Editing Shindig! (section)

==Final season==
In September 1965, the show was moved out of its Wednesday-night time slot (where it gave ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' its first serious competition in its time period among younger viewers{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}), and split into two half-hours on new days and times (Thursdays and Saturdays at 7:30 P.M. Eastern time). The show faced tough competition from ''[[Daniel Boone]]'' and ''[[The Munsters]]'' on Thursdays along with ''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'' and ''[[The Jackie Gleason Show]]'' on Saturdays. Additionally, the Saturday edition aired in a time period when many of its potential viewers were going out and, thus, not at home to watch television. By October 1965, the show was having ratings problems ([[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] said "early-season tide [was] running against the teen scene"),<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,941418,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050129071033/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,941418,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 29, 2005| title=First Down| date=October 22, 1965| publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] magazine| quote=Meanwhile ABC, which closed the gap on the competition in the overall prime-time race for the first time the previous season, momentarily dropped out of contention again, primarily for riding too long with fading favorites. The network was caught with seven of the bottom 13 [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsens]], including the eight-year-old [[The Donna Reed Show|Donna Reed Show]] and the 13-year-old [[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet|Ozzie and Harriet]]. With the early-season tide running against the teen scene, the two segments of Shindig are being cancelled and [[Ben Casey]]'s slide to 73rd seemed to indicate that the doctor series are sickening unto death.| access-date=2009-01-31}}</ref> and in January [[1966 in television|1966]], ''Shindig!'' was cancelled and replaced in its Thursday time slots by ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]].''<ref name=shindig />