1992 in American television

none May 2017 1992 In 1992, 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. Events September 2014 Date EventJanuary 6The weekly overnight news program World News Now debuts on ABC.January 19The World Wrestling Federation holds the fifth annual Royal Rumble event on pay-per-view. In the main event, Ric Flair wins the Royal Rumble match and the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship. January 26During halftime of CBS' telecast of Super Bowl XXVI, Fox counter-programs with a special live-edition of the sketch comedy program In Living Color.In a 60 Minutes interview on CBS, Bill and Hillary Clinton deny the allegations made against Bill in an interview that was viewed by millions. 'Not Sittin' Here as Some Little Woman:' Looking Back at Hillary and Bill Clinton's 60 Minutes Interview https://people.com/politics/looking-back-at-hillary-and-bill-clintons-60-minutes-interview/ 2023-06-12 Peoplemag enFebruary 8The opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics from Albertville, France is broadcast on CBS. This is the first of three consecutive Olympic Winter Games that CBS will broadcast, concluding with the 1998 Winter Olympics from Nagano, Japan. It's also the first time that CBS would televise the Olympics (either Winter or Summer) since the 1960 Summer Games from Rome, Italy.February 14Green Bay Fox station WXGZ goes dark, and former Green Bay independent station WGBA-TV took the Fox affiliation.February 22Barbra Streisand makes a surprise cameo appearance during a "Coffee Talk" sketch with Mike Myers, Madonna, and Roseanne Barr on NBC's Saturday Night Live.February 24CBS acquires the assets of Midwest Communications, owners of the network's dominant affiliate in the Twin Cities, WCCO-TV. This also results in an affiliation swap in both Marquette, Michigan and Green Bay, Wisconsin: WJMN-TV, the Midwest-owned satellite station of Green Bay's ABC affiliate WFRV-TV, swaps its own ABC affiliation with primary CBS/secondary NBC affiliate WLUC-TV on this date, while WFRV-TV itself swaps with CBS affiliate WBAY-TV on March 15. (The delay in Green Bay occurs since WBAY-TV wanted to swap on or near March 17, the 39th anniversary of its first sign-on.)February 29Full Moon Over Miami, a one-off programming block of a three-way, two-hour crossover event airs on NBC. It involves three television sitcoms created by Susan Harris: The Golden Girls, Empty Nest and Nurses. The event depicts a fictional full moon on Leap Day storming into the storylines of the three series set in Miami, Florida. March 28CBS broadcasts the East Regional men's basketball final between Duke and Kentucky. With 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime, Christian Laettner hit a jumper as time expired to give Duke the 104–103 win. The game which was called by Verne Lundquist and Len Elmore, has since been considered by many to be the greatest college basketball game ever played.Matthew Waxman = 16 Greatest Games Sports Illustrated (On Campus), March 10, 2004Mike Douchant – Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history. The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002April 4TBS' Saturday afternoon/early evening World Championship Wrestling program is renamed WCW Saturday Night. The main event is Steve Austin defeating The Z-Man in a 2-out-of-3 falls match for the WCW World Television Title.April 9Joan Van Ark makes her final regular appearance as Valene Ewing on the CBS drama Knots Landing. Van Ark however, will return for the series finale. This also marks the final appearance of Larry Riley as Frank Williams prior to Riley's death on June 6, 1992.April 18Sean McDonough makes his debut as the new lead play–by–play announcer for Major League Baseball telecasts on CBS. Replacing Jack Buck, who was dismissed by the network following the 1991 World Series, McDonough would serve in that capacity alongside analyst Tim McCarver for the final two years of CBS' contract with Major League Baseball. April 25ABC broadcasts the series finales of Who's the Boss?, Growing Pains, and MacGyver.April 29Batman (1989 film) makes its broadcast television premiere on CBS. April 30The Nickelodeon time capsule was buried at Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida.May 1Sesame Street broadcasts its 3,000th episode.May 19Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. During his speech,http://hoohila.stanford.edu/commonwealth/programView.php?programID=1255 Hoover Institution Commonwealth Club Database Hoohila.stanford.edu January 16, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110613183438/http://hoohila.stanford.edu/commonwealth/programView.php?programID=1255 June 13, 2011 mdy he criticizes the Murphy Brown character for "mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone".Excerpts from Dan Quayle's speech https://web.archive.org/web/20210410203351/https://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0406_Quayles_Murphy_Brown.html 2021-04-10 , at Forerunner.com THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Murphy Brown; Get Ready, America: Murphy Responds The New York Times September 4, 1992 https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/04/us/the-1992-campaign-murphy-brown-get-ready-america-murphy-responds.html August 10, 2010 Andrew Rosenthal Back Talk From 'Murphy Brown' to Dan Quayle The New York Times July 20, 1992 https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/20/arts/back-talk-from-murphy-brown-to-dan-quayle.html August 10, 2010 Bill Carter Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown The New York Times June 1, 1992 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,975627,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20071016225515/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,975627,00.html dead October 16, 2007 August 15, 2010May 22After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show on NBC for the 4,531st and last time.May 25Jay Leno debuts as host of NBC's The Tonight Show.May 26–June 1SportsChannel America airs the last of four consecutive Stanley Cup Finals. ESPN would replace SportsChannel America as the primary American television home for the National Hockey League beginning in the 1992–93 season.June 1In New York City, NBC's flagship television station WNBC dropped the "-TV" suffix from its call letters (following the sale in 1988 of its sister radio station WNBC-AM by NBC's then-parent company General Electric) in favor of the new branding slogan "4 New York". The accompanying station image campaign was titled "We're 4 New York" and featured a musical theme composed by Edd Kalehoff. The campaign is revived two times, one is during the 2002 Winter Olympics and once again in 2007.June 3Presidential candidate Bill Clinton appears on The Arsenio Hall Show and sits in with the house band on saxophone.June 6The music video for Guns N' Roses' power ballad "November Rain" premieres on MTV's Headbangers Ball. November Rain is one of the most expensive music videos ever.http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/toptens/musicvideos/musicvideos.html#para1 SoYouWanna.com - Learn What You Wanna Do Soyouwanna.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20061128104018/http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/toptens/musicvideos/musicvideos.html#para1 November 28, 2006 In July 2018, the music video would become the first video created prior to YouTube to surpass one billion views.Thompson Stephen 'November Rain' Is The Oldest Song With A Billion YouTube Views – What's That Mean? http://npr.org/2018/07/18/630184713 August 25, 2018 NPR July 18, 2018 http://billboard.com/articles/business/8465516/guns-n-roses-break-youtube-record-november-rain-video Guns N' Roses Break YouTube Record With 'November Rain' Video: Report Milman Lilly July 16, 2018 Billboard December 30, 2019 And in February 2023, the music video would reach another milestone after it surpassed two billion views and remaining the oldest song (from the early 1990s) to achieve that feat.Childers Chad Guns N' Roses' 'November Rain' Becomes First '90s Rock Video to Pass 2 Billion YouTube Views https://classicrock961.com/guns-n-roses-november-rain-2-billion-youtube-views/ February 15, 2023 Classic Rock 96.1 February 15, 2023 June 10The first ever edition of the MTV Movie Awards is broadcast.June 23Another World broadcasts its first and only primetime episode on NBC, named Summer Desire, right before the Daytime Emmy Awards.August 7After Growing Pains actress Tracey Gold loses a massive amount of weight due to anorexia nervosa, she is placed in hospital care. As a result, she is written out of most of the ABC sitcom's final episodes.August 15Nickelodeon begins a Saturday night programming block called SNICK.August 16Ron Simmons defeats Big Van Vader for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on TBS' WCW Main Event to become the first recognized black world champion in professional wrestling history.http://www.complex.com/sports/2015/08/ron-simmons-firect-recognized-african-american-wrestling-heavyweight-champion Twenty-Three Years Ago, Ron Simmons Became the First African-American Professional Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion ComplexAugust 31The fifth annual SummerSlam event airs on pay-per-view. Taking place in Wembley Stadium, London, England, two days prior, this was the first major World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view to take place outside of North America. The main event saw The British Bulldog defeating Bret Hart to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship.September 2TBS airs World Championship Wrestling's Clash of the Champions XX from the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta. The event was not only the 20th time WCW held a Clash of the Champions show but also marked the 20th anniversary of professional wrestling being shown on TBS as Mid-Atlantic Wrestling in 1972. It also was the final wrestling TV appearance for André the Giant, who died several months later. The main event saw the team of Rick Rude, Jake Roberts, Super Invader, and Big Van Vader defeated the team of Sting, Nikita Koloff, and The Steiner Brothers. September 4Scared Silent: Ending and Exposing Child Abuse, a one-hour live special hosted by Oprah Winfrey, is simulcast on CBS and NBC. Two nights later, the special is rebroadcast on ABC.Work Deborah OPRAH WINFREY DOCUMENTARY BREAKS SILENCE OF CHILD ABUSE https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1992-09-03-9201190361-story.html Sun Sentinel February 8, 2022 September 3, 1992 After 25 years of legal battles, Titicut Follies a 1967 direct cinema film portraying the treatment of occupants at the Bridgewater State Hospital is premiered for the first time on PBS.https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/frederick-wiseman-films/September 5Batman: The Animated Series premieres on Fox Kids in a 4:30 p.m. afternoon timeslot. It's soon hailed as a groundbreaking superhero show receiving praise for its writing, art design, voice acting, orchestrated soundtrack, and modernization of its title character's source material.https://books.google.com/books?id=SIWrEAAAQBAJ&dq=batman+the+animated+series+groundbreaking&pg=PA214 Superheroes!: The History of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon from Ant-Man to Zorro 9781493064526 Solomon Brian May 2023 Rowman & Littlefield "The Greatest Comic Book Cartoons of All Time". IGN. January 26, 2007. Retrieved June 10, 2020. The acclaim led to multiple Daytime Emmy Awards,https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103359/awards Batman: The Animated Series – Awards IMDb June 6, 2021 as well as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Programming.https://www.emmys.com/shows/batman-series Batman: The Animated Series Emmys.com Academy of Television Arts & Sciences June 6, 2021 In December, just three months after its debut, Fox also begins airing episodes of the series on prime-time Sunday evenings (followed by the live-action sitcom Shaky Ground); however, the TV ratings fell short (as the show aired opposite the perennial favorite 60 Minutes), and the series was removed from this time slot in March 1993.September 12NBC is the first network to cancel all their Saturday morning cartoons in favor of four shows, Saved by the Bell, California Dreams, NBA Inside Stuff, and Name Your Adventure under the TNBC banner. A weekend version of Today, which debuted on August 1, is also added. Animated programming would not return to NBC until 2006.September 14Pamela Anderson makes her first appearance as C. J. Parker on Baywatch in first-run syndication.September 17Univision broadcasts the final of the 15th National OTI Festival live from the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.September 27Marlon Wayans and Alexandra Wentworth join the cast of the Fox sketch comedy show In Living Color. Wayans only joins the cast for 13 episodes, but Wentworth stays full-time for both this and the next season (which would turn out to be the show's fifth and final season).October 1Cartoon Network begins its broadcasts with a one-hour special titled Droopy's Guide to the Cartoon Network. The Merrie Melodies short Rhapsody Rabbit was the very first cartoon to be shown on the channel. October 3Sinéad O'Connor causes controversy when she rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on NBC's Saturday Night Live.October 10Michael Jackson's concert Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour airs on HBO.October 11George Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot participate in the first 1992 presidential debate hosted by Jim Lehrer of PBS.Schmalz Jeffrey 1992-10-11 THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: The Voters; While Not Squarely Pro-Clinton, One Town Is Definitely Anti-Bush https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/11/us/1992-campaign-voters-while-not-squarely-pro-clinton-one-town-definitely-anti.html 2024-06-27 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331October 12In first-run syndication, James Doohan guest stars as Montgomery Scott in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.October 13Hal Bruno of ABC News moderates the 1992 Vice Presidential debate at Georgia Tech.1992-10-14 Quayle, Gore, Partisans Don't Pull Any Punches https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-14-mn-230-story.html 2024-06-27 Los Angeles Times en-USOctober 15Carole Simpson hosts the second of the 1992 presidential debates (becoming the first woman of color to do so). President George H. W. Bush is criticized for checking his watch on camera while being asked a question.Toner Robin 1992-10-15 THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: The Overview; Clinton, Fending Off Assaults, Retains Sizable Lead, Poll Finds https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/15/us/1992-campaign-overview-clinton-fending-off-assaults-retains-sizable-lead-poll.html 2024-06-27 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331October 17Kristy McNichol's last episode of Empty Nest, entitled "The Boomerang Affair", is broadcast on NBC. (McNichol would return for the series finale in 1995.)October 17–24The World Series is broadcast on CBS for the third consecutive year. The Toronto Blue Jays would ultimately defeat the Atlanta Braves in six games to claim their first ever world championship, as well as the first World Series title for a Canadian based Major League Baseball team.October 19The third and final presidential debate is held at Michigan State University.Rudin Ken 2009-10-19 On This Day In 1992: Bush, Clinton & Perot Hold Final Debate https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2009/10/on_this_day_in_1992_bush_clint.html 2025-07-20 NPR enOctober 31The first part of the pilot episode for X-Men, "Night of the Sentinels", airs on Fox Kids as a "sneak preview".Mangels Andy January 1993 Hollywood Heroes Wizard 17 32 Wizard Entertainment The second part would air on November 7. South Korean studio AKOM was hired to animate episodes. X-Men was originally set to premiere over Labor Day weekend in September; however, due to production delays, it was delayed to the end of October. When AKOM turned in the first episode, it contained several animation errors, which they refused to fix. Because of time constraints, the episode was aired in an unfinished form; when Fox re-aired the pilot in early 1993, the errors were corrected.DRG4's Exclusive X-Men Cartoon Pilot Differences http://drg4.wariocompany.com/xpilot.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080119113809/http://drg4.wariocompany.com/xpilot.html 2008-01-19 2008-01-17 drp4.wariocompany.com The second episode was submitted just before the deadline, with 50 scenes missing and a single day reserved for editing.November 1Texas billionaire Ross Perot acquires blocks of TV time for his presidential campaign.November 14Nickelodeon broadcasts the Kids' Choice Awards livehttp://www.nickkcapress.com/2007KCA/funfacts.php KCA Fun Facts - Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2007 Press Kit Nickelodeon February 28, 2021 August 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200804105419/http://www.nickkcapress.com/2007KCA/funfacts.php dead for the first time.November 15–18The five-hour miniseries, The Jacksons: An American Dream is broadcast in two halves on ABC. Part 1 of the miniseries would become the third highest-rated program broadcast during the week of November 9–15 with a 21.1 rating.ABC posts third straight ratings win F5 The Modesto Bee November 19, 1992 2010-03-01 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=juUjAAAAIBAJ&dq=the%20jacksons%20an%20american%20dream%20ratings&pg=4931%2C6131143 October 2010 H3llBot Part 2 of the miniseries meanwhile, would become watched by 38.4 million viewersTHE TV COLUMN c.06 John Carmody The Washington Post November 20, 1992 2010-03-01 https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74063669.html?dids=74063669:74063669&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+20%2C+1992&author=John+Carmody&pub=The+Washington+Post+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=THE+TV+COLUMN&pqatl=google https://web.archive.org/web/20121026132202/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74063669.html?dids=74063669:74063669&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+20,+1992&author=John+Carmody&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=THE+TV+COLUMN&pqatl=google dead October 26, 2012 in 22.3 million households,ABC's 'The Jacksons' finales holds top spot 3 Daily News November 27, 1992 2010-03-01 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OfcaAAAAIBAJ&dq=the%20five-hour%20jacksons%20mini-series&pg=5707%2C8270511 becoming the highest-rated program broadcast during the week of November 16–22. Part 2 would also post a 23.9 rating, and 36 share. Overall, the miniseries is watched in 38.3 million households and posts a 22.3 rating and 33 share.Highlights 6A Lon Grahnke Chicago Sun-Times November 27, 1992 2010-03-01 https://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=million+viewers,+making+it+the+highest-rated+two-part&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&um=1&sa=N&sugg=d&as_ldate=1992/11&as_hdate=1992/11&lnav=hist10 November 17Dateline NBC airs an hour-long investigative report titled "Waiting to Explode," which focused on allegations that General Motors' Rounded-Line Chevrolet C/K-Series pickup trucks exploded upon impact when involved in collisions due to the poor design of the vehicle model's fuel tanks. It is also later revealed that the Dateline report had been dishonest about the fuel tanks rupturing and the alleged 30 mph kph speed at which the collision was conducted. The actual speed was found to be higher than stated, around 40 mph kph, and after x-ray examination of the fuel tanks from the C/K pickups used in the televised collision, it was found that they had not ruptured and were intact.City's crash test spawns controversy http://www.calahouston.org/crwnvic.html www.calahouston.org September 18, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120820095952/http://www.calahouston.org/crwnvic.html August 20, 2012 dead Seeing Is Not Believing http://www.exponent.com/NBC-DATELINE/ www.exponent.com September 18, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120122072414/http://www.exponent.com/nbc-dateline/ January 22, 2012 mdy GM subsequently filed an anti-defamation/libel lawsuit against NBC after conducting an extensive investigation. November 18The Seinfeld episode "The Contest" is broadcast on NBC. Despite its controversy, the episode will win an Emmy Award and be named as the number one episode of all time by TV Guide.November 21On TBS, an episode of Captain Planet and the Planeteers titled "A Formula for Hate" becomes the first episode in an American children's animated series to directly deal with the HIV/AIDS pandemic.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-21-ca-626-story.html 'Capt. Planet' Tackles the AIDS Crisis Mendoza N.F. November 21, 1992 February 8, 2022 The Los Angeles TimesNovember 25On NBC, Jerry Orbach makes his first appearance as Detective Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order. December 1On CBS, The Young and the Restless broadcasts its 5,000th episode. In celebration of this, a Y&R-themed Showcase is presented on The Price is Right, which also airs on CBS. Television programs Debuts Date Show Network January 4 Nick ArcadeNickelodeon January 6 World News Now ABC January 10 Hearts Are Wild CBS January 17 Tequila and Bonetti January 20 The Dennis Miller ShowSyndication January 25 MTV SportsMTV January 27 Inside PoliticsCNN January 29 Nightmare Cafe NBCJanuary 31 Billy ABC Capitol Critters February 23 I Witness Video NBC February 26 Bodies of Evidence CBSFebruary 28 Scorch Fish Police February 29 The Boys of Twilight March 4 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ABC March 7 The Powers That Be NBC March 24 Room for Two ABC March 31 Dateline NBC NBCApril 5 Mann & Machine Stand By Your ManFox April 6 Barney & FriendsPBS April 17 The Fifth Corner NBC April 18 Nick News W-5 Nickelodeon May 21 The Real World MTV May 25 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBCMay 30 Julie ABC Vinnie & Bobby FoxJune 15 Doctor Dean NBC Grapevine CBS June 19 Raven June 20 On the Air ABC June 21 Down the Shore Fox June 27 Red Shoe Diaries Showtime June 29 The Grind MTV July 1 Def Comedy Jam HBO July 8 Melrose Place Fox July 20 Human Target ABC August 11 Freshman Dorm CBSAugust 15 The Larry Sanders Show HBO Are You Afraid of the Dark?Nickelodeon Roundhouse August 16 Secret Service NBC August 23 2000 Malibu RoadCBS August 25 Covington Cross ABCAugust 27 The Heights Fox Martin August 31 Vicki! Syndication September 1 Going to Extremes ABC September 5 Batman: The Animated Series Fox Kids Goof Troop Syndication and ABC September 10 Lamb Chop's Play-Along PBSSeptember 11 Likely SuspectsFox The Little Mermaid CBS Kid TVSeptember 12Fievel's American Tails The Addams FamilyABC Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa California DreamsTNBC Name Your Adventure Eek! The CatFox Kids Super Dave: Daredevil for HireSeptember 13 Flying BlindFox Frannie's TurnCBS King Arthur and the Knights of JusticeSyndication Conan the AdventurerSeptember 14 Hearts AfireCBS Crossroads ABC That's Amore Syndication Rush Limbaugh: The Television Show The Whoopi Goldberg Show ComicViewBET September 15 American Justice A&E Delta ABC September 16 The Hat SquadCBS Beakman's WorldSyndicationSeptember 18 Bob CBS The Golden Palace CBS Picket Fences CBS Camp Wilder ABC Final Appeal NBC The Round TableSeptember 19 The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys CBSRaw ToonageCBS RenegadeSyndication Nickelodeon Guts Nickelodeon The Plucky Duck Show Fox Kids The Edge Fox Here and Now NBC Out All Night September 21 Love & War CBS September 22 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper ABC September 23 Mad About You NBCSeptember 24 Street Stories with Ed Bradley CBS Rhythm & Blues NBC September 25 What Happened? NBC September 26 Dog City Fox KidsSeptember 27 Woops! Fox September 28 Stunt Dawgs Syndication September 30 Laurie Hill ABC October 1ToonHeadsCartoon NetworkOctober 4 Ghostwriter PBS Great Scott! Fox October 5Born Lucky Lifetime October 14 American Heroes & Legends Showtime October 31 X-Men Fox Kids December 1 The Jackie Thomas Show ABC December 27 Shaky Ground Fox Returning this year Show Last aired Previous network New title New network ReturningBarney & the Backyard Gang1991Direct-to-videoBarney & FriendsPBSApril 6The Ben Stiller Show1990MTVSameFoxSeptember 27 Ending this year Date Show DebutJanuary 3Pacific Station1991January 4 P.S. I Luv U January 24 Best of the WorstMarch 2James Bond Jr.March 5Drexell's ClassMarch 13 Candid Camera (returned in 1996)1948 Hearts Are Wild1992 Fish Police Scorch March 14 Capitol Critters April 3 Nightmare Cafe April 12 Eerie, Indiana 1991 April 17 Tequila and Bonetti 1992April 25 Growing Pains 1985Who's the Boss?1984April 30The Cosby ShowMay 6Jake and the Fatman 1987Sibs1991May 9The Golden Girls 1985 May 13 The Royal Family1991May 17Superboy1988Stand By Your Man1992May 21MacGyver (rebooted in 2016)1985May 22The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962May 30The Trials of Rosie O'Neill1990May 31Night Court (returned in 2023)1984The Adventures of Mark & Brian1991June 1NHL on SportsChannel America1988June 3Anything but Love1989June 26 Club MTV1987July 4 Billy1992 Julie July 13 Man of the People 1991 July 14 Mann & Machine 1992 July 22 Dear John 1988 July 24 The Dennis Miller Show 1992 August 8 The Howard Stern Show 1990September 12Salute Your Shorts1991October 24Rhythm & Blues1992November 5Saturday Night's Main Event (returned in 2006)1985November 6Square One TV1987Nick Arcade1992 November 26The HeightsNovember 28Good Morning, Mickey! 1983The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys1992 November 29Great Scott!December 1Wild & Crazy Kids (returned in 2002)1990December 2A Bunch of Munsch1991December 5Fievel's American Tails1992Goof Troop Raw ToonageDecember 6Woops!1992December 12The Plucky Duck Show1992Darkwing Duck1991December 26Back to the Future: The Animated Series Widget1990 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 In production Notes Sources American Gladiators 3 Yes Cable syndication on USA Network. Life Goes On 3 Yes Cable syndication on The Family Channel. Murphy Brown 4 Yes Quantum Leap 4 Yes Cable syndication on USA Network. Roseanne 4 Yes Unsolved Mysteries 4 Yes Cable syndication on Lifetime. The Young Riders 3 No Cable syndication on The Family Channel. The Wonder Years 5 Yes Changes of network affiliation The following shows aired new episodes on a different network than previous first-run episodes: Show Moved from Moved toMonday Night BaseballABCESPNHi Honey, I'm Home! Nick at NiteDavis RulesCBSIn the Heat of the Night NBCMatlock ABCTiny Toon AdventuresSyndicationFox KidsThe Ben Stiller ShowMTVFox Made-for-TV movies and miniseries Premiere date Title Channel January 12 Last Wish ABC March 2 Woman with a Past NBC March 16 Doing Time on Maple Drive Fox March 23 Broadway Bound ABC May 3 Day-ONBC May 31 Still Not Quite Human Disney Channel September 27 Obsessed ABC September 29 Child of Rage CBS November 15–18 The Jacksons: An American Dream ABC November 27 Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style NBC December 6 The Man Upstairs CBS To Grandmother's House We Go ABC December 13 Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After December 26–27 Lincoln Networks and services Launches Network Type Launch date Notes Source CNN Checkout Channel Satellite television February 20 New England Cable News Cable television March 2 Flix Cable television August 1 VISN/ACTS Cable television September MOR Music TV Cable television September 1 NY1 Cable television September 8 Sci-Fi Channel Cable television September 24 The Sci-Fi Channel launches with a broadcast of Star Wars. Cartoon Network Cable television October 1 The Merrie Melodies short, Rhapsody Rabbit, was the very first cartoon to be broadcast on the network. Conversions and rebrandings Closures NetworkTypeEnd dateNotesSourcesSportsChannel Los AngelesCable and satelliteDecember 31 Television stations Sign-ons Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. January Lafayette, Louisiana W40AV 40 Independent January 1 Flagstaff, Arizona KKTM 13 Independent January 18 Twin Falls, Idaho KIPT 13 PBS Part of Idaho Public Television February 21 Bristol, Virginia (Tri-Cities, TN/VA) W56CT 56 America One February 22 Bullhead City, Arizona K25HD 25 Cornerstone TV April 20 Fairbanks, Alaska K07UU 7 Fox May 11 Ellendale, North Dakota KJRE 19 PBS Part of Prairie Public Television June 30 Greenville, North Carolina (New Bern/Washington, North Carolina) WYDO 14 Fox April 2 Providence, Rhode Island WOST-TV 69 Independent April 3 Springfield, Missouri K08LX 8 Classified ads The Box April 9 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan WFUP 45 Fox Satellite of WFQX/Traverse City May 6 Fresno, California KKAK 61 Independent July 1 Tucson, Arizona KHRR 40 Telemundo July 8 Rocky Mount, North Carolina (Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina) WRMY 47 Independent August 3 Omaha, Nebraska K65FL 65 HSN August 13 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WGTW-TV 48 Independent August 16 W07CB 7 Channel America / Family Net September 11 Fresno, California KGMC 43 The Box September 24 Utica, New York W27BJ 27 Cornerstone Television September 24 Hendersonville/Nashville, Tennessee WPGD-TV 50 TBN October 5 Charleston, South Carolina WCTP 36 Independent October 12 McAllen, Texas (Brownsville/Harlingen, Texas, United States/Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico) KNVO 48 Univision October 15 Miami, Florida WMLB-TV 35 Independent November 1 Indio/Palm Springs, California K40DB 40 CBS Translator of KECY/El Centro Medford, Oregon K49DH 49 Main Street TV HomeNet December 12 Longview/Tyler, Texas K10NT 10 Inspiration Channel Now KLGV-LD channel 38 Unknown date Abilene, Texas K54DT 54 Fox Bozeman, Montana KDBZ-CD 42 NBC Translator of KTVM Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands WBIV-LP 38 Independent Colorado Springs, Colorado K51CE 51 LeSEA Lafayette, Louisiana K46DG 46 Channel America Madison, Wisconsin W08CK 8 Independent Wichita, Kansas K55FS 55 Network affiliation changes Date City of License/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref.February 24Marquette, Michigan WJMN-TV 3 ABC CBS WLUC-TV 6 CBS ABCMarch 15Green Bay, Wisconsin WBAY-TV 2 CBS ABC WFRV-TV 5 ABC CBS April 2 Bowling Green, Kentucky WKNT (recalled from WQQB) 40 Independent Fox BG TV station to begin airing Fox programs Park City Daily News April 1, 1992 5B https://books.google.com/books?id=0b4cAAAAIBAJ&dq=Fox+40+wknt&pg=PA21&article_id=6443,426942 Google Books Unknown date Auburn, Indiana W07CL 7 Main Street TV Network One Births Date Name NotabilityJanuary 1Aaron James MurphyActorJanuary 17Nate HartleyActor (Zeke and Luther)January 19Logan LermanActor (Jack & Bobby)Mac MillerRapper, reality television star (Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family). Performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Today, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (d. 2018)January 22James NewmanActorJanuary 26Mercedes MonéActress (The Mandalorian) and pro wrestler2024-01-25 Profile - Mercedes Mone https://www.espn.com/aew/story/_/id/17173311/profile-page-mercedes-mone 2024-11-18 ESPN.com enJanuary 31Colby MinifieActressFebruary 1Kelli GossActress (Big Time Rush, The Young and the Restless, The Ranch)February 6Dylan EfronActorFebruary 8Karle WarrenActress (Judging Amy)February 9Avan JogiaCanadian actor (Victorious, Twisted)February 10Lexi AtkinsActressKaren FukuharaActress (Craig of the Creek, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, The Boys)February 11Taylor LautnerActor (Danny Phantom, Cuckoo, Scream Queens, The Twilight Saga)February 14Freddie HighmoreActor (Bates Motel, The Good Doctor)February 15Greer GrammerActress (Awkward.) and daughter of Kelsey GrammerFebruary 17Meaghan MartinActress (10 Things I Hate About You, Awkward.) and singerLaivan GreeneActress (All of Us)Ziwe FumudohWriterFebruary 18Logan MillerActor (I'm in the Band, Ultimate Spider-Man)Melinda ShankarCanadian actressJuliana CanfieldActressJacqueline ToboniActressFebruary 19Kaili ThorneActressCamille KostekActressPaulina GaitánActressFebruary 26Toby SebastianActorFebruary 28Annie BovairdCanadian voice actress (Caillou)February 29Caitlin EJ MeyerActressJames Cullen BressackFilm producerMajesty RoseSingerJessie T. UsherActor (Level Up, The Boys)March 2Maisie Richardson-SellersEnglish actress (Legends of Tomorrow, Of Kings and Prophets)March 7Justin KellyCanadian actressMarch 9Luis Armand GarciaActor (George Lopez)March 10Emily OsmentActress (Hannah Montana, Cleaners, Young & Hungry, Mom, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Family Guy)March 11Austin SwiftActorMarch 13Kaya ScodelarioEnglish actress (Skins)March 14Shotzi BlackheartPro wrestler2023-11-30 WWE Profile: Shotzi https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/39013435/wwe-profile-shotzi-accolades-history-top-moments-championships 2025-07-14 ESPN.com enKailyn LowryTV personalityMarch 15Anna ShafferEnglish actress (Harry Potter)Sosie BaconActressMarch 16Brett DavernActress (Cold Case, Awkward) March 17John BoyegaActorMarch 23Vanessa MorganCanadian actressMarch 25Elizabeth LailActress (Once Upon a Time, Dead of Summer)March 26Haley RammActress (Without a Trace, Chasing Life)March 28Daisy BevanActressMarch 30Caitlin CarverActress (The Fosters)April 4Alexa NikolasActress (Zoey 101, The Walking Dead)April 8 Shelby YoungActress (Days of Our Lives)April 10Daisy RidleyBritish actressApril 13Emma DegerstedtActress (Unfabulous)April 18Chloe BennetActress (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)Jacob FatuPro wrestler2024-11-05 Jacob Fatu https://www.thesportster.com/jacob-fatu/ 2025-07-14 TheSportster enApril 19James ScullyActorApril 24Doc ShawActor (Tyler Perry's House of Payne, The Suite Life on Deck, Pair of Kings)Joe KeeryActor (Stranger Things)Jack QuaidActor (The Boys, My Adventures with Superman, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Harvey Girls Forever!)April 28Catherine WayneActressMay 4Courtney JinesActressGrace PhippsActress (The Nine Lives of Chloe King, The Vampire Diaries, Baby Daddy, Scream Queens, Z Nation) and singerAshley RickardsActress (One Tree Hill, Awkward, The Flash) May 7Alexander LudwigCanadian actor (Vikings) May 8Ana Mulvoy-TenEnglish actress (House of Anubis) Olivia CulpoActressMay 12Ali SepasyarActor (Dude, What Would Happen)Malcolm David KelleyActor (Lost) and rapperMay 15Clark BeckhamSinger (American Idol)Mink Casey 2015-05-01 Clark Beckham https://hollywoodlife.com/celeb/clark-beckham/ 2024-02-21 Hollywood Life en-USClark Beckham https://genius.com/artists/Clark-beckham 2024-02-21 Genius enMay 18 Spencer BreslinActor (Teamo Supremo, Center of the Universe)May 19Sam SmithEnglish singerMay 20Jack GleesonIrish actor (Game of Thrones) Enes KanterBasketball playerMay 21Hutch DanoActor (Zeke and Luther)Olivia OlsonVoice actress (Phineas and Ferb, Adventure Time, The Powerpuff Girls)May 24Travis T. FloryActor (Everybody Hates Chris)May 29Gregg SulkinBritish actor (Wizards of Waverly Place, Faking It, Runaways)June 3Jade CargillPro wrestler2024-08-31 Jade Cargill https://www.thesportster.com/tag/jade-cargill/ 2024-11-18 TheSportster enJune 4Lux PascalActressJune 6DeAndre HopkinsFootball playerJune 7Sara LeeContestant and winner of WWE Tough Enough (died 2022)June 10Kate UptonActress and modelJune 11Eugene SimonEnglish actor (House of Anubis)June 12Allie DiMecoActress (The Naked Brothers Band)Ryan MalgariniActor (Gary Unmarried)June 14 Daryl SabaraActor (Weeds, Wizards of Waverly Place, Generator Rex, Ultimate Spider-Man, Ben 10)June 21Max SchneiderActor (How to Rock)June 23Kate MeltonActress (Scooby-Doo)June 24Raven GoodwinActress (Just Jordan, Good Luck Charlie)June 26Jennette McCurdyActress (iCarly, Sam & Cat, Between)July 3Nathalia RamosSpanish actress (House of Anubis)July 5Ellen TamakiActressJuly 7Toni GarrnGerman modelJuly 10Kelley MackActress (The Walking Dead) (d. 2025)Stableford Dylan 2025-08-07 Kelley Mack Dead at 33: 'Walking Dead' Actress 'Passed peacefully' of Complications from Glioma, Her Family Says https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/article/kelley-mack-dead-at-33-walking-dead-actress-passed-peacefully-of-complications-from-glioma-her-family-says-154004470.html 2025-08-07 Yahoo Entertainment en-USJuly 13Dylan PattonActor (Days of Our Lives)July 17Billie LourdActress (Scream Queens) and daughter of Carrie FisherHarrison ChadVoice actor (Dora the Explorer, Little Einsteins)July 20Jordan RodriguesAustralian actor (Dance Academy, The Fosters) Paige HurdActressJuly 22 Selena GomezActress (Barney & Friends, Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place) and singerJuly 28 Spencer BoldmanActor (Lab Rats)August 2 Hallie EisenbergActress (Pepsi commercials)Jelani AlladinActorAugust 3Karlie KlossModelAugust 4 Dylan SprouseActors (Grace Under Fire, Friends, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, The Suite Life on Deck, Riverdale)Cole SprouseAugust 8Casey CottActor (Riverdale)August 9Burkely DuffieldCanadian actor (House of Anubis)August 11Tomi LahrenHostAugust 12Cara DelevingneEnglish actress, modelAugust 20 Demi LovatoActress (Barney & Friends, As the Bell Rings, Sonny with a Chance, Glee, The X Factor) and singerAlex NewellActor (Glee) and singerAugust 21Brad KavanaghActor (House of Anubis)RJ MitteActor (Breaking Bad) (d. 2026)August 22Ari StidhamActor (Scorpion)Erin UngerActressAugust 27Blake JennerActor (Glee)August 31Talon WarburtonActorSeptember 12Alexia FastActressSeptember 14Penelope FordPro wrestlerHaverford Joey 2021-07-26 Penelope Ford: Age, Height, Relationship Status And Other Things To Know About Her https://www.thesportster.com/aew/aew-penelope-ford-age-height-relationship-status/ 2025-07-14 TheSportster enSeptember 16Nick JonasActor (Jonas, Scream Queens) and singer (Jonas Brothers)September 22Lauren PattenActressSeptember 27Sam LernerActor (The Secret Saturdays, Suburgatory, The Goldbergs, Trolls: The Beat Goes On!) Jake BurbageActor (Dora the Explorer, Grounded for Life)September 28 Keir GilchristActor (United States of Tara)Skye McCole BartusiakActress (died 2014)September 30Ezra MillerActorOctober 1Christopher O'SheaActorOctober 6Rhyon Nicole BrownActressOctober 9Tyler James WilliamsActor (Everybody Hates Chris, Abbott Elementary, Batman: The Brave and the Bold)October 11Cardi BRapperOctober 12Josh HutchersonActorOctober 15 Vincent MartellaActor (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Everybody Hates Chris, Phineas and Ferb, Milo Murphy's Law)October 17Jacob ArtistActor (Glee)October 18Barry KeoghanActorOctober 19Taylor MasamitsuVoice actor (Eubie on Higglytown Heroes)October 22Sofia VassilievaActress (Medium)October 26Beulah KoaleActorOctober 27Charles CottierAustralian actor (Home and Away)October 28Lexi AinsworthActress (General Hospital)October 30 Tequan RichmondActor (Everybody Hates Chris, General Hospital) and rapperOctober 31Vanessa MaranoActress (The Young and the Restless, Scoundrels, Switched at Birth)November 2London Elise MooreActressNovember 4Jessa Duggar SeewaldActress (19 Kids and Counting, Counting On) and television personalityNovember 7Christopher TavarezActorAndrea LondoActressNovember 12Macey CruthirdActress (Hope & Faith, Two and a Half Men)November 18John KarnaActor (Scream Valley of the Boom)Nathan KressActor (iCarly, Star Wars Rebels, Pinky Malinky)November 23Miley CyrusActress (Hannah Montana, The Emperor's New School), singer and daughter of Billy Ray CyrusNovember 25Zack ShadaActor November 28Adam HicksActor (Titus, Zeke and Luther, Jonas, Pair of Kings, Texas Rising, Freakish)Cameron AnsellCanadian voice actor (The Save-Ums!, Arthur, Time Warp Trio)December 14Tori KellyAmerican singerDecember 18Bridgit MendlerActress (Wizards of Waverly Place, Good Luck Charlie, Undateable) and singerDecember 23Spencer DanielsActor (Mom)December 25Rachel KellerActress (Fargo)December 30Michael Eric ReidActor (Victorious) Deaths Date Name Age NotabilityJanuary 7 Richard Hunt40Puppeteer (The Muppet Show)January 26 José Ferrer80Actor (Newhart recurring role)February 2 Bert Parks77Longtime host of the Miss America beauty pageantFebruary 20 Dick York63Actor (the 1st Darren Stephens on Bewitched)March 6Hugh Gibb76English drummer and bandleaderMarch 25 Nancy Walker69Actress (Ida on Rhoda, Rosie the Bounty lady)April 10Sam Kinison38Comedian and actor (Charlie Hoover)May 12 Robert Reed59Actor (Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch)May 17Lawrence Welk89Accordionist and bandleader (The Lawrence Welk Show)June 6 Larry Riley38Actor (Knots Landing)June 15 Chuck Menville52Animator and writer (The Smurfs)June 22 Chuck Mitchell64Actor (General Hospital)June 26Buddy Rogers71Professional wrestlerJuly 9 Eric Sevareid79News commentatorOctober 16 Shirley Booth94Actress (Hazel)October 22 Cleavon Little53Actor (Temperatures Rising)November 7 Jack Kelly65Actor (Bart Maverick on Maverick)November 10 Chuck Connors71Actor (Lucas McCain on The Rifleman)November 22 Sterling Holloway87Actor (original voice of Winnie-the-Pooh)December 18 Mark Goodson77Producer of game shows (Match Game, Blockbusters, The Price Is Right)December 24 Peyo64Also known as "Peyo"; Belgian creator of (The Smurfs) See also 1992 in the United States List of American films of 1992 References External links List of 1992 American television series at IMDb 1992 Category:1990s in American television