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

Events

Date Event Ref.
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.

Other events in 1966

  • The early 1950s CBS sitcom Amos 'n' Andy is pulled from off-network syndication in response to complaints from civil rights organizations, including the NAACP.

Television programs

Debuts

Date Debut Network
January 3 Eye Guess NBC
January 8 Court Martial ABC
January 11 Daktari CBS
January 12 Batman ABC
January 12[1][2] Blue Light ABC
April 1 The 700 Club CBN
First-run syndication
April 4 Firing Line First-run syndication
April 21 Batfink KTLA
June 27 Dark Shadows ABC
July 4 Chain Letter NBC
Showdown
July 11 The Newlywed Game ABC
July 18 The 700 Club Syndication
September 1 The Marvel Super Heroes First-run syndication
September 4[3] The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon WNEW-TV
September 6 Love on a Rooftop ABC
September 6 The Pruitts of Southampton ABC
September 7 The Monroes ABC
September 8 Hawk ABC
September 8[4] Star Trek: The Original Series NBC
September 8 Tarzan NBC
September 8 That Girl ABC
September 9[5] The Green Hornet ABC
September 10 The Adventures of Superboy CBS
September 10 Cool McCool NBC
September 10[6] Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles CBS
September 10[7] The King Kong Show ABC
September 10[8] Laurel and Hardy NBC
September 10[9] The Lone Ranger CBS
September 10[10] The New Adventures of Superman CBS
September 10 Shane ABC
September 10[11] Space Ghost CBS
September 10 The Space Kidettes NBC
September 10 The Super 6 NBC
September 11 It's About Time CBS
September 12 Family Affair CBS
September 12 The Felony Squad ABC
September 12 Iron Horse NBC
September 12 The Monkees NBC
September 12 The Rat Patrol ABC
September 12 Run, Buddy, Run CBS
September 13 Occasional Wife NBC
September 14[12] ABC Stage 67 ABC
September 16 T.H.E. Cat NBC
September 16 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. NBC
September 17 Mission: Impossible CBS
September 17 Pistols 'n' Petticoats CBS
October 17 The Hollywood Squares NBC
October 29[13] The Mighty Heroes CBS
December 23 Hoolihan & Big Chuck WJW-TV

Ending this year

Date Show Network Debut Notes
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 ABC September 18, 1963
May 1 My Favorite Martian CBS September 29, 1963
May 12 The Munsters CBS September 24, 1964
May 22 Perry Mason September 21, 1957
June 1 The Dick Van Dyke Show October 3, 1961
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

Television movies, specials and miniseries

Title Network Date(s) of airing Notes/Ref,
An Evening with Carol Channing CBS February 18
Color Me Barbra CBS March 30 Starred Barbra Streisand.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! CBS December 19 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.

Networks and services

Network launches

Network Type Launch date Source
Arkansas Educational Television Network Regional Over-the-air public broadcast December 4

Television stations

Sign-ons

Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref.
January 4 Chicago, Illinois WFLD 32 Independent now a Fox O&O station
January 21 Appleton, Minnesota KWCM 9 NET
January 24 Duluth, Minnesota WDIO-TV 10 ABC
January 25 Atlantic City, New Jersey WCMC-TV 40 NBC
February 19 Jacksonville, Florida WJKS-TV 17 ABC
February 23 Roswell, New Mexico KBIM-TV 10 CBS Satellite of KGGM (now KRQE) in Albuquerque
March 4 Roanoke, Virginia WRFT-TV 27 ABC
April 2 Erie, Pennsylvania WJET-TV 24 ABC
April 5 Fort Pierce/West Palm Beach, Florida WTVX 34 Independent
April 15 Honolulu, Hawaii KHET 11 NET
April 20 Washington, D.C. WDCA 20 Independent
May 3 Toledo, Ohio WNWO-TV 24 Independent
May 14 Portsmouth, Ohio WRLO 30
May 17 Sayre, Oklahoma KVIJ-TV 8 ABC Satellite of KVII-TV/Oklahoma City
May 29 San Juan, Puerto Rico WITA-TV 31 Religious independent
May 31 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma KLPR-TV 14 Independent
June 29 Corona/Los Angeles, California KMTW-TV 52 Independent
July 29 Lebanon, New Hampshire WRLH 31 NBC
August 15 Modesto/Sacramento, California KLOC-TV 19 Independent
September 6 Columbia, South Carolina WRLK-TV 35 NET Flagship of the South Carolina ETV network
Rochester, New York WXXI 21 NET
September 7 Alliance, Nebraska KTNE-TV 13 NET Part of Nebraska ETV
September 12 North Platte, Nebraska KPNE-TV 6 NET Part of Nebraska ETV
Wrens/Augusta, Georgia WCES-TV 20 NET Part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting television network
September 22 Scranton, Pennsylvania WVIA-TV 44 NET
Wailuku, Hawaii KMEB 10 NET
October 18 Sitka/Juneau, Alaska KIFW-TV 13 CBS
October 20 Wausau, Wisconsin WAEO-TV 12 NBC
November 2 Lead, South Dakota KHSD-TV 5 CBS Satellite of KOTA-TV (now KHME) in Rapid City
December 4 Little Rock, Arkansas KETS 2 NET Flagship of the Arkansas Educational Television Network
Unknown date Jamestown/Buffalo, New York WNYP-TV 26 CTV Only major television station in the U.S. to ever be affiliated with a Canadian television network on a primary basis

Network affiliation changes

Date City of license/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref.
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)
KHFI-TV 36 Independent NBC

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 104.
  2. ↑ Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present, Sixth Edition, New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 116.
  3. ↑ "MDA's 'Love Network' has a rich, vital history," from Quest, 7/1/2005
  4. ↑ "Star Trek (a titles & telecast dates guide)". epguides.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2003). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows (8th ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 486–487.
  6. ↑ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 110–112. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia (2nd expanded ed.). Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. p. 313340. ISBN 1-84576-500-1.
  8. ↑ "A Laurel and Hardy Cartoon". TV.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  9. ↑ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present (4 ed.). Penguin Books. p. 489. ISBN 978-0-14-024916-3.
  10. ↑ Bruce Scivally (2008). Superman on Film, Television, Radio and Broadway. McFarland & Co. pp. 72, 136, 138. ISBN 978-0-7864-3166-3.
  11. ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 767–770. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  12. ↑ Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1 A-E). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.
  13. ↑ The Mighty Heroes at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016.
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