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The 1955–56 United States network television schedule was for the period that began in September 1955 and ran through March 1956. ''The $64,000 Question'' had debuted on CBS during summer 1955 and became the #1 program on U.S. television. The three networks "rushed to copy this latest hit format, quickly filling prime time with similar contests".〔 (It would not be until fall 1959 that it would be confirmed that several of these new quiz shows were rigged.)〔Castleman, H. and Podrazik, W. (1984). ''The TV Schedule Book: Four Decades of Network Programming from Sign-on to Sign-off''. McGraw-Hill. pg 79–85. ISBN 0-07-010277-5〕 For years, ABC had "struggled to cobble together a TV schedule", but following the network's major success with Disney-produced series ''Disneyland'' in 1954, other Hollywood film companies began embracing television. MGM assembled clips for ''MGM Parade'' on ABC; ABC also hired Warner Bros. for a Tuesday night program called ''Warner Brothers Presents''. The hour-long umbrella series featured TV adaptations of three Warner Brothers movies: ''Cheyenne'', ''Casablanca'', and ''Kings Row''. Of the three new series, only ''Cheyenne'' was a hit with viewers, and ABC began contracting with other Hollywood studios for Westerns.〔 Immediately following ''Warner Brothers Presents'', ABC scheduled ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp''. This Western was also produced in conjunction with a Hollywood studio: Desilu Productions. CBS had its own Western hit with ''Gunsmoke'', which also debuted in fall 1955. Over the next few years, "the rush to Westerns had become a virtual stampede so that, by the fall of 1959, viewers had their choice from a staggering twenty-eight different Western-based prime time series."〔 Around 1955, live drama anthologies, the staple of early television programming, were being phased out by the networks in favor of filmed fare: Westerns, police dramas, quiz shows, and adventure series.〔 The struggling DuMont Television Network offered little during the 1955–56 television season. DuMont's final program line-up consisted of ''What's the Story'' on Wednesday nights at 9:30 and ''Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena'' on Monday nights at 9:00.〔 By October ''What's the Story'' was off the air. DuMont honored its few remaining network commitments until August 6, 1956, when it ceased operations as a major television network.〔Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows'' (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. pp. 517–518, 1576–1577. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.〕 DuMont hoped to go into independent television production; the company's studio facilities and Electronicam system were used to produce CBS's ''The Honeymooners'' during the 1955–1956 season. DuMont's loss was ABC's gain, as some of DuMont's most popular programs, including ''Life Is Worth Living'', ''Chance of a Lifetime'', ''Life Begins at Eighty'', and ''Down You Go'', found their way onto ABC's 1955–1956 prime time schedule. The crumbling and eventual death of the old DuMont Network meant the 1955–1956 television season would be the first year in which the three major remaining U.S. television networks would be the only full-time commercial participants in prime time, a situation that was to remain for the next 30 years until Fox began network operations in October 1986, although Fox would not enter prime time until Sunday, April 5, 1987. New fall series are highlighted in bold. Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.〔Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.〕 : Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season. : Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season. : Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season. == Sunday == * * * * On NBC, ''Color Spread'' aired as a monthly series, 7:30–9 p.m. *''Appointment with Adventure'' premiered on CBS on April 3, 1955, and ran through September 1955, before starting its regular second season in the same time slot on October 2, 1955. The anthology series had no host. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1955–56 United States network television schedule」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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