Premiere year

1950 premieres

47 American shows premiered in 1950. Sorted by premiere date where the day is recorded; shows known only by year are listed at the end.

47 shows

Premiere	Show	Network	Seasons	Episodes	Genre
Jan 4	Abe Burrows' Almanac	CBS	1	13	—
Jan 13	Life Begins at Eighty	NBC	—	—	Panel game
Jan 15	Rocky King, Inside Detective	DuMont	6	—	Detective
Jan 30	Robert Montgomery Presents	NBC	8	318	Anthology
Feb 2	What's My Line?	CBS	25	2,196	Panel game
Feb 25	Your Show of Shows	NBC	4	139	—
Mar 9	Space Patrol	ABC	5	1,110	Science fiction
Mar 12	The Marshal of Gunsight Pass	ABC	1	22	Western
Mar 23	Beat the Clock	CBS, Ion Television	18	100	Game show
May 16	Cameo Theatre	NBC	4	38	Anthology
May 21	Mama Rosa	ABC	1	12	Sitcom
Jun 6	Armstrong Circle Theatre	NBC	13	403	Anthology
Jun 17	Hawkins Falls, Population 6200	NBC	—	—	Soap opera
Jun 26	The Garry Moore Show	CBS	—	245	Variety show
Jul 3	Visit with the Armed Forces	DuMont	—	—	Documentary
Jul 7	Detective's Wife	CBS	—	—	Sitcom
Jul 10	Your Hit Parade	NBC	—	—	—
Jul 11	The Web	CBS	4	211	Anthology
Jul 20	The Arthur Murray Party	ABC	—	—	Variety show
Jul 23	The Gene Autry Show	CBS	5	91	Western
Aug 1	Crusader RabbitAnimated series	Syndication	3	455	—
Sep 5	The Cisco Kid	Syndication	6	156	Western
Sep 10	The Colgate Comedy Hour	NBC	6	221	Comedy
Sep 11	The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican	WLS-TV	—	6	—
Sep 11	Treasury Men in Action	ABC	5	189	Crime
Sep 15	Penthouse Party	ABC	1	39	—
Sep 19	Danger	CBS	5	242	Anthology
Sep 21	The Nash Airflyte Theater	CBS	1	26	Anthology
Oct 1	Tom Corbett, Space Cadet		—	—	Science fiction
Oct 2	Lux Video Theatre	CBS	7	337	Anthology
Oct 4	Four Star Revue	NBC	4	121	—
Oct 5	Big Town	CBS	6	249	Drama
Oct 6	Pulitzer Prize Playhouse	ABC	2	52	Anthology
Oct 10	Prudential Family Playhouse	CBS	1	13	—
Oct 12	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	CBS	8	291	Sitcom
Oct 14	Rootie Kazootie	NBC	—	—	—
Oct 18	Somerset Maugham TV Theatre	CBS	3	47	—
Oct 21	The Stu Erwin Show	ABC, TBS Television	4	130	Sitcom
Oct 22	Our Secret Weapon: The Truth	DuMont	—	—	—
Oct 28	The Jack Benny Program	CBS	15	260	Comedy
Dec 10	The Bigelow Theatre	CBS	—	27	Anthology
Dec 11	The Gabby Hayes Show	NBC	4	14	—
Dec 22	Charlie Wild, Private Detective	CBS	2	64	Drama
—	Adventure in Dairyland	ABC	—	8	Serial
—	Dangerous Assignment	NBC	1	39	—
—	Eloise Salutes the Stars	DuMont	1	26	—
—	The Frank Sinatra Show	CBS	2	62	Variety show

Finales

Shows that ended in 1950

Show	Network	Years	Seasons	Years on air
You Are an Artist	NBC	1946–1950	1	5
Mary Kay and Johnny	DuMont, NBC	1947–1950	—	4
Actors Studio	ABC	1948–1950	2	3
Newsweek Views the News	DuMont	1948–1950	—	3
The Johns Hopkins Science Review	CBS	1948–1950	—	3
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre	NBC	1948–1950	2	3
Cartoon Teletales	ABC	1948–1950	—	3
The Hank McCune Show	NBC	1949–1950	1	2
The Ed Wynn Show	CBS	1949–1950	1	2
Fishing and Hunting Club	DuMont	1949–1950	—	2
Your Witness	ABC	1949–1950	1	2
Spin the Picture	DuMont	1949–1950	—	2
And Everything Nice	DuMont	1949–1950	1	2
The Front Page	CBS	1949–1950	1	2
Front Row Center	DuMont	1949–1950	—	2
Mysteries of Chinatown	ABC	1949–1950	—	2
Think Fast	ABC	1949–1950	—	2