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See also: 1977 in art, other events of 1978, 1979 in art, List of years in art Events Works Births Deaths April 8 - Clough Williams-Ellis, architect and creator of Portmeirion April 13 - Jack Chambers, originator of perceptual realism August 5 - Victor Hasselblad, photographer November 8 - Norman Rockwell, painter unknown... 1978 in archaeology // Explorations Excavations Finds Bactrian Gold hoard Publications Events Theban Mapping Project established Births Deaths See also List of years in archaeology 1977 in archaeology 1979 in archaeology Categories: 1978 | Years in archaeology ... See also: 1977 in architecture, other events of 1978, 1979 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1977 in literature, other events of 1978, 1979 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... See also: Other events of 1978 List of years in science . ... 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For the American TV schedule, see: 1978-79 American network television schedule. This was the television schedule on all three networks for the fall season beginning in September 1978. ...

Events

• January 21 - Steve Martin performs the original "King Tut" on Saturday Night Live. The song is later released as a single and becomes a hit for the comedian.
• January 28 - The Doobie Brothers make a guest appearance on ABC's What's Happening!!.
• February 22 - The Police appear in a television commercial for Wrigley's chewing gum.
• March 7–April 11 - Dennis Potter's groundbreaking drama serial Pennies From Heaven airs on BBC1.
• April 16–April 19 - Holocaust, starring James Woods and Meryl Streep first aired on NBC.
• April 22 - The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live. The duo of Jake & Elwood Blues (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) was introduced by Paul Shaffer (as Don Kirschner) and performed "Hey Bartender".
• April 24 - The television game show Card Sharks, hosted by Jim Perry, first aired on NBC.
• April 26 - Ringo Starr's, Ringo, a musical version of The Prince and the Pauper airs on NBC. Starr's fellow former Beatle George Harrison provides the narration.
• May 24 - The iconic skateboarding duck item first airs on BBC TV's Nationwide.
• July 10 - The ABC Evening News is renamed ABC World News Tonight with Frank Reynolds as anchor.
• September - The soap opera As the World Turns is #1 in the daytime Nielsen ratings for the 20th and final consecutive year; no other serial has been at the top of the ratings for such an unbeaten yearly streak.
• November 17 - The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS. The special gives fans their first glimpse of Boba Fett, a character from the upcoming Star Wars sequel.
• March 22 - The Beatles spoof, The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash airs on NBC.
• Abarembo Shogun premieres on the Asahi television network in Japan (1978-2003).
• Fred Silverman, who successfully programmed both CBS and ABC, moves to NBC to attempt to reverse their ratings decline.
• Knowlton Nash replaces Peter Kent as anchor of The National on CBC.
• Replacing Zara Cully and Damon Evans, Jay Hammer joins the cast of The Jeffersons, for a short period of time.
• US television game show program Match Game is rated in the Top 3 of all game shows for the sixth year in a row.
• January 15 - The Super Bowl is played - and telecast - at night for the first time, on CBS.
• January 23 - "Roots) - One Year Later", a special examining the impact and influence of the miniseries, airs on ABC.
• August 1 - Harry Reasoner returns to CBS after taking advantage of an oral escape-clause in his contract with ABC.
• September 17 - The ceremony formalizing the success of the peace talks between Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat - the Camp David accords between Israel and Egypt - is televised live from the White House East Room.
• September 19 - The chairs on which Archie and Edith Bunker sat through 8 seasons of All in the Family are presented to the Smithsonian Institution.

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Debuts

• February 8 - Grange Hill premieres on BBC TV in the UK (1978-present).
• April 2 - Dallas premieres on CBS (1978-1991).
• April 24 - Card Sharks premieres on NBC (1978-81).
• June 6- 20/20 premieres on ABC (1978-present).
• July 10 - World News Tonight premieres on ABC (1978-present).
• September 12 - Taxi premieres on ABC (1978-1983).
• September 14 - Mork & Mindy premieres on ABC (1978-1982).
• September 17 - Battlestar Galactica premieres on ABC (1978-1979).
• September 18 - WKRP in Cincinnati premieres on CBS (1978-1982).
• September - Battle of the Planets premieres (1978-1985).
• October 2 - The All-New Jeopardy! premieres on NBC (1978-1979).
• November 3 - Diff'rent Strokes premieres on NBC (1978-1986).
• Canada After Dark premieres on CBC (1978-1979).
• Duplessis airs on SRC.
• 3-2-1 starts on ITV in the United Kingdom (1978-1987).

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Miniseries

• Centennial
• Holocaust
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
• Against the Wind
• Once Upon a Time... Man

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Television shows

1940s

• Meet the Press (1947-present).
• Candid Camera (1948-present).
• Bozo the Clown (1949-present).
• Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995).

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1950s

• Truth or Consequences (1950-1988).
• Love of Life (1951-1980).
• Search for Tomorrow (1951-1986).
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present).
• American Bandstand (1952-1989).
• Guiding Light (1952-present).
• The Today Show (1952-present).
• Panorama (UK) (1953-present).
• The Good Old Days (UK) (1953-1983).
• Face the Nation (1954-present).
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992).
• Captain Kangaroo (1955-1984).
• The Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982).
• This Is Your Life (UK) (1955-2003).
• As the World Turns (1956-present).
• The Edge of Night (1956-1984).
• To Tell the Truth (1956-1978).
• What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present).
• The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present).
• Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present).
• Concentration (1958-1978).
• Grandstand (UK) (1958-2007).

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1960s

• Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present).
• Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present).
• It's Academic (1961-present).
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961-1981).
• The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present).
• Doctor Who (UK) (1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present).
• General Hospital (1963-present).
• The Doctors (1963-1982).
• Another World (1964-1999).
• Crossroads (UK) (1964-1988, 2001-2003).
• Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-2006).
• Days of Our Lives (1965-present).
• World of Sport (UK) (1965-1985).
• Play School (1966-present).
• The Money Programme (UK) (1966-present).
• 60 Minutes (1968-present).
• Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980).
• Magpie (UK) (1968-1980).
• One Life to Live (1968-present).
• Hee Haw (1969-1993).
• Sesame Street (1969-present).
• The Benny Hill Show (UK) (1969-1989).
• The Wonderful World of Disney (1969-1979)

Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Four Corners is Australias longest-running and most respected investigative journalism/current affairs television program. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Its Academic is a televised academic quiz competition for high school students, currently airing on two NBC affiliates in Washington, DC (WRC-TV), Charlottesville, Virginia (WVIR), and one CBS affiliate Baltimore, Maryland (WJZ). ... The Mike Douglas Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that ran from 1961 to 1982. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who explores time and space in his TARDIS time ship with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) 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). ... The Doctors was a soap opera which aired on NBC from April 1, 1963 to December 31, 1982. ... Another World (sometimes called Another World: Bay City as it was briefly known) is a Daytime Emmy-winning American soap opera which ran on the NBC television network from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Crossroads was a British television soap opera set in a motel near Birmingham, England. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ... Days of our Lives is an American soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965[2] on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... World of Sport was a British television sport anthology programme launched on ITV on January 2, 1965 in response to Grandstand. ... Play School is an educational television programme for pre-school aged children. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... This MONEY PROGRAMME is a scam trying to encourage young scots to pay as little as 300 pounds a fortnight and, they say it is for your pention but it is not. ... Not to be confused with a BBC news magazine program of the same name. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... Hawaii Five-O is an American television series that starred Jack Lord and James MacArthur as detectives for a fictional Hawaii state police department. ... Magpie was a childrens television programme shown on ITV from the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. ... One Life to Live (OLTL) is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15, 1968. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ... Born Alfred Hawthorn Hill (January 21, 1924/1925 - April 20, 1992), Benny Hill was a prolific comic British actor. ... 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. ...

1970s

• All My Children (1970-present).
• Monday Night Football (1970-present).
• Play for Today (UK) (1970-1984).
• All in the Family (1971-1979).
• Masterpiece Theatre (1971-present).
• Old Grey Whistle Test (UK) (1971-1987).
• Soul Train (1971-present).
• Are You Being Served? (UK) (1972-1985).
• Emmerdale Farm (UK) (1972-present).
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972-1984).
• John Craven's Newsround (UK) (1972-present).
• M*A*S*H (1972-1983).
• The Price Is Right (1972-present).
• The Waltons (1972-1981).
• Barnaby Jones (1973-1980).
• Kojak (1973-1978, 2005-present).
• Last of the Summer Wine (UK) (1973-present).
• Match Game '78 (1962-1969, 1973-1984, 1990-1991, 1998-1999).
• Schoolhouse Rock! (1973-1986).
• Superstars (UK) (1973-1985, 2003-2005).
• The Tomorrow Show (1973-1982).
• The Young and the Restless (1973-present).
• Countdown (Australia) (1974-1987).
• Derrick (1974-1998).
• Dinah! (1974-1980).
• Good Times (1974-1979).
• Happy Days (1974-1984).
• Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983).
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (1974-1984).
• The Rockford Files (1974-1980).
• Tiswas (UK) (1974-1982).
• Wish You Were Here...? (UK) (1974-present).
• Arena (UK) (1975–present).
• Barney Miller (1975-1982).
• Good Morning America (1975-present).
• Jim'll Fix It (UK) (1975-1994).
• King of Kensington (Canada) (1975-1980).
• Match Game PM (1975-1981).
• One Day at a Time (1975-1984).
• Runaround (UK) (1975-1981).
• Ryan's Hope (1975-1989).
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present).
• The Don Lane Show (Australia) (1975-1983).
• the fifth estate (Canada) (1975-present).
• The Jeffersons (1975-1985).
• Welcome Back, Kotter (1975-1979).
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present).
• Alice (1976-1985).
• Charlie's Angels (1976-1981).
• Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).
• Laverne & Shirley (1976-1983).
• Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (UK) (1976-1982).
• Quincy, M.E. (1976-1983).
• Second City Television (SCTV) (Canada) (1976-1984).
• The Muppet Show (UK) (1976-1981).
• The P.T.L. Club (1976-1987).
• What's Happening!! (1976-1979).
• Wonder Woman (1976-1979).
• CHiPs (1977-1983).
• Eight is Enough (1977-1981).
• Fantasy Island (1977-1984).
• In Search of... (1977-1982).
• Lou Grant (1977-1982).
• Soap (1977-1981).
• The Love Boat (1977-1986).
• Three's Company (1977-1984).

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Cover art for the DVD release of The Waltons first season. ... Barnaby Jones Barnaby Jones {{Infobox Television Barnaby Jones | show_name = Barnaby Jones | image = [[image:barBarnaby Jones nabytvg. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Last of the Summer Wine, written by Roy Clarke, is a British television sitcom. ... The Match Game was an American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of fifty-two educational short films featuring songs about schoolhouse topics, including grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and politics. ... Superstars is a television show that aired on BBC One intially from 1973-1985 and then from 2003-2005. ... The Tomorrow Show was an American late-night television talk show hosted by Tom Snyder. ... For other uses, see Young and Restless. ... Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from late 1974 until July 19, 1987. ... A blonde haired, very skilled worker with a 70s look. ... Derrick is a German TV series produced by ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Chief Inspector (Oberinspektor) Stephan Derrick (Horst Tappert) and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein (Fritz Wepper), who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings (with only three unsolved cases). ... Dinah! (called Dinah & Friends from 1979-1980) was a daytime talk show hosted by singer and actress Dinah Shore, which aired in American syndication markets from its premiere on September 9, 1974 until the summer of 1980. ... Good Times was an American sitcom originally broadcast from February 8, 1974 until August 1, 1979 on the CBS television network. ... Happy Days is a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ... Little House On The Prairie was an American one-hour dramatic television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11, 1974 to March 21, 1983. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Tiswas was an anarchic Saturday morning childrens British TV show which ran from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982. ... Wish You Were Here. ... Arena is a British television documentary series, which has run in occasional seasons on the BBC TWO network since 1978. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Barney Miller was a comedy television series set in a New York City police station that ran from January 23, 1975, to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold (who also did work on Gilligans Island and The Brady Bunch) and Theodore J. Flicker. ... Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. ... Jimll Fix It was a long running British television show broadcast by the BBC. // The show debuted on 31 May 1975, and ran until June 1994. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... King of Kensington was a Canadian television sitcom which aired on the CBC from 1975 to 1980. ... Match Game PM was an American television game show where contestants tried to match a panel of six celebrities in answering fill-in-the-blank questions. ... One Day at a Time is a long-running American situation comedy dealing with a divorced mother, played by Bonnie Franklin, her two teenage daughters (Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli and their building superintendent (Pat Harrington, Jr. ... Runaround was hosted by comedian Mike Reid who later starred in Eastenders as Frank Butcher. ... Ryans Hope was a soap opera which aired for fourteen years on ABC, from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 91-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City that has been broadcast live by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... Don Lane is an Australian entertainer and talk show host. ... The correct title of this article is the fifth estate. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Welcome Back, Kotter (sometimes shortened to Welcome Back or Kotter) was an American television sitcom that originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975 to June 8, 1979. ... The daytime Wheel of Fortune was an American game show that aired on NBC from January 6, 1975 to June 30, 1989. ... Alice title card Principal character Alice Hyatt, played by Linda Lavin. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the television series. ... Family Feud is a television game show that pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed of 100 people. ... Laverne & Shirley was a popular American television situation comedy which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. ... Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, more commonly known simply as Swap Shop, was a childrens television programme that aired on Saturday mornings in the UK on BBC One. ... Quincy, M.E. (or simply Quincy) is the name of a United States television series that aired from October 3, 1976, to May 11, 1983, on NBC (and can be seen in the UK on ITV3 and intermittently on the ITV Network, as well as in syndication on MeTV in... Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of The Second City. ... The Muppet Show was a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand-operated puppets, typically with oversized eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981. ... The PTL (standing for Praise The Lord and People That Love) was a conservative religious group and TV network. ... Whats Happening!! is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. ... DVD release of the first season. ... CHiPs was an American television series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that aired on NBC from September 15, 1977 to July 17, 1983. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Eight Is Enough was an American television dramedy series which ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981. ... Fantasy Island refers to two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network. ... In Search Of . ... Linda Kelsey and Edward Asner as Billie Newman and Lou Grant in MTMs Lou Grant Lou Grant was a popular and critically acclaimed television drama series starring Ed Asner as a newspaper editor. ... Soap was a sitcom which ran on the ABC network from 1977 through 1981. ... The Love Boat was an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977 until 1986. ... For the Entourage episode, see Threes Company (Entourage). ...

Ending this year

• March 6 - The Six Million Dollar Man (1973-1978).
• March 29 - The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978).
• March 30 - Police Woman (1974-1978).
• March 31 - Tattletales (1974-1978, 1982-1984).
• April 1 - The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978).
• April 29 - Maude (1972-1978).
• May 13 - Columbo (1971-1978).
  • The Bionic Woman (1976-1978).
• May 18 - Baretta (1975-1978).
• June - The Good Life (UK) (1975-1978).
• July 21 - Chico and the Man (1974-1978).
• December 9 - Rhoda (1974-1978).
• The Bobby Vinton Show(1975-1978).
• Lucan (1977-1978).
• The Naked Vicar Show (Australia) (1977-1978).
• Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956-1978).
• Pop Quest (UK) (1975-1978).
• The Sweeney (UK) (1975-1978).
• Z-Cars (UK) (1962-1978).

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