1959 in television

none 1959 television radio film music The year 1959 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1959. __TOC__ Events January 15 – Tyne Tees Television, the Independent Television (ITV) franchise for North East England, begins broadcasting. February 1 – The earliest known interracial kiss on television occurs during a live performance of the play Hot Summer Night, broadcast on the British ABC program Armchair Theatre on the ITV network. The kiss is between Andrée Melly and Lloyd Reckord, the latter of whom would be featured in another early televised interracial kiss three years later in the play You in Your Small Corner. February 1 – Nihon Educational Television begins operating to the Kanto region of Japan, operating as a for-profit educational television station for its first year. March 1 – Fuji Television commences its regular operations in Japan.Fuji Television#History of Fuji TV Retrieved January 13, 2017. April 6 – KYW-TV in Cleveland, Ohio (later WKYC) becomes the first station to use the Eyewitness News name.L.A. station celebrates 50 years of 'Eyewitness News' https://www.newscaststudio.com/2019/03/12/eyewitness-news-kabc-50/?og=1 2021-10-23 NewscastStudio en-US May 13 – TV Continental signs on in Rio de Janeiro. It became the first station in Brazil to implement a videotape system six months later.Murilo Taitana TV Continental http://www.fgv.br/Cpdoc/Acervo/dicionarios/verbete-tematico/tv-continental CPDOC pt-br May 28 – Initiation of Lebanon's first television station, Télé Liban. July 13–17 – The Hate That Hate Produced, a documentary on Black nationalism in the United States, airs on WNTA-TV. July 24 – The Kitchen Debate occurs in Moscow, recorded on color videotape. August 10 – HCJB-TV, the first television station in Ecuador, starts a regular broadcasting service in Quito. The station was later sold to private interests and is now Teleamazonas.1959 - HCJB Television - The Window of the Andes https://reachbeyond.org/our-history/1959-hcjb-tv-the-window-of-the-andes 28 February 2024 Reach Beyond https://web.archive.org/web/20221202221807/https://reachbeyond.org/our-history/1959-hcjb-tv-the-window-of-the-andes 2 December 2022 bot: unknown August 21 – The Catholic University of Chile begins broadcasting a partial service over Channel 2, the first TV station in Santiago, Chile. October 16 – OBXY-TV, predecessor of Panamericana Television, Peru, starts the first regular official broadcasting service in Lima.Panamericana Televisión#History Retrieved January 13, 2017. October 22 – Take a Good Look, an innovative comedy series created by Ernie Kovacs, premieres on ABC in the United States. October 27 – Anglia Television, the ITV franchise for Eastern England, begins broadcasting. October 31 – Ulster Television, the ITV franchise for Northern Ireland, begins broadcasting.http://www.utvmedia.com/pages/About-UTV/History History UTV Media 7 April 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130518060946/http://www.utvmedia.com/pages/about-utv/history 18 May 2013 October 31 – Western Nigeria Television (later known as Nigerian Television Authority) is launched in Nigeria, making it the first country to introduce television in Africa.Television broadcasting in Africa: Pioneering milestones 10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735315 21817115 2010 Second Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Communications 2010 Nwulu Nnamdi I. Adekanbi Adeyemi Oranugo Tochukwu Adewale Yemi 1–6 978-1-4244-7450-9 . November 22 – Sandmännchen, a children's bedtime stop motion series, premieres on East German television channel Deutscher Fernsehfunk. The series will continue airing on Rundfunk Berlin–Brandenburg into the 2000s, making it the longest-running animated television series in history with the greatest episode count for a single series. November 29 – The Grammy Awards are first televised as part of NBC's Sunday Showcase. December 26 – BNT 1, a member of Bulgarian National Television, the first television station in Bulgaria, starts a regular official broadcasting service in Sofia.1 (Bulgarian language) Retrieved January 6, 2017 Programs/programmes Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962) American Bandstand (1952–1989) Armchair Theatre (UK) (1956–1968) As the World Turns (1956–2010) Blue Peter (UK) (1958–present) Bozo the Clown (1949–2001) Candid Camera (1948–present) Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984) Cheyenne (1955–1962) Come Dancing (UK) (1949–1995) Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955–1976) Face the Nation (1954–present) General Motors Presents (Can) (1953–1956, 1958–1961) Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946–1960) Grandstand (UK) (1958–2007) Gunsmoke (1955–1975) Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present) Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1962) Have Gun – Will Travel (1957–1963) Howdy Doody (1947–1960) I Love Lucy (1951–1960) Jubilee USA (1955–1960) KPIX Dance Party (1959–1963) Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963) Love of Life (1951–1980) Man with a Camera (1959–1960) Meet the Press (1947–present) Men Into Space (1959–1960) Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956–1978) Panorama (UK) (1953–present) Perry Mason (1957–1966) Peter Gunn (1958–1961) Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986) Take a Good Look (1959–1961) The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966) The Army Game (UK) (1957–1961) The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1968) The Brighter Day (1954–1962) The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966) The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) The Edge of Night (1956–1984) The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford (1956–1961) The Gale Storm Show, Oh! Susanna (1956–1960) The Good Old Days (UK) (1953–1983) The Guiding Light (1952–2009) The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958–1962) The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965) The Lawrence Welk Show (1955–1982) The Milton Berle Show (1954–1967) The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (1957–1960) The Price Is Right (1956–1965) The Real McCoys (1957–1963) The Secret Storm (1954–1974) The Sky at Night (UK) (1957–present) The Steve Allen Show (1956–1960) The Texan (1958–1960) This Man Dawson (1959–1960) The Today Show (1952–present) The Tonight Show (1954–present) The Voice of Firestone (1949–1963) This Is Your Life (UK) (1955–2003) This Is Your Life (US) (1952–1961) Truth or Consequences (1950–1988) Walt Disney Presents (1958–1961) Wanted Dead or Alive (1958–1961) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960) What the Papers Say (UK) (1956–2008) What's My Line (1950–1967) Zoo Quest (UK) (1954–1964) Debuts January 9 – Rawhide, CBS (1959–1966) January 12 – The Bell Telephone Hour on NBC (1959–1968) February 4 – Face to Face on BBC Television (1959–1962) February 12 – As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me on West Germany's ARD (1959) February 16 – Emergency (1959) (Australia), one of the earliest Australian dramatic TV series April 4 Charlesworth on BBC Television (1959) Shell Presents (1959–1960) (Sydney and Melbourne Australia), Australian dramatic anthology series May 2 – Markham, featuring Ray Milland, on CBS (1959–1960) June 1 – Juke Box Jury on BBC Television (1959–1967, 1979, 1989–1990) September 11 – The Troubleshooters on NBC (1959–1960) September 12 – Bonanza on NBC, the first weekly television series broadcast completely in color (1959–1973) September 12 – The Man and the Challenge on NBC (1959–1960) September 15 – Laramie on NBC (1959–1963) September 20 – NBC Sunday Showcase on NBC (1959–1960) September 21 – Love and Marriage on NBC (1959–1960) September 30 – Men Into Space on CBS (1959–1960) October 2 – Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone debuts on CBS (1959–1964) October 4 Dennis the Menace on CBS (1959–1963) The Rebel on ABC (1959–1961) October 5 – Bourbon Street Beat on ABC (1959–1960) October 7 – Hawaiian Eye on ABC (1959–1963) October 15 - The Untouchables on ABC (1959–1963) November 19 - Rocky & His Friends on ABC (1959–61) Unknown date Adelaide Tonight – 1959–1973 (Adelaide, Australia) Bandwagon (1959–1960) (Melbourne, Australia, on HSV-7) The Bert Newton Show (1959–1960) (Melbourne, Australia, on GTV-9) The Bobby Limb Show (1959–1964) (Australia) (title changed in 1961 to The Mobil-Limb Show) Club Seven (1959–1961) (Melbourne, Australia) The Quick Draw McGraw Show in syndication (1959–1962) Tales of the Riverbank (1959–1963). This Man Dawson in syndication (1959–1960) Ending this year Date Show Debut January 13 Confession 1958 January 23 Our Mutual Friend January 26 Quatermass and the Pit April 9 Behind Closed Doors April 24 Your Hit Parade 1950 June 22 The Restless Gun 1957 June 25 Dragnet 1951 The Mickey Mouse Club 1955 State Trooper 1956 September 28 Polka Go-Round 1958 Unknown This Is Alice 1958 Births Date Name Notability January 5 Clancy Brown Actor (SpongeBob SquarePants, Superman: The Animated Series, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.) January 21 Bob Boden American producer January 22 Linda Blair American actress January 27 Cris Collinsworth American sports broadcaster Keith Olbermann American sports and political commentator January 31 Anthony LaPaglia Australian actor (Without a Trace) Kelly Lynch Actress February 3 Fredric Lehne Actor (Mancuso, F.B.I.) February 11 Bradley Cole Actor (Guiding Light) February 12 Larry Nance NBA basketball player February 15 Joseph R. Gannascoli American actor February 18 Jayne Atkinson English-American actress (24) February 22 Kyle MacLachlan Actor (Twin Peaks, Desperate Housewives) February 24 Beth Broderick Actress (The 5 Mrs. Buchanans, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) February 26 Rolando Blackman NBA basketball player March 5 Talia Balsam Actress March 6 Tom Arnold Actor and comedian (The Best Damn Sports Show Period) March 7 Donna Murphy Actress and singerMarch 8 Lester Holt Journalist and news anchor Aidan Quinn Actor March 9 Tom Amandes Actor (Everwood) Kato Kaelin Actor and TV personalityMoy Kristina 2024-04-11 Where is Kato Kaelin now? Here's what we know https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/where-is-kato-kaelin-now-a-look-at-where-the-o-j-simpson-witness-is-today 2024-05-30 FOX 13 Seattle en-US March 14 Tamara Tunie Actress (As the World Turns, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) March 16 Flavor Flav RapperMarch 20StingPro wrestler2024-09-02 sting https://www.thesportster.com/tag/sting/ 2024-11-08 TheSportster en March 22 Stephen Lambert English television producerApril 3 David Hyde Pierce Actor (Frasier, The Powers That Be) Amy Morton Actress April 4 Phil Morris Actor (Smallville, The Secret Saturdays, Legion of Super Heroes)April 15 Emma Thompson English actress Thomas F. Wilson Actor (SpongeBob SquarePants, Tales of Arcadia, Back to the Future) April 17 Sean Bean English actor (Sharpe, Game of Thrones) April 22 Ryan Stiles Actor (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) April 23 Dan Frischman Actor (Head of the Class) April 24 Paula Yates English television presenter (died 2000) May 3 Ben Elton English comedian and writer (Blackadder) May 5 Brian Williams Journalist May 7 Michael E. Knight Actor (All My Children) May 10 Victoria Rowell Actress (The Young and the Restless, Diagnosis: Murder) May 13 Jerry Butler American actor May 17 Jim Nantz American sportscaster May 20 Bronson Pinchot Actor (Balki Bartokomous on Perfect Strangers) May 29 Rupert Everett English actor June 1 Eli Gabay Actor June 2 Kevin Newman Journalist June 6 Neal H. Moritz Film producer June 7 Mike Pence Politician June 10 Tim Van Patten Director June 11 Hugh Laurie English actor (Jeeves and Wooster, House) June 12 Marty Griffin Journalist June 15 Eileen Davidson Actress (Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills)June 16The Ultimate WarriorPro wrestler (died 2014)2021-06-07 Ultimate Warrior - Death, Career & Facts https://www.biography.com/athletes/ultimate-warrior 2025-07-26 Biography en-US June 21 Tom Chambers NBA basketball player June 24 Dan Gilroy Screenwriter June 26 Mark McKinney Actor and comedian (The Kids in the Hall, Superstore) June 27 Janusz Kamiński Director June 30 Vincent D'Onofrio Actor (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) July 1 Phyllis Cicero American actress (Barney & Friends) (died 2021) July 3 David Shore Canadian television writer July 7 Billy Campbell Actor (Once and Again, The 4400, The Rocketeer) July 8 Robert Knepper Actor (Prison Break, Heroes)July 9Kevin NashPro wrestler2024-09-01 Kevin Nash https://www.thesportster.com/tag/kevin-nash/ 2024-10-01 TheSportster en July 12 Charlie Murphy Actor and comedian (died 2017) July 16 Bob Joles Actor (Big City Greens, SpongeBob SquarePants, Spider-Man) July 24 Shawn Weatherly Actress July 25 Geoffrey Zakarian American chef, restaurateur, television personality and author July 26 Kevin Spacey Actor (Wiseguy, House of Cards) Tom McGowan Actor (Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, The War at Home) August 2 Victoria Jackson Actress (Saturday Night Live) August 3 John C. McGinley Actor (Scrubs, DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders, Justice League Unlimited) August 5 Mark Cendrowski Director August 10 Rosanna Arquette Actress August 13 Danny Bonaduce Actor (The Partridge Family) August 14 Marcia Gay Harden Actress (Pollock, Code Black) Magic Johnson NBA basketball player August 17 Derek McGinty American news anchor August 18 June Angela Actress (The Electric Company) August 19 Pamela Fryman Director August 28 Arthur Holden Actor September 5 Rickey Minor Bass player September 11 John Hawkes Actor (Deadwood, Eastbound & Down) September 13 Chris Hansen Television journalist (Dateline NBC) September 14 Mary Crosby Actress (Dallas) Anthony Asbury Actor September 15 Kevin Allen Actor September 19 Carolyn McCormick Actress (Law & Order) September 21 Dave Coulier Actor (Joey Gladstone on Full House) September 23 Jason Alexander Actor (Seinfeld, Hit the Road, Duckman) September 27 Stephen Caffrey Actor (Tour of Duty) September 28 Steve Hytner Actor September 30 Debrah Farentino Actress October 3 Jack Wagner Actor (The Bold and the Beautiful) Greg Proops Actor October 7 Simon Cowell English television personality Dylan Baker Actor October 8 Nick Bakay Actor (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Angry Beavers) October 10 Julia Sweeney Actress (Saturday Night Live) Bradley Whitford Actor (The West Wing) October 13 Marie Osmond Actress and singer (Donny & Marie) October 17 Norm Macdonald Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Mike Tyson Mysteries) (died 2021) October 23 "Weird Al" Yankovic Music parodist and actor (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Adventure Time, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!) Nancy Grace American anchor October 26 François Chau American-Cambodian actor (Lost) November 10 Mackenzie Phillips Actress (One Day at a Time) November 12 Vincent Irizarry Soap opera actor November 14 Paul Attanasio American screenwriter November 19 Allison Janney Actress (The West Wing, Mom) November 26 Jamie Rose Actress (Falcon Crest) November 28 Judd Nelson Actor (Suddenly Susan, Ben 10: Omniverse) December 5 Connie Needham Actress (Eight is Enough) December 6 Tom Foreman Canadian television writer December 9 Terry Moran American journalist Pat Battle American journalist December 10 Mark Aguirre NBA basketball player Burke Moses Actor December 13 Johnny Whitaker Actor (Family Affair) December 16 Alison La PlacaAlison La Placa https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0478844/ The Internet Movie Database IMDb.com, Inc. 7 April 2015 Alison La Placa Actress (Duet, Open House) December 29 Mark Madden American sports talk show host December 30 Tracey Ullman Actress, comedian (The Tracey Ullman Show) December 31 Val Kilmer Actor (died 2025) Deaths February 3 – Beulah Zachary, American director and producer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie) (born 1911) June 16 – George Reeves, American actor (born 1914) Television debuts Peter Bowles – Dial 999 Veronica Cartwright – Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Seymour Cassel – Naked City Robert Duvall – Armstrong Circle Theatre Julian Glover – A Midsummer Night's Dream Ron Howard – Playhouse 90 Jill Ireland – The Voodoo Factor Sally Kellerman – Playhouse 90 Telly Savalas – NBC Sunday Showcase George Takei – Playhouse 90 References 1959