history of television 1950's

 

• 1950: First broadcast of Come Dancing, Broadway Open House, Your Show of Shows and What's My Line?; Cuba is the first Caribbean country to receive TV; Brazil is the first South American country to receive TV; Nielsen Media Research begins to provide television ratings data; Jack Benny and Burns & Allen move from radio to TV; Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons begin airing on television after previously only being theatrical short films; Bob Hope appears in his first TV special.
• 1951: The first broadcast of live United States transcontinental Las Estrellas is launched. television takes place in San Francisco, California during the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. The first broadcast of I Love Lucy, The Lawrence Welk Show, See It Now, Dragnet, the Hallmark Hall of Fame, Watch Mr. Wizard, Search for Tomorrow, Sua vida me pertence, Love of Life and The Roy Rogers Show; the Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters is first issued.
• 1952: First broadcast of Today (NBC), Garfield Goose and Friends, Adventures of Superman, I've Got a Secret, American Bandstand, This Is Your Life, Ding Dong School, Omnibus, and Flower Pot Men; Canada begins its television broadcasts; Hockey Night in Canada and The Guiding Light move from radio to TV.
• 1953: The first broadcast of Panorama, Private Secretary, Make Room for Daddy, Life with Elizabeth, Gumby, Romper Room, Kōhaku Uta Gassen; ABS-CBN launches in the Philippines; the coronation of Elizabeth II is the first ceremony of its kind to be broadcast on television. The Academy Awards ceremony (the Oscars) is televised for the first time after previously being broadcast by radio, beginning in 1930. NBC begins broadcasting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. TV Guide is founded. The first "TV dinner" is made by C.A. Swanson & Sons. The first color television introduced in the United States of America. The first television introduced in Belgium, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Switzerland, and Northern Ireland.
• 1954: First broadcast of The Tonight Show, Father Knows Best, Disneyland and Lassie; NTSC video standard for color television is introduced, and National Educational Television (NET) is launched.
• 1955: First broadcast of Sam and Friends, The Phil Silvers Show, The Honeymooners, The Mickey Mouse Club, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Sooty Show, Aubrey and Gus, Sunday Night at the London Palladium, The Benny Hill Show, The Legend of Rockabye Point, Gunsmoke and Captain Kangaroo, ITV Television Playhouse and Strange Experiences; ITV launches in the UK; millions of viewers watch the grand opening of Disneyland in California. The first television introduced in Thailand.
• 1956: First broadcast of The Edge of Night, As the World Turns, The Price Is Right, Playhouse 90, the Eurovision Song Contest and Hancock's Half Hour. The first television introduced in Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, El Salvador, Finland, Georgia, Guam, Iraq, Nicaragua, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Uruguay and Uzbekistan.
• 1957: First broadcast of Perry Mason, Have Gun — Will Travel, The Ruff and Reddy Show, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, Leave It to Beaver, Maverick, Front Page Challenge, Senda prohibida, The Woody Woodpecker Show, and Carosello; TV Asahi is launched. Steve Allen steps down as the host of The Tonight Show and I Love Lucy goes off the air.
• 1958: First broadcast of Blue Peter, The Donna Reed Show, 77 Sunset Strip, Moonlight Mask, The Ann Sothern Show, Naked City, The Huckleberry Hound Show and The Diary of Samuel Pepys; Canada completes its transcontinental television network; the quiz show scandals wipe out The $64,000 Question and Twenty-One. The first color television introduced in Cuba.
• 1959: First broadcast of The Twilight Zone, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Dennis the Menace, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Telejornal, The Untouchables, Rawhide, Bonanza and World Theatre; The second Grammy Awards ceremony is the first Grammy Awards to be televised and Nigeria is the first African country to receive TV.