1950 in television
See also:
1949 in television,
other events of 1950,
1951 in television and the
list of 'years in television'.
EventsFebruary 12 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) inaugurated.February 23 - First televised report of general election results in the UK.July 11 - Andy Pandy premieres in the UK.September 29 - BBC Television first broadcasts Come Dancing, which will run for over 40 years.September 30 - First BBC television broadcast from an aircraft.October 10 - The FCC approves CBS color TV system, effective November 20.First television broadcast station in Mexico.First television broadcast stations in Brazil.The number of homes in the US that own a television set reaches the one million mark.
DebutsFebruary 2 - What's My Line (1950) debuts on CBS (1950-1967).February 25 - Your Show of Shows premieres on NBC (1950-1954).July 10 - Your Hit Parade premieres on NBC.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).
Television shows Tom and Jerry (1940-1958, 1965-1972, 1975-1977, 1980-1982) Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946-1960) Picture Page (UK) (1936-1939; 1946-1952) Howdy Doody (1947-1960) Kraft Television Theater (1947-1958) Meet the Press (1947-present) Candid Camera (1948-present) The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971) The Texaco Star Theater (1948-1953) Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949-1954) The Goldbergs (1949-1955) The Voice of Firestone (1949-1963)
Ending this year Mary Kay and Johnny (1947-1950)
BirthsJanuary 2 - Belinda Giblin, Australian actressJanuary 17 - Andy Kaufman, actor, comedian (d. 1984)January 20 - Liza Goddard, British actressApril 26 - Warren Clarke, actorApril 28 - Jay Leno, comedianSeptember 21 - Bill Murray, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live September 29 - Patricia Hodge,British actressOctober 31 - John Candy, comedian and actor December 1 - Keith Thibodeaux, drummer and actor ("Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy)
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