1963 in television

none 1963 television radio film music The year 1963 involved some significant events in television. Below are lists of notable TV-related events. Events January 1 – Osamu Tezuka's Tetsuwan Atomu (Astro Boy), Japan's first serialized animated series based on the popular manga, is broadcast for the first time, on the Japanese television station Fuji Television. Ledoux Trish The complete anime guide : Japanese animation film directory & resource guide Tiger Mountain Press Issaquah, Wash 1997 9780964954250 9 January 3 – Walter Bruch unveils the PAL standard to the European Broadcasting Union.45 Years Anniversary of Walter Bruch's PAL Color Television https://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/45_years_anniversary_of_walter_bruchs_pal_color_television.html radiomuseum.org 15 March 2022 7 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220407083759/https://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/45_years_anniversary_of_walter_bruchs_pal_color_television.html live January 13 – BBC Television broadcasts the play Madhouse on Castle Street in the Sunday-Night Theatre series. The play co-stars a young American folk music singer named Bob Dylan.http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/79449?view=credit Jones, Evan Film and TV database British Film Institute 2010-02-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925225029/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/79449?view=credit 2009-09-25 dead March 12 – Television broadcasts begin in the Nakhichevan ASSR (present-day Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic within Azerbaijan) with the launch of Nakhchivan TV.https://azertag.az/xeber/naxchivan_dovlet_televiziyasi_ve_radiosu_nuhchixan_informasiya_agentliyi_yeni_yeni_ugurlara_imza_atir-1452183 Naxçıvan Dövlət Televiziyası və Radiosu, “Nuhçıxan” İnformasiya Agentliyi yeni-yeni uğurlara imza atır 1 April 2020 2 October 2024 Azertac az April 1 – German terrestrial channel ZDF (pronounced tseht-day-ehf) begins broadcasting. April 15 - Three months after the first test broadcast, Television Singapura Channel 5 (now Mediacorp Channel 5) signs on as Singapore's first TV station. May 15 – First television pictures transmitted from a US crewed space capsule ("Faith 7"). Due to the poor picture quality, only NBC carries the transmission, and on tape-delay, not live. July 8 – The English comedy sketch Dinner for One with Freddie Frinton, having been shown live on Peter Frankenfeld's show GutenAbend in 1962, is recorded in English by Norddeutscher Rundfunk before an audience at the Theater am Besenbinderhof, Hamburg, West Germany. Regularly repeated on New Year's Eve in Germany and elsewhere, it is not seen in its entirety on British television until 2018.https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/30/dinner-for-one-german-television-new-years-eve Dinner for One: the British comedy Germans have been laughing at for years Bolzen Stefanie 2018-12-30 The Guardian London 2019-01-02 July 22 – Bob Crane quits his DJ job at radio station KNX to become a regular on The Donna Reed Show after dividing time between the Screen Gems TV show and the CBS Radio affiliate. Crane had been a top five morning drive radio DJ since the mid-1950s in the Los Angeles market. August 28 – Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his I Have a Dream speech which is covered by major American networks. September 2 – CBS Evening News becomes network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes. September 9 – One week later, NBC also expands its evening network news program, The Huntley-Brinkley Report, to 30 minutes. September 27 – The Littlest Hobo makes its debut on TV across North America with the first episode entitled "Blue Water Sailor". September 29 – The Judy Garland Show makes its debut on CBS, which later got cancelled in 1964 after one season (due to competition with the ever popular NBC western Bonanza airing in the same time slot). September 30 – BBC Television begins using a globe as its symbol. They will continue to use it in varying forms until 2002. October 1 – ABC News at last drops its dependence on outside sources of news film and begins to rely on its own camera crews. October 14 − ABC affiliate WGHP in High Point, North Carolina signs on the air. November 22 – All three major U.S. networks suspends programming for four days following the news of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The pre-emptions unofficially begin a few minutes after President Kennedy is shot: on the top-rated American soap opera As the World Turns, Nancy Hughes (Helen Wagner) is in the middle of a discussion with Grandpa (Santos Ortega) about Bob's (Don Hastings) decision to invite Lisa (Eileen Fulton) to Thanksgiving dinner when Walter Cronkite interrupts Wagner mid-speech to deliver the bulletin. As the World Turns continues for one more scene (at this time, the show is transmitted live) before Cronkite cuts in permanently. News of the assassination, and later the funeral procession, are the first television broadcasts across the Pacific Ocean (via Relay 1 satellite). November 23 – On BBC Television in the United Kingdom: William Hartnell stars as the First Doctor in the very first episode of science fiction series Doctor WhoPenguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 (first of the 4-part serial An Unearthly Child). So many people complain of having missed it (because of the disruption to schedules caused by the assassination of John F. Kennedy) that the following Saturday episode 1 is repeated before the broadcast of episode 2. Doctor Who runs until 1989 and is revived from 2005. That Was the Week That Was broadcasts a serious Kennedy tribute episode. November 24 – Jack Ruby murders John F. Kennedy's suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald live on television.Laurence Bergreen Bergreen Laurence 1980 Look Now, Pay Later: The Rise of Network Broadcasting https://archive.org/details/looknowpaylaterr00berg registration New York Doubleday and Company 978-0-451-61966-2August 2026 Nothing found re Oswald, Ruby, or the assassination. November 25 – All major American networks cover the state funeral of John F. Kennedy.2017-11-25 JFK buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 25, 1963 https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/25/this-day-in-politics-nov-25-1963-259596 2025-01-09 POLITICO en November 26 - All regularly scheduled television programming resumed in the United States, after having been preempted since Friday afternoon for news coverage of, and tributes to, the late President Kennedy."Video, Radio Will Keep Vigil— Plan to Resume Programming Tomorrow", Chicago Tribune, November 25, 1963, p6 National network broadcasting of entertainment programs began at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time with Captain Kangaroo on CBS, then local programs on ABC at 10:00, and the game show Say When!! on NBC, also at 10:00. November 28 - CBS' Huntsville television station WHNT begins on the air.2013-07-08 WHNT’s Founder Brought Station On Air In Crucial Time https://whnt.com/news/whnts-founder-brought-station-on-air-in-crucial-time/ 2021-12-20 WHNT.com en-US December 7 – Instant replay is used for the first time during the live transmission of the Army–Navy Game by its inventor, director Tony Verna. December 28 – The launch of television broadcasting service in Malaysia, TV Malaysia, as predecessor of RTM TV1, member of Radio Televisyen Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, presided by government leaders from studios in Ampang Road in the capital.29 December 1963 Capital gets TV - Service opened by Tengku https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19631229-1.2.7 22 September 2023 The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB) In Blanchard, North Dakota, construction on the KTHI TV transmitter mast (now KVLY-TV) was completed. Upon completion, its height of 2,063 ft (629m) made it the tallest structure in the world until 1966, when the nearby KXJB-TV mast (now KRDK) was completed. It still stands today, but at 1,987 ft tall due to an FCC spectrum repack. For the first time, most Americans say that they get more of their news from television than newspapers. The television remote control is authorized by the FCC. Programs/programmes ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961–98) American Bandstand (1952–89) Armchair Theatre (1956–68) As the World Turns (1956–2010) Ben Casey (1961–66) Blue Peter (UK) (1958–present) Bonanza (1959–73) Bozo the Clown (1949–present) Candid Camera (1948–2004) Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984) Combat! (1962–67) Come Dancing (UK) (1949–95) Coronation Street, UK (1960–present) Death Valley Days (1952–75) Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955–76) Doctor Who, UK (1963–89, 1996, 2005–present) Face the Nation (1954–present) Four Corners, Australia (1961–present) Grandstand (UK) (1958–2007) Gunsmoke (1955–75) Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present) Have Gun Will Travel (1957–63) Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present) It's Academic (1961–present) Juke Box Jury (1959–67, 1979, 1989–90) Lassie (1954–74) Love of Life (1951–80) Mack & Myer for Hire (1963–64) Match Game (1962–1969, 1973–84, 1990–91, 1998–99, 2016–present) Meet the Press (1947–present) Mister Ed (1961–66) My Three Sons (1960–72) Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956–78) Panorama (UK) (1953–present) Petticoat Junction, (1963–70) Professional Bowlers Tour (1962–97) Search for Tomorrow (1951–86) The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–66) The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951–53) The Andy Griffith Show (1960–68) The Avengers, UK (1961–69) The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–68) The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–71) The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1967) The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66) The Donna Reed Show (1958–66) The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–71) The Edge of Night (1956–84) The Flintstones (1960–66) The Fulton Sheen Program (1961–1968) The Good Old Days (UK) (1953–83) The Greatest Show on Earth (1963–64) The Guiding Light (1952–2009) The Jack Benny Program (1950–65) The Jetsons (1962–63, 1984–85, 1987) The Judy Garland Show (1963–64) The Late Late Show, Ireland (1962–present) The Lawrence Welk Show (1955–82) The Lucy Show (1962–68) The Mike Douglas Show (1961–81) The Milton Berle Show (1954–67) The Patty Duke Show, (1963–66) The Price Is Right (1956–65) The Saint, UK (1962–69) The Secret Storm (1954–74) The Sky at Night (UK) (1957–present) The Today Show (1952–present) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992) The Tonight Show (Steve Allen, 1954–57; Jack Paar, 1957–62) The Twilight Zone (1959–64) The World Tonight, Philippines (1962–present) This Is Your Life (UK) (1955–2003) Truth or Consequences (1950–88) Twelve O'Clock High (1964–67) Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961–69) What the Papers Say (UK) (1956–2008) What's My Line (1950–67) Z-Cars, UK (1962–78) Zoo Quest (UK) (1954–1964) Debuts January 1 – Astro Boy (known as Mighty Atom in Japanese), on Fuji TV January 6 – Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom on NBC (1963–88, 2002–2011) January 7 – World in Action, investigative current affairs series, on Granada Television (UK) (1963–98) January 14 – February 18 - The Art Linkletter Show on NBC (1963)Brooks Tim Marsh Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present June 24, 2009 Random House Publishing Group 978-0-307-48320-1 80 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&newbks=0&lpg=PA80&dq=%22Art%20Linkletter%20Show%22&pg=PA80#v=onepage&q=%22Art%20Linkletter%20Show%22&f=false June 26, 2026 en April 1 – General Hospital (created by Frank and Doris Hursley) and The Doctors ABC (1963–) and NBC (1963–82) respectively August 9 – Ready Steady Go! on ITV (1963–66) September 16 – The Outer Limits on ABC (1963–65) September 17 – The Fugitive on ABC (1963–67) September 18 – The Patty Duke Show on ABC (1963–66) September 20 – Burke's Law on ABC (1963–65) September 24 The Littlest Hobo in Canada (1963–65; 1979–85) Petticoat Junction on CBS (1963–70) September 25 - The Danny Kaye Show on CBS (1963–1967) September 28 - The New Phil Silvers Show (1963–64) and Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales on CBS (1963–66) September 29 – The Judy Garland Show (1963–64) and My Favorite Martian (1963–66), both on CBS October 5 – Le Manège enchanté on la Première chaîne de la RTF (1963–1971, 1989) October 7 – Hafenpolizei on Deutsches Fernsehen (1963–66) October 20 – Ritorna il tenente Sheridan on Programma Nazionale October 27 – Memorandum van een dokter (1963–65) November 23 – Doctor Who on BBC Television (1963–89, 1996, 2005–); with William Hartnell as the Doctor (1963–66) December 1 – Den tänkande brevbäraren on SVT December 30 – Let's Make a Deal on NBC (1963–1977, 1980–81, 1984–1986, 1990–1991, 2003, 2009–present) Mack & Myer for Hire this year in syndication (1963–64) Ending this year Date Show DebutJanuary 25Don't Call Me Charlie!1962March 17The Jetsons (returned in 1985)April 2Hawaiian Eye 1959April 14Car 54, Where Are You? 1961April 23Popeye the Sailor1960May 5Ensign O'Toole 1962May 14Empire May 21 Laramie1959 The Voice of Firestone 1949June 20 Leave It to Beaver 1957June 23The Real McCoysAugust 26Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har1962Touché Turtle and Dum DumAugust 30Wally Gator September 16 The Art Linkletter Show 1963September 28The Shari Lewis Show1960 Births Date Name Notability January 3 New Jack American professional wrestler (died 2021) January 4 Dave Foley Canadian comedic actor (The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio) January 9 Bob Gosse Actor January 16 James May English presenter (Top Gear) January 19 Martin Bashir British journalist January 20 James Denton Actor (Desperate Housewives)January 21 Hakeem Olajuwon NBA basketball player Detlef Schrempf NBA basketball playerJanuary 23 Gail O'Grady Actress (NYPD Blue, American Dreams) Tony Daniels ActorJanuary 25 Jim Axelrod National Correspondent Don Mancini Screenwriter January 29 Monica Horan Actress (Everybody Loves Raymond) February 10 Philip Glenister Actor February 12 John Michael Higgins Actor February 14 Enrico Colantoni Canadian actor (Just Shoot Me!, Veronica Mars, Flashpoint) February 15 Steven Michael Quezada ActorFebruary 17 Michael Jordan NBA basketball player (Space Jam) Larry the Cable Guy American stand-up comedian Rene Syler American broadcast television journalistFebruary 19 Seal British singer Jessica Tuck Actress (One Life to Live, Judging Amy, True Blood) February 20 Charles Barkley NBA basketball player and TV analyst February 21 William Baldwin Actor February 26 Chase Masterson Actress (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)March 1 Bryan Batt Actor Russell Wong Actor March 5 Joel Osteen Televangelist March 6 D. L. Hughley Actor and comedian (The Hughleys) March 7 Bill Brochtrup Actor (NYPD Blue) March 9 David Pogue TV presenter March 11 Alex Kingston Actress (ER) March 12 Jake Weber English actor (Medium) March 15 Greg Nicotero American special make-up effects creator March 16 Jerome Flynn English actor March 17 Jane Tranter English television executiveMarch 18 Geoffrey Lower Actor (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) Vanessa Williams Actress and singer (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives) March 19 Mary Scheer Actress and comedian (Mad TV, iCarly)March 20 Gregg Binkley Actor (Raising Hope) Kathy Ireland Actress and model March 31 Paul Mercurio Actor April 3 Sarah Woodward Actress April 4 Graham Norton TV presenter April 8 Dean Norris Actor (Breaking Bad) April 9 Joe Scarborough Television host April 14 Steve Hartman Broadcast journalist April 15 Paula Pell Actress April 16 Jimmy Osmond Actor April 17 Joel Murray Actor (Dharma & Greg)April 18 Eric McCormack Canadian-American actor (Will & Grace, Perception) Conan O'Brien Television host and comedian (Late Night, Conan) Don McGill American television producerApril 21 Erik King Actor (Oz, Dexter) Roy Dupuis Actor April 26 Olivia Birkelund Actress (All My Children)Willis, John; Hodges, Ben (2004). Theatre World. New York: Applause. p. 234. 1-55783-625-6. April 29 Bruce Harwood Actor May 9 Justin Vivian Bond Actor May 10 Darryl M. Bell Actor (A Different World) May 11 Roark Critchlow Canadian actor (Drake & Josh, Zoey 101) May 21 Richard Appel American writer May 24 Joe Dumars NBA basketball player May 25 Mike Myers Comic actor (Saturday Night Live)May 29 Tracey E. Bregman Soap opera actress (The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful) Lisa Whelchel Actress (The Facts of Life) Mitchell Hurwitz Writer May 31 Hugh Dillon Canadian musician and actor (Flashpoint)June 1 Kevin A. Ross American host Brian Goodman American actor June 6 Jason Isaacs English actor June 9 Johnny Depp Actor (21 Jump Street) June 10 Jeanne Tripplehorn Actress (Criminal Minds, Big Love) June 12 Tim DeKay Actor June 13 Greg Daniels Writer June 15 Helen Hunt Actress (Mad About You) June 17 Greg Kinnear Actor (Talk Soup) June 19 Laura Ingraham American conservative television host June 20 Jeff Beal Composer June 22 Randy Couture Actor June 25 John Benjamin Hickey Actor June 27 Jay Karnes Actor June 28 Charlie Clouser Composer June 29 Cathy Konrad American film and television producer June 30 Rupert Graves ActorJuly 5 Dorien Wilson Actor (The Parkers) Edie Falco Actress July 8 Rocky Carroll Actor (Roc, Chicago Hope, NCIS) July 13 Kenny Johnson Actor July 14 Maureen O'Boyle Reporter July 15 Brigitte Nielsen Actress July 16 Duane Clark Writer July 17 John Ventimiglia ActorJuly 22 Rob Estes Actor (Silk Stalkings, Melrose Place, 90210) Joanna Going Actress July 24 Karl Malone NBA basketball player July 27 Donnie Yen Actor July 29 Alexandra Paul Actress and model (Baywatch)July 30 Lisa Kudrow Actress (Phoebe on Friends) Chris Mullin NBA basketball player July 31 Larry Romano ActorAugust 1 Coolio Rapper (died 2022) John Carroll Lynch Actor Demián Bichir Actor August 3 Isaiah Washington Actor (Grey's Anatomy) August 5 Mark Strong Actor August 6 Charles Ingram Quiz show winnerAugust 7 Harold Perrineau Actor (Oz, Lost, Constantine) Julia Ford English actress Ramon Estevez American actor August 8 Jon Turteltaub Producer August 9 Whitney Houston Singer and actress (died 2012) Lonnie Quinn Anchor August 13 Steve Higgins Actor August 16 Christine Cavanaugh Voice actress (Rugrats, Darkwing Duck, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Dexter's Laboratory) (died 2014)August 19 John Stamos Actor (Jesse on Full House) Matthew Glave Actor Martin Daniels English magician entertainerAugust 30 Michael Chiklis Actor (The Commish, The Shield) John King News anchorSeptember 3 Beth McCarthy-Miller Director Holt McCallany Actor September 5 Kristian Alfonso Actress (Days of Our Lives) September 7 W. Earl Brown American actor September 8 Brad Silberling American television and film director September 10 Sean O'Bryan American actorSeptember 12 Ramón Franco American actor (Tour of Duty) Norberto Barba American director September 14 Tony Becker Actor (Tour of Duty) September 15 Beth Cahill Actress (Saturday Night Live)September 16 Richard Marx Singer Dino Andrade Voice actor September 17 James Urbaniak ActorSeptember 18 Dan Povenmire Voice actor (Heinz Doofenshmirtz on Phineas and Ferb) Christopher Heyerdahl Actor September 19 Jarvis Cocker Presenter September 25 Tate Donovan Actor (The O.C., Damages)September 27 Scott Lawrence Actor (JAG) Marc Maron Actor September 28 Susan Walters Actress (Loving, The Young and the Restless) and model September 29 Les Claypool Musician October 1 Beth Chamberlin Actress (Guiding Light) October 6 Elisabeth Shue Actress (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) October 9 Sheila Kelley American actress (L.A. Law, Sisters) October 12 JoAnn Willette Actress (Just the Ten of Us)October 13 Chip Foose TV host Hiro Kanagawa Actor October 14 Lori Petty ActressOctober 25 Jon Dixon Actor (Felicity, Alias, Lost) Melinda McGraw Actress October 26 Tom Cavanagh Canadian actor (Ed, The Flash) October 27 Marla Maples ActressOctober 28 Lauren Holly Actress (Picket Fences, NCIS) Sheryl Underwood Actress October 29 Tim Minear Screenwriter October 30 Michael Beach Actor (ER, Third Watch) October 31 Rob Schneider Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live) November 3 Brian Henson Voice actor November 5 Tatum O'Neal Actress November 7 Clint Mansell English musician November 8 Eric B. DJNovember 10 Hugh Bonneville English actor (Downton Abbey) Tommy Davidson Comedian and actor (In Living Color, The Proud Family) November 12 Sam Lloyd Actor (Scrubs) (died 2020)November 17 Felice Schachter Actress (The Facts of Life) Dylan Walsh Actor November 19 Terry Farrell Actress and model (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Becker) November 20 Ming-Na Wen Actress (ER, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) November 21 Nicollette Sheridan Actress (Knots Landing, Desperate Housewives) November 23 Armando Iannucci WriterNovember 25 Kevin Chamberlin Actor Sonja Morgan American television personality Bernie Kosar Sportscaster November 27 Fisher Stevens Actor (Early Edition) December 2 Dan Gauthier Actor (One Life to Live)December 5 Doctor Dré Former MTV VJ Kerry Brown Musician December 7 Randall Einhorn Director December 8 Wendell Pierce ActorDecember 16 Benjamin Bratt Actor (Law & Order, Private Practice) James Mangold Television director December 18 Brad Pitt Actor (Glory Days)TV Guide http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/glory-days/cast/201686 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040122/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/glory-days/cast/201686 dead March 4, 2016 Glory Days Cast and Details TV Guide 2013-02-11 December 19 Jennifer Beals Actress December 20 Joel Gretsch ActorDecember 23 Jess Harnell Voice actor (Animaniacs, Doc McStuffins, Sofia the First) Jim Harbaugh Coach December 26 Roger Neill Composer December 28 Willow Bay American television journalist Deaths Date Name Age Notability June 10 Timothy Birdsall27English cartoonist (That Was the Week That Was)November 22John F. Kennedy46American politicianJFK's Assassination: What to Know About the President's Death 60 Years Ago https://people.com/john-f-kennedy-assassination-what-to-know-8363220 2025-01-06 People.com en Television debuts Ian Abercrombie – General Hospital Alun Armstrong – Compact Tom Atkins – The Doctors Erick Avari – General Hospital Henry Gibson – 77 Sunset Strip Michael Lerner – Dr. Kildare Ian McShane – First Night Michael Murphy – Combat! Jerry Orbach – The Doctors and the Nurses Ian Richardson – As You Like It Jon Voight – Naked City David Warner – BBC Sunday-Night Play Lesley Ann Warren – The Doctors Jacki Weaver – Hansel and Gretel Johnny Whitaker – General Hospital Anthony Zerbe – Naked City See also 1963–64 United States network television schedule References 1963