1966 in television

This is a list of television-related events in 1966.

For the American network television schedule, please see 1966-67 American network television schedule.

Events

• January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out".
• January 8 - Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who.
• February 23 - Television is first broadcast in Greece when ERT went on the air.
• June - Color television broadcasts begin in the Philippines, aired on ABS-CBN.
• June 5 - A taped appearance by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band debuts their music videos for "Rain" and "Paperback Writer".
• June 27 - The first episode of the supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows airs on ABC, introducing Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) to the viewing audience as she applies for a job at the Collinwood Manor.
• July 1 - First Canadian color television broadcast.
• July 10 - Ultraman makes his debut on television in Japan. The character would spawn over 16 television adaptions over the next 40 years.
• Summer - Patrick McGoohan quits the popular spy series Danger Man (aired in the US as Secret Agent) after filming only two episodes of the fourth season, in order to produce and star in The Prisoner, which begins filming in September.
• September - ABC switches to the color standard, meaning that all three US networks are now broadcasting in color regularly.
• September 3 - The last new episode of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs.
• September 7 - The final episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).
• September 8 - The first Star Trek episode to air, "The Man Trap" premieres on NBC.
• October 2 - The four-part serial Talking to a Stranger, acclaimed as one of the finest British television dramas of the 1960s, begins transmission in the Theatre 625 strand on BBC2.
• October 27 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs for the first time on CBS.
• October 29 - Actor William Hartnell makes his last regular appearance as the First Doctor in the concluding moments of Episode 4 of the Doctor Who serial The Tenth Planet. Actor Patrick Troughton briefly appears as the Second Doctor at the conclusion of the serial.
• November 5 - Actor Patrick Troughton appears in his first full Doctor Who serial The Power of the Daleks as the Second Doctor.
• November 16 - Cathy Come Home, possibly the best-known play ever to be broadcast on British television, is transmitted in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand.
• December 21 - A Christmas Memory, Truman Capote's childhood experiences, captured in the 1956 memoir, adapted for television and narrated by Capote himself. Directed by Frank Perry on ABC Stage 67 and featuring Geraldine Page in an Emmy Award-winning performance.
• December 23: CBS airs the television adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas for the first time.
• The 1951-1953 CBS sitcom Amos & Andy is pulled from circulation due to complaints from civil rights organizations.
• Macdonald Carey starts reciting the epigram "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives" at the beginning of his dramatic serial, Days of Our Lives, a tradition that continues today, over a decade after his passing.
• The iconic "Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!" cigarette advertisements first air on American television.

Debuts

• January 12 - Batman debuts on ABC (1966-1968).
• April 5 - The Money Programme debuts on BBC2 (1966-present).
• June 27 - Dark Shadows premieres on ABC (1966-1971).
• July 11 - The Newlywed Game premieres on ABC (1966-1974).
• September 8 - Star Trek premieres on NBC (1966-1969); That Girl premieres on ABC (1966-1971).
• September 12 - The Monkees premieres on NBC (1966-1968); Family Affair premieres on CBS (1966-1971); The Iron Horse premieres on ABC (1966-1968).
• September 17 - Mission: Impossible premiered on CBS (1966-1973).
• October 9 - Rocket Robin Hood premieres (1966-1969).
• Play School premieres (1966-present).
• The 700 Club premieres (1966-present).
• W-FIVE premieres (1966-present).
• Wojeck premieres (1966-1968).

Television shows

1940s

• Meet the Press (1947-present).
• Candid Camera (1948-present).
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971).
• Bozo the Clown (1949-present).
• Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995).

1950s

• Truth or Consequences (1950-1988).
• What's My Line (1950-1967).
• Love of Life (1951-1980).
• Search for Tomorrow (1951-1986).
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present).
• American Bandstand (1952-1989).
• The Guiding Light (1952-present).
• The Honeymooners (1952-1970).
• The Today Show (1952-present).
• Panorama (UK) (1953-present).
• The Good Old Days (UK) (1953-1983).
• Face the Nation (1954-present).
• The Milton Berle Show (1954-1967).
• The Secret Storm (1954-1974).
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992).
• Captain Kangaroo (1955-1984).
• Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955-1976).
• Gunsmoke (1955-1975).
• The Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982).
• This Is Your Life (UK) (1955-2003).
• Armchair Theatre (UK) (1956-1968).
• As the World Turns (1956-present).
• Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956-1978).
• The Edge of Night (1956-1984).
• What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present).
• The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present).
• Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present).
• Grandstand (UK) (1958-present).
• Bonanza (1959-1973).
• Juke Box Jury (1959-1967, 1979, 1989-1990).
• The Bell Telephone Hour (1959-1968).

1960s

• My Three Sons (1960-1972).
• The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968).
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961-1981).
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color(1961-1969).
• Match Game (1962-1969, 1973-1984, 1990-1991, 1998-1999).
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971).
• The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present).
• The Lucy Show (1962-1968).
• General Hospital (1963-present).
• Petticoat Junction (1963-1970).
• The Doctors (1963-1982).
• Another World (1964-1999).
• Bewitched (1964-1972).
• Daniel Boone (1964-1970).
• Gilligan's Island (1964-1967).
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964-1970).
• Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present).
• Peyton Place (1964-1969).
• Days of Our Lives (1965-present).
• Get Smart (1965-1970).
• Green Acres (1965-1971).
• Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971).
• I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970).
• Lost In Space (1965-1968).
• The Dean Martin Show (1965-1974).
• Tom and Jerry (1965-1972, 1975-1977, 1980-1982).

Ending this year

• January 4 - Rawhide (1959-1966)
• February 6 - Mister Ed (1961-1966).
• March 19 - The Donna Reed Show (1958-1966).
• April 1 - The Flintstones (1960-1966).
• April 7 - Danger Man (UK) (1960-1961; 1964-1966).
• April 8 - The Addams Family (1964-1966).
• May 12 - The Munsters (1964-1966).
• June 1 - The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966).
• September 3 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966).
• Ben Casey (1961-1966).
• Hullabaloo (1965-1966).
• Ready Steady Go! (1963-1966).
• Shindig! (1964-1966).
• This Hour Has Seven Days (1964-1966).

Births

• January 2 - Rosie Millard, UK television news reporter.
• January 9 - Giselle Blondet, Puerto Rican actress and show host.
• February 19 - Justine Bateman, actress on Family Ties.
• May 20 - Mindy Cohn, actress on The Facts of Life.
• June 26 - Sara Stewart, actress.
• July 11 - Debbe Dunning, actress.
• November 12 - David Schwimmer, actor, Friends.

Deaths

• March 3 - William Frawley, actor who co-starred in I Love Lucy and My Three Sons.
• March 3 - Alice Pearce, actress (Gladys Kravitz #1 on Bewitched)
• June 19 - Ed Wynn, comedian
• September 14 - Gertrude Berg, actress (The Goldbergs)
• December 15 - Walt Disney.fr:1966 à la télévision

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