1977: ABC broadcasts the ratings record breaking miniseries Roots. Bill Murray joins the cast of Saturday Night Live.
Notable TV premieres of the year: Eight is Enough (ABC), Three's Company (ABC), CHiPs (NBC), Lou Grant (CBS), The Love Boat (ABC). Notable TV finales of the year: Sanford and Son, Mary Tyler ...
1962: Walter Cronkite becomes the anchor of The CBS Evening News. Johnny Carson takes over as the host of The Tonight Show. The Rose Bowl is the first coast to coast color television broadcast of a college football game. Notable TV premieres of the year: The Jetsons (ABC), The Beverly ...
2002, The first season of American Idol in the US. Other Notable TV premieres of the year: The Bachelor (ABC), Monk (USA), CSI:MIami (CBS), Without A Trace (CBS), Around The Horn (ESPN). Notable TV finales of the year: The X-Files, Ally McBeal, and Spin City. Fox News Channel overtook CNN ...
1972, HBO was launched. Notable TV premieres of the year: Sanford & Son (NBC), Emergency! (NBC), Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (CBS), The Bob Newhart Show (CBS), M*A*S*H (CBS), Kung Fu (ABC), The Waltons (CBS), and Maude (CBS). It's the year that TV Guide stops using a "C" to ...
1992, The Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI, the Seinfeld episode "The Contest" airs, SciFi Channel launched with a broadcast of Star Wars, Cartoon Network launches in the US, Barney & Friends, Melrose Place and Dateline NBC all premiere, Jay Leno becomes host of the Tonight Show, ...
1982, AT&T agrees to break itself up, the 49ers beat the Bengals in Super Bowl 16, the Weather Channel airs for the very first time on cable, the first compact discs (CDs) appear in Germany, Cal Ripken plays in the *first* game of his record breaking string, Knight Rider makes ...
