1965 in American television

none 1965 This is a list of American television-related events in 1965. Events Date Event Ref. January 1 Comedian Soupy Sales, who hosted the "Lunch With Soupy Sales" children's program on New York City's WNEW-TV, encourages his young viewers to send him money ("those funny little green pieces of paper with pictures of U.S. presidents") from their parents' pants and pocketbooks and send them to him, and in return he would "send you a postcard from Puerto Rico!" Days later, when he actually got response, he declared that he was joking and that cash contributions would be donated to charity. WNEW suspended Sales for two weeks over the incident. New Year's Eve incidentSales Soupy Charles Salzberg Soupy Sez! My Life and Zany Times 2001 M. Evans and Co. New York 0-87131-935-7 registration https://archive.org/details/soupysezmyzanyli00sale January 2 The TVS Television Network begins broadcasting weekly coverage of men's basketball games of the NCAA's Southeastern Conference as part of a live regional syndication package for the first time throughout much of the Southeastern United States, including Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The TVS broadcasts of SEC Basketball would last until after the 1983 SEC Tournament, when Sports Productions, Incorporated took over the broadcasts in January 1984. The SEC basketball package would continue to be broadcast through Lorimar Television, Jefferson Pilot Sports, Lincoln Financial Media, and Raycom Sports until after the 2009 SEC Tournament semifinals. "Stories of Character :: Celebrating 75 Year" (SEC Milestones - the 1960's). Southeastern Conference. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2015.Pitzer Julian Pit's Sports Slants Middlesboro Daily News Middlesboro, Kentucky November 2, 1964 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=l4JCAAAAIBAJ&dq=sec+basketball+TV+Sports%2C+Inc&pg=PA2&article_id=7284,1690928 Google Books September 25, 2023 February 22 A new, videotaped production of the 1957 special, Cinderella, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, airs on CBS with young Lesley Ann Warren (in the title role) starring alongside Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon, and Celeste Holm.April 5The Match Game became the next-to-last NBC game show to made the transition from black and white to color.March 29, 1965 Program notes https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/65-OCR/1965-03-29-BC-OCR-Page-0066.pdf June 12, 2026 Broadcasting 66 June 4 The launch of the Gemini 4 space mission is broadcast in color by NBC. All three networks would carry the launch of Gemini 5 in color that August, followed by all subsequent crewed space launches. September 10 CBS airs the first-ever National Geographic television special. The special focused on a 1963 U.S. expedition to Mount Everest. September 12 NBC becomes the main broadcast partner for the American Football League, with most games being broadcast in color. AFL games were previously broadcast on ABC for the league's first five seasons. September 13 Today on NBC becomes the first morning news program to telecast in color. October 4 Pope Paul VI's visit to New York receives saturation television coverage on all three American networks. The Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium is broadcast in color. November 15 The Huntley-Brinkley Report on NBC becomes the first network evening newscast to be broadcast in color on a nightly basis. November 25 The CBS Thanksgiving Day telecast of an NFL game between the Baltimore Colts and the Detroit Lions is the first color telecast of a regular season game. December 9 The Peanuts special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, is broadcast for the first time ever on CBS. The network would air the special on an annual basis until ABC picked up the rights in 2002. December 21 CBS airs the New York City Ballet's televised production of The Nutcracker. Other notable events in 1965 The New York City market's WOR-TV launches a cable television feed of the station's programming to be distributed nationwide, known as the WOR-TV EMI Service. Television programs Debuts Date Debut Network January 12Terrace Vincent The Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs (1947-1979) 1980 https://archive.org/details/completeencyclop0000terr registration A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc. Cranbury, New Jersey 0-498-02488-1 214 first Hullabaloo NBC January 24 Branded NBC March 29 I'll Bet NBC June 28 Where the Action Is ABC September 9 The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show NBC September 11 Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt Syndication September 12 Secret Squirrel NBC September 13 The Legend of Jesse James ABC September 13Brooks, Tim Marsh, Earle 2003 The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present 8th Man Called Shenandoah, A (Western) 730 New York Ballantine Books 978-0-345-45542-0 A Man Called Shenandoah ABC September 13 Run for Your Life NBC September 14 F Troop ABC September 14 My Mother the Car NBC September 14 Please Don't Eat the Daisies NBC September 15McNeil Alex Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present New York Penguin Books 0-14-02-4916-8 1996 https://books.google.com/books?id=dctkAAAAMAAJ May 28, 2021 The Big Valley ABC September 15 Gidget ABC September 15 Green Acres CBS September 15 I Spy NBC September 15 Lost in Space CBS September 16 Laredo NBC September 16 The Long, Hot Summer ABC September 16 Mona McCluskey NBC September 17 Camp Runamuck NBC September 17 Hank NBC September 17 Hogan's Heroes CBS September 17 Honey West ABC September 17 Mister Roberts NBC September 17 The Smothers Brothers Show CBS September 17 Tammy ABC September 18 Get Smart NBC September 18 I Dream of Jeannie NBC September 18 The Loner CBS September 18 The Trials of O'Brien CBS September 19 The F.B.I. ABC September 19 The Wackiest Ship in the Army NBC September 25Woolery George W. Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981 1983 Scarecrow Press 0-8108-1557-5 https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/43/mode/2up 14 March 2020 43–44 The Beatles ABC October The New 3 Stooges Syndication October 2 Atom Ant NBC October 2Woolery George W. Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series 1983 Scarecrow Press 0-8108-1557-5 https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/26/mode/2up 9 April 2020 27–29 The Hillbilly Bears NBC October 2Markstein Don Don Markstein's Toonopedia 2 April 2020 http://www.toonopedia.com/precious.htm Precious Pupp Precious Pupp NBC October 2http://www.toonopedia.com/squiddly.htm Squiddly Diddly Don Markstein's Toonopedia June 4, 2008 May 28, 2024 https://archive.today/20240528062551/https://www.webcitation.org/6tTzM4aMH?url=http://toonopedia.com/squiddly.htm live Squiddly Diddly NBC October 2Erickson Hal Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 2005 2nd McFarland & Co 978-1476665993 99–100 Winsome Witch NBC October 9Erickson Hal Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 2005 2nd McFarland & Co 978-1476665993 551–553 Milton the Monster ABC November 8Cinema http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901746,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070930095300/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901746,00.html dead September 30, 2007 Time November 5, 1965 July 10, 2007 Days of Our Lives NBC December 20https://www.torontomike.com/2007/05/the_commander_tom_show.html The Commander Tom Show Toronto Mike 2007-05-29 2015-08-16 Commander Tom Show WKBW-TV December 20 The Dating Game ABC Changes of network affiliation Show Moved from Moved to My Three Sons ABC CBS Hazel NBC Ending this year Date Show Network Debut Notes January 4 90 Bristol Court NBC October 5, 1964 January 4 Harris Against the World NBC October 5, 1964 January 4 Tom, Dick and Mary NBC October 5, 1964 January 16 The Outer Limits ABC September 16, 1963 January 17 The Bill Dana Show NBC September 22, 1963 March 11 Jonny Quest ABC September 18, 1964 March 14 The Porky Pig Show ABC September 20, 1964 Repeats continued on ABC through 1967 March 30 The Joey Bishop Show CBS September 20, 1961 (on NBC) April 10 Kentucky Jones NBC September 19, 1964 April 19 Karen NBC October 5, 1964 April 21 The Cara Williams Show CBS September 23, 1964 April 27 Mr. Novak NBC September 24, 1963 May 2 Wagon Train ABC September 18, 1957 (on NBC) May 11 The Nurses CBS September 27, 1962 May 22 The Jack Benny Program CBS October 28, 1950 July 1 Kraft Suspense Theatre NBC October 10, 1963 September 3 The Price Is Right ABC November 26, 1956 Returned in 1972 on CBS as The New Price Is Right September 6 Summer Playhouse CBS July 4, 1964 September 24 I'll Bet NBC March 29, 1965 November 9 ABC's Nightlife ABC November 9, 1964 December 25 The Magilla Gorilla Show ABC 1964 Network and syndicated reruns continued through 1967 Television films, specials and miniseries Title Network Date(s) of airing Notes/Ref. A Charlie Brown Christmas CBS December 9 Reruns of this special became a holiday tradition in subsequent years until 2021. Networks and services Network launches Network Type Launch date Source/Notes Idaho Public Television Regional educational television network September 6 TVS Television Network Ad-hoc syndicated television network Unknown date Syndicator of college basketball broadcasts from several conferences, including the SEC. Pacific 8, Big 8, and a few others. WOR-TV EMI Service Regional superstation feed of WOR-TV/Secaucus, New Jersey Unknown date Microwave relay of the WOR-TV signal from the studio to cable providers located in markets immediately surrounding the New York City metropolitan area, reaching as far west as Buffalo, New York, and as far south as Delaware, as well as throughout New England. Television stations Sign-ons Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. February 7 Cleveland, Ohio WVIZ 25 NET February 12 Austin, Texas KHFI-TV 42 Independent Now on channel 36 March 1 State College, Pennsylvania WPSX-TV 3 NET March 15 Orlando, Florida WMFE-TV 24 NET March 21 Los Angeles, California KPOL-TV 22 Independent (English language) May 4 Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota KTCI 17 NET May 6 Linden, New Jersey/New York City, New York WNJU-TV 47 Independent May 16 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WIBF-TV 29 Independent June 12 Wausau, Wisconsin WAOW 9 ABC July 18 St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida WLCY-TV 10 Independent August 27 Charlotte, North Carolina WTVI42 NET September Chicago, Illinois WXXW 20 Instructional independent September 1 Burlington, New Jersey (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) WKBS-TV 48 Independent Terre Haute, Indiana WTWO 2 NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) September 6 Lexington, Nebraska KLNE-TV 3 NET Part of Nebraska ETV September 7 Allentown, Pennsylvania WLVT 39 NET September 12 Rockford, Illinois WCEE-TV 23 CBS September 15 Calais, Maine WMED-TV 13 NET Part of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network September 17 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WPHL-TV 17 Independent September 20 Chicago, Illinois WXXW 20 NET October 1 Superior, Nebraska KSNB-TV 4 ABC October 15 Bangor, Maine WVII-TV 7 ABC October 17 Birmingham, Alabama WBMG 42 CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) October 19 Omaha, Nebraska KYNE-TV 17 NET Part of Nebraska ETV October 21 Topeka, Kansas KTWU 13 NET October 27 Tuscaloosa, Alabama WCFT-TV 33 Independent November 10 Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands WSVI-TV 8 ABC November 14 San Diego, California KAAR 39 Independent November 15 Huntsville, Alabama WHIQ 25 NET Part of the Alabama Public Television network Salt Lake City, Utah KBYU-TV 11 NET December 20 Syracuse, New York WCNY-TV 24 NET Network affiliation changes Date City of license/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref. June 12 Wausau, Wisconsin WSAW-TV 7 CBS (primary) ABC and NBC (secondary) CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) ABC programming dropped upon the sign-on of WAOW. September 1 St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida WLCY-TV 10 Independent ABC WSUN-TV 38 ABC Independent September 12 Rockford, Illinois WREX-TV 13 CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) ABC (exclusive) Unknown date Dayton, Ohio WONE-TV 22 Independent ABC Jonesboro, Arkansas KAIT 8 Independent ABC Station closures Date City of license/Market Station Channel Affiliation Sign-on date Notes August 11 Elk City, Oklahoma KSWB 8 CBS August 7, 1961 November 1 Salina, Kansas KSLN-TV 34 ABC January 2, 1962 Births 1965 in television#Births Deaths 1965 in television#Deaths References External links List of 1965 American television series at IMDb 1965 *