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These are the late night schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1951. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
Talk/variety shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white.
After August 24, 1951, the late night time slot was no longer programmed on Monday-Friday. However NBC created Dagmar’s Canteen in March 1952, which aired on Saturdays; It would last only a few months.
| 11:00 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | ||
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| NBC | Mary Kay's Nightcap | local programming or sign-off | |||||||||||||
| DMN | Fall | local programming or sign-off | |||||||||||||
| May | Monodrama Theater | local programming or sign-off | |||||||||||||
| 11:00 PM | 11:30 PM | 12:00 AM | 12:30 AM | 1:00 AM | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM | 3:00 AM | 3:30 AM | 4:00 AM | 4:30 PM | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AM | ||
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| NBC | Fall | local programming or sign-off | |||||||||||||
| Spring | local programming | 12:15 AM – 12:45 AM: Dagmar's Canteen | local programming or sign-off | ||||||||||||
| Summer | local programming or sign-off | ||||||||||||||
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