1990 in American television

none May 2017 1990 In 1990, television in the United States saw a number of significant events, including the debuts, finales, and cancellations of television shows; the launch, closure, and rebranding of channels; changes and additions to network affiliations by stations; controversies, business transactions, and carriage disputes; and the deaths of individuals who had made notable contributions to the medium. Notable events Date EventJanuary 2All My Children broadcasts its 20th anniversary special on ABC. Joe and Ruth Martin sit down with Erica Kane, her mother Mona, and Phoebe Wallingford as they go through scrapbook pictures which segue into memorable clips from the series's past twenty years.January 8Deborah Norville makes her debut as co-anchor on NBC's Today (succeeding Jane Pauley) alongside Bryant Gumbel.January 10Time Warner is formed.January 13Married... with Children star Ed O'Neill guest–hosts Saturday Night Live, becoming the first star of a Fox television program to host the NBC sketch comedy series.An episode of the Canadian teen drama series Degrassi High entitled "A New Start" is first broadcast on American television via PBS. The episode is notable as it was the first in the Degrassi franchise to depict abortion. In the PBS broadcast, the final scene, in which Erica and Heather are accosted by anti-abortion picketers as they make their way up to the clinic, is removed.Pai Tanya January 25, 2016 Degrassi, the Canadian teen soap that gave us Drake, explained https://www.vox.com/2016/1/25/10826146/degrassi-netflix-explained 2021-04-05 Vox en April 16, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210416065310/https://www.vox.com/2016/1/25/10826146/degrassi-netflix-explained live November 4, 1989 Degrassi High edited by PBS 37 The Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78784384/the-ottawa-citizen/ 2021-06-02 June 3, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210603114432/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78784384/the-ottawa-citizen/ live The episode instead, ends on a shot of the twins looking on before they do so. January 14The first regular episode of The Simpsons premieres on Fox, "Bart the Genius".January 20"Too Much, Too Late", the fourth and final "lost episode" of Miami Vice to air after its series finale, "Freefall", is first broadcast on the USA Network. It was not aired on NBC due to its strong subject matter pertaining to child molestation.January 21NBC broadcasts the National Hockey League All-Star Game from Pittsburgh. This was the first NHL game of any kind to be televised on American network television since game six of the 1980 Stanley Cup Final on CBS.February 6NBC and the University of Notre Dame announce a deal that would call for the network to have exclusive rights to the Fighting Irish football team's home games, beginning in 1991.WZTV became a Fox affiliate in Nashville, replacing WXMT, which became an independent station. This was partly due to the fact that Michael Thompson had bought out the station from TVX, which resulted in the loss of the Fox affiliation and the move to a higher-rated station.February 9The Bradys, a sequel and continuation of the original 1969–1974 sitcom The Brady Bunch premieres on CBS. The Bradys involved more dramatic storytelling than that which viewers had seen in the previous Brady series such as the previous Brady Bunch sequel series, 1981's The Brady Brides.https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=the+bradys%3A+1990&pg=PA177 Terrace, Vincent Marsh, Earle F. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present 24 June 2009 Random House Publishing 9780307483201Maçek III, J.C. What Happens When Happy Shows Turn All X-Files on You? 12 January 2017 PopMatters http://www.popmatters.com/column/what-happens-when-happy-shows-turn-all-x-files-on-you/ Airing on Friday nights, The Bradys would ultimately fail in the ratings against Full House and Family Matters as part of the TGIF lineup on ABC and is canceled after one month; the last of the six episodes produced would air on March 9, 1990.February 17On NBC, Aerosmith appear in Wayne's World, a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live, where they perform the Wayne's World theme song.February 18The Death of the Incredible Hulk, the third and final installment of the revival films based on the 1978–1982 television series The Incredible Hulk starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno is broadcast on NBC. Despite Hulk's death in the film, a script is written for a sequel television film, The Revenge of the Incredible Hulk, which would resurrect the character, but it is ultimately canceled because of the disappointing ratings for The Death of the Incredible Hulk. Glenn Greenberg Glenn Greenberg February 2014 The Televised Hulk Back Issue! 70 26 TwoMorrows PublishingFebruary 24The series finale of Mama's Family is broadcast in first-run syndication. In it, Naomi gives birth to a baby girl, who is named Tiffany Thelma.February 25Challenger, a made-for-television docudrama about the tragic events of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986 is broadcast on ABC. Its production is somewhat controversialDawson Greg February 25, 1990 'CHALLENGER': PAINFUL BUT MOSTLY WELL-DONE https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-02-25-9002232935-story,amp.html https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212321/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:f5TGVimr2P0J:https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-02-25-9002232935-story,amp.html+&cd=26&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us dead June 2, 2021 Orlando Sentinel as the familiesDawson Greg February 24, 1990 NETWORK, FAMILIES AT ODDS https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-02-24-9002242959-story.html Orlando SentinelSchlangenstein Mary February 23, 1990 Wives angered by Challenger movie https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/02/23/Wives-angered-by-Challenger-movie/3320635749200/ UPI of the astronauts generally objected to it.https://saleintothe90s.tumblr.com/post/190209112024/403-challenger-made-for-tv-movie-february-25 403. "Challenger" made for TV movie (February 25, 1990) Sale into the 90s January 2020 Jicha Tom February 25, 1990 McAuliffe Family Criticizes Movie on Challenger Disaster With AM-Space Shuttle https://apnews.com/ddac43a8902b7a6694ae3f172376ce35 AP NewsO'Connor John J. February 25, 1990 TO VIEW; ARROGANCE IN THE NAME OF LIFTOFF? https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/25/arts/to-view-arrogance-in-the-name-of-liftoff.html The New York Times Jicha Tom February 25, 1990 'CHALLENGER' MOVIE RATES THUMBS UP https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1990-02-25-9001260323-story.html South Florida Sun-Sentinel March 4On SportsCenter, ESPN broadcasts the graphic footage of Loyola Marymount University basketball player Hank Gathers' collapse and subsequent death from a heart conditionStewart Larry March 6, 1990 This Was a Story That Was Tough to Watch, and Difficult to Cover Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-06-sp-1874-story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131106133158/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-06/sports/sp-1874_1_hank-gathers November 6, 2013 live during a West Coast Conference (WCC) Tournament game. The network was at the game recording advance footage for the championship game it was scheduled to televise the next night. The tournament final was ultimately canceled in wake of Gathers' death and LMU was given the league's automatic bid to that year's NCAA tournament by virtue of its regular-season league championship.March 12CBS affiliate in Boston, WNEV-TV changes its name to WHDH-TV.March 13All My Children actress Debbi Morgan quits the role of Angie Baxter Hubbard.March 24The season-ending cliffhanger of ALF, "Consider Me Gone", becomes an unintentional series finale when NBC gives Alien Productions a verbal commitment for a fifth season, but ultimately withdraws its support.Zakarin Jordan Greetings From Melmac: ALF Creator Paul Fusco on His Star Alien and Potential Comeback https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alf-creator-paul-fusco-movie-melmac-327330 August 9, 2012 The Hollywood Reporter May 22, 2012 Consider ALF Gone . . . Unless He Phones Home Los Angeles Times March 23, 1990 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-23-ca-965-story.html August 26, 2010 David Zurawik ABC resolved the cliffhanger on February 17, 1996, with the TV movie Project: ALF.March 30Radio host Rush Limbaugh makes headlines when he guest hosts The Pat Sajak Show on CBS, and, in a departure from its regular format, enters the audience to get a response about the veto of a bill in Idaho that would have restricted abortion. Directly after announcing that the bill was vetoed, Limbaugh went to the first woman who stood up and was cheering the loudest. The woman denounced Limbaugh's anti-abortion statements earlier in the show. After a verbal confrontation with the angry woman in the audience, followed by an angry man shouting, Limbaugh addresses the camera and stated that he went into the audience in an attempt to show the viewing public that there was an underlying prejudice against him. Due to this, Limbaugh decides to conduct his interview with Sydney Biddle Barrows in another studio. After a commercial break, Limbaugh attempts to address the topic of affirmative action, but was backed out again by several male audience members wearing ACT UP T-shirts. After another break, Limbaugh returned and conducted the final segment after the audience had been cleared.April 1CBS dismisses prominent sportscaster Brent Musburger one day before his final assignment for the network, the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Later that year, Musburger signs with ABC Sports.In what is dubbed "The Ultimate Challenge", The Ultimate Warrior defeats Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania VI from Toronto's SkyDome. The pay-per-view event marks the first time that WrestleMania was held outside of the United States.April 8The pilot episode for Twin Peaks airs on ABC. The two-hour pilot is the highest-rated movie for the 1989–1990 season with a 21.7 rating and is viewed by 34.6 million people. In Los Angeles, Twin Peaks becomes the seventh most-watched show of the week earning 29% of viewers, the most-watched show being Married... with Children which gathers 34% of viewers.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60033146.html?dids=60033146:60033146&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+10%2C+1990&author=RICK+DU+BROW&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=%60Twin+Peaks%27+Bow+Garners+Lofty+Ratings&pqatl=google Twin Peaks Bow Garners Lofty Ratings Rick DuBrow April 10, 1990 October 19, 2009 Los Angeles TimesJuly 2024 medicmedicApril 14CBS officially assumes the role as Major League Baseball's network broadcast partner (succeeding both ABC and NBC under a four-year deal through the end of the 1993 season) with coverage of the Chicago Cubs at PittsburghBuck Swings For The Fences Eric Mink St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1C April 29, 1990 and Los Angeles at Houston.ESPN Baseball More And Better Jeff Brusnak Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel April 13, 1990Sports on Weekend TV Steven Herbert Los Angeles Times 12 April 14, 1990One From Heart, 6-1, for Dodgers Bill Plachke Los Angeles Times 1 April 14, 1990April 15Sunday Night Baseball debuts on ESPN with coverage of the New York Mets against the Montreal Expos.The Living Daylights makes its network broadcast television premiere on ABC. This would be the final time that a James Bond film would make its American television debut on ABC. The next Bond film, Licence to Kill would premiere on Fox in 1993. ABC wouldn't broadcast the Bond series again until 2002 under the title The Bond Picture Show.April 21Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, a special program warning children about the inconvenience of drugs and featuring characters from several Saturday morning children's shows, is simultaneously simulcast by ABC, BET, CBS, Fox, NBC, USA Network, and Nickelodeon.April 22The Earth Day Special, a two-hour commercial-free special event, premieres on ABC. April 27Barbara Bel Geddes makes her final appearance on the CBS drama Dallas as Miss Ellie Ewing.April 30The long-lost pilot show for I Love Lucy is broadcast by CBS as a special.May 4Muppets creator Jim Henson makes what turns out to be his final public appearance when he appears as a guest on The Arsenio Hall Show. Henson would die less than two weeks later.May 7Stepfanie Kramer makes her final appearance as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall on the NBC police drama Hunter.May 12Comedian Andrew Dice Clay guest-hosts Saturday Night Live. Cast member Nora Dunn immediately announces to the press that she was boycotting the show in protest. She stated the protest was in view of Clay's perceivably misogynistic act, and did so without informing executive producer Lorne Michaels, the cast, or most of the crew about her intent. Sinéad O'Connor was scheduled to be the musical guest for the episode, but she also boycotted the show because of Clay's involvement, forcing the producers to find two musical replacements, with one performance by Julee Cruise and a second by Spanic Boys.Vesey Alexandra 2013 Live Music: Mediating Musical Performance and Discord on Saturday Night Live Marx Nick Sienkiewicz Matt Becker Ron Saturday Night Live and American TV Bloomington, Indiana Indiana University Press 978-0-253-01090-2 j.ctt16gznsz 119James Caryn Review/Television; 'Saturday Night Live,' With Andrew Dice Clay https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/14/arts/review-television-saturday-night-live-with-andrew-dice-clay.html June 19, 2015 The New York Times May 14, 1990 NBC censors insisted that the episode be aired with a delay to compensate for anything Clay might say on air. During the live show, some audience members protested Clay but were immediately removed by the increased security detail. May 18The made–for–TV film Return to Green Acres, which reunited Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, and the rest of the surviving cast of the 1965–1971 sitcom Green Acres, is broadcast on CBS.May 21CBS broadcasts the series finale of Newhart, in which it is revealed that the entire series was really just a dream of Bob Newhart's character, Dr. Bob Hartley from The Bob Newhart Show.May 25CBS begins broadcasting its daytime lineup in stereo sound, becoming the last of the three major networks to do so.The series finale of You Can't Do That on Television is broadcast on Nickelodeon. For its tenth and final season, only five episodes are produced (tying 1990 with 1987 as the shortest season of the series), with production ending in February. This is also one of the rare times in television where a show's cast and producer's knew they would not be coming back, allowing them to make several in-jokes and references to this being the final show of the series, despite it not being a proper "finale". Though ratings decline, Nickelodeon continues to air reruns until January 1994, at which point it is only aired on weekends.June 1Mariah Carey delivers her first live television performance (singing "Vision of Love") on The Arsenio Hall Show.June 6The character Taylor Hayes (originally portrayed by actress Hunter Tylo) makes her first appearance on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.June 7The start of the Cruise of Deception storyline is broadcast on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, lasting through July 16, 1990. The story includes several of the show's most popular characters attending a masked ball on a cruise ship, which is taken over by a vengeful Ernesto Toscano, played by Charles Cioffi. The miniseries acts as the climax of several stories that had been developing previously to it, and the launching pad of several more, some of which would play out through most of the 1990s. NBC promotes the story heavily to lure kids home from school to watch the show during their summer vacation. Nickelodeon Studios officially opens in Orlando, Florida.June 14CBS concludes their 17-year run with the NBA, as the league was moving to NBC after the 1990 NBA Finals. In their goodbye montage, CBS used Marvin Gaye's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" from the 1983 NBA All-Star Game.June 18In first-run syndication, Season 3 of Star Trek: The Next Generation ends on a cliffhanger involving Captain Picard being captured and assimilated by the Borg.June 27Genie Francis, in an attempt to shed her image as Laura Spencer on ABC's soap opera General Hospital, starts playing Irishwoman Ceara Connor on All My Children (which also airs on ABC).WUTV officially became a Fox affiliate in Buffalo again after Act III Broadcasting took control of the station, and acquired stronger programming and the Fox affiliation rights from WNYB-TV, which was then sold to the Tri-State Christian Television.June 29Pinwheel, the very first show to air on Nickelodeon as well as its Nick Jr. block, is broadcast on the network for the final time.July 1WPTY-TV became a Fox affiliate in Memphis, replacing WLMT. This was due to the station's higher ratings, and WLMT lost the Fox affiliation because there is a clause that Michael Thompson bought out the station from TVX in 1989, which resulted in the loss of its affiliation.July 5ABC airs the National Academy of Dance's first annual Gypsy Awards from the San Diego Convention Center. Taped on January 19, America's Dance Honors is notable for marking Sammy Davis Jr.'s final public appearance prior to his death on May 16. Liza Minnelli taped a special introduction to the show in light Davis' death. Later that December, Davis gave his final acting performance in the made-for-TV film The Kid Who Loved Christmas.July 10CBS broadcasts the first of four consecutive Major League Baseball All-Star Games. Unfortunately, the 1990 edition from Chicago's Wrigley Field, is interrupted by a rain delay in the top of the seventh inning. During the delay, CBS airs Rescue 911.July 16Radio DJ personality Rick Dees debuts an ABC late-night talk show, Into the Night, Starring Rick Dees.Johnny Depp makes his final appearance as Officer Tom Hanson on 21 Jump Street. This is also the final episode to be broadcast on Fox as for its fifth and ultimately final season, 21 Jump Street would air in first–run syndication.July 30MovieTime, which initially launched on July 31, 1987 as a national barker service to air movie trailers, entertainment news, event and awards coverage, and interviews is rebranded as E!. This name change is made to emphasize its widening coverage of the celebrity–industrial complex, contemporary film, television and music, daily Hollywood gossip, and fashion.July 31Memories of Murder, the first ever film to be produced for the Lifetime Television Network is broadcast.August 10The American Wrestling Association holds its final television taping.August 17CBS airs an unsold half-hour pilot that's based on the film Steel Magnolias. The cast includes Cindy Williams as M'Lynn, Sally Kirkland as Truvy, Elaine Stritch as Ouiser, Polly Bergen as Clairee, and Sheila McCarthy as Annelle. https://www.southernliving.com/culture/steel-magnolias-movie-facts Things Even Die-Hard Steel Magnolias Fans Probably Don't Know About the Classic Southern Living August 23The pilot episode for Ferris Bueller, an adaptation of the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, is broadcast on NBC. In said pilot, Ferris (Charlie Schlatter) refers to the film and expresses his displeasure at Matthew Broderick portraying him, even going as far as destroying a life-size cardboard cutout of Broderick with a chainsaw.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WP&p_theme=wpost&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=allfields(Ferris%20Bueller%27s%20Off%20Day)%20AND%20date(01/01/1990%20to%2012/31/1990)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=01/01/1990%20to%2012/31/1990)&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(%22Ferris%20Bueller%27s%20Off%20Day%22)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no Shales Tom Tom Shales 'Ferris Bueller's' Off Day; On NBC, a Lame Take on a Movie The Washington Post 1990-08-23 2008-12-01 2013-05-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20130520103040/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WP&p_theme=wpost&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=allfields%28Ferris%20Bueller%27s%20Off%20Day%29%20AND%20date%2801%2F01%2F1990%20to%2012%2F31%2F1990%29&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&p_text_date-0=01%2F01%2F1990%20to%2012%2F31%2F1990%29&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28%22Ferris%20Bueller%27s%20Off%20Day%22%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date%3AD&xcal_useweights=no deadStorm Jonathan High School Comedy Strictly Sophomoric In The NBC Version, 'Ferris Bueller' Has An Off Day The Philadelphia Inquirer 1990-08-23 The show would ultimately be cancelled after its first season and only 13 episodes due to its poor reception. It would also suffer from comparisons to another series, Fox's Parker Lewis Can't Lose, which proves to be more successful when it comes to ratings, lasting for three seasons.September 8Fox Kids, a children's programming block, debuts on Fox.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles makes its debut on CBS, where it will run through 1996. First–run episodes will continue to be broadcast in syndication until the end of its fourth season in March 1991. September 9CBS debuts a brand new look for The NFL Today, front-lined by Greg Gumbel and Terry Bradshaw. Gumbel and Bradshaw replaced Brent Musburger and Irv Cross respectively. The two would remain on The NFL Today until CBS lost their NFL rights to Fox at the end of the 1993 season.TNT broadcasts their first Sunday night NFL game with the Philadelphia Eagles visiting the New York Giants.September 10The Disney Afternoon debuts as a syndicated children's block.September 12Univision broadcasts the final of the 13th National OTI Festival live from the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.September 12–14Wheel of Fortune contestant Mindy Mitola won a total of $146,014 cash & prizes accumulated for her 3-day stint in the show, setting an all-time winnings record for the program, surpassing Diane Landry's $129,370 held last year. This record would last for almost five years until Peter Argyropolous and Deborah Cohen surpassed her record on February 8–9, 1996 with $146,529. At the time, she also became the biggest winner (for any individual contestant) in the program until more than 18 years later on October 14, 2008, where Michelle Lowenstein surpassed her total with $1,026,080.September 13The premiere episode of Law & Order is broadcast on NBC. The actual pilot episode, "Everybody's Favorite Bagman", which was filmed two years prior to the rest of the first season, would ultimately air as the sixth episode.September 15The CBN Family Channel renames itself The Family Channel. By this point, the network had grown too profitable to remain under the Christian Broadcasting Network umbrella without endangering the ministry's non-profit status.Captain Planet and the Planeteers, an animated environmental edutainment series that was created by created by Barbara Pyle and Ted Turner premieres on Turner's cable channel TBS.September 16WSYM in Lansing officially became a Fox television station.September 23–27The Ken Burns directed miniseries The Civil War is broadcast on PBS. More than 39 million viewers would tune in to at least one episode, and viewership averaged more than 14 million viewers each evening, making it the most-watched program ever to air on PBS. September 26Cop Rock, a police procedural series that mixes music and choreography throughout storylines debuts on ABC. The show is a critical and commercial failure and is canceled by ABC after 11 episodes.https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7DA1E3BF930A25752C1A966958260 ABC Cancels 'Cop Rock' November 13, 1990 The New York Times August 28, 2008 The combination of a fusion of musical performances with serious police drama and dark humor with its high-powered production talent, make it infamous as one of the biggest television failures of the 1990s.https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3D61338F935A35752C1A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all A Series Makes the Starting Gate Weinraub Bernard November 11, 1991 The New York Times August 28, 2008https://ew.com/article/2004/06/04/flops-101-lessons-biz/ Flops 101: Lessons From The Biz Tucker Ken Entertainment Weekly June 4, 2004 August 28, 2008 TV Guide Magazine would rank it #8 on its List of the 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list in 2002Cosgrove-Mather Bootie https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-worst-tv-shows-ever/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190402002745/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-worst-tv-shows-ever/ The Worst TV Shows Ever July 12, 2002 CBS News August 28, 2008 April 2, 2019 live and dubs it "the single most bizarre TV musical of all time".TV Musicals: The Highs and Lows http://www.tvguide.com/galleries/favorite-tv-musicals-1060019/photo/ed3ebea8-f8b7-4281-ad91-49e4d34b1cbf/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190120043101/https://www.tvguide.com/galleries/favorite-tv-musicals-1060019/5/ TV Guide April 13, 2013 January 20, 2019 deadOctober 1The very first edition of UWF Fury Hour airs from Reseda Country Club in Reseda, California on SportsChannel America.October 6All My Children star Susan Lucci guest–hosts an episode of Saturday Night Live, becoming the first daytime soap opera performer to do so.October 13WLAJ in Jackson, Michigan signs-on the air, giving the Lansing market its first full-time ABC affiliate.October 20–26CBS airs the first of four consecutive World Series. The Cincinnati Reds sweep the heavily favored and defending world champions, the Oakland Athletics in four games to win their first world title since 1976.November 3The NBA on NBC debuts on NBC, with its first game being the Los Angeles Lakers visiting the San Antonio Spurs.November 10Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade and Julia Sweeney join the cast of Saturday Night Live.The series finale of Charles in Charge airs in first-run syndication. In the finale, Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton. November 17ESPN broadcasts the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's college football game against the 1990 Penn State Nittany Lions. This is to date, the final time that a television network other than NBC, would broadcast Notre Dame's home games. On September 7, 1991, NBC would start televising Notre Dame's home games;Richard Sandomir COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Notre Dame Scored a $38 Million Touchdown on Its TV Deal The New York Times 1991-08-25 https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0D91038F936A1575BC0A967958260 2008-04-06 it would become the first Division I-A football program to have all of its home games televised exclusively by one television network.The last original episode of Pee-wee's Playhouse airs on CBS. In July 1991, series star Paul Reubens is arrested for exposing himself in a Sarasota, Florida, adult movie theater, Stone Phillips NBC News Pee-wee Herman creator speaks out April 5, 2004 October 10, 2008 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4653913 prompting CBS to immediately stop airing its Playhouse re-runs, which are originally intended to air until late 1991.Pee-wee back with bizarre appeal intact Jill Vejnoska Atlanta Journal-Constitution July 10, 2006 1D http://www.rugratonline.com/1991tv.htm What was on TV when Rugrats started https://web.archive.org/web/20041213192022/http://www.rugratonline.com/1991tv.htm December 13, 2004(Citation incorrectly states that this took place at a local Sarasota, FL bookstore; other points in citation are accurate, though.)Sinker Dan The Magic of Pee-wee Herman in a Dark Year https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/remembering-paul-reubens-pee-wees-playhouse-was-the-best-kids-show 4 August 2023 The Atlantic 2021-12-18 The show is replaced by reruns of The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy.November 18–20 The two-episode television miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 epic supernatural horror novel It premiered on the American Broadcasting Company.November 22The Undertaker makes his World Wrestling Federation debut at the fourth annual Survivor Series pay-per-view event.December 1Univision stages the 19th OTI Festival at the Circus Maximus of the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, which is broadcast live throughout Ibero-America.December 3ABC attracts a great deal of controversy when it airs Madonna's infamous music video for her single "Justify My Love" on its late-night news program Nightline, as part of an interview with the singer on the video's explicit sexual content. The broadcast follows across-the-board bans of the video by MTV and other networks around the world.https://ew.com/article/1998/11/20/justify-my-love-was-too-raunchy-1990/ Madonna Banned Entertainment Weekly March 27, 2017 Rich Joshua November 20, 1998Madonna speaks on Nightline Nightline (US news program) Nightline Interviewer: Forrest Sawyer ABC December 3, 1990December 10Following his broadcast of a Chicago Bears–Washington Redskins NFL game, CBS announcer Pat Summerall is hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer after vomiting on a plane during a flight. Summerall would be out for a considerable amount of time. While Verne Lundquist replaced Summerall on games with John Madden, Jack Buck (who was at CBS during the time as the network's lead Major League Baseball announcer) was added as a regular NFL broadcaster to fill-in.December 25Kathleen Bradley makes her debut as one of "Barker's Beauties" on The Price Is Right. Bradley is the first permanent African American model on the CBS game show. Programs Debuts The following is a list of shows that premiered in 1990. Date Show Channel August 15 The Baby-Sitters ClubHBO January 1 Maya the BeeNickelodeon January 5 Max Monroe: Loose CannonCBS January 6 ZorroCBN Family Channel January 24 Peter Jennings Reporting ABC January 26 Pirate TVMTV January 28 Grand SlamCBS January 29 City February 6 Rodeo DriveLifetime February 9 The Bradys CBS February 19 Nasty BoysNBC February 25 A Family for Joe March 3 H.E.L.P.ABCMarch 5 His & HersCBSMarch 21 Normal Life SydneyMarch 25 The OutsidersFoxMarch 27 Equal JusticeABCMarch 30 Bagdad CaféCBS Sugar and Spice March 31 Carol & CompanyNBCApril 1 On the TelevisionNick at NiteApril 4 The Marshall ChroniclesABCApril 8 Twin Peaks April 9 Capital NewsApril 12 Down HomeNBCApril 14 Major League Baseball on CBSCBSApril 15 In Living Color Fox Sunday Night BaseballESPNApril 16 Working GirlNBCApril 19 WingsNBC April 21 Sunset BeatABC May 1 Brewster Place Clash!Ha!May 13 America's Funniest People ABC June 1 Great Getaway GameThe Travel Channel June 16 Monopoly ABC July 4 SK8-TVNickelodeon Wild & Crazy KidsJuly 5 BlossomNBCJuly 8 Dream OnHBOJuly 12 Northern Exposure CBSJuly 14 The Howard Stern Show (1990 TV program) WWOR-TV July 16 Into the Night starring Rick DeesABCJuly 17 Real Life with Jane PauleyNBC July 27 Swamp ThingUSA Network July 29 Tim Conway's Funny AmericaABC August 8 New AttitudeABCAugust 13 Outta Here!NickelodeonAugust 20 Parenthood NBCAugust 22 Working It Out August 23 Ferris Bueller August 25 Jim Henson's Mother Goose StoriesThe Disney ChannelAugust 27 Guys Next DoorNBC September 1 Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream ZoneSyndication Haywire Fox September 2 Parker Lewis Can't Lose Big Brother JakeCBN Family Channel Bob Vila's Home AgainSyndication September 3 The Challengers Instant Recall Personalities September 4 Barnyard CommandosSyndicationSeptember 7 D.E.A.Fox American ChroniclesTaleSpinThe Disney Channel, Syndication September 8 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Fox Kids Bobby's World Peter Pan & the Pirates Zazoo U New Kids on the BlockABC Little Rosey The Wizard of Oz The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 NBC The Fanelli Boys Tom & Jerry Kids Gravedale High Kid 'n Play September 10 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air The New Adventures of He-ManUSA Network Quiz Kids ChallengeSyndication Trump Card Lenny CBS Uncle Buck September 11 The Family Man September 13 Law & Order NBC Babes Fox September 14 Tiny Toon Adventures CBS, Syndication, Fox Kids September 15 The Adventures of the Black StallionThe Family Channel Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures CBS Captain Planet and the Planeteers TBS Piggsburg Pigs! Fox Kids September 16 The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda Syndication E.A.R.T.H. Force CBS September 17 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Preview: The Best of the NewSyndication Wake, Rattle & Roll September 18 Married PeopleABC September 20 American DreamerNBC The FlashCBS Top Cops September 21 Evening Shade Going Places ABC September 23 Against the LawFox Get a Life September 24 Adam-12 Syndication My Talk Show September 26 Cop Rock ABC September 29 Dracula: The SeriesSyndication Widget the World Watcher September 30 The Jesse Jackson Show Good GriefFox October 1 America TonightCBS UWF Fury HourSportsChannel America Video PowerSyndication October 4 Beverly Hills, 90210 Fox October 15 Screen SceneBET October 24 WIOU CBS October 27 NBA Inside Stuff NBC November 2 Over My Dead Body CBS November 3 NBA on NBC NBC Entering syndication this year A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (3 or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs. Show Seasons The Golden Girls5Perfect Strangers 52275 Changes of network affiliation The following shows aired new episodes on a different network than previous first-run episodes: Show Moved from Moved toNight FlightUSA NetworkSyndicationTaleSpinThe Disney Channel21 Jump StreetFoxDisney's Adventures of the Gummi BearsABCSupermarket SweepLifetimeThe Hogan FamilyNBCCBSThe Major League Baseball Game of the WeekTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesSyndicationLet's Make a DealNBCTo Tell the TruthMatch GameABCFather Dowling MysteriesNBCFun HouseSyndicationFox Returning this year Show Last aired Previous network New network ReturningSupermarket Sweep1967ABCLifetimeFebruary 5Match Game1982SyndicationABCJuly 16Let's Make a Deal1986NBCTo Tell The Truth1981September 3The Joker's Wild1986SameSeptember 10Tic-Tac-Dough Ending this year Date Show DebutJanuary 14Free Spirit1989January 21Fantastic Max1988January 25Miami Vice1984February 24Mission: Impossible1988March 5Eyes on the Prize1987March 9The Bradys1990March 12Mama's Family1983Freddy's Nightmares 1988March 15Island Son1989March 23Scrabble (returned in 1993)1984March 24ALF1986March 26The Baby-Sitters Club1990March 30Think Fast1989April 6Baywatch (returned in 1991)April 13The Pat Sajak ShowApril 14H.E.L.P.1990April 24Mancuso, F.B.I.1989April 28Tour of Duty1987April 30My Two DadsMay 4Just the Ten of Us1988May 62271985Booker1989May 7Alien NationMay 12The Famous Teddy ZMay 14War of the Worlds1988May 17Falcon Crest1981May 21Newhart1982May 25You Can't Do That on Television1981May 26Friday the 13th: The Series 1987The Tracey Ullman ShowJune 14NBA on CBS1973June 28Wolf1989June 29HardballJuly 6SnoopsPinwheel1977July 8Mr. Belvedere1985July 21Open House1989July 30Sister KateAugust 4Beauty and the Beast1987August 19Ann Jillian1989August 31Rodeo Drive1990September 1MonopolySeptember 2Tim Conway's Funny America September 14Make the Grade1989September 29E.A.R.T.H. Force1990SK8-TVNovember 10Charles in Charge1984November 17Pee-wee's Playhouse1986November 19Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers1989November 28DuckTales (original series) (returned in 2017)1987December 1Alvin and the Chipmunks1983The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 31990Gravedale HighDecember 7Tic-Tac-Dough1956December 8Wiseguy1987December 12Working It Out1990December 13Remote Control1987December 26Cop Rock1990December 28Quiz Kids Challenge The Wizard of OzDecember 30Hull High Made-for-TV movies Title Network Date of airingMurder in MississippiNBCFebruary 5The Death of the Incredible HulkFebruary 18ChallengerABCFebruary 25The IncidentCBS March 4A Killing in a Small TownMay 22Psycho IV: The BeginningNBCNovember 10 The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum StoryNBCDecember 10 Networks and services Launches Network Type Launch date Notes Source International Channel Cable television Unknown SportsChannel Philadelphia Cable television January 1 WWOR EMI Service Cable and satellite January 1 HA! TV Comedy Network Cable television April 1 Star Television Network Broadcast television September 29 Hollywood Premiere Network Syndicated programming block October 9 Conversions and rebrandings Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes Source The Nostalgia Channel Nostalgia Television Cable television UnknownMovieTimeE!Cable televisionJuly 30CBN Family ChannelThe Family ChannelCable televisionSeptember 15 Closures Network Type Closure date Notes Source Sports News Network Cable and satellite December 17 Television stations Station launches Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. January 21 Anchorage, Alaska KYES-TV 5 Independent February 4 Brownsville, Texas K64FM 64 America's Store March 9 Richmond, Virginia WZXK 65 Independent March 15 Springfield, Missouri K15CZ 15 Independent March 29 Chattanooga, Tennessee W39AW 39 Independent April 2 Brunswick, Georgia (Jacksonville, Florida) WBSG-TV 21 Independent April 23 Cedar City/St. George, Utah KCCZ 8 Independent May 1 Atlanta, Georgia W07CP 7 May 5 Fort Pierce, Florida WTCE-TV 21 TBN July 1 Denver, Colorado KWHD 53 LeSEA August 15 Knoxville, Tennessee WKOP-TV 15 PBS Satellite of WSJK-TV/Sneedville August 27 Sacramento, California KCMY 29 Independent September 18 Toledo, Ohio W05BZ 5 The Box September 27 Eugene, Oregon KEPB-TV 28 PBS Part of the Oregon Educational and Public Broadcasting Service (OEPBS) September 30 Richmond, Virginia W14BN 14 Independent October 1 Ventura, California (Los Angeles) KSTV-TV 57 Galavision October 13Lansing, MichiganWLAJ53ABC October 18 Boulder, Colorado KSHP 50 Independent October 22 Naples/Fort Myers, Florida WNPT-TV 46 Independent Not to be confused with today's WNPT of Nashville October 31 Evansville, Indiana W38BK 38 TBN November Macon, Georgia WGNM 45 Independent November 14 Chico/Redding, California KBCP 20 Independent December 5 Toledo, Ohio W38DH 38 The Box December 27 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania WBPH-TV 60 Religious independent Unknown date Atlanta, Georgia W67CI 67 Telemundo Bismarck, North Dakota K46DY 46 TBN Charlotte, North Carolina W26AZ 26 Daystar Columbia, Missouri K02NQ 2 unknown Columbia, South Carolina W51BR 51 Dothan, Alabama W29BB 29 TBN Fort Bragg, California KFWU 8 ABC Satellite of KRCR-TV Gulfport/Biloxi, Mississippi W46AV 46 TBN Indianapolis, Indiana W47AZ 47 The Box Minneapolis, Minnesota K13UT 13 The Box Monterey, California K53DT 53 TBN Tyler, Texas K48DP 48 Independent Network affiliation changes Date City of License/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref.February 6Nashville, TennesseeWZTV17IndependentFoxSchweid Richard 1990-02-06 Ch. 17 owner begins chunk of Ch. 30 The TennesseanWXMT30FoxIndependentJune 27Buffalo, New YorkWUTV29IndependentFoxPergament Alan SHUFFLING OF CHANNELS 29, 49 TO RESULT IN SHIFT OF PROGRAMS https://buffalonews.com/news/shuffling-of-channels-29-49-to-result-in-shift-of-programs/article_aef8375f-f2d1-5cff-aa7a-7e5d4547409f.html 2021-12-12 The Buffalo News 27 June 1990 enWNYB49FoxTCTJuly 1Memphis, TennesseeWPTY24IndependentFoxWalter Tom 1990-05-30 Fox to flip channel to WPTY-TV's 24 The Commercial AppealWLMT30FoxIndependent September 8 Louisville, Kentucky WHAS-TV 11 CBS ABC WLKY-TV 32 ABC CBS September 16Lansing, MichiganWSYM47IndependentFoxHughes Mike 1990-08-21 Channel 47 catches Fox, 'Simpsons' Lansing State Journal Unknown date Davenport, Iowa KLJB-TV 18 Independent Fox Previously with Fox 1987-1988 Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands WSZE-TV 10 NBC (primary) CBS/ABC/Fox (secondary) NBC (primary) CBS/ABC (secondary) Satellite of KUAM-TV/Hagtna, Guam Station closures Date City of license/Market Station Channel Affiliation Sign-on date Notes May 23 New Orleans, Louisiana WCCL 49 Independent (primary) CBS (secondary) March 19, 1989 Unknown date Key West, Florida WETV 13 Educational independent 1989 Owensboro, Kentucky WROZ-TV 61 Independent Births Date Name NotabilityJanuary 4Michelle MylettCanadian actressSpencer RothbellVoice actor (Clarence)January 6Natalie PalamidesActress (The Powerpuff Girls, Star vs. the Forces of Evil)January 7Liam AikenActorCamryn GrimesActress (The Young and the Restless)January 10Trevante RhodesAmerican television actorJanuary 12Jana WissmannAmerican television personalityJanuary 13Liam HemsworthAustralian actor (Neighbours, The Elephant Princess, The Hunger Games)January 14Kacy CatanzaroContestant on American Ninja Warrior and WWE wrestler2024-01-08 WWE Profile: Katana Chance https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/39266661/wwe-profile-katana-chance-kacy-catanzaro-accolades-history-top-moments-championships 2025-07-14 ESPN.com enGrant GustinActor (Glee, The Flash)January 15Chris WarrenActor (High School Musical)January 18Zeeko ZakiActorJanuary 26Christopher MasseyActor (Zoey 101)January 29MacKenzie PorterCanadian actress (Dinosapien, Hell on Wheels, Travelers)Jessica D. StoneVoice actress (Stanley)January 30 Jake ThomasActor (Lizzie McGuire, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Cory in the House)February 1Davi SantosActorFebruary 5Charlbi DeanSouth African actress (Elementary, Black Lightning) (d. 2022)Ugwu Reggie 2022-08-31 Charlbi Dean, Star of Top Winner at Cannes, Dies at 32 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/movies/charlbi-dean-dead.html 2025-07-15 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331February 6Dominic SherwoodEnglish actor (Shadowhunters)February 8Christian MadsenActorFebruary 9Camille WinbushActress (The Bernie Mac Show)February 14Jake WearyActor (As the World Turns, Fred: The Show, Animal Kingdom)Brett DierCanadian actor (Ravenswood, Jane the Virgin)February 16The WeekndSingerFebruary 23Anjli MohindraActressFebruary 27Lindsey MorganActress (General Hospital, The 100)February 28Georgina LeonidasEnglish actress (Harry Potter)March 4Andrea BowenActress (Desperate Housewives)March 5Matt RogersActorMarch 7Daniel SamonasActor (Avatar: The Last Airbender, Wizards of Waverly Place)March 13Alec MedlockActor (Drake & Josh)Emory CohenActor (Smash)Sebastian JudeActor (Lizzie McGuire)March 18 Luke TarsitanoActor (Fudge)March 24Keisha Castle-HughesAustralian actress (Game of Thrones)March 25Kiowa GordonActorMarch 26Carly ChaikinActress (Suburgatory, Mr. Robot)March 30Cassie ScerboActress (Dance Revolution, Make It or Break It, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja)Allie GoninoActress (The Lying Game)April 2Sawyer FultonProfessional wrestlerApril 3Natasha NegovanlisCanadian actress (Carmilla) and singerApril 6Charlie McDermottActor (The Middle)April 9Kristen StewartActress (The Twilight Saga)April 10Alex PettyferEnglish actorMaren MorrisSinger-songwriterApril 12Hannah DunneActress (Mozart in the Jungle)April 14Christian AlexanderActor (General Hospital, The Lying Game)April 15Emma WatsonActressApril 18Britt RobertsonActress (Swingtown, Life UneXpected, The Secret Circle, Under the Dome)April 19Teo OlivaresActor (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Hannah Montana)April 21Bree EssrigYouTube personality and actressApril 22Machine Gun KellyMusicianApril 23 Matthew UnderwoodActor (Zoey 101)Dev PatelActorMay 1 Caitlin StaseyActress (Neighbours)May 2Kay PanabakerActress (Summerland, Phil of the Future, American Dragon: Jake Long, No Ordinary Family)May 10Lauren PotterActress (Glee)May 14Sasha SpielbergActress May 16Marc John JefferiesVoice actor (Fatherwood)Thomas Brodie-SangsterEnglish actor (Phineas and Ferb, Game of Thrones)May 17Ross ButlerActor (K.C. Undercover) Kree HarrisonSinger (American Idol)Kree Harrison https://www.iheart.com/artist/kree-harrison-887836/ 2024-02-21 iHeart enLeven RambinActress (All My Children, Scoundrels)May 18Luke KleintankActor (Gossip Girl, The Young and the Restless, Bones, Pretty Little Liars, The Man in the High Castle)May 19Crawford WilsonVoice actor (Avatar: The Last Airbender)May 21Scotty LeavenworthActorMay 25Ebonée NoelActressMay 26Madeleine MantockActressMay 27 Chris ColferActor (Glee)May 30Dean CollinsActor (Jack & Bobby, The War at Home)June 2Brittany CurranAmerican actressJune 9Lauren SochaEnglish actressJune 10Tristin MaysActress (Gullah Gullah Island, Private)June 13Aaron Taylor-JohnsonEnglish actorJune 15Denzel WhitakerActor (All That, Hannah Montana)June 19Ashly BurchVoice actress (Adventure Time, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)Chuku ModuActorJune 20Jacob WysockiActorJune 28Jasmine RichardsCanadian actress (Naturally, Sadie)Nick PurcellActor (The Troop)July 2Margot RobbieAustralian actress (Pan Am)Kayla HarrisonAmerican professional mixed martial artist July 6Jeremy SuarezActor (The Bernie Mac Show)July 11Connor PaoloActor (Gossip Girl, Revenge)Kelsey SandersActress (Private) and singerJuly 12Rachel BrosnahanActress (House of Cards, Manhattan)July 16James MaslowActor (Big Time Rush) and singerJuly 19Steven Anthony LawrenceActor (The Amanda Show, Even Stevens)July 24Daveigh ChaseActress (Oliver Beene, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Big Love) (d. 2026)Tangcay Jazz June 17, 2026 Daveigh Chase, Disney's Lilo Voice Actor and 'The Ring' Villain, Dies at 35 https://variety.com/2026/film/obituaries-people-news/daveigh-chase-dead-lilo-actor-the-ring-1236784015/ June 17, 2026 Variety liveJay McGuinessBritish singer (The Wanted)July 26Bianca SantosActress (The Fosters)July 27Indiana EvansAustralian actress and singer (Snobs, Home and Away, H2O: Just Add Water, Crownies, Secrets and Lies)July 28Soulja BoyRapperJuly 29Matt ProkopActorMunro ChambersCanadian actor (The Latest Buzz)July 30Eliot SumnerActorAugust 1Jack O'ConnellBritish actor (Skins)August 4Chet HanksActorAugust 9Adelaide KaneAustralian actress (Neighbours, Power Rangers RPM, Teen Wolf, Reign)Bill SkarsgårdSwedish actor (Hemlock Grove)August 10Lucas TillActorSydney LemmonActressAugust 14Miranda Rae MayoActressAugust 15Jennifer LawrenceActress (The Bill Engvall Show, The Hunger Games)August 17Rachel Hurd-WoodBritish actress (Home Fires)August 25Kristos AndrewsActorAugust 28Katie FindlayCanadian actress (The Killing, The Carrie Diaries, How to Get Away with Murder)August 29Laura Ashley SamuelsActressNicole Gale AndersonActress (Jonas, Beauty & the Beast, Ravenswood)September 2Merritt PattersonCanadian actress (Ravenswood, The Royals)September 8Ella Rae PeckActress (Gossip Girl, Welcome to the Family)September 9Haley ReinhartMusician (American Idol)Sarah BakerActressSeptember 10Eddy MartinActor (Just Jordan)Chandler MasseyActor (Days of Our Lives)September 12Wayne DalglishActor (The O.C., Kickin' It)September 14Lolly AdefopeActressHarry McEntireEnglish actorSeptember 15Matt ShivelyActor (True Jackson, VP, The Troop)September 20Phillip PhillipsSinger (American Idol)Phillip Phillips – The Vogue https://thevogue.com/artists/phillip-phillips/ 2024-02-19 enSeptember 21Allison ScagliottiActress (Drake & Josh, Warehouse 13, Stitchers)Christian SerratosActress (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, The Walking Dead)September 25Hannah GrossAmerican actressSeptember 27Lola KirkeEnglish-American actress (Mozart in the Jungle)September 28Kirsten ZienCanadian actress (Kyle XY, The Lying Game)September 29Doug BrochuActor (Sonny with a Chance, So Random!)September 30Swerve StricklandPro wrestler2024-01-26 AEW Profile - Swerve Strickland https://www.espn.com/aew/story/_/id/39389648/aew-profile-page-swerve-strickland 2024-11-05 ESPN.com enOctober 5Myles JeffreyActor (Beverly Hills, 90210, Early Edition, Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?)October 6Scarlett ByrneActress (Harry Potter, Falling Skies, The Vampire Diaries)Noah RobbinsActorOctober 7Ayla KellActress (Make It or Break It)October 8Trent HarmonSinger (American Idol)Ginsberg Gabriella 2016-03-11 Trent Harmon https://hollywoodlife.com/celeb/trent-harmon/ 2024-02-19 Hollywood Life en-USOctober 13Bailey NobleActress (First Day, True Blood)October 18Jordan CallowayActress (Unfabulous)Carly SchroederActress (Port Charles, General Hospital, Lizzie McGuire)October 19Ciara RenéeActress (Legends of Tomorrow)October 20Galadriel StinemanActress (The Middle)October 22 Jonathan LipnickiActor (The Jeff Foxworthy Show)October 24Kirby Bliss BlantonActressLaMarcus TinkerActor (Cougar Town)October 28Kianna UnderwoodActress (Little Bill, All That)October 29Carlson YoungActress (As the Bell Rings, Scream)October 31Lil' JJActor (All That, Just Jordan)November 2 Kendall SchmidtActor (Big Time Rush) and singerNovember 4Jean-Luc BilodeauActorNovember 6Bowen YangActorNovember 13Kathleen HerlesVoice actress (Dora on Dora the Explorer (2000–07))November 17Shanica KnowlesActress (Hannah Montana)November 24 Sarah HylandActress (Modern Family)November 26Rita OraSingerNovember 29Diego BonetaMexican actor (Underemployed, Scream Queens) and singerDecember 13Emily PeacheyActressDecember 20JoJoAmerican singerDecember 21Mandeep DhillonActressDecember 23Anna Maria Perez de TagleActress (Hannah Montana, Cake)December 28David ArchuletaSinger (American Idol) and actor Deaths Date Name Age Notability January 2 Alan Hale68Actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby on Gilligan's Island)January 9 Northern Calloway41Actor (David on Sesame Street)January 18 Rusty Hamer42Former child actor (Make Room For Daddy)January 20Barbara Stanwyck82Actress (The Barbara Stanwyck Show, The Big Valley)March 24 Ray Goulding68Comedian, half of the comedy team Bob and RayMay 9Pauline Frederick82Journalist (ABC News, NBC News)May 10 Susan Oliver58Actress (Peyton Place)May 14Franklyn Seales37Actor (Dexter on Silver Spoons)May 16 Jim Henson53Puppeteer (The Muppets creator)Sammy Davis Jr.64Actor and singerMay 25 Vic Tayback60Actor (Mel Sharples on Alice)June 4Jack Gilford82Actor (Cracker Jack commercials)July 7 Bill Cullen70Game show host (original host of The Price Is Right)July 8 Howard Duff76Actor (Felony Squad)July 30Karl Weber74 Actor (Arthur Tate in Search for Tomorrow)Karl Weber; Longtime Radio Actor https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-06-mn-154-story.html 11 September 2016 Los Angeles Times August 6, 1990August 15Viktor Tsoi28Soviet singer (Kino)October 26 William S. Paley89Founder and longtime head of CBSNovember 3 Mary Martin76Actress & singer (Peter Pan)November 12 Eve Arden82Actress (Our Miss Brooks)November 27 David White74Actor (Larry Tate on Bewitched)December 2 Bob Cummings80Actor (The Bob Cummings Show)December 28 Kiel Martin46Actor (Officer J.D. LaRue on Hill Street Blues) See also 1990 in the United States List of American films of 1990 References 2 External links List of 1990 American television series at IMDb 1990 Category:1990s in American television