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TV Shows & Series: Popular TV Shows/Series of 1956

TV shows/series in chronological context: 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade. ()

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As the World Turns(1956-1958)

1h per episode | Soap / Telenovela
2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera The Guiding Light. Running for 54 years, As the World Turns holds the second-longest continuous run of any daytime network soap opera in American history, surpassed only by Guiding Light. As the World Turns was produced in New York City for all of its time. Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, the show debuted on April 2, 1956, at 1:30 pm EST.

With Van Hansis, Trent Dawson, Mick Hazen, Don Hastings, Kathryn Hays, Gregg Marx, ...

The Gumby Show(1956-1968)

TV-Y7
| 6min per episode | Kids & Family, Animation, Comedy
2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre(1956-1961)

30min per episode | Western, Drama
2.4/5 (with 4 votes)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.

Colonel March of Scotland Yard(1956-1957)

30min per episode | Drama
3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.

Directed by Cy Endfield - With Boris Karloff

To Tell the Truth(1956-1958)

30min per episode | Reality-TV
3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

The show features a panel of four celebrities attempting to correctly identify a described contestant who has an unusual occupation or experience. This central character is accompanied by two impostors who pretend to be the central character. The celebrity panelists question the three contestants; the impostors are allowed to lie but the central character is sworn "to tell the truth". After questioning, the panel attempts to identify which of the three challengers is telling the truth and is thus the central character.

State Trooper(1956-1959)

TV-PG
| 30min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Western
2.4/5 (with 3 votes)

State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as Rod Blake, an officer of the Nevada Department of Public Safety. The series aired 104 episodes in syndication from September 25, 1956, to June 25, 1959.

With Rod Cameron

The Edge of Night(1956-1984)

30min per episode | Crime, Mystery, Soap / Telenovela
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

The Edge of Night was an American television mystery series/soap opera produced by Procter & Gamble. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network until November 28, 1975; the series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984. There were 7,420 episodes, with some 1,800 available for syndication.

With Ann Flood, Forrest Compton, Lois Kibbee, Sharon Gabet, Joel Crothers

Armchair Theatre(1956-1974)

1h per episode
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Directed by Ted Kotcheff, Philip Saville, Charles Jarrott, Guy Verney, Dennis Vance, Alan Cooke, ... - With Harry H. Corbett

The Heckle and Jeckle Show(1956-1966)

TV-Y
| 30min per episode | Animation
3.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Heckle and Jeckle were two inseparable black magpies, identical in appearance but distinguishably different in personality. Though both were remarkably witty, Heckle spoke with a New York accent, while Jeckle's tone was much more refined. Together, they sought to con free meals and shelter out of the upper class, who in all honesty, presented little difficulty for the clever and mischievous birds.

The Count of Monte Cristo(1956)

30min per episode | Drama, Action & Adventure
2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty-minute episodes. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the United States, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree. A 5-disc DVD set containing all thirty-nine episodes was released by Network Studio on 12 April 2010. ITC produced a film based on the same source-material, The Count of Monte-Cristo, in 1975.

With George Dolenz

Playhouse 90(1956-1960)

1h 30min per episode | Drama
3.8/5 (with 2 votes)

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.

Directed by John Frankenheimer, Franklin J. Schaffner, Ralph Nelson, Vincent J. Donehue, Arthur Hiller

Stanley(1956)

30min per episode
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Stanley is an American situation comedy starring Buddy Hackett, Carol Burnett, and the voice of Paul Lynde. It aired on NBC during the 1956–1957 television season, produced by Max Liebman, who had previously produced Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, co-sponsored by American Tobacco and The Toni Company. Stanley revolved around the adventures of the namesake character as the operator of a newsstand in a posh New York City hotel. Burnett played his girlfriend, Celia, and Lynde voiced the unseen hotel owner, Mr. Fenton, who never appeared on camera but could frequently be heard giving orders to his staff. As was the case with several such programs, Stanley was aired live. Several episodes of the series, preserved on kinescope film, are known to exist. In the show's introduction, the following line was recited: "You think you've got troubles. Stanley, he's got troubles!"

With Buddy Hackett
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Broken Arrow(1956-1958)

NR
| 30min per episode | Western
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Broken Arrow is a Western series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were shown by ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1959–60 season. Selected repeats were then shown once again in prime time during the summer of 1960.

Directed by Richard L. Bare, William Beaudine, John English, Charles F. Haas, Joseph Kane, Bernard L. Kowalski, ... - With John Lupton, Michael Ansara

The Steve Allen Show(1956-1960)

1h per episode | Comedy
2.0/5 (with 2 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

Directed by Dwight Hemion - With Steve Allen, Tom Poston, Don Knotts, Pat Harrington Jr., Joyce Jameson, Gene Rayburn, ...

Telephone Time(1956-1958)

NR
| 30min per episode | Drama
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.

Directed by Lewis Allen

The Adventures of Jim Bowie(1956-1958)

NR
| 30min per episode | Western
1.9/5 (with 2 votes)

The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.

With Scott Forbes

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot(1956-1957)

30min per episode | Action & Adventure
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot.

With William Russell

The Buccaneers(1956-1957)

TV-G
| 30min per episode | Drama, Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Kids & Family, Crime
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make their way across the seven seas in The Sultana.

With Robert Shaw

Hey, Jeannie!(1956-1957)

24min per episode | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Hey, Jeannie! is an American situation comedy starring Jeannie Carson as a young Scottish woman living in New York City. Twenty-six episodes aired on CBS from September 8, 1956 to May 4, 1957 in the Saturday slot following The Gale Storm Show and preceding the western series Gunsmoke. Six additional episodes aired in 1958 in syndication. Reruns of Hey, Jeannie! aired during the summer of 1960 under the title The Jeannie Carson Show.

U.S. Marshall(1956-1957)

Crime, Western
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

While this sounds like a western, THE SHERIFF OF COCHISE was a contemporary police drama set in Cochise County, AZ. Sheriff Frank Morgan was eventually promoted to U.S. Marshall and given the entire state of Arizona to keep under control (the series title would subsequently change to U.S. MARSHAL and remain in syndication until 1960)

With John Bromfield

The Gale Storm Show(1956-1960)

30min per episode | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

The Gale Storm Show is an American sitcom starring Gale Storm. The series premiered on September 29, 1956, and ran until 1960 for 143 half-hour black-and-white episodes, initially on CBS and in its last year on ABC. The Gale Storm Show was co-produced by Independent Television Corporation and Hal Roach Studios. The series was aired under the title Oh, Susanna in syndication.

With Gale Storm

Cinépanorama(1956-1965)

30min per episode | Documentary, Kids & Family, Talk-Show
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

- No description / details available yet. -

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show(1956-1963)

1h per episode
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors and its theme song, sung by Shore, was "See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet", which continued to be used in Chevrolet advertising for several more years after the cancellation of the show.

Directed by Bob Banner

Circus Boy(1956-1957)

30min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Circus Boy is an American action/adventure/drama series that aired in prime time on NBC, and then on ABC, from 1956 to 1958. It was then rerun by NBC on Saturday mornings, from 1958 to 1960. The series currently airs Saturday mornings on Antenna TV.

Directed by George Archainbaud, William Beaudine - With Micky Dolenz, Noah Beery Jr., Robert Lowery

The Price Is Right(1956)

30min per episode
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The Price Is Right is an American game show hosted by Bill Cullen that premiered on NBC on November 26, 1956.

Huntley-Brinkley Report(1956)

15min per episode | News
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The Huntley-Brinkley Report was the NBC television network's flagship evening news program from October 29, 1956, until July 31, 1970. It was anchored by Chet Huntley in New York City, and David Brinkley in Washington, D.C. It succeeded the Camel News Caravan, anchored by John Cameron Swayze. The program ran for 15 minutes at its inception but expanded to 30 minutes on September 9, 1963, exactly a week after CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite did so. It was developed and produced initially by Reuven Frank. Frank left the program in 1962 to produce documentaries but returned to the program the following year when it expanded to 30 minutes. He was succeeded as executive producer in 1965 by Robert "Shad" Northshield and in 1969 by Wallace Westfeldt.

The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu(1956)

30min per episode | Mystery
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu is a syndicated American television series that aired in 1956. The show was produced by Hollywood Television Service, a subsidiary of Republic Pictures.

Directed by Franklin Adreon, William Witney - With Lester Matthews, Glen Gordon

The Kaiser Aluminum Hour(1956-1957)

1h per episode | Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The Kaiser Aluminum Hour is a dramatic anthology television series which was broadcast in prime time in the United States during the 1956-57 season by NBC. The Kaiser Aluminum Hour was shown on alternate Tuesday nights at 9:30 pm Eastern time in rotation with the longer-running Armstrong Circle Theatre, with the first broadcast airing on July 3, 1956 and the final one on June 18, 1957. As can be surmised from the title, the program was sponsored by the Kaiser Aluminum Company. Unlike low-budget anthology series such as Fireside Theater, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour featured many well-known Hollywood actors of the era, including Paul Newman, Ralph Bellamy, MacDonald Carey, Hume Cronyn, Robert Culp, Kim Hunter, William Shatner, Forrest Tucker, Jack Warden and Natalie Wood.

Directed by Paul Bogart

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday(1956-1957)

30min per episode | Action & Adventure, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday is an American adventure sitcom

With Wally Cox, Thurston Hall, Stanley Adams

The Nat King Cole Show(1956-1957)

15min per episode
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The Nat King Cole Show is an American variety show hosted by Nat King Cole that aired on NBC from November 5, 1956 to December 17, 1957.

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