1950 in American television
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| 1949–50 United States network television schedule |
| 1950–51 United States network television schedule |
| List of American television programs currently in production |
This is a list of American television-related events in 1950.
Events[edit]
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| May | The television production company Desilu Productions was founded by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. | |
| October 10 | CBS' color television system is approved by the Federal Communications Commission. This approval goes in effect on November 20. |
Other information[edit]
One million American households were reported to own a television set in 1950.
Television programs[edit]
Debuts[edit]
| Date | Debut | Network | Notes/Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Abe Burrows' Almanac | CBS | |
| January 7 | The Ken Murray Show | CBS | |
| January 7[1] | Rocky King, Detective | DuMont Television Network | |
| January 30 | Robert Montgomery Presents | NBC | |
| February 2 | What's My Line? | CBS | |
| February 25 | Your Show of Shows | NBC | |
| March 9 | Space Patrol | ABC | |
| March 23 | Beat the Clock | CBS | |
| April 6 | The Alan Young Show | CBS | |
| April 15[2][3] | Buck Rogers | ABC | |
| June 6[4] | Armstrong Circle Theatre | NBC | |
| June 17 | Hawkins Falls | NBC | |
| July 3 | The Hazel Scott Show | DuMont | |
| July 7 | Detective's Wife | CBS | |
| July 10 | Your Hit Parade | NBC | Migrated from radio |
| July 11[5] | The Web | CBS | |
| July 23[6] | The Gene Autry Show | CBS | |
| August 1[7] | Crusader Rabbit | First-run Syndication | |
| September 5 | The Cisco Kid | First-run Syndication | |
| September 6 | Stars Over Hollywood | NBC | First television series produced by Revue Productions |
| September 7 | Truth or Consequences | CBS | Migrated from radio |
| September 10 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | NBC | |
| September 11[8] | The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican | ABC | |
| September 11 | Dick Tracy | ABC | |
| September 11[9] | Treasury Men in Action | ABC | |
| September 18 | The Speidel Show | NBC | Later retitled The Paul Winchell Show |
| September 21 [10] | The Nash Airflyte Theater | CBS | |
| September 26[11] | Danger | CBS | |
| October 2[12] | Lux Video Theatre | CBS | |
| October 2 | Tom Corbett, Space Cadet | CBS | |
| October 3 | Beulah | ABC | |
| October 3[13] | The Billy Rose Show | ABC | |
| October 4[14] | Four Star Revue | NBC | |
| October 4 | You Bet Your Life | NBC | Migration from radio |
| October 5 | Big Town | CBS | Migration from radio |
| October 6 | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | ABC | |
| October 7 | The Frank Sinatra Show | CBS | |
| October 10[15][16] | Prudential Family Playhouse | CBS | |
| October 12 [17]: 280–281 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | CBS | Migration from radio |
| October 15[18] | The Gabby Hayes Show | NBC | |
| October 18[19] | Somerset Maugham TV Theatre | CBS | |
| October 19 | The Adventures of Ellery Queen | DuMont Television Network | |
| October 21 | The Stu Erwin Show | ABC | |
| October 28[20] | The Jack Benny Program | CBS | Migration from radio |
| December 4 | The First Hundred Years | CBS | |
| December 10 | The Bigelow Theatre | CBS | |
| December 29 | You Asked for It | DuMont Television Network | |
| April | Adventure Playhouse | Dumont Television Network | |
| April | Screen Mystery | Dumont Television Network | |
| April 9 | Starlit Time | Dumont Television Network | |
| August 27 | Hold That Camera | Dumont Television Network | |
| August 6 | Rhythm Rodeo | Dumont Television Network | |
| January 17 | Cavalcade of Bands | Dumont Television Network | |
| January 28 | Dinner Date | Dumont Television Network | |
| July 29 | Country Style | Dumont Television Network | |
| July 4 | The Joan Edwards Show | Dumont Television Network | |
| June 27 | Time for Reflection | Dumont Television Network | |
| March 19 | Windy City Jamboree | Dumont Television Network | |
| May | Frontier Theatre | Dumont Television Network | |
| November 4 | Your Story Theatre | Dumont Television Network | |
| October | Eloise Salutes the Stars | Dumont Television Network | |
| October 18 | The Most Important People | Dumont Television Network | |
| October 2 | The Susan Raye Show | Dumont Television Network | |
| October 22 | Our Secret Weapon: The Truth | Dumont Television Network | |
| October 7 | Saturday Night at the Garden | Dumont Television Network | |
| September 2 | Star Time | Dumont Television Network | |
| The Twinkle in Your Eye | Dumont Television Network | ||
| Chez Paree Revue | Dumont Television Network |
Change in Network Affiliation[edit]
| Show | Moved from | Moved to |
|---|---|---|
| The Arthur Murray Party | ABC | Dumont |
| The Johns Hopkins Science Review | CBS | Dumont |
| The Bigelow Theatre | CBS | Dumont |
Ending this year[edit]
| Date | Show | Network | Debut | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 11 | Mary Kay and Johnny | NBC | 1947 | Series began on DuMont |
| March 29 | Abe Burrows' Almanac | CBS | January 4, 1950 | |
| June 23 | Actors Studio | CBS | September 26, 1948 | |
| September 29 | Detective's Wife | CBS | July 7, 1950 | |
| Unknown date | Cartoon Teletales | ABC | 1948 | |
| You Are an Artist | NBC | May 13, 1946 |
Television stations[edit]
Station launches[edit]
| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 15 | San Antonio, Texas | KEYL | 5 | CBS (primary) DuMont/Paramount/ABC (secondary) |
[21] |
| Syracuse, New York | WSYR-TV | 3 | NBC | ||
| February 21 | Ames/Des Moines, Iowa | WOI-TV | 5 | CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) |
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| March 27 | Louisville, Kentucky | WHAS-TV | 9 (now 11) |
CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) |
[22] |
| April 2 | Norfolk, Virginia | WTAR-TV | 3 | NBC (primary) ABC/DuMont (secondary) |
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| May 1 | Lansing, Michigan | WJIM-TV | 6 | CBS (primary) NBC/ABC/DuMont (secondary) |
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| June 1 | Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids, Michigan | WKZO-TV | 3 | ||
| July 1 | Rock Island/Moline, Illinois Bettendorf/Davenport, Iowa |
WHBF-TV | 4 | CBS (primary) NBC/DuMont (secondary) |
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| September 30 | Nashville, Tennessee | WSM-TV | 4 | NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary) |
Network affiliation changes[edit]
| Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown date | Dallas, Texas | KBTV | 8 | DuMont | NBC |
Births[edit]
Deaths[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 – Present (Seventh Edition), Ballantine Books, 1999, page 866.
- ^ Garyn G. Roberts, in Ray B. Browne and Pat Browne (.ed) The Guide To United States Popular Culture. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2001. ISBN 0879728213 (p.120)
- ^ "Buck Rogers -". Buck Rogers. Archived from the original on February 4, 2005. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. pp. 56–57. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1286. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 189–192. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
- ^ "Debunking The Myths: Crusader Rabbit and Walt Disney" Cartoon Research
- ^ "Paddy the Pelican". TV Acres. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ^ "Debuts, Highlights, Changes (Continued)". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. September 10, 1950. p. 2. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 20. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 196. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ Lux Video Theatre (PDF). Radio-TV Mirror. October 1951. pp. 46–49. Retrieved 29 January 2012. (PDF)
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 147. ISBN 9780307483201. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Four Star/All Star Revue". www.classictvinfo.com. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ Kear, Lynn; Rossman, John (2008). The Complete Kay Francis Career Record: All Film, Stage, Radio and Television Appearances. McFarland. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-786-43198-4.
- ^ "CBS-TV Drama Folds, Licked By M. Berle". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 24, 1951. p. 4. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Ninth ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 526. ISBN 978-0-3074-8320-1. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
- ^ Wilborn Hampton, Horton Foote: America’s Storyteller, page 106 - 107, Free Press, 2009
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1269. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ Green, David B. (2014-10-28). "This Day in Jewish History // 1950: Jack Benny Takes Act to TV, Grumbling All the Way". Haaretz.
- ^ "Hollywood shows on KEYL". San Antonio Light. February 19, 1950. p. 54.
- ^ "WHAS-TV bows; second Louisville outlet." Broadcasting – Telecasting. March 27, 1950, pg. 68.