1947 in Television - Debuts

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). Gary Simpson produced this show which featured guests like Vladimir K. Zworykin, one the pioneer inventors of TV, discussing and showing television technology (explaining how TV worked to the new medium's first viewers.
• 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).
• Adelaide Hall October 1947 – first telecording by BBC (kinescope) showing black singer Adelaide Hall performing 2 songs with chorus and her guitar. Copies of this first English kinescope of live TV broadcast are preserved by BBC, and copy is available for viewing on YouTube.com