1956–57 United States network television schedule (weekday)
These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1956. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 4:00 Queen for a Day
4:45 Modern Romances (soap) |
local programming | ||||||||||
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 | 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 | 4:00 Queen for a Day
4:45 Modern Romances (soap) |
local programming | ||||||||||
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 | 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 | 4:00 Queen for a Day
4:45 Modern Romances (soap) |
local programming | ||||||||||
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 | American Bandstand | 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 | 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 | 4:00 Queen for a Day
4:45 Modern Romances (soap) |
local programming | ||||||||
Sources
- http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html
- http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html
- 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)