1956–57 United States network television schedule (daytime)

The 1956–57 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1956 to August 1957.

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.

Monday-Friday

 * Comedy Time featured repeats of I Married Joan (fall/summer), It's a Great Life (winter), Dear Phoebe (spring-summer), and Topper (spring).

ABC
Returning Series
 * Afternoon Film Festival
 * College News Conference
 * Dean Pike
 * Medical Horizons
 * The Mickey Mouse Club
 * Open Hearing
 * Press Conference

New Series
 * American Bandstand

Not Returning From 1955-56

CBS
Returning Series
 * The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
 * As the World Turns
 * The Brighter Day
 * Art Linkletter's House Party
 * Arthur Godfrey Time
 * The Big Payoff
 * Big Top
 * The Bob Crosby Show
 * Camera Three
 * Captain Kangaroo
 * CBS News
 * CBS World News Roundup
 * The Edge of Night
 * Eye on New York
 * Face the Nation
 * The Garry Moore Show
 * The Guiding Light
 * Lamp Unto My Feet
 * The Last Word
 * Let's Take A Trip
 * Look Up and Live
 * Love of Life
 * Mighty Mouse Playhouse
 * My Friend Flicka
 * Stand Up and Be Counted
 * Search for Tomorrow
 * The Secret Storm
 * See It Now
 * Strike It Rich
 * Sunday News
 * Tales of the Texas Rangers
 * Telephone Time
 * Valiant Lady
 * Walter Cronkite with the News
 * Winky Dink and You
 * You Are There

New Series
 * Air Power
 * Charles Collingwood with the News
 * The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show
 * Hotel Cosmopolitan
 * It's A Hit
 * The Jimmy Dean Show
 * NFL on CBS
 * Our Miss Brooks
 * Susan's Show
 * UN in Action

Not Returning From 1955-56
 * Barker Bill's Cartoon Show
 * Good Morning!
 * The Jack Paar Show
 * The Johnny Carson Show
 * Love Story
 * The Morning Show
 * On Your Account
 * Robert Q. Lewis Show

NBC
Returning Series
 * American Forum
 * Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion
 * Catholic Hour
 * Comedy Time
 * Cowboy Theater
 * Ding Dong School
 * Frontiers of Faith
 * Fury
 * The Home Show
 * Howdy Doody
 * It Could Be You
 * I Married Joan
 * Matinee Theater
 * Meet the Press
 * Modern Romances
 * NBC Bandstand
 * Outlook
 * Queen for a Day
 * ''The Roy Rogers Show'
 * The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
 * The Today Show
 * Topper
 * Tic-Tac-Dough
 * Washington Square
 * Watch Mr. Wizard
 * Wide Wide World
 * Youth Wants To Know
 * Zoo Parade

New Series
 * Arlene Francis Show
 * Close-Up
 * Club 60
 * Detective Diary
 * The Gumby Show
 * The Price Is Right
 * Project 20
 * Treasure Hunt
 * True Story
 * Truth or Consequences

Not Returning From 1955-56
 * A Date With Life
 * The Ernie Kovacs Show
 * Feather Your Nest
 * First Love
 * Pinky Lee Show
 * The World of Mr. Sweeney