1949–50 United States network television schedule
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The 1949–50 United States network television schedule began in September of 1949
and ended in the spring of 1950
. This was the first season in which all four networks offered at least some prime time programming all seven nights of the week.
The schedule below reflects the fall lineup as it all settled into place throughout October 1949, before any subsequent time changes were made and additional new series appeared in November.
New fall series are highlighted in bold.
In the half-hour preceding prime time
, ABC aired one of the first television westerns
, The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
, with twenty-two live episodes between March 12 and September 30, 1950.
On February 25, 1950, Your Show of Shows
premiered at 9:00 on NBC.
1949 in television
The year 1949 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1949.-Events:*January 3 – Colgate Theatre premieres on NBC....
and ended in the spring of 1950
1950 in television
The year 1950 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1950.-Events:*February 12 – European Broadcasting Union inaugurated....
. This was the first season in which all four networks offered at least some prime time programming all seven nights of the week.
The schedule below reflects the fall lineup as it all settled into place throughout October 1949, before any subsequent time changes were made and additional new series appeared in November.
New fall series are highlighted in bold.
Sunday
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| ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
Stained Glass Windows Stained Glass Windows Stained Glass Windows was an early broadcast television program, broadcast on early Sunday evenings on the ABC network. The program was a religious broadcast, hosted by the Reverend Everett Parker.... |
ABC Penthouse Players ABC Television Players ABC Television Players was an early live television program which ran on the ABC network from January through October 1949.The program was originally called ABC Television Players, then ABC Tele-Players, then finally ABC Penthouse Players.... |
Think Fast Think Fast (game show) Think Fast was an American quiz show that ran on ABC from March 26, 1949 to October 8, 1950.The program revolved around a group of five panelists who would compete to see who had the most to say about a particular subject... |
The Little Revue The Little Revue The Little Revue was an early broadcast television series, which ran on the ABC network from 1949-1950.The program broadcast music performers and other variety show elements. It was first broadcast on September 4, 1949, and stayed on Sunday evenings until March 1950, where it moved to Friday... |
Let There Be Stars Let There Be Stars Let There Be Stars was an early television series which aired on the ABC television network in 1949. It was a high-budget show for its time, and used new production techniques such as "Teleparencies", transparencies which could be displayed in the background, faded in or out or dissolved, and... |
Celebrity Time Celebrity Time Celebrity Time was an American game and audience participation television series which aired originally aired on CBS and ABC from November 1948 to September 1952... |
Youth on the March Youth on the March Youth on the March is an American religious television program originally broadcast on ABC from October 1949 to May 1952, and by the DuMont Television Network from October 1952 to June 1953.-Broadcast history:... |
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| CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... |
Tonight on Broadway Tonight on Broadway Tonight on Broadway was a weekly television show that ran from 1948 to 1950 on the CBS Television network. It premiered on April 6, 1948 and was the first program to be broadcast over the newly formed CBS network.... |
This Is Show Business This Is Show Business This Is Show Business is an American panel discussion program about the entertainment industry, hosted by Clifton Fadiman, which aired on CBS Television from July 15, 1949 to March 9, 1954, and then again as a summer series on NBC Television from June 26 to September 11, 1956.-Overview:Guest... |
Toast of the Town The Ed Sullivan Show The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.... |
The Fred Waring Show The Fred Waring Show The Fred Waring Show is an American television musical variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to May 30, 1954 on CBS. The show was hosted Fred Waring and featured his choral group "Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians".-Synopsis:... |
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| NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
Leave It to the Girls Leave It to the Girls Leave It to the Girls is an American radio and television talk show, created by Martha Rountree, and broadcast, in various forms, from the 1940s through the 1980s.- Radio version :... |
The Aldrich Family The Aldrich Family The Aldrich Family, a popular radio teenage situation comedy , was also presented in films, television and comic books. In the radio series' well-remembered weekly opening exchange, awkward teen Henry's mother called, "Hen-reeeeeeeeeeeee! Hen-ree Al-drich!", and he responded with a breaking... |
The Chesterfield Supper Club The Chesterfield Supper Club The Chesterfield Supper Club, an NBC musical variety radio program , was also telecast by NBC from 1948 to 1950.-Radio:The Chesterfield Supper Club began on December 11, 1944, as a 15-minute radio program, airing at 7pm weeknights on the NBC Radio Network. This musical variety show was sponsored by... |
Colgate Theatre Colgate Theatre Colgate Theatre is a 30-minute dramatic television anthology series telecast on NBC in 1949 and 1958 for a total of 50 episodes. The first edition, a live anthology, was telecast on Sunday nights at 8:30pm through the summer of 1950... |
The Philco Television Playhouse The Philco Television Playhouse The Philco Television Playhouse, a live television anthology series sponsored by Philco, was telecast from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the NBC series was seen on Sundays from 9:00pm to 10:00pm... |
Garroway at Large Garroway at Large Garroway at Large was an experimental musical variety show program with the host Dave Garroway in the Golden Age of Television. It was telecast at 10pm on Saturday on NBC from April 1949 to 1954. Garroway at Large aired with a full symphony orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini... |
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| DMN DuMont Television Network The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont... |
Front Row Center Front Row Center Front Row Center is an American variety show that aired on the DuMont Television Network from March 25, 1949 to April 2, 1950. The show was originally 30 minutes then expanded to 60 minutes. It was one of several DuMont network programs to originally start as a local show on one of its affiliates... |
Chicagoland Mystery Players Chicagoland Mystery Players Chicagoland Mystery Players was a TV series first shown in Chicago starting 1947, then picked up nationally by the DuMont Television Network and first aired on the network 18 September 1949. The network aired the show on Sundays at 8pm EST. It was one of several DuMont series that originally aired... |
Cinema Varieties Cinema Varieties Cinema Varieties was a television program on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network which was shown at 8:30pm EST on Sunday nights from September 1949 to November 1949... |
Cross Question They Stand Accused They Stand Accused was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.-Broadcast history:... |
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Monday
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| ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
7:00 News and Views / 7:15 Club Seven | Author Meets the Critics Author Meets the Critics Author Meets the Critics was an American talk show which aired on NBC, ABC, and the DuMont Television Network. The series began as a mid-season replacement on NBC on April 4, 1948, but moved to ABC in 1949... |
Your Witness | Photoplay Time The Wendy Barrie Show The Wendy Barrie Show was an American television series which aired from 1948 to 1950.-Broadcast history:The Wendy Barrie Show is notable as one of the first examples of a televised talk show, and aired on ABC, DuMont, and NBC. It was fairly common, in those days, for shows to switch networks... |
ABC Barn Dance ABC Barn Dance ABC Barn Dance was an early country and Western music show on American television, a spin-off of the popular radio program National Barn Dance. It also included some folk music. The show aired on Monday nights from February 21–November 14, 1949 on ABC-TV. Originally broadcast from... |
Mr. Black | Roller Derby Roller derby Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team... |
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| CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... |
7:00 The Roar of the Rails The Roar of the Rails The Roar of the Rails is an American children's television series that aired on CBS from October to December 1948, and in October to December 1949. Each episode is 15 minutes long and was essentially a live commercial for the A. C. Gilbert Company... / 7:15 The Paul Arnold Show |
7:30 CBS Television News CBS Evening News CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963.... / 7:45 The Sonny Kendis Show / 7:55 Ruthie on the Telephone Ruthie on the Telephone Ruthie on the Telephone is an American comedy television series that aired on the CBS network from August 7, to November 5, 1949. It is perhaps most notable for the fact that each episode was only five minutes long, yet it aired during a prime-time television slot.-Synopsis:The series features a... |
The Silver Theater The Silver Theater The Silver Theatre was a television series that was broadcast on the CBS television network from 1949 to 1950. It was a live anthology series consisting of dramatic teleplays about romance. It was sponsored by the International Silver Company.... |
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts is an American radio and television variety show which ran on CBS from 1946 until 1958... |
Candid Camera Candid Camera Candid Camera is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as Candid Microphone June 28, 1947... |
The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs is a comedy-drama broadcast from 1929 to 1946 on American radio, and from 1949 to 1956 on American television. It was adapted into a 1948 play, Me and Molly, and a 1973 Broadway musical, Molly.-Radio:... |
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| NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
Kukla, Fran and Ollie Kukla, Fran and Ollie Kukla, Fran and Ollie is an early American television show using puppets, originally created for children but soon watched by more adults than children. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed... |
7:30 Mohawk Showroom / 7:45 Camel News Caravan Camel News Caravan The Camel News Caravan was a 15 minute American television news program aired by NBC News from February 14, 1949 to October 26, 1956. Sponsored by the Camel cigarette brand and anchored by John Cameron Swayze, it was the first NBC news program to use NBC filmed news stories rather than movie... |
Chevrolet Tele-Theater | The Voice of Firestone The Voice of Firestone The Voice of Firestone, is a long-running radio and television program of classical music. The show featured leading singers in selections from opera and operetta. Originally titled The Firestone Hour, it was first broadcast on the NBC Radio network December 3, 1928 and was later also shown on... |
The Black Robe | Cities Service Band of America | Quiz Kids Quiz Kids Quiz Kids, a popular radio-TV series of the 1940s and 1950s, was created by Chicago public relations and advertising man Louis G. Cowan . Originally sponsored by Alka-Seltzer, the series was first broadcast on NBC from Chicago, June 28, 1940, airing as a summer replacement show for Alec Templeton... |
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Captain Video and His Video Rangers Captain Video Captain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network, and was the first series of its kind on American television... |
7:30 The Vincent Lopez Show The Vincent Lopez Show The Vincent Lopez Show was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network and later on CBS.-Broadcast history:... / 7:45 Manhattan Spotlight Manhattan Spotlight Manhattan Spotlight was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.-Broadcast history:The series was a talk show ran from 1949 to 1951 hosted by Charles Tranum. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired Monday through Friday at 7:30 PM... |
Newsweek Views the News Newsweek Views the News Newsweek Views the News was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series ran from 1948 to 1950. It was a public affairs program hosted by Ernest Lindley... |
The Al Morgan Show The Al Morgan Show The Al Morgan Show was an American variety program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from 1949 to 1951. The series starred pianist Al Morgan and aired at 8:30 PM . Unlike most DuMont offerings which were broadcast from the network's studios in New York, the series was broadcast from WGN-TV... |
And Everything Nice And Everything Nice And Everything Nice is an American fashion-theme television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series ran from 1949 to 1950. The was hosted by Maxine Barrat .-Overview:Barrat chatted with guests and presented fashion tips for women of the 1940s... |
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Tuesday
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| ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
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| CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... |
7:00 Your Sports Special / 7:15 Local | 7:30 CBS Television News CBS Evening News CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963.... / 7:45 The Sonny Kendis Show / 7:55 Ruthie on the Telephone Ruthie on the Telephone Ruthie on the Telephone is an American comedy television series that aired on the CBS network from August 7, to November 5, 1949. It is perhaps most notable for the fact that each episode was only five minutes long, yet it aired during a prime-time television slot.-Synopsis:The series features a... |
Uptown Jubilee Uptown Jubilee Uptown Jubilee was a short-lived American all-black variety show on CBS-TV from September 13 to October 20, 1949. The show aired on Tuesday nights from 8–9 p.m. ET during September and on Thursdays from 8:30–9 p.m... |
Actors Studio Actors Studio (TV series) Actors Studio is an American TV show which aired for 65 episodes, from September 26, 1948 to October 26 on the fledgling ABC Television Network; then from November 1, 1949 to June 23, 1950 on CBS Television.... |
Suspense Suspense (US TV series) Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954. It was adapted from the radio program of the same name which ran from 1942 to 1962. Like many early television programs, the show was broadcast live from New York City... |
10:00 The Week in Sports / 10:15 Local | Local | |
| NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
Kukla, Fran and Ollie Kukla, Fran and Ollie Kukla, Fran and Ollie is an early American television show using puppets, originally created for children but soon watched by more adults than children. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed... |
7:30 Mohawk Showroom / 7:45 Camel News Caravan Camel News Caravan The Camel News Caravan was a 15 minute American television news program aired by NBC News from February 14, 1949 to October 26, 1956. Sponsored by the Camel cigarette brand and anchored by John Cameron Swayze, it was the first NBC news program to use NBC filmed news stories rather than movie... |
Texaco Star Theater Texaco Star Theater Texaco Star Theater is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting, remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname "Mr... |
Fireside Theater Fireside Theater Fireside Theater is an American anthology drama series that ran from on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television. Stories were low budget and often based on public domain stories or written by freelance writers such as Rod Serling. While it was panned... |
The Life of Riley The Life of Riley The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, is a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a long-run 1950s television series , and a 1958 Dell comic book... |
The Original Amateur Hour Original Amateur Hour The Original Amateur Hour is an American radio and television program. The show was a continuation of Major Bowes Amateur Hour which had been a radio staple from 1934 to 1945. Major Edward Bowes, the originator of the program and its master of ceremonies, left the show in 1945 and died the... |
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| DMN DuMont Television Network The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont... |
Captain Video and His Video Rangers Captain Video Captain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network, and was the first series of its kind on American television... |
7:30 The Vincent Lopez Show The Vincent Lopez Show The Vincent Lopez Show was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network and later on CBS.-Broadcast history:... / 7:45 Manhattan Spotlight Manhattan Spotlight Manhattan Spotlight was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.-Broadcast history:The series was a talk show ran from 1949 to 1951 hosted by Charles Tranum. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired Monday through Friday at 7:30 PM... |
Court of Current Issues Court of Current Issues The Court of Current Issues is a public-affairs and debate series which aired live on Tuesday nights from 1948-1951 on the DuMont Television Network... |
The O'Neills The O'Neills The O'Neills was a radio serial drama which aired on Mutual, CBS and NBC from 1934 to 1943. Created by actress-writer Jane West, the series was sponsored at various times by Gold Dust, Ivory Snow and Standard Brands.-Characters and story:... |
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Wednesday
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| ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
7:00 News and Views / 7:15 Club Seven | Local | Actors Studio Actors Studio (TV series) Actors Studio is an American TV show which aired for 65 episodes, from September 26, 1948 to October 26 on the fledgling ABC Television Network; then from November 1, 1949 to June 23, 1950 on CBS Television.... |
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| CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... |
7:00 Your Sports Special / 7:15 The Paul Arnold Show | 7:30 CBS Television News CBS Evening News CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963.... / 7:45 Earl Wrightson At Home |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends Arthur Godfrey and His Friends Arthur Godfrey and His Friends is an American television variety show hosted by Arthur Godfrey. The hour-long series aired on CBS from January 1949, to June 1957 , then again as a half-hour show from September 1958, to April 1959.Many of Godfrey's musical acts were culled from Arthur Godfrey's... |
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| NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
Kukla, Fran and Ollie Kukla, Fran and Ollie Kukla, Fran and Ollie is an early American television show using puppets, originally created for children but soon watched by more adults than children. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed... |
7:30 Mohawk Showroom / 7:45 Camel News Caravan Camel News Caravan The Camel News Caravan was a 15 minute American television news program aired by NBC News from February 14, 1949 to October 26, 1956. Sponsored by the Camel cigarette brand and anchored by John Cameron Swayze, it was the first NBC news program to use NBC filmed news stories rather than movie... |
The Crisis | The Clock | Kraft Television Theater | Break the Bank Break the Bank (1948) Break the Bank is an American quiz show which aired variously on Mutual Radio and ABC, CBS and NBC television from 1945 to 1957.-Radio:Sponsored by Vicks, the series began on radio October 20, 1945, heard Saturdays on Mutual until April 13, 1946. Initially, it featured different hosts each week,... |
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| DMN DuMont Television Network The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont... |
Captain Video and His Video Rangers Captain Video Captain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network, and was the first series of its kind on American television... |
7:30 The Vincent Lopez Show The Vincent Lopez Show The Vincent Lopez Show was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network and later on CBS.-Broadcast history:... / 7:45 Manhattan Spotlight Manhattan Spotlight Manhattan Spotlight was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.-Broadcast history:The series was a talk show ran from 1949 to 1951 hosted by Charles Tranum. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired Monday through Friday at 7:30 PM... |
Local | The Plainclothesman The Plainclothesman The Plainclothesman was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.-Broadcast history:The series ran from 1949 to 1954. It was a detective show starring Ken Lynch, whose character was known only as "The Lieutenant"... |
Famous Jury Trials Famous Jury Trials Famous Jury Trials was a TV series which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from 1949 to 1952.-Broadcast history:Famous Jury Trials first aired on October 12, 1949 on DuMont, and was a live crime drama with each episode lasting 30 minutes. During the first season, the show aired... |
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Thursday
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| ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
7:00 News and Views / 7:15 Club Seven | The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. The character has become an enduring icon of American culture.... |
Stop the Music Stop the Music (TV series) Stop the Music is a prime time television game show that aired for an hour on Thursday evenings on ABC from May 5, 1949 to April 24, 1952, and again for a half-hour from September 7, 1954, to June 14, 1956. It had also been broadcast on radio from 1948 to 1949.The series hosts were Bert Parks and... |
Crusade In Europe Crusade in Europe Crusade in Europe is a book by General Dwight D. Eisenhower published by Doubleday in 1948. Maps were provided by Rafael Palacios.Crusade in Europe is a personal account by one of the senior military figures of World War II... |
Starring Boris Karloff | Roller Derby Roller derby Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team... |
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| CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... |
To the Queen's Taste | 7:30 CBS Television News CBS Evening News CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963.... / 7:45 The Sonny Kendis Show / 7:55 Ruthie on the Telephone Ruthie on the Telephone Ruthie on the Telephone is an American comedy television series that aired on the CBS network from August 7, to November 5, 1949. It is perhaps most notable for the fact that each episode was only five minutes long, yet it aired during a prime-time television slot.-Synopsis:The series features a... |
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| NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
Kukla, Fran and Ollie Kukla, Fran and Ollie Kukla, Fran and Ollie is an early American television show using puppets, originally created for children but soon watched by more adults than children. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed... |
7:30 Mohawk Showroom / 7:45 Camel News Caravan Camel News Caravan The Camel News Caravan was a 15 minute American television news program aired by NBC News from February 14, 1949 to October 26, 1956. Sponsored by the Camel cigarette brand and anchored by John Cameron Swayze, it was the first NBC news program to use NBC filmed news stories rather than movie... |
Juvenile Jury Juvenile Jury Juvenile Jury is an American children's game show which originally ran on NBC from April 3, 1947 to August 1, 1954. It was hosted by Jack Barry and featured a panel of kids aged ten or less giving advice to solve the problems of other kids.-Controversy:... |
Mary Kay and Johnny Mary Kay and Johnny Mary Kay and Johnny is the first situation comedy broadcast on network television in the United States. Starring real-life married couple Mary Kay Stearns and Johnny Stearns, the series is the first program to show a couple sharing a bed, and the first television series to show a woman's pregnancy... |
Fireball Fun-For-All | Martin Kane, Private Eye Martin Kane, Private Eye Martin Kane, Private Eye was an early radio series and television crime series sponsored by United States Tobacco Company.- Radio:Martin Kane, Private Eye began as a 1949-52 radio series starring William Gargan in the title rôle as New York City private detective Martin Kane... |
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| DMN DuMont Television Network The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont... |
Captain Video and His Video Rangers Captain Video Captain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network, and was the first series of its kind on American television... |
7:30 The Vincent Lopez Show The Vincent Lopez Show The Vincent Lopez Show was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network and later on CBS.-Broadcast history:... / 7:45 Manhattan Spotlight Manhattan Spotlight Manhattan Spotlight was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.-Broadcast history:The series was a talk show ran from 1949 to 1951 hosted by Charles Tranum. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired Monday through Friday at 7:30 PM... |
Mystery Theater | The Morey Amsterdam Show The Morey Amsterdam Show The Morey Amsterdam Show is an American sitcom which ran from 1948-1949 on CBS Television and 1949-1950 on the DuMont Television Network , for a total of 71 episodes.-Synopsis:... |
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Friday
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| ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
7:00 News and Views / 7:15 Club Seven | Local | Majority Rules | Blind Date Blind Date (1950s game show) Blind Date was a television game show, also known as Your Big Moment, which aired on ABC, NBC, and then DuMont after many years on radio.-Broadcast history:... |
Auction-Aire | Fun for the Money | Roller Derby Roller derby Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team... |
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| CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... |
7:00 Your Sports Special / 7:15 The Paul Arnold Show | 7:30 CBS Television News CBS Evening News CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963.... / 7:45 The Sonny Kendis Show / 7:55 Ruthie on the Telephone Ruthie on the Telephone Ruthie on the Telephone is an American comedy television series that aired on the CBS network from August 7, to November 5, 1949. It is perhaps most notable for the fact that each episode was only five minutes long, yet it aired during a prime-time television slot.-Synopsis:The series features a... |
Mama Mama (TV series) Mama is a weekly Maxwell House-sponsored CBS television comedy-drama series which ran from July 1, 1949 until March 17, 1957.Based on the Kathryn Forbes memoir Mama's Bank Account, which was also adapted for the 1944 John Van Druten play and subsequent 1948 film I Remember Mama, it told the... |
Man Against Crime Man Against Crime Man Against Crime , one of the first television programs about private eyes, ran on CBS, the DuMont Television Network and NBC from October 7, 1949 to August 26, 1956. The show was created by Lawrence Klee and was broadcast live until 1952... |
Ford Theatre Ford Theatre Ford Theatre was a radio and television anthology series broadcast in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s. At various times the television series appeared on all three major television networks, while the radio version was broadcast on two separate networks and on two separate coasts... /54th Street Revue |
People's Platform People's Platform People's Platform is an American public affairs series that aired on the CBS Television network from August 17, 1948 to August 11, 1950. Hosted by Quincy Howe, the series features debates on topical subjects.-Episode status:... |
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| NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
Kukla, Fran and Ollie Kukla, Fran and Ollie Kukla, Fran and Ollie is an early American television show using puppets, originally created for children but soon watched by more adults than children. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed... |
7:30 Mohawk Showroom / 7:45 Camel News Caravan Camel News Caravan The Camel News Caravan was a 15 minute American television news program aired by NBC News from February 14, 1949 to October 26, 1956. Sponsored by the Camel cigarette brand and anchored by John Cameron Swayze, it was the first NBC news program to use NBC filmed news stories rather than movie... |
Hopalong Cassidy Hopalong Cassidy Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of popular short stories and twenty-eight novels based on the character.... |
Bonny Maid Versatile Varieties | The Big Story The Big Story (radio/TV) The Big Story was a radio and television crime show which dramatized the true stories of real-life newspaper reporters. The only continuing character was the narrator, Bob Sloane. Produced by Barnard J. Prockter, the shows were scripted by Gail Ingram, Arnold Pearl and Max Ehrlich. Tom Victor and... |
10:00 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports Gillette Cavalcade of Sports The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports was an American network radio program and later television program that included broadcasts of a variety of sports, although it is primarily remembered by many for its focus on boxing.-Overview and background:... / 10:45 Greatest Fights of the Century |
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| DMN DuMont Television Network The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont... |
Captain Video and His Video Rangers Captain Video Captain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network, and was the first series of its kind on American television... |
7:30 The Vincent Lopez Show The Vincent Lopez Show The Vincent Lopez Show was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network and later on CBS.-Broadcast history:... / 7:45 Manhattan Spotlight Manhattan Spotlight Manhattan Spotlight was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.-Broadcast history:The series was a talk show ran from 1949 to 1951 hosted by Charles Tranum. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired Monday through Friday at 7:30 PM... |
Hands of Murder Hands of Murder -Broadcast history:The show aired from August 24, 1949 to December 11, 1951, and was a prime time mystery/ anthology series also known as Hands of Destiny and Hands of Mystery... |
Broadway to Hollywood – Headline Clues Broadway to Hollywood Broadway to Hollywood was an early American television program broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network. While the daytime version was mainly a talk show with news, celebrity gossip, and home-viewer quizzes, the quiz portion became a full-fledged nighttime version within two weeks of... |
Fishing and Hunting Club Fishing and Hunting Club Fishing and Hunting Club was a short lived DuMont Television Network program aired from October 7, 1949 to March 31, 1950. At one point its name changed to Sports for All. The 30 minute program was hosted by Bill Slater. In the program, panelists answered questions about fishing and hunting... |
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| ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
7:00 News and Views / 7:15 Local | Hollywood Screen Test Hollywood Screen Test Hollywood Screen Test was a talent show which aired on American Broadcasting Company from 1948 to 1953. It is believed to be the first series ever broadcast on ABC.... |
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| CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... |
6:45 Lucky Pup / 7:15 Local | 7:30 In the First Person / 7:45 Blues by Bargy / 7:55 Ruthie on the Telephone Ruthie on the Telephone Ruthie on the Telephone is an American comedy television series that aired on the CBS network from August 7, to November 5, 1949. It is perhaps most notable for the fact that each episode was only five minutes long, yet it aired during a prime-time television slot.-Synopsis:The series features a... |
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| NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
Local | 7:30 The Nature of Things / 7:45 Leon Pearson and the News | Meet Your Congress | Mixed Doubles | Who Said That? Who Said That? Who Said That? is a 1947-55 NBC radio-television game show, in which a panel of celebrities attempts to determine the speaker of a quotation from recent news reports. The series was first proposed and edited by Fred W. Friendly, later of CBS News.... |
Meet the Press Meet the Press Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. It has been... |
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| DMN DuMont Television Network The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont... |
Captain Video and His Video Rangers Captain Video Captain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network, and was the first series of its kind on American television... |
Local | Spin the Picture Spin the Picture Spin the Picture was an early American game show which aired on the DuMont Television Network. The hosts telephoned home viewers to see if they could identify a famous person within a spinning photograph.... |
Cavalcade of Stars The Jackie Gleason Show The Jackie Gleason Show is the name of a series of popular American network television shows that starred Jackie Gleason, which ran from 1952 to 1970.-Cavalcade of Stars:... |
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In the half-hour preceding prime time
Prime time
Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 19:00 to 22:00 or 20:00 to 23:00 Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast...
, ABC aired one of the first television westerns
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
, The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass is a 1950 live broadcast western television series starring Russell Hayden , former Country music singer Eddie Dean , and Riley Hill as Marshal #1, Marshal #2, and Marshal #3, respectively. Hayden is not identified by a character name. Dean uses his own name in the...
, with twenty-two live episodes between March 12 and September 30, 1950.
On February 25, 1950, Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows is a live 90-minute variety show that appeared weekly in the United States on NBC , from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca....
premiered at 9:00 on NBC.