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- Programs/programmes Debuts Ending during 1951
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{{short description|Television-related events during 1951}}{{Year nav topic5|1951|television|radio|film}}The year 1951 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1951. Events- March 22 – RCA introduces an eight-pound (3.6 kg) monochrome television camera with a 53-pound (24 kg) backpack transmitter, both operated by batteries. It is the first portable television camera.
- May 28 – Then US Supreme Court upholds the Federal Communications Commission's approval of the CBS color television system.
- May 31 – Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS), as predecessor of Nederlandse Omroep Stichting Televisie (NOS), a first regular television broadcasting service start in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1]
- June 25 – CBS presents its first commercial color telecast featuring Arthur Godfrey, Ed Sullivan, and Faye Emerson.
- June – RCA demonstrates its new electronic color system.
- August 11 – The first baseball game is televised in color, a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves.
- September 4 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast occurs in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
- September 29
- The first live sporting event broadcast coast-to-coast, a college football game between Duke University and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised by NBC.
- CBS broadcasts the first American football game in color, between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia.
- October 2 – Danish language television station, DR1, first launched in Copenhagen.[2]
- October 3 – The first live coast-to-coast network telecast of a World Series baseball game.
- October 12 – The Holme Moss transmitter is initiated in Northern England, making BBC Television available to the region for the first time.
- October 17 – Television broadcasts begin in Argentina from Primera Televisora Argentina on channel 7, Buenos Aires.
- October 20 – The CBS Eye logo makes its television debut.
- November 11 – Bing Crosby Enterprises demonstrates black-and-white video recording using a modified Ampex tape recorder.
- November 18 – Edward R. Murrow on See It Now presents a split screen view of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. It has erroneously been referred to as the first live transcontinental telecast.
- December – TV Tupi in São Paulo (Brazil) begins broadcasting Sua Vida Me Pertence ("Your Life Belongs To Me") starring Vida Alves, pioneering the telenovela genre.
- December 24 – The first televised opera composed for television, Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti, is broadcast by NBC.
- Ernie Kovacs' Time for Ernie and Ernie in Kovacsland television series premiere. Kovacs explores the boundaries of television technology with his use of camera tricks and special effects.
Programs/programmes Series | Debut | Ended |
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Picture Page (UK) | October 8, 1936 | 1939 | 1946 | 1952 | The Voice of Firestone Televues | 1943 | 1947 | 1949 | 1963 | Kaleidoscope (UK) | November 2, 1946 | 1953 | Gillette Cavalcade of Sports | November 8, 1946 | June 24, 1960 | Muffin the Mule (UK) | 1946 | 1955 | Kraft Television Theater | May 7, 1947 | 1958 | Kukla, Fran and Ollie | October 13, 1947 | 1957 | Meet the Press | November 6, 1947 | — | Howdy Doody | December 27, 1947 | September 24, 1960 | Café Continental | 1947 | 1953 | Juvenile Jury | 1947 | 1954 | 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 | 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 | May 23, 2004 | CBS Evening News | August 15, 1948 | — | Foodini the Great | August 23, 1948 | June 23, 1951 | Ford Theatre | October 17, 1948 | July 10, 1957 | The Alan Dale Show | 1948 | 1951 | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts | 1948 | January 1, 1958 | Break the Bank | 1948 | 1957 | Celebrity Time | 1948 | September 1952 | Club Seven | 1948 | 1951 | The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | 1955 | Winner Take All | 1948 | 1952 | The Goldbergs | January 17, 1949 | 1956 | Captain Video | June 27, 1949 | April 1, 1955 | Mama | July 1, 1949 | March 17, 1957 | Martin Kane, Private Eye | August 7, 1949 | June 17, 1954 | The Lone Ranger | September 15, 1949 | June 6, 1957 | Come Dancing (UK) | September 29, 1949 | 1995 | The Aldrich Family | October 2, 1949 | May 29, 1953 | January 2, 1953 | August 22, 1958 | The Ruggles | November 3, 1949 | June 19, 1952 | One Man's Family | November 4, 1949 | June 21, 1952 | March 1, 1954 | April 1, 1955 | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | 1949 | 1959 |
Debuts- January 3 – Dragnet, crime drama, on NBC (1951–1959 Series One B&W, 1967-1970 Series Two Color)
- January 8 - Say It with Acting, game show, on NBC.
- March 3 – Watch Mr. Wizard on NBC (1951–1965)[3]
- March 12 - Miss Susan, soap opera on NBC (1951)[4]
- June 2 - The daytime version of A Date with Judy debuts on ABC.
- June 16 – Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town, variety show, with Faye Emerson and Skitch Henderson, on CBS
- July 6 – Front Page Detective debuts on Dumont.[5]
- July 16 – A British version of the What's My Line?, game show, on BBC (Like its American counterpart, it became one of the top-rated programs for the rest of the decade and made a celebrity of its host, Eamonn Andrews)
- August 3 - The Ad-Libbers, comedy sketch game show, on CBS. (1951)
- September 3 – The first long-running soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, on CBS (1951–1986)
- September 11 - The Bill Goodwin Show, a talk/variety program on NBC. (1951-1952)[6]
- September 24 – Love of Life on CBS (1951–1980)
- October 15 – Situation comedy I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball with her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz, on CBS (1951–1957); produced on film in front of a studio audience, using three film cameras, instead of being broadcast live, and making Ball the world's first major female television star
- Television version of Amos & Andy (1951–1953)
- The Roy Rogers Show (1951–1957), on NBC, starring Roy Rogers and his wife, Dale Evans
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present)
Ending during 1951 Date | Show | Debut |
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January 16 | The Alan Dale Show | 1948 | July 18 | Four Star Revue[7] | Unknown | August 29 | Stars Over Hollywood[5] | 1950 | December 28 | Miss Susan | 1951[4] | Unknown | Club Seven | 1948 |
Births Date | Name | Notability |
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January 7 | Helen Worth | British actress (Coronation Street) | January 12 | Kirstie Alley | Actress (Cheers, Veronica's Closet) | Rush Limbaugh | Radio talk show host & commentator | January 15 | Charo | Actress, singer, guitarist | January 26 | Walt Willey | Actor | January 30 | Charles S. Dutton | Actor (Roc) | January 31 | Cristine Rose | Actress (Heroes) | February 13 | Ellen Bry | Actress (St. Elsewhere) | February 15 | Jane Seymour | Actress (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) | February 16 | William Katt | Actor (The Greatest American Hero) | February 20 | John Voldstad | Actor (Newhart) | February 23 | Patricia Richardson | Actress (Home Improvement) | February 24 | Debra Jo Rupp | Actress (That '70s Show) | March 12 | Caren Kaye | Actress | March 17 | Kurt Russell | Actor (The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters) | March 19 | Fred Berry | Actor (What's Happening!!) (d. 2003) | April 13 | Peter Davison | Actor (Doctor Who) | April 21 | Tony Danza | Actor (Taxi, Who's the Boss?) | April 27 | Paul O'Keefe | Actor (The Patty Duke Show) | April 29 | Ellen Crawford | Actress (ER) | May 8 | Deborah Harmon | Actress (Just the Ten of Us) | May 9 | Alley Mills | Actress (The Wonder Years) | May 18 | Denny Dillon | Actress and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Dream On) | May 25 | Patti D'Arbanville | Actress (New York Undercover) | June 5 | Ellen Foley | Singer and actress (Night Court) | June 13 | Richard Thomas | Actor (The Waltons) | June 17 | Joe Piscopo | Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live) | June 20 | Tress Macneille | Voice actress (Dot Warner on Animaniacs) | June 26 | Pamela Bellwood | Actress (Dynasty) | Robert Davi | Actor (Profiler) | June 27 | Julia Duffy | Actress (Newhart) | July 7 | Roz Ryan | Actress (Amen, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack) | July 10 | Phyllis Smith | Actress (The Office) | July 12 | Cheryl Ladd | Actress (Charlie's Angels) | Jamey Sheridan | Actor (Homeland) | July 17 | Lucie Arnaz | Actress (Here's Lucy), daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz | July 21 | Robin Williams | Actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy) (d. 2014) | July 23 | Edie McClurg | Actress (The Hogan Family) | July 24 | Lynda Carter | Actress (Wonder Woman) | July 31 | Barry Van Dyke | Actor (Airwolf, Murder), son of Dick Van Dyke | August 3 | Jay North | Actor (Dennis the Menace) | August 5 | Chip Fields | Actress (Good Times) | August 6 | Catherine Hicks | Actress (Annie Camden on 7th Heaven) | August 14 | Carl Lumbly | Actor (Cagney and Lacey, Alias) | August 17 | Robert Joy | Canadian actor (NY) | August 19 | Randi Oakes | Actress and model (CHiPs) | September 2 | Mark Harmon | Actor (NCIS) | September 5 | Michael Keaton | Actor | September 9 | Tom Wopat | Actor (The Dukes of Hazard) | September 12 | Joe Pantoliano | Actor | September 13 | Jean Smart | Actress (Designing Women) | September 25 | Mark Hamill | Actor (The Last Airbender, Regular Show) | October 18 | Pam Dawber | Actress (Mork & Mindy) | October 30 | Harry Hamlin | Actor (L.A. Law) | November 6 | Nigel Havers | English actor (Don't Wait Up) | November 9 | Lou Ferrigno | Actor (The Incredible Hulk) | November 16 | Miguel Sandoval | Actor (Medium) | November 17 | Stephen Root | Actor (NewsRadio, King of the Hill) | November 20 | Rodger Bumpass | Actor (Squidward Tentacles on SpongeBob SquarePants) | December 1 | Treat Williams | Actor (Everwood) | December 4 | Patricia Wettig | Actress (thirtysomething, Brothers & Sisters) | December 5 | Morgan Brittany | Actress (Dallas) |
References 1. ^nl:Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (Dutch language) Retrieved date on October 3, 2017. 2. ^en:DR1 Retrieved date on October 3, 2017. 3. ^Watch Mr. Wizard at Encyclopedia of Television 4. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Erickson|first1=Hal|title=Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948-2008|date=2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786438280|page=189|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g6oJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA189&dq=%22Martinsville,+U.S.A.%22+NBC&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6yu_IlfnWAhWE6YMKHVXQAO0Q6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=%22Martinsville%2C%20U.S.A.%22%20NBC&f=false|accessdate=19 October 2017|language=en}} 5. ^1 Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. {{ISBN|0-345-25525-9}}. 6. ^{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television|date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 98|edition=4th}} 7. ^McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. {{ISBN|0-14-02-4916-8}}.
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