UK:
Cook's Night Out (1937)
Dish of the Month (1937)
Foundations of Cookery (1939)
Josephine Terry's Kitchen (1946)
Yes, BBC TV existed back then.
US:
I Love to Eat (1946)
In the Kelvinator Kitchen (1947)
Interesting how many of them aired in 15-minute time-slots. It's a shame that all of these are lost....
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My mother used to watch a cooking show in the 1950's, the chef had a small moustache and wore a very tall chef's hat. I don't remember his name and I tried finding it on Google to no avail. It was probably a local show (Chicago area) but she loved the show. There wasn't much on TV during the day in the 50's (mostly soaps, games shows like Queen for a Day), we probably had more channels than most of the country because we lived on the outskirts of Chicago.
I will never let you part, for you are always in my heart: MJ
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In New York City, by the mid-1950s daytime TV also included cheap low-budget films of the 1930s/1940s, but I don't know if this was also the case with Chicago. Such films tended to be shown in most TV markets on UHF stations, which many people couldn't see (most TV sets of the era could only receive VHF).
The Johnny O'Keefe doll...wind it up and it makes a comeback
We had UHF in the late 50's and early 60's if I remember correctly, there was a round, wire like antenna attached to the back of the second TV my parents bought, the programs weren't very good and reception was bad. For the VHF, we had a big antenna on the roof of the house. We had the 3 major networks, WGN, public television and another local station I can't remember. TV is the evenings was very good even though we had so few stations, most of the shows were well written and there was a wide variety. The mini series of the 60's and 70's were often better than the movies produced at that time. Best of all, TV was free. My husband and I have cut back on TV, we have Direct TV and recently changed to the cheapest package which is still very expensive and the majority of the channels are Crap. I resent paying for shopping channels, religious channels, etc.but we don't want to go without local news and still want to be able to watch TV. We may still give up TV altogether in the near future.
I will never let you part, for you are always in my heart: MJ
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