Truth or Consequences was the first game show to air on broadcast television, airing as a one-time experiment on the first day of New York station WNBT's commercial program schedule on July 1, 1941. However, the series did not appear on TV again until 1950, when the medium had caught on commercially.
This program was broadcast on the 2nd day of the commercial broadcast debut of network television, July 1st, 1941, from 9:00 - 10:00 PM, on station WNBT (New York City) of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). At the time there were less than 7,000 operating television sets nationwide.