1994 In Television

''For the American network television schedule, please see 1994-95 American Network Television Schedule .''

EVENTS

February 4 - The '' Days Of Our Lives '' nighttime special '' Winter Heat '' airs on NBC .

March 27 - Actress Lynne Perrie makes her last appearance as Ivy Tilsley on the soap opera '' Coronation Street '', after 23 years of being affiliated with the programme.

March 31 - Madonna appears on '' The Late Show With David Letterman '' and makes headlines for her foul-mouthed, profanity-laced interview. Robin Williams later describes the segment as a "battle of wits with an unarmed woman."

June 11 - WWE Superstar Terry Bollea Signed a deal with WCW On a live broadcast of WCW Saturday Night .

June 17 - NFL star OJ Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings flee from police in his white Ford Bronco . The low-speed chase, which unfolds live on US television, ends up at Simpson's mansion in Brentwood , California , where he then surrenders to police.

August 12 - The Soap Opera '' All My Children '' airs a memorial episode for original cast member Frances Heflin , who died in June . The memorial is in the form of a funeral service for Heflin's character, Mona Kane Tyler.

October 19 - The '' Goodnight Kiwi '' airs in New Zealand for the last time as TV2 moves to 24-hour television 7 days a week.

DirecTV launches the first high powered DBS service in the world.

DEBUTS

January 16 - '' Time Team '' premieres on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom (1994-present).

July 4 - '' Room 101 '' (UK) premieres on BBC Two .

September 12- '' Party Of Five '' premieres on Fox .

September 18 -'' Chicago Hope '' premieres on CBS

September 19 - '' ER '' premieres (1994-present).

September 21 - '' Touched By An Angel '' premieres (1994- 2003 ).

September 22 - '' Friends '' premieres on NBC (1994- 2004 ).

MINISERIES

'' Heaven And Hell ''

'' Scarlett '', a sequel to '' Gone With The Wind ''

TELEVISION SHOWS

1940s

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

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

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

1950s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1960s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'' Sesame Street '' ( 1969 -present).

1970s

''All My Children'' ( 1970 -present).

'' Monday Night Football '' (1970-present).

'' Masterpiece Theatre '' ( 1971 -present).

'' Soul Train '' (1971-present).

'' Emmerdale '' (UK) ( 1972 -present).

'' Newsround '' (UK) (1972-present).

'' The Price Is Right '' (1972-present).

'' Last Of The Summer Wine '' (UK) ( 1973 -present).

'' The Young And The Restless '' (1973-present).

'' Derrick '' ( 1974 - 1998 ).

'' Wish You Were Here...? '' (UK) (1974-present).

'' Arena '' (UK) ( 1975 –present).

'' Good Morning America '' (1975-present).

'' Saturday Night Live '' (1975-present).

'' The Fifth Estate '' ( Canada ) (1975-present).

'' Wheel Of Fortune '' (1975-present).

'' 20/20 '' ( 1978 -present).

'' Grange Hill '' (UK) (1978-present).

'' Antiques Roadshow '' (UK) ( 1979 -present).

'' Nightline '' (1979-present).

'' This Old House '' (1979-present).

1980s

'' Entertainment Tonight '' ( 1981 -present).

'' What Now '' (1982-present)

'' Timewatch '' ( UK ) (1982-present)

'' Loving '' ( 1983 -1995).

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

'' Murder, She Wrote '' (1984- 1996 ).

'' The Bill '' (UK) (1984-present).

'' EastEnders '' (UK) ( 1985 -present).

'' Neighbours '' (Australia) (1985-present).

'' Sally '' (1985- 2002 ).

'' Matlock '' ( 1986 -1995).

'' The Oprah Winfrey Show '' (1986-present).

'' Comic Relief '' (UK) (1986-present).

'' Casualty '' (UK) (1986-present).

'' Beadle's About '' (UK) ( 1987 -1996).

'' Chucklevision '' (UK) (1987-present).

'' Full House '' (1987-1995).

'' Inspector Morse '' (1987- 2000 ).

'' Married... With Children '' (1987- 1997 ).

'' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles '' (1987-1996).

'' The Bold And The Beautiful '' (1987-present).

'' America's Most Wanted '' (1988-present).

'' The American Experience '' (1988-present).

'' Fair City '' (1988-present).

'' Home And Away '' (1988-present).

'' This Morning '' (1988-present).

'' Red Dwarf '' (UK) (1988-1999).

'' Children's Ward '' (UK) ( 1988 -2000).

'' Empty Nest '' (1988-1995).

'' Family Feud '' ( 1976 -1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).

'' Garfield And Friends '' (1988-1995).

'' Murphy Brown '' (1988-1998).

'' Mystery Science Theater 3000 '' (1988-1999).

'' Roseanne '' (1988-1997).

'' Baywatch '' ( 1989 - 2001 ).

'' Cops '' (1989-present).

'' Family Matters '' (1989-1998).

'' Seinfeld '' (1989-1998).

'' Tales From The Crypt '' (1989-1996).

'' The Simpsons '' (1989-present).

1990s

'' Law & Order '' ( 1990 -present).

'' America's Funniest Home Videos '' (1990-present).

'' One Foot In The Grave '' (UK) (1990-2000).

'' Road To Avonlea '' (Canada) (1990-1996).

'' The Crystal Maze '' (UK) (1990-1995).

'' Doug '' ( 1991 -1994, 1996-1999).

'' Home Improvement '' (1991-1999).

'' Rugrats '' (1991-2004).

'' Sisters '' (1991-1996).

'' The Jerry Springer Show '' (1991-present).

'' The Red Green Show '' ( Canada ) (1991-present).

'' The Ren & Stimpy Show '' (1991-1996).

'' Absolutely Fabulous '' (UK) ( 1992 -1996, 2001-2003).

'' Barney & Friends '' (1992-2002).

'' Dateline NBC '' (1992-present).

'' Mad About You '' (1992-1999).

'' Prime Time News '' (Canada) (1992-1995).

'' The Larry Sanders Show '' (1992-1998).

'' The Real World '' (1992-present).

'' Beavis And Butt-head '' ( 1993 -1997).

'' Frasier '' (1993-2004).

'' Late Night With Conan O'Brien '' (1993-present).

'' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers '' (1993-1996).

'' NYPD Blue '' (1993-present).

'''' (1993-1999).

''The Late Show with David Letterman'' (1993-present).

'' The Nanny '' (1993-1999).

'' The X-Files '' (1993-2002).

'' WWF Monday Night RAW '' (1993-present).

'' Takin' Over The Asylum '' (1994)

'' The Day Today '' (1994)

'' Martin '' (1992-1997).

ENDING THIS YEAR

January 23 - '' The NFL On CBS '' (1956-1994; 1998-present)

February 16 - '' Maid Marian And Her Merry Men '' (UK) (1989-1994).

April 11 - '' The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes '' (UK) (1984-1988, 1991-1994).

July 21 - '' Mother And Son '' (Australia) (1984-1994).

July 24 - '' Jim'll Fix It '' (UK) (1975-1994).

August - '' America's Funniest People '' (1990-1994).

October 22 - '' Cro '' (USA) (1993-1994).

November 11 - '' Knightmare '' (UK) (1987-1994).

'' Romper Room '' (1953-1994).

'' Hey Dad...! '' (Australia) (1986-1994).

'' L.A. Law '' (1986-1994).

'''' (1987-1994).

'' The Arsenio Hall Show '' (1989-1994).

'' In Living Color '' (1990-1994).

'' The House Of Eliott '' (UK) (1991-1994).

BIRTHS

DEATHS

January 1 - Cesar Romero , actor

January 8 - Pat Buttram , actor (Mr. Haney on '' Green Acres '')

January 22 - Telly Savalas , actor (Theo Kojak on '' Kojak '')

January 28 - Hal Smith , actor (Otis on '' The Andy Griffith Show '')

February 11 - William Conrad , actor.

February 11 - Sorrell Booke , actor (Boss Hogg on '' The Dukes Of Hazzard '').

February 24 - Dinah Shore , singer and Talk Show hostess.

March 4 - John Candy , Comedian and Actor .

March 21 - Dack Rambo , actor, from AIDS .

March 22 - Walter Lantz , cartoonist, creator of Woody Woodpecker .

April 2 - Betty Furness , consumer advocate and spokesperson.

April 18 - Don Fedderson , producer.

May 8 - George Peppard , actor.

May 22 - Jane Dulo , character actress.

June 1 - Frances Heflin , soap opera actress.

June 7 - Dennis Potter , playwright.

June 8 - Rudolph Cartier , director.

June 14 - Henry Mancini , composer

July 8 - Dick Sargent , actor (Darren Stephens #2 on '' Bewitched '')

July 26 - Terry Scott , actor

August 21 - Danitra Vance , comedian, the first African-American woman regular on ''Saturday Night Live'', from Breast Cancer .

September 3 - James T. Aubrey , former head of programming at CBS.

October 2 - Harriet Nelson , singer and actress ('' The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet '')

October 25 - Mildred Natwick , actress

November 8 - Michael O'Donoghue , comedy writer (''Saturday Night Live'')

November 9 - Priscilla Morrill , character actress.

November 11 - Pedro Zamora , HIV-positive participant of ''The Real World''

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