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1933 in television
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The year 1933 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1933.
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[edit] Events
- January 23 - W9XAL in Kansas City begins broadcasting.
- January 24 - John Cameron Swayze begins his daily Journal-Post News Flashes on W9XAL, which is simulcast on KMBC radio.
- April 21 - The first television revue, Looking In, is shown on the BBC. The first four minutes of this programme survive on a Silvatone record, an early method of home video recording.
- August 4? - W9XAT in Minneapolis, Minnesota makes its first transmission.
- RCA conducts private field tests in Camden, New Jersey of an electronic television system.
[edit] Ending this year
[edit] Television shows
| Series | Debut | Ended |
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| The Television Ghost | 1931 | 1933 |
[edit] Births
- January 8 - Charles Osgood, journalist.
- January 17 - Shari Lewis, puppeteer (d. 1998),
- February 2 - Tony Jay, actor (d. 2006)
- March 19 - Phyllis Newman, actress, game show panelist.
- Renée Taylor, actress.
- April 5 - Frank Gorshin, actor.
- April 7 - Wayne Rogers, actor, financial commentator.
- April 26 - Carol Burnett, actor, comedian
- May 7 - Roger Perry, actor.
- May 20 - Constance Towers, actress.
- May 21 - Richard Libertini, actor.
- May 23 - Joan Collins, actress.
- June 8 - Joan Rivers, comedian.
- June 20 - Danny Aiello, actor.
- June 21 - Bernie Kopell, actor.
- July 11 - Bob McGrath, actor, singer.
- July 23 - Bert Convy, game show host (d. 1991).
- July 30 - Edd Byrnes, actor.
- August 1 - Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian.
- August 11 - Jerry Falwell, televangelist (d. 2007)
- August 15 - Jim Lange, game show host.
- August 16 - Julie Newmar, actress.
- August 25 - Tom Skerritt, actor.
- August 27 - Janet McLachlan, actress.
- September 13 - Eileen Fulton, actress.
- September 18 - Robert Blake, actor.
- September 26 - Donna Douglas, actress.
- September 27 - Greg Morris, actor (d. 1996)
- Kathleen Nolan, actress.
- November 3 - Jeremy Brett, actor (Sherlock Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) (d. 1995)
- Ken Berry, actor.
- November 5 - Herb Edelman, actor (d. 1996)
- November 19 - Larry King, talk show host.
- November 28 - Hope Lange, actress (d. 2003)
- December 8 - Flip Wilson, comedian (d. 1998).
- December 15 - Tim Conway, comedian.
- December 26 - Carroll Spinney, puppeteer.