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The year 1948 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1948.

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

[edit] Events

• March 20 - Renowned Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini makes his television debut, conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in an all-Wagner program.
• June 21 - The first network telecast of political conventions from Philadelphia.
• July 29 - The BBC Television Service begins its coverage of the Olympic Games in London by broadcasting the opening ceremony. From now until the closing ceremony on August 14 the BBC will broadcast an average three and a half hours a day of live coverage from the Games, using a special coaxial cable linking the main venue at Wembley Stadium to the television service's base at Alexandra Palace. This is the most ambitious sustained outside broadcast yet attempted by the BBC, but passes off with no serious problems.
• July 30 - Professional wrestling premieres in prime-time on the DuMont Network.
• November 4 Moscow TV center adopted a new 625 lines standard.
• August 15 - The first network nightly newscast, CBS-TV News, debuts on CBS with Douglas Edwards.
• November 29 - The television puppet show Kukla, Fran and Ollie moves to the NBC Midwest Network.
• CBS begins network programming.
• ABC opens its first television station in New York.
• Television manufacturing begins in Canada.
• Telecasts of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, begin until 1954.

[edit] Debuts

• January 5 - Television Newsreel (UK) is first shown on the BBC Television Service (1948–1954).
• June 8 - Milton Berle becomes the first United States television star with the debut of Texaco Star Theater (later The Milton Berle Show) on NBC (1948–1953).
• June 20 - Toast of the Town, with Ed Sullivan, premieres on CBS, with guests Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (later renamed, The Ed Sullivan Show) (1948–1971).
• July 1 - Mark Goodson's first game show Winner Take All premieres on CBS (1948–1952).
• August 10 - Candid Microphone (renamed Candid Camera in 1949) debuts on ABC (1948–present).
• The Adventures of Oky Doky premieres (1948–1949).
• Amanda (1948–1949).
• The Bigelow Show premieres (1948–1949).
• Champagne and Orchids (1948–1949).
• Child's World debuts (1948–1949).
• Actor's Studio (1948–1950).
• Cartoon Teletales (1948–1950).
• The Alan Dale Show premieres (1948–1951).
• Club Seven (1948–1951).

[edit] Television shows

Series	Debut	Ended
Picture Page (UK)	October 8, 1936	1939
	1946	1952
Starlight (UK)	November 3, 1936	1939
	1946	1949
For The Children (UK)	April 24, 1937	1939
	July 7, 1946	1950
The Voice of Firestone Televues	1943	1947
	1949	1963
Missus Goes A Shopping	August 1, 1944	1949
The World in Your Home	1944	1948
Kaleidoscope (UK)	November 2, 1946	1953
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports	November 8, 1946	June 24, 1960
Muffin the Mule (UK)	1946	1955
Paging You	1946	1948
Television Screen Magazine	1946	1949
You Are an Artist	1946	1950
Doorway to Fame	May 2, 1947	July 4, 1949
Kraft Television Theater	May 7, 1947	1958
Kukla, Fran and Ollie	October 13, 1947	1957
Meet the Press	November 6, 1947	—
Mary Kay and Johnny	November 18, 1947	March 11, 1950
Howdy Doody	December 27, 1947	September 24, 1960
Americana	1947	1949
Birthday Party	1947	1949
Café Continental	1947	1953
Charade Quiz	1947	1949
Eye Witness	1947	1948
Juvenile Jury	1947	1954
In the Kelvinator Kitchen	1947	1948
Musical Merry-Go-Round	1947	1949
Small Fry Club	1947	1951
Television Newsreel (UK)	January 5, 1948	1954
The Original Amateur Hour	January 18, 1948	September 27, 1970
Court of Current Issues	February 9, 1948	June 26, 1951
Stop Me If You've Heard This One	March 4, 1948	April 22, 1949
Author Meets the Critics	April 1948	October 10, 1954
Hollywood Screen Test	April 15, 1948	1953
Texaco Star Theater	June 8, 1948	1953
The Ed Sullivan Show	June 20, 1948	June 6, 1971
Candid Camera	August 10, 1948	—
CBS Evening News	August 15, 1948	—
Foodini the Great	August 23, 1948	June 23, 1951
Actors Studio	September 1948	June 1950
Champagne and Orchids	September 6, 1948	January 10, 1949
Stained Glass Windows	September 26, 1948	October 16, 1949
Ford Theatre	October 17, 1948	July 10, 1957
The Adventures of Oky Doky	November 4, 1948	May 26, 1949
The Morey Amsterdam Show	December 17, 1948	October 12, 1950
The Alan Dale Show	1948	1951
Amanda	1948	1949
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts	1948	January 1, 1958
The Bigelow Show	1948	1949
Break the Bank	1948	1957
Cartoon Teletales	1948	1950
Celebrity Time	1948	September 1952
Child's World	1948	1949
Club Seven	1948	1951
The Philco Television Playhouse	1948	1955
Winner Take All	1948	1952r

[edit] Ending this year

• The World in Your Home (1944–1948).
• Paging You (1946–1948)
• Eye Witness (1947–1948).
• In the Kelvinator kitchen (1947–1948).

[edit] Births

• January 1 - Anita Graham, actress
• January 14 - Carl Weathers, actor
• April 12 - Jeremy Beadle, presenter
• June 2 - Jerry Mathers, actor Leave It To Beaver
• July 12 - Ben Burtt, sound designer
• September 2 - Terry Bradshaw, former NFL quarterback
• September 13 - Nell Carter, actress, singer (d. 2003)
• September 17 - John Ritter, actor, Three's Company, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (d. 2003)
• September 24 - Phil Hartman, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, NewsRadio (d. 1998)
• September 27 - Michele Dotrice, actress
• October 29 - Kate Jackson, actress
• December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter
• December 21 - Samuel L. Jackson, actor.