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The 1968–69 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 1968 to August 1969.
The following is the 1968–69 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1968 through August 1969.
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.
Benaderet's final overall episode of Petticoat Junction would air one week later and would feature only her voice with her stand-in filmed from the rear. November 17 Protest ensues when NBC breaks away from the final minutes of an American Football League game to air a TV movie adaptation of Heidi , much to the outrage of the network's AFL viewers.
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The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1968–69 season. New fall series are highlighted in bold . Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research .
All times correspond to U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time scheduling (except for some live sports or events). Except where affiliates slot certain programs outside their network-dictated timeslots, subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
“The Crowhurst Saga” - Report on a yacht commanded by Donald Crowhurst, which disappeared during an around-the-world race in 1968; the vessel was found in 7/69, minus Crowhurst but carrying his logs and audiotapes. Interview with Sen. Eugene McCarthy on Vietnam. “Letters to the Editor.”