1959 in television

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Popular Television Shows 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• April 24 - The Your Hit Parade television series, which has been on the air since 1935, airs its last episode
• October 2 - The Twilight Zone debuts.
• Hanna Barbera's first television cartoon, Huckleberry Hound premieres.
• Fall – Scandals involving rigged network quiz shows create havoc within the US television industry.

• Bonanza premieres (1959-1973)
• Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone debuts (1959-1965)

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

• October 25 - Nancy Cartwright, voice actress ("Bart Simpson")
• December 30 - Tracey Ullman, actress and comedian