1976 in television

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The year 1976 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1976.

Global television events

• The Olympics, broadcast from Montreal, Canada, draw an estimated one billion viewers worldwide.
• Matsushita introduces the VHS home video cassette recorder to compete with Sony's Betamax system.

Births

Date	Name	Occupation/Accolades
January 2	Sarah-Jane Mee	British television presenter
January 6	Danny Pintauro	actor on Who's the Boss?
January 7	Tyron Leitso	Canadian Actor
January 21	Emma Bunton	English singer Spice Girls
January 23	Tony Lucca	actor on Malibu Shores, Mickey Mouse Club
February 3	Isla Fisher	Australian actress
February 11	Jenni Falconer	British television presenter
February 29	Ja Rule	rapper
March 13	Danny Masterson	actor
March 23	Keri Russell	Actress on Felicity, Mickey Mouse Club
March 25	Helen Latham	British actress
April 6	Candace Cameron	Actress on Full House
April 20	Joey Lawrence	actor
April 27	Sally Hawkins	English film actress
May 10	Rhona Bennett	singer and actress on Mickey Mouse Club
May 14	Martine McCutcheon	British actress
June 5	Marc Worden	actor on Mickey Mouse Club, voiceover actor Iron Man
July 7	Natasha Collins	British actress (d. 2008)
July 8	Alexandra Fletcher	British actress
July 9	Fred Savage	Actor and director
July 12	Anna Friel	British actress
August 6	Soleil Moon Frye	Actress who would go on to play the character Punky Brewster
August 8	JC Chasez	actor on Mickey Mouse Club and singer *NSYNC
August 11	Will Friedle	actor on Boy Meets World,voice actor on Kim Possible
August 27	Sarah Chalke	Actress on Roseanne and Scrubs
September 19	Alison Sweeney	Actress
October 3	Seann William Scott	Actor
October 19	Omar Gooding	actor
October 23	Ryan Reynolds	Canadian actor
November 11	Lisa Gleave	Australian born actress and model
November 27	Jaleel White	Actor, Steve Urkel on Family Matters
November 29	Anna Faris	Actress

Deaths

Date	Name	Occupation/Accolades
August 28	Anissa Jones	Former child actress; died from a drug overdose