# 1956–57 United States network television schedule (late night)

These are the late-night Monday–Friday schedules on the three networks for each calendar season, beginning September 1956. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white.

## Schedule

| | | 11:00 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM |
| ABC | ABC | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off |
| CBS | CBS | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off |
| NBC | Fall | 11:15 PM: Tonight Starring Steve Allen* | 11:15 PM: Tonight Starring Steve Allen* | 11:15 PM: Tonight Starring Steve Allen* | 11:15 PM: Tonight Starring Steve Allen* | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off |
| NBC | Winter | 11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark | 11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark | 11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off |
| NBC | Spring | 11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark | 11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark | 11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark | 11:15 PM: Tonight! America After Dark | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off |
| NBC | Summer | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | 11:15 PM: The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | | | | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off | local programming or sign-off |
* Beginning in October, due to Steve Allen's commitment on his Sunday night NBC variety show, Ernie Kovacs became the host of The Tonight Show on Mondays and Tuesdays.

## Sources

* Brooks & Marsh, The Complete Directory To Prime-Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.), Ballantine, 1984
* Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
* TV schedules, The New York Times, September 1956–September 1957 (microfilm)