| [[The WB]] begins airing programming on Friday nights.
| [[The WB]] begins airing programming on Friday nights.
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|[[The Rock]] garners the highest cable rating in [[WWE|WWF]] history with [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] in a segment entitled "This is your life" on [[WWE Raw|Raw Is War]], which drew a record 8.4 rating.<ref>http://www.wwe.com/videos/playlists/rock-this-is-your-life-playlist</ref> <ref>https://bleacherreport.com/articles/57902-bill-banks-talks-about-the-highest-rated-wrestling-segment</ref>
The following is a list of events affecting American television during 1999. Events listed include television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and re-brandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.
After three years of not being picked up by domestic distribution in the US, action series L.A. Heat finally airs on US television with the series airing on TNT.
The pilot episode of WWF SmackDown! is broadcast on UPN as a single television special. (The show would officially premiere again on the network with a new stage on August 26.)
Countess Vaughn leaves the cast of Moesha to star in her own television spin-off The Parkers with Mo'Nique, making her the first female African-American comedian to receive a spin-off.
After four years, WGN's superstation feed drops programming from The WB and Kids' WB at the request of the network. The network's programs are replaced by movie, sports from Chicago's sporting teams and other broadcasts.
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The WB begins airing programming on Friday nights.
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The Rock garners the highest cable rating in WWF history with Mankind in a segment entitled "This is your life" on Raw Is War, which drew a record 8.4 rating.[1][2]
October
Date
Event
1
The infamous "YOU FOOL!" episode of Hollywood Squares airs in syndication.
The fourth and deciding game of the World Series airs on NBC. This is to date, NBC's 39th and final World Series. The New York Yankees defeat once again the Atlanta Braves, winning their second title in a row and 25th in franchise history.
John Carpenter becomes the first player on ABC's game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? to win $1,000,000. Carpenter is also the first known contestant in the history of American game show to win $1,000,000.
December
Date
Event
1
Richard Pryorappears in the cold open of the ABC sitcom Norm in what would prove to be his final television appearance.
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NASCAR strikes a deal with Fox Sports, FX, NBC, and TBS (later moved to TNT) worth $2.4 billion for a new six-year package,[5] covering the Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup) Series and Busch (now Xfinity) Series schedules. NASCAR wanted to capitalize on its increased popularity even more, so the organization decided that future deals would be centralized; that is, the networks would negotiate directly with NASCAR for a regular schedule of telecasts. The old deal arrangement saw each track negotiate with the networks to broadcast their races. As a result, NASCAR had races on CBS, TNN, ESPN, ABC, NBC, and TBS. However, NBC, which had just entered the sport, showed only one race in 2000. NASCAR wanted to increase the number of races by each partner, and have as many races on broadcast networks as possible, to prevent fans from missing races.
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