title: 1961–62 United States network television schedule (late night)
text: # 1961–62 United States network television schedule (late night)
  
  These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1961. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
  
  Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | | | 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 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM |
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  | ABC | ABC | Local | ABC News Final | Local programming or sign-off | Local programming or sign-off | Local programming or sign-off | Local programming or sign-off | Local programming or sign-off | Local programming or sign-off | Local programming or sign-off | Local programming or sign-off | Local programming or sign-off | Local programming or sign-off | Local programming or sign-off | Local programming or sign-off |
  | CBS | CBS | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off |
  | NBC | Fall | 11:15 PM: The Jack Paar Show/The Best Of Paar (F) | 11:15 PM: The Jack Paar Show/The Best Of Paar (F) | 11:15 PM: The Jack Paar Show/The Best Of Paar (F) | 11:15 PM: The Jack Paar Show/The Best Of Paar (F) | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off |
  | NBC | Spring | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show | | | | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off |
  
  Note: After Jack Paar's departure on March 29, 1962, guest hosts filled in on The Tonight Show until Johnny Carson's ABC contract ended in September, then he took over as permanent host.
  
  