1946 in television

none 1946 television radio film music The year 1946 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1946. __TOC__ Events February 4 – RCA demonstrates an all-electronic color television system. February 18 – The first Washington, D.C. – New York City telecast through AT&T corporation's coaxial cable, in which General Dwight Eisenhower places a wreath at the base of the statue in the Lincoln Memorial and others make brief speeches, is termed a success by engineers, although Time magazine calls it "as blurred as an early Chaplin movie." February 25 – The prewar U.S. 18-channel VHF allocation is officially ended in favor of a new 13-channel VHF allocation due to the appropriation of some frequencies by the military and the relocation of FM radio. Only five of the old channels are the same as new channels in terms of frequency and none have the same number as before. April 22 – CBS transmits a Technicolor movie short and color slides by coaxial cable from Manhattan to Washington (332 kilometers) and return. June 7 – The BBC Television Service begins broadcasting again for the first time since 1939. The first words heard are "Good afternoon everybody. How are you? Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?". Twenty minutes later, the Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Gala Premiere, last programme transmitted seven years earlier at the start of World War II, is reshown. June 19 – The first televised heavyweight boxing title fight between Joe Louis and Billy Conn is broadcast from Yankee Stadium. The fight is seen by 141,000 people, the largest television audience to see a boxing match to this date. July 7 – Broadcasting of the BBC's children's programme For The Children is resumed, one of the few pre-war programmes to resume after reintroduction of the service. August 4 – Children's puppet "Muffin the Mule" debuts in an episode of the series For the Children. He is so popular he is given his own show later that same year. September 6 – Chicago's WBKB-TV (now WBBM-TV) commences broadcasting as the first U.S. television station outside the Eastern Time Zone. September 15 – DuMont Television Network begins broadcasting regularly in the United States. October 2 – The first television network soap opera, Faraway Hill, is broadcast by DuMont. October 22 – Telecrime, the first television crime series from the 1930s, is resumed by the BBC, retitled Telecrimes. December 24 – The first Christmas church service is telecast, Grace Episcopal Church in New York, on WABD. Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo founds a company, which would later become Sony. Zoomar introduces the first professional zoom lens for television cameras. The first postwar television sets are released by the companies RCA, DuMont, Crosley, and Belmont. Debuts January 4 - You Be the Judge premieres on CBSSchrader Marty You Be the Judge https://books.google.com/books?id=qBgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22You+Be+the+Judge%22+WCBW&pg=PT10 17 August 2017 Billboard January 12, 1946 11 May 9 – The first regularly scheduled American variety show, Hour Glass, premieres on NBC (1946–1947). May 23 - Let's Play Reporter premieres on WABD-TV, but produced by ABC June 9 - Face to Face premieres on NBC (1946–1947).Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present 2009 Random House Publishing Group 9780307483201 441 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=%22Face+to+Face%22+NBC&pg=PA441 19 August 2017 en June 9 - Geographically Speaking premieres on NBC (1946–1947) June 20 - Cash and Carry premieres on the DuMont network (1946–1947). August 30 - I Love to Eat premieres on NBC (1946–1947). September 24 – Play the Game (1946), a US game show. October 2 - Faraway Hill, the first network-televised soap opera, debuts on DuMont. November 2 – Kaleidoscope (UK) (1946–1953). November 15 - Let's Rhumba premieres on NBC (1946–1947). November 17 - Television Screen Magazine premieres on NBC (1946–1949). November 29 – Pinwright's Progress (UK), British television's first situation comedy, debuts on the BBC Television Service (1946–1947). December 27 - Campus Hoopla premieres (1946–1947). Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena (1946–1948) See What You Know (1946–1949) You Are an Artist premieres on NBC (1946–1950). Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946–1960). Paging You premieres (1946–1948). Muffin the Mule (UK) premieres (1946–1955). Saturday Revue (1946-1947) Television shows UK Series Debut EndedPicture Page (UK)October 8, 1936193919461952Starlight (UK)November 3, 1936193919461949For The Children (UK)April 24, 19371939July 7, 19461950Telecrime (UK)August 10, 1938July 25, 1939October 22, 1946November 25, 1946Kaleidoscope (UK)November 2, 19461953Pinwright's Progress (UK)November 29, 1946May 16, 1947Muffin the Mule (UK)19461955Paging You (UK)19461948 USA Series Debut EndedNetworkBoxing From St. Nicholas Arena19461948NBCYou Be the Judge1946194?CBSSee What You Know19461949CBSHour GlassMay 9, 1946March 1947NBCFace to FaceJune 9, 1946January 26, 1947NBCGeographically SpeakingJune 9, 1946October 1947NBCCash and CarryJune 20, 1946July 1, 1947DumontI Love to EatAugust 30, 19461947NBCPlay the GameSeptember 24, 1946December 17, 1946DumontFaraway HillOctober 2, 1946December 18, 1946DumontYou Are an ArtistNovember 1, 19461950NBCGillette Cavalcade of SportsNovember 8, 1946June 24, 1960NBCLet's Rhumba19461947NBCTelevision Screen Magazine19461949NBCCampus Hoopla19461947NBCWestern Movie19461947Dumont Programs ending Date Show DebutJune 4Thrills and Chills EverywhereAugust 27, 1941 November 25 Missus Goes a Shopping 1944Telecrime (UK) 1938December 17 Play the Game 1946UnknownPaging You1946 Births January 5 – Diane Keaton, actress (died 2025) January 19 – Dolly Parton, country singer-songwriter and actress (died 2026) January 20 – David Lynch, director and actor, Twin Peaks (died 2025) January 24 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor, The Rookies, Twin Peaks January 28 – Don Reo, producer February 1 Elisabeth Sladen, English actress, Doctor Who (died 2011) Bart Braverman, actor, Vega$ February 2 – Blake Clark, actor, Home Improvement, Boy Meets World February 7 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (died 2011) February 8 – Alex Diakun, actor February 13 – Joe Estevez, actor February 17 – Lynne Moody, actress, Roots February 20 Brenda Blethyn, English actress, Vera Sandy Duncan, actress, The Hogan Family February 21 Tyne Daly, actress, Cagney & Lacey Alan Rickman, English actor (died 2016) March 5 – Michael Warren, actor, Hill Street Blues March 6 – Martin Kove, actor, Cagney & Lacey March 7 John Heard, actor (died 2017) Dan Grimaldi, actor March 12 Frank Welker, voice actor Liza Minnelli, singer and actress March 15 – Howard E. Scott, singer March 17 – Harold Ray Brown, singer March 21 – Timothy Dalton, Welsh actor, Penny Dreadful March 26 – Johnny Crawford, actor, The Rifleman (died 2020) April 5 – Jane Asher, English actress April 8 – Tim Thomerson, actor and comedian April 10 – David Angell, screenwriter and television producer (died 2001) April 12 – Ed O'Neill, actor, Married... with Children, Modern Family April 19 – Tim Curry, English actor and singer, It, The Wild Thornberrys April 23 – Blair Brown, actress, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Fringe April 24 – Phil Robertson, American professional hunter (died 2025) May 1 – Joanna Lumley, English actress, Absolutely Fabulous May 3 – Greg Gumbel, TV sportscaster May 7 – Michael Rosen, English children's writer and TV presenter May 9 – Candice Bergen, actress, Murphy Brown, Boston Legal May 19 – André the Giant, French professional wrestler (died 1993) May 20 – Cher, singer and actress, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour May 28 – Gladys Knight, singer May 31 – Maeve Kinkead, soap opera actress June 1 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor June 14 – Donald Trump, TV host and twice president of the United States June 19 – Jennifer Darling, actress, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman June 20 – Bob Vila, TV host June 23 – Ted Shackelford, actor, Knots Landing June 28 Gilda Radner, actress and comedian, Saturday Night Live (died 1989) Bruce Davison, actor July 6 George W. Bush, politician Fred Dryer, actor, Hunter Sylvester Stallone, actor July 7 – Joe Spano, actor, Hill Street Blues, NCIS July 9 Arthur Albert, actor Mary-Ellis Bunim, producer (died 2004) July 13 – Cheech Marin, actor and comedian, Nash Bridges July 14 – Vincent Pastore, actor, The Sopranos (died 2026) July 21 – Mel Damski, director July 22 – Danny Glover, actor and director July 28 – Linda Kelsey, actress, Lou Grant August 5 – Erika Slezak, actress, One Life to Live August 10 – James Reynolds, actor, Days of Our Lives August 14 Antonio Fargas, actor, Starsky & Hutch Susan Saint James, actress, McMillan and Wife, Kate & Allie David Schramm, actor, Wings (died 2020) August 16 – Lesley Ann Warren, actress and singer, Mission: Impossible August 19 – Bill Clinton, politician August 20 – Connie Chung, journalist August 26 – Mark Snow, composer August 30 – Peggy Lipton, actress, The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks (died 2019) September 6 – Loudon Wainwright III, actor September 25 – Felicity Kendal, English actress, Rosemary and ThymeNewcomb Horace Encyclopedia of Television 3 February 2014 Routledge 978-1-135-19472-7 1246 https://books.google.com/books?id=NUXIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1246 en September 24 – David Anspaugh, director September 28 – Jeffrey Jones, actor, Deadwood September 29 – Patricia Hodge, English actress, Miranda October 3 - Biff Henderson, American comedian October 4 – Susan Sarandon, actress October 8 – Lynne Adams, actress October 10 Chris Tarrant, English broadcaster Ben Vereen, actor October 11 – Bob Warman, presenter October 13 – Demond Wilson, actor, Sanford and Son (died 2026) October 14 – Katy Manning, English actress October 15 – John Getz, actor October 16 Suzanne Somers, actress, Three's Company, Step by Step David Greenwalt, screenwriter October 18 – Howard Shore, Canadian composer October 26 – Pat Sajak, game show host, Wheel of Fortune October 27 – Ivan Reitman, screenwriter (died 2022) October 31 – Stephen Rea, Irish actor November 2 – Richard Newman, Voice actor November 4 Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States2018-09-12 Laura Bush https://www.history.com/topics/first-ladies/laura-bush 2024-07-22 HISTORY en Les Lannom, actor and musician, Harry O November 6 Sally Field, actress, Gidget, The Flying Nun, Brothers & Sisters Fred Penner, actor and musician, Fred Penner's Place November 20 – Judy Woodruff, broadcast journalist November 25 – Marc Brown, author and creator of Arthur November 28 – Joe Dante, actor December 1 – Jonathan Katz, actor December 14 Patty Duke, actress, The Patty Duke Show (died 2016) Lynne Marie Stewart, actress (died 2025) December 16 – Terence Knox, actor, St. Elsewhere, Tour of Duty December 17 – Eugene Levy, actor December 18 – Steven Spielberg, American director December 19 – Robert Urich, actor, Vega$, Spenser for Hire (died 2002) December 20 – Dick Wolf, television producer December 23 – Susan Lucci, actress, All My Children Deaths June 14 – John Logie Baird, engineer, one of the inventors of the mechanical television, 57125th birthday of the inventor of television John Logie Baird http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local/125th-birthday-of-the-inventor-of-television-john-logie-baird-1-5436074 Hastings Observer 2 September 2013 26 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160131194231/http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local/125th-birthday-of-the-inventor-of-television-john-logie-baird-1-5436074 31 January 2016 dead December 25 – W. C. Fields, US actor and comedian, 66W.C. Fields, 66, Dies; Famed as Comedian – Mimicry Star of the Films Since 1924 Got Start as a $5-a-Week Juggler – Rarely Followed Script – Raspy Remarks and 'Know-It-All' Perspective Made Him Nation-Wide Character https://www.nytimes.com/1946/12/26/archives/wc-fields-66-dies-famed-as-comedian-mimicry-star-of-the-films-since.html New York Times Associated Press December 26, 1946 25 October 9, 2017 References 1946