1949 in television
The year 1949 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1949.
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Events
- January 3: Colgate Theatre premieres on NBC.
- January 11: A two-hour special on all American networks celebrates the linking of the eastern and midwestern networks via coaxial cable.
- January 21: Your Show Time becomes the first filmed dramatic series on American network television.
- January 31: The first Emmy Awards are presented and broadcast on television from Los Angeles.
- May: The first telethon, benefitting the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, is hosted by Milton Berle and lasts for 24 hours.
- August 25: RCA announces the development of a compatible color TV system.
- December 17: The Sutton Coldfield television transmitter is opened in the English Midlands, making it the first part of the UK outside London to receive BBC Television.
- December 29: KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
- First television broadcasts begin in Cuba.
- For the first time, the Sears & Roebuck catalog includes televisions.
Debuts
Programs
- January 16: ABC Television Players, a dramatic anthology, debuts on ABC (1949).
- January 17: The Goldbergs, a situation comedy, debuts on CBS (1949–55).
- May 5: Series Stop the Music debuts on American Broadcasting Company for a five-year run over seven years.
- June 27: Captain Video and His Video Rangers, apparently the first science fiction series televised, debuts.
- July 15: This Is Show Business, panel discussion program, premieres on CBS (1949–54; 1956).
- September 28: Photocrime, detective program, premieres on ABC (1949).[1]
- September 29: Come Dancing, a ballroom dancing competition, is first broadcast by the BBC (1949–95).
- Martin Kane, Private Eye premieres on NBC, becoming the first detective series televised (1949–54).
- The Voice of Firestone premieres (1949–63).
- Bozo the Clown premieres (1949–present).
- The Lone Ranger premieres on ABC (1949–57).[2]
Stations
- January 1: KPRC-TV (Originally known as KLEE-TV) Signs on the air. They are the Second TV station in Texas, and the First in Houston. That same day, KTTV Signs on in Los Angeles.
- March 21: WTVJ signs on the air becoming the first television station in the state of Florida.
- May 29: WVTM-TV (Originally WAFM, and later WABT and WAPI) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Alabama
- May 30: WRTV (originally WFBM-TV)) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Indiana
- July 1 WBRC Begins operations from Birmingham AL, just 1 month after WVTM started operations.
Television shows
| Series | Debut | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| Picture Page (UK) | October 8, 1936 | 1939 |
| 1946 | 1952 | |
| Starlight (UK) | November 3, 1936 | 1939 |
| 1946 | 1949 | |
| For The Children (UK) | April 24, 1937 | 1939 |
| July 7, 1946 | 1950 | |
| The Voice of Firestone Televues | 1943 | 1947 |
| 1949 | 1963 | |
| Missus Goes A Shopping | August 1, 1944 | 1949 |
| Kaleidoscope (UK) | November 2, 1946 | 1953 |
| Gillette Cavalcade of Sports | November 8, 1946 | June 24, 1960 |
| Muffin the Mule (UK) | 1946 | 1955 |
| Television Screen Magazine | 1946 | 1949 |
| You Are an Artist | 1946 | 1950 |
| Doorway to Fame | May 2, 1947 | July 4, 1949 |
| Kraft Television Theater | May 7, 1947 | 1958 |
| Kukla, Fran and Ollie | October 13, 1947 | 1957 |
| Meet the Press | November 6, 1947 | |
| Mary Kay and Johnny | November 18, 1947 | March 11, 1950 |
| Howdy Doody | December 27, 1947 | September 24, 1960 |
| Americana | 1947 | 1949 |
| Birthday Party | 1947 | 1949 |
| Café Continental (UK) | 1947 | 1953 |
| Charade Quiz | 1947 | 1949 |
| Juvenile Jury | 1947 | 1954 |
| Musical Merry-Go-Round | 1947 | 1949 |
| Small Fry Club | 1947 | 1951 |
| Television Newsreel (UK) | January 5, 1948 | 1954 |
| The Original Amateur Hour | January 18, 1948 | September 27, 1970 |
| Court of Current Issues | February 9, 1948 | June 26, 1951 |
| Stop Me If You've Heard This One | March 4, 1948 | April 22, 1949 |
| Author Meets the Critics | April 1948 | October 10, 1954 |
| Hollywood Screen Test | April 15, 1948 | 1953 |
| Texaco Star Theater | June 8, 1948 | 1953 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | June 20, 1948 | June 6, 1971 |
| Candid Camera | August 10, 1948 | |
| CBS Evening News | August 15, 1948 | |
| Foodini the Great | August 23, 1948 | June 23, 1951 |
| Actors Studio | September 1948 | June 1950 |
| Champagne and Orchids | September 6, 1948 | January 10, 1949 |
| Stained Glass Windows | September 26, 1948 | October 16, 1949 |
| Ford Theatre | October 17, 1948 | July 10, 1957 |
| The Growing Paynes | October 20, 1948 | August 3, 1949 |
| The Adventures of Oky Doky | November 4, 1948 | May 26, 1949 |
| The Morey Amsterdam Show | December 17, 1948 | October 12, 1950 |
| The Alan Dale Show | 1948 | 1951 |
| Amanda | 1948 | 1949 |
| Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | 1948 | January 1, 1958 |
| The Bigelow Show | 1948 | 1949 |
| Break the Bank | 1948 | 1957 |
| Cartoon Teletales | 1948 | 1950 |
| Celebrity Time | 1948 | September 1952 |
| Child's World | 1948 | 1949 |
| Club Seven | 1948 | 1951 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | 1955 |
| Winner Take All | 1948 | 1952 |
| The Goldbergs | January 17, 1949 | 1956 |
| These Are My Children | January 31, 1949 | February 25, 1949 |
| A Woman to Remember | February 21, 1949 | July 15, 1949 |
| Ripley's Believe It or Not! | March 1, 1949 | October 5, 1950 |
| Think Fast | March 26, 1949 | October 8, 1950 |
| Captain Video | June 27, 1949 | April 1, 1955 |
| Mama | July 1, 1949 | March 17, 1957 |
| Martin Kane, Private Eye | August 7, 1949 | June 17, 1954 |
| The Family Genius | September 1949 | September 1949 |
| The Little Revue | September 4, 1949 | April 21, 1950 |
| The Lone Ranger | September 15, 1949 | June 6, 1957 |
| Come Dancing (UK) | September 29, 1949 | 1995 |
| The Aldrich Family | October 2, 1949 | May 29, 1953 |
| The Life of Riley | October 4, 1949 | March 28, 1950 |
| January 2, 1953 | August 22, 1958 | |
| Let There Be Stars | October 6, 1949 | November 27, 1949 |
| The Ruggles | November 3, 1949 | June 19, 1952 |
| One Man's Family | November 4, 1949 | June 21, 1952 |
| March 1, 1954 | April 1, 1955 | |
| The Admiral Broadway Revue | 1949 | 1949 |
| Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | 1949 | 1959 |
| Easy Aces | 1949 | 1949 |
| Follow That Man | 1949 | 1956 |
Programs ending during 1949
| Date | Show | Debut |
|---|---|---|
| January 10 | Champagne and Orchids | 1948 |
| May 26 | The Adventures of Oky Doky | |
| June 23 | King Cole's Birthday Party | 1947 |
| Charade Quiz | ||
| July 4 | Americana | |
| Doorway to Fame | ||
| Unknown | Musical Merry-Go-Round | |
| Amanda | 1948 | |
| The Bigelow Show | ||
| Child's World | ||
| Missus Goes A-Shopping | 1944 | |
| Starlight (UK) | 1946 | |
| Television Screen Magazine |
Changes of network affiliation
| Show | Moved from | Moved to |
|---|---|---|
| Candid Camera | ABC | NBC |
Births
| Date | Name | Notability |
|---|---|---|
| January 7 | Steven Williams | actor, (21 Jump Street) |
| January 8 | Anne Schedeen | actress, (ALF) |
| January 13 | Brandon Tartikoff | executive (died 1997) |
| January 16 | Caroline Munro | English actress and model |
| January 17 | Andy Kaufman | actor and comedian (died 1984) |
| January 24 | John Belushi | actor and comedian, (Saturday Night Live) (died 1982) |
| February 2 | Brent Spiner | actor, (Star Trek: The Next Generation) |
| February 3 | Brenda Dickson | actress, (The Young and the Restless) |
| February 8 | Brooke Adams | actress |
| February 9 | Judith Light | actress, (One Life to Live, Who's The Boss?) |
| February 18 | Jess Walton | actress, (The Young and the Restless) |
| February 28 | Ilene Graff | actress and singer, (Mr. Belvedere) |
| March 2 | Gates McFadden | actress and choreographer, (Star Trek: The Next Generation) |
| March 16 | Erik Estrada | actor, (CHiPs) |
| Victor Garber | Canadian actor and singer, (Alias, Legends of Tomorrow) | |
| March 17 | Patrick Duffy | actor, (Dallas, Step by Step) |
| March 26 | Vicki Lawrence | actress and comedian, (The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family) |
| Ernest Lee Thomas | actor, (What's Happening!!, What's Happening Now!!) | |
| April 14 | John Shea | actor |
| April 20 | Veronica Cartwright | English-born actress |
| April 23 | Joyce DeWitt | actress, (Three's Company) |
| April 28 | Paul Guilfoyle | actor, (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) |
| May 1 | Douglas Barr | actor, (The Fall Guy) |
| May 9 | Billy Joel | American singer-songwriter |
| Beverly Penberthy | Actress (Another World) | |
| May 26 | Philip Michael Thomas | actor, (Miami Vice) |
| June 12 | Roger Aaron Brown | actor, (The District) |
| June 15 | Jim Varney | actor and comedian (died 2000) |
| June 16 | Geoff Pierson | actor, (Ryan's Hope, Unhappily Ever After, Dexter) |
| June 22 | Lindsay Wagner | actress, (The Bionic Woman) |
| June 25 | Kene Holliday | actor, (Matlock) |
| July 3 | Jan Smithers | actress, (WKRP in Cincinnati) |
| July 10 | Mark Shera | actor, (Barnaby Jones, S.W.A.T.) |
| July 11 | Jay Johnson | ventriloquist, actor, (Soap) |
| July 24 | Michael Richards | actor, (Seinfeld) |
| August 21 | Loretta Devine | actress and singer, (Boston Public, Grey's Anatomy) |
| August 23 | Rick Springfield | Australian singer-songwriter and actor |
| Shelley Long | actress, (Cheers) | |
| August 24 | Joe Regalbuto | actress, (Murphy Brown) |
| August 25 | John Savage | actor, (Dark Angel) |
| September 10 | Bill O'Reilly | television journalist, host, (The O'Reilly Factor) |
| September 16 | Ed Begley, Jr. | actor, (St. Elsewhere) |
| September 23 | Floella Benjamin | Trinidad-born British actress, children's tv presenter, (Play School) |
| Bruce Springsteen | American singer-songwriter | |
| September 25 | Anson Williams | actor and director, (Happy Days) |
| September 30 | Ann Risley | actress and comedian, (Saturday Night Live) |
| October 9 | Shera Danese | actress, (Columbo) |
| October 14 | Katy Manning | English actress |
| October 28 | Sandra Sade | Israeli actress (Sabri Maranan) |
| November 1 | Belita Moreno | actress, (Perfect Strangers, George Lopez) |
| November 4 | Berlinda Tolbert | actress, (The Jeffersons) |
| November 5 | Armin Shimerman | actor, (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) |
| November 6 | Nigel Havers | English actor |
| November 23 | Jerry verDorn | soap opera actor (Guiding Light, One Life to Live) |
| November 24 | Damon Evans | actor, (The Jeffersons) |
| November 29 | Garry Shandling | actor and comedian, (The Larry Sanders Show) (died 2016) |
| December 2 | Ron Raines | American actor, (Guiding Light) |
| December 3 | Heather Menzies | Canadian actress, (Logan's Run) (died 2017) |
| December 4 | Pamela Stephenson | New Zealand actress and comedian |
| December 15 | Don Johnson | actor, (Miami Vice, Nash Bridges) |
| December 21 | Michael Horse | actor, (Twin Peaks) |
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References
- Irvin, Richard (2018). The Early Shows: A Reference Guide to Network and Syndicated PrimeTime Television Series from 1944 to 1949. BearManor Media. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 619. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
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