1999 in American television

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.

Events

January

Date	Event
1	fyi, (Biography), a spinoff of A&E Network, is launched.
	DIY Network, a spinoff of Home and Garden Television, is launched.
4	Ed, Edd n Eddy premieres on Cartoon Network as the very first cartoon ever created for the network that was not produced by Hanna-Barbera.
	A turning point in the Monday Night Wars takes place on this date. On TNT, the infamous Fingerpoke of Doom incident occurs on Nitro, while over on USA, Raw is War sees wrestler Mankind win for the first time the WWF Championship in a match against The Rock.
	The Powerpuff Girls begins airing on the British Cartoon Network channel in the UK.
6	Bob Newhart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
11	Jon Stewart debuts as host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, replacing Craig Kilborn who moves to CBS to succeed Tom Snyder as host of The Late Late Show.
23	Gene Siskel hosts his final episode of Siskel & Ebert with Roger Ebert. On February 3, 1999, Siskel announced that he would take a leave of absence for the rest of the season but promised to be back the next fall. On February 20, 1999, Siskel died suddenly from complications from a second brain surgery. On that final episode, Siskel and Ebert reviewed At First Sight, Another Day in Paradise, The Hi-Lo Country, Playing by Heart, and The Theory of Flight
	Paula Zahn leaves CBS News after 10 years.
31	Family Guy airs its first pilot episode on Fox, after a new episode of The Simpsons which airs after Super Bowl XXXIII.

February

Date	Event
1	Prevue Channel re-brands as The TV Guide Channel, an EPG-branded version of TV Guide magazine.
	HBO Family, HBO's fourth multiplex channel, is re-launched and premieres four new shows; A Little Curious, George and Martha, Anthony Ant and Crashbox.
2	Noggin is launched.

March

Date	Event
1	Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids debuts.
13	A special live edition of All That airs on Nickelodeon.
15	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.
26	Tom Snyder's last show on CBS's The Late Late Show. The following Monday, Craig Kilborn, late of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, takes his place as the show's host.

April

Date	Event
1	Nickelodeon celebrates its 20th anniversary.
4	Odyssey Network introduced new programs: Jim Henson Programs, Classic Sitcoms, Children's Programmings, and Family Movies.
11	Fox airs new Sunday Block: The World's Funniest!, The Simpsons, Season Premiere of Family Guy, and The X-Files.
12	NBC announces the cancellation of its long-running daytime drama Another World after years of declining ratings (a new series, Passions, replaces AW on July 5).
18	Hockey great Wayne Gretzky plays his final game (a 2-1 overtime loss between his New York Rangers against the Pittsburgh Penguins), which is broadcast in the United States by Fox. Mike Emrick and John Davidson were on the call with Sam Rosen conducting interviews.
26	NBC's The Tonight Show is broadcast in high-definition for the first time, making it the first late-night program to be broadcast in this format. Host Jay Leno's guests are: Salma Hayek, David Arquette, and Jewel.
29	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.)

May

Date	Event
1	Starz launches two multiplex channels; Starz Cinema and Starz Family.
	SpongeBob SquarePants, one of Nickelodeon's most popular shows, premieres after Kids' Choice Awards 1999, with the episode "Help Wanted".
6	HBO launches two multiplex channels; HBO Zone and HBO Comedy.
21	Susan Lucci receives a Daytime Emmy Award for her role as Erica Kane on the ABC soap opera All My Children, after eighteen failed nominations during previous years. The ceremony is telecast live on CBS.
23	World Wrestling Federation wrestler Owen Hart is killed after falling 70 ft (21 m) from the rafters at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, during a live pay-per-view broadcast of Over The Edge.
24	During an in-ring promo on WCW Monday Nitro, WCW wrestler Bret Hart pays tribute to his brother Owen who was killed in an in-ring accident the night before at Over the Edge.
25	Home Improvement ends its eight season run with its series finale on ABC. Mad About You ends its seventh season run with its series finale on NBC.

June

Date	Event
11	Cartoon Cartoon Fridays premieres on Cartoon Network.
17	The NHL on Fox airs for the final time.

July

Date	Event
17	SpongeBob SquarePants officially begins.
18	The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria marries actress Helen Hunt. The couple would file for divorce over a year later.
31	CBS This Morning co-anchor Russ Mitchell as an Saturday anchor of CBS Evening News alongside with Thalia Assuras as a Alternate Saturday anchor starting in November.

August

Date	Event
14	The SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Pizza Delivery", airs on Nickelodeon.
26	WWF SmackDown! airs its first episode, live from the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, on UPN.
30	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.

September

Date	Event
6	A big day for children's television: On PBS, PTV is completely re-branded as PBS Kids with new IDs, bumpers, and promos, whilst on UPN, a new weekly block called Disney's One Too debuts, a spinoff of ABC's Disney's One Saturday Morning.
	In Schenectady, New York, PBS member station WMHQ is relaunched as WEWB-TV, a commercial broadcast station affiliated with The WB Television Network (the Capital District's first affiliate of that network).
12	The 51st Primetime Emmy Awards presentation aired on Fox.
20	After a four-year hiatus, Family Feud resumes with a new host, Louie Anderson.
	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.

October

Date	Event
1	The infamous "YOU FOOL!" episode of Hollywood Squares airs in syndication.
10	The professional wrestling pay-per-view event, Heroes of Wrestling is broadcast from the Casino Magic hotel and casino in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Although the event was heavily promoted, it was only purchased by 29,000 households. Additionally, the event itself was generally regarded to be of poor quality: Wrestling Observer rated it the worst major wrestling event of 1999, with its editor Dave Meltzer giving a rating of "absolute zero" to a tag team match featuring Luke Williams and Butch Miller facing Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik. Meltzer's colleague, Bryan Alvarez of Figure Four Weekly, has repeatedly referred to this match as the worst he has ever seen and rated it "minus more stars than there are in the universe"
27	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.

November

Date	Event
11	The infamous episode with the answer of "A Group of pill-pushers" airs on Wheel of Fortune (which was taped in Madison Square Garden).
12	Courage the Cowardly Dog and Mike, Lu & Og premiere on Cartoon Network.
19	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.
29	The WB affiliate TV station WGRB 34 in Campbellsville, Kentucky changes its call sign to "WWWB", likely done in tribute to the network's "dubba-dubba-WB!" jingle.

December

Date	Event
17	10th anniversary of the first half-hour episode of Fox's The Simpsons.
31	ABC participates in the global broadcast 2000 Today with ABC 2000 Today. Peter Jennings anchors ABC's broadcast of the special from New York City, joined later by Dick Clark who hosts the countdown in Times Square.

Programs

Debuts

Date	Show	Network
January 1	The Blame Game	MTV
	Cold Case Files	A&E
	Scrapbook Memories	DIY Network
January 4	Ed, Edd n Eddy	Cartoon Network
January 5	Total Recall 2070	Showtime
	Mega Babies	Fox Family
January 8	Providence	NBC
January 10	Batman Beyond	Kids' WB
	The Sopranos	HBO
	The PJs	Fox
January 13	60 Minutes II	CBS
January 17	The Brothers Flub	Nickelodeon
	Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane	The WB
January 18	So Weird	Disney Channel
January 21	Turks	CBS
January 25	Dilbert	UPN
	Zoboomafoo	PTV
January 26	A Little Curious	HBO Family
	Crashbox
January 30	The Jersey	Disney Channel
January 31	Family Guy	Fox
February 1	George and Martha	HBO Family
	Anthony Ant
February 11	Maisy	Nick Jr.
February 17	The Planet's Funniest Animals	Animal Planet
March 8	Station Zero	MTV
	Strange World	ABC
March 9	Family Rules	UPN
	Sons of Thunder	CBS
March 15	Payne
	Rescue 77	The WB
	L.A. Heat	TNT
March 19	Farscape	Sci-Fi Channel
March 24	It's Like, You Know...	ABC
	The Norm Show
	Tenacious D	HBO
March 28	Futurama	Fox
March 30	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	CBS
April 1	Snap Judgment	Court TV
April 3	The Big Moment	ABC
April 6	Everything's Relative	NBC
April 7	Strangers with Candy	Comedy Central
April 26	Home Movies	UPN
May 1	Mickey Mouse Works	ABC
	SpongeBob SquarePants	Nickelodeon
May 8	The New Woody Woodpecker Show	Fox Kids
June 7	Where Are They Now?	VH1
June 10	The Chimp Channel	TBS
June 14	Power Play	UPN
June 15	The Man Show	Comedy Central
June 19	Beggars and Choosers	Showtime
July 5	Passions	NBC
July 7	Good Eats	Food Network
July 11	Making the Video	MTV
July 17	Rotten Ralph	Fox Family
July 18	G vs E	USA Network
July 26	Undressed	MTV
	Phred on Your Head Show	Noggin
August 1	Grown Ups	UPN
August 3	Downtown	MTV
August 9	Independent Lens	PBS
August 14	Digimon: Digital Monsters	Fox Kids
August 16	Rocket Power	Nickelodeon
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	ABC
August 17	Chicken Soup for the Soul	Pax TV
August 19	The Lot	AMC
August 26	The Parkers	UPN
	WWF SmackDown!
September 4	Battle Dome	Syndication
	WWF Jakked/Metal
September 6	Dragon Tales	PBS Kids
	Sabrina: The Animated Series	UPN
	Storytime with Thomas	Fox Family
	Jellabies
	It's Itsy Bitsy Time
September 7	Strip Poker	USA Network
September 8	Get Real	Fox
September 9	Early Today	NBC
	Later Today
September 11	Detention	Kids' WB
September 12	Hope Island	Pax TV
September 13	Blind Date	Syndication
	The Dr. Joy Browne Show
	The Martin Short Show
	The Queen Latifah Show
	Fox Report	Fox News Channel
September 16	Action	Fox
September 18	Beast Machines: Transformers	Fox Kids
	Monster Rancher
	Rescue Heroes	CBS
September 19	Judging Amy	CBS
September 20	Family Law
	Ladies Man
	Judge Mathis	Syndication
	Richard Simmons' DreamMaker
	Relic Hunter
	Cita's World	BET
	Safe Harbor	The WB
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	NBC
September 21	The Mike O'Malley Show
	Once and Again	ABC
September 22	Oh, Grow Up
	The West Wing	NBC
September 23	Stark Raving Mad
	Third Watch
September 24	Cold Feet
	Mission Hill	The WB
	Now and Again	CBS
	Odd Man Out	ABC
September 25	Freaks and Geeks	NBC
	Peter Benchley's Amazon	Syndication
	Xyber 9: New Dawn	Fox Kids
September 26	Snoops	ABC
	Jack & Jill	The WB
September 29	Popular
	Judge Mathis	Syndication
	Work with Me	CBS
September 30	Curb Appeal	HGTV
October 2	Archie's Weird Mysteries	Pax TV
	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World	Syndication
	Spider-Man Unlimited	Fox Kids
October 5	Emma	VH1
	Shasta McNasty	UPN
	Angel	The WB
October 6	Roswell
October 7	House Hunters	HGTV
	Wasteland	ABC
October 8	Harsh Realm	Fox
	Love & Money	CBS
	Random Acts of Comedy	Fox Family
October 9	Angela Anaconda
	BeastMaster	Syndication
October 12	The Strip	UPN
October 15	Ryan Caulfield: Year One	Fox
October 16	100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd	Nickelodeon
	The Amanda Show
October 18	Farmclub.com	USA Network
October 25	Time of Your Life	Fox
October 30	The Avengers: United They Stand	Fox Kids
November 1	The Early Show	CBS
November 4	Greed	Fox
November 12	Mike, Lu, & Og	Cartoon Network
	Courage the Cowardly Dog
November 28	Little Bill	Nickelodeon
November 29	webRIOT	MTV

Ending this year

Date	Title	Debut
January 2	Birdz	1998
	Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?	1994
January 16	The New Batman Adventures	1997
January 18	The Charlie Horse Music Pizza	1998
	Guys Like Us
	Toonsylvania
January 20	Brats of the Lost Nebula
	Encore! Encore!
January 24	Fantasy Island
January 25	Working	1997
February 3	Maggie Winters	1998
February 11	Cupid
February 12	Brimstone
February 14	Going Wild with Jeff Corwin	1997
February 21	The Little Lulu Show	1995
February 25	Vengeance Unlimited	1998
February 27	Mad Jack the Pirate
	The Mr. Potato Head Show
February 28	Trinity
March 1	DiResta
	Hercules
March 2	Between Brothers	1997
March 7	Beast Wars	1996
March 8	Hyperion Bay	1998
March 11	Jumanji	1996
March 13	Maggie	1998
March 14	Due South	1994
March 16	LateLine	1998
March 17	Tracey Takes On...	1996
March 27	The Net	1998
April 4	Women: Stories of Passion	1996
April 6	Station Zero	1999
April 10	Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain	1998
April 11	Anthony Ant	1999
April 13	Family Rules
	The Sifl and Olly Show	1997
April 17	Sons of Thunder	1999
April 23	Turks
April 26	Caroline in the City	1995
April 27	Everything's Relative	1999
April 28	Payne
May 3	Rescue 77
May 4	NewsRadio	1995
May 10	L.A. Doctors	1998
May 14	Brother's Keeper
May 16	Smart Guy	1997
May 20	The Wayans Bros.	1995
	Promised Land	1996
May 21	Millennium
	Homicide: Life on the Street	1993
	Love Boat: The Next Wave	1998
May 22	Air America
	Mortal Kombat: Conquest
	Viper	1994
May 23	Sister, Sister
	Unhappily Ever After	1995
May 24	Mad About You	1992
	Melrose Place
	Home Movies (returned in 2001)	1999
	The Sentinel	1996
May 25	Clueless
	Home Improvement	1991
May 28	Todd McFarlane's Spawn	1997
June 2	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	1993
June 8	Total Recall 2070	1999
June 11	Unsolved Mysteries (returned in 2001)	1987
	USA High	1997
June 23	The Nanny	1993
	Turning Point	1994
June 25	Another World	1964
	Love Connection (returned in 2017)	1983
June 26	Doug	1991
	The Big Moment	1999
July 6	Amazing Animals	1996
July 9	Two of a Kind	1998
July 15	Mercy Point
July 24	Cow and Chicken	1997
July 25	The Parent 'Hood	1995
July 30	Legacy	1998
August 11	In the House	1995
August 21	WWF Shotgun Saturday Night	1997
August 28	The New Addams Family	1998
September 6	NBC News at Sunrise	1983
September 10	Hard Copy	1989
September 12	Mystery Science Theater 3000 (returned in 2017)	1988
September 17	Match Game (returned in 2016)	1962
September 24	Timon & Pumbaa	1995
September 28	The Mike O'Malley Show	1999
October 20	Work with Me
October 21	Wasteland
October 22	Ryan Caulfield: Year One
October 29	Cold Feet
	CBS This Morning (returned in 2012)	1987
November 5	Emma	1999
November 8	Downtown
November 22	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	1995
November 28	Safe Harbor	1999
December 1	Viva Variety	1997
December 2	Action	1999
December 10	Dexter's Laboratory (returned in 2001)	1996
December 12	Figure It Out (returned in 2012)	1997
December 16	The Chimp Channel	1999
December 17	Little Men	1998
December 18	Power Rangers Lost Galaxy	1999
	Snoops
December 28	Oh, Grow Up
December 31	Sunset Beach	1997

Entering syndication this year

Show	Seasons	In Production	Source
3rd Rock from the Sun	4	Yes
Caroline in the City	4	Yes
Clueless	3	No
The Drew Carey Show	4	Yes
In the House	5	No
The Parent 'Hood	5	No
Star Trek: Voyager	5	Yes
Unhappily Ever After	5	No
The Wayans Bros.	5	No

Resuming this year

Title	Last aired	Previous network	New network	Date of return
Timon and Pumbaa	1996	The Disney Afternoon and CBS	Toon Disney	January 1
Zoom	1978	PBS	Same	January 4
Are You Afraid of the Dark?	1996	Nickelodeon	Same	February 6
ReBoot		Syndication	Toonami	March 15
Divorce Court	1992	Syndication	Same	September 7
Tales from the Cryptkeeper	1994	ABC	CBS	September 11
Family Feud	1995	Syndication	Same	September 20
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	1997	CBS	Nickelodeon	October 29

Changes of network affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to
Timon and Pumbaa	The Disney Channel and CBS	Toon Disney
Franklin	CBS Kidshow	Nick Jr.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	CBS	Nickelodeon
Tales from the Cryptkeeper	ABC	CBS
Recess	Disney Channel	UPN
Pepper Ann
Doug
ReBoot (US terrestrial rights)	Syndication	Toonami
Pokémon		Kids' WB
Hercules	Disney Channel and ABC	UPN
Rupert	Nick Jr.	CBS Kidshow
National Geographic Explorer	TBS	CNBC
Leeza	NBC	Syndication
Between Brothers	Fox	UPN
Little Dracula	Fox Kids	Fox Family Channel

Made-for-TV movies and miniseries

Title	Channel	Date of airing
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century	Disney Channel	January 23
Alice in Wonderland	NBC	February 28
Great Expectations	PBS	May 9
Joan of Arc	CBS	May 15
Atomic Train	NBC	May 16
A Lesson Before Dying	HBO	May 22
Pirates of Silicon Valley	TNT	June 20
Vendetta	HBO	July 3
Johnny Tsunami	Disney Channel	July 24
First Daughter	TBS	August 15
Don't Look Under the Bed	Disney Channel	October 9
RKO 281	HBO	November 20
Horse Sense	Disney Channel
Runaway Reptar	Nickelodeon	November 27
Cinderelmo	FOX	December 6
Ego Trip	Cartoon Network	December 10
The Lady in Question	A&E	December 12

Television stations

Station launches

Date	City of License/Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/Ref.
January 1	Seattle, Washington	KHCV	45	Independent
January 5	Tucson, Arizona	KWBA	58	The WB
January 19	Twin Falls, Idaho	K26EW	26	TBN
February 12	Las Vegas, Nevada	KCNG-LP	25	UPN (primary) America’s Voice (secondary)
February 15	Phoenix, Arizona	KPPX-TV	51	Pax TV
February 19	San Antonio, Texas	KPXL-TV	26	Pax TV
March 5	Santa Fe/Albuquerque, New Mexico	KWBQ	19	The WB
March 12	New York City	W36AD	36	Independent
April	Albuquerque, New Mexico	KAPX	41	Pax TV
May 3	Lexington, Kentucky	W62CL	62	UPN	Originally an LPTV translator of WAOM/Morehead, Kentucky
May 5	Worcester, Massachusetts	WYDN	48	Prime Time Christian Broadcasting	Now a Daystar affiliate licensed in Lowell, Massachusetts
June 7	Camden/Little Rock, Arkansas	KKYK-TV	49	The WB
	Williamson, West Virginia	W45AZ	45	TBN
June 17	Batavia/Buffalo, New York	WPXJ-TV	51	Pax TV
June 20	Bemidji/Brainerd, Minnesota	KFTC	26	Fox	Satellite of WFTC/Minneapolis
July 6	Filer/Twin Falls, Idaho	KBGH	19	Educational independent
July 9	Honolulu, Hawaii	KAIE	38	Religious independent
August	Lincoln, Nebraska	K18CD	18	Fox	Translator of KSNB/Superior
August 1	Rio Grande City, Texas Brownsville/McAllen, Texas, USA/Reynosa/Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico)	KTLM	40	Telemundo
	Spokane, Washington	KGPX-TV	34	Pax TV
August 4	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W19AW	19	UPN
August 5	Wichita, Kansas	KWCB	33	The WB
August 8	Seattle, Washington	KBEH	51	ValueVision
August 21	St. George, Utah	KUSG	12	CBS	Satellite of KUTV/Salt Lake City, Utah
August 27	Waterville/Portland, Maine	WMPX-TV	23	Pax TV
August 30	Iowa/Cedar Rapids, Iowa	KWKB	20	The WB
September 12	Muskogee/Tulsa, Oklahoma	KWBT	19	The WB
September 17	Tuskegee/Montgomery, Alabama	WBMM	22	Pax TV
November 1	Tecate/Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (San Diego, California, United States)	KHUPN-TV	49	UPN
November 5	Colorado Springs, Colorado	KXTU-LD	57	UPN
November 7	Bismarck, North Dakota	KNDX	26	Fox
November 10	Paducah, Kentucky	W52DC	49	UPN
November 15	Minot, North Dakota	KXND	24	Fox
December 1	Wausau, Wisconsin	WFXS	55	Fox
December 22	Flint, Michigan	WXON-LP	54	Independent
Unknown date	Boca Raton, Florida	WPPB-TV	63	Educational independent
	Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands	WVXF	17	Fox
	Honolulu, Hawaii	KWBN	44	Daystar
	Laredo, Texas	K55HW	55	Mas Musica
	McAllen/Brownsville, Texas	KZMC-LP	35	America’s Store	Translator of KNWS-LP/Brownsville
	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	W41CV	41	WebFN
	Victoria, Texas	K27EG	27	NBC

Network affiliation changes

Date	City of License/Market	Station	Channel	Old affiliation	New affiliation	Notes/Ref.
Unknown date	Lima, Ohio	WLQP-LP	18	Fox (as W18BP)	UPN

Births

Date	Name	Notability
January 1	Diamond White	Actress (The Haunted Hathaways, The Lion Guard, Pinky Malinky) and singer
January 4	Gage Munroe	Canadian voice actor (Stoked, PAW Patrol, Hotel Transylvania: The Series)
January 18	Karan Brar	Actor (Jessie, Bunk'd)
January 22	Ricky Garcia	Actor (Best Friends Whenever)
January 30	Mavrick Moreno	Actor (Every Witch Way)
February 10	Tiffany Espensen	Actress (Phineas and Ferb, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Kirby Buckets)
March 5	Madison Beer	American singer
March 20	Olivia Stuck	Actress (Kirby Buckets)
March 21	Lexi DiBenedetto	Actress (Knight Squad)
March 22	Gavin MacIntosh	Actor (The Fosters)
April 2	Sophie Reynolds	Actress (Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything, Youth & Consequences)
April 6	Kwesi Boakye	Actor (Men of a Certain Age, The Looney Tunes Show, The Amazing World of Gumball)
April 7	Conner Rayburn	Actor (According to Jim)
April 9	Isaac Hempstead-Wright	English actor (Game of Thrones)
May 5	Jonny Gray	Canadian actor (Max & Shred)
May 11	Madison Lintz	Actress (The Walking Dead, Bosch)
	Sabrina Carpenter	Actress (Sofia the First, Girl Meets World, Milo Murphy's Law) and singer
May 22	Camren Bicondova	Actress (Gotham)
May 25	Brec Bassinger	Actress (The Haunted Hathaways, Bella and the Bulldogs, School of Rock, All Night)
May 26	Kerry Ingram	English actress (Game of Thrones)
May 28	Cameron Boyce	Actor (Jessie, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything, Descendants, Descendants: Wicked World) (d. 2019)
May 30	Sean Giambrone	Actor (The Goldbergs, Clarence)
June 5	Denisea Wilson	Actress (Every Witch Way)
June 10	William Healy	Canadian voice actor (Arthur)
June 11	Katelyn Nacon	Actress (The Walking Dead, T@gged)
	Saxon Sharbino	Actress (Touch, Love)
June 20	Kayla Maisonet	Actress (Dog with a Blog, Stuck in the Middle)
June 21	Natalie Alyn Lind	Actress (The Goldbergs, Gotham, The Gifted)
June 27	Chandler Riggs	Actor (The Walking Dead)
July 5	Gus Kamp	Actor (Best Friends Whenever)
July 9	Claire Corlett	Canadian voice actress (Sweetie Belle on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
August 4	Kelly Gould	Actress (Rita Rocks, Jessie)
August 13	Corey Fogelmanis	Actor (Girl Meets World)
August 21	Maxim Knight	Actor (Falling Skies)
August 22	Ricardo Hurtado	Actor (School of Rock)
September 7	Michelle Creber	Voice actress (Martha Speaks, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
	Cameron Ocasio	Actor (Sam & Cat)
September 9	Ronni Hawk	Actress (Stuck in the Middle, On My Block)
September 13	Zoey Burger	Actress (Every Witch Way)
September 14	Emma Kenney	Actress (Shameless)
October 2	Nathaniel Potvin	Actor (Mech-X4)
October 6	Will Shadley	Voice actor (Gorgonzola on Chowder)
October 13	Nell Tiger Free	English actress (Game of Thrones)
October 15	Bailee Madison	Actress (Trophy Wife, Once Upon a Time, The Fosters)
October 16	Jadiel Dowlin	Actor (Star Falls)
	Joshua Hoffman	Actor (Talia in the Kitchen)
November 1	Buddy Handleson	Actor (Shake It Up, Wendell and Vinnie, Bella and the Bulldogs)
November 5	Zachary S. Williams	Actor (I Am Frankie)
November 10	Kiernan Shipka	Actress (Mad Men, The Legend of Korra, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
January 4	Iron Eyes Cody	94	Actor (well known for an anti-littering campaign ad of the 1970s)
January 25	Herman Wedemeyer	74	Actor (Duke Lukela on Hawaii Five-O)
February 20	Gene Siskel	53	Film critic (co-host of Siskel & Ebert)
March 22	David Strickland	29	Actor (Todd Stities on Suddenly Susan)
March 28	Freaky Tah	27	American rapper
March 30	Gary Morton	74	Producer, second husband of Lucille Ball
April 10	Jean Vander Pyl	79	Voice actress (Wilma Flintstone on The Flintstones and Rosie the Robot Maid on The Jetsons)
April 14	Ellen Corby	87	Actress (Grandma Esther Walton on The Waltons)
May 8	Dana Plato	34	Actress (Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes)
May 21	Sachiko Hirasawa	25	Japanese R&B Singer of the Sister duo Double
May 23	Owen Hart	34	Wrestler (Superstar on WWF RAW is WAR)
June 11	DeForest Kelley	79	Actor (Bones McCoy on Star Trek)
July 16	John F. Kennedy Jr.	38	American lawyer and son of President John F. Kennedy
July 20	Sandra Gould	82	Actress (Gladys Kravitz #2 on Bewitched)
August 23	Martha Rountree	87	Broadcast journalist (Meet the Press)
August 24	Mary Jane Croft	83	Actress (I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy)
September 5	Allen Funt	84	Creator and host of Candid Camera
November 9	Mabel King	66	Actress (Mabel Thomas on What's Happening!!)
November 11	Mary Kay Bergman	38	Voice actress (South Park)
November 18	Beatrice Colen	51	Actress (Happy Days, Wonder Woman)
November 29	Gene Rayburn	81	Host of (Match Game)
December 3	Madeline Kahn	57	Actress (Oh Madeline)
December 10	Shirley Hemphill	52	Comedian and actress (What's Happening!!)
December 28	Clayton Moore	85	Actor (The Lone Ranger)

See also

• 1999 in the United States
• List of American films of 1999