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This was the first season in which all four networks then in operation in the United States offered nightly prime time schedules Monday through Friday. [1] [2] The schedule below reflects the fall lineup as it all settled into place throughout October 1948, before any subsequent time changes were made and additional new series appeared in November.
The variously three to six larger commercial U.S. television networks each has its schedule. which is altered each year (and usually more frequently), and the introductions and relevant articles provide a comprehensive review for each year, from the 1946 season to the present.
This would create a conflict with some other sources that have TV Shopper still in the lineup at this time. On Dumont, Okay, Mother was previously aired on New York based WABD channel, then the network flagship station.
The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1946–47 season. Only NBC and DuMont had networks until CBS joined in May 1948, and coaxial cable connections were only available for a few cities on the East Coast. Most other parts of the United States created local shows or ...
The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1949 through March 1950. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1948–49 season. This was the first season in which all four networks offered at least some prime time programming all seven nights of the week.
July 1 – Mark Goodson's first game series Winner Take All premieres on CBS (1948–1952). August 10 – Candid Microphone (renamed Candid Camera in 1949) debuts on ABC (1948 – present). September 8 - Girl About Town debuts on NBC. September 29 - WSB-TV, Atlanta, Georgia, begins broadcasting on Channel 8. [9] October 12 - Vanity Fair debuts ...
The 1949-50 television season marks the first time all four networks offered at least some prime time programming on all seven nights of the week. December 29 KC2XAK in Bridgeport, Connecticut , the first-ever experimental UHF television station to operate a daily schedule, begins operation.
The 1948 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania becomes the first political convention to be telecast by the networks. July 30 The DuMont Television Network becomes the first network to televise professional wrestling in prime time.