March 3, 2025

What's on TV? Thursday, March 8, 1956




We're back in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex this week, and I'm looking at ABC's Star Tonight, the concept of which is to team "rising young actors and actresses in their first starring roles" with more established actors in supporting roles. I don't know how many of these "new stars" became established on television, but we have one tonight: Frank Overton, who went on to a long and successful career as a character actor, both in movies (To Kill a Mockingbird, Fail-Safe) and television (a regular on Twelve O'clock High, plus guest roles on just about every television show of the 1950s and '60s. He's one of those actors who makes just about everything he's in better because he's in it. There are a lot of stars with more recognizable names and bigger roles who can't make that claim.

 
-4- KRLD (Dallas) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
     7:00
Good Morning!—Rogers
 
     7:55
Agricultural News
 
     8:00
Captain Kangaroo
 
     9:00
Garry Moore Show
 
     9:30
Arthur Godfrey Time
 
   10:30
Strike It Rich—Quiz
 
   11:00
Valliant Lady—Serial
 
   11:15
Love of Life—Serial
       
   11:30
Search for Tomorrow
 
   11:45
Guiding Light—Serial
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
NEWS
 
   12:05
The Council Calls—PTA
 
   12:15
Catholic Report
 
   12:30
Love Story—Interviews
 
     1:00
Adventures in Faith
 
     1:15
Robert Q. Lewis—Variety
 
     1:30
Art Linkletter’s Party
 
     2:00
Big Payoff—Quiz
 
     2:30
Bob Crosby—Music
 
     3:00
Brighter Day—Serial
 
     3:15
Secret Storm—Serial
 
     3:30
On Your Account
 
     4:00
Mary Carter’s Cookbook
 
     4:30
Variety Fair—G. Johnson
 
     5:05
Space Adventures—Kids
 
     5:45
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
WEATHER, SPORTS, NEWS
 
     6:30
Sgt. Preston—Adventure
 
     7:00
BOB CUMMINGS SHOW
 
     7:30
CLIMAX!—Drama
“The Gay Illiterate”
 
     8:30
FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE
“Red Wine”
 
     9:00
JOHNNY CARSON SHOW
 
     9:30
QUIZ KIDS—Clifton Fadiman
 
   10:00
FAVORITE STORY—Drama
“Strange Valley”
 
   10:30
MOVIE—Western
Movietime: “Frontier Revenge”
 
   12:15
NEWS FINAL
 
 
 
-5- WBAP (Fort Worth) (NBC, ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:50
Let’s Go Fishing
 
     7:00
Sunup—Variety
 
     8:00
Kitty’s Wonderland—Kids
 
     9:00
Ding Dong School—Kids
 
     9:30
Ernie Kovacs—Variety
 
   10:00
Home—Women’s News
 
   11:00
Texas Living   COLOR 
       
   11:30
The Jones Place   COLOR 
 
   11:45
Industry on Parade
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
News, Weather   COLOR 
 
   12:30
Ann Alden   COLOR 
 
   12:45
MOVIE—Crime
Movie Marquee: “Perilous Waters” (1948)
 
     2:00
Matinee Theater   COLOR 
“The Shining Palace”
 
     3:00
Date with Life—Serial
 
     3:15
Modern Romance
 
     3:30
Queen for a Day
 
     4:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
     4:15
Tricks and Treats—Kids
 
     5:00
Mickey Mouse Club
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Cisco Kid—Western
 
     6:30
Lone Ranger—Western
 
     7:00
GROUCHO MARX—Quiz
Special Guest: Liberace
 
     7:30
DRAGNET—Jack Webb
 
     8:00
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
 
     8:30
FORD THEATRE—Drama
“All for a Man”
 
     9:00
LUX VIDEO THEATRE
“The Criminal Code”
 
   10:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
   10:30
COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
 
   11:00
Tonight—Steve Allen
 
 
 
-6- KCEN (Temple) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:55
Program Previews
 
     7:00
Today—Garroway
 
     9:00
Ding Dong School—Kids
 
     9:30
Ernie Kovacs—Variety
 
   10:00
Home—Women’s News
 
   11:00
Tennessee Ernie Ford
       
   11:30
Feather Your Nest
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Religion in Life
 
   12:15
RFD No. 6—Farm News
 
   12:30
MOVIE—Melodrama
Movie Time: “Game of Danger” (English; 1955)
 
     1:30
Cathy’s Corner—Variety
 
     2:00
Matinee Theater
“The Shining Palace”
 
     3:00
Industry on Parade
 
     3:15
Modern Romance
 
     3:30
Queen for a Day
 
     4:00
Pinky Lee—Variety
 
     4:30
Howdy Doody
 
     5:00
MOVIE—Western
Tales of the West: “By Smoking Guns”
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
     6:15
Space Rangers—Adventure
 
     6:45
NEWS—John Cameron Swayze
 
     7:00
GROUCHO MARX—Quiz
Special Guest: Liberace
 
     7:30
DRAGNET—Jack Webb
 
     8:00
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
 
     8:30
FORD THEATRE—Drama
“All for a Man”
 
     9:00
LUX VIDEO THEATRE
“The Criminal Code”
 
   10:00
NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
 
   10:20
MOVIE—Drama
Late Date Theater: “The Fighter” (1952)
 
 
 
-8- WFAA (Dallas) (NBC, ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:55
Morning Devotional
 
     7:00
Today—Garroway
 
     9:00
Romper Room—Kids
       
   10:00
Julie Benell—Cooking
 
   11:00
Tennessee Ernie Ford
 
   11:30
Feather Your Nest
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
NEWS
 
   12:05
Magazine—Variety
 
   12:30
MOVIE—Drama
Showtime Matinee: “The Payoff”
 
     1:30
Trouble with Father
 
     2:00
Afternoon Film Festival
“Daybreak” (English) TV Debuy
 
     4:00
Pinky Lee—Variety
 
     4:30
Howdy Doody   COLOR 
 
     5:00
Kiddie Karnival—Kids
 
     5:30
Frontier Playhouse—Serial
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
NEWS—Templeton
 
     6:10
WEATHER—Culbertson
 
     6:15
NEWS—John Daly
 
     6:30
Dinah Shore—Music   COLOR 
 
     6:45
NEWS—John Cameron Swayze
 
     7:00
BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN
 
     7:30
STOP THE MUSIC—Quiz
 
     8:00
STAR TONIGHT—Drama
 
     8:30
DOWN YOU GO—Quiz
 
     9:00
CELEBRITY PLAYHOUSE
 
     9:30
WATERFRONT—Drama
 
   10:00
NEWS—Final Edition
 
   10:30
MYSTERY PLAYHOUSE
Follow That Man
 
   11:00
Les Paul-Mary Ford
 
   12:15
MOVIE—Adventure
Channel 8 Theater: “Genghis Khan” (FIRST RUN) (Philippine, 1953)
 
 
 
10 KWTX (Waco) (CBS, ABC)
 
MORNING
 
     6:55
Tips on Ten—Previews
 
     7:00
Good Morning!—Rogers
 
     8:00
Captain Kangaroo
 
     9:00
Garry Moore Show
 
     9:30
Arthur Godfrey Time
 
   10:30
Strike It Rich—Quiz
 
   11:00
Valliant Lady—Serial
 
   11:15
Love of Life—Serial
       
   11:30
Search for Tomorrow
 
   11:45
Guiding Light—Serial
 
AFTERNOON
 
   12:00
Dinner Bell—Western Music
 
   12:15
Farms and Gardens
 
     1:00
Better Living—Variety
 
     1:30
Art Linkletter’s Party
 
     2:00
Big Payoff—Quiz
 
     2:30
Bob Crosby—Music
 
     3:00
Brighter Day—Serial
 
     3:15
Secret Storm—Serial
 
     3:30
On Your Account
 
     4:00
Uncle Elihu—Kids
 
     5:00
Mickey Mouse Club
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
The Home Folks—Music
 
     6:15
NEWS—Douglas Edwards
 
     6:30
Susie—Comedy
 
     7:00
BOB CUMMINGS SHOW
 
     7:30
CLIMAX!—Drama
“The Gay Illiterate”
 
     8:30
HARLEY BERG—Animals
 
     8:45
PATTI PAGE SHOW
 
     9:00
LIBERACE—Music
 
     9:30
STAR SHOWCASE—Drama
“Mr. Bishop Swept Here”
 
   10:00
NEWS, WEATHER
 
   10:25
SPORTS—Frank Fallon
 
   10:30
STOP THE MUSIC—Quiz
 
   11:00
MOVIE—Drama
Million Dollar Movie: “Haunted House”
 
 
 
11 KFJZ (Fort Worth) (Independent)
 
AFTERNOON
 
     2:30
Date with Drama
“Papa Goes to the Ball”
 
     3:00
MOVIE—Comedy
Theater 11: “Highway 13”
 
     4:15
Looney Tunes—Cartoons
 
     4:30
MOVIE—Western
Gene Autry Theater: “Oh, Suzanna”
 
     5:30
Watch the Birdie—Quiz
 
     5:45
Looney Tunes—Cartoons
 
EVENING
 
     6:00
Range Rider—Western
 
     6:30
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
     7:00
LOONEY TUNES—Cartoons
 
     7:10
LITTLE RASCALS—Comedy
 
     7:30
MOVIE—Drama
Million Dollar Movie: “It’s a Pleasure”
 
     8:55
NEWS—Dan Allison
 
     9:00
LIBERACE—Music
 
     9:30
SHERLOCK HOLMES
 
   10:00
NEWS—Porter Randall
 
   10:15
WEATHER
 
   10:30
MOVIE—Crime
Starlight Theater: “Dual Alibi” (English)
 
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