This is a list of television-related events in 1988. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Events

• February 5 - Comic Relief airs its Red Nose Day fundraiser on BBC1.
• February 26 - Tom Hardy marries Simone Ravelle on General Hospital. It is a milestone for the genre as it is the first interracial wedding between two characters on American daytime television.
• April 3 - The Woman He Loved, a single drama starring Jane Seymour airs on US television.
• April 28 - ITV in the UK broadcasts Death on the Rock, a hugely controversial episode of Thames Television's This Week current affairs strand, investigating Operation Flavius, which resulted in the SAS killing three members of the IRA in Gibraltar.
• May 13 - J.R. Ewing pushes Nicholas Pierce over the railing of his high-rise office building, and Sue Ellen is so enraged that she fires three shots at him, on the season finale of Dallas.
• May 16 - The youth strand DEF II is launched on BBC2 in the UK.
• July 4 - The hit game show Family Feud returns to the air after a 3 year hiatus. Ray Combs is the new host, replacing original host Richard Dawson.
• July 19 - The Bill broadcasts the first episode of its fourth season and switches to a year-round serial format.
• September 1 - Children's cable network YTV launches in Canada.
• October 4 - Following in Cher's footsteps, actress Shirley MacLaine calls David Letterman an "asshole", on the air during a taping of Late Night.
• October 27 - The last of Harding Lemay's "comeback" episodes air on Another World. In the final minutes of the episode, Australian actress Carmen Duncan took over the role of the legendary bitch Iris Cory Wheeler, after the role had been vacated for many years by Beverlee McKinsey.
• November 3 - Talk show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken during a taping of his show, when a fight erupts on the set between guests. The theme of the episode was "Young Hate Mongers" and the fight originated between white supremacist Tom Metzger and civil rights activist Roy Innis.
• The song "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" experiences a surge in popularity sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures. The California Raisins version of the song peaks at #84 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart is the focus of a sex scandal, and later admits to being with prostitutes and steps down from his television ministry.
• The Young and the Restless tops the daytime ratings (deposing longtime winner General Hospital), starting an unbeaten streak of #1 victories that still continue to this day.
• Ana Alicia's character, Melissa Agretti, dies in a house fire on Falcon Crest.
• After rejecting an offer to join CBS News, Peter Mansbridge replaces Knowlton Nash as anchor of CBC's The National.

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Combs hosting Family Feud. ... Richard Dawson, a panelist on Match Game, seen here in 1977 during the infamous School Riot episode. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... The Bill is a long-running British television police procedural shown on ITV1, at 8PM on Wednesdays and Thursdays. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See YTV for more meanings of the initals. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Cher[1] (born Cheryl Sarkisian LaPiere on May 20, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entertainer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty April 24, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. ... David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television personality, late night talk show host, comedian, television producer, Indy Racing League car owner (Rahal Letterman Racing) and philanthropist. ... Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... Harding Lemay (born 1922 in Bombay, New York) is a well-known American soap opera writer. ... Another World (AW) (sometimes called Another World: Bay City to distinguish it from its spinoffs in the 1970s and 1980s) 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. ... Carmen Duncan Carmen Joan Duncan (born July 7, 1942 in Cooma, New South Wales) is an Australian actress. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Beverlee McKinsey (born August 9, 1940 in McAlester, Oklahoma) is an American actress. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... Geraldo Rivera Gerald Michael Rivera (born July 4, 1943 in New York City), known to TV audiences as “Geraldo Rivera” or simply “Geraldo”, is an American television journalist and former talk show host. ... White supremacy is a racist ideology which holds that the white people are superior to other races. ... Tom Metzger in one of his promotional videos Tom Metzger is a controversial American white supremacist. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Roy Emile Alfredo Innis (born June 6, 1934, in St. ... I Heard It through the Grapevine is an R&B/soul song written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1967. ... 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Ana Alicia Ortiz, more commonly known sans her surname (born December 12, 1956 in Mexico City) is a Mexican-born actress, having moved to El Paso, Texas when she was a child. ... Falcon Crest was an American primetime television soap opera about the feud between the Channings and the Giobertis, two separate rich wine families in West Central California, around San Francisco in a fictional town, Tuscany Valley. ... CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports. ... Peter Mansbridge Peter Mansbridge (born July 6, 1948) is a Canadian journalist and anchor of The National, CBC Televisions flagship nightly newscast. ... Cyril Knowlton Nash, O.C., O.Ont. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ... The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the CBCs flagship national television newscast. ...

Debuts

• January 19- 48 Hours (1988— ).
• January 31 - The Wonder Years premieres (1988–1993).
• February 7 - America's Most Wanted debuts (1988— ).
• February 15 - Red Dwarf debuts in the UK (1988–1999).
• February 27 - Choujuu Sentai Liveman premieres on TV-Asahi (1988-1989)
• April 26- China Beach premieres on ABC (1988-1991)
• July 4 - Family Feud makes a comeback on CBS at 10:00 am EDT with host Ray Combs and announcer Gene Wood following its cancellation from ABC daytime 3 years earlier.
• September 10 - A Pup Named Scooby Doo premieres on ABC (1988-1991)
• September 10 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh premieres on ABC (1988-1991)
• September 16 - The popular Canadian dance music series Electric Circus debuts on MuchMusic (1988–2003).
• September 17 - Garfield and Friends, a Saturday morning cartoon series based on the popular comic strip character, debuts on CBS (1988–1995).
• October 8 - Empty Nest, a spinoff of The Golden Girls, premieres on NBC (1988–1995).
• October 18 - Roseanne premieres (1988–1997).
• November 14 - Murphy Brown premieres (1988–1998).
• November - Mystery Science Theater 3000 has its TV premiere on KTMA TV 23 (1988–1999). The show moved to the Comedy Channel in 1989.
• Children's Ward, a popular children's series produced by Granada Television, begins its long run on the ITV network in the UK (1988–2000).
• The Comedy Company debuts on 0-10 Network in Australia (1988–1990).
• The American Experience (1988— ).
• Fair City premieres (1988— ).
• Home and Away (1988— ).
• This Morning debuts (1988— ).
• The Adventures of Superboy (1988–1992).
• T. and T. (1988–1990).
• Apex predator (unknown date)

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Choujuu Sentai Liveman (超獣戦隊ライブマン Chōjū Sentai Raibuman), translated as Super Beast Squadron Liveman, was the 12th entry of Sentai show. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... China Beach was the name of an American dramatic television series, and it is the name of at least two beaches in the world: one in Vietnam and the other in San Francisco, California. ... For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... This article is becoming very long. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... Combs hosting Family Feud. ... Gene Wood in an on-camera appearance as a Match Game panelist Gene Wood, full name Eugene Edward Wood (October 20, 1925 - May 21, 2004), was an American television personality. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... Scooby-doo is also British naval divers slang for civilian sport scuba diver. Scooby-Doo is an important character in animation up to this day Scooby-Doo is a long-running animated series produced for television by Hanna_Barbera Productions from 1969 to 1986, 1988 to 1991, and from 2002 to... The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an American animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company, and inspired by A. A. Milnes Winnie-the-Pooh stories. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... Dance music is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs, radio stations and shows and raves. ... For other uses, see Electric Circus (disambiguation). ... MuchMusic (often called Much) is a 24-hour national Canadian cable music and variety television channel based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which debuted on August 31, 1984 as one of the first Canadian cable specialty channels on the air. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... There was also an unrelated childrens television series, titled Garfield Goose and Friends from the 1950s through the 1970s. ... Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the 1990s. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (282nd in leap years). ... Empty Nest is a television sitcom that ran on NBC for seven seasons from 1988 to 1995. ... The Golden Girls was a popular American sitcom that originally aired Saturday nights on NBC from September 14, 1985 to September 7, 1992. ... It has been suggested that NBC, NBC Radio City Studios, NBC Studios be merged into this article or section. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years). ... Roseanne Roseanne (born on November 3, 1952) is an American actress, writer, talk-show host, and comedian. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining until the end of the year. ... Murphy Brown was an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999), usually abbreviated MST3K, is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc. ... KMWB (Channel 23 analog, 22 digital) is an affiliate of The WB Television Network serving the Minneapolis-St. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Comedy Central is a cable television channel in the United States. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Miniseries

• Dadah is Death
• War and Remembrance

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Television shows

1940s

• Meet the Press (1947— )
• Candid Camera (1948— )
• Come Dancing (UK) (1949–1995)

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1950s

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951— )
• American Bandstand (1952–1989)
• Guiding Light (1952— )
• The Today Show (1952— )
• Panorama (UK) (1953— )
• Face the Nation (1954— )
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
• This Is Your Life (UK) (1955–2003)
• As the World Turns (1956— )
• What the Papers Say (UK) (1956— )
• The Sky at Night (UK) (1957— )
• Blue Peter (UK) (1958— )
• Grandstand (UK) (1958— )

Hallmark Hall of Fame is the most-honored program in the history of American television. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Today, commonly referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... Panorama is a long-running current affairs documentary series on BBC television, launched in 1953 and focusing on investigative journalism. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Face The Nation logo, used until 2002. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was the full name of NBCs The Tonight Show during the years that Johnny Carson hosted from 1962 to 1992. ... 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. ... 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. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday 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 1:30pm. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Canadian 1980s New Wave band of the same name, see Blue Peter (band). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British television sport programme Grandstand is one of the BBCs longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year. ...

1960s

• Coronation Street (UK) (1960— )
• Four Corners (Australia) (1961— )
• It's Academic (1961— )
• The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962— )
• Doctor Who (UK) (1963–1989, 1996, 2005— )
• General Hospital (1963— )
• Another World (1964–1999)
• Crossroads (UK) (1964–1988, 2001–2003)
• Top of the Pops (UK) (1964— )
• Days of Our Lives (1965— )
• Play School (1966— )
• The Money Programme (UK) (1966— )
• 60 Minutes (1968— )
• One Life to Live (1968— )
• Hee Haw (1969–1993)
• Sesame Street (1969— )
• The Benny Hill Show (UK) (1969–1989)

Coronation Street is Britains longest-running television soap opera and its consistently highest-rating programme. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Four Corners is Australias longest-running and most respected investigative journalism/current affairs television program. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Its Academic is a high school version of Quizbowl, in Washington, DC (WRC-TV), Charlottesville, Virginia (WVIR), and Baltimore, Maryland (WJZ). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... This article is becoming very long. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Crossroads was a British television soap opera set in a motel near Birmingham, England. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Top of the Pops was a long-running British music chart television programme, and indeed the longest-running music show in the world, shown each week on BBC and now licensed for national versions around the world. ... Days of our Lives is a long-running American soap opera. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Play School is an educational television programme for pre-school aged children. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 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. ... 60 Minutes is an investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... One Life to Live is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15, 1968. ... Hee Haw was a long-running U.S. television variety show hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 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. ...

1970s

• All My Children (1970— )
• Monday Night Football (1970— )
• Masterpiece Theatre (1971— )
• Soul Train (1971— )
• Emmerdale Farm (UK) (1972— )
• John Craven's Newsround (UK) (1972— )
• The Price Is Right (1972— )
• Last of the Summer Wine (UK) (1973— )
• The Young and the Restless (1973— )
• Derrick (1974–1998)
• Wish You Were Here...? (UK) (1974— )
• Arena (UK) (1975— )
• Good Morning America (1975— )
• Jim'll Fix It (UK) (1975–1994)
• Ryan's Hope (1975–1989)
• Saturday Night Live (1975— )
• the fifth estate (Canada) (1975— )
• Wheel of Fortune (1975— )
• 20/20 (1978— )
• Dallas (1978–1991)
• Grange Hill (UK) (1978— )
• Knots Landing (1979–1993)
• You Can't Do That on Television (Canada) (1979–1990)
• Antiques Roadshow (UK) (1979— )
• Nightline (1979— )
• This Old House (1979— )

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1980s

• Dynasty (1981–1989)
• Entertainment Tonight (1981— )
• Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
• What Now (1982— )
• Timewatch (UK) (1982— )
• Cheers (1982–1993)
• Family Ties (1982–1989)
• Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993)
• Newhart (1982–1990)
• The Journal (Canada) (1982–1992)
• Loving (1983–1995)
• Webster (1983–1989)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (UK) (1984–1988, 1991–1994)
• Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
• Jeopardy! (1964–1975, 1984— )
• Kate and Allie (1984–1989)
• Miami Vice (1984–1989)
• Mother and Son (Australia) (1984–1994)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
• Night Court (1984–1992)
• Santa Barbara (1984–1993)
• The Bill (UK) (1984— )
• The Cosby Show (1984–1992)
• Who's the Boss? (1984–1992)
• 227 (1985–1990)
• EastEnders (UK) (1985— )
• Growing Pains (1985–1992)
• It's a Living (1980–1982, 1985–1989)
• MacGyver (1985–1992)
• Moonlighting (1985–1989)
• Mr. Belvedere (1985–1990)
• Neighbours (Australia) (1985— )
• Only Fools and Horses (UK) (1981–1983, 1985–1993, 1996–1997, 2001–2003) (the only episode aired this year was the Christmas special Dates)
• Sally (1985–2002)
• Turn on to T-Bag and T-Bag's Christmas Cracker (There were various T-Bag series between 1985 and 1992)
• The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
• The Twilight Zone (1959–1964, 1985–1988, 2002)
• ALF (1986–1990)
• Amen (1986–1991)
• Designing Women (1986–1993)
• Double Dare (1986–1993)
• Hey Dad...! (1986–1994)
• L.A. Law (1986–1994)
• Mama's Family (1983–1984, 1986–1990)
• Matlock (1986–1995)
• Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–1991)
• Perfect Strangers (1986–1993)
• The Disney Sunday Movie (1986–1988) ends on September 11 to resume as The Magical World of Disney (1988–1990) on October 9
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986— )
• Comic Relief (UK) (1986— )
• Casualty (UK) (1986— )
• Beadle's About (UK) (1987–1996)
• ChuckleVision (UK) (1987— )
• A Different World (1987–1993)
• Full House (1987–1995)
• Going Live! (1987–1993)
• Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
• Knightmare (UK) (1987–1994)
• Married... with Children (1987–1997)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987–1996)
• The Bold and the Beautiful (1987— )
• The Tracey Ullman Show (1987–1990)
• thirtysomething (1987–1991)
• Family Feud (1976–1985, 1988–1995, 1999— )

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Family Ties was an American television sitcom which aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. ... Newhart was a television situation comedy starring comedian Bob Newhart that aired on the CBS network from 1982 to 1990. ... The Journal was a popular current affairs newsmagazine on CBC Television from 1982 to 1992. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Loving logo used in 1991 and early 1992. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The cast of Webster Webster was a sitcom which premiered on ABC on September 16, 1983, and ran on that network until September 11, 1987, but continued in first-run syndication until 1989. ... The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the name given to the series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company Granada Television between 1984 and 1994, although only the first two series bore that title on screen. ... Highway to Heaven was a television drama which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jeopardy! is a popular international television quiz game show, originally devised by Merv Griffin, who also created Wheel of Fortune. ... Kate & Allie was a television situation comedy, airing on CBS from 1984 to 1989. ... Miami Vice was a popular television series (five seasons on NBC from 1984-1989) starring Don Johnson (James Sonny Crockett) and Philip Michael Thomas (Ricardo Rico Tubbs) as two Miami police detectives working undercover. ... Maggie Beare (Ruth Cracknell) and son Arthur (Garry McDonald) Mother and Son was an Australian television sitcom produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 1984 until 1994. ... Murder, She Wrote is a long-running television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. ... Night Court was an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992. ... Santa Barbara was an American soap opera which ran on NBC for 2137 episodes from July 30, 1984 to January 15, 1993. ... The Cosby Show was an American television sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1992. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... (Redirected from 227 (sitcom)) 227 is an American sitcom that originally aired on the NBC network from 1985 to 1990. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[2] and continuing to date. ... Growing Pains was an American television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from 1985 to 1992. ... Its a Living was an American sitcom which ran from 1980 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1989. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... MacGyver was an American adventure television series about a laid-back, extremely resourceful ex-secret agent, played by Richard Dean Anderson. ... Moonlighting is a television series that first aired on ABC in the United States from 1985 to 1989 with a total of 66 episodes. ... Mr. ... Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began airing in March 1985. ... Only Fools and Horses was a long-running British television sit-com, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC. Seven series were broadcast between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003. ... Sally Jessy Raphaël Sally Jessy Raphaël (born Sally Lowenthal on February 25, 1943 in Easton, Pennsylvania) is an American tabloid talk show host and television personality. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... T-Bag was a witch-like character who appeared in a number of series of childrens ITV (CITV) television programmes which ran from the mid-80s to early 90s. ... T-Bag was a witch-like character who appeared in a number of series of childrens ITV (CITV) television programmes which ran from the mid-80s to early 90s. ... The Twilight Zones original opening The Twilight Zone was a television anthology series created (and often written) by its narrator and host Rod Serling. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ALF ALF is the name of a popular TV sitcom series produced by NBC between 1986 and 1990, inspired by and spoofing the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Amen was an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from 1986 to 1991 on NBC. The series stars Sherman Hemsley as Ernest Frye, a member of the deacon board at the fictional First Community Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Designing Women was a U.S. television sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four women in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Double Dare was a childrens game show, originally hosted by Marc Summers, that aired on Nickelodeon. ... Hey Dad. ... The L.A. Law opening title featured a personalized license plate mounted on a Jaguar. ... Mamas Family was an American television sitcom which ran from 1983 to 1985 on NBC and from 1986 to 1990 in first-run syndication. ... Ben Matlock in court Matlock was an American television legal drama starring Andy Griffith as attorney Ben Matlock. ... Pee-wees Playhouse is a childrens television program starring Pee-wee Herman (played by Paul Reubens) that aired on Saturday mornings on CBS. The show originally ran from September 13, 1986 to July 27, 1991, and was enormously popular with both children and adults. ... Perfect Strangers is a sitcom television series which ran for eight seasons from 1986 through 1993 on ABC. The show was moved around in the prime-time lineup and eventually landed on Fridays as part of TGIF. It is about Larry Appleton (Mark Linn-Baker), a high-strung Chicago resident... 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. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Oprah Winfrey Show is the longest-running daytime television talk show in the United States, and is hosted, produced and owned by Oprah Winfrey. ... Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. ... Casualty is a long-running BBC television drama serial, first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted on BBC One. ... Beadles About was a British television programme hosted by Jeremy Beadle, where members of the public became victims of practical jokes behind hidden cameras. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ChuckleVision is a popular British childrens television series, shown on CBBC, first shown in 1987. ... A Different World was an American television sitcom. ... Full House was an American television sitcom that ran from 1987 to 1995 on the ABC network. ... Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. ... Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse is a fictional character, who features in a series of thirteen detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, though he is better known for the 33 episode TV series produced by Central Independent Television from 1987–2000, in which he was portrayed by John Thaw. ... Knightmare was an innovative and popular UK television programme for children, produced by Broadsword for Anglia Television and aired on ITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. ... Married… with Children was a long-running American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson Film Productions Inc. ... The Bold and the Beautiful (often called Bold or annotated to B&B) is an American television soap opera, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. ... The Tracey Ullman Show was a weekly American television variety show, hosted by comedian and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. ... thirtysomething (1987 – 1991) was a ground-breaking and award-winning American evening television drama, of the type popularly labeled a soap opera when broadcast during the daytime. ... This article is becoming very long. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Ending this year

• Button Moon (1980–1988)
• February 12 - Sledge Hammer! (1986–1988)
• May 1 - Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988)
• May 7 - The Facts of Life (1979–1988)
• May 13 - Tales of the Unexpected (UK) (1979–1985, 1987–1988)
• May 16- Cagney & Lacey (1982–1988)
• May 25-St. Elsewhere (1982–1988)
• May 27-Punky Brewster (1984–1988)
• July 23 - Tales from the Darkside (1984–1988)
• December 31 - Simon & Simon (1981–1988)
• Solid Gold (1980–1988)
• Truth or Consequences (1950–1988)
• What's Happening Now!! (1985–1988)

Button Moon Button Moon was a popular childrens television programme broadcast in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Sledge Hammer! was a satirical police sitcom that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Magnum, P.I. was an American television show that followed the adventures of Thomas Magnum (played by Tom Selleck), a private investigator living in Hawaii. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... The Facts of Life was an American sitcom which ran on the NBC network from 1979 to 1988. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... Tales Of The Unexpected is a British television series that originally aired between 1979 and 1988, made by Anglia Television for ITV. The series was an anthology of various different tales, initially based on short stories by author Roald Dahl that were sometimes sinister, sometimes wryly humourous and usually had... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... Cagney & Lacey was an American television series, which aired on CBS for six seasons from 1982 to 1988. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... St. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... Punky Brewster was a popular sitcom in the 1980s. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... Tales from the Darkside is an anthology TV series from the 1980s produced by George A. Romero. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Simon & Simon was the name of a detective series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker. ... Solid Gold was an American syndicated television series which ran from 1980 to 1988. ... Action Comics #127 (December 1948), featuring Superman appearing on the show with Ralph Edwards Truth or Consequences was an American quiz show, originally hosted on radio by Ralph Edwards from 1940 to 1957, and later on television by Edwards himself from 1950 to 1951, Jack Bailey from 1954 to 1955... Whats Happening Now!! was an American sitcom which ran in syndication from 1985 to 1988. ...

Births

• November 15 - Zena Grey, actress

November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Grey (left) with Alex D. Linz and Josh Peck in Max Keebles Big Move, 2001 Zena Lotus Grey (born November 15, 1988) is an American actress. ...

Deaths

• February 1 - Heather O'Rourke, actress from Poltergeist and Happy Days, age 12
• March 10 - Andy Gibb, 30, actor/songwriter of the Bee-Gees
• May 8 - Daws Butler, prolific voice actor
• July 31 - Trinidad Silva, actor on Hill Street Blues, in a car accident
• October 31 - John Houseman, actor
• December 12 - Dick Clair, television comedy writer, who asked to be cryogenically frozen
• December 20 - Max Robinson, ABC News correspondent, from AIDS
• December 27 - Jess Oppenheimer, comedy writer credited as having created I Love Lucy