1945 in television

The year 1945 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1945.

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Events

• July - The final months of World War II continued to disrupt television operations in Europe until July.
• October 1 – The U.S. War Production Board ends its wartime ban of the manufacture of radio and television equipment for consumer use.
• October 10 – Reopening of French TV station RDF in 441-line standard.
• December 1 – US Army-Navy football game is transmitted 145 kilometers (90 mi) by coaxial cable from Philadelphia to New York City.
• December 15 – Moscow TV center reinstated regular TV broadcasting after World War II.
• December 17 – First weather programme on French television.

Television shows

Series	Debut	Ended
The Face of the War	July 18, 1941	1945
Thrills and Chills from Everywere	August 27, 1941	June 4, 1946
The Voice of Firestone Televues	1943	1947
	1949	1963
The War As It Happens	February 21, 1944	1945
The World in Your Home	1944	1948
Missus Goes A Shopping	August 1, 1944	1949
Dr. Death	1945	1945
On Stage, Everybody	1945	1945
Serving Through Science	May 1945	May 27, 1947
Teletruth	1945	194?
Television Quarterback	1945	1947

Programs ending

Date	Show	Debut
Unknown	The War As It Happens	February 21, 1944
	The Face of the War	July 18, 1941

Births

• January 9 - John Doman, actor The Wire, Gotham
• January 25
  • Jill Townsend, actress, Cimarron Strip, Poldark
  • Leigh Taylor-Young, actress, Peyton Place
• January 29 – Tom Selleck, actor, Magnum, P.I., Blue Bloods
• February 6 - Michael Tucker, actor, L.A. Law
• February 9 - Mia Farrow, actress, model, Peyton Place
• February 22 – Leslie Charleson, American soap actress, General Hospital
• February 24 - Barry Bostwick, actor, Spin City
• February 26 – Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress, Lost in Space
• March 1 – Dirk Benedict, actor, Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team
• March 3 - Hattie Winston, actress, The Electric Company, Becker
• March 8 – Micky Dolenz, singer, actor, The Monkees
• March 31 - Gabe Kaplan, actor, comedian, Welcome Back, Kotter
• April 1 - Heather Young, actress, Land of the Giants
• April 2 - Linda Hunt, actress, NCIS: Los Angeles
• April 13 – Tony Dow, actor, Leave It to Beaver
• May 7 - Robin Strasser, actress, One Life to Live
• May 13 - Sam Anderson, actor, Perfest Strangers, Angel, Lost
• May 21 – Richard Hatch, actor, Battlestar Galactica (died 2017)
• May 22 - Victoria Wyndham, actress, Another World
• May 23 - Lauren Chapin, actress, Father Knows Best
• May 24 – Priscilla Presley, actress
• June 2 - Joan Pringle, actress, General Hospital, The White Shadow
• June 11 – Adrienne Barbeau, actress, Maude
• July 6 – Burt Ward, actor, Batman
• July 10 – Ron Glass, actor, Barney Miller (died 2016)
• August 5
  • Loni Anderson, actress, WKRP in Cincinnati
• August 13 - Gretchen Corbett, actress, The Rockford Files
• August 14 – Steve Martin, actor, comedian
• September 19 - Randolph Mantooth, actor, Emergency!
• October 4 - Clifton Davis, actor, That's My Mama, Amen
• October 18 – Huell Howser, host of California's Gold (died 2013)
• October 19 – John Lithgow, actor, Third Rock from the Sun
• October 20 – George Wyner, actor
• October 21 - Everett McGill, actor, Twin Peaks
• October 26 – Jaclyn Smith, actress, Charlie's Angels
• October 27 – Carrie Snodgress, actress (died 2004)
• October 30 – Henry Winkler, actor, Arthur Fonzarelli on Happy Days
• October 31 - Brian Doyle-Murray, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
• November 9 - Charlie Robinson, actor, Night Court
• November 15 - Bob Gunton, actor, Daredevil
• November 21 – Goldie Hawn, actress, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
• November 26 – Daniel Davis, actor, The Nanny
• November 27
  • Barbara Anderson, actress, Ironside
  • James Avery, actor, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (died 2013)
• December 1 – Bette Midler, actress, singer
• December 9 – Michael Nouri, actor
• December 13 - Kathy Garver, actress, Family Affair
• December 15 - Thaao Penghlis, actor, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, Santa Barbara
• December 25 – Gary Sandy, actor, WKRP in Cincinnati
• December 26 - John Walsh, television personality, America's Most Wanted, The Hunt with John Walsh
• December 30
  • Davy Jones, singer, actor, The Monkees (died 2012)
  • Concetta Tomei, actress, China Beach, Providence