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    • Dec 25, 1949
    With "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" enjoying its first year as a holiday hit, composer Johnny Marks takes a bow from the audience on a Christmas edition of the Ed Sullivan-hosted CBS variety show "Toast Of The Town"
    Mar 12, 1950
    ABC begins airing "The Marshal Of Gunsight Pass." By the end of the month, "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" singer and songwriter Eddie Dean takes over the lead role
    May 29, 1950
    NBC telecasts the final installment of "Village Barn." The country variety show featured Dick Thomas as host for nearly half of its two-year run
    Jul 23, 1950
    "The Gene Autry Show" debuts on CBS-TV, taking Autry, sidekick Pat Buttram and Champion from the big screen to the small screen. "Back In The Saddle Again" serves as the program's theme song
    Aug 5, 1950
    Spade Cooley marks his two-year anniversary on Los Angeles' KTLA-TV. His guests for the show include jazz legend Count Basie and nightclub owner Hank Penny
    Sep 30, 1950
    Six months after its debut, the ABC western series "The Marshal Of Gunsight Pass," starring Eddie Dean, makes its last prime-time appearance
    Sep 30, 1950
    The Grand Ole Opry is televised for the first time, as WSM-TV debuts on the air
    Oct 12, 1950
    "The Morey Amsterdam Show" airs for the final time on the DuMont TV network. Amsterdam earned a country hit three years prior as a songwriter of the Dick Jurgens recording "(Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming"
    Oct 12, 1950
    "The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show" debuts on CBS-TV. Some 30 years later, Burns scores a country hit with "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"
    Dec 25, 1950
    "The Steve Allen Show" begins airing daily on CBS-TV, just months after its host had a hit as a songwriter on the Margaret Whiting/Jimmy Wakely duet "Let's Go To Church (Next Sunday Morning)"



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