Editing 1952 in television

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The year '''1952 in television''' involved some significant events.
Below is a list of [[television]]-related events during 1952.

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==Events==
*January 14 – ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' is first aired on [[NBC]] in the [[United States]] with [[Dave Garroway]] as host.
*January 16 – [[Sooty]], [[Harry Corbett]]'s little yellow [[glove puppet]] [[teddy bear]], first appears on the [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]]'s Talent Night in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Kynaston|authorlink=David Kynaston|title=Family Britain, 1951–57|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury|year=2009|isbn=978-0-7475-8385-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/familybritain1950000kyna/page/458 458]|url=https://archive.org/details/familybritain1950000kyna/page/458}}</ref>
*February 1 – The first [[TV detector van]] is commissioned in the U.K. as the beginning of a clampdown on the estimated 150,000 British households that watch television illegally without a licence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/1/newsid_2521000/2521357.stm|title=Test drive for TV detector vans|publisher=BBC On This Day|accessdate=2009-05-19|date=1952-02-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510040206/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/1/newsid_2521000/2521357.stm|archivedate=2009-05-10|url-status=live}}</ref>
*March 14 – The [[BBC One Scotland|BBC Television Service]] in Scotland is launched.
*May 22 – The first televised [[atomic bomb]] detonation, billed as "[[Operation Tumbler–Snapper]]", is broadcast on [[KTLA]] in [[Los Angeles]], and fed to the three major U.S. networks via a {{convert|140|mi}} microwave link.
*July 7 – Turkey's first television station, [[ITU TV]], is opened.
*July 20 – ''[[Arrow to the Heart]]'', the first collaboration between director [[Rudolph Cartier]] and scriptwriter [[Nigel Kneale]], is broadcast by [[BBC One|BBC Television]] in the United Kingdom.
*August 1 – First television broadcast in the [[Dominican Republic]] by [[La Voz Dominicana]], a station based on the radio station of the same name.
*September 6 – Television debuts in [[Canada]] with the initiation of [[CBFT]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]].
*September 8 – [[CBLT (TV)|CBLT]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] begins broadcasting as Canada's second television station.
*September 20 – The first commercial Ultra High Frequency ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]]) television station in the world, [[KPTV]] (later a [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] company affiliate), begins broadcasting in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]] on channel 27.
*October 7 – [[WFIL-TV]] Philadelphia's afternoon series ''Bandstand'', which will become ''[[American Bandstand]]'', changes emphasis to teens dancing to popular records
*November 4 – [[1952 United States presidential election]]: The first political advertisements have appeared on U.S. television. [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] bought a 30-minute time segment for their candidate, [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]] but he has received unfavorable mail for interfering with a broadcast of ''[[I Love Lucy]]''. [[Dwight Eisenhower]] bought 20 second commercial segments and wins the election.
*November 16 – [[CBS Television City]] in Hollywood, California opens, the network's first studio on the U.S. west coast.
*The U.S. [[Federal Communications Commission]] reserves channels for non-commercial public broadcasting.
*There are approximately 146,000 television sets in Canada and most antennas are pointed towards [[WIVB|WBEN]]-TV (later WIVB) in [[Buffalo, New York]].

==Programs/programmes==
*''[[Amos & Andy]]'' (1951–1953)
*''[[Author Meets the Critics]]'' (1947–1954)
*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1948–present)
*''[[Café Continental]]'' (UK) (1947–1953)
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–present)
*''[[Cisco Kid]]'' (1950–1956)
*''[[The Colgate Comedy Hour]]'' (1950-1955)
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995)
*''[[Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]]'' (1951–1959)
*''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]'' (1946–1960)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
*''[[Hawkins Falls]]'' (1950, 1951–1955)
*''[[Howdy Doody]]'' (1947–1960)
*''[[I Love Lucy]]'' (1951–1960)
*''[[Juvenile Jury]]'' (1947–1954)
*''[[Kaleidoscope (British TV series)|Kaleidoscope]]'' (UK) (1946–1953)
*''[[Kraft Television Theater]]'' (1947–1958)
*''[[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]'' (1947–1957)
*''[[Life with Elizabeth]]'' (1952–1955)
*''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980)
*''[[Martin Kane, Private Eye]]'' (1949–1954)
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–present)
*''[[Muffin the Mule]]'' (UK) (1946–1955)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
*''[[Television Newsreel]]'' (UK) (1948–1954)
*''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' (1948–1971)
*''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'' (1950–1958)
*''[[The Goldbergs (broadcast series)|The Goldbergs]]'' (1949–1955)
*''[[The Jack Benny Show]]'' (1950–1965)
*''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]'' (1951–1957)
*''[[The Texaco Star Theater]]'' (1948–1953)
*''[[The Voice of Firestone]]'' (1949–1963)
*''[[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===
*January 6 - ''[[Claudia (U.S. TV series)|Claudia]]'' on [[NBC]] (moved to [[CBS]] on March 31, 1952){{r|mcneil|page1=167}} 
*January 14 – ''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' on NBC (1952–present)<ref name="mcneil">McNeil, Alex (1996). ''Total Television''. Penguin Books USA, Inc. {{ISBN|0-14-02-4916-8}}.</ref>
*March 1 – ''[[Death Valley Days]]'' in [[broadcast syndication|syndication]] (1952–1975)
*June 19 – ''[[I've Got a Secret]]'' on CBS (1952–1967)
*June 30 – the [[soap opera]] ''[[The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009) on CBS,  which began on radio in 1937, becoming the longest-running regularly scheduled drama in television history
*July 10 - The prime time version of ''[[A Date with Judy (television program)|A Date with Judy]]'' debuts on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
*September –  the religious drama ''[[This Is the Life (TV series)|This Is the Life]]'' on [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]], and ran until the late 1980s
*September 19 – ''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'' in syndication (1952–1958)
*October 26 – ''[[Victory at Sea]]'' (1952–1953) on NBC, one of the first historic documentary series
*October 3 –  ''[[Our Miss Brooks]]'' (1952-1956) on CBS
*November 1 – ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' on [[CBC Television|CBC]] (1952–present)
*November 6 – ''[[Biff Baker, U.S.A.]]'' on CBS (1952–1953)
*November 8 – ''[[My Hero (U.S. TV series)|My Hero]]'' on NBC (1952–1953)
*December 1 – ''[[The Abbott and Costello Show]]'' in syndication (1952–1954)
*December 15 – ''[[Flower Pot Men]]'' on [[BBC|BBC Television]] (1952)
*''[[American Bandstand]]'', originally called ''Bandstand'', as a local program in [[Philadelphia]] (1952–1989)
*''[[Life Is Worth Living]]'' with Bishop [[Fulton J. Sheen]] on DuMont (1952–1955), then on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1955–1957)
*''[[My Little Margie]]'' (1952–1955), starring [[Gale Storm]]
*''[[See It Now]]'', hosted by [[Edward R. Murrow]]
*''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' on ABC (1952–1966)
*''[[The Ernie Kovacs Show]]'', where Kovacs explores the boundaries of television technology with his use of special effects (1952–1953)
*''[[Meet the Masters]]'', a program about classical music, on NBC and [[WGN-TV]]
*''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]'' in the U.S. (1952–1961)
*''[[Life with Elizabeth]]'', a sitcom featuring [[Betty White]] (1952–1955)

===Ending during 1952===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Show || Debut
|-
| February 23 
|''[[A Date with Judy (television program)|A Date with Judy]]'' (daytime version)
|rowspan="3"|1951
|-
| March 27 
|''[[The Bill Goodwin Show]]'' 
|-
| April 11
|''[[Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town]]''
|-
| April 24
|''[[Stop the Music (American TV series)|Stop the Music]]''
|1949
|-
| June 30
|''Claudia''
|1952
|-
| Unknown
|''[[Picture Page]]'' (UK)
|1946
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Notability
|-
| rowspan="2"| January 2
| [[Wendy Phillips]]
| Actress (''[[Falcon Crest]]'')
|-
| [[Ng Man-tat]]
| Hong Kong actor (''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'') (d. 2021)
|-
| January 3
| [[Jim Ross]]
| Professional wrestling commentator
|-
| January 12
| [[Walter Mosley]]
| Author
|-
| January 19
| [[Beau Weaver]]
| Voice actor
|-
| January 20
| [[Dave Fennoy]]
| Voice actor
|-
| January 27
| [[Patti Burns]]
| Anchor (d. 2001)
|-
| January 28
| [[Bruce Helford]]
| Writer
|-
| February 16 
| [[Stella Farentino]]
| Actress
|-
| February 17 
| [[Garry Chalk]]
| Voice actor
|-
| February 19
| [[Sara Moulton]]
| Chef and television host
|-
| rowspan="2"| February 29
| [[Sharon Dahlonega Bush]]
| Television newscaster
|-
| [[Albert Welling]]
| Television actor
|-
| rowspan="2" |March 2
|[[Janice Burgess]]
|American TV executive, producer, screenwriter (''[[The Backyardigans]]'', [[Nick Jr.]], ''[[Winx Club]]'') (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=2024-03-05 |title=Janice Burgess, Creator of ‘The Backyardigans,’ Dies at 72 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/janice-burgess-dead-backyardigans-1235843470/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| [[Laraine Newman]]
| Comic actress (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| March 4
| [[Ronn Moss]]
| Actor, musician (''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'')
|-
| March 7
| [[Lynn Swann]]
| Broadcaster
|-
| March 11
| [[Susan Richardson]]
| Actress (''[[Eight is Enough]]'')
|-
| March 21
| [[Andrew D. Weyman]]
| Director
|-
| March 22
| [[Bob Costas]]
| Sportscaster
|-
| April 1
| [[Annette O'Toole]]
| Actress (''[[Smallville]]'')
|-
| April 5
| [[Mitch Pileggi]]
| Actor (''[[The X-Files]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| April 6
| [[Marilu Henner]]
| Actress (''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'')
|-
| [[Erin Moriarty (journalist)|Erin Moriarty]]
| American television news reporter
|-
| April 10
| [[Steven Seagal]]
| Actor
|-
| April 16
| [[Billy West]]
| Voice actor (''[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]'', ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'', ''[[Futurama]]'')
|-
| April 17
| [[Joe Alaskey]]
| Actor (''[[Looney Tunes]]''), (d. 2016)
|-
| rowspan="2" |April 27
|[[Larry Elder]]
|Political commentator
|-
| [[George Gervin]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player
|-
| April 28
| [[Mary McDonnell]]
| Actress
|-
| April 29
| [[Nora Dunn]]
| Actress, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| May 2
| [[Christine Baranski]]
| Actress (''[[Cybill]]'', ''[[The Good Wife]]'')
|-
| May 4
| [[Michael Barrymore]]
| British comedian, presenter
|-
| rowspan="3"| May 6
| [[Gregg Henry]]
| Actor, musician
|-
| [[Michael O'Hare]]
| Actor (''[[Babylon 5]]'') (d. 2012)
|-
| [[Fred Newman (actor)|Fred Newman]]
| Actor (''[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]'', ''[[Between the Lions]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| May 11
| [[Frances Fisher]]
| Actress (''[[The Edge of Night]]'')
|-
| [[Shohreh Aghdashloo]]
| Actress
|-
| May 18
| [[George Strait]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2"| May 21
| [[Mr. T]]
| Actor ([[B. A. Baracus]] on ''[[The A-Team]]'')
|-
| [[Richard Dominick]]
| American television producer
|-
| May 23
| [[John Quiñones]]
| ABC News correspondent
|-
| June 7
| [[Liam Neeson]]
| Actor
|-
| June 14
| [[Eddie Mekka]]
| Actor (''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'') (d. 2021)
|-
| June 18
| [[Carol Kane]]
| Actress (''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'')
|-
| June 20
| [[John Goodman]]
| Actor (''[[Roseanne]]'')
|-
| June 22
| [[Graham Greene (actor)|Graham Greene]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2" | June 28
| [[Alan Pasqua]]
| Composer
|-
| [[Debbie Zipp]]
| Actress
|-
| rowspan="2" | July 1
| [[Dan Aykroyd]]
| Comedian and actor (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
|[[Brian George]]
|Israeli-British actor (''[[The Edison Twins]]'', ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'', ''[[Green Lantern: The Animated Series]]'') 
|-
| July 6
| [[Grant Goodeve]]
| American actor (''[[Eight is Enough]]'')
|-
| July 9
| [[John Tesh]]
| American composer
|-
| July 11
| [[Stephen Lang]]
| Actor
|-
| July 14
| [[Stan Shaw]]
| Actor (''[[Houseguest]]'')
|-
| July 15
| [[Terry O'Quinn]]
| Actor (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
|-
| July 17
| [[David Hasselhoff]]
| Actor (''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'', ''[[Baywatch]]'')
|-
| July 20
| [[Thom Beers]]
| Voice actor
|-
| July 27
| [[Roxanne Hart]]
| Actress (''[[Chicago Hope]]'')
|-
| August 1
| [[Brian Patrick Clarke]]
| Actor
|-
| August 4
| [[Bobby Buntrock]]
| Actor (''[[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]'') (d. 1974)
|-
| August 5
| [[Louis Walsh]]
| Irish music manager
|-
| August 7
| [[Caroline Aaron]]
| Actress
|-
| August 10
| [[Daniel Hugh Kelly]]
| Actor (''[[Hardcastle and McCormick]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| August 16
| [[Reginald VelJohnson]]
| Actor (''[[Family Matters]]'')
|-
| [[Caitlin O'Heaney]]
| Actress (''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]'')
|-
| August 18
| [[Patrick Swayze]]
| Actor and dancer (d. 2009)
|-
| August 19
| [[Jonathan Frakes]]
| Actor (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''), director
|-
| August 20
| [[Brenda Blackmon]]
| American anchor
|-
| August 27
| [[Paul Reubens]]
| Comic actor (''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'', ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'') (d. 2023)
|-
| August 29
| [[Deborah Van Valkenburgh]]
| Actress (''[[Too Close for Comfort]]'')
|-
| September 2
| [[Leslie Cockburn]]
| American investigative journalist
|-
| September 5
| [[Michael Horton (actor)|Michael Horton]]
| Actor (''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'')
|-
| September 9
| [[Angela Cartwright]]
| Actress (''[[Make Room for Daddy]]'', ''[[Lost in Space]]'')
|-
| September 16
| [[Mickey Rourke]]
| American actor
|-
| September 19
| [[David Hoberman]]
| American film and television producer
|-
| rowspan="3"| September 25
| [[Christopher Reeve]]
| Actor (d. 2004)
|-
| [[Tommy Norden]]
| Actor (''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'')
|-
| [[Toukie Smith]]
| Actress (''[[227 (TV series)|227]]'')
|-
| September 27
| [[Gail Edwards]]
| Actress (''[[It's a Living (1980 TV series)|It's a Living]]'', ''[[Full House]]'', ''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]'')
|-
| September 30
| [[John Finn]]
| Actor (''[[Cold Case]]'')
|-
| October 9
| [[Sharon Osbourne]]
| TV personality (''[[The Osbournes]]'', ''[[The Talk (TV series)|The Talk]]'')
|-
| October 14
| [[Harry Anderson]]
| Actor (''[[Night Court]]'') (d. 2018)
|-
| October 18
| [[Chuck Lorre]]
| Television director, writer, producer, composer, and actor
|-
| October 20
| [[Melanie Mayron]]
| Actress, director (''[[Thirtysomething]]'')
|-
| October 22
| [[Jeff Goldblum]]
| Actor (''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| October 27
| [[Ted Wass]]
| Actor, director (''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'', ''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]'')
|-
| [[Michael H. Shamberg]]
| Director (d. 2014)
|-
| October 28
| [[Annie Potts]]
| Actress (''[[Designing Women]]'')
|-
| October 30
| [[Emily Kuroda]]
| Actress (''[[Gilmore Girls]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| November 3
| [[Roseanne Barr]]
| Actress, comedian (''[[Roseanne]]'') 
|-
| [[Jim Cummings]]
| Voice actor (''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'', ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', ''[[CatDog]]'')
|-
| November 5
| [[Bill Walton]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player
|-
| November 6
| [[Gary Goetzman]]
| American film and television producer and actor
|-
| November 8
| [[Alfre Woodard]]
| Actress
|-
| November 9
| [[John Megna]]
| Actor (d. 1995)
|-
|November 15
|[[Randy Savage]]
|Pro wrestler and actor ([[WWE]],[[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]]), (d. 2011)
|-
| November 28
| [[S. Epatha Merkerson]]
| Actress (''[[Law & Order]]'')
|-
| November 29
| [[Jeff Fahey]]
| Actor (''[[The Marshal]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
|-
| November 30
| [[Mandy Patinkin]]
| Actor (''[[Criminal Minds]]'')
|-
| December 2
| [[Keith Szarabajka]]
| Actor
|-
| December 3
| [[Benny Hinn]]
| Christian televangelist
|-
| December 9
| [[Michael Dorn]]
| Actor (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| December 10
| [[Susan Dey]]
| Actress (''[[The Partridge Family]]'', ''[[L.A. Law]]'')
|-
| [[Clive Anderson]]
| English presenter
|-
| December 12
| [[Sarah Douglas (actress)|Sarah Douglas]]
| Actress (''[[Falcon Crest]]'')
|-
| December 15
| [[Lee Aronsohn]]
| American television writer, composer and producer
|-
| December 20
| [[Ray Bumatai]]
| Actor (Tito Makani on ''[[Rocket Power]]'') (d. 2005)
|-
| December 23
| [[Bill Kristol]]
| Writer
|-
| December 25
| [[CCH Pounder]]
| Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Rocket Power]]'')
|-
| December 29
| [[Robert Wightman]]
| Actor (''[[The Waltons]]'')
|}

==Television debuts==
*[[Mabel Albertson]] – ''[[Chevron Theatre]]''
*[[Margaret Bert]] – ''[[Fireside Theatre]]''
*[[Claire Bloom]] – ''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]''
*[[Joe E. Brown]] – ''[[The Buick Circus Hour]]''
*[[G. Pat Collins]] – ''[[Mr. and Mrs. North]]''
*[[Buster Crabbe]] – ''[[The Philco Television Playhouse]]''
*[[Richard Crenna]] – ''[[I Love Lucy]]''
*[[Irene Dunne]] – ''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars|Schlitz Playhouse]]''
*[[William Hickey (actor)|William Hickey]] – ''The Philco Television Playhouse''
*[[Allen Jenkins]] – ''[[Racket Squad]]''
*[[Carolyn Jones]] – ''Chevron Theatre''
*[[Peter Lorre]] – ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
*[[Steve McQueen]] – ''Family Affair''
*[[Sal Mineo]] – ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]''
*[[Marilyn Monroe]] – ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''
*[[Rita Moreno]] – ''Fireside Theatre''
*[[Audie Murphy]] – ''Lux Video Theatre''
*[[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]] – ''[[Betty Crocker Star Matinee]]''
*[[Maureen O'Sullivan]] – ''[[Hollywood Opening Night]]''
*[[Geraldine Page]] – ''Lux Video Theatre''
*[[Donald Pleasence]] – ''Sunday Night Theatre''
*[[Sidney Poitier]] – ''[[CBS Television Workshop]]''
*[[Bert Remsen]] – ''[[Suspense (American TV series)|Suspense]]''
*[[Mickey Rooney]] – ''[[Celanese Theatre]]''
*[[Chris Sarandon]] – ''[[Guiding Light]]''
*[[Peter Sellers]] – ''[[Don't Spare the Horses]]''
*[[Sylvia Sidney]] – ''[[Cameo Theatre]]''
*[[Ann Sothern]] – ''Schlitz Playhouse''
*[[Joe Turkel]] – ''[[Boston Blackie (TV series)|Boston Blackie]]''
*[[Lee Van Cleef]] – ''[[Sky King]]''
*[[Dennis Weaver]] – ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]''
*[[Billie Whitelaw]] – ''The Secret Garden''
*[[Stuart Whitman]] – ''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]''
*[[Joanne Woodward]] – ''[[Tales of Tomorrow]]''

==References==
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