1969 In Television

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''For the American network television schedule, please see 1969-70 American Network Television Schedule .''

EVENTS

February 5 - ABC runs the one and only airing of the notorious flop, '' Turn-On ''.

March 9 - After a long series of conflicts between the network and the stars of the show over network censorship, '' The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour '' is canceled by CBS .

June 3 - The Science Fiction television series '' Star Trek '' airs its final new episode after being canceled by NBC . Its subsequent sale into rerun Syndication soon after leads to a rise in popularity that transforms ''Star Trek'' into one of the century's most successful entertainment franchises.

June 8 - After CBS cancels the program, the last ''Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' airs.

June 21 - Actor Patrick Troughton makes his last regular appearance as the Second Doctor in the concluding moments of Episode 10 of the Doctor Who serial '' The War Games ''.

July 20 - A live transmission from the Moon is viewed by 720 million people around the world when Neil Armstrong walks in the moon.

November 15 - Colour introduced to BBC1 and ITV in the UK .

'' Der Kommissar '' (1969- 1976 ) premieres on German and Austria n television.

Tiny Tim gets married on Johnny Carson 's '' The Tonight Show ''.

DEBUTS

June - '' Hee Haw '' premieres on CBS (1969- 1993 ).

September 8 - '' Where The Heart Is '' premieres on CBS daytime (1969- 1973 ).

September 13 - '' Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! '' (1969- 1972 ) premieres on CBS Saturday Morning. The animated show, about a cowardly Great Dane and his four teenage friends who travel around the country in a multi-colored van solving mysteries, would go on to become a major pop cultural icon, with numerous spin-offs, direct to video movies, and two live action films.

September 29

---'' Bright Promise '', the latter of the Soap Opera s created by Frank And Doris Hursley , debuts on NBC daytime (1969- 1972 ).

---'' Love, American Style '' debuts on ABC (1969- 1974 ).

October 5

---'' Monty Python's Flying Circus '' premieres on BBC1 (1969-1974).

---'' Sazae-san '' premieres as a kids' comedy on Fuji Television in Japan . The show is still airing as of 2005 .

November 10 - National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service ) in the United States debuts the children's Television program '' Sesame Street '' (1969-present).

November 16 - The first episode of '' The Clangers '' (a British stop motion animated television program for children) is broadcast by the BBC (1969-1972).

'' Marcus Welby, M.D. '' premieres (1969-1976).

'' Room 222 '' premieres (1969-1974).

'' The Benny Hill Show '' premieres on Thames Television (1969- 1989 ) (UK).

'' The Brady Bunch '' premieres (1969-1974).

'' The Johnny Cash Show '' premieres (1969- 1971 ).

TELEVISION SHOWS

1940s

'' Meet The Press '' ( 1947 -present).

'' Candid Camera '' ( 1948 -present).

'' The Ed Sullivan Show '' (1948-1971).

'' Bozo The Clown '' ( 1949 -present).

'' Come Dancing '' (UK) ( 1949 - 1995 ).

1950s

'' Truth Or Consequences '' ( 1950 - 1988 ).

'' Love Of Life '' ( 1951 - 1980 ).

'' Search For Tomorrow '' (1951- 1986 ).

'' Hallmark Hall Of Fame '' (1951-present).

'' American Bandstand '' ( 1952 -1989).

'' The Guiding Light '' (1952-present).

'' The Honeymooners '' (1952- 1970 ).

'' The Today Show '' (1952-present).

'' Panorama '' (UK) ( 1953 -present).

'' The Good Old Days '' (UK) (1953- 1983 ).

'' Face The Nation '' ( 1954 -present).

'' The Secret Storm '' (1954-1974).

''The Tonight Show'' (1954-present).

'' Captain Kangaroo '' ( 1955 - 1984 ).

'' Dixon Of Dock Green '' (UK) (1955-1976).

'' Gunsmoke '' (1955- 1975 ).

'' The Lawrence Welk Show '' (1955- 1982 ).

'' This Is Your Life '' (UK) (1955- 2003 ).

'' As The World Turns '' ( 1956 -present).

'' Opportunity Knocks '' (UK) (1956- 1978 ).

'' The Edge Of Night '' (1956-1984).

'' What The Papers Say '' (UK) (1956-present).

'' The Sky At Night '' (UK) ( 1957 -present).

'' Blue Peter '' (UK) ( 1958 -present).

'' Grandstand '' (UK) (1958-present).

'' Bonanza '' ( 1959 -1973).

1960s

'' Coronation Street '' (UK) ( 1960 -present).

'' My Three Sons '' (1960-1972).

'' Four Corners '' ( Australia ) ( 1961 -present).

'' It's Academic '' (1961-present).

'' The Mike Douglas Show '' (1961- 1981 ).

'' Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color '' (1961-1969) ends on September 7 to resume on September 14 as ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (1969- 1979 ).

'' The Beverly Hillbillies '' (1962-1971).

'' The Late Late Show '' ( Ireland ) (1962-present).

'' Z-Cars '' (UK) (1962-1978).

'' Doctor Who '' (UK) ( 1963 -1989, 1996 , 2005 -present).

'' General Hospital '' (1963-present).

'' Petticoat Junction '' (1963-1970).

'' The Doctors '' (1963-1982).

'' Another World '' ( 1964 - 1999 ).

'' Bewitched '' (1964-1972).

'' Crossroads '' (UK) (1964-1988, 2001 -2003).

'' Daniel Boone '' (1964-1970).

'' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. '' (1964-1970).

'' Jeopardy! '' (1964-1975, 1984-present).

'' The Wednesday Play '' (UK) (1964-1970).

'' Top Of The Pops '' (UK) (1964-present).

'' Days Of Our Lives '' ( 1965 -present).

'' Get Smart '' (1965-1970).

'' Green Acres '' (1965-1971).

'' Hogan's Heroes '' (1965-1971).

'' I Dream Of Jeannie '' (1965-1970).

'' The Dean Martin Show '' (1965-1974).

'' Tom And Jerry '' (1965-1972, 1975- 1977 , 1980-1982).

'' World Of Sport '' (UK) (1965- 1985 ).

'' Dark Shadows '' (1966-1971).

'' Family Affair '' (1966-1971).

'' Play School '' (1966-present).

'' That Girl '' (1966-1971).

'' The Money Programme '' (UK) (1966-present).

'' The Newlywed Game '' (1966-1974).

'' Ironside '' ( 1967 -1975).

'' Love Is A Many Splendored Thing '' (1967-1973).

'' Mannix '' (1967-1975).

'' The Carol Burnett Show '' (1967-1978).

'' The Flying Nun '' (1967-1970).

'' 60 Minutes '' ( 1968 -present).

'' Dad's Army '' (UK) (1968-1977).

'' Hawaii Five-O '' (1968-1980).

'' Here Come The Brides '' (1968-1970).

'' Here's Lucy '' (1968-1974).

'' Julia '' (1968-1971).

'' Laugh-In '' (1968-1973).

'' Magpie '' (UK) (1968-1980).

'' Mayberry R.F.D. '' (1968-1971).

'' One Life To Live '' (1968-present).

'' The Doris Day Show '' (1968-1973).

'' The Mod Squad '' (1968-1973).

ENDING THIS YEAR

'' The Avengers '' (UK) (1961-1969).

February - '' The Saint '' (1962-1969).

'' Match Game '' (1962-1969, 1973-1984, 1990 - 1991 , 1998 -1999).

'' Peyton Place '' (1964-1969).

'' Star Trek '' (1966-1969).

'' Do Not Adjust Your Set '' ( 1967 - 1969 ).

'' The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour '' (1967-1969).

CHANGES OF NETWORK AFFILIATION

'' Get Smart '' moves from NBC to CBS.

BIRTHS

January 14 - Jason Bateman , Actor .

August 19 - Matthew Perry , actor, '' Friends ''.

DEATHS

February 2 - Boris Karloff , actor

February 9 - Gabby Hayes , actor

February 19 - Madge Blake , actress

May 3 - Karl Freund , cinematographer, who as director of photography on '' I Love Lucy '', developed the practical use of the three-camera TV sitcom production.

June 22 - Judy Garland , singer/actress

July 18 - Barbara Pepper , actress (Doris Ziffel #1 on ''Green Acres'')

August 9 - Sharon Tate , actress, murdered by followers of Charles Manson

September 8 - Bud Collyer , game show host ('' Beat The Clock '')

September 19 - Rex Ingram , actor

December 22 - Wilbur Hatch , musical director for many TV shows including ''I Love Lucy''

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