1979 in television

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Events

• January 9 - The Music for UNICEF Concert
  Music for UNICEF Concert
  
  The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song was a benefit concert of popular music held in the United Nations United Nations General Assembly in New York City on January 9, 1979....
   is performed in New York City
  New York City
  
  The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  . The televised special airs the following night on NBC in the United States
  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...
  .
• February 11 - In the US, 43 million viewers watch "Elvis!" on ABC, a made for TV movie starring Kurt Russell
  Kurt Russell
  
  'Kurt Vogel Russell' is an United States actor and celebrity. He started acting as a child in Hollywood films during the 1960s, and has continued appearing in a wide variety of films since, including The Thing , Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from New York, Silkwood, Stargate , Backdraft , Tombstone , Vanilla...
   as Elvis
  Elvis Presley
  
  Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
  .
• March 6 - 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....
   becomes the first (and, to date, the only) 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....
   to air regularly-scheduled ninety-minute telecasts. The time extension coincides with the death of long-running character John Randolph (played by Michael M. Ryan
  Michael M. Ryan
  
  Michael M. Ryan is an United States actor, best known for his long-running role as John Randolph on the soap opera Another World , which he played from November 13, 1964 until his character's death in a fire on March 6, 1979....
  ) in a house fire. The show goes back to 60-minute episodes in August 1980.
• March 6 - Villain Roger Thorpe (played by Michael Zaslow
  Michael Zaslow
  
  Michael Joel Zaslow was an United States actor. He is best known for his role as villain Roger Thorpe and Holly Norris on Columbia Broadcasting System Guiding Light, a role he played from 1971 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1997....
  ) rapes his wife Holly (Maureen Garrett
  Maureen Garrett
  
  Maureen Garrett is an United States actor.Garrett plays the role of Holly Norris Bauer Thorpe Lindsey Reade on Guiding Light, a character she has played since 1976....
  ) on 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....
  , the first time spousal rape
  Spousal rape
  
  Spousal rape is rape in which the perpetrator is the victim's marriage.Spousal rape is also called marital rape and often wrongly conflated with partner rape or intimate partner sexual assault ....
   was shown on U.S. television.
• March 19 - C-Span
  C-SPAN
  
  C-SPAN is an United States cable television Television network dedicated to airing non-stop coverage of government proceedings and public affairs programming....
  . a United States
  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...
   cable channel is launched.
• March 31 - Full-time colorcasts are introduced in New Zealand
  New Zealand
  
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
   for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
  Eurovision Song Contest 1979
  
  The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on March 31, 1979 in Jerusalem, Israel. The presenters were Daniel Pe'er and Yardena Arazi, and the event was staged in the International Convention Center ....
  , held in Israel
  Israel
  
  Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
  .
• April 22 - Friendly Fire
  Friendly Fire (1979 film)
  
  Friendly Fire is an American television movie first broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company network on April 22, 1979. Watched that night by an estimated 64 million people, Friendly Fire went on to win four Emmy Award, including Outstanding Drama Special....
  , a TV movie starring Carol Burnett
  Carol Burnett
  
  Carol Creighton Burnett is an United States actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway theatre, she debuted on television....
   as a mother who wants to know how her son died in Vietnam, airs on ABC.
• August 10 - 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 whole of the ITV
  ITV
  
  ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
   network except in the Channel Islands
  Channel Islands
  
  The Channel Islands are a group of islands in the English Channel, off the France coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey....
  , is affected by a technicians' strike for eleven weeks.
• September 7 - ESPN
  ESPN
  
  ESPN is a United States cable television Television network dedicated to Broadcasting of sports events and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
   begins broadcasting sports 24/7 and was the first cable channel to be launched.
• September 19 - On the two-hour TV-movie season premiere event on Eight is Enough
  Eight Is Enough
  
  Eight Is Enough is an United States television comedy-drama series which ran on American Broadcasting Company from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981....
  , both David and Susan Bradford married their respective loves in a double ceremony. The premiere grabbed a 40 share across the two hours.
• October 24 - On ITV's first night back on air after the strike, Quatermass
  Quatermass (TV serial)
  
  Quatermass is a United Kingdom Science fiction on television serial produced by Euston Films for Thames Television and broadcast on the ITV network in October and November 1979....
  , the fourth and final serial featuring Professor Bernard Quatermass
  Bernard Quatermass
  
  Professor Bernard Quatermass is a fictional character, originally created by the writer Nigel Kneale for BBC One. Quatermass appeared in three influential BBC science fiction on television of the 1950s, and returned in a final serial for Thames Television in 1979....
  , begins its run on the network.
• Over 300 million households worldwide now own television sets.
• December 1 - The Movie Channel
  The Movie Channel
  
  The Movie Channel is an United States Pay TV owned by Showtime Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, which, true to its name, shows only movies....
   begins broadcasting movies 24/7.
• General Hospital tops the yearly daytime television ratings for the first time.
• CFMT, Toronto's first multicultural channel, launches.
• Un Pecado del Amor premieres in Guatemala
  Guatemala
  
  Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast....
  .
• First color television broadcasts in Greece
  Greece
  
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
  .
• 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....
   unveils the first computer-generated television presentation
  Television presentation
  
  Television presentation refers to the way in which television stations present themselves between programs.It has become increasingly important in the recent multi-channel television environment for television stations to create an attractive and distinct on-air appearance, through the various elements that form the 'television presentation...
   symbol in the world. US broadcaster NBC unveils their first computer-generated symbol later that year.
• Berlinda Tolbert
  Berlinda Tolbert
  
  Berlinda Tolbert is an American actress best known as Jenny Willis Jefferson on The Jeffersons.She also appeared in the film Harlem Nights....
   and Mike Evans who both portray Lionel and Jenny Willis Jefferson, rejoins the cast of The Jeffersons
  The Jeffersons
  
  The Jeffersons is an United States situation comedy that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of List of The Jeffersons episodes produced by Tandem Productions from 1975-1982 and Embassy Television from 1982-1985....
  , Mike Evans returns to the series, after his television he co-created, Good Times
  Good Times
  
  Good Times is a United States Situation comedy that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network....
  , was cancelled, Tolbert and Evans joins the cast until Spring of 1981.

Debuts

• January 8 - Password Plus
  Password (game)
  
  Password is an United States television game show. The show was hosted by Allen Ludden and was created by Bob Stewart for Goodson-Todman Productions....
   premieres on NBC (1979-1982).
• January 26 - The Dukes of Hazzard premieres 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....
   (1979-1985).
• Hello, Larry
  Hello, Larry
  
  Hello, Larry is an United States sitcom which aired on NBC from January 26, 1979 to April 30, 1980....
  , the third series McLean Stevenson
  McLean Stevenson
  
  McLean Stevenson , born in Normal, Illinois, was an American actor most recognized for his role as Henry Blake on the TV series M*A*S*H ....
   has done since leaving M*A*S*H
  M*A*S*H (TV series)
  
  M*A*S*H is an United States television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 in film feature film MASH . The series is a medical drama/black comedy that was produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS....
  , premieres on NBC (1979-1980).
• January 28 - Thomas & Sarah
  Thomas & Sarah
  
  Thomas & Sarah is a United Kingdom drama that aired on ITV in 1979. The only spin-off from the British Academy Television Awards-winning series Upstairs, Downstairs, it stars John Alderton and Pauline Collins reprising their Upstairs, Downstairs roles....
   premiered on LWT. It lasted only one series.
• You Can't Do That on Television
  You Can't Do That on Television
  
  You Can't Do That on Television was a Canada television program. It first aired as a local program in early 1979 in television before turning national later that same year and, subsequently, international in 1981 in television....
   premieres on CTV
  CTV television network
  
  CTV is a Canadian English language television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network, the main television asset of CTVglobemedia, one of the country's largest media conglomerates....
   affiliate CJOH-TV (1979-1990).
• February 1 - Makin' It
  Makin' It
  
  Makin' It is a short-lived situation comedy starring David Naughton, who later starred in An American Werewolf in London, as a disco dancer in the late 1970s....
   premiered on ABC, lasting eight episodes.
• February 3 - Battle Fever J
  Battle Fever J
  
  is a Japanese TV series, being the third entry of the Super Sentai series Media franchise. It was co-produced by Toei Company and TV Asahi and aired on TV Asahi on February 3,1979 - January 26, 1980 with a total of 52 episodes....
   premieres on TV Asahi (1979-1980)
• February 7 - Supertrain
  Supertrain
  
  Supertrain is an United States television Dramatic programming/Adventure series that ran on NBC from February 7, 1979, to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a 2-hour pilot episode....
   premieres on NBC (1979).
• February 8 - Angie
  Angie (TV series)
  
  Angie is an United States television situation comedy that was originally broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company network from February 1979 in television until October 1980 in television....
   premieres on ABC (1979-1980).
• February 9 - Hana no Ko Lunlun
  Hana no Ko Lunlun
  
  , translated to English language as The Flower Child Lunlun is a magical girl manga by Shiro Jinbo, focusing on a theme of flowers in its stories....
   premieres on TV Asahi (1979-1980)
• February 26 - Flatbush premieres 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....
  , lasting three episodes
• March 24 - Tales of the Unexpected
  Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
  
  Tales Of The Unexpected is a United Kingdom television series that originally aired between 1979 and 1988, made by Anglia Television for ITV....
  , an Anglia Television
  Anglia Television
  
  Anglia Television is the ITV station for parts of Eastern England. It takes its name from East Anglia, but its territory extends beyond the generally accepted boundaries of that region....
   series based on the short stories of Roald Dahl
  Roald Dahl
  
  Roald Dahl was a United Kingdom novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, born in Wales of Norwegian people parents. After service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, In which he became a flying ace, he rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both Children's literature and adults, and became one of the world's bes...
  , debuts on ITV
  ITV
  
  ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
   in the UK (1979-1985; 1987-1988).
• April 7 - Mobile Suit Gundam
  Mobile Suit Gundam
  
  is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise . Written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network between April 7, 1979 and January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes....
   (1979-1980), the first part of Gundam
  Gundam
  
  is a metaseries of Japanese anime, featuring giant robots, or "mecha", created by Sunrise studios. The series started in April 1979 as a TV series called Mobile Suit Gundam, and later became a franchise name with more sequels, prequels, side stories and alternative timelines, published and aired in various media including TV anime, OVA, ma...
   anime metaseries (1979-2009), airs in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network
  Nagoya Broadcasting Network
  
  , Nickname: Metele is a TV station joining All-Nippon News Network in Nagoya. It is broadcast in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and Mie Prefecture....
  .
• April 18 - Real People
  Real People
  
  Real People was an NBC reality television series that aired from 1979 in television to 1984 in television, on Wednesday and then Sunday nights....
   premieres on NBC (1979-1984).
• August 24 - The Facts of Life
  The Facts of Life (TV series)
  
  The Facts of Life is an United States sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to September 13, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' original premise focused on the character, Edna Garrett , as she becomes housemother to seven girls at the fictional Eastland School, a pres...
  , a spinoff of Diff'rent Strokes
  Diff'rent Strokes
  
  Diff'rent Strokes is an United States television program that aired on the National Broadcasting Company television network from November 3, 1978 to May 4, 1985, and on American Broadcasting Company from September 27, 1985 to March 7, 1986....
  , premieres on NBC (1979-1988).
• August 25 - Hart to Hart
  Hart to Hart
  
  Hart to Hart is an United States television series starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers. The series was created by writer Sidney Sheldon and produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg....
   premieres on ABC (1979-1984).
• September 10 - Syndicated version of 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....
   debuts. This version lasts until 1982 with the MG/Hollywood Squares Hour following it up in 1983-1984.
• September 13 - Benson
  Benson (TV series)
  
  Benson is an American television situation comedy which aired from September 13, 1979 to April 19, 1986 on American Broadcasting Company. The series was a spinoff from the the soap opera parody Soap ....
  , a spinoff of Soap
  Soap (TV series)
  
  Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on American Broadcasting Company from 1977 to 1981.The show was created as a parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour long primetime comedy....
  , premieres on ABC (1979-1986).
• September 20 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
  
  Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an United States science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series was developed by Glen A....
   premieres on NBC (1979-1981).
• September 23 - Archie Bunker's Place
  All in the Family
  
  All in the Family is an United States situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979....
  , a continuation of All in the Family, premieres on CBS (1979-1983).
• September 25 - California Fever
  California Fever
  
  California Fever is an United States teen drama series that ran on CBS in 1979-80 United States network television schedule. The show featured a group of Los Angeles teenagers living an exotic life of disco, the beach, the opposite sex and music....
   premieres, lasting 10 episodes
• Trapper John, M.D.
  Trapper John, M.D.
  
  Trapper John, M.D. is an United States television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH , about a lovable doctor who became a mentor, father figure, who also runs a teaching hospital in San Francisco, California....
   premieres on CBS (1979-1986).
• November 8 – The Iran Crisis—America Held Hostage
  Iran hostage crisis
  
  The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomacy crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 U.S. diplomats were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamism students took over the American embassy in support of the Iranian revolution....
  , later to be known as Nightline, premieres on ABC (1979–present).
• December 27 - Knots Landing
  Knots Landing
  
  Knots Landing is an United States primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27 1979 to May 13 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered around the lives of four married couples residing in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle....
  , a spinoff of Dallas
  Dallas (TV series)
  
  Dallas is a long-running United States prime-time television program soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991. It revolved around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries....
  , premieres on CBS (1979-1993).
• Antiques Roadshow
  Antiques Roadshow
  
  Antiques Roadshow is a United Kingdom human interest television show in which antiques appraisals travel to various regions of the United Kingdom and appraise antiques brought in by local residents....
   premieres on BBC1 (1979-present).
• The Mad Dash
  The Mad Dash
  
  The Mad Dash is a television game show created by Sidney M. Cohen. It first appeared in 1978 on Canada's CTV Television Network network and proved to be a family favourite based on Canada's BBM ratings....
   premieres on CTV.
• The NewMusic premieres on CityTV.
• Smith and Smith premieres (syndicated in Canada, 1979-1985).
• This Old House
  This Old House
  
  This Old House is an United States home improvement magazine and television series which is aired on the United States public broadcast network Public Broadcasting Service that follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks....
   premieres on PBS (1979-present).

Miniseries

• Backstairs at the White House
• Roots: The Next Generations
  Roots: The Next Generations
  
  Roots: The Next Generations is a 1979 television miniseries that continues the story of the family of Alex Haley from the time of Reconstruction era of the United States to Haley researching his family history and his travels to Africa to learn of his ancestor, Kunta Kinte....
  

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)
• 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

• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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)
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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)

1960s

• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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 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
  1962 in television
  
  The year 1962 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1962.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1962-63 American network television schedule....
  –1992
  1992 in television
  
  The year 1992 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1992....
  )
• 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).
• General Hospital (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)
• The Doctors (1963-1982).
• 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....
   (1964-1999).
• 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....
   (UK) (1964-1988, 2001-2003).
• 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....
   (UK) (1964-2006).
• Days of our Lives
  Days of our Lives
  
  Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
   (1965-present).
• World of Sport
  World of Sport (UK TV series)
  
  World of Sport was a United Kingdom television sport anthology programme which ran on ITV between January 2,1965 and September 28, 1985 in response to competition from Grandstand ....
   (UK) (1965-1985).
• Play School
  Play School
  
  Play School is an educational television programme for Preschool aged children that is produced in many countries.*Play School - the original BBC production...
   (1966-present).
• The Money Programme
  The Money Programme
  
  The Money Programme is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC2.It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" William Davis , Erskine Childers and Joe Roeber....
   (UK) (1966-present).
• 60 Minutes
  60 Minutes
  
  or 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an United States investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968....
   (1968-present).
• Hawaii Five-O
  Hawaii Five-O
  
  Hawaii Five-O is an United States television series that starred Jack Lord as Lead Detective for a fictional Hawaii state police department....
   (1968-1980).
• Magpie
  Magpie (TV series)
  
  Magpie was a children's television programme shown on ITV from the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. It was a magazine format show intended to compete with the BBC TV's Blue Peter, but attempted to be more "hip", focussing more on popular culture....
   (UK) (1968-1980).
• One Life to Live
  One Life to Live
  
  One Life to Live is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network since July 15, 1968....
   (1968-present).
• Hee Haw
  Hee Haw
  
  Hee Haw was a television variety show, initially co-hosted by musicians Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with fictional, rural "Kornfield Kounty" as a backdrop....
   (1969-1993).
• Sesame Street
  Sesame Street
  
  Sesame Street is an Television in the United States educational children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both edutainment....
   (1969-present).
• The Benny Hill Show
  The Benny Hill Show
  
  The Benny Hill Show is a British Comedy television show starring Benny Hill and various comedy character actors. It was produced by Thames Television from 1969 to 1989 and was broadcast in over 140 countries....
   (UK) (1969-1989).
• The Wonderful World of Disney (1969-1979) ends on September 2 to resume on September 9 as Disney's Wonderful World (1979-1981).

1970s

• All My Children
  All My Children
  
  All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
   (1970-present).
• Monday Night Football
  Monday Night Football
  
  Monday Night Football is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. Originally airing on the American Broadcasting Company network from 1970 NFL season to 2005 NFL season, Monday Night Football was the second longest running prime time show on United States of America broadcast network television and one of the hig...
   (1970-present).
• Play for Today
  Play for Today
  
  Play for Today was a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC One from 1970 to 1984. Over three hundred original plays, most between an hour and ninety minutes in length, were transmitted during the fourteen-year period the series aired, and it is by far the most famous programme of its type t...
   (UK) (1970-1984).
• Masterpiece Theatre
  Masterpiece Theatre
  
  Masterpiece is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH-TV. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service on January 10, 1971, making it America's longest-running weekly primetime drama series....
   (1971-present).
• Old Grey Whistle Test
  Old Grey Whistle Test
  
  The Old Grey Whistle Test was an influential BBC Two television music show that ran from 1971 to 1987. It took over the BBC2 late night slot from "Disco Two", which had been running since January 1970, while continuing to feature non-chart music....
   (UK) (1971-1987).
• Soul Train
  Soul Train
  
  Soul Train was a syndicated, music-related television program. In its 35-year history, the show primarily featured performances by rhythm and blues, soul music, and Hip hop music artists, although jazz musicians and gospel music singers have also appeared....
   (1971-present).
• Are You Being Served?
  Are You Being Served?
  
  Are You Being Served? was a long-running British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985. It was set in the men's and women's department of Grace Brothers, a large, fictional London store....
   (UK) (1972-1985).
• Emmerdale Farm
  Emmerdale
  
  Emmerdale, known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989, is a United Kingdom soap opera that has aired on ITV since 1972. It is set in the fictional village of Emmerdale in West Yorkshire, England, and was created by Kevin Laffan, with Keith Richardson serving as Executive Producer since 1986 and Anita Turner as Series Producer from Janu...
   (UK) (1972-present).
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
  Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
  
  Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an list of animated television series created, produced, and hosted by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including the titular one....
   (1972-1984).
• John Craven's Newsround
  Newsround
  
  Newsround is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was one of the world's first television news magazines aimed specifically at children....
   (UK) (1972-present).
• M*A*S*H
  M*A*S*H (TV series)
  
  M*A*S*H is an United States television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 in film feature film MASH . The series is a medical drama/black comedy that was produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS....
   (1972-1983).
• The Price Is Right
  The Price Is Right
  
  The Price Is Right is an United States television game show that is currently owned by the FremantleMedia subsidiary of the RTL Group. It was originally created by Bob Stewart for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions in the United States in 1956, and was significantly revamped by them in 1972....
   (1972-present).
• The Waltons
  The Waltons
  
  The Waltons is an United States television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 Spencer's Mountain, starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara....
   (1972-1981).
• Barnaby Jones
  Barnaby Jones
  
  Barnaby Jones is a television detective fiction television series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father and daughter-in-law, who are also both private investigators in Los Angeles, which ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 in television to April 3, 1980 in television, as a midseason replacement, which bumped the long-running dete...
   (1973-1980).
• Last of the Summer Wine
  Last of the Summer Wine
  
  Last of the Summer Wine is a United Kingdom situation comedy written by Roy Clarke that is broadcast on BBC One. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973....
   (UK) (1973-present).
• Match Game '79
  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).
• Schoolhouse Rock!
  Schoolhouse Rock!
  
  Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of animated musical educational short films that aired during Saturday morning children's programming on U.S. television network American Broadcasting Company....
   (1973-1986).
• Superstars (UK) (1973-1985, 2003-2005).
• The Tomorrow Show (1973-1982).
• The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless
  
  The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1973. It was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, who set their show in a Genoa City of Genoa City, Wisconsin, a town near their annual vacation home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin....
   (1973-present).
• Countdown
  Countdown (TV series)
  
  Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 8 November 1974 until 19 July 1987....
   (Australia) (1974-1987).
• Derrick
  Derrick (TV series)
  
  Derrick is a Germany TV series produced by Telenova Film- und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG SSR id?e suisse between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings ....
   (1974-1998).
• Dinah!
  Dinah!
  
  Dinah! was a daytime television talk show hosted by singer and actress Dinah Shore, which aired in United States television syndication markets from its premiere on September 9, 1974 until the summer of 1980....
   (1974-1980).
• Happy Days
  Happy Days
  
  Happy Days is an Television in the United States television sitcom that originally aired from 1974 in television to 1984 in television on American Broadcasting Company....
   (1974-1984).
• Little House on the Prairie
  Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
  
  Little House on the Prairie is an United States one-hour dramatic television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11, 1974, to March 21, 1983, bumping the long-running Adam-12 series to Tuesday nights....
   (1974-1983).
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (1974-1984).
• The Rockford Files
  The Rockford Files
  
  The Rockford Files is an American detective television drama originally aired on the NBC television network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980; it has remained in constant television syndication to the present day, making it a cult classic....
   (1974-1980).
• Tiswas
  Tiswas
  
  Tiswas was a Saturday morning children's United Kingdom TV show which ran from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982 and produced for the ITV network by Associated TeleVision....
   (UK) (1974-1982).
• Wish You Were Here...?
  Wish You Were Here...?
  
  Wish You Were Here...? was a United Kingdom television show that was first broadcast in 1974 on ITV. It was a series of 30 minute shows about travel and holidays....
   (UK) (1974-present).
• Arena (UK) (1975–present).
• Barney Miller
  Barney Miller
  
  Barney Miller is a sitcom television series set in a New York City Police in Greenwich Village that ran from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on American Broadcasting Company....
   (1975-1982).
• Good Morning America
  Good Morning America
  
  Good Morning America is an Daytime Emmy Awards breakfast television talk show that is broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network, debuting on November 3, 1975....
   (1975-present).
• Jim'll Fix It
  Jim'll Fix It
  
  Jim'll Fix It was a long-running British television show, broadcast by the BBC....
   (UK) (1975-1994).
• King of Kensington
  King of Kensington
  
  King of Kensington was a Canada television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980.The show starred Al Waxman as Larry King, a convenience store owner in Toronto's Kensington Market who was known for helping friends and neighbours solve problems....
   (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....
  ) (1975-1980).
• Match Game PM (1975-1981).
• One Day at a Time
  One Day at a Time
  
  One Day at a Time was a long-running United States situation comedy on the CBS network that aired from December 16, 1975 to May 28, 1984. It portrayed Ann Romano, a divorced mother, played by Bonnie Franklin, her two teenage daughters Julie and Barbara Cooper and Schneider, their building superintendent ....
   (1975-1984).
• Ryan's Hope
  Ryan's Hope
  
  Ryan's Hope is an United States soap opera, revolving around the trials and tribulations of a large Irish American family in New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on American Broadcasting Company....
   (1975-1989).
• Runaround (UK) (1975-1981).
• Saturday Night Live
  Saturday Night Live
  
  Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
   (1975-present).
• The Don Lane Show (Australia) (1975-1983).
• the fifth estate
  The fifth estate
  
  the fifth estate is a Canada television newsmagazine, which airs on the English language television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
   (Canada) (1975-present).
• The Jeffersons
  The Jeffersons
  
  The Jeffersons is an United States situation comedy that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of List of The Jeffersons episodes produced by Tandem Productions from 1975-1982 and Embassy Television from 1982-1985....
   (1975-1985).
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present).
• Alice
  Alice (TV series)
  
  Alice is an United States television Situation comedy series which ran from August 31, 1976 to July 2, 1985 on CBS. The series was based on the 1974 film, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore....
   (1976-1985).
• Charlie's Angels
  Charlie's Angels
  
  Charlie's Angels is a Television program about three women who work for a private investigator agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men....
   (1976-1981).
• Family Feud
  Family Feud
  
  Family Feud is a U.S. television game show that pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people....
   (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).
• Laverne & Shirley
  Laverne & Shirley
  
  Laverne & Shirley was an United States television series situation comedy that ran on American Broadcasting Company from 1976 to 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, roommates who, as the series began, worked in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin brewery....
   (1976-1983).
• Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
  Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
  
  Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, more commonly known simply as Swap Shop, was a UK children's television programme. It was broadcast on Saturday mornings on BBC1 for 146 episodes in six series between 1976 and 1982....
   (UK) (1976-1982).
• Quincy, M.E.
  Quincy, M.E.
  
  Quincy, M.E. is a United States television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC. It starred Jack Klugman as Dr....
   (1976-1983).
• Second City Television (SCTV)
  Second City Television
  
  Second City Television was a Canada television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984....
   (Canada) (1976-1984).
• The Muppet Show
  The Muppet Show
  
  The Muppet Show is a television program featuring a cast of The Muppets, which was produced by Jim Henson and his team from Sesame Street....
   (UK) (1976-1981).
• The P.T.L. Club (1976-1987).
• CHiPs
  CHiPs
  
  CHiPs is an United States television drama series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977 to June 17, 1983....
   (1977-1983).
• Eight is Enough
  Eight Is Enough
  
  Eight Is Enough is an United States television comedy-drama series which ran on American Broadcasting Company from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981....
   (1977-1981).
• Fantasy Island
  Fantasy Island
  
  Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related United States fantasy television series, both originally airing on the American Broadcasting Company television network....
   (1977-1984).
• In Search of... (1977-1982).
• Lou Grant
  Lou Grant (TV series)
  
  Lou Grant is an United States Dramatic programming starring Ed Asner as a newspaper editor. The series won 13 Emmy Awards, including "Outstanding Drama Series"....
   (1977-1982).
• Soap
  Soap (TV series)
  
  Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on American Broadcasting Company from 1977 to 1981.The show was created as a parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour long primetime comedy....
   (1977-1981).
• The Love Boat
  The Love Boat
  
  The Love Boat is an United States television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the American Broadcasting Company from 1977 in television until 1986 in television....
   (1977-1986).
• This Week in Baseball
  This Week in Baseball
  
  This Week in Baseball is a weekly television program, originally designed to show highlights of the previous week's Major League Baseball action....
   (1977–1998, 2000–present)
• Three's Company
  Three's Company
  
  Three's Company is an American sitcom that aired from 1977 in television to 1984 in television on American Broadcasting Company. It is a remake of the British sitcom Man About the House....
   (1977-1984).
• 20/20
  20/20
  
  20/20 is an United States television newsmagazine broadcast on American Broadcasting Company since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the show was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes but focuses more on human interest stories than international and political subjects....
   (1978-present).
• 3-2-1
  3-2-1
  
  3-2-1 was a popular United Kingdom game show, made by Yorkshire Television for ITV. It ran for ten years, between 29 July 1978 and 24 December 1988....
   (UK) (1978-1987).
• Battle of the Planets
  Battle of the Planets
  
  Battle of the Planets is the United States dub of the 1972 in television television anime known as Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. Of the 105 original Gatchaman episodes, 85 were used in the Battle of the Planets adaptation, produced by Sandy Frank Entertainment....
   (1978-1985).
• Dallas
  Dallas (TV series)
  
  Dallas is a long-running United States prime-time television program soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991. It revolved around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries....
   (1978-1991).
• Diff'rent Strokes
  Diff'rent Strokes
  
  Diff'rent Strokes is an United States television program that aired on the National Broadcasting Company television network from November 3, 1978 to May 4, 1985, and on American Broadcasting Company from September 27, 1985 to March 7, 1986....
   (1978-1986).
• Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present).
• Mork & Mindy (1978-1982).
• Taxi
  Taxi (TV series)
  
  Taxi is an United States Situation comedy that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on American Broadcasting Company, and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC....
   (1978-1983).
• WKRP in Cincinnati
  WKRP in Cincinnati
  
  WKRP in Cincinnati is an United States situation comedy that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling radio broadcasting in Cincinnati, Ohio....
   (1978-1982).
• 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).

Ending this year

• March 2 - The All-New 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....
   (1978-1979)
• March 16 - Makin' It
  Makin' It
  
  Makin' It is a short-lived situation comedy starring David Naughton, who later starred in An American Werewolf in London, as a disco dancer in the late 1970s....
   (1979)
• April 8 - All in the Family (1971-1979) - continues as Archie Bunker's Place.
• April 20 - 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....
   '79 (1973-79)
• April 28 - What's Happening!!
  What's Happening!!
  
  What's Happening!! is an American television Situation comedy that aired on American Broadcasting Company from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979....
   (1976-1979).
• April 29 - Battlestar Galactica
  Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
  
  Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television program, produced in 1978 by Glen A. Larson and starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict....
   (1978-1979).
• May 15 - Starsky and Hutch
  Starsky and Hutch
  
  Starsky and Hutch is a 1970s United States television series that consisted of a 90-minute television pilot movie and 92 episodes of 60 minutes each; created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between April 30 1975 and May 15 1979 on the American Broadcasting Company network; distributed by Sony P...
   (1975-1979)
• June 8 - Welcome Back, Kotter
  Welcome Back, Kotter
  
  Welcome Back, Kotter is an Television in the United States sitcom that originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company network from September 9, 1975 to June 8, 1979....
   (1975-1979).
• August 1 - Good Times
  Good Times
  
  Good Times is a United States Situation comedy that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network....
   (1974-1979).
• September 11 - Wonder Woman
  Wonder Woman (TV series)
  
  Wonder Woman is an United States television series based on the DC Comics comic book character Wonder Woman, created by William Moulton Marston....
   (1976-1979).
• October 25 - Fawlty Towers
  Fawlty Towers
  
  Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by the BBC Television and first broadcast on BBC Two in 1975. Although only twelve episodes were produced , the programme has had a lasting and powerful legacy....
   (1975, 1979) (UK).

Births

• January 2 — Morena Baccarin
  Morena Baccarin
  
  Morena Baccarin is a Brazilian Actor of Italo Brazilian origins, best known for her roles as Inara Serra in the short-lived role in the science fiction television program Firefly , and as Adria in Stargate SG-1....
  , US actress
  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....
   (born in Brazil
  Brazil
  
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
  ).
• January 2 — Suranne Jones
  Suranne Jones
  
  Suranne Jones is a England actor. She is best known for playing the role of Karen McDonald in ITV1's Coronation Street over a period of four years....
  , UK actress.
• January 4 - Lisa Huo
• January 16 — Aaliyah
  Aaliyah
  
  Aaliyah Dana Haughton , simply known as Aaliyah meaning "The highest most exalted, among the best", was an American contemporary R&B and pop music singer and actress....
  , US singer/actress. (d. 2001)
• January 24 - Tatyana Ali
  Tatyana Ali
  
  Tatyana Marisol Ali is an American actress and R&B singer, best known for her role as List of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air characters#Ashley Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air....
  , US actress.
• January 26 — Sara Rue
  Sara Rue
  
  Sara Rue is an United States actress. She played the roles of "Carmen Ferrara" on the drama Popular and "Claudia Casey" on the sitcom Less Than Perfect....
  , US actress.
• February 11 — Brandy Norwood, US singer/actress.
• February 21 — Jennifer Love Hewitt
  Jennifer Love Hewitt
  
  Jennifer Love Hewitt is an United States actress and singer-songwriter. Hewitt began her acting career as a child by appearing in television commercials and the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated....
  , US actress.
• March 12 — John-Paul Lavoisier
  John-Paul Lavoisier
  
  John-Paul Lavoisier is an United States actor.Lavoisier is known for his role as Rex Balsom on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera, One Life to Live....
  , US actor
• March 25 — Lee Pace
  Lee Pace
  
  Lee Grinner Pace is an Emmy Award-nominated and two-time Golden Globe-nominated American actor. Pace has been featured in film, stage and television....
  , US actor
• April 4 - Heath Ledger
  Heath Ledger
  
  Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his movie career....
  , Australian actor (d. 2008
  2008 in television
  
  The year 2008 in television involved some significant plans.Below is a list of television-related events in 2008.EventsDebuts ...
  )
• April 9 — Keshia Knight Pulliam
  Keshia Knight Pulliam
  
  Keshia Knight Pulliam is an Emmy Award-nominated and NAACP Image Award-winning American actress. She is most recognized for her childhood role as List of The Cosby Show characters#Dr....
  , US actress.
• April 12 — Claire Danes
  Claire Danes
  
  Claire Catherine Danes is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and theater actor most known for the television series My So-Called Life and the films Romeo + Juliet, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Stardust , and voice acting for Princess Mononoke....
  , US actress.
• May 5 - Vincent Kartheiser
  Vincent Kartheiser
  
  Vincent Paul Kartheiser is an American actor. As a child actor in the 1990s, he starred in movies such as The Indian in the Cupboard , Alaska and Masterminds ....
  , American actor.
• May 9 - Matt Morris (musician)
  Matt Morris (musician)
  
  Matthew Burton Morris is an American singer/songwriter. The son of country music star Gary Morris, Morris made his show business debut on stage with his father....
  , American singer/child actor.
• August 22 — Jennifer Finnigan
  Jennifer Finnigan
  
  Jennifer Christina Finnigan is a Canada actress. She is known for her role as Bridget Forrester in the United States soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2000 to 2004....
  , US actress (born in Canada).
• September 9 — Nikki DeLoach
  Nikki DeLoach
  
  Ashlee Nicole DeLoach is an United States actress known as Nikki DeLoach.DeLoach was born in Waycross, Georgia. DeLoach was a member of The Georgia 4-H Performing Arts group, Clovers & Company, from 1991-1994....
  , US actress
• September 24 — Justin Bruening
  Justin Bruening
  
  Justin Bruening is an United States actor and former Model . In 2003, his acting career began when he was cast in the role of Jamie Martin on the daytime drama All My Children, earning him a Soap Opera Digest Award in 2005 for the portrayal....
  , US actor
• October 8 — Kristanna Loken
  Kristanna Loken
  
  Kristanna Sommer Loken or Kristanna Sommer L?ken is an American actress known for her work in both film and television, and as a former model ....
  , US actress and model.
• October 23 - Rebecca Loudonsack
  Rebecca Loudonsack
  
  Rebecca Claire Loudonsack is a British Actress. She trained at London drama school Rose Bruford College and is best known for playing gymslip mum Emma Cairns in ITV soap Emmerdale from 1997 to 1998....
  , British actress
• November 13 - Ron Artest
  Ron Artest
  
  Ronald William "Ron" Artest, Jr. is an United States professional basketball player who currently plays with the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association....
  , American basketball player.
• November 23 — Kelly Brook
  Kelly Brook
  
  Kelly Brook is an English model, actor, occasional swimsuit designer and television presenter....
  , British television presenter and model.
• December 2 — Melissa Archer
  Melissa Archer
  
  Melissa Jean Archer is an United States soap opera actor.Archer was born in Dallas, Texas, Texas . She was hired to play the role of bad girl Natalie Buchanan on One Life to Live in 2001....
  , US actress.
• December 15 — Adam Brody
  Adam Brody
  
  Adam Jared Brody is an US film and television actor. He began his career in the early 2000s, appearing on the Gilmore Girls and other series and subsequently came to fame for his role as Seth Cohen on The O.C., establishing his defining screen persona....
  , US actor.
• December 26 - Chris Daughtry
  Chris Daughtry
  
  Christopher Adam Daughtry is a Grammy nominated United States rock music guitarist, singer, and songwriter who is currently the lead singer of the band Daughtry ....
  , US singer.

Deaths

• January 11 - Jack Soo
  Jack Soo
  
  Jack Soo was a Japanese American actor.BiographyEarly lifeJack Soo was born Goro Suzuki in Oakland, California, California....
  , actor (Nick Yemana) on Barney Miller.
• January 16 - Ted Cassidy
  Ted Cassidy
  
  Theodore Crawford Cassidy , known as Ted Cassidy, was an United States actor and voice actor who performed in television and films. Extremely tall at 6 feet 9 inches, he tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction series such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie....
  , 6'9" actor (Lurch) on 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....
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• January 27 - Dick Wesson
  Dick Wesson
  
  Dick Wesson was an American movie and television announcer. He is best known as the announcer for Walt Disney anthology television series from 1954-1979....
  , actor, announcer on The Wonderful World of Disney.
• July 29 - Bill Todman
  Bill Todman
  
  William S. "Bill" Todman was an United States television producer born in New York City....
  , game show producer.
• August 17 - Vivian Vance
  Vivian Vance
  
  Vivian Vance was an United States Emmy Award-winning television actress, theater actress and singer. Often referred to as ?TV?s most beloved second banana,? she is best known for her role as sidekick "Ethel Mertz" on the landmark American television sitcom I Love Lucy....
  , actress (Ethel Mertz) on I Love Lucy
  I Love Lucy
  
  I Love Lucy is an United States situation comedy, starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15 1951 to April 1 1960 on CBS....
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