My memories of television only go back to late 1958-early 1959, and Godfrey was still around but I never paid attention to him, and I am pretty sure my parents didn't care for him much. I do, however, remember my mom regularly watching Tennessee Ernie Ford and Art Linkletter during the daytime.
The real - albeit often unintentional - entertainment during the daytime for many years was the local programming from the shoestring television operation which was the only channel that really came in clearly all the time.
Mr. niteowl77
The DFW area had Mr. Peppermint and Icky Twerp for the local children’s broadcasting...along with Julie Bennell for the adult female viewers. The male adults back then were, working and not an audience during the weekdays...that was the fifties when most had a job to go to.