1954–55 United States network television schedule (weekday)
These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1954. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
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.
Fall 1954
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 | local programming | Don McNeill's Breakfast Club | local programming | Creative Cookery | local programming | |||||||||||||||||
CBS | The Morning Show | 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 Valiant Lady
12:15 Love of Life |
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 The Guiding Light |
1:00 Portia Faces Life
1:15 The Seeking Heart |
Welcome Travelers | Robert Q. Lewis Show | Art Linkletter's House Party | The Big Payoff | Bob Crosby Show | 4:00 The Brighter Day
4:15 The Secret Storm |
On Your Account | The U.N. In Action / 5:00 Barker Bill's Cartoon Show
5:15 The U.N. In Action (W/F) |
local programming | |||||
NBC | The Today Show starring Dave Garroway | local programming | Ding Dong School | 10:30: A Time to Live 10:45: Three Steps to Heaven | The Home Show | The Betty White Show | Feather Your Nest | local programming | 3:00 The Greatest Gift
3:15 Golden Windows |
3:30 One Man's Family
3:45 Concerning Miss Marlowe |
4:00 Hawkins Falls
4:15 First Love |
4:30 The World of Mr. Sweeney
4:45 Modern Romances |
The Pinky Lee Show | Howdy Doody |
Winter 1954-1955
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 | local programming | Don McNeill's Breakfast Club (until 2/25) | local programming | Creative Cookery (until 2/25) | local programming | |||||||||||||||||
CBS | The Morning Show | 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 Valiant Lady
12:15 Love of Life |
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 The Guiding Light |
1:00 Portia Faces Life
1:15 The Road Of Life |
Welcome Travelers | Robert Q. Lewis Show | Art Linkletter's House Party | The Big Payoff | Bob Crosby Show | 4:00 The Brighter Day
4:15 The Secret Storm |
On Your Account | 5:00 Barker Bill's Cartoon Show (W/F)
5:15 local programming |
local programming | |||||
NBC | The Today Show starring Dave Garroway | local programming | Ding Dong School | 10:30: Way of the World 10:45: Hollywood Today with Sheilah Graham | The Home Show | The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Feather Your Nest | local programming | 3:00 The Greatest Gift
3:15 Golden Windows |
3:30 One Man's Family
3:45 Concerning Miss Marlowe |
4:00 Hawkins Falls
4:15 First Love |
4:30 The World of Mr. Sweeney
4:45 Modern Romances |
The Pinky Lee Show | Howdy Doody |
Spring 1955
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 | local programming | |||||||||||||||||||||
CBS | The Morning Show | 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 Valiant Lady
12:15 Love of Life |
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 The Guiding Light |
1:00 The Inner Flame*
1:15 The Road Of Life |
Welcome Travelers | Robert Q. Lewis Show | Art Linkletter's House Party | The Big Payoff | Bob Crosby Show | 4:00 The Brighter Day
4:15 The Secret Storm |
On Your Account | 5:00 Barker Bill's Cartoon Show (W/F)
5:15 local programing |
local programming | |||||
NBC | The Today Show starring Dave Garroway | local programming | Ding Dong School | 10:30: Way of the World 10:45: Hollywood Today with Sheilah Graham | The Home Show | The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Feather Your Nest | local programming | Ted Mack Matinee | 3:30 The Greatest Gift
3:45 Golden Windows |
4:00 Hawkins Falls
4:15 First Love |
4:30 The World of Mr. Sweeney
4:45 Modern Romances |
The Pinky Lee Show | Howdy Doody |
- formerly Portia Faces Life
Summer 1955
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 | local programming | |||||||||||||||||||||
CBS | The Morning Show | 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 Valiant Lady
12:15 Love of Life |
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 The Guiding Light |
Jack Paar Show | Welcome Travelers | Robert Q. Lewis Show | Art Linkletter's House Party | The Big Payoff | Bob Crosby Show | 4:00 The Brighter Day
4:15 The Secret Storm |
On Your Account | 5:00 Barker Bill's Cartoon Show (W/F)
5:15 local programming |
local programming | |||||
NBC | The Today Show starring Dave Garroway | local programming | Ding Dong School | 10:30 Parent's Time
10:45 Hollywood Today with Sheila Graham |
The Home Show | The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Feather Your Nest | local programming | Ted Mack Matinee | It Pays to Be Married | 4:00 Way of the World
4:15 First Love |
4:30 The World of Mr. Sweeney
4:45 Modern Romances |
The Pinky Lee Show | Howdy Doody |
Sources
- http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html
- http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html
- http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html
- Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
- Hyatt, The Encyclopedia Of Daytime Television, Billboard Books, 1997
- TV schedule pages, New York Times, September 1954 – September 1955 (microfilm)