1950 in television

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Popular Television Shows 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• First television broadcast station in Mexico
• First television broadcast stations in Brazil
• February 12 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) inaugurated.
• February 23 - First televised report of general election results in the U.K.
• September 7 - The game show Truth or Consequences debuts on television.
• 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 Nov. 20.
• October 28 - The Jack Benny Show, starring Jack Benny, premiers (it ran for 15 years).
• The number of homes in the U.S. that own a television set reaches the one million mark.

• February 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.
• July 11 - Andy Pandy premieres in the U.K.
• The Burns and Allen Show debuts (1950-1958)
• Truth or Consequences debuts (1950-1988)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971)

• January 17 - Andy Kaufman, actor, comedian (†1984)
• April 28 - Jay Leno, comedian
• September 21 - Bill Murray, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live
• October 31 - John Candy, comedian and actor
• December 1 - Keith Thibodeaux, drummer and actor ("Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy)