See also: 1959 in television, other events of 1960, 1961 in television and the list of 'years in television'. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in television pages. ...

For the American network television schedule, please see 1960-61 American network television schedule. This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1960. ...

Events

• February 11 - Jack Paar walks off his TV show because his monologue had been edited the night before, in favor of a three minute news update. Parr walked out at the beginning of the show, announced that he was quitting, said "There's got to be a better way to make a living," and walked off the stage. After network executives personally apologized, Parr returned to the show a month later. His first show back started with the words "As I was saying before I was interrupted..."
• June 29 - The BBC Television Centre is opened in London.
• December 31 - Norma Zimmer officially becomes Lawrence Welk's Champagne Lady on The Lawrence Welk Show
• Frank and Doris Hursley start their soap opera writing career, taking the jobs of joint head writers on Search for Tomorrow.
• American Presidential Candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon debate live on television. The candidates behavior during the debate most likely altered the outcome of the election. In addition to being the first Presidential debates to be broadcast on television, the debates also marked the first time "split screen" images were used by a network.
• 90% of homes in the United States now own a television set, and over one hundred million television sets in use worldwide.
• First color television broadcasts in Japan.

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Debuts

The soap opera Coronation Street began in December this year, and is now British television's longest running soap, and the highest rated programme each week.

• September 11 - Danger Man premieres in the UK; also airs in syndication in the United States (1960-1961, 1964-1966).
• September 29 - My Three Sons premieres (1960-1972).
• September 30 - Hanna Barbera's The Flintstones debut in primetime (1960-1966).
• October 3 - The Andy Griffith Show premieres (1960-1968).
• December 9 - Coronation Street premieres on ITV, was slated by the critics—and is still running (1960-present).

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Television shows

1940s

• Meet the Press (1947-present).
• Candid Camera (1948-present).
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971).
• Bozo the Clown (1949-present).
• Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995).
• The Voice of Firestone (1949-1963).

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1950s

• The Jack Benny Show (1950-1965).
• Truth or Consequences (1950-1988).
• What's My Line (1950-1967).
• Love of Life (1951-1980).
• Search for Tomorrow (1951-1986).
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present).
• American Bandstand (1952-1989).
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966).
• The Guiding Light (1952-present).
• The Honeymooners (1952-1970).
• The Today Show (1952-present).
• This Is Your Life (US) (1952-1961).
• Panorama (UK) (1953-present).
• The Good Old Days (UK) (1953-1983).
• Face the Nation (1954-present).
• The Brighter Day (1954-1962).
• The Milton Berle Show (1954-1967).
• The Secret Storm (1954-1974).
• The Tonight Show (1954-present).
• Zoo Quest (UK) (1954-1964).
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962).
• Captain Kangaroo (1955-1984).
• Cheyenne (1955-1962).
• Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955-1976).
• Gunsmoke (1955-1975).
• The Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982).
• This Is Your Life (UK) (1955-2003).
• Armchair Theatre (UK) (1956-1968).
• As the World Turns (1956-present).
• Hancock's Half Hour (1956-1962).
• Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956-1978).
• The Edge of Night (1956-1984).
• The Price Is Right (1956-1965).
• What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present).
• Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963).
• The Army Game (UK) (1957-1961).
• The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present).
• Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present).
• General Motors Presents (Can) (1953-1956, 1958-1961)
• Grandstand (UK) (1958-present).
• Peter Gunn (1958-1961).
• The Donna Reed Show (1958-1966).
• The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958-1962).
• Walt Disney Presents (1958-1961).
• Bonanza (1959-1973).
• Hawaiian Eye (1959-1963).
• Juke Box Jury (1959-1967, 1979, 1989-1990).
• The Bell Telephone Hour (1959-1968).
• The Twilight Zone (1959-1964, 1985-1988, 2002).

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One of the most famous examples of early U.S. television broadcasting was Texaco Star Theater, the variety show that made Milton Berle a household name. ... The Secret Storm title card from 1960. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Zoo Quest was a series of multi-part nature documentaries broadcast on BBC television between 1954 and 1964. ... Screenshot of opening sequence of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a half-hour anthology television series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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The cast of radios Gunsmoke: Howard McNear (Doc), William Conrad (Matt), Georgia Ellis (Kitty) and Parley Baer (Chester) Gunsmoke was a long-running old-time radio and television Western drama created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The opening credits for The Lawrence Welk Show Lawrence Welk during a taping of The Lawrence Welk Show The Lawrence Welk Show was a musical variety show hosted by former big band leader Lawrence Welk. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Armchair Theatre was a British television drama anthology series, which ran on the ITV network from 1956 until 1968 in its original form, and was intermittently resurrected at various points during the 1970s. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Ending this year

• Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946-1960).
• Howdy Doody (1947-1960).
• The Gale Storm Show, Oh! Susanna (1956-1960).
• The Steve Allen Show (1956-1960).

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Births

• January 4 - Julia St. John, British actress.
• February 19 - Leslie Ash, British actress.
• February 22 - Paul Abbott, British television writer.
• February 28 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress and Playboy model (d. 1980).
• July 8 - David Duchovny, American actor, star of The X-Files.