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By the late 1950s network era, as television began reaching larger portions of rural America, [29] their viewing habits began to be reflected in overall television ratings. Sylvester "Pat" Weaver was fired in 1956 after his strategy of programming highbrow "spectacular" productions once a month on NBC proved to be a ratings failure against more ...
July 4, 1950 November 19 Starlit Time: DuMont: April 9, 1950 November 20 The Susan Raye Show: DuMont: October 2, 1950 November 25 Country Style: DuMont: July 29, 1950 December 1 TV Shopper: DuMont: November 1, 1948 December 15 Hold That Camera: DuMont: August 27, 1950 Unknown date Cartoon Teletales: ABC 1948 The Vincent Lopez Show: DuMont March ...
An American family watching television together in 1958. The 1950s are known as the Golden Age of Television by some people. Sales of TV sets rose tremendously in the 1950s and by 1950 4.4 million families in America had a television set. Americans devoted most of their free time to watching television broadcasts.
April 15, 1950 March 11 With This Ring: DuMont: January 21, 1951 March 15 The Nash Airflyte Theater: CBS: September 21, 1950 March 27 The Billy Rose Show: ABC: October 3, 1950 Prudential Family Playhouse: CBS: October 10, 1950 March 31 Saturday Night at the Garden: DuMont: October 7, 1950 April Eloise Salutes the Stars: DuMont: October 1950 ...
1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. One month later, the situation comedy I Love Lucy premieres on CBS, sparking the rise of television in the American home and the Golden Age of Television.
In the early 1950s, TV stations telecast a lot of movies from the 1930s and ’40s, with the unofficial rule that they would air only films that were at least 10 years old. ... it’s good to ...
July 26 – First television broadcast station in Mexico, XHTV, Mexico City on channel 4; Gonzalo Castellot Madrazo is the first announcer to appear. [1] September 18 – First television network in South America launches, PRF-TV on channel 3 in São Paulo, Brazil. September 30 First BBC television broadcast from an aircraft.
Pages in category "1950s in American television" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.