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ABC "Operation Daytime" in 1958

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RALfan

All I would like to know is what the schedule was like in New York on the week on October 13-17, 1958, when ABC introduced its disastrous attempt to expand its then-small daytime lineup consisting of "Mickey Mouse Club", "American Bandstand", and "Who Do You Trust."
 
"Operation Daybreak." I don't know what
filled the 1:30 and 2:30 slots on Channel 7,
but here was the network lineup:

11 AM Day In Court (best-known time slot
was 2 PM; in all, lasted until 1965)
11:30 Peter Lind Hayes Show
12:30 Mother's Day (Dick Van dyke hosted
a stunt show based on household
activities. He once said that he was
so embarrassed doing this show that
afterward he'd go to all the theaters
and read for parts. When he got "Bye
Bye Birdie," his game-show hosting days
ended for good.)
1 PM The Liberace Show (no wonder it didn't
last--can you imagine Liberace in a
regular suit?)
1:30 (Local)
2 PM Chance For Romance (John Cameron
Swayze proved to be no Jim Lange in
this "Dating Game" forerunner, and the
show was the first to be canceled, in
December. He did a short stint anchoring
ABC's newscast around 1960, then enjoyed
his greatest fame (to baby boomers) selling
watches that "take a licking and keep on
ticking.")
2:30 (Local)
3 PM Beat The Clock (moving from CBS)
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club (Mon/Wed/Fri)/
Walt Disney's Adventure Time (reruns of
the serials like Spin & Marty) (Tue/Thu)

I wouldn't call it a complete disaster. The 11:30-2:30
block wasn't much, and "The Mickey Mouse Club" was
probably on its way out, but "Beat The Clock" lasted until
1961, and when WRAL went to ABC in 1962 "Day In Court,"
"Who Do You Trust?", and "American Bandstand" were still
on the air.
 
bpatrick said:
"Operation Daybreak." I don't know what
filled the 1:30 and 2:30 slots on Channel 7.
Click to expand...

That was what I was specifically trying to find out. I was hoping that you would have at least posted WABC's schedule for that particular week, but thanks.
 
Sorry, but I don't have the New York schedules
for that week. Perhaps someone else does.

I can understand why ABC didn't program 1:30;
nobody was going to beat "As The World Turns."
But ABC could have taken on Art Linkletter at
2:30 and, in fact, did in 1959 with "Music Bingo"
(hosted by "Jeopardy!" announcer Johnny Gilbert)
and then with reruns of "The Gale Storm Show."
 
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