Editing 1948 in television (section)

== Debuts ==
* January 5 – ''[[Television Newsreel]]'' (UK) is first shown on the [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]] (1948–1954).
* April 15 - ''[[For Your Pleasure (TV series)|For Your Pleasure]]'' debuts on NBC.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hyatt |first1=Wesley |title=Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476605159 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ty21CgAAQBAJ&dq=%22For+Your+Pleasure%22+TV&pg=PA5 |page=5 |access-date=November 13, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* April 18 - The [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television network begins operation.<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC TV Network|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-04-19-BC.pdf|access-date=26 November 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=April 19, 1948}}</ref>
* April 22 - [[WTVR-TV]], Richmond, Virginia, begins broadcasting on Channel 6.<ref>{{cite news|title=WTVR (TV) to Start April 22, Channel 6|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-04-19-BC.pdf|access-date=26 November 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=April 19, 1948}}</ref> WTVR is the first TV station south of Washington, D.C., giving it the nickname "The South's first Television Station."
* April 27 - [[KSTP-TV]], Saint Paul, Minnesota, signs on the air as an NBC affiliate, the first TV station in [[Minnesota]].
* June 8 – [[Milton Berle]] becomes the first United States television star with the debut of ''[[Texaco Star Theater]]'' (later ''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'') broadcast by NBC (1948–1953).
* June 9 - [[WBZ-TV]], Boston, Massachusetts, begins broadcasting on Channel 4.<ref>{{cite news|title=WBZ-TV Formally Opened at Boston|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-06-14-BC.pdf|access-date=18 December 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=June 14, 1948}}</ref> WBZ is New England's first television station.
* June 20 – ''Toast of the Town'', a variety series hosted by [[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 series [[Winner Take All (game show)|Winner Take All]] premieres on CBS (1948–1952).
* August 10 – ''Candid Microphone'' (renamed ''[[Candid Camera]]'' in 1949) debuts on ABC (1948 – present).
* September 8 - ''[[For Your Pleasure (TV series)#Girl About Town|Girl About Town]]'' debuts on NBC.
* September 29 - [[WSB-TV]], Atlanta, Georgia, begins broadcasting on Channel 8.<ref>{{cite news|title=WSB-TV in Atlanta Opening on Sept. 29 |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-09-27-BC.pdf |access-date=10 January 2015 |agency=Broadcasting |date=September 27, 1948 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6VW4rzF97?url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-09-27-BC.pdf |archive-date=January 12, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>
* October 12 - ''[[Vanity Fair (American TV series)|Vanity Fair]]'' debuts (1948-1951).<ref name=tt>{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 883|edition=4th}}</ref>
* November 15 - ''[[The Adventures of Oky Doky]]'' premieres (1948–1949).<ref name="slts">{{cite book|last1=Hyatt|first1=Wesley|title=Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops|date=2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786414208|page=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Sy1CgAAQBAJ&q=%22Al+Pearce+Show%22&pg=PA39|access-date=14 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>
* November 24 - ''[[The Arrow Show]]'' premieres (1948-1949).
* November - ''[[Super Circus]]'' premieres (1948-49 locally on [[WLS-TV|WENR]], 1949-1956 nationwide)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h3nCJAlg5qUC&q=paddy+the+pelican&pg=PA100|title=Hi There, Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs|last=Hollis|first=Tim|date=2001-10-29|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781578063963|language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Amanda (TV program)|Amanda]]'' (1948–1949).
* ''[[The Bigelow Show]]'' premieres (1948–1949).
* ''[[Champagne and Orchids]]'' (1948–1949).
* ''Child's World'' debuts (1948–1949).
* ''[[Actors Studio (TV series)|Actors Studio]]'' (1948–1950).
* ''[[Cartoon Teletales]]'' (1948–1950).
* ''[[The Alan Dale Show]]'' premieres (1948–1951).
* ''[[Club Seven]]'' (1948–1951).