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.
Talk shows are highlited in yellow, local programming is white.
Fall 1956
|
11:00 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 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
|
11:00 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
|
11:00 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
|
11:00 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: The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar |
local programming |
Sources
- Brooks & Marsh, The Complete Dirctory 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)