Editing 1941 in television (section)

==Debuts==

*July 1 - ''[[CBS Evening News|CBS Television News]]'', debuts on CBS (1941-1943, 1944–Present).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2016/01/wcbw-schedule-week-of-june-29th-1941/|title=WCBW Schedule, Week of June 29th, 1941 - Television Obscurities|date=2016-01-05|work=Television Obscurities|access-date=2018-08-04|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mike|first=Conway|date=2006-10-01|title=The Birth of CBS-TV News: An Ambitious Experiment at the Advent of U.S. Commercial Television|url=https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-1165191931/the-birth-of-cbs-tv-news-an-ambitious-experiment|journal=Journalism History|language=en|volume=32|issue=3|issn=0094-7679}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKkQP6b6IDsC&q=WCBW+December+1942&pg=PA89|title=The Origins of Television News in America: The Visualizers of CBS in the 1940s|last=Conway|first=Mike|date=2009|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=9781433106026|language=en}}</ref>
*July 1 - ''Girl About Town with [[Joan Edwards (radio singer)|Joan Edwards]]'' debuts on CBS (1941-1942).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2016/01/wcbw-schedule-week-of-june-29th-1941/|title=WCBW Schedule, Week of June 29th, 1941 - Television Obscurities|date=2016-01-05|work=Television Obscurities|access-date=2018-08-19|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/tv_programs_1941/|title=Television Programs in 1941 - Television Obscurities|work=Television Obscurities|access-date=2018-08-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
*July 1 - ''Sports with Bob Edge'' debuts on CBS (1941-1942).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2016/01/wcbw-schedule-week-of-june-29th-1941/|title=WCBW Schedule, Week of June 29th, 1941|last=Jay|first=Robert|date=2016-01-05|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref>
*July 2 - ''[[CBS Television Quiz]]'' premieres as television's first regular game show (1941–1943). .
*July 2 -  ''Table Talk with [[Helen Sioussat]]'', the first televised talk show, debuts on CBS (1941-1942).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2016/01/wcbw-schedule-week-of-june-29th-1941/|title=WCBW Schedule, Week of June 29th, 1941 - Television Obscurities|date=2016-01-05|work=Television Obscurities|access-date=2018-08-19|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lib.umd.edu/leadingrole/helen-sioussat|title=Helen Sioussat {{!}} Women in Broadcasting History|website=www.lib.umd.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-08-19|archive-date=November 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114164058/https://www.lib.umd.edu/leadingrole/helen-sioussat|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*July 7 - ''Men At Work'', an early variety show, debuts on CBS (1941-1942).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/tv_programs_1941/|title=Television Programs in 1941 - Television Obscurities|website=www.tvobscurities.com}}</ref>
*July 8 -  ''The Boys in the Back Room,'' a half-hour series that took a behind-the-scenes look at the WCBW television studios, equipment, and staff'','' debuts on CBS (1941).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/tv_programs_1941/|title=Television Programs in 1941|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2016/01/wcbw-schedule-week-of-july-13th-1941/|title=WCBW Schedule, Week of July 13th, 1941|last=Jay|first=Robert|date=2016-01-19|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref>
*July 16 - ''Stars of Tomorrow'' debuts on NBC (1941-1942).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2013/07/wnbt-schedule-week-of-july-13th-1941/|title=WNBT Schedule, Week of July 13th, 1941|last=Jay|first=Robert|date=2013-07-15|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref>
*July 18 - ''The Face of the War'', an early news show hosted by ''[[Sam Cuff]]'', debuts on NBC (1941-1945).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvobscurities.com/2015/06/my-favorite-obscurities-the-1940s/|title=My Favorite Obscurities: The 1940s - Television Obscurities|date=June 22, 2015|website=www.tvobscurities.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2013/07/wnbt-schedule-week-of-july-13th-1941/|title=WNBT Schedule, Week of July 13th, 1941|last=Jay|first=Robert|date=2013-07-15|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref>
*July 18 - ''Songs by Harvey Harding'' debuts on NBC (1941-1942).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2013/07/wnbt-schedule-week-of-july-13th-1941/|title=WNBT Schedule, Week of July 20th, 1941 - Television Obscurities|date=2013-07-22|work=Television Obscurities|access-date=2018-11-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
*August 27 - ''Thrills and Chills Everywhere'' debuts on NBC (1941-1946).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvobscurities.com/2013/08/72nd-anniversary-of-thrills-and-chills-everywhere/|title=72nd Anniversary of Thrills and Chills Everywhere - Television Obscurities|date=August 27, 2013|website=www.tvobscurities.com}}</ref>
*September 4 - ''Radio City Matinee'' debuts on NBC (1941-1942).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2013/09/wnbt-schedule-week-of-august-31st-1941/|title=WNBT Schedule, Week of August 31st, 1941 - Television Obscurities|date=2013-09-02|work=Television Obscurities|access-date=2018-11-11|language=en-US}}</ref>
*September 18 - ''Fashion Discoveries in Television'' debuts on NBC (1941).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/tv_programs_1941/|title=Television Programs in 1941|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-07}}</ref>
*October 18 - ''Saturday Night Jamboree'' debuts on NBC (1941).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2013/10/wnbt-schedule-week-of-october-12th-1941/|title=WNBT Schedule, Week of October 12th, 1941|last=Jay|first=Robert|date=2013-10-14|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref>
*October 21 - ''The Adam Hats Sports Parade: Wrestling at Ridgewood Grove,'' debuts on NBC (1941–42).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2013/10/wnbt-schedule-week-of-october-19th-1941/|title=WNBT Schedule, Week of October 19th, 1941|last=Jay|first=Robert|date=2013-10-21|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/newsletter/082017.html|title=The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia|website=www.broadcastpioneers.com|access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref>
*December 19 - ''[[America's Town Meeting of the Air]],'' a simulcast of the [[Blue Network|NBC Blue Network]] public affairs discussion program, debuts on NBC (1941–42).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2013/12/wnbt-schedule-week-of-december-14th-1941/|title=WNBT Schedule, Week of December 14th, 1941|last=Jay|first=Robert|date=2013-12-17|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/432807367/?fcfToken=6a366f647354695751614f6844752f522b7333314f6e32702f68333051504e70352f706c3559743339784e764b57737276334735763643314f4a5a395538313234766553797a48577134733d|title=19 Feb 1942, 563 - Daily News at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref>
*December 22 -  ''War Backgrounds'' debuts on CBS (1941–42).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/2016/06/wcbw-schedule-week-of-december-21st-1941/|title=WCBW Schedule, Week of December 21st, 1941|last=Jay|first=Robert|date=2016-06-28|website=Television Obscurities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-21}}</ref>