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1953 in television
See also:
1952 in television
,
other events of 1953
,
1954 in television
and the
list of 'years in television'
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 Popular Television Shows
3 Births
4 Deaths
Events
January 19
- 68% of all
United States
television
sets were tuned in to
I Love Lucy
to watch Lucy give birth
February 18
-
Lucille Ball
and
Desi Arnaz
sign an $8,000,000 contract to continue the
I Love Lucy
'
television series
through 1955.
March 25
-
CBS
concedes victory to
RCA
in the war over color television standards.
April 3
-
TV Guide
is published for the first time, with 10 editions and a circulation of 1,562,000
May 25
- KUHT in Houston, becomes the first non-commercial educational TV station
June 2
- The Coronation of
Queen Elizabeth II
is televised in the U.K.
The Tonight Show
begins as a local
New York
variety show.
August 30
-
NBC
's
Kukla, Fran, and Ollie[?]
Show is broadcast in color
October 19
-
Arthur Godfrey[?]
fires
Julius La Rosa[?]
on the air.
November
-
RCA
tests its compatible color TV system on the air for the first time with a telecast of the
Colgate Comedy Hour
.
December 24
-
NBC
's
Dragnet
becomes the first network-sponsored
television
program.
December 17
– The
FCC
reverses its
1951
decision and approves the
RCA
/
NTSC
color system
Japanese television goes on the air for the first time
Popular Television Shows
The Ed Sullivan Show
(1948-1971)
Flash Gordon
, (1953-1954), starring
Steve Holland[?]
Births
June 13
-
Tim Allen
, actor
October 9
-
Tony Shalhoub[?]
, actor
October 22
-
Jeff Goldblum[?]
, actor
Deaths
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