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*The [[Olympic Games|Olympics]], broadcast from [[Montreal]], [[Canada]], draw an estimated one billion viewers worldwide. |
*The [[Olympic Games|Olympics]], broadcast from [[Montreal]], [[Canada]], draw an estimated one billion viewers worldwide. |
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*[[Matsushita]] introduces the [[VHS]] home [[video cassette recorder]] to compete with [[Sony]]'s [[Betamax]] system. |
*[[Matsushita]] introduces the [[VHS]] home [[video cassette recorder]] to compete with [[Sony]]'s [[Betamax]] system. |
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==Births== |
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| [[January 2]] || [[Sarah-Jane Mee]] || [[United Kingdom|British]] television presenter |
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| [[January 6]] || Kait Borsay || [[United Kingdom|British]] television presenter |
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| [[January 6]] || [[Lesley Collier]] || [[United Kingdom|British]] television presenter |
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| [[January 7]] || [[Tyron Leitso]] || [[Canada|Canadian]] Actor |
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| [[February 3]] || [[Isla Fisher]] || [[Australia|Australian]] actress |
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| [[February 11]] || [[Jenni Falconer]] || [[United Kingdom|British]] television presenter |
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| [[March 25]] || [[Helen Latham]] || [[United Kingdom|British]] actress |
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| [[April 6]] || [[Candace Cameron]] || [[actor|Actress]] on ''[[Full House]]'' |
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| [[April 20]] || [[Becky Jago]] || [[United Kingdom|British]] [[television presenter]] |
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| [[May 14]] || [[Martine McCutcheon]] || [[United Kingdom|British]] actress |
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| [[July 7]] || [[Natasha Collins]] || [[United Kingdom|British]] actress |
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| [[July 8]] || [[Alexandra Fletcher]] || British actress |
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| [[July 12]] || [[Anna Friel]] || British actress |
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| [[August 6]] || [[Soleil Moon Frye]] || Actress who would go on to play the character ''[[Punky Brewster]]'' |
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| [[August 27]] || [[Sarah Chalke]] || Actress on ''[[Roseanne (TV series)|Roseanne]]'' and ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' |
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| [[September 19]] || [[Alison Sweeney]] || Actress |
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| [[October 12]] || [[Sarah Lane]] || [[United States|US]] television presenter |
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| [[October 23]] || [[Cat Deeley]] || British television presenter |
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| [[November 11]] || [[Lisa Gleave]] || [[Australia|Australian]] born actress and model |
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==Deaths== |
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| [[August 28]] || [[Anissa Jones]] || Former child actress; died from a drug overdose |
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==Debuts== |
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[[January 14]] - [[The Bionic Woman]] premieres on ABC (1976-1978). |
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[[January 23]] - [[Donny & Marie]] premieres on ABC (1976-1979). |
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[[January 27]] - [[Laverne & Shirley]] premieres on ABC (1976-1983). |
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[[July 12]] - [[Family Feud]] premieres on ABC daytime (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present). |
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[[August 5]] - [[What's Happening!!]] premieres on ABC (1976-1979). |
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[[August 31]] - [[Alice]] premieres on CBS (1976-1985). |
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[[October 2]] - [[Multi-Coloured Swap Shop]] premieres on BBC1 (1976-1982). |
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[[October 13]] - [[Wonder Woman]] premieres on CBS. Two special episodes (on April 21 and April 28) preceded this first episode (1976-1979). |
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[[September 22]] - [[Charlie's Angels]] premieres on ABC (1976-1981). |
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[[October 3]] - [[Quincy, M.E.]] premieres on NBC (1976-1983). |
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[[Second City Television]] (SCTV) debuts on Global Television Network in Canada (1976-1984). |
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[[The Muppet Show]] premieres on ITV in the UK and in syndication in the USA (1976-1981). |
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[[In Search of...]] premieres (1976-1982). |
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[[New Howdy Doody Show]] premieres (1976-1977). |
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[[The P.T.L. Club]] premieres (1976-1987). |
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[[March 9]] - Family Premieres on ABC (1976-1980). |
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{{Years in TV by country|1976}} |
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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.