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 correspondents, relieving Bill Downs as the head of the Moscow bureau. CBS offered Cronkite $125 ($2,189 in 2018 money) a week along with "commercial fees" amounting to $25 ($438 in 2018) for almost every time Cronkite reported on air. Up to that point, he had been making $57.50 ($1,006 in 2018) per week at UP, but he had reservations about broadcasting. He initially accepted the offer. When he informed his boss Harrison Salisbury, UP countered with a raise of $17.50 ($306 in 2018) per week; Hugh Baillie also offered him an extra $20 ($350 in 2018) per week to stay.