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1977 in American television
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This is a list of American television-related events in 1977.
Events
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | ||
| January 15 | ||
| January 30 | ||
| February 4 | ||
| February 27 | ||
| March 1 | ||
| March 4 | ||
| March 7 | ||
| March 11 | ||
| March 15 | ||
| March 19 | ||
| March 27 | ||
| March 30 | ||
| April 22 | ||
| June 6 | ||
| June 27 | ||
| August 14 | ||
| August 16 | ||
| September 5 | ||
| September 14 | ||
| Cheryl Ladd is introduced as Kris Munroe, the younger sister of former Angel Jill Munroe (Farrah Fawcett-Majors) in the second season premiere of Charlie's Angels on ABC. | ||
| September 20 | ||
| September 21 | ||
| September 24 | ||
| October 23 | ||
| October 24 | ||
| November 6 | ||
| November 30 | ||
| December 2 | ||
| December 11 | ||
| December 17 |
Programs
Debuting this year
| Date | Title | Network |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Lovers and Friends | NBC |
| Shoot for the Stars | ||
| January 10 | Circus of the Stars | CBS |
| January 17 | Busting Loose | |
| January 30 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | ABC |
| January 31 | The Andros Targets | CBS |
| February 2 | Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected | NBC |
| February 18 | Hunter | CBS |
| March 7 | Second Chance | ABC |
| March 15 | Eight Is Enough | |
| Three's Company | ||
| March 20 | Loves Me, Loves Me Not | CBS |
| March 23 | How Do You Like Your Eggs? | QUBE |
| April 1 | This Week in Baseball | Syndication |
| May 7 | Quark | NBC |
| June 13 | It's Anybody's Guess | |
| July 6 | Comedy Time | |
| July 18 | The Better Sex | ABC |
| August 3 | The Kallikaks | NBC |
| September 5 | The Fitzpatricks | CBS |
| September 10 | Baggy Pants and the Nitwits | NBC |
| CB Bears | ||
| I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali | ||
| The New Archie and Sabrina Hour | ||
| The Red Hand Gang | ||
| Search and Rescue | ||
| Space Sentinels | ||
| Thunder | ||
| Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics | ABC | |
| The Skatebirds | CBS | |
| Space Academy | ||
| September 12 | The Betty White Show | |
| Young Dan'l Boone | ||
| Lucan | ABC | |
| September 13 | Soap | |
| Mulligan's Stew | NBC | |
| The Richard Pryor Show | ||
| September 14 | Inside the NFL | HBO |
| September 15 | Carter Country | ABC |
| CHiPs | NBC | |
| September 16 | Sanford Arms | |
| Logan's Run | CBS | |
| September 17 | Operation Petticoat | ABC |
| September 19 | The San Pedro Beach Bums | ABC |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | CBS | |
| September 20 | Lou Grant | CBS |
| September 21 | The Oregon Trail | NBC |
| September 22 | Man from Atlantis | |
| September 24 | The Love Boat | ABC |
| October 1 | We've Got Each Other | CBS |
| October 3 | Knockout | NBC |
| To Say the Least | ||
| October 9 | On Our Own | CBS |
| October 27 | James at 15 | NBC |
| December 1 | Pinwheel | Nickelodeon |
Resuming this year
| Title | Final aired | Previous network | New title | Returning network | Date of return | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mickey Mouse Club |
Ending this year
| Date | Title | Debut |
|---|---|---|
| January 7 | New Howdy Doody Show | 1976 |
| January 26 | The Practice | |
| March 3 | The McLean Stevenson Show | |
| March 13 | Delvecchio | |
| March 13 | Phyllis | 1975 |
| March 18 | Sanford and Son | 1972 |
| March 19 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | 1970 |
| March 30 | The Streets of San Francisco | 1972 |
| April 13 | Sirota's Court | 1976 |
| April 15 | The Electric Company | 1971 |
| April 17 | McCloud | 1970 |
| April 24 | McMillan & Wife | 1971 |
| April 27 | Loves Me, Loves Me Not | 1977 |
| May 16 | The Andros Targets | |
| May 27 | Hunter | |
| July 30 | The Feather and Father Gang | 1976 |
| August 24 | Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected | 1977 |
| August 31 | The Kallikaks | |
| September 1 | Comedy Time | |
| September 2 | Let's Make a Deal | 1971 |
| October 4 | The Richard Pryor Show | 1977 |
| October 14 | Sanford Arms | |
| November 16 | Busting Loose | |
| November 30 | The Oregon Trail | |
| December 3 | Emergency! | 1972 |
| December 13 | Mulligan's Stew | 1977 |
| December 19 | The San Pedro Beach Bums | |
| December 30 | Storybook Squares | 1969 |
Changing networks
| Show | Moved from | Moved to |
|---|---|---|
| The Bionic Woman | ABC | NBC |
| Wonder Woman | CBS | |
| The Tony Randall Show | ||
| Tattletales | CBS | Syndication |
| The Mickey Mouse Club | ABC | Syndication |
Made-for-TV movies
| Debut | Name | Network | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13 | ||||
| October 10 | ||||
| November 10 | ||||
| November 23 | ||||
| November 26 | ||||
| December 11 |
Miniseries
| Debut | Name | Network | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 23 | ||||
| April 3 |
Networks and services
Launches
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBN Satellite Channel | Satellite television | April 29 | ||
| Tri-State Christian Television | Cable television | May 20 | ||
| Madison Square Garden Sports Network | Cable television | September 22 |
Conversions and rebrandings
There are no conversions and rebrandings for Cable and satellite television channels in this year.
Closures
There are no closures for Cable and satellite television channels in this year.
Television stations
Sign-ons
| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 17 | Medford, Oregon | KSYS | 8 | PBS | |
| March 6 | Plattsburgh, New York | WCFE-TV | 57 | ||
| April | Corpus Christi, Texas | KORO | 28 | Spanish International Network | Now a Univision affiliate |
| April 10 | Fresno, California | KMTF | 18 | PBS | |
| May 1 | Mason City, Iowa | KYIN | 24 | Part of Iowa Public Television | |
| June 30 | Long Beach/Los Angeles, California | KSCI | 18 | Independent | |
| September 10 | South Bend, Indiana | WHME | 46 | ||
| October 17 | Boston, Massachusetts | WXNE-TV | 25 | ||
| October 21 | Rock Springs, Wyoming | KTUX | 13 | CBS | |
| November 6 | Bend, Oregon | KTVZ | 21 | NBC | |
| December 1 | New Haven, Connecticut | WEDY | 65 | PBS | Part of Connecticut Public Television |
| December 8 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | KTVP | 29 | CBS | |
| December 15 | Park Falls/Superior, Wisconsin | ||||
| (Duluth, Minnesota) | WLEF-TV | 36 | PBS | Part of Wisconsin Public Television | |
| December 21 | Fort Wayne, Indiana | WFFT-TV | 55 | Independent | |
| December 28 | Sheridan, Wyoming | KSGW-TV | 12 | NBC (primary) | |
| CBS (secondary) | Satellite of KOTA-TV/Rapid City, South Dakota | ||||
| Unknown | New York City | W60AI | 60 | Independent | Signed on as a translator of WWHT |
Network affiliation changes
| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 27 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | WISN-TV | 12 | CBS | ABC | |
| WITI | 6 | ABC | CBS | |||
| June 27 | San Diego, California | KCST-TV | 39 | ABC | NBC | These affiliation changes were part of ABC's retaliation for KCST-TV previously forcing the ABC affiliation to move to that station from XETV in nearby Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, four years earlier. |
| KGTV | 10 | NBC | ABC | |||
| September 5 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | WBRZ-TV | 2 | NBC | ABC | |
| WRBT | 33 | ABC | NBC | |||
| October 23 | Adams, Massachusetts | WCDC-TV | 19 | ABC | CBS | WCDC-TV is a satellite of WTEN/Albany, New York |
| Albany, New York | WTEN | 10 | ||||
| December 11 | Huntsville, Alabama | WAAY-TV | 31 | NBC | ABC | |
| WYUR | 48 | ABC | NBC |
Station closures
| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4 | Fort Dodge, Iowa | KVFD-TV | 21 | NBC | November 23, 1953 |
Births
| Date | Name | Notability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 7 | ||||
| Daniela Sea | ||||
| Cecilia Vega | ||||
| January 8 | ||||
| January 18 | ||||
| January 19 | ||||
| January 21 | ||||
| January 26 | ||||
| January 28 | ||||
| January 29 | ||||
| Sam Jaeger | ||||
| January 31 | ||||
| Kerry Washington | ||||
| February 2 | ||||
| Shakira | ||||
| February 3 | ||||
| February 6 | ||||
| February 9 | ||||
| February 14 | ||||
| February 16 | ||||
| February 18 | ||||
| Kristoffer Polaha | ||||
| February 20 | ||||
| February 21 | ||||
| February 26 | ||||
| March 3 | ||||
| March 7 | ||||
| Heather McComb | ||||
| March 8 | ||||
| James Van Der Beek | ||||
| Tom Brady | ||||
| March 9 | ||||
| March 10 | ||||
| Bree Turner | ||||
| March 15 | ||||
| March 17 | ||||
| March 23 | ||||
| March 24 | ||||
| March 26 | ||||
| March 27 | ||||
| March 28 | ||||
| March 31 | ||||
| April 1 | ||||
| April 6 | ||||
| April 10 | ||||
| April 12 | ||||
| Sarah Jane Morris | ||||
| April 14 | ||||
| Rob McElhenney | ||||
| April 18 | ||||
| April 23 | ||||
| Kal Penn | ||||
| John Oliver | ||||
| John Cena | ||||
| April 24 | ||||
| Rebecca Mader | ||||
| April 25 | ||||
| April 26 | ||||
| McKenzie Westmore | ||||
| Tom Welling | ||||
| Leonard Earl Howze | ||||
| April 28 | ||||
| April 29 | ||||
| April 30 | ||||
| May 2 | ||||
| May 3 | ||||
| May 10 | ||||
| May 12 | ||||
| Rachel Wilson | ||||
| May 13 | ||||
| Brian Thomas Smith | ||||
| Samantha Morton | ||||
| May 16 | ||||
| Lynn Collins | ||||
| May 20 | ||||
| May 23 | ||||
| Lisa Joy | ||||
| Richard Ayoade | ||||
| May 25 | ||||
| May 27 | ||||
| May 28 | ||||
| Brian Friedman | ||||
| May 29 | ||||
| May 31 | ||||
| June 1 | ||||
| Danielle Harris | ||||
| June 2 | ||||
| AJ Styles | ||||
| June 5 | ||||
| Liza Weil | ||||
| June 6 | ||||
| June 8 | ||||
| June 11 | ||||
| June 14 | ||||
| June 17 | ||||
| June 20 | ||||
| June 28 | ||||
| Hua Hsu | ||||
| June 29 | ||||
| June 30 | ||||
| July 1 | ||||
| July 2 | ||||
| July 4 | ||||
| July 7 | ||||
| July 8 | ||||
| July 12 | ||||
| Brock Lesnar | ||||
| July 13 | ||||
| Kari Wahlgren | ||||
| July 15 | ||||
| July 16 | ||||
| July 18 | ||||
| Luis Moncada | ||||
| July 19 | ||||
| Erin Cummings | ||||
| July 23 | ||||
| July 26 | ||||
| July 27 | ||||
| Rich Blomquist | ||||
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | ||||
| July 29 | ||||
| July 30 | ||||
| Mike Seal | ||||
| August 2 | ||||
| Artemis Pebdani | ||||
| August 3 | ||||
| August 6 | ||||
| August 8 | ||||
| Michael Chernus | ||||
| August 11 | ||||
| August 15 | ||||
| August 17 | ||||
| August 19 | ||||
| Brooke Mueller | ||||
| T. J. Holmes | ||||
| August 25 | ||||
| August 28 | ||||
| August 30 | ||||
| August 31 | ||||
| September 1 | ||||
| September 2 | ||||
| September 7 | ||||
| September 8 | ||||
| September 11 | ||||
| Ludacris | ||||
| Todd Williams | ||||
| September 15 | ||||
| Marisa Ramirez | ||||
| September 17 | ||||
| September 18 | ||||
| Sara Haines | ||||
| September 19 | ||||
| September 24 | ||||
| Alexis DeJoria | ||||
| September 25 | ||||
| Clea DuVall | ||||
| September 26 | ||||
| September 27 | ||||
| October 11 | ||||
| Rhett McLaughlin | ||||
| October 13 | ||||
| Kiele Sanchez | ||||
| October 14 | ||||
| October 17 | ||||
| Jason Reitman | ||||
| October 20 | ||||
| Sam Witwer | ||||
| October 26 | ||||
| Chaz Lamar Shepherd | ||||
| October 27 | ||||
| October 29 | ||||
| November 2 | ||||
| Jason Cerbone | ||||
| November 4 | ||||
| Lindsay Czarniak | ||||
| November 10 | ||||
| Lea Moreno Young | ||||
| November 14 | ||||
| November 15 | ||||
| November 16 | ||||
| Maggie Gyllenhaal | ||||
| November 17 | ||||
| Mike Cernovich | ||||
| November 18 | ||||
| November 19 | ||||
| Sanaa Hamri | ||||
| November 20 | ||||
| November 24 | ||||
| November 25 | ||||
| November 27 | ||||
| November 30 | ||||
| December 1 | ||||
| Akiva Schaffer | ||||
| December 3 | ||||
| December 5 | ||||
| December 6 | ||||
| December 7 | ||||
| December 10 | ||||
| December 12 | ||||
| December 15 | ||||
| December 17 | ||||
| December 24 | ||||
| December 28 | ||||
| December 29 | ||||
| December 30 | ||||
| December 31 |
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 28 | Burt Mustin | 92 | Actor (Leave It to Beaver) |
| January 29 | Freddie Prinze | 22 | Actor and comedian (Chico and the Man) |
| February 28 | Eddie "Rochester" Anderson | 71 | Comedian (The Jack Benny Program) |
| March 27 | Diana Hyland | 41 | Actress (The Fugitive, Peyton Place) |
| April 21 | Gummo Marx | 84 | Actor |
| June 13 | Matthew Garber | 21 | English actor (Mary Poppins) |
| June 14 | Alan Reed | 69 | Actor (original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones) |
| August 16 | Elvis Presley | 42 | Singer and actor (The Ed Sullivan Show) |
| August 17 | Quincy Howe | 76 | Journalist and presidential debate moderator |
| August 19 | Groucho Marx | 86 | Comedian, television host (You Bet Your Life) |
| August 22 | Sebastian Cabot | 59 | Actor (Family Affair) |
| August 29 | Jean Hagen | 54 | Actress (Make Room for Daddy) |
| October 14 | Bing Crosby | 74 | Singer, actor, TV producer (Hogan's Heroes) |
Television debuts
- Jack Angel – The All-New Super Friends Hour
- Rosanna Arquette – Having Babies II
- Christine Baranski – Busting Loose
- Carole Bouquet – La famille Cigale
- Sofia Coppola – The Godfather Saga
- Robert Davi – Contract on Cherry Street
- Robert De Niro – The Godfather Saga
- Brian Dennehy – Kojak
- Robert Englund – The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries:Mystery of the Fallen Angels
- Adam Godley – The Ballad of Salomon Pavey
- William Hurt – Kojak
- Nastassja Kinski – Tatort
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – Baretta
- David Margulies – Kojak
- Joe Pantoliano – McNamara's Band
- Mandy Patinkin – Charleston
- Annie Potts – Black Market Baby
- Dennis Quaid – Baretta
- Jennifer Savidge – James at 16
- John Shea – Eight Is Enough
- Meryl Streep – The Deadliest Season
- Jeffrey Tambor – Kojak
- Christoph Waltz – Am dam des
- Ray Winstone – Scum
- John Witherspoon – The Richard Pryor Show
References
References
- "In Brief." ''Broadcasting'', September 27, 1976, pg. 28. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-09-27-BC-0028.pdf]{{dead link. (June 2017)
- [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-10-18-BC-0036.pdf "Milwaukee connection." ''Broadcasting'', October 18, 1976, pg. 36]{{dead link. (June 2017)
- (April 7, 1977). "Ch. 8 changing its call letters". [[Akron Beacon Journal.
- (June 16, 1977). "Don Freeman". [[The San Diego Union-Tribune.
- (June 28, 1977). "Great TV swap not so great to certain viewers". Evening Tribune.
- (November 5, 1977). "Area's first TV station, KTVZ, goes on air Sunday". [[The Bulletin (Bend).
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