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The year 1940 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1940. Events ...
August 1 – W2XBS goes out of commission from 1 August 1940 until the 27th of October 1940 while the transmitter is adjusted from 441-line picture to 525-line picture. [6] [7] August 29 – Peter Carl Goldmark of CBS announces his invention of a color television system.
1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
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The early days of television introduced hour-long anthology drama series, many of which received critical acclaim. [6] [7] Examples include Kraft Television Theatre (debuted May 7, 1947), The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (debuted September 27, 1948), Television Playhouse (debuted December 4, 1947), The Philco Television Playhouse (debuted October 3, 1948), Westinghouse Studio One (debuted November 7 ...
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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
Pages in category "Television episodes set in the 1940s" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .