1968 in television
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The year 1968 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1968.
For the American TV schedule, see: 1968-69 American network television schedule.
Events
- January 20 β Houston defeats UCLA 71-69 at the Houston Astrodome in what is billed as "The Game of the Century"; the first prime-time national broadcast of men's college basketball
- January 27 β The Lennon Sisters make their final appearance on The Lawrence Welk Show.
- February 6 - The Xth Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble, France are the first Olympics to be fully broadcast in color for the U.S. market by ABC.
- April 2 β British singer Petula Clark appears on a US television special on NBC with Harry Belafonte as a guest. An innocent, affectionate gesture between the two during a song (Clark touched Belafonte on the arm) prompts concern from the show's sponsor (Chrysler Corporation) due to the difference in their races.
- April 4 β James Brown appears on national television in an attempt to calm feelings of anger in the United States following the assassination of Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.
- April 6 β The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. It's the first ESC to be televised in colour.
- May 2 β The Israel Broadcasting Authority commences television broadcasts.
- May 4 β Mary Hopkin performs on the British TV show Opportunity Knocks. Hopkin catches the attention of model Twiggy, who recommends her to Beatle Paul McCartney. McCartney soon signs Hopkin to Apple Records.
- May 20 β Harlech (which became HTV in 1970) starts its dual service for Wales and the West Country, replacing the interim ITSWW, which had replaced TWW.
- June 2 β The first cricket match to be televised in colour by the BBC, Surrey v International Cavaliers held at Cheam Cricket Club Ground. The game attracted 8,000 people.
- October 14 β First live television broadcast from a spacecraft in orbit, during the Apollo 7 mission. There were six broadcasts during the eleven-day mission.
- October 21 β 25 β Joan Crawford makes a guest appearance for five episodes on the soap opera The Secret Storm, filling in for her ailing daughter, Christina. However, Joan slurs her lines and is obviously intoxicated during the tapings.
- November 17 β NBC breaks away from a pro football game to air a TV movie adaptation of Heidi, sparking furious protest. After the break away, the Oakland Raiders scored two touchdowns to defeat the New York Jets, in the final minute of play.
- November 22 β William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols share the first interracial kiss on US television in the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren".
- December 3 β Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special airs on NBC, followed by a Brigitte Bardot special.
- December 24 β Apollo 8 broadcasts to the Earth, relaying a report that there is a Santa Claus and reading a passage from the Book of Genesis.
- Also in 1968
- Rosemary Prinz, one of the first big soap opera stars, leaves As the World Turns in a less-than-amicable departure.
- Nearly 200 million households now own television sets, 78 million of which are in the US.
- The Guiding Light and Search for Tomorrow expand to 30 minutes.
- The last round screen color TV sets are produced by all American manufacturers.
Debuts
- January 5 - Gardeners' World debuts on BBC1 in the UK (1968βpresent)
- January 22 β Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuts on NBC (1968β1973)
- February 19 β National Educational Television begins airing Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- April β Audubon Wildlife Theatre debuts on CBC (1968β1974)
- May 18 β The Prisoner has its US premiere on CBS
- July 15 β One Life to Live (created by Agnes Nixon) premieres on ABC (1968β2012, 2013βpresent)
- July 30 β Magpie premieres on ITV in the UK (1968β1980)
- July 31 β Popular sitcom Dad's Army begins its nine-year run on BBC1 in the UK (1968β1977)
- September β What's My Line begins its run in first-run syndication (1968β1975)
- September 14 β The Archie Show premieres on CBS Saturday Morning (1968β1969)
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour premieres on CBS Saturday Morning (1968β1971;1975β1985; known as The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show from 1978β1985)
- September 17 β Julia premieres on NBC (1968β1971)
- September 21 β Adam-12 premieres on NBC (1968β1975)
- September 22 β Land of the Giants premieres on ABC (1968β1970)
- September 23 β Here's Lucy premieres on CBS (1968β1974)
- September 24 β The Doris Day Show premieres on CBS (1968β1973)
- The Mod Squad premieres on ABC (1968β1973)
- 60 Minutes premieres (1968βpresent) on CBS
- September 25 β Here Come the Brides premieres on ABC (1968β1970)
- September 26 β Hawaii Five-O premieres on CBS (1968β1980)
- September 29 β Fabeltjeskrant premieres on NOS (1968β1989)
Television shows
1940s
- Meet the Press (1947βpresent)
- Candid Camera (1948βpresent)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948β1971)
- Bozo the Clown (1949βpresent)
- Come Dancing (UK) (1949β1995)
1950s
- Truth or Consequences (1950β1988)
- Love of Life (1951β1980)
- Search for Tomorrow (1951β1986)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951βpresent)
- American Bandstand (1952β1989)
- The Guiding Light (1952β2009)
- The Honeymooners (1952β1970)
- The Today Show (1952βpresent)
- Panorama (UK) (1953βpresent)
- The Good Old Days (UK) (1953β1983)
- Face the Nation (1954βpresent)
- The Secret Storm (1954β1974)
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962β1992)
- Captain Kangaroo (1955β1984)
- Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955β1976)
- Gunsmoke (1955β1975)
- The Lawrence Welk Show (1955β1982)
- This Is Your Life (UK) (1955β2003)
- As the World Turns (1956β2010)
- Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956β1978)
- The Edge of Night (1956β1984)
- What the Papers Say (UK) (1956βpresent)
- The Sky at Night (UK) (1957βpresent)
- Blue Peter (UK) (1958βpresent)
- Grandstand (UK) (1958β2007)
- Bonanza (1959β1973)
1960s
- Coronation Street (UK) (1960βpresent)
- My Three Sons (1960β1972)
- Four Corners (Australia) (1961βpresent)
- It's Academic (1961βpresent)
- The Avengers (UK) (1961β1969)
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961β1981)
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961 β July 1971)
- Match Game (1962β1969, 1973β1984, 1990β1991, 1998β1999)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962β1971)
- The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962βpresent)
- The Saint (UK) (1962β1969)
- Z-Cars (UK) (1962β1978)
- Doctor Who (UK) (1963β1989, 1996, 2005βpresent)
- General Hospital (1963βpresent)
- Petticoat Junction (1963β1970)
- The Doctors (1963β1982)
- Another World (1964β1999)
- Bewitched (1964β1972)
- Crossroads (UK) (1964β1988, 2001β2003)
- Daniel Boone (1964β1970)
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964β1970)
- Jeopardy! (1964β1975, 1984βpresent)
- Peyton Place (1964β1969)
- The Wednesday Play (UK) (1964β1970)
- Top of the Pops (UK) (1964β2006)
- The Lucy Show" (1962-1968)
- "Here's Lucy' (1968β1974)
- Days of our Lives (1965βpresent)
- Get Smart (1965β1970)
- Green Acres (1965β1971)
- Hogan's Heroes (1965β1971)
- I Dream of Jeannie (1965β1970)
- The Dean Martin Show (1965β1974)
- Tom and Jerry (1965β1972, 1975β1977, 1980β1982)
- World of Sport (UK) (1965β1985)
- Dark Shadows (1966β1971)
- Family Affair (1966β1971)
- Play School (1966βpresent)
- Star Trek (1966β1969)
- That Girl (1966β1971)
- Mission: Impossible (1966β1973)
- The Money Programme (UK) (1966βpresent)
- The Newlywed Game (1966β1974)
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967β1978)
- Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967β1969)
- The Flying Nun (1967β1970)
- Ironside (1967β1975)
- Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1967β1973)
- Mannix (1967β1975)
- The Mothers-in-Law (1967β1969)
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967β1969)
- Spider-Man (1967β1970)
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960β1971, became Mayberry RFD on September 23 of this year)
Ending this year
- January 15 β The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964β1968)
- February 4 β The Prisoner (UK) (1967β1968)
- March 6 β Lost in Space (1965β1968)
- March 11 β The Lucy Show (1962β1968)
- March 14 β Batman (1966β1968)
- March 25 β The 58th and final episode of The Monkees airs on NBC
- Armchair Theatre (UK) (1956β1968)
- The Bell Telephone Hour (1959β1968)
- The Stairlit Starways (1961_1968)
- The Fulton Sheen Program (1961β1968).
- The Mavis Bramston Show (Australia) (1964β1968)
- Ultra Seven (Japan) (1967β1968)
Births
- January 2 β Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor
- January 14 β LL Cool J, actor and rapper
- February 1 β Pauly Shore, actor and comedian
- February 8 β Gary Coleman, actor (died 2010)
- February 28 β Wendi Peters, actress
- March 29 β Lucy Lawless
- April 24 β Stacy Haiduk
- May 15 β Sophie Raworth, television presenter
- July 24 β Kristin Chenoweth, actress and singer
- August 9 β Gillian Anderson, British actress (born in the US)
- August 9 β Kate Sanderson, television presenter
- August 25 β Rachael Ray, author, chef and television host
- September 20 β Philippa Forrester, television presenter
- September 21 β Ricki Lake, actress, game show, and talk show hostess
- September 25 β Will Smith, actor and rapper
- October 12 β Hugh Jackman, Australian actor
- November 18 β Owen Wilson, actor
- December 2 β Brendan Fraser, American actor
Deaths
- May 9 β Marion Lorne, actress (Aunt Clara on Bewitched)
- June 7 β Dan Duryea, actor
- October 13 β Bea Benaderet, actress (Kate on Petticoat Junction; the original voice of Betty Rubble on The Flintstones)
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