1950 in American television

none 1950 This is a list of American television-related events in 1950. Events 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 One million American households were reported to own a television set in 1950. January 2025 Television programs Debuts Date Debut Network Notes/Ref. January 4 Abe Burrows' Almanac CBS January 7 The Ken Murray Show CBS January 7Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 – Present (Seventh Edition), Ballantine Books, 1999, page 866. Rocky King, Detective DuMont January 13 Life Begins at Eighty NBC January 17 Cavalcade of Bands DuMont January 28 Dinner Date DuMont 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 19 Windy City Jamboree DuMont March 23 Beat the Clock CBS April Adventure Playhouse DuMont April Screen Mystery DuMont April 5 Joey Faye's Frolics CBS April 6 The Alan Young Show CBS April 9 Starlit Time DuMont April 15Garyn 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. 0879728213 (p.120)http://www.buck-rogers.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050204141246/http://www.buck-rogers.com/tv_series/ dead Buck Rogers - February 4, 2005 Buck Rogers September 19, 2019 Buck Rogers ABC April 19 Stage 13 CBS April 29 The Trap CBS May Frontier Theatre DuMont May 21 Mama Rosa ABC May 29 Broadway Open House NBC June 6McNeil Alex Total Television 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 56–57 4th Armstrong Circle Theatre NBC June 17 Hawkins Falls NBC July 1 Big Top CBS July 3 Visit with the Armed Forces DuMont July 3 The Hazel Scott Show DuMont July 4 The Joan Edwards Show DuMont July 4 Sure as Fate CBS July 7 Detective's Wife CBS July 10 Your Hit Parade NBC Migrated from radio July 11The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present 2003 Ballantine Books 0-345-45542-8 1286 The Web CBS July 23Woolery George W. Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series 1985 The Scarecrow Press 0-8108-1651-2 189–192 The Gene Autry Show CBS July 29 Country Style DuMont August 1"Debunking The Myths: Crusader Rabbit and Walt Disney" Cartoon Research Crusader Rabbit First-run Syndication August 6 Rhythm Rodeo DuMont August 27 Hold That Camera DuMont September 2 Star Time DuMont September 2 The Twinkle in Your Eye DuMont September 2 Chez Paree Revue DuMont 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 11http://www.tvacres.com/birds_pelicans_paddy.htm https://archive.today/20150426002504/http://www.tvacres.com/birds_pelicans_paddy.htm dead April 26, 2015 Paddy the Pelican TV Acres April 24, 2015 The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican ABC September 11 Dick Tracy ABC September 11Debuts, Highlights, Changes (Continued) https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele10ross/page/n109/mode/1up?view=theater September 20, 2022 Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index September 10, 1950 2 Treasury Men in Action ABC September 18 The Speidel Show NBC Later retitled The Paul Winchell Show September 21 McNeil Alex Total Television 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 20 4th The Nash Airflyte Theater CBS September 26McNeil Alex Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 196 4th Danger CBS October Eloise Salutes the Stars DuMont October 2http://www.otrr.org/FILES/Magz_pdf/Radio%20TV%20Mirror/Radio%20and%20Television%20Mirror%205110.pdf Lux Video Theatre Radio-TV Mirror October 1951 46–49 29 January 2012 (PDF) Lux Video Theatre CBS October 2 The Susan Raye Show DuMont October 2 Tom Corbett, Space Cadet CBS October 3 Beulah ABC 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 147 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Billy+Rose+Show%22&pg=PA147 25 April 2019 en The Billy Rose Show ABC October 4http://www.classictvinfo.com/StarRevue/ Four Star/All Star Revue www.classictvinfo.com February 20, 2015 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 Saturday Night at the Garden DuMont October 7 The Frank Sinatra Show CBS October 10Kear Lynn Rossman John The Complete Kay Francis Career Record: All Film, Stage, Radio and Television Appearances 2008 McFarland 978-0-786-43198-4 15February 24, 1951 CBS-TV Drama Folds, Licked By M. Berle Billboard Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 4 0006-2510 https://books.google.com/books?id=2R4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Prudential+family+Playhouse+live+new+york+city&pg=PA4 Prudential Family Playhouse CBS October 12 Brooks Tim Earle Marsh The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=george+burns+and+gracie+allen New York Ballantine Books 526 June 24, 2009 Ninth 978-0-3074-8320-1 October 29, 2022280–281 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS Migration from radio October 15Wilborn Hampton, Horton Foote: America’s Storyteller, page 106 - 107, Free Press, 2009 The Gabby Hayes Show NBC October 18Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present Random House Publishing Group 978-0-307-48320-1 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA1269 1269 August 27, 2020 en Somerset Maugham TV Theatre CBS October 18 The Most Important People DuMont October 19 The Adventures of Ellery Queen DuMont October 21 The Stu Erwin Show ABC October 22 Our Secret Weapon: The Truth DuMont October 28https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2014-10-28/ty-article/.premium/1950-jack-benny-hits-tv-gripes-a-lot/0000017f-deed-db5a-a57f-deef74220000 This Day in Jewish History // 1950: Jack Benny Takes Act to TV, Grumbling All the Way Green David B. 2014-10-28 Haaretz en The Jack Benny Program CBS Migration from radio November 4 Your Story Theatre DuMont December 4 The First Hundred Years CBS December 10 The Bigelow Theatre CBS December 22 Charlie Wild, Private Detective CBS December 29 You Asked for It DuMont Change in Network Affiliation ShowMoved fromMoved toThe Arthur Murray PartyABCDumontThe Johns Hopkins Science ReviewCBSDumontThe Bigelow TheatreCBSDumont Ending this year Date Show Network Debut Notes January 2 And Everything Nice DuMont March 15, 1949 January 3 The Sonny Kendis Show CBS April 18, 1949 January 10 The O'Neills DuMont September 6, 1949 January 26 The Front Page CBS September 29, 1949 February 4 Spin the Picture DuMont June 4, 1949 March 11 Mary Kay and Johnny NBC 1947 Series began on DuMont March 25 Television Theatre CBS June 2, 1950 March 29 Abe Burrows' Almanac CBS January 4, 1950 March 30 The Black Robe NBC May 18, 1949 April 9 Bowling Headliners DuMont December 26, 1948 (on ABC) April 12 Joey Faye's Frolics CBS April 5, 1950 April 21 The Little Revue ABC September 4, 1949 May Adventure Playhouse DuMont April 1950 May 22 Newsweek Views the News DuMont November 7, 1948 June 11 Mama Rosa ABC May 21, 1950 June 14 Easy Aces DuMont December 14, 1949 June 18 Windy City Jamboree DuMont March 19, 1950 June 23 Actors Studio CBS September 26, 1948 June 24 The Trap CBS April 29, 1950 June 25 Colgate Theatre NBC January 3, 1949 June 26 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre NBC September 27, 1948 June 28 Stage 13 CBS April 19, 1950 July 4 The Ed Wynn Show CBS September 22, 1949 August 11 People's Platform CBS August 17, 1948 September Frontier Theatre DuMont May September 29 The Hazel Scott Show DuMont July 3, 1950 September 29 Detective's Wife CBS July 7, 1950 October 8 Think Fast ABC March 26, 1949 October 13 The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican ABC September 11, 1950 October 15 Believe It or Not! DuMont March 1, 1949 October 23 Mysteries of Chinatown ABC December 4, 1949 October 24 The Joan Edwards Show DuMont July 4, 1950 November 19 Starlit Time DuMont April 9, 1950 November 20 The Susan Raye Show DuMont October 2, 1950 November 25 Country Style DuMont July 29, 1950 December 1 TV Shopper DuMont November 1, 1948 December 15 Hold That Camera DuMont August 27, 1950 Unknown date Cartoon Teletales ABC 1948 The Vincent Lopez Show DuMont March 7, 1949 Returned in 1957 on CBS Amateur Boxing Fight Club DuMont September 1949 Boxing from Sunnyside Gardens DuMont September 1949 You Are an Artist NBC May 13, 1946 Your Witness ABC September 19, 1949 Chez Paree Revue DuMont September 2, 1950 Television stations Station launches Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. February 15 San Antonio, Texas KEYL 5 CBS (primary) DuMont/Paramount/ABC (secondary) Hollywood shows on KEYL San Antonio Light 54 February 19, 1950 Syracuse, New York WSYR-TV 3 NBC February 21 Ames/Des Moines, Iowa WOI-TV 5 CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) March 27 Louisville, Kentucky WHAS-TV 9 (now 11) CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) "WHAS-TV bows; second Louisville outlet." Broadcasting – Telecasting. March 27, 1950, pg. 68. April 2 Norfolk, Virginia WTAR-TV 3 NBC (primary) ABC/DuMont (secondary) May 1 Lansing, Michigan WJIM-TV 6 CBS (primary) NBC/ABC/DuMont (secondary) July 1 Rock Island/Moline, Illinois Bettendorf/Davenport, Iowa WHBF-TV 4 CBS (primary) NBC/DuMont (secondary) July 9 Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids, Michigan WKZO-TV 3 CBS (primary) NBC/ABC/DuMont (secondary) September 30 Nashville, Tennessee WSM-TV 4 NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary) Network affiliation changes Date City of license/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref. Unknown date Dallas, Texas KBTV 8 DuMont NBC Births 1950 in television#Births Deaths 1950 in television#Deaths References External links List of 1950 American television series at IMDb 1950 *