1945 in television

The year 1945 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1945.

Events

 * July - The final months of World War II continued to disrupt television operations in Europe until July.
 * October 1 – The U.S. War Production Board ends its wartime ban of the manufacture of radio and television equipment for consumer use.
 * October 10 – Reopening of French TV station RDF in 441-line standard.
 * December 1 – US Army-Navy football game is transmitted 145 kilometers (90 mi) by coaxial cable from Philadelphia to New York City.
 * December 15 – Moscow TV center reinstated regular TV broadcasting after World War II.
 * December 17 – First weather programme on French television.

Births

 * January 9
 * John Doman, actor, The Wire, Gotham
 * Michael Jaffe, American TV and film producer
 * January 22 – Steve Vinovich, actor
 * January 25
 * Jill Townsend, actress, Cimarron Strip, Poldark
 * Leigh Taylor-Young, actress, Peyton Place
 * January 26 – Jacqueline Ray, actress
 * January 29 – Tom Selleck, actor, Magnum, P.I., Blue Bloods
 * February 6 – Michael Tucker, actor, L.A. Law
 * February 9 – Mia Farrow, actress, model, Peyton Place
 * February 20 – George Smoot, American astrophysicist
 * February 22 – Leslie Charleson, American soap actress, General Hospital
 * February 24 – Barry Bostwick, actor, Spin City, Phineas and Ferb
 * February 26 – Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress, Lost in Space
 * March 1 – Dirk Benedict, actor, Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team
 * March 3 - Hattie Winston, actress, The Electric Company, Becker
 * March 5 - George Crile III, American journalist (died 2006)
 * March 8 – Micky Dolenz, singer, actor, The Monkees
 * March 20 - Pat Riley, NBA basketball player and coach
 * March 31 - Gabe Kaplan, actor, comedian, Welcome Back, Kotter
 * April 1 - Heather Young, actress, Land of the Giants
 * April 2 - Linda Hunt, actress, NCIS: Los Angeles
 * April 13 – Tony Dow, actor, Leave It to Beaver (died 2022)
 * April 23 – François Clemmons, actor
 * May 7 - Robin Strasser, actress, One Life to Live
 * May 10 - Bill Geist, television journalist
 * May 12 - Linda Carlson, actress (died 2021)
 * May 21 – Richard Hatch, actor, Battlestar Galactica (died 2017)
 * May 22 - Victoria Wyndham, actress, Another World
 * May 23 - Lauren Chapin, actress, Father Knows Best
 * May 24 – Priscilla Presley, actress
 * June 1 – Kerry Vincent, Australian chef and author (died 2021)
 * June 2
 * Joan Pringle, actress, General Hospital, The White Shadow
 * Jon Peters, film producer
 * Lord David Dundas, actor
 * June 6 – David Dukes, actor (died 2000)
 * June 11 – Adrienne Barbeau, actress, Maude
 * June 27 – Clive Clark, golfer
 * July 3 – Mickey Rooney Jr., actor (died 2022)
 * July 6 – Burt Ward, actor, Batman
 * July 10 – Ron Glass, actor, Barney Miller (died 2016)
 * July 13 – Penelope Windust, actress (died 2022)
 * July 23 – Edie McClurg, actress
 * July 24 – Lowell Bergman, producer
 * July 26 – Helen Mirren, actress
 * July 31 – Robin Green, producer
 * August 1 - Laila Morse, actress
 * August 2 - Joanna Cassidy, actress
 * August 5 - Loni Anderson, actress, WKRP in Cincinnati
 * August 14
 * Steve Martin, actor, comedian
 * Brenda Benet, actress (died 1982)
 * August 16 - Bob Balaban, actor
 * August 22
 * Steve Kroft, American retired journalist
 * David Chase, American producer
 * August 24 – Vince McMahon, businessman
 * September 1
 * Valdy, musician
 * Edd Kalehoff, musician
 * September 10 – Dennis Burkley, actor (died 2013)
 * September 12 – Maria Aitken, actress
 * September 17 – Phil Jackson, NBA basketball player and coach
 * September 19 – Randolph Mantooth, actor, Emergency!
 * September 23 – Paul Petersen, actor
 * September 25 – Catherine Burns, actress (died 2019)
 * October 4 – Clifton Davis, actor, That's My Mama, Amen
 * October 5 – Riaan Cruywagen, South African newsreader
 * October 11 – Dusty Rhodes, pro wrestler in NWA and WWE (died 2015)
 * October 13 – Susan Stafford, hostess
 * October 18 – Huell Howser, host of California's Gold (died 2013)
 * October 19 – John Lithgow, actor, Third Rock from the Sun
 * October 20 – George Wyner, actor
 * October 21 – Everett McGill, actor, Twin Peaks
 * October 26 – Jaclyn Smith, actress, Charlie's Angels
 * October 27 – Carrie Snodgress, actress (died 2004)
 * October 30 – Henry Winkler, actor, Arthur Fonzarelli on Happy Days
 * October 31 – Brian Doyle-Murray, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teamo Supremo, The Buzz on Maggie, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
 * November 9 - Charlie Robinson, actor, Night Court (died 2021)
 * November 15 - Bob Gunton, actor, Daredevil
 * November 21 – Goldie Hawn, actress, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
 * November 26 – Daniel Davis, actor, The Nanny
 * November 27
 * Barbara Anderson, actress, Ironside
 * James Avery, actor, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (died 2013)
 * Alain de Cadenet, motor racing commentator, previously driver (died 2022)
 * December 1 – Bette Midler, actress, singer
 * December 9 – Michael Nouri, actor
 * December 13 - Kathy Garver, actress, Family Affair
 * December 15 - Thaao Penghlis, actor, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, Santa Barbara
 * December 17 - Chris Matthews, talk show host
 * December 22 – Diane Sawyer, television broadcast journalist
 * December 25
 * Gary Sandy, actor, WKRP in Cincinnati
 * Paul Willson, actor
 * December 26 - John Walsh, television personality, America's Most Wanted, The Hunt with John Walsh
 * December 27 - Mark Johnson, television producer
 * December 30
 * Davy Jones, singer, actor, The Monkees (died 2012)
 * Concetta Tomei, actress, China Beach, Providence