Warner Bros. Animation
Only two decades produced new series this week as the networks end April and head into the traditional season finale and sweeps month, keeping regular series in their time slots until the end of the season, not risking adding anything new going into the all-important ratings period. 1953 did produce one new sitcom that transitioned from radio, while 2013 had eight new shows making their debuts, none of them on a traditional broadcast network and only two of them scripted series, one of which is still in production. Read on to see what shows are celebrating anniversaries this week!
1953
NBC
- April 25 – Ethel and Albert (NBC, Three seasons / CBS, One season / ABC, One season, 126 episodes total)
Ethel and Albert started as a three-minute radio series used as filler between programs on KATE in Minnesota, then expanded to 15 minutes and then 30 minutes. Richard Widmark played Albert for six months in 1944. Margaret Hamilton voiced the character of Aunt Eva. The series came to television during the 1952-1953 season as 15-minute segments on The Kate Smith Hour before launching as a 30-minute series in 1953.
1963
- No new series debuted this week in 1963.
1973
- No new series debuted this week in 1973.
1983
- No new series debuted this week in 1983.
1993
- No new series debuted this week in 1993.
2003
- No new series debuted this week in 2003.
2013
Magical Elves Productions
- April 23 – Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life (MTV, Two seasons, 14 episodes)
- April 23 – Girl Code (MTV, Four seasons, 75 episodes)
- April 23 – Backyard Oil (Discovery, One season, 10 episodes)
- April 23 – Teen Titans Go! (Cartoon Network, Eight seasons, 375 episodes to date)
- April 25 – Giving You the Business (Food Network, One season, 11 episodes)
- April 25 – Workout from Within with Jeff Halevy (Veria Living TV, One season, 52 episodes)
- April 29 – XOX Betsey Johnson (Style, One season, 8 episodes)
- April 29 – Red White & New (Travel Channel, One season, 8 episodes)
After Girl Code ended its MTV run, the series was revived on Snapchat in 2017.
Teen Titans Go! has been nominated for one Annie Award, for Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience, and three Primetime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program category.
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