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.
January 16: ABC Television Players , a dramatic anthology, debuts on ABC (1949).
January 17: The Goldbergs , a situation comedy, debuts on CBS (1949–55).
May 5: Series Stop the Music debuts on American Broadcasting Company for a five-year run over seven years.
June 24: "Hopalong Cassidy " becomes the first American television Western series (originally based on film shorts, then becoming an original series in 1952)
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 28: Photocrime , detective program, premieres on ABC (1949).[ 1]
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 on ABC (1949–57).[ 2]
January 1: KPRC-TV (Originally known as KLEE-TV) Signs on the air. They are the Second TV station in Texas, and the First in Houston . That same day, KTTV Signs on in Los Angeles.
March 21: WTVJ signs on the air becoming the first television station in the state of Florida.
May 29: WVTM-TV (Originally WAFM, and later WABT and WAPI) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Alabama
May 30: WRTV (originally WFBM-TV) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Indiana
June 6: KFOR-TV (originally WKY-TV) Signs on the air as the first TV station in Oklahoma
July 1 WBRC Begins operations from Birmingham AL, just 1 month after WVTM started operations.
August 29: WOWT (originally WOW-TV) Signs on the air for the first time, becoming the first television station in Nebraska, and one of the first in the Midwest.
Picture Page (UK)
1946
1952
Starlight (UK)
1946
1949
For The Children (UK)
April 24, 1952
July 7, 1946
The Voice of Firestone Televues
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
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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
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CBS Evening News
August 15, 1948
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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
Time for Beany
February 28, 1949
1955
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 [ edit ]
Changes of network affiliation [ edit ]
January 7 – Steven Williams , American actor, (21 Jump Street )
January 8 – Anne Schedeen , American actress, (ALF )
January 13 – Brandon Tartikoff , American executive (died 1997)
January 16 – Caroline Munro , English actress and model
January 17 – Andy Kaufman , American actor and comedian (died 1984)
January 24 – John Belushi , American actor and comedian, (Saturday Night Live ) (died 1982)
February 2 – Brent Spiner , American actor, (Star Trek: The Next Generation )
February 3 – Brenda Dickson , American actress, (The Young and the Restless )
February 8 – Brooke Adams , American actress
February 9 – Judith Light , American actress, (One Life to Live , Who's The Boss? )
February 14 – István Vágó , Hungarian television host and political activist (died 2023)
February 18 – Jess Walton , American actress, (The Young and the Restless )
February 25 – Ric Flair , American pro wrestler
February 26 – Tim Brant , American sportscaster
February 28 – Ilene Graff , American actress and singer, (Mr. Belvedere )
March 2 – Gates McFadden , American actress and choreographer, (Star Trek: The Next Generation )
March 16
March 17 – Patrick Duffy , American actor, (Dallas , Step by Step )
March 26
April 14 – John Shea , American actor
April 17 – Michael J. Stull , American songwriter (died 2002)
April 19 – Forrest Sawyer , American broadcast journalist
April 20 – Veronica Cartwright , English-born actress
April 23 – Joyce DeWitt , American actress, (Three's Company )
April 28 – Paul Guilfoyle , American actor, (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation )
May 1 – Douglas Barr , actor, (The Fall Guy )
May 9
May 26 – Philip Michael Thomas , actor, (Miami Vice )
June 3 – John Rothman , actor
June 11 – Sherman Howard , actor, (Superboy , Jumanji , Batman Beyond )
June 12 – Roger Aaron Brown , actor, (The District )
June 15 – Jim Varney , actor and comedian (died 2000)
June 16
June 20 – Lionel Richie , singer
June 22
June 25
July 3 – Jan Smithers , actress, (WKRP in Cincinnati )
July 8 – Carmel Cryan , actor
July 9 – Nigel Lythgoe , British TV director and producer (American Idol , So You Think You Can Dance )
July 10 – Mark Shera , actor, (Barnaby Jones , S.W.A.T. )
July 11 – Jay Johnson , ventriloquist, actor, (Soap )
July 16 – Cyndy Garvey , American television personality
July 24 – Michael Richards , actor, (Seinfeld )
July 27 – Maureen McGovern , actress
August 21
August 23
August 24
August 25 – John Savage , actor, (Dark Angel )
September 10
September 16 – Ed Begley, Jr. , actor, (St. Elsewhere )
September 20 – Anthony Denison , actor
September 23
September 25 – Anson Williams , actor and director, (Happy Days )
September 28 – Vernee Watson-Johnson , actress
September 30 – Ann Risley , actress and comedian, (Saturday Night Live )
October 3 – Norm Abram , master carpenter, (This Old House )
October 4 – Armand Assante , actor
October 8 – Sigourney Weaver , actress
October 9 – Shera Danese , actress, (Columbo )
October 10 – Jessica Harper , actress
October 14 – Katy Manning , English actress
October 15 – Tanya Roberts , actress, (died 2021)
October 21 – LaTanya Richardson Jackson , actress
October 28
November 1 – Belita Moreno , actress, (Perfect Strangers , George Lopez )
November 3 – Mike Evans , actor, (All in the Family , The Jeffersons and creator of Good Times ) (died 2006)
November 4 – Berlinda Tolbert , actress, (The Jeffersons )
November 5 – Armin Shimerman , actor, (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Buffy the Vampire Slayer )
November 11 – Denise Gordy , actress
November 17 – John Boehner , politician[ 4]
November 19 – Ahmad Rashad , Sportscaster and former NFL football player
November 23 – Jerry verDorn , soap opera actor (Guiding Light , One Life to Live ) (died 2022)
November 24 – Damon Evans , actor, (The Jeffersons )
November 28 – Paul Shaffer , singer
November 29
December 2 – Ron Raines , American actor, (Guiding Light )
December 3 – Heather Menzies , Canadian actress, (Logan's Run ) (died 2017)
December 4 – Pamela Stephenson , New Zealand actress and comedian
December 5 – Lanny Wadkins , golfer
December 15 – Don Johnson , actor, (Miami Vice , Nash Bridges )
December 19 – Rita Taggart , actress
December 21 – Michael Horse , actor, (Twin Peaks )
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