The very first authorized commercial aired on WNBT in New York City on July 1st, 1941. There are no known recordings of this TV milestone.
Tales of Lost TV: The 1st Authorized Commercial (1941)
Category: TV’s Lost & Found
Tales of Lost TV: The Television Ghost (1931-1933?)
The Television Ghost aired in New York City on experimental CBS TV station W2XAB from 1931 to 1933. Only a single photograph survives.
Tales of Lost TV: The Las Vegas Show (1967)
The Las Vegas Show aired on the United Network for just one month in 1967. Bill Dana hosted the late-night variety series. No episodes exist.
Tales of Lost TV: Your Television Babysitter (1948-1951)
Your Television Babysitter ran on WABD in New York City (and potentially the DuMont network) between November 1948 and May 1951. No episodes are known to exist.
Tales of Lost TV: Television Playhouse (1947-1948)
Television Playhouse ran on NBC from November 1947 to April 1948. No episodes of the live dramatic anthology series are known to exist.
Tales of Lost TV: The Last War (1946)
“The Last War” is a lost TV program. Aired live on WNBT in November 1946, it depicted a world inhabited only by animals due to war. The cast included Eva Marie Saint.