Events in Film & TV
- Apr 9 "All the President's Men", directed by Alan J. Pakula, based on the non-fiction book by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward detailing their Watergate investigation, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford, is released
- Apr 22 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female US nightly network news anchor (ABC News)
- Jul 12 1st "Family Feud" game show debuts on ABC hosted by Richard Dawson
- Aug 30 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of NBC's "Today Show"
- Nov 21 "Rocky" directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone premieres in New York (Best Picture 1977)
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Film & TV Awards in 1976
- Jan 24 33rd Golden Globes: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", Jack Nicholson, & Louise Fletcher win
- Mar 4 2nd People's Choice Awards: John Wayne & Katharine Hepburn win (Motion Picture) and Telly Savalas & Carol Burnett win (TV)
- Mar 29 48th Academy Awards: "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", its stars Jack Nicholson & Louise Fletcher, and director Miloš Forman win
- May 11 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
- May 17 28th Emmy Awards: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win
- May 28 29th Cannes Film Festival: "Taxi Driver" directed by Martin Scorsese wins the Palme d'Or
- Jun 25 26th Berlin International Film Festival: "Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson" wins the Golden Bear
- Jul 21 9th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
- Oct 24 1st Toronto International Film Festival opens
Weddings in Film & TV
- Jan 23 Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier (48) weds Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus
- Feb 2 Actress Gloria Swanson (76) weds writer William Dufty (60)
- Apr 14 The Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein (32) weds writer and director Nora Ephron (34) at a civil ceremony in Manhattan; divorce in 1980
Divorces in Film & TV
- Aug 1 Actress Elizabeth Taylor's 6th divorce from actor Richard Burton (their 2nd divorce together)
- Aug 24 Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (59) divorces her sixth husband, toy inventor Jack Ryan (49) after 1 year of marriage
- Nov 24 American singer-songwriter Donna Summer (27) divorces actor Helmuth Sommer after 5 years of marriage
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