Editing 1950 in television (section)

== New shows ==
* January 4 – ''[[Abe Burrows' Almanac]]'' debuts on [[CBS]] (1950).
* January 11 - ''[[I Cover Times Square]]'' debuts on ABC (1950-1951).
* February 2 – ''[[What's My Line (1950)]]'' debuts on [[CBS]] (1950–1967).
* February 25 – ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'' premieres on [[NBC]] (1950–1954).
* March 23 – ''[[Beat the Clock]]'' premieres on [[CBS]] (1950–1961).
* June 17–October 12 – ''[[Hawkins Falls]]'' premieres on NBC (1951–1955).
* July 3 - ''[[The Hazel Scott Show]]'' on the [[DuMont Television Network]] (1950).
* July 3 - ''[[Menasha the Magnificent]]'' on NBC (1950).
* July 6 - ''[[Ford Star Revue]]'' premieres on NBC as the summer replacement for ''[[Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge#Television|Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge]]''.<ref>{{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= 296|edition=4th}}</ref>
* July 10 – ''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' premieres on NBC.
* July 11 – ''[[Andy Pandy]]'' premieres on the [[BBC]] (1950, 1970, 2002).
* September 5 – ''[[The Cisco Kid (TV series)|The Cisco Kid]]'', starring [[Duncan Renaldo]] and [[Leo Carrillo]], premieres (1950-1956).
* September 6 – ''[[Stars Over Hollywood]]'' premieres on [[NBC]] (1950-1951).<ref name="brooks">Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present''. Ballantine Books. {{ISBN|0-345-25525-9}}.</ref>
* September 7 – The game show ''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' debuts (1950–1988).
* September 10 – ''[[The Colgate Comedy Hour]]'' series debuts on NBC (1950-1955).
* September 18 – ''The Paul Winchell Show'' debuts on NBC with the title ''The Speidel Show.''
* October 4 – ''[[Four Star Revue]]'' debuts on [[NBC]] (1950–1953).<ref name="mcneil">McNeil, Alex (1996). ''Total Television''. Penguin Books USA, Inc. {{ISBN|0-14-02-4916-8}}.</ref>
* October 5 – The comedy quiz show ''[[You Bet Your Life]]'', featuring [[Groucho Marx]], premieres (1950–1961).
* October 12 – ''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'' debuts (1950–1958).
* October 28 – ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'', starring [[Jack Benny]], premieres (1950–1965).