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Network fall schedules 1955--50 years ago (Part 1)

From Castleman and Podrazik's "The TV
Schedule Book." New shows are in CAPS

MONDAY-FRIDAY DAYTIME

ABC 7 AM (Local)
5 PM MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
6 PM (Local)

CBS 7 AM The Morning Show
8 AM CAPTAIN KANGAROO
9 AM (Local)
10 AM Garry Moore Show
10:30 Arthur Godfrey Time
(Garry Moore occupies
this time on Fridays)
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N Valiant Lady
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Jack Paar Show
1:30 Love Story (formerly
Welcome Travelers)
2 PM Robert Q. Lewis Show
2:30 Art Linkletter's House
Party
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Bob Crosby Show
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 On Your Account
5 PM Barker Bill (Wed/Fri only)
(otherwise, local)
5:15 (Local)
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News

NBC 7 AM Today
9 AM (Local)
10 AM Ding Dong School
10:30 Search For Beauty
11 AM Home
12 N Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
12:30 Feather Your Nest
1 PM (Local)
3 PM NBC MATINEE THEATER
4 PM DATE WITH LIFE (soap opera)
4:15 First Love
4:30 World Of Mr. Sweeney
4:45 Modern Romances
5 PM Pinky Lee Circus Time
5:30 Howdy Doody
6 PM (Local)

MONDAY

ABC 7 PM Kukla, Fran And Ollie
7:15 John Daly And The News
7:30 Topper (reruns)
8 PM TV Reader's Digest
8:30 Voice Of Firestone
9 PM Dotty Mack Show
9:30 Medical Horizons
10 PM The Big Picture
10:30 (Local)

CBS 7 PM (Local, although some
stations carried Douglas
Edwards at 7:15)
7:30 ROBIN HOOD
8 PM Burns And Allen Show
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent
Scouts
9 PM I Love Lucy
9:30 December Bride
10 PM Studio One
11 PM (Local)

DUMONT 7 PM (Local)
9 PM Boxing From St. Nicholas
Arena With Chris Schenkel
10:45 At Ringside
11 PM (Local)

NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:30 Tony Martin
7:45 Camel News Caravan
8 PM Caesar's Hour
9 PM Medic
(Producer's Showcase airs 8-9:30
once a month)
9:30 Robert Montgomery Presents
10:30 (Local)
11:30 Tonight

TUESDAY

ABC 7 PM Kukla, Fran And Ollie
7:15 John Daly And The News
7:30 WARNER BROTHERS PRESENTS:
CHEYENNE/CASABLANCA/KING'S ROW
8:30 WYATT EARP
9 PM Make Room For Daddy
9:30 DuPont Cavalcade Theater
10 PM Talent Varieties
10:30 (Local)

CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:30 Name That Tune
8 PM NAVY LOG
8:30 YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH
(Phil Silvers as Sgt. Bilko)
9 PM Meet Millie
9:30 Red Skelton Show
10 PM The $64,000 Question
10:30 My Favorite Husband
11 PM (Local)

NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:30 Dinah Shore
7:45 Camel News Caravan
8 PM Milton Berle Show/Martha
Raye Show/CHEVY SHOW
9 PM Jane Wyman's Fireside
Theater
9:30 Armstrong Circle Theater/
PLAYWRIGHTS '56
10:30 Big Town
11 PM (Local)
11:30 Tonight

WEDNESDAY

ABC 7 PM Kukla, Fran And Ollie
7:15 John Daly And The News
7:30 Disneyland
8:30 MGM PARADE
9 PM Masquerade Party
9:30 Break The Bank
10 PM Wednesday Night Fights
11 PM (Local)

CBS 7 PM (Local)
7:30 BRAVE EAGLE
8 PM Arthur Godfrey And His
Friends
9 PM The Millionaire
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour/
20TH CENTURY-FOX HOUR
11 PM (Local)

DUMONT 7 PM (Local)
9:30 What's The Story?
10 PM (Local)

NBC 7 PM (Local)
7:30 Eddie Fisher
7:45 Plymouth News Caravan
8 PM SCREEN DIRECTOR'S PLAYHOUSE
8:30 Father Knows Best
9 PM Kraft Television Theater
10 PM This Is Your Life
10:30 Midwestern Hayride
11 PM (Local)
11:30 Tonight

Part 2 follows on a separate post.
 
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