Editing 1940 in television (section)

== Debuts ==

* February 3 - ''[[Art for Your Sake]]'', an art discussion program hosted by Dr. Bernard Myers, debuts on [[WNBC|W2XBS]] (NBC) (1940).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/03/w2xbs-schedule-week-of-january-28th-1940/|title=W2XBS Schedule, Week of January 28th, 1940|first=Robert|last=Jay|date=March 17, 2009|website=Television Obscurities}}</ref>
* February 21 - ''[[NBC News|NBC News with Lowell Thomas]]'', a simulcast of [[Lowell Thomas]]’ daily radio newscast, debuts on [[W2XBS]] (NBC) (1940).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eyesofageneration.com/televisions-first-news-man-lowell-thomasalthough-lowell-thomass-news-progr/|title=Television's First News Man...Lowell Thomas}}</ref>
* March 27- ''The Esso Television Reporter'' debuts on [[W2XBS]] (NBC) (1940).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKkQP6b6IDsC&dq=Esso+Television+Reporter&pg=PA133|title=The Origins of Television News in America: The Visualizers of CBS in the 1940s}}</ref>
*July 8 - ''Boxing from Jamaica Arena'' debuts on [[W2XBS]] (NBC) (1940-42).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/09/wx2bs-schedule-week-of-july-7th-1940/|title=W2XBS Schedule, Week of July 7th, 1940|last=Jay|first=Robert|date=2009-09-19|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>