1949 in television

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Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Television shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births

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 22 - The first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, KTLA, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
• 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

• January 17 - The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, debuts (1949-1955).
• September 29 - BBC Television first broadcasts Come Dancing, a TV ballroom dancing competition show (1949-1995).
• Martin Kane, Private Eye premieres on NBC, becoming the first detective series on television (1949-1954).
• June 27 - Captain Video and His Video Rangers, apparently the first science fiction series on television, debuts.
• The Voice of Firestone premieres (1949-1963).
• Bozo the Clown premieres (1949-present).

Television shows

• For The Children (UK) (1937-1939; 1946-1950)
• Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946-1960)
• Kaleidoscope (UK) (1946-1953).
• Picture Page (UK) (1936-1939; 1946-1952)
• You Are an Artist (1946-1950).
• Muffin the Mule (UK) (1946-1955).
• Café Continental (UK) (1947-1953).
• Juvenile Jury (1947-1954).
• Author Meets the Critics (1947-1954).
• Kukla, Fran and Ollie (1947-1957).
• Howdy Doody (1947-1960)
• Kraft Television Theater (1947-1958)
• Mary Kay and Johnny (1947-1950)
• 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)
• Actor's Studio (1948-1950).
• Cartoon Teletales (1948-1950).
• The Alan Dale Show (1948-1951).
• Club Seven (1948-1951).

Ending this year

• Missui Goes A-Shopping (1944-1949).
• Starlight (UK) (1936-1939; 1946-1949).
• Television Screen Magazine (1946-1949).
• Musical Merry-Go-Round (1947-1949).
• Americana (1947-1949).
• Birthday Party (1947-1949).
• Charade Quiz (1947-1949).
• Doorway to Fame (1947-1949).
• The Adventures of Oky Doky (1948-1949).
• Amanda (1948-1949).
• The Bigelow Show (1948-1949).
• Champagne and Orchids (1948-1949).
• Child's World (1948-1949).

Births

• January 10 - Teresa Graves, actress, comedienne (d. 2002)
• January 13 - Brandon Tartikoff, television executive (d. 1997)
• January 24 - John Belushi, actor, Saturday Night Live (d. 1982)
• February 2 - Brent Spiner, actor
• February 9 - Judith Light, actress
• March 16 - Erik Estrada, actor, CHiPs
• March 17 - Patrick Duffy, actor, Dallas
• March 26 - Vicki Lawrence, actress, comedienne The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family, etc.
• June 22 - Lindsay Wagner, actress
• July 3 - Jan Smithers, actress, WKRP in Cincinnati
• August 23 - Shelley Long, actress
• September 3 - James Marcus, UK actor
• September 10 - Bill O'Reilly, political commentator
• September 16 - Ed Begley, Jr., actor
• October 6 - Les Moonves, head of CBS
• November 6 - Arturo Sandoval, songwriter
• November 28 - Paul Shaffer, bandleader, The Late Show with David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothers, etc.fr:1949 à la télévision