1967 in American television
Television related events in the USA during 1967
This is a list of American television-related events in 1967.
Events
Date | Event | Ref. |
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January 7 | The Newlywed Game debuts a primetime edition on ABC. | |
January 15 | CBS and NBC each broadcast their coverage of the first-ever Super Bowl from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, in which the NFL's Green Bay Packers defeat the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs, by a score of 35-10. The game was seen by a combined 51.18 million viewers between the two networks. | [1][2] |
February 16 | Ricardo Montalbán makes his debut in the NBC Sci-fi series Star Trek as popular villain Khan Noonien Singh, in the episode "Space Seed". | |
May 1 | The United Network launches (as the Overmyer Network) with the premiere of the short-lived program, The Las Vegas Show, the only show it airs. Transmission expenses prompt the show and the network to cease operations after one month. | |
August 21 | Dark Shadows on ABC and As the World Turns on CBS become the first daytime soap operas on their respective networks to broadcast in color. | |
August 29 | The second part of the two-part series finale of The Fugitive, entitled "The Judgment" is broadcast on ABC. The episode features the final confrontation between the titular fugitive, Dr. Richard Kimble and Fred Johnson, the one-armed man who is the real murderer of Kimble's wife, Helen. Part two of the finale would become the most-watched television series episode up to that time. It was viewed by 25.7 million households (45.9 percent of American households with a television set and a 72 percent share), meaning that more than 78 million people tuned in.[3] | |
September 9 | NBC airs what will prove to be the pilot of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In; which would have its actual series premiere on January 22, 1968 | |
September 17 | The Doors' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show resulted in the banning of the band from future episodes due to Jim Morrison ignoring Sullivan's request to change one of the lyrics in the song they performed, "Light My Fire". | |
November 7 | The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was established when U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. | |
Unknown | The FCC issues an order that require cigarette ads on television, radio and in print to include a warning about the health risks of smoking. |
Television programs
Debuts
Date | Debut | Network |
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January 9 | Captain Nice | NBC |
January 9 | Mr. Terrific | CBS |
January 10 | The Invaders | ABC |
January 12 | Dragnet | NBC |
January 13 | Rango | ABC |
January 29 | CBS Playhouse | CBS |
February | CBS Children's Film Festival | CBS |
February 5 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | CBS |
February 19 | NBC Experiment in Television | NBC |
February 23 | Washington Week | NET |
April 17[4] | The Joey Bishop Show | ABC |
May 29 | Coronet Blue | CBS |
September 5 | Garrison's Gorillas | ABC |
September 5 | Good Morning World | CBS |
September 5 | N.Y.P.D. | ABC |
September 6 | Custer | CBS |
September 6 | He & She | CBS |
September 6 | The Second Hundred Years | ABC |
September 7 | Cimarron Strip | CBS |
September 7 | The Flying Nun | ABC |
September 8 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | ABC |
September 8 | Hondo | ABC |
September 9 | The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show | Syndication |
September 9[5] | Birdman and the Galaxy Trio | NBC |
September 9 | Fantastic Four | ABC |
September 9[6] | George of the Jungle | ABC |
September 9[7] | The Herculoids | CBS |
September 9 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | ABC |
September 9[8] | Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor | CBS |
September 9[9] | Samson & Goliath | NBC |
September 9[10] | Shazzan | CBS |
September 9 | Spider-Man | ABC |
September 9[11] | Super Chicken | ABC |
September 9[12] | The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure | CBS |
September 10 | The Mothers-in-Law | NBC |
September 11 | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS |
September 11 | Cowboy in Africa | ABC |
September 11 | The Danny Thomas Hour | NBC |
September 12[13][14] | The Jerry Lewis Show | NBC |
September 14 | Ironside | NBC |
September 16[15] | Maya | NBC |
September 16 | Super President | NBC |
September 18[16] | Love Is a Many Splendored Thing | CBS |
November 6[17][18] | The Phil Donahue Show | WLWD |
Ending this year
Date | Show | Network | Debut | Status |
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March 13 | Combat! | ABC | October 2, 1962 | Ended |
March 17 | The Green Hornet | ABC | September 9, 1966 | Canceled |
April 6 | F Troop | ABC | September 14, 1965 | Ended |
April 15 | Flipper | NBC | September 19, 1964 | Ended |
April 22 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | NBC | September 14, 1965 | Canceled |
May 5 | Rango | ABC | January 13, 1967 | Canceled |
August 28 | Mr. Terrific | CBS | January 9, 1967 | Canceled |
Vacation Playhouse | July 22, 1963 | Ended | ||
August 29 | The Fugitive | ABC | September 17, 1963 | Ended |
September 1 | The Time Tunnel | ABC | September 9, 1966 | Canceled |
September 3 | What's My Line? | CBS | February 2, 1950 | Ended |
September 4 | Gilligan's Island | September 26, 1964 | ||
September 16 | Space Ghost | September 10, 1966 | Canceled | |
October 4 | Batfink | KTLA Syndication | April 21, 1966 | Canceled |
December 29 | Hondo | ABC | September 8, 1967 | Canceled |
Television specials and/or miniseries
Title | Network | Date(s) of airing | Notes/Ref, |
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February 25 | Jack and the Beanstalk | NBC | First television special that combined animation with live action. |
June 12 | You're in Love, Charlie Brown | CBS | |
December 11 | Movin' With Nancy | NBC | All-star special starring Nancy Sinatra |
Networks and services
Network launches
Network | Type | Launch date | Notes |
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Overmyer Network | Cable television | May 1 |
Network closures
Network | Type | Closure date | Notes |
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Overmyer Network | Cable television | June 1 |
Television stations
Sign-ons
Network affiliation changes
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
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January | Jackson, Tennessee | WBBJ-TV | 7 | CBS | ABC | |
March 6 | Bowling Green, Kentucky | WLTV | 13 | Independent | [19] | |
June 4 | Reno, Nevada | KCRL-TV | 4 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | NBC (exclusive) | |
September 2 | Huntsville, Alabama | WAAY-TV | 31 | ABC | NBC | This affiliation switch was reversed on December 11, 1977. |
Sioux City, Iowa | KCAU-TV | 9 | CBS (basic, as KVTV) | ABC (full-time) | ||
October 1 | Anchorage, Alaska | KENI-TV | 2 | ABC/NBC (joint primary) | ABC (exclusive) |
Station closures
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Sign-on date | Notes |
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August 14 | Danville, Illinois | WICD | 24 | ABC | December 19, 1953 | |
December | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | KLPR-TV | 14 | Independent | May 31, 1966 |
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ Myslenski, Skip (January 26, 1986). "Super Bowl I: CBS vs. NBC". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ "10 Things You May Not Know About the First Super Bowl". Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ "Fugitive gets huge rating in last show". Chicago Tribune. 31 August 1967. p. C-19.
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (October 16, 2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 709. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
- ^ Markstein, Don (2008). "Birdman". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Markstein, Don (2007). "The Herculoids". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012.
Like the majority of Hanna-Barbera's late '60s adventure characters... The Herculoids were created by designer Alex Toth.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 404. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.), pg. 721. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 393. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 117–119. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 812–813. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "The Jerry Lewis Show". thetvdb.com. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ "The Jerry Lewis Show (TV Series 1967–1969) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946–present, Ballantine, 1979
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 265–266. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Phil Donahue Dawns on Daytime". EW.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
- ^ Handbook of Texas Online: Madalyn Murray O'Hair (Note: this article mentioned that Donahue's show started in 1963, with Madalyn as guest.)
- ^ "Station Due to Carry ABC Programs". The Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. March 2, 1967. p. 9. Archived from the original April 5, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
External links
- List of 1967 American television series at IMDb