1950 in television

The year 1950 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1950.

==Events==Italic text

• February 12 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) inaugurated.
• February 23

== - First televised report of general election results in the UK.

• April 3 - The BBC aspect ratio changes from 5:4 to 4:3.
• August 31 - First television broadcast station in Mexico, XHTV, Mexico City on channel 4.
• September 18 - First television broadcast station in Brazil, PRF-TV, São Paulo on channel 3.
• September 30 - First [[BBC ==

]] television broadcast from an aircraft.

• October 10 - The FCC approves CBS color TV system, effective November 20.
• The number of homes in the US that own a television set reaches the one million mark.

Debuts

• February 2 - What's My Line (1950) debuts on CBS (1950–1967).
• February 25 - Your Show of Shows premieres on NBC (1950–1954).
• June 17 – October 12 - Hawkins Falls premiers on NBC. also (1951–1955).
• July 10 - Your Hit Parade premieres on NBC.
• July 11 - Andy Pandy premieres on the BBC (1950, 1970, 2002)
• September 7 - The game show Truth or Consequences debuts (1950–1988).
• October 28 - The Jack Benny Show, starring Jack Benny, premiers (1950–1965).
• Cisco Kid debuted, starring Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo (1950–1956).
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show debuts (1950–1958).

Television shows

listed by starting year

• Muffin the Mule (UK) (1946–1955).
• Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946–1960)
• Kaleidoscope (UK) (1946–1953).
• Picture Page (UK) (1936–1939; 1946–1952)
• Café Continental (UK) (1947–1953).
• Kukla, Fran and Ollie (1947–1957).
• Author Meets the Critics (1947–1954).
• Juvenile Jury (1947–1954).
• 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)
• The Alan Dale Show (1948–1951).
• Club Seven (1948–1951).
• Bozo the Clown (1949–present).
• Come Dancing (UK) (1949–1995)
• Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949–1954)
• The Goldbergs (1949–1955)
• The Voice of Firestone (1949–1963)

Ending this year

• For The Children (UK) (1937–1939; 1946–1950).
• Actor's Studio (1948–1950).
• Cartoon Teletales (1948–1950).
• Mary Kay and Johnny (1947–1950).
• You Are an Artist (1946–1950).

Births

• January 2 - Belinda Giblin, Australian actress
• January 17 - Andy Kaufman, actor, comedian (d. 1984)
• January 20 - Liza Goddard, British actress
• April 26 - Warren Clarke, actor
• April 28 - Jay Leno, comedian
• September 21 - Bill Murray, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live
• September 29 - Patricia Hodge, British actress
• October 31 - John Candy, comedian and actor (d. 1994)
• December 1 - Keith Thibodeaux, drummer and actor ("Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy)