1964–65 United States network television schedule (late night)
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These are the late-night schedules for all three networks for the 1964–65 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
1964 marked the debut of Les Crane's late-night talk show on ABC, billed as "new and controversial".[1] It was the first time since 1955 that any network other than NBC had offered non-news programming in the late-night time slot.[citation needed]
In February 1965, ABC canceled The Les Crane Show for its failure to compete successfully with Johnny Carson's Tonight Show on NBC, replacing it with a new show in the same 11:15 PM time slot called ABC's Nightlife.[2][3] Saddled by even worse ratings, ABC then announced in June that Les Crane would be hosting Nightlife for four weeks.[3] By then, The Merv Griffin Show, another late-night show with a similar format called been introduced by Westinghouse Broadcasting.[3]
NET is not included, as member television stations had local flexibility over most of their schedules, and broadcast times for network shows may vary. ABC and CBS are not included on the weekend schedules because those networks did not offer late-night programs of any kind on the weekend.
Talk/Variety shows are highlighted in yellow, Local News & Programs are highlighted in white.
Monday-Friday
[edit]| - | 11:00 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 AM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | |||
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| ABC | Fall | Local | The Les Crane Show | Local programming or sign-off | |||||||||||||
| Winter | ABC's Nightlife | ||||||||||||||||
| June | ABC's Nightlife with Les Crane | ||||||||||||||||
| CBS | Local programming or sign-off | ||||||||||||||||
| NBC | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | local programming or sign-off | |||||||||||||||
Saturday/Sunday
[edit]| - | 11:15 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 AM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | |
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| NBC | January | 11:15 PM: The Saturday Tonight Show/The Sunday Tonight Show | local programming or sign-off | ||||||||||||
- Beginning in January, repeats of The Tonight Show were scheduled on late Saturday and Sunday nights as The Saturday Tonight Show or The Sunday Tonight Show.
By network
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Not returning from 1963-64
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Returning Series |
New Series
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References
[edit]- ^ Lowry, Cynthia (November 15, 1964). "His Aim: Jolt Those Sleepy, Late TV Viewers Awake". The Charlotte Observer. UPI. Retrieved June 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Du Brow, Rick (February 24, 1965). "Les Crane Out And 'ABC's Nightlife' In". The Press Democrat. Retrieved June 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Les Crane to Work His Old TV Spot". Richmond Times-Dispatch. June 27, 1965. Retrieved June 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.