Tuesday, May 15, 1956
Channels:
2—KREM (ABC)
4—KXLY (CBS/DuMont)
6—KHQ (NBC)
MORNING
7:40 am
6—Test pattern
7:45
6—Color test pattern
8:00
6—The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
8:30
6—Feather Your Nest
9:00
4—Sign-on
6—Ding Dong School
9:30
4—As the World Turns
6—The Ernie Kovacs Show
10:00
4—Valiant Lady
6—Today on the West Coast
10:15
4—Love of Life
10:30
4—Art Linkletter’s House Party
11:00
4—The Big Payoff
6—NBC Matinee Theater
“Statute of Limitations.” A botany professor believes he has masterminded a successful million-dollar holdup.
11:30
4—The Bob Crosby Show
AFTERNOON
12 pm
4—The Brighter Day
6—News
12:10
6—Weather Watcher
12:15
4—The Secret Storm
6—Modern Romances
12:30
4—The Edge of Night
6—Queen for a Day
1:00
4—Variety
6—Women
1:30
4—Search for Tomorrow
1:45
4—The Guiding Light
2:00
4—Facial Frost
6—The Trouble with Father
2:15
2—Test pattern
4—The Garry Moore Show
2:30
2—Glamour Girl
6—My Little Margie
2:45
4—What’s Cookin’?
3:00
2—Movietime
6—Bar 6 Roundup
3:30
4—Strike It Rich
4:00
2—Storyland
4—Beauty Tips
6—Mr. Engineer
4:15
2—Cartoons
4—Looney Tunes
4:30
2—Shadow Stumpers
6—Howdy Doody
5:00
2—Mickey Mouse Club
6—The Little Rascals
5:15
4—Douglas Edwards With the News
5:30
4—Name That Tune
6—Cartoon Carnival
5:45
6—Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
EVENING
6:00
2—Adventures of Superman
4—The $64,000 Question
6—Hopalong Cassidy
6:30
2—Warner Bros. Presents
“Cheyenne: Johnny Bravo.” Cheyenne's friend falls for a rancher's pretty daughter, but the rancher prefers Cheyenne as his son-in-law. Cheyenne: Clint Walker. Crowley: Harry Shannon. Molly: Penny Edwards. Taggert: Mort Mills.
4—Judge Roy Bean
6—Front Page
6:45
6—Camel News Caravan
7:00
4—The Phil Silvers Show
“Bilko on Wall Street.” Bilko invades Wall Street, helping a former Army buddy become a successful financier. Hazy: Edwin Philips. Inez: Athena Lorde. Butterworth: MacLean Savage. Henshaw: Allan Melvin.
6—Texaco Star Theatre
Guests: Mickey Rooney, Peggy King, Ruthie Gilbert and Arnold Stang. Host: Milton Berle.
7:30
2—The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
“Rich Man’s Son.” Wichita is disrupted by a teen-ager fleeing from his wealthy father. Grimes: Roy Barcroft. Buddy: Lee Erickson. Wyatt: Hugh O'Brian. Deputy: Bob Steele. Murdock: Don Haggerty. Judge: Sam Flint. (Repeat)
4—The Jane Arden Success Story
8:00
2—Make Room for Daddy
“The London Palladium.” Danny prepares to appear at the London Palladium. Margaret: Jean Hagen. Englishman: Cecil Kellaway. Rusty: Rusty Hamer. (Repeat)
4—Guy Lombardo’s Diamond Jubilee
6—Jane Wyman's Fireside Theater
“Not What She Pretended.” A California socialite inherits a small New York pub and sells it sight unseen. By the time the new owners announce their intention to tear the place down, she has fallen in love with the tavern and the son of the manager. (Repeat)
8:30
2—DuPont Cavalcade Theater
“The Gift of Dr. Minot.” Dr. George Minot’s quest for a cure from pernicious anemia becomes a race against death for his own life. Walter Coy stars. (Repeat)
4—The Red Skelton Hour
“Desert Island.” Cookie and Snorkel (Jameel Farah) land on a island where someone is filming a movie. At one point, Snorkel is wearing a gorilla suit. Muldoon: Buster Crabbe.
6—Armstrong Circle Theatre
“Devil at the Door.” The true story of American soldier Richard Tenneson is dramatized in this episode. Tenneson was captured by the Communists during the Korean war and refused repatriation after fighting ended. His mother, Portia Howe (Ruth White), makes a trip to Tokyo, working through red tape in an effort to visit her son in Korea. Eben Howe: John Kellogg.
9:00
2—News
9:05
2—Weather
9:15
2—Kiernan’s Kaleidoscope
9:30
2—Pride of a Family
4—Badge 714
6—Bohemian Playhouse
“Sheila.”
10:00
2—Overseas Adventures
4—Question Before House
Paid advertisement for Washington gubernatorial candidate Albert Rosellini (D), featuring New York governor W. Averell Harriman.
6—Big Town
“Crime in the City Room.” A mad killer invades The Illustrated Press’s city room, but the cool thinking of editor Steve Wilson saves the day. (Repeat)
10:30
2—News
4—Follow That Man
6—Boston Blackie
LATE NIGHT
11:00
2—Counterpoint
4—Tales of Tomorrow
6—Mr. and Mrs. North
Channels:
2—KREM (ABC)
4—KXLY (CBS/DuMont)
6—KHQ (NBC)
MORNING
7:40 am
6—Test pattern
7:45
6—Color test pattern
8:00
6—The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
8:30
6—Feather Your Nest
9:00
4—Sign-on
6—Ding Dong School
9:30
4—As the World Turns
6—The Ernie Kovacs Show
10:00
4—Valiant Lady
6—Today on the West Coast
10:15
4—Love of Life
10:30
4—Art Linkletter’s House Party
11:00
4—The Big Payoff
6—NBC Matinee Theater
“Statute of Limitations.” A botany professor believes he has masterminded a successful million-dollar holdup.
11:30
4—The Bob Crosby Show
AFTERNOON
12 pm
4—The Brighter Day
6—News
12:10
6—Weather Watcher
12:15
4—The Secret Storm
6—Modern Romances
12:30
4—The Edge of Night
6—Queen for a Day
1:00
4—Variety
6—Women
1:30
4—Search for Tomorrow
1:45
4—The Guiding Light
2:00
4—Facial Frost
6—The Trouble with Father
2:15
2—Test pattern
4—The Garry Moore Show
2:30
2—Glamour Girl
6—My Little Margie
2:45
4—What’s Cookin’?
3:00
2—Movietime
6—Bar 6 Roundup
3:30
4—Strike It Rich
4:00
2—Storyland
4—Beauty Tips
6—Mr. Engineer
4:15
2—Cartoons
4—Looney Tunes
4:30
2—Shadow Stumpers
6—Howdy Doody
5:00
2—Mickey Mouse Club
6—The Little Rascals
5:15
4—Douglas Edwards With the News
5:30
4—Name That Tune
6—Cartoon Carnival
5:45
6—Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
EVENING
6:00
2—Adventures of Superman
4—The $64,000 Question
6—Hopalong Cassidy
6:30
2—Warner Bros. Presents
“Cheyenne: Johnny Bravo.” Cheyenne's friend falls for a rancher's pretty daughter, but the rancher prefers Cheyenne as his son-in-law. Cheyenne: Clint Walker. Crowley: Harry Shannon. Molly: Penny Edwards. Taggert: Mort Mills.
4—Judge Roy Bean
6—Front Page
6:45
6—Camel News Caravan
7:00
4—The Phil Silvers Show
“Bilko on Wall Street.” Bilko invades Wall Street, helping a former Army buddy become a successful financier. Hazy: Edwin Philips. Inez: Athena Lorde. Butterworth: MacLean Savage. Henshaw: Allan Melvin.
6—Texaco Star Theatre
Guests: Mickey Rooney, Peggy King, Ruthie Gilbert and Arnold Stang. Host: Milton Berle.
7:30
2—The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
“Rich Man’s Son.” Wichita is disrupted by a teen-ager fleeing from his wealthy father. Grimes: Roy Barcroft. Buddy: Lee Erickson. Wyatt: Hugh O'Brian. Deputy: Bob Steele. Murdock: Don Haggerty. Judge: Sam Flint. (Repeat)
4—The Jane Arden Success Story
8:00
2—Make Room for Daddy
“The London Palladium.” Danny prepares to appear at the London Palladium. Margaret: Jean Hagen. Englishman: Cecil Kellaway. Rusty: Rusty Hamer. (Repeat)
4—Guy Lombardo’s Diamond Jubilee
6—Jane Wyman's Fireside Theater
“Not What She Pretended.” A California socialite inherits a small New York pub and sells it sight unseen. By the time the new owners announce their intention to tear the place down, she has fallen in love with the tavern and the son of the manager. (Repeat)
8:30
2—DuPont Cavalcade Theater
“The Gift of Dr. Minot.” Dr. George Minot’s quest for a cure from pernicious anemia becomes a race against death for his own life. Walter Coy stars. (Repeat)
4—The Red Skelton Hour
“Desert Island.” Cookie and Snorkel (Jameel Farah) land on a island where someone is filming a movie. At one point, Snorkel is wearing a gorilla suit. Muldoon: Buster Crabbe.
6—Armstrong Circle Theatre
“Devil at the Door.” The true story of American soldier Richard Tenneson is dramatized in this episode. Tenneson was captured by the Communists during the Korean war and refused repatriation after fighting ended. His mother, Portia Howe (Ruth White), makes a trip to Tokyo, working through red tape in an effort to visit her son in Korea. Eben Howe: John Kellogg.
9:00
2—News
9:05
2—Weather
9:15
2—Kiernan’s Kaleidoscope
9:30
2—Pride of a Family
4—Badge 714
6—Bohemian Playhouse
“Sheila.”
10:00
2—Overseas Adventures
4—Question Before House
Paid advertisement for Washington gubernatorial candidate Albert Rosellini (D), featuring New York governor W. Averell Harriman.
6—Big Town
“Crime in the City Room.” A mad killer invades The Illustrated Press’s city room, but the cool thinking of editor Steve Wilson saves the day. (Repeat)
10:30
2—News
4—Follow That Man
6—Boston Blackie
LATE NIGHT
11:00
2—Counterpoint
4—Tales of Tomorrow
6—Mr. and Mrs. North
Last edited: