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The year 1947 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1947. Events. January 3 ...
The first successful American children's television series, Movies for Small Fry debuts on the DuMont Television Network. July 16 RCA demonstrates the world's first all-electronic color camera to the Federal Communications Commission. (Only television receivers were present at the demonstration on January 29; the camera was at a remote studio.)
1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
The early days of television introduced hour-long anthology drama series, many of which received critical acclaim. [6] [7] Examples include Kraft Television Theatre (debuted May 7, 1947), The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (debuted September 27, 1948), Television Playhouse (debuted December 4, 1947), The Philco Television Playhouse (debuted October 3, 1948), Westinghouse Studio One (debuted November 7 ...
The 1947–48 United States network television schedule was nominally from September 1947 to March 1948, but scheduling ideas were still being worked out and did not follow modern standards. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1946–47 season .
October 6 – World Series games are broadcast on television for the first time. The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers , 4 games to 3, to win their 11th World Series Title. October 14 – The United States Air Force test pilot Captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 rocket plane faster than the speed of sound , the first time that this ...
The 1946–47 United States network television schedule was nominally from September 1946 to March 1947, but scheduling ideas were still being worked out and did not follow modern standards. This was the first "network television season" in the United States, and only NBC and DuMont operated networks.
1947 television series endings (2 C) Television channels and stations established in 1947 (10 P) A. 1947 television awards (1 P) S. 1947 television specials (1 P)