Editing 1953 in television (section)

==Programs/programmes==

===Series on the air in 1953===
*''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'' (1952–1958)
*''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1989)
*''[[Author Meets the Critics]]'' (1947–1954)
*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–)
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–)
*''[[Cisco Kid]]'' (1950–1956)
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995)
*''[[Death Valley Days]]'' (1952–1975)
*''Dragnet'' (1951–1959)
*''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]'' (1946–1960)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–)
*''[[Hawkins Falls]]'' (1950, 1951–1955)
*''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' (1952–)
*''[[Howdy Doody]]'' (1947–1960)
*''[[I Love Lucy]]'' (1951–1960)
*''[[Juvenile Jury]]'' (1947–1954)
*''[[Kraft Television Theater]]'' (1947–1958)
*''[[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]'' (1947–1957)
*''[[Life is Worth Living]]'' (1952–1957)
*''[[Life with Elizabeth]]'' (1952–1955)
*''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980)
*''[[Martin Kane, Private Eye]]'' (1949–1954)
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–)
*''[[Muffin the Mule]]'' (1946–1955)
*''[[My Little Margie]]'' (1952–1955)
*''[[Omnibus (U.S. TV series)|Omnibus]]'' (1952–1961)
*''[[Our Miss Brooks]]'' (1952-1956)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
*''[[Television Newsreel]]'' (UK) (1948–1954)
*''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' (1952–1966)
*''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' (1948–1971)
*''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'' (1950–1958)
*''[[The Goldbergs (broadcast series)|The Goldbergs]]'' (1949–1955)
*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–)
*''[[The Jack Benny Show]]'' (1950–1965)
*''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]'' (1951–1957)
*''[[The Texaco Star Theater]]'' (1948–1953); the show was renamed [[Buick-Berle Show]] this year (1953–1954)
*''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|The Today Show]]'' (1952–)
*''[[The Voice of Firestone]]'' (1949–1963)
*''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]'' (U.S.; 1952–1961)
*''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–1988)
*''[[What's My Line (1950)|What's My Line]]'' (1950–1967)
*''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' (1950–1959)
*''[[Your Show of Shows]]'' (1950–1954)

===Debuts===
*February 10 – ''[[Romper Room]]'' (1953–1994)
*June 8 - ''[[Ladies' Choice (TV series)|Ladies' Choice]]'' on NBC (1953)
*June 20 – ''[[Bank on the Stars]]'' on CBS (1953), then NBC (1954)
*July 11 - ''[[Medallion Theatre]]'' on CBS (1953-1954)
*July 6 - ''[[Glamour Girl (TV series)|Glamour Girl]]'' on NBC (1953-1954)
*July 14 -''[[Anyone Can Win]]'' on CBS (1953)
*July 20 – ''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'' on [[BBC Television]] (1953–1983)
*August 18 - ''[[Judge for Yourself]]'' with [[Fred Allen]] on [[NBC]] (1953–1954)
*September 13 – ''[[Jukebox Jury (TV series)|Jukebox Jury]]'' on ABC (1953–1954)
*September 13 - ''[[The George Jessel Show]]'' on ABC.
*September 29 – ''[[Make Room For Daddy]]'' with [[Danny Thomas]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1953-1957), then moved to [[CBS]] (1957–1964)
*October 2 – ''[[The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse]]'', an [[anthology series]], ''[[The Comeback Story]]'', a reality show, and ''[[The Pride of the Family]]'', a situation comedy, all on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
*October 5 – ''[[Of Many Things]]'', panel discussion show with Dr. Bergen Evans on ABC (1953–1954)
*October 8 – ''[[Where's Raymond?]],'' starring [[Ray Bolger]] on ABC (in season 2, it is known as ''The Ray Bolger Show'') (1954–1955)
*October 11 - ''[[The Man Behind the Badge]]'' on CBS (1953-1954)<ref name="cd">{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |date=2009 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=9780307483201 |page=844 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=%22Man+Behind+the+Badge%22+syndicated&pg=PA844 |access-date=21 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*November 4 - ''[[Take It from Me (TV series)|Take It from Me]]'' on ABC (1953-1954)<ref name=tt>{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dctkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22take+It+From+Me%22+%22alan+Dinehart%22&dq=%22take+It+From+Me%22+%22alan+Dinehart%22 |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 427|edition=4th}}</ref>
*November 11
**The current affairs series ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' on [[BBC]] Television; now the longest-running program on British television
**The public affairs series ''Answers for Americans'' on ABC
*December 1 – ''[[General Motors Theatre|CBC Theatre]]'' on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] [later known as ''General Motors Theatre'' (1954–1956) and ''General Motors Presents'' (1958–1961)]
* ''[[Place the Face]]'', with principal host [[Bill Cullen]], on CBS (1953–1954); then transferred to NBC (1954–1955)

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Show || Debut
|-
|March 26
|''[[Biff Baker, U.S.A.]]''
|1952
|-
|rowspan="2"|April
|''[[Amos 'n' Andy#Television|The Amos 'n Andy Show]]''
|1951
|-
|''[[The Ernie Kovacs Show]]''
|rowspan="2"|1952
|-
|May 3
|''[[Victory at Sea]]''
|-
|June 26
|''[[Kaleidoscope (British TV series)|Kaleidoscope]]'' (UK)
|1946
|-
| September 30 || ''[[A Date with Judy (television program)|A Date with Judy]]'' (prime time version) || 1952
|-
|November 13
|''[[Front Page Detective]]''
|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>
|-
|December 26
|''[[Bonino (TV series)|Bonino]]''
|1953
|-
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
|''[[Café Continental]]'' (UK)
|1947
|-
|''[[Leave It to Larry]]''
|1952
|}