1975 in American television

none 1975 This is a list of American television-related events in 1975. Events Date Event Ref. January 3 A day for NBC game shows that could be described as anything but uneventful. In the morning, Dennis James' version of Name That Tune and the Bob Stewart/Bill Cullen series Winning Streak end their run. In the afternoon, the biggest prize in American daytime television game shows at the time is won on Jackpot, in which two contestants split a cash prize of $38,750. Finally, the original Jeopardy! also ends its run after 2,753 episodes. It would return in nationwide syndication in 1984. January 6 Another eventful day for NBC's daytime schedule. The morning sees the premiere episode of Wheel of Fortune, with Chuck Woolery as host and Susan Stafford as the assistant, while in the afternoon Blank Check, the Art James/Jack Barry game show debuts. Finally, Another World becomes the first American soap opera to become an hour-long program. January 11 On CBS's All in the Family, the Bunkers say goodbye to their neighbors as The Jeffersons "move on up" to their own separate sitcom. March 4 CBS airs the very first annual People's Choice Awards. March 18 McLean Stevenson makes his final appearance as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake on CBS' M*A*S*H. The episode ends with revelation that Blake after being honorably discharged, is reported killed by enemy fire. This would also be the final appearance for Wayne Rogers as Trapper John. March 28 Gunsmoke airs its last televised episode on CBS. Ultimately, the plotline was cut short, so it was ended on a cliffhanger. April 21 Following on from Another World less than three months ago, NBC's Days of Our Lives begins airing hour-long episodes.April 25 ABC broadcasts the special program, Alice Cooper: The Nightmare. Independent station WKBF-TV in Cleveland, Ohio merges its operations with rival independent WUAB and ceases operations. The Plain Dealer, "...but employees go out with touch of class", April 20, 1975. April 28 NBC's The Tomorrow Show finds Tom Snyder interviewing John Lennon. May 29 NBC affiliate WHFV in Fredericksburg, Virginia, citing financial troubles, ceases operations. Moore Nancy Troubled WHFV-TV may go off the air https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AN9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_YoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4001%2C3911950 The Free Lance-Star May 28, 1975 1Jones Edward TV station 'goes dark', future still uncertain https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=At9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_YoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5471%2C4287105 The Free Lance-Star May 30, 1975 14 June 5 Fred Silverman becomes the head of ABC Entertainment. Silverman's programming choices will prove fruitful for ABC, resulting in its late-decade ratings dominance (and initiating an era of what was disparagingly called "T&A" or "Jiggle television"). September 8 The CBS game show The Price is Right is expanded to the length of one hour, with six games and two Showcase Showdowns as a week-long experiment. The format, which marked the debut of "The Big Wheel", is made permanent two months later. Schwartz David Ryan Steve Wostbrock Fred 1999 The Encyclopedia of TV Shows (3rd ed.) Facts on File New York 178–179 0-8160-3846-5The Price Is Right (Anniversary Week). September 12, 1975. Retrieved July 31, 2019. September 22 Television comes to Alpena, Michigan when CBS affiliate WBKB-TV signs-on. September 29 The first television station in the U.S. to be owned and operated by African Americans signs on in Detroit, Michigan as WGPR-TV channel 62, which is present-day CBS O&O WWJ-TV. September 30 HBO broadcasts the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier title fight from the Philippines. Known as the "Thrilla in Manila", the live feed was sent via satellite to the U.S. October 11 NBC's Saturday Night (now known as Saturday Night Live) premieres. Comedian George Carlin is the first host. October 21 NBC broadcasts the now legendary 12-inning long sixth game of the 1975 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, in which the Red Sox tied the series on a Carlton Fisk home run more notable for Fisk's reaction. Verducci, Tom (October 21, 2015). "Game Changer: How Carlton Fisks' home run altered baseball and TV". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 8, 2019.MLB's 20 Greatest Games https://web.archive.org/web/20151026155313/http://mlbnetwork.mlb.com/network/games_airdates/ 2015-10-26 (2012) November 11 On an episode of the ABC sitcom Happy Days, Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams make their first appearances as Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney respectively. This will soon lead to the characters being spun-off into their own series, which will run for eight seasons. November 23 NBC is forced to join Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in progress at the conclusion of an NFL football game between the Washington Redskins and the Oakland Raiders, which ended in overtime. This was done to avoid a repeat of the "Heidi Game" incident of 1968, in which the network interrupted coverage of an AFL game between the Raiders and the New York Jets to show the movie Heidi, a decision that infuriated football fans and haunted network executives. Sneak Previews (under the name Opening Soon at a Theater Near You), the first American film review show, premieres and launches the careers of critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. They will remain a team, and a staple among film critics, through various programs for the next twenty-four years. December 1 CBS makes its first soap opera expansion when the top-rated As The World Turns airs its first hour-long episode. Other notable events In November, Sony Corporation introduces the Betamax video recorder in the United States, which comes in a teakwood console alongside a 19 in color television set. It sold for $2,495. NBC retires both the 1956 Laramie Peacock logo, which was used at the start of every color program on the network, and the 1959 NBC snake logo, used for promos and network identifications, after this year. Programs e [e] signifies that this show has a related event in the Events section above. Debuting this year Date Show Network January 6 Blank Check NBC Wheel of Fortune January 17 Baretta ABC January 18 The Jeffersons CBS January 23 Barney Miller ABC April 21 Blankety Blanks June 16 Spin-Off CBS Musical Chairs June 30 Showoffs ABC July 7 The Magnificent Marble Machine NBC Rhyme and Reason ABC Ryan's Hope September 4 Space: 1999 Syndication September 6 The Great Grape Ape Show ABC The New Tom and Jerry Show September 8 Give-n-Take CBS Match Game PM Syndication Phyllis CBS The Invisible Man NBC September 9 Joe Forrester NBC September 9 Welcome Back, Kotter ABC September 11 Ellery Queen NBC September 12 Mobile One ABC September 14 The Swiss Family Robinson ABC September 14 Three for the Road CBS September 29 Three for the Money NBC October 11 NBC's Saturday Night NBC November 3 Good Morning America ABC November 7 Wonder Woman ww The debut of this program is a TV movie, which serves as the pilot for the actual series, which premiered in early 1976. NBC November 30 McCoy NBC December 16 One Day at a Time CBS Ending this year Date Show Debut date Notes January 3 Jeopardy! (returned in 1984) 1964 Jep75 Jeopardy! returned in national syndication in 1984. January 3 Winning Streak 1974 January 9 Friends and Lovers 1974 January 12 Apple's Way 1974 January 16 Ironside 1967 March 7 The Odd Couple 1970 March 28 Kolchak: The Night Stalker 1974 March 31 Gunsmoke 1955 April 13 Mannix 1967 April 18 How to Survive a Marriage 1974 April 25 Hot l Baltimore 1975 April 26 Kung Fu 1972 May 20 Adam-12 1968 June 13 The Joker's Wild 1972 joker Returned in 1977. Now You See It 1974 nysi Returned in 1989 June 27 Blankety Blanks 1975 Password 1961 password Returned in 1979 as Password Plus. Split Second 1972 split2nd Returned in 1986. The Money Maze 1974 July 4 Blank Check 1975 The Big Showdown 1974 July 24 The Texas Wheelers 1974 August 1 Death Valley Days 1952 September 5 What's My Line? 1950 September 5 Spin-Off 1975 September 26 Jackpot 1974 jackpot Returned in 1985. October 31 Musical Chairs 1975 November 28 Give-n-Take 1975 November 28 Three for the Money 1975 November 30 Run, Joe, Run 1974 November 28 Three for the Road 1975 December 13 The Great Grape Ape Show 1975 December 13 The New Tom and Jerry Show 1975 December 24 That's My Mama 1974 December 26 Showoffs 1975 Notes Changing networks Show Moved from Moved to The Edge of Night CBS ABC The Bugs Bunny Show ABC CBS Television specials January 28 – Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (CBS) April 25 – Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (ABC) October 28 – You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (CBS) Networks and services Network launches Network Type Launch date Notes Source Louisiana Public Broadcasting Over-the-air state network September 6 The Louisiana Educational Television Authority, established in 1971, approved the proposal to build and sign on the stations that would make up the network, starting with Baton Rouge-based WLPB-TV, the network's flagship. Television stations Sign-ons Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. January 4 Sioux City, Iowa KSIN-TV 27 PBS/IPTV January 20 Springfield, Missouri KOZK 21 PBS February South Bend, Indiana WNIT 34 PBS March 15 Biddeford/Portland, Maine WMEG-TV 26 PBS via Maine Public Broadcasting Net. May 7 Anchorage, Alaska KAKM 7 PBS June 10 Menomonie, Wisconsin WHWC-TV 27 PBS via WPT August 13 San Francisco, California KDTV 14 Spanish Int'l Network September 6 Baton Rouge, Louisiana WLPB-TV 27 PBS/LPB September 7 Council Bluffs, Iowa KBIN-TV 32 PBS/IPTV Red Oak, Iowa KHIN 36 PBS/IPTV Sumter, South Carolina WRJA-TV 27 PBS/SCETV Satellite of WRLK-TV/Columbia, SC September 21 Akron/Canton, Ohio WEAO 45 PBS Satellite of WNEO of Youngstown, Ohio September 22 Alpena, Michigan WBKB-TV 11 CBS September 29 Detroit, Michigan WGPR-TV 62 Independent First television station in the U.S. to be owned and operated by African Americans. November 21 Alpena, Michigan WCML-TV 6 PBS Satellite of WCMU-TV/Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Unknown Albuquerque, New Mexico KMXN-TV 23 SIN Miami, Florida WFCB-TV 45 Independent Network affiliation changes Date City of license/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref. Unknown Harrisonburg, Virginia WHSV-TV 3 ABC (primary) NBC (secondary) ABC (exclusive) Station closures Date City of license/Market Station Channel Affiliation First air date Notes/Ref. February 11 Roanoke, Virginia WRLU 27 ABC September 7, 1974 Had been on air March 1966–April 1974 as WRFT-TV April 25 Cleveland, Ohio WKBF-TV 61 Independent January 19, 1968 Station's operations were folded into WUAB/Lorain, OhioThe Plain Dealer, "...but employees go out with touch of class", April 20, 1975. May 29 Fredericksburg, Virginia WHFV 69 NBC October 8, 1973Moore, Nancy (May 28, 1975). "Troubled WHFV-TV may go off the air". Fredericksburg, VA: The Free Lance-Star, p. 1. September 1 Pembina, North Dakota KCND-TV 12 Independent (primary) ABC (secondary) November 7, 1960 Winnipeg Free Press, Aug. 30, 1975, p. 12Dulmage, Bill (January 2007). "Television Station History: CKND". Canadian Communications Foundation. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2019.Radio-Info: "Retro: Winnipeg • Sunday, August 31, 1975", July 17, 2010. (Source: Winnipeg Free Press (August 30, 1975 Edition))August 2020 medicmedic. Archived from the original https://web.archive.org/web/20111006005958/http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=172070.0 2011-10-06 October 6, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2019. September 2 South Bend, Indiana WMSH-TV 46 July 26, 1974 | Returned to air as WHME-TV on September 10, 1977 December Elko, Nevada KEKO 10 April 18, 1973 Satellite of KTVN/Reno October 22 Paducah, Kentucky WDXR-TV 29 independent May 31, 1971 Would return to the air in 1979 as WKPD December 23 Los Angeles KVST-TV 68 Non-commercial independent May 5, 1974 Births 1975 in television#Births Deaths 1975 in television#Deaths See also 1975 in television 1975 in film List of American films of 1975 1974-75 United States network television schedule 1975-76 United States network television schedule Family Viewing Hour References External links List of 1975 American television series at IMDb October 2021 1975