This film's earliest documented telecast occurred Monday 9 April 1945 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). In Chicago it first aired Saturday 12 March 1949 on WGN (Channel 9), in Washington DC Sunday 20 March 1949 on WMAL (Channel 7), in Albuquerque Saturday 9 April 1949 on KOB (Channel 4), in Dayton Wednesday 20 April 1949 on WLW-D (Channel 5), in Detroit Wednesday 4 May 1949 on WXYZ (Channel 7), in Cincinnati Thursday 30 June 1949 on WKRC (Channel 11), in Atlanta Thursday 8 September 1949 on WAGA (Channel 5), and in Los Angeles Thursday 19 January 1950 on KTLA (Channel 5).
The dummy newspaper used near the start of Emergency Landing carries the same headline - "Kin Help Police Hunt Grave of 'Slain' Lawyer" - that shows up twice in Citizen Kane in different papers.