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1949–50 United States network television schedule |
1950–51 United States network television schedule |
List of American television programs currently in production |
This is a list of American television-related events in 1950.
Date | Event | Ref. |
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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. |
One million American households were reported to own a television set in 1950.
Show | Moved from | Moved to |
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The Arthur Murray Party | ABC | Dumont |
The Johns Hopkins Science Review | CBS | Dumont |
The Bigelow Theatre | CBS | Dumont |
Date | Show | Network | Debut | Notes |
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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 |
Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
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February 15 | San Antonio, Texas | KEYL | 5 | CBS (primary) DuMont/Paramount/ABC (secondary) |
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Syracuse, New York | WSYR-TV | 3 | NBC | ||
February 21 | Ames/Des Moines, Iowa | WOI-TV | 5 | CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) |
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March 27 | Louisville, Kentucky | WHAS-TV | 9 (now 11) |
CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) |
[22] |
April 2 | Norfolk, Virginia | WTAR-TV | 3 | NBC (primary) ABC/DuMont (secondary) |
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May 1 | Lansing, Michigan | WJIM-TV | 6 | CBS (primary) NBC/ABC/DuMont (secondary) |
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June 1 | Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids, Michigan | WKZO-TV | 3 | ||
July 1 | Rock Island/Moline, Illinois Bettendorf/Davenport, Iowa |
WHBF-TV | 4 | CBS (primary) NBC/DuMont (secondary) |
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September 30 | Nashville, Tennessee | WSM-TV | 4 | NBC (primary) ABC/CBS/DuMont (secondary) |
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
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Unknown date | Dallas, Texas | KBTV | 8 | DuMont | NBC |