1956–57 United States network television schedule (late night)

These are the late-night Monday–Friday schedules on the three networks for each calendar season, beginning September 1956. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white.

Schedule

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  11:00 PM 11:30 PM 12:00 AM 12:30 AM 1:00 AM 1:30 AM 2:00 AM 2:30 AM 3:00 AM 3:30 AM 4:00 AM 4:30 PM 5:00 AM 5:30 AM
ABC local programming or sign-off
CBS local programming or sign-off
NBC Fall 11:15 PM: Tonight Starring Steve Allen* local programming or sign-off
Winter 11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark local programming or sign-off
Spring 11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark local programming or sign-off
Summer 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar
  • Beginning in October, due to Steve Allen's commitment on his Sunday night NBC variety show, Ernie Kovacs became the host of The Tonight Show on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Sources

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  • Brooks & Marsh, The Complete Directory To Prime-Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.), Ballantine, 1984
  • Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
  • TV schedules, The New York Times, September 1956–September 1957 (microfilm)