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.
Fall 1956
| 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 | local programming | Afternoon Film Festival | The Mickey Mouse Club | |||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | 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 programming | |||||
| NBC | The Today Show starring Dave Garroway | local programming | Ding Dong School | NBC Bandstand (to 11/23)/ The Price Is Right (from 11/26) | 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 programming | |||||||||
- Comedy Time featured repeats of I Married Joan.
Winter 1956-1957
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | local programming | Afternoon Film Festival | The Mickey Mouse Club | |||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | 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 | Bob Crosby Show | 4:00 The Brighter Day
4:15 The Secret Storm |
The Edge of Night | local programming | |||||
| NBC | The Today Show starring Dave Garroway | local programming | The Home Show | The Price Is Right | Truth or Consequences | 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 programming | |||||||||
- Comedy Time featured repeats of It's a Great Life.
Spring 1957
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | local programming | Afternoon Film Festival | The Mickey Mouse Club | |||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | 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 | Bob Crosby Show | 4:00 The Brighter Day
4:15 The Secret Storm |
The Edge of Night | local programming | |||||
| NBC | The Today Show starring Dave Garroway | local programming | The Home Show | The Price Is Right | Truth or Consequences | 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 programming | |||||||||
- Comedy Time featured repeats of Dear Phoebe and Topper.
Summer 1957
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | local programming | Afternoon Film Festival(through August 3) American Bandstand (beginning August 6) |
The Mickey Mouse Club | |||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | 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 / Hotel Cosmopolitan (since August 19)
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 | Bob Crosby Show | 4:00 The Brighter Day
4:15 The Secret Storm |
The Edge of Night | local programming | |||||
| NBC | The Today Show starring Dave Garroway | local programming | Arlene Francis Show | Treasure Hunt | The Price Is Right | Truth or Consequences | Tic-Tac-Dough | It Could Be You | Close-Up | Club 60 | Bride and Groom | Matinee Theater (most presentations in color) | 4:00 Queen for a Day
4:45 Modern Romances (soap) |
Comedy Time* (repeats) | local programming | |||||||
- Comedy Time featured repeats of Dear Phoebe and I Married Joan.
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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