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The year 1941 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1941. Events April ...
It was the first game show to air on broadcast television. However, the series did not appear on television again until 1950, when the medium had caught on commercially. [7] [8] July 2 - Debut of the televised game show CBS Television Quiz on the CBS television station in New York City, WCBW Channel 2 (the forerunner of WCBS-TV). It was the ...
CBS Television Quiz is an American game show, running from July 2, 1941, to January 7, 1943, on the CBS television station in New York, WCBW Channel 2 (the forerunner of WCBS-TV). [1] It was the first game show to be broadcast regularly on television. It was an in-house production and broadcast in black-and-white.
The abbreviation TV is from 1948. The use of the term to mean "a television set" dates from 1941. [11] The use of the term to mean "television as a medium" dates from 1927. [11] The term telly is more common in the UK. The slang term "the tube" or the "boob tube" derives from the bulky cathode-ray tube used on most TVs until the advent of flat ...
A television set, also called a television receiver, television, TV set, TV, or telly, is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television. Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form, television sets became a popular consumer product after World War II in electronic form, using cathode ray tubes .
Television series which originated in the United States in the decade 1940s. i.e. in the years 1940 to 1949. Television shows that originated in other countries and only later aired in the United States should be removed from this category and its sub-categories
All television licenses in the United States were officially "experimental" before July 1941, as the NTSC television standard had yet to be developed, and some American television broadcasters continued operating under experimental licenses as late as 1947, although by then they were using the same technical standards as their commercial brethren.
1941 television series debuts (1 C) Television channels and stations established in 1941 (3 P) Pages in category "1941 in television" This category contains only the ...