WNBT Schedule, Week of November 23rd, 1947

Here’s the schedule for WNBT (NBC’s flagship TV station in New York City) for the week starting Sunday, November 23rd, 1947. The New York Times published daily listings for television stations in the city, including WNBT, alongside its comprehensive radio listings.

A football game between the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers kicked off WNBT’s broadcast week on Sunday (November 23rd) afternoon. That evening, Author Meets the Critics examined Richard H. Rovere’s book Howe and Hummel: Their True and Scandalous History.

On Monday (November 24th), WNBT offered viewers its regular lineup of news, film shorts, and boxing.

WNBT was off the air on Tuesday (November 25th).

An unidentified children’s program aired during the early evening on Wednesday (November 26th). Kraft Television Theatre and In the Kelvinator Kitchen followed at 7:30PM ET and 8:30PM ET, respectively. Then came a film and an installment of Television Screen Magazine.

WNBT offered viewers in New York City the opportunity to enjoy the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday (November 27th). An afternoon football game pitted Pennsylvania against Cornell. That evening, Florida Senator Claude Pepper was the guest on Meet the Press. A special Thanksgiving variety show aired at 9:10PM ET.

(National coverage of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade began in 1948 on CBS. Since 1952, NBC has been the official television partner of the parade.)

On Friday (November 28th), the regular afternoon and evening lineups returned in full. The previous week, WNBT aired films of Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh during in place of Television Newsreel at 1:30PM ET and The World in Your Home at 8:20PM ET.

WNBT closed out its broadcast week on Saturday (November 29th) afternoon with the annual Army-Navy football game. Earlier that morning, the station aired pre-game ceremonies.

Note: Television listings published in newspapers were based on information provided by stations and were subject to change at the last minute. They may not be an accurate representation of what actually aired.