Editing 1948 in television (section)

== Births ==
* January 2 - [[Judith Miller]], American journalist
* January 5 - [[Ted Lange]], actor, director (''[[The Love Boat]]'')
* January 12 - [[Martha Teichner]], American television news correspondent
* January 14 - [[Carl Weathers]], actor (''[[Tour of Duty (TV series)|Tour of Duty]]'', ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'')
* January 16 - [[John Carpenter]], actor
* January 18 - [[M. C. Gainey]], actor (''[[Against the Law (TV series)|Against the Law]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
* January 22 - [[Velton Ray Bunch]], composer
* January 29
**[[Cristina Saralegui]], Cuban-American talk show host and actress
**[[Marc Singer]], Canadian actor
*February 4 - [[Alice Cooper]], actor and singer
*February 5 
**[[Christopher Guest]], actor
**[[Barbara Hershey]], actress
**[[Tom Wilkinson]], actor (died 2023)
*February 14 - [[Pat O'Brien (radio and television personality)|Pat O'Brien]], American author and radio host
*February 15 - [[Tino Insana]], actor (died 2017)
*February 18 - [[Peter Lance]], American journalist
*February 20 - [[Jennifer O'Neill]], actress
*February 22   
**[[John Ashton (actor)|John Ashton]], actor
**[[Joe Cortese]], actor
*February 24 - [[Dennis Waterman]], actor (died 2022)
*February 28
**[[Bernadette Peters]], actress and singer
**[[Mercedes Ruehl]], actress
*February 29 
**[[Ken Foree]], actor
**[[Gérard Darmon]], actor
**[[Kerry Walker]], actress
*March 3 - [[Brian Cummings]], actor
*March 6 - [[Anna Maria Horsford]], actress (''[[Amen (TV series)|Amen]]'', ''[[The Wayans Bros.]]'')
*March 13 - [[Robert S. Woods]], actor (''[[One Life to Live]]'')
*March 14 - [[Billy Crystal]], actor, comedian (''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
*March 20 - [[John de Lancie]], actor (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
*March 22 - [[Wolf Blitzer]], American journalist
*March 24 - [[Adrian Shergold]], director
*March 25 - [[Bonnie Bedelia]], actress (''[[Love of Life]]'')
*March 26 - [[Steven Tyler]], actor
*March 28 - [[Dianne Wiest]], actress (''[[Law & Order]]'')
*March 30 - [[Justin Deas]], actor (''[[As the World Turns]]'', ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'', ''[[Guiding Light]]'')
*March 31
**[[Al Gore]], American politician
**[[Rhea Perlman]], actress (''[[Cheers]]'')
*April 6 - [[Patrika Darbo]], actress (''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]'')
*April 7 - [[Michael Hirsh (producer)|Michael Hirsh]], Canadian producer
*April 12 
**[[Jeremy Beadle]], English presenter (died 2008)
**[[Rita Braver]], American television news correspondent
*April 13 - [[Bob Kur]], American television journalist
*April 19 - [[Andrew Scheinman]], American film and television producer
*April 20 - [[Gregory Itzin]], actor (''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'') (died 2022)
*April 25 - [[Freda Foh Shen]], actress (''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'', ''[[Silk Stalkings]]'', ''[[Gideon's Crossing]]'')
*April 27  
**[[Kate Pierson]], singer
**[[Si Robertson]], American television personality
*April 30 
**[[Perry King]], actor (''[[Riptide (U.S. TV series)|Riptide]]'')
**[[Allan Arkush]], producer
*May 3 
**[[Chris Mulkey]], actor
**[[Peter Oosterhuis]], golfer
*May 6 - [[Paul Linke]], actor (''[[CHiPs]]'')
*May 8 
**[[Stephen Stohn]], American-Canadian lawyer and producer
**[[Gale Tattersall]], producer
*May 10 - [[Meg Foster]], actress
*May 11
**[[Joe Bodolai]], writer (died 2011)
**[[Pam Ferris]], actress
*May 12 - [[Lindsay Crouse]], actress
*May 14 
**[[Walter Olkewicz]], actor (died 2021)
**[[Rich Correll]], actor
*May 17 - [[Jim Gardner (broadcaster)|Jim Gardner]], broadcaster
*May 19 - [[Grace Jones]], actress
*May 21 
**[[Carol Potter (actress)|Carol Potter]], actress (''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'')
**[[Jonathan Hyde]], actor
*May 23 - [[Gary McCord]], golfer
*May 26 - [[Stevie Nicks]], singer
*May 27 - [[Ken Lerner]], actor
*June 1 - [[Powers Boothe]], actor (''[[Philip Marlowe, Private Eye]]'', ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[Nashville (2012 TV series)|Nashville]]'', ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'', ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'', ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''), (died 2017)
*June 2 - [[Jerry Mathers]], actor (''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'')
*June 11 - [[Stephen Schnetzer]], actor (''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'') 
*June 19 - [[Phylicia Rashad]], actress (''[[The Cosby Show]]'') 
*June 20 - [[Tina Sinatra]], businesswoman 
*June 25 - [[Jesse Frederick]], singer 
*June 28 - [[Kathy Bates]], actress 
*June 29 - [[Fred Grandy]], actor (''[[The Love Boat]]'') 
*July 2 - [[Saul Rubinek]], actor 
*July 12 
**[[Jay Thomas]], actor (died 2017) 
**[[Richard Simmons]], American fitness personality (died 2024)
*July 13 - [[Daphne Maxwell Reid]], actress (''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'') 
*July 15 - [[Anne Sinclair]], French television and radio interviewer
*July 16 - [[Rubén Blades]], actor 
*July 19 - [[Beverly Archer]], actress (''[[Mama's Family]]'', ''[[Major Dad]]'') 
*July 22 - [[Neil Hardwick]], British-born Finnish theatre and TV director
*July 25 - [[Eren Ozker]], American puppeteer (died 1993) 
*July 28 - [[Georgia Engel]], actress (''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'') (died 2019) 
*July 30 - [[Jean Reno]], actor
*August 2 - [[Dennis Prager]], talk show host 
*August 5 - [[Carole Laure]], actress 
*August 13 - [[Merrill Markoe]], writer
*August 14 - [[Joseph Marcell]], English actor (''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'') 
*August 18 
**[[Maureen Garrett]], actress (''[[Guiding Light]]'', ''[[Ryan's Hope]]'') 
**[[Sean Scanlan]], actor 
**[[Grainger Hines]], actor 
*August 19 - [[Deana Martin]], actress 
*August 20 - [[John Noble]], Australian actor (''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'', ''[[Sleepy Hollow (TV series)|Sleepy Hollow]]'') 
*August 23 - [[Steve Edwards (talk show host)|Steve Edwards]], American talk show host
*August 24 - [[John Beard (news anchor)|John Beard]], American news anchor 
*August 30 - [[Lewis Black]], American actor 
*September 7 
**[[Susan Blakely]], actress (''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]'') 
**[[Roz Abrams]], American television news journalist 
*September 13 
**[[Nell Carter]], actress, singer (''[[Gimme a Break!]]'') (died 2003) 
**[[Clyde Kusatsu]], actor 
*September 16 - [[Susan Ruttan]], actress (''[[L.A. Law]]'') 
*September 17 - [[John Ritter]], actor, comedian (''[[Three's Company]]'') (died 2003) 
*September 19 - [[Jeremy Irons]], actor 
*September 20 
**[[Joanna Cameron]], actress (died 2021)
**[[George R. R. Martin]], author
*September 24 
**[[Phil Hartman]], Canadian actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') (died 1998) 
**[[Gordon Clapp]], actor (''[[NYPD Blue]]'')
*September 25 - [[Mimi Kennedy]], actress (''[[Homefront (U.S. TV series)|Homefront]]'') 
*September 26 - [[Bruce Sudano]], songwriter 
*September 27 
**[[Michele Dotrice]], English actress 
**[[Tom Braidwood]], actor 
**[[A Martinez]], soap opera actor and singer 
*September 29 - [[Bryant Gumbel]], journalist and sportscaster 
*October 2 - [[Avery Brooks]], actor (''[[Spenser: For Hire]]'', ''[[A Man Called Hawk]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'') 
*October 4 - [[Linda McMahon]], politician and businesswoman ([[WWE]]) 
*October 5 - [[Sal Viscuso]], actor (''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'') 
*October 6 - [[Frances Tomelty]], actress 
*October 10 - [[Carol Marin]], journalist 
*October 12 - [[Eli Danker]], actor 
*October 17 - [[George Wendt]], actor (''[[Cheers]]'') 
*October 19 
**[[Pat Klous]], actress (''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[Flying High (TV series)|Flying High]]'') 
**[[Dave Mallow]], actor 
*October 21 
**[[Dick Christie]], actor (''[[Small Wonder (TV series)|Small Wonder]]'') 
**[[Tom Everett]], actor 
*October 23 - [[Brian Ross (journalist)|Brian Ross]], journalist 
*October 24 - [[James Whitmore, Jr.]], actor 
*October 28 - [[Telma Hopkins]], singer, actress (''[[Family Matters]]'') 
*October 29 - [[Kate Jackson]], actress (''[[Charlie's Angels]]'', ''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]'') 
*November 1 - [[Anna Stuart]], actress 
*November 7 - [[Jim Houghton|James Houghton]], actor (''[[Knots Landing]]'') 
*November 10 - [[Aaron Brown (journalist)|Aaron Brown]], journalist 
*November 11 - [[Vincent Schiavelli]], actor (died 2005) 
*November 14 - [[Robert Ginty]], actor (died 2009) 
*November 15 - [[Bob Beckel]], commentator (died 2022)
*November 17 - [[Howard Fineman]], commentator (died 2024)
*November 20 
**[[Richard Masur]], actor 
**[[Harlee McBride]], actress
*November 21 - [[Lonnie Jordan]], singer 
*November 25 - [[Storm Field]], American television meteorologist
*November 30 - [[Larry Bishop]], actor 
*December 3 - [[Ozzy Osbourne]], English singer, songwriter and actor (''[[The Osbournes]]'')
*December 6 - [[JoBeth Williams]], actress 
*December 7 - [[Tony Thomas (producer)|Tony Thomas]], producer
*December 21 
**[[Samuel L. Jackson]], actor (''[[Pulp Fiction]]'') 
**[[Barry Gordon]], actor 
*December 22 
**[[Noel Edmonds]], English television presenter 
**[[Steve Garvey]], Football player who played himself on an episode of the NBC sitcom ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]'' in 1999
*December 25 - [[Barbara Mandrell]], singer 
*December 26 - [[Candy Crowley]], American news anchor 
*December 31 - [[Donna Summer]], singer-songwriter (died 2012)