See also: 1947 in television, other events of 1948, 1949 in television and the list of 'years in television'. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in television pages. ...

Events

• January 5 - BBC Television Newsreel first broadcast.
• June 21 - The first network telecast of political conventions from Philadelphia.
• July 30 - Professional wrestling premieres in prime-time on the DuMont Network.
• August 15 - The first network nightly newscast, CBS-TV News, debuts on CBS with Douglas Edwards.
• November 29 - The television puppet show Kukla, Fran and Ollie moves to the NBC Midwest Network.
• CBS begins network programming.
• ABC opens its first television station in New York.
• Television manufacturing begins in Canada.
• Telecasts of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, begin until 1954.

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Debuts

• June 8 - Milton Berle becomes the first television star with the debut of Texaco Star Theater (later The Milton Berle Show) on NBC (1948-1953).
• June 20 - Toast of the Town, with Ed Sullivan, premieres on CBS, with guests Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (later renamed, The Ed Sullivan Show) (1948-1971).
• August 10 - Candid Microphone (renamed Candid Camera in 1949) debuts on ABC (1948-present).
• The Adventures of Oky Doky premieres (1948-1949).
• Amanda (1948-1949).
• The Bigelow Show premieres (1948-1949).
• Champagne and Orchids (1948-1949).
• Child's World debuts (1948-1949).
• Actor's Studio (1948-1950).
• Cartoon Teletales (1948-1950).
• The Alan Dale Show premieres (1948-1951).
• Club Seven (1948-1951).

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Television shows

• Missui Goes A-Shopping (1944-1949).
• Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946-1960)
• Picture Page (UK) (1936-1939; 1946-1952)
• Television Screen Magazine (1946-1949).
• You Are an Artist (1946-1950).
• Muffin the Mule (1946-1955).
• Musical Merry-Go-Round (1947-1949).
• Americana (1947-1949).
• Birthday Party (1947-1949).
• Charade Quiz (1947-1949).
• Doorway to Fame (1947-1949).
• Cafe Continental (1947-1953).
• Author Meets the Critics (1947-1954).
• Juvenile Jury (1947-1954).
• Kukla, Fran and Ollie (1947-1957).
• Howdy Doody (1947-1960)
• Kraft Television Theater (1947-1958)
• Mary Kay and Johnny (1947-1950)
• Meet the Press (1947-present)
• Great NBC Symphony Orchestra (1948-????)

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Ending this year

• The World In Your Home (1944-1948).
• Paging You (1946-1948)
• Eye Witness (1947-1948).
• In the Kelvinator kitchen (1947-1948).

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Births

• September 13 - Nell Carter, actress, singer (d. 2003)
• September 24 - Phil Hartman, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, NewsRadio (d. 1998)