1956–57 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1956. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
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Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white.
Fall 1956
| 11:15 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | |
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| ABC | local programming | |||||||||||||
| CBS | local programming | |||||||||||||
| NBC | 11:15 PM: Tonight Starring Steve Allen* | local programming | ||||||||||||
- Beginning in October, due to Steve Allen's commitment on his Sunday night NBC variety show, Ernie Kovacs became host of The Tonight Show on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Winter 1956/1957
| 11:15 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | local programming | |||||||||||||
| CBS | local programming | |||||||||||||
| NBC | 11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark | local programming | ||||||||||||
Spring 1957
| 11:15 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | local programming | |||||||||||||
| CBS | local programming | |||||||||||||
| NBC | 11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark | local programming | ||||||||||||
Summer 1957
| 11:15 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | |
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| ABC | local programming | |||||||||||||
| CBS | local programming | |||||||||||||
| NBC | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | local programming | ||||||||||||
Sources
- Brooks & Marsh, The Complete Directory To Prime-Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.), Ballantine, 1984
- Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
- TV schedules, NEW YORK TIMES, September 1956-September 1957 (microfilm)
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