These are the late-night Monday–Friday schedules for all three networks for the 1958–59 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white.
Schedule
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11:00 PM
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11:30 PM
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12:00 AM
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12:30 AM
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1:00 AM
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1:30 AM
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2:00 AM
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2:30 AM
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3:00 AM
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3:30 AM
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4:00 AM
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4:30 PM
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5:00 AM
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5:30 AM
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ABC
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local programming or sign-off
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CBS
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local programming or sign-off
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NBC
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Fall
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11:15 PM: The Jack Paar Show+
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local programming or sign-off
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July
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11:15 PM: The Jack Paar Show/The Best Of Paar* (F)
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+ formerly The Tonight Show.
- Beginning on July 10, 1959, the Friday night shows were repeats of previous shows.
Sources
- Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
- Brooks & Marsh, The Complete Directory To Prime-Time Network TV Shows, Ballantine, 1984
- TV schedules, The New York Times, September 1958–September 1959 (microfilm)