Editing 1941 in television (section)

==Events==
*April 30 – In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission ([[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]) approves the National Television System Committee ([[NTSC]]) standards of 525 lines and 30 frames per second, and authorizes commercial television broadcasting to begin on July 1.
*May 2 – In the United States, 10 television stations are granted commercial TV licenses (effective July 1). These stations are required to broadcast 15 hours per week. [[Bulova|Bulova Watch Co.]], [[Sun Oil Co.]], [[Lever Bros. Co.]] and [[Procter & Gamble]] sponsor the first commercial telecasts from WNBT (now [[WNBC-TV]]) in [[New York City|New York]].
*July 1
**Commercial television is authorized by the FCC.
**[[NBC]] television begins commercial operation by its affiliate WNBT New York using channel 1. The world's first legal television commercial advertisement,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnbccatalyst.com/why-moving-your-ad-spend-away-from-tv-can-cost-you-more-than-you-think/|title=Why TV is still the most effective advertising medium|publisher=CNBC Cnbccatalyst|language=en|date=18 July 2016|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref> for [[Bulova]] watches, airs at 2:29 PM on WNBT before a baseball game between the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] and [[Philadelphia Phillies]].  An announcement for Bulova watches, for which the company pays anywhere from $4.00 to $9.00 (reports vary), displays a WNBT test pattern modified to look like a clock with the hands showing the time, and the Bulova logo, with the phrase "Bulova Watch Time" shown in the lower right-hand quadrant of the test pattern while the second hand sweeps around the dial for one minute <ref>"Imagery For Profit" R.W. Stewart, New York Times, July 6, 1941.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earlytelevision.org/images/rca_bulova_ad-1.jpg|title=WNBT/Bulova test pattern|website=www.earlytelevision.org}}</ref>  On July 1, [[Ray Forrest]] reads the first formal on-camera TV announcement, followed on July 4 by the first live commercial, for [[Adam Hats]].
** As a one-off special, the first quiz show called "Uncle Bee" is telecast on WNBT's inaugural broadcast day, followed later the same day by [[Ralph Edwards]] hosting the second game show broadcast on United States television, ''[[Truth or Consequences]]'', as simulcast by radio and TV and sponsored by [[Ivory (soap)|Ivory]] soap.  Weekly broadcasts of the show commence during [[1956 in television|1956]], with [[Bob Barker]].
**[[CBS Television Network|CBS television]] begins commercial operation on New York station WCBW (now [[WCBS-TV]]) using channel 2.
*September 1 — [[KYW-TV|WPTZ]] (now [[KYW-TV]]) signs on in Philadelphia, the third television station in America.
*October 21 - [[Professional wrestling]] premieres during prime-time on [[NBC Television Network|NBC]].
*December 7 – [[Ray Forrest]] of WNBT broadcasts special news bulletin regarding the [[Pearl Harbor attack]], interrupting regular programming, the film ''[[Millionaire Playboy]]''.  WNBT later broadcasts special news reports through the evening, pre-empting a scheduled [[New York Rangers]] hockey telecast.  WCBW also broadcasts a special that evening, from their [[Grand Central Terminal]] studios to the few thousand television set owners in the New York area.