1953 in television
This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2015) |
| |||
---|---|---|---|
+... |
The year 1953 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1953.
Events
- January 19 – 68% of all U.S. television sets are tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth to little Ricky.
- January 23 – TP1, a predecessor of TVP1, a member of Telewizja Polska, becomes the first television station in Poland when it officially begins a regular broadcasting service, from Warsaw.
- February 1
- Japanese television begins when JOAK-TV begins broadcasting from Tokyo.[1]
- General Electric Theater airs for the first time on CBS.
- February 18 – television seriesthrough 1955.
- February 26 – Soviet officials replacing the main characters. At the end of the reading, Sheen intones that "Stalinmust one day meet his judgment". Stalin dies one week later.
- March 17 – Patrick Troughton becomes television's first Robin Hood, playing the eponymous folk hero in the first of six half-hour episodes of Robin Hood, shown weekly until April 21 on the BBC Television Service.
- March 19 – The 25th Academy Awards is broadcast by NBC in the U.S. This becomes the first Academy Awards ceremony to be televised.
- March 25 – CBS concedes victory to RCA in the war over color television standards.
- April 3 – TV Guide is published for the first time in the United States, with 10 editions and a circulation of 1,562,000.
- May 1 – Česká televize and Slovenská televíziain January 1993.
- May 25 – KUHT in Houston becomes the first non-commercial educational TV station in the United States.
- June 2 – The Goose Bay, Labrador, the film is transferred to a Royal Canadian Air Force CF-100 jet fighter for the further trip to Montreal. In all, three such voyages are made as the coronation proceeds.[4]
- July 18
- The Quatermass Experiment, first of the famous Quatermass science-fiction serials by Nigel Kneale, begins its run on the BBC in the U.K.
- The Tonight Show begins as a local New York variety show, originally titled The Knickerbocker Beer Show.
- August 28 – Hato no kyujitsu.
- August 30 – NBC's Kukla, Fran, and Ollieis the first publicly announced experimental broadcast of a program in RCA compatible color.
- September 27 – Sao Paulo.[6]
- October 18 – A Omnibusseries.
- October 19 – American CBS presenter Arthur Godfrey dismisses singer Julius La Rosa live on air on the radio-only segment of his morning show.[7]
- October 23 – DZAQ-TV. Alto Broadcasting System is the predecessor of what is now ABS-CBN Corporation.
- November 15 – Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) becomes the first television station in Venezuelawhen it officially begins a regular broadcast service.
- November 22 – RCA airs (with special permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S.) the first commercial color program in compatible color, The Colgate Comedy Hour with Donald O'Connor.
- November 26 – NBC broadcasts its first national telecast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- December 2 – BBC broadcasts its 'Television Symbol' for the first time, the first animated television presentation symbol.
- December 12 – The DuMont Television Network televises its first ever National Basketball Association game with the Boston Celtics defeating the Baltimore Bullets 106–75. This marked the first year the NBA had a national television contract. This was the only year of NBA coverage on DuMont; the Saturday afternoon package moved to NBC for the 1954–55 season, mainly because NBC could clear the games on far more stations that DuMont could.
- December 17 – The FCC reverses its 1951 decision and approves the RCA/NTSC color system.
- December 24 – Dragnet becomes the first filmed drama to be televised in color each year as a network televisionprogram. However, only this one episode, entitled "The Big Little Jesus", is filmed in color during the 1950s; the show returns in the late 1960s in color.
Programs/programmes
Series on the air in 1953
- Adventures of Superman (1952–1958)
- American Bandstand (1952–1989)
- Author Meets the Critics (1947–1954)
- Bozo the Clown (1949–)
- Candid Camera (1948–)
- Cisco Kid(1950–1956)
- Come Dancing (UK) (1949–1995)
- Death Valley Days (1952–1975)
- Dragnet (1951–1959)
- Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946–1960)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–)
- Hawkins Falls(1950, 1951–1955)
- Hockey Night in Canada (1952–)
- Howdy Doody (1947–1960)
- I Love Lucy (1951–1960)
- Juvenile Jury (1947–1954)
- Kraft Television Theater(1947–1958)
- Kukla, Fran and Ollie (1947–1957)
- Life is Worth Living(1952–1957)
- Life with Elizabeth (1952–1955)
- Love of Life (1951–1980)
- Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949–1954)
- Meet the Press (1947–)
- Muffin the Mule (1946–1955)
- My Little Margie (1952–1955)
- Omnibus(1952–1961)
- Our Miss Brooks (1952-1956)
- Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986)
- Television Newsreel (UK) (1948–1954)
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)
- The Goldbergs (1949–1955)
- The Guiding Light (1952–)
- The Jack Benny Show(1950–1965)
- The Roy Rogers Show (1951–1957)
- Buick-Berle Showthis year (1953–1954)
- The Today Show(1952–)
- The Voice of Firestone (1949–1963)
- This Is Your Life (U.S.; 1952–1961)
- Truth or Consequences (1950–1988)
- What's My Line(1950–1967)
- Your Hit Parade (1950–1959)
- Your Show of Shows (1950–1954)
Debuts
- February 10 – Romper Room (1953–1994)
- June 8 - Ladies' Choice on NBC (1953)
- June 20 – Bank on the Stars on CBS (1953), then NBC (1954)
- July 11 - Medallion Theatre on CBS (1953-1954)
- July 6 - Glamour Girl on NBC (1953-1954)
- July 14 -Anyone Can Win on CBS (1953)
- July 20 – The Good Old Days on BBC Television(1953–1983)
- August 18 - Judge for Yourself with Fred Allen on NBC (1953–1954)
- September 13 – Jukebox Jury on ABC (1953–1954)
- September 13 - The George Jessel Show on ABC.
- September 29 – (1957–1964)
- October 2 – The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, an anthology series, The Comeback Story, a reality show, and The Pride of the Family, a situation comedy, all on ABC
- October 5 – Of Many Things, panel discussion show with Dr. Bergen Evans on ABC (1953–1954)
- October 8 – Where's Raymond?, starring Ray Bolger on ABC (in season 2, it is known as The Ray Milland Show) (1953–1955)
- October 11 - The Man Behind the Badge on CBS (1953-1954)[8]
- November 11
- The current affairs series Panorama on BBCTelevision; now the longest-running program on British television
- The public affairs series Answers for Americans on ABC
- The current affairs series
- December 1 – CBC Theatre on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [later known as General Motors Theatre (1954–1956) and General Motors Presents (1958–1961)]
- Place the Face, with principal host Bill Cullen, on CBS (1953–1954); then transferred to NBC (1954–1955)
Ending this year
Date | Show | Debut |
---|---|---|
March 26 | Biff Baker, U.S.A.
|
1952 |
April | The Amos 'n Andy Show | 1951 |
The Ernie Kovacs Show | 1952 | |
May 3 | Victory at Sea | |
June 26 | Kaleidoscope (UK) | 1946 |
September 30 | A Date with Judy (prime time version) |
1952 |
November 13 | Front Page Detective | 1951[9] |
December 26 | Bonino | 1953 |
Unknown | Café Continental (UK) | 1947 |
Leave It to Larry | 1952 |
Births
Date | Name | Notability |
---|---|---|
January 5 | Pamela Sue Martin | Actress (The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dynasty) |
January 8 | Damián Alcázar | Actor |
Tonita Castro | Actress (died 2016) | |
January 10 | Pat Benatar | Singer |
January 20 | Colleen Zenk | Actress (As the World Turns) |
January 29 | Paul Fusco | Puppeteer (ALF) |
Lynne McGranger | Australian actress (Home and Away) | |
February 8 | Mary Steenburgen | Actress (The Last Man on Earth) |
February 11 | Philip Anglim | Actor |
February 12 | Joanna Kerns | Actress (Growing Pains) |
February 14 | Martha Raddatz | Reporter |
February 15 | Lynn Whitfield | Actress (Without a Trace) |
February 17 | Becky Ann Baker | Actress |
February 19 | Bill Kirchenbauer | Actor (Just the Ten of Us) |
February 21 | William Petersen | Actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) |
Christine Ebersole | Actress (Steven Universe, The Cavanaughs, Royal Pains) | |
Peter Van Sant | American television news reporter | |
March 4 | Kay Lenz | Actress (Reasonable Doubts) |
March 6 | Jacklyn Zeman | Actress (General Hospital) (died 2023) |
Armen Keteyian | Armenian American television journalist | |
March 9 | Lauren Koslow | Actress (Days of Our Lives) |
March 10 | Paul Haggis | Director |
March 12 | Ron Jeremy | Pornographic actor |
March 16 | Micheline Charest | Producer (died 2004) |
March 24 | Louie Anderson | Actor (died 2022) |
March 25 | Mary Gross | Actress (Saturday Night Live)[10] |
April 13 | Grant Geissman | American composer |
April 16 | Jay O. Sanders | Actor |
April 18 | Rick Moranis | Canadian actor and comedian |
April 19 | Ruby Wax | American-born comedic actress, presenter (The Full Wax) |
April 22 | Gary Adelson | Producer |
April 23 | James Russo | Actor |
April 24 | Eric Bogosian | Actor (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) |
May 1 | David Gulpilil | Actor (died 2021) |
May 3 | Jake Hooker | Musician (died 2014) |
May 9 | Amy Hill | Actress |
May 16 | Pierce Brosnan | Irish-born actor (Remington Steele, The Son) |
Peter Onorati | Actor | |
May 17 | Kathleen Sullivan | Journalist |
May 20 | Michael Dinner | Screenwriter |
May 29 | Danny Elfman | Singer and composer (Batman: The Animated Series, The Simpsons, Pee-wee's Playhouse) |
May 30 | Colm Meaney | Actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) |
June 1 | Diana Canova | Actress |
June 11 | Peter Bergman | Actor (All My Children, The Young and the Restless) |
June 13 | Tim Allen | Actor ( Last Man Standing )
|
June 16 | Valerie Mahaffey | Actress and producer (Northern Exposure) |
June 21 | Michael Bowen | Actor (Lost, Breaking Bad) |
June 22 | Cyndi Lauper | Singer and actress |
June 26 | Robert Davi | Actor (Profiler) |
July 4 | Jon Plowman | Producer |
July 10 | Marco Rodríguez | Actor |
July 11 | Mindy Sterling | Actress |
Patricia Reyes Spíndola | Actress | |
July 13 | Gil Birmingham | Actor |
July 23 | Lydia Cornell | Actress (Too Close for Comfort) |
July 29 | Tim Gunn | Actor |
August 1 | Howard Kurtz | American journalist |
August 2 | Butch Patrick | Actor (The Munsters) |
August 4 | Tony Barnhart | Reporter |
August 8 | Donny Most
|
Actor (Happy Days) |
August 9 | Kathleen Matthews | Reporter |
August 11 | Hulk Hogan | Wrestler (Hogan Knows Best) |
August 13 | Jim Paratore | Producer (died 2012) |
August 14 | James Horner | Composer (died 2015) |
August 16 | Kathie Lee Gifford | Singer and talk show co-host ( Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee )
|
Vincent Curatola | Actor | |
August 20 | Peter Horton | Actor (thirtysomething) |
Ron Claiborne | American journalist | |
August 26 | Emiliano Díez | Cuban actor (George Lopez) |
August 27 | Peter Stormare | Swedish actor (Prison Break) |
August 30 | Robert Parish | NBA basketball player
|
September 1 | Jonathan LaPook | American physician |
September 2 | Keith Allen | Welsh actor |
September 4 | Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
|
Actor (Welcome Back, Kotter) |
September 6 | Katherine Cannon | Actress (Beverly Hills, 90210) |
September 7 | Kristin Griffith | Actress |
September 10 | Amy Irving | Actress |
September 14 | Robert Wisdom | Actor (The Wire, Prison Break) |
Kurt Fuller | Actor | |
September 16 | Lenny Clarke | Comedian and actor ( Rescue Me )
|
Christopher Rich | Actor (Murphy Brown, Reba) | |
September 27 | Robbie Shakespeare | Producer (died 2021) |
September 29 | Drake Hogestyn | Actor (Days of Our Lives) |
October 6 | Wendy Robie | Actress (Twin Peaks) |
October 7 | Christopher Norris | Actress (Trapper John, M.D.) |
October 9 | Tony Shalhoub | Actor (Adrian Monk on Monk) |
October 11 | David Morse
|
Actor (St. Elsewhere) |
October 12 | Les Dennis | English television presenter |
October 14 | Greg Evigan | Actor (My Two Dads) |
Howard Schultz | Producer | |
October 15 | Larry Miller | Comedian |
October 20 | Keith Hernandez | Sports broadcaster |
October 26 | Lauren Tewes | Actress (The Love Boat) |
October 27 | Robert Picardo | Actor (China Beach, Star Trek: Voyager) |
October 28 | Desmond Child | Songwriter |
October 30 | Charles Lewis | Journalist |
October 31 | Michael J. Anderson | Actor (Twin Peaks) |
Lynda Goodfriend | Actress (Happy Days) | |
November 3 | Dennis Miller | Talk show host, commentator, comedian (Saturday Night Live) |
Kate Capshaw | Actress | |
November 5 | Joyce Maynard | American journalist |
November 12 | Carl Ciarfalio | American actor |
November 15 | James Widdoes | American actor |
November 18 | Kevin Nealon | Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Weeds, Glenn Martin, DDS) |
Kath Soucie | Actress (Tiny Toon Adventures, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Rugrats, Earthworm Jim, Dexter's Laboratory, Hey Arnold!, Futurama) | |
November 19 | Robert Beltran | Actor (Commander Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager) |
Tom Villard | Actor (died 1994) | |
November 26 | Jacki MacDonald | Australian television personality |
November 27 | Curtis Armstrong | Actor (Dan Vs., Robot and Monster, The Emperor's New School) |
November 28 | Pamela Hayden | Actress |
December 1 | Antoine de Caunes | French Anglophone presenter (Eurotrash) |
December 6 | Kin Shriner | Actor (General Hospital, Justice League Unlimited) |
December 7 | Susie Coelho | TV personality |
December 8 | Sam Kinison | Comedian and actor (Charlie Hoover) (died 1992) |
Kim Basinger | Actress | |
December 9 | John Malkovich | Actor |
December 11 | Bess Armstrong | Actress |
December 14 | Gail Matthius | Actress (Saturday Night Live) |
December 17 | Barry Livingston | Actor (My Three Sons) |
Bill Pullman | Actor | |
December 22 | Bern Nadette Stanis | Actress (Good Times) |
Jay Brazeau | Actor | |
December 23 | John Callahan | Actor (died 2020) |
December 29 | Charlayne Woodard | Actress |
December 30 | Meredith Vieira | Journalist, talk show host, game show host ( Who Wants to Be a Millionaire )
|
December 31 | James Remar | Actor (The Huntress) |
Television debuts
- Anouk Aimée – Douglas Fairbanks Presents
- Claude Akins – You Are There
- John Drew Barrymore – Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- James Best – Fireside Theatre
- Walter Brennan – Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- Carol Channing – Omnibus
- James Coburn – Four Star Playhouse
- Chuck Connors – Your Jeweler's Showcase
- Robert Cornthwaite – Cavalcade of America
- Joan Crawford – The Revlon Mirror Theater
- Charles Durning – You Are There
- Mel Ferrer – Omnibus
- Janet Gaynor – Medallion Theatre
- Clifton James – Rocky King Detective
- Eartha Kitt – You Are There
- Martin Landau – The Goldbergs
- Ida Lupino – Four Star Playhouse
- Barton MacLane – Your Jeweler's Showcase
- Ray Milland – Meet Mr. McNutley
- Jeanne Moreau – La joie de vivre
- Leonard Nimoy – Four Star Playhouse
- Anthony Perkins – The Big Story
- Christopher Plummer – Studio One
- Eleanor Powell – The Faith of Our Children
- George Raft – I'm the Law
- Marion Ross – Cavalcade of America
- William Shatner – Space Command
- Harry Shearer – Omnibus
- Michael Trubshawe – The Passing Show
- Robert Wagner – Juke Box Jury
References
- ^ "50 Years of NHK Television". NHK. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth takes coronation oath". On This Day. BBC. 1953-06-02. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ^ Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. "Society > The Monarchy > Canada's New Queen > Coronation of Queen Elizabeth > The Story". CBC. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^ Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. "Society > The Monarchy > Canada's New Queen > Coronation of Queen Elizabeth > Did You Know?". CBC. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^ Nippon TV#History Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- RecordTV#History#1950s: BeginningsRetrieved January 13, 2017.
- ^ Ahlfors, Elizabeth. "Julie's Story". Juliuslarosa.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
- ISBN 9780307483201. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ISBN 0-345-25525-9.
- ISBN 978-1-64143-424-9.