1952 IN TELEVISION

The year '1952 in television' involved some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events in 1952.
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Contents

Events

Debuts

Television shows

Ending this year

Births

Events

★ January 14 - NBC's Today show debuts, with host Dave Garroway, newsreader Jim Fleming and announcer Jack Lescoulie.

★ February 15 - The funeral of King George VI is televised in the UK.

★ July 20 - ''Arrow to the Heart'', the first collaboration between director Rudolph Cartier and scriptwriter Nigel Kneale, is broadcast by BBC Television.

★ August 1 - First TV broadcast in the Dominican Republic by La Voz Dominicana, a TV station based on the radio station of the same name.

★ September 6 - TV debuts in Canada with the launch of CBFT in Montreal, Quebec.

★ September 8 - CBLT in Toronto, Ontario goes to air as Canada's second TV station.

★ September 20 – The first commercial UHF television station in the world, KPTV (today a Fox affiliate), begins broadcasting in Portland, Oregon on channel 27.

★ The first political advertisements appear on US television. Democrats buy a 30 minute slot for their candidate, Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson is bombarded with hate mail for interfering with a broadcast of ''I Love Lucy''. Dwight Eisenhower buys 20 second commercial spots and wins the election.

★ The first telecast of an atomic bomb detonation (KTLA).

★ The FCC sets aside channels for non-commercial, public broadcasting.

★ There are approximately 146,000 television sets in Canada and most antennas are pointed towards Buffalo's WBEN-TV (now WIVB).

Debuts

★ January 14 - ''The Today Show'' premieres on NBC (1952–present).

★ June 30 - ''The Guiding Light'' on CBS (1952–present). This soap opera began on radio in 1937.

★ September - ''This Is the Life'' on DuMont. This religious drama ran from 1952 through the late 1980s, for most of its life in syndication.

★ September 19 - ''Adventures of Superman'' premieres in Syndication (1952-1958).

★ November 1 - ''Hockey Night In Canada'' premieres (1952–present).

★ December 15 - ''Flower Pot Men'' premieres on BBC Television (1952).

★ ''American Bandstand'', originally called ''Bandstand'', premieres as local program in Philadelphia (1952–1989).

★ ''Life Is Worth Living'' with Bishop Fulton J. Sheen premiers on DuMont (1952–1955), then on ABC (1955–1957)

★ ''My Little Margie'' (1952–1955), starring Gale Storm.

★ ''See It Now'' premieres, hosted by Edward R. Murrow.

★ ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' on ABC (1952–1966).

★ ''The Ernie Kovacs Show'' premieres. Kovacs pushes the limits of television technology with his use of camera tricks and special effects (1952–1953).

★ ''Meet the Masters'', a program about classical music, premieres on NBC and WGN-TV.

★ ''This Is Your Life'' premieres in the US (1952–1961).

Television shows

''listed by starting year''

★ ''Muffin the Mule'' (UK) (1946–1955).

★ ''Gillette Cavalcade of Sports'' (1946–1960).

★ ''Kaleidoscope'' (UK) (1946–1953).

★ ''Café Continental'' (UK) (1947–1953).

★ ''Author Meets the Critics'' (1947–1954).

★ ''Juvenile Jury'' (1947–1954).

★ ''Kukla, Fran and Ollie'' (1947–1957).

★ ''Howdy Doody'' (1947–1960)

★ ''Kraft Television Theater'' (1947–1958)

★ ''Meet the Press'' (1947–present)

★ ''Candid Camera'' (1948–present)

★ ''Television Newsreel'' (UK) (1948–1954)

★ ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' (1948–1971)

★ ''The Texaco Star Theater'' (1948–1953)

★ ''Bozo the Clown'' (1948–present).

★ ''Come Dancing'' (UK) (1949–1995)

★ ''Martin Kane, Private Eye'' (1949–1954)

★ ''The Goldbergs'' (1949–1955)

★ ''The Voice of Firestone'' (1949–1963)

★ ''Hawkins Falls'' (1950, 1951–1955))

★ ''Cisco Kid'' (1950–1956)

★ ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'' (1950–1958)

★ ''The Jack Benny Show'' (1950–1965)

★ ''Truth or Consequences'' (1950–1988)

★ ''Your Hit Parade'' (1950–1959)

★ ''Your Show of Shows'' (1950–1954)

★ ''What's My Line'' (1950–1967)

★ ''Amos & Andy'' (1951–1953)

★ ''Dragnet'' (1951–1959)

★ ''I Love Lucy'' (1951–1960)

★ ''Love of Life'' (1951–1980)

★ ''Search for Tomorrow'' (1951–1986)

★ ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' (1951–present)

★ ''The Roy Rogers Show'' (1951–1957)

Ending this year

★ ''Picture Page'' (UK) (1936–1939; '1946–1952').

Births

★ February 17 - Lisa Eichhorn, actress, ''All My Children''.

★ March 2 - Laraine Newman, actress, comedian, ''Saturday Night Live'' .

★ March 22 - Bob Costas, sports announcer .

★ May 21 - Mr. T, American actor, is born Laurence Tureaud in Chicago, Illinois.

★ June 18 - Carol Kane, actress.

★ July 1 - Dan Aykroyd, actor, comedian, ''Saturday Night Live''.

★ July 6 - Shelley Hack, actress.

★ September 7 - Susan Blakely, actress.