1951 in television
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The year 1951 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1951.
Events
- March 21 – XEW-TV began transmissions, being the second oldest in Mexico City, with the first one being XHTV.
- March 22 – RCA introduces an eight-pound (3.6 kg) monochrome television camera with a 53-pound (24 kg) backpack transmitter, both operated by batteries. It is the first portable television camera.
- May 28 – The US Supreme Court upholds the Federal Communications Commission's approval of the CBScolor television system.
- May 31 – Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS), as predecessor of Nederlandse Omroep Stichting Televisie (NOS), a first regular television broadcasting service started in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1]
- June 25 – CBS presents its first commercial color telecast featuring Arthur Godfrey, Ed Sullivan, and Faye Emerson.
- June – RCA demonstrates its new electronic color system.
- August 11 – The first baseball game is televised in color, a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves.
- September 4 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast occurs in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
- September 29
- The first live sporting event broadcast coast-to-coast, a college football game between Duke University and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised by NBC.
- CBS broadcasts the first American football game in color, between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia.
- September 30 – WXIA-TV signed on the air at 5 p.m., as WLTV on channel 8. It was the first full time ABC affiliate for Atlanta, taking it over from WSB-TV (channel 2) and WAGA-TV (channel 5).
- October 2
- Danish language television station, DR TV, first launched in Copenhagen. The station broadcasts for one hour a day on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays in an initial phase.[2]
- NTS, The first television network in the Netherlands was launched at 8:15 pm.
- October 3 – The first live coast-to-coast network telecast of a World Series baseball game.
- October 12 – The Holme Moss transmitter is initiated in Northern England, making BBC Television available to the region for the first time.
- October 17 – Television broadcasts begin in Argentina from Primera Televisora Argentina on channel 7, Buenos Aires.
- October 20 – The CBS Eye logo makes its television debut.
- November 6 – Ukrainian Television commences regular broadcasts, becoming the second SSR in the USSR to introduce television.
- November 11 – Bing Crosby Enterprises demonstrates black-and-white video recording using a modified Ampex tape recorder.
- November 18 – Edward R. Murrow on See It Now presents a split screen view of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. It has erroneously been referred to as the first live transcontinental telecast.
- December – TV Tupi in São Paulo (Brazil) begins broadcasting Sua Vida Me Pertence ("Your Life Belongs To Me") starring Vida Alves, pioneering the telenovela genre.
- December 24 – The first televised opera composed for television, Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti, is broadcast by NBC.
- Ernie Kovacs' Time for Ernie and Ernie in Kovacsland television series premiere. Kovacs explores the boundaries of television technology with his use of camera tricks and special effects.
Programs/programmes
| Series | Debut | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| Picture Page (UK) | October 8, 1936 | 1939 |
| 1946 | 1952 | |
| The Voice of Firestone Televues | 1943 | 1947 |
| 1949 | 1963 | |
| Kaleidoscope (UK) | November 2, 1946 | 1953 |
| Gillette Cavalcade of Sports | November 8, 1946 | June 24, 1960 |
| Muffin the Mule (UK) | 1946 | 1955 |
| Kraft Television Theater | May 7, 1947 | 1958 |
| Kukla, Fran and Ollie | October 13, 1947 | 1957 |
| Meet the Press | November 6, 1947 | — |
| Howdy Doody | December 27, 1947 | September 24, 1960 |
| Café Continental | 1947 | 1953 |
| Juvenile Jury | 1947 | 1954 |
| 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 |
| 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 | May 23, 2004 |
| CBS Evening News | August 15, 1948 | — |
| Foodini the Great | August 23, 1948 | June 23, 1951 |
| Ford Theatre | October 17, 1948 | July 10, 1957 |
| The Alan Dale Show | 1948 | 1951 |
| Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | 1948 | January 1, 1958 |
| Break the Bank | 1948 | 1957 |
| Celebrity Time | 1948 | September 1952 |
| Club Seven | 1948 | 1951 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | 1955 |
| Winner Take All | 1948 | 1952 |
| The Goldbergs | January 17, 1949 | 1956 |
| 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 Lone Ranger | September 15, 1949 | June 6, 1957 |
| Come Dancing (UK) | September 29, 1949 | 1995 |
| The Aldrich Family | October 2, 1949 | May 29, 1953 |
| January 2, 1953 | August 22, 1958 | |
| The Ruggles | November 3, 1949 | June 19, 1952 |
| One Man's Family | November 4, 1949 | June 21, 1952 |
| March 1, 1954 | April 1, 1955 | |
| Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | 1949 | 1959 |
Debuts
- January 3 –
- January 8 - Say It with Acting, game show, on NBC.
- January 20 - Two Girls Named Smith, situation comedy, on ABC.[3]: 873
- March 3 – Watch Mr. Wizard on NBC (1951–1965)[4]
- March 12 - Miss Susan, soap opera on NBC (1951)[5]
- June 2 - The daytime version of A Date with Judy debuts on ABC.
- June 16 – Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town, variety show, with Faye Emerson and Skitch Henderson, on CBS
- July 1 - G. E. Guest House debuts on CBS.
- July 6 – Front Page Detective debuts on Dumont.[6]
- July 14 - Assignment Manhunt debuts on NBC.[3]: 65
- July 16 – A British version of the What's My Line?, game show, on BBC (Like its American counterpart, it became one of the top-rated programs for the rest of the decade and made a celebrity of its host, Eamonn Andrews)
- August 3 - The Ad-Libbers, comedy sketch game show, on CBS. (1951)
- August 3 - Tales of Tomorrow, a science fiction anthology series on ABC (1951-1953)
- September 3 – The first long-running soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, on CBS (1951–1986)
- September 11 - The Bill Goodwin Show, a talk/variety program on NBC. (1951-1952)[3]: 98
- September 16- Sky King
- September 24 – Love of Life on CBS (1951–1980)
- October 15 – Situation comedy I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball with her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz, on CBS (1951–1957); produced on film in front of a studio audience, using three film cameras, instead of being broadcast live, and making Ball the world's first major female television star
- October 28 - Out There, a science fiction program on CBS (1951-1952)
- November 26 - [[]], musical variety series on NBC (1951-1953)[3]: ____
- December 14 – Dragnet, crime drama, on NBC (1951–1959 Series One B&W, 1967-1970 Series Two Color)
- Television version of Amos & Andy (1951–1953)
- The Roy Rogers Show (1951–1957), on NBC, starring Roy Rogers and his wife, Dale Evans
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present)
Ending during 1951
| Date | Show | Debut |
|---|---|---|
| January 16 | The Alan Dale Show | 1948 |
| July 18 | Four Star Revue[7] | Unknown |
| August 29 | Stars Over Hollywood[6] | 1950 |
| October 13 | Two Girls Named Smith | 1951[3]: 883 |
| November 2 | Vanity Fair[3]: 883 | 1948 |
| December 28 | Miss Susan | 1951[5] |
| Unknown | Club Seven | 1948 |
Births
Television debuts
- Rico Alaniz – The Adventures of Kit Carson
- Mel Brooks – The Milton Berle Show
- Raymond Burr – Stars Over Hollywood
- Joseph Calleia – Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
- Wendell Corey – Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- Robert Coote – Robert Montgomery Presents
- James Fox – Parent-Craft
- Ben Gazzara – Danger
- Stacy Harris – Chesterfield Sound Off Time
- Pat Hingle – Suspense
- Rochelle Hudson – Racket Squad
- Barry Kelley – Stars Over Hollywood
- Don Knotts – Search for Tomorrow
- Robert Loggia – Search for Tomorrow
- Vera Miles – Fireside Theatre
- Elizabeth Montgomery – Robert Montgomery Presents
- Alvy Moore – Space Patrol
- Kathleen O'Malley – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
- Joan Plowright – Sara Crewe
- Denver Pyle – The Cisco Kid
- Lee Remick – Armstrong Circle Theatre
- George C. Scott – The Bigelow Theatre
- Lois Smith – Love of Life
- Charles Starrett – Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre
- Jan Sterling – Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
- Jack Weston – Out There
References
- ^nl:Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (Dutch language) Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^"TV historie". Dansk Radio (in Danish).
- ^ abcdefMcNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^"Watch Mr. Wizard at Encyclopedia of Television". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ abErickson, Hal (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948-2008. McFarland. p. 189. ISBN 9780786438280. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ abBrooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25525-9.
- ^McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^Paul, Larisha (2024-03-07). "Jennifer Hudson, Barry Manilow 'Heartbroken' Over Death of 'American Idol' Vocal Coach Debra Byrd". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
