Events in Film & TV
- Jan 1 NBC replaces "peacock" logo with large block "N"; Design of new logo approached $1M, and was subject to copyright infringement suit costing NBC an additional $800K
- Jan 14 "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
- Jan 16 "Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
Golden Globes
Jan 24 33rd Golden Globes: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", Jack Nicholson, & Louise Fletcher win
Jack Nicholson
Louise Fletcher
Television Premiere
Jan 27 "Laverne & Shirley" TV spinoff from "Happy Days" starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams premieres on ABC TV
Penny Marshall
Music Awards
Jan 31 3rd American Music Awards: Olivia Newton-John & John Denver win
Olivia Newton-John
John Denver
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jan 1 Georgina Chapman, British fashion designer and actress (Project Runway: All-Stars), born in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
- Jan 2 Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
- Jan 2 Paz Vega, Spanish actress
- Jan 3 Alisen Down, Canadian actress
- Jan 3 Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress
- Jan 3 Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
- Jan 6 Danny Pintauro, American actor (Jonathan-Who's the Boss), born in Milltown, New Jersey
- Jan 7 Vanessa Lorenzo, Spanish fashion model, born in Barcelona
- Jan 8 Jenny Lewis, American actress (Becky-Life With Lucy), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Jan 9 Todd Grisham, American professional wrestling interviewer, born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Jan 12 Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress & singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Jan 13 Michael Peña, American actor
- Jan 15 Dorian Missick, American actor, born in East Orange, New Jersey
- Jan 22 Balthazar Getty, American actor (Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jan 23 Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress & singer, born in Alor Setar, Malaysia
- Jan 23 Nigel McGuinness, English pro wrestler and broadcaster (ROH World Champion 2003-06; NXT UK), born in London, England
- Jan 26 Frankie Rayder, American model, born in River Falls, Wisconsin,
- Jan 27 Clint Ford, American voice actor
- Jan 27 Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
- Jan 28 Lee Ingleby, British actor
- Jan 28 Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
- Jan 29 Ilmira Shamsutdinova, Russian-Soviet model, born in Saratov, Russia
- Jan 29 Charles Divins, American model & actor, born in Dallas, Texas
- Jan 30 Andy Milonakis, American comedian, born in Katonah, New York
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
Jan 23 Actor Sidney Poitier (48) weds actress Joanna Shimkus
Sidney Poitier
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 4 Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
- Jan 13 Margaret Leighton, British actress (The Go-Between, The Night of the Iguana), dies of multiple sclerosis at 53
- Jan 18 Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67
- Jan 19 Kevin Coughlin, American actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in a hit and run at 30
- Jan 23 Paul Robeson, American singer (Old Man River), actor and civil rights activist, dies in Philadelphia at 77
- Jan 23 Paul Dupuis, French Canadian actor (The Fortress; Passport to Pimlico), dies at 62
- Jan 29 Michael Gwynn, English actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies of a heart attack at 59