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1952 in television

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The year 1952 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1952.

Events

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Programs/programmes

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Debuts

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Ending during 1952

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Date Show Debut
February 23 A Date with Judy (daytime version) 1951
March 27 The Bill Goodwin Show
April 11 Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town
April 24 Stop the Music 1949
June 30 Claudia 1952
Unknown Picture Page (UK) 1946

Births

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Date Name Notability
January 2 Wendy Phillips Actress (Falcon Crest)
Ng Man-tat Hong Kong actor (Shaolin Soccer) (d. 2021)
January 3 Jim Ross Professional wrestling commentator
January 12 Walter Mosley Author
January 19 Beau Weaver Voice actor
January 20 Dave Fennoy Voice actor
January 27 Patti Burns Anchor (d. 2001)
January 28 Bruce Helford Writer
February 16 Stella Farentino Actress
February 17 Garry Chalk Voice actor
February 19 Sara Moulton Chef and television host
February 29 Sharon Dahlonega Bush Television newscaster
Albert Welling Television actor
March 2 Janice Burgess American TV executive, producer, screenwriter (The Backyardigans, Nick Jr., Winx Club) (d. 2024)[4]
Laraine Newman Comic actress (Saturday Night Live)
March 4 Ronn Moss Actor, musician (The Bold and the Beautiful)
March 7 Lynn Swann Broadcaster
March 11 Susan Richardson Actress (Eight is Enough)
March 21 Andrew D. Weyman Director
March 22 Bob Costas Sportscaster
April 1 Annette O'Toole Actress (Smallville)
April 5 Mitch Pileggi Actor (The X-Files)
April 6 Marilu Henner Actress (Taxi)
Erin Moriarty American television news reporter
April 10 Steven Seagal Actor
April 16 Billy West Voice actor (Doug, The Ren and Stimpy Show, Futurama)
April 17 Joe Alaskey Actor (Looney Tunes), (d. 2016)
April 27 Larry Elder Political commentator
George Gervin NBA basketball player
April 28 Mary McDonnell Actress
April 29 Nora Dunn Actress, comedian (Saturday Night Live)
May 2 Christine Baranski Actress (Cybill, The Good Wife)
May 4 Michael Barrymore British comedian, presenter
May 6 Gregg Henry Actor, musician
Michael O'Hare Actor (Babylon 5) (d. 2012)
Fred Newman Actor (Doug, Between the Lions)
May 11 Frances Fisher Actress (The Edge of Night)
Shohreh Aghdashloo Actress
May 18 George Strait Actor
May 21 Mr. T Actor (B. A. Baracus on The A-Team)
May 23 John Quiñones ABC News correspondent
June 7 Liam Neeson Actor
June 14 Eddie Mekka Actor (Laverne & Shirley) (d. 2021)
June 18 Carol Kane Actress (Taxi)
June 20 John Goodman Actor (Roseanne)
June 22 Graham Greene Actor
June 28 Alan Pasqua Composer
Debbie Zipp Actress
July 1 Dan Aykroyd Comedian and actor (Saturday Night Live)
Brian George Israeli-British actor (The Edison Twins, The Big Bang Theory, Kim Possible, Green Lantern: The Animated Series)
July 6 Grant Goodeve American actor (Eight is Enough)
July 9 John Tesh American composer
July 11 Stephen Lang Actor
July 14 Stan Shaw Actor (Houseguest)
July 15 Terry O'Quinn Actor (Lost)
July 17 David Hasselhoff Actor (Knight Rider, Baywatch)
July 20 Thom Beers Voice actor
July 27 Roxanne Hart Actress (Chicago Hope)
August 1 Brian Patrick Clarke Actor
August 4 Bobby Buntrock Actor (Hazel) (d. 1974)
August 5 Louis Walsh Irish music manager
August 7 Caroline Aaron Actress
August 10 Daniel Hugh Kelly Actor (Hardcastle and McCormick)
August 16 Reginald VelJohnson Actor (Family Matters)
Caitlin O'Heaney Actress (Tales of the Gold Monkey)
August 18 Patrick Swayze Actor and dancer (d. 2009)
August 19 Jonathan Frakes Actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation), director
August 20 Brenda Blackmon American anchor
August 27 Paul Reubens Comic actor (Pee-wee's Playhouse, Batman: The Brave and the Bold) (d. 2023)
August 29 Deborah Van Valkenburgh Actress (Too Close for Comfort)
September 2 Leslie Cockburn American investigative journalist
September 5 Michael Horton Actor (Murder, She Wrote)
September 9 Angela Cartwright Actress (Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space)
September 16 Mickey Rourke American actor
September 19 David Hoberman American film and television producer
September 25 Christopher Reeve Actor (d. 2004)
Tommy Norden Actor (Flipper)
Toukie Smith Actress (227)
September 27 Gail Edwards Actress (It's a Living, Full House, Blossom)
September 30 John Finn Actor (Cold Case)
October 9 Sharon Osbourne TV personality (The Osbournes, The Talk)
October 14 Harry Anderson Actor (Night Court) (d. 2018)
October 18 Chuck Lorre Television director, writer, producer, composer, and actor
October 20 Melanie Mayron Actress, director (Thirtysomething)
October 22 Jeff Goldblum Actor (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
October 27 Ted Wass Actor, director (Soap, Blossom)
Michael H. Shamberg Director (d. 2014)
October 28 Annie Potts Actress (Designing Women)
October 30 Emily Kuroda Actress (Gilmore Girls)
November 3 Roseanne Barr Actress, comedian (Roseanne)
Jim Cummings Voice actor (The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Darkwing Duck, CatDog)
November 5 Bill Walton NBA basketball player
November 6 Gary Goetzman American film and television producer and actor
November 8 Alfre Woodard Actress
November 9 John Megna Actor (d. 1995)
November 15 Randy Savage Pro wrestler and actor (WWE,WCW), (d. 2011)
November 28 S. Epatha Merkerson Actress (Law & Order)
November 29 Jeff Fahey Actor (The Marshal, Lost)
November 30 Mandy Patinkin Actor (Criminal Minds)
December 2 Keith Szarabajka Actor
December 3 Benny Hinn Christian televangelist
December 9 Michael Dorn Actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
December 10 Susan Dey Actress (The Partridge Family, L.A. Law)
Clive Anderson English presenter
December 12 Sarah Douglas Actress (Falcon Crest)
December 15 Lee Aronsohn American television writer, composer and producer
December 20 Ray Bumatai Actor (Tito Makani on Rocket Power) (d. 2005)
December 23 Bill Kristol Writer
December 25 CCH Pounder Actress (ER, Rocket Power)
December 29 Robert Wightman Actor (The Waltons)

Television debuts

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References

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  1. ^ Kynaston, David (2009). Family Britain, 1951–57. London: Bloomsbury. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-7475-8385-1.
  2. ^ "Test drive for TV detector vans". BBC On This Day. 1952-02-01. Archived from the original on 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  3. ^ a b McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
  4. ^ Barnes, Mike (2024-03-05). "Janice Burgess, Creator of 'The Backyardigans,' Dies at 72". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-03-16.