This is a list of American television-related events in 1950.
Events Date Event Ref. May The television production company Desilu Productions was founded by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. October 10 CBS' color television system is approved by the Federal Communications Commission. This approval goes in effect on November 20.
Other information One million American households were reported to own a television set in 1950.
Television programs Debuts Date Debut Network Notes/Ref. January 4 Abe Burrows' Almanac CBS January 7 The Ken Murray Show CBS January 7Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 – Present (Seventh Edition), Ballantine Books, 1999, page 866. Rocky King, Detective DuMont January 13 Life Begins at Eighty NBC January 17 Cavalcade of Bands DuMont January 28 Dinner Date DuMont January 30 Robert Montgomery Presents NBC February 2 What's My Line? CBS February 25 Your Show of Shows NBC March 9 Space Patrol ABC March 19 Windy City Jamboree DuMont March 23 Beat the Clock CBS April Adventure Playhouse DuMont April Screen Mystery DuMont April 5 Joey Faye's Frolics CBS April 6 The Alan Young Show CBS April 9 Starlit Time DuMont April 15Garyn G. Roberts, in Ray B. Browne and Pat Browne (.ed) The Guide To United States Popular Culture. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2001. (p.120) Buck Rogers ABC April 19 Stage 13 CBS April 29 The Trap CBS May Frontier Theatre DuMont May 21 Mama Rosa ABC May 29 Broadway Open House NBC June 6 Armstrong Circle Theatre NBC June 17 Hawkins Falls NBC July 1 Big Top CBS July 3 Visit with the Armed Forces DuMont July 3 The Hazel Scott Show DuMont July 4 The Joan Edwards Show DuMont July 4 Sure as Fate CBS July 7 Detective's Wife CBS July 10 Your Hit Parade NBC Migrated from radio July 11 The Web CBS July 23 The Gene Autry Show CBS July 29 Country Style DuMont August 1"Debunking The Myths: Crusader Rabbit and Walt Disney" Cartoon Research Crusader Rabbit First-run Syndication August 6 Rhythm Rodeo DuMont August 27 Hold That Camera DuMont September 2 Star Time DuMont September 2 The Twinkle in Your Eye DuMont September 2 Chez Paree Revue DuMont September 5 The Cisco Kid First-run Syndication September 6 Stars Over Hollywood NBC First television series produced by Revue Productions September 7 Truth or Consequences CBS Migrated from radio September 10 The Colgate Comedy Hour NBC September 11 The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican ABC September 11 Dick Tracy ABC September 11 Treasury Men in Action ABC September 18 The Speidel Show NBC Later retitled The Paul Winchell Show September 21 The Nash Airflyte Theater CBS September 26 Danger CBS October Eloise Salutes the Stars DuMont October 2 (PDF) Lux Video Theatre CBS October 2 The Susan Raye Show DuMont October 2 Tom Corbett, Space Cadet CBS October 3 Beulah ABC October 3 The Billy Rose Show ABC October 4 Four Star Revue NBC October 4 You Bet Your Life NBC Migration from radio October 5 Big Town CBS Migration from radio October 6 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse ABC October 7 Saturday Night at the Garden DuMont October 7 The Frank Sinatra Show CBS October 10 Prudential Family Playhouse CBS October 12 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS Migration from radio October 15Wilborn Hampton, Horton Foote: America’s Storyteller, page 106 - 107, Free Press, 2009 The Gabby Hayes Show NBC October 18 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre CBS October 18 The Most Important People DuMont October 19 The Adventures of Ellery Queen DuMont October 21 The Stu Erwin Show ABC October 22 Our Secret Weapon: The Truth DuMont October 28 The Jack Benny Program CBS Migration from radio November 4 Your Story Theatre DuMont December 4 The First Hundred Years CBS December 10 The Bigelow Theatre CBS December 22 Charlie Wild, Private Detective CBS December 29 You Asked for It DuMont
Change in Network Affiliation ShowMoved fromMoved toThe Arthur Murray PartyABCDumontThe Johns Hopkins Science ReviewCBSDumontThe Bigelow TheatreCBSDumont
Ending this year Date Show Network Debut Notes January 2 And Everything Nice DuMont March 15, 1949 January 3 The Sonny Kendis Show CBS April 18, 1949 January 10 The O'Neills DuMont September 6, 1949 January 26 The Front Page CBS September 29, 1949 February 4 Spin the Picture DuMont June 4, 1949 March 11 Mary Kay and Johnny NBC 1947 Series began on DuMont March 25 Television Theatre CBS June 2, 1950 March 29 Abe Burrows' Almanac CBS January 4, 1950 March 30 The Black Robe NBC May 18, 1949 April 9 Bowling Headliners DuMont December 26, 1948 (on ABC) April 12 Joey Faye's Frolics CBS April 5, 1950 April 21 The Little Revue ABC September 4, 1949 May Adventure Playhouse DuMont April 1950 May 22 Newsweek Views the News DuMont November 7, 1948 June 11 Mama Rosa ABC May 21, 1950 June 14 Easy Aces DuMont December 14, 1949 June 18 Windy City Jamboree DuMont March 19, 1950 June 23 Actors Studio CBS September 26, 1948 June 24 The Trap CBS April 29, 1950 June 25 Colgate Theatre NBC January 3, 1949 June 26 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre NBC September 27, 1948 June 28 Stage 13 CBS April 19, 1950 July 4 The Ed Wynn Show CBS September 22, 1949 August 11 People's Platform CBS August 17, 1948 September Frontier Theatre DuMont May September 29 The Hazel Scott Show DuMont July 3, 1950 September 29 Detective's Wife CBS July 7, 1950 October 8 Think Fast ABC March 26, 1949 October 13 The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican ABC September 11, 1950 October 15 Believe It or Not! DuMont March 1, 1949 October 23 Mysteries of Chinatown ABC December 4, 1949 October 24 The Joan Edwards Show DuMont July 4, 1950 November 19 Starlit Time DuMont April 9, 1950 November 20 The Susan Raye Show DuMont October 2, 1950 November 25 Country Style DuMont July 29, 1950 December 1 TV Shopper DuMont November 1, 1948 December 15 Hold That Camera DuMont August 27, 1950 Unknown date Cartoon Teletales ABC 1948 The Vincent Lopez Show DuMont March 7, 1949 Returned in 1957 on CBS Amateur Boxing Fight Club DuMont September 1949 Boxing from Sunnyside Gardens DuMont September 1949 You Are an Artist NBC May 13, 1946 Your Witness ABC September 19, 1949 Chez Paree Revue DuMont September 2, 1950
Television stations Station launches Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. February 15 San Antonio, Texas KEYL 5 CBS (primary) DuMont/Paramount/ABC (secondary) Syracuse, New York WSYR-TV 3 NBC February 21 Ames/Des Moines, Iowa WOI-TV 5 CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) March 27 Louisville, Kentucky WHAS-TV 9 (now 11) CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) "WHAS-TV bows; second Louisville outlet." Broadcasting – Telecasting. March 27, 1950, pg. 68. April 2 Norfolk, Virginia WTAR-TV 3 NBC (primary) ABC/DuMont (secondary) May 1 Lansing, Michigan WJIM-TV 6 CBS (primary) NBC/ABC/DuMont (secondary) July 1 Rock Island/Moline, Illinois Bettendorf/Davenport, Iowa WHBF-TV 4 CBS (primary) NBC/DuMont (secondary) July 9 Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids, Michigan WKZO-TV 3 CBS (primary) NBC/ABC/DuMont (secondary) September 30 Nashville, Tennessee WSM-TV 4 NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary)
Network affiliation changes Date City of license/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref. Unknown date Dallas, Texas KBTV 8 DuMont NBC
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External links List of 1950 American television series at IMDb