1954–1955 United States network television schedule

The 1954-55 United States network television schedule began in September of 1954 and ended in the spring of 1955. It was also the last prime-time schedule to have four US television networks participating, until Fox entered prime-time on Sunday, April 5, 1987.

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

The highest rated program is coloured in gold.

The Tonight Show starring Steve Allen premiered September 27, 1954, airing at 11:15 p.m. weeknights on NBC.

Sunday

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PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	You Asked For It	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse	Flight No. 7	The Big Picture	9:00 The Walter Winchell Show / 9:15 The Martha Wright Show	Soldier Parade	Break the Bank	Local
CBS	Lassie	The Jack Benny Program/Private Secretary	Toast of the Town		The Fred Waring Show/The General Electric Theater	Honestly, Celeste!	Father Knows Best	What's My Line?
NBC	People Are Funny	Mr. Peepers	The Colgate Comedy Hour		The Philco Television Playhouse/Goodyear Television Playhouse		The Loretta Young Show	The Hunter
DMN	Local	Opera Cameos	Local		Rocky King, Inside Detective	Life Begins at Eighty	The Music Show	Local

Note: On NBC, the Sunday edition of Max Liebman Presents made its debut as a monthly series, airing 7:30-9 p.m.

Monday

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PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 John Daley and the News	Jamie	Come Closer	The Voice of Firestone	College Press Conference	Boxing from Eastern Parkway
CBS	Local	7:30 Douglas Edwards with the News / 7:45 The Perry Como Show	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	I Love Lucy	December Bride	Studio One
NBC	Local	7:30 The Tony Martin Party / 7:45 Camel News Caravan	Caesar's Hour		Medic	Robert Montgomery Presents		Local
DMN	7:00 Captain Video / 7:15 DuMont Evening News	Local			Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena

Note: On NBC, Producers' Showcase made its debut as a monthly series, airing 8-9:30 p.m.

Tuesday

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PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 John Daley and the News	Cavalcade of America	Local	Twenty Questions	Make Room for Daddy	The United States Steel Hour/The Elgin TV Hour		Stop the Music
CBS	Local	7:30 Douglas Edwards with the News / 7:45 The Jo Stafford Show	The Red Skelton Show	The Halls of Ivy	Meet Millie	Danger	Life with Father	See It Now
NBC	Local	7:30 The Dinah Shore Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan	The Milton Berle Show/The Bob Hope Show/The Martha Raye Show		Fireside Theater	Armstrong Circle Theatre	Truth or Consequences	It's a Great Life
DMN	7:00 Captain Video / 7:15 DuMont Evening News	Local	Life Is Worth Living	One Minute Please	Studio 57	Local

Wednesday

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PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 John Daley and the News	Disneyland		The New Stu Erwin Show	Masquerade Party	Enterprise	Local
CBS	Local	7:30 Douglas Edwards with the News / 7:45 The Perry Como Show	Arthur Godfrey and His Friends		Strike It Rich	I've Got a Secret	10:00 Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts / 10:45 Sports Spot/10-11:00 The Best of Broadway
NBC	Local	7:30 Coke Time with Eddie Fisher / 7:45 Camel News Caravan	I Married Joan	My Little Margie	Kraft Television Theater		This Is Your Life	Big Town
DMN	7:00 Captain Video / 7:15 DuMont Evening News	Local			Chicago Symphony		Down You Go	Local

Thursday

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PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 John Daley and the News	The Lone Ranger	The Mail Story	Treasury Men in Action	So You Want to Lead a Band	Kraft Television Theater		Local
CBS	Local	7:30 Douglas Edwards with the News / 7:45 Jane Froman’s U.S.A. Canteen	The Ray Milland Show	Climax!/Shower of Stars		Four Star Playhouse	The Public Defender	Name That Tune
NBC	Local	7:30 The Dinah Shore Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan	You Bet Your Life	Justice	Dragnet	Ford Theater	Lux Video Theatre
DMN	7:00 Captain Video / 7:15 DuMont Evening News	Local	They Stand Accused		What's the Story	Local

Friday

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PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	7:00 Kukla, Fran and Ollie / 7:15 John Daley and the News	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	The Ray Bolger Show	Dollar a Second	The Vise	Local
CBS	Local	7:30 Douglas Edwards with the News / 7:45 The Perry Como Show	Mama	Topper	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Our Miss Brooks	The Lineup	Person to Person
NBC	Local	7:30 Coke Time with Eddie Fisher / 7:45 Camel News Caravan	The RCA Victor Show/The Jack Carson Show	The Life of Riley	The Big Story	Dear Phoebe	10:00 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports / 10:45 The Greatest Moments in Sports
DMN	7:00 Captain Video / 7:15 DuMont Evening News	Local			The Stranger	Local	Chance of a Lifetime	Time Will Tell

Saturday

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PM	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
ABC	Local	The Dotty Mack Show	Let's Dance		9:00 The Saturday Night Fights / 9:45 Fight Talk		The Stork Club	Local
CBS	The Gene Autry Show	Beat the Clock	The Jackie Gleason Show		Two for the Money	My Favorite Husband	That's My Boy	Winky Dink and You
NBC	Watch Mr. Wizard	Ethel and Albert	Hey, Mickey	Place the Face	The Imogene Coca Show	Texaco Star Theater: The Jimmy Durante Show/The Dennis O'Connor Show	The George Gobel Show	Your Hit Parade
DMN	Local		National Football League Professional Football

Note: On NBC, the Saturday edition of Max Liebman Presents debuted as a monthly series, airing 9-10:30 p.m.

References

• McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
• Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.