1955-56 United States network television schedule

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United States Network Television Schedule

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The 1955-56 United States network television schedule was for the period that began in September 1955 and ran through March 1956. Owing to the demise of the DuMont Television Network, it was also the first TV season that the three major US television networks (NBC, ABC and CBS) would be the only full-time commercial participants in prime-time, a situation which was to remain for the next 30-plus seasons, until Fox began operations in October, 1986, although Fox would not enter prime-time until April 5, 1987.

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

The highest-rated show for the year was The $64,000 Question.

1 Sunday
2 Monday
3 Tuesday
4 Wednesday
5 Thursday
6 Friday
7 Saturday
8 References

[edit] Sunday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	You Asked For It	Famous Film Festival		Chance of a Lifetime	The Original Amateur Hour	Life Begins at Eighty	Local
CBS	Lassie	The Jack Benny Program/Private Secretary	The Ed Sullivan Show	General Electric Theater	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Appointment with Adventure	What's My Line?
NBC	It's a Great Life	Frontier	The Steve Allen Show	Goodyear Television Playhouse/The Alcoa Hour		The Loretta Young Show	Justice
DMT	Local

Note: On NBC, Color Spread aired as a monthly series 7:30-9 p.m.

[edit] Monday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 ABC News	Topper (repeats)	TV Reader's Digest	The Voice of Firestone	The Dotty Mack Show	Medical Horizons	The Big Picture	Local
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News	The Adventures of Robin Hood	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	I Love Lucy	December Bride	Studio One
NBC	Local	7:30 The Tony Martin Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan	Caesar's Hour		Medic	Robert Montgomery Presents		Local
DMT	Local				9:00 Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena / 10:45 At Ringside

Note: On NBC, Producer's Showcase aired as a monthly series 8-9:30 p.m. No longer a network operation, DuMont continued airing its Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena on an occasional basis over individual stations until August 6, 1956.

[edit] Tuesday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 ABC News	Warner Brothers Presents: Kings Row/Cheyenne/Casablanca		The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Make Room for Daddy	Du Pont Cavalcade Theater	Talent Varieties	Local
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News	Name That Tune	Navy Log	You'll Never Get Rich	Meet Millie	The Red Skelton Show	The $64,000 Question	My Favorite Husband
NBC	Local	7:30 The Dinah Shore Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan	The Milton Berle Show/The Martha Raye Show/The Chevy Show		Jane Wyman's Fireside Theater	Armstrong Circle Theatre/Pontiac Presents Playwrights '56		Big Town
DMT	Local

[edit] Wednesday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 ABC News	Disneyland		MGM Parade	Masquerade Party	Break the Bank	The Wednesday Night Fights
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News	Brave Eagle	Arthur Godfrey and His Friends		The Millionaire	I've Got a Secret	The United States Steel Hour/The 20th Century Fox Hour
NBC	Local	7:30 Coke Time with Eddie Fisher / 7:45 Plymouth News Caravan	Screen Directors Playhouse	Father Knows Best	Kraft Television Theater		This Is Your Life	Midwestern Hayride
DMT	Local					What's the Story	Local

Note: On DuMont, What's the Story aired only in September.

[edit] Thursday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 ABC News	The Lone Ranger	Life is Worth Living	Stop the Music	Star Tonight	Down You Go	Outside U.S.A.	Local
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News	Sergeant Preston of the Yukon	The Bob Cummings Show	Climax!/Shower of Stars		Four Star Playhouse	The Johnny Carson Show	Wanted
NBC	Local	7:30 The Dinah Shore Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan	You Bet Your Life	The People's Choice	Dragnet	Ford Theatre	Lux Video Theatre
DMT	Local

[edit] Friday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 ABC News	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	Crossroads	Dollar a Second	The Vise	Ethel and Albert	Local
CBS	7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News	The Adventures of Champion	Mama	Our Miss Brooks	The Crusader	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	The Lineup	Person to Person
NBC	Local	7:30 Coke Time with Eddie Fisher / 7:45 Plymouth News Caravan	Truth or Consequences	The Life of Riley	The Big Story	Star Stage	10:00 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports / 10:45 Red Barber's Corner
DMT	Local

[edit] Saturday

PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local	Ozark Jubilee/Grand Ole Opry			Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing Party		Tomorrow's Careers	Local
CBS	The Gene Autry Show	Beat the Clock	Stage Show	The Honeymooners	Two for the Money	It's Always Jan	Gunsmoke	Damon Runyon Theater
NBC	Local	The Big Surprise	The Perry Como Show		People Are Funny	Texaco Star Theater: The Jimmy Durante Show/The Dennis Day Show	The George Gobel Show	Your Hit Parade
DMT	Local

Note: On ABC, Grand Ole Opry made its debut as a monthly series, airing 7:30-9 p.m. On CBS, Ford Star Jubilee made its debut as a monthly series, airing 9:30-11 p.m. On NBC, Max Liebman Presents aired as a montly series 9-10:30 p.m.