Editing 1956 in television (section)

==Programs/programmes==
*''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'' (1952–1958)
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1955–1962)
*''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1989)
*''[[Annie Oakley (TV series)|Annie Oakley]]'' (1954–1957)
*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–present)
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–present)
*''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' (1955–1984)
*''[[Cheyenne (television)|Cheyenne]]'' (1955–1962)
*''[[Climax!]]'' (1954–1958)
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995)
*''[[Walt Disney anthology series|Disneyland]]'' (1954–1958)
*''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (UK) (1955–1976)
*''[[Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]]'' (1951–1959)
*''[[Face the Nation]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[General Motors Theatre]]'' (Can) (1953–1956, 1958–1961)
*''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]'' (1946–1960)
*''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1955–1975)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
*''[[Howdy Doody]]'' (1947–1960)
*''[[I Love Lucy]]'' (1951–1960)
*''[[Kraft Television Theater]]'' (1947–1958)
*''[[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]'' (1947–1957)
*''[[Life is Worth Living]]'' (1952–1957)
*''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980)
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–present)
*''[[Mickey Mouse Club]]'' (1955–1959)
*''[[Our Miss Brooks]]''  (1952-1956)
*''[[Ozark Jubilee]]'' (1955–1960)
*''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' (UK) (1953–present)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
*''[[Sergeant Preston of the Yukon]]'' (1955-1958)
*''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' (1952–1966)
*''[[The Brighter Day]]'' (1954–1962)
*''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' (1948–1972)
*''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'' (1950–1958)
*''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'' (UK) (1953–1983)
*''[[The Grove Family]]'' (UK) (1954–1957)
*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009)
*''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' (1950–1965)
*''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show, Fireside Theatre]]'' (1949-1958)
*''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (1955–1982)
*''The Milton Berle Show'' (1954–1967)
*''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]'' (1951–1957)
*''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (1954–1974)
*''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[The Tonight Show]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[The Voice of Firestone]]'' (1949–1963)
*''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' (UK) (1955–1964, 1969–2003)
*''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]'' (US) (1952–1961)
*''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–1988)
*''[[What's My Line (1950)|What's My Line]]'' (1950–1967)
*''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' (1950–1959)
*''[[Zoo Quest]]'' (UK) (1954–1964)

===Debuts===
*January 3 – ''[[Queen for a Day]]'' (1956–1964)
*February 10 – ''[[My Friend Flicka (TV series)|My Friend Flicka]]'' (1956–1958)
*March 5 - ''[[The Gordon MacRae Show]]'' (1956) on NBC.
*March 20 - ''[[Guy Lombardo's Diamond Jubilee]]'' (1956)
*April 2 
**''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1956–2010)
**''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1956–1984)
*April 26 – ''[[The Eddy Arnold Show]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
*July 3
**''[[G.E. Summer Originals]]'' on ABC
**''[[Sneak Preview (TV series)|Sneak Preview]]'' on NBC
*July 6 – ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', broadcast by [[BBC Television]] (1956–1962)
*July 7 – ''[[High Finance (1956 TV series)|High Finance]]'', hosted by [[Dennis James]], on CBS (1956)
*July 8 – The drama series ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'', produced by [[ABC Weekend TV]] for the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network, begins its long run in the UK (1956–1968)
*July 13 – ''[[It's Polka Time]]'' on ABC (1956–1957)
*July 30 - ''[[NBC Bandstand]]'' (simulcast of portion of radio program) on NBC (1956).<ref name="mnr">{{cite book |last1=Cox |first1=Jim |title=Musicmakers of Network Radio: 24 Entertainers, 1926-1962 |date=January 10, 2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8962-6 |page=102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYuyvt7VR2sC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA366&dq=%22NBC%20Bandstand%22&pg=PA102#v=onepage&q=%22NBC%20Bandstand%22&f=true |access-date=February 1, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
*September 7 – ''[[The Adventures of Jim Bowie]]'' on ABC (1956–1958)
*September 8 – ''[[Hey, Jeannie!]]'' starring [[Jeannie Carson]] on CBS (1956–57, then 1958 in syndication as ''The Jeannie Carson Show'')
*September 15 – ''[[The Adventures of Sir Lancelot]]'' (UK) on ITV (After being sold to the NBC network in the United States, it later becomes the first British television series ever to be made in colour, in this case it wouldn't premiere in the United States until 9 days later on September 24, 1956) (1956–57)
*September 18 – ''[[Noah's Ark (1956 TV series)|Noah's Ark]]'', featuring [[Paul Burke (actor)|Paul Burke]] debuts on NBC (1956–1957)
*September 25 – ''[[State Trooper (TV series)|State Trooper]]'' featuring [[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]] premieres in syndication (1956–1959)
*September 29 – ''[[The Gale Storm Show]]'' premieres on CBS (1956–1960)
*October 4 – In the USA
**''[[Playhouse 90]]'' (1956–1961)
**''[[The Ford Show]]'', "Starring [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]]" (1956–1961)
*October 27 – ''[[Accent on Strings]]'' (1956, Sydney Australia, debuts on the first "official" day of television in Australia)
*October 29 – ''[[Fun Farm]]'' (1956–1957, first Australian-produced children's television series)
*November 9
**''[[The Isador Goodman Show]]'' (1956–1957, Melbourne Australia)
**''[[Stairway to the Stars (TV series)|Stairway to the Stars]]'' (1956–1958, Melbourne Australia)
*November 11 – ''[[Air Power (TV series)|Air Power]]'', narrated by [[Walter Cronkite]], on [[CBS]] (1956–1957)
*November 15 – ''[[TV Channell]]'' (1956–1957, Sydney and Melbourne Australia)
*November 21 - ''[[Can Do]]'' (1956) debuts on NBC.<ref name="brooks">{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |date=June 24, 2009 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 |page=215 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Can+Do%22+NBC+%22Robert+Alda%22&pg=PA215 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*November 26 – ''[[The Price Is Right (1956 U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' game series premieres (1956–1965).
*December 3 – ''[[Sydney Tonight]]'' (1956–1959, Sydney Australia)
*''[[Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' on ITV (UK) (1956–1978)
*''[[The Steve Allen Show]]'' premieres in the US (1956–1960)
*''[[What the Papers Say]]'' on ITV (UK) (1956–2008)

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Show || Debut
|-
| January 12
| ''[[Wanted (1955 TV series)|Wanted]]''
| 1955
|-
| February 27 
| ''[[The Tony Martin Show]]''
| 1954
|-
| March 5
| ''[[Medical Horizons]]''
|rowspan="2"| 1955
|-
| March 19
| ''[[Jungle Jim (TV series)|Jungle Jim]]''
|-
| March 25
| ''[[Justice (1954 TV series)|Justice]]''
| 1954
|-
| April 28
| ''[[It's Always Jan]]'' 
| 1955
|-
| June 3 
| ''[[It's a Great Life (TV series)|It's a Great Life]]'' 
|rowspan="3"| 1954
|-
| June 14 
| ''[[Stop the Music (American TV series)|Stop the Music]]''
|-
| June 23
| ''[[The Jimmy Durante Show]]''
|-
| August 14 
| ''[[Sneak Preview (TV series)|Sneak Preview]]'' 
| rowspan="4"| 1956
|-
| August 27 
| ''The Gordon MacRae Show'' 
|-
| September 11 
| ''[[This Is Show Business]]'' 
|-
| September 18 
| ''[[G.E. Summer Originals]]'' 
|-
| September 22
| ''[[The Honeymooners]]''  
| 1955
|-
| November 2
| ''NBC Bandstand''<ref name=mnr/>
| rowspan="2"| 1956
|-
| December 31 
| ''[[Can Do]]''<ref name=brooks/>
|-
|rowspan="2"| Unknown
| ''Cisco Kid'' 
| 1950
|-
| ''[[Super Circus]]'' 
| 1949
|}