	Summer		Beany and Cecil (R)	The Peter Potamus Show			local programming
CBS	Fall	local programming	Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	Camera Three	local programming		Face the Nation In COLOR	NFL on CBS In COLOR and/or local programming						Mister Ed	Ted Mack's Amateur Hour	The Twentieth Century	Local
CBS	Winter	local programming	Lamp Unto My Feet	Look Up and Live	Camera Three	local programming		Face the Nation In COLOR	CBS Sports In COLOR and/or local programming			CBS Sports Spectacular In COLOR	CBS Sports In COLOR and/or local programming		Mister Ed	Ted Mack's Amateur Hour	The Twentieth Century	Local
NBC	Fall	local programming					Open Mind		Meet the Press In COLOR	Frontiers of Faith / Eternal Light / Catholic Hour	Wild Kingdom In COLOR	College Bowl In COLOR	AFL on NBC In COLOR and/or local				The Frank McGee Report In COLOR	The Bell Telephone Hour / Actuality Specials In COLOR (continued into primetime)
	Winter										NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local programming			Sports in Action	Wild Kingdom In COLOR	College Bowl In COLOR
	Summer										NBC Sports In COLOR and/or local programming				Vietnam Weekly Report	Sportsman's Holiday