1947 in television

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

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.

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).

Series	Debut	Ended
Picture Page (UK)	October 8, 1936	1939
Picture Page (UK)	1946	1952
Starlight (UK)	November 3, 1936	1939
Starlight (UK)	1946	1949
For The Children (UK)	April 24, 1937	1939
For The Children (UK)	July 7, 1946	1950
The Voice of Firestone Televues	1943	1947
The Voice of Firestone Televues	1949	1963
Missus Goes A Shopping	August 1, 1944	1949
The World In Your Home	1944	1948
Hour Glass	May 9, 1946	March 1947
Face to Face	June 9, 1946	January 26, 1947
Cash and Carry	June 20, 1946	July 1, 1947
Serving Through Science	August 15, 1946	1947
Kaleidoscope (UK)	November 2, 1946	1953
Pinwright's Progress (UK)	November 29, 1946	May 16, 1947
Campus Hoopla	1946	1947
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports	November 8, 1946	June 24, 1960
I Love to Eat	1946	1947
Let's Rhumba	1946	1947
Muffin the Mule (UK)	1946	1955
Paging You	1946	1948
Television Screen Magazine	1946	1949
You Are an Artist	1946	1950
Doorway to Fame	May 2, 1947	July 4, 1949
Kraft Television Theater	May 7, 1947	1958
Kukla, Fran and Ollie	October 13, 1947	1957
Meet the Press	November 6, 1947	present
Mary Kay and Johnny	November 18, 1947	March 11, 1950
Howdy Doody	December 27, 1947	September 24, 1960
Americana	1947	1949
Birthday Party	1947	1949
Café Continental	1947	1953
Charade Quiz	1947	1949
Eye Witness	1947	1948
Juvenile Jury	1947	1954
In the Kelvinator Kitchen	1947	1948
Musical Merry-Go-Round	1947	1949
Small Fry Club	1947	1951

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)