Events in Film & TV on April 22

Event of Interest

1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female US nightly network news anchor (ABC News)

Broadcast Journalist Barbara Walters — Broadcast Journalist
Barbara Walters

Event of Interest

1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation

Director and Writer Ingmar Bergman — Director and Writer
Ingmar Bergman

Television Premiere

1984 CBS premiere of TV film "Pope John Paul II", starring Albert Finney in title role

264th Pope John Paul II — 264th Pope
John Paul II

Event of Interest

1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from "The Tonight Show"

Comedian and TV Host Johnny Carson — Comedian and TV Host
Johnny Carson

1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Queens
1998 Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

Television Premiere

2012 TV political comedy "Veep" created by Armando Iannucci, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Anna Chlumsky premieres on HBO

Seinfeld Comedienne Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Seinfeld Comedienne
Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Film Premier

2019 Marvel film "Avengers: Endgame" directed by Anthony and Joe Russo starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and an ensemble cast, premieres in Los Angeles