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The year 1949 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1949.
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 20: The second inauguration of President Truman becomes the first presidential inauguration to be broadcast on television.
- 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
- June 6: KFOR-TV (originally WKY-TV) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Oklahoma
- July 1 WBRC Begins operations from Birmingham AL, just 1 month after WVTM started operations.
- August 29: WOWT (originally WOW-TV) Signs on the air for the first time, becoming the first television station in Nebraska, and one of the first in the Midwest.
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 |
| Time for Beany | February 28, 1949 | 1955 |
| 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
- January 7 – Steven Williams, American actor, (21 Jump Street)
- January 8 – Anne Schedeen, American actress, (ALF)
- January 13 – Brandon Tartikoff, American executive (died 1997)
- January 16 – Caroline Munro, English actress and model
- January 17 – Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (died 1984)
- January 24 – John Belushi, American actor and comedian, (Saturday Night Live) (died 1982)
- February 2 – Brent Spiner, American actor, (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- February 3 – Brenda Dickson, American actress, (The Young and the Restless)
- February 8 – Brooke Adams, American actress
- February 9 – Judith Light, American actress, (One Life to Live, Who's The Boss?)
- February 14 – István Vágó, Hungarian television host and political activist (died 2023)
- February 18 – Jess Walton, American actress, (The Young and the Restless)
- February 25 – Ric Flair, American pro wrestler
- February 26 – Tim Brant, American sportscaster
- February 28 – Ilene Graff, American actress and singer, (Mr. Belvedere)
- March 2 – Gates McFadden, American actress and choreographer, (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- March 16
- Erik Estrada, American actor, (CHiPs)
- Victor Garber, Canadian actor and singer, (Alias, Legends of Tomorrow)
- March 17 – Patrick Duffy, American actor, (Dallas, Step by Step)
- March 26
- Vicki Lawrence, American actress and comedian, (The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family)
- Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor, (What's Happening!!, What's Happening Now!!)
- April 14 – John Shea, American actor
- April 17 – Michael J. Stull, American songwriter (died 2002)
- April 19 – Forrest Sawyer, American broadcast journalist
- April 20 – Veronica Cartwright, English-born actress
- April 23 – Joyce DeWitt, American actress, (Three's Company)
- April 28 – Paul Guilfoyle, American 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 3 – John Rothman, actor
- June 11 – Sherman Howard, actor, (Superboy, Jumanji, Batman Beyond)
- 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)
- Arnold Diaz, American television consumer watchdog journalist (died 2023)
- June 20 – Lionel Richie, singer
- June 22
- Lindsay Wagner, actress, (The Bionic Woman)
- Rand Morrison, producer
- June 25
- Kene Holliday, actor, (Matlock)
- Phyllis George, actress, (died 2020)
- July 3 – Jan Smithers, actress, (WKRP in Cincinnati)
- July 8 – Carmel Cryan, actor
- July 10 – Mark Shera, actor, (Barnaby Jones, S.W.A.T.)
- July 11 – Jay Johnson, ventriloquist, actor, (Soap)
- July 16 – Cyndy Garvey, American television personality
- July 24 – Michael Richards, actor, (Seinfeld)
- July 27 – Maureen McGovern, actress
- August 21
- Loretta Devine, actress and singer, (Boston Public, Grey's Anatomy)
- Josephine Abady, American stage director (died 2002)
- August 23
- Rick Springfield, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
- Shelley Long, actress, (Cheers)
- August 24
- Joe Regalbuto, actor, (Murphy Brown)
- Patricia Shevlin, producer
- August 25 – John Savage, actor, (Dark Angel)
- September 10
- Bill O'Reilly, television journalist, host, (The O'Reilly Factor)
- Tony Evans, television pastor
- September 16 – Ed Begley, Jr., actor, (St. Elsewhere)
- September 20 – Anthony Denison, actor
- 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 28 – Vernee Watson-Johnson, actress
- September 30 – Ann Risley, actress and comedian, (Saturday Night Live)
- October 3 – Norm Abram, master carpenter, (This Old House)
- October 4 – Armand Assante, actor
- October 8 – Sigourney Weaver, actress
- October 9 – Shera Danese, actress, (Columbo)
- October 10 – Jessica Harper, actress
- October 14 – Katy Manning, English actress
- October 15 – Tanya Roberts, actress, (died 2021)
- October 21 – LaTanya Richardson Jackson, actress
- October 28 – Sandra Sade, Israeli actress (Sabri Maranan)
- November 1 – Belita Moreno, actress, (Perfect Strangers, George Lopez)
- November 3 – Mike Evans, actor, (All in the Family, The Jeffersons and creator of Good Times) (died 2006)
- November 4 – Berlinda Tolbert, actress, (The Jeffersons)
- November 5 – Armin Shimerman, actor, (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- November 11 – Denise Gordy, actress
- November 19 – Ahmad Rashad, Sportscaster and former NFL football player
- November 23 – Jerry verDorn, soap opera actor (Guiding Light, One Life to Live) (died 2022)
- November 24 – Damon Evans, actor, (The Jeffersons)
- November 28 – Paul Shaffer, singer
- November 29
- Jerry Lawler, WWE commentator and pro wrestler
- 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 5 – Lanny Wadkins, golfer
- December 15 – Don Johnson, actor, (Miami Vice, Nash Bridges)
- December 19 – Rita Taggart, actress
- December 21 – Michael Horse, actor, (Twin Peaks)
Television debuts
- Andy Devine – Lum and Abner
- Brian Donlevy – The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
- Melvyn Douglas – The Philco Television Playhouse
- Glenda Farrell – Studio One
- Miriam Hopkins – The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
- Marcia Mae Jones – Your Show Time
- John Merton – The Lone Ranger
- Lee Tracy – The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
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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