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Flashback: TV’s First Ad Debuted July 1, 1941

Advertising Age | by TVNewsCheck

This Is the World’s First TV Ad

Mashable | by TVNewsCheck

The first TV commercial — the first legal one, at any rate — aired in the U.S. on July 1, 1941. It was a shaky, 10-second spot for Bulova, a watch and jewelry company that had been founded in New York 66 years before.