Editing 1942 in television

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The year '''1942 in television''' involved some significant events.
Below is a list of [[television]]-related events during 1942.

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==Events==
*February 26 — [[WRGB]] Signs on in Albany New York.
*April 1 – The U.S. [[War Production Board]] halts the manufacture of television and radio equipment for consumer use. The ban is lifted October 1, 1945.
*April 13 – The [[Federal Communications Commission]] minimum programming time required of U.S. television stations is reduced from 15 to 4 hours a week during the war.

== Debuts == 
February 23 - ''Air Raid Warden’s Basic Course'' debuts on NBC (1942-43)<ref>{{Cite web |title= Old Tv History|url=https://oldtvhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/1943?updated-max=2022-01-01T12:00:00-08:00&max-results=20&start=2&by-date=false&m=1}}</ref>

February 27 - ''World This Week'', an early news program hosted by [[Linton Wells]], debuts on CBS (1942)

March 6 - ''America At War'' debuts on CBS (1942)

==Television shows==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Series
! Debut
! Ended
! Network
|-
|''Air Raid Warden’s Basic Course''
|February 23, 1942
|November 29, 1943
|NBC
|-
|''World This Week''
|February 26, 1942
|April 10, 1942
|CBS
|-
|''America At War''
|March 6, 1942
|May 20, 1942
|CBS
|-
|''The Face of the War''
|1941
|1945
|Dumont
|-
|''Thrills and Chills from Everywhere''
|1941
|1946
|Dumont
|}

==Programs ending during 1942==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Show || Debut
|-
|February 19, 1942
|''[[America's Town Meeting of the Air]]''
|December 19, 1941
|-
|-
|April 10, 1942
|''World This Week''
|February 27, 1942
|-
|May 18, 1942
|''Boxing from Jamaica Arena''
|July 8, 1940
|-
|May 1942
|''Girl About Town with [[Joan Edwards (radio singer)|Joan Edwards]]''
|July 1, 1941
|-
|May 1942
|''Sports with Bob Edge''
|July 1, 1941
|-
|May 1942
|''Men At Work''
|July 7, 1941
|-
|May 1942
|''Stars of Tomorrow''
|July 16, 1941
|-
|May 1942
|''Songs by Harvey Harding''
|July 18, 1941
|-
|May 1942
|''Radio City Matinee''
|September 4, 1941
|-
|May 12, 1942
|''The Adam Hats Sports Parade: Wrestling at [[Ridgewood Grove Arena|Ridgewood Grove]]''
|October 21, 1941
|-
|-
|May 20, 1942
|''America At War''
|March 6, 1942
|-
|January 19, 1942
|''War Backgrounds''
|December 22, 1941
|-
|}

==Births==
*January 3 – [[John Thaw]], English actor (''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'') (died 2002)
*January 5 – [[Charlie Rose]], journalist
*January 8
**[[Yvette Mimieux]], actress (died 2022)
**[[Stephen Hawking]], scientist (died 2018)
*January 10 – [[Walter Hill]], director
*January 11 – [[Joel Zwick]], director
*January 17 – [[Muhammad Ali]], boxer (died 2016)
*January 21 – [[Edwin Starr]], singer (died 2003)
*January 23 - [[Brian Croucher]], actor
*January 27 - [[John Witherspoon (actor)|John Witherspoon]], actor and comedian (''[[Wayans Brothers]]'') (died 2019)
*January 30 - [[Heidi Brühl]], actress (died 1991)
*February 1 
**[[Terry Jones]], Welsh comedic actor and writer (''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'') (died 2020)
**[[Bibi Besch]], actress (died 1996)
*February 12 – [[George Schenck]], screenwriter (died 2024)
*February 13 – [[Peter Tork]], musician and actor (''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'') (died 2019)
*February 14 – [[Michael Bloomberg]], namesake of [[Bloomberg TV]]
*February 16 – [[Patricia Maynard]], actress
*February 17 – [[Dieter Laser]], actor (died 2020)
*February 22 – [[Geoffrey Scott (actor)|Geoffrey Scott]], actor (''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'') (died 2021)
*February 23 – [[Joop van den Ende]], Dutch theatrical producer
*February 24 – [[Joe Lieberman]], American politician (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tapper |first=Jake |last2=Collinson |first2=Stephen |last3=Forrest |first3=Jack |date=2024-03-27 |title=Former Sen. Joe Lieberman dies at 82 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/joe-lieberman/index.html |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
*February 25 – [[Karen Grassle]], actress (''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'')
*February 28 – [[Frank Bonner]], actor and director (''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'') (died 2021)
*March 3 – [[David Jacobs (gymnast)|David Jacobs]], gymnast
*March 4 – [[Lynn Sherr]], broadcast journalist
*March 6 – [[Ben Murphy]], actor (''[[Alias Smith and Jones]]'')
*March 14 – [[Nickolas Davatzes]], television executive (died 2021)
*March 15 – [[The Iron Sheik]], pro wrestler (died 2023) 
*March 25 – [[Aretha Franklin]], singer (died 2018)
*March 29 – [[Scott Wilson (actor)|Scott Wilson]], American actor (died 2018)
*March 31 – [[Michael Savage]], American host
*April 3 
**[[Marsha Mason]], actress and director
**[[Wayne Newton]], actor and singer
*April 7 – [[Gabrielle Beaumont]], director (died 2022)
*April 17 – [[David Bradley (English actor)|David Bradley]], actor
*April 23 
**[[Sandra Dee]], actress (died 2005)
**[[Sheila Gish]], actress (died 2005)
*April 24 – [[Barbra Streisand]], singer
*April 26 – [[Bobby Rydell]], singer (died 2022)
*May 1 – [[Thomas Del Ruth]], American cinematographer
*May 3 – [[Dave Marash]], American television journalist
*May 5 – [[Marc Alaimo]], American television actor
*May 6 – [[David Friesen]], American jazz bassist
*May 12 – [[Marya Carter]], actress
*May 20 
**[[David Proval]], actor (''[[The Sopranos]]'')
**[[Nancy Fleming]], American beauty pageant titleholder
*May 22 – [[Barbara Parkins]], actress (''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'')
*May 23 – [[Alex Henteloff]], actor (''[[Barney Miller]]'')
*May 27 – [[Sue Simmons]], retired news anchor
*May 29 – [[Kevin Conway (actor)|Kevin Conway]], actor (died 2020)
*June 16 – [[Suzan Farmer]], actress (died 2017)
*June 18
**[[Paul McCartney]], English singer-songwriter ([[The Beatles]])
**[[Nick Tate]], Australian actor (''[[Space: 1999]]'')
**[[Roger Ebert]], American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author (died 2013)
*June 19 – [[Ned Schmidtke]], actor
*June 24 – [[Michele Lee]], actress, dancer and singer (''[[Knots Landing]]'')
*July 6 – [[Judith Barcroft]], actress (''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'')
*July 7 – [[Chris Stamp]], British music producer (died 2012)
*July 9 – [[Richard Roundtree]], actor (died 2023)
*July 13 – [[Harrison Ford]], actor
*July 22 – [[Toyohiro Akiyama]], TV journalist
*July 23 – [[Madeline Bell]], singer
*July 29 – [[Tony Sirico]], actor (''[[The Sopranos]]'') (died 2022)
*August 7 – [[Tobin Bell]], actor
*August 9 – [[David Steinberg]], actor
*August 18 – [[Judith Keppel]], quiz show contestant
*August 20 – [[Isaac Hayes]], singer and actor (''[[South Park]]'') (died 2008)
*August 28 – [[Peter Bartlett (actor)|Peter Bartlett]], actor (''[[One Life to Live]]'')
*September 2 – [[Robert Shapiro (lawyer)|Robert Shapiro]], lawyer
*September 6 – [[Carol Wayne]], actress (died 1985)
*September 17 – [[Lupe Ontiveros]], actress (died 2012)
*September 20 – [[William F. Baker (television)|William F. Baker]], broadcaster
*September 21 – [[Tracy Reed (English actress)|Tracy Reed]], actress (died 2012)
*September 23 – [[Carol Ann Abrams]], American television and film producer (died 2012)
*September 26 – [[Kent McCord]], actor (''[[Adam-12]]'')
*September 29 
**[[Ian McShane]], English actor (''[[Lovejoy]]'', ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'')
**[[Donna Corcoran]], actress
*October 3 – [[Alan Rachins]], actor (''[[L.A. Law]]'', ''[[Dharma & Greg]]'')
*October 6 – [[Britt Ekland]], Swedish actress
*October 7 – [[Joy Behar]], American comedian
*October 12 – [[Petronella Barker (actress, born 1942)|Petronella Barker]], actress
*October 14 
**[[Cyrus Yavneh]], producer (died 2018)
**[[Jim Hougan]], producer
*October 17 – [[Kelly Monteith]], actor (died 2023)
*October 20 – [[Earl Hindman]], actor (''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'') (died 2003)
*October 21 – [[Judy Sheindlin]], television personality, television producer, and author, and a former prosecutor and Manhattan family court judge
*October 22 – [[Annette Funicello]], actress and singer (''[[The Mickey Mouse Club]]'') (died 2013)
*October 23 – [[Michael Crichton]], author and filmmaker (died 2008)
*October 29 – [[Bob Ross]], television host (died 1995)
*October 31 – [[David Ogden Stiers]], actor (''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'') (died 2018)
*November 1 – [[Marcia Wallace]], actress and comedian (''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'') (died 2013)
*November 2 – [[Stefanie Powers]], actress (''[[Hart to Hart]]'')
*November 9 – [[Tom Weiskopf]], golfer (died 2022)
*November 17 – [[Martin Scorsese]], actor
*November 18 
**[[Linda Evans]], actress (''[[The Big Valley]]'', ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'')
**[[Susan Sullivan]], actress (''[[Falcon Crest]]'')
*November 19 – [[Calvin Klein]], fashion designer
*November 20 
**[[Bob Einstein]], actor (died 2019)
**[[Joe Biden]], politician (guest star on ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'')
*November 22 – [[Dick Stockton]], American retired sportscaster
*November 24 – [[Billy Connolly]], actor
*November 29 – [[John Grillo]], actor
*December 4 
**[[Gemma Jones]], actress
**[[Al Hunt]], reporter
*December 6 – [[Chelsea Brown]], actress (died 2017)
*December 7 – [[Peter Tomarken]], game show host (''[[Press Your Luck]]'') (died 2006)
*December 9 – [[Dick Butkus]], actor (died 2023)
*December 14 – [[Jack Cafferty]], former CNN commentator
*December 23 – [[Brian McConnachie]], actor (died 2024)
*December 27 – [[Charmian Carr]], actress (died 2016)
*December 30 
**[[Michael Nesmith]], musician and actor (''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'') (died 2021)
**[[Fred Weinberg]], composer
**[[Betty Aberlin]], actress

==Deaths==
*October – [[Bernard Natan]], owner of [[Pathé]] and co-founder of France's first television company, Télévision-Baird-Natan, 56

==References==
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