Editing 1954 in television (section)

==Programs/programmes==

===Series on the air in 1954===
*''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'' (1952–1958)
*''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1989)
*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–present)
*''[[Buick-Berle Show]]'' (1953–1954); the show was renamed ''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'' (1954–1967) this year
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–2014)
*''[[Cavalcade of America]]'' (1952-1957)
*''[[Cisco Kid]]'' (1950–1956)
*''[[The Colgate Comedy Hour]]'' (1950-1955)
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995)
*''[[Death Valley Days]]'' (1952–1975)
*''[[Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]]'' (1951–1959)
*''[[General Motors Theatre]]'' (Can) (1953–1956, 1958–1961)
*''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]'' (1946–1960)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
*''[[Hawkins Falls]]'' (1950, 1951–1955)
*''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[Howdy Doody]]'' (1947–1960)
*''[[I Love Lucy]]'' (1951–1960)
*''[[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)
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–present)
*''[[Muffin the Mule]]'' (1946–1955)<ref>{{cite web |title=TV star Muffin the Mule turns 60 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6098106.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=4 January 2020 |date=30 October 2006}}</ref>
*''[[My Little Margie]]'' (1952–1955)
*''[[Our Miss Brooks]]''  (1952-1956)
*''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' (UK) (1953–present)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
*''[[Sky King]]'' (1951-1962)
*''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' (1952–1966)
*''[[The Colgate Comedy Hour]]'' (1950-1955)
*''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' (1948–1971)<ref>{{cite web |title=How Ed Sullivan Brought Culture To America |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103987036&t=1578180677768 |website=NPR.org |access-date=4 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'' (1950–1958)
*''[[The Goldbergs (broadcast series)|The Goldbergs]]'' (1949–1955)
*''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'' (UK) (1953–1983)
*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009)
*''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' (1950–1965)
*''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]'' (1951–1957)
*''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[The Voice of Firestone]]'' (1949–1963)
*''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]'' (US) (1952–1961)
*''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–1988)
*''[[What's My Line (1950)|What's My Line]]'' (1950–1967)
*''[[Where's Raymond?]]'' or ''The Ray Bolger Show'' (1953–1955)
*''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' (1950–1959)

===Debuts===
*January 1 – ''[[Annie Oakley (TV series)|Annie Oakley]]'' (1954–1957)
*January 4 – ''[[The Brighter Day]]'' (1954–1962) 
*January 23 – ''[[Stories of the Century]]'' (1954–1955) 
*February 1 - ''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (1954–1974)
*March 11 – ''[[The Public Defender (TV series)|The Public Defender]]'' on [[CBS]] (1954–1955)
*April 2 – ''[[The Grove Family]]'', on [[BBC]] Television (1954–1957); generally considered the first British TV [[soap opera]]
*April 8 – ''[[Justice (1954 TV series)|Justice]]'' on [[NBC]] (1954–1956)
*April 18 – ''[[The Martha Wright Show]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
*April 26 – ''[[The Tony Martin Show]]'' on NBC
*July 5 - ''[[Concerning Miss Marlowe]]'' on NBC.
*July 6 - ''[[The Blue Angel (TV series)|The Blue Angel]]'' on CBS.<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= 104|edition=4th}}</ref>
*July 16 - ''[[The Best in Mystery]]'' on NBC. (1954)
*August 5 – ''[[So You Want to Lead a Band]]'' on ABC (1954–1955)
*August 28 – ''[[The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan]]'' on NBC (1954–1955)
*September 7 
**''[[Stop the Music (American game show)|Stop the Music]]'' premiered for the second time on ABC after a two-year hiatus
**''[[It's a Great Life (TV series)|It's a Great Life]]'' on NBC (1954–1956)
*September 10 – ''[[Dear Phoebe]]'' on NBC (1954–1955)
*September 12 – ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'' on CBS (1954–1973)
*September 18 – ''[[Willy (TV series)|Willy]]'' on CBS (1954–1955)
*September 27 – ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' on NBC (1954–present)
*October 2 
**''[[The Imogene Coca Show]]'' on NBC (1954–1955)
**''[[The Jimmy Durante Show]]'' on NBC (1954–1956)
*October 3 - ''[[Father Knows Best]]'' on CBS (1954-60)
*October 5 - ''[[The Elgin Hour]]'' on ABC (1954-1955)
*October 7 – ''[[The Mail Story]]'', subtitled ''Handle with Care'', on ABC (1954)
*October 14 – ''[[Flash Gordon (1954 TV series)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1954–1955), starring [[Steve Holland (actor)|Steve Holland]]
*October 15 – ''[[The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin]]'' on ABC (1954–1959)
*October 19 - ''[[The Halls of Ivy (TV series)|The Halls of Ivy]]'' on CBS (1954-1955)
*October 21 – The CBS [[anthology series]], ''[[Climax!]]'' (1954–1958) airs an adaptation of [[Ian Fleming]]'s novel, ''[[Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale]]'', starring [[Barry Nelson (actor)|Barry Nelson]] as an Americanized version of spy [[James Bond]]; the first dramatic adaptation of a Bond novel
*October 22 - ''[[The Jack Carson Show#Television|The Jack Carson Show]]'' on [[NBC]] (1954-1955)
*October 27 – The [[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney anthology series]] debuts as ''Disneyland'' (1954–present; as ''Disneyland'' 1954–1958)
*November 13 – ''[[Fabian of the Yard]]'', the first British TV [[police procedural]], debuts on BBC (1954–1956)
*December 21 – ''[[Zoo Quest]]'' on BBC Television (1954–1964)
*''[[Face the Nation]]'' on CBS (1954–present)
*''[[The Jo Stafford Show (1954 TV series)|The Jo Stafford Show]]'', a 15-minute primetime variety series, on CBS (1954–1955)
*''[[The National (CBC)|The National]]'' premieres as ''The National News'' on CBC (1954–present)
*''[[That's My Boy (1954 TV series)|That's My Boy]]'' on CBS

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Show || Debut
|-
| January 11 
| ''[[Of Many Things]]'' 
| rowspan="3"| 1953
|-
| February 5 
| ''The Comeback Story''
|-
|February 24
| ''Answers for Americans''
|-
| March 9 
| ''[[This Is Show Business]]'' 
| 1949
|-
| March 28
| ''Jukebox Jury''
|rowspan="2"| 1953
|-
| May 11 
| ''Judge for Yourself''
|-
| June 5
| ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'' 
| 1950
|-
| June 17
| ''[[Martin Kane, Private Eye#Television|Martin Kane, Private Eye]]'' 
| 1949
|-
| rowspan="2"| July 2 
| ''[[The Pride of the Family]]'' 
| 1953
|-
| ''[[Television Newsreel]]'' (UK) 
| 1948
|-
| August 1
| ''[[Juvenile Jury]]'' 
| 1947
|-
| August 2
| ''[[The Dennis Day Show]]'' 
|rowspan="2"| 1953
|-
| August 21 
| ''[[Bank on the Stars]]''
|-
| September 3
| ''[[The Best in Mystery]]'' 
| 1954
|-
| October 3
| ''[[The Man Behind the Badge]]'' 
| 1953
|-
| October 10
| ''[[Author Meets the Critics]]'' 
| 1947
|-
| October 12
| ''The Blue Angel''
| 1954<ref name=tt/>
|-
|November 20
| ''The Paul Winchell Show'' 
| 1950
|-
| December 5
| ''The Martha Wright Show'' 
| 1954
|-
| December 26
| ''[[Rocky King Detective]]''
| 1950
|-
| December 30 
| ''The Mail Story''
| 1947
|}