TV Series
TV Series: All in the Family - American Idol - Beverly Hillbillies - Beverly Hills 90210 - Bonanza - Breaking Bad - Cheers - Daily Show - Days of our Lives - Death Valley Days - Drew Carey Show - Entertainment Tonight - Family Ties - Frasier - Game of Thrones - Gunsmoke - House of Cards - LA Law - Lassie - Late Show with David Letterman - Love Boat - M*A*S*H - Melrose Place - Men Behaving Badly - Muppet Show - Murphy Brown - My Three Sons - NYPD Blue - Ozzie and Harriett - Partridge Family - Professional Wrestling - Saturday Night Live - Seinfeld - Sesame Street - Sex and the City - Star Trek - Star Trek Next Generation - The Simpsons - WWE - X-Files
Events in Film & TV
- 1928-05-10 WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
- 1936-07-29 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road & comedy)
- 1946-05-09 1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres
- 1947-11-06 NBC's "Meet the Press" debuts - US's longest running TV show
- 1948-01-13 1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cin
- 1949-07-07 "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967
- 1949-12-28 20th Century Fox announces it will produce TV programs
- 1950-08-27 1st transmission of a TV programme from continental Europe shown on BBC
- 1950-09-11 Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
Film Premier
1952-09-19 "Adventures of Superman" TV series starring George Reeves premieres in syndication in the US
George Reeves
- 1954-10-26 Walt Disney's 1st television program, "Disneyland", premieres on ABC
Event of Interest
1954-10-27 Walt Disney's 1st TV show, "Disneyland", premieres on ABC
Walt Disney
- 1955-01-19 "Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
- 1956-04-10 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
Television Debut
1956-07-07 "Hancock's Half Hour" premieres as a TV show starring Tony Hancock and Sid James, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Tony Hancock
- 1957-02-27 Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files)
- 1957-06-03 Howard Cosell's 1st TV show
Event of Interest
1957-09-21 "Perry Mason" TV series based on the character by author Erle Stanley Gardner, starring Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV
Erle Stanley Gardner
- 1960-02-11 Jack Paar walks off his TV show
Event of Interest
1960-02-26 Vera Miles stars in the famous "Mirror Image" episode of the classic CBS television series "The Twilight Zone"
Vera Miles
- 1960-10-07 TV series "Route 66" premieres on CBS
- 1961-09-23 1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire
Event of Interest
1962-01-15 Coco the Clown [Nicolai Poliakoff] is the subject of the BBC TV programme "This is Your Life"
Coco the Clown
- 1962-08-23 1st Europe-US live TV program (via Telstar)
Event of Interest
1962-09-23 ABC's 1st color TV series - The Jetsons by Hanna-Barbera first broadcast
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
- 1963-08-09 Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premieres
- 1966-01-08 The Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
- 1966-12-23 Britain's rock TV show "Ready Steady Go" last program
- 1967-06-25 First global satellite television programme - Our World
- 1968-09-24 "That's Life" premieres-A Broadway musical type TV show
- 1968-12-12 Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired
TV Show Appearance
1969-06-14 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on David Frost's British TV Show
Yoko Ono
John Lennon
- 1971-06-01 Ed Sullivan's final TV show on CBS
- 1972-09-14 "Waltons" TV program premieres
- 1972-09-16 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie
Event of Interest
1976-02-01 Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce
Cher
Television Debut
1978-01-08 TV series "All Creatures Great and Small" debuts on BBC TV, based on the books by James Herriot, starring Robert hardy and Christopher Timothy
James Herriot
- 1978-10-14 1st TV movie from a TV series-"Rescue from Gilligan's Island"
- 1980-03-21 On TV show "Dallas", J.R. is shot
- 1981-04-20 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs
- 1984-01-17 Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws
- 1987-07-15 Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
- 1988-09-16 Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series
- 1988-10-19 US Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows
Event of Interest
1989-04-05 David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo
David Letterman
- 1990-04-13 Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS
- 1991-11-29 TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man
- 1992-07-01 Fox broadcasting adds Wednesday night TV programming
- 1992-09-30 Mariel Hemmingway appears nude on TV show Civil Wars
Television Debut
1993-04-21 Action TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger" starring Chuck Norris debuts on CBS
Chuck Norris
- 1994-06-20 Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network
Event of Interest
1995-09-04 Cult TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess" starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor debuts in the US
Lucy Lawless
- 1997-02-23 NBC TV shows "Schindler's List" completely uncensored, 65M watch
Event of Interest
1997-12-25 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
Jerry Seinfeld
- 2010-12-31 Post-apocalyptic zombie TV series "The Walking Dead" premieres, starring Andrew Lincoln and Jon Bernthal on AMC
Event of Interest
2016-05-22 TV series "Preacher", developed by Evan Goldberg, Sam Catlin, and Seth Rogen, premieres on AMC
Seth Rogen
David Attenborough
Flavor Flav
Fred Rogers
Jimmy Fallon
Martha Stewart
Michael Parkinson