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1951 in television
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1950 in television,
other events of 1951,
1952 in television and the
list of 'years in television'.
- Television broadcasts begin in Argentina.
- May 28 - The US Supreme Court upholds the FCC's approval of the CBS color television system
- June 25 – CBS presents its first commercial color telecast with Arthur Godfrey[?], Ed Sullivan, and Faye Emerson[?].
- June - RCA demonstrates its new electronic color system.
- August 11 - The first baseball games televised in color, a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves
- September 4 - The first coast-to-coast TV broadcast, featuring President Truman.
- September 22 - The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.
- October 3 - The first live coast-to-coast network telecast of a World Series game
- December 24 - The first televised opera written for television, Amahl and the Night Visitor, airs on NBC.
- Ernie Kovacs' Time for Ernie and Ernie in Kovacsland television shows premiere. Kovacs pushes the limits of television technology with his use of camera tricks and special effects.