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United States Television Schedules
This article gives a list of United States network television schedules including prime time (since 1946), daytime (since 1947), late night (since 1950), overnight (since 2020), morning (since 2021), and afternoon (since 2021). The variously three to six larger commercial U.S. television networks each has its schedule. which is altered each year (and usually more frequently), and the introductions and relevant articles provide a comprehensive review for each year, from the 1946 season to the present. Public broadcasting in the U.S. has often been more decentralized, and less likely to have a single network feed appear across most of the country (though some latter-day public networks such as World Channel and Create have had more in-pattern clearance than National Educational Television or its successor PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting, public broadcaster and Non-commercial activity, non-commercial, Terrestrial television, free-to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Time
Prime time or the peak time is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for a television show. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to broadcast their season's nightly programming. The term ''prime time'' is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example (in the United States), from 8:00p.m. to 11:00p.m. (Eastern and Pacific Time) or 7:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. (Central and Mountain Time). In India and some Middle Eastern countries, prime time consists of the programmes that are aired on TV between 8:00p.m. and 10:00p.m. local time. Asia Bangladesh In Bangladesh, the 19:00-to-22:00 time slot is known as Prime Time. Several national broadcasters like Maasranga Television, Gazi TV, Channel 9, Channel i broadcast their prime-time shows from 20:00 to 23:00 after their Primetime news at 19:00. During Islamic Holidays Season, most of the TV Stations broadcast their esp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951–52 United States Network Television Schedule
The following is the 1951–52 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1951 through March 1952. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1950–51 season. This was the first television season of national network interconnection by coaxial cable and microwave, meaning programming could be transmitted live coast-to-coast (or in the case of filmed programs, distributed simultaneously across the country) if needed. On Sunday nights, NBC experimented with airing its new comedy-variety program ''Chesterfield Sound-off Time'' (featuring Bob Hope, Fred Allen and Jerry Lester as rotating hosts) in an early evening timeslot, 7:00–7:30. Previously, network TV variety programs had only been aired during late evening hours; NBC had experimented with a late-night show, ''Broadway Open House'', wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956–57 United States Network Television Schedule (daytime)
The 1956–57 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1956 to August 1957. Talk shows are highlighted in , local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are , game shows are , soap operas are , news programs are and all others are . New series are highlighted in bold. Monday-Friday *''Comedy Time'' featured repeats of '' I Married Joan'' (fall/summer), '' It's a Great Life'' (winter), ''Dear Phoebe ''Dear Phoebe'' is an American situation comedy about a male former college professor who poses as an elderly woman to write a newspaper advice column. It aired on NBC from September 1954 to April 1955. The series stars Peter Lawford and Marc ...'' (spring-summer), and '' Topper'' (spring). Saturday Sunday See also * 1956-57 United States network television schedule (prime-time) * 1956-57 United States network television sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956–57 United States Network Television Schedule
The following is the 1956–57 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1956 through March 1957. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1955–56 season. The 1956–57 network television schedule continued the trend of the previous season, with two of the three major U.S. television networks (ABC and CBS) scheduling more and more westerns and adventure series during prime time. In addition to its current stable of Westerns, which included ''Cheyenne'', ''The Lone Ranger'', and ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'', ABC scheduled two new Western TV series: '' Broken Arrow'' and ''The Adventures of Jim Bowie'', while CBS added ''Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre'' to its line-up, which already included ''Gunsmoke'' and ''Sergeant Preston of the Yukon''. Castleman and Podrazik (1984) call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955–56 United States Network Television Schedule (late Night)
These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1955. All times are Eastern and Pacific. Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white. Schedule {{DEFAULTSORT:1955-1956 United States Network Television Schedule (Late Night) United States late night network television schedules 1955 in American television 1956 in American television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955–56 United States Network Television Schedule (daytime)
The 1955–56 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1955 to August 1956. Talk shows are highlighted in , local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are , game shows are , soap operas are , news programs are and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold. Fall 1955 *formerly ''Welcome Travelers'' Winter 1955/1956 *formerly '' The Morning Show'' Spring 1956 Summer 1956 *''Comedy Time'' featured repeats of '' I Married Joan'', ''So This Is Hollywood'' and '' It's Always Jan''. See also * 1955-56 United States network television schedule (prime-time) * 1955-56 United States network television schedule (late night) Sources *https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122215/http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122235/http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html *https://web.archive.org/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955–56 United States Network Television Schedule
The 1955–56 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1955 through March 1956. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1954–55 season. ''The $64,000 Question'' had debuted on CBS during summer 1955 and became the #1 program on U.S. television. The three networks "rushed to copy this latest hit format, quickly filling prime time with similar contests". (It would not be until fall 1958 that it would be confirmed that several of these new quiz shows were rigged.)Castleman, H. and Podrazik, W. (1984). ''The TV Schedule Book: Four Decades of Network Programming from Sign-on to Sign-off''. McGraw-Hill. pg 79–85. For years, ABC had "struggled to cobble together a TV schedule", but following the network's major success with Disney-produced series ''Disneyland'' in 1954, other Hollyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954–55 United States Network Television Schedule (late Night)
These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all four networks for each calendar season beginning September 1954. All times are Eastern and Pacific. Two of the four networks began late-night schedules in 1954; DuMont aired its first and only show, ''The Ernie Kovacs Show'', beginning in summer 1954, while NBC resumed late-night programming with ''Tonight'', three years after it had canceled ''Broadway Open House''. DuMont ceased programming the late-night time slot in spring 1955 ahead of its shutdown (Kovacs would then move to NBC), while NBC has run ''Tonight'' (now ''The Tonight Show'') continuously since then. Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white. Schedule {{DEFAULTSORT:1954-1955 United States Network Television Schedule (Late Night) United States late night network television schedules 1954 in American television 1955 in American television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954–55 United States Network Television Schedule (daytime)
The 1954–55 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1954 to August 1955. Talk shows are highlighted in , local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are , game shows are , soap operas are , news programs are and all others are . New series are highlighted in bold. Fall 1954 Winter 1954-1955 Spring 1955 * formerly ''Portia Faces Life'' Summer 1955 By network ABC Returning Series *'' Don McNeill's Breakfast Club'' New Series *''Creative Cookery'' Not Returning From 1953-54 *''The Ern Westmore Show'' *'' The Jerry Lester Show'' *''Turn to a Friend'' CBS Returning Series *'' Barker Bill's Cartoon Show'' *'' The Brighter Day'' *''Art Linkletter's House Party'' *'' Arthur Godfrey Time'' *''The Big Payoff'' *''The Bob Crosby Show'' *''Double or Nothing'' *'' The Garry Moore Show'' *'' The Guiding Light'' *'' Love of Life' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954–55 United States Network Television Schedule
The following is the 1954–55 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1954 through March 1955. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1953–54 season. Fall 1954 marked a big change for television when ABC announced a network deal with a significant Hollywood producer. ABC had contracted with Walt Disney to produce a new series called '' Disneyland'' (as part of the deal, the network provided funding towards the construction of Walt's amusement park of the same name, opening in July 1955). The series was an instant hit, and marked the beginning of the networks allowing Hollywood programs into their schedules. Thus, Disney became the third significant Hollywood film producer to venture into television production, after Jerry Fairbanks and Hal Roach. ABC president Leonard Golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953–54 United States Network Television Schedule (daytime)
The 1953–54 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1953 to August 1954. Talk shows are highlighted in , local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are , game shows are , soap operas are , news programs are and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold. Fall 1953 Winter 1953/1954 Spring 1954 Summer 1954 See also * 1953-54 United States network television schedule (prime-time) References *https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122215/http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122235/http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211242/http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html *Hyatt, ''The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television'', Billboard Books, 1997 *TV schedules, ''New York Times'', September 1953 – September 1954 (microfilm) {{DEFAULTSORT:1953-54 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953–54 United States Network Television Schedule
The following is the 1953–54 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1953 through March 1954. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1952–53 season. Despite hit filmed programs such as ''I Love Lucy'', both William S. Paley of CBS and David Sarnoff of NBC were said to be determined to keep most programming on their networks live.Boddy, William (1993). ''Fifties Television: The Industry And Its Critics.'' Urbana: The University of Illinois Press. Filmed programs were said to be inferior to the spontaneous nature of live television. Thus, NBC and CBS continued to schedule many live programs, including two new 1953 fall NBC series '' The Dave Garroway Show'' and '' Bonino''. According to Brooks and Marsh (2007), Garroway's show "was faced with overwhelming competition from ''Mama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
