1958 in American television

none 1958 This is a list of American television-related events in 1958. Events Date Event Ref. August 15 Dotto, a pioneer in big-money quiz shows, becomes the first game show to be cancelled due to the probe in the quiz show scandals. This was due to a federal investigation that started with the allegation that a contestant of that program has been given answers in advance of the show's taping. Several other quiz shows were later canceled due to the investigation. October 17 Fred Astaire makes his television starring debut in An Evening with Fred Astaire, an NBC special that later won nine Emmy Awards, and is one of the first television specials to be preserved by means of videotape. September 16 Orson Welles's The Fountain of Youth is broadcast on NBC-TV's Colgate Theatre. Filmed in 1956 for a proposed Desilu series, the half-hour program airs only once and becomes the only unsold pilot ever to win a Peabody Award. Welles, Orson, and Peter Bogdanovich, edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum, This is Orson Welles. New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1992 0-06-016616-9424–425Adams, Val, "Peabody Awards for 1958 Listed". The New York Times, April 8, 1959.Arnaz, Desi. A Book. New York: William Morrow, 1976. 0-688-00342-7307 Other television-related events in 1958 Ampex demonstrates their design for a color video tape recorder. Television programs Debuts Date Debut Network January 4 Sea Hunt Broadcast syndication January 7 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Broadcast syndication January 12 Shirley Temple's Storybook NBC January 18 Young People's Concerts CBS February 10http://www.jppatches.com/58th-anniv-first-show/ 58th Anniversary of the First Show jppatches.com dead January 16, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135227/http://www.jppatches.com/58th-anniv-first-show/ September 13, 2017 J. P. Patches KIRO-TV February 10 Walt Disney Presents: Annette ABC February 15Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle (Edition 7 — 1997), The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946—Present, Random House Inc., page 537, 0-345-45542-8 The Dick Clark Show ABC MarchTim Brooks Tim Brooks (television historian) Earle Marsh The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present Ballantine Books New York Eighth 2003 Target (Dramatic Anthology) 1172 978-0-345-45542-0 Target Broadcast syndication April 25https://ctva.biz/US/Western/JeffersonDrum.htm Jefferson Drum ctva.biz December 22, 2012 Jefferson Drum NBCMay 8Jazz PartyDumont July 3Woolery 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 76–77 Buckskin NBC July 6 Decision NBC July 7 Frontier Justice CBS August 19 Colgate Theatre NBC August 25 Concentration NBC September 6DataBase The Big Cartoon The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole Episode Guide -Beverly Hills Prods https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/B/B-_Miscellany/Beverly_Hills_Productions/The_Adventures_of_Spunky_and_Tadpole/ Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 5 October 2019January 2024 medicmedic The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole Broadcast syndication September 6 Wanted Dead or Alive CBS September 14 Northwest Passage NBC September 22Snauffer Douglas Crime Television 2006 Greenwood Publishing Group 978-0-275-98807-4 22–24 https://books.google.com/books?id=PTRxMv8LQosC&q=%22Peter+Gunn%22&pg=PA27 1 May 2018 en Peter Gunn NBC September 23 Bronco ABC September 23https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910758/ The Ferris Wheel on Rescue 8, September 23, 1958 Internet Movie Database January 29, 2013 Rescue 8 Broadcast syndication September 24 The Donna Reed Show ABC September 26 Frontier Doctor Broadcast syndication September 27 Cimarron City NBC September 29Woolery George W. Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981 1983 Scarecrow Press 0-8108-1557-5 https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/144/mode/2up 14 March 2020 144–146 The Huckleberry Hound Show Broadcast syndication September 29 The Texan CBS September 30 Naked City ABC September 30 The Rifleman ABC October This Is Alice NTA Film Network October 1 Mackenzie's Raiders Broadcast syndication October 2McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 0 14 02 4916 8, p. 84.Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (Sixth Edition), New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, 0-345-39736-3, p. 88. Behind Closed Doors NBC October 2 Felix the Cat Broadcast syndication October 2Tipton Tribune, Sept. 29, 1958, p. 7 Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks Broadcast syndication October 2 The Rough Riders ABC October 2 Yancy Derringer CBS October 3Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present 24 June 2009 Random House Publishing Group 978-0-307-48320-1 823 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Lux+Video+Theatre%22&pg=PA823 November 4, 2021 en Lux Playhouse NBC October 5 Lawman ABC October 6 The Ann Sothern Show CBS October 6 Cannonball Broadcast syndication October 6 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse CBS October 8 Bat Masterson NBC October 8 Kraft Music Hall NBC October 10 77 Sunset Strip ABC October 10 Man with a Camera ABC October 21 The George Burns Show NBC October 22Brooks Tim Marsh Earle The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present 1999 The Ballentine Publishing Group New York 0-345-42923-0 833 7th Pursuit CBS November 4 Flight Broadcast syndication Ending this year Date Show Network Debut Notes January 1 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS December 6, 1948 January 3 Strike It Rich CBS May 7, 1951 January 29 Date with the Angels ABC May 10, 1957 March 7 Walt Disney Presents: Annette CBS February 10, 1958 March 25 The Eve Arden Show CBS September 17, 1957 April 1 Shower of Stars CBS September 30, 1954 April 1 Telephone Time ABC April 8, 1956 April 11 The Court of Last Resort NBC October 4, 1957 April 14 Love That Jill ABC January 20, 1958 April 28 Adventures of Superman Syndication September 19, 1952 May 5 Casey Jones Syndication October 8, 1957 May 22 Fireside Theatre NBC April 5, 1949 May 23 The Life of Riley NBC October 4, 1949 May 29 Boots and Saddles Syndication September 19, 1957 June 14 The Elgin Hour ABC October 5, 1954 June 24 Broken Arrow CBS September 25, 1956 June 26 Climax! CBS October 7, 1954 June 27 NBC Matinee Theater NBC October 31, 1955 June 27 The Frank Sinatra Show ABC October 18, 1957 July 2 Harbor Command Syndication October 11, 1957 July 7 Decoy Syndication October 14, 1957 July 7 See It Now CBS November 18, 1951 July 8 Mr. Adams and Eve CBS January 4, 1957 July 9 The Gray Ghost Syndication October 10, 1957 July 21 Suspicion NBC September 30, 1957 August 15 Dotto CBS (daytime) NBC (primetime) January 6, 1958 These programs were among several that were implicated in the quiz show scandals. August 29 The Adventures of Jim Bowie ABC September 7, 1956 September 7 The $64,000 Challenge CBS April 8, 1956 September 15 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS October 12, 1950 September 24 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ABC April 15, 1951 (on Syndication) September 25 Sergeant Preston of the Yukon CBS September 29, 1955 September 28 Decision NBC July 6, 1958 September 29 Studio One CBS November 7, 1948 October 7 Kraft Television Theatre NBC May 7, 1947 October 7 Colgate Theatre NBC August 19, 1958 October 16 Twenty-One NBC 1956 These programs were among several that were implicated in the quiz show scandals. November 2 The $64,000 Question CBS June 7, 1955 December 11 Jefferson Drum NBC April 25, 1958 December 25 Jazz Party WNTA-TV May 8, 1958 Unknown date Studio 57 Syndication September 21, 1954 (on DuMont) Unknown date The Big Story Syndication September 16, 1949 (on NBC) Unknown date The New Adventures of Charlie Chan Syndication June 1957 Networks and services Network launches Network Type Launch date Notes Source Badger Television Network Over-the-air regional January A three-station regional television network involving three ABC affiliated stations in Wisconsin, including in Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay, with Milwaukee's WISN-TV serving as the network's flagship. Dick Golembiewski (2008). Milwaukee Television History: The Analog Years. Marquette University Press. pp. 230-231. 0-87462-055-4 Network closures Network Type End date Notes Source Badger Television Network Over-the-air regional August 8 It ceased operations due to financial issues. Television stations Station launches Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References January 1 Helena, Montana KXLJ-TV 12 NBC Peoria, Illinois WMBD-TV 31 CBS January 6 San Juan, Puerto Rico WIPR-TV 6 NET January 20 Salt Lake City, Utah KUED 7 NET January 21 Rapid City, South Dakota KRSD-TV 3 NBC January 23 Minot, North Dakota KMOT-TV 10 NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) semi-satellite of KFYR-TV Bismarck February 1 Orlando, Florida WLOF-TV 9 ABC February 2 San Juan, Puerto Rico WSTE-TV 7 Independent February 8 Seattle, Washington KIRO-TV 7 CBS February 17 Atlanta, Georgia WETV 30 NET March 3 Oakland/San Francisco, California KTVU 2 Independent March 5 Scottsbluff, Nebraska KDUH-TV 4 ABC March 15 Billings, Montana KGHL-TV 8 NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) April 1 Eureka, California KVIQ-TV 6 NBC May 1 Albuquerque, New Mexico KNME-TV 5 NET September 2 Salina, Kansas KAYS-TV 7 CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) Semi-satellite of KTVH (now KWCH-DT) in Hutchinson September 5 Louisville, Kentucky WFPK 15 NET Now KET/PBS affiliate WKPC-TV September 10 Jacksonville, Florida WJCT 7 NET September 14 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania WTAE-TV 4 ABC September 20 Nacogdoches, Texas KTES 19 Independent October 5 Great Falls, Montana KRTV 3 NBC October 8 Alexandria, Minnesota KCMT 7 NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) Former satellite of WCCO-TV/Minneapolis, Minnesota, closed in 2018. October 12 Flint, Michigan WJRT-TV 12 ABC October 17 Tampa, Florida WEDU 3 NET October 20 Kalispell, Montana KULR 9 Independent October 27 Tampa, Florida WEDU 3 NET November 5 Garden City, Kansas KGLD 11 NBC Satellite of KCKT/Hays November 9 Nampa, Idaho (Boise, Idaho) KCIX-TV 6 Independent November 10 Gainesville, Florida WUFT 5 NET November 17 Wailuku, Hawaii KAII-TV 7 NBC Satellite of KONA-TV (now KHON-TV) in Honolulu November 27 Aberdeen, South Dakota KXAB-TV 9 NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) November 30 Buffalo, New York WKBW-TV 7 ABC December 1 Odessa, Texas KVKM-TV 9 ABC December 5 Toledo, Ohio WTOL 11 CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) December 15 North Platte, Nebraska KNOP-TV 2 NBC Network affiliation changes Date Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation References November 16 Hartford, Connecticut WTIC-TV (original) 3 Independent CBS Unknown date Lexington, Kentucky WKXP-TV 27 Station closures Date City of license/Market Station Channel Affiliation First air date Notes/Ref. April 7 Kalispell, Montana KGEZ-TV 9 Independent July 9, 1957 May 7 Honolulu, Hawaii KHVH-TV 13 Independent May 5, 1957 Merged with KULA-TV (now KITV) May 11 Fort Lauderdale, Florida WITV 17 ABC November 25, 1953 May 31 York, Pennsylvania (Harrisburg/Lebanon) WNOW-TV 49 NTA Film Network November 9, 1953 June 5 Bloomington, Illinois WBLN 15 December 1, 1953 June 20 Fayetteville/Raleigh, North Carolina WFLB-TV 18 ABC (primary) CBS/NBC (secondary) June 21 San Francisco KSAN-TV 32 Independent March 9, 1954 July 16 Honolulu, Hawaii KHVH-TV 13 Independent May 5, 1957 September 10 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania WILK-TV 34 ABC (primary) NTA Film Network (secondary) September 7, 1953 Merged with current ABC affiliate WNEP-TV in Scranton. September 13 Wilmington, Delaware WVUE 12 Independent March 23, 1949 September 30 Buffalo, New York WBUF 17 NBC August 17, 1953 Returned to the air in 1959 as NET member station WNED-TV Births 1958 in television#Births Deaths 1958 in television#Deaths See also 1958 in television 1958 in film 1958 in the United States List of American films of 1958 References External links List of 1958 American television series at IMDb 1958 *