1991 in television

Debuts

• January 3 - The Brittas Empire
  The Brittas Empire
  
  The Brittas Empire is a United Kingdom sitcom created and originally written by Richard Fegen and Andrew Norriss. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre....
   premieres (1991–1997).
• January 5 - Blossom premieres on NBC (1991–1995)
• January 7 - The $100,000 Pyramid premieres in syndication and gives 3 players who go to the top of the pyramid return for a tournament of champion returns for $100,000 in cash hosted by John Davidson (entertainer)
  John Davidson (entertainer)
  
  John Hamilton Davidson, Sr. is an United States singer, actor and game show host known for hosting That's Incredible!, Time Machine , and Hollywood Squares in the 1980s, and a revival of Pyramid in 1990....
  .
• January 12 - Joking Apart
  Joking Apart
  
  Joking Apart is a BBC television British sitcom written by Steven Moffat about the rise and fall of a relationship. It juxtaposes a couple, Mark and Becky , who meet and fall in love before getting separated and finally divorced....
   premieres (1991, 1993).
• February 15 - Choujin Sentai Jetman
  Choujin Sentai Jetman
  
  , translated into English language as Birdman Squadron Jetman, was the fifteenth entry of the Super Sentai television series. Produced by the Toei Company and Bandai, the series aired on TV Asahi on February 15, 1991 to February 14, 1992, with a total of 51 episodes....
   premieres on TV-Asahi. (1991–1992)
• March 1 - Clarissa Explains it All
  Clarissa Explains It All
  
  Clarissa Explains It All is an American situation comedy television series from Nickelodeon starring Melissa Joan Hart. Created by Mitchell Kriegman it encompassed 65 episodes shown during five seasons....
   premieres on Nickelodeon. (1991–1994)
• April 26 - Dinosaurs
  Dinosaurs (TV series)
  
  Dinosaurs is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on American Broadcasting Company from April 26, 1991 to July 20, 1994....
    premieres on ABC (1991–1994)
• May 3 - Second Thoughts 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....
   (1991–1994).
• May 11 - Sisters premieres (1991–1996).
• May 26 - The Red Green Show
  The Red Green Show
  
  The Red Green Show was a Canadian television comedy that aired on CBC Television in Canada and on Public Broadcasting Service in the United States from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006 on CBC....
   premieres in Canada (1991–2006).
• August 11 - Doug
  Doug
  
  Doug was an United States list of animated television series sitcom that originally aired on Nickelodeon , and starred 6th grader Douglas Yancey Funnie....
   premieres (1991–1994, 1996–1999).
• August 11 - Rugrats
  Rugrats
  
  Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, G?bor Csup?, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon . The series aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004....
   premieres (1991–2005)
• August 11 - The Ren & Stimpy Show premieres (1991–1996).
• August 31 - The House of Eliott
  The House of Eliott
  
  The House of Eliott is a United Kingdom television series produced and broadcast by the BBC in three series between 1991 in television and 1994 in television....
   premieres in the UK (1991–1994).
• September 7 - Back to the Future: The Animated Series
  Back to the Future: The Animated Series
  
  Back to the Future: The Animated Series is an animated series based on the Back to the Future trilogy of feature films. The series lasted two seasons, each lasting 13 episodes, and ran on CBS from September 7, 1991 to November 28, 1992....
   premieres (1991-1993).
• September 8 - Darkwing Duck
  Darkwing Duck
  
  Darkwing Duck is an Emmy-nominated United States animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on American Broadcasting Company....
   premieres on The Disney Afternoon
  The Disney Afternoon
  
  The Disney Afternoon was a created-for-broadcast syndication two-hour television programming block which aired from September 10, 1990, until mid-1997....
   (1991–1993)
• September 17 - Bottom (TV series)
  Bottom (TV series)
  
  Bottom is an award-winning British sitcom of the early 1990s , written by and starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, as the crude and mentally insane Richie and Eddie; two desperate flatmates on the dole....
   premiers on British television
• September 17 - Home Improvement
  Home Improvement
  
  Home Improvement is an situation comedy starring Tim Allen, which aired 1991 to 1999. The show was created by Matt Williams , Carmen Finestra and David MacFadzean....
   premieres (1991–1999).
• September 20 - Step by Step premieres (1991–1998).
• September 23 - Baywatch
  Baywatch
  
  Baywatch is an United States television series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County, California....
   premieres on SYN (1989-1990, 1991-2001).
• September 26 - FBI: The Untold Stories
  FBI: The Untold Stories
  
  F.B.I.:The Untold Stories was a police drama anthology which was aired in the United States by American Broadcasting Company from 1991 to 1993....
   premieres on ABC (1991-1993).
• September 26 - Get Your Own Back
  Get Your Own Back
  
  Get Your Own Back was a children's television gameshow produced by CBBC, which ran from 26 September, 1991 to 31 March, 2003. As of 2008, the show is still regularly repeated on the CBBC Channel, though no new episodes have been produced since 2002 and there are currently no plans for a revival....
   premieres on BBC1 (1991-2003)
• September 30 - The Jerry Springer Show
  The Jerry Springer Show
  
  The Jerry Springer Show is a syndicated television tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician, broadcast in the United States and other countries....
   premieres (1991–present).
• November 23 - Noel's House Party
  Noel's House Party
  
  Noel's House Party was a BBC television light entertainment show hosted by Noel Edmonds that was broadcast live on Saturday evenings throughout the 1990s....
   premieres on BBC1 (1991–1999)
• Lampsis premieres in Greece on ANT1
  ANT1
  
  Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a popular television station in Greece. It is pronounced "Ant-?nna" because of the Greek word for "Antenna" meaning aerial and "ena" for the number 1....
   (1991–2006).
• The Statler Brothers Show
  The Statler Brothers Show
  
  The Statler Brothers Show was an hour United States variety show hosted by the country music group The Statler Brothers broadcast on Spike TV....
   premiers on The Nashville Network
  Spike TV
  
  Spike , a division of MTV Networks, is an United States cable television television network designed for an audience described demographically as "young adult males." The network began life as The Nashville Network , founded by WSM, Inc....
   (1991-1998).

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).
• 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

• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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 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....
  ).
• 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).
• 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) (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 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).
• General Hospital (1963-present).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).

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).
• 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).
• 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).
• Emmerdale
  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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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 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).
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present).
• 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).
• Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present).
• 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....
   (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....
   (UK) (1979-present).
• Nightline (1979-present).
• 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....
   (1979-present).

1980s

• Entertainment Tonight
  Entertainment Tonight
  
  Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is Television syndication by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world....
   (1981-present).
• What Now
  What Now
  
  What Now is a long running New Zealand children's television program.It premiered in 1981 in television. It is filmed before two live audiences, one in a studio in Christchurch, New Zealand and another from a different location each week....
   (1982-present)
• Timewatch
  Timewatch
  
  Timewatch is a long-running United Kingdom television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. Produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on USA cable channels without the branding....
   (UK) (1982-present)
• Cheers
  Cheers
  
  Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC, having been created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles....
   (1982-1993).
• Late Night with David Letterman
  Late Night with David Letterman
  
  Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 in television and went off the air in 1993 in television, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show with David Letterman on CBS....
   (1982-1993).
• The Journal (Canada) (1982-1992).
• Loving
  Loving (TV series)
  
  Loving is an American television soap opera which aired on American Broadcasting Company's ABC Daytime lineup from June 27, 1983 to November 10, 1995 for 3,169 episodes....
   (1983-1995).
• 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....
   (1964-1975, 1984-present).
• Mother and Son
  Mother and Son
  
  Mother and Son was an Australian television sitcom produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 1984 until 1994. The show starred Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald, Henri Szeps and Judy Morris....
   (Australia) (1984-1994).
• Murder, She Wrote
  Murder, She Wrote
  
  Murder, She Wrote is an award-winning television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher....
   (1984-1996).
• Night Court
  Night Court
  
  Night Court was an United States television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992. The setting was the graveyard shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T....
   (1984-1992).
• Santa Barbara
  Santa Barbara (TV series)
  
  Santa Barbara is an United States decade long and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993....
   (1984-1993).
• The Bill
  The Bill
  
  The Bill is a long-running United Kingdom television police procedural, named after a List of slang terms for police officers. It was first broadcast on 16 August, 1983 as a pilot episode, and as a regular series from 16 October, 1984 and transmitted on ITV, at 20:00 on Thursdays and most Wednesdays....
   (UK) (1984-present).
• The Cosby Show
  The Cosby Show
  
  The Cosby Show is an United States television program situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 and running for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992....
   (1984-1992).
• Who's the Boss?
  Who's the Boss?
  
  Who's the Boss? is an United States television Situation comedy starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, and Katherine Helmond....
   (1984-1992).
• EastEnders
  EastEnders
  
  EastEnders is a popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985. It currently ranks within the top of the most watched shows in the United Kingdom....
   (UK) (1985-present).
• Growing Pains
  Growing Pains
  
  Growing Pains is an United States television Situation comedy that ran on the American Broadcasting Company network from 1985 to 1992.The show's premise is based around the fictional Seaver family, who reside on Long Island, New York....
   (1985-1992).
• MacGyver
  MacGyver
  
  MacGyver is an United States adventure television series, produced in the United States and Canada, about the wiktionary:laid-back, extremely resourceful secret agent Angus MacGyver, played by Richard Dean Anderson....
   (1985-1992).
• Neighbours
  Neighbours
  
  Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
   (Australia) (1985-present).
• Only Fools and Horses
  Only Fools and Horses
  
  Only Fools and Horses is a United Kingdom television situation comedy, created and written by John Sullivan , and made and broadcast by the BBC....
   (UK) (1981-1983, 1985-1993, 1996-1997, 2001-2003).
• Sally
  Sally Jessy Raphaël
  
  Sally Jessy Raphael is an United States talk show Host , known for the eponymous Sally talk show she hosted for two decades....
   (1985-2002).
• T-Bag and the Rings of Olympus and T-Bag's Christmas Turkey
  T-Bag
  
  T-Bag is a witch-like character who appears in a number of television programmes which ran from the mid-80s to early 90s on CITV. Written by Grant Cathro and Lee Pressman , each series has a different title and features a single story told over several episodes....
   (There were various T-Bag
  T-Bag
  
  T-Bag is a witch-like character who appears in a number of television programmes which ran from the mid-80s to early 90s on CITV. Written by Grant Cathro and Lee Pressman , each series has a different title and features a single story told over several episodes....
   series between 1985 and 1992)
• The Golden Girls
  The Golden Girls
  
  The Golden Girls is an United States situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a Miami, Florida home....
   (1985-1992).
• Designing Women
  Designing Women
  
  Designing Women is an United States television sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia....
   (1986-1993).
• Double Dare
  Double Dare
  
  Double Dare was a children's game show, originally hosted by Marc Summers, that aired on Nickelodeon . The show combined trivia questions with often messy "physical challenges." It is often credited with putting the then-fledgling network on the map....
   (1986-1993).
• Hey Dad...! (Australia) (1986-1994).
• L.A. Law
  L.A. Law
  
  L.A. Law is an United States television legal drama that ran from 1986 in television to 1994 in television. It was one of the most popular American television shows of the late 1980s and early 1990s....
   (1986-1994).
• Matlock (1986-1996).
• Perfect Strangers (1986-1993).
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present).
• Comic Relief (UK) (1986-present).
• Casualty (UK) (1986-present).
• Beadle's About
  Beadle's About
  
  Beadle's About also called The Best of Beadle's About was a United Kingdom television programme hosted by Jeremy Beadle, where members of the public became victims of practical jokes behind hidden cameras....
   (UK) (1987-1996).
• ChuckleVision
  ChuckleVision
  
  ChuckleVision is a popular United Kingdom children's television series, shown on CBBC, first shown in 1987. It follows the adventures of the two Chuckle Brothers, who find themselves in all sorts of situations that they must cope with....
   (UK) (1987-present).
• A Different World (1987-1993).
• Full House
  Full House
  
  Full House is an Television in the United States television sitcom that ran from September 22, 1987 in television to May 23, 1995 in television on American Broadcasting Company....
   (1987-1995).
• Going Live!
  Going Live!
  
  Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC One between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene....
   (UK) (1987-1993).
• Inspector Morse
  Inspector Morse
  
  Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse is a fictional character in a series of thirteen detective novels by United Kingdom author Colin Dexter, as well as the Inspector Morse produced by Central Independent Television from 1987?2000, in which he was portrayed by John Thaw....
   (1987-2000).
• Knightmare
  Knightmare
  
  Knightmare was an innovative and popular United Kingdom television programme for children, produced by Broadsword Productions for Anglia Television and aired on ITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994....
   (UK) (1987-1994).
• Married... with Children
  Married... with Children
  
  Married...with Children or Married with Children is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American situation comedy about a dysfunctional family living in a Chicagoland suburb that lasted 11 seasons....
   (1987-1997).
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Star Trek: The Next Generation
  
  Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Set in the 24th century, about 70 years after Star Trek: The Original Series, the program features a new crew and a new Starship Enterprise....
   (1987-1994).
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
  
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an United States animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, Inc. It premiered December 14, 1987, first as a five-part mini-series....
   (1987-1996).
• The Bold and the Beautiful
  The Bold and the Beautiful
  
  The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers around the Forrester family and their Haute couture business Forrester Creations....
   (1987-present).
• Unsolved Mysteries
  Unsolved Mysteries
  
  Unsolved Mysteries is an United States television program, hosted by Robert Stack, from 1987 until his death in 2003, and later by Dennis Farina, starting in 2008....
   (1987-1998, 2001-2002, 2008-present).
• Fair City
  Fair City
  
  Fair City is an award-winning television soap opera , first broadcast in Ireland on September 18, 1989. Storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the residents of Carrigstown, a fictional suburb on the north side of Dublin....
   (1988-present).
• Home and Away
  Home and Away
  
  Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
   (1988-present).
• This Morning
  This Morning (TV series)
  
  This Morning is a United Kingdom daytime television programme created by Granada Television and broadcast on ITV1. It first aired from Granada's Albert Dock Studios in Liverpool on 3 October 1988....
   (1988-present).
• America's Most Wanted
  America's Most Wanted
  
  America's Most Wanted is an United States television program produced by 20th Century Fox, and is the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Broadcasting Company....
   (1988-present).
• The American Experience (1988-present).
• Red Dwarf
  Red Dwarf
  
  Red Dwarf is a United Kingdom science fiction television situation comedy Media franchise, primarily comprising eight series of a television sitcom that ran on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and gained a cult following....
   (UK) (1988-1999).
• Children's Ward
  Children's Ward
  
  Children's Ward was a United Kingdom children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its CiTV strand on weekday afternoons....
   (UK) (1988-2000).
• Electric Circus
  Electric Circus
  
  Electric Circus, aka EC, was a Canada live television dance music television program aired on MuchMusic and Citytv. It aired from September 16 1988 until December 12 2003....
   (1988-2003).
• Empty Nest (1988-1995).
• 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).
• Garfield and Friends
  Garfield and Friends
  
  Garfield and Friends is an United States animated television series based on comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis . This show was produced by Film Roman, and ran on CBS Saturday mornings from 1988 to 1994 and Nickelodeon from 1997 to 2000....
   (1988-1995).
• Murphy Brown
  Murphy Brown
  
  Murphy Brown is an United States situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown , an investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television newsmagazine....
   (1988-1998).
• Mystery Science Theater 3000
  Mystery Science Theater 3000
  
  Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an United States cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains that ran from 1988 in television to 1999 in television....
   (1988-1999).
• Roseanne
  Roseanne (TV series)
  
  Roseanne is an United States situation comedy broadcast on American Broadcasting Company from 1988 in television to 1997 in television starring stand-up comedian Roseanne Barr....
   (1988-1997).
• The Wonder Years
  The Wonder Years
  
  The Wonder Years is an United States television Comedy-drama created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. It ran for six seasons on American Broadcasting Company, from 1988 in television through 1993 in television....
   (1988-1993).
• 48 Hours (1988-present).
• The Adventures of Superboy
  The Adventures of Superboy
  
  The Adventures of Superboy was a proposed TV series that was put into production in 1961. It was meant to capitalize on the success of Adventures of Superman , which was cancelled years earlier....
   (1988-1992).
• Acropolis Now
  Acropolis Now
  
  Acropolis Now was an Australian sitcom set in a Greek bar of the same name that ran for 63 episodes from 1989 to 1992 on the Seven Network. It was created by Nick Giannopoulos, George Kapiniaris and Simon Palomares, who also starred in the series....
   (Australia) (1989-1992).
• Baywatch
  Baywatch
  
  Baywatch is an United States television series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County, California....
   (1989-2001).
• Cops
  COPS (TV series)
  
  COPS is an United States documentary television series that follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and other police activities....
   (1989-present).
• Family Matters
  Family Matters (TV series)
  
  Family Matters is an Emmy Award nominated American situation comedy about a middle-class family living in Chicago, Illinois. The series aired from September 22, 1989, to May 9, 1997, on American Broadcasting Company, and moved to CBS from September 19, 1997, to July 17, 1998....
   (1989-1998).
• Fast Forward (Australia) (1989-1992).
• Inside Edition
  Inside Edition
  
  Inside Edition is a syndicated news program, on the air since January 9, 1989. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair , but now more closely resembles Entertainment Tonight or The Insider ....
   (1989-present).
• Life Goes On
  Life Goes On (TV series)
  
  Life Goes On is a television series that aired on American Broadcasting Company from September 12, 1989 to May 23, 1993. The show centers around the Thatchers, a family living in suburban Chicago....
   (1989-1993).
• Maid Marian and her Merry Men
  Maid Marian and her Merry Men
  
  Maid Marian and her Merry Men is a United Kingdom children's television series created and written by Tony Robinson and directed by David Bell....
   (UK) (1989-1994).
• Press Gang
  Press Gang
  
  Press Gang is a United Kingdom children's television comedy-drama consisting of forty-three episodes across five series that were broadcast from 1989 to 1993....
   (UK) (1989-1993).
• Seinfeld
  Seinfeld
  
  Seinfeld is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning Television in the United States Situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in Broadcast syndication....
   (1989-1998).
• Tales from the Crypt
  Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
  
  Tales from the Crypt is a Horror film anthology series United States TV series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable television Television channel Home Box Office....
   (1989-1996).
• The Arsenio Hall Show
  The Arsenio Hall Show
  
  The Arsenio Hall Show was an Emmy Award winning talk show which aired on late night in Television syndication from 1989 to 1994. It starred comedian/actor Arsenio Hall....
   (1989-1994).
• The Big Gig
  The Big Gig
  
  The Big Gig was a popular Australian television comedy series. It was produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was produced and directed by Ted Robinson , who started his career as the director of the second series of the acclaimed The Aunty Jack Show in the early 1970s....
   (Australia) (1989-1992).
• 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....
   (1989-present).

1990s

• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  
  The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an Emmy-nominated American television situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996....
   (1990-1996)
• In Living Color
  In Living Color
  
  This article is about the television series. For the band, see Living Colour.In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series, which originally ran on the Fox Broadcasting Company from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994....
   (1990-1994).
• Law & Order
  Law & Order
  
  Law & Order is an United States police procedural and legal drama Television program created by Dick Wolf. It has been broadcast on NBC since its debut on September 13, 1990....
   (1990-present).
• America's Funniest Home Videos
  America's Funniest Home Videos
  
  America's Funniest Home Videos , is an United States Reality show television program on American Broadcasting Company in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes....
   (1990-present).
• America's Funniest People
  America's Funniest People
  
  America's Funniest People is a TV show on American Broadcasting Company that ran from September 8, 1990 in television to June 16, 1994 in television....
   (1990-1994)
• Blossom (1991-1995)
• 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).
• One Foot in the Grave
  One Foot in the Grave
  
  One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television situation comedy series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, with several specials over a ten year period, from 1990 to 2000....
   (UK) (1990-2000).
• Road to Avonlea
  Road to Avonlea
  
  Road to Avonlea is a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996. It was created by Kevin Sullivan and produced by Sullivan Films in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Disney Channel, with additional funding from Telefilm Canada....
   (Canada) (1990-1996).
• The Crystal Maze
  The Crystal Maze
  
  The Crystal Maze was a game show, produced by Chatsworth Television and shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 15 February 1990 to 10 August 1995....
   (UK) (1990-1995).
• Rupert
  Rupert
  
  Rupert is derived from the Latin Rupertus, which is a loan from the Old German Hroberahtus; thus it is a variation of modern English Robert, and can refer to:...
   (1991-1997).
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (UK) (1984-1988, 1991-1994).
• They Came from Outer Space
  They Came from Outer Space
  
  They Came from Outer Space, was a 1990 to 1991 syndicated television situation comedy, starred Dean Cameron as Bo, and Stuart Fratkin as Abe, two teenage fraternal twin aliens from the planet Crouton....
   (USA) 1990-1991
• Doug
  Doug
  
  Doug was an United States list of animated television series sitcom that originally aired on Nickelodeon , and starred 6th grader Douglas Yancey Funnie....
   (USA) 1991-1996,1996-1999

Miniseries

• Dark Season
  Dark Season
  
  Dark Season is a United Kingdom Science fiction on television Serial for adolescents, screened on BBC One in late 1991. Comprising six twenty-five minute episodes, the two linked three-part stories tell the adventures of three teenagers and their battle to save their school and their classmates from the actions of the sinister Mr Eldritc...
  
• G.B.H. (UK)
• Switched at Birth
  Switched at Birth
  
  Switched at Birth is a 1991 Television film directed by Waris Hussein. It is based on the true story of Kimberly Mays and Arlena Twigg, babies switched at birth in a Florida hospital in 1978....
  

Ending this year

• January 25 - Generations
  Generations (TV series)
  
  Generations is an United States soap opera which aired on NBC from March 27, 1989 to January 25, 1991.It was nominated for awards by three different organizations, but never won....
   (1989-1991).
• February 11 - About Face
  About Face (TV series)
  
  About Face is a series of twelve unconnected half-hour British sitcom all starring Maureen Lipman in the lead role. Each episode featured a guest cast of well known actors and actresses....
   (1989-1991).
• February 12 - Kyattou Ninden Teyandee (1990-1991)
• February 22 - The Gummi Bears (1985-1991)
• May 3 - 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....
   airs its final original episode 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....
  . In the two-hour finale, J.R. is confronted by his guardian angel, who turns into the devil and tells him to kill himself. A gunshot rings out and the viewers don't know if he lived or died until the TV reunion movie JR Returns in 1996. (1978-1991).
• May 28 - thirtysomething (1987-1991).
• July 22 - China Beach
  China Beach
  
  | show_name = China Beach | image = | caption = China Beach cast | format = Drama | runtime = 42 minutes | creator = William Broyles, Jr....
   (1988-1991).
• July 27 - Amen (1986-1991).
• September 20 - The daytime version of Wheel of Fortune airs its last episode after being on television for over 17 years.
• October 7 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
  The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
  
  The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an United Statesn animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company, and inspired by A. A....
   (1988-1991, but reruns will continue for several years).

Changes of network affiliation

Births

• March 28 - Amy Bruckner
  Amy Bruckner
  
  Amelia Ellen "Amy" Bruckner is an United States teen actress noted for her roles in the Disney Channel shows Phil of the Future and American Dragon: Jake Long....
  , actress
• June 27 - Madylin Sweeten
  Madylin Sweeten
  
  Madylin Anne Michele Sweeten is an American teen actress.Sweeten was born in Brownwood, Texas, to Timothy Lynn Sweeten and Elizabeth Anne Millsap....
  , actress
• July 12 - Erik Per Sullivan
  Erik Per Sullivan
  
  Erik Per Sullivan is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Dewey Wilkerson, the younger brother to middle child Malcolm, on the Fox Broadcasting Company series, Malcolm in the Middle....
  , actor

Deaths

• January 12 - Keye Luke
  Keye Luke
  
  Keye Luke was a China-born United States actor....
  , 86, character actor
• January 25 - Stanley Brock, 59, character actor
• February 3 - Harry Ackerman
  Harry Ackerman
  
  'Harry Ackerman' was a famed TV executive producer at Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures.From 1958 through 1974, under the command of Ackerman as Vice President of Production, Screen Gems delivered the classic sitcoms: Father Knows Best, Dennis the Menace , The Donna Reed Show, Hazel , Gidget, Bew...
  , 78, producer (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....
  )
• Nancy Kulp
  Nancy Kulp
  
  Nancy Jane Kulp was an Emmy Award-nominated American actor best known as "The Beverly Hillbillies" on the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies....
  , 69, 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....
   (Miss Jane Hathaway on 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....
  ).
• February 6 - Danny Thomas
  Danny Thomas
  
  Danny Thomas was an United States nightclub comedian and television and film actor, best known for starring in the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy....
  , 77, actor (Make Room for Daddy)
• February 24 - George Gobel
  George Gobel
  
  George Leslie Gobel was an American comedian, best known as the star of his own weekly NBC television show, The George Gobel Show, from 1954 to 1960....
  , 71, comedian
  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....
  .
• March 3 - Vance Colvig, Jr., 73, actor (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....
   on KTLA
  KTLA
  
  KTLA, channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of The CW Television Network....
   in Los Angeles)
• June 9 - Joe Hamilton
  Joe Hamilton
  
  Joseph Hamilton or Joe Hamilton may refer to:* Joseph Gilbert Hamilton , American professor of medical physics and experimental medicine...
  , 62, producer (The Carol Burnett Show
  The Carol Burnett Show
  
  The Carol Burnett Show is a sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner....
  , Mama's Family
  Mama's Family
  
  Mama's Family is an American television Situation comedy that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. It ended its run on that network in May 1984 when it was cancelled, but NBC would continue to air reruns until September 1985....
  ), former husband of 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....
   and father of Carrie Hamilton
  Carrie Hamilton
  
  Carrie Hamilton was an United States of America actress, singer, and playwright. She was the daughter of comedienne/actress Carol Burnett and the late producer Joe Hamilton ....
  .
• July 1 - Michael Landon
  Michael Landon
  
  Michael Landon was an United States actor, writer, television director, and Television producer, who starred in three popular NBC TV series that spanned three decades....
  , 54, actor, producer (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....
  , Little House on the Prairie
  Little House on the Prairie
  
  Little House on the Prairie is a children's book by Laura Ingalls Wilder that was published in 1935. It is part of a series of books known collectively as the Little House series....
  , and Highway to Heaven
  Highway to Heaven
  
  Highway to Heaven is an United States television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 in television to 1989 in television.It starred Michael Landon as Jonathan Smith, an angel sent down to earth, and his human companion Mark Gordon, played by Victor French....
  ) .
• July 15 - Bert Convy
  Bert Convy
  
  Bernard Whalen "Bert" Convy was an United States game show host and panelist, actor and singer known for his tenure as the host for Tattletales, Password Plus and Super Password, and Win, Lose or Draw ....
  , 57, game show host (Super Password).
• July 21 - Jasmine Bligh
  Jasmine Bligh
  
  Jasmine Lydia Bligh was one of the first three BBC One presenters in the 1930s, along with Leslie Mitchell and Elizabeth Cowell, providing continuity announcements and introducing programmes in-vision....
  , 78, 1930s BBC Television Service
  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 ....
   announcer.
• Theodore Wilson
  Theodore Wilson
  
  Theodore "Teddy" Wilson was an United States character actor best known for his recurring role as Sweet Daddy Williams on the Columbia Broadcasting System sitcom Good Times....
  , 47, character actor (That's My Mama
  That's My Mama
  
  That's My Mama is an United States television situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company network from September 1974 until December 1975....
  )
• July 23 - Candice Crowthford, 66, actress
• August 6 - Harry Reasoner
  Harry Reasoner
  
  Harry Reasoner was an United States journalist known his inventive use of language as a television commentator, and as a founder of the 60 Minutes program....
  , 68, news anchor.
• August 22 - Colleen Dewhurst
  Colleen Dewhurst
  
  Colleen Dewhurst was a Canada actress whose distinguished stage career also encompassed significant work in film and television....
  , 67, actress (Murphy Brown, Anne of Green Gables
  Anne of Green Gables
  
  Anne of Green Gables is a bestselling novel by Canada author Lucy Maud Montgomery published in 1908. It was written as fiction for readers of all ages, but in recent decades has been considered a children's book....
  ).
• September 4 - Tom Tryon
  Tom Tryon
  
  Tom Tryon was an American film and television actor famous as the Walt Disney television character Texas John Slaughter , as well as author of several science fiction, horror fiction, and Mystery fiction novels....
  , 65, actor (Texas John Slaughter
  Texas John Slaughter
  
  Texas John Slaugther may refer to:*John Horton Slaughter, the Texas Ranger and Arizona pioneer*Texas John Slaughter , the television series produced by Walt Disney for ABC...
  )
• September 7 - Ben Piazza, 57, actor (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....
  
• September 15 - John Hoyt
  John Hoyt
  
  John Hoyt was an United States film, theatre, and television actor.John Hoyt was born John Hoysradt. Before becoming an actor with Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, the Yale University graduate worked as a history instructor, acting teacher and even as a nightclub comedian....
  , 85, actor (Gimme a Break!
  Gimme a Break!
  
  Gimme a Break! is an United States sitcom which aired on NBC from October 29, 1981 until May 12, 1987. It starred Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters....
  )
• October 9 - Thalmus Rasulala
  Thalmus Rasulala
  
  Thalmus Rasulala was an African American actor who was an original cast member of American Broadcasting Company's soap opera One Life to Live from its inception in 1968 until he left the show in 1970....
  , 51, actor (Roots
  Roots (TV miniseries)
  
  Roots is a 1977 in television American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's work Roots: The Saga of an American Family.Roots received 37 Emmy Award nominations....
  , 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....
  )
• October 11 - Redd Foxx
  Redd Foxx
  
  Redd Foxx , born John Elroy Sanford, was an United States of America comedian best known for his starring role on the television situation comedy Sanford and Son....
  , 68, comedian, star of Sanford and Son
  Sanford and Son
  
  Sanford and Son is an American sitcom that premiered on the NBC television network on January 14, 1972 in television, and was broadcast for six seasons....
  .
• October 24 - Gene Roddenberry
  Gene Roddenberry
  
  Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry was an United States screenwriter and Television producer. He is arguably best known as the creator of Star Trek, an American sci-fi series known for its immense influence on popular culture....
  , 70, creator of Star Trek
  Star Trek
  
  Star Trek is an American Science fiction on television entertainment series and media franchise. The Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the setting of six television series including the original 1966 Star Trek: The Original Series, in addition to ten feature films with Star Trek to be released on May 8,...
  .
• November 2 - Irwin Allen
  Irwin Allen
  
  Irwin Allen was a television and film producer nicknamed "The Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. He was also notable for creating a number of television series....
  , 75, producer (Lost in Space
  Lost in Space
  
  Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series created and produced by Irwin Allen, produced by 20th Century Fox Television, and broadcast on CBS....
  )
• November 5 - Fred MacMurray
  Fred MacMurray
  
  Frederick Martin MacMurray was an United States actor who appeared in more than 100 movies and a highly successful television series during a career that spanned nearly a half-century, starting in 1930 and extending into the 1970s....
  , 83, actor on 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....
  .