The year 1943 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1943.
Events
- May 8 - Opening of Paris Télévison - Fernsehsender Paris, a channel operated by German occupation authorities (Kurt Hinzmann, former director of Fernsehsender „Paul Nipkow“) after an agreement between Telefunken and Compagnie des Compteurs, with a (German) 441-line standard. Local French programmes and Fernsehsender „Paul Nipkow“ programmes were interlaced.
- December 23 - The first complete opera, Hansel and Gretel, is telecast, by WRGB in Schenectady.
- The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is formed. Its television network debuts in 1948.
Debuts
Television shows
Births
- January 1 - Don Novello, actor, Saturday Night Live.
- January 13 - Richard Moll, actor.
- February 27 - Mary Frann, actress (d. 1998).
- March 18 - Kevin Dobson, actor.
- March 29 - Eric Idle, comedian.
- May 5 - Michael Palin, comedian.
- May 24 - Gary Burghoff, actor.
- May 27 - Bruce Weitz, actor.
- May 31 - Sharon Gless, actress.
- June 16 - Joan Van Ark, actress.
- July 3 - Kurtwood Smith, actor.
- July 31 - Susan Flannery, actress.
- August 2 - Max Wright, actor.
- October 8 - Chevy Chase, actor, Saturday Night Live.
- November 20 - Veronica Hamel, actress.
- December 23 - Harry Shearer, actor, Saturday Night Live, Spinal Tap, The Simpsons.
- December 28 - Richard Whiteley, presenter (d. 2005).
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