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1993 in American television

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In American television in 1993, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.

Events

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ABC and CBS simultaneously broadcast their own movies based on Amy Fisher's life, with Fisher played by Drew Barrymore (for ABC) and Alyssa Milano (for CBS); NBC had broadcast its own version of the Fisher saga six days earlier (December 28, 1992).
ABC affiliate KOUS-TV (now Fox affiliate KHMT) in Billings, Montana, which had suffered reception problems for most of its history, signs off the air (it will return to the air as KHMT in August 1995). Later that day, KSVI signs-on the air, taking KOUS-TV's intellectual unit and ABC affiliation with it.
Monday Night Raw airs its first episode, live from the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center in New York City, on the USA Network. In the main event, The Undertaker defeats Damien Demento.
David Letterman announces during a press conference that he will be moving his late-night program from NBC to CBS come August 1993.
The series finale of Santa Barbara airs on NBC. In it, Sophia and C.C. Capwell move towards a reconciliation, Kelly finds love with Connor McCabe, and at Warren and B.J.'s wedding, unbalanced Andie Klein aims a gun at the crowd; however, she is quickly disarmed and carried away by Connor. This is then followed by a roll-call list of the cast and crew. The final shot consists of executive producer Paul Rauch standing in front of the camera, smashing a cigar under his shoe, and walking away.
On NBC's Saturday Night Live, Madonna parodies Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday Mr. President, as “Happy Inauguration Mr. President”. On the same episode, she imitates Sinéad O'Connor's actions from earlier in the season.
Fox expands its regular prime-time schedule to seven days a week; the network celebrates by premiering two dramas on this Tuesday: Class of '96 and Key West.
Warner Bros. Television Distribution launches the Prime Time Entertainment Network.
The Super Bowl, broadcast by NBC, has a solo halftime performer for the first time—Michael Jackson, who performed a medley of his most successful songs.
Dana Carvey makes his final appearance as a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live. By the end of the season on May 15, Chris Rock and Robert Smigel would also make their final appearances on SNL as cast members.
Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a live primetime special on ABC, hosted at Jackson's Neverland Ranch (Jackson's first TV interview since 1979 with Barbara Walters for 20/20).
Fox gets a full-time home in Grand Junction, Colorado when KFQX signs-on the air.
Michael Jackson receives a Grammy Legend Award at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards, presented by his younger sister, Janet. The ceremony is broadcast by CBS.
The Days of Our Lives nighttime special Night Sins is broadcast by NBC.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade makes its network television premiere on CBS.
ESPN holds the first ever ESPY Awards. The highlight is Jim Valvano's speech while accepting the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award. He announced the creation of The V Foundation for Cancer Research, an organization dedicated to finding a cure for cancer. Less than two months after his famous ESPY speech, Valvano died following a nearly yearlong battle with metastatic cancer.
Harrison Ford appears as Indiana Jones in the bookend scenes for an episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles on ABC.
Through a brokered deal with ESPN, ABC begins the first of a two-year deal with the National Hockey League to televise six regional Sunday afternoon broadcasts (including the first three Sundays of the playoffs). This marked the first time that regular season National Hockey League games were broadcast on American network television since (when NBC was the NHL's American broadcast television partner).
The ninth annual WrestleMania event is broadcast on pay-per-view. This was the first WrestleMania event to be held outdoors as it took place at Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada. This was also the first World Wrestling Federation event to feature Jim Ross as a commentator. The main event saw Hulk Hogan defeating Yokozuna, who had won the belt moments prior, to win the WWF Championship (Hogan actually wrestled earlier in the night, teaming up with Brutus Beefcake in a loss to Money Inc. via DQ and failed to win the WWF Tag Team Championship).
The Disney Channel celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Lorne Michaels chooses Conan O'Brien, who was a writer for The Simpsons at the time and a former writer for Michaels at Saturday Night Live, to fill David Letterman's old seat directly after The Tonight Show on NBC.
Senior As the World Turns cast member Don Hastings hosts a memorial tribute to Douglas Marland. Marland, who died during March after an abdominal surgery procedure, had been the series' chief writer since 1985 and was responsible for several story lines on the CBS soap opera.
The series finale of Quantum Leap is broadcast on NBC. Two title cards were tacked on to the end of the last episode; one read that Al's first wife Beth never remarried, so they were still married in the present day and had four daughters. The last title cards said "Sam Becket [sic] never returned home." The finale was met by viewers with mixed feelings.
The intended hour long series finale of A Different World is broadcast on NBC, who would go on to air four additional episodes through July 9, 1993. Three remaining episodes would make their debuts in syndication. In the finale, Dwayne, Whitley, and their unborn child prepare to move to Japan, where Dwayne is offered a job.
The fourth-season finale of the Fox cartoon-sitcom The Simpsons features guest appearances from Johnny Carson, Hugh Hefner, Bette Midler, Luke Perry, Elizabeth Taylor, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Barry White.
Knots Landing airs a two-hour series finale on CBS.
Jaimee Foxworth (Judy) and Telma Hopkins (Rachel) make their final regular appearances on the ABC sitcom Family Matters; though Hopkins later makes return guest appearances on the series as Rachel while Foxworth's character Judy disappears without explanation.
The gang at West Beverly graduate from high school in the Season 3 finale of Beverly Hills, 90210 on Fox.
NBC airs the fourth season finale of Seinfeld, expanded to 60 minutes. The episode concludes a season-long story sequence involving a pilot show written by Jerry and George, with the pilot finally coming to fruition only to be refused by NBC executives. Immediately afterwards, 80.4 million people tune to NBC to watch the series finale of Cheers.
One month after federal agents make an infamous raid on David Koresh's Waco, Texas, compound, NBC broadcasts a hastily produced television movie based on the incident, In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco; Tim Daly plays Koresh for the movie.
Major League Baseball's owners overwhelmingly approve a six-year joint venture with ABC and NBC. The venture, eventually dubbed "The Baseball Network", displaces CBS as MLB's primary network television package holder.
Connie Chung begins co-anchoring CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.
The World Wrestling Federation holds the inaugural King of the Ring event on pay-per-view. Hulk Hogan would lose the WWF Championship against Yokozuna in what would be Hogan's final appearance on the WWF's television programming until 2002.
While appearing as a guest on Yo! MTV Raps, Tupac Shakur confesses to physically assaulting film directors Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes in retaliation for his firing from the film Menace II Society.
David Letterman broadcasts his last late-night talk show with NBC.
The final episode of Soul Train with Don Cornelius as host airs in first-run syndication.
Don Drysdale makes what turns out to be his final broadcast for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He provided play-by-play on the first six innings for a game between the Dodgers and Montreal Expos on KTLA 5, before handing it off to Vin Scully. Drysdale later died of a heart attack in his hotel's room, in Montreal, in the early hours of the following night.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game airs on CBS for the fourth consecutive year. Played in Baltimore, this is to date, the final time that CBS would broadcast Major League Baseball's All-Star Game.
Gayle Gardner becomes the first woman to do televised play-by-play of a baseball game when she called the action of a game between the Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds.
At Clash of the Champions XXIV on TBS, the professional wrestler known as the Shockmaster botches his debut appearance in World Championship Wrestling by tripping and falling face first to the ground after crashing through a wall on Ric Flair's interview segment "A Flair for the Gold".
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the first Power Rangers entry, debuted on Fox Kids. It would soon become a 1990s pop culture phenomenon along with a large line of toys, action figures, and other merchandise. The show adapts stock footage from the Japanese TV series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger (1992–1993), which is the 16th installment of Toei's Super Sentai franchise.
Late Show with David Letterman premieres on CBS, with actor Bill Murray and musical guest Billy Joel.
PBS introduces new branding for their children's programs featuring "The P-Pals".
Sally Jessy Raphael Show airs for the last time on WABC-TV and KCAL-TV in the New York and Los Angeles areas respectively. The following Tuesday, The Les Brown Show takes over the WABC spot. Sally would move to WNBC and KNBC in said areas.
The pilot episode of The X-Files airs on Fox. As the pilot, it would set up the mythology storyline for the series. The episode earns a Nielsen rating of 7.9 and is viewed by 7.4 million households and 12.0 million viewers. The episode itself is generally well received by fans and critics alike, which leads to a growing cult following for the series before it hits the mainstream.
Raymond Burr dies of liver cancer at his ranch home in California at the age of 76. (The last Perry Mason movie, Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss, airs on NBC on November 29, carrying a dedication to Burr with an in memoriam tribute at the end of the movie.)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien premieres on NBC, as O'Brien replaces David Letterman as host.
Xuxa debuts her English program in syndication, becoming the first Brazilian person to host a TV show in US.
Marc Wilmore, Reggie McFadden, Jay Leggett, Carol Rosenthal and Anne-Marie Johnson join the cast of the Fox series In Living Color for its final season. None of the Wayans Family are involved at all during the season.
The pilot episode of Frasier airs on NBC. It introduces the primary characters and settings, and distances itself from its parent series Cheers. The episode also sets up a number of recurring gags for the series, such as Martin's Lazyboy recliner and the unseen character of Maris Crane, Niles' wife. For his performance in this episode, Kelsey Grammer would win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
On Beakman's World on CBS, Liza (played by Eliza Schneider) makes her debut as the new assistant/co-host. Lasting 39 episodes, Liza would be the longest tenured assistant on the show.
The 45th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is broadcast on ABC.
The pilot episode for NYPD Blue is broadcast on ABC. The series includes more nudity and raw language than is common on broadcast television at the time. This results in at least 30 of the network's affiliates—mostly in smaller markets—not running the series when it debuts, with the show airing in many of those markets on a Fox affiliate or independent station live or delayed.
Raven-Symoné, Nell Carter and Saundra Quarterman join the cast of the series Hangin' with Mr. Cooper on ABC.
The pilot episode for Boy Meets World is broadcast on ABC as part of the network's popular TGIF comedy block following Family Matters and before Step by Step. It would face competition from hour-long shows The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (Fox) and a special episode of Blossom (NBC), as well as half-hour comedy Family Album (CBS) in the same 8:30 p.m. timeslot. It would debut to 16.5 million viewers, ranking it as the fifth highest-viewed show of the night, and tied with another ABC series Matlock as the 48th ranked broadcast of the week.
CBS's four-year broadcast relationship with Major League Baseball ends with Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Joe Carter's walk-off home run to win the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. (Bob Seger's song "The Famous Final Scene" plays during the broadcast's closing credits.)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show makes its TV debut on Fox; the movie is inter-cut with a live cast performance.
Paramount Pictures and Chris-Craft Industries announce the formation of the United Paramount Network.
The first Got Milk? commercial is broadcast on TV. Directed by Michael Bay, a guy obsessed by the history of the duel hears a voice on the radio asking a $10,000 question, "Who shot Alexander Hamilton in that famous duel?", while making and eating a peanut butter sandwich. The question was transferred to the telephone, answers the correct answer "Aaron Burr", but the person on the telephone can't hear it clearly with his mouth full of peanut butter sandwich before time ends, and he only has a few drops of milk left.
Michael J. Nelson makes his debut as host of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Comedy Central. Nelson replaced Joel Hodgson, who departed from the series the week prior.
Warner Bros. Entertainment announces the formation of The WB Television Network, which will premiere in January 1995.
On CNN, Larry King moderates a debate between Ross Perot and Al Gore on the North American Free Trade Agreement that was watched in 11.174 million households – the largest audience ever for a program on an ad-supported cable network until the October 23, 2006 New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys game on ESPN's Monday Night Football.
The UFC puts on their first ever pay-per-view event in Denver.
Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Christina Aguilera join the cast of the Disney Channel series The New Mickey Mouse Club.
Bill Bixby dies of prostate cancer at the age of 59 (six days after his final directing job on NBC's Blossom).
TV Food Network (later, just Food Network) makes its debut with two initial shows featuring David Rosengarten, Donna Hanover, and Robin Leach. The following day, TV Food Network would begin live broadcasting. One if its first shows is How to Boil Water, which is first hosted by Emeril Lagasse.
Home Alone makes its network television premiere on NBC.
Cartoon Network, TBS, and TNT all broadcast 14 hours of animated programs as part of "The Great International Toon-In". Interstitials during the event introduced the Cartoon Network's new motion capture animated character Moxy, which would be the star of Cartoon Network's first original animated program, The Moxy Show.
CBS (which had been a broadcaster of National Football League games for 38 years) loses their rights to telecast National Football Conference games to Fox. Fox wins the rights to NFC games by offering a then-record $1.58 billion to the NFL over four years, significantly more than the $290 million per year CBS was willing to pay.

Programs

Debuts

Date	Show	Network	January 1	January 3	January 6	January 8	January 11	January 18	January 19	January 20	January 27	January 31	February 8	February 28	March 5	March 8	March 10	March 22	March 23	March 29	March 31	April 2	April 6	April 10	April 16	May 22	May 24	June 6	June 7	June 11	June 14	June 23	June 25	June 26	July 5	July 10	July 11	July 25	July 28	August 1	August 9	August 18	August 20	August 22	August 25	August 26	August 27	August 28	August 30	September 2	September 5	September 6	September 7	September 8	September 10	September 11	September 12	September 13	September 14	September 15	September 16	September 18	September 20	September 21	September 23	September 24	September 25	September 28	September 29	October 1	October 3	October 25	October 27	October 29	October 30	November 3	November 5	November 23	November 28	December 2	December 5	December 17
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	CBS
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Syndication
Space Rangers	CBS
Hotel Room	HBO
The Untouchables	Syndication
WWF Monday Night Raw	USA Network
Scattergories	NBC
Class of '96	Fox
Key West
Time Trax	PTEN
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Homicide: Life on the Street	NBC
Day One	ABC
Bonkers	Syndication
Getting By	ABC
Where I Live	ABC
Beavis and Butt-Head	MTV
How'd They Do That?	CBS
Sirens	ABC
Family Secrets	NBC
Real Stories of the Highway Patrol	Syndication
TriBeCa	Fox
10 Seconds	The Nashville Network
Home Free	ABC
Good Advice	CBS
ECW Hardcore TV	Syndication
A League of Their Own	CBS
Dudley
Saved by the Bell: The College Years	NBC
Equal Time	CNBC
South Beach	NBC
Rumor Has It	VH1
Trivial Pursuit	The Family Channel
Cutters	CBS
John and Leeza from Hollywood	NBC
Caesar's Challenge
Family Dog	CBS
Johnny Bago
Front Page	Fox
Theodore Tugboat	PBS
Brains & Brawn	NBC
Danger Theatre	Fox
Weinerville	Nickelodeon
Politically Incorrect	Comedy Central
Street Match	ABC
Fallen Angels	Showtime
Big Wave Dave's	CBS
Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric	NBC
The Building	CBS
Living Single	Fox
The Trouble with Larry	CBS
Tall Hopes	CBS
Angel Falls	CBS
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	Fox
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	Fox Kids
Late Show with David Letterman	CBS
Missing Persons	ABC
The John Larroquette Show	NBC
2 Stupid Dogs	TBS
Daddy Dearest	Fox
NFL Matchup	ESPN
NFL Prime Monday
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog	Syndication
American Journal
The Les Brown Show
The Chevy Chase Show	Fox
Thea	ABC
The X-Files	Fox
Bill Nye the Science Guy	PBS/Syndication
Running the Halls	TNBC
Entertainers with Byron Allen	Syndication
Legends of the Hidden Temple	Nickelodeon
Droopy, Master Detective	Fox Kids
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron	Cartoon Network
Saved by the Bell: The New Class	TNBC
Baby Races
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	ABC
Townsend Television	Fox
seaQuest DSV	NBC
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Animaniacs	Fox Kids
The Bertice Berry Show	Syndication
Ricki Lake
Xuxa
Bakersfield P.D.	Fox
Madeline	The Family Channel
Phenom	ABC
Moon Over Miami
The Sinbad Show	Fox
Frasier	NBC
Cobra	Syndication
Biker Mice from Mars
Exosquad
Martha Stewart Living
CityKids	ABC
Cro
Sonic the Hedgehog
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
Café Americain	NBC
The Mommies
Rocko's Modern Life	Nickelodeon
All-New Dennis the Menace	CBS
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs	CBS
Marsupilami	CBS
The New Adventures of Speed Racer	First-run syndication
Dave's World	CBS
NYPD Blue	ABC
Eye to Eye with Connie Chung	CBS
Boy Meets World	ABC
Harts of the West	CBS
Walker, Texas Ranger	CBS
Acapulco H.E.A.T.	Syndication
Grace Under Fire	ABC
Joe's Life
Against the Grain	NBC
Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer	CNN
The Jon Stewart Show	MTV
South of Sunset	CBS
Diagnosis: Murder
The Paula Poundstone Show	ABC
The Nanny	CBS
George	ABC
How to Boil Water	Food Network
The Adventures of Pete & Pete	Nickelodeon
Second Chances	CBS
The Moxy Pirate Show	Cartoon Network
Off Beat Cinema	WKBW-TV
Scientific American Frontiers	PBS
The State	MTV

Returning this year

Show		Last aired		Previous network		New title		New network		Returning
Scrabble
Brains & Brawn
The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Ending this year

Date		Show		Debut	January 4	January 8	January 15	January 16	January 17	February 13	February 26	March 24	March 31	April 17	April 26	April 27	April 30	May 5	May 12	May 13	May 14	May 17	May 20	May 22	May 23	May 24	May 25	May 29	June 1	June 6	June 11	June 13	June 18	June 25	July 6	July 7	July 9	August 6	August 25	September 3	October 1	October 10	October 23	October 27	October 30	November 6	November 20	December 1	December 3	December 4	December 11	December 15	December 24	December 26	December 27	December 31
WWF Prime Time Wrestling	1985
Hotel Room	1993
Santa Barbara	1984
The Powers That Be	1992
The Ben Stiller Show
Double Dare (returned in 2000)	1986
Camp Wilder	1992
Doogie Howser, M.D.	1989
Homicide: Life on the Street (returned in 1994)	1993
Raven	1992
Homefront	1991
Reasonable Doubts
The Jackie Thomas Show	1992
Quantum Leap	1989
The Wonder Years	1988
Knots Landing	1979
The Golden Palace	1992
Major Dad	1989
Cheers	1982
Saved by the Bell	1989
Life Goes On
The Pirates of Dark Water	1991
Shaky Ground	1992
Designing Women	1986
Class of '96	1993
Street Justice	1991
FBI: The Untold Stories
The Torkelsons
Scrabble	1984
Shining Time Station	1989
Parker Lewis Can't Lose	1990
Harry and the Hendersons	1991
Late Night with David Letterman	1982
Room for Two	1992
Sirens (returned in 1994)	1993
A Different World	1987
Perfect Strangers	1986
Brooklyn Bridge	1991
Delta	1992
Studs	1991
The Chevy Chase Show	1993
American Heroes & Legends	1992
Major League Baseball on CBS	1990
South of Sunset	1993
Angel Falls
The Addams Family	1992
Where I Live	1993
Moon Over Miami
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Tom & Jerry Kids	1990
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa	1992
Droopy: Master Detective	1993
Marsupilami
The New Adventures of Speed Racer
Joe's Life
Against the Grain
Townsend Television
Bob	1992
The Joan Rivers Show	1989

Entering syndication this year

Show		Seasons		In Production		Notes		Source
1st & Ten
Adventures in Wonderland
Coach
Cops
Empty Nest
Family Matters
Garfield and Friends
Major Dad
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Rescue 911
Wings

Network changes

Show	Moved from	Moved to
Captain Planet and the Planeteers	TBS	TBS/Cartoon Network
Secret Squirrel	NBC
Beakman's World	first-run syndication	CBS
Getting By	ABC	NBC
Silk Stalkings	CBS	USA Network

Made-for-TV movies and miniseries

Premiere date	Title	Channel	February 22	March 1	April 4	April 18–20	May 3–4	May 9–10	May 23	May 24	May 26	September 12	September 20	October 17–19	December	December 6	December 23
Babylon 5	PTEN
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family	NBC
Diana: Her True Story
The Fire Next Time	CBS
Murder in the Heartland	ABC
The Tommyknockers
Torch Song	NBC
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
seaQuest DSV
Sherlock Holmes Returns	CBS
Danielle Steel's Star	NBC
Danielle Steel's Message from Nam
Out There	Comedy Central
Gypsy: A Musical Fable	CBS
A Cool Like That Christmas	Fox

Networks and services

Launches

Network	Type	Launch date
Daystar Television Network	Cable television	Unknown
National Empowerment Television	Cable television	Unknown
Prime Time Entertainment Network	Cable and satellite	January 20
Z Music Television	Cable television	March 1
Cable Health Club	Cable television	August 31
ESPN2	Cable television	October 1
NewSport	Cable and satellite	October 1
America's Collectibles Network	Cable television	October 15
La Cadena Deportiva Prime Ticket	Cable television	November 1
TV Food Network	Cable television	November 23
Network One	Cable television	December 1

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion Date	Notes	Source
ACIS-VISN	Faith & Values Channel	Cable and satellite	Unknown

Closures

Network	Type	Closure date	Notes	Source
CNN Checkout Channel	Satellite television	March 31
SportsChannel America	Cable and satellite	October 1

Television stations

Station launches

Date	City of License/Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/Ref.
January	Jellico/Knoxville, Tennessee	WPMC	54	HSN
January 8	Billings, Montana	KSVI	6	ABC
February 14	Jasper, Indiana	W27BG	27	Independent
February 19	Grand Island, Nebraska	KTVG	17	Fox
March 12	Buffalo, New York	WNGS-TV	67	Independent
March 19	Lake Havasu City, Arizona	K27EC	27	Cornerstone TV
April 26	Newton, New Jersey	WMBC-TV	63	FamilyNet/Main Street TV
May 21	Palm Beach, Florida	WFGC	61	CTN
June 7	Providence, Rhode Island	W23AS	23	Independent
June 15	Wailuku, Hawaii	KWHM	21	Independent
September 3	Buffalo, New York	W56DS	56	The Box
September 15	Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas	KMPX	29	Daystar
November 3	Houston, Texas	KNWS-TV	51	Independent
November 10	Boise, Idaho	K66EV	66	unknown
November 17	Bend, Oregon	K39DU	39	Fox	Translator of KPDX/Portland, Oregon
November 19	Boise, Idaho	K49GX	49	Independent
December 9	Watertown, New York	W66CH	66	America One
Unknown date	Detroit, Michigan	W44AR	44	Independent
Eugene, Oregon	K53EA	53	The Box
New York City	W23BA	23	Independent
Quincy, Illinois
(Hannibal, Missouri/Keokuk, Iowa)	CGEM	(cable-only)	Fox

Station closures

Date	City of license/Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Sign-on date	Notes
April 5	Albuquerque, New Mexico	KGSW-TV	14	Fox	April 26, 1981
September 19	Wenatchee, Washington	KCWT	27	TBN	June 29, 1984

Births

Date		Name		Notability	January 4	January 5	January 7	January 9	January 12	January 13	January 14	January 15	January 18	January 19	January 27	February 3	February 6	February 7	February 12	February 13	February 14	February 17	February 19	February 23	February 26	March 4	March 21	March 23	March 29	April 4	April 10	April 14	April 15	April 16	April 18	April 19	April 23	May 6	May 10	May 11	May 13	May 14	May 24	May 29	June 6	June 7	June 9	June 14	June 26	June 29	July 1	July 7	July 10	July 20	July 23	July 26	July 28	August 1	August 2	August 7	August 8	August 9	August 11	August 12	August 13	August 14	August 16	August 18	August 20	August 26	August 29	September 5	September 7	September 9	September 12	September 13	September 18	September 21	September 22	September 24	September 25	October 2	October 8	October 9	October 11	October 14	October 19	October 23	October 25	October 27	October 29	November 1	November 6	November 14	November 16	November 22	November 24	November 27	November 28	November 29	December 8	December 11	December 17	December 21	December 22	December 23	December 27
Aaryn Doyle	Canadian voice actress (The Save-Ums!) and singer
Franz Drameh	English actor (Legends of Tomorrow)
Darby Allin	Pro wrestler (AEW)
Ashley Argota	Actress (True Jackson, VP, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Lab Rats, The Fosters)
Zayn Malik	Singer (One Direction)
Tyler Barnhardt	Actor
Matthew Timmons	Actor (The Suite Life on Deck)
Tyler Alexander Mann	Voice actor (Carl on Phineas and Ferb)
Morgan York	Actress (Hannah Montana)
Dani Thorne	Actress
Jon Kent Ethridge	Actor (Out of Jimmy's Head)
Brandon Micheal Hall	Actor
Tinashe	Actress (Out of Jimmy's Head, Two and a Half Men) and singer
David Dorfman	Actor
Jennifer Stone	Actress (Wizards of Waverly Place, Deadtime Stories)
Taylor Dearden	Actress
Alex Sawyer	British actor (House of Anubis)
Shane Harper	Actor (Good Luck Charlie, Awkward)
Alberto Rosende	Actor (Shadowhunters)
Philip Wiegratz	German actor
Victoria Justice	Actress (Zoey 101, Victorious, Eye Candy) and singer
Christina Kirkman	Actress (All That)
Taylor Dooley	Actress
Jenna Boyd	Actress
Bobbi Kristina Brown	Actress (The Houstons: On Our Own) (d. 2015)
Abigail Mavity	Actress (Zeke and Luther)
Suraj Sharma	Actor
Spencer Lord	Actor
Joe Adler	Actor
Daniela Bobadilla	Actress
Sofia Carson	Actress (Descendants) and singer
Ellington Ratliff	Actor and drummer (R5)
Graham Phillips	Actor (The Good Wife)
Vivien Cardone	Actress (Everwood)
Madeleine Martin	Actress (JoJo's Circus, Californication, Adventure Time)
Chance the Rapper	American hip hop
Nathan Sykes	British singer (The Wanted)
Sebastian de Souza	English actor (Skins, Recovery Road)
Brooke Palsson	Actress (Between)
Naomi Scott	English actress
Halston Sage	Actress (How to Rock, Crisis)
Spencer Fox	Voice actor (Kim Possible)
Annabelle Attanasio	Actress
Olivia Liang	Actress (Kung Fu)
Debby Ryan	Actress (Barney & Friends, The Suite Life on Deck, Jessie, The Mysteries of Laura, Insatiable) and singer
Cyn	Singer
Miranda Cosgrove	Actress (Drake & Josh, iCarly, Crowded) and singer
Bobby Lockwood	English actor (House of Anubis)
Oliver Davis	Actor (ER, Rodney)
Maika Monroe	Actress
Jesse Carere	Actor (Between, Finding Carter)
Amanda Leighton	Actress (The Fosters, The Powerpuff Girls, Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, Amphibia)
Jordan Fry	Actor
Danielle Chuchran	Actress
Ryan McCartan	Actor (Liv and Maddie)
Ariana Grande	Actress and singer (Victorious, Sam & Cat, Scream Queens)
Lorenzo James Henrie	Actor (Fear the Walking Dead)
Raini Rodriguez	Actress (Austin & Ally)
Capital Steez	American rapper (d. 2012)
Carlon Jeffery	Actor (A.N.T. Farm)
Alycia Debnam-Carey	Australian actress (The 100, Fear the Walking Dead)
Lili Simmons	Actress (Banshee, Hawaii Five-0, The Purge)
Taylor Momsen	Actress and singer (Gossip Girl)
Elizabeth Gillies	Actress (Victorious, Dynasty) and singer
Chrysti Ane	Brazilian actress (Power Rangers Ninja Steel)
Sammy Guevara	Pro wrestler
Cher Lloyd	English singer
La'Porsha Renae	Singer (American Idol)
Leon Thomas III	Actor (The Backyardigans, Victorious, Insecure)
Cassidy Gifford	Actress
Joivan Wade	English actor (Youngers, Doom Patrol)
Francesca Eastwood	Actress (Mrs. Eastwood & Company) and daughter of Clint Eastwood
Stella Baker	Actress
Rydel Lynch	Actress and singer (R5)
Alyson Stoner	Actress (Mike's Super Short Show, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody), voice actress (Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Phineas and Ferb, Young Justice, The Legend of Korra, Milo Murphy's Law) and singer
Luke Erceg	Australian actor (Mortified)
Imani Hakim	Actress (Everybody Hates Chris)
Johnny Gaudreau	Ice hockey player (d. 2024)
Cassi Thomson	Actress (Big Love, Switched at Birth)
Cameron Monaghan	Actor (Shameless, Gotham)
Maia Mitchell	Australian actress (Mortified, The Fosters, Good Trouble)
MK Nobilette	Singer (American Idol)
Keke Palmer	Actress (True Jackson, VP, Winx Club, Scream Queens, Star, Berlin Station, Scream) and singer
Liam Payne	Singer (One Direction) (d. 2024)
Lucas Cruikshank	Actor (Fred: The Show, Marvin Marvin)
Gage Golightly	Actress (The Troop, Ringer, Teen Wolf, Red Oaks)
Taylor Gray	Actor (Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Star Wars Rebels)
Lexis King	Pro wrestler and son of Brian Pillman
Charlie Stewart	Actor (Life with Bonnie, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody)
Kelsea Ballerini	Singer (Greatest Hits, The Voice, CMT Music Awards)
Niall Horan	Singer (One Direction)
Aisha Dee	Australian actress (The Saddle Club, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, Chasing Life, The Bold Type)
Patrick Schwarzenegger	Actor and son of Arnold Schwarzenegger
Aliocha Schneider	French-Canadian actor
Carlos Knight	Actor (Supah Ninjas)
Sonya Deville	Pro wrestler and contestant on Tough Enough
Ben Platt	Actor
Zach Tyler Eisen	Voice actor (Little Bill, The Backyardigans, Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Elizabeth McLaughlin	Actress (First Day, Betrayal, Hand of God)
Tara Lynne Barr	Actress (Aquarius)
Angus T. Jones	Actor (Two and a Half Men)
Molly Quinn	Actress (Winx Club, Castle)
Autumn Chiklis	Actress
Scotty McCreery	Singer (American Idol)
Brandon Flynn	Actor (13 Reasons Why)
Charlie Kirk	Political commentator (Fox News, Real America's Voice) (d. 2025)
Hunter King	Actress (The Young and the Restless)
Taylor Spreitler	Actress (Days of Our Lives, Melissa & Joey)
Zeno Robinson	Actor (The Owl House, Craig of the Creek, Ben 10)
Troy Gentile	Actor (The Goldbergs)
India Eisley	Actress (The Secret Life of the American Teenager)
Dillon Lane	Actor (Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures)
Jak Knight	Actor, comedian and writer (Big Mouth, Bust Down) (d. 2022)
Matthew Levy	Actor (Sons of Tucson)
Pete Davidson	Actor (Wild 'n Out, Guy Code, Failosophy, Saturday Night Live)
Nathan McLeod	Canadian actor (Life with Boys)
Zoe Levin	Actress
Aubrey Peeples	Actress (Nashville) and singer
Bryshere Y. Gray	Actor (Empire) and rapper
David Lambert	Actor (Aaron Stone, The Fosters)
AnnaSophia Robb	Actress (The Carrie Diaries, Mercy Street)
Nesta Cooper	Actress
Kiersey Clemons	Actress
Jinger Vuolo	Actress (19 Kids and Counting, Counting On) and television personality
Aliana Lohan	Actress (The Parent Trap, Living Lohan) and daughter of Michael Lohan and Dina Lohan
Meghan Trainor	American singer
Caleb Foote	Actor (The Kids Are Alright)
Olivia Cooke	Actress (Bates Motel)

Deaths

Date		Name
André the Giant	46	Wrestler (WrestleMania)
Douglas Marland	58	Writer (As the World Turns)
Helen Hayes	92	Actress (The Snoop Sisters)
Brandon Lee	28	Actor
Jerry Hausner	83	Actor (Jerry the agent on I Love Lucy, voice of Waldo in Mr. Magoo cartoons)
Pinky Lee	85	Comedian (The Gumby Show)
Ray Sharkey	40	Actor (Wiseguy)
Pat Nixon	81	First Lady of the United States and spouse of President Richard Nixon
George McFarland	64	Actor (Our Gang)
Fred Gwynne	66	Actor (Herman on The Munsters, Muldoon on Car 54, Where Are You?)
Bernard Barrow	65	Actor (Johnny Ryan on Ryan's Hope, Inspector Roy Palmer on Serpico, Leighton Siddley on Rachel, Rachel)
Tom Fuccello	56	Actor (Dave Culver on Dallas)
Hervé Villechaize	50	Actor (Tattoo on Fantasy Island)
Raymond Burr	76	Actor (Perry Mason, Ironside)
Leon Ames	91	Actor (Mister Ed)
Vincent Price	82	Actor (The Hilarious House of Frightenstein, Hollywood Squares, Batman)
River Phoenix	23	Actor (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers)
Bill Bixby	59	Actor (My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Incredible Hulk), director, producer
Garry Moore	78	Game show host and Television personality (I've Got a Secret)
Moses Gunn	64	Actor (Good Times)
Don DeFore	80	Actor (Erskin "Thorny" Thornberry on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, George "Mr. B." Baxter on Hazel)

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Edwards, Dan Heching, Manuela Castro, Mauricio Torres, Alli Rosenbloom, Christian. (2024-10-16). "Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies after hotel balcony fall".
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