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The following is the '''1951–52 network television schedule''' for the four major English language commercial [[List of United States over-the-air television networks|broadcast networks in the United States]]. The schedule covers [[primetime]] hours from September 1951 through March 1952. The schedule is followed by a [[#By network|list per network]] of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the [[1950-51 United States network television schedule|1950–51 season]]. This was the first television season of national network interconnection by coaxial cable and microwave, meaning programming could be transmitted live coast-to-coast (or in the case of filmed programs, distributed simultaneously across the country) if needed.

On Sunday nights, [[NBC]] experimented with airing its new comedy-variety program ''Chesterfield Sound-off Time'' (featuring [[Bob Hope]], [[Fred Allen]] and [[Jerry Lester]] as rotating hosts) in an early evening timeslot, 7:00–7:30. Previously, network TV variety programs had only been aired during late evening hours; NBC had experimented with a late-night show, ''[[Broadway Open House]]'', with Lester as host the previous season, but that show was not considered a success (it was replaced by the more generic ''[[Mary Kay Stearns|Mary Kay's Nightcap]]'' this season). According to television historians Castleman and Podrazik (1982), the experiment was designed to "duplicate the early-evening radio success of Jack Benny".<ref name="CP1982">{{cite book| last = Castleman| first = Harry|author2= Walter J. Podrazik| title = Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television| publisher = McGraw-Hill| year = 1982| location = New York| pages = [https://archive.org/details/watchingtvfourde00cast/page/63 63–72]| url =https://archive.org/details/watchingtvfourde00cast| url-access = registration| isbn = 0-07-010269-4}}</ref> (Benny himself would appear on rival network [[CBS]]'s ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' immediately following ''Chesterfield Sound-off Time''). [[Red Skelton]] also made his network television debut on NBC's Sunday night schedule this season, but long-term success eluded him until after he moved to [[CBS]] in the fall of 1953.

Although most TV programming was live, both CBS and NBC also experimented in filmed series; Castleman and Podrazik highlight early filmed hits ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' on CBS and ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]'' on NBC. ''Dragnet'' was "one of NBC's first major experiments in filmed TV series"; the series was added to NBC's regular network schedule in January 1952, after a "preview" on ''Chesterfield Sound-off Time'' in December 1951.<ref name="CP1982"/> ''I Love Lucy'' was given what historians have called a "choice time slot": Monday night immediately following the number one program on television: ''[[Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts]]''. The series "proved the strength and acceptability of TV sitcoms, giving [CBS] a strong weapon against NBC's flashy comedy-variety hours".<ref name="CP1982"/>

[[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]], too, avoided flashy comedy series when in February 1952, in desperation the network added Bishop [[Fulton Sheen]]'s program, ''[[Life Is Worth Living]]'', to its Tuesday night schedule. The religious series was pitted against NBC's hit program ''[[Texaco Star Theater]]'', and became the surprise hit of the year, holding its own against ''Texaco'' host "Uncle Miltie", and attracting a sponsor, an Emmy, and 10 million viewers.<ref name="Weinstein2">Weinstein, D. (2004). ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'', p. 156–157. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. {{ISBN|1-59213-499-8}}.</ref> The [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and CBS programs which aired in the same time slot, ''[[Charlie Wild, Private Detective]]'', and ''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS)|The Frank Sinatra Show]]'' (respectively), attracted relatively few viewers.<ref name="Weinstein2"/>

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]].<ref name="BM2">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}}.</ref>

:{{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}} Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.
:{{Color box|cyan|border=darkgray}} Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.
:{{Color box|FF22FF|border=darkgray}} Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.

== Sunday ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Music in Velvet]]
| colspan="2"  bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Admission Free]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Other Lands, Other People]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Marshall Plan in Action]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Hour of Decision]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Youth on the March]]
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[CBS]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Gene Autry Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[This Is Show Business]]
| colspan="2"  bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Ed Sullivan Show|Toast of the Town]]
| colspan="2"  bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Fred Waring Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Celebrity Time]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[What's My Line?]]
|-
! rowspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | '''[[Chesterfield Sound-off Time]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | '''[[Young Mr. Bobbin]]'''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFF00" | [[The Colgate Comedy Hour]] (5/45.3)
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="2" | [[The Philco Television Playhouse]]  (12/40.4) /'''[[Goodyear Television Playhouse]]''' (16/37.8)
| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="2" | '''[[The Red Skelton Show]]''' (4/50.2)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | [[Leave It to the Girls]]
|-
! Summer
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" | '''[[The Big Payoff]]'''
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
| colspan="3" bgcolor="white" | Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Pentagon (TV series)|Pentagon]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Rocky King, Inside Detective]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Plainclothesman]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[They Stand Accused]]
|}

*On CBS, <span style="background-color:yellow">''[[The Jack Benny Program#Television|The Jack Benny Show]]'' (9/42.8)</span> aired as occasional specials once every six to eight weeks at 7:30-8:00 pm.
*On NBC, <span style="background-color:#FF22FF">''[[Hopalong Cassidy]]'' (28/32.2)</span> aired 6–7 p.m. until December, when it was partly replaced by <span style="background-color:#FF22FF">'''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]''' (27/32.7)</span>, airing 6:30–7 p.m.

== Monday ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! rowspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
! Fall
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:00 [[After the Deadlines]] / 7:15 Local
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Hollywood Screen Test]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Amazing Mr. Malone]]'''/'''[[Mr. District Attorney]]'''
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | [[Life Begins at Eighty]] 
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Curtain Up (TV series)|Curtain Up]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Bill Gwinn Show]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Studs' Place]]
|-
! Spring
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Mr. District Attorney]]/'''Out of the Fog'''
|-
! rowspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[CBS]]
!Fall
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="white" | Local 
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|Douglas Edwards with the News]] / 7:45 [[The Perry Como Show]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Lux Video Theatre]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFF00" | [[Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts]] (1/53.8)
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFF00" | '''[[I Love Lucy]]''' (3/50.9)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[It's News to Me]]
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Studio One]]
|-
!Spring
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Claudia (American TV series)|Claudia]]'''
|-
! rowspan="4" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[Mohawk Showroom]] / 7:45 [[Camel News Caravan]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Paul Winchell|The Speidel Show/The Paul Winchell Show]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Voice of Firestone]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Lights Out (1949-1952 TV series)|Lights Out]]
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | <span style="background-color:magenta">[[Robert Montgomery Presents]] (26/34.4)</span> /   [[Somerset Maugham TV Theatre]] 
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Who Said That?]]
|-
! Follow-up
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:00 [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]/7:15 [[Bob and Ray]]
|-
! Spring
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | 7:00–7:15 [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
|-
! Summer
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''Summer Stock Theatre'''
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Captain Video and His Video Rangers]]
| bgcolor="white" | Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Stage Entrance]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Johns Hopkins Science Review]]
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Wrestling from Columbia Park]]
|}

'''Notes:''' On NBC, ''[[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]'' was reduced from 30 to 15 minutes in November 1951, and ''[[Bob and Ray]]'' was added at 7:15&nbsp;p.m. ''Bob and Ray'' ran in the 7:15&nbsp;p.m. time slot Monday through Friday until March 1952 and then on Tuesday and Thursday only until May 1952, while ''Kukla, Fran and Ollie'' continued in its 15-minute format at 7:00&nbsp;p.m. until June 1952. In January 1952, ''The Speidel Show'' was renamed for its star, [[Paul Winchell]], becoming ''The Paul Winchell Show''.

== Tuesday ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:00 [[After the Deadlines]] / 7:15 Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Beulah (series)|The Beulah Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Charlie Wild, Private Detective]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[What Do You Think?]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[United or Not]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[On Trial (US TV series)|On Trial]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Q.E.D. (quiz show)|Q.E.D.]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Symphony (TV program)|The Symphony]]
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[CBS]]
| bgcolor="white" | Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|Douglas Edwards with the News]] / 7:45 [[Stork Club#In popular culture|The Stork Club]] 
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS TV series)|The Frank Sinatra Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Crime Syndicated]]/'''[[City Hospital (US series)|City Hospital]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Suspense (US TV series)|Suspense]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Danger (TV series)|Danger]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | MLB
|-
! rowspan="3" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[The Little Show]] / 7:45 [[Camel News Caravan]]
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFF00" | [[Texaco Star Theater]] (2/52.0)
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFF00" | [[Fireside Theatre]] (7/43.1)
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF22FF" | [[Armstrong Circle Theatre]] (24/34.7)
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Original Amateur Hour]]
|-
! Follow-up
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | 7:00 [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]/7:15 [[Bob and Ray]]
|-
! Summer
| bgcolor="white" colspan="2" |Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |'''[[Boss Lady]]'''
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Captain Video and His Video Rangers]]
| bgcolor="white" | Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[What's the Story]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Keep Posted]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Cosmopolitan Theatre]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Hands of Mystery]]
| bgcolor="white" | Local
|}
'''Note:''' On NBC, ''[[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]'' was reduced from 30 to 15 minutes in November 1951, and ''[[Bob and Ray]]'' was added at 7:15&nbsp;p.m. ''Bob and Ray'' ran in the 7:15&nbsp;p.m. time slot Monday through Friday until March 1952 and then on Tuesday and Thursday only until May 1952, while ''Kukla, Fran and Ollie'' continued in its 15-minute format at 7:00&nbsp;p.m. until June 1952.

== Wednesday ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:00 [[After the Deadlines]] / 7:15 Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Chance of a Lifetime (1950s TV series)|Chance of a Lifetime]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Paul Dixon Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Don McNeill's Breakfast Club|Don McNeill's TV Club]]/[[The Arthur Murray Party]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Clock (TV series)|The Clock]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Celanese Theater]]'''/'''[[Pulitzer Prize Playhouse]]'''*
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[CBS]]
| bgcolor="white" | Local 
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|Douglas Edwards with the News]] / 7:45 [[The Perry Como Show]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFF00" | [[Arthur Godfrey and His Friends]] (6/43.3)
| bgcolor="#FF00FF" | [[Strike It Rich (radio-TV)|Strike It Rich]] (25/34.5)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Web (1950 TV series)|The Web]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | <span style="background-color:cyan">10:00 [[Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts]] (17/37.5)</span> / 10:45 [[Sports Spot]]
|-
! rowspan="3" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[The Mohawk Showroom]] / 7:45 [[Camel News Caravan]]
| colspan="2" rowspan="3"  bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Kate Smith Evening Hour]]'''
| colspan="2" rowspan="3"  bgcolor="#FF22FF" | [[Kraft Television Theatre]] (23/34.8)
| rowspan="3"  bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Break the Bank (1948)|Break the Bank]]
| rowspan="3"  bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Freddy Martin Show]]
|-
! Follow-up
! 7:00 [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]/7:15 [[Bob and Ray]]
|-
! Spring
! 7:00–7:15 [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Captain Video and His Video Rangers]]
| colspan="3" bgcolor="white" | Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Gallery of Mme. Liu-Tsong]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Shadow of the Cloak]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="white" | Local
|}
'''Notes:''' On NBC, ''[[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]'' was reduced from 30 to 15 minutes in November 1951, and ''[[Bob and Ray]]'' was added at 7:15&nbsp;p.m. ''Bob and Ray'' ran in the 7:15&nbsp;p.m. time slot Monday through Friday until March 1952 and then on Tuesday and Thursday only until May 1952, while ''Kukla, Fran and Ollie'' continued in its 15-minute format at 7:00&nbsp;p.m. until June 1952.

(*) From December 1951 to June 1952, these shows were 30 minutes, 10pm to 10:30pm ET

== Thursday ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:00 [[After the Deadlines]] / 7:15 Local
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[The Lone Ranger (TV series)|The Lone Ranger]] (18/36.8)
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Stop the Music (American game show)|Stop the Music]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Herb Shriner|Herb Shriner Time]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Gruen Playhouse|Gruen Guild Playhouse]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Paul Dixon Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 10:30 [[Masland at Home Party]] / 10:45 [[Carmel Myers|The Carmel Myers Show]]
|-
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="3" | [[CBS]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="white" rowspan="3" | Local 
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|Douglas Edwards with the News]] / 7:45 [[Stork Club#In popular culture|The Stork Club]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]/'''[[The Garry Moore Show|The Garry Moore Evening Show]]''' 
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="3" | [[Amos 'n' Andy]] (13/38.9)
| bgcolor="#FF22FF" rowspan="3" | [[The Alan Young Show]] (22/35.8)
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="3" | [[Big Town (American TV series)|Big Town]] (15/38.5)
| bgcolor="#FF22FF" rowspan="3" | [[Racket Squad]] (29/32.0)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[Man Against Crime]]'')</small>
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3" | [[Casey, Crime Photographer (TV series)|Crime Photographer]]
|-
! December
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]/[[Star of the Family (TV variety show)|Star of the Family]]
|-
! June
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]
|-
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" rowspan="4" | [[NBC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="4" | 7:30 [[The Little Show]] / 7:45 [[Camel News Caravan]]
| bgcolor="#FFFF00" rowspan="4" | [[You Bet Your Life]] (10/42.1)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="4" | [[Treasury Men in Action]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[Ford Festival|Ford Festival (The James Melton Show)]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="4" | [[Martin Kane, Private Eye]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="4" | [[Wayne King]]
|-
! November
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="3" | 7:00 [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]/7:15 [[Bob and Ray]]
|-
! Winter
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" | '''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]''' (20/36.3)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[Four Star Revue|All-Star Revue]]'')</small>
| bgcolor="white" rowspan="2" | Local
|-
! Spring
| bgcolor="#00FFFF" | '''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]''' (20/36.3)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[Four Star Revue|All-Star Revue]]'')</small> / '''[[Gangbusters (TV series)|Gangbusters]]''' (14/38.7)
|-
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Captain Video and His Video Rangers]]
| bgcolor="white" | Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Georgetown University Forum]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Broadway to Hollywood|Broadway to Hollywood – Headline Clues]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Adventures of Ellery Queen]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Crawford Mystery Theatre]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Bigelow Theatre]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 10:30 Local / 10:45 [[Football This Week]]
|}

'''Notes:''' ''[[Wayne King]]'' was seen only on NBC's Midwest Network. On NBC, ''[[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]'' was reduced from 30 to 15 minutes in November 1951, and ''[[Bob and Ray]]'' was added at 7:15&nbsp;p.m. ''Bob and Ray'' ran in the 7:15&nbsp;p.m. time slot Monday through Friday until March 1952 and then on Tuesday and Thursday only until May 1952, while ''Kukla, Fran and Ollie'' continued in its 15-minute format at 7:00&nbsp;p.m. until June 1952.

== Friday ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:00 [[After the Deadlines]] / 7:15 Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Life With Linkletter]]/[[Say It with Acting]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[ABC Mystery Theater#Television|Mystery Theater]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Stu Erwin Show]] (aka '''[[Trouble With Father]]''')
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Crime with Father]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Tales of Tomorrow]]/[[Versatile Varieties]]*
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | ''[[Hollywood Premiere Theatre]]''/'''[[Dell O'Dell|The Dell O'Dell Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Industries for America]]
|-
! rowspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[CBS]]
!Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Stork Club#In popular culture|The Stork Club]] 
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|Douglas Edwards with the News]] / 7:45 [[The Perry Como Show]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Mama (American TV series)|Mama]] (11/41.3)
| bgcolor="#FF22FF" | [[Man Against Crime]] (29/32.0)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[Racket Squad]]'')</small>
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Live Like a Millionaire]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Hollywood Opening Night]]
|-
!Spring
|Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[My Friend Irma]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[It's News to Me]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Police Story (1952 TV series)|Police Story]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Presidential Timber
|-
! rowspan="3" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[The Mohawk Showroom]] / 7:45 [[Camel News Caravan]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Quiz Kids]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[We the People (US TV series)|We, the People]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Big Story (radio/TV)|The Big Story]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Aldrich Family]]
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 10:00 <span style="background-color:cyan">[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]] (19/36.5)</span> / 10:45 [[Greatest Fights of the Century]]
|-
! Follow-up
! 7:00 [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]/7:15 [[Bob and Ray]]
|-
! Spring
! 7:00–7:15 [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Captain Video and His Video Rangers]]
| bgcolor="white" | Local
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Twenty Questions#Television|Twenty Questions]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[You Asked For It]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Down You Go]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Front Page Detective]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Cavalcade of Stars]]
|}

'''Notes:''' ''[[Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt]]'' replaced ''Versatile Varieties'' on January 26, 1951.

On NBC, ''[[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]'' was reduced from 30 to 15 minutes in November 1951, and ''[[Bob and Ray]]'' was added at 7:15&nbsp;p.m. ''Bob and Ray'' ran in the 7:15&nbsp;p.m. time slot Monday through Friday until March 1952 and then on Tuesday and Thursday only until May 1952, while ''Kukla, Fran and Ollie'' continued in its 15-minute format at 7:00&nbsp;p.m. until June 1952.

== Saturday ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;margin-right:0;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| Network
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 7:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 8:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 9:30 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:00 PM
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;text-align:center"| 10:30 PM
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Ruggles]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Jerry Colonna (entertainer)|The Jerry Colonna Show]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Lesson in Safety]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[America's Health]]
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Harness Racing]]'''
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[CBS]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |'''[[Sammy Kaye|The Sammy Kaye Variety Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Beat the Clock]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Ken Murray Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Show Goes On (television)|The Show Goes On]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Songs for Sale]]
|-
! rowspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
! Fall
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | '''[[The American Youth Forum]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[One Man's Family]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#00FFFF" rowspan="2" | [[Four Star Revue|All-Star Revue]] (20/36.3)<br/><small>(Tied with ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]'')</small>
| colspan="3" bgcolor="#FFFF00" | [[Your Show of Shows]] (8/43.0)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" rowspan="2" | [[Your Hit Parade]]
|-
! Summer
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Bob and Ray]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Blind Date (American game show)|Blind Date]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="white" | Local
|-
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
| colspan="5" bgcolor="white" | Local
| colspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Wrestling From Marigold]]
|}

'''Notes:''' On NBC, ''All-Star Revue'' formerly was known as ''[[Four Star Revue]]''. ''[[Bob and Ray]]'',  broadcast earlier in the season as a 15-minute weeknight program, expanded to 30 minutes and ran from July to August at 7:30&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time]].

==By network==

===[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''Returning Series'''
*''[[Admission Free]]''
*''[[After the Deadlines]]''
*''America's Health''
*''[[The Arthur Murray Party]]''
*''[[The Beulah Show]]''
*''The Bill Gwinn Show''
*''[[Carmel Myers|The Carmel Myers Show]]''
*''[[Chance of a Lifetime (TV series)|Chance of a Lifetime]]''
*''[[Charlie Wild, Private Detective]]'' (moved from [[CBS]])
*''[[The Clock (TV series)|The Clock]]'' (moved from [[NBC]])
*''Curtain Up''
*''[[Don McNeill's Breakfast Club|Don McNeill's TV Club]]''
*''[[Hollywood Premiere Theatre]]''
*''[[Hollywood Screen Test]]''
*''Industries for America''
*''[[Jerry Colonna (entertainer)|The Jerry Colonna Show]]''
*''[[Life Begins at Eighty]]''
*''Life with Linkletter''
*''[[The Lone Ranger (TV series)|The Lone Ranger]]''
*''The Marshall Plan in Action''
*''Masland at the Party''
*''Music in Velvet''
*''On Trial''
*''Other Lands, Other People''
*''[[The Paul Dixon Show]]''
*''[[Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue]]''
*''Q.E.D.''
*''[[The Ruggles]]''
*''[[Say It with Acting]]''
*''[[Stop the Music (American TV series)|Stop the Music]]''
*''Studs's Place''
*''The Symphony''
*''United or Not''
*''[[Versatile Varieties]]''
*''[[The Voice of Firestone]]''
*''[[What Do You Think?]]''
*''Wrestling from Rainbo Arena''
*''[[You Asked For It]]''
*''[[Youth on the March]]''

{{col-3}}
'''New Series'''
*'''''[[The Amazing Mr. Malone]]'''''
*'''''[[Betty Crocker Star Matinee]]'''''
*'''''[[The Big Picture (American TV series)|The Big Picture]]'''''
*'''''[[Byline (TV series)|Byline]]''''' *
*'''''[[Celanese Theater]]'''''
*'''''[[Crime with Father]]'''''
*'''''[[Curtain Call (American TV series)|Curtain Call]]''''' *
*'''''[[Dell O'Dell|The Dell O'Dell Show]]'''''
*'''''[[Gruen Guild Playhouse]]'''''
*'''''[[Harness Racing]]'''''
*'''''[[Herb Shriner|Herb Shriner Time]]'''''
*'''''[[Hour of Decision]]'''''
*'''''Lesson in Safety'''''
*'''''[[Mr. Arsenic]]''''' *
*'''''[[ABC Mystery Theater|Mystery Theatre]]'''''
*'''''[[The Name's the Same]]'''''
*'''''Out of the Fog''''' *
*'''''[[Personal Appearance Theater]]'''''
*'''''[[Rebound (American TV series)|Rebound]]'''''
*'''''[[Say It with Acting]]'''''
*'''''[[Tales of Tomorrow]]'''''
*'''''[[The Stu Erwin Show|Trouble with Father]]'''''

{{col-3}}
'''Not returning from [[1950–51 United States network television schedule|1950–51]]:'''
*''[[The Billy Rose Show]]''
*''[[Buck Rogers#1950–1951 ABC television series|Buck Rogers]]''
*''[[Can You Top This?]]''
*''[[Club Seven]]''
*''The College Bowl''
*''Dick Tracy''
*''[[Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre]]''
*''Feature Film''
*''[[First Nighter]]''
*''The Game of the Week''
*''Holiday Hotel''
*''[[I Cover Times Square]]''
*''Penthouse Party''
*''[[Pro Football Highlights]]''
*''[[Roller Derby]]''
*''Sandy Dreams''
*''Showtime U.S.A.''
*''Sit or Miss''
*''Soap Box Theater''
{{col-end}}

===[[CBS]]===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''Returning Series'''
*''[[The Alan Young Show]]''
*''[[Amos 'n' Andy]]''
*''[[Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts]]''
*''[[Beat the Clock]]''
*''[[Big Town]]''
*''[[Celebrity Time]]''
*''[[Claudia (American TV series)|Claudia]]'' (moved from [[NBC]] in midseason)
*''[[Crime Photographer]]''
*''[[Danger (TV series)|Danger]]''
*''[[CBS News|Douglas and the News]]''
*''[[Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town]]''
*''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (1950 TV series)|The Frank Sinatra Show]]''
*''[[The Fred Waring Show]]''
*''[[The Garry Moore Show]]''
*''[[The Gene Autry Show]]''
*''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]''
*''Hollywood Opening Night''
*''[[It's News to Me]]''
*''[[The Jack Benny Program#Television|The Jack Benny Show]]''
*''[[The Ken Murray Show]]''
*''Live Like a Millionaire''
*''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
*''[[Mama (American TV series)|Mama]]''
*''[[Man Against Crime]]''
*''[[Our Miss Brooks]]''
*''[[Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts]]''
*''[[The Perry Como Show]]''
*''[[Racket Squad]]''
*''[[The Show Goes On (television)|The Show Goes On]]''
*''Songs for Sale''
*''Sports Spot''
*''[[Star of the Family (TV program)|Star of the Family]]''
*''[[Stork Club#In popular culture|The Stork Club]]''
*''[[Strike It Rich (1947 game show)|Strike It Rich]]''
*''[[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Studio One]]''
*''[[Suspense (US TV series)|Suspense]]''
*''This is Show Business''
*''[[Toast of the Town]]''
*''[[The Web (1950 TV series)|The Web]]''
*''[[What's My Line?]]''

{{col-3}}
'''New Series'''
*'''''[[The Al Pearce Show]]''''' *
*'''''[[CBS Television Workshop]]''''' *
*'''''[[City Hospital (US series)|City Hospital]]''''' *
*'''''[[Crime Syndicated]]'''''
*'''''[[The Eddy Arnold Show]]''''' *
*'''''[[Footlights Theater]]''''' *
*'''''[[Garry Moore|The Garry Moore Evening Show]]'''''
*'''''Hollywood Opening Night'''''
*'''''[[I Love Lucy]]'''''
*'''''[[MLB]]'''''
*'''''[[Police Story (1952 TV series)|Police Story]]''''' *
*'''''[[Sammy Kaye|The Sammy Kaye Variety Show]]'''''
*'''''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars]]'''''
*'''''[[See It Now]]'''''
*'''''[[Star of the Family (TV program)|Star of the Family]]'''''
*'''''[[What in the World? (game show)|What in the World?]]'''''

{{col-3}}
'''Not returning from [[1950–51 United States network television schedule|1950–51]]:'''
*''[[The Ad-Libbers]]''
*''[[Big Top (American TV series)|Big Top]]''
*''[[Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town]]''
*''[[The Goldbergs (broadcast series)|The Goldbergs]]''
*''[[Horace Heidt|The Horace Heidt Show]]''
*''[[Magnavox Theater]]''
*''[[Prudential Family Playhouse]]''
*''Sing It Again''
*''[[Sure as Fate]]''
*''Teller of Take''
*''[[Vaughn Monroe|The Vaughn Monroe Show]]''
*''[[We Take Your Word]]''
*''[[Who's Whose]]''
{{col-end}}

===[[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]]===

{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''Returning series'''
*''[[The Adventures of Ellery Queen]]''
*''[[The Arthur Murray Party]]''
*''[[The Bigelow Theatre]]'' (moved from [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
*''[[Broadway to Hollywood]]''
*''[[Captain Video and His Video Rangers]]''
*''[[Cavalcade of Stars]]''
*''[[Cosmopolitan Theatre]]''
*''[[Down You Go]]''
*''[[Football This Week]]''
*''[[Front Page Detective]]''
*''[[The Gallery of Mme. Liu-Tsong]]''
*''[[Georgetown University Forum]]''
*''[[Hands of Mystery]]''
*''[[Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room]]''
*''[[The Johns Hopkins Science Review]]''
*''[[Keep Posted]]''
*''[[Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers]]''
*''[[Not for Publication (TV series)|Not for Publication]]''
*''[[Pentagon (TV series)|Pentagon]]''
*''[[The Plainclothesman]]''
*''[[Rocky King, Inside Detective]]''
*''[[Shadow of the Cloak]]''
*''[[Stage Entrance]]''
*''[[They Stand Accused]]''
*''[[Twenty Questions#Television|Twenty Questions]]''
*''[[What's the Story]]''
*''Wrestling from Columbia Park''
*''[[Wrestling from Marigold]]''
*''[[You Asked For It]]''

{{col-3}}
'''New series'''
*'''''[[Battle of the Ages]]''''' *
*'''''[[The Cases of Eddie Drake]]''''' *
*'''''[[Cosmopolitan Theatre]]'''''
*'''''[[Crawford Mystery Theatre]]'''''
*'''''[[Football This Week]]'''''
*'''''[[The Gallery of Mme. Liu-Tsong]]'''''
*'''''[[Guess What (American game show)|Guess What]]''''' *
*'''''[[Guide Right]]''''' *
*'''''[[News Gal]]'''''
*'''''[[The Pet Shop]]''''' *
*'''''[[Public Prosecutor (TV series)|Public Prosecutor]]'''''
*'''''[[The Talent Shop]]'''''
*'''''[[This is Music]]'''''

{{col-3}}
'''Not returning from [[1950–51 United States network television schedule|1950–51]]:'''
*''[[The Al Morgan Show]]''
*''[[The Armed Forces Hour]]''
*''[[Cavalcade of Bands (TV series)|Cavalcade of Bands]]''
*''[[Country Style (U.S. TV series)|Country Style]]''
*''[[DuMont Royal Theater]]''
*''[[The Hazel Scott Show]]''
*''[[Ladies Before Gentlemen]]''
*''[[Manhattan Spotlight]]''
*''[[The Most Important People]]''
*''[[Okay, Mother]]''
*''[[Once Upon a Tune]]''
*''[[Our Secret Weapon: The Truth]]''
*''[[Rhythm Rodeo]]''
*''[[Saturday Night at the Garden]]''
*''[[The Susan Raye Show]]''
*''Visit with Armed Forces''
*''[[With This Ring (TV series)|With This Ring]]''
*''Wrestling from Columbia Park Arena''
{{col-end}}

===[[NBC]]===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''Returning Series'''
*''[[The Aldrich Family]]''
*''[[All-Star Revue]]''
*''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]''
*''[[The Big Story (radio/TV)|The Big Story]]''
*''[[Blind Date (American game show)|Blind Date]]''
*''[[Break the Bank (1945 game show)|Break the Bank]]''
*''[[Camel News Caravan]]''
*''[[Cameo Theatre]]''
*''[[Candid Camera]]''
*''[[Colgate Comedy Hour]]''
*''[[Duffy's Tavern]]''
*''[[Fireside Theatre]]''
*''[[Ford Festival]]''
*''[[The Freddy Martin Show]]''
*''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]''
*''[[Goodyear Television Playhouse]]''
*''Greatest Fights of the Century''
*''[[The Halls of Ivy]]''
*''[[The Kate Smith Evening Hour]]''
*''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]''
*''[[Leave It to the Girls]]''
*''[[Lights Out (1949-1952 TV series)|Lights Out]]''
*''[[The Little Show]]''
*''[[Martin Kane, Private Eye]]''
*''The Mohawk Showroom''
*''[[Paul Winchell|The Paul Winchell Show]]''
*''[[One Man's Family]]''
*''[[The Original Amateur Hour]]''
*''[[Philco Television Playhouse]]''
*''[[Quiz Kids]]''
*''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]''
*''[[Somerset Maugham TV Theatre]]''
*''[[Texaco Star Theater]]''
*''[[Treasury Men in Action]]'' (moved from [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]])
*''[[The Voice of Firestone]]''
*''[[Watch Mr. Wizard]]''
*''[[Wayne King]]''
*''[[We the People (American TV series)|We, the People]]''
*''[[Who Said That?]]''
*''[[You Bet Your Life]]''
*''[[Your Hit Parade]]''
*''[[Your Show of Shows]]''
*''[[Your Story Theatre]]''

{{col-3}}
'''New Series'''
*'''''American Youth Forum'''''
*'''''[[The Big Payoff]]''''' *
*'''''[[The Bill Goodwin Show]]'''''
*'''''[[Bob and Ray]]''''' *
*'''''[[Boss Lady]]''''' *
*'''''Chesterfield Sound-off Time'''''
*'''''[[Claudia (American TV series)|Claudia]]''''' *
*'''''[[The Dinah Shore Show]]'''''
*'''''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]''''' *
*'''''[[Ford Festival]]''''' *
*'''''[[Gangbusters]]''''' *
*'''''[[Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt]]'''''
*'''''[[The Kate Smith Evening Hour]]'''''
*'''''[[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]'''''
*'''''[[Public Prosecutor (TV series)|Public Prosecutor]]'''''
*'''''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'''''
*'''''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]'''''
*'''''Summer Stock Theatre''''' *
*'''''[[Young Mr. Bobbin]]'''''
*'''''[[Your Prize Story]]''''' *

{{col-3}}
'''Not returning from [[1950–51 United States network television schedule|1950–51]]:'''
*''[[Versatile Varieties|Bonny Maid Versatile Varieties]]''
*''[[Garroway at Large]]''
*''Greatest Fights of the Century''
*''[[The Hank McCune Show]]''
*''[[Hawkins Falls]]''
*''[[Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt]]''
*''[[Jack Carter (comedian)|The Jack Carter Show]]''
*''[[Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge]]''
*''The Mohawk Showroom''
*''[[Saturday Roundup]]''
*''[[Screen Directors Playhouse]]''
*''[[Seven at Eleven]]''
*''[[Short Story Playhouse]]''
*''The Speidel Show''
*''[[The Straw Hat Matinee]]''
*''[[Tag the Gag]]''
*''[[Take a Chance (American game show)|Take a Chance]]''
*''[[Wayne King|The Wayne King Show]]''
{{col-end}}

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* McNeil, Alex. ''Total Television''. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. {{ISBN|0-14-024916-8}}.
* Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. {{ISBN|0-345-31864-1}}.

==External links==
* [https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/52-OCR/BC-1952-05-05-OCR-Page-0070.pdf]
* [https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/52-OCR/BC-1952-05-05-OCR-Page-0071.pdf]

{{US TV schedule}}

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