1948–49 United States network television schedule (weekday)
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.
NOTE: This page is missing info on the DuMont Network, which started daytime transmission before any other United States television network.
Fall 1948
10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 6:30 pm | |
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ABC | local programming | Cartoon Teletales (M W) / The Singing Lady (Tu Th) | local programming | ||||||||||||||
CBS | local programming | Vanity Fair (Tu Th) / This Is the Missus | The Missus Goes a-Shopping / Ladies Day | local programming | 6:30 PM: The Adventures of Lucky Pup (since 8/23)
6:45 PM: local programming | ||||||||||||
NBC | local programming | Howdy Doody | local programming | ||||||||||||||
DMN | TV Shopper (since November 1)[1] | ? | 6:30 PM: Russ Hodges' Scoreboard (F, to 6:45) |
Winter 1948/1949
10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 6:30 pm | |
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ABC | local programming | ||||||||||||||||
CBS | local programming | Ladies Day (MWF) | Ladies Days (until 2/1) / Vanity Fair (M Tu Th F) | local programming | The Chuck Wagon | 6:30 PM: The Adventures of Lucky Pup
6:45 PM: local programming | |||||||||||
NBC | local programming | 5:00: These Are My Children
5:15: Western Balladeer (variety) |
Howdy Doody | local programming | |||||||||||||
DMN | TV Shopper | ? | A Woman to Remember (to 3:15) | ? | 6:30 PM: Russ Hodges' Scoreboard (F, to 6:45) |
On Dumont, half-hour-long live variety show Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room debuted in January 17. At the moment it's difficult to find the actual broadcasting hour.
Spring 1949
10:30 am | 11:00 pm | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 6:30 pm | |
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ABC | local programming | ||||||||||||||||
CBS | local programming | Ladies Day | Vanity Fair (MWF) | local programming | The Chuck Wagon | 6:30 PM: The Adventures of Lucky Pup
6:45 PM: local programming | |||||||||||
NBC | local programming | Western Balladeer (M F, then Tu Th from 5/9, at 5:15) / Here's Archer (Tu Th) (to 5:15) | Howdy Doody | local programming | |||||||||||||
DMN | TV Shopper | ? | 11:45: A Woman to Remember (to 12:00, until May 2) | ? | 6:30 PM: Russ Hodges' Scoreboard (F) (to 6:45, until April 22) |
Summer 1949
10:30 am | 11:00 am | 11:30 am | noon | 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 3:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 4:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 6:30 pm | |
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ABC | local programming | ||||||||||||||||
CBS | local programming | The Ted Steele Show (to 7/9) | Vanity Fair (MWF, to 7/9) | local programming | 2:30: local programming
2:45: Classified Column (from 7/25) |
local programming | 5:00: local programming
5:15: Classified Column (from 7/25) |
The Chuck Wagon | 6:30 pm: The Adventures of Lucky Pup
6:45 pm: local programming | ||||||||
NBC | local programming | 5:00: Here's Archer (Tu Th until 14/7)
5:15: Western Balladeer (Tu Th until 14/7) |
Howdy Doody | local programming | |||||||||||||
DMN | TV Shopper | ? | Okay, Mother[2] | ? | The Magic Cottage (since July 18)[3] |
- On Dumont, Okay, Mother was previously aired on New York based WABD channel, then the network flagship station.
Notes
- ↑ http://www.dumonthistory.tv/a2.html
- ↑ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television, p. 615. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
- ↑ Davis, Jeffery (1995). Children's Television, 1947-1990. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 163. ISBN 0-89950-911-8.
Sources
- http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html
- http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html
- http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html
- http://web.archive.org/web/20070803174527/soapoperahistory.com/daytime/series/womantoremember/index.htm