The 1957–58 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1957 to August 1958.
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.
Monday-Friday
editNetwork | 7:00 am | 7:30 am | 8:00 am | 8:30 am | 9:00 am | 9:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | |
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ABC | Fall | local programming | American Bandstand | Do You Trust Your Wife? (to 11/15) | The Buccaneers reruns (M) / The Adventures of Sir Lancelot reruns (Tu) / The Adventures of Superman reruns (We) / The Woody Woodpecker Show (Th) / The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok reruns (F)* | The Mickey Mouse Club | |||||||||||||||||
November | American Bandstand | Do You Trust Your Wife? (from 11/18) | American Bandstand | ||||||||||||||||||||
CBS | Fall | 7:00 The Jimmy Dean Show | 8:00 Captain Kangaroo | local programming | The Garry Moore Show (M-Th, to 11:30 F) | Arthur Godfrey Time (M-Th) / The Garry Moore Show (F) | Strike It Rich | 12:00 Hotel Cosmopolitan
12:15 Love of Life |
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 The Guiding Light |
local programming | As the World Turns | Beat the Clock | Art Linkletter's House Party | The Big Payoff | The Verdict is Yours | 4:00 The Brighter Day
4:15 The Secret Storm |
The Edge of Night | local programming | |||||
Winter | local programming | 8:00 Captain Kangaroo | Dotto | 1:00 Walter Cronkite with the News
1:05 local programming | |||||||||||||||||||
Spring | The Garry Moore Show | How Do You Rate? / The Garry Moore Show (F) | Arthur Godfrey Time | Love of Life | |||||||||||||||||||
Summer | For Love or Money | Play Your Hunch | |||||||||||||||||||||
August | Top Dollar (from 8/18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
NBC | Fall | The Today Show | local programming | Arlene Francis Show | Treasure Hunt | The Price Is Right | Truth or Consequences | Tic-Tac-Dough | It Could Be You | Close-Up | Club 60 | Bride and Groom | Matinee Theater (most presentations in color) | 4:00 Queen for a Day
4:45 Modern Romances (soap) |
Comedy Time^ (repeats) | local programming | |||||||
Winter | local programming | Kitty Foyle | |||||||||||||||||||||
February | Dough Re Mi | local programming | |||||||||||||||||||||
Summer | local programming | Lucky Partners (to 8/22) | Haggis Baggis In COLOR | Today Is Ours | From These Roots | local programming | |||||||||||||||||
August | Concentration (from 8/25) | Truth or Consequences |
- ABC note: * These series aired under the umbrella title Fun At Five.
- NBC note: ^ Comedy Time featured repeats of Private Secretary, The Charlie Farrell Show and Blondie, Then in the Winter, Comedy Time featured repeats of Dear Phoebe, I Married Joan, and The Charlie Farrell Show, Finally in Spring, Comedy Time featured repeats of Blondie (1957 TV series), I Married Joan and The Charlie Farrell Show.
Saturday
editNetwork | 7:00 am | 7:30 am | 8:00 am | 8:30 am | 9:00 am | 9:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | |
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CBS | Fall | local programming | Captain Kangaroo | Mighty Mouse Playhouse | Susan's Show | Saturday Playhouse | The Jimmy Dean Show | local programming | |||||||||||||||
Spring | The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Summer | local programming | The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show | Captain Kangaroo | ||||||||||||||||||||
NBC | Fall | local programming | Howdy Doody In COLOR | The Gumby Show | Fury | Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion | True Story | Detective Diary | local programming | ||||||||||||||
Winter | The Ruff and Reddy Show | Andy's Gang | |||||||||||||||||||||
Summer | Blondie (R) |
Sunday
editNetwork | 7:00 am | 7:30 am | 8:00 am | 8:30 am | 9:00 am | 9:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 6:30 pm | |
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ABC | Fall | local programming | Get Set, Go | Dean Pike | College News Conference | local programming | The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show | local programming | |||||||||||||||||
Winter | College News Conference | local programming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Summer | local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
CBS | Fall | local programming | Lamp Unto My Feet | Look Up and Live | UN in Action | Camera Three | Let's Take A Trip | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Face the Nation | NFL on CBS and/or local programming | See It Now | Beat the Clock | You Are There (R) | ||||||||||||
October | The Twentieth Century | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winter | local programming | The Last Word | Face the Nation | CBS World News Roundup | local programming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spring | Eye on New York | Our Miss Brooks (R) | local programming | The Last Word | local programming | Face the Nation | The Twentieth Century | ||||||||||||||||||
Summer | local programming | The Last Word | Face the Nation | The Search | Air Power (R) | ||||||||||||||||||||
NBC | Fall | local programming | Watch Mr. Wizard | Catholic Hour | local programming | Wisdom | Youth Wants To Know | Look Here | Omnibus / Wide Wide World | local programming | Outlook | Meet the Press | My Friend Flicka (R) | ||||||||||||
November | Frontiers of Faith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winter | local programming | Outlook | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Spring | Comment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summer | local programming | Watch Mr. Wizard | Youth Wants To Know | Frontiers of Faith | Comment | ||||||||||||||||||||
August | Catholic Hour |
See also
editSources
edit- 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
- Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984