1947 in television

The year 1947 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1947.

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Events

*January 3 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
*January 22 - The first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, KTLA, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
*January 30 – The FCC rejects CBS' color television system.
*February 10 to March 11 - BBC television service in the UK is temporarily suspended due to a national fuel crisis.
*March 11 - The first successful American children's television series, "Movies for Small Fry" debuts on the DuMont Network.
*September 30 - The opening game of the World Series is the first World Series game to be telecast. The 1947 World Series brought in an estimated 3.9 million people, becoming television's first mass audience.
*October 5 - The first presidential address is telecast from the White House. President Truman speaks about the world food crisis.
*October 13 - The puppet show "Junior Jamboree", later known as "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", premieres on WBKB in Chicago, Illinois.
*November 6 - "Meet the Press" first appears as a local program in Washington.
*November 8 - Memorial service broadcast from the Cenotaph by the BBC, using tele-recording for the first time.
*The first Hollywood film production for TV, "The Public Prosecutor".
*There are 14,000 television sets in use in the United States.

Debuts

*May 7 - "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC, the first regularly scheduled drama series on a network (1947-1958).
*October 13 - "Junior Jamboree" (later called "Kukla, Fran and Ollie"), premieres on WBKB in Chicago (1947-1957).
*November 18 - situation comedy Mary Kay and Johnny debuts on Dumont network (1947-1950).
*November 20 - "Meet the Press" first network telecast on NBC (1947-present).
*December 27 - "Puppet Television Theater" (later called "Howdy Doody"), a children's television program, makes its debut (NBC) (1947-1960).
*"Café Continental" (UK) premieres on the BBC Television Service) (1947-1953).
*"Eye Witness" premieres (1947-1948).
*"In the Kelvinator Kitchen" premieres (1947-1948).
*"Musical Merry-Go-Round" premieres (1947-1949).
*"Americana" premieres (1947-1949).
*"King Cole's Birthday Party" premieres (1947-1949).
*"Charade Quiz" premieres (1947-1949).
*"Doorway to Fame" premieres (1947-1949).
*"Author Meets the Critics" (1947-1954).
*"Juvenile Jury" (1947-1954).

Television shows

Ending this year

*May 16 - "Pinwright's Progress" (UK) (1946-1947).
* "The Voice of Firestone Televues" (1943-1947)
* "Hour Glass" (1946-1947)
* "Cash and Carry" (1946-1947)
* "Campus Hoopla" (1946-1947)
* "Face to Face" (1946-1947)
* "I Love to Eat" (1946-1947)
* "Let's Rhumba" (1946-1947)
* "Serving Through Science" (1946-1947)

Births

*January 8 - Laurie Walters, actress ("Eight is Enough")
*February 2 - Farrah Fawcett, actress
*March 1 - Alan Thicke, actor
*March 6 - Rob Reiner, actor, comedian, movie producer
*April 12 - David Letterman - US entertainer
*June 21 - Meredith Baxter - actress
*June 21 - Michael Gross - actor (he and the aforementioned Baxter would eventually play husband and wife on "Family Ties")
*July 2 - Larry David, co-creator of "Seinfeld"
*July 3 - Betty Buckley, actress
*September 6 - Jane Curtin, actress, comedian, "Saturday Night Live", "3rd Rock from the Sun"
*September 30 - Rula Lenska, British actress
*October 26 - Jaclyn Smith, actrss
*November 23 - Diana Quick, actress
*December 29 - Ted Danson, actor