1948 in television

Events

January 5 - BBC Television Newsreel first broadcast.
June 21 - The first network telecast of political conventions from Philadelphia.
July 30 - Professional wrestling premieres in prime-time on the DuMont Network.
August 15 - The first network nightly newscast, CBS-TV News, debuts on CBS with Douglas Edwards.
November 29 - The television puppet show Kukla, Fran and Ollie moves to the NBC Midwest Network.
CBS begins network programming.
ABC opens its first television station in New York.
Television manufacturing begins in Canada.

June 8 - Milton Berle becomes the first television star with the debut of Texaco Star Theater (later The Milton Berle Show) on NBC (1948-1953)
June 20 - Toast of the Town, with Ed Sullivan, premieres on CBS, with guests Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (later renamed, The Ed Sullivan Show) (1948-1971)
August 10 - Candid Microphone (renamed Candid Camera in 1949) debuts on ABC (1948-present)

Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946-1960)
Picture Page (UK) (1936-1939; 1946-1952)
Howdy Doody (1947-1960)
Kraft Television Theater (1947-1958)
Mary Kay and Johnny (1947-1950)
Meet the Press (1947-present)


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