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The year 1951 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1951.
The Alan Young Show is an American radio and television series presented in diverse formats over a nine-year period and starring English-born comedian Alan Young.
Rachel Kay Foulger, known professionally as Rachel Ames, is an American film and television actress.
Beulah was an American situation comedy series that ran on CBS Radio from 1945 to 1954, and on ABC Television from 1950 to 1953. The show is notable for being the first sitcom to star an African-American actress, for being ABC TV's first hit situation comedy, and the first hit TV sitcom without a laugh track. The show was controversial for its caricatures of African Americans.
A Date with Judy is a comedy radio series aimed at a teenage audience which ran from 1941 to 1950.
The First Hundred Years was the first ongoing TV soap opera in the United States that began as a daytime serial, airing on CBS from December 4, 1950 until June 27, 1952.
Patricia Crowley is an American actress. She was also frequently billed as Pat Crowley.
Pantomime Quiz, initially titled Pantomime Quiz Time and later Stump the Stars, is an American television game show produced and hosted by Mike Stokey. Running from 1947–59, it has the distinction of being one of the few television series – along with The Arthur Murray Party; Down You Go; The Ernie Kovacs Show, The Original Amateur Hour; and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet – to air on all four TV networks in the US during the Golden Age of Television.
CBS Daytime is a division within CBS that is responsible for the daytime television block programming on the CBS' late morning and early afternoon schedule. The block has historically encompassed soap operas and game shows, but in recent years has also added UEFA Champions League coverage.
The Ern Westmore Hollywood Glamour Show is an American television program that was syndicated in 1953 and carried on ABC from August 7, 1955, until September 11, 1955.
City Hospital, one of the first medical dramas on American television, was broadcast from 1951 to 1953, first on ABC and later on CBS.
Three Steps to Heaven is an American soap opera that aired on NBC from August 3, 1953 to December 31, 1954. It was written by Irving Vendig. Don Pardo was the announcer. One of the directors was Gordon Rigsby.
NBC Daytime was the former daytime programming block of NBC. It historically featured many soap operas, game shows, and talk shows. Its main competitors were CBS Daytime (Paramount) and ABC Daytime (Disney).
Leave It to the Girls is an American radio and television talk show, created by Martha Rountree, and broadcast, in various forms, from the 1940s through the 1980s.
Not for Publication is an American crime drama TV series which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from April 1951 to May 1952.
Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City is an American half-hour television anthology series. Ben Hecht served as the series host. It was broadcast from June 25, 1953, to September 17, 1953, on CBS. Hecht introduced and closed each episode off-screen. The city referred to in the title was New York City.
The Bill Goodwin Show is a variety program that was broadcast on NBC television from September 11, 1951 to March 27, 1952.
Biff Baker, U.S.A. is an American adventure television program starring Alan Hale Jr. in the title role and Randy Stuart as his wife, Louise. The series was broadcast on CBS from November 6, 1952, until March 26, 1953. After the show's network run ended, it was syndicated, with reruns being broadcast until late in the 1950s. Lucky Strike cigarettes sponsored the program.
My True Story is an American radio dramatic anthology series that ran from February 15, 1943, until February 1, 1962, and was adapted into an American television series that ran from May 5, 1950, until September 22, 1950. Material for episodes of both programs was taken from articles in True Story magazine. Margaret Sangster wrote the scripts for both series.
The Amazing Mr. Malone is an American television legal drama that was broadcast on ABC from September 24, 1951, through March 10, 1952. It was the "earliest prime time network dramatic series to feature a lawyer protagonist."
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- 1 2 3 Books, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946–Present . New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 147–148. ISBN 0-345-25525-9.
- 1 2 Terrace, Vincent (2016). Television Series of the 1950s: Essential Facts and Quirky Details. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 39–40. ISBN 9781442261044 . Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- 1 2 Morse, Leon (June 16, 1951). "Date with Judy" (PDF). Billboard. p. 8. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ "ABC Weighs 'Problem' TV". Billboard. September 5, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Network Sponsor Activity". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. November 23, 1952. p. 2. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
