CBS in History (Part 5)

Events in Film & TV

Events 401 - 483 of 483

• 1981-03-09 Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News
• 1981-04-28 "We’re Fighting Back" premieres on CBS in the US, based on the formation of the Guardian Angels
• 1981-08-13 Last broadcast of "The Waltons" on CBS-TV
• 1981-12-04 "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
• 1982-03-25 1st broadcast of "Cagney & Lacey" on CBS-TV
• 1982-04-12 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
• 1982-04-26 CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio
• 1982-12-31 CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years
• 1983-02-02 CBS' premiere of fact based WW2 drama "The Scarlet and the Black", based on the life of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty

• 1984-09-30 CBS' premiere of "Murder She Wrote", starring Angela Landsbury
• 1985-01-15 CBS' premiere of TV made teen drug abuse drama, "Not My Kid", based on the previous year's book by Beth Polson
• 1985-06-15 "Pryor's Place" children's show last airs on CBS-TV

• 1985-09-18 "The Equalizer" TV spy/crime drama debuts in the US on CBS (starring Edward Woodward)
• 1985-10-26 CBS' premiere of fact based TV film "Children of the Night", based on sociology student Lois Lee's expose on female crime and inconsistent enforcement of prostitution laws in Los Angeles

• 1986-04-06 CBS' fact based "Nobody's Child", story of Marie Balter
• 1986-05-20 Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv
• 1986-09-14 CBS premiere of true life "The Last Days of Patton"
• 1986-09-29 "Designing Women" TV comedy, debuts on CBS
• 1987-04-12 CBS' premiere of fact-based World War II drama "Escape from Sobibor"
• 1987-08-31 Michael Jackson's "Bad" video premieres on CBS TV
• 1988-01-16 Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks
• 1988-01-19 "48 Hours" premieres on CBS-TV

• 1988-12-14 CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights
• 1989-01-09 "Pat Sajak Show" premieres on CBS
• 1989-02-22 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)
• 1989-04-23 CBS' premiere of fact based "The Littlest Victims", based on Newark, N.J. physician James Oleske as the first doctor to discover AIDS in children
• 1989-06-12 "Doctor Doctor", TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV
• 1989-07-23 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America's Most Wanted)
• 1990-02-08 "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
• 1990-02-09 "Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
• 1990-03-21 "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV
• 1990-03-21 "Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV
• 1990-04-01 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
• 1990-04-13 Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS
• 1990-05-21 Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV
• 1990-05-28 "Dave Thomas Comedy Show" debuts on CBS-TV
• 1990-06-25 "Dave Thomas Comedy Show" last airs on CBS-TV
• 1991-01-14 "Barbara DeAngelis Show" premieres on CBS-TV
• 1991-01-21 CBS News correspondant Bob Simon captured by Iraqis in Persian Gulf
• 1991-05-03 356th & final episode of CBS second longest running series "Dallas", (2nd only to "Gunsmoke")
• 1991-09-27 "Princesses" premieres on CBS TV


• 1991-11-08 Carol Burnett Show premieres on CBS-TV
• 1991-12-27 "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV
• 1992-03-30 CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute"
• 1992-09-04 "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC & PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah
• 1993-01-05 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident

• 1993-05-13 Last broadcast of "Knots Landing" on CBS
• 1993-05-13 CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands and US
• 1993-06-01 Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News
• 1994-05-01 Charles Kuralt retires as CBS newsman (On the Road)
• 1995-01-10 "Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM
• 1995-05-20 CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung
• 1995-08-01 Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network

• 1997-05-23 Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV
• 1997-11-11 CBS News anchor Dan Rather renews his contract to 2002
• 1997-12-01 Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS
• 1998-01-13 CBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years
• 2003-09-23 Crime drama "NCIS" starring Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherley, Pauley Perrette and David McCallum premieres on CBS in the US

• 2005-12-04 U.S. debut of the first part of two-part TV biopic miniseries "Pope John Paul II" on CBS
• 2005-12-07 U.S. debut of the second part of two-part TV biopic miniseries "Pope John Paul II" on CBS
• 2007-09-24 "The Big Bang Theory" created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady and starring Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco premieres on CBS

• 2015-09-08 Comedian Stephen Colbert debuts as the new host of CBS's "The Late Show"
• 2015-11-14 Second Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast by CBS, held in Des Moines, Iowa
• 2017-11-21 CBS TV host Charlie Rose is fired after allegations of sexual harassment by eight women

• Previous
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• Next

Birthdays in Film & TV

• Please go to a prior page.

Weddings in Film & TV

• Please go to a prior page.

Deaths in Film & TV

• Please go to a prior page.

• Share On Facebook
• Share On Twitter