Editing Ethel Waters (section)

===Television===
* First African American, male or female, to star in own TV show, ''[[The Ethel Waters Show]]'', which was broadcast on NBC on June 14, 1939.
* Starred in title role of ''[[Beulah (radio and TV series)|Beulah]]'' on ABC-TV from 1950 to 1951.
* TV guest appearances from 1950 to 1952 on ''[[The Jackie Gleason Show]]'', ''[[Texaco Star Theater]]'', ''[[This Is Show Business]]'', ''[[What's My Line?]]'', and ''[[The Chesterfield Supper Club]]''<ref name="bogle">{{cite book |last1=Bogle |first1=Donald |title=Heat wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters |url=https://archive.org/details/heatwavelifecare2011bogl |url-access=registration |date=2011 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0062041722 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/heatwavelifecare2011bogl/page/466 466]–467 |edition=1st}}</ref>
* ''[[Person to Person]]'' (1954)<ref name="bogle" />
* ''[[Whirlybirds]]'', episode "The Big Lie" (1959)
* ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', episode "Good Night, Sweet Blues" (1961)
* ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]'', hosted by [[The Supremes|Diana Ross and the Supremes]] (1969)
* ''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]'', episode "Mamma Cooper" (1970)