1950 in television
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The year 1950 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1950.
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==Events==Italic text
- February 12 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) inaugurated.
- February 23
== - First televised report of general election results in the UK.
- April 3 - The BBC aspect ratio changes from 5:4 to 4:3.
- August 31 - First television broadcast station in Mexico, XHTV, Mexico City on channel 4.
- September 18 - First television broadcast station in Brazil, PRF-TV, São Paulo on channel 3.
- September 30 - First [[BBC ==
]] television broadcast from an aircraft.
- October 10 - The FCC approves CBS color TV system, effective November 20.
- The number of homes in the US that own a television set reaches the one million mark.
[edit] Debuts
- February 2 - What's My Line (1950) debuts on CBS (1950–1967).
- February 25 - Your Show of Shows premieres on NBC (1950–1954).
- June 17 – October 12 - Hawkins Falls premiers on NBC. also (1951–1955).
- July 10 - Your Hit Parade premieres on NBC.
- July 11 - Andy Pandy premieres on the BBC (1950, 1970, 2002)
- September 7 - The game show Truth or Consequences debuts (1950–1988).
- October 28 - The Jack Benny Show, starring Jack Benny, premiers (1950–1965).
- Cisco Kid debuted, starring Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo (1950–1956).
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show debuts (1950–1958).
[edit] Television shows
listed by starting year
- Muffin the Mule (UK) (1946–1955).
- Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946–1960)
- Kaleidoscope (UK) (1946–1953).
- Picture Page (UK) (1936–1939; 1946–1952)
- Café Continental (UK) (1947–1953).
- Kukla, Fran and Ollie (1947–1957).
- Author Meets the Critics (1947–1954).
- Juvenile Jury (1947–1954).
- Howdy Doody (1947–1960)
- Kraft Television Theater (1947–1958)
- Meet the Press (1947–present)
- Candid Camera (1948–present)
- Television Newsreel (UK) (1948–1954)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
- The Texaco Star Theater (1948–1953)
- The Alan Dale Show (1948–1951).
- Club Seven (1948–1951).
- Bozo the Clown (1949–present).
- Come Dancing (UK) (1949–1995)
- Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949–1954)
- The Goldbergs (1949–1955)
- The Voice of Firestone (1949–1963)
[edit] Ending this year
- For The Children (UK) (1937–1939; 1946–1950).
- Actor's Studio (1948–1950).
- Cartoon Teletales (1948–1950).
- Mary Kay and Johnny (1947–1950).
- You Are an Artist (1946–1950).
[edit] Births
- January 2 - Belinda Giblin, Australian actress
- January 17 - Andy Kaufman, actor, comedian (d. 1984)
- January 20 - Liza Goddard, British actress
- April 26 - Warren Clarke, actor
- April 28 - Jay Leno, comedian
- September 21 - Bill Murray, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live
- September 29 - Patricia Hodge, British actress
- October 31 - John Candy, comedian and actor (d. 1994)
- December 1 - Keith Thibodeaux, drummer and actor ("Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy)fr:1950 à la télévision
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