Premiere year

1953 premieres

44 American shows premiered in 1953. Sorted by premiere date where the day is recorded; shows known only by year are listed at the end.

44 shows

Premiere	Show	Network	Seasons	Episodes	Genre
Jan 7	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents	NBC	5	156	Anthology
Jan 11	Your Favorite Story	NBC	1	25	Comedy
Feb 1	General Electric Theater	CBS	10	301	Anthology
Feb 1	You Are There		5	147	—
Feb 14	What's Your Bid?	ABC	1	—	Game show
Feb 16	The Dotty Mack Show	DuMont	—	—	Variety show
Mar 30	Eye Witness	NBC	1	13	—
Apr 29	Coke Time with Eddie Fisher	NBC	3	108	—
May 10	The Roy Doty Show	DuMont	1	22	Children's
May 27	The Strawhatters	DuMont	—	—	—
Jun 1	Backyard Farmer	PBS	64	1,280	Documentary
Jun 21	Washington Exclusive	DuMont	—	—	—
Jun 23	The Revlon Mirror Theater	NBC	2	23	—
Jun 26	Terry and the Pirates	Syndication	1	18	Adventure
Jul 4	My Son Jeep	NBC	1	11	Comedy
Jul 6	Atom Squad	NBC	1	142	Science fiction
Aug 5	Three Steps to Heaven		1	380	Soap opera
Sep 12	Bonino	NBC	—	—	Sitcom
Sep 13	Jukebox Jury	ABC	1	—	—
Sep 20	Letter to Loretta	NBC	8	257	Anthology
Sep 21	Marge and Jeff	DuMont	—	—	Sitcom
Sep 25	Melody Street	DuMont	1	20	—
Sep 29	Make Room for Daddy	ABC	11	343	Sitcom
Oct 1	The Philip Morris Playhouse	CBS	1	23	—
Oct 2	The Comeback Story	ABC	1	—	Reality
Oct 2	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse	ABC	2	92	Anthology
Oct 5	Jamie	ABC	2	22	Sitcom
Oct 7	Colonel Humphrey Flack	DuMont	—	—	Sitcom
Oct 7	Life with Elizabeth	Syndication	2	65	Sitcom
Oct 8	Where's Raymond?	ABC	2	58	Sitcom
Oct 9	Topper	CBS	2	78	Sitcom
Oct 10	College Bowl	CBS, NBC	12	56	Quiz show
Oct 11	The Man Behind the Badge	CBS	2	90	Police procedural
Oct 12	Valiant Lady	CBS	5	1,024	Soap opera
Oct 16	Nine Thirty Curtain	DuMont	1	12	Anthology
Oct 25	The Igor Cassini Show	DuMont	1	19	Talk show
Oct 28	Joseph Schildkraut Presents	DuMont	—	13	—
Nov 2	Choose Up Sides	NBC	—	13	Game show
—	Adventure	CBS	3	10	—
—	Private Secretary	CBS	5	104	Sitcom
—	Scotland Yard	ABC	1	39	—
—	The Ernie Kovacs Show	NBC	—	—	Comedy
—	The Jean Carroll Show	ABC	—	11	Sitcom
—	The United States Steel Hour	ABC	10	252	Anthology

Finales

Shows that ended in 1953

Show	Network	Years	Seasons	Years on air
Hollywood Screen Test	ABC	1948–1953	5	6
Four Star Revue	NBC	1950–1953	4	4
The Range Rider	CBS	1951–1953	3	3
Tales of Tomorrow	ABC	1951–1953	2	3
Racket Squad	CBS	1951–1953	3	3
Front Page Detective	DuMont	1951–1953	1	3
The Adventures of Boston Blackie	Syndication	1951–1953	2	3
Crime Syndicated	CBS	1951–1953	—	3
Victory at Sea	NBC	1952–1953	—	2
Cowboy G-Men	Syndication	1952–1953	1	2
The Doctor	NBC	1952–1953	1	2
Biff Baker, U.S.A.	CBS	1952–1953	1	2
Report Card for Parents	DuMont	1952–1953	1	2
Dark of Night	DuMont	1952–1953	—	2
One Man's Experience	DuMont	1952–1953	1	2
One Woman's Experience	DuMont	1952–1953	1	2
Rebound	ABC	1952–1953	—	2
Stage a Number	DuMont	1952–1953	—	2
Steve Randall	DuMont	1952–1953	—	2
The Drew Pearson Show	ABC, DuMont	1952–1953	—	2