1958 in television

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1 Events 2 Popular United States Television Shows 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• Senator Estes Kefauver holds congressional hearings on the rising rates of juvenile crime and publishes an article in Reader's Digest called "Let's Get Rid of Tele-Violence."
• Ampex demonstrates their design for a color Video Tape Recorder
• Television broadcasting begins in Portugal

• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971)
• Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982)
• Walt Disney Presents (1954-1983)

• April 29 - Eve Plumb, actress, The Brady Bunch