1958-59 United States network television schedule
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The 1958-59 United States network television schedule was for the period that began in September, 1958, and ran through March 1959. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
New fall series are highlighted in bold.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in lime. The Top 10 Highest rated show are colored in yellow. The Top 20 highest-rated shows are colored in cyan.
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[edit] Sunday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | You Asked For It | Maverick | Lawman | Colt .45 | Encounter | Local | ||
| CBS | Lassie | The Jack Benny Program/Bachelor Father | The Ed Sullivan Show | General Electric Theater | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | The $64,000 Question | What's My Line? | |
| NBC | Saber of London | Northwest Passage | The Steve Allen Show | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | The Loretta Young Show | Local | ||
[edit] Monday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 7:00 Local / 7:15 ABC News | Polka-Go-Round | Bold Journey | The Voice of Firestone | Anybody Can Play | This is Music | 10:30 John Daly and the News / 10:45 Local | |
| CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News | Name That Tune | The Texan | Father Knows Best | The Danny Thomas Show | The Ann Sothern Show | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse/The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour | |
| NBC | Huntley-Brinkley Report | Tic Tac Dough | The Restless Gun | Tales of Wells Fargo | Peter Gunn | Alcoa Theatre/Goodyear Television Playhouse | The Arthur Murray Party | Local |
[edit] Tuesday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 7:00 Local / 7:15 ABC News | Cheyenne/Sugarfoot/Bronco | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | The Rifleman | Naked City | Confession | 10:30 John Daly and the News / 10:45 Local | |
| CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News | Stars in Action (repeats) | Winky Dink and You (repeats) | To Tell the Truth | The Arthur Godfrey Show | Red Skelton Show | The Garry Moore Show | |
| NBC | Huntley-Brinkley Report | Dragnet | The George Gobel Show/The Eddie Fisher Show | The George Burns Show | The Bob Cummings Show | The Californians | Local | |
[edit] Wednesday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 7:00 Local / 7:15 ABC News | Lawrence Welk's Plymouth Show | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | The Donna Reed Show | The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show | The Wednesday Night Fights | ||
| CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News | Twilight Theater (repeats) | Pursuit | The Millionaire | I've Got a Secret | Armstrong Circle Theatre/The United States Steel Hour | ||
| NBC | Huntley-Brinkley Report | Wagon Train | The Price is Right | Milton Berle Starring in the Kraft Music Hall | Bat Masterson | This is Your Life | Local | |
[edit] Thursday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 7:00 Local / 7:15 ABC News | Leave It to Beaver | Zorro | The Real McCoys | The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom | The Rough Riders | Traffic Court | 10:30 John Daly and the News / 10:45 Local |
| CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News | I Love Lucy (repeats) | December Bride | Yancy Derringer | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater | Playhouse 90 | ||
| NBC | Huntley-Brinkley Report | Jefferson Drum | The Ed Wynn Show | Twenty One | Behind Closed Doors | The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford | You Bet Your Life | Masquerade Party |
[edit] Friday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 7:00 Local / 7:15 ABC News | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Walt Disney Presents | Man with a Camera | 77 Sunset Strip | 10:30 John Daly and the News / 10:45 Local | ||
| CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 CBS Evening News | Your Hit Parade | Trackdown | The Jackie Gleason Show | The Phil Silvers Show | Schlitz Playhouse/Lux Playhouse | The Lineup | Person to Person |
| NBC | Huntley-Brinkley Report | Buckskin | The Adventures of Ellery Queen | M Squad | The Thin Man | 10:00 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports / 10:45 Fight Beat | ||
[edit] Saturday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show | Jubilee U.S.A. | Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing Party | Sammy Kaye's Music from Manhattan | Local | ||
| CBS | Local | Perry Mason | Wanted: Dead or Alive | The Gale Storm Show | Have Gun — Will Travel | Gunsmoke | Local | |
| NBC | NBC Saturday News | People Are Funny | The Perry Como Show | Steve Canyon | Cimmaron City | Brains & Brawn | ||
[edit] References
- McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
- Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
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