RALfan's thread on ABC's 1958 "Operation Daybreak"
gave me the idea to post the networks' fall 1958
schedules, somewhat earlier than I normally do for
50 years back.
Source: Castleman and Podrazik, "The TV Schedule
Book."
PRIME TIME
MON ABC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 ABC News (Don Goddard, I believe)
7:30 Polka-Go-Round (ABC just couldn't
quit trying for another Lawrence Welk)
8:30 Bold Journey
9 PM Voice Of Firestone (will end after this
season but return on Sunday nights
in 1962)
9:30 Anyone Can Play (this show had aired
during the summer as Anybody Can Play,
and the title change makes no sense--
Groucho's sidekick George Fenneman emceed)
10 PM Traffic Court
10:30 John Daly And The News
10:45 (Local)
CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Douglas Edwards
With The News
7:30 Name That Tune
8 PM THE TEXAN (new shows are always in CAPS)
8:30 Father Knows Best (moves from NBC)
9 PM Danny Thomas Show
9:30 ANN SOTHERN SHOW (Katy O'Connor)
10 PM WESTINGHOUSE DESILU PLAYHOUSE/
Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz Show (Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour)
about once a month
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Tic Tac Dough
8 PM Restless Gun
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM PETER GUNN
9:30 Alcoa-Goodyear Theater
10 PM Arthur Murray Party
10:30 (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show (to 1 AM)
TUE ABC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 ABC News
7:30 The Cheyenne Show (BRONCO/
Sugarfoot) (Clint Walker was holding
out for more money.)
8:30 Wyatt Earp
9 PM THE RIFLEMAN
9:30 NAKED CITY (first version, with James
Franciscus--the hour version with Paul
Burke is probably better remembered)
10 PM Confession
10:30 John Daly And The News
10:45 (Local)
CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Douglas Edwards With
The News
7:30 STARS IN ACTION (reruns of various
drama anthologies)
8 PM Keep Talking
8:30 To Tell The Truth
9 PM Arthur Godfrey Show
9:30 Red Skelton Show
10 PM GARRY MOORE SHOW
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Dragnet
8 PM George Gobel Show/Eddie Fisher Show
9 PM GEORGE BURNS SHOW (Burns And Allen
without Gracie, eventually more a variety
show than a sitcom)
9:30 Bob Cummings Show
10 PM The Californians
10:30 (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
WED
ABC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 ABC News
7:30 Lawrence Welk's Plymouth Show
8:30 Ozzie And Harriet
9 PM DONNA REED SHOW
(These two shows would run in tandem
again: Thursdays 1961-63 and Saturdays
January-September 1966.)
9:30 OLDSMOBILE SHOW WITH
PATTI PAGE
10 PM Wednesday Night Fights (I
don't know what they did if
news broke after 10:30)
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Douglas Edwards With
The News
7:30 Twilight Theater (more anthology reruns)
8 PM PURSUIT
9 PM The Millionaire
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour/
Armstrong Circle Theater
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 The Price Is Right
9 PM KRAFT MUSIC HALL WITH MILTON
BERLE
9:30 BAT MASTERSON
10 PM This Is Your Life
10:30 (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
THU
ABC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 ABC News
7:30 Leave It To Beaver (taken from CBS)
8 PM Zorro
8:30 Real McCoys
9 PM Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
9:30 ROUGH RIDERS
10 PM This Is Music
10:30 John Daly And The News
10:45 (Local)
CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Douglas Edwards With
The News
7:30 I Love Lucy (reruns)
8 PM December Bride
8:30 YANCY DERRINGER
9 PM Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater
9:30 Playhouse 90
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Jefferson Drum
8 PM ED WYNN SHOW (he plays a grandpa
who's also on his town's council)
8:30 Twenty-One (to October 16)/
CONCENTRATION
9 PM BEHIND CLOSED DOORS (I'm quite
sure Charlie Rich didn't do the theme song.)
9:30 The Ford Show Starring Tennessee
Ernie Ford
10 PM You Bet Your Life
10:30 Masquerade Party (Bert Parks becomes the
last host of the network version, but Richard
Dawson will host a syndicated version in 1974-75.)
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
FRI
ABC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 ABC News
7:30 Rin Tin Tin
8 PM Walt Disney Presents
9 PM MAN WITH A CAMERA
9:30 77 SUNSET STRIP
10:30 John Daly And The News
10:45 (Local)
CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Douglas Edwards
With The News
7:30 Your Hit Parade (taken from NBC)
8 PM Trackdown
8:30 Jackie Gleason Show (Buddy Hackett
replaces Art Carney as Gleason's sidekick--
works about as well as Carol Burnett and
Dick Van dyke a couple decades later.)
9 PM Phil Silvers Show (Sgt. Bilko)
9:30 Lux-Schlitz Playhouse
10 PM The Lineup
10:30 Person To Person
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Buckskin
8 PM FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ELLERY QUEEN
9 PM M Squad
9:30 The Thin Man
10 PM Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports
10:45 Post-Fight Beat
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
SAT
ABC 7:30 Dick Clark Beechnut Show
8 PM Jubilee U.S.A.
9 PM Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing
Party
10 PM MUSIC FROM MANHATTAN (Sammy
Kaye's orchestra, sponsored by
Manhattan Shirt Co.)
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE
9 PM Gale Storm Show
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 (Local)
NBC 7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM Perry Como Show
9 PM STEVE CANYON
9:30 CIMARRON CITY
10:30 BRAINS AND BRAWN (later revived
as a Saturday-morning kids' show)
11 PM (Local)
SUN
ABC 7 PM You Asked For It
7:30 Maverick
8:30 LAWMAN
9 PM Colt .45
9:30 ENCOUNTER
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7 PM Lassie
7:30 Jack Benny/Bachelor Father
8 PM Ed Sullivan Show
9 PM General Electric Theater
9:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10 PM The $64,000 Question (to Nov. 1),
then Keep Talking moves here
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM CBS News
11:15 (Local)
NBC 7 PM Saber Of London
7:30 NORTHWEST PASSAGE/
THE MUSIC SHOP
8 PM Steve Allen Show
9 PM Dinah Shore Chevy Show
10 PM Loretta Young Show
10:30 (Local)
MON-FRI DAYTIME
ABC 11 AM DAY IN COURT
11:30 PETER LIND HAYES SHOW
12:30 MOTHER'S DAY
1 PM LIBERACE SHOW
1:30 (Local)
2 PM CHANCE FOR ROMANCE
2:30 (Local)
3 PM Beat The Clock
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
5 PM Tales Of The Texas Rangers
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club (MWF)/
WALT DISNEY'S ADVENTURE TIME (TTh)
6 PM (Local)
CBS 8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
9 AM (Local)
10 AM For Love Or Money
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11 AM Arthur Godfrey Show
11:30 Top Dollar
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM CBS News
1:05 (Local)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Jimmy Dean Show
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 The Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM (Local)
6:45 (Local) or Douglas Edwards
With The News
NBC 6 AM CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM
7 AM Today
9 AM (Local)
10 AM Dough Re Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11 AM Price Is Right
11:30 CONCENTRATION
12 N Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1 PM (Local)
2 PM Truth Or Consequences
2:30 Haggis Baggis
3 PM Today Is Ours (replaced by
Young Dr. Malone in early '59)
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:30 COUNTY FAIR (a radio show come
to TV, with Bert Parks replacing
Jack Bailey as host)
5 PM (Local)
6:45 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
SATURDAY DAYTIME
ABC 11 AM UNCLE AL SHOW (Uncle Al Lewis, from
WCPO Cincinnati)
12 N (Local)
5 PM All-Star Golf
6 PM (Local)
CBS 9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse Playhouse
11 AM Heckle And Jeckle
11:30 Robin Hood
12 N GEORGE HAMILTON IV SHOW
(not the man with the tan but
a country singer from North
Carolina--still active around
these parts)
1 PM (Local)
2 PM NHL Hockey
4:30 (Local)
5:30 The Lone Ranger
6 PM (Local)
NBC
10 AM Howdy Doody
10:30 Ruff And Reddy
11 AM Fury
11:30 Circus Boy
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM (Local)
1:45 Wheaties Sports Page
2 PM NCAA Football
4:45 NBC Football Scoreboard
5 PM (Local)
SUNDAY DAYTIME
ABC 11:30 Johns Hopkins File 7
12 N Bishop James A. Pike
12:30 (Local)
1 PM College News Conference
1:30 (Local)
3 PM Open Hearing
3:30 Roller Derby
4:30 Bowling Stars
5 PM Paul Winchell Show
5:30 Lone Ranger (new episodes--the
ones on CBS are reruns)
6 PM (Local)
CBS
10 AM Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM UN In Action
11:30 Camera Three
11:55 CBS News
12 N (Local)
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM (Local)
1:45 Pro Football Kickoff
2 PM NFL Football
5 PM The Last Word
5:30 Amateur Hour
(these two pre-empted about once a
month by Conquest)
6 PM SMALL WORLD (Edward R. Murrow
interviews more substantial people
than on Person To Person.)
6:25 CBS News
6:30 The Twentieth Century
NBC 1:30 Frontiers Of Faith
2 PM Watch Mr. Wizard
2:30 NBA Basketball
5 PM Omnibus or NBC KALEIDOSCOPE
6 PM Meet The Press
6:30 Chet Huntley Reporting
gave me the idea to post the networks' fall 1958
schedules, somewhat earlier than I normally do for
50 years back.
Source: Castleman and Podrazik, "The TV Schedule
Book."
PRIME TIME
MON ABC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 ABC News (Don Goddard, I believe)
7:30 Polka-Go-Round (ABC just couldn't
quit trying for another Lawrence Welk)
8:30 Bold Journey
9 PM Voice Of Firestone (will end after this
season but return on Sunday nights
in 1962)
9:30 Anyone Can Play (this show had aired
during the summer as Anybody Can Play,
and the title change makes no sense--
Groucho's sidekick George Fenneman emceed)
10 PM Traffic Court
10:30 John Daly And The News
10:45 (Local)
CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Douglas Edwards
With The News
7:30 Name That Tune
8 PM THE TEXAN (new shows are always in CAPS)
8:30 Father Knows Best (moves from NBC)
9 PM Danny Thomas Show
9:30 ANN SOTHERN SHOW (Katy O'Connor)
10 PM WESTINGHOUSE DESILU PLAYHOUSE/
Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz Show (Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour)
about once a month
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Tic Tac Dough
8 PM Restless Gun
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM PETER GUNN
9:30 Alcoa-Goodyear Theater
10 PM Arthur Murray Party
10:30 (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show (to 1 AM)
TUE ABC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 ABC News
7:30 The Cheyenne Show (BRONCO/
Sugarfoot) (Clint Walker was holding
out for more money.)
8:30 Wyatt Earp
9 PM THE RIFLEMAN
9:30 NAKED CITY (first version, with James
Franciscus--the hour version with Paul
Burke is probably better remembered)
10 PM Confession
10:30 John Daly And The News
10:45 (Local)
CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Douglas Edwards With
The News
7:30 STARS IN ACTION (reruns of various
drama anthologies)
8 PM Keep Talking
8:30 To Tell The Truth
9 PM Arthur Godfrey Show
9:30 Red Skelton Show
10 PM GARRY MOORE SHOW
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Dragnet
8 PM George Gobel Show/Eddie Fisher Show
9 PM GEORGE BURNS SHOW (Burns And Allen
without Gracie, eventually more a variety
show than a sitcom)
9:30 Bob Cummings Show
10 PM The Californians
10:30 (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
WED
ABC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 ABC News
7:30 Lawrence Welk's Plymouth Show
8:30 Ozzie And Harriet
9 PM DONNA REED SHOW
(These two shows would run in tandem
again: Thursdays 1961-63 and Saturdays
January-September 1966.)
9:30 OLDSMOBILE SHOW WITH
PATTI PAGE
10 PM Wednesday Night Fights (I
don't know what they did if
news broke after 10:30)
11 PM (Local)
CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Douglas Edwards With
The News
7:30 Twilight Theater (more anthology reruns)
8 PM PURSUIT
9 PM The Millionaire
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour/
Armstrong Circle Theater
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 The Price Is Right
9 PM KRAFT MUSIC HALL WITH MILTON
BERLE
9:30 BAT MASTERSON
10 PM This Is Your Life
10:30 (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
THU
ABC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 ABC News
7:30 Leave It To Beaver (taken from CBS)
8 PM Zorro
8:30 Real McCoys
9 PM Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
9:30 ROUGH RIDERS
10 PM This Is Music
10:30 John Daly And The News
10:45 (Local)
CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Douglas Edwards With
The News
7:30 I Love Lucy (reruns)
8 PM December Bride
8:30 YANCY DERRINGER
9 PM Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater
9:30 Playhouse 90
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Jefferson Drum
8 PM ED WYNN SHOW (he plays a grandpa
who's also on his town's council)
8:30 Twenty-One (to October 16)/
CONCENTRATION
9 PM BEHIND CLOSED DOORS (I'm quite
sure Charlie Rich didn't do the theme song.)
9:30 The Ford Show Starring Tennessee
Ernie Ford
10 PM You Bet Your Life
10:30 Masquerade Party (Bert Parks becomes the
last host of the network version, but Richard
Dawson will host a syndicated version in 1974-75.)
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
FRI
ABC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 ABC News
7:30 Rin Tin Tin
8 PM Walt Disney Presents
9 PM MAN WITH A CAMERA
9:30 77 SUNSET STRIP
10:30 John Daly And The News
10:45 (Local)
CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Douglas Edwards
With The News
7:30 Your Hit Parade (taken from NBC)
8 PM Trackdown
8:30 Jackie Gleason Show (Buddy Hackett
replaces Art Carney as Gleason's sidekick--
works about as well as Carol Burnett and
Dick Van dyke a couple decades later.)
9 PM Phil Silvers Show (Sgt. Bilko)
9:30 Lux-Schlitz Playhouse
10 PM The Lineup
10:30 Person To Person
11 PM (Local)
NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:15 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Buckskin
8 PM FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ELLERY QUEEN
9 PM M Squad
9:30 The Thin Man
10 PM Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports
10:45 Post-Fight Beat
11 PM (Local)
11:15 Jack Paar Show
SAT
ABC 7:30 Dick Clark Beechnut Show
8 PM Jubilee U.S.A.
9 PM Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing
Party
10 PM MUSIC FROM MANHATTAN (Sammy
Kaye's orchestra, sponsored by
Manhattan Shirt Co.)
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE
9 PM Gale Storm Show
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 (Local)
NBC 7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM Perry Como Show
9 PM STEVE CANYON
9:30 CIMARRON CITY
10:30 BRAINS AND BRAWN (later revived
as a Saturday-morning kids' show)
11 PM (Local)
SUN
ABC 7 PM You Asked For It
7:30 Maverick
8:30 LAWMAN
9 PM Colt .45
9:30 ENCOUNTER
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7 PM Lassie
7:30 Jack Benny/Bachelor Father
8 PM Ed Sullivan Show
9 PM General Electric Theater
9:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10 PM The $64,000 Question (to Nov. 1),
then Keep Talking moves here
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM CBS News
11:15 (Local)
NBC 7 PM Saber Of London
7:30 NORTHWEST PASSAGE/
THE MUSIC SHOP
8 PM Steve Allen Show
9 PM Dinah Shore Chevy Show
10 PM Loretta Young Show
10:30 (Local)
MON-FRI DAYTIME
ABC 11 AM DAY IN COURT
11:30 PETER LIND HAYES SHOW
12:30 MOTHER'S DAY
1 PM LIBERACE SHOW
1:30 (Local)
2 PM CHANCE FOR ROMANCE
2:30 (Local)
3 PM Beat The Clock
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
5 PM Tales Of The Texas Rangers
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club (MWF)/
WALT DISNEY'S ADVENTURE TIME (TTh)
6 PM (Local)
CBS 8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:45 CBS News (Richard Hottelet)
9 AM (Local)
10 AM For Love Or Money
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11 AM Arthur Godfrey Show
11:30 Top Dollar
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM CBS News
1:05 (Local)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Jimmy Dean Show
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 The Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM (Local)
6:45 (Local) or Douglas Edwards
With The News
NBC 6 AM CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM
7 AM Today
9 AM (Local)
10 AM Dough Re Mi
10:30 Treasure Hunt
11 AM Price Is Right
11:30 CONCENTRATION
12 N Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1 PM (Local)
2 PM Truth Or Consequences
2:30 Haggis Baggis
3 PM Today Is Ours (replaced by
Young Dr. Malone in early '59)
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:30 COUNTY FAIR (a radio show come
to TV, with Bert Parks replacing
Jack Bailey as host)
5 PM (Local)
6:45 (Local) or Huntley-Brinkley Report
SATURDAY DAYTIME
ABC 11 AM UNCLE AL SHOW (Uncle Al Lewis, from
WCPO Cincinnati)
12 N (Local)
5 PM All-Star Golf
6 PM (Local)
CBS 9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse Playhouse
11 AM Heckle And Jeckle
11:30 Robin Hood
12 N GEORGE HAMILTON IV SHOW
(not the man with the tan but
a country singer from North
Carolina--still active around
these parts)
1 PM (Local)
2 PM NHL Hockey
4:30 (Local)
5:30 The Lone Ranger
6 PM (Local)
NBC
10 AM Howdy Doody
10:30 Ruff And Reddy
11 AM Fury
11:30 Circus Boy
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM (Local)
1:45 Wheaties Sports Page
2 PM NCAA Football
4:45 NBC Football Scoreboard
5 PM (Local)
SUNDAY DAYTIME
ABC 11:30 Johns Hopkins File 7
12 N Bishop James A. Pike
12:30 (Local)
1 PM College News Conference
1:30 (Local)
3 PM Open Hearing
3:30 Roller Derby
4:30 Bowling Stars
5 PM Paul Winchell Show
5:30 Lone Ranger (new episodes--the
ones on CBS are reruns)
6 PM (Local)
CBS
10 AM Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM UN In Action
11:30 Camera Three
11:55 CBS News
12 N (Local)
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM (Local)
1:45 Pro Football Kickoff
2 PM NFL Football
5 PM The Last Word
5:30 Amateur Hour
(these two pre-empted about once a
month by Conquest)
6 PM SMALL WORLD (Edward R. Murrow
interviews more substantial people
than on Person To Person.)
6:25 CBS News
6:30 The Twentieth Century
NBC 1:30 Frontiers Of Faith
2 PM Watch Mr. Wizard
2:30 NBA Basketball
5 PM Omnibus or NBC KALEIDOSCOPE
6 PM Meet The Press
6:30 Chet Huntley Reporting