1950 in television

The year 1950 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1950.

Events

• February – European Broadcasting Union (EBU) inaugurated.
• February 18 – First televised report of general election results in the UK.
• February 25 – Your Show Of Shows premieres on NBC (1950–1954).
• April 4 – The BBC aspect ratio changes from 5:4 to 4:3.
• May – Desilu Productions formed by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.
• August 31 – First television broadcast station in Mexico, XHTV, Mexico City on channel 4.
• September 18 – First television broadcast station in Brasil, PRF-TV, São Paulo on channel 3.
• September 30 – First BBC television broadcast from an aircraft.
• October 10 – The US Federal Communications Commission approves CBS's color television system, effective November 20.
• The number of homes in the US that own a television set reaches one million.

New shows

• February 2 – What's My Line (1950) debuts on CBS (1950–1967).
• February 25 – Your Show Of Shows premieres on NBC (1950–1954).
• March 23 – Beat the Clock premieres on CBS (1950–1961).
• June 17 – October 12 – Hawkins Falls premieres on NBC (1951–1955).
• July 10 – Your Hit Parade premieres on NBC.
• July 11 – Andy Pandy premieres on the BBC (1950, 1970, 2002).
• September 6 - Stars Over Hollywood premieres on NBC. (1950-1951)^[1]
• September 7 – The game show Truth or Consequences debuts (1950–1988).
• September 18 – The Paul Winchell Show debuts on NBC with the title The Speidel Show.
• October 4 - Four Star Revue debuts on NBC (1950–1953).^[2]
• October 5 – The comedy quiz show You Bet Your Life, featuring Groucho Marx, premiers (1950–1961).
• October 12 – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show debuts (1950–1958).
• October 28 – The Jack Benny Show, starring Jack Benny, premiers (1950–1965).
• Cisco Kid debuted, starring Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo (1950–1956).

Television series

Programs ending during 1950

Births

References