1995 in television

This is a list of television-related events in 1996.

For the American network television schedule, please see 1995-96 American network television schedule.

Events

• January 1 - French Canadian cable television network Réseau de l'information is launched.
• January 11 - The WB Television Network is launched.
• January 16 - The United Paramount Network (UPN) is launched.
• January 24 - The O.J. Simpson trial begins live broadcasts on American daytime television; as a result, many of the network soap operas are partially pre-empted, more or less, for nine months. The trial also causes the ratings of all soaps to steadily decline.
• January 27-The Golf Channel, a tv channel dedicated to the sport of golf, is launched in the United States.
• February 3 - In the UK, an edition of the live morning ITV discussion programme The Time The Place is abruptly ended ten minutes early. After an item about men's fashion featured a black male model wearing a skirt, another black man in the audience starts complaining that the show is racist, eventually making his way onto the stage.
• February 19 - Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancún. The bride wore a white bikini.
• April 12 - Drew Barrymore appears on The Late Show with David Letterman. In honor of Letterman's birthday, guest Barrymore dances on his desk and flashes him on-air.
• May 12 - As the World Turns airs its milestone 10,000th episode.
• May - ABC announces that an episode of the soap opera All My Children will be pulled from airing due to the recent Oklahoma City bombing; in the story, villainess Janet Green (Robin Mattson) was supposed to blow up the church in which her ex Trevor Dillon (James Kiberd) was to marry her rival Laurel Banning (Felicity LaFortune).
• July 31 - The Walt Disney Company announces that it will purchase ABC and ESPN; the deal is finalized in January 1996.
• August 22-23 - Larry Hagman, former star of Dallas and I Dream of Jeannie, undergoes a liver transplant.
• October 1 - Six years after it was originally planned, a British version of the Disney Channel launches in the UK.
• November - Stone Cates dies of AIDS on General Hospital shortly after his lover, Robin Scorpio, confesses that he infected her with HIV.
• November 1 - Seven more satellite and cable channels launch in the United Kingdom: Euro Business News, Playboy TV, The Paramount Channel, The History Channel, Sky Sports Gold, and the Sci-Fi Channel.
• November 18 - I Can Make You Love Me or Stalking Laura as it is known in the UK a television movie starring Brooke Shields is first shown on television there.
• Television programs ROX and Computer Chronicles are broadcast via the Internet—these are the first Internet broadcasts in the history of television.
• Zee TV (Hindi television channel) launched in the UK.
• Will Ferrell joins Saturday Night Live.
• CBC Prime Time News reverts to The National.

Debuts

• January 11- The Wayans Bros. premieres on The WB (1995-1999)
• January 16 - Star Trek: Voyager premieres, helping to launch UPN (1995-2001).
• March 21 - NewsRadio premieres (1995-1999)
• March 22 - Sliders premieres (1995-2000).
• May 28- Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist premires on Comedy Central (1995-1999)
• August 28 - Sailor Moon premieres in Canada, introduced to the U.S. two weeks later.
• September 4 - WCW Monday Nitro premieres on TNT (1995-2001)
• September 13 - The Drew Carey Show premieres (1995-2004).
• September 23 - JAG premieres (1995-2005).
• September 24 - Pride and Prejudice (UK), the BBC's massively popular adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, debuts on BBC One. The six-part serial finishes on October 29.
• September - Timon and Pumbaa premieres (1995-1998).
• October 14- Madtv premieres on Fox (1995-present)
• November 3- Mr. Show premieres on HBO (1995-1998)
• November - The Wheezer Bros. premieres (1995-2001, with four final episodes not shown until 2004).
• Pamela Wallin Live premieres on CBC Newsworld (1995-1999).

Television shows

1940s

• Meet the Press (1947-present).
• Candid Camera (1948-present).

1950s

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present).
• Guiding Light (1952-present).
• The Today Show (1952-present).
• Panorama (UK) (1953-present).
• Face the Nation (1954-present).
• The Tonight Show (1954-present).
• This Is Your Life (UK) (1955-2003).
• As the World Turns (1956-present).
• What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present).
• The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present).
• Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present).
• Grandstand (UK) (1958-present).

1960s

• Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present).
• Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present).
• It's Academic (1961-present).
• The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present).
• General Hospital (1963-present).
• Another World (1964-1999).
• Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-present).
• Days of Our Lives (1965-present).
• Play School (1966-present).
• The Money Programme (UK) (1966-present).
• 60 Minutes (1968-present).
• One Life to Live (1968-present).
• Sesame Street (1969-present).

1970s

• All My Children (1970-present).
• Monday Night Football (1970-present).
• Masterpiece Theatre (1971-present).
• Soul Train (1971-present).
• Emmerdale (UK) (1972-present).
• Newsround (UK) (1972-present).
• The Price Is Right (1972-present).
• Last of the Summer Wine (UK) (1973-present).
• The Young and the Restless (1973-present).
• Derrick (1974-1998).
• Wish You Were Here...? (UK) (1974-present).
• Arena (UK) (1975–present).
• Good Morning America (1975-present).
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present).
• the fifth estate (Canada) (1975-present).
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present).
• 20/20 (1978-present).
• Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present).
• Antiques Roadshow (UK) (1979-present).
• Nightline (1979-present).
• This Old House (1979-present).

1980s

• Entertainment Tonight (1981-present).
• What Now (1982-present)
• Timewatch (UK) (1982-present)
• Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present).
• Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996).
• The Bill (UK) (1984-present).
• EastEnders (UK) (1985-present).
• Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present).
• Sally (1985-2002).
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present).
• Comic Relief (UK) (1986-present).
• Casualty (UK) (1986-present).
• Beadle's About (UK) (1987-1996).
• ChuckleVision (UK) (1987-present).
• Inspector Morse (1987-2000).
• Married... with Children (1987-1997).
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996).
• The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-present).
• America's Most Wanted (1988-present).
• The American Experience (1988-present).
• Electric Circus (Canada) (1988-2003).
• Fair City (1988-present).
• Home and Away (Ireland) (1988-present).
• This Morning (1988-present).
• Red Dwarf (UK) (1988-1999).
• Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).
• Murphy Brown (1988-1998).
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999).
• Roseanne (1988-1997).
• The Ward (UK) (1988-2000).
• Baywatch (1989-2001).
• Cops (1989-present).
• Family Matters (1989-1998).
• Seinfeld (1989-1998).
• Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996).
• The Simpsons (1989-present).

1990s

• America's Funniest Home Videos (1990-present).
• The Crystal Maze (UK) (1990-1995).
• Law & Order (1990-present).
• Northern Exposure (1990-1995).
• One Foot in the Grave (UK) (1990-2000).
• Road to Avonlea (Canada) (1990-1996).
• Blossom (1991-1995)
• Home Improvement (1991-1999).
• The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present).
• Joking Apart (1991, 1993-1995).
• The Red Green Show (Canada) (1991-present).
• The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991-1996).
• Rugrats (1991-2004).
• Sisters (1991-1996).
• Absolutely Fabulous (UK) (1992-1996, 2001-2003).
• Barney & Friends (1992-2002).
• Dateline NBC (1992-present).
• Mad About You (1992-1999).
• The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998).
• Martin (1992-1997).
• Prime Time News (Canada) (1992-1995).
• The Real World (1992-present).
• Beavis and Butt-head (1993-1997).
• Frasier (1993-2004).
• Ricki Lake (1993-2004).
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present).
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997).
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1996).
• NYPD Blue (1993-present).
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999).
• The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present).
• The Nanny (1993-1999).
• WWF Monday Night RAW (1993-present).
• The X-Files (1993-2002).
• Due South (1994-1999).
• ER (1994-present).
• Friends (1994-2004).
• Time Team (UK) (1994-present).
• Touched by an Angel (1994-2003).

Ending this year

• April 29 - Empty Nest (1988-1995).
• May 7 - Matlock (1986-1995)
• May 22 - Blossom (1991-1995).
• May 23 - Full House (1987-1995).
• November 10 - Loving (1983-1995).
• Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995).
• Family Feud (1988-1995).
• Garfield and Friends (1988-1995).
• Yo! MTV Raps (1988-1995).
• Challenge Anneka (1989-1995).
• Prime Time News (Canada) (1992-1995; program reverts its name to The National).

Changes of Network Affiliation

• Sister, Sister, from ABC to The WB.
• Animaniacs, from FOX to The WB. (1995-1998)

Births

• May 12 - Sawyer Sweeten, actor.
• May 12 - Sullivan Sweeten, actor.

Deaths

• February 5 - Doug McClure, actor.
• April 4 - Kenny Everett, comedian, actor.
• April 23 - Howard Cosell, journalist.
• April 25 - Art Fleming, host of the original Jeopardy!
• May 18 - Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (Samantha Stephens on Bewitched).
• June 30 - Gale Gordon, actor (Mr. Mooney on The Lucy Show).
• July 4 - Eva Gabor, actress (Lisa Douglas on Green Acres).
• August 3 - Ida Lupino, actress, director.
• September 12 - Jeremy Brett, actor (Sherlock Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes).
• November 4 - Paul Eddington, actor.

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