Vintage 1950s TV schedules (USA, UK, Australia, Canada)

I can't get to sleep. At all. I guess I'll post another schedule.

This is the TV schedule for New York City for Sunday 5 December 1954, per the edition of The Brooklyn Eagle for that date. I was tired when I copied the info, so I suspect I'll have made some mistakes (but yes, "Christopher Program" was indeed listed on several stations schedules).

The schedule isn't too bad at all, it has some very entertaining series including "Toast of the Town", "What's My Line?", "General Electric Theater", "People are Funny" and others. Mind you it has its share of duds (witness WPIX's line-up of cheap crime dramas), but every schedule has its share of those. Generally speaking (based on the shows I've seen over the last few years) the schedule is pretty good.

For those who are curious, yes, there are DuMont shows on this schedule, on their flagship station WABD, there are "Opera Cameos", "Rocky King, Detective" and "Life Begins at Eighty". The network was in sharp decline by this point, and the schedule would increasingly get cut, until the summer of 1955 where only a few shows remained, and after that summer the network only aired sports shows, until the very last DuMont telecast in August 1956 (a boxing match).

Strictly speaking, WATV is defunct.....it has no real connection with the current channel 13.  

WCBS, Channel 2:
7:45AM - Prevues
7:55AM - Give Us this Day
8:00AM - What's Your Trouble?
8:15AM - Our Goodly Heritage
8:30AM - The Big Picture
9:00AM - Film: Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
10:00AM - Lamp Unto my Feet
10:30AM - Look Up and Live
11:00AM - Space Funnies
12:00PM - Winky Dink and You
12:30PM - Contest Carnival
1:00PM - Film: The Big Cat (1949)
2:30PM - Face the Nation
3:00PM - Now and Then
3:30PM - Adventure
4:00PM - American Week
4:30PM - The Search
5:00PM - Omnibus
6:30PM - You Are There
7:00PM - Lassie
7:30PM - Private Secretary
8:00PM - Toast of the Town
9:00PM - General Electric Theater
9:30PM - Honestly, Celeste!
10:00PM - Father Knows Best
10:30PM - What's My Line?
11:00PM - News
11:15PM - Film: The Steet Helmet (1951)
2:00PM - News
2:05PM - Give us This Day


WRCA, Channel 4
8:00AM - In the Public Interest
8:30AM - The Fourth R
9:30AM - Sing a Song
10:00AM - Time for Adventure
10:30AM - Children's Hour
11:30AM - Hopalong Cassidy
12:00PM - Captain Hartz and His Pets
12:15PM - Learn to Draw
12:30PM - American Inventory
1:00PM - Youth Wants to Know
1:30PM - Frontiers of Faith
2:00PM - Princeton '54
2:30PM - Citizens Union Searchlight
3:00PM - NBC Television Opera Theatre
4:00PM - Juvenile Jury
4:30PM - Zoo Parade
5:00PM - Hallmark Theater
5:30PM - March of Medicine Program
6:00PM - Meet the Press
6:30PM - The Roy Rogers Show
7:00PM - People are Funny
7:30PM - Max Liebman Presents: Spotlight (1954)
9:00PM - Goodyear Playhouse
10:00PM - The Loretta Young Show
10:30PM - The Hunter
11:00PM - News
11:10PM - Weather
11:15PM - Sports Final
11:20PM - The Igor Cassini Show (I assume this was a different series, with the same star, to the DuMont series)
12:00AM - Film: The Great John L. (1945)


WABD, Channel 5
9:55AM - News
10:00AM - Film: Riding the Dusty Trail (1945)
11:00AM - Film: Riding the Sunset Trail (1941)
12:00PM - The New York Times Youth Forum
1:00PM - The Johns Hopkins Science Review
1:30PM - Film: Prison Shadows (1936)
2:00PM - Film
2:30PM - Film: One Thrilling Night (1942)
3:30PM - Film: Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946)
4:30PM - Film: House of Mystery (note: there are several b-movies with this title it could be)
5:30PM - We Love Dogs
6:00PM - Sunday Supplement: Dearborn Holiday and Wings to Italy (in colour!!)
7:00PM - Half Hour Theater
7:30PM - Opera Cameos
8:00PM - Film: Dark Interval (possibly this?)
9:00PM - Rocky King, Detective
9:30PM - Life Begins at Eighty
10:00PM - Film: Guilty of Treason (1950)
11:30PM - New and Program Notes


WABC, Channel 7
10:00AM - Tales of the Trail
11:00AM - Come Closer
11:30AM - Wing and Fin Pet Center
12:00PM - The Christophers
12:30PM - Faith for Today
1:00PM - Mr. Executive
1:30PM - Film: The Missing Corpse (1945)
2:30PM - Film: The French Key (1946) www.imdb.com/title/tt0038536/
3:30PM - Hopalong Cassidy (presumably a edited film with him....)
4:30PM - Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
5:00PM - Super Circus (I saw some kinescopes of it a few years ago. Pretty cool)
6:00PM - Meet Corliss Archer
6:30PM - My Hero
7:00PM - You Asked for It
7:30PM - The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
8:00PM - The Stu Erwin Show
8:30PM - The Big Picture
9:00PM - The Walter Winchell Show (I love 1950s TV....but this was bad)
9:15PM - The Martha Wright Show
9:30PM - What's Going On
10:00PM - Break the Bank
10:30PM - Victory at Sea
11:00PM - Tales of Tomorrow


WOR, Channel 9
1:30PM - Christopher Program
1:45PM - What's Your Trouble
2:00PM - This is the Life
2:30PM - Film: Jigsaw (1949)
4:00PM - Gruen Guild Theater
4:30PM - Film: Magnificent Doll (1946)
6:00PM - Film: Sleep, My Love (1948)
7:30PM - Film: Magnificent Doll (1946)
9:00PM - Notre Dame Football
10:00PM - Film: Magnificent Doll& (1946)
11:30PM - Film: Spring in Park Lane (1948)


WPIX, Channel 11
10:30AM - Picture Parade
10:50AM - Guided Tour
11:00AM - Church in the Home
12:00PM - Christopher Program
12:15PM - What's Your Trouble?
12:30PM - Treasure Chest
12:45PM - Film: Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
2:00PM - Film: Kit Carson (1940)
3:30PM - Film: Strike It Rich (1948)
5:00PM - Film: Gun Law Justice (1949)
6:00PM - Amazing Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
6:30PM - Hy Gardner Calling
6:45PM - Telepix
7:00PM - I Made the News
7:30PM - Dateline Europe
8:00PM - Inspector Mark Saber
8:30PM - I'm the Law
9:00PM - Follow that Man
9:30PM - City Detective
10:00PM - Big Fight
11:00PM - Weather; Fashion Premiere
11:35PM - Film: Forgotten Women (there are three b-movies with this title. No idea which one)


WATV, Channel 13
12:00PM - Flight to Fame
12:30PM - Spanish Kiddie Show
1:00PM - Jr. Carnival
2:00PM - Lillian Daniels Dance Revue
2:30PM - Film
4:00PM - Western
5:00PM - Jr. Carnival
6:00PM - Joe Michael's Revue
6:30PM - The World is Yours
6:45PM - News
7:00PM - Governor Meyner's Weekly Report
7:30PM - New Jersey Legislative Report
8:00PM - Jr. Town Meeting
9:00PM - Evangel Hour
9:30PM - Spanish Show
11:00PM - Film: They Were Sisters (1945)

NOTE: This was previously on the Australian schedules thread. I am consolidating these threads.

Wednesday 3 December 1958 TV schedule for Sydney, Australia. Television had only been in the city for slightly over 2 years.

Schedule is extremely heavy on imported American series.

Local drama consists of TV play "His Excellency", and the soap opera "Autumn Affair" (I saw four episodes of this a few years ago. It's not too bad. Happily a near complete run is held by the National Film and Sound Archives). Local content also includes various music/variety series, children's series, and "women's programmes".

The entirely of the music TV series "Homeward Bound" was kinescoped onto film, but I have no idea if any episodes have survived. The TV play "His Excellency" was also kinescoped, but again I have no idea if it has survived.

There were three stations to choose from, commercial stations ATN-7 and TCN-9, and non-commercial station ABN-2 (part of ABC).

ABN-2
10:00AM - Test card and music
10:30AM - Demonstration film
11:00AM - Test card and music
3:00PM - The Nature of Things
3:20PM - Adriatic Wonderland
3:30PM - Report from America
4:00PM - Club Corner
4:30PM - Royal Manor
4:45PM - Kindergarten Playtime
5:00PM - Children's TV Club
5:45PM - The Lone Ranger
6:15PM - The Guy Lombardo Show
6:42PM - Weather
6:45PM - News and newsreel
7:00PM - I Married Joan
7:30PM - Tales of Wells Fargo
8:00PM - The Phil Silvers Show
8:30PM - TV play: His Excellency
9:30PM - Week 49
9:45PM - World Minded Men
10:00PM - Newsreel
10:10PM - Homeward Bound


ATN-7
7:01AM - Newsn and Weather, Today, Cartoons, Autumn Affair
9:00AM - sign off
12:00PM - Film: Dishonored Lady (1947)
1:30PM - Gas Cooking with Clare Davis
2:00PM - Your Home
2:30PM - Melody with Milton
3:00PM - Sign-off
4:30PM - Cartoons
4:45PM - Captain Fortune (IMDb got the year of debut wrong. It actually debuted 1956)
5:45PM - Adventure Serial
6:10PM - Superman
6:40PM - Cartoon Serial
6:45PM - ATN news and Weather
7:00PM - Kellogg's Wild West Show
7:30PM - Steve Canyon
7:59PM - News of the Hour
8:00PM - The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
8:30PM - Panic!
9:00PM - TV play: Little Women (1958)
10:00PM - The Jack Benny Program
10:30PM - Sydney Tonight
11:30PM - News


TCN-9
2:00PM - Meet me at Bebarfalds
3:00PM - Home and Beauty
3:30PM - Matinee Theatre (actually an episode of Ford Television Theater)
4:00PM - Racket Squad
4:30PM - Keiran's Kaleidoscope
4:45PM - Art and the Kids
5:00PM - Western Serial
5:30PM - Desmond and the Channel 9-Pins
6:00PM - Mickey Mouse Club
6:45PM - News and weather
7:00PM - Buffalo Bill Jr.
7:30PM - Bachelor Father
8:00PM - Sheriff of Cochise
8:30PM - Ponds Playhouse (actually a re-titled episode of an American anthology series)
9:00PM - Film: Her Sister's Secret (1946)
10:30PM - Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
11:00PM - Racket Squad

Note: This was previously posted as a standalone thread. I am consolidating these threads.

London, England schedule for Friday 26 September 1958. Sources are a newspaper from that date as well as the BBC Genome website.

Schedules actually varied quite a bit from region to region at least in terms of ITV.

Episodes confirmed to be lost are marked as such, but it's possible that other episodes on the schedule are lost. In some cases other episodes of the series survive (for example, two DVD volumes containing the surviving episodes of "The Army Game" have been released)

BBC
11:20AM - Schools
1:15PM - Beunydd (Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield only)
2:05PM - Schools
2:30PM - Watch with Mother
2:45PM - Station close
2:10PM - Horse racing
4:40PM - Station close
5:00PM - Bengo
5:10PM - Treasure Island [lost]
5:40PM - Seeing Stars
6:00PM - News
6:09PM - Regional news
6:20PM - Gardening Club
6:45PM - Tonight [lost]
7:25PM - News summary
7:30PM - The Charlie Chester Show [lost]
8:00PM - The Sky Larks [lost]
8:30PM - Professional Tennis and International Athletics
9:30PM - Champion Road [lost]
10:00PM - News
10:15PM - Professional Tennis
11:00PM - News summary


ITV:
4:45PM - Small Time [lost]
5:00PM - Let's Get Together [lost]
5:25PM - Popeye
5:55PM - News
6:10PM - Educating Archie [lost]
6:40PM - Roving Report
7:00M - Close-Up
7:30PM - Emergency Ward 10 [lost]
8:00PM - Take Your Pick [lost]
8:30PM - The Army Game [lost]
9:00PM - Play: Honour Bright [lost]
10:00PM - News
10:15PM - The Larkins [extant, and is on DVD]
10:45PM - Motoring Club [lost]
11:05M - Cool for Cats [lost]
11:30PM - Dick and the Duchess

Sunday 18 January 1959 schedule for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

All four networks are represented: CBS, NBC, ABC, and NET. One of NET's shows on the schedule is "Appalachian Spring", an excellent presentation of dancing (it's on DVD). The shows are varied, and there's some great stuff on here (along with some obvious filler). CBS's prime-time line-up is amazing.

I was quite tired when I put this together. Mistakes are likely.

Source: 18 January 1959 edition of "The Pittsburgh Press".

KDKA-TV, Channel 2
8:05AM - Sermonette
8:10AM - R.F.D. No. 2
8:45AM - This is the Life
9:15AM - How Christian Science Heals
9:30AM - Industry on Parade
9:45AM - Living World
10:00AM - Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30AM - Look Up and Live
11:00AM - Eye on New York
11:30AM - Camera Three
12:00PM - This is the Answer
12:30PM - Flying Soldier
1:00PM - The Scheme of Things
1:30PM - We Believe
2:00PM - Dateline Sunday
2:15PM - Pittsburgh Schools Today
2:30PM - Command Performance
3:00PM - Film: A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
5:00PM - The General Electric College Bowl 
5:30PM - Amateur Hour
6:00PM - Woody Woodpecker; News
6:30PM - The Twentieth Century
7:00PM - Lassie
7:30PM - Bachelor Father
8:00PM - The Ed Sullivan Show
9:00PM - General Electric Theater
9:30PM - Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10:00PM - Keep Talking
10:30PM - What's My Line?
11:00PM - News
11:15PM - Weather
11:20PM - Film: They Met in Bombay (1941)


WTAE-TV, Channel 4
9:30AM - The Big Picture
10:00AM - Faith for Today
11:30AM - Sermons from Science
11:00AM - Oral Roberts
11:30AM - File 7
12:00PM - Close-Up
12:30PM - Golden Age of Comedy
1:00PM - Film: Jassy (1947)
3:00PM - Open Hearing (several 1950s shows by this title on IMDb...)
3:30PM - Film
4:00PM - Science Fiction Theatre
4:30PM - Bowling Stars
5:00PM - Paul Winchell
5:30PM - Bing Crosby Golf Tournament
7:00PM - You Asked For It
7:30PM - Maverick
8:30PM - The Lawman
9:00PM - Citizen Soldier (reviews on IMDb are quite positive, but this show seems to be very rare. Surely someone must have a copy?)
9:30PM - All-Star Bowling Tournament
10:30PM - Western Playhouse (actually an episode of Schlitz Playhouse)
10:55PM - Weather
11:00PM - News
11:15PM - Film: The Tall Texan (1953)


WIIC, Channel 11
8:30AM - Films: Once a Doctor (1937) and Top of the World (1955)
11:00AM - Church in the Home
12:00PM - Excitement
1:00PM - Showcase of Homes
1:30PM - Catholic Hour
2:00PM - Focus on World Affairs
2:30PM - Basketball
4:30PM - Saber of London
5:00PM - Omnibus
6:00PM - Film: It Ain't Hay (1943) (ugh...another butchered 1950s TV copy. However, these days there are butchered copies of 1950s TV shows on YouTube. No, things have not improved at all)
7:00PM - TV Play: Ten Little Indians
8:00PM - The Steve Allen Show (in colour...but almost certainly survives as a B&W kinescope. Surviving colour tapes from the 1950s are as rare as hen's teeth)
9:00PM - The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (in colour....does it survive in colour? Some of the episodes do, some don't)
10:00PM - The Loretta Young Show
10:30PM - Dan O'Herlihy Presents
11:00PM - News
11:10PM - Film: Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942) (only 13 ratings on IMDb!)


WQED, Channel 13
12:00PM - Bishop Pike
12:30PM - Face the Nation (no idea if this was the CBS series somehow being shown on public television)
1:00PM - College News Conference
1:30PM - The Finder
2:30PM - Discovery
3:00PM - The Press and the People
3:30PM - World of Ideas
4:00PM - Decision (note: this was a series about the U.S. Supreme Court. It is NOT the 1958 Screen Gems series).
4:30PM - Fine Arts Quartet
5:30PM - Language in Action
6:30PM - Chet Huntley Reporting (how did an NBC series end up on a NET station?)
7:00PM - Appalachian Spring
8:00PM - Japanese Brush Painting (Description from newspaper: "A bold rooster with high flaring tail and a proud head is painted by T. Mikami". This may have been America's second TV series with an Asian star, the first being "The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong").  

Chicago TV schedule for Saturday 3 April 1954. Some good shows, some bad shows, and plenty of b-movies! 

The reason I chose this date: today I watched the episode of "Your Hit Parade" on the schedule, which I very much enjoyed. Simple, carefree entertainment, the kind of thing the 1950s did very well. I wish they still did light-hearted yet tasteful shows like that. Everything on TV these days is way too serious and depressing!  

The city had four stations to choose from. One of them, WGN-TV, was a DuMont affiliate, although the only DuMont content on the schedule seems to be wrestling. 

I like this line-up of shows. You have sitcoms, anthology series, educational series, variety series, game shows (including some by my favourite game show producers, Goodson-Todman), and as mentioned above there are lots of b-movies (I love b-movies!). 

Source: The Chicago Tribune for that date. 

WBBM-TV, Channel 2
10:00AM - Winky Dink and You
10:30AM - Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers
11:00AM - Big Top
12:00PM - The Lone Ranger
12:30PM - Ray Rayner
1:30PM - Film: Someone at the Door (1950)
2:30PM - Choose Your Career
3:00PM - Adventure
3:30PM - New Horizons
4:00PM - What in the World?
4:30PM - True Picture
5:00PM - Film
6:15PM - Weekly News
6:30PM - Beat the Clock
7:00PM - The Jackie Gleason Show
8:00PM - Two for the Money
8:30PM - My Favorite Husband
9:00PM - Medallion Theater
9:30PM - Film
10:00PM - Film: Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
11:30PM - I'm the Law
12:00PM - Film: The Interrupted Journey (1949)

WNBQ, Channel 5
9:30AM - Industry on Parade
9:45AM - What's Your Trouble
11:00AM - Here's Looking at You
11:30AM - Film: Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
1:00PM - American Inventory
1:30PM - The Big Picture
2:00PM - Youth Wants to Know
2:30PM - Films
4:30PM - The Nature of Things
4:45PM - Hobby Time
5:00PM - Watch Mr. Wizard
5:30PM - Easter Seals
6:00PM - The Ford Television Theatre
6:30PM - Ethel and Albert
7:00PM - The Spike Jones Show
7:30PM - Original Amateur Hour
8:00PM - Your Show of Shows
9:30PM - Your Hit Parade
10:00PM - Inner Sanctum
10:30PM - Janet Dean, R.N.
12:30AM - Faces in the Window (I or the newspaper must have made an error, given the long gap between shows)

WBKB-TV, Channel 7
9:00AM - Film (listed as "Roundup Time", presumably a regular slot for westerns)
10:00AM - Space Patrol
10:30AM - Adventures of Blinkey
10:45AM - Film
12:00PM - Quiz Down
12:30PM - Saddle and Sage
1:30PM - Film
3:15PM - Tom Duggan, sports
3:45PM - Captain Hartz
4:00PM - Ramar of the Jungle
4:30PM - The Cisco Kid
5:00PM - Superman
5:30PM - Smilin' Ed's Gang
6:00PM - On Your Way
6:30PM - The Dotty Mack Show
7:00PM - The Big Picture
7:30PM - Magician
7:45PM - Focal Point
8:00PM - Boxing
8:45PM - Tom Duggan
9:00PM - Ulmer Turner and the News
9:20PM - Films
11:30PM - Film
12:15PM - Film: Garrison Follies (1940)

WGN-TV, Channel 9
9:00AM - Film: Queen of the Jungle (1935)
10:30AM - The Secret Files of Captain Video
11:00AM - F-Bar-F Ranch
11:30AM - Film: Industries of Mexico
11:45AM - Baby of the Week
12:00PM - Colorado Kid (1937)
1:00PM - Film: The Little Stories
1:30PM - Fun and Fashions
1:45PM - Film: Pipe Vine
2:00PM - Basketball
4:00PM - Film: Hard Guy (1941)
5:00PM - Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
6:00PM - Ridin' the Cherokee Trail (1941)
7:00PM - Film: Trouble Preferred (1948)
8:00PM - News
8:15PM - Your Senators Report
8:30PM - Wrestling
11:00PM - Film: Strange Journey (1946)

Friday 24 September 1954 TV schedule for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Some of these shows are repeats, while some like "The Ray Bolger Show" and "The Life of Riley" were airing new episodes. It wasn't unusual in the 1950s for a show to begin its season in September, although some shows waited until October. 

Three stations to choose from: an NBC station, a CBS station, and a ABC/DuMont station (yes, Ernie Kovacs appears!). Some good shows and some bad shows (did they really need to show the awful "Ramar of the Jungle" twice? Wasn't once bad enough?). But overall a good schedule. Even the daytime line-up isn't too bad and includes several excellent series. 

WPTZ, Channel 3
6:53AM - Thought for Today
6:55AM - Weather
7:00AM - Today
8:55AM - The Mary Wilson Show
9:00AM - Let Scott Do It
10:00AM - Ding Dong School
10:30AM - A Time to Live
10:45AM - Three Steps to Heaven
11:00AM - Home
12:00PM - Jack Pyle
12:15PM - Uncle Pete
12:45PM - Jack Pyle
1:00PM - Hollywood Playhouse
2:00PM - Alan Scott Spotlight
2:30PM - The Mary Wilson Show
3:00PM - The Greatest Gift
3:15PM - Golden Windows
3:30PM - One Man's Family
3:45PM - Concerning Miss Marlowe
4:00PM - Hawkins Falls
4:15PM - First Love
4:30PM - Bertie the Bunyip
4:45PM - The Rex Trailer Show
5:00PM - The Pinky Lee Show
5:30PM - Howdy Doody
6:00PM - The Range Rider
6:30PM - Film: I Killed Geronimo (1950)
7:25PM - News
7:30PM - Coke Time
7:45PM - News
8:00PM - The Keefe Brasselle Show
8:30PM - The Life of Riley
9:00PM - The Big Story
9:30PM - Dear Phoebe
10:00PM - Cavalcade of Sports
12:45PM - Greatest Moments in Sports
11:00PM - News
11:10PM - Sports Spot
11:15PM - Weather
11:20PM - The Argyle Secrets (1948)
12:55PM - News; Thought for Tomorrow


WFIL-TV, Channel 6
8:45AM - Televiews
9:00AM - Breakfast Club
10:00AM - Romper Room
11:00AM - Scouting in Action
11:30AM - At Your Service
12:00PM - Ramar of the Jungle
12:30PM - Features for Women
12:45PM - What's The Next Line?
1:00PM - Stop, Look and Listen
2:30PM - At Home
3:00PM - Bandstand
5:00PM - Hopalong Cassidy
6:00PM - Ramar of the Jungle (geez, wasn't it bad enough to have shown it once?)
6:30PM - Sports
6:45PM - TV Newsreel
6:55PM - Weather
7:00PM - Captured
7:30PM - The Stu Erwin Show
8:00PM - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
8:30PM - The Ray Bolger Show
9:00PM - The Paul Hartman Show
9:30PM - In Our Time
10:00PM - Chance of a Lifetime
10:30PM - Time Will Tell
11:00PM - TV Newsreel
11:10PM - Weather
11:15PM - Film: Good-Time Girl (1948)


WCAU-TV, Channel 10
7:00AM - The Morning Show
8:55AM - Mister and Missus
9:45AM - Portia Faces Life
10:00AM - The Garry Moore Show (seen several kinescopes and enjoyed them)
11:30AM - Strike it Rich (one of the worst shows ever produced)
12:00PM - Valiant Lady
12:15PM - Love of Life
12:30PM - Search for Tomorrow
12:45PM - The Guiding Light
1:00PM - Gladys Webster
1:30PM - Welcome Travelers
2:00PM - Cinderella Weekend
2:30PM - House Party
3:00PM - The Big Payoff
3:30PM - The Bob Crosby Show (a great show. You can view segments on the Internet Archive)
4:00PM - The Brighter Show
4:15PM - The Secret Storm
4:30PM - On Your Account
5:00PM - Junior Hi-Jinx
5:30PM - Family Theater
6:00PM - The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
6:55PM - News
7:00PM - Badge 714
7:30PM - News
7:45PM - The Perry Como Show
8:00PM - Mama
8:30PM - Topper
9:00PM - Playhouse of Stars
9:30PM - Our Miss Brooks
10:00PM - Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
10:30PM - Person to Person
11:00PM - News
11:10PM - Weather
11:15PM - Sports
11:25PM - Sports
11:30PM - The New Adventures of China Smith
12:00PM - Film: Yokel Boy (1942)

London, England TV schedule for Tuesday 19 November 1957.

Only two stations, but there was a variety of genres: live TV drama, jazz, discussion, pop music, comedy, game show, a soap opera, and even an infomercial. Truly something for everyone. 

Sadly, a lot of these programmes are lost. 

BBC:
2:00PM - Schools
2:30PM - Watch with Mother
2:45PM - Mainly for Women
3:15PM - Close
5:00PM - Children's Television
6:00PM - News
6:10PM - Regional news
6:15PM - Tonight
7:00PM - News
7:05PM - I Married Joan
7:30PM - Whack-O!
8:00PM - News
8:02PM - TV Play: Frost at Midnight
9:30PM - I Know What I Like
10:00PM - Conference of the World's Press (Labour Party Political Broadcast)
10:15PM - News; Behind the Headlines
10:35PM - Jazz Session
11:00PM - News

ITV:
2:43PM - Schools
3:50PM - close
4:30PM - Small Time
4:45PM - Let's Get Together
5:30PM - Fury
6:00PM - Youth Wants to Know
6:30PM - News
6:45PM - Cool for Cats
7:00PM - Soldiers of Fortune
7:30PM - Emergency Ward 10
8:00PM - Tell the Truth
8:30PM - The Jubilee Show
9:00PM - Chelsea at Nine
10:00PM - Press Conference
10:15PM - Jim's Inn (an informercial...such programmes were banned from British TV in the 1960s)
11:35PM - Badge of Honour
11:00PM - News
11:15PM - Success Train
11:45PM - Epilogue

Friday 14 November 1952 TV schedule Charlotte, North Carolina. Only one problem: only one station! In the 1950s, many places only had one station....

But you only need one station when the schedule includes such great series as "You Bet Your Life", "The Garry Moore Show" and "The Perry Como Show". 

WBTV, Channel 3
9:45AM - News
10:00AM - Wheel of Fortune (no relation to the current show)
11:00AM - There's One in Every Family
11:30AM - Strike it Rich
12:00PM - Bride and Groom
12:15PM - Love of Life
12:30PM - Search for Tomorrow
12:45PM - Shop by TV
1:00PM - Carolina Cookery
1:30PM - The Garry Moore Show
2:00PM - Double or Nothing
2:30PM - Guiding Light
2:45PM - Art Linkletter
3:00PM - The Big Payoff
3:30PM - Movie Quick Quiz
3:45PM - Welcome Travelers
4:00PM - Kurt's Kaleidoscope
4:30PM - The Kate Smith Hour
5:00PM - Junior Rancho
5:30PM - Howdy Doody
6:00PM - Watch Mr. Wizard
6:30PM - Willie Wonderful
6:45PM - Weather
6:50PM - Vespers
7:00PM - Night Watchman
7:15PM - Stag Session
7:30PM - Douglas Edwards with the News
7:45PM - The Perry Como Show
8:00PM - Mama
8:30PM - My Friend Irma
9:00PM - Playhouse of Stars
9:30PM - Telesports Digest
10:00PM - You Bet Your Life
10:30PM - Cavalcade of America
11:00PM - Longines Chonoscope
11:15PM - Film: Born to Speed (1947)

Ottawa, Canada TV schedule for Saturday 6 November 1954.

Only one station at the time.

A mix of English-language and French-language shows, with American imports and Canadian productions. Looks like a good schedule to me.

12:55PM - Cowboy Corner
1:55PM - Football - Ottawa at Toronto
4:30PM - The Mickey Rooney Show
5:00PM - Wild Bill Hickok
5:30PM - Guignol et Barbarin - La Maison du Mystère
6:00PM - 14, rue de Galais
6:30PM - Tabloid
7:00PM - Make a Match
7:30PM - Holiday Ranch
8:00PM - The Jackie Gleason Show
9:00PM - On Camera
9:30PM - NHL Hockey: Chicago vs. Toronto
10:45PM - The Fraynes
11:00PM - News
11:10PM - The Billy O'Connor Show
11:25PM - Wrestling

I've only posted a couple Canadian schedules so far, but I intend to post more eventually.