Only NBC and DuMont had networks until CBS joined in May 1948, and coaxial cable connections were only available for a few cities on the East Coast.
However, as network programming was still in its infancy and in a state of flux, all the new fall series below for this season began in November and December.
A midseason replacement, DuMont's The Original Amateur Hour, first aired Sunday, January 18, 1948, was the most popular series of the 1947–48 television season.
[10] One series that debuted during this season, Meet the Press, continues to air on NBC celebrating its seventy years as of 2017.
CBS began broadcasting as a network in May 1948 and premiered Toast of the Town, better known as The Ed Sullivan Show, on June 20, 1948.
In January 1948, Camera Headlines replaced The Walter Compton News and Look Upon a Star, airing Monday through Friday at 7:30pm ET, with I.N.S.
It debuted on May 15, 1947, on DuMont's New York City station, WABD and by early 1948 was carried by the entire network.