1933 in television

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The year 1933 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 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 by KMBC radio.
• April 21 – The first television revue, named 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 performs private field tests in Camden, New Jersey of an electronic television system.

Ending this year

• The Television Ghost (1931–1933)

Television shows

Series	Debut	Ended
The Television Ghost	1931	1933

Births

• January 8 – Charles Osgood, journalist
• January 17 – Shari Lewis, puppeteer (died 1998),
• February 2 – Tony Jay, actor (died 2006)
• March 12 – Barbara Feldon, actress.
• March 19
  • Phyllis Newman, actress, game show panelist
  • Renée Taylor, actress
• April 5 – Frank Gorshin, actor (died 2005)
• April 7 – Wayne Rogers, actor, financial commentator (died 2015)
• April 26 – Carol Burnett, actor, comedian
• May 7 – Roger Perry, actor
• May 20 – Constance Towers, actress
• May 21 – Richard Libertini, actor
• June 8 – Joan Rivers, comedian (died 2014)
• June 20 – Danny Aiello, actor
• June 21 – Bernie Kopell, actor
• June 27 - Gary Crosby (died 1995)
• July 23 – Bert Convy, game show host (died 1991)
• July 30 – Edd Byrnes, actor
• August 1 – Dom DeLuise, actor and comedian (died 2009)
• August 11 – Jerry Falwell, televangelist (died 2007)
• August 16 – Julie Newmar, actress
• August 25 – Tom Skerritt, actor
• September 13 – Eileen Fulton, actress
• September 18
  • Fred Willard, comedian
  • Robert Blake, actor
• September 27
  • Greg Morris, actor (died 1996)
  • Kathleen Nolan, actress
• November 3 - Ken Berry, actor
• November 5 – Herb Edelman, actor (died 1996)
• November 19 – Larry King, talk show host
• November 28 – Hope Lange, actress (died 2003)
• December 8 – Flip Wilson, comedian (died 1998)
• December 15 – Tim Conway, comedian
• December 26 – Caroll Spinney, puppeteer