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I read something about Hugh Downs (probably in the book "Please Stand By") in the late 1930s somehow getting roped into working in a television studio. He says that when he came on the set, it was freezing cold, presumably from A/C and his female co-host was wearing a heavy coat. He didn't understand why anyone would work in an uncomfortably cold situation. Shortly before the broadcast, the numerous studio lights came on, his co-host threw off her coat and they began. Within mere minutes, everyone was sweating!
At least that's one example of desperately needed A/C in early television.
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