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Television related events in the USA during 1966 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of American television-related events in 1966.
Date | Event | Ref. |
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January 11 | Dorothy Malone resumes the role of Constance Carson in the ABC primetime soap opera Peyton Place. She was temporarily replaced by Lola Albright in the interim. | |
January 13 | Tabitha Stephens is born on the ABC sitcom Bewitched, in the episode titled, "And Then There Were Three." | |
February 15 | Fred Friendly resigns from CBS News due to circumstances beyond his control. | |
February 27 | The only Perry Mason episode ever broadcast in color, titled, "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist", airs on CBS. | |
April 18 | ABC's annual broadcast of the Academy Awards airs in color for the first time ever. | |
July 16 | The Miss Universe pageant is broadcast in color for the first time ever. | |
September 10 | The annual Miss America Pageant is broadcast on NBC for the first time ever. This broadcast is also the first Miss America pageant to be telecast in color. | |
September 19 | With the premiere episode of That Girl through ABC, KENI-TV becomes the first television station in Alaska to broadcast any program in color. | |
October 6 | A prime-time edition of The Dating Game is launched on ABC following the cancellation of The Tammy Grimes Show. | |
October 17 | All programming from NBC's news division begins airing in color. | |
November 7 | The NBC game show Concentration becomes the last program on the network to go full color, thus making NBC the first full-color television network. | |
November 19 | ABC affiliate KHVH-TV (now KITV) in Honolulu, Hawaii conducts the first-ever live 2-way satellite telecasts between Hawaii and the mainland, through the facilities of the Lani Bird satellite. | |
Date | Show | Network | Debut | Notes |
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January 4 | Rawhide | CBS | January 9, 1959 | |
January 8 | Shindig! | ABC | September 16, 1964 | |
February 6 | Mister Ed | CBS | January 5, 1961 | |
March 19 | The Donna Reed Show | ABC | September 24, 1958 | |
March 21 | Ben Casey | 1961 | ||
April 1 | The Flintstones | September 30, 1960 | ||
April 8 | The Addams Family | September 18, 1964 | ||
April 11 | Hullabaloo | NBC | January 12, 1965 | |
April 12 | McHale's Navy | ABC | October 11, 1962 | |
April 17 | The Wackiest Ship in the Army | NBC | September 19, 1965 | |
April 23 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | ABC | October 3, 1952 | |
April 27 | The Patty Duke Show | September 18, 1963 | ||
May 1 | My Favorite Martian | CBS | September 29, 1963 | |
May 12 | The Munsters | September 24, 1964 | ||
May 22 | Perry Mason | September 21, 1957 | ||
June 1 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | October 3, 1961 | ||
September 2 | Summer Fun | ABC | July 22, 1966 | |
September 11 | Preview Tonight | August 14, 1966 | ||
October 14 | Chain Letter | NBC | July 4, 1966 | |
Showdown | ||||
October 24 | Peter Potamus | Syndication | September 16, 1964 | |
December 16 | Shock Theater | WJW-TV | January 13, 1963 | |
Title | Network | Date(s) of airing | Notes/Ref, |
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An Evening with Carol Channing | CBS | February 18 | |
Color Me Barbra | CBS | March 30 | Starred Barbra Streisand. |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | CBS | December 18 | Annual reruns of this holiday special became an annual tradition. |
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown | CBS | October 27 | Annual reruns of this holiday special became an annual tradition on broadcast television until 2021. |
Yule Log | WPIX-TV | December 24 | Annual reruns of this holiday special became an annual tradition. |
Network | Type | Launch date | Source |
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Arkansas Educational Television Network | Regional over-the-air public broadcast | December 4 | |
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
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January 24 | Duluth, Minnesota | KDAL-TV | 3 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) |
CBS (exclusive) | KDAL and WDSM dropped ABC programming upon the sign-on of WDIO-TV. |
Superior, Wisconsin (Duluth, Minnesota) |
WDSM-TV | 6 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) |
NBC (exclusive) | ||
February 1 | Great Falls, Montana | KFBB-TV | 5 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) |
ABC (primary) CBS (secondary) |
KFBB becomes the first primary ABC affiliate in Montana. |
February 19 | Jacksonville, Florida | WMBR-TV | 4 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) |
CBS (exclusive) | |
WFGA-TV | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) |
NBC (exclusive) | ||||
May 1 | Fort Pierce/West Palm Beach, Florida | WTVX | 34 | Independent | CBS | |
October 20 | Wausau, Wisconsin | WSAW-TV | 7 | CBS (primary) NBC (secondary) |
CBS (exclusive) | |
Unknown date | Austin, Texas | KTBC | 7 | CBS (primary) ABC and NBC (secondary) |
CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) |
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KHFI-TV | 36 | Independent | NBC | |||
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