1954 in television

Events

• NTSC video standard introduced
• Television Act of 1954 authorises setting up the infrastructure for British commercial television.
• January 1 - NBC broadcasts the Rose Parade[?] in color on 21 stations.
• January 11 - The first weather forcast is televised in the U.K.
• April - The American Broadcasting Company broadcasts the Army-McCarthy hearings live and in their entirety.
• September 11 - The Miss America Beauty Contest airs for the first time on national television in the United States. 27 million viewers watched as Lee Ann Meriwether[?] won the crown. Meriwether would later become a television actress, co-starring in Barnaby Jones[?] in the 1970s.
• November 3 - Disney's Alice in Wonderland[?] airs on ABC

Popular Television Shows

• September - The Tonight Show begins airing on the NBC network. (1954-present)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971)
• Flash Gordon (1953-1954)

Births

• January 12 - Howard Stern, "shock-jock" radio host
• February 15 - Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons and Futurama
• March 1 - Ron Howard, actor, director
• October 9 - Scott Bakula, American television actor

Deaths