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The crumbling and eventual death of the old DuMont Network meant the 1955–56 television season would be the first year in which the three major remaining U.S. television networks would be the only full-time commercial participants in prime time, a situation that was to remain for the next 31 years, until Fox entered prime time on Sunday ...
February 27, 1955 May 31 Danger: CBS: September 26, 1950 Ended June 12 Mister Peepers: NBC: July 3, 1952 Ended June 14 The Elgin Hour: ABC: June 14, 1955 June 14 Have a Heart: DuMont: May 3, 1955 June 16 Willy: CBS September 1954 Canceled June 18 Foreign Intrigue: Syndication: October 18, 1951 Ended June 23 The Public Defender: First-run ...
March 12 – The first Flemish children's TV show, Kom Toch Eens Kijken, is broadcast, hosted by Bob Davidse (Nonkel Bob) and Terry Van Ginderen (Tante Terry). [ 1 ] March 15 – The play No Time for Sergeants is broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company in The United States Steel Hour series, starring Andy Griffith in his television debut.
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.
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.
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 ...
14 September – The highly popular and long-running live children's variety show Crackerjack! is broadcast for the first time on BBC TV, hosted by Eamonn Andrews. 22 September – Commercial broadcasting starts in the UK with the launch of ITV in London, Associated-Rediffusion on weekdays and Associated Television Network (ATV) at weekends ...
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.