First interracial kiss on television

The first interracial kiss on television is a much debated topic concerning who the first two persons of different races to kiss on television were. For a time, it was understood to have occurred during an episode of the British soap opera Emergency – Ward 10 in 1964. However, in November 2015, a Granada Play of the Week, You in Your Small Corner, was uncovered which was broadcast in June 1962; that quickly led to the rediscovery of another play featuring the same young Jamaican actor, Hot Summer Night, televised in Britain on 1 February 1959. The first interracial kiss on U.S. television was broadcast in a 1960 episode of Adventures In Paradise, 'Makaha Surfing', also known as 'The Big Surf', between star Gardner McKay and Filipina Pilar Seurat. Competing claims have also been made in favour of I Love Lucy.

The 1950s American television programme I Love Lucy broadcast multiple instances of real-life husband and wife Desi Arnaz, a Hispanic male, and Lucille Ball, a woman of North European ancestry, kissing. However, despite Arnaz and Ball being frequently described as an "interracial couple," "Hispanic" is generally understood to be a catchall indicating persons of a Latin American or Iberian cultural background, as opposed to a race. Arnaz was usually considered to be a white male of Cuban ancestry.

A January 5th, 1966 episode of I Spy titled "The Tiger" featured a scripted interracial kiss between Eurasian actress France Nuyen and Robert Culp almost two years before "Plato's Stepchildren."

A December 1967 episode of Movin' with Nancy featured a kiss between Nancy Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr., more than a year before the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren" aired.

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