1966 in American television
Television related events in the USA during 1966
This is a list of American television-related events in 1966.
Events
Date | Event | Ref. |
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January 11 | Dorothy Malone resumes the role of Constance Carson in the ABC primetime soap opera Peyton Place. She was temporarily replaced by Lola Albright in the interim. | |
January 13 | Tabitha Stephens is born on the ABC sitcom Bewitched, in the episode titled, "And Then There Were Three." | |
February 15 | Fred Friendly resigns from CBS News due to circumstances beyond his control. | |
February 27 | The only Perry Mason episode ever broadcast in color, titled, "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist", airs on CBS. | |
April 18 | ABC's annual broadcast of the Academy Awards airs in color for the first time ever. | |
July 16 | The Miss Universe pageant is broadcast in color for the first time ever. | |
September 10 | The annual Miss America Pageant is broadcast on NBC for the first time ever. This broadcast is also the first Miss America pageant to be telecast in color. | |
September 19 | With the premiere episode of That Girl through ABC, KENI-TV becomes the first television station in Alaska to broadcast any program in color. | |
October 6 | A prime-time edition of The Dating Game is launched on ABC following the cancellation of The Tammy Grimes Show. | |
October 17 | All programming from NBC's news division begins airing in color. | |
November 7 | The NBC game show Concentration becomes the last program on the network to go full color, thus making NBC the first full-color television network. | |
November 19 | ABC affiliate KHVH-TV (now KITV) in Honolulu, Hawaii conducts the first-ever live 2-way satellite telecasts between Hawaii and the mainland, through the facilities of the Lani Bird satellite. |
Other events in 1966
- The early 1950s CBS sitcom Amos 'n' Andy is pulled from off-network syndication in response to complaints from civil rights organizations, including the NAACP.
Television programs
Debuts
Date | Debut | Network |
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January 3 | Eye Guess | NBC |
January 8 | Court Martial | ABC |
January 11 | Daktari | CBS |
January 12 | Batman | ABC |
January 12[1][2] | Blue Light | ABC |
April 1 | The 700 Club | CBN First-run syndication |
April 4 | Firing Line | First-run syndication |
April 21 | Batfink | KTLA |
June 27 | Dark Shadows | ABC |
July 4 | Chain Letter | NBC |
Showdown | ||
July 11 | The Newlywed Game | ABC |
July 18 | The 700 Club | Syndication |
July 22 | Summer Fun | ABC |
August 14 | Preview Tonight | ABC |
September 4[3] | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon | WNEW-TV |
September 5 | The Marvel Super Heroes | First-run syndication |
September 6 | Love on a Rooftop | ABC |
September 6 | The Pruitts of Southampton | ABC |
September 7 | The Monroes | ABC |
September 8 | Hawk | ABC |
September 8[4] | Star Trek: The Original Series | NBC |
September 8 | Tarzan | NBC |
September 8 | That Girl | ABC |
September 9[5] | The Green Hornet | ABC |
September 10 | The Adventures of Superboy | CBS |
September 10 | Cool McCool | NBC |
September 10[6] | Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles | CBS |
September 10[7] | The King Kong Show | ABC |
September 10[8] | Laurel and Hardy | NBC |
September 10[9] | The Lone Ranger | CBS |
September 10[10] | The New Adventures of Superman | CBS |
September 10 | Shane | ABC |
September 10[11] | Space Ghost | CBS |
September 10 | The Space Kidettes | NBC |
September 10 | The Super 6 | NBC |
September 11 | It's About Time | CBS |
September 12 | Family Affair | CBS |
September 12 | The Felony Squad | ABC |
September 12 | Iron Horse | NBC |
September 12 | The Monkees | NBC |
September 12 | The Rat Patrol | ABC |
September 12 | Run, Buddy, Run | CBS |
September 13 | Occasional Wife | NBC |
September 14[12] | ABC Stage 67 | ABC |
September 16 | T.H.E. Cat | NBC |
September 16 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | NBC |
September 17 | Mission: Impossible | CBS |
September 17 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | CBS |
October 17 | The Hollywood Squares | NBC |
October 29[13] | The Mighty Heroes | CBS |
December 23 | Hoolihan & Big Chuck | WJW-TV |
Ending this year
Date | Show | Network | Debut | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 4 | Rawhide | CBS | January 9, 1959 | |
January 8 | Shindig! | ABC | September 16, 1964 | |
February 6 | Mister Ed | CBS | January 5, 1961 | |
March 19 | The Donna Reed Show | ABC | September 24, 1958 | |
March 21 | Ben Casey | 1961 | ||
April 1 | The Flintstones | September 30, 1960 | ||
April 8 | The Addams Family | September 18, 1964 | ||
April 11 | Hullabaloo | NBC | January 12, 1965 | |
April 12 | McHale's Navy | ABC | October 11, 1962 | |
April 17 | The Wackiest Ship in the Army | NBC | September 19, 1965 | |
April 23 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | ABC | October 3, 1952 | |
April 27 | The Patty Duke Show | September 18, 1963 | ||
May 1 | My Favorite Martian | CBS | September 29, 1963 | |
May 12 | The Munsters | September 24, 1964 | ||
May 22 | Perry Mason | September 21, 1957 | ||
June 1 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | October 3, 1961 | ||
September 2 | Summer Fun | ABC | July 22, 1966 | |
September 11 | Preview Tonight | August 14, 1966 | ||
October 14 | Chain Letter | NBC | July 4, 1966 | |
Showdown | ||||
October 24 | Peter Potamus | Syndication | September 16, 1964 | |
December 16 | Shock Theater | WJW-TV | January 13, 1963 |
Television movies, specials and miniseries
Title | Network | Date(s) of airing | Notes/Ref, |
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An Evening with Carol Channing | CBS | February 18 | |
Color Me Barbra | CBS | March 30 | Starred Barbra Streisand. |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | CBS | December 18 | Annual reruns of this holiday special became an annual tradition. |
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown | CBS | October 27 | Annual reruns of this holiday special became an annual tradition on broadcast television until 2021. |
Yule Log | WPIX-TV | December 24 | Annual reruns of this holiday special became an annual tradition. |
Networks and services
Network launches
Network | Type | Launch date | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Arkansas Educational Television Network | Regional over-the-air public broadcast | December 4 |
Television stations
Sign-ons
Network affiliation changes
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
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January 24 | Duluth, Minnesota | KDAL-TV | 3 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) | CBS (exclusive) | KDAL and WDSM dropped ABC programming upon the sign-on of WDIO-TV. |
Superior, Wisconsin (Duluth, Minnesota) | WDSM-TV | 6 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | NBC (exclusive) | ||
February 1 | Great Falls, Montana | KFBB-TV | 5 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) | ABC (primary) CBS (secondary) | KFBB becomes the first primary ABC affiliate in Montana. |
February 19 | Jacksonville, Florida | WMBR-TV | 4 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) | CBS (exclusive) | |
WFGA-TV | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | NBC (exclusive) | ||||
May 1 | Fort Pierce/West Palm Beach, Florida | WTVX | 34 | Independent | CBS | |
October 20 | Wausau, Wisconsin | WSAW-TV | 7 | CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) | CBS (exclusive) | |
Unknown date | Austin, Texas | KTBC | 7 | CBS (primary) ABC and NBC (secondary) | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) | |
KHFI-TV | 36 | Independent | NBC |
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 104.
- ^ Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present, Sixth Edition, New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 116.
- ^ "MDA's 'Love Network' has a rich, vital history," from Quest, 7/1/2005
- ^ "Star Trek (a titles & telecast dates guide)". epguides.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2003). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows (8th ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 486–487.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 110–112. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia (2nd expanded ed.). Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. p. 313340. ISBN 1-84576-500-1.
- ^ "A Laurel and Hardy Cartoon". TV.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present (4 ed.). Penguin Books. p. 489. ISBN 978-0-14-024916-3.
- ^ Bruce Scivally (2008). Superman on Film, Television, Radio and Broadway. McFarland & Co. pp. 72, 136, 138. ISBN 978-0-7864-3166-3.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 767–770. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1 A-E). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.
- ^ The Mighty Heroes at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016.
External links
- List of 1966 American television series at IMDb