1966 in television

none October 2019 1966 television radio film music The year 1966 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1966. Events January 3 – Hullabaloo on NBC in the United States shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out". January 8 – Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC in the United States, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who. January 11 – Dorothy Malone resumes the role of Constance Carson on Peyton Place (she had been temporarily replaced by Lola Albright). January 12 – The first episode of the live-action Batman television series ("Hi Diddle Riddle") is aired on ABC in the United States starring Adam West and Burt Ward January 13 – Tabitha is born on the Bewitched episode titled "And Then There Were Three." February 1 – KFBB-TV in Great Falls, Montana becomes the first station in that state to affiliate primarily with ABC. February 5 – ABC Scope begins to devote itself exclusively to coverage of the Vietnam war. February 15 – Citing circumstances beyond his control, Fred Friendly resigns from CBS News in the United States. February 18 – An Evening with Carol Channing airs on CBS in the United States. February 23 – Television comes to Greece with the launch of ERT. February 27 – Perry Mason airs its only color episode, "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist." February – THVN (Vietnamese National Television Network) first launched.Agency United States Information Report to Congress 1968 10 https://books.google.com/books?id=3XUoAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA10 en March 30 – The special Color Me Barbra, with Barbra Streisand, airs on CBS in the United States. April 13 – Samuel Beckett's television play Eh Joe is first presented (in German translation as He Joe) by Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Stuttgart; it is followed by English-language productions on WNDT in the United States on April 18 and on BBC2 in the United Kingdom on July 4.Knowlson James Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett London Bloomsbury 1996 0747527199 534–5Harmon, Maurice No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett and Alan Schneider Cambridge Harvard University Press 1998 9780674625228 205 April 18 – The Academy Awards air in color for the first time, on ABC.The 38th Academy Awards 1966 https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 Oscars.org Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences October 4, 2014 19 February 2021 en May 15 – The first Japanese Owarai variety show program, Shoten, debuts on Nippon Television Network, and will be watched by more than 25 million Japanese every week. June 5 – The Beatles make a taped appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in the United States, debuting their music videos for "Rain" and "Paperback Writer." June – ABS-CBN introduces color television to the Philippines, using NTSC. July 1 – As part of the start of Canada's centennial celebrations, color television broadcasts using NTSC are launched on state owned CBC and SRC, as well as on CTV. July 10 – Ultraman debuts on TBS in Japan. The character would spawn over 16 television adaptions over the next 40 years. July 16 – The Miss Universe pageant goes color. July 30 – An all-time record United Kingdom television audience of more than 32,000,000 watches the England national football team beat West Germany 4–2 to win the FIFA World Cup at Wembley. August 6 – In a post-fight interview, Howard Cosell honors Muhammad Ali's wishes to no longer be referred to as Cassius Clay, contrasting with the approach of most other sports reporters of the time. September – ABC, CBS, and NBC complete the color transition from the previous season for their prime-time programming by the start of the fall season, with all network programs being telecast in color.https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/color60s/ Color Revolution: Television In The Sixties - TVObscurities Television Obscurities March 14, 2009 April 9, 2023 September 8 – The first episode of Star Trek ("The Man Trap") is aired. September 9 – The first episode of The Green Hornet ("The Silent Gun") is aired on ABC in the United States starring Van Williams and Bruce Lee. September 10 – A night of firsts for the Miss America Pageant—its first color TV broadcast and its first airing on NBC. September 19 – Color television comes to Alaska as KENI-TV airs the premiere episode of That Girl ("Don't Just Do Something, Stand There", which had aired in the "lower 48" on September 8). October 2 – The four-part serial Talking to a Stranger, acclaimed as one of the finest British television dramas of the 1960s, begins transmission in the Theatre 625 strand on BBC2. October 6 – After quickly cancelling The Tammy Grimes Show, ABC fills the void by launching a prime-time edition of The Dating Game. The show's success leads to The Newlywed Game's own prime-time edition in January 1967. October 15 – A TV version of the musical Brigadoon is telecast on ABC in the United States as a special, using an updated script and story line and re-introducing some of the songs cut from the 1954 movie. The production stars Robert Goulet, Peter Falk and Sally Ann Howes, also featuring Edward Villella and Marlyn Mason. The special airs only one other time, in 1967, before disappearing completely. October 17 – All of NBC's news programming begins airing in full-color. October 27 – It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs for the first time on CBS. November 7 – Concentration switches to color, establishing NBC as the first full color network with 100% color broadcasts. November 16 – BBC television drama Cathy Come Home, filmed in a docudrama style, is broadcast in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand in the UK. Viewed by a quarter of the British population, it is considered influential on public attitudes to homelessness and the related social issues it deals with.John Corner Cathy Come Home http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/cathycomeho/cathycomeho.htm Museum of Broadcast Communications 2010-06-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20130928173800/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/cathycomeho/cathycomeho.htm 28 September 2013 It was written by Jeremy Sandford, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach, with Carol White in the title role. November 19 – First live 2-way satellite telecasts between Hawaii (KHVH-TV, now KITV) and the Mainland (ABC), via the Lani Bird satellite. December 18 – CBS in the United States airs How the Grinch Stole Christmas! animated TV special for the first time. December 21 – A Christmas Memory, a recounting of Truman Capote's childhood experiences as captured in his 1956 memoir, is adapted for television on ABC Stage 67. Frank Perry directs, Capote himself narrates, and Geraldine Page (in an Emmy-winning performance) stars. December 24 – WPIX in New York City premieres the Yule Log Christmas special which runs every year until 1989 and returns in 2001. Also in 1966 The 1951–1953 CBS sitcom Amos & Andy is pulled from syndication broadcast due to complaints from civil rights organizations. Construction is completed on the KXJB-TV mast (now KRDK) in rural Traill County, North Dakota. At 2,060 ft. (630m) tall and supported by multiple bundles of guy-wires, it becomes the tallest structure in the world. Today, though it has collapsed twice since its first construction in 1966, it is the tallest structure in the United States, the second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere behind the Petronius oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, and the seventh-tallest structure in the world. Macdonald Carey starts reciting the epigram "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives" at the beginning of his soap opera, Days of Our Lives, a tradition that continues over a decade after his death. Programs/programmes American Bandstand (1952–1989) Another World (1964–1999) Armchair Theatre (UK) (1956–1968) As the World Turns (1956–2010) Bewitched (1964–1972) Blue Peter (UK) (1958–present) Bonanza (1959–1973) Bozo the Clown (1949–present) Candid Camera (1948–present) Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984) Combat! (1962–1967) Come Dancing (UK) (1949–1995) Daniel Boone (1964–1970) Days of Our Lives (1965–present) Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955–1976) Doctor Who (1963–present) F Troop (1965–1967) Face the Nation (1954–present) Flipper (1964–1967) Four Corners (Australia) (1961–present) General Hospital (1963–present) Get Smart (1965–1970) Gilligan's Island (1964–1967) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964–1969) Grandstand (UK) (1958–2007) Green Acres (1965–1971) Gunsmoke (1955–1975) Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present) Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971) I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970) I Spy (1965–1968) Jeopardy! (1964–1975, 1984–present) Juke Box Jury (1959–1967, 1979, 1989–1990) Lost in Space (1965–1968) Love of Life (1951–1980) Match Game (1962–1969, 1973–1984, 1990–1991, 1998–1999) Meet the Press (1947–present) Mission: Impossible (1966–1973) My Three Sons (1960–1972) Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956–1978) Panorama (UK) (1953–present) Perry Mason (1957–1966) Petticoat Junction (1963–1970) Peyton Place (1964–1969) Run for Your Life (1965–1968) Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986) The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968) The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1968) The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971) The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974) The Doctors (1963–1982) The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) The Edge of Night (1956–1984) The Fugitive (1963–1967) The Good Old Days (UK) (1953–1983) The Guiding Light (1952–2009) The Hollywood Palace (1964–1970) The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962–present) The Lawrence Welk Show (1955–1982) The Lucy Show (1962–1968) The Marvel Super Heroes (1966) The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1981) The Milton Berle Show (1954–1967) The Secret Storm (1954–1974) The Sky at Night (UK) (1957–present) The Today Show (1952–present) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992) This Is Your Life (UK) (1955–2003) Tom and Jerry (1965–1972, 1975–1977, 1980–1982) Top of the Pops (1964–2006) Truth or Consequences (1950–1988) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968) Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color(1961–1969) What the Papers Say (UK) (1956–2008) What's My Line (1950–1967) Debuts January – Father Brown on West Germany's ARD (1966–1972) January 2 – Ultra Q on TBS in Japan (1966) January 3 – Eye Guess on NBC-TV Daytime (1966–1969) January 11 – Daktari on CBS (1966–1969) January 12 – Batman on ABC (1966–1968) April 5 – The Money Programme on BBC2 (1966–present) June 6 – Till Death Us Do Part on BBC1 June 27 – Dark Shadows on ABC (1966–1971) July 4 – Showdown & Chain Letter both on NBC daytime (canceled on October 14) July 11 – The Newlywed Game on ABC (1966–1974) July 17 – Ultraman on TBS in Japan (1966–1967) July 18 – The Australian version of Play School on that country's ABC (1966–present) The 700 Club (1966–present) W-FIVE (1966–2024) Wojeck (1966–1968) September 1 – The Marvel Super Heroes (1966) September 8 – Star Trek on NBC (1966–1969) That Girl on ABC (1966–1971) Tarzan on NBC (1966–1968) September 9 – The Green Hornet on ABC (1966–1967) The Time Tunnel on ABC (1966–1967) September 10 – The New Adventures of Superman (1966–1970) September 12 – The Monkees on NBC (1966–1968) Family Affair on CBS (1966–1971) The Iron Horse The Rat Patrol premiere on ABC (both 1966–1968) September 13 – The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. on NBC (1966–1967) September 17 – Mission: Impossible on CBS (1966–1973) September 20 – Rue des Pignons on SRC (1966–1977) October 3 – Joe on BBC1 October 9 – Rocket Robin Hood (1966–1969) October 11 – SRC launches its first made-in-Quebec sitcom, Moi et l'autre (1966–1971) October 17 – The Hollywood Squares on NBC daytime (1966–1980) October 19 – Cliff Dexter on West Germany's ZDF (1966–1968) October 29 – The Mighty Heroes on CBS (1966–1967) December 23 – Hoolihan & Big Chuck on WJW-TV, Cleveland, Ohio, United States (1966–1979) Ending this year Date Show DebutJanuary 8 Shindig! 1964February 6 Mister Ed 1961March 19 The Donna Reed Show 1958March 21 Ben Casey 1961April 1 The Flintstones 1960April 7 Danger Man (UK) 1964April 8 The Addams Family April 12 McHale's Navy 1962 April 17 The Wackiest Ship in the Army 1965 May 4 The Patty Duke Show 1963May 8This Hour Has Seven Days 1964May 12 The MunstersMay 22 Perry Mason 1957June 1 The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961 July 3 Ultra Q (Japan) 1966August 29 Hullabaloo 1965September 3 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 1952September 4 My Favorite Martian 1963October 23Peter Potamus 1964October 14 Showdown & Chain Letter 1966December 16 WJW-TV's Shock Theater 1963December 23Ready Steady Go! December 28 Our Man at St. Mark's Births Date Name Notability January 13 Patrick Dempsey Actor (Grey's Anatomy)January 14Dan SchneiderProducer and screenwriter (The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, Victorious, Sam & Cat, Henry Danger, Game Shakers) January 17 Joshua Malina Actor (Sports Night, The West Wing, Scandal) January 20 Rainn Wilson Actor and comedian (Dwight Schrute on The Office) January 27 Tamlyn Tomita Actress February 2 Adam Ferrara Actor February 6 Rick Astley English singer February 11 Armen Chakmakian Composer February 13 Neal McDonough Actor (Band of Brothers, Desperate Housewives, Justified) February 19 Justine Bateman Actress (Family Ties) February 20 Louis Ferreira Actor February 22 Rachel Dratch Actress (Saturday Night Live) February 23 Mia Michaels Judge February 25 Alexis Denisof Actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) Téa Leoni Actress (Madam Secretary) Nancy O'Dell Television host February 27 Donal Logue Canadian-American actor (Grounded for Life, Sons of Anarchy, Vikings) Gregg Rainwater Actor (The Young Riders) Bill Oakley Writer February 28 David Nevins ProducerMarch 1 Paul Hollywood English chef and television presenter Don Lemon American television journalist March 3 Michael Davies United States–based British television game shows producer March 4 Kevin Johnson NBA basketball player and former Mayor of Sacramento March 5 Aasif Mandvi British-American actor March 11 Alice Stewart Political commentator (CNN) (died 2024)Mayorquín Orlando 2024-05-19 Alice Stewart, a CNN Political Commentator, Is Dead at 58 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/arts/television/alice-stewart-dead.html 2024-05-19 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 March 14 Elise Neal Actress (The Hughleys) Gary Anthony Williams Actor (The Boondocks) J. Michael Muro American cinematographer March 22 Eric Bruskotter Actor (Tour of Duty) Gary Janetti Actor March 23 Marin Hinkle Actress (Once and Again, Two and a Half Men) March 26 Michael Imperioli Actor (The Sopranos) April 4 Nancy McKeon Actress (The Facts of Life) April 6 Todd McDermott Television journalist April 8 Robin Wright Actress (Santa Barbara, House of Cards) April 9 Cynthia Nixon Actress (Sex and the City) April 10 Brad William Henke Actor (Nikki, Going to California, October Road) Steve Claridge Sportscaster George Mastras Television producer April 20 Paula White American televangelist April 22 Jeffrey Dean Morgan Actor (Supernatural, The Good Wife, The Walking Dead) April 26 James Barbour Actor May 1 Charlie Schlatter Actor (Diagnosis: Murder, Pet Alien, Loonatics Unleashed, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil) Anne Fletcher American choreographer, film director, dancer and actress May 5 Josh Weinstein Writer May 12 Stephen Baldwin Actor (The Young Riders) May 16 Janet Jackson Singer & actress (Good Times) May 17 Hill Harper Actor (CSI: NY)May 20 Mindy Cohn Actress (The Facts of Life) Gina Ravera Actress Dan Abrams American media entrepreneur May 21 Lisa Edelstein Actress (House, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce) May 22 Johnny Gill Singer May 23 H. Jon Benjamin Actor (Bob's Burgers, Archer) May 27 Heston Blumenthal Chef May 28 Heather Asch Puppeteer June 8 Julianna Margulies Actress (ER, The Good Wife) June 14 Traylor Howard Actress (Two Guys and a Girl, Monk) June 17 Jason Patric Actor June 21 Alisyn Camerota Journalist June 25 Dikembe Mutombo NBA basketball player (died 2024) June 27 J. J. Abrams Film directorJune 28 Sara Stewart Actress (Sugar Rush) John Cusack Actor June 30 Mike Tyson Professional boxer July 4 Alison Stewart American television journalistJuly 7 Sandra Lee Author, chef/host John Muller American television journalistJuly 9 Pamela Adlon Actress (King of the Hill, Recess, Time Squad, Squirrel Boy) Scott Van Pelt Talk show hostJuly 11 Debbe Dunning Actress (Home Improvement) Greg Grunberg Actor (Felicity, Alias, Heroes) July 13 David X. Cohen Writer July 14 Matthew Fox Actor (Party of Five, Lost)July 15 Amanda Foreman Actress (Felicity) Kristoff St. John Actor (The Young and the Restless) (died 2019) Gary Glasberg Writer, producer (died 2016) July 19 Nancy Carell Actress, comedian (Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, The Office) and wife of Steve Carell July 29 Richard Steven Horvitz Actor (The Angry Beavers, Invader Zim, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Squirrel Boy, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil) July 31 Dean Cain Actor (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) August 9 Patrick Petersen Actor (Knots Landing) August 14 Halle Berry Actress (Living Dolls) August 20 David Rees Snell Actor August 25 Robert Maschio Actor (Scrubs) August 30 Michael Michele Actress (Homicide: Life on the Street, ER) September 1 Tim Hardaway NBA basketball player September 2 Tuc Watkins Actor (One Life to Live, Desperate Housewives) September 5 Phillip P. Keene Actor September 7 Toby Jones Actor September 9 Adam Sandler Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live) September 12 Darren E. Burrows Actor (Northern Exposure) September 19 Soledad O'Brien American broadcast journalist September 22 Ruth Jones ActressSeptember 28Maria Canals-BarreraActress (Wizards of Waverly Place, Justice League, The Proud Family) September 29 Jill Whelan Actress (The Love Boat)October 2YokozunaProfessional wrestler (died 2000) October 6 Jacqueline Obradors Actress (NYPD Blue) October 8 Karyn Parsons Actress (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) October 9 David Cameron British politician2015-05-09 The David Cameron story https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2015-32592449 2024-09-02 BBC News en-GB October 11 Luke Perry Actor (Beverly Hills, 90210, Riverdale) (died 2019) Shawn Ryan American screenwriter and television producer October 18 Dave Price American journalist October 26 Steve Valentine Actor (Crossing Jordan) October 28 Andy Richter Talk show announcer and comedian (Late Night, Conan) Chris Bauer Actor October 31 Mike O'Malley Actor (Yes, Dear, Glee) November 2 David Schwimmer Actor (Ross on Friends) November 5 Monty Halls HostNovember 6 Peter DeLuise Actor, director and screenwriter (21 Jump Street) Lisa Canning Actress November 8 Gordon Ramsay English chef and TV host (Hell's Kitchen, Master Chef, Kitchen Nightmares) November 14 Curt Schilling MLB baseball player November 15 Rachel True Actress (Half & Half) November 16 Dave Kushner Musician November 17 Daisy Fuentes Actress November 19 Shmuley Boteach TV host and personality (Shalom in the Home)Boteach, Shmuley 1966- [A pseudonym] (Shmuel Boteach) Encyclopedia.com https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/boteach-shmuley-1966-pseudonym-shmuel-boteach 2026-07-09 www.encyclopedia.comNovember 22 Michael K. Williams Actor (The Wire) (died 2021) Nicholas Rowe Actor November 25 Billy Burke Actor November 26 Garcelle Beauvais Actress (NYPD Blue, The Jamie Foxx Show) November 29 John Layfield WWE personality and business pundit (CNBC, Fox Business, Fox News) December 1 Katherine LaNasa ActressDecember 4 Fred Armisen Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Portlandia, Documentary Now!) Suzanne Malveaux American television news journalist Carey Means Voice actor (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) December 5 Johan Renck Swedish director December 8 Matthew Labyorteaux Actor (Little House on the Prairie) Matt Adler ActorMichael ColePro wrestling commentator (WWE) December 9 Toby Huss Actor (The Adventures of Pete & Pete, King of the Hill) December 11 Gary Dourdan Actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) December 13 Mike Tirico American sportscaster December 15 Molly Price Actress (Third Watch) December 21 Michelle Hurd Actress (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) Kiefer Sutherland Canadian actor (24, Designated Survivor) and son of Donald Sutherland Karri Turner Actress (JAG) Kelly Wallace Television journalist December 24 Diedrich Bader Actor (The Drew Carey Show, Veep, Outsourced) and voice actor (Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Zeta Project, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) December 27 Bill Goldberg WCW wrestler Eva LaRue Model and actress (All My Children, CSI: Miami) December 30 Akosua Busia Actress Deaths Date Name Age Notability February 1Buster Keaton70ActorMarch 3 Alice Pearce48Actress (Gladys Kravitz No. 1 on Bewitched)William Frawley79Actor (Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy and Bub O'Casey on My Three Sons)June 19 Ed Wynn79Actor, comedian (The Ed Wynn Show)September 14 Gertrude Berg66Actress (The Goldbergs)Gertrude Berg American actress, producer, and screenwriter https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gertrude-Berg Encyclopedia Britannica 25 January 2021 enSeptember 28 Eric Fleming41Actor (Gil Favor on Rawhide)December 15 Walt Disney65Founder of Walt Disney Productions (host of Disney TV series) Television debuts René Auberjonois – NET Playhouse Matt Clark – Ben Casey John Cleese – The Frost Report Hector Elizondo – The Edge of Night Giancarlo Giannini – David Copperfield Paul Gleason – Petticoat Junction Bill Hunter – Doctor Who John Huston – ABC Stage 67 Harvey Keitel – Hogan's Heroes Richard Pryor – The Wild Wild West Charlotte Rampling – Five More Ron Rifkin – Gidget John P. Ryan – Hawk Rade Serbedzija – Prikupljanje hrabrosti Lyle Waggoner – Gunsmoke Ralph Waite – Hawk Fred Willard – Hey, Landlord Clarence Williams III – Directions See also 1966–67 United States network television schedule References Shubilla, Thom "Beefstew" (2022). Primetime 1966-1967: The Full Spectrum Television's First All-Color Season. McFarland 978-1476683447. 1966