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            List of years in television       (table)
 1923 .  1924 .  1925 .  1926  . 1927  . 1928  . 1929 
1930 1931 1932 -1933- 1934 1935 1936
 1937 .  1938 .  1939 .  1940  . 1941  . 1942  . 1943 
       In radio: 1930 1931 1932 -1933- 1934 1935 1936     
          In film : 1930 1931 1932 -1933- 1934 1935 1936     

The year 1933 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1933.

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.

Ending this year[]

Television shows[]

Series Debut Ended
The Television Ghost 1931 1933

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. (d. 2005)
  • 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 23 - Bert Convy, game show host (d. 1991).
  • August 1 - Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian. (d. 2009)
  • 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 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.


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