Sunday
PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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ABC | You Asked For It | Famous Film Festival | Chance of a Lifetime | The Original Amateur Hour | Life Begins at Eighty | Local | ||
CBS | Lassie | The Jack Benny Program / Private Secretary | The Ed Sullivan Show | General Electric Theater | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Appointment with Adventure | What's My Line? | |
NBC | It's a Great Life | Frontier | The Steve Allen Show | Goodyear Television Playhouse / The Alcoa Hour | The Loretta Young Show | Justice | ||
DMT | Local |
Note: On NBC, Color Spread aired as a monthly series 7:30-9 p.m.
Monday
PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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ABC | 7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 John Charles Daly and the News | Topper (repeats) | TV Reader's Digest | The Voice of Firestone | The Dotty Mack Show | Medical Horizons | The Big Picture | Local |
CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 Douglas Edwards with the News | The Adventures of Robin Hood | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | I Love Lucy | December Bride | Studio One | |
NBC | Mama's Little Babies | 7:30 The Tony Martin Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | Caesar's Hour | Medic | Robert Montgomery Presents | Local | ||
DMT | Local | 9:00 |
Note: On NBC, Producers' Showcase aired as a monthly series 8-9:30 p.m. No longer a network operation, DuMont continued airing its Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena on an occasional basis over individual stations until August 6, 1956.
Tuesday
PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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ABC | 7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 John Charles Daly and the News | Warner Brothers Presents: Kings Row / Cheyenne / Casablanca | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Make Room for Daddy | Du Pont Cavalcade Theater | Talent Varieties | Local | |
CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 Douglas Edwards with the News | Name That Tune | Navy Log | You'll Never Get Rich | Meet Millie | The Red Skelton Show | The $64,000 Question | My Favorite Husband |
NBC | Local | 7:30 The Dinah Shore Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | The Milton Berle Show / The Martha Raye Show / The Chevy Show | Jane Wyman's Fireside Theater | Armstrong Circle Theatre / Pontiac Presents Playwrights '56 | Big Town | ||
DMT | Local |
Wednesday
PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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ABC | 7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 John Charles Daly and the News | Disneyland | MGM Parade | Masquerade Party | Break the Bank | The Wednesday Night Fights | ||
CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 Douglas Edwards with the News | Brave Eagle | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | The Millionaire | I've Got a Secret | The United States Steel Hour / The 20th Century Fox Hour | ||
NBC | Local | 7:30 Coke Time with Eddie Fisher / 7:45 Plymouth News Caravan | Screen Director's Playhouse | Father Knows Best | Kraft Television Theater | This Is Your Life | Midwestern Hayride | |
DMT | Local | What's the Story | Local |
Note: On DuMont, What's the Story aired only in September.
Thursday
PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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ABC | 7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 John Charles Daly and the News | The Lone Ranger | Life is Worth Living | Stop the Music | Star Tonight | Down You Go | Outside U.S.A. | Local |
CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 Douglas Edwards with the News | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | The Bob Cummings Show | Climax! / Shower of Stars | Four Star Playhouse | The Johnny Carson Show | Wanted | |
NBC | Local | 7:30 The Dinah Shore Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | You Bet Your Life | The People’s Choice | Dragnet | Ford Theatre | Lux Video Theatre | |
DMT | Local |
Friday
PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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ABC | 7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 John Charles Daly and the News | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Crossroads | Dollar a Second | The Vise | Ethel and Albert | Local |
CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 Douglas Edwards with the News | The Adventures of Champion | Mama | Our Miss Brooks | The Crusader | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | The Lineup | Person to Person |
NBC | Local | 7:30 Coke Time with Eddie Fisher / 7:45 Plymouth News Caravan | Truth or Consequences | The Life of Riley | The Big Story | Star Stage | 10:00 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports / 10:45 Red Barber's Corner | |
DMT | Local |
Saturday
PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
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ABC | Local | Ozark Jubilee (Grand Ole Opry 8:00-9:00 every fourth week) | Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing Party | Tomorrow's Careers | Local | |||
CBS | The Gene Autry Show | Beat the Clock | Stage Show | The Honeymooners | Two for the Money | It's Always Jan | Gunsmoke | Winky Dink and You |
NBC | Local | The Big Surprise | The Perry Como Show | People Are Funny | Texaco Star Theater: The Jimmy Durante Show / The Dennis Day Show | The George Gobel Show | Your Hit Parade | |
DMT | Local |