Stanwyck ShowThe Campaign and the Candidates *Dan RavenDanteFive Star Jubilee *Great Ghost TalesThe Groucho ShowHappy *KlondikeMichael ShayneThe Nation's Future *National VelvetOne Happy Family *OutlawsPeter Loves MarySing Along with Mitch *The Tab Hunter ShowTales of Wells Fargo *The Tall ManThrillerWestinghouse Playhouse Starring Nanette Fabray and Wendell Corey*Westinghouse Preview Theatre *Whispering Smith *Not returning from 1959–60:'The Arthur Murray PartyFibber McGee and MollyFive FingersGas Company PlayhouseGillette Cavalcade of SportsLaw of the PlainsmanLove and MarriageM SquadThe Man and the ChallengeMusic on IceNBC PlayhouseNBC Sunday ShowcaseOmnibusOverland TrailPeople Are FunnyRichard Diamond, Private DetectiveStartimeThe Steve Allen Plymouth ShowTateThe TroubleshootersWichita TownWranglerNote: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason. Controversy Between January and June 1960, the 1960 Writers Guild of America strike took place, affecting the fall schedule. The networks had numerous holes, which were mostly filled with unscripted material, some of which included political programs in anticipation of the forthcoming 1960 United States presidential election. CBS gave the unprecedented step of showing episodes from previous seasons of popular series. Some timeslots however (particularly that of 10:30-11) were ceded to stations. On May 9, 1961, at the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters new Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton Minow delivered "Television and the Public Interest," a scathing speech directed at the "procession of game shows, violence, audience participation shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, Western badmen, Western goodmen, private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons, and, endlessly, commercials, many screaming, cajoling, and offending, and, most of all, boredom [...] Is there one network president in this room who claims he can't do better?" Minow called TV a "vast wasteland"; the phrase was picked up by the press and resulted in bad publicity for the networks and for the television industry as a whole. According to television historians Castleman and Podrazik (1982), the networks were in a bind, though: they had already purchased their fall 1961 programs and had locked in their 1961–62 schedules. "The best the networks could do was slot a few more public affairs shows, paint rosy pictures for 1962–63, and prepare to endure the barrage of criticism they felt certain would greet the new season." References Additional sources Castleman, H. & Podrazik, W. (1982). Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television. New York: McGraw-Hill. 314 pp. McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. . Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle