The fall of 1957 gave us a bumper crop of long-running
classics. Here are the prime time schedules; see how many
new shows became classics. Source: Castleman and Podrazik,
"The TV Schedule Book." New shows are in CAPS.
MONDAY ABC 7:30 American Bandstand
8 PM GUY MITCHELL SHOW
8:30 Bold Journey
9 PM Voice Of Firestone
9:30 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes
And New Talent
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 Robin Hood
8 PM Burns And Allen Show
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9 PM Danny Thomas Show
9:30 December Bride
10 PM Studio One
NBC 7:30 The Price Is Right
8 PM RESTLESS GUN
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Twenty-One
9:30 ALCOA/GOODYEAR THEATER:
TURN OF FATE
10 PM SUSPICION
TUESDAY ABC 7:30 Cheyenne/SUGARFOOT
8:30 Wyatt Earp
9 PM Broken Arrow
9:30 Telephone Time
10 PM West Point (reruns)
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 Name That Tune
8 PM Phil Silvers Show
8:30 EVE ARDEN SHOW (she played
a writer named Liza Hammond)
9 PM To Tell The Truth
9:30 Red Skelton Show
10 PM The $64,000 Question
10:30 ASSIGNMENT: FOREIGN LEGION
NBC 7:30 Nat King Cole Show
8 PM George Gobel Show/Eddie
Fisher Show (they alternated
as host and guest star)
9 PM Meet McGraw
9:30 Bob Cummings Show
10 PM THE CALIFORNIANS
10:30 (Local)
WEDNESDAY
ABC 7:30 Disneyland
8:30 TOMBSTONE TERRITORY
9 PM Ozzie And Harriet
9:30 WALTER WINCHELL FILE
10 PM Wednesday Night Fights
CBS 7:30 I Love Lucy (reruns)
8 PM BIG RECORD
9 PM The Millionaire
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour/Armstrong
Circle Theater
NBC 7:30 WAGON TRAIN
8:30 Father Knows Best
9 PM Kraft Television Theater
10 PM This Is Your Life
10:30 (Local)
THURSDAY
ABC 7:30 Circus Boy
8 PM ZORRO
8:30 THE REAL McCOYS
9 PM PAT BOONE CHEVY SHOWROOM
9:30 O.S.S.
10 PM Navy Log
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon
8 PM HARBOURMASTER
8:30 Climax! (Shower Of Stars once
a month)
9:30 Playhouse 90 (to 11)
NBC 7:30 Tic Tac Dough
8 PM You Bet Your Life
8:30 Dragnet
9 PM The People's Choice
9:30 The Ford Show Starring
Tennessee Ernie Ford
10 PM THE LUX SHOW WITH
ROSEMARY CLOONEY
10:30 Jane Wyman Show
FRIDAY ABC 7:30 Rin Tin Tin
8 PM Jim Bowie
8:30 PATRICE MUNSEL SHOW
9 PM FRANK SINATRA SHOW
9:30 Date With The Angels
10 PM COLT .45
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
8 PM TRACKDOWN
8:30 Dick Powell's Zane Grey
Theater
9 PM Mr. Adams And Eve
9:30 Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars
10 PM The Lineup
10:30 Person To Person
NBC 7:30 Saber Of London
8 PM COURT OF LAST RESORT
8:30 The Life Of Riley
9 PM M SQUAD
9:30 THE THIN MAN
10 PM Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports
10:45 Red Barber (time approximate)
SATURDAY ABC 7:30 KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY
8 PM Country Music Jubilee
9 PM Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing
Party
10 PM Mike Wallace Interviews
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 PERRY MASON
8:30 DICK AND THE DUCHESS
9 PM Oh, Susanna (Gale Storm)
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 CLUB OASIS/POLLY BERGEN
SHOW
9:30 GISELE MacKENZIE SHOW
10 PM WHAT'S IT FOR?
10:30 Your Hit Parade
SUNDAY ABC 7 PM You Asked For It
7:30 MAVERICK
8:30 BOWLING STARS
9 PM Open Hearing
9:30 COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME
OF THE WEEK
10 PM SCOTLAND YARD
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 Challenge
10:30 What's My Line?
NBC 7 PM Original Amateur Hour
7:30 SALLY
8 PM Steve Allen Show
9 PM Dinah Shore Chevy Show
10 PM Loretta Young Show
10:30 (Local)
Note, too, that this is the first year that no network had
15 minutes of news and 15 minutes of music in the 7:30-
8 PM slot; NBC was the last holdout. CBS and NBC fed
their newscasts at 6:45 and again at 7:15; ABC had one
feed at 7:15 following Sports Focus with Howard Cosell.
For the record, the shows I'm thinking about as long-running
classics are: Wagon Train (8 years), The Real McCoys (6),
Leave It To Beaver (6), Perry Mason (9), Have Gun Will Travel (6),
Maverick (5), and Bachelor Father (5).
classics. Here are the prime time schedules; see how many
new shows became classics. Source: Castleman and Podrazik,
"The TV Schedule Book." New shows are in CAPS.
MONDAY ABC 7:30 American Bandstand
8 PM GUY MITCHELL SHOW
8:30 Bold Journey
9 PM Voice Of Firestone
9:30 Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes
And New Talent
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 Robin Hood
8 PM Burns And Allen Show
8:30 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
9 PM Danny Thomas Show
9:30 December Bride
10 PM Studio One
NBC 7:30 The Price Is Right
8 PM RESTLESS GUN
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Twenty-One
9:30 ALCOA/GOODYEAR THEATER:
TURN OF FATE
10 PM SUSPICION
TUESDAY ABC 7:30 Cheyenne/SUGARFOOT
8:30 Wyatt Earp
9 PM Broken Arrow
9:30 Telephone Time
10 PM West Point (reruns)
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 Name That Tune
8 PM Phil Silvers Show
8:30 EVE ARDEN SHOW (she played
a writer named Liza Hammond)
9 PM To Tell The Truth
9:30 Red Skelton Show
10 PM The $64,000 Question
10:30 ASSIGNMENT: FOREIGN LEGION
NBC 7:30 Nat King Cole Show
8 PM George Gobel Show/Eddie
Fisher Show (they alternated
as host and guest star)
9 PM Meet McGraw
9:30 Bob Cummings Show
10 PM THE CALIFORNIANS
10:30 (Local)
WEDNESDAY
ABC 7:30 Disneyland
8:30 TOMBSTONE TERRITORY
9 PM Ozzie And Harriet
9:30 WALTER WINCHELL FILE
10 PM Wednesday Night Fights
CBS 7:30 I Love Lucy (reruns)
8 PM BIG RECORD
9 PM The Millionaire
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour/Armstrong
Circle Theater
NBC 7:30 WAGON TRAIN
8:30 Father Knows Best
9 PM Kraft Television Theater
10 PM This Is Your Life
10:30 (Local)
THURSDAY
ABC 7:30 Circus Boy
8 PM ZORRO
8:30 THE REAL McCOYS
9 PM PAT BOONE CHEVY SHOWROOM
9:30 O.S.S.
10 PM Navy Log
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon
8 PM HARBOURMASTER
8:30 Climax! (Shower Of Stars once
a month)
9:30 Playhouse 90 (to 11)
NBC 7:30 Tic Tac Dough
8 PM You Bet Your Life
8:30 Dragnet
9 PM The People's Choice
9:30 The Ford Show Starring
Tennessee Ernie Ford
10 PM THE LUX SHOW WITH
ROSEMARY CLOONEY
10:30 Jane Wyman Show
FRIDAY ABC 7:30 Rin Tin Tin
8 PM Jim Bowie
8:30 PATRICE MUNSEL SHOW
9 PM FRANK SINATRA SHOW
9:30 Date With The Angels
10 PM COLT .45
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
8 PM TRACKDOWN
8:30 Dick Powell's Zane Grey
Theater
9 PM Mr. Adams And Eve
9:30 Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars
10 PM The Lineup
10:30 Person To Person
NBC 7:30 Saber Of London
8 PM COURT OF LAST RESORT
8:30 The Life Of Riley
9 PM M SQUAD
9:30 THE THIN MAN
10 PM Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports
10:45 Red Barber (time approximate)
SATURDAY ABC 7:30 KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY
8 PM Country Music Jubilee
9 PM Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing
Party
10 PM Mike Wallace Interviews
10:30 (Local)
CBS 7:30 PERRY MASON
8:30 DICK AND THE DUCHESS
9 PM Oh, Susanna (Gale Storm)
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 CLUB OASIS/POLLY BERGEN
SHOW
9:30 GISELE MacKENZIE SHOW
10 PM WHAT'S IT FOR?
10:30 Your Hit Parade
SUNDAY ABC 7 PM You Asked For It
7:30 MAVERICK
8:30 BOWLING STARS
9 PM Open Hearing
9:30 COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME
OF THE WEEK
10 PM SCOTLAND YARD
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 Challenge
10:30 What's My Line?
NBC 7 PM Original Amateur Hour
7:30 SALLY
8 PM Steve Allen Show
9 PM Dinah Shore Chevy Show
10 PM Loretta Young Show
10:30 (Local)
Note, too, that this is the first year that no network had
15 minutes of news and 15 minutes of music in the 7:30-
8 PM slot; NBC was the last holdout. CBS and NBC fed
their newscasts at 6:45 and again at 7:15; ABC had one
feed at 7:15 following Sports Focus with Howard Cosell.
For the record, the shows I'm thinking about as long-running
classics are: Wagon Train (8 years), The Real McCoys (6),
Leave It To Beaver (6), Perry Mason (9), Have Gun Will Travel (6),
Maverick (5), and Bachelor Father (5).