Editing 1946 in television (section)

== Debuts ==
* January 4 - ''[[You Be the Judge]]'' premieres on CBS<ref name=bb>{{cite magazine|last1=Schrader|first1=Marty|title=You Be the Judge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qBgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22You+Be+the+Judge%22+WCBW&pg=PT10|access-date=17 August 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=January 12, 1946|page=11}}</ref>
* May 9 – The first regularly scheduled American variety show, ''[[Hour Glass (TV series)|Hour Glass]]'', premieres on NBC (1946–1947).
* May 23 - ''[[Let's Play Reporter]]'' premieres on WABD-TV, but produced by ABC
* June 9 - ''[[Face to Face (US TV series)|Face to Face]]'' premieres on NBC (1946–1947).<ref name="cdpt">{{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle F.|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|date=2009|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=9780307483201|page=441|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=%22Face+to+Face%22+NBC&pg=PA441|access-date=19 August 2017|language=en}}</ref> <!-- see talk page -->
* June 9 - ''[[Geographically Speaking]]'' premieres on NBC (1946-1947)
* June 20 - ''[[Cash and Carry (TV series)|Cash and Carry]]'' premieres on the [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont network]] (1946–1947).
* August 30 - ''[[I Love to Eat]]'' premieres on NBC (1946–1947).
* September 24 – ''[[Play the Game (American game show)|Play the Game]]'' (1946), a US game show.
* October 2 - ''[[Faraway Hill]]'', the first network-televised [[soap opera]], debuts on DuMont.
* November 2 – ''[[Kaleidoscope (British TV series)|Kaleidoscope]]'' ([[United Kingdom|UK]]) (1946–1953).
* November 15 - ''[[Let's Rhumba]]'' premieres on NBC (1946–1947).
* November 17 - ''[[Television Screen Magazine]]'' premieres on NBC (1946–1949).
* November 29 – ''[[Pinwright's Progress]]'' (UK), British television's first [[sitcom|situation comedy]], debuts on the [[BBC Television Service]] (1946–1947).
* December 27 - ''[[Campus Hoopla]]'' premieres (1946–1947).
* ''[[Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena]]'' (1946-1948)
* ''[[See What You Know]]'' (1946-1949)
*''[[You Are an Artist]]'' premieres on NBC (1946–1950).
* ''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]'' (1946–1960).
*''[[Paging You]]'' premieres (1946–1948).
*''[[Muffin the Mule]]'' ([[United Kingdom|UK]]) premieres (1946–1955).