1952 in Television - Debuts

Debuts

• January 14 – The Today Show premieres on NBC (1952–present).
• March 1 – Death Valley Days premieres in syndication (1952–1975).
• June 19 – I've Got a Secret premieres on CBS (1952–1967).
• June 30 – The Guiding Light premieres on CBS (1952–2009). This soap opera began on radio in 1937 and finished in 1952. It went on to become the longest-running regularly scheduled drama program in television history.
• September – This Is the Life on DuMont. This religious drama ran from 1952 through the late 1980s, for most of its life in syndication.
• September 19 – Adventures of Superman premieres in syndication (1952–1958).
• October 26 – Victory at Sea, one of the first historic documentary series, premieres on NBC (1952–1953).
• November 1 – Hockey Night in Canada premieres on CBC (1952–present).
• November 6 - Biff Baker, U.S.A. premieres on CBS (1952–1953)
• December 1 - The Abbott and Costello Show premieres in syndication (1952–1954)
• December 15 – Flower Pot Men premieres on BBC Television (1952).
• American Bandstand, originally called Bandstand, premieres as local program in Philadelphia (1952–1989).
• Life Is Worth Living with Bishop Fulton J. Sheen premiers on DuMont (1952–1955), then on ABC (1955–1957)
• My Little Margie (1952–1955), starring Gale Storm.
• See It Now premieres, hosted by Edward R. Murrow.
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on ABC (1952–1966).
• The Ernie Kovacs Show premieres. Kovacs pushes the limits of television technology with his use of camera tricks and special effects (1952–1953).
• Meet the Masters, a program about classical music, premieres on NBC and WGN-TV.
• This Is Your Life premieres in the US (1952–1961).
• Life with Elizabeth Famous sitcom starring Betty White (1952–1955).