Events in Film & TV
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- 1992-05-09 Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV
- 1992-05-31 "The 1992 Boat Show" - the 193rd and final episode of US comedy series "Night Court" - airs on NBC-TV, completing a 9 season run
- 1992-08-01 NBC's "Saturday Today" premieres
- 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
- 1992-11-17 Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test
- 1992-12-08 NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May 1993
Film & TV History
1993-01-08 NBC offers "The Tonight Show" to David Letterman
- 1993-01-14 David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS
- 1993-01-15 Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV
- 1993-02-08 GM sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires
Film & TV History
1993-04-26 NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman on "Late Night"
- 1993-05-20 274th & final "Cheers" episode airs on NBC
- 1993-06-11 "Scattergories" game show last airs on NBC-TV
- 1993-06-11 "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV
- 1993-06-25 "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for the last time on NBC-TV
- 1993-07-27 NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million
Television Premiere
1993-09-16 "Frasier" starring Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce premieres on NBC
- 1994-05-28 "Cafe American" last airs on NBC-TV
Television Premiere
1994-09-19 "ER" premieres on NBC, created by Michael Crichton, starring George Clooney, Anthony Edwards and Noah Wyle
Television Debut
1994-09-22 "Friends" TV sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman debuts on NBC, starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer
- 1995-02-19 1st broadcast of "Woman of Independent Means" on NBC-TV
- 1995-04-19 Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news
- 1995-04-29 Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV
Television Debut
1996-01-09 1st episode of TV sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun" by Bonnie and Terry Turner and starring John Lithgow and Kristen Johnston screens on NBC
- 1996-07-15 MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV
- 1997-01-03 Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final "Today" show on NBC-TV
Film & TV History
1997-02-23 NBC TV shows "Schindler's List" completely uncensored, 65M watch
Television Finale
1998-05-14 Seinfeld's final 2-part episode "The Finale" airs on NBC-TV to 76.3M viewers with commercials priced at $2M for 30 seconds
Television Premiere
1999-09-20 TV crime procedural "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" created by Dick Wolf, starring Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni premieres on NBC
Television Debut
1999-09-22 "The West Wing" created by Alan Sorkin and starring Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe and Richard Schiff, debuts on NBC
Election of Interest
2000-11-07 Tim Russert famously declares the outcome of the 2000 Presidential election will depend on "Florida, Florida, Florida" during NBC coverage
Television Premiere
2001-10-02 "Scrubs", starring Zach Braff as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian, premieres on NBC
Television Premiere
2002-03-09 Financial advice TV show The Suze Orman Show" starring Suze Orman premieres on CNBC
- 2004-05-13 The final episode of "Frasier" on NBC is watched by 33 million people
Television Premiere
2005-03-24 US version of "The Office" created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, developed by Greg Daniels, starring Steve Carell and John Krasinski premieres on NBC
NFL History
2006-02-09 Al Michaels joins NBC's "Sunday Night Football" broadcast with John Madden
- 2006-10-03 American drama series "Friday Night Lights" starring Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton premieres on NBC
Television Premiere
2006-10-11 US sitcom "30 Rock" created by and starring Tina Fey alongside Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan first premieres on NBC in the US
Television Premiere
2008-09-08 TV news show "The Rachel Maddow Show" hosted by Rachel Maddow" and based on her radio show premieres on MSNBC
Television Debut
2009-04-09 Mockumentary "Parks and Recreation" starring Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman and Aziz Ansari debuts on NBC in the US
Film & TV History
2009-05-15 "Farrah's Story" documentary following Farrah Fawcett's battle with cancer airs on NBC in the US
Film & TV History
2014-02-06 Jay Leno hosts "The Tonight Show" for the final time (NBC)
Television Premiere
2014-02-17 "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" premieres on NBC
Emmy Awards
2014-08-25 66th Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Seth Meyers broadcast on NBC
Music History
2014-12-04 NBC airs musical "Peter Pan Live!" starring Allison Williams and Christopher Walken; substantially revised from the earlier Mary Martin productions
- 2015-10-28 Third Republican presidential candidates debate run by CNBC in Boulder, Colorado
- 2016-02-04 Fifth Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast on MSNBC, held in Durham, New Hampshire
- 2017-11-29 American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBC's "Today" show after an allegation of sexual misconduct
Film & TV History
2018-06-04 Former US President Bill Clinton in interview with NBC says he hasn't and doesn't need to apologize to Monica Lewinsky
Film & TV History
2018-08-19 Rudy Giuliani, US President Donald Trump's lawyer claims in interview with NBC Chuck Todd that "truth isn't truth"
- 2018-10-23 Megyn Kelly is criticized after making comments supporting blackface on her NBC show
- 2019-04-04 Kathie Lee Gifford leaves NBC's "Today" show after 11 years
- 2021-05-10 NBC says it will not televise the 2022 Golden Globes because of criticism of its lack of diversity [1]
- 2023-01-17 Revival of 1980s American TV sitcom "Night Court", premieres on NBC TV; John Larrquette is the sole returning cast member