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The 1957 -- 58 United States network television schedule was for the period that began in September 1957 and ran through March 1958 .. 1957 in television. 1958 in television. As in previous seasons , both CBS and ABC continued to add Westerns to their schedule , filling prime time with as many `` oaters '' -LRB- as they were derisively called -RRB- as possible .. CBS. CBS. ABC. American Broadcasting Company. prime time. prime time. In addition to several returning Westerns which the network retained on its fall 1957 schedule , ABC 's new western series included Sugarfoot and Broken Arrow on Tuesday nights , Tombstone Territory on Wednesdays , Colt .45 on Fridays , and Maverick on Sundays .. 1957 in television. ABC. American Broadcasting Company. Sugarfoot. Sugarfoot. Broken Arrow. Broken Arrow ( TV series ). Tombstone Territory. Tombstone Territory. Colt .45. Colt .45 ( TV series ). Maverick. Maverick ( TV series ). ABC , third in the network Nielsen ratings , placed its new Western Maverick in a difficult time slot  : Sunday night against two hit series  : The Steve Allen Show on NBC , and The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS .. CBS. CBS. ABC. American Broadcasting Company. Maverick. Maverick ( TV series ). Nielsen ratings. Nielsen ratings. The Steve Allen Show. The Steve Allen Show. The Ed Sullivan Show. The Ed Sullivan Show. ABC aired Maverick a half-hour before the other two programs began ; the strategy was designed to `` hook the audience before it fell into its usual viewing habits '' .. ABC. American Broadcasting Company. Maverick. Maverick ( TV series ). NBC , late to the Western format , also began plugging Westerns into its fall schedule .. New NBC Western series debuting in the 1957 -- 58 season included Wagon Train , The Restless Gun , and The Californians -LRB- though one NBC executive insisted The Californians is not a Western but a drama set in California in the 1850s -RRB- .. 1957 in television. Wagon Train. Wagon Train. The Restless Gun. The Restless Gun. The Californians. The Californians ( TV series ). Another programming shift occurred at NBC  : the network 's flagship news program , The Huntley-Brinkley Report , moved to the 7 :15 PM weekday timeslot , for the first time going head to head against both ABC 's and CBS 's news programs .. CBS. CBS. ABC. American Broadcasting Company. The Huntley-Brinkley Report. The Huntley-Brinkley Report. The face-off between the three networks ' news programs would become the standard model for U.S. broadcast television ; the three networks still air their network news programs against one another .. 1958 saw a number of executive changes at the networks ; these presidential shifts would affect the network television schedules .. 1958 in television. Oliver Treyz became the president of ABC on February 17 , Louis Cowan became the president of CBS on March 12 , and NBC programmer Robert Kintner became the president of NBC on July 11 .. CBS. CBS. ABC. American Broadcasting Company. Oliver Treyz. Oliver Treyz. Louis Cowan. Louis Cowan. Robert Kintner. Robert Kintner. Dr. Allen B. DuMont resigned as chairman of the board of the DuMont Broadcasting Corporation on May 13 , and the name of the company was changed to Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation .. Allen B. DuMont. Allen B. DuMont. According to Castleman and Podrazik -LRB- 1982 -RRB- the final DuMont Network program , Monday Night Fights aired for the last time on August 4 , 1958 , carried on only five stations nationwide .. 1958 in television. Monday Night Fights. Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena. NBC 's Kraft Television Theatre , which had debuted in 1947 and was the oldest program still left on television , was cancelled in spring 1958 .. 1958 in television. Kraft Television Theatre. Kraft Television Theatre. It was the dawn of a new era in television ; producer David Susskind , who had produced KTT at the end , would call 1958 `` the year of the miserable drivel '' .. 1958 in television. David Susskind. David Susskind. New fall series are highlighted in bold .. Series ending are highlighted in italics. Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research .. Nielsen Media Research. Nielsen Media Research. 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 .