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Date Event Ref. February 4 RCA demonstrates an all-electronic color television system.: February 18 The First Washington, D.C.-to-New York City telecast through AT&T Corporation's coaxial cable is termed as a success by engineers.
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 ...
The 1946–47 United States network television schedule was nominally from September 1946 to March 1947, but scheduling ideas were still being worked out and did not follow modern standards. This was the first "network television season" in the United States, and only NBC and DuMont operated networks.
After bouncing around the CBS lineup since 1968, the show TV Guide calls “the granddaddy (and Rolls Royce) of newsmagazines” found a home on Sunday nights at 7 p.m. against lighter fare and ...
Also included is "The Top 100 Series of All Time" (an updated ranking of the authors' first-ever ranking of the most popular TV shows from the book TV's Greatest Hits, published in 1985), [citation needed] a ranking that in the 9th edition includes data through the 2006–2007 season.
On February 28, 2006, Faraway Hill was featured in a clue on the television game show Jeopardy!. The $200 clue in the category "'S'-ential Knowledge" was "Broadcast on the Dumont Network in 1946, Faraway Hill is considered the first TV show in this daytime genre", with the answer being "What is a soap opera". [10]
Although television was still in its infancy, several notable series debuted during this season, particularly Mary Kay and Johnny (first sitcom to be broadcast on network television in the US, and likely the world's second television sitcom after British series Pinwright's Progress), Texaco Star Theatre (the variety show that made Milton Berle ...
Television series which originated in the United States and began in the year 1946. Shows that originated in other countries and only later aired in the United States should be removed from this category.