1958–59 United States network television schedule (weekday)
These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1958. 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 1958
| 6:00 am | 6:30 am | 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 | The Peter Lind Hayes Show | Mother's Day | The Liberace Show | local programming | Chance for Romance | local programming | Beat the Clock | Who Do You Trust?* | American Bandstand | Mickey Mouse Club/Walt Disney's Adventure Time (Tue/Thu) repeats | |||||||||||||
| CBS | Sunrise Semester | Captain Kangaroo | local programming | For Love or Money | Play Your Hunch | Arthur Godfrey Time | Top Dollar | Love of Life | 12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow
12:45 pm: The Guiding Light |
local programming | As the World Turns | The Jimmy Dean Show | Art Linkletter's House Party | Big Payoff | The Verdict is Yours | 4:00 pm: The Brighter Day
4:15 pm: The Secret Storm |
The Edge of Night | local programming | ||||||
| NBC | Continental Classroom | The Today Show | local programming | Dough Re Mi | Treasure Hunt | The Price Is Right | Concentration | Tic Tac Dough | 12:30 pm: It Could Be You COLOR
12:55 pm: NBC News Update |
local programming | Truth or Consequences | Haggis Baggis | Today Is Ours | From These Roots | Queen for a Day | County Fair | local programming | |||||||
- formerly Do You Trust Your Wife?
Winter 1958/1959
| 6:00 am | 6:30 am | 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 | The Peter Lind Hayes Show | Play Your Hunch | The Liberace Show | local programming | Day in Court | local programming | Beat the Clock | Who Do You Trust? | American Bandstand | Mickey Mouse Club/Walt Disney's Adventure Time (Tue/Thu) repeats | |||||||||||||
| CBS | Sunrise Semester | Captain Kangaroo | local programming | For Love or Money | Arthur Godfrey Time | I Love Lucy reruns | Top Dollar | Love of Life | 12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow
12:45 pm: The Guiding Light |
local programming | As the World Turns | The Jimmy Dean Show | Art Linkletter's House Party | Big Payoff | The Verdict is Yours | 4:00 pm: The Brighter Day
4:15 pm: The Secret Storm |
The Edge of Night | local programming | ||||||
| NBC | Continental Classroom | The Today Show | local programming | Dough Re Mi | Treasure Hunt | The Price Is Right | Concentration | Tic Tac Dough | 12:30 pm: It Could Be You COLOR
12:55 pm: NBC News Update |
local programming | Truth or Consequences | Haggis Baggis | Young Doctor Malone | From These Roots | Queen for a Day | County Fair | local programming | |||||||
Spring 1959
| 6:00 am | 6:30 am | 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 | The Gale Storm Show reruns | Love That Bob reruns | Pantomime Quiz | Music Bingo | local programming | Day in Court | local programming | Beat the Clock | Who Do You Trust? | American Bandstand | Mickey Mouse Club/Walt Disney's Adventure Time (Tue/Thu) repeats | ||||||||||||
| CBS | Sunrise Semester | Captain Kangaroo | local programming | On the Go | The Sam Levenson Show | I Love Lucy reruns | Top Dollar | Love of Life | 12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow
12:45 pm: The Guiding Light |
local programming | As the World Turns | The Jimmy Dean Show | Art Linkletter's House Party | Big Payoff | The Verdict is Yours | 4:00 pm: The Brighter Day
4:15 pm: The Secret Storm |
The Edge of Night | local programming | ||||||
| NBC | Continental Classroom | The Today Show | local programming | Dough Re Mi | Treasure Hunt | The Price Is Right | Concentration | Tic Tac Dough | 12:30 pm: It Could Be You COLOR
12:55 pm: NBC News Update |
local programming | Queen for a Day | The Court of Human Relations | Young Doctor Malone | From These Roots | Truth or Consequences | County Fair | local programming | |||||||
Summer 1959
| 6:00 am | 6:30 am | 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 | The Gale Storm Show reruns | Love That Bob reruns | Pantomime Quiz | Music Bingo | local programming | Day in Court | local programming | Beat the Clock | Who Do You Trust? | American Bandstand | Mickey Mouse Club/Walt Disney's Adventure Time (Tue/Thu) repeats | ||||||||||||
| CBS | Sunrise Semester | Captain Kangaroo | local programming | On the Go | The Sam Levenson Show | I Love Lucy reruns | Top Dollar | Love of Life | 12:30 pm: Search for Tomorrow
12:45 pm: The Guiding Light |
local programming | As the World Turns | For Better or Worse | Art Linkletter's House Party | The Millionaire reruns | The Verdict is Yours | 4:00 pm: The Brighter Day
4:15 pm: The Secret Storm |
The Edge of Night | local programming | ||||||
| NBC | Continental Classroom | The Today Show | local programming | Dough Re Mi | Treasure Hunt | The Price Is Right | Concentration | Tic Tac Dough | 12:30 pm: It Could Be You COLOR
12:55 pm: NBC News Update |
local programming | Queen for a Day | The Court of Human Relations | Young Doctor Malone | From These Roots | Truth or Consequences | County Fair | 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 1958 – September 1959 (microfilm)