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Overview of the events of 1949 in television
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 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
- January 17: The Goldbergs, a situation comedy, debuts on CBS (1949–55).
- March 21: WTVJ Signs on the air becoming the first television station in the state of Florida.
- 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 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 (1949–57).
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
|
| 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
Changes of network affiliation
Births
| Date |
Name |
Notability
|
| January 16
|
Caroline Munro
|
English actress and model
|
| January 17
|
Andy Kaufman
|
actor and comedian (died 1984)
|
| January 24
|
John Belushi
|
actor and comedian Saturday Night Live (died 1982)
|
| February 2
|
Brent Spiner
|
actor
|
| February 8
|
Brooke Adams
|
actress
|
| February 9
|
Judith Light
|
| February 28
|
Ilene Graff
|
actress and singer
|
| March 2
|
Gates McFadden
|
actress and choreographer
|
| March 16
|
Erik Estrada
|
actor, CHiPs
|
| Victor Garber
|
Canadian actor and singer
|
| March 17
|
Patrick Duffy
|
actor, Dallas
|
| March 26
|
Vicki Lawrence
|
actress, comedian, The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family, etc.
|
| April 14
|
John Shea
|
actor
|
| April 20
|
Veronica Cartwright
|
English-born actress
|
| April 23
|
Joyce DeWitt
|
actress, Three's Company
|
| June 15
|
Jim Varney
|
actor and comedian (died 2000)
|
| July 3
|
Jan Smithers
|
actress, WKRP in Cincinnati
|
| August 23
|
Rick Springfield
|
Australian singer-songwriter and actor
|
| Shelley Long
|
actress, Cheers
|
| September 16
|
Ed Begley, Jr.
|
actor
|
| October 14
|
Katy Manning
|
English actress
|
| November 6
|
Nigel Havers
|
English actor
|
| December 2
|
Ron Raines
|
US actor
|
| December 4
|
Pamela Stephenson
|
New Zealand actress and comedian
|
| December 15
|
Don Johnson
|
actor, Miami Vice
|
