1952 in television

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The year 1952 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1952.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Television shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births

[edit] Events

• January 14 - NBC's Today show debuts, with host Dave Garroway, newsreader Jim Fleming and announcer Jack Lescoulie.
• February 15 - The funeral of King George VI is televised in the UK.
• July 20 - Arrow to the Heart, the first collaboration between director Rudolph Cartier and scriptwriter Nigel Kneale, is broadcast by BBC Television.
• August 1 - First TV broadcast in the Dominican Republic by La Voz Dominicana, a TV station based on the radio station of the same name.
• September 6 - TV debuts in Canada with the launch of CBFT in Montreal, Quebec.
• September 8 - CBLT in Toronto, Ontario goes to air as Canada's second TV station.
• September 20 – The first commercial UHF television station in the world, KPTV (today a Fox affiliate), begins broadcasting in Portland, Oregon on channel 27.
• The first political advertisements appear on US television. Democrats buy a 30 minute slot for their candidate, Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson is bombarded with hate mail for interfering with a broadcast of I Love Lucy. Dwight Eisenhower buys 20 second commercial spots and wins the election.
• The first telecast of an atomic bomb detonation (KTLA).
• The FCC sets aside channels for non-commercial, public broadcasting.
• There are approximately 146,000 television sets in Canada and most antennas are pointed towards Buffalo's WBEN-TV (now WIVB).

[edit] Debuts

• January 14 - The Today Show premieres on NBC (1952–present). *June 19 - I've Got a Secret premieres on CBS (1952-1967).
• June 30 - The Guiding Light on CBS (1952–present). This soap opera began on radio in 1937.
• September - This Is the Life on DuMont. This religious drama ran from 1952 through the late 1980s, for most of its life in syndication.
• September 19 - Adventures of Superman premieres in Syndication (1952-1958).
• November 1 - Hockey Night In Canada premieres (1952–present).
• December 15 - Flower Pot Men premieres on BBC Television (1952).
• American Bandstand, originally called Bandstand, premieres as local program in Philadelphia (1952–1989).
• Life Is Worth Living with Bishop Fulton J. Sheen premiers on DuMont (1952–1955), then on ABC (1955–1957)
• My Little Margie (1952–1955), starring Gale Storm.
• See It Now premieres, hosted by Edward R. Murrow.
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on ABC (1952–1966).
• The Ernie Kovacs Show premieres. Kovacs pushes the limits of television technology with his use of camera tricks and special effects (1952–1953).
• Meet the Masters, a program about classical music, premieres on NBC and WGN-TV.
• This Is Your Life premieres in the US (1952–1961).
• Life with Elizabeth Famous sitcom starring Betty White (1952-1955).

[edit] Television shows

listed by starting year

• Muffin the Mule (UK) (1946–1955).
• Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946–1960).
• Kaleidoscope (UK) (1946–1953).
• Café Continental (UK) (1947–1953).
• Author Meets the Critics (1947–1954).
• Juvenile Jury (1947–1954).
• Kukla, Fran and Ollie (1947–1957).
• Howdy Doody (1947–1960)
• Kraft Television Theater (1947–1958)
• Meet the Press (1947–present)
• Candid Camera (1948–present)
• Television Newsreel (UK) (1948–1954)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
• The Texaco Star Theater (1948–1953)
• Bozo the Clown (1948–present).
• Come Dancing (UK) (1949–1995)
• Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949–1954)
• The Goldbergs (1949–1955)
• The Voice of Firestone (1949–1963)
• Hawkins Falls (1950, 1951–1955))
• Cisco Kid (1950–1956)
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)
• The Jack Benny Show (1950–1965)
• Truth or Consequences (1950–1988)
• Your Hit Parade (1950–1959)
• Your Show of Shows (1950–1954)
• What's My Line (1950–1967)
• Amos & Andy (1951–1953)
• Dragnet (1951–1959)
• I Love Lucy (1951–1960)
• Love of Life (1951–1980)
• Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present)
• The Roy Rogers Show (1951–1957)
• Life with Elizabeth (1952-1955)

[edit] Ending this year

• Picture Page (UK) (1936–1939; 1946–1952).

[edit] Births

• February 17 - Lisa Eichhorn, actress, All My Children.
• March 2 - Laraine Newman, actress, comedian, Saturday Night Live .
• March 22 - Bob Costas, sports announcer .
• May 21 - Mr. T, American actor, is born Laurence Tureaud in Chicago, Illinois.
• June 18 - Carol Kane, actress.
• July 1 - Dan Aykroyd, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live.
• July 6 - Shelley Hack, actress.
• September 7 - Susan Blakely, actress.