1956–57 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 1956–57 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1956 to August 1957.
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Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.
Monday-Friday
| Network | 7:00 am | 7:30 am | 8:00 am | 8:30 am | 9:00 am | 9:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | |
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| ABC | Fall | local programming | Afternoon Film Festival | The Mickey Mouse Club | |||||||||||||||||||
| August | American Bandstand | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | Fall | 7:00 The Jimmy Dean Show
7:45 Walter Cronkite with the News |
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
8:45 Charles Collingwood with the News |
local programming | The Garry Moore Show (M-Th, to 11:30 F) | Arthur Godfrey Time (M-Th) / The Garry Moore Show (F) | Strike It Rich | 12:00 Valiant Lady
12:15 Love of Life |
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 The Guiding Light |
1:00 CBS News/1:10 Stand Up and Be Counted | As the World Turns | Our Miss Brooks (repeats) | Art Linkletter's House Party | The Big Payoff | The Bob Crosby Show | 4:00 The Brighter Day
4:15 The Secret Storm |
The Edge of Night | Local/syndicated programming | |||||
| August | 12:00 Hotel Cosmopolitan
12:15 Love of Life | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | The Today Show starring Dave Garroway | Local/syndicated programming | Ding Dong School | NBC Bandstand | The Home Show | Tic-Tac-Dough | It Could Be You | local programming | The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Matinee Theater (most presentations in color) | 4:00 Queen for a Day
4:45 Modern Romances (soap) |
Comedy Time* (repeats) | Local/syndicated programming | |||||||||
| November | The Price Is Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winter | The Home Show | The Price Is Right | 'Truth or Consequences' | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer | Arlene Francis Show | Treasure Hunt | Close-Up | Club 60 | Bride and Groom | ||||||||||||||||||
- Comedy Time featured repeats of I Married Joan (fall/summer), It's a Great Life (winter), Dear Phoebe (spring-summer), and Topper (spring).
Saturday
| Network | 7:00 am | 7:30 am | 8:00 am | 8:30 am | 9:00 am | 9:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | |
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| CBS | Fall | local programming | Captain Kangaroo | Mighty Mouse Playhouse | Winky Dink and You | Tales of the Texas Rangers | Big Top | local programming | |||||||||||||||
| Spring | Susan's Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer | It's A Hit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | local programming | Howdy Doody In COLOR | I Married Joan (R) | Fury | Cowboy Theater | Watch Mr. Wizard | local programming | |||||||||||||||
| Spring | The Gumby Show | Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion | True Story | Detective Diary | local programming | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday
| Network | 7:00 am | 7:30 am | 8:00 am | 8:30 am | 9:00 am | 9:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 6:30 pm | |
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| ABC | Fall | local programming | College News Conference | Medical Horizons | local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Winter | Dean Pike | Press Conference | local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spring | Open Hearing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer | local programming | College News Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | Fall | local programming | Lamp Unto My Feet | Look Up and Live | Eye on New York | Camera Three | Let's Take A Trip | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Pro Football | Sunday News (3:45PM) | local programming | See It Now | Telephone Time | You Are There | |||||||||||
| November | UN in Action | The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show | Face the Nation | Pro Football | Sunday News (4:45PM) | Air Power | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winter | local programming | The Last Word | Face the Nation | CBS World News Roundup | local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spring | My Friend Flicka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer | Eye on New York | local programming | Face the Nation | CBS World News Roundup | The Last Word | You Are There | |||||||||||||||||||
| NBC | Fall | local programming | Catholic Hour | local programming | Youth Wants To Know / American Forum | Outlook | Zoo Parade In COLOR | Wide Wide World / Washington Square | local programming | Meet the Press | The Roy Rogers Show | ||||||||||||||
| November | Frontiers of Faith | Topper (R) | local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spring | Watch Mr. Wizard | Youth Wants To Know / American Forum | Wide Wide World / Washington Square / Project 20 (R) | Outlook | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer | local programming | Watch Mr. Wizard | Youth Wants To Know / American Forum | Zoo Parade In COLOR | Frontiers of Faith | Cowboy Theater | |||||||||||||||||||
| August | Catholic Hour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122215/http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122235/http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211242/http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html
- Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
- Hyatt, The Encyclopedia Of Daytime Television, Billboard Books, 1997
- TV schedules, New York Times, September 1956 – September 1957 (microfilm)
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