1977 In Television ,
Other Events Of 1978 ,
1979 In Television and the
List Of 'years In Television' .
''For the American network television schedule, please see 1978-79 American Network Television Schedule .''
- January 28 - The Doobie Brothers make a guest appearance on the television show '' What's Happening!! ''.
- February 22 - The Police appear in a television commercial for Wrigley's chewing gum.
- March 7 – April 11 - Dennis Potter 's groundbreaking drama Serial '' Pennies From Heaven '' airs on BBC1 .
- April 16 – April 19 - '' Holocaust '', starring James Woods and Meryl Streep first aired on NBC .
- April 22 - The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on '' Saturday Night Live ''. The duo of Jake & Elwood Blues ( John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd ) was introduced by Paul Shaffer (as Don Kirschner ) and performed "Hey Bartender".
- April 26 - Ringo Starr 's, ''Ringo'', a musical version of ''The Prince and the Pauper'' airs on American television. Starr's fellow former Beatle George Harrison provides the narration.
- July 10 , 1978 - The ABC Evening News was renamed World News Tonight with Frank Reynolds in Washington, DC in which he continued to anchoring this program until he died from cancer in 1983 , with Max Robinson in Chicago, Illinois (who would be the first African-American to anchor a network newscast and died from AIDS in 1988 ), and Peter Jennings in London, England (who would become the sole anchor in 1983 until he was diagnosed with Lung Cancer in April 2005 and a few months later on August 7 , 2005 he died at his apartment in New York City at age 67).
- September - The Soap Opera '' As The World Turns '' is #1 in the daytime Nielsen Ratings for the 20th and final consecutive year; no other serial has been at the top of the ratings for such an unbeaten yearly streak.
- November 17 - '' The Star Wars Holiday Special '' airs on CBS . The special gives fans their first glimpse of Boba Fett , a character from the upcoming '' Star Wars '' sequel.
- The Beatles spoof, '' The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash '' airs on television.
- Steve Martin performs the original "King Tut" on ''Saturday Night Live''. The song is later released as a single and becomes a hit for the Comedian .
- Abarembo Shogun premieres on the Asahi television network in Japan (1978- 2003 ).
- January 3 - Daryn Jones , entertainment personality in Canada.
- February 7 - Ashton Kutcher , US Actor .
- April 13 - Kyle Howard , US actor.
- April 22 - Manu Intiraymi , US actor.
- June 2 - Nikki Cox , US actor.
- June 10 - Shane West , US actor.
- June 13 - Ethan Embry , US actor.
- June 27 - Anna Kumble , British television presenter.
- July 1 - Hillary Tuck , US actor.
- July 9 - Linda Park , US actor (born in Korea ).
- July 19 - Topher Grace , US actor.
- August 7 - Cirroc Lofton , US actor.
- October 9 - Randy Spelling , US actor.
- December 18 - Katie Holmes , US actor.
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