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The year 1964 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
-related events in 1964.

For the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 TV schedule, see: 1964-65 American network television schedule.








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The year 1964 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
-related events in 1964.

For the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 TV schedule, see: 1964-65 American network television schedule.

Events

  • Most of NBC's programs are now broadcast in color
    Color

    Color or colour is the visual perception property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, blue and others....
    .
  • January 1 - The first Top of the Pops
    Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
     airs on BBC Television
    BBC Television

    BBC Television is a service of the BBC which began in 1932. The British Broadcasting Corporation has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927....
    .
  • January 3 - Footage of the Beatles
    The Beatles

    The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
     performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show.
  • January 4 - TV Tokyo
    TV Tokyo

    is a TV station with headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. The network is also known as , a portmanteau of "terebi" and "Tokyo." It is the key station of TXN ....
     launched in Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    .
  • February 9, 16 and 23 - The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show
    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an United States television program variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan....
    , breaking television ratings records.
  • April 20 - BBC2
    BBC Two

    BBC Two is the second major terrestrial television channel of the BBC, aimed at a wide range of subject matter and interests, and specialising in intelligent yet popular programme genres....
     starts broadcasting in the UK
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    ; the existing BBC channel is renamed BBC1
    BBC One

    BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
    . A power failure prevents the planned opening night's schedule from happening, meaning the first programme shown is Play School the following morning.
  • April 30 - Television sets manufactured as of this date are required to receive UHF
    Ultra high frequency

    Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
     channels.
  • May 5 - The documentary film Seven Up!
    Seven Up!

    The Up Series consists of a series of documentary films that have followed the lives of fourteen United Kingdom children since 1964, when they were seven years old....
     is broadcast on ITV
    ITV1

    ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
     in the UK, showing the lives of fourteen school children. Subsequent films in the series have seen them interviewed every seven years since.
  • August 1 - The official launch of Melbourne's third commercial television station ATV-0
    ATV-10

    Channel 0 redirects here. You may be looking for TVQ or DDQ.ATV is a television station in Melbourne, part of Network Ten - one of the three major commercial television networks in Australia....
    , signalling the beginning of what is now Network Ten
    Network Ten

    Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
    .
  • October 10 - The 1964 Summer Olympics
    1964 Summer Olympics

    The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964....
     opening ceremony at Tokyo
    Tokyo

    , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    , with first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite.
  • October 18 - Jackie Mason
    Jackie Mason

    Jackie Mason is an United States stand-up comedy. He grew up in New York City .Mason graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the City College of New York and, at the age of 25, was ordained, as his three brothers and father had been, a rabbi in Latrobe, Pennsylvania....
     appears on The Ed Sullivan Show
    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an United States television program variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan....
     and is subsequently banned after he seemingly gives Ed "the finger" on the air.
  • November 26 - PTV
    Pakistan Television Corporation

    The Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore....
     airs the first television broadcasts in Pakistan
    Pakistan

    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
    .
  • December 6 - NBC debuts the Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer
    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)

    Rudolph the Red?Nosed Reindeer is a long-running Christmas television special produced in stop motion animation by Rankin/Bass. It first aired December 6, 1964 on the NBC television network in the USA and was sponsored by General Electric....
    . It will become a holiday tradition, moving to CBS in 1972.


Debuts

  • January 1 - Top of the Pops
    Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
     premieres on BBC television (1964-2006).
  • March 30 - The game show
    Game show

    A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrity, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems for money and/or prizes....
     Jeopardy!
    Jeopardy!

    Jeopardy! is a game show featuring trivia in topics such as history, literature, pop culture and science. The show has a decades-long Jeopardy! broadcast history in the United States since its creation by Merv Griffin in the early 1960s....
     debuts on NBC daytime TV (1964-1975, 1984-present).
  • May 4 - The American soap opera
    Soap opera

    A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
     Another World
    Another World (TV series)

    Another World is a television soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It was created by legendary serial creator Irna Phillips along with William J....
     debuts on NBC at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time, as a half-hour show (1964-1999).
  • September 14 - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a science fiction film produced and directed by Irwin Allen. The film was released in 1961 in film by 20th Century Fox....
     premieres on ABC (1964-1968)
  • September 15 - Peyton Place
    Peyton Place (TV series)

    Peyton Place is an American Prime time drama Serial which aired on American Broadcasting Company in half-hour episodes from September 15, 1964 to June 2, 1969....
     premieres on ABC (1964-1969).
  • September 16 - Shindig!
    Shindig!

    Shindig! is an United States music variety show which aired on the American Broadcasting Company from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966....
     premieres on ABC (1964-1966).
  • September 17 - Bewitched
    Bewitched

    Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company from 1964 in television to 1972 in television....
     premieres on ABC (1964-1972).
  • September 18 - The Addams Family
    The Addams Family (TV series)

    The Addams Family is an United States television series based on the characters in Charles Addams' The Addams Family. The 30-minute series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons in 64 installments on American Broadcasting Company from September 18, 1964 to April 8, 1966....
     premieres on ABC (1964-1966).
  • September 19 - Flipper
    Flipper (1964 TV series)

    Flipper is an United States of America television program first broadcast on NBC from September 18, 1964 until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a Bottlenose Dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons Sandy and Bud....
     premieres on NBC (1964-1967).
  • September 22 - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American television program that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968....
     premieres on NBC (1964-1968).
  • September 24 - Daniel Boone
    Daniel Boone (TV series)

    Daniel Boone is an United States Action /Adventure television series that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television....
     premieres on NBC (1964-1970).
  • September 24 - The Munsters
    The Munsters

    The Munsters was a 1960s United States television sitcom depicting the home life of a family of monsters. The show was a satire of both traditional monster movies and popular family entertainment of the era, such as Leave it to Beaver....
     premieres on CBS (1964-1966).
  • September 25 - Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.The show renders the title as Gomer Pyle - USMC. is an United States situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964 to May 2, 1969....
     premieres on CBS (1964-1970).
  • September 26 - Gilligan's Island
    Gilligan's Island

    Gilligan's Island is an United States Television program Situation comedy originally produced by United Artists Television. It aired for three seasons on the CBS network, from September 26, 1964 to September 4, 1967....
     premieres on CBS (1964-1967).
  • October 4 - This Hour Has Seven Days
    This Hour Has Seven Days

    This Hour Has Seven Days was a controversial CBC Television newsmagazine which ran from 1964 to 1966. The show, inspired by the British satire series That Was The Week That Was, was created by Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman as an avenue for a more stimulating and boundary-pushing brand of television journalism....
     premieres on CBC in Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
     (1964-1966).
  • October 13 - Danger Man
    Danger Man

    Danger Man was a United Kingdom television series broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. This series featuring Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake ....
     returns to ITV after being cancelled in 1961. It would later air on CBS
    CBS

    CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
     as Secret Agent (1960-1961, 1964-1966).
  • October 28 - The Wednesday Play
    The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play was a United Kingdom television play which ran on BBC One from 1964 to 1970. Every week this drama anthology series presented a different play, usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources were also presented....
     premieres on BBC1 (1964-1970).
  • November 2 - Crossroads
    Crossroads (TV series)

    Crossroads was a United Kingdom television soap opera set in a fictional motel near Birmingham, England. Originally broadcast on the commercial television ITV television network between 1964 and 1988, it was produced by Associated TeleVision until the end of 1981 and then by Central Independent Television....
     premieres on ITV (1964-1988, 2001-2003).
  • The Mavis Bramston Show
    The Mavis Bramston Show

    The Mavis Bramston Show was a popular satirical sketch comedy TV series broadcast on Australian television. It premiered in 1964 and was the first topical revue comedy series ever made in Australia....
     premieres on ATN-7
    ATN-7

    ATN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. The license, issued to a company named Amalgamated Television Services, a subsidiary of John Fairfax Holdings, was one of the first four licenses to be issued for commercial television stations in Australia....
     in Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
     (1964-1968).


Television shows


1940s

  • Meet the Press
    Meet the Press

    Meet the Press is a weekly Television in the United States news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the List of longest running U.S. television series television show in worldwide broadcasting history, having made its television debut on November 6, 1947....
     (1947-present)
  • Candid Camera
    Candid Camera

    Candid Camera was a hidden camera television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as Candid Microphone June 28, 1947....
     (1948-present)
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971)
  • Bozo the Clown
    Bozo the Clown

    Bozo the Clown was a clown character very popular in the United States in the 1950s, as a result of widespread franchising in early television....
     (1949-present).
  • Come Dancing
    Come Dancing

    Come Dancing was a BBC TV ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off from 1949 to 1998, becoming one of television's longest-running shows....
     (UK) (1949-1995).

1950s

  • The Jack Benny Show (1950-1965)
  • Truth or Consequences
    Truth or Consequences

    Truth or Consequences was an American Game show, originally hosted on NBC radio by Ralph Edwards and later on television by Edwards , Jack Bailey , Bob Barker , Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson ....
     (1950-1988)
  • What's My Line (1950-1967)
  • Love of Life
    Love of Life

    Love of Life is an United States soap opera which was aired on CBS from September 24, 1951 to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation Search for Tomorrow had premiered three weeks before Love of Life, and who would go on to create The Secret Storm two and a half years later....
     (1951-1980)
  • Search for Tomorrow
    Search for Tomorrow

    Search for Tomorrow is a TV soap opera which started airing on Monday, September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS, its original broadcaster, on Friday, March 26, 1982, with NBC picking it up on the following Monday, March 29, 1982....
     (1951-1986)
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame
    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on United States television. It has had a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and still continuing today....
     (1951-present).
  • The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an United States Situation comedy, airing on American Broadcasting Company from October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family....
     (1952-1966)
  • American Bandstand
    American Bandstand

    American Bandstand is a television show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989, hosted from 1957 until its final season by Dick Clark , who also served as producer....
     (1952-1989)
  • Death Valley Days
    Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days is a long-running United States old-time radio and television Anthology series about true stories of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley area....
     (1952–1975)
  • The Guiding Light
    Guiding Light

    Guiding Light is an United States television program credited by the Guinness World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television and radio history....
     (1952-present)
  • Hockey Night in Canada
    Hockey Night in Canada

    Hockey Night in Canada is a Broadcasting of National Hockey League games in Canada, produced by CBC Sports. Hockey Night consistently remains one of the highest-Bureau of Broadcast Measurement programs on Canadian television....
     (1952–present)
  • The Today Show (1952-present)
  • The Good Old Days
    The Good Old Days

    The Good Old Days was a popular BBC television light entertainment programme which ran from 1953 to 1983.It was recorded live at the Leeds City Varieties and recreated an authentic atmosphere of the Victorian era–Edwardian period music hall with songs and sketches of the era performed by present-day performers in the style of the...
     (UK) (1953-1983)
  • Panorama
    Panorama (TV series)

    Panorama is the longest-running current affairs documentary film series in the world. Launched on 11 November 1953 on BBC One, it focuses on investigative journalism....
     (UK) (1953-present)
  • Face the Nation
    Face the Nation

    Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer is an United States Sunday-morning interview shows which premiered on the CBS television network on November 7, 1954....
     (1954-present)
  • The Milton Berle Show (1954-1967)
  • The Secret Storm
    The Secret Storm

    The Secret Storm was a soap opera which aired on CBS from February 1, 1954 to February 8, 1974.The Secret Storm was created by Roy Winsor, the man responsible for the long-running soap operas Search for Tomorrow and Love of Life....
     (1954-1974)
  • The Tonight Show
    The Tonight Show

    The Tonight Show is a long-running American late-night talk show and variety show airing on NBC whose The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has been hosted by Jay Leno since 1992....
     (1954–present)
  • Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954–present; 1961-1969 with this title)
  • Captain Kangaroo
    Captain Kangaroo

    Captain Kangaroo was a children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the United States television network CBS from 1955 until 1984....
     (1955-1984)
  • Dixon of Dock Green
    Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television program, which ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. Despite being a drama series, it was initially produced by the BBC's light entertainment department....
     (UK) (1955-1976)
  • Gunsmoke
    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
     (1955-1975)
  • The Lawrence Welk Show
    The Lawrence Welk Show

    The Lawrence Welk Show is a musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk. The original episodes were aired in either a local, network, or syndicated capacity for more than 30 years; rerun episodes are still being broadcast in the United States for the most part by PBS stations in the form of new programs each of which inc...
     (1955-1982)
  • This Is Your Life
    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life was a Documentary film series hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards. It originally aired in the United States from 1952 to 1961, and again in 1972 on NBC....
     (UK) (1955-2003)
  • Armchair Theatre
    Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre was a United Kingdom television drama anthology series, which ran on the ITV network from 1956 until 1968 in its original form, and was intermittently resurrected at various points during the 1970s....
     (UK) (1956-1968)
  • As the World Turns
    As the World Turns

    As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS.Set in the fictional town of Oakdale , the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30pm Eastern Time Zone....
     (1956-present)
  • Opportunity Knocks
    Opportunity Knocks

    Opportunity Knocks is a United Kingdom television talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green.The original radio version started on the BBC Light Programme in the 1940s but moved to Radio Luxembourg in the 1950s....
     (UK) (1956-1978)
  • The Edge of Night
    The Edge of Night

    The Edge of Night is a long-running American television mystery series/soap opera produced by Procter & Gamble. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran on that network until November 28, 1975; the series then aired on American Broadcasting Company from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984....
     (1956-1984)
  • The Price Is Right (1956-1965)
  • What the Papers Say
    What the Papers Say

    What The Papers Say is the second longest-running programme on United Kingdom television after the sky at night,bbc_series)]]. It is a review programme of stories published in British newspapers....
     (UK) (1956-present)
  • The Sky at Night
    The Sky at Night

    The Sky at Night is a monthly television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show has had the same permanent presenter, Sir Patrick Moore, from its first airing on 24 April 1957, making it the longest-running programmes with the same presenter in television history....
     (UK) (1957-present)
  • Blue Peter
    Blue Peter

    Blue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel....
     (UK) (1958-present)
  • Grandstand
    Grandstand (BBC)

    Grandstand was a United Kingdom television sport programme, and was one of the BBC's longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year....
     (UK) (1958-2007)
  • The Donna Reed Show
    The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show is an United States situation comedy which aired on American Broadcasting Company from 1958 in television to 1966 in television....
     (1958-1966)
  • Bonanza
    Bonanza

    Bonanza is an United States television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons, it is among the longest running Western television series and continues to air in syndication....
     (1959-1973)
  • Juke Box Jury
    Juke Box Jury

    Juke Box Jury was a pop themed panel show, originally produced by BBC television from 1959-1967, the first edition having been broadcast on 1 June 1959....
     (1959-1967, 1979, 1989-1990)
  • The Bell Telephone Hour
    The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour, aka The Telephone Hour, was a long-run concert series which began April 29, 1940 on NBC radio and was heard on NBC until June 30, 1958....
     (1959-1968)


1960s

  • The Andy Griffith Show
    The Andy Griffith Show

    The Andy Griffith Show is an Television of the United States situation comedy first televised by Columbia Broadcasting System between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968....
     (1960-1968)
  • Coronation Street
    Coronation Street

    Coronation Street is an award-winning soap opera created by Tony Warren. It is one of the longest-running television programmes in the United Kingdom, first broadcast on 9 December 1960, made by Granada Television and broadcast in all regions of ITV almost throughout its existence....
    , UK (1960-present)
  • The Flintstones
    The Flintstones

    The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from 1960 to 1966 on American Broadcasting Company.Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions , The Flintstones is about a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next door neighbor and best friend....
     (1960-1966)
  • My Three Sons
    My Three Sons

    My Three Sons is a situation comedy about a Scots/Irish-American family , that ran from September 29, 1960, to August 24, 1972. My Three Sons chronicles the life of an aeronautical engineer and widower Steve Douglas, played by Fred MacMurray, and his three sons....
     (1960-1972)
  • The Avengers
    The Avengers (TV series)

    The Avengers was a British television series featuring secret agents in 1960s United Kingdom. The programmes were made by TV company Associated British Corporation, and created by its Head of Drama Sydney Newman....
    , UK (1961–1969)
  • Ben Casey
    Ben Casey

    Ben Casey is a medical drama television series which ran on American Broadcasting Company from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its iconic opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "?, ?, Asterisk, ?, 8" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Pioneering neurosurgeo...
     (1961-1966)
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show
    The Dick Van Dyke Show

    The Dick Van Dyke Show is an United States television situation comedy which initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 and ran until June 1, 1966....
     (1961-1966)
  • Four Corners, Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
     (1961-present).
  • The Fulton Sheen Program (1961-1968)
  • It's Academic
    It's Academic

    For the Australian version, see It's Academic .It's Academic is a Television academic Quizbowl for high school students, currently airing on three NBC affiliates in Washington, D.C....
     (1961-present)
  • The Mike Douglas Show
    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show was an United States daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that ran from 1961 to 1982....
     (1961-1981)
  • Mister Ed
    Mister Ed

    Mister Ed is an American television situation comedy produced by Filmways that first aired in Broadcast syndication from January 5 to July 2, 1961 in television and then on CBS from October 1, 1961 in television to February 6, 1966 in television....
     (1961-1966)
  • Wide World of Sports (1961–1997)
  • The Beverly Hillbillies
    The Beverly Hillbillies

    The Beverly Hillbillies is an United States television series about a hillbilly family transplanted to Beverly Hills, California after finding oil on their land....
     (1962–1971)
  • Combat! (1962–1967)
  • The Late Late Show
    The Late Late Show

    The Late Late Show is the world's longest-running Talk show and officially the flagship television programme of Republic of Ireland broadcasting company Radio Telef?s ?ireann....
    , Ireland
    Republic of Ireland

    Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
     (1962–present)
  • The Lucy Show
    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show is a television series which ran from 1962 until 1968. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. The premise and the cast changed frequently, with only Gale Gordon lasting most of the run of the show ....
     (1962–1968)
  • Match Game
    Match Game

    Match Game was an United States television game show featuring contestants attempting to match celebrities' answers to fill-in-the-blank questions....
     (1962-1969, 1973-1984, 1990-1991, 1998-1999)
  • The Saint
    The Saint (TV series)

    The Saint was a long-running ITC Entertainment mystery spy thriller, airing in British television on ITV between 1962 in television and 1969 in television....
    , UK (1962–1969)
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a late-night Talk/Chat show hosted by Johnny Carson under the The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992....
     (1962-1992)
  • Z-Cars
    Z-Cars

    Z-Cars was a United Kingdom television drama series centred on the work of beat police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool, Merseyside in north-west of England....
    , UK (1962-1978)
  • Doctor Who
    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
    , UK (1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present)
  • The Doctors (1963-1982)
  • General Hospital
    General Hospital

    General Hospital is an United States soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network during the day and on SOAPnet each weeknight....
     (1963-present)
  • Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
    Wild Kingdom

    Wild Kingdom, sometimes known as Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, is an United States television show that features wildlife and nature....
     (1963–1988, 2002–present)
  • Petticoat Junction
    Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction is an United States situation comedy produced by Filmways which originally aired on the CBS network from 1963 to 1970. The series is part of a triad of interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning, the other two being The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres....
     (1963-1970)
  • Ready Steady Go!
    Ready Steady Go!

    Ready Steady Go! or simply RSG! was one of the United Kingdom first rock/pop music TV programmes. RSG! was conceived by Elkan Allan, head of Rediffusion London TV, who wanted to try a music radio show....
     (1963-1966)


Ending this year

  • March 29 - The Judy Garland Show
    The Judy Garland Show

    The Judy Garland Show is an American Variety show television series. The show aired on CBS during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star....
     (1963-1964).
  • June 19 - The Twilight Zone
    The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

    The Twilight Zone is a science fiction anthology series United States television series created by Rod Serling. The original series ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and remains television syndication to this day....
     (1959-1964). The show was revived in 1985-1988, and then for one season in 2002.
  • Zoo Quest
    Zoo Quest

    Zoo Quest was a series of multi-part nature documentary broadcast on BBC television between 1954 and 1963. It was the first major programme to feature David Attenborough....
     (UK) (1954-1964).
  • To Tell the Truth
    To Tell the Truth (Canada)

    To Tell the Truth is a Canadian version of the original American version To Tell the Truth. It was broadcast on CTV television network between 1962 and 1964....
     (1962-1964). (Canadian version only)
  • Mack & Myer for Hire
    Mack & Myer for Hire

    Mack & Myer for Hire was a sitcom which was produced during 1963-1964 and aired in first-run syndication. Over 100 episodes were produced during its only year in production, and these were re-run well into the 70's....
     (1963-1964)


Births

  • January 1 - Clare Holman
    Clare Holman

    Clare Margaret Holman is an English actress, perhaps most famous for her role of forensic pathologist Dr. Laura Hobson in the television series Inspector Morse and Lewis ....
    , British actress
  • January 2 - Lynne Adams
    Lynne Adams

    Lynne Adams is an United States actress.Adams is best known to daytime television viewers from her role on the long running drama The Guiding Light where she played the role of Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris from 1966 to 1971 and from 1973 to 1976....
    , Canadian actress
  • February 15 - Chris Farley
    Chris Farley

    Christopher Crosby "Chris" Farley was an United Statesn comedian and actor. He was a member at Chicago's The Second City and later went on to the cast of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live....
    , actor
    Actor

    An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
     and comedian (d. 1997).
  • February 20 - French Stewart
    French Stewart

    French Stewart, born Milton French Stewart on February 20, 1964, is an Television in the United States actor, best known for his role as Harry Solomon on the 1990s sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun....
    , actor, 3rd Rock from the Sun
    3rd Rock from the Sun

    3rd Rock from the Sun is an Emmy Award-winning American situation comedy that aired from 1996 in television until 2001 in television on NBC....
  • April 7 - Russell Crowe
    Russell Crowe

    Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealand-born Australian actor and musician. His acting career began in the early 1990s with roles in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films such as Romper Stomper....
    , New Zealander actor
  • April 25 - Hank Azaria
    Hank Azaria

    Hank Albert Azaria is an United States film and television actor, Film director, comedian and voice artist. He is noted for his long-running career as one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons....
    , actor
    Actor

    An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
     and voice actor.
  • June 15 - Courteney Cox
    Courteney Cox

    Courteney Bass Cox , also known as Courteney Cox Arquette, is an American actor, film producer and former model, best known for her role as Monica Geller on the Situation comedy Friends....
    , actress.
  • June 23 - Joss Whedon
    Joss Whedon

    Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an Academy Award-nominated and Hugo Award winning American writer, television director, executive producer, occasional actor, and creator and head writer of the well-known television programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel , Firefly , and Dollhouse ....
    , creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    Buffyverse

    "Buffyverse" is a term coined by fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel to refer to the shared fictional universe in which they are set....
    .
  • July 3 - Yeardley Smith
    Yeardley Smith

    Yeardley Smith is an United States actor and voice acting. She has provided the voice of Lisa Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons since 1989....
    , voice actress, The Simpsons
    The Simpsons

    The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
     (Lisa Simpson
    Lisa Simpson

    Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the middle child, and eldest daughter, of the Simpson family....
    ).
  • July 22 - David Spade
    David Spade

    David Wayde Spade is an United States actor, comedian and television personality who gained fame in the 1990s as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and from 1997 until 2003 as Dennis Finch on Just Shoot Me!....
    , Actor and comedian
  • September 2 - Keanu Reeves
    Keanu Reeves

    Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian-American actor best known for his portrayals of Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix, Ted Logan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, and Officer Jack Traven in Speed ....
    , actor.
  • November 11 - Calista Flockhart
    Calista Flockhart

    Calista Kay Flockhart is an United States actress, primarily on television. She is best known for playing the Ally McBeal of Ally McBeal ....
    , actress.
  • November 21 - Liza Tarbuck
    Liza Tarbuck

    Liza Tarbuck is an England actor and television presenter, and daughter of Jimmy Tarbuck.She trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA....
    , English actress and television presenter.
  • December 8 - Teri Hatcher
    Teri Hatcher

    Teri Lynn Hatcher is an United States actress. She portrayed Lois Lane in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman....
    , actress.
  • December 18 - Stone Cold Steve Austin
    Stone Cold Steve Austin

    Steve Austin , better known by his ring name Stone Cold Steve Austin, is an American film and television actor and former professional wrestler, making regular appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment....
    , Pro wrestler


Deaths

  • August 28 - Gracie Allen
    Gracie Allen

    Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , better known as Gracie Allen, was an United States comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns....
    , 69, actress, comedienne
    Comedian

    A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
    .