1953-54 United States network television schedule
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New fall series are highlighted in bold.
The highest-rated show for the year is colored in gold.
Contents |
[edit] Sunday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | You Asked for It | 7:30 The Frank Leahy Show / 7:45 Notre Dame Football | 9:00 The Walter Winchell Show / 9:15 The Orchid Award | Juke Box Jury | 10:30 Hour of Decision / 10:45 Local | |||
| CBS | Quiz Kids | The Jack Benny Program/Private Secretary | Toast of the Town | The Fred Waring Show/The General Electric Theater | The Man Behind the Badge | The Web | What's My Line? | |
| NBC | The Paul Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show | Mr. Peepers | The Colgate Comedy Hour | The Philco Television Playhouse/Goodyear Television Playhouse | A Letter to Loretta | Man Against Crime | ||
| DMN | Local | Washington Exclusive | Local | Rocky King, Inside Detective | Life Begins at Eighty | Dollar a Second | Man Against Crime | |
[edit] Monday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | 7:00 The Walter Winchell Show / 7:15 John Daley and the News | Jamie | Sky King | Of Many Things | Junior Press Conference | The Big Picture | This Is the Life | Local |
| CBS | Local | 7:30 Search for Tomorrow / 7:45 The Guiding Light | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | I Love Lucy | The Red Buttons Show | Studio One | |
| NBC | The Super Chevy Hour with Morgy and Shoo | 7:30 The Arthur Murray Party / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | Name That Tune | The Voice of Firestone | The Dennis Day Show | Robert Montgomery Presents | Who Said That? | |
| DMN | 7:00 Captain Video / 7:15 Marge and Jeff | Local | Twenty Questions | The Big Issue | Boxing from Eastern Parkway | |||
[edit] Tuesday
| 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 | Cavalcade of America | Local | Make Room for Daddy | The United States Steel Hour | The Name's the Same | ||
| CBS | Local | 7:30 Search for Tomorrow / 7:45 The Guiding Light | The Gene Autry Show | The Red Skelton Show | This Is Show Business | Suspense | Danger | See It Now |
| NBC | Local | 7:30 The Dinah Shore Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | The Milton Berle Show/The Bob Hope Show | Fireside Theater | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Judge for Yourself | 10:30 On the Line with Considine / 10:45 It Happened in Sports | |
| DMN | 7:00 Captain Video / 7:15 Marge and Jeff | Local | Life is Worth Living | Pantomime Quiz | Local | |||
[edit] Wednesday
| 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 | Inspector Mark Saber – Homicide Squad | 8:00 At Issue / 8:15 Through the Curtain | Answers for Americans | Take It from Me | Dr. I.Q. | Wrestling from the Marigold in Chicago | |
| CBS | Local | 7:30 Search for Tomorrow / 7:45 The Guiding Light | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | Strike It Rich | I've Got a Secret | 10:00 Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts / 10:45 Sports Spot | ||
| NBC | Local | 7:30 Those Two / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | I Married Joan | My Little Margie | Kraft Television Theater | This Is Your Life | Local | |
| DMN | 7:00 Captain Video / 7:15 Marge and Jeff | Local | The John Hopkins Science Review | Melody Street | Colonel Humphrey Flack | On Your Way | Stars on Parade | The Music Show |
[edit] Thursday
| 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 Lone Ranger | Quick as a Flash | Where's Raymond? | Back That Fact | Kraft Television Theater | Local | |
| CBS | Local | 7:30 Search for Tomorrow / 7:45 The Guiding Light | Meet Mr. McNutley | Four Star Playhouse | Lux Video Theatre | Big Town | Phillip Morris Playhouse | Place the Face |
| NBC | Local | 7:30 The Dinah Shore Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | You Bet Your Life | Juvenile Jury | Dragnet | Ford Theater | Martin Kane | Local |
| DMN | 7:00 Captain Video / 7:15 Marge and Jeff | Local | Football Highlights | Broadway to Hollywood – Headline Clues | What's the Story | Local | ||
[edit] Friday
| 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 Stu Erwin Show | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Pride of the Family | The Comeback Story | Showcase Theater | Local |
| CBS | Local | 7:30 Search for Tomorrow / 7:45 The Guiding Light | Mama | Topper | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Our Miss Brooks | My Friend Irma | Person to Person |
| NBC | Local | 7:30 Coke Time with Eddie Fisher / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | The Dave Garroway Show | The Life of Riley | The Big Story | Campbell Soundstage | 10:00 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports / 10:45 Greatest Fights of the Century | |
| DMN | 7:00 Captain Video / 7:15 Marge and Jeff | Local | Front Page Detective | Guide Right | Life Begins at Eighty | Nine Thirty Curtain | Chance of a Lifetime | Down You Go |
[edit] Saturday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club | Leave It to the Girls | Music at the Meadowbrook | 9:00 The Saturday Night Fights / 9:45 Fight Talk | Madison Square Garden Highlights | Local | |||
| CBS | Meet Millie | Beat the Clock | The Jackie Gleason Show | Two for the Money | My Favorite Husband | Medallion Theater | Winky Dink and You | ||
| NBC | Watch Mr. Wizard | Ethel and Albert | Bonino | The Original Amateur Hour | Your Show of Shows/The Martha Raye Show | Your Hit Parade | |||
| DMN | Local | National Football League Professional Football | |||||||
[edit] 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.
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