New fall series are highlighted in bold.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in gold.
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 7:00 Local / 7:15 John Daley and the News | Cheyenne/Sugarfoot | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Broken Arrow | Telephone Time | The West Point Story | Local | |
| CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 Douglas Edwards with the News | Name That Tune | The Phil Silvers Show | The Eve Arden Show | To Tell the Truth | The Red Skelton Show | The $64,000 Question | Assignment: Foreign Legion |
| NBC | Huntley-Brinkley Report | The Nat King Cole Show | The Eddie Fisher Show/The George Gobel Show | Meet McGraw | The Bob Cummings Show | The Californians | Local | |
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 7:00 Local / 7:15 John Daley and the News | Disneyland | Tombstone Territory | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | The Walter Winchell File | 10:00 The Wednesday Night Fights /10:45 Famous Fights | ||
| CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 Douglas Edwards with the News | I Love Lucy (repeats) | The Big Record | The Millionaire | I've Got a Secret | Armstrong Circle Theatre/The United States Steel Hour | ||
| NBC | Huntley-Brinkley Report | Wagon Train | Father Knows Best | Kraft Television Theatre | This Is Your Life | Local | ||
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 7:00 Local / 7:15 John Daley and the News | Circus Boy | Zorro | The Real McCoys | The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom | O.S.S. | Navy Log | Local |
| CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 Douglas Edwards with the News | Sgt. Preston of the Yukon | Harbourmaster | Climax!/Shower of Stars | Playhouse 90 | |||
| NBC | Huntley-Brinkley Report | Tic Tac Dough | You Bet Your Life | Dragnet | The People’s Choice | The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford | The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney | The Jane Wyman Show |
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 7:00 Local / 7:15 John Daley and the News | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | The Patrice Munsel Show | The Frank Sinatra Show | Date with the Angels | Colt .45 | Local |
| CBS | 7:00 Local / 7:15 Douglas Edwards with the News | Leave It To Beaver | Trackdown | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater | Mr. Adams and Eve | Schlitz Playhouse | The Lineup | Person to Person |
| NBC | Huntley-Brinkley Report | Saber of London | Court of Last Resort | The Life of Riley | M Squad | The Thin Man | 10:00 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports / 10:45 Red Barber's Corner | |
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local | Keep It In The Family | Country Music Jubilee | Lawrence Welk's Dancing Party | The Mike Wallace Interview | Local | ||
| CBS | Local | Perry Mason | Winky Dink and You | The Gale Storm Show | Have Gun — Will Travel | Gunsmoke | Local | |
| NBC | NBC Saturday News | People Are Funny | The Perry Como Show | The Polly Bergen Show/Club Oasis | The Gisele MacKenzie Show | What's It For? | Your Hit Parade | |