1963–64 United States network television schedule aired on CBS from 6:30 to 7 p.m. "100 Grand" only lasted three weeks, and was replaced by "Laughs For Sale", which ran until December 1963. On April 1964, "The Celebrity Game" was added to CBS' primetime lineup. "Empire" on ABC consisted of reruns of the 1962-63 NBC TV series. Note: Beginning in September, "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" (formerly "Walter Cronkite with the News") and "The Huntley-Brinkley Report" expanded to a half-hour, airing weekdays at 6:30 p.m Note: The 1964 CBS summer series "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" consisted of reruns of specials which had aired under that
Walter Cronkite When, Where, Why?" with that editorial report: Following Cronkite's editorial report, President Lyndon Johnson is claimed by some to have said, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America." This account has been questioned in a book on journalistic accuracy. At the time the editorial aired, Johnson was in Austin, Texas attending Texas Governor John Connally's birthday gala and was giving a speech in his honor. In his book "This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV", CBS News correspondent Bob Schieffer, who was serving as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram when Cronkite's editorial aired, acknowledged