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    <periodOfReport>2006-02-27</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000949536</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HEARST ARGYLE TELEVISION INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HTV</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>HEARST BROADCASTING INC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>959 EIGHTH  AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001268782</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HEARST HOLDINGS INC</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>959 EIGHTH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <otherText>10% indirect owner</otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001037151</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HEARST CORP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>959 EIGHTH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001041076</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HEARST FAMILY TRUST</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>888 SEVENTH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10106</rptOwnerZipCode>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-02-27</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>400</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>23.95</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>24565110</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>On February 7, 2006 Hearst Broadcasting, Inc. (and other Reporting Persons) filed a Form 4 which reported the purchase on February 3, 2006 of 16,200 shares of Series A Common Stock of Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;).  The broker for Hearst Broadcasting, Inc. later informed Hearst Broadcasting, Inc. that the purchase of such shares had been mistakenly reported and, in fact, Hearst Broadcasting, Inc. did not purchase any shares of Common Stock on that date.  On February 24, 2006, Hearst Broadcasting, Inc. filed an Amendment to such Form 4 to correct the error.  The Amendment also noted that nine Form 4?s had been filed by Hearst Broadcasting, Inc. (and other Reporting Persons) subsequent to the filing of the Form 4 that was being amended, and, accordingly, the total amounts of shares of Common Stock shown on the nine Form 4?s are incorrect and should be reduced in each case by 16,200.  The last such Form 4 was filed on February 17, 2006.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Eve Burton, Vice President, on behalf of Hearst Broadcasting, Inc.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-03-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Eve Burton, Vice President</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-03-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Eve Burton, Vice President</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-03-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Eve Burton, General Counsel, The Hearst Corporation, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-03-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
