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Overview of the events of 1963 in television
The year 1963 involved some significant events in television. Below are lists of notable TV-related events.
Events
January 13 – BBC Television broadcasts the play Madhouse on Castle Street in the Sunday-Night Theatre series. The play co-stars a young American folk music singer named Bob Dylan .[1]
April 1 – German terrestrial channel ZDF (pronounced tseht-day-ehf ) begins broadcasting.
May 15 – First television pictures transmitted from a US manned space capsule ("Faith 7 "). Due to the poor picture quality, only NBC carries the transmission, and on tape-delay, not live.
July 22 – Bob Crane quits his DJ job at radio station KNX to become a regular on The Donna Reed Show after dividing time between the Screen Gems TV show and the CBS Radio affiliate. Crane had been a top five morning drive radio DJ since the mid-1950s in the Los Angeles market.
September 2 – CBS Evening News becomes network television 's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
September 9 – NBC also expands its evening network news program to 30 minutes.
September 27 – The Littlest Hobo makes its debut on TV across North America with the first episode entitled "Blue Water Sailor".
September 29 – The Judy Garland Show makes its debut on CBS .
September 30 – BBC Television begins using a globe as its symbol. They would continue to use it in varying forms until 2002.
October 1 – ABC News at last drops its dependence on outside sources of news film and begins to rely on its own camera crews.
November 22 – All three major U.S. networks start pre-emptions for a week following the news of John F. Kennedy's assassination . The pre-emptions unofficially begin a few minutes after Kennedy was shot; on the top-rated American soap opera As the World Turns , Nancy Hughes (Helen Wagner ) was in the middle of a discussion with Grandpa (Santos Ortega ) about Bob's (Don Hastings ) decision to invite Lisa (Eileen Fulton ) to Thanksgiving dinner. Walter Cronkite interrupted Wagner mid-speech to deliver the bulletin. As the World Turns continued for one more scene (at that time, the show was transmitted live) before Cronkite cut in permanently. News of the assassination, and later the funeral procession, were the first television broadcasts across the Pacific Ocean (via Relay 1 satellite).
November 23 – UK BBC tv That Was The Week That Was broadcasts its famous dramatic Kennedy tribute episode. William Hartnell stars in the very first episode of Doctor Who (An Unearthly Child ). So many people complained of having missed it (because of the disruption to schedules caused by the assassination) that the following Saturday episode 1 was repeated before the broadcast of episode 2.
November 24 – Jack Ruby murders John F. Kennedy's suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald live on television.[2]
December 7 – Instant Replay is used for the first time during the live transmission of the Army Navy Game by its inventor, director, Tony Verna .
For the first time, most Americans say that they get more of their news from television than newspapers.
The television remote control is authorized by the FCC .
Programs/programmes
ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961–98)
American Bandstand (1952–89)
Armchair Theatre (1956–68)
As the World Turns (1956–2010)
Ben Casey (1961–66)
Blue Peter (UK) (1958–present)
Bonanza (1959–73)
Bozo the Clown (1949–present)
Candid Camera (1948–2004)
Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984)
Combat! (1962–67)
Come Dancing (UK) (1949–95)
Coronation Street , UK (1960–present)
Death Valley Days (1952–75)
Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955–76)
Doctor Who , UK (1963–89, 1996, 2005–present)
Face the Nation (1954–present)
Four Corners , Australia (1961–present)
Grandstand (UK) (1958–2007)
Gunsmoke (1955–75)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present)
Have Gun Will Travel (1957–63)
Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present)
It's Academic (1961–present)
Juke Box Jury (1959–67, 1979, 1989–90)
Lassie (1954–74)
Love of Life (1951–80)
Mack & Myer for Hire (1963–64)
Match Game (1962–1969, 1973–84, 1990–91, 1998–99, 2016–present)
Meet the Press (1947–present)
Mister Ed (1961–66)
My Three Sons (1960–72)
Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956–78)
Panorama (UK) (1953–present)
Petticoat Junction , (1963–70)
Professional Bowlers Tour (1962–97)
Search for Tomorrow (1951–86)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–66)
The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951–53)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960–68)
The Avengers , UK (1961–69)
The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–68)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–71)
The Danny Kaye Show (1963-1967)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66)
The Donna Reed Show (1958–66)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–71)
The Edge of Night (1956–84)
The Flintstones (1960–66)
The Fulton Sheen Program (1961–1968)
The Good Old Days (UK) (1953–83)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963–64)
The Guiding Light (1952–2009)
The Jack Benny Program (1950–65)
The Jetsons (1962–63, 1984–85, 1987)
The Judy Garland Show (1963–64)
The Late Late Show , Ireland (1962–present)
The Lawrence Welk Show (1955–82)
The Lucy Show (1962–68)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961–81)
The Milton Berle Show (1954–67)
The Patty Duke Show , (1963–66)
The Price Is Right (1956–65)
The Saint , UK (1962–69)
The Secret Storm (1954–74)
The Sky at Night (UK) (1957–present)
The Today Show (1952–present)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962 –1992 )
The Tonight Show (Steve Allen, 1954–57; Jack Paar, 1957–62)
The Twilight Zone (1959–64)
The World Tonight , Philippines (1962–present)
This Is Your Life (UK) (1955–2003)
Truth or Consequences (1950–88)
Twelve O'Clock High (1964–67)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961–69)
What the Papers Say (UK) (1956–present)
What's My Line (1950–67)
Z-Cars , UK (1962–78)
Zoo Quest (UK) (1954–1964)
Debuts
January 1 – Astro Boy (known as Mighty Atom in Japanese ), on Fuji TV
January 6 – Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom on NBC (1963–88 , 2002 –2011)
January 7 – World in Action , investigative current affairs series, on Granada Television in Britain (1963–98)
January 14 - The Magilla Gorilla Show on Syndication (1963–67)
April 1 – General Hospital (created by Frank and Doris Hursley ) and The Doctors ABC (1963–) and NBC (1963–82) respectively
June 6 – Die fünfte Kolonne on ZDF (1963-1968)
August 9 – Ready Steady Go! on ITV (1963–66)
September 16 – The Outer Limits on ABC (1963–65)
September 17 – The Fugitive on ABC (1963–67)
September 18 – The Patty Duke Show on ABC (1963–66)
September 20 – Burke's Law on ABC (1963–65)
September 24 – Petticoat Junction on CBS (1963–70)
September 25 - The Danny Kaye Show on CBS (1963-1967)
September 28 - Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales on CBS (1963–66)
September 29 – The Judy Garland Show (1963–64) and My Favorite Martian , both on CBS (1963–66)
October 7 – Hafenpolizei on Deutsches Fernsehen (1963–66)
October 20 – Ritorna il tenente Sheridan on Programma Nazionale
October 27 – Memorandum van een dokter (1963–65)
November 23 – Doctor Who on BBC Television (1963–89, 1996, 2005–); with William Hartnell as the Doctor (1963–66)
December 1 – Den tänkande brevbäraren on SVT
December 30 - Let's Make a Deal on NBC (1963-1977, 1980–81, 1984-1986, 1990-1991, 2003, 2009–present)
The Littlest Hobo in Canada (1963–65; 1979–85)
Mack & Myer for Hire this year in syndication (1963–64)
Ending this year
Births
Date
Name
Notability
January 4
Dave Foley
Canadian comedic actor (The Kids in the Hall , NewsRadio )
January 20
James Denton
Actor (Desperate Housewives )
January 23
Gail O'Grady
Actress (NYPD Blue , American Dreams )
January 29
Monica Horan
Actress (Everybody Loves Raymond )
February 14
Enrico Colantoni
Canadian actor (Just Shoot Me! , Veronica Mars , Flashpoint )
February 17
Michael Jordan
NBA basketball player
February 19
Jessica Tuck
Actress (One Life to Live , Judging Amy , True Blood )
February 21
William Petersen
Actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation )
February 26
Chase Masterson
Actress (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine )
March 6
D. L. Hughley
Actor and comedian (The Hughleys )
March 7
Bill Brochtrup
Actor (NYPD Blue )
March 11
Alex Kingston
Actress (ER )
March 18
Geoffrey Lower
Actor (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman )
Vanessa Williams
Actress and singer (Desperate Housewives )
March 19
Mary Scheer
Actress and comedian (Mad TV )
April 17
Joel Murray
Actor (Dharma & Greg )
April 18
Eric McCormack
Canadian-American actor (Will & Grace , Perception )
Conan O'Brien
Television host and comedian (Late Night , Conan )
May 8
Stella Gonet
Actress (Holby City )
May 10
Darryl M. Bell
Actor (A Different World )
May 25
Mike Myers
Comic actor (Saturday Night Live , The Gong Show )
May 29
Tracey E. Bregman
Soap opera actress (The Young and the Restless , The Bold and the Beautiful )
Lisa Whelchel
Actress (The Facts of Life )
June 9
Johnny Depp
Actor (21 Jump Street )
June 15
Helen Hunt
Actress (Mad About You )
June 17
Greg Kinnear
Actor (Talk Soup )
July 5
Dorien Wilson
Actor (The Parkers )
July 8
Rocky Carroll
Actor (Roc , Chicago Hope , NCIS )
July 22
Rob Estes
Actor (Silk Stalkings , Melrose Place , 90210 )
July 29
Alexandra Paul
Actress and model (Baywatch )
July 30
Lisa Kudrow
Actress (Phoebe on Friends )
August 3
Isaiah Washington
Actor (Grey's Anatomy )
August 7
Harold Perrineau
Actor (Oz , Lost , Constantine )
August 16
Christine Cavanaugh
Voice actress (Rugrats , Aaahh!!! Real Monsters , Dexter's Laboratory ) (d. 2014)
August 19
John Stamos
Actor (Jesse on Full House )
August 30
Michael Chiklis
Actor (The Commish , The Shield )
September 5
Kristian Alfonso
Actress (Days of Our Lives )
September 14
Tony Becker
Actor (Tour of Duty )
September 15
Beth Cahill
Actress (Saturday Night Live )
September 18
Dan Povenmire
Voice actor (Heinz Doofenshmirtz on Phineas and Ferb )
September 25
Tate Donovan
Actor (The O.C. , Damages )
September 27
Scott Lawrence
Actor (JAG )
September 28
Susan Walters
Actress (Loving , The Young and the Restless ) and model
October 1
Beth Chamberlin
Actress (Guiding Light )
October 6
Elisabeth Shue
Actress (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation )
October 12
JoAnn Willette
Actress (Just the Ten of Us )
October 25
Jon Dixon
Actor (Felicity , Alias , Lost )
October 26
Tom Cavanagh
Canadian actor (Ed , The Flash )
October 28
Lauren Holly
Actress (Picket Fences , NCIS )
October 30
Michael Beach
Actor (ER , Third Watch )
October 31
Rob Schneider
Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live )
November 10
Tommy Davidson
Comedian and actor (In Living Color )
November 17
Felice Schachter
Actress (The Facts of Life )
November 19
Terry Farrell
Actress and model (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Becker )
November 20
Ming-Na Wen
Actress (ER , Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. )
November 21
Nicollette Sheridan
Actress (Knots Landing , Desperate Housewives )
November 27
Fisher Stevens
Actor (Early Edition )
December 2
Dan Gauthier
Actor (One Life to Live )
December 16
Benjamin Bratt
Actor (Law & Order , Private Practice )
December 18
Brad Pitt
Actor (Glory Days )[3]
December 23
Jess Harnell
Voice actor (Wakko Warner on Animaniacs )
Deaths
References