The year 1949 in television involved some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events during 1949.
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Programs
- 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]
Stations
- 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.
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Starlight (UK) |
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For The Children (UK) |
April 24, 1952 |
July 7, 1946 |
The Voice of Firestone Televues |
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Missus Goes A Shopping |
August 1, 1944 |
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Kaleidoscope (UK) |
November 2, 1946 |
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Gillette Cavalcade of Sports |
November 8, 1946 |
June 24, 1960 |
Muffin the Mule (UK) |
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Television Screen Magazine |
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You Are an Artist |
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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 |
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Birthday Party |
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Café Continental (UK) |
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Charade Quiz |
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Juvenile Jury |
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Musical Merry-Go-Round |
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Small Fry Club |
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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 |
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Amanda |
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Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts |
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January 1, 1958 |
The Bigelow Show |
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Break the Bank |
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Cartoon Teletales |
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Celebrity Time |
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September 1952 |
Child's World |
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Club Seven |
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The Philco Television Playhouse |
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Winner Take All |
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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 |
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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 |
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Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
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Easy Aces |
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Follow That Man |
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- 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)
Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 619. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.