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8 unusual facts about 1957 in television


1956–57 United States network television schedule

The 1956–57 United States network television schedule was for the period that began in September 1956 and ran through March 1957.

1957–58 United States network television schedule

The 1957–58 United States network television schedule was for the period that began in September 1957 and ran through March 1958.

Buddy Deane Show

His dance party television show debuted in 1957 and was, for a time, the most popular local show in the United States.

Coke Time with Eddie Fisher

Coke Time with Eddie Fisher is an American musical variety television series starring singer Eddie Fisher which was broadcast by NBC on Wednesday nights in early prime time from 1953 to 1957.

Skipper Chuck

Skipper Chuck was the host of a popular local children's television series called Popeye Playhouse, which aired weekday mornings on the American television station WTVJ in South Florida from 1957 until 1979.

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957.

Tom Terrific

Created by Gene Deitch under the Terrytoons studio (which by that time was a subsidiary of CBS, the network that broadcast Captain Kangaroo), Tom Terrific ran in a series of five-minute cartoons created specifically for the Captain Kangaroo show from 1957-1959, and was rerun on Kangaroo for years thereafter.

WICZ-TV

The station signed-on November 1, 1957 as WINR-TV, the area's second television station, and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 40.



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