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1946/47 – No ratings till the 1950/51 season.
The earlier shows started in 1944. TV's first few seasons are sketchy at it's best. Therefore, I will start the TV BOOK
with the 1946 season.
Note: Any BOLD shows were cancelled in 1946 season; Voice Of Firestone Televues was
cancelled in the third season.
Alternate Series: Let's Rhumba and You Are An Artist were on NBC Friday at 8:15 PM. Both shows were only fifteen minutes
long.
First Series:
DuMont's first show, Serving Through Science, premiered on June 18, 1946, Tuesday at 9 PM. the show was thirty minutes.
NBC's first show, Voice Of Firestone Televues, premiered on April 10, 1944, Monday at various times. The show was 10/15
minutes long. In those days, the NBC feed was only in Philadelphia and Schenectady.
Local TV
Bristol–Myers Tele–Varieties was a local New York series in December, then a NBC show the following month.
Tidbits:
Dumont and NBC are the first two networks to be in prime time.
NBC was the first network to show boxing with Cavalcade Of Sports, best known as Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports, starting
in 1948. The longest running boxing show ran for fourteen years. Cavalcade Of Sports was on two nights a week from 1946-48.
Small Fry Club premiered on Dumont in March 1947 only on Tuesday. The following month, it became the first series to expand
five nights a week till the cancellation in June 1951. Bob Emery returned to Boston.
1946/47 Fall Season
One Season (1946/47)
Cavalcade Of Sports – 1946–1960, NBC, first boxing show, Bob Shanton
Television Screen Magazine – 1946–1949, NBC, various, Bill Berns
You Are An Artist – 1946–1950, NBC, art instruction, Jon Gnagy
Cancelled Shows
Faraway Hill – DUM, the first soap, Flora Campbell
Geographically Speaking – NBC, travelogue, Carveth Wells
I Love To Eat – NBC, first cooking show, James Beard
Let’s Rhumba – NBC, dance instruction, D'Avalos
Play The Game – DUM, charades, Dr. Harvey Zorbaugh
3 out of 8 New Shows SURVIVED for 1947/48
DUM – 0/2,
NBC – 3/6, Cavalcade Of Sports, Television Screen
Magazine, & You Are An Artist
Mid Season shows
Birthday Party – May 1947–1949, DUM, children’s, Bill Slater
Campus Hoopla – December 1946–1948, NBC, sports/variety, Bob Santon
Doorway To Fame – May 1947–1949, DUM, talent, Johnny Olsen
In The Kelvinator Kitchen – May 1947–1948, NBC, cooking instruction, Alma Kitchell
Kraft Television Theatre – May 1947–1958, NBC, dramatic anthology
Disc Magic – June 1947–1949, NBC, first music show, Jack Kilty
Small Fry Club – March 1947–1951, DUM, children’s, Bob Emery
Cancelled Mid Season Shows
The Borden Show – NBC, various
Bristol–Myers Tele–Varieties – NBC, various
Dancing On Air – NBC, instruction, 5 episodes, Ed Sims
Party Line – NBC, quiz, Bert Parks
Show Business, Inc. – NBC, variety, 4 episodes, Helen V. Parrish
Tex And Jinx – NBC, talk, Tex McCrary, Jinx Falkenburg
The Wife Saver – NBC, household hints, 6 episodes, Allen Prescott
Second Seasons (1945/46)
Cash & Carry – June 1946–1947, DUM, quiz, Dennis James
Face To Face – June 1946–1947, NBC, quiz, Eddie Dunn, Bill Dunn
Hour Glass – May 1946–1947, NBC, first variety show, Eddie Mayeoff
Serving Through Science – June 1946–1947, DUM, instruction, Dr. Guthrue McClintock
Third Seasons (1944/45)
Voice Of Firestone Televues – April 1944–1947, NBC, documentary
The World In Your Home – December 1944–1948, NBC, documentary
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