The year 1947 in television involved some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events in 1947.
Events
Debuts
Television shows
| Series
| Debut
| Ended
|
| Picture Page (UK)
| October 8, 1936
| 1939
|
| 1946
| 1952
|
| Starlight (UK)
| November 3, 1936
| 1939
|
| 1946
| 1949
|
| For The Children (UK)
| April 24, 1937
| 1939
|
| July 7, 1946
| 1950
|
| The Voice of Firestone Televues
| 1943
| 1947
|
| 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
|
Ending this year
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
- November 23 - Diana Quick, actress
- December 29 - Ted Danson, actor
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