Editing 1953 in television (section)

===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)