1937 in television
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See also: 1936 in television, other events of 1937, 1938 in television and the list of 'years in television'.
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Events
- February 6 - The BBC drops the Baird system in favour of the Marconi-EMI 405 lines system.
- May - Gilbert Seldes becomes the first television critic, with his Atlantic Monthly article, the "Errors of Television".
- May 12 - The BBC use their outside broadcast unit for the first time, to televise the coronation of King George VI. A fragment of this broadcast is one of the earliest surviving examples of British television - filmed off-screen at home by an engineer with an 8mm cine camera, a short section of this footage was used in a programme during the week of the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and this latter programme survives in the BBC's archives.
- May 14 - The BBC broadcasts an adaptation of Twelfth Night, the first known instance of a Shakespeare play on television. Among the cast is Peggy Ashcroft.
- May 15 - RCA demonstrates projection television, with images enlarged to 8 by 10 feet, at the Institute of Radio Engineers convention.
- June 21 - Wimbledon Championships (tennis) first televised by the BBC.
- CBS announces their efforts to develop television broadcasts.
Debuts
- April 17 - The Disorderly Room premieres on the BBC Television Service in the UK (1937 & 1939).
Television shows
- Picture Page (UK) (1936-1939; 1946-1952)
- Theatre Parade (UK) (1936-1938)
Births
- February 1 - Garrett Morris, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live
- July 12 - Bill Cosby, actor, comedian
- December 29 - Mary Tyler Moore, actress