See also: 1963 in television, other events of 1964, 1965 in television and the list of 'years in television'. 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in television pages. ...

For the American network television schedule, please see 1964-65 American network television schedule. This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1964. ...

Events

• January 1 - Nearly all of NBC's programs are now broadcast in color.
• January 3 - Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show.
• January 4 - TV Tokyo launched in Japan.
• February 9, 16 and 23 - The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, breaking television ratings records.
• April 20 - BBC2 starts broadcasting; the existing BBC channel is renamed BBC1.
• April 30 - Television sets manufactured as of this date are required to receive UHF channels.
• November 26 - PTV airs the first television broadcasts in Pakistan.
• Danger Man returns to British TV after being cancelled in 1961. It would later air on CBS as Secret Agent and be produced until 1966.

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Debuts

• January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television (1964-present).
• March 30 - The game show Jeopardy! debuts on NBC daytime TV (1964-1975, 1984-present).
• May 4 - The American soap opera Another World debuts on NBC at 3:00 PM Eastern time, as a half-hour show (1964-1999).
• September 1 - Shindig! premieres on ABC.
• October 28 - The Wednesday Play on BBC1 (1964-1970).
• November 2 - Crossroads premieres on ITV in the UK (1964-1988, 2001-2003).
• Bewitched on ABC (1964-1972).
• Daniel Boone premieres (1964-1970).
• Gilligan's Island on CBS (1964-1967).
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. on CBS (1964-1970).
• Peyton Place on ABC (1964-1969).
• The Addams Family on ABC (1964-1966).
• The Mavis Brampston Show premieres on ATN-7 (Australia) (1964-1968).
• The Munsters on CBS (1964-1966).
• This Hour Has Seven Days on CBC (1964-1966).

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Top of the Pops is a long-running British music chart television programme shown each week on BBC One and now licensed for local versions around the world. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... A game show is a radio or television program, involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Jeopardy! logo (1994-1996) Jeopardy! is a popular international television game show, originally devised by Merv Griffin, who also created Wheel of Fortune. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Another World (AW) was a Daytime Emmy-winning American soap opera which ran on the NBC television network (CTV in Canada) from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... Shindig! was the name of a music variety show which was aired every week on the American ABC network from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... The Wednesday Play was a British television drama anthology series, which ran on BBC ONE from 1964 to 1970. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... Stars from Crossroads Crossroads was a British television soap opera set in a motel near Birmingham. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bewitched was an American situation comedy starring actress Elizabeth Montgomery, broadcast on ABC from 1964 to 1972. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Daniel Boone was a TV Western that aired from 1964-1970. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The cast of Gilligans Island. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. was a television series that ran on CBS from 1964 to 1969, with episodes rerun in mid-1970. ... Peyton Place was Americas first long-running nighttime soap opera. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... The Addams Family, as illustratred by Charles Addams in the New Yorker magazine. ... ATN-7 is the Sydney flagship television station of the Australia. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Cast of The Munsters (1965). ... This Hour Has Seven Days was a controversial Canadian Broadcasting Corporation newsmagazine, which ran from 1964 to 1966. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ...

Television shows

• 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 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)
• Panorama (UK) (1953-present)
• The Good Old Days (UK) (1953-1983)
• Face the Nation (1954-present)
• The Milton Berle Show (1954-1967)
• The Secret Storm (1954-1974)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992).
• Captain Kangaroo (1955-1984)
• 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)
• Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956-1978)
• The Edge of Night (1956-1984)
• The Price Is Right (1956-1965)
• What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present)
• The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present)
• Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present)
• Grandstand (UK) (1958-present)
• The Donna Reed Show (1958-1966)
• Bonanza (1959-1973)
• Juke Box Jury (1959-1967, 1979, 1989-1990)
• The Bell Telephone Hour (1959-1968)
• Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present)
• My Three Sons (1960-1972)
• The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
• The Flintstones (1960-1966)
• Ben Casey (1961-1966)
• Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present)
• It's Academic (1961-present)
• Mister Ed (1961-1966)
• The Avengers (UK) (1961-1969)
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)
• The Fulton Sheen Program (1961-1968)
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961-1981)
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-1969)
• Match Game (1962-1969, 1973-1984, 1990-1991, 1998-1999)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971)
• The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present)
• The Lucy Show (1962-1968)
• The Saint (UK) (1962-1969)
• Z-Cars (UK) (1962-1978)
• Doctor Who (UK) (1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present)
• General Hospital (1963-present)
• Petticoat Junction (1963-1970)
• Ready Steady Go (1963-1966)
• The Doctors (1963-1982)
• Danger Man (UK) (1960-1961, 1964-1966)

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Come Dancing BBC TV ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off from 1949 to 1995, becoming one of televisions longest-running shows. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was a comedian, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the most prominent early stars of American radio and television. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Truth or Consequences was an American quiz show, originally hosted on radio by Ralph Edwards from 1940 to 1957, and later on television by Bob Barker from 1956 to 1975. ... Whats My Line? was a weekly panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ... Love of Life title card from 1957. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Search for Tomorrow was a soap opera which aired on the CBS television network from September 3, 1951 to March 26, 1982. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hallmark Hall of Fame is the most-honored program in the history of American television. ... American Bandstand was a live dance music television show. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nelson family The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was an American radio and television series. ... The Guiding Light (known as Guiding Light since 1975) is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest soap opera ever told, as well as the longest running drama in broadcast history (its 15,000th episode is slated to air in the autumn of 2005). ... Cover of a book about the Honeymooners. ... Today (commonly referred to as The Today Show) is a morning news and talk show airing on the NBC television network in the United States. ... Panorama is a long-running current affairs documentary series on BBC television, launched in 1953 and focusing on investigative journalism. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Good Old Days was a popular BBC television light entertainment television programme which ran from 1953 to 1983. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Face The Nation logo Face the Nation is an American Sunday-morning interview show which premiered on CBS on November 7, 1954. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was the full name of NBCs The Tonight Show during the years that Johnny Carson hosted. ... See also: 1961 in television, other events of 1962, 1963 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1962-63 American network television schedule. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1992. ... Captain Kangaroo was a childrens show which aired weekday mornings on CBS from 1955 until 1984, then moved to PBS until 1992. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gunsmoke was a long-running old-time radio and television Western drama program. ... The Lawrence Welk Show was a musical variety show hosted by former big band leader Lawrence Welk. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This Is Your Life was a television show hosted by Ralph Edwards, first broadcast in the United States from 1952 to 1961 on NBC. It originated as a radio show airing from 1948 to 1952. ... 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 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera, airing each weekday on CBS. It debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30 in the afternoon. ... Opportunity Knocks was a UK television talent show originally hosted by Hughie Greene. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Edge of Night title card from 1960. ... The Price is Right is a popular game show based on contestants guessing the retail prices of displayed prizes. ... What The Papers Say, is one of the longest running programmes on British television. ... The Sky at Night is a long running television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. It is the longest running television programme with the same presenter anywhere. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Blue Peter is a popular, long-running BBC television programme for children. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British television sport programme Grandstand is one of BBCs longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year. ... The Donna Reed Show was a situation comedy which aired on ABC from 1958 to 1966. ... For the airplane, see Beechcraft Bonanza. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Juke Box Jury was a pop themed panel show, originally produced by BBC television from 1959-1967. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bell Telephone Hour was a musical show which aired on NBC from 1959 to 1968. ... The opening title of Coronation Street, since 2002. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... My Three Sons was a television series sitcom that ran from September 29, 1960 to August 24, 1972. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Griffith as Andy Taylor and Howard as Opie Knotts as Barney Fife and Griffith as Andy Taylor The Andy Griffith Show was an American television series that aired from 1960 to 1968. ... The Flintstones, a Hanna-Barbera animated series, is one of the most successful animated television series of all time, originally running in American prime time for six seasons, from 1960 to 1966, on the ABC network. ... Ben Casey was a medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. ... Four Corners is a long-running investigative journalism/current affairs television program produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Australia. ... Its Academic is a high school version of quizbowl, in Washington, DC (WRC-TV), Charlottesville, Virginia (WVIR), and Baltimore, Maryland (WJZ). ... Mister Ed was a popular US television comedy show that aired on CBS from 1961-1966. ... The most famous incarnation of The Avengers, John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) appear on the cover of a 1994 reprint of an Avengers novel co-written by Macnee. ... The Dick Van Dyke Show was an American television situation comedy which aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to September 7, 1966. ... The Mike Douglas Show was an American daytime televsion program starring singer Mike Douglas. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The first incarnation of the Walt Disney anthology series, commonly called The Wonderful World of Disney, premiered on ABC on October 27, 1954 under the name Disneyland. ... The Match Game was an American television game show where contestants tried to match a panel of six celebrities in answering fill-in-the-blank questions. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Main cast of The Beverly Hillbillies: Donna Douglas (Elly May), Irene Ryan (Granny), Max Baer, Jr. ... For the American late-night talk show presented by Tom Snyder, Craig Kilborn and Craig Ferguson, see The Late Late Show (CBS). ... Lucille Ball in still from 1966 episode of The Lucy Show The Lucy Show was Lucille Balls followup show to I Love Lucy. ... A reprint of one of Leslie Charteris early Saint novels, issued in the early 1960s to tie-in with the Roger Moore TV series. ... Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars, and always pronounced zed, never zee) was a British television drama series centred around the work of regular beat police officers in the fictional town of Newtown, near Liverpool, in the north-west of England. ... Main article: History of Doctor Who Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television at 5:15 p. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Hospital is the longest-running daytime soap opera on the American ABC television network, and is also the longest-running soap opera produced in Hollywood (having been taped at the Prospect Avenue ABC Television Center West since its inception). ... Petticoat Junction was an American situation comedy that was produced by Filmways, Inc. ... Ready Steady Go or simply RSG was one of the UKs first rock / pop music TV programmes. ... The Doctors was a soap opera which aired on NBC from April 1, 1963 to December 31, 1982. ...

Ending this year

• Zoo Quest (UK) (1954-1964).
• The Twilight Zone (1959-1964). The show was revived in 1985-1988, and then for one season in 2002.
• The Judy Garland Show (1963-1964).

The Twilight Zone original opening. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Births

• February 15 - Chris Farley.
• April 25 - Hank Azaria, actor and voice actor.
• June 15 - Courteney Cox, actress.
• June 23 - Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• July 3 - Yeardley Smith, voice actress, The Simpsons.
• July 22 - Bonnie Langford, actress.
• September 2 - Keanu Reeves, actor.
• November 11 - Calista Flockhart, actress.
• November 21 - Liza Tarbuck, British actress and television presenter.
• December 8 - Teri Hatcher, actress.

February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Chris Farley in a scene from Black Sheep Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian, best known as one of the cast members of the popular Saturday Night Live television series. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... Hank Albert Azaria (born April 25, 1964 in Queens, New York) is an American actor born to a Jewish family of Greek origins. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animation (including animated feature films, television series, animated shorts), radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... Courteney Cox Courteney Cox Arquette (born Courteney Bass Cox on June 15, 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American actress, best known for her role in the long-running television series Friends. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... Joseph Joss Whedon (b. ... Buffy, the Vampire Slayer is a U.S. television series based on the original script for the 1992 movie of the same name. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... Yeardley Smith Martha Maria Yeardley Smith (born July 3, 1964 in Paris, France) is an American actress and voice actor who is best known for providing the voice of Lisa Simpson (and occasionally, both on the Tracy Ullman shorts and the half-hour show, for Maggie Simpson) on the animated... Homer, a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, is a generally well-meaning buffoon whose short attention span often draws him into outrageous schemes and adventures. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... Bonita Melody Lysette Bonnie Langford (born July 22, 1964) is a British actress and entertainer. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... Keanu Reeves Keanu Charles Reeves (born on September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon) is an Anglo/Canadian Hollywood film actor. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Calista Flockhart in an undated publicity photo Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11, 1964 in Freeport, Illinois) is an American actress. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Liza Tarbuck (born 21 November 1964) is a British actress and television presenter, and daughter of Jimmy Tarbuck. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Teri Hatcher at the 2005 Golden Globes award ceremony Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964 in Sunnyvale, California) is an American actress. ...

Deaths

• August 28 - Gracie Allen, actress, comedienne.