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From 1947 in television[edit]

Debuts[edit]

March 11 – Small Fry Club (1947–1951)
April 3 – Juvenile Jury (1947–1954)
May – The Swift Home Service Club (1947–?)
May 2 – Doorway to Fame (1947–1949)
May 7 – Kraft Television Theater on NBC, the first regularly scheduled drama series on a network (1947–1958)
May 15 – King Cole's Birthday Party (1947–1949)
May 21 – In the Kelvinator Kitchen (1947–1948)^[1]
June 16 – The Walter Compton News (1947–1948)
July 8 – Major League Baseball on NBC (1947–2000)
July 25 – Musical Merry-Go-Round (1947–1949)
October 13 – Junior Jamboree (later named Kukla, Fran and Ollie), on WBKB in Chicago (1947–1957)
October 1947 – first telecording by BBC (kinescope), showing black singer Adelaide Hall performing two songs with chorus and her guitar
November 18 – situation comedy Mary Kay and Johnny on Dumont network (1947–1950)
November 19 – Missus Goes a Shopping debuts on CBS, becoming that network's first commercial daytime series.^[2]
November 20 – Meet the Press, first network telecast on NBC (1947–present)
November 27 – Charade Quiz (1947–1949)
November – Swing Into Sports (1947–1949)
December 4 – Television Playhouse (1947–1948)
December 8 – Americana (1947–1949)
December 27 – Puppet Television Theater (later called Howdy Doody), a children's television program on NBC (1947–1960)
The Jack Eigen Show (1947–1951)
Café Continental (UK) on the BBC Television Service) (1947–1953)

Births[edit]

January 31
- Glynn Turman, actor (A Different World, The Wire, House of Lies)
- Jonathan Banks, actor
February 2
- Farrah Fawcett, actress (Charlie's Angels) (d. 2009)
- Greg Antonacci, actor (d. 2017)
February 3 - Tonea Stewart, actress (In the Heat of the Night)
February 4 - Dan Quayle, politician
February 20 – Peter Strauss, actor
February 24 – Edward James Olmos, actor (Miami Vice, Battlestar Galactica)
February 26 – Steve Melnyk, golfer
February 28 - Stephanie Beacham, actress (Dynasty, The Colbys)
March 1 – Alan Thicke, actor (Growing Pains) (d. 2016)
March 6 – Rob Reiner, actor (All in the Family), producer and director
March 7 – Richard Lawson, actor
March 12 – Mitt Romney, politician
March 19 – Glenn Close, actress
March 24 - Alan Sugar, English television presenter
March 25 - Elton John, English singer, pianist and composer
April 2 - Sam Anderson, actor, Perfect Strangers, Angel, Lost
April 4
- Luke Halpin, actor (Flipper)
- Ray Fosse, baseball player (d. 2021)
April 6 – John Ratzenberger, actor (Cheers)
April 11 - Meshach Taylor, actor (d. 2014)
April 12
- David Letterman, comedian and talk show host (The Late Show)
- Dan Lauria, actor
April 16 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA basketball player
April 18
- Dorothy Lyman, actress (Another World, Mama's Family, Generations)
- Cindy Pickett, actress (Guiding Light, St. Elsewhere)
- James Woods, actor (Holocaust, Shark)
April 19 - Jeff Maxwell, actor (M*A*S*H)
April 26 - Boyd Matson, former anchor of National Geographic Explorer
May 6 - Alan Dale, actor (The Young Doctors, Neighbours)
May 10 - Marion Ramsey, actress and singer (Cos) (d. 2021)
May 16 - Andrew Lack, television executive
May 25 - Karen Valentine, actress (Room 222)
May 29 - Anthony Geary, actor (General Hospital)
June 3 - Shuki Levy, Israeli-American music composer
June 14 - Len Berman, American television sportscaster
June 20 - Paul Kreppel, actor and director (It's a Living)
June 21
- Meredith Baxter, actress (Family Ties)
- Michael Gross, actor (Family Ties, The Young and the Restless)
June 22
- David Lander, comedic actor (Laverne & Shirley) (d. 2020)
- Pete Maravich, NBA basketball player (d. 1988)
June 25 - Jimmie Walker, actor (Good Times)
June 26 - Carmen Finestra, producer and TV writer
June 29 - Richard Lewis, comedian and actor (Anything but Love)
July 1 - Shirley Hemphill, comedian and actress (What's Happening!!) (d. 1999)
July 2 – Larry David, actor, writer and producer (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm)
July 3 – Betty Buckley, actress and singer (Eight is Enough)
July 5 – Joe Brown, judge
July 8 - Kim Darby, actress
July 9 - O. J. Simpson, actor and former NFL football player
July 20
- Carlos Santana, guitarist
- Rose Ann Scamardella, former anchorwoman
July 22 – Albert Brooks, actor (The Simpsons), comedian and director
July 23
- Larry Manetti, actor (Magnum, P.I.)
- Kaity Tong, American broadcast journalist
July 24 - Robert Hays, American actor (Iron Man, Angie, Starman, FM)
July 27 - Betty Thomas, actress (Hill Street Blues)
July 28 - Sally Struthers, actress (All in the Family)
July 30
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder and 38th governor of California
- William Atherton, American actor
August 8 - Larry Wilcox, actor (CHiPs)
August 13 - Gretchen Corbett, actress, The Rockford Files
August 19 - Gerald McRaney, actor (Simon & Simon, Major Dad, Promised Land)
August 20 - Ray Wise, actor (Twin Peaks)
August 22 - Cindy Williams, actress (Laverne and Shirley) (d. 2023)
August 28 - Debra Mooney, actress (Everwood)
September 4 – Jane Curtin, actress and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Kate and Allie, 3rd Rock from the Sun)
September 6 – Bob Jenkins, announcer (d. 2021)
September 21 - Stephen King, author
September 27
- Liz Torres, actress (The John Larroquette Show)
- Denis Lawson, actor
October 1
- Stephen Collins, actor (7th Heaven)
- Larry Lamb, actor
October 12 – Chris Wallace, television news anchor
October 17 – Michael McKean, actor (Laverne & Shirley, Better Call Saul)
October 18 – Joe Morton, actor
October 24 – Kevin Kline, actor
October 26 – Hillary Clinton, politician
October 29 – Richard Dreyfuss, actor (The Education of Max Bickford)
October 31
- Deidre Hall, actress (Days of Our Lives)
- Ira Joe Fisher, broadcaster
November 2 - Kate Linder, actress (The Young and the Restless)
November 3 - Shadoe Stevens, actor
November 9 - Robert David Hall, actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
November 13 - Joe Mantegna, actor (Criminal Minds)
November 18 - Jameson Parker, actor (Simon & Simon)
November 24 – Dwight Schultz, actor (The A-Team, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Chowder)
November 25 – John Larroquette, actor (Night Court)
December 2 – Leonard Lightfoot, American actor
December 11
- Terry Turner, producer
- Bill Cunningham, talk show host
December 21 – Kay Robertson, American television personality
December 23 – Peter Kostis, American golf analyst
December 29 – Ted Danson, actor (Cheers, Becker, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
December 31 – Tim Matheson, actor (Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, The West Wing)

^ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946–Present. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25525-9.
^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[brooks-1] Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946–Present. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25525-9.

[mcneil-2] McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

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