The year 1965 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1965. For the American TV schedule, see: 1965-66 American network television schedule. [edit] Events - February 22 - A new, videotaped production of the 1957 special Cinderella, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, airs on CBS with young Lesley Ann Warren in the title role. The production also starred Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon, and Celeste Holm.
- March 24 - Live TV pictures from the US unmanned moon probe "Ranger 9" transmitted prior to impact.
- April 15 - Paul Bryan (Ben Gazzara) gets the bad news from his doctor, and sets out to do all the things he never had time for, in the Kraft Suspense Theatre episode entitled "Rapture at Two-Forty." (This will serve as the pilot for the series Run for Your Life, which will premiere this fall and run until 1968.)
- April 21 - The Beach Boys appear on Shindig! performing their most recent hit, "Do You Wanna Dance?".
- April 28 - My Name Is Barbra, Barbra Streisand's first TV special, airs on CBS.
- June 18 - Original scheduled launch date of the "station that never was", WDV-11 in Warrnambool, Victoria. The city government had decreed in November 1963 that television could never be introduced in Warrnambool.
- August 1 - Cigarette adverts are banned from UK television. Pipe tobacco and cigar adverts continue until 1992.
- September 12 - The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing songs from their new album Help!.
- September 13 - Today goes color.
- October 4 - Pope Paul VI's visit to New York receives saturation television coverage on all 3 American networks.
- October 17 - WBMG-TV (now WIAT) opens in Birmingham, Alabama on channel 42, finally allowing viewers in that city to watch the CBS and NBC stars that WAPI-TV (now WVTM) didn't have room for, including Ed Sullivan, Walter Cronkite, and Johnny Carson.
- November 5 - Katie Holstrum (Inger Stevens) and Congressman Glen Morley (William Windom) are married in The Farmer's Daughter episode entitled "To Have and To Hold".
- November 15 - The Huntley-Brinkley Report goes color.
- November 28 - Julie Andrews' first TV special airs on NBC.
- December 4 - Effective with this issue, TV Guide launches its Montana edition and now covers all of the contiguous U.S. (A Hawaii edition will be launched in 1968.)
- December 9 - A Charlie Brown Christmas airs on CBS for the first time.
- First television broadcasts in Paraguay.
- The War Game, a drama-documentary by director Peter Watkins depicting the events of a fictional nuclear attack on the United Kingdom, is controversially pulled from its planned transmission in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand. The BBC was pressured into this move by the British government, which did not want much of the play's content to become public. It was eventually released to cinemas, and won the 1966 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. The BBC finally screened the play in 1985.
- The "Other Big 3 in Philly" all started operating this year. WIBF on channel 29 (now WTXF) opened on May 16; WKBS-TV on channel 48 opened on September 1 (it closed in 1983); and WPHL on channel 17 opened on September 17.
[edit] Debuts [edit] Television shows - Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present).
- My Three Sons (1960-1972).
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968).
- The Flintstones (1960-1966) .
- Ben Casey (1961-1966).
- Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present).
- It's Academic (1961-present)
- Mister Ed (1961-1966).
- The Avengers (UK) (1961-1969).
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966).
- The Fulton Sheen Program (1961-1968).
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961-1981).
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-1969).
- Combat! (1962-1967).
- Match Game (1962-1969, 1973-1984, 1990-1991, 1998-1999).
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971).
- The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present).
- The Lucy Show (1962-1968).
- The Saint (UK) (1962-1969).
- Z-Cars (UK) (1962-1978).
- Doctor Who (UK) (1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present).
- General Hospital (1963-present).
- Petticoat Junction (1963-1970).
- Ready Steady Go! (1963-1966).
- The Doctors (1963-1982).
- The Addams Family (1964-1966).
- Another World (1964-1999).
- Bewitched (1964-1972).
- Crossroads (UK) (1964-1988, 2001-2003).
- Danger Man (UK) (1960-1961, 1964-1966).
- Daniel Boone (1964-1970).
- Flipper (1964-1967)
- Gilligan's Island (1964-1967).
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964-1970).
- Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present).
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968).
- The Mavis Bramston Show (Australia) (1964-1968).
- The Munsters (1964-1966).
- Peyton Place (1964-1969).
- Shindig! (1964-1966).
- The Wednesday Play (UK) (1964-1970).
- Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-2006).
- Days of our Lives (soap opera) (1965-presnt)
- This Hour Has Seven Days (1964-1966).
- Tom and Jerry (1965-1972, 1975-1977, 1980-1982).
- Get Smart (1965-1970)
- Jonny Quest (1964-1965)
[edit] Ending this year [edit] Changes of network affiliation [edit] Births - January 3 - Penny Smith, television presenter.
- January 4 - Julia Ormond, English actress
- January 22 - Diane Lane, actress
- February 3 - Maura Tierney, actress
- February 7 - Chris Rock, actor and comedian.
- February 23 - Kristin Davis, actress.
- March 25 - Sarah Jessica Parker, actress.
- April 16 - Martin Lawrence, actor and comedian.
- April 26 - Kevin James, actor.
- May 31 - Brooke Shields, actress.
- July 7 - Jeremy Kyle, television presenter.
- August 6 – Mark Speight, British television presenter (d. 2008)
- September 3 - Charlie Sheen, actor.
- November 30 - Ben Stiller, actor.
- December 21 - Andy Dick, actor.
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