The year involved some significant events.
Below is a list of Television -related events in 1969 .
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- February 5 - ABC runs the one and only airing of the notorious flop, '' Turn-On ''.
- April 4 - CBS bans the Smothers Brothers . Three days later, Walter Cronkite opens the evening newscast by confirming that the Smothers Brothers have been replaced by Hee Haw - effective immediately. But because it takes two months to assemble a typical Hee Haw segment, CBS has to fill the time period with specials until Hee Haw premieres on June 15.
- 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 21 - 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 ''. It also marks the final time that the series was broadcast in Black And White .
- Summer - In a surprise announcement, ''. Landau's replacement is former ''Star Trek'' actor Leonard Nimoy , while a permanent replacement for Bain would not be chosen until the 1970-71 season.
- July 3 - Lulu the elephant runs amok on '' Blue Peter ''. The clip is subsequently repeated many times, becoming the archetypal British TV " Blooper ".
- stepped onto the surface of the Moon , broadcast live.
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- November 15 - Colour introduced to BBC1 and ITV in the UK .
- '' Der Kommissar '' (1969- 1976 ) premieres on German and Austria n television.
- December 17 - Tiny Tim gets married on Johnny Carson 's '' The Tonight Show ''.
- CBC's ''The National News'' is renamed '' The National ''.
- , with Jim Nabors saying the line "How interesting - and did she?", Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C. shoots its final scene and completes its run.
- February 9 - CBS presents the Royal Shakespeare Company 's version of " A Midsummer Night's Dream ", starring Diana Rigg , David Warner , and Helen Mirren .
- April 11 - Rome as only he could see it is presented in " Fellini, A Director's Notebook ", an NBC special.
- April 13 - Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore are reunited for a special, " Dick Van Dyke And The Other Woman " on CBS.
- July 25 - Senator Edward Kennedy goes on TV to talk about the incident at Chappaquiddick .
- August 14 - Roman Polanski goes on TV to give his take on the Tate-LaBianca Murders .
- August 18 - CBS pits Merv Griffin against Johnny Carson in the late-night talk-show arena. Carson wins.
- November 13 - Vice-President Spiro Agnew , in a televised speech from Des Moines, Iowa , sirs up a national controversy by attacking the network news commentaries.
- June 7 - '' The Johnny Cash Show '' premieres on ABC (1969- 1971 ).
- June 15 - '' Hee Haw '' premieres on CBS (1969- 1993 ).
- September 6 - H.R. Pufnstuf premieres on NBC (1969-1971)
- 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 17 - '' Room 222 '' premieres on ABC (1969-1974).
- September 21 - '' Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) '' premieres ITV in the UK
- September 23 - '' Marcus Welby, M.D. '' premieres on ABC (1969-1976).
- September 24 - '' Medical Center '' premieres on CBS (1969-1976)
- September 26 - '' The Brady Bunch '' premieres on ABC (1969-1974).
- 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).
- November 19 - '' The Benny Hill Show '' premieres on Thames Television (1969- 1989 ) (UK).
- 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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