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Below is a list of television-related events during 1955. Events ... Sam and Friends on WRC-TV (1955–1961) May 10 – Schipper naast Mathilde (Belgium) on N.I.R. ...
June 25, 1955 Ended September 10 The Donald O'Connor Show: NBC: October 9, 1954 Ended September 17 Musical Chairs: NBC July 9, 1955 Canceled September 24 The Man Behind the Badge: CBS: October 11, 1953 Ended September 29 The Halls of Ivy: CBS: October 19, 1954 Ended September Frankie Laine Time: CBS July 20, 1955 Canceled Returned for a short ...
The crumbling and eventual death of the old DuMont Network meant the 1955–56 television season would be the first year in which the three major remaining U.S. television networks would be the only full-time commercial participants in prime time, a situation that was to remain for the next 31 years, until Fox entered prime time on Sunday ...
ABC had contracted with Walt Disney to produce a new series called Disneyland (as part of the deal, the network provided funding towards the construction of Walt's amusement park of the same name, opening in July 1955). The series was an instant hit, and marked the beginning of the networks allowing Hollywood programs into their schedules.
14 September – The highly popular and long-running live children's variety show Crackerjack! is broadcast for the first time on BBC TV, hosted by Eamonn Andrews. 22 September – Commercial broadcasting starts in the UK with the launch of ITV in London, Associated-Rediffusion on weekdays and Associated Television Network (ATV) at weekends ...
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The 1955–56 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1955 to August 1956.
1955: First broadcast of The Phil Silvers Show, The Honeymooners, The Mickey Mouse Club, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Sunday Night at the London Palladium, The Benny Hill Show, Gunsmoke and Captain Kangaroo; ITV launches in the UK; millions of viewers watch the grand opening of Disneyland in California.