1956–57 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 1956. All times are Eastern and Pacific.

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

Fall 1956

	11:00 PM	1:00 AM
ABC	local programming
CBS	local programming
NBC	11:15 PM: Tonight Starring Steve Allen*	local programming

Beginning in October, due to Steve Allen's commitment on his Sunday night NBC variety show, Ernie Kovacs became host of The Tonight Show on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Winter 1956/1957

	11:00 PM	1:00 AM
ABC	local programming
CBS	local programming
NBC	11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark	local programming

Spring 1957

	11:00 PM	1:00 AM
ABC	local programming
CBS	local programming
NBC	11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark	local programming

Summer 1957

	11:00 PM	1:00 AM
ABC	local programming
CBS	local programming
NBC	11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar	local programming

Sources

Brooks & Marsh, The Complete Dirctory To Prime-Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.), Ballantine, 1984
Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
TV schedules, NEW YORK TIMES, September 1956-September 1957 (microfilm)

United States network television schedules (late night)

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