Video: 'PBS Documentary "Television" - Episode 3 of 8' (June 8, 1948, at 47:03)

(Tuesday, June 8, 1948, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The television version of the American comedy-variety radio series Texaco Star Theatre debuted tonight on NBC with Milton Berle as the first host (Berle was named the permanent host that fall).

Video: 'PBS Documentary "Television" - Episode 2 of 8 (edited)' ('Texaco Star Theatre' at 4:42)

Video: 'TEXACO STAR THEATER TV SHOW - 1949' (Mar. 22, 1949)