⇨ Mister Television; Mr Televisionnickname Milton Berle, US comedian of vaudeville, radio and television fame (1908–2002). Berle was the first superstar of US television, hosting the very popular Tuesday night Texaco Star Theater. Berle personified the early days of television; when he died in March 2002, newspaper headlines across the US proclaimed that 'Mr Television' had died US, 1949