1944 in television

none 1944 television radio film music The year 1944 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1944. __TOC__ Events May 22 – The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) increases its limits for single ownership of television stations from three to five. May 25 – First commercial U.S. telecast by relay. Eddie Cantor is broadcast from NBC's Manhattan station WNBT to Philco's Philadelphia station WPTZ, via an automatic relay tower halfway between the two cities. (The AT&T corporation's coaxial cable between the cities is unavailable because of the war.) NBC stops broadcasting Cantor in the middle of his rendition of the song "We're Having a Baby, My Baby and Me" when it finds some of the lyrics and his gestures "objectionable." August 16 Paris télévision – Fernsehsender Paris stops broadcasting. Broadcasting is resumed by the new French government in October 1944 under the name Télévision française with the same technical equipment. John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first color television picture tube. Color movies are shown from a flying-spot scanner. Debuts The War As It Happens, an early news show debuts (1944–1945)https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. 2009-06-24 Random House Publishing Group 9780307483201 en At Home, variety series (1944–1945) Missus Goes a Shopping, a game series, premieres (1944–1949) The World in Your Home, an educational series, (1944–1948) Opinions on Trial, a discussion series (1944-1945?) Will You Remember?, a music series (1944–1945) Television shows Series Debut Ended NetworkThe War As It HappensFebruary 21, 19441945Missus Goes a ShoppingAugust 1, 19441949CBSThe World in Your Home19441948NBCWill You Remember?19441945?CBSOpinions on Trial19441945?At Home19441945CBS Births January 4 - Jim Bohannon, broadcaster (died 2022) January 6 - Bonnie Franklin, actress and director, One Day at a Time (died 2013) January 10 - William Sanderson, actor, Newhart, Deadwood, True Blood January 19 - Shelley Fabares, actress and singer, The Donna Reed Show, Coach January 21 - Keith Strachan, composer January 23 - Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (died 2019)Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer dies aged 75 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49098435 BBC News 24 July 2019 24 July 2019 January 28 - Susan Howard, American actress February 3 - Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress (died 2021) February 8 Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (died 2014) Richard Durden, English actor February 13 Stockard Channing, actress, The West Wing Michael Ensign, American actor Jerry Springer, American television-judge, broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, and former lawyer and politician (died 2023) February 17 - Nick Hewer, English television presenter February 22 - Robert Kardashian, lawyer and patriarch of the Kardashian family (died 2003)Dodd Sophie September 9, 2023 Who Was Robert Kardashian Sr.? Everything the Kardashians Have Said About Their Late Father https://people.com/all-about-robert-kardashian-sr-everything-the-kardashians-have-said-7965818 2024-07-05 Peoplemag en February 28 - Kelly Bishop, actress, Gilmore Girls February 29 Sharon Hugueny, actress (died 1996) Dennis Farina, actor, Crime Story, Law & Order (died 2013) Phyllis Frelich, actress (died 2014) March 3 - Lee Holdridge, composer March 10 - Richard Gant, actor March 17 - Petra Markham, actress March 22 - Michael Zinberg, writer March 24 - R. Lee Ermey, actor and drill instructor (died 2018) March 26 - Diana Ross, singer and actress March 28 - Ken Howard, actor, The White Shadow (died 2016) April 1 - Frank Gari, singer April 3 - Tony Orlando, singer April 4 - Craig T. Nelson, actor, Coach, The District, Parenthood April 6 - Judith McConnell, actress April 7 oshik levi, Israeli singer and actor Warner Fusselle, sportscaster (died 2012) April 8 - Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor, Shelley (died 2017) April 10 - Vin Di Bona, producer April 20 - Cuba Gooding Sr., singer (died 2017) April 25 - Len Goodman, English professional, Dancing with the Stars (died 2023) April 29 Richard Kline, actor and director, Three's Company Michael Angelis, actor (died 2020) April 30 - Jill Clayburgh, actress (died 2010) May 5 - John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor, Sliders May 14 - George Lucas, director and producer May 16 - Danny Trejo, actor May 23 - Ronald L. Schwary, producer (died 2020) May 24 - Patti LaBelle, singer and actress May 25 Frank Oz, actor and puppeteer John Bunnell, host May 28 - Patricia Quinn, actress June 2 - Marvin Hamlisch, composer (died 2012) June 4 - Michelle Phillips, singer and actress June 20 - John McCook, actor, The Bold and the Beautiful June 21 - Tony Scott, actor (died 2012) June 25 - Gary David Goldberg, producer (died 2013) June 29 - Gary Busey, actor June 30 - Terry Funk, actor (died 2023) July 8 Jeffrey Tambor, actor, The Larry Sanders Show, Arrested Development, Transparent Janet Sheen, actress July 12 - Denise Nicholas, actress, Room 222, In the Heat of the Night July 15 - Jan-Michael Vincent, actor, Airwolf (died 2019) July 22 - Peter Jason, actor July 31 - Geraldine Chaplin, actress August 1 - Christopher Lewis, screenwriter (died 2021) August 4 - Richard Belzer, actor, Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (died 2023) August 7 John Glover, actor, Smallville David Rasche, actor, Sledge Hammer! August 8 - Brooke Bundy, actress August 9 - Sam Elliott, actor August 11 - Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor August 13 - Kevin Tighe, actor, Emergency! August 21 - Susan Heinkel, child star of Susan's ShowDwight Ogden Reflections on Television https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-susan-heinkel/197350887/ May 11, 2026 Des Moines Sunday Register June 16, 1957 Iowa TV Magazine, page 3 Newspapers.com August 25 - Anthony Heald, actor, Boston Public August 27 Barbara Trentham, actress (died 2013) G. W. Bailey, actor August 30 - Molly Ivins, author (died 2007) September 1 - Beau Starr, actor September 6 - Swoosie Kurtz, actress, Sisters September 13 - Jacqueline Bisset, English actress September 16 - Linda Kaye Henning, actress, Petticoat Junction September 21 - Fannie Flagg, actress, Match Game September 25 Michael Douglas, actor, producer, The Streets of San Francisco Eugenia Zukerman, American flutist September 26 - Anne Robinson, presenter September 27 Angélica María, actress Steven Robman, American television and theatre director/producer September 28 - Matthew Cowles, actor September 29 - Mike Post, composer October 1 - Philip Hinchcliffe, British producer. October 15 - Haim Saban, American composer October 28 Dennis Franz, actor, NYPD Blue Alyce Cleese, talk show host November 1 - Bobby Heenan, pro wrestler and commentator (died 2017)Hester Matthew Bobby Heenan: A Look Beyond the Brain (Part One) https://bleacherreport.com/articles/200037-bobby-heenan-a-look-beyond-the-brain 2024-08-14 Bleacher Report en November 2 - Michael Buffer, ring announcer November 4 - Linda Gary, American actress, voice actress, Spider-Man (died 1995) November 12 - Al Michaels, sportscaster November 16 - Jay Hammer, actor, Guiding Light November 17 Danny DeVito, actor, director and producer, Taxi, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Lorne Michaels, screenwriter Gary Goldman, screenwriter November 20 - John Pasquin, television director November 21 Harold Ramis, actor (died 2014) Marcy Carsey, American television producer November 25 - Ben Stein, television actor November 27 - Gregory Hoblit, television director December 2 - Cathy Lee Crosby, actress and host, That's Incredible! December 6 - Kit Culkin, actor December 11 Teri Garr, actress Lynda Day George, actress, Mission: Impossible Susan Blanchard, actress, All My Children December 17 - Bernard Hill, English actor (died 2024) December 19 - Tim Reid, actor, Sister, Sister December 31 - Neil Ross, voice actor References 1944 Category:1944 in television