1966 in television

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This is a list of television-related events in 1966.

Years in television:	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Years in film:	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

For the American network television schedule, please see 1966-67 American network television schedule.

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Television shows
4 Ending this year
5 Births
6 Deaths

[edit] Events

The CBC used this ident to mark the transition from black-and-white to colour television, which started on July 1, Canada Day.

The end of an era in American television: The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs its last episode after fourteen years.

January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out".
January 8 - Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who.
February 23 - Television is first broadcast in Greece when ERT went on the air.
June - Color television broadcasts begin in the Philippines, aired on ABS-CBN.
June 5 - A taped appearance by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band debuts their music videos for "Rain" and "Paperback Writer".
June 27 - The first episode of the supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows airs on ABC, introducing Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) to the viewing audience as she applies for a job at the Collinwood Manor.
July 1 - First Canadian color television broadcast.
July 10 - Ultraman makes his debut on television in Japan. The character would spawn over 16 television adaptions over the next 40 years.
Summer - Patrick McGoohan quits the popular spy series Danger Man (aired in the US as Secret Agent) after filming only two episodes of the fourth season, in order to produce and star in The Prisoner, which begins filming in September.
September - ABC switches to the color standard, meaning that all three US networks are now broadcasting in color regularly.
September 3 - The last new episode of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs.
September 7 - The final episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).
September 8 - The first Star Trek episode to air, "The Man Trap" premieres on NBC.
October 2 - The four-part serial Talking to a Stranger, acclaimed as one of the finest British television dramas of the 1960s, begins transmission in the Theatre 625 strand on BBC2.
October 27 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs for the first time on CBS.
October 29 - Actor William Hartnell makes his last regular appearance as the First Doctor in the concluding moments of Episode 4 of the Doctor Who serial The Tenth Planet. Actor Patrick Troughton briefly appears as the Second Doctor at the conclusion of the serial.
November 5 - Actor Patrick Troughton appears in his first full Doctor Who serial The Power of the Daleks as the Second Doctor.
November 16 - Cathy Come Home, possibly the best-known play ever to be broadcast on British television, is transmitted in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand.
December 21 - A Christmas Memory, Truman Capote's childhood experiences, captured in the 1956 memoir, adapted for television and narrated by Capote himself. Directed by Frank Perry on ABC Stage 67 and featuring Geraldine Page in an Emmy Award-winning performance.
December 23: CBS airs the television adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas for the first time.
The 1951-1953 CBS sitcom Amos & Andy is pulled from circulation due to complaints from civil rights organizations.
Macdonald Carey starts reciting the epigram "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives" at the beginning of his dramatic serial, Days of Our Lives, a tradition that continues today, over a decade after his passing.
The iconic "Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!" cigarette advertisements first air on American television.

[edit] Debuts

January 12 - Batman debuts on ABC (1966-1968).
April 5 - The Money Programme debuts on BBC2 (1966-present).
June 27 - Dark Shadows premieres on ABC (1966-1971).
July 11 - The Newlywed Game premieres on ABC (1966-1974).
September 8 - Star Trek premieres on NBC (1966-1969); That Girl premieres on ABC (1966-1971).
September 12 - The Monkees premieres on NBC (1966-1968); Family Affair premieres on CBS (1966-1971); The Iron Horse premieres on ABC (1966-1968).
September 17 - Mission: Impossible premiered on CBS (1966-1973).
October 9 - Rocket Robin Hood premieres (1966-1969).
Play School premieres (1966-present).
The 700 Club premieres (1966-present).
W-FIVE premieres (1966-present).
Wojeck premieres (1966-1968).