1957

1957/58 – Gunsmoke was #1 on CBS Saturday. Note: Any BOLD shows were cancelled in 1957 season; The Life Of Riley was cancelled in the sixth season. Alternate Shows: The Jack Benny Show and Bachelor Father were on CBS Sunday at 7:30 PM. The Brothers and Bachelor Father were on CBS Sunday at 7:30 PM during the summer. Cheyenne and Sugarfoot were on ABC Tuesday at 7:30 PM. The George Gobel Show and The Eddie Fisher Show were on NBC Tuesday at 8 PM. Armstrong Circle Theatre & The U.S. Steel Hour was on CBS Wednesday at 10 PM. Club Oasis and The Polly Bergen Show were on NBC Saturday at 9 PM. Club Oasis and Opening Night were on NBC Saturday at 10:30 PM for the summer. Anniversary: Arthur Godfrey & His Friends celebrated ten years on CBS. Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts celebrated ten years on CBS. The Jane Wyman Show celebrated ten years on NBC. The Perry Como Show celebrated ten years on TV. Studio One celebrated ten years on CBS; it was their last season. Biggest New Hit: Have Gun, Will Travel was #4 on CBS Saturday. CBS had the one two punch with the two biggest westerns on TV. Gunsmoke and Have Gun, Will Travel became the new sheriffs on Saturday. They shot down any competition they faced. The victims were Mike Wallace Interviews, The Gisele Mackenzie Show, What's It For, Sammy Kaye's Music from Manhattan, Cimarron City, Jubilee U.S.A., Five Fingers, Nation's Future and others throughout the years. From 1958–1961, the top three was Gunsmoke, Wagon Train and Have Gun, Will Travel. Daytime: The Buccaneers was on ABC Monday afternoons from September 1957–September 1958. Movies 2 TV: How To Marry A Millionaire was based on the 1953 Marilyn Monroe movie. Name Change: Club Oasis to Club Oasis Starring Spike Jones The Dinah Shore Chevy Show to The Dinah Shore Show Meet McGraw to The Adventures Of McGraw National Bowling Champions to Bowling Stars Ozark Jubilee to Country Music Jubilee The Vice to Saber Of London Harbourmaster to Adventures At Scott Island Original Run: Have Gun, Will Travel was on CBS Saturday at 9:30 PM. Zorro was on ABC Thursday at 8 PM for two seasons. Radio: Have Gun, Will Travel was on CBS from 1958–1960. Reruns: CBS aired Air Power reruns in the summer. CBS aired The Brothers reruns in the summer. CBS aired The Search reruns in the summer. NBC aired The Joseph Cotten Show reruns in the summer. NBC aired Noah's Ark reruns in the summer. Frontier Justice shown reruns of Zane Grey Theater episodes for the summer on CBS. Johnson's Wax Theatre shown reruns of Schlitz Playhouse episodes for the summer on CBS. Opening Night shown reruns of the ABC series, Ford Theatre. Personal Appearance shown reruns of Schlitz Playhouse and Screen Director's Playhouse. Spotlight Playhouse shown reruns of The Loretta Young Show. Anita Louis was the host for the summer. Undercurrent shown reruns of NBC's The Web. The Return: NBC revived Colgate Theatre was a summer series in 1958. This version was rejected pilots for the fall. Frank Sinatra returned to ABC after a seven–year absence. Both of his shows flopped big time on CBS and ABC. Other big time singers like Perry Como and Dinah Shore had hit TV shows. Why not, Frank Sinatra? Famous Fights returned to ABC after a five–year absence. It was previously on DUM in 1952. NBC revived Comment in January 1958. It was last seen in 1954. NBC revived Truth Or Consequences in December 1957. Summer Replacement: The Bob Crosby Show replaced The Perry Como Show for the summer. The Chevy Show replaced The Dinah Shore Chevy Show for the summer. Decision replaced The Loretta Young Show for the summer. Destiny replace Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater for the summer. Frontier Justice replaced December Bride for the summer. Personal Appearance replaced Person To Person for the summer. The Steve Lawrence–Eydie Gorme Show replaced The Steve Allen Show for the summer. Undercurrent replaced The Lineup for the summer. Switch Networks: Armstrong Circle Theatre went from NBC to CBS. The Danny Thomas Show went from ABC to CBS. Harbourmaster went from CBS to ABC. My Friend Flicka went from CBS to NBC. Telephone Time went from CBS to ABC. Treasure Hunt went from ABC to NBC. West Point Story went from CBS to ABC. Tidbits: Goodyear TV Playhouse was no longer broadcast LIVE. It was LIVE for the first six years. The Trackdown episodes were adapted from real cases from The Texas Rangers. The CBS version of Twilight Playhouse aired reruns of films from Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars. ABC paid Frank Sinatra $3 million to have him on their network. Actually, it was a bad investment; it ran second/third in the time period. The only good thing to come out was the professional debut of his seventeen daughter, Nancy Sinatra. Tombstone Territory left ABC after a year for a sale in syndication. Sadly, there were no takers. ABC took it back in March 1959 for a few months. Michael Landon was in a 1956 Jim Bowie episode. Betty White starred in Date with the Angels. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, real husband and wife, hosted their own musical variety show, The Steve Lawrence–Eydie Gorme Show. The Circus Boy, Mickey Braddock later became a Monkee in 1966, using his real last name, Dolenz. Tales Of E.S.P. replaced E.S.P. after three weeks. Vincent Price hosted both series. Warner Brothers Studios had some trouble with the Colt. 45 star, Wayde Preston, just like James Garner and Clint Walker. Donald May replaced him on Colt .45 in the last season. A Turn Of Fate was the umbrella title for Alcoa Theatre and Goodyear TV Playhouse; the fate was finished in February 1958. There were twenty filmed dramas and twenty LIVE dramas on Suspicion. Alfred Hitchcock produced half of the filmed dramas. He already had his own show on CBS. The Betty White Show took over Betty White's former time slot of Date With The Angels. Robert Serling and Anne Jeffreys, real married couple, starred together in a series, Love That Jill. The Grey Ghost was originally for CBS, but some sponsors backed out. Therefore, CBS syndicated the series to local stations. 1957/58 Fall Season One Season (1957/58) Alcoa Theatre – 1957–1950, NBC, dramatic anthology, Jack Lemmon Bachelor Father – 1957–1959, CBS; 1959–1961, NBC; 1961/62, ABC, comedy, John Forsythe The Californians – 1957–1959, NBC, western, Sean McClory Colt .45 – 1957–1960, ABC; western, Wayde Preston The Eddie Fisher Show – 1957–1959, NBC, musical variety, Eddie Fisher, George Gobel Have Gun, Will Travel – 1957–1963, CBS, western, Richard Boone Leave It To Beaver – 1957/58, CBS; 1958–1963, ABC, comedy, Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont M Squad – 1957–1960, NBC, police drama, Lee Marvin Maverick – 1957–1962, ABC, western, James Garner The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom – 1957–1960, ABC, musical variety, Pat Boone Perry Mason – 1957–1966, CBS, drama, Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale The Price Is Right – 1957–1963, NBC; 1963/64, ABC, game, Bill Cullen The Real McCoys – 1957–1962, ABC; 1962/63, CBS, comedy, Walter Brennan The Restless Gun – 1957–1959, NBC, western, John Payne Saber Of London – 1957–1960, NBC, detective drama, Sugarfoot – 1957–1961, ABC, western, Will Hutchins The Thin Man - 1957–1959, NBC; detective/comedy, Peter Lawford Tic Tac Dough - 1957–1959, NBC; quiz, Jay Jackson Tombstone Territory – 1957/58, March/October 1959, ABC, western, Pat Conway Trackdown – 1957–1959, CBS, western, Robert Culp Wagon Train – 1957–1962, NBC; 1962 – 1965, ABC, western, Ward Bond Zorro – 1957–1959, ABC, western, Guy Williams Cancelled TV shows American Bandstand – ABC, music, Dick Clark Assignment Foreign Legion – CBS, adventure anthology, Merle Oberon The Big Record – CBS, music, LIVE, Patti Page Club Oasis – NBC, variety, Spike Jones The Court of Last Resort – NBC, crime drama, Paul Birch Dick and the Duchess – CBS, comedy/adventure, Patrick O’Neal The Eve Arden Show – CBS, comedy, Eve Arden The Frank Sinatra Show – ABC, variety/drama, Frank Sinatra The Gisele MacKenzie Show – NBC, musical variety, Gisele MacKenzie The Guy Mitchell Show – ABC, musical variety, Guy Mitchell Harbourmaster – CBS, adventure, Barry Sullivan Keep It in the Family – ABC, game, Keefe Brasselle The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney – NBC, musical variety, Rosemary Clooney O.S.S. – ABC, war drama, Ron Randell The Patrice Munsel Show – ABC, musical variety, Patrice Munsel The Polly Bergen Show – NBC, musical variety, Polly Bergen Sally – NBC, comedy, Joan Caulfield, Gale Gordon Suspicion – NBC, suspense anthology, LIVE, Dennis O'Keefe Walter Winchell File – ABC, crime anthology, Walter Winchell What's It For – NBC, quiz, Hal March 22 out of 42 new series SURVIVED for 1958/59 ABC – 7/14, Colt .45, Maverick, The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom, The Real McCoys, Sugarfoot, Tombstone Territory & Zorro CBS – 5/10, Bachelor Father, Have Gun, Will Travel, Leave It To Beaver, Perry Mason & Trackdown NBC – 10/18, Alcoa Theatre, The Californians, The Eddie Fisher Show, M Squad, The Price Is Right, The Restless Gun, Saber Of London, The Thin Man, Tic Tac Dough & Wagon Mid season shows Anybody Can Play – July–December 1958, ABC, game, George Fenneman The Billy Graham Crusade – 1957–1959, ABC, religion Buckskin – July 1958–1959, NBC, western, Tommy Nolan Buick Action Theater – ABC, dramatic anthology The Chevy Show – 1958–1959, NBC, musical variety, John Raitt Confession – June 1958–1959, ABC, interview/discussion, Jack Wyatt The Dick Clark Show – February 1958–1960, ABC, music, Dick Clark Fight Beat – April 1958–1959, NBC, sports commentary, Bud Palmer Frontier Justice – 1958, 1959, CBS, western anthology, Lew Ayres It Could Be You – July 1958–1961, NBC, audience participation, Bill Leyden Jefferson Drum – April 1958–1959, NBC, western, Jeff Richards Keep Talking – July 1958–1959, CBS; 1959/60, ABC, quiz, Monty Hall Outlook – December 1957–1959, NBC, news/documentary, Chet Huntley Stars Of Jazz – April–November 1958, ABC, music, Bobby Troup This Is Music – July 1958–1959, ABC; music LIVE, Colin Male Traffic Court – June 1958–1959, ABC, courtroom drama, Edgar Allan Jones, Jr. Twilight Theater – July 1958–1959, CBS, dramatic anthology Your Neighbor The World – April 1958–1959, ABC, documentary Cancelled Mid Season Shows Adorn Playhouse – CBS, dramatic anthology, reruns American Odyssey – ABC, documentary Baseball Corner – ABC, sports discussion, Buddy Blattner The Betty White Show – ABC, comedy/variety, Betty White Bid 'N' Buy – CBS, quiz, Bert Parks The Big Game – NBC, quiz, Tom Kennedy Blondie – NBC, comedy, Arthur Lake The Bob Crosby Show – NBC, musical variety, Bob Crosby The Boing Boing Show – CBS, cartoon, Bill Goodwin Campaign Countdown – ABC, news analysis, Quincy Howe Comment – NBC, public affairs Decision – NBC, dramatic anthology Dotto – NBC, quiz, Jack Narz E.S.P. – ABC, audience participation, 3 episodes, Vincent Price The End Of The Rainbow – NBC, audience participation, 6 episodes, Art Baker Frigidaire Summer Theater – ABC, dramatic anthology, reruns Haggis Baggis – NBC, quiz, Jack Linkletter Holiday Handbook – ABC, travelogue The Investigator – NBC, detective drama, LIVE, Lonny Chapman Johnson's Wax Theatre – CBS, dramatic anthology Love That Jill – ABC, comedy, Robert Serling, Anne Jeffreys Make Me Laugh – ABC, audience participation, Robert Q. Lewis The March Of Medicine – ABC, documentary, 4 episodes, Ben Grauer Modern Science Theater – ABC, documentary Music Bingo – NBC, quiz, Johnny Gilbert NBC Sports Spot – NBC, sports commentary, 3 episodes, Red Barber No Warning – NBC, dramatic anthology, Westbrook Van Voorhis Opening Night – NBC, dramatic anthology, Arlene Dahl Personal Appearance – CBS, dramatic anthology, reruns Scotland Yards – ABC, police anthology, Edgar Lustgarten Sid Caesar Invites You – ABC, comedy/variety, LIVE, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca Sing Along – CBS, music, LIVE, 6 episodes, Florence Henderson The Steve Lawrence–Eydie Gorme Show – NBC, musical variety, Steve Lawrence Tales Of E.S.P. – ABC, drama, 4 episodes, Vincent Price Truth Or Consequences – NBC, quiz, Steve Dunne Top Dollar – CBS, quiz, Toby Reed Turning Point – NBC, dramatic anthology, reruns The Verdict Is Yours – CBS, courtroom drama, Jim McKay Win With A Winner – NBC, quiz, Sandy Elliot Wingo – CBS, quiz, Bob Kennedy Syndication The Gray Ghost – syndication, adventure, Tod Andrews, Phil Chambers Harbor Command – syndication, crime drama, Wendell Corey How To Marry A Millionaire – 1957–1959, syndication, comedy, Barbara Eden Man Without A Gun – 1957–1959, syndication, western, Rex Reason Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer – 1957–1959, syndication, detective drama, Darren McGavin Sea Hunt – January 1958–1961, syndication, adventure, Lloyd Bridges Target – syndication, dramatic anthology, Adolphe Menjou 26 Men – 1957–1959, syndication, western, Tris Coffin Two Seasons (1956/57) The Adventures of Jim Bowie – 1956–1958, ABC, western Broken Arrow – 1956–1958, ABC, western Circus Boy – 1956/57, NBC; 1957/58, ABC, adventure Cowtown Rodeo – 1957, 1958, ABC, rodeo Date with the Angels – May 1957–1958, ABC, comedy Destiny – 1957, 1958, CBS, dramatic anthology, reruns Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre – 1956–1961, CBS, western anthology The Dinah Shore Show – 1956–1963, NBC, variety Enterprise – July 1957–1958, ABC, documentary Famous Fights – July/December 1957, ABC, sports The Gale Storm Show – 1956–1959, CBS; 1959/60, ABC, comedy The Last Word – June 1957–1958, CBS, informational/panel Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes And New Talent – 1956–1959, ABC, talent Meet McGraw – July 1957–1958, NBC, detective Mike Wallace Interviews – April 1957–1958, ABC, interview Mr. Adams and Eve – January 1957–1958, CBS, comedy The Nat "King" Cole Show – 1956–1957, NBC, musical variety The New Adventures Of Charlie Chan – June 1957–1958, syndication, mystery Open Hearing – February 1957–1958, ABC, public affairs, LIVE Playhouse 90 – 1956–1961, CBS, dramatic anthology Richard Diamond, Private Detective – July 1957–1959, CBS; 1959/60, NBC, detective drama The Sheriff Of Cochise – 1956–1960, syndication, police drama The Silent Service – March 1957–1958, syndication, dramatic anthology Sports Focus – June 1957–1958, ABC, sports news/commentary, LIVE State Trooper – January 1957–1959, syndication, crime drama Tales Of Wills Fargo – March 1957–1962, NBC, western To Tell The Truth – December 1956–1967, CBS, game Treasure Hunt – 1956/57, ABC; 1957/58, NBC, quiz Twenty-One – 1956–1959, NBC, game West Point Story – 1956/57, CBS; 1957/58, ABC, military anthology The Whirlybirds – January 1957–1959, syndication, adventure Three Seasons (1955/56) The Adventures Of Robin Hood – 1955–1958, CBS, adventure Alfred Hitchcock Presents – 1955–1960, CBS; 1960–1962, NBC; 1962–1964, CBS; 1964/65, NBC, suspense anthology Bold Journey – July 1956–1959, ABC; travel documentary Bowling Stars – April 1956–December 1957, ABC, sports Cheyenne – 1955–1963, ABC, western The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford – 1956–1961, NBC, musical variety Gunsmoke – 1955–1975, CBS, western Highway Patrol – 1955–1959, syndication, crime drama The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp – 1955–1961, ABC, western My Friend Flicka – February 1956–1957, CBS; 1957/58, NBC, adventure Navy Log – 1955/56, CBS; 1956–1958, ABC, military anthology The People's Choice – 1955–1958, NBC, comedy The Phil Silvers Show – 1955–1959, CBS, comedy Saber Of Love – December 1955–1957, ABC; 1957–1960, NBC, detective drama Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon – 1955–1958, CBS, police drama $64,000 Challenge – April 1956–1958, CBS, quiz The Steve Allen Show – June 1956–1960, NBC, variety Telephone Time – April 1956–1957, CBS; 1957/58, ABC, dramatic anthology Wednesday Night Fights – 1955–1960, ABC, boxing Four Seasons (1954/55) The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin – 1954–1959, ABC, western The Bob Cummings Show – January/September 1955, NBC; July 1955–1957, CBS; 1957–1959, NBC, comedy Climax! – 1954–1958, CBS, dramatic anthology, LIVE Country Music Jubilee – January 1955–1960, ABC, country music December Bride – 1954–1959, CBS, comedy Disneyland – 1954–1983, anthology Father Knows Best – 1954/55, CBS; 1955–1958, NBC; 1958–1960, CBS The George Gobel Show – 1954–1959, NBC; 1959/60, CBS, comedy variety Lassie – 1954–1971, CBS; 1971–1974, Syndication, adventure The Lawrence Welk Show – 1954–1971, ABC, music The Lineup – 1954–1960, CBS, police drama The Millionaire – January 1955–1960, CBS, dramatic anthology People are Funny – 1954–1961, NBC, quiz Shower Of Stars – 1954–1958, CBS, musical variety, LIVE $64,000 Question – June 1955–1959, CBS, game Spotlight – June 1955–1959, CBS, dramatic anthology The Jack Paar Show – July 1957–1962, NBC, talk/variety Undercurrent – July 1955–1958, CBS, dramatic anthology, reruns Five Seasons (1953/54) The Big Picture – 1953–1959, ABC, documentary The Danny Thomas Show – 1953–1957, ABC; 1957–1965, CBS, comedy The Loretta Young Show – 1953–1961, NBC, dramatic anthology Midwestern Hayride – June 1954–1956, NBC; July 1957–1958, ABC; 1959, NBC, musical variety Person to Person – 1953–1961, CBS, interview Red Barber's Corner – 1953–1955, CBS; 1955–1958, NBC, sports commentary U.S. Steel Hour – 1953–1955, ABC; 1955–1963, CBS, dramatic anthology, LIVE Six Seasons (1952/53) The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet – 1952–1966, ABC, comedy The Adventures Of Superman – 1952–1958, syndication, adventure Death Valley Days – 1952–1975, syndication, western anthology General Electric Theater – February 1953–1962, CBS, dramatic anthology The Life Of Riley – January 1953–1958, NBC, comedy Name That Tune – June 1953–1954, NBC; 1954 – 1959, CBS, game This Is Your Life – 1952–1961, NBC, testimonial Seven Seasons (1951/52) Dragnet – January 1952–1959, NBC, police drama Goodyear TV Playhouse 1951–1960, NBC, dramatic anthology I Love Lucy reruns – 1957–1959, September 1961, CBS, comedy I’ve Got A Secret – June 1952–1967, CBS, game Masquerade Party – 1952, NBC; 1953, 1954, CBS; 1954–Fall 1956, ABC; 1957, NBC; 1958, CBS; 1958/59, NBC; October 1959–January 1960, CBS; Jan–Sept 1960, NBC, quiz/panel The Red Skelton Show – 1951–1953, NBC; 1953–1970, CBS, 1970/71, NBC; variety Schlitz Playhouse – 1951–1959, CBS, dramatic anthology Eight Seasons (1950/51) The Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickok – April 1951–1958, syndication, western The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show – 1950–1958, CBS, comedy The Jack Benny Show – 1950–1964, CBS; 1964/65, NBC, comedy You Asked For It – December 1950–1952, DUM; 1951–1959, ABC, audience participation You Bet Your Life – 1950–1961, NBC, quiz Nine Seasons (1949/50) Armstrong Circle Theatre – June 1950–1957, NBC; 1957–1963, CBS, dramatic anthology Beat The Clock – March 1950–1958, CBS, quiz Pantomime Quiz – July 1950–1951, CBS; Jan–March 1952, NBC; 1952/53, CBS; 1953/54, DUM; summer of 1954, CBS; Jan–March 1955, ABC; 1955–1957, CBS; 1958/59, ABC, quiz The Voice of Firestone – 1949–1954, NBC; 1954–1959, ABC, music What’s My Line? – February 1950–1967, CBS, game Your Hit Parade – summer of 1950–1958, NBC; 1958/59, CBS, music Ten seasons (1948/49) Arthur Godfrey & His Friends – January 1949–1959, CBS, musical variety Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts – 1948–1958, CBS, talent The Jane Wyman Show – April 1949–1958, NBC, dramatic anthology The Perry Como Show – 1948–1950, NBC; 1950–1955, CBS; 1955–1963, NBC, variety Studio One – 1948–1958, CBS, dramatic anthology Eleven seasons (1947/48) The Ed Sullivan Show – June 1948–1971, CBS, variety Meet The Press – November 1947–1965, NBC, interview Original Amateur Hour – January 1948–1949, DUM; 1949–1954, NBC; 1955–1957, ABC; 1957/58, NBC; May 1959, CBS; March 1960, ABC, talent Twelve seasons (1946/47) Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports – 1946–1960, NBC, boxing Kraft Television Theatre – May 1947–1958, NBC, dramatic anthology