1947 in television

See also: 1946 in television, other events of 1947, 1948 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Events

• 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 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.
• 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.

Debuts

• May 7 - Kraft Television Theater premieres on NBC, the first regularly scheduled drama series on a network (1947-1958)
• 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)

Popular Television Shows

• Picture Page (UK (1936-1939; 1946-1952)
• Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946-1952)

Ending this year

• The Voice of Firestone Televues (1943-1947)
• Hour Glass (1946-1947)

Births

• February 2 - Farrah Fawcett, actress
• March 6 - Rob Reiner, actor, comedian, movie producer
• April 12 - David Letterman - US entertainer
• June 21 - Meredith Baxter - actress
• June 21 - Michael Gross - actor (he and the aforementioned Baxter would eventually play husband and wife on Family Ties)
• July 2 - Larry David, co-creator of Seinfeld
• September 6 - Jane Curtin, actress, comedian, Saturday Night Live, 3rd Rock from the Sun
• September 30 - Rula Lenska, British actress
• October 27 - Jaclyn Smith, actress
• December 27 - Steven Spielberg, American film director
• December 29 - Ted Danson, actor