Video: 'Remembering TV Guide - Growing Up in America'

(Friday, April 3, 1953) — TV Guide, a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows, was published for the first time today, with 10 editions in the ten U.S. cities where it was distributed.

The inaugural cover featured a photograph of Lucille Ball’s newborn son Desi Arnaz Jr., with a downscaled inset photo of Ball placed in the top corner under the issue’s headline: “Lucy’s $50,000,000 baby.”

The magazine was published in digest size, which remained in its printed format for 52 years.