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- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule abstract "The 1955–56 United States network television schedule was for the period that began in September 1955 and ran through March 1956. The $64,000 Question had debuted on CBS during summer 1955 and became the #1 program on U.S. television. The three networks \"rushed to copy this latest hit format, quickly filling prime time with similar contests\". (It would not be until fall 1959 that it would be confirmed that several of these new quiz shows were rigged.)For years, ABC had \"struggled to cobble together a TV schedule\", but following the network's major success with Disney-produced series Disneyland in 1954, other Hollywood film companies began embracing television. MGM assembled clips for MGM Parade on ABC; ABC also hired Warner Bros. for a Tuesday night program called Warner Brothers Presents. The hour-long umbrella series featured TV adaptations of three Warner Brothers movies: Cheyenne, Casablanca, and Kings Row. Of the three new series, only Cheyenne was a hit with viewers, and ABC began contracting with other Hollywood studios for Westerns. Immediately following Warner Brothers Presents, ABC scheduled The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. This Western was also produced in conjunction with a Hollywood studio: Desilu Productions.CBS had its own Western hit with Gunsmoke, which also debuted in fall 1955. Over the next few years, \"the rush to Westerns had become a virtual stampede so that, by the fall of 1959, viewers had their choice from a staggering twenty-eight different Western-based prime time series.\" Around 1955, live drama anthologies, the staple of early television programming, were being phased out by the networks in favor of filmed fare: Westerns, police dramas, quiz shows, and adventure series.The struggling DuMont Television Network offered little during the 1955–56 television season. DuMont's final program line-up consisted of What's the Story on Wednesday nights at 9:30 and Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena on Monday nights at 9:00. By October What's the Story was off the air. DuMont honored its few remaining network commitments until August 6, 1956, when it ceased operations as a major television network. DuMont hoped to go into independent television production; the company's studio facilities and Electronicam system were used to produce CBS's The Honeymooners during the 1955–1956 season. DuMont's loss was ABC's gain, as some of DuMont's most popular programs, including Life Is Worth Living, Chance of a Lifetime, Life Begins at Eighty, and Down You Go, found their way onto ABC's 1955–1956 prime time schedule. The crumbling and eventual death of the old DuMont Network meant the 1955–1956 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 30 years until Fox began network operations in October 1986, although Fox would not enter prime time until Sunday, April 5, 1987. New fall series are highlighted in bold.Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research. Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season. Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season. Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 ↑ ↑ ↑".
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- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink 1950s_quiz_show_scandals.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink ABC_World_News_Tonight.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents.
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- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Appointment_with_Adventure.
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- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_Godfrey_and_His_Friends.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_Godfreys_Talent_Scouts.
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- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Brave_Eagle.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Break_the_Bank_(1948_game_show).
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- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Caesars_Hour.
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- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Casablanca_(film).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Category:1955_in_American_television.
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- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Cavalcade_of_America.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Challenge_of_the_Yukon.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Chance_of_a_Lifetime_(1950s_TV_series).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Cheyenne_(1955_TV_series).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Cheyenne_(film).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Climax!.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Coke_Time_with_Eddie_Fisher.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Color_Spread.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Crossroads_(1955_TV_series).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Crusader_(TV_series).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Damon_Runyon_Theater.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink December_Bride.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Dennis_James.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Desilu_Productions.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Dollar_a_Second.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Down_You_Go.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Dragnet_(franchise).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink DuMont_Television_Network.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Electronicam.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Encore_Theatre.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Ethel_and_Albert.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Famous_Film_Festival.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Father_Knows_Best.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Fireside_Theater.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Ford_Star_Jubilee.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Ford_Theatre.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Four_Star_Playhouse.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Fox_Broadcasting_Company.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Frontier_(1955_TV_series).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink General_Electric_Theater.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink George_Gobel.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Gillette_Cavalcade_of_Sports.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Goodyear_Television_Playhouse.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Ole_Opry.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Gunsmoke.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink High_Finance_(1956_TV_series).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink I_Love_Lucy.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Its_Always_Jan.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Its_a_Great_Life.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Ive_Got_a_Secret.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Julius_La_Rosa.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Justice_(1954_TV_series).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Kings_Row.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Kraft_Television_Theatre.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Kukla,_Fran_and_Ollie.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Lassie_(1954_TV_series).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Letter_to_Loretta.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Life_Begins_at_Eighty.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Life_Is_Worth_Living.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Lone_Ranger.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Lux_Video_Theatre.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink MGM_Parade.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Mama_(TV_series).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Masquerade_Party.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Max_Liebman_Spectaculars.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Medic_(TV_series).
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Medical_Horizons.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Meet_Millie.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Midwestern_Hayride.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink My_Favorite_Husband.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink NBC.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Name_That_Tune.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Navy_Log.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Nielsen_Media_Research.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Our_Miss_Brooks.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Outside_U.S.A..
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Ozark_Jubilee.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Pabst_Blue_Ribbon_Bouts.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink People_are_Funny.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Pepsi_Cola_Playhouse.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Perry_Como.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Person_to_Person.
- 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule wikiPageWikiLink Pontiac_Presents_Playwrights_56.