1951 in American television

none 1951 This is a list of American television-related events in 1951. Events Date Event Ref. March 22 RCA introduces an eight-pound (3.6 kg) monochrome television camera with a 53-pound (24 kg) backpack transmitter, both operated by batteries. It is the first portable television camera. May 28 The Federal Communications Commission's approval of the Columbia Broadcasting System's color television system is upheld by the United States Supreme Court. June 25 CBS presents its first commercial color telecast, featuring Arthur Godfrey, Ed Sullivan, and Faye Emerson. August 11 A double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves becomes the first baseball game to be televised in color. September 4 The first live transcontinental television broadcast occurs in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. September 29 CBS presents the first American football game to be presented in color, a college game between the University of California Bears and the University of Pennsylvania Quakers, taking place in Philadelphia NBC broadcasts the first live sporting event coast-to-coast, in all time zones. It was a college football game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the University of Pittsburgh Panthers. October 3 The first-ever color telecast of a World Series baseball game. October 20 CBS debuts its trademark eye logo. November 11 Bing Crosby Enterprises demonstrates black-and-white video recording through using a modified Ampex tape recorder. December 6 The National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (NARTB) establishes the Television Code, a set of ethical standards for television broadcasting in the public interest. It would be abolished in January 1983. Television History – The First 75 Years: Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters https://web.archive.org/web/20021005082554/http://www.tvhistory.tv/SEAL-Good-Practice.htm 2002-10-05 December 23 The 1951 NFL Championship Game becomes the first professional football game ever to be telecast on a live, coast-to-coast basis on the DuMont Television Network. DuMont purchased the rights to broadcast the championship game for the next five years. The game resulted in the Los Angeles Rams winning their second pre-Super Bowl era NFL championship by defeating the Cleveland Browns, 24-17. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TQEqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dCMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2618%2C3124769 Milwaukee Journal DuMont buys rights to pro title contest May 22, 1951 6, part 2 Pro Football and DuMont Sign a $475,000 TV Pact May 22, 1951 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/05/22/89441682.pdf The New York Times November 23, 2022 Television programs Debuts Date Debut Network Notes/Ref. January 8 Say It with Acting NBC January 21 With This Ring DuMont February"Brewers Ogle TV As Spring Nears", Billboard, February 24, 1951, p. 6. Public Prosecutor NBC February 3McNeil Alex Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 884 4th The Victor Borge Show NBC February 28 Ladies Before Gentlemen DuMont March 3 http://www.museum.tv/eotv/watchmrwiz.htm Watch Mr. Wizard at Encyclopedia of Television November 20, 2022 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054713/http://www.museum.tv/eotv/watchmrwiz.htm deadhttp://www.mrwizardstudios.com/watchmrwizardtvshow.htm Watch Mr. Wizard 2012-05-24 2004 Mr. Wizard Studios, Inc. Watch Mr. Wizard NBC March 6 Once Upon a Tune DuMont March 12Erickson Hal Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers, and the Courtroom, 1948-2008 2009 McFarland 9780786438280 189 en Miss Susan NBC Later retitled as Martinsville, U.S.A. March 23 Beat the Clock CBS April 5 The Range Rider First-run syndication April 7 Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers DuMont April 12 DuMont Royal Theater DuMont April 15Woolery George W. Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series 1985 The Scarecrow Press 0-8108-1651-2 34–37 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok First-run syndication April 15 Music From Chicago DuMont April 19 Casey, Crime Photographer CBS April 29 Not for Publication DuMont May 2 Stage Entrance DuMont May 6 Pentagon DuMontMay 7 Jacqueline Susann's Open Door DuMont Strike It Rich CBS May 11 The Lawrence Welk Show KTLA May 22 Washington Report DuMontMay 30 Down You Go DuMont International Playhouse DuMont June At Home With Billie Burke DuMont June 2McNeil Alex Total Television 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 199 4th A Date with Judy ABC June 6 Shadow of the Cloak DuMont June 7 Racket Squad CBS June 15Tim Brooks Earle Marsh The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows Ballantine Books 1992 0-345-37792-3 Midwestern Hayride NBC June 25 What's the Story? DuMont June 28https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jncxAAAAIBAJ&pg=3569,1199892&dq=freeman+gosden&hl=en Amos And Andy Name Subs For Television Roles 18 June 1951 St. Petersburg Times 11 October 2010https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GOlfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3025,279844&dq=lillian+randolph&hl=en 'Amos 'n' Andy' Characters Use Satire, Not Comedy 18 August 1951 Baltimore Afro-American 17 March 2011 The Amos 'n Andy Show CBS July 3 Georgetown University Forum DuMont July 6Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 0-345-25525-9. P. 213. Front Page Detective DuMont July 13Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present 2009 Random House Publishing Group 978-0-307-48320-1 623 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Hollywood+Opening+Night%22+NBC&pg=PA623 January 31, 2022 en Hollywood Opening Night CBS August 3 The Ad-Libbers CBS August 3 Tales of Tomorrow ABC August 11The Adventures of Kit Carson Season 1 Episodes https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-adventures-of-kit-carson/episodes-season-1/1030220743/ 2021-05-06 TVGuide.com en The Adventures of Kit Carson First-run syndication August 27 The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong DuMont September Boston Blackie First-run syndication September 1 Kids and Company DuMont September 3Schemering Christopher The Soap Opera Encyclopedia 1987 Ballantine Books 0-345-35344-7 2nd 200–212 Search for Tomorrow CBS September 6 Crawford Mystery Theatre DuMont September 6 News Gal DuMont September 6 NFL on DuMont DuMont September 6 Take the Break DuMont September 16Brooks Tim Tim Brooks (historian) Marsh Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present Ballantine Books 2007 932 978-0-345-49773-4 New York https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC May 28, 2021McNeil Alex Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present New York Penguin Books 763 0-14-02-4916-8 1996 https://books.google.com/books?id=dctkAAAAMAAJ May 28, 2021 Sky King NBC September 24Schemering Christopher The Soap Opera Encyclopedia 1987 Ballantine Books 0-345-35344-7 2nd 151–156 Love of Life CBS September 30https://books.google.com/books?id=Ah8EAAAAMBAJ&q=red+skelton&pg=PA6 Skelton To Air Live as TVA Waives 60-Day Kine Limit 16 June 1951 Billboard 28 May 2011https://books.google.com/books?id=rFQEAAAAMBAJ&q=red+skelton&pg=PA71 Rubber Face on TV 22 October 1951 Life 21 May 2011https://books.google.com/books?id=XB8EAAAAMBAJ&q=red+skelton&pg=PA5 Skelton, P& G Stew Boiling 22 November 1952 Billboard 28 May 2011https://books.google.com/books?id=Cg0EAAAAMBAJ&q=red+skelton+procter&pg=PA7 Craig Resigns as B&B Veepee For Radio-TV/Skelton Plans Variety Format 30 May 1953 Billboard 28 May 2011 The Red Skelton Show NBC October 2 Cosmopolitan Theatre DuMont October 3Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present 2009 Random House Publishing Group 9780307483201 228 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Celanese+Theatre%22&pg=PA228 2 December 2017 en Celanese Theatre ABC October 5 ABC Mystery Theater ABC October 5 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars CBS October 9 Keep Posted DuMont October 11 Football This Week DuMont October 13 The Talent Shop DuMont October 14 Goodyear Television Playhouse NBC October 15 I Love Lucy CBS October 18 Foreign Intrigue First-run syndication October 28Brooks Tim Marsh Earle The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present 1999 The Ballentine Publishing Group New York 0-345-42923-0 770 7th Out There CBS November 3 City Hospital ABC November 18 See It Now CBS November 23Brooks Tim https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22RCA+Victor+Show%22+%22Dennis+Day%22&pg=PA1127 The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present Marsh Earle F. June 24, 2009 Random House Publishing Group 978-0-307-48320-1 1127 en June 23, 2022McNeil Alex Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. 0-14-02-4916-8 4th New York, New York 267 The RCA Victor Show NBC November 27 The Dinah Shore Show NBC November 29 This Is Music DuMont December 1 The Pet Shop DuMont December 5 The Name's the Same ABC December 14 Dragnet NBC December 24https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=Amahl+and+the+Night+Visitors+&p=1&item=T:62883 The Paley Center for Media - Hallmark Hall of Fame Amahl and the Night Visitors - Gian Carlo Minotti and Nicholas Magallanes on paleycenter.org 2018-05-29 2018-06-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143612/https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=Amahl+and+the+Night+Visitors+&p=1&item=T:62883 dead Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC December 30 The Roy Rogers Show NBC Changes of network affiliation Show Moved from Moved to Author Meets the Critics ABC NBC Candid Camera NBC First-run syndication Twenty QuestionsABCDumontPro Football HighlightsABCDumont Ending this year Date Show Network Debut Notes January 7 Rhythm Rodeo DuMont August 6, 1950 January 16 The Alan Dale Show DuMont 1948 January 19 Time for Reflection DuMont June 27, 1949 January 22 Visit with the Armed Forces DuMont July 3, 1950 January 30 Buck Rogers ABC April 15, 1950 March 11 With This Ring DuMont January 21, 1951 March 15 The Nash Airflyte Theater CBS September 21, 1950March 27 The Billy Rose Show ABC October 3, 1950 Prudential Family Playhouse CBS October 10, 1950 March 31 Saturday Night at the Garden DuMont October 7, 1950 April Eloise Salutes the Stars DuMont October 1950 April 3 Sure as Fate CBS July 4, 1950 April 7 Dick Tracy ABC September 11, 1950 April 17 Our Secret Weapon: The Truth DuMont October 22, 1950 April 20 Manhattan Spotlight DuMont January 17, 1949 May 2 Ladies Before Gentlemen DuMont February 28, 1951 May 15 Once Upon a Tune DuMont March 6, 1951 June 17 Music from Chicago DuMont April 15, 1951 June 23 Small Fry Club DuMont March 11, 1947 (with the title "Movies for Small Fry") June 23 Foodini the Great CBS August 23, 1948 June 26 Court of Current Issues DuMont February 9, 1948 June 29 Jacqueline Susann's Open Door DuMont May 7, 1951 June 30 The Victor Borge Show NBC February 3, 1951 July 6 Okay, Mother DuMont November 6, 1948 (on WABD) July 18 Four Star Revue Unknown Unknown McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. 0-14-02-4916-8. August 9 The Al Morgan Show DuMont September 2, 1949 August 24 Broadway Open House NBC May 29, 1950 August 29 Stars Over Hollywood NBC September 6, 1950 August 31 The Ad-Libbers CBS August 3, 1951 September 25 Cavalcade of Bands DuMont January 17, 1950 September 27 Crawford Mystery Theatre DuMont September 6, 1951 September 28 Club Seven ABC August 12, 1948 November 1 Washington Exclusive DuMont June 21, 1953 November 14 International Playhouse DuMont May 30, 1951 November 21 The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong DuMont August 27, 1951 November 23 Mohawk Showroom NBC May 2, 1949 December 6 Football This Week DuMont October 11, 1951 December 11 Hands of Murder DuMont August 24, 1949 December 10 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre CBSNBC October 18, 1950 December 25 Cosmopolitan Theatre DuMont October 2, 1951 December 27 The Bigelow Theatre CBSDuMont December 10, 1950 December 28 Miss Susan NBC March 12, 1951 Also known as Martinsville, U.S.A. Television stations Station launches Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. September 15 Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico (Brownsville/McAllen, Texas, USA) XELD-TV 7 CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) First Mexican-licensed television station meant to serve an American-based audience September 30 Atlanta, Georgia WLTV 11 ABC now WXIA-TV, an NBC affiliate. Network affiliation changes Date City of license/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref. January 1 Los Angeles, California KTSL 2 DuMont CBS Now CBS O&O station KCBS-TV. Births 1951 in television#Births Deaths 1951 in television#Deaths References External links List of 1951 American television series at IMDb 1951 *