1950 in television

Events

February 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 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.

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.
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).

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)
Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995)
Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949–1954)
The Goldbergs (1949-1955)
The Voice of Firestone (1949-1963)

January 2 – Belinda Giblin, Australian actress
January 17 – Andy Kaufman, actor, comedian (d. 1984)
January 20 – Liza Goddard, British actress
April 26 – Warren Clarke, actor
April 28 – Jay Leno, comedian
September 21 – Bill Murray, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live
September 29 – Patricia Hodge, British actress
October 31 – John Candy, comedian and actor
December 1 – Keith Thibodeaux, drummer and actor ("Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy)

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