Premiere year

1956 premieres

37 American shows premiered in 1956. Sorted by premiere date where the day is recorded; shows known only by year are listed at the end.

37 shows

Premiere	Show	Network	Seasons	Episodes	Genre
Jan 8	The NBC Comedy Hour	NBC	1	18	Comedy
Jan 31	Corky and White Shadow	ABC	1	17	Western
Feb 10	My Friend Flicka	CBS	1	39	Western
Apr 2	As the World Turns	CBS	54	13,858	Soap opera
Apr 2	The Edge of Night	CBS	28	7,420	Soap opera
Apr 7	PGA Tour on CBS	CBS	71	—	—
Apr 8	Telephone Time	CBS	3	81	Anthology
Jun 16	Adventure Theater	NBC	1	13	Drama
Jun 24	The Steve Allen Show	NBC	6	167	Variety show
Jun 29	Combat Sergeant	ABC	1	13	—
Jul 3	The Kaiser Aluminum Hour	NBC	1	23	Anthology
Sep 7	The Adventures of Jim Bowie	ABC	2	76	Western
Sep 12	Twenty OneGame show	Ion Television, NBC	—	—	Quiz show
Sep 14	Sheriff of Cochise	Syndication	4	156	Western
Sep 14	The Joseph Cotten Show	NBC	1	31	Anthology
Sep 18	Conflict	ABC	1	20	Drama
Sep 21	Ethel Barrymore Theatre	DuMont	1	14	—
Sep 23	Circus Boy	NBC	2	49	Drama
Sep 25	Broken Arrow	ABC	2	72	Western
Sep 25	State Trooper	NBC	3	104	Western
Sep 29	The Gale Storm Show	CBS	4	126	Sitcom
Oct 2	Hardy Boys	ABC	2	19	—
Oct 2	The Brothers	CBS	1	24	Sitcom
Oct 2	The Jonathan Winters Show	NBC	2	38	—
Oct 3	The Adventures of Hiram Holliday	NBC	1	26	Sitcom
Oct 4	Playhouse 90	CBS	4	134	Anthology
Oct 4	The Ford Show	NBC	5	121	Variety show
Oct 4	Wire Service	ABC	1	37	Drama
Oct 5	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater	CBS	5	146	Anthology
Oct 5	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	NBC	7	118	Variety show
Oct 5	The West Point Story	CBS, ABC	1	40	Anthology
Oct 21	Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers	NBC	1	26	—
Nov 11	Air Power	CBS	1	26	—
Nov 26	The Price Is RightGame show	ABC, NBC	—	2,263	Game show
Dec 18	To Tell the Truth	CBS, Canale 5	—	—	Panel game
—	It Is Written	Trinity Broadcasting Network, Three Angels Broadcasting Network	—	50	—
—	The Open Mind		—	504	Interview

Finales

Shows that ended in 1956

Show	Network	Years	Seasons	Years on air
NBC Nightly News with Tom LlamasNews program	NBC	1948–1956	—	9
The Cisco Kid	Syndication	1950–1956	6	7
Big Town	CBS	1950–1956	6	7
The Gabby Hayes Show	NBC	1950–1956	4	7
The Gene Autry Show	CBS	1950–1956	5	7
Life Begins at Eighty	NBC	1950–1956	—	7
Captain Z-Ro	KRON-TV	1951–1956	—	6
Down You Go	DuMont, NBC	1951–1956	—	6
Four Star Playhouse	CBS	1952–1956	4	5
Choose Up Sides	NBC	1953–1956	—	4
The Dotty Mack Show	DuMont	1953–1956	—	4
Adventure	CBS	1953–1956	3	4
It's a Great Life	NBC	1954–1956	2	3
Medic	NBC	1954–1956	2	3
Captain Midnight	CBS	1954–1956	2	3
Justice	NBC	1954–1956	2	3
The Honeymooners	CBS	1955–1956	1	2
Brave Eagle	CBS	1955–1956	1	2
The Adventures of Champion	CBS	1955–1956	1	2
Jungle Jim	Columbia Pictures	1955–1956	1	2