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*January 10 – ''[[Minuto de Dios]]'' begins airing on [[television in Colombia]]; it will still be running more than 60 years later.
*March 5 – [[Elvis Presley]] appears on [[television]] for the first time. The program is ''[[Louisiana Hayride]]'', televised locally in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]].
*March 12 – The first Flemish children's TV show, ''[[Kom Toch Eens Kijken]]'', is broadcast, hosted by
*March 15 – The play ''[[No Time for Sergeants (United States Steel Hour)|No Time for Sergeants]]'' is broadcast by the [[American Broadcasting Company]] in ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'' series, starring [[Andy Griffith]] in his television debut.
*April 1 – The [[DuMont Television Network]] in the [[United States]] drastically decreases its programming; just eight series keep the network operating, in anticipation of its eventual shutdown [[1956 in television|sixteen months later]].
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*August 1 – [[Austria]]n [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF Television]], predecessor of [[ORF eins]], an officially regular broadcasting service, starts in [[Vienna]].<ref>[[ORF (broadcaster)]] Retrieved January 13, 2017.</ref>
*September 22 – [[Commercial television]] starts in the [[United Kingdom]] with the [[Independent Television Authority]]'s first [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] franchise beginning broadcasting in [[London]] – [[Associated-Rediffusion]] on weekdays, [[Associated Television|ATV]] during weekends, ending the previous [[BBC]] monopoly. The rest of the UK receives its regional ITV franchises during the next seven years. The first advertisement shown is for Gibbs SR toothpaste.
*September 28 – [[World Series]] baseball is broadcast in color for the first time in the U.S. [[WITN-TV]] in [[Washington, North Carolina]], signs on the air with game 1 of the [[1955 World Series]] as their first telecast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=
*December 10 – The first Saturday morning cartoon series debuts on U.S. television, ''[[Mighty Mouse|The Mighty Mouse Playhouse]]'' on [[CBS]].
*December 24 – The [[Lennon Sisters]] make their television debut on ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in the U.S.
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*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–present)
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–present)
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*''[[Cisco Kid]]'' (1950–1956)
*''[[Climax!]]'' (1954–1958)
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*''[[Father Knows Best]]'' (1954-1960)
*''[[General Motors Theatre]]'' (Can) (1953–1956, 1958–1961)
*''[[Fury (American TV series)|Fury]]'' (1955-1960)
*''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]'' (1946–1960)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
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*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' (1950–1965)
*''[[Fireside Theatre|The
*''The Jimmy Durante Show'' (1954–1956)
*''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'' (1954–1967)
*''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]'' (1951–1957)
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** ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' on CBS (1955–1984)
** ''[[Mickey Mouse Club]]'' on ABC, featuring "Mouseketeer" [[Annette Funicello]] (1955–1959)
*October 20 – ''
*October 22 – ''[[Quatermass II]]'' (UK), sequel to 1953's ''[[The Quatermass Experiment]]'', on BBC Television (ends on November 26)
*October 31 – ''[[Matinee Theatre]]'' on NBC, a five-days-a-week live dramatic anthology, with most of the plays in the series broadcast in color (lasted until 1958)
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| June 26
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| [[Ethan Phillips]]
| Actor (''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'')
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| February 10
| [[Jim Cramer]]
| American television personality
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| February 11
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| Actor
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| February 21
| [[Kelsey Grammer]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[Cheers]]'', ''[[Frasier]]'')
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| [[Gilbert Gottfried]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[Cyberchase]]'') (
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|rowspan="2"|March 3
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| [[Mark Boone Junior]]
| Actor
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| March 18
| [[Jeff Stelling]]
| TV presenter
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| March 19
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| Singer, actress (''[[Reba (TV series)|Reba]]'')
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| [[Marina Sirtis]]
| Actress (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
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| [[Christopher Lawford]]
| Actor (died 2018)
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| [[Brendan Gleeson]]
| Actor
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| April 5
| [[Akira Toriyama]]
| Manga artist (''[[Dragon Ball (TV series)|Dragon Ball]]'', ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'', ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'') (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colbert |first=Isaiah |date=2024-03-08 |title=Akira Toriyama, Creator of Dragon Ball and Manga Pioneer, Dies at 68 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/akira-toriyama-creator-of-dragon-ball-and-manga-pioneer-dies-at-68 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>
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| April 7
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| Actor
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|[[Eric Bischoff]]
|Television producer
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| [[Richard Schiff]]
| Actor (''[[The West Wing]]'')
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| May 31
| [[Susie Essman]]
| Actress
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| June 1
| [[Tony Snow]]
| American journalist (d. 2008)
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| June 2
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| June 6
| [[Sam Simon]]
| Writer and director (d. 2015)
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| June 8
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| Golfer
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| [[Bob Thiele Jr.]]
| Musician
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| [[Bruce Altman]]
| Actor
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| [[John Cramer (announcer)|John Cramer]]
| American television announcer
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| rowspan="2"|July 9
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| [[Yvonne Hudson]]
| Actress (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
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| July 17
| [[Bill Geddie]]
| American television producer (died 2023)
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| rowspan="2"|July 19
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| August 3
| [[Corey Burton]]
| Voice actor (''[[The Transformers (TV series)|The Transformers]]'', ''[[DuckTales]]'', ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'', ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'')
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| August 7
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| [[Peter Gallagher]]
| Actor (''[[The O.C.]]'', ''[[Covert Affairs]]'')
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|August 24
|[[Mike Huckabee]]
|Politician and commentator (''[[Huckabee]]'')
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| August 27
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| September 7
| [[Mira Furlan]]
| Actress (''[[Babylon 5]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'') (died 2021)
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| September 9
| [[Edward Hibbert]]
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| September 12
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| [[Linwood Boomer]]
| Actor
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|October 14
|[[Arleen Sorkin]]
|Actress (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'') (died 2023)
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| October 16
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| [[Yolanda King]]
| Activist (died 2007)
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| November 22
| [[George Alagiah]]
| News broadcaster
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| November 23
| [[Peter Douglas]]
| Actor
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| November 25
| [[Norman Buckley]]
| Director
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| November 27
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| Television commentator (died 2001)
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==Television debuts==
*[[Harry Belafonte]] – ''[[Front Row Center]]''
*[[Terry Burnham]] – ''[[Climax!]]''
*[[David Doyle (actor)|David Doyle]] – ''[[The Philco Television Playhouse]]''
*[[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] – ''Climax!''
*[[James Garner]] – ''[[Cheyenne (TV series)|Cheyenne]]''
*[[George Gaynes]] – ''[[NBC Opera Theatre]]''
*[[James Hong]] – ''[[TV Reader's Digest]]''
*[[Myrna Loy]] – ''[[General Electric Theater]]''
*[[Fred MacMurray]] – ''[[General Electric Theater]]''
*[[Tim McCoy]] – ''Indian Agent''
*[[Laurence Olivier]] – ''Richard III''
*[[Don Rickles]] – ''[[Stage 7]]''
*[[John Saxon]] – ''[[Medic (TV series)|Medic]]''
*[[Maggie Smith]] – ''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]''
*[[Rod Taylor]] – ''[[Studio 57]]''
*[[Rudy Vallée]] – ''[[Star Tonight]]''
*[[Robert Vaughn]] – ''[[Medic (TV series)|Medic]]''
*[[John Wayne]] – ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
*[[Johnny Weissmuller]] – ''[[Jungle Jim (TV series)|Jungle Jim]]''
*[[Jane Wyman]] – ''[[General Electric Theater]]''
{{Years in TV by country|1955}}
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